Allied Bombers Hit German Targets In Deep Raid
London reports up to 750 American heavy bombers attacked Tutow and Osnabruck and rail yards, with nearly 1,000 fighters escorting. British raids followed on Louvain and Hasselt, while 5,000 Allied planes dropped over 6,000 tons from the Atlantic to western Czechoslovakia.
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London
Germany
Tutow
Osnabruck
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Amsterdam
France
Belgium
Baltic
Louvain
Hasselt
England
Ruhr
Atlantic
Czechoslovakia
New British secret weapon shown in invasion drills
London reports reveal British forces armed with a secret weapon that can demolish a military position in seconds. Churchill and premiers including Smuts, Mackenzie King inspect the demonstration as a mock German post is reduced to rubble. Churchill chats with Smuts during a 100 mile tour of invasion forces.
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London
Europe
Winston Churchill
Commonwealth
England
Churchill
Jan C. Smuts
South Africa
Jan
Adolf Hitler
Smuts
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Britain
McCormick Children Given in Adoption
WAC Cpl Muriel McCormick Hubbard accused by her brother Fowler McCormick of being unfit to care for two foster children has given them in adoption to Dr Francis M Clarke of Durham Middletown suburb. Probate Judge Leonard O Ryan approved the agreement and will hear McCormick's petition Monday asking that he or some other proper person be granted custody.
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Middletown
Conn
WAC
Muriel McCormick Hubbard
Fowler McCormick
Chicago
Francis M. Clarke
Durham
Leonard O. Ryan
McCormick
Court Backs Free Speech By Employer
Philadelphia judges uphold an employer’s right to speak freely about unions under the First Amendment. The U S circuit court denied NLRB’s contempt petition against Edward G Budd Manufacturing and its president. The court ruled speech that intimidates employees would be a separate offense but declined to curb the employer’s free speech.
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Philadelphia
Jabor
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Edward G Budd
Charles Alvin Jones
Herbert F. Goodrich
J. Cullen Ganey
NLRB
Budd
United States Supreme Court
Budd Company
Budd Employes Representation Association
CIO
Nurb
A. Norman Somers
Animal heirs take 194000 in stride in Monsey
A cheetah named Maxie and a dachshund named Wally inherit a combined 194000 from Elizabeth M. Miller, with $194000 earmarked for their upkeep. The pets, living in a seven room Monsey home, show little concern for the will while enjoying food and clean runs. Wally sleeps in his dog bed as furniture is cleared from the house.
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Monsey
N. Y
Elizabeth M. Miller
Maxie
Wally
Monsey Highway
Joseph Beltran Cited for Action In Armed Guard
Cedar Rapids man Joseph Francis Beltran, son of Mrs. Calle tano Beltran, 528 C avenue NE, is commended by the navy for outstanding service as part of the armed guard aboard the S S William D Moseley during attacks at Bizerte Tunisia on August 7 and 17 1943. The record notes his ship faced hostile bombers while gun crews maintained a precise barrage, helping destroy three planes and enabling convoy duties.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Francis Beltran
Calletano Beltran
C Avenue
Bizerte
Tunisia
Navy
Beltran
William D Moseley
Chief of Naval Personnel
S. S
William D. Moseley
Navigator Charles L. Dulin reported missing in action
Charles L. Dulin 24 of 1539 Washington Ave SE has been reported missing in action since April 29 over Germany. He was a navigator on a Flying Fortress, served in the Army Air Corps since February 1943, and previously worked as an aeronautical engineer for Douglas Aircraft in Los Angeles. He was a Franklin high school graduate and attended Cornell College at Mt. Vernon.
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Charles L. Dulin
Washington Avenue
War Department
Dulins
Secretary of War
Germany
Dulin
Army Air Corps
Douglas Aircraft Company
Los Angeles
Curtiss-Wright
Franklin High School
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Air Corps
Santa Ana
Calif
Matherfield
Sacramento
Sinatra Quits Hospital Says He Feels Much Better
Frank Sinatra left Mt. Sinai hospital after feeling very much better. Dr. Irving Goldman said he will not sing again until next week.
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New York
Frank Sinatra
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Irving Goldman
Church bans prelate who visited Reds
Springfield Mass The Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski was suspended indefinitely as parish priest and pastor by Bishop Thomas M O Leary after his controversial mission to Moscow He can appeal to the Holy See or retire The suspension bars him from celebrating Mass administering sacraments or remaining at his parish The diocese declined to reveal specific canon violations
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Springfield
Mass
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Moscow
Union Station
George A. Shea
Thomas M. O'Leary
Father Orlemanski
Father Or
Josef Stalin
Poland
Holy See
Fuel Oil Consumers Urged to Fill Tanks
Petro leum Administrator Ickes urged fuel oil consumers and distributors to fill storage tanks while supplies remain available.
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Washington
Ickes
Japanese Threat in China Grows More Serious
The Japanese offensive expands toward Chungking with three-pronged attacks. Loyang and nearby rail lines are cut or menaced, threatening key transport routes and the Hankow Peiping railway. A possible occupation of Lushan would widen Japanese control, raising the risk of driving China from the war before Allied bases reach coastal China.
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Japan
China
Chungking
Loyang
Lunghai
Henan
Shanghai
Lushan
Hankow-Peiping
Yellow River
Chinese seize island of Chihshan in Fukien coast battle
Chinese forces struck Chihshan island off Fukien in a surprise April 26 attack and defeated Japanese defenders after five hours of fierce fighting. More than 100 Japanese soldiers were killed and arms and supplies were captured, placing Chinese units on the China coast between Shanghai and Hongkong, both already held by Japan.
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Chungking
Chihshan
Fukien
China
Shanghai
Hongkong
Dies Withdrawal Seen as Swan Song for Un American Affairs Committee
Washington AP reports Martin Dies quitting his seat is viewed on Capitol Hill as the swan song of the Un American Activities Committee. CIO PAC head Sidney Hillman targeted Dies for defeat, while Judge J M Combs announced a challenge. Dies cites a throat disorder that will prevent public campaigning for two to three months.
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Washington
Martin Dies
Congress
Capitol Hill
House Committee On un-American Activities
CIO
Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
Dies
Refinery Employes Union
CIU
J. M. Combs
Ninth Court of Civil Appeals
East
Texas
Alabama
Joe Starnes
Dies Committee
Hillman Group
Starnes
Hillman Committee
Roosevelt
House Committee
Holdup Foiled as Victim Fights Off Assailant
David Dostal of 2067 Linn Boulevard SE thwarted an attempted holdup on Cottage Grove Avenue SE shortly after 9 pm Friday. He stated a soldier approached for directions to Sinclair Avenue, then struck him. Dostal grabbed a socket wrench and knocked the assailant down, with two companions aiding the suspect by pushing him back into a car before fleeing.
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Cedar Rapids
Cottage Grove Avenue
David Dostal
Linn Boulevard
Dostal
First Avenue
Cottage Grove SE
Cottage Grove
Sinclair Avenue
Dostas
Boston Gunner Dies In Action Saves Crew Over Germany
Lt. Sam Turner credits Sgt. Joseph Moloney of Boston with freezing on the turret gun in death to shield his crew during eight Nazi fighters over Germany. The damaged Fortress escaped to Switzerland after the gunner’s grip kept the gun firing, allowing the wounded crew to survive. Moloney died. His body was recovered by the Swiss navy.
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Boston
Germany
Sam R Turner
Joseph Moloney
Switzerland
Moloney
Turner
Florida
Sgt. Moloney
Union Hotel Fire in Oroville Kills Four. Four Missing
Police and volunteers combed the blackened ruins of the Union hotel in Oroville Calif as they searched for four missing persons after a Saturday fire gutted the 82 year old structure and caused four deaths.
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Oroville
Calif
INS
Unclear clipping highlights city notices and features
Fragmentary OCR reads death notices and features in a 1940s style newspaper. Mentions David Lawrence Marion rentases and Walter Winchell with scattered references to radio and sports sections. The text is incomplete and names are not fully legible.
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Marquis Ods
David Lawrence
Marion
Packard Air Plant Shut Amid Foremen Strike
Detroit AP report describes a citywide foremen strike at 13 plants with Packard closing its War plant Friday night after the War Labor Board refused to guarantee protection for strikers. The firm cites Army Air Forces rejection of products without inspection supervision. About 39 000 idle workers claimed by Packard Local UAW.
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Detroit
Packard
Packard Motor Car Company
War Labor Board
Foremen‘s Association of America
WLB
William H Davis
Davis
George T Christopher
Army Air Forces
United Automobile Workers
CIQ
UAW
Trickle of Surly German Captives
Allied forces report a growing stream of German prisoners from the Gustav line along the Rapido. The first captives, weary and mud stained, were grouped behind barbed wire after a bold crossing and a large-scale assault. A patrol of ten Germans was taken in a trap while attempting to identify Allied soldiers.
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Eighth Army
Cassino Front
Hitler
Rapido
Gustav Line
Appian Way
Terracina
Gaeta
Fifth Army
Anzio
Adriatic
Italy
Allies Punch Ahead In Cassino Offensive Across Italy
Allied troops push toward Cassino as Ventosa and Cercobil captured in the Garigliano valley. French forces seize Monte Failo while Castelforte remains contested. Bridgehead across the Rapido opens with heavy enemy resistance and Luftwaffe sorties total 2,750.
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Allied
Naples
Cassino
Tyrrhenian Sea
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Ventosa
Damiano Hill
Castelforte
Cercobi1
Tyrrhenian
San Sebastiano
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Rome
Listera
Aquila
Frosinone
Gulf of Gaeta
Gustav
Gora
Castel di Sangre
melsiLi
San Vito
Asernia
Castiglione
Miles
U. S
Jack Carter
Col
Clair Peterson
Peterson
Carter
Joseph Beltran
Cedar Rapids News
Sinatra
American System
Stalin
Hull
Apostolic Delegate
Isle
Ween
Packard Air Plant
By Lynn Heuinzerling
Reuters
Sant’Angelo
Rapido River
DNB
Liri
Gulhies
Monte Failo
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