Allies pledge to spare Rome while prepared to eject Germans
Naples June 3 Allied command in Italy pledged to protect Rome and spare civilians and monuments while continuing to strike German for ces using the city. Pope Pius XII urged sparing the capital, and the statement warned Rome could be defended only by ejecting German forces if they chose to defend it.
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Naples
Italy
Rome
Pius XII
Berlin
Pius
Pope
Vatican City
United States
Pietro Badoglio
Non-Stop Air Attacks Extend Across Europe
Allied air forces pressed a two day offensive with 250 heavy bombers striking coast fortifications in Pas de Calais and Boulogne while afternoon raids hit the same area. RAF and Italian based aircraft joined in the Danube city Giurgiu attack as total Allied sorties neared 2,700 with nearly 7,000 tons dropped in the two days.
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London
U. S
Pas-De-Calais
Boulogne
France
Europe
Britain
West Wall
Atlantic Wall
Leverkusen
Germany
Air Ministry
Danube City
Italy
Giurgiu
Danube River
Mediterranean
Romania
Ploesti
Allied Forces Drive On Three Sides To Seize Myitkyina Base
Allied units from British India and Chinese troops with American forces press toward Myitkyina in Burma. Chindits claim 700 Japanese killed at a road block as the Burma campaign reaches new contact amid rain and mud.
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Llied
Burma
Dean Schedler
Associated Press
India
Biak Island
Southwest Pacific
Myitkyina
Maung
Salween River
Yunnan
Burma Road
Joseph W. Stilwell
The War Today on the Eastern and Western Fronts
The article notes allied forces positioned to strike, with a tense buildup on both eastern and western fronts. It describes German attacks against a Red line in Romania as Reich forces attempt to breach defenses ahead of a anticipated decisive moment. Continued discussion is hinted to appear on Page Six.
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Hitler
Romania
Cuban President Praised For Election Conduct In Havana
In Havana on June 3, Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin won a clear victory over Dr. Carlos Saladrigas for president. Despite Grau’s win, President Fulgenio Batista gained enhanced prestige for fair conduct of the elections. Factions praised Batista and thousands gathered at the palace shouting Viva Batista after results were announced. Saladrigas conceded defeat early as results counted.
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Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Carlos Saladrigas
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Saladrigas
Grau
Labor Picture Brightest In Many Weeks
Labor disputes this week affected about 11 thousand workers across 11 industries with most idled at fewer than 1 thousand per plant. The largest stoppage, 3,600 at American Steel and Wire Worcester, stemmed from a union grievance procedure clash. Spinners at Riverside and Dan River Mills protested Negro employment and garnishment, idleing over 2,000 others. Southeastern Greyhound workers in Florida Georgia and Tennessee halted service over a new schedule.
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American Steel and Wire Company
Worcester
Mass
CIO
Danville
Riverside
Dan River
Florida
Tennessee
Georgia
Southeastern Greyhound Bus Lines
Gas coupon counterfeit ring crackdown hits seven presses
Raleigh reports that two presses used to manufacture counterfeit gasoline coupons were seized, including one in Charlotte. District OPA director T S Johnson said the seizures raise the total illicit presses busted in the United States to seven since mid March. The cases spanned March 12 to May 25 with arrests and locations listed.
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Raleigh
Charlotte
OPA
T. S. Johnson
Aurelian Springs
N. C
Norristown
Meriden
Albany
N. Y
New York City
Johnson
Washington
Allied Planes Strike German Merchantmen Off Norwegian Coast
British carrier aircraft attacked a convoy of three German merchant ships totaling about 20 million tons. The ships, protected by four flak ships, were strafed and bombed as they moved past the Stadlandet peninsula between Trondheim and Bergen. Narvik ore and fish oils were likely cargoes.
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Norwegin
Stadlandet Peninsula
Trondheim
Bergen
Narvik
United States Bombers Reach Bases in Russia
American Flying Fortresses and Mustang escorts landed at secret bases in Russia after bombing Romanian targets. The operation, a culmination of a three-nation air plan with Britain and the Soviet Union, opened joint offensive actions against Nazi targets. One bomber was lost with minimal opposition.
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Eastern Command
VA. S
Strategic Air Force
Russia
Hitler
Red Air Force
Italy
Mediterranean Air Command
Associaed
Joseph Morton
Bari
Supreme Allied Command
Mediterranean
Romania
Ecussa
U. S. Strategic Air Force
15 000 Students Pass Through UNC Yearly
Chapel Hill June 3 Dean Robert B House said at a luncheon that about 15 000 students pass through the University of North Carolina each year due to wartime conditions. He noted most are preflight Navy and Army students while about 2 000 are civilian to study cultural subjects alongside basic war knowledge.
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Chapel Hill
Robert B. House
University of North Carolina
Dean House
Navy
Army
Dewey Rebuff in Indiana Shapes Nomination Battle
Indiana GOP convention voted down a proposal to pledge 29 votes to Dewey for the presidential nomination. Bricker backers hailed the result as a major win while Dewey camps claimed a boosted delegation but uncertainty remains due to pledged and unpledged votes among 478 delegates. Capehart won the Senate long term nomination, with Jenner for the short term, and Gates named governor. Maryland named an uninstructed 24 delegate slate. Kansas Democrats plan 16 delegates as Roosevelt backing seems assured.
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Associated Press
Republican Party
Indiana
Thomas F. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Bricker
Homer E. Capehart
Indianapolis
U. S. Senate
Capehart
Washington
Ind
Jas. M. Tucker
Paoli
William E. Jenner
Bedford
E. J. Hancock
Greensburg
Ralph F. Gates
GOP
Maryland
Baltimore
House
Samuel Rayburn
Texas
Kansas
Emporia
Roosevelt
Grain stock outlook lowers feed for livestock nationwide
Washington reports American stocks of corn oats and barley for July 1 are expected to be the smallest since 1937 due to drought and war era demand. Supplies hinge on this year’s corn oats barley and wheat yields and imports, with pasture favorable this spring easing the shortage slightly.
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Washington
Bureau
Draft Evaders Face Charges in Baltimore Indictment
Federal agents arrested 14 men and one woman on charges of evading the draft or aiding others to feign mental illness for deferments. Among those arrested were a navy petty officer and two army noncommissioned officers at the Fifth Regiment induction station. Payments of 150 to 500 dollars were allegedly made for psycho neurotic rejections entitling 4 F classifications. Eight charged with evading induction and seven with assisting in draft evasion. Induction station staff including Chester T. Ruby, Morris Molofsky, and Sgt Leon D Shapiro were taken into custody. Maximum penalties under the Selective Service Act include five years in prison or a 10,000 dollar fine or both.
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Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John W. Vincent
FBI
Navy
Fifth Regiment
Vincent
Chester T. Ruby
Leon D. Shapiro
Spt
Morris Molofsky
Allied Drive Near Rome Reaches 14 Miles Out
Allied forces advancing from Naples push toward Rome along the Via Casilina capturing Castellaccio and closing to within 14 miles of the capital. French and American units coordinate drives from Valmontone southeast toward Severo areas as German rearguards withdraw under steady Allied pressure.
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Naples
U. S
Alban
Rome
Castellacio
Eternal City
Via Casilina
Capital
Valmont
Velletri-Valmon
Monte Castelo
Velletri
Strong
Headqua
Valmontone
Ban Hills
Lanuvio
Rocca Papa
Palestrina
United States
Vaimontone
Prench
Ferro
Sgurgola
F Tino
Eighth Army
Alphonse Juin
Lancio
Montone
Montelancio
Will of Mrs. Jewett Leaves Estate to Grandson and Others
Boonville Missouri reports the probate filing of Mrs. Edward Jewett 67 who leaves a large share to her grandson Martin Jewett Martin 24 who is indicted in Durham for murder. The will gives one fifth of a land plot near Boonville half the Rayth Mo water company stock notes and the water company notes plus the automobile a large diamond and names executors and guardians with Patton and Davis as heirs and Harry J. Reed as executor. The estate valued at about 100000 dollars.
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Boonville, Mo
Edward Jewett
Oday
Ward Jewett Martin
Durham
Jewett
al Boonville
May
Boonville
Rayth Mo., Water Company
Martin
Togel
Lewis M. Patton
Charlotte
N. C
J .Cousin
Samuel J. T. Davis
Sas City
Patton
D. Williams
W. W Jr
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Channel
Great Trappes
Paris
Sam Greene
Gardner-Webb Junior College
Shelby
American Legion
New York Giants
Universal Pictures
Labor
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