Allied Carrier Force Attacks Soerabaja in Java Harbor Strike
Allied carrier planes from Nimitz Mountbatten and MacArthur joint forces attacked Soerabaja in the Dutch East Indies, damaging oil facilities and dockyards, sinking or damaging 35 000 tons of shipping, with nearly 100 aircraft taking part and minimal Japanese resistance.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Nimitz-MacArthur- Mountbatten
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Soerabaja
Douglas MacArthur
Great Java
Chester W. Nimitz
Lord Louis Mountbatten
MacArthur
Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Pacific
Dutch Indies
Java Sea
Darwin
Australia
Southeast Asia Command
Sumatra
Sabang
Yanks Rush Wakde Airstrip Repairs in Southwest Pacific
U S engineers moved to repair the Wakde airstrip as infantrymen who landed on Insoemar island take control of the airstrip and trap Japanese defenders in the northeast island sector. Aitape forces extend beachhead and patrol 60 miles of coast while Bougainville sees minor clashes north of the beachhead.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
United States
Wakde
Insoemar
Douglas MacArthur
Aitape
Wewak
Bougainville
German Air Ace Reported Killed
London AP report says Berlin broadcast declares the death of German air ace Rudolf Frank in a night fighter action after 45 air victories.
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London
Berlin
Rudolf Frank
Twister Cuts Path in Fort Dodge Area
A series of violent storms and tornadoes swept Iowa, killing one person near Fort Dodge and injuring several others. Damage across a four mile strip west to Barnum was extensive, with Fort Dodge area losses reaching about a million dollars.
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Twister
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa
Ware
Laurens
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
Barnum
Guy Hanson
Vito Amanzio
Ernest Peterson
C. B. Pilcher
Des, Moines and
KVFD
West Mohler
Merrill
Dissolution of U. S. Red Party Voted
The Communist Party of the United States voted to disband after 25 years and form a non party organization. Earl Browder led the motion, calling for unity with allies and the defense of free enterprise while liquidating party affairs and distributing surplus to pro war and peace efforts. 402 delegates from 44 states attended the Teheran conference themed gathering.
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New York
Communist Party of the United States
Earl Browder
Roosevelt
Illinois
California
Churchill
Stalin
William Foster
Browder
Teheran
20000 Workers Idle in Nationwide Labor Disputes
At least 20000 workers were idle Saturday due to labor disputes with over 15000 expected back by early next week. The largest stoppage involved nine thousand CIO workers in seven Chrysler plants at Detroit amid an AFL CIO truck drivers jurisdictional dispute. The War Labor Board ordered a Monday return to work and said grievances would be negotiated after resumes.
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United Press
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
AFL
CIO
War Labor Board
Dewey Scores Smashing Win in Strategic Oregon
Dewey secures 15 delegates in Oregon and expands his lead in the Republican race as returns from 787 of 1,828 precincts show him ahead of Stassen by a wide margin. Roosevelt climbs with unopposed Oregon votes and a new liberal party aligns with his bid. Morse leads Holman in the Oregon Republican Senate race while Cordon contests Sprague for the Democratic Senate nomination.
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Dewey
Oregon
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Northwest
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Alabama
W. L. Longshore
Bricker
Roosevelt
American Labor Party
Sen. Wagner
D-N.y
Wayne L.morse
War Labor Board
Rufus C. Holman
Morse
Holman
Edgar W. Smith
Guy Cordon
Charles L. McNary
Charles A.sprange
Willis Mahoney
Senate
Wallace Set for China and Siberia Mission
President Roosevelt announced Vice President Wallace would depart for China as his personal representative with a team of experts. He will visit about a dozen locations and return to Washington by mid July before the Democratic convention. The delegation includes John Carter Vincent Owen Lattimore and John Hazard.
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Washington
INS
Wallace
China
Russian
Siberia
Roosevelt
Asia
United States
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Owen Lattimore
Office of War Information
John Hazard
Foreign Economic Administration
Simplified Tax Bill Passes Senate Amid Haste Protests
The Senate approved the House bill to simplify income tax, aiming to relieve about 30 million taxpayers from complex computations and streamline returns for 20 million more. The voice vote ended two days of opposition while McCarran dropped a cabaret tax amendment after assurances it would ride with a debt-limit bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Len Langer
R-N. D
Finance Committee
George
Dga
McCarran
D-Nev
Convoy Defense Blasts Nazi Subs in Arctic Battle
British naval escort on a convoy to and from Russia sank two German submarines and damaged others. The destroyer Mahratta was torpedoed and sunk with few survivors. American journalist Leo S. Disher called the actions the most smashing blow of the war against the Nazi U-boat fleet in the Arctic as 250000 tons of Allied cargo passed through safely.
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London
Britain
Russia
Admiralty
Leo S. Disher
Arctic
Disher
Cedar Rapids Receives 2.20 Inch Rainfall Delaying Trains
A Cedar Rapids storm dumped 2.20 inches Friday night, raising the 36 hour total to 3.45 inches and delaying all trains into Cedar Rapids. Winds spared Eastern Town, but fields suffered and farmers will assess corn replanting needs. The City of Denver was the first westbound train to reach Cedar Rapids Saturday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapid
Chambers-Inskeep
R.T. Lubbock
Clinton
Story County
Marshalltown
Lubbock
Denver
Dies Pledges Expose of New Dealers
Rep. Dies of Texas says he will publish an expose detailing alleged misdeeds by cabinet officers and high government officials. He plans mid June release before the Democratic convention and vows to waive immunity to test the truth in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Texas
Rep. Dies
Congress
Dies
Roosevelt
Mass Escape From Nazis During Raid Near Epinal
Several thousand British prisoners mostly Indians escaped from a camp near Epinal France in the confusion after a recent RAF raid. They began crossing into Switzerland with apparent ease according to a Lausanne Gazette dispatch.
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Bern
Switzerland
Epinal
France
Lausanne
Vacations Vital to Production Nelson Urges No Wage Vacation Waivers
Washington AP Donald M. Nelson WPB chairman urged industry not to allow workers to waive vacations for extra vacation pay. He said such practice would defeat vacations purpose of boosting production by restoring energy and zeal.
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Washington (Ap
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Nelson
No Retreat, Just Fought Way Back
A London bulletin paraphrased a Berlin communique stating German forces in Italy did not withdraw under Allied pressure. It asserted they fought their way back to the rear rather than retreat or flee.
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London
Italy
Hitler Line
High Command
Berlin
Untitled Reading Page Fragment Noted in 194? Index
Fragmentary OCR text lists various sections including comics radio sports state and women's features with names such as David Lawrence Drew Pearson Walter Winchell and a Marion reference. The piece reads like a newspaper index or table of contents with scattered dates and topics.
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Marquis Bhak
Edaeeeerue
David Lawrence
Marion
Cecasenes
Drew Pearson
Seeesreee
Weegeetaees
Pn Hee
Allied Bombers Hit French Air Centers and Reims Rail Yards
Allied daylight raids by heavy bombers blasted three northern France airfields and Reims rail yards aided by 750 to 1,000 escort fighters. American Marauders and Havocs joined British aircraft in targets near Paris and Reims with two bombers and five fighters lost, two German fighters shot down.
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London
France
Reims
R.A.F
Orly
Villacoublay
Paris
Champagne Field
Donald L. Weiss
Denison
Berlin
Germany
Boulogne
Orleans
Lemans
Tours
Air Ministry
Cologne
Brunswick
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Strategic Air Force
Dieppe
Valenciennes
Busigny
Formerie
Buchy
St. Denis d’Aclou
Reinstate Two OPA Officials At Iowa City
Des Moines OPA acting director Walter D. Kline says R. J. Phelps and C. R. McCann, removed from the Johnson county ration board, will be reap pointed to their former positions as chairman and alternate chairman respectively. Other board members to be chosen to ensure fair representation for Johnson county. The committee members backing the district OPA office include Roscoe Taylor L D Warerham Ben S Summerwill John A Nash Frank D Williams William T Hageboeck Vern W Nall and E F Leathe.
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Des Moines
Walter D. Kline
OPA
R. J. Phelps
C. R. McCann
Johnson County Ration Board
Phelps
Mc‘Cann
McCann
Kline
Johnson County
Johnson Board
Roscoe Taylor
L D Wareham
Ben S. Summerwill
John A Nash
Frank D. Williams
William T Hageboeck
Vern W. Nall
E F. Leathe
Allies Tighten Trap in Burma
Allied troops have captured part of Myitkyina, main Japanese base in North Burma, and tighten encirclement of the garrison. Lt. Gen. Stilwell arrived for a front line conference as American and Chinese forces mop up the outskirts and seize sections of the town. An Imphal operation saw the Fifth India division flown 930 miles from the Arakan front with no losses.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
North Burma
Frank Hewlett
United Press
Imphal
Fifth India Division
Arakan
Dora Line Replaces Hitler Name in Liri Valley Fortifications
AP reports the Nazi high command renamed the fortifications guarding the Liri valley to the Dora line, dropping Adolf Hitler line. Prisoners say the Dora line now covers the area, with Hitler name shifted to a nearby line closer to Rome.
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Allied
Naples
Adolf Hitler
Liri
Dora
Hitler
Rome
Ike on Inspection Tour Germans Cancel Leaves
Allied invasion update from London reports Eisenhower returned from an inspection of England and Northern Ireland. Swedish sources claim Nazi leaves in the Netherlands were suspended and German forces near the Mediterranean coast alert for an Allied drive from Corsica. Quisling called up tens of thousands of Norwegians amid possible open warfare. Street fighting erupted in Norway as troops were mobilized.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
England
Northern
Ireland
Netherlands
Mediterranean
Corsica
Eisenhower
Supreme
Allied Expeditionary Force
Europe
Berlin
Britain
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Sweden
Holland
Vidkun
Quisling
London Radio
Norway
Allies Break Through Hitler Line In Italian Front
Allied forces seized key fortifications along the Hitler line from Pico to Terracina and advanced down the Italian front. The Fifth Army and French troops captured Itri Gaeta Sant Oliva Monte Mandrone and attacked Pontecorvo as they disrupted German defenses and supply routes.
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Allied Headquarters
Naples
Fico
Terracina
Campodimele
Pico
Fifth Army
Anzio
London
NBC
Monte Pizza
Itri
Formia
Gaeta
Italy
WBC
la Spezia
Genoa
Livorno
Adolf Hitler
Liri River
Liri
Tenth Army
Rome
Gaeta Point
Alphonse Juin
Sant’ Oliva
Monte Mandrone
Pontecorvo
Eighth Army
Plane Crash Victim Harold G Goodwin Named
Harold G Goodwin 26 of Des Moines and a LaPlant Choate employee in Cedar Rapids prior to service was killed in a Wright Field Dayton Ohio fighter plane crash He was a test pilot and worked as a time study observer from Oct 1940 to Apr 7 1941 He is the first expected casualty among the companys servicemen He attended North High School Des Moines and Iowa State College Ames
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Harold G. Goodwin
Des Moines
Lae Plant-Choate Company
Cedar Rapids
Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Goodwin
Standards’ Department of LaPlant-Choate
North
High School
Iowa State College
Ames
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Indies
John Collingsworth
Fort Dodege
U. S
Red Party
The
Associated Press
Iowa City
Ike
Hitler Wall
Foe
Cedar Rapids News
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