Invasion Story Promised As Greatest Since Deluge
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces announces a massive news team to cover the European invasion. Brig. Gen. T J Davis leads the public relations effort with 300 plus reporters, from Allies and partner nations, ready to report the war’s defining moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Forces
England
Europe
T. J. Davis
Supreme Headquarters
China
France
German air raids bomb Portsmouth again last night
German air raids struck Portsmouth with about 200 planes in a night assault concentrated on the southern coast. A hospital was hit causing casualties while Allied Mosquito missions hit Ludwigshafen and a French airfield. Four enemy aircraft did not return from the operations.
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Wercuer
W. W
London
England
Portsmouth
Star Lawns
Ludwig- Stofen
Germany
France
GOP In California New Jersey Divide For Dewey Bricker
California and New Jersey Democrats split support between Gov. Thomas E Dewey and Gov. Earl Warren in the run up to the GOP convention. New Jersey delegates pledged to Dewey strong, while California delegates pledged to Warren, signaling a contested path to the 1,059 delegate tally. Dewey led with undisputed pledged delegates at dawn, as Montana and other states add to totals bringing the count toward a declared majority.
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GOP
California
New Jersey
Dewey, Bricker
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Rooss
Thomas E Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
Clifornia
Dewey
Walter BE. Edge
Warren
Montana
Theatre Ticket Present Thus Clipping for Ad Mission
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Stella M Keen to attend tonight's presentation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Strand theatre or Jane Eyre with Joab Fontaine and Orson Welles at the Dixie theatre. Identification may be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grafton Sentinel
Stella M Keen
Strand Theatre
Joab Fontaine
Orson Welles
Dixie Theatre
Farris
Pearl Street
East Side
Sullivan
Veronica Lake
Joel McCrea
Opera House Theatre
West Virginia Fire Loss and Rabies News Briefs
West Virginia briefs report a drop in timber loss from fore fires to 1592 acres from 13136 in the week to May 14 with 44 fires vs 163 prior period. Other items note Lewter Carrier dinner May 23 and May 27 convention, 180 day dog quarantines in Marion county after four rabies cases, and a fire at Kanawha Park in Charleston damaging seating with $10000 loss and insurance inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
Conservation Commission
Wheeling
West Virginia Association of Levter Carriers
A. C. Schiffler
R-Wva
William J. Gorman
National Assortion
Agriculture Department
Srant
Mannington
Marion County
UPI
Baseball Park
Watt B. Powell
Kanawha River
Powell
Kanawha Park
Charleston Senators
West Virginia
Man Who Bowled First Perfect Game Dies Today
William J. Billy Knox a famed bowler and instructor and the first man to roll a perfect game in the American Bowling Congress tournament died in a Philadelphia hospital early today at age 57. He collapsed after returning from a bowling officials meeting in Elizabeth New Jersey and died five minutes after admission.
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Philadelphia
William J
Billy) Knox
American Bowling Congress
Knox
Elizabeth
N. J
Chinese press on toward Burma to open supply road
The Chinese offensive across the Salween aims to open a land route for heavy artillery, mechanized equipment, and motor transport. Gen Hsiao Setsu and Gen Dorn outline plans to join with Stilwell’s forces to break Japan’s blockade and advance toward China Sea, advancing the inland phase of a joint drive.
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Clyde A. Farnsworth
Salween
Salween River
Japan
Salwren
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
China Sea
China
Hsiao Setsu
Wei Li-Luns
Hsiao
Frank Dorn
Stilwell
Buyma-Ledo Road
WLB Upholds Management Right to Discipline Employees
Washington May 16 The War Labor Board today upheld managements right to discipline workers for contract violations. It reversed the Detroit regional board which ordered Borg-Warner Muskegon to reinstate 41 former employees with seniority but no back pay. The AFL Mobile Workers union had protested a high production rate worker. a strike followed, leading to 41 being removed and a month long plant strike. Vice Chairman George W Taylor said disciplined action is valid when workers strike in violation of the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
Detroit
Nore Machine Products Division
Borg-Warner Corporation
Muskegon
AFL Automobile Workers
Famous Correspondent Faust Killed in Action at Garigliano
Allied Headquarters Naples reports Frederick Faust known as Max Brand and creator of Dr Kildare stories was killed in action Thursday night on the Garigliano sector. The Harpers writer penned 85 books and was famed as a King of the Pulps. He died on the opening night of the fifth army offensive.
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Allied
Naples
Frederick Faust
Harper's Magazine
Max Brand
Garigliano
Faust
Fifth Army
Jury Selected to Try 29 on Conspiracy Charge
A jury of twelve, ten men and two women, was sworn to try 29 defendants accused of establishing a Nazi government. Defense challenges trimmed the panel, replacing Ralph Egan with Anthony Falcone. After five weeks, alternates were chosen. Elmhurst sued his attorney and two prosecutors for 100000, claiming an unlawful alliance.
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Washington
Ralph Egan
Commerce Department
Anthony Falcone
Italy
Egan
Hern
Edward C. Biene
Walter I. Plant
Nyle B. Eakle
Henry Aschenbach
Alice Jump Billingsley
John H. Bahrman
Thomas B. Bailey, Jr
Ubby Company
Earle ‘Airey, Jr
Julia Tenny Butt
Charles M. Saeger, Jr
Bureau of Standards
Leo F. Diegelmann
Frederick A. Raulin
Ernest F. Elmhurst
New York
Allied drive in Italy presses toward Rome through Gustav line
The Allied offensive shows early gains of three to eight miles across the Gustav line with heavy fighting. Germans may fall back to the Adolf Hitler line near Piedimonte, signaling tougher battles ahead as the drive for Rome continues. Various Allied forces, representing many nations, appear unified in this campaign.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Italy
Gustav Line
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Piedimonte
Gustav Front
Cmy
First Hand Accounts Of Battlefront Wounds Tied To Health Policy
West Virginia medical meeting hears first hand reports on tropical diseases malaria and other ailments among troops from Lt Col Norton and Capt McMahon. Officers to be elected. conference to end with dinner. Dr Reed supports a universal pre payment medical care program funded by local state and federal sources and a national health department with cabinet level status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
West Virginia
W. R. Norton
Washington
Alphonse McMahon
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Bethesda
MD. Naval Hospital
Association
House of Delegates
Department of Health
Robert J. Reed, Jr
Reed
Allied push drives Germans from Gustav line in Italy
Allied forces smash last organized resistance south of the Liri river and advance three to eight miles after a major offensive. American troops overrun Spigno in the Garigliano valley while French seize Monte Fammera and Ausonia. British Indian forces halt Nazi counterattacks near Cassino. prisoners since the offensive began total 3,000.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Liri River
Spigno
Garignany
Monte Fammera
Ausonia
Tyrrhenian
Eighth Army
Cassino
Publisher Allows Mailing of Strange Fruit at Publisher’s Risk
New York May 16 The post office lifted its mailing ban on Lillian Smith’s novel Strange Fruit to the extent of mailing the book at the publisher’s risk. Curtice Hitchcock, president of Reynal and Hitchcock, said the risk would be accepted.
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New York
Lillian Smith
South
Curtice Hitchcock
Reynal and Hitchcock, Publishers
Hitchcock
Chinese take new strategic points on Path 10 India
Chinese troops report capture of key positions west of the Salween river in a widening offensive to reach India. The expeditionary force, aided by American advisers and air support, advances toward Teng-Chung and Mamien pass, with encirclement actions near Tatangtzu and moves to reconstruct the Burma road toward the Ledo route from India.
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Chungking
Salween
India
China
Wei Li-Huang
Mamien Pass
Teng-Chung
Burma Road
Shwele River
Tatangtzu
Hongmoshu
Tengchung
Pingka
Lungling
Yunnan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
Ledo Road
No Germans Found in Mountain Held by Allied Troops
American troops entered the mountain stronghold near Spigno and found no Germans. Prisoners were taken, and the battle near Mount Cavia yielded an entire eight-gun artillery battery won by Maj. Victor Hobson of Birmingham. Spigno lay in rubble after German demolition, civilians greeted the advance, and fighting continued nearby at Castellanorato with tanks artillery and infantry involved.
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Sid Feder
Fifth Army
Spgno
Mount Cavia
Victor Hobson
Birmingham
Ala
Spigon
Sprigno
Ausente
Castellanorato
Spigno
Tyrrhenian
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Areec
Turkey
Berlin
Franz von Papen
Russia
Black Sea
Romania
Hungary
Tito
Yugoslavia
Tankara
Allied Planes
Luwigshafen
Africa
North Africa
Coast Guard
International
Ally
George W. Tayior
WIB Hiolds
Attoney
Gustav
Garigliano Valley
Chinse
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