Allies Invade Three More Islands Near Biak and Owi
Allied forces landed unopposed on Biak and Owi in a threefold operation off the New Guinea coast. Sixth Army cleared areas north of Bosnek and engaged Japanese pockets. Australian and American units pushed toward the coast while Tokyo radio reported casualties and air raids in the region.
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Amphi
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Biak
Guinea
Burma
China
Sixth
Owi
Owendi
the Schouten
Bosnek
Germans Russians Locked In Bloody Fight In East
German forces press a fifth day of fighting for a strategic hill near Stanca north of Romania. Soviet communiques report heavy tank and vehicle losses for Germany, and continued Russian assaults, supported by air battles, as lines shift near Stanislawow and Vitebsk.
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East
Russell Landstrom
London
Stanca
Last
Romania
Moscow
Berlin
Jijia
Prut
Lasi
Ernst von Hammer
Stanislawow
Red
Vitebsk
Narva Bay
War Today reports near Rome as Allied front advances
The column notes Rome within reach of American troops as Allied Italian offensive nears a decisive moment. It highlights air power limits, predicts a ground victory in Europe and Japan, and mentions the pope plea to spare Rome while awaiting Allied strategy.
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Italy
Rome
Clark
Italian
Airatck
Britain
Europe
Ger
Japan
House Votes Lend Lease and UNRRA Funds in War Budget
The House approved a 3.92 billion supply bill to finance lend-lease FE A and UNRRA for the new fiscal year, with a 280 to 23 vote. A proposed ban on funds to non fighting nations failed. Johnson argued funds should not assist countries not actively at war. The measure advances to the Senate as war actions stir debate over resource allocation.
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Washington
Europe
House
Foreign Economic Administration
FEA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Senate
Cannon ‘Dmo
Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Rep. O'Hara
R-Minn
Lend-Lease Administration
Johnson
South America
Stop Dewey movement emerges from Indiana convention
Supporters of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey blamed the Indiana Republican state convention for not instructing its 29 delegates in his favor on parliamentary procedure. Opponents called it the start of a stop Dewey movement as Sunday proceedings left the question unresolved.
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Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
Japanese Lent Advance Toward Changsha In Hunan Drive
A Chinese communique says Japanese troops pushing along the eastern Canton Han Kow line have advanced 12 miles toward Changsha in the renewed Hunan province offensive. American planes have entered the combat.
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Chungking
Canton-Hankow
Changsha
Hunan Province
FDR May Veto Price Wage Extension Bill
Senator Wagner says President Roosevelt would veto the price wage stabiliza tion extension if the Bankhead textile ceiling amendment remains. He calls the Bankhead plan inflationary, arguing it threatens price controls and would affect cotton prices, costs, and production incentives. The extension, expiring June 30, would run 18 months with ceilings tied to parity costs and a 90 percent industry rule.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Wagner
D-Ny
Senate Banking Committee
Bankhead
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
OPA
Senate
War Production Board
U S Blacklists 84 Finnish Firms In Drastic Move
The United States blacklisted 84 Finnish companies in a move to pressure Finland to break its alliance with Germany. The list includes firms tied to Helsinki cabinet members Foreign Minister Henrick Ramsay and Defense Minister General Rudolf Walden, with penalties extending into the postwar period.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Germany
Helsinki
Bruno Procope
Hjalmar J. Procope
Henrick Ramsay
Rudolf Walden
Allied bombers strike Nazi coast in major Europe raid
London dispatch reports U.S. Fortresses and Liberators and RAF fighters mounted a large daylight assault on Northern France's invasion coast and Pas de Calais with minimal losses. About 2,500 planes dropped roughly 4,900 tons of bombs as fighters hunted targets inland.
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Japan
Caroline
Truk
Pulwat
Carolines
Dutch Indies
Burma Road
Orient
London
Europe
U.S
U. S
France
Pas de Calais
Hitler
West Wall
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Low Countries
Seine
Paris
Chartres
Germany
Discharged Vets Favor Engineering Over Old Jobs
OWI reports three fourths of World War II veterans seek new fields, entering industry at about 70,000 per month mainly into war production. Radio and electrical engineering, accounting, aircraft, business administration and drafting top vocational training choices. Industry hires include veterans with disabilities, and one Guadalcanal veteran case shows reduced quit rates after reassignment.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
War Manpower Commission
OWT
WMC
Guadalcanal
Shoot First And Investigate Later
In the central Pacific the Seventh Army Air Force gunners report engaging targets at night as dawn breaks. A gunner admits feeling silly yet emphasizes shooting first and investigating later, likening night vision to peering through black velvet.
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U. S
British Girl Causes false Allied Landings Flash
A young British AP teletype operator, Joan Ellis, transmitted a practice strip that falsely announced Allied landings in France. The error spread nationwide and to Latin America before being halted, with editors warned to withhold publication. Switchboards were jammed with inquiries as authorities explained the incident as an unauthorized test that went out without censor or staff knowledge.
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NEW_ YORK
London
Associated Press
United States
Latin America
France
Joan Ellis
Eisenhower
New York
America
Polo Grounds
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Bricker or MacArthur Favored For Republican Nod
John A. Schaefer, director of the national committee to nominate Bricker or MacArthur, predicts Gov. John Bricker of Ohio or General Douglas MacArthur will win the Republican nomination. He says Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will not be nominated for three reasons including his declared non candidacy and silence on key issues, with Indiana and Illinois turning away from Dewey and Michigan backing MacArthur. Schaefer notes a western shift as the country looks for Republican candidates.
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New York
John A. Schaefer
National Committee
Bricker
MacArthur
John Bricker
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
Thomas FE. Dewey
Dewey
Xxx
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Senator Vandenberg
General MacArthur
Schaefer
Britain Produces 27 273 Planes in 12 Months
Britain’s aircraft industry reports 27 273 planes produced in the 12 months to last March with 16 000 major repairs and about 45 000 planes available. Sir Stafford Cripps notes 16 new types started since 1940 and more planned, stressing bomber effectiveness over weight.
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London
United Kingdom
Stafford Cripps
Stafford
Sir Stafford
Clark orders destroy Nazi forces as Rome nears liberation
Allied troops push south and southeast of Naples to annihilate German tenths and fourteenths armies while advancing toward Rome. General Clark directs pursuit and destruction, noting pockets of resistance and Nazi pillaging as front lines close on the Italian capital.
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Allied
I Dd
Naples
Iee
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Mocket
T Sacco Ee
Cmy
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Liberty Ship Battleshap in Captured P-38
An American Liberty ship survived a battle against a former American P-38 fighter bomber salvaged by the Japanese. An army officer was killed and 22 soldiers, a navy gunner, and a merchant seaman were wounded. The Stephen Crane, built at Richmond California by Permanente Metals and operated by Poe Steamship, was the target.
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Washington
War Shipping Administration
Stephen Crane
New Guinea
Kansas Delegates Vote For FDR In 1940 Nomination
Kansas Democrats in Emporia instructed their 16 national convention delegates to back Franklin D Roosevelt for a fourth term. Carl V Rice was elected national committeeman as a resolution praised his leadership and pledged unqualified support while the delegates were urged to vote for the president as long as his name remains on the national convention ballot.
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Emporia
Kas
Kansas
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