Ultimatum to Axis Satellites Warns Shorten War or Face Higher Consequences
A three power radio declaration by the United States Britain and the Soviet Union addresses Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland warning them to withdraw from the war with Nazi Germany or risk harsher terms and longer sacrifice as Allied forces press toward inevitable victory. The message urges these nations to side fully with the Allies to shorten the conflict and avert further devastation.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
Hungary
Romania
Ria
Finland
Threepower
Bulgaria
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Pws CS Oe
Nazi Germany
D-Day Invasion Drive Spurs Allied Europe Offensive
The piece discusses Allied preparations for D-day and parallel offensives in Italy and the Russian front. It notes Paris radio forecasts and the likelihood of coordinated actions across theatres, while cautions not all strikes will begin simultaneously. It mentions Italian aims toward Rome and heavy bombardment of the French invasion coast.
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Italy
Paris
Europe
France
Gustav Line
Palena
Mediterranean
Anzio
Hitler
Rome
Britain
London
Hita Terrific Orn
Stalin Favors Co operation With the Pope
Stalin signals openness to church cooperation. He says freedom of conscience and worship is essential and that persecution is inadmissible. He also says cooperation with Pope Pius XII in church matters is possible, as stated by Father Stanislaus Orlemanski after a Moscow visit.
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Chicago
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Springfield
Mass
Pius VI
Father Orlemanski
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Holy Father
Pope Pius XII
Germany May Launch Drive On England
Nazi controlled radios claim the Allied invasion has begun and hint at a counter invasion of Britain. Paris and Berlin reports describe Rommel as Hitler’s western front commander preparing to strike from the low countries to defend against the assault.
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London
Britain
Erwin Rommel
Jean Paquis
Paris
England
Rommel
Berlin
la Suisse
Geneva
Hitler
Europe
Low Countries
Mediterranean
Former Naval Head In France Sentenced
Admiral Edmond Derrien, former commander of French naval forces at Bizerte, sentenced to life imprisonment by a French military tribunal. He faced treason charges for surrendering forces to the Germans during the November 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa.
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London
Edmond Derrien
Bizerte
Reuters
Algiers
Derrien
North Africa
Japanese Claims 15 500 Chinese Troops Killed
London reports Tokyo radio quoted Imperial headquarters stating 15 500 Chinese troops slain since April 18 in Northern Henan Province. The bulletin also said 4 031 Chinese captured and total Japanese fatalities at 313.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters Today
Henan Province
Allied Forces Press Kohima Breakthrough In Burma Theater
Southeast Asia dispatch reports initial Allied progress in clearing Japanese positions on Kohima hills in the Kohima area of northeast India. Air and ground actions targeted Meiktila Anisakan and Heho airfields with several enemy planes destroyed and Allied losses minimal.
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India
Kohima
Burma
Fort Hertz
International
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Ohima
Manipur
Potsangham
Bishenpur
India-Burma
Meiktila
Anisakan
Heho
Imphal
Palel
Tengoupal
Arakan
Akyab
Maungdaw
Joseph W. Stilwell
Aear
Allied air forces shoot down 26,000 German and Italian planes
Sir Archibald Sinclair told Parliament that about 26,000 German and Italian aircraft have been shot down in air combat since the war began by Allied air forces, not counting those lost on the Russian front.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
Air
Commons
American Bombers Strike German Oil Centers in Leipzig Area
American heavy bombers attacked major synthetic oil plants in the Leipzig region and in Bohemia today as part of a wide campaign to cripple Germany's war capability before the western invasion. The assault involved nearly 2000 Flying Fortresses Liberators and escorts with RAF support striking rail hubs in France and Belgium.
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London
Leipzig
Germany
Brux
Czechosslovakia
Hitler
Berlin
Merseburg
Lutzkendorf
Halle
Bohlen
Zietz
RAF
France
Belgium
Channel
Folkestone
Lambeth Quits As Thomasville School Head
The Thomasville school board accepts M. T. Lambeth resignation as superintendent to become county superintendent in Beaufort County. Principal R. F. Lowery is dismissed for unsatisfactory service, ending the leadership duel that split the district.
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Lambeth
Thomasville School
Thomasville
M. T. Lambeth
Beauford
R. K. Farrington
R. F. Lowery
Lowery
Beaufort County
Nazi Propagandists Claim Britons And Americans Nervous On Eve Of Invasion
Nazi sources claim Britain and the United States suffer nervous tension on the eve of the Allied invasion, with English terror and American frenzy noted. German morale is said to be high despite bombs and losses, while German editors say Britain and America risk everything with little to gain if invasion fails.
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Lisbon
Rman
Europe
Britain
United States
London
England
America
Germany
Munich
Allied Planes Pound Truk in Pacific Raids
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports heavy air strikes on Truk the central Pacific base with Liberators from southeast and southwest. MacArthur's forces followed with a devastating follow up to a night attack. Other raids hit Wake Island and Palau lines while 28 tons of bombs fell on Woleai as Carolines outposts shrink.
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Allied
New Guinea
Truk
Japan
Central Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
7Th Army Air Force
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific Theater
Pacific
Wake Island
Pearl Harbor
Schouten Islands
MacArthur
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
7Th Aaf
Moon Island
Nimitz
Niimitz
Wake
Carolines
Ponape
Oroluk
Woleai
5th And 8th Armies Hit Gustav Line
Allied forces led by the 5th and 8th armies launched a major drive across a 25 mile front from Cassino to the sea. They crossed the Rapido and Gari rivers, advanced on Gustav line objectives, and received heavy air and naval support as German resistance intensified.
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Allied
Naples
Italy
Cassino
Sth
Rapido
Gari
Rman
Garigliano Cassino
Gustav Line
Douglas Amazon
Liri
Rapido River
Mark W. Clark
5Th
Tyrrhenian Sea
8Th Army
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Anzio
Rome
Navy
Winborne Opposes Rail Rate Increase
Raleigh May 12 Chairman Stanley Winborne of the North Carolina utilities commission said the state will appeal an interstate commerce commission order raising intrastate passenger fares to interstate levels in North Carolina Alabama Kentucky and Tennessee. Railroads had asked to raise from 1.68 to 2.20 cents a mile but were denied and pursued ICC review arguing southern states discriminated against interstate travel.
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Raleigh
Stanley Winborne
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
ICC
Higher Prices for Strawberry Crop Unlikely
Washington May 12 Congressmen from Southern strawberry states dropped hopes for higher ceiling prices after receiving a final no from the Office of Price Administration. Senator Stewart Tennessee said the group resents that strawberries were placed under price control after Florida and much of Louisiana had sold.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Stewart
D-Tenn
Florida
Louisiana
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