Stilwell Seizes Important Japanese Airbase In Burma
Allied forces under Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell drive into Myitkyina airfield in Burma after a 20 day march, seizing the base and besieging the city to link the Ledo and Burma roads. American engineers and Chinese troops advance, widening the Allied reach as Japanese units retreat and fires burn along the front. The operation narrows the gap to about 80 air miles between Allied armies and threatens northern Burma positions.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Joseph W. Stillwell
Burma
China
Southeast Asia
Aled
Stilwell
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Frank Merrill
Salchen
Burma Road
Vow
Huron Engineer Dies in Minnesota Train Wreck
George N. Rolish of Huron, a Chicago and North Western engineer, killed when westbound passenger 503 derailed near Lake Benton Minnesota early today. Fireman Ed Gardner injured. other crew members Edward Gabris and Donald Campbell lightly hurt. Derailment blamed on storm damage to lines. train rerouted via Watertown. Survived by widow, daughter Bris Willis De Witt, son Lloyd Housh, 12 grandchildren.
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George N. Rolish
Huron
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Lake Berton
Minn
Ed Gardner
Tracy
Tyler
Dakota Division
Edward C. Gabris
la Crosse
Wis
Donald Campbell
Lake Benton
W. L. Mueller
George S. King
Roush
Watertown
S. D
Roush, Gardner and Gabrial
C. & . W. Railroad
Pennsylvania
Mr. Roush
Eliza Johnson
Prairie
Earth's Composition Predominantly Iron and Oxygen
A historical note states the earth is about 40 percent iron with oxygen making up roughly 28 percent. It adds silicon, magnesium, nickel, calcium, aluminum, and the remaining elements in smaller shares.
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Earth
Wealthy Indian Girl's Body Found In Hudson River
Vally Matthai, 22, a wealthy student from Bombay and Columbia University resident, was found drowned in the Hudson River after a two month search. Authorities noted no violence or toxins and planned no autopsy. theories included self harm, foul play, or accidental death during a snowstorm.
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Hudson River
Yonkers
Vally Matthai
Columbia University
Westchester County
Edwin M. Huntington
Bombay
India
Riverside Drive
Huntington
New York
International House
Miss Matthaai
John Matthai
Tata Chemical Company
Pacific Coast
University
Wherry targets OPA with anti politics proposal
Senator Wherry declared plans to apply anti political rules to OPA employees mirroring a farm bill amendment. Democrats argued existing law covers government campaign activity, and a conference committee will decide on school lunch funding and Farm Security measures alongside the anti politics move.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Nobh
OPA
Congress
Senate
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
Senate House
Allied Victories Highlight War Today News
Yesterday favored the Allied cause with three key wins. German forces withdrew from Cassino in Italy as part of a Gustav Line retreat. Myitkyina airfield in Burma fell to Allied forces, and a Detroit foreman's strike ended on the home front. The Nazi withdrawal strengthens the push toward Rome and hints at a new Allied offensive from Anzio.
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Cassino
Italy
Myitkyina
Burma
Detroit Foreman
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Anzio
Adolf
Hitler
Exchange Prisoners Battle Each Other With Songs At Dock
At Barcelona on May 18 the Gradisca exchanged prisoners sailing to Marseille. The Gripsholm carried 900 Americans and Britons home from Nazi internment as a crowd of Germans watched from 50 yards away. A ship to ship song battle followed featuring Horst Wessel and There’ll Always Be an England among others.
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Gripsholm
Barcelona
Spain
Marseille
Horst Wessel
England
Tipperary
Nazia
Africa
Berlin
Ploesti Oil Center Bombed Again By Allied Air Power
Allied bombers struck Ploesti in Romania along with Belgrade and Nis in Yugoslavia. Flying Fortresses Liberators escorted by Lightning Thunderbolt and Mustang aircraft attacked with 500 to 700 heavy bombers and 1 500 planes total in the raid.
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Allied
Naples
U. S
Balkans
Ploesti
Romania
Belgrade
Nis
Yugoslavia
United Nations Radio
Algiers
Man Held After Nude Body Found Near Malibu
A special police detail guarded the cell of Jan Francis Sarazzawaki, 29, after the nude body of Mrs. Marian Berger, 42, was recovered from the Pacific Ocean at Encinal Beach, 14 miles north of Malibu. He is charged with assaulting Mrs. Berger who had been missing for a week.
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Los Angeles
Jan Francis Sarazzawiski
Marian Berger
Pacific Ocean
Encinal Beach
Malibu
Sarazzawaki
Red Devil Squadron Sinks 24 Jap Ships in South Pacific
Doland Flier's unit, the Red Devil Squadron, sank 24 Japanese ships and hit airfields and enemy positions as they supported Bougainville operations. Maj. Rolland F. Smith led the Avenger torpedo bombers, with tactics of dive bomber followed by torpedo runs. After aiding in Rabaul disruption, the squadron prepares to visit home on their first trip in over a year.
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Doland Flier
Bougainville
Red Devil
South Pacific
Maj. Smith
Empress Augusta Bay
Ballale
Shortland
Kahili
Kara
Bonis
Buka
Rabaul
New Britain-New Guinea-New Ireland
Rabaul Harbor
Maj Rolland Smith Starred In Sports At South Dakota
Aberdeen May 18 Maj Rolland Smith leader of the Red Devil bomber squadron returning to the States after serving in the South Pacific has arrived at his Laguna Beach home with his wife and two daughters His brother Donald Smith an all state forward for Doland High School and a University athlete also served in the Pacific Major Smith a 1939 USD graduate starred in football track and basketball at the University He is expected to arrive here next week
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Aberdeen
Rolland Smith
Red Devil
States
South Pacific
Laguna Beach
Calif
T. W. Fletcher
Mas. Smith
University of South Dakota
Maj. Smith
Set
Donald Smith
Doland High School
Pacific
Donald
Smith
Redfield Highway Patrolman Killed in Accident
Funeral services for Albert Goodall, a Redfield state highway patrol operator, will be held Saturday at the Redfield Congregational Church. He died Tuesday night in Redfield hospital from injuries after being run over by a road maintainer he was operating on the highway near Doland. Survived by widow and one child.
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Redfield
Redfield Congregational
Albert Goodall
Doland
Goodall
Brookings Floods From 2.62 Inch Rain Event
Brookings endured flood damage as heavy rainfall of 2.82 inches between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. flooded business basements and homes. A C. N. W. railway train from Minneapolis derailed near Lake Benton due to a soft roadbed, delaying eastbound service and rerouting via Watertown. A prior night rain measured 1.04 inches.
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Brookings
Minneapolis
Lake Benton
Minn
Watertown
Rapid City Bomber Crashes In Flames
A four-engined bomber from Rapid City Army Air Base crashed and burned near New Underwood at 6:30 a m during a morning formation. The craft struck James Forrest ranch about a mile north of Highway 14 16 and east of town, bursting into flames on impact. No official announcement had been made by Rapid City Army Air Base officials.
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Rapid City
Rapid City Army Air Base
New Underwood
James Forrest
Highway 14 16
Rapid City Army
Bushfield Criticizes Morgenthau Trip Expense
Comptroller General Lindsay Warren estimated about 158 dollars in cash was spent on Secretary Morgenthau's overseas tour to North Africa and Italy to study exchange stabilizaton and boost war bond sales. Bushfield called the claim ludicrous while noting omitted costs and aircraft use.
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Washingiun
Lindsay Warren
Bushfield
Warren
Acc
Morgenthau
China
Wallace
Exchange Stabilization Fund
Soviet Bombers Hit German Rail Centers in White Russia and Poland
London reported that Soviet long range bombers continued attacking Nazi rail centers in White Russia and Poland. In the southeast of old Poland near Stanislawow, Moscow said 500 Germans were killed and 150 captured after a Soviet assault and repulsed counterattacks.
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London
White Russia
Old Poland
Moscow
Stanislawow
Five Month Siege Ends With Little Resistance Today
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports Cassino fortress and Benedictine Monastery fallen to British Eighth Army and Formia captured by American forces. Gustav Line breached, over 4,500 Germans captured in Cassino area. 20,000 in Italian campaign. Allies advance from Monte Ruazzo toward Itria road junction, threatening retreat routes along the Tyrrhenian coast.
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Naples
Eighth Army
Cassino
Formia
Italy
Peles
Monastery Hill
Green Devils
Tne
Cassins
Fifth Army
Anzio
Cisterna
Littoria
Berlin
New Zealand
Tyrrhenia Sea
Monte Ruazzo
Itri
Gaeta
Rome
Gustav Line
Aerial Westwall Photos Map German Coastal Defenses
London May 18 Allied reconnaissance photos reveal the Westwall as a network of concrete forts, minefields, and barbed wire set in camouflaged clusters. The map details gun emplacements, submerged batteries, and rocket guns as troops prepare for invasion.
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German
Westwall
London
Vichy
Dwight Dnhower
Channel
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Loyang
Henan
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
New
Hollandia-Aitape
Minnesota
Dewitt MacKenzie
Ploesti Oil Center
Dunkerque
Rolland F. Smith
Maj. Rolland Smith
South Dakota
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