RAF Hurls Heavy Bomb Raids on German Targets
Allied air forces conducted a massive four ply attack across Europe, targeting German invasion hubs, airfields and factories. The night operation involved hundreds of aircraft and thousands of tons of bombs, with heavy losses reported on both sides and a continuing push toward Berlin as Allied command reports record bombing tonnage in Europe.
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Europe
Austin Bealmear Qnpon
RAF
Am Atteckh
Coga
Mckreall
Pentom
Britain
Eerepear
Reich
Benes predicts Slavic unity after war steadies liberation
In Free World magazine Eduard Benes argues the Slavic peoples will gain independence and form closer ties after fascism falls. He cautions against a single pan Slav bloc and envisions a cooperative future among Slav nations rather than a new exclusive alliance.
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Richard Tompkins
EW York
Cient Eduard Benes
Csechoakining
Merv Lasue
Free
Wd Magazine
Benez
Evelain
Allied Bombers Hit Targets Across Europe and Pacific
The Allied air campaign extended into Germany, northern France, Italy, and the Pacific theater. RAF heavy bombers targeted rail hubs while Marauders and Hawker fighters supported night raids. Reports note German attacks near Narva slowed as Sevastopol's battle lessened and Japan faced carrier strikes by American forces.
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ERIAL
RAF
Germany
France
Wasia
Narva
Sevastopol
Italy
Alling
Caroline Isles Quake Under Big Liberator Blows
Allied headquarters report heavy US Liberator bombers pounding Japanese positions across the South Pacific. For three days, targets in the western Carolines and near Truk have shuddered under Allied air strikes. American and Marine aircraft operate from central Pacific bases and the Marshall and Gilbert Islands in a two way assault.
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Caroline Isles
Big Liberator
Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Gem
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Carolina
Woleal
Carolines
Batawan Island
Truk
MacArthurs
Central Pacific
Marshal
Gilbert Talands
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific Fliers
Jap Reinforcements Rushed To Kohima As Allies Advance
Southeast Asia Headquarters reported Japanese reinforcements heading to Kohima as Allied forces push closer to the besieged garrison. British Indian troops reportedly advanced about ten miles northeast of Imphal, while Chinese forces under Gen Stilwell moved toward Kamaing along the Mogaung river in northern Burma.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
India
Dimapur
Eld
Imphal
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Mogaung River
Kamaing
Myitkying
George Favors Simple Tax Law in War Plans
Senator Walter F George returns to Washington from Vienna with a plan to simplify the federal income tax to spare 30 million Americans from annual returns. He also supports a $50 million debt limit increase, reenactment of Land Lease, OPA price controls, and war plant disposals and contract terminations to sustain the war effort.
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Atlanta
Walter F. George
D.-Ga
Washington
Vienna
OPA
George
Congress
OPA Raises Poultry Price Ceiling
Washington AP report says the Office of Price Administration increased poultry ceiling prices by 14 cents effective immediately and through the end of the month, tightening control on meat costs amid wartime measures.
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OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Racial Question Boils Senatorial Race in Alabama
In the Alabama Senate race, incumbent Lister Hill and challenger James Simpson clash over white supremacy and segregation. Each accuses the other of supporting federal plans, while marking local control and race policy as the central issue amid a nationwide civil rights backdrop.
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Alabama
Leroy
Mins
Birmingham
South
Lister Rhi
Senate
James As
Simpson
Hill
Washington
Fair Employment Practices Committee
FEPC
Bill Auld Simpson
Alf Tunstall
Theorieta
Ani
Morgenthau To Open War Loan Drive
Secretary Morgenthau will inaugurate the Fifth War Loan with a radio broadcast from Texarkana Texas on June 12. The campaign will run through July and aim to raise four billion dollars from individuals and eight billion in total commitments, supporting the $16.9 billion loan program.
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Morgenthau
Washington
Texarkana
Tex
Individu
Labor draft row stirs House Military panel
The House Military Committee backed by Army Navy and Marine units rejected new compulsory labor draft legislation. It urged use of existing laws to induct 4F and those 38 to 45 who refuse industry work when jobs exist, arguing no new law is needed.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
A& “Tryptogett
House
Jong
Ite
May Dky
Costello
Selective Service
Rep
Harness
R-Ind
War Department
Cortello
Army - Navy
Turks Oppose War If Not Attacked Says Turkish Official
In Ankara an Anatolian official from KiZibabaman argues war entry without a direct attack would be immoral. He spoke frankly about Turkish public opinion, saying ordinary people in Anatolia oppose unnecessary conflict, a stance starkly different from cosmopolitan Istanbul views. The interview, two-hour in length, underscores a rare, candid sentiment across regions.
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Frank O'Brien
Ankara
Turkey
Kiziicabaman
Istanbul
Ways and Means alters farmer tax definition for credits
Last Minute Bulletins report a House vote to redefine farmer status for tax purposes. A person earning 66 2 3 percent or more of income from agricultural operations will be considered a farmer under the new rule. The change follows a shift from the current 66 2 3 percent threshold.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
ASNE Addresses Free News Interchange And Editor Union Views
Washington AP The American Society of Newspaper Editors urged leadership in postwar free international news exchange and discussed union membership among reporters and writers. President Ray Roberts of The Kanza City Star warned that world peace depends on free news flow. Nathaniel R Howard of The Cleveland News argued union ties threaten impartiality though evidence is sparse.
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Washington
American B Society of Newspaper Editors
Ray Roberts
City Star
New War Government Formed in Italy Under Badoglio
Naples AP reports Marshal Pietro Badoglio announced a new Italian war government with himself as Premier and foreign minister. Ministers include Davy and the old cabinet, plus key posts divided among the six liberation junta parties and independents. Five ministers without portfolio were named, including Sforza Croce Rodino Mancini and Töglietti. Toghiatti returns from Moscow to push cooperation.
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Naples
Petro Badoglio
Davy
Badoglio
Italy
Glx
Uberation
Mgt
Vittorio Emanuele
Actionist
Ssat
Partea
Union
Minmtera
Carlo Sforza
Benedetto Croce
Gullio Rodino
Christian Democrats
Pietro Mancini
Palmiro To Eiletti
Russia
Ufder
Ercole Ercoli
Third International
Toghiatti
Moscow
Cooperson
Badoglia
Fourth Term Debate By Solons For And Against FDR
Augusta Ga AP Republican and Democratic congressmen plus a former senator debated the merits of a fourth term for President Roosevelt on the Blue network. McMurray backed opposition to Willkie, Sparkman argued for a fourth term as necessary for national security, while Jennings urged against a third Pearl Harbor test.
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Augusta
Unitad
Roosevelt
Perry Harbor
Blue Network
Howard McMurray
D.wis
Wendell Willkie
John Sparkman
America
McMurray and
Sparkman
John Jennings, Jr
Rtenn
Liquor Stamps Confiscated in Ration Check
Investigators of the Alcoholic Beverage Center report confiscating liquor ration stamps during routine checks. A spokesman, who declined to be named, said one holder had nine stamps and tried to obtain excess allowances. A Negro individual allegedly had two soldier permits and uneven civilian stamps. Recommendations were sent to state headquarters to bar those involved from new rations.
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Alcoholic Beverage Centre
Haa
Sud
Tnose
Police To Seek Motorcycle Radios
Police Chief J Mraughon said today no effort is being made to obtain radio equipment for two motorcycles purchased for the department to aid in enforcing traffic regulations in Pathan Pointing out that although two patrol cars have been equipped with radios the chief said no motor units will be outfitted.
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J . Mraughon
Pathan
Anio
Allied bombers strike Nazi nerve centers in Italy
Allied warplanes pounded German communications from Venice to Trieste and Livorno, with a focus on Venice harbor and Monfalcona shipyards near Trieste. About 2,000 sorties were flown, 10 German crafts destroyed, and Allied losses included eight planes. Ground actions at Anzio and across the Adriatic continued with heavy artillery and sea skirmishes, as German forces reinforced and attacked coastal positions.
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Naples
Balkan
Italy
U. S
Venice
Ancona
Trieste
Monfalcona
Livorno
Leghorn
Alsa
Anzio
Ortona
Adriatic
Tollaere
Ceasino
Yeatertay
Sailor Reveals Slassen's Rescue
Madison AP reports a sailor writes to his parents about a rescue involving Lt Commander Harold K Lassen, a former Minnesota governor and possible Republican candidate. Mrs Staasen, wife of Admiral William D Halsey, says she has heard of the incident but was told little by Staasen. William Bermett, a former Wisconsin athlete, is also mentioned in the page tease.
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Madison
Wia
Wleconalnwaller
Cmmdr
Harold Klassen
Minnesota
Navy Department
South SS Paul
Minnie Steesen
William D Hasey
South Pacific
Harold
Stasnen Aald
Wiliam Bermett
University of Wisconsin
Tara
German Offensives Repelled Near Narva and Carpathians
Soviet communique reports Red Army repelling major German tank and infantry attacks near Estonian border town Narva and at the Carpathians foot. It cites heavy artillery, 2000 Germans killed, and ongoing violent engagements along the front with continued Allied convoy bombardments and Romanian port activity.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Nana
Carpathians
Baltic
Narova
Narva
Stubialswowotha
Red
Soviet
Bamberg
Peepedo Planag
Seid
Bevastopo
Rustran = ariiery
Add
Preag
Henry C. Cassidy
Odessa
Merwel Fedorovich Balazov
Black Sea
Bevagtonol
Bouthweat
Tarnopel
Japs Cross Vital Rail Line In China
Japanese forces drive across the Peiping Hankow railway in northern Henan, threatening to sever China’s north to central link. An army spokesman cites 39,000 to 60,000 troops with Manchuria contingents, aiming to control 150 miles of the railway to support offensive or troop withdrawals south of the Yangtze. Five columns push toward Chengchow and Chengzhen as 10,000 Japanese troops mass near Lunghai.
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Moosa
Chungking
China
Peiping- Hankow
Han'n Province
Manchuria
Unil
Japan
Chin
Columog
Carnghaien
Chengchow
Yellow River
Cungmow
Chengzhelen
Changhsien
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Ala
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State Selective Service
London
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Seventh Army
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Asne
Nathhaniel R Howard
Cleveland News
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Alton W. Knappenberger
Spring Mount
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Arme
Signa Corpse Radiotelephoto
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Slassen
Estonia
Poland
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