Pas de Gala in Calais Front Heavily Attacked Planes Lost
American Fortresses and Liberators swept Pas de Calais area in the 31st day of a major offensive. One Mustang missing after anti aircraft fire. no German planes sighted. Fortresses and Liberators with eighth air force support bombed French targets following Cologne raid. Berlin claimed raids on Bristol as British Mosquito bombers hit targets.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Pas de Calais
Britain
U. S
Eighth Air Force
France
Cologne
Brenner Pass
Italy
Berlin
Bristol
Orlemanski Reconciled After Suspension in Moscow Mission
Springfield May 1 The Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski longtime pastor remained in seclusion today seemingly reconciled to bishop O Learys suspension after his return from a Moscow mission. He did not attend four masses and reportedly accepted the suspension order. He had planned a Moscow trip and a meeting with Stalin officials before tensions over visiting permissions and religious freedom. Orlemanski later said he would appeal for a review of the bishops action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Our Lady of the Rosary
Moscow
von Thomas M. O'Leary
Josef Stalin
Monas
George A. Shea
O'Leary
Fr. Orlemanski
Stalin
Poland
Ukraine
Russias
Orlemanski
Apostolic Delegate
Washington
Amleto Cicognani
Holy See
Rome
O' Leary
West Virginia News Briefs Across State
National Coal Association reports bituminous coal production for May 6 week at 12 150 000 tons slightly below prior week but 22 4 percent above 1943 figures. Through May 6 1944 output totaled 222 835 000 tons versus 212 561 000 in the same period a year earlier. Coroner schedules inquest into death near Moundsville. Army show on military equipment and captured war spoils tentatively set for Charleston June 11 as part of Fifth War Loan drive. Taxicab operators urged to join joint action program to save equipment tires gas and manpower. over 100 plans already in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
The
National Coal Association
Charleston
West
AF Teagan
Office of Defense Transportation
Teagan
West Virginia
Snow White and Jane Eyre on Strand and Dixie stages
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Nellie Fortney of West Main Street to attend tonight's presentation at Strand theatre showing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or at Dixie theatre showing Jane Eyre with Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. Identification may be required.
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Grafton Sentinel
Nellie Fortney
West Main Street
Tonivnt
Strand Theatre
Jane Eyre
Joan Fontaine
Orson Welles
Dixie Theatre
Nazis Boast Invasion Defenses Are Ready
London May 15 The German broadcasts admit west Wall defenses may be tested when battle starts. Berlin says fighting will spread beyond Atlantic wall as small waves reach far. Underground reports claim air forces and transport plans to defend by airlift. Tojo voices support as Nazi propagandists claim moral backing.
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Edward D. Ball
London
West Wall
Berlin
Atlantic Wall
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Visit With Tito and Yugoslav Partisans Described
AP writer recounts entering partisan Yugoslavia behind the front near a mountain field under a starry sky. He meets Maj Randolph Churchill and Tito troops, watches prisoner procession, travels by partisan railroad, and travels with John Talbot and General Sreten Zujevich.
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Tito
Yugoslavia
Maj
Randolph Churchill
John Talbot
Sreten Zujevich
Vlack
Josip
Medical And Surgical Complications Of Pregnancy Discussed
At the West Virginia state medical association opening in Wheeling doctors discussed medical and surgical complications of pregnancy and the patient who is "always tied." speakers included Dr. S. A. Cosgrove of Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital and Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic.
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Wheeling
West Virginia State Medical Association
S. A. Cosgrove
Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital
Jersey City
Walter C. Alvarez
Mayo Clinic
Rochester Minn
Robert J. Reed, Jr
Association Presi
Fayette County Demands Recounts In Tight Primaries
Fayette County Court reviewed petitions from five defeated candidates urging recounts after narrow results in last week's primary. Democratic and Republican contenders sought counts in judicial, county commissioner, and sheriff races, with incumbents like H E Dillon Jr and others contesting canvasses showing close margins.
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Payetteville
Fayette County
12Th Circuit
H. E. Dillon, Jr
R. J. Thrift, Jr
William G Thompson
Montgomery
Frank Love
J. Alex Tinsley
House of Delegates
E. W. Kelly
Tinsley
B. C. Hooper
W. D. Lawton
Mount Hope
H. R. Beckleheimer
J. F. Reed
Brave Polish Troops Enter Fight After 4-Year Wait
Poles, bent on revenge after four years, launch a major assault on the German Green Devil division in the Cassino Monastery area. They attack from the Donogrino slope, facing double-strength German forces as they press toward the Liri valley uncovering the Casina stronghold, in a sector long feared by Allied offensives.
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Cassino
Monastery Hill
Lirl
Donogrino
Chinese Launch Offensive Aims To Link With Stillwell
Chinese high command says large forces struck western Yunnan on May 10 crossing the Saleen river along a 100 mile front in hopes of joining Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell in northern Burma. Casualties were heavy. Chennault’s air units supported the drive as Mitchells hit Wanpahsa, Mangshih, Lungling and other targets causing explosions and fires. Japanese railway and border positions were attacked as the Peiping to Hankow line was briefly disrupted.
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Yugoslavia
Chunggking
Yunnan Province
Saleen River
Joseph W. Stillwell
Burma
Mangshih
Lungling
Hannan
Tengchung
Tatang
Peiping- Hankow
Suiping
Chenghsien
Honan
Oklahoma Democrats Lead Off In Roosevelt Delegates
Democrats in Oklahoma begin the expected selection of 22 convention delegates for Franklin D Roosevelt. California and New Jersey primaries will finalize the nomination on the first ballot. Delaware and Montana Democrats plan small delegations for Roosevelt. Washington adds to the Roosevelt tally, with 677 pledged by Tuesday.
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Oklahoma
Jack Bell
Associated Press
California
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Delaware
Montana
Washington
Wallace
Earl Warren
Soviet Red Army prepares major assault with Western aid
London dispatch reports the Red Army regrouping for a major offensive against the Germans, timed with Allied blows from the west. Moscow says Soviet air forces hit the Brest Litvosk railway junction, Polotsk, Narva, and other German targets, destroying substantial transport.
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London
Red Army
Moscow
Red
Brest Litvosk
Poland
Polotsk
Russia
Narva
Estonia
Heaviest bombing in New Guinea near Wakde and Maffin Bay
Allied air units led a massive strike on Wakde Island and the Maffin bay coastline, delivering 334 tons of bombs in the heaviest assault since Hollandia. The Wakde airstrip received 200 tons, while Liberators and Mitchells targeted installations and bombers, with smoke rising 6,000 feet.
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Asahel Bush
New Guinea
Hollandia
Wakde
Maffin Bay
Sarmi
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Schouten
Geelvink Bay
Noemfoor
Schoutens
Allied drive breaches Gustav line with Ausonia capture
Allied forces push from the fifth army right wing across southern Italy, capturing Ausonia and advancing to Santa Infante and Pietro on the Garigliano. French troops seize high ground near San Giorgio, Americans push toward Minturno, and the Rapido bridgehead expands as tanks move toward the Liri valley in a major offensive.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Fifth Army
Ausonia
Gustav Line
Italy
Santa Infante
Pietro
Garigliano
Ausente
San Giorgio
Spigno
Minturno
San Gregorio
Cassino
Litt River
Rapido River
Liri
Dis Rec
Rome
The War Today and the Invasion Outlook
War analyst DEWITT MacKENZIE weighs the Allied invasion of Western Europe, predicting a brutal battle ahead as Nazi resistance deepens. He cites Dr. Norman R. Maier's view of German unrest and the belief that surrender hinges on the invaders breaking fortress Europe and eroding Hitler’s grip.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Norman
R. F. Maier
University of Michigan
Munich
Maier
Germany
Puehrer
Europe
Vroeai
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