Allied Air Power Drives D Day Prep as Sevastopol Falls
The piece notes 3000 Allied planes and coordinated efforts fueling the invasion of western Europe with Sevastopol’s recapture aiding the Russian advance. It links the Balkan and Baltic fronts to a broader plan while Germany readies for offensives on the Cassino and Anzio fronts and Britain reports troop buildup along the English coast.
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Sevastopol
Light Brigade
Red Army
Europe
Actube
Black Sea
Nia
Balkans
Maiian
Hitler
Balkan
Poland
Carpathians
Baltic
Italy
Cassino
Anzio
Palena
Berlin
England
Allied Night Bombardments Hit Budapest and Austrian Targets
Allied air forces conducted about 2000 sorties into Hungary and Austria last night. Budapest faced a heavy and medium bomber raid with losses of 33 Allied planes and 11 German fighters knocked down. Medium bombers targeted bridges on the Rome Florence line while Vienna area and Wiener Neustadt saw significant aerial action.
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Shases
Hungary
Budapest
Mediterranean
Weiner Neustadt
Austria
Vienna
Knin
Rome
Florence
Powe
Wiener Neustadt
Jap Atrocity Tales From Rescued Prisoners
Advanced Allied quarters report liberation of 707 Japanese prisoners off New Guinea with 462 Sikhs among the captives. Accounts describe long marches, torture and killings by Japanese guards, including nailed Chinese on palm trees. Prisoners were forced to build roads and dig trenches.
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Centra
Douglas MacArthur
Malaya
Admiralty Islands
Department of Information
Singapore
Lance Naik Gurman Singh
Havildar Bahadur
Bahadur Khan
Associated Press
Olen Clements
Momote
Postmasters Pay Increases Criticized
Washington May 11. Senator Reed urges Postmaster General Walker to investigate overtime wages paid to postal workers last year. Reed filed a minority report opposing a five to twenty percent postmasters pay rise and calls for removal of many postmasters due to alleged negligence and abuse of overtime authority. He cites overtime costs rising from 0.3 million in 1942 to 67.6 million in 1944 and estimates annual waste around 60 million dollars.
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Reed
Kan
Frank C. Walker
Kansan
Congress
Campaign Expense Filing Deadline Announced for May 16
Raleigh May 11 Secretary of State Thad Eure reminds candidates to file sworn statements of contributions and expenditures by May 16 ten days before the primary. A second filing is due 20 days after the primary.
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Raleigh
Thad Eure
Eure
Artillery Barrage at Anzio Reaches New Peak
Allied and German actions near Anzio beachhead intensify. A German barrage fired about 4000 shells in half an hour against Fifth Army positions on May 11. The same night 15 German aircraft raided the beachhead port area but caused no damage and two were shot down.
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Alwaair
Naples
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Prime Minister Praises Canada United States Harmony
In London on May 11 Canadian Prime Minister King told the British Parliament that harmony and reciprocity with the United States exemplify a small nation living securely beside a powerful one. He cited joint defense and resource pooling as strengthening North American defense during a wartime conference. Churchill introduced King and credited Canada with guarding the empire's heart.
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MacKenzie King
Canada
United States
North American
King
House of Lords
House of Commons
British Commonwealth
Churchill
Royal Gallery
Palace of Westminster
British Drive Japanese Back in India Frontline Update
Southeast Asia report states British forces and Stilwell’s units inflicted heavy losses on Japanese in Imphal Kohima and Arkan fronts since February 1. At least 6,000 killed in Imphal plain area and about 2,000 in Kohima fighting, with total enemy dead estimated around 15,000 and wounded far higher. Allied Chinese and British troops advanced through villages near Mogaung and expanded positions around Kohima.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Arkan
Burma
Imphal
Kohima
Chinditeng Ts
Joseph W. Stilwell
India
Stilwell
Mogaung
Palel
Iril
Kanglatongbi
Reduction in Taxes Seen by Congressman
Washington May 11 Rep Snyder of Pennsylvania foresees a tax cut as War department appropriations are trimmed by 33.6 billion dollars in a 49.28 billion dollar budget for next year. He says wartime savings from unneeded funds will lower the tax burden for taxpayers.
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Washington
Snyder
D-Pa
War Department
Jefferson Standard In Big Realty Deal
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance of Greensboro bought the entire 2 146 shares of Southeastern Realty Co for 1 525 000. The firm now holds real estate in Greensboro Wilmington Raleigh Burlington and Spencer. Oscar W Burnett Thomas C Darst Jr and associates sold the stock to Jefferson Standard after Cone family members had owned and sold it since 1936.
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Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Southeastern Realty Company
Wilmington
Raleigh
Burlington and Spencer
Julian Price
Jefferson Standard
Oscar W. Burnett
Thomas C. Darst, Jr
and Associates
Southeastern
Cone
Cones
Southeastern Corporation
Guilford Superior Court
Benjamin Cone
Herman Cone
Ceasar Cone
Germans Claim To Have Wiped Out Dnestr River Bridgehead
German forces claimed a successful surprise assault near the lower Dnestr river wiping out a Russian bridgehead while reporting ongoing combat in Crimea west of Sevastopol. Moscow said Sevastopol and the Crimea were cleared by Soviets and noted damage to the port.
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London
Dnestr
Crimea
Sevastopol
Grigoriopol
Galati Gap
Romania
Carpathians
Danube
Moscow
Black Sea
Ukraine
Marshal Stalin
Moscow Radio
Lwow
Europe
Galati
First Indoor Helicopter Flight In America
Buffalo N Y May 1 Under a 60 foot ceiling at the 65th regiment armory a new Bell aircraft helicopter made an indoor flight described by Company President Lawrence D Bell as the first such flight in America The display was arranged at civil air patrol request to show takeoff maneuver and landing in restricted spaces The event followed over a year of research led by Arthur Young head of the helicopter program and was the first public showing with another indoor flight previously noted in Berlin Germany in 1988.
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Buffalo
N. Ve
65Th Regiment
Bell
Lawrence D. Bell
America
Civil Air Patrol
Arthur Young
Hendrick V Foeke
Berlin
Germany
Jap Offensive Shifts Westward Toward Sian In China
Japanese forces in northern Henan plus a new thrust from Shansi cross the Yellow River near Yuanchu and threaten Loyang. The advance appears to threaten the Peiping Hankow line and could widen to a westward push toward the ancient city of Sian, opening a path to Szechwan.
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Chungking
Henan
Yellow River
Shansi
Loyang
Yuanchu
Sian
Shensi
Szechwan
Allies Warn French To Clear Roads For Invasion
London dispatch reports both Allies and Germans stressing France’s transport role before the invasion. BBC urged French to keep off highways as troop moves begin, while Vichy said passenger trains would be cut Monday to aid troop movements. German broadcasts touted new rifles for beach assault and forecasted Monday as D-Day. Emergency civil units ready to aid noncombatants in English coastal towns. Civil administrations in the Netherlands and Belgium near reestablishment after liberation.
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London
France
Europe
London Radio
Vichy
BBC
Vichy Radio
Atlantic Wall
Berlin
Channel
Netherlands
Belgium
Britain
United States
Roosevelt Seeks Fourth Term Fails to Clear 56 Vote Gap
With 533 pledges for a fourth term, Roosevelt needed 56 more on the first ballot at the Chicago July Democratic convention. Florida Senator Andrews backed a fourth term, while Washington officials noted a key hour-long talk between Roosevelt and Senator Wheeler amid harmony efforts. Dewey faces pressure as NAACP seeks a comment on the anti poll tax bill before the Senate.
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Chicago
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Tennessee
Florida
Andrews
Wheeler
D-Mont
National Asséociation of
New York
Gov. Thomas&. Dewey
Senate
Allied Air Attacks Hit Western Europe Rail Centers
London reports three thousand Allied planes bomb 5400 tons of ordnance on German rail hubs in western Europe during the 27th pre invasion assault. American and British bombers strike eight key centers while the radio network goes off air and air operations continue across the channel.
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London
Europe
Hitler
Tunderbolt
Mustang
Wing
Bom
Budapest
Italy
Paris
Britain
English Channel
Calais
RAF
Berlin
Germany
Beaumont-Le-Roger
Cormeilles-En-Vixin
Debt limit bill sails from House to Senate
A bill to raise the legal U.S. debt limit to 7210,000,000,000 passed the House without a dissenting vote and moves to the Senate. Senator Radcliffe urged rapid action to sustain funding for the war while Senator Millikin pressed for full information before judgment. The current debt stands at 185,000,000,000 with 1940 around 40,000,000,000.
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U.S
House
Senate
Radcliffe
Sen. Millikin
Colorado
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