Allies Capture Cassino and Monastery Hill
Allied advances near Cassino and the Monastery Hill are described as the invasion nears. German defenses along the west wall are mapped as camouflaged concrete clusters embedded in minefields and barbed wire. The propaganda map, based on reconnaissance photography, outlines fortified positions, hidden guns, sunken batteries, and rocket emplacements prepared for the anticipated invasion.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Channel
West Virginia Education Board Sets June Action
West Virginia state board of education will meet in Charleston June 1921 to finalize plans for expanding a rehabilitative program, review budgets for the next school year, and fill vacancies at state school institutions. In Fairmont Clem L Shaver, ill at St Marys Hospital, is described as definitely better by his physician, after influenza. In Huntington Dr W Ross Batson became president of the state dental society at its 38th convention, with Laura Gwinn of Beckley named president of the hygienists and Betsy Bartlett of Clarksburg named vice president.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Board of Education
W. W. Trent
Fairmont
Clem L. Shaver
St. Mary's Hosital
Clarksburg
H. H. Haynes
Shaver
National Demoratic
Huntington
W. Ross Batson
Pine Grove
West Virginia
Theater Tickets Promote Strand or Dixie Showings
The clipping advertises tonight’s theatre mission at Strand or Dixie venues. It mentions Eraree Russian Girls with Anna and Kent Smith at the Strand and Two-Man Line with Tom Neal Annavage and J Carroll Naish, plus Sheriff featuring Keard at the Dixie Theatre.
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the Grafton
German retreat from Cassino signals Allied breakthrough
The war today reports the German withdrawal from Cassino in the Gustav line as a solid Allied victory in Italy. Capture of Myitkyina airfield in northern Burma by American and Chinese forces is hailed as a major stroke. The Detroit foreman strike ends on the home front as another notable development. The Nazis pull back toward the Adolf Hitler line, with a possible two-front pressure as Allied forces push from Anzio toward Rome.
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Cassino
Italy
San Giorgio
San Appollinare
Garigliano
Ausonia
U. S
Santa Maria Infante
Spigno
Liri
Terelle
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Myitkyina
Burma
Detroit Foreman
Gustav Line
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Hitler
Anzio
Myitkyina- Airdrome
Organized Labor and Negro Vote Stir Campaign Chatter
In 1944 campaign talk the pull of organized labor and Negro voting adds sharp tone to the race. Rep Smith proposes House probe of campaign expenditures by individuals, corporations or unions to expose actions, while Rep Shafer seeks to ban Foremen's unions after a Detroit walkout. May of Kentucky cautions on bill fate as others weigh implications.
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Associated Press
South
Rosevelt
Dewey
New York
Washington
Smith
D-Va
House of Representatives
Biddle
CIO
Political Action Committee
Shafer
R.mich
Detroit
Aerial Photographic Reconnaissance Saves Allied Lives
U S Airforce reconnaissance units under Col William B Reed in England claim thousands of lives saved as Eisenhower forces advance. Photo planes with automatic cameras cover Nazi Europe, photographing strategic targets for bombing, damage assessment, and invasion planning. See AERIAL Page 2.
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Austin Bealmear
U. S. Airforce
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
William B. Reed
Charlotte
N. C
Ninth U. S. Airforce
Eighth Airforce
Hitler
Europe
Eighth
Approach Made To Patch Differences Of Poland
Russia and Poland showed cautious progress in smoothing hostilities and tensions at the United Nations. The Polish National Council in London proposed separating the president’s succession from the army chief, which would force President Raczkiewicz to replace General Sosnkowski if he accepts. Russians oppose Sosnkowski due to alleged anti Soviet ties, and may prefer a government excluding him. Additional changes may follow as talks continue.
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Joan M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Poland
United Nations
Polish National Council
London
Wladislaw Raczkiewicz
Kazimierz Sosnkowski
Sosnkowski
Willigg
Finnish Refugees Reach Sweden Amid War Fears
Stockholm reports a steady stream of Finnish refugees arriving by small boats, many soldiers fleeing German occupation in northern Finland. Aftontidningen quotes them saying Germans control northern Finland and open war is feared. 85 refugees interned at Umen.
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Stockholm
Finland
Sweden
Aftontidningen
St ‘Umen
Striking foremen heed government work call today
Detroit May 18 Striking foremen end three week dispute and begin returning to 52 000 war production jobs. Foremen affiliated with the Foreman Association of America voted almost unanimously to resume work after instructions from national president Robert H Keys of the independent union. The War Labor Board warned Keys of consequences if he challenged the government in war time.
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Detroit
Michigan
Army
Navy
Foreman's Association of America
Robert H. Keys
Independent
Washington
Keys
William Lance
FAA Bce
Vallance
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
United States
Trap Tightens on Thousands of Japanese by Yanks
Advanced Allied Headquarters New Guinea reports the western jaw of a trap closing on Japanese forces along a coastal corridor about 34 miles southeast of Aitape. The engagement, ongoing since Saturday, shows movement toward Wewak with Australians advancing from Madang and ongoing troop concentrations attacked by Allied planes.
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New Guinea
Aitape
Wewak
Madang
Bunabun
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Cargo Of War Prisoners Exchanged In Spain
Nine hundred Americans and Britons were exchanged for a similar number of Germans and waited in Barcelona for the Gripshelm to unload about 1600 Red Cross mail parcels for American POWs. The ship will stay to complete unloading and then sail to Marseille with more civilians exchanged. The Gadisca carried 18 expected soldiers but 60 arrived. Larry Allen among exchanged civilians in a story continuing on Page 2.
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Barcelona
Spain
Gripshelm
Red Cross
Reich
Germany
Gripsholm
United States
Marseille
Washington
State Department
North Africa
United Kingdom
New York
Larry Allen
War Plant Worker Murders Wife Of Personnel Manager In Los Angeles
Los Angeles, May 18. A special police detail guards the cell of Jan Francis Sarazzawski after the nude body of Marian Berger, 42, was found in the Pacific at Encinal Beach. Berger, missing a week, is identified as the wife of the war plant personnel manager here. Sarazzawski, 29, allegedly confessed to killing her with an iron, then recanted and blamed a man called Har. Evidence including Berger’s ration books and red hair tufts were found in his car, which was bloodstained. He denies the killing and refuses a lie detector test. Berger’s husband is abroad on business. Sarazzawski and Berger were coworkers at the local war plant. War Plant Page 2.
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Los Angeles
Jan Francis Sarazzawski
Marian Berger
Pacific Ocean
Encinal Beach
Malibu
Sarazzawski
Berger
Thad Brown
David E. Berger
Duluth
Minn
Ocean Park
Brown
Capt. Brown
Formia Falls as Allied Break Through Naples to Cassino Lines
Allied forces report the eighth army has captured Cassino fortifications and seized Formia near Itri, cutting highway 6 toward Rome. Polish troops also seized Hill 693 while French and American units push to isolate Cassino and press toward the Gustav line.
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Noland Norglard
Naples
Eighth Army
Cassino
Formia
Italy
Monastery Hill
Green Devils
Fifth
Rome
Eighth Eo
Liri
Gustav
Hitler
Itri
Appian Wa
Gera
Itr
Esperia
Hitler Lig
Tttt
Berlin
Monasty
Anzio
Cisterna
Lottoria
Foremia
Grafton Sentinel invites cast for tonight at Opera House
The Grafton Sentinel invites Merill Stilwell to attend tonight's presentation featuring Otto Kruger and Jack Buchanan and the film Hidden Valley Outlaws starring Wild Bill Elliott at the Opera House.
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Grafton Sentinel
Merill Stilwell
Warder Avenue
Mr. Forrest
Otto Kruger
Jack Buchanan
Hidden Valley
Wild Bill Elliott
Opera House Theatre
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G.x
Robert Eichelberger
New Guinga
Pic
Chris Person
Picher
Okia
D. E. Barbey
Gen. Eichelberger
Frazier Hunt
International
Strand
Ee Sassino
Stelford
ARO
May
D-Ky
Military Committee
See
Aussia
Aulies
Forma Falls
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