Foe Lands His Men In Chekiang Amid Heavy Fighting
Chinese forces clash in Chekiang as Japanese troops advance toward Nanking’s puppet regime area. Reports detail battles around Kinwa and Lanchi with reports of poison gas and street fighting. Chiang Kai-shek vows that with some American equipment China can deliver decisive victory, citing air force efforts and morale.
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Spen
Moosa Chunghing
Cental
Amd
Tours
Anwlule
Tawa
Kane Sen
Wenchow
Cavagk
Lanchi
Kinhwa
Funchun
Tunglu
Chiang
New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
America
Chungking
National Broadcasting Company
China
Interpreting The War Across the Russian Front and Luftwaffe
The piece weighs the air war over Cologne and Libya against Russian and North African fronts. It assesses prisoner counts, potential Nazi drives, and Soviet resilience under Marshal Timoshenko while noting uncertainties about sustained offensives and Moscow’s claims versus casualty costs.
Heroic Fireman Saves Pals in Derailment Rescue
In Washington Pennsylvania a Beltimore and Ohio freight wreck left Fireman Chester H. Frazier of Pittsburgh dies after constricted rescue effort. Engineer G. I. Van Buren of Pittsburgh and Brakeman George W. Walden of Alabama City Alabama were buried by dirt and hospitalized after the locomotive plunged down an embankment and overturned near Taylorstown. The cause of the crash was not determined.
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Washington
Chester H. Frazier
Pittshureh
Beltimore and Ohio Railroad
Taylorstown
Here
G. I. van Buren
Pittsburgh
George W. Walden
Alabama City
Ala
Frazier
van Buren
Walden
Oklahoma Storm Destroys Guymon Buildings
Oklahoma City May 31. A tornado levelled more than 100 buildings in Guymon Ohia. Population 2,290. Early reports list no casualties and communications were cut. A power plant building near Dalhart Texas was demolished according to motorists arriving there.
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Oklahoma City
Guymon
Ohia
Dirt Track Champ Fatally Injured
Everett Saylor a 32 year old from Dayton Ohio and a multiple national dirt track racing champion was fatally injured today at the Cape Girardeau track when his racer lost control and plunged over an embankment during a speeding run.
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Ape Girardeau, Mo
Everett Saylor
Dayton
Ohio
Cape Girardeau Track
Child Missing Near Williamsport In Search by Team Effort
More than 140 volunteers including policemen firemen civil air patrol Boy Scouts and bloodhounds combed the wooded Muncy hills for 44 year old Alvan Diggan who vanished Saturday while his parents picked wild strawberries. He wore overalls and a light suit at the time of disappearance.
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Willamsport
Civil Air
Bioodhound
Muncy Hills
Alvan Diggan
Inferno of Cologne as 1000 Bombers Strike
A massive RAF raid on Cologne involved well over 1,000 aircraft, with 1,250 planes said to take part including fighters and support units. The bombardment caused vast fires and destruction, while casualties among Allied crews were framed as acceptable losses. American observers watched the operation as Canadian and American fliers joined the raid, underscoring allied air power and possible strategic aims against Germany’s submarine and air forces.
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A. T. Barris
Bomber Command
Sir Ministry
British Press Association
Army
Cologne
Britain
London
Air Ministry
Piccadilly Circus
Dunkerque
Harris
George C. Marshall
West Point
United States
France
Churchill
Germany
J. B.A Baldwin
Baffling Buffalo Haunts Montana Ranches Again
A wandering herd of unknown-origin buffalo has invaded fields near Hia Lake in southeastern Montana. It is the first sighting in years. Earlier two bulls appeared at the Dow Bawden ranch on the Musselshell River, and a cow and bull were reported on the Thorsheim ranch 23 miles northeast of Winnett.
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Winnett
Montana
Hialake
Dow Bawden
Musselshell River
Here
Montanul
Thorsheim Ranch
Montant
Town in Arizona Drives Out Union Pickets
In Arizona a town of 7,500 reopened shops at noon after merchants ended a lockdown to oppose union picketing at non union cafes and bars. Merchants’ association stated objective achieved and no reason to keep doors closed. Arizona Labor official said union pickets would resume peaceful protests but no reply from sheriff received. Also reported: Alameda shipyard launches two US Maritime cargo ships, first to be launched from Pacific Bridge yard after 59 working days.
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al Phoenix
Pat Flynn
Avizens Federation of Labor
Peery Francis
Feunion
Flynn
Alameda
Calif
Paeiwi¢ Bridge Company
British Aim to Destroy Axis Rommel Force in North Africa
RAF reports describe a desert battle in Libya with heavy German and Italian counterattacks near Tobruk. Axis accounts claim continued fighting and significant losses for the British, including prisoners and tanks, while American support behind lines remains noncombat.
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Fghter
Rommel
Tripoli
el Agheila
Berlin
Rome
North
Africa
Mussolini
Italy
Second Front May Be Opened in Big Labor War
Washington May 31. A second front will be opened this week in the war between Philip Murray CIO president and John L. Lewis Mine Workers chieftain. The CIO national executive board will convene Wednesday to thresh issues from policy committee meetings. The CIO board will consider the AFL bid for union and solidarity and a proposal to join the Anglo Soviet cooperative labor relationship. Lewis and other miners' officers have been invited to present charges against CIO leadership to the executive board. Lewis has not indicated whether he will accept.
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Joseph 4
Loftus Washington
Philip Murray
C.lo
John L. Lewis
Mite
G.lo. National Executive Board
C.I.Q
C.I
CI0
CLO
Lewis
Submarine Torpedo Attack Sinks Norwegian Vessel
The Navy reports the first Gulf appearance of a small Axis submarine carrying no deck guns. It fired three torpedoes including an incendiary one at a medium Norwegian merchant vessel on May 27, sinking it with no loss of life. Survivors in four lifeboats were rescued by three fishing boats the same morning.
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New Orleans
Gulf
Navy
Bailey Leads in North Carolina Senate Primary
Raleigh May 1 Senator Josiah W Bailey widened his lead over Richard T Fountain as returns from yesterday's Democratic primary for the U S senate were tabulated With 1610 of 1919 precincts reported Bailey 183017 Fountain 83584 Bailey seeks a third term Late returns left congress race unchanged with incumbents favored for renomination In the 10th district Cameron Morrison former U S senator and former governor led over John A McRae Charlotte lawyer by more than two to one
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Raleigh
N. C
Pjy
Josiah W. Bailey
Richard T. Fountain
U. S. Senate
Bailey
Fountain
Cameron Morrison
U. S
John A. McRae
Charlotte
Nazis Admit Cologne Bombing Damage Claims
The high command acknowledged great damage from a 90 minute raid on Cologne with over 1,000 RAF planes taking part. It said fires were confined to attic blazes under control and that civilians were hit, with 70 attacking aircraft facing about one third shot down in Cologne and others before reaching the city.
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High Command
Cologne
Russian gains claimed on Kalinin front amid heavy German losses
Moscow dispatch reports Russian forces seized important enemy sites in the Kalinin sector northwest of Moscow after three days of repulsing counter-attacks leaving about 1,100 German casualties. Kharkov operations drained German reserves and diverted divisions massed opposite Rostov. On Leningrad front Russians destroyed strongholds and machine guns, while the cruiser Red Crimea shelled German positions around Sevastopol.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kalinin
Kharkov
Ukraine
Rostov
Kalin
Leningrad
Timely Baccalaureate Graduation Set At Civic Center
Graduates attend timely baccalaureate rites with an invocation by Rev. Hicks of St. Pauls Methodist, scripture and prayer by Rev. Whit tier of First Presbyterian, and music by the high school orchestra and PhilharMonic chorus. Dr. Ernest O. Melby, president of Montana State University Missoula, will speak on New Frontiers. Graduation exercises will be held at 8 oclock Tuesday evening in the Civic center.
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Lampighter
L. @. Hicks
St. Paul's Methodist Church
C. E. Whittier
First Presbyterian Church
Robert C. Clark
Philharmonic Chorus
Edward Foord
Civic Center
Ernest 0. Melby
Montana State University of
Five Die in Fire at Wilson Hotel in Greenwood
A pre dawn fire destroyed the Wilson hotel a small frame structure in Greenwood killing five people including a family of four. Six other guests were rescued by firemen. County physician Dr J M Symmes said the victims suffocated and were not badly burned. The cause of the blaze was not known.
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Greenwood
Wilson Hotel
J. M. Symmes
Balloon Barrage Erected on Pacific Coast
San Francisco reports a widespread balloon barrier along the west coast guarding key military sites from Canada to Mexico to deter low flying enemy aircraft. The force includes numerous balloons on cables forming concentric rings above objectives while civil defenses stock helmets and gas masks in Seattle, San Diego, and other cities. War department officials warn a reprisal raid by Japan could occur, with Seattle and California viewed as likely targets.
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San Francisco
Canada
Mexico
Bitrain
Barraga
West Coast
Homer
Ev Y
San Siregn
San Diego
United States War Department
Stinteon
Tokyo
James W. Lendis
Seattle
California
Telephone Company Official Dead After Hotel Fight
Samuel G. Ordway a 55 year old secretary treasurer of International Telephone and Telegraph was found dead in his apartment bathtub. An autopsy is planned after police said he was injured in a hotel altercation with Mev Edelstein aged 68. Both men were arrested on felonious assault charges after a fight in Edelstein's room at the Suproman Hotel.
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New York
Samuel G. Ordway
International Telephone & Telegraph Company
Eugene Clark
Ordway
Mev Edelstein
Edelstein
Supromat
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