Bombers Rain Across Germany In Massive Allied Offensive
London dispatch reports about a vast Allied air assault totaling around one thousand American bombers and thirteen hundred fighters striking across Nazi occupied Europe. Targets included two Polish factories at Poznan and Kriesling and several German sites at Leipzig Tutow Cottbus and Sorau. The operation involved long-range missions with round trips approaching 1 450 miles and followed a day of similarly large airpower deployments.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Germany
Poland
Fome
Vienna
Wiener Neustadt
Britain
Italy
U.S
Poznan
Memorial Day Observances Pause for 30th No Sentinel
Tomorrow all business ceases except drug stores and ration board as Memorial Day is marked. Post Office closes with window service suspended. parcels should be left at the main office. Parade assembles at Washington and Tuzad der streets at 9:00 a.m. with events at National Cemetery and several bands performing.
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Washington and
Tuzadder
Jonal Cemetery
National Cemetery
William Elliott Nefflin
United States Army
WAJR
Morgantown
199Th Army
Grafton
Victory
Salem
Clarksburg Central
West Side School
American Legion
War Memorial Monument
Route 50
Lincoln Street
Washington Street
St. John Street
Haislip Street
Mackin Street
Main Street
Luzadder Street
Wilford Street
Bridge Street
St. Mary's
Beech Street
Walnut Street
Woodyard's Gi
Spruce Street
Warder Avenue
West Side
Momentous Supreme Court term may end today
Washington May 29 A momentous eight month Supreme Court term may end today with adjournment planned unless otherwise ordered. A backlog of undecided cases prompts speculation of a possible extra session to dispose of all argued issues before the summer break.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
Supreme Court
The Grafton Sentinel invites Ada Ball to tonight’s theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Ada Ball of Luzadder Street to attend tonight’s presentation of Tender Comrade starring Ginger Rogers at the Strand theatre or Heavenly Body with Hedy Lamarr and William Powell at the Dixie theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Ada Ball Luzadder Street
Ginger Rogers
Strand Theatre
Heavenly Body
Hedy Lamarr
William Powell
Dixie Theatre
Senate Bill to create single armed forces department
Senator Hill of Alabama moves to abolish the war and navy departments within six months of wartime end and form a new centralized armed forces department led by a civilian secretary. An under secretary for each service, two assistants, a supplies director, and a United States chiefs of staff board would coordinate strategy, operations, and supply under the president.
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Jack Belz
Washington
Army
Navy
Department of Armed Forces
Senate
Senator Hill
Alabama
Hill
War and Navy
Armed Forces
Air
United States Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Reed calls confidential materials leak a national scandal
Washington May 29 Senator Reed declared the misuse of intercepted censored mail by department heads could mark a national scandal. He said he would press a Senate Post Office subcommittee investigation to find how confidential material leaks occurred, noting the state department intrigue and references to Vivien Kellems and a German metals syndicate.
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Washington
Reed
Kas
Byron Price
Senate Post Office
State Department
Whiich
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
Coune Frederick Karl von Zedlitz
Bennos Aires
Drew Pearson
Rep. Coffee
D.wash
Labor unrest eases as GM and Chrysler end strikes in Detroit
Detroit May 29 Michigan's labor crisis eased with the end of the Chrysler rebel strike and restoration of GM Saginaw plant operations after a no smoking dispute. About 7,300 workers were affected. New strikes hit Federal Mogul main plant and drivers at See LABOR'S Page 4.
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Detroit
Michigan
Chrysler
Saginaw
General Motors
Parke, Davis & Co
West Virginia post clerks gather for 13th annual convention
Charleston hosts the 13th annual convention of the West Virginia branch of the United National Association of Post Office Clerks with Rep. Hubert Ellis and Mayor D. Boone Dawson set to speak at a dinner. Honorary doctor of divinity degrees are to be awarded to the Rev. Robert C. Boothe and the Rev. Rowland Aspinall, and a doctor of science may be given to Dr. Henry Glass. A recreation training institute in Charleston June 5-19 will offer college credit for teachers renewing certificates or pursuing undergrad study. Arthur H. Stricklin of Wheeling is elected president of the West Virginia State Association of Letter Carriers.
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Charleston
West Virginia
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
Hubert Ellis
D. Boone Dawson
Robert C. Boothe
Rowland Aspinall
Beckley
Morris Harvey College
Henry Glass
National Recreation Association
West Virginia University
Wheeling
Arthur H. Stricklin
West Virginia State Association
Invasion Days Hover Over Britain Amid Weather Hopes
May 29 report from London notes invasion speculation fuels Allied eagerness and Nazi suspense. Heat and calm seas at Dover Strait are observed as Berlin and Brussels radios spin theories on Eisenhower and fresh American troops. Local headlines hint at a Hitler-Oshima meeting tied to German-Japanese collaboration.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Dover Strait
Berlin
Eisenhower
America
Brussels
Hitler
Hiroshi Oshima
Hitters
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Dewey Narrowly Teeters Toward Presidential Candidacy
Governor Dewey hints at sharing views on platform matters and does not discourage talk of a preconvention lead as governors meet at Hershey Pennsylvania. Bricker, a declared candidate, presses for issue emphasis while Dewey avoids a direct reply on accepting a nomination. Delegates show Dewey with at least 386 pledged votes to 64 for Bricker.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Hershey
New Yorker
Bricker
Dewey
Valmontone Key to Allied Drive on Rome Front
German defense hinged on Valmontone as the main barrier on via Castilina, with fierce dawn counterattacks as Allied forces from Anzio push toward Rome. Loss of Valmontone would strike a heavy blow to Hitler’s defense, while the town remains a crucial gateway for retreating troops and escape routes toward Frosinone and Rome.
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Valmontone
Adolf Hitler
Via Castilina
Valmonton
Rome
Fifth Army
Casilina
Kesselring
Frosinone
Castilina
Steady artillery fire guts escape routes of enemy
Allied Headquarters reports Fifth Army troops pressed toward Rome line fortifications, penetrating to within 17 miles of the city. Three of 18 German divisions reportedly destroyed as the offensive begun May 11 yields over 15,000 prisoners. The advance includes near Aprilia and Valmontone with German counterattacks halted by flame throwers and artillery.
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Sid Feder
Naples
Fifth Army
Aprilia
Fifth
Campoleone
Rome
YANIKS NEARER BIAK IN 200-MILE JUMP TOWARD PHILIPPINES
Sixth Army forces push toward Biak island on New Guinea coast as MacArthur reports consolidation around Rosnext and Mokmer airfield. Allied landings near Bosnek bring control of two six inch guns and several smaller artillery pieces amid Japanese resistance.
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Biak
Philippines
New Guinea
Walter Krueger
Sixth
Douglas MacArthur
Rosnex
Mokmer
Bosnek
Schouten
Palau
South Seas
Carolines
Enem
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Hoover
Strand
Dixie
E. C. Demoss
ABOR
Parke Davis and Company
John W. Bricker
Indiantown Gap
Dewitt MacKenzie
Castilina Highway
Anzio
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Moose Lodge
Entertainment Committee
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