American Bombers Land in Russia for Joint Strike
Strong formations of American bombers and Mustang fighters landed at secret bases in Russia after a sudden incident targeting Nazi positions. The operation, completed yesterday, marks a first leg in a publicized Anglo American Russian air plan. Communique from Eastern command notes the force attacked Romanian targets chosen with the Russian ally and then proceeded to Russian bases with light enemy opposition.
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Eddy Gilmore
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Russia
Hitler
Red Air Force
Iraq
Ecussa
Eastern Command
Strategle
West Virginia News Briefs Highlights APCO items
Ration banking accounts of nine gasoline distributors serving 31 dealers in the Bluefield area were debited 4 677 gallons last week for invalid coupons. Richard V Kropp of Bekley D won freshman and sophomore declamation at Greenbrier Military School opening week. J W Benjamin Y won junior speaking. Bertram Cousins Jr of Fairmont won senior. Company A led by Cadet Capt John Ray of Peterstown won first in drills. Seven Huntington women joined the women s land army of Ohio to help Buckeye farms. WV urged to observe the MCA centennial June 4 to 11. Governor Neely called for statewide observance. See WEST VIRGINIA page 6.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Bluefield
OPA
Lewisburg
Richard V. Kropp
Bekley
Greenbrier
Huntington
W. D. Click
Womer's Land Army of Ohio
Ywca of
Ohio State University
Buckeye
West
Theatre Ticket Admits Sullivans at Strand and The Girl at Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Virginia Stout Loveland to attend tonight's Strand presentation of The Sullivans starring Ann Baxter and Thomas Mitchell. Also showing at the Strand is Girl in the Case with Edmund Lowe and Valley at the Dixie theatre with Charles.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Virginia Stout Loveland
Lina Barrett Street
Precidie Slack
Harry Owens
Ted ‘Weems
Leon Kral
Grace McDonald
Garkent
Indiana GOP rejects Dewey pledge at convention
Bricker faction hails Indiana setback as possible start of a shift against a first ballot Dewey nomination. Indiana delegates pledged total 390 with six additional supporters claimed. Capehart nominated for the U S Senate seat, longtime Indianapolis manufacturer and GOP figure.
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Associated Press
Dewey
Republican Party
Indiana
Thomas Dewey
Goy
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Homer E. Capehart
Indianapolis
U. S. Senate
Capehart
Washington (Ind
Cliff Scaling Yanks Open Way For Big Biak Push
Allied forces in New Guinea press the Biak Island invasion as cliff scaling Yanks clear limestone caves and machinegun nests on wooded ridges. A reinforced Sixth Army drive targets three airfields along a coastal road, while Lib erators and Mitchells drop 80 tons of bombs on Japanese positions to hasten the advance.
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Biak’s
New Guinea
Biak
Sixth Army
Philippines
Hitrerto
Shoutens
Dutch New Guinea
S Bay
Bosnok
Mokmer
Ithica
Allied bombers attack Pas de Calais and Boulogne fortifications
British and American air forces pressed a multi-front attack across Europe. US heavy bombers struck Nazi coastal fortifications in Pas de Calais and Boulogne, delivering up to 1500 tons of explosives in two missions from Britain. RAF daylight raids hit west wall defenses and German rail yards near Paris, while Mosquitos targeted Leverkusen.
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Austin Bealmear
London
U. S
Pas-De-Calais
Boulogne
France
Europe
Britain
West Wall
Atlantic Walk
Continent
Mediterranean
Russia
RAF
Channel
Great Trappes
Paris
Leverkusen
Germany
Cologne
Air Ministry
Italy
Giurgiu
Danube River
Batista Emerges From Cuban Election With Prestige
President Fulgencio Batista gained enhanced prestige at home and abroad after Cuba’s elections in which most of his allies, including his presidential candidate, were defeated. Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin’s forces reportedly won both the house and senate as the opposition claimed victory for mayoral seats in Havana and Mariano. Dr. Emil Ludwig, visiting Miami, said Roosevelt telephoned congratulations to Grau San Martin.
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Fred L. Strozier
Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Mariano
House
Senate
Gray San Martin
Miami
Emil Ludwig
Cuba
Roosevelt
Tax exemption proposal for servicemen dining in cabarets
Washington dispatch reports Senator George proposes that men and women in uniform sign their names and serial numbers on dine dance and drink bills to exempt military and naval personnel from the cabaret tax. The move ties to a bill raising the public debt limit and cutting the cabaret levy from 30 to 20 percent. The Senate Finance Committee chair will lead a joint conference with House members next week to decide the matter.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
George
Senate Finance Committee
House
Perae
RO Sig Pace
Rommel fails to capture Tito at Drvar in Bosnia
German forces led by Erwin Rommel bombed Tito’s Bosnian headquarters at Drvar on May 25 using dive bombers paratroopers and armored units but Tito escaped with his staff including Maj Randolph Churchill. Allied correspondents were captured though one escaped later.
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Bari
Italy
Erwin Rommel
Marshal Tito
Tito
Randolph Churchill
Stoyan Pribichevich
Time
Life
Fortune
Jonn ‘Talbot
Reuters
Pribichevich
Drvar
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Split
Imperiant
Petrovac
Severali
Rommel
House Approves One Year OPA Price Control Extension
Washington June 3 House Banking Committee unanimously approved a year extension of wartime price control while retaining subsidies on meat butter and flour and ending consumer price aid on other foods. A Bankhead textile price standard proposal was sent to a separate extension bill. Cotton remains the only major farm commodity below parity. The Senate and House plan to debate separate OPA extension bills next week.
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Washington
Congress
House Banking Committee
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate Banking Committee
Rep. Brown
D-Ga
Senate
House
Priority Manpower Plan Tested as War Jobs End
War manpower officials expect the Priority Manpower Plan to face an exhaustive test in coming months as war contracts end and production cutbacks grow. The plan channels workers through the Employment Service to assignments at plants most in need, with possible relocation but no compulsion.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Pea Hemi Pe Sa
United States Employment Service
Ems
War Today Foretells Allied Strike as D-Day Looms
DEWIT MacKENZIE notes Allied forces poised on eastern and western fronts with invasion possible any moment. Nazi defenses in Romania and Poland show strain while bombers continue, and Kesselring fights to avert a collapse as American forces cut through to Rome.
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Dewit MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Romania
Poland
Germany
Balkans
Africa
Rhone
France
Europe
Italy
Kesselring
Casilinan
Rome
Allied Tanks Reach 14 Miles From Rome As Drive Sweeps On
Allied forces report advancing toward Monte Cassino and Casilina corridor, with the push threatening Rome from the southeast. The offensive along the Velletri and Valmontone axis tightens as German resistance concentrates around retreat routes. The Rome campaign nears a final lap. Rome itself may be spared unless Germans defend the city and rail links.
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Noland
Alban
Rome
Monté
Casstellado
Eternal City
Via Casilina
Valsatone
Velletri-Valmontone
Monte Castellacio
Velletri
G Mans
Weta
Valmontone
Socialist Convention Forges Peace Offensive Plan
D Harold Oliver reports from Reading Pennsylvania that the Socialist party faction unveiled a four point political peace offensive. The draft plank calls for immediate armistice terms and world peace, economic security, preservation and expansion of liberties, racial equality, and a mass party to combat fascism at home. It warns against prolonged war and imperialism and urges UN willingness to declare armistice.
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D. Harold Oliver
Reading
Socialist Party
China
America
United Nations
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