Allies Prepare Occupation of Rome Hit by Allied Air Attacks
Allied air forces from Britain and Italy assault targets including a Romanian oil refinery at Ploesti and German rail yards near Hamm Osnabruck Schwerte and Boest. The operation involved 250 to 500 Portresses and Liberators with 1 200 fighters, and 500 to 750 U S heavy bombers escorted by Mustangs and Lightnings. Clouds hindered full view of the flames near Ploesti, 35 miles north of Bucharest, while the attack extended roughly 180 miles from the Russia front.
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U.S
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Rusia
German forces dent Russian lines north of Iasi on eastern front
London dispatch reports a Moscow communique saying German forces shattered a six week lull by penetrating Russian lines north of Iasi Romania with large infantry units. The attack caused heavy losses in men and material and opened a wedge into the defense.
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Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Aing
Japs Grimly Hold Off Americans at Mokmer Airfield
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports stubborn Japanese defense around Mokmer airfield on Biak where hills and foxholes hinder Allied advances. Despite destroyers and bombers targeting positions, Japanese medium tanks and heavy fire slowed the push as week-long counterattacks by the 34th division inflicted losses on the Americans.
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New Guinea
Pi Ti
Schouten Islands
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Schotttens
Philippines
Mokmer
Biak
Fokmer
Theatre tickets invite Grimes to Strand or Dixie showings
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs P F Grimes of Lincoln Street to tonight's screenings. The Strand presents Banjo on My Knee featuring Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea and Walter Brennan, while the Dixie features Heavenly Body with Hedy Lamarr and William Powell.
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Lincoln Street
Banjo On
My Knee
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
Walter Brennan
Strand Theatre
Heavenly Body
Wah Hedy Lamarr
William Powell
Dixie Theatre
Bethlehem Hingham shipyards workers charged with Navy overpayment fraud
Attorney General Francis Fiddle said 55 employees at Bethlehem Hingham shipyards in Boston face charges of defrauding the government by obtaining overpayments for welding on ships for the Navy.
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Francis Fiddle
Bethlehem- Hingham
Boston
West Virginia brief items from Welch to Elkins
West Virginia roundup reports Welch arrests of Hattie Bowles and Ricardo Robinson on unlawful gasoline Tra tion crayons charges with hearings waived. Pilsbury Kaprers Corp paid 136000 to two vice presidents in 1943. Charleston union clerks elect W D Cabell as president. Greenbrier Military School to hold commencement May 31 to June 5. Davis-Elkins College grants honorary doctorates to Gen Richard K. Sutherland and Dr Leonard Riggleman.
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Hattie Lee Bowles
Ricardo
Charleston
West Virginia
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
W. D. Cabell
Thomas R. Rymer
Huntington
Elkins
Davis- Elkins College
Richard K. Sutherland
Douglas MacArthur
Leonard Riggleman
Morris Harvey College
Sutherland
U. 8
Howard Suthland
William P. Hooper
United States plans League of Nations style peace plan
Washington May 31 The United States plans a five point international security plan patterned on the League of Nations to police war. Each nation keeps its own forces but may be urged by an international agency to use them for peace. No compulsion on members beyond Moscow four power pledge. Information set for upcoming informal talks with Russia Britain and China under Hull. Roosevelt discussed.
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League of Nations
Deacy
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Russia
Britain
China
Hull
Eden
Molotov
T. V. Soong
Roosevelt
Invasion Weather Delays Dover Strait Outlook May 31
scattered clouds drift over the Dover Strait with haze lifting in forenoon. visibility is fair as a strong northeasterly breeze lowers the temperature to 65 degrees at 9 am and 57 in the shade. by noon banks of cloud arrive from the French coast hiding the sun and the breeze dies down with a moderating temperature.
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London
Dover Strait
Dam
Nazis Will Apply Plan of Scorched Earth Ahead of Invasion
A Geneva Eisenhower headquarters briefing urged restraint as Allied forces prepared for invasion. German propaganda intensified fear with claims of scorched earth tactics and attacks by civilians. Reports from Berlin via Aftonbladet described a hostile mood after air raids and rising anti American sentiment.
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London
Gerrem
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allie
Eisenhower
Germany
Berlin
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Leipzig
Byron Price Replies To Questions On Censorship
Washington May 31 censorship director Byron Price says mail from the United Kingdom may be impounded temporarily as international communications suffer dislocations in critical times. He notes steps are taken in national security in consultation with the army and navy and that the public should be patient with censorship decisions.
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United Kingdom
Byron Price
Army
Navy
German Offensive Foreshadows Balkan Strife and Bulgaria Ties
The war column notes a heavy German attack denting the Russian line north of Iasi and signals Hitler’s aim to secure the Balkans via Bulgaria. Moscow sees disruption of Russian concentrations, while Bulgaria faces a govt pro Nazi stance versus popular anti Germany sentiment. The piece hints at possible broader Balkan upheaval and Turkey reconsideration.
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Associated Press
Iasi
Romania
Hitler
Europe
Moscow
Bulgaria
Sofia
Balkans
Germany
Turkey
NLRB Hears Locals Impeding Parke Davis Medicine Output
Detroit May 31 union locals face show cause hearings as two local unions and a CIO pinned strike actions disrupt medical supplies at Parke Davis and leak deliveries citywide. 1500 Federal Mogul workers consider back to work after mass meeting.
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Federal Mogul Co
United Automobile Workers
CTO
U S Plane Production Led Germany in War Output
A joint War Production Board report shows U S aircraft output far surpassing Germany and Japan. Since Pearl Harbor the United States built 171,257 planes and aims for 100,000 more this year, with production dwarfed Axis output in weight and scale.
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United States
Europe
Germany
Japan
War Production Board
Aircraft Production Board
U.S
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
British Empire
U. S
England
Poe
AFL seeks 3000 naval construction workers in San Diego
San Diego May 31 AFL building trades officials report a nationwide drive to recruit more than 3,000 workers for a 44 million dollar naval construction project here has drawn only 30 responses despite the navy offering temporary housing and a free train ride.
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Calif
AFL
Navy
Government acts to safeguard workers as war plants shut down
Government branches move to ensure firms losing war contracts receive advance notice and that workers can seek new jobs. A joint termination board follows Byrnes orders to reinforce procedures before contract terminations affecting whole plants. Roosevelt cites possible placement of Brewster Aircraft contracts in Long Island City as economic shutdown reason. See further details on page 4.
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James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Long Island City
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Parental Discipline Costs Joey His Life
In Brooklyn Park Zoo a year old Indian black buck named Joey was killed after a conflict with his sister and their father Black Rajah. The animal, about 100 pounds, died after being gouged and driven into a 12 foot enclosure where he broke both front legs and could not be saved.
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Joey
Brooklyn
Park
British advance on Rome coast flank near Pescarella Nuova
Allied forces press along the fifth army's coastal sector near Rome as British troops break through mine fields and advance to within four miles of the city outskirts. The Mogl fresca river crossing is reported along the coast with positions at L Americano Ardea and Campo Temat tal fortified area.
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Allied Control Commission
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Romie
Butler push for CIO probe by Congress sparks Senate action
A Senate elections committee hearing was sought by Senator Butler after CIO charges of flouting the Hatch Act and Corrupt Practices Act. The CIO was linked to Democratic primary upsets in Alabama, aiding Luther Patrick and Newsome while affecting Rep. Starnes and Costello. Wayne Morse, ex War Labor Board member, aided Holman in a GOP context.
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R.-Neb
Harrison F. ‘Spangler
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Luther Patrick
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