Troops Seize Ward Plants and Force Official Out
In Chicago on April 27 two soldiers from the army detail seized Montgomery and Company offices ejecting chairman Sewell L. Avery from his post. Attorney General Biddle said the action followed a Labor Board dispute and Avery’s refusal to cooperate with government directives. Officials stated the move aims to allow state operation and prevent work stoppages while negotiations continue.
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Chicago
Montgomery and
Avery
Biddle
Avers Sigeelton
Rididile
Seed Yo
United States
Tipo
Roosevelt
Ward
Vestec
United Retail Wholesale and Department Store
Montgomery Ward
WLB
Sid Os
NEA Telephota
Seek To Identify Slayer Suspect In Milbank Murder Trial
The trial of Selmer Rasch, charged with the murder of James Gaunt near Marvin in Grant County, enters its second day with Madden identifying Rasch as the man seen with Gaunt en route to the west coast. Rasch was captured in Wyoming and brought back for trial as witnesses, including Henry Adamson and Orrie Mundwilder, testified about Gaunt’s body and the head wound.
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Bulgane
James Maclin
Milwaukee
Montevides
Minn
Tral Selmer Rasch
James Gaunt
Marvin
Grant Ununty
Madden
Rasch
Gaunt
West Coast
Wyoming
Witnes
Henry Adamson
Amos
Reeve
Milbank
Jack Huben
Milwaukee Depot
Jesse Lowe
Russell L. Friese
Grant County
Orrie Mundwilder
D. A. Gregory
Big Battle Shapes In Burma As Allies Pour In Troops
Allied reinforcements surged toward Kohima and Manpin as British and American forces pressed into Burma. Kohima held by Japanese bunkers faced heavy artillery and uphill assaults while Stilwell pushed from the Mogaung Valley, advancing toward Warong and Kamaing. A major engagement was shaping up around Kohima with tanks and infantry tightening the siege.
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Burma
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Cal
Kenamed
Insa Kohima
Thearewi
Assam
Manipur
Kohima
Imphal
Lhar Town
Dimapur
Himalayas
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung
Manpin
Kamaing
Hhe
Stilwell
Warong
Associated Press
William Boni
U. See
Pre Invasion Allied Air Blows Shift to German Atlantic Wall
Allied air forces massed for the pre invasion offensive targetting the German Atlantic Wall. U S bombers joined RAF raids on Essen Schweinfurt and rail yards near Paris while British heavy bombers and Mosquitoes hit Hamburg and other targets. The Germans reported raids into southern and southwest Germany as dawn broke with many planes lost on both sides in the large daylong assault. London reported the invasion mobilization and Channel air battles.
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London
U. S
Atlantic Wall
Essen
Schweinfurt
Paris
Weil
France
Germany
Italy
Channel
Pittsburgh
Villeneuve St. Georges
Hamburg
Butter Ration Points Go Down
Butter ration points decrease as shelves fill. Sunday values drop from 2 to 1 2 points per pound for butter with margarine cut by four points to two. Veal remains at May levels while lamb and mutton fall by about 50 percent. Spare ribs gain one point to slow movement. other pork cuts unchanged.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Grant Kerosene To Meet Emergency Ration Request
A Monroe County ration board in Rochester on April 27 granted a request for kerosene to meet an emergency. The letter pleaded for fuel to cook vital needs and was approved after review.
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Rochester
Monroe County
Sweden Takes Dig At Uncle Sam In Warrow Note
Sweden’s Aftonbladet answers U S criticism of refusing to halt ball bearing shipments to Germany. The paper argues Britain aided the request and Russia spoke last, while questioning Allied justification and wartime contributions. It notes Sweden’s peril under Nazi pressure and hints analysis continues on page seven.
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Sweden
Uncle Sam
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Sam
Germany
Stockholm Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet
Britain
Russia
Nazidorm
MacKenzie
Russians Tighten Sevastopol Siege and Transports
London dispatch reports the Soviet Black Sea blockade near Sevastopol intensified with five transports totaling 13,060 tons and two more damaged. In the north, the Red Air Force sank four Nazi transports totaling 20,000 tons, while ten German planes fell and Soviet losses rose. Soviet forces claim substantial German casualties across multiple fronts, including 800-plus killed in Ukraine and 52 tanks and 79 planes lost on the overall front.
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London
Sevastopol
Moscow
Red Army
Dnestr
Black Sea
Curmunique
Red Air Force
Barents Sea
Bulletin
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Ukraine
Double Attack on Kurile Islands
American airmen delivered a double pounding to Kurile Island defenses over two nights ending a 10 day lull. Matsuwa Island near 500 miles from Japan was struck by heavy Aleutian 11th AAF bombers while Navy Ventura planes hit Paramushiro and Shumushu.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Kurile Island
11Th Aaf
Matsuwa Island
Navy Ventura
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Matsuwa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
RAAF
Truk Atoll
Central Pacific
Caroline Islands
Pomape
Truk
Marshall Islands
M. and St. L. Finances Declared Sound in Receivership
Lucian C. Sprague, president of the Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad in receivership for over two decades, announced the line is without mortgage or bonded debt. A payment of 2,122,466.67 covered all indebtedness, with earnings over the past three years funding operations and improvements. Capital now shows 150,000 shares of no par stock, with only equipment trust certificates as liens.
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Minnearulis
Minneapolis, and
St Louis
Lucian C. Sprague
America
First National Bank of Minneapolis
Sprague
Allies Repulse German Attacks in Adriatic Sector
Allied forces on the Italian front repulsed two German attacks in the Adriatic sector amid bad weather restricting operations. Only 80 Allied sorties were flown with no enemy planes observed over the bas ic area. one Allied plane was missing. In other actions, Allied naval forces sank four small enemy supply ships and a tug, with two enemy destroyers damaged and a corvette sunk by U S naval craft and Allied planes. Prisoners were taken and no further Allied casualties reported.
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Naples
Adriatic
Petras
Mediterranean Air Force
Fifth Army
Corsica
Japs Push New Propaganda Passes to Sargeants
Washington April 27 Japanese leaflets released by the Office of War Information show a new surrender pass called Ticket to Armistice. It instructs advancing toward Japanese troops wave white flag and strap gun over left shoulder with slogans in Japanese and English urging peace. Other propaganda targets include home front nostalgia and distrust between troops and spouses while lampooning leaders and suggesting GI Joe fights for higher-ups.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Southwest Pacific
Owi
Ronely
G. I. Joe
Pleads Guilty To Bank Robbery Count
George Hellyer age 21 of Snyder Colorado pleaded guilty to robbing a federal state bank by force in Hyannis Nebraska. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Burrows and will be moved to Omaha for trial. Patrolmen captured him near Lisco after abducting bank cashier Walter Stroud whose car was used in the crime. About $1500 taken was recovered and the cashier released unharmed.
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Malureel
Nev
George Hellyer
Snyder
Cols
Hellyer
Scotts Bluff
M. C. Morgan
Hyannis
Neb
U. S
Q O. P. Burrows
Omaha
Lisco
Walter Stroud
Utter Collapse Of Jap Resistance In Guinea Reported
Japanese forces reportedly collapse across New Guinea as Allied advances seize several coastal bases. Australian and American units push toward Hollandia, with airfields at Cyclops Sentimi and Kamiri fell, while Dutch Port Moresby lines hold.
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Guinea
Sss
Dhibwas
Vidleys
Fa Dna LLC
Mubandia
Aptian
Liehundio
Aitape
Todji Airrome
Imd
Nee Is Usu
Madang
Bual- Tandin
Yanahmerah
Humpoldt
Hollandia
Lumbardt Bay
Bill Wpanese
Hellandia
Molandia
Kamiri
Geelvink Bay
German Break With Turkey Hinted By Von Papen Remark
Franz Von Papen German ambassador to Turkey returns to Berlin this weekend. A German propaganda broadcast said he would not take back to Ankara the German views on Turkey suspending chrome shipments to the Axis. Turkey's move prompted speculation on possible strains in German Turkish relations. Von Papen expected to fly to Berlin Saturday.
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Associated Press
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Berlin
Ankara
Axis
Germany
von Papen
Bomb Kills Several in British Shelter Hit
London date April 20 report says a German high explosive bomb struck an underground shelter in a south coast town killing several of about 60 adults and children seeking haven. Other bombs hit a tenement area smashing a mission hall and taverns. Portsmouth was named by German radio.
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London
Portsmouth
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