Mediterranean air force pushes Balkans amid restricted western raids
U S heavy bombers of the Mediterranean command attacked the Balkans and Romania as weather limited western aerial operations. Berlin claims losses were inflicted while British bases showed no major activity with RAF night bombers grounded. The period marked another heavy bombing phase aimed at disrupting Nazi rail and road links.
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London
U. S
Mediterranean Command
Balkans
Romania
Serbia
Berlin
Mediterranean Air Force
Bucharest
Wie
English Channel
Britain
RAF
Leipzig
Italy
Soviet Bombers Continue To Blast Railway Centers
Soviet long range bombers pounded rail facilities and German trains at Minsk Baranowicz and Chelm as fighting raged in Poland. Moscow said 500 Germans killed 150 captured after Soviet attacks near Stanislawow. German claims of looming annihilation near Grigoripol were contradicted by Soviet reports of big fires and smashed trains.
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London
Moscow
Minsk
White Russia
Baranowicz
Old Poland
Chelm
Warsaw
Kowel
Stanislawow
Poland
Berlin
Jrigoripo
Dnestr
Grigoripol
Saranowicz
Red Banner Balticleet
Gulf of Finland
Federal Communicatons Commission
Hamina
Jotka
Cassino Falls as Allied Forces Break Gustav Line
Reports say German forces have withdrawn from Cassino after a hard-fought defense along the Gustav Line. Allied troops push toward the next obstacle as they claim momentum in Italy and gains in Burma and the Pacific fronts.
Poles Fight Back Home From Cassino Front
North of Cassino May 18. Polish forces under General Anders push through blood-stained hills as they battle German pillboxes on rugged plateau terrain. Commanding officer notes many losses but remains determined, with ties to Krakow and a history in Pennsylvania.
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Eighth
Cassino
Hitler
Wiaydslav Anders
Italy
Pennsylvania
Krakow
Myitkyina Airfield Captured by Allied Forces
Allied units led by Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and Brig Gen Frank Merrill capture the Myitkyina airfield in northern Burma after a forced march through rugged terrain. The seizure opens a link to the Ledo Burma road corridor, aiding supply into China and aiding the drive toward Myitkyina City.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph Stilwell
Ledo
China
Frank D. Merrill
Asiatic
Graduation Speaker Dies While Addressing Class
Warren ton May 18 Thomas O Rodwell 76 longtime state senator and representative died last night while delivering the Macon high school graduation address Heart trouble blamed Rodwell served 25 years as Warren county recorder’s court judge and retired two years ago Funeral services set for 11 am tomorrow at the home of his niece Mrs F M Drake in Macon
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Warrenton
Thomas O. Rodwell
Macon High School
Rodwell
Warren County Recorder’s Court
F. M. Drake
Macon
Yugoslav Partisans Kill 1500 Axis Troops in Bosnia
Marshal Tito announced that Yugoslav partisans have slain 1,500 Axis troops in ongoing fighting in eastern Bosnia. The communique said battles continue across Croatian sectors and German reinforcements have rushed into western and central Bosnia, with Tito noting considerable losses on his side.
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London
Bosnia
Dalmatia
Kistarue
Josip Broz
Tito
Wartime strike condemned. officials urge work or fight
Washington officials testify that any wartime strike on war production is inexcusable. They cite Detroit foremen’s action and warn the labor shortage endangers mobilization while pressing a work or fight law to compel workers in essential industries.
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Washington
Patterson
Detroit
Fallocena
Nelson
Forrestal
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Deiseenan
Brewster
R-Me
Bailey
D-Nc
Decision Reserved On Mistrial Motions
In Washington Justice Edward C. Eicher reserved decision on two motions for a mistrial in the mass sedition conspiracy trial after denying several others. Defense counsel for Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze pressed for a mistrial citing inflammatory opening statements by prosecutor O John Rogge as aimed to poison jurors. Kunze, once a national Bund leader, faces prison terms of 15 years and five years for espionage act violations and evading the Selective Service Act.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
O. John Rogge
Eicher
P. Bateman Ennis
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Kunze
Bund
Churchill to speak on foreign affairs May 24 in Commons
Prime Minister Churchill is expected to announce a statement on foreign affairs in the House of Commons, opening a two day debate on May 24. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed the plan today in London.
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Churchill
London
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
German fortifications embedded in concrete near invasion coast
Allied aerial photos reveal the west wall as a maze of camouflaged concrete clusters and minefields from which large guns and rocket emplacements rise. The map outlines defense installments buried underground to stay hidden from air reconnaissance as Eisenhower plots invasion fields.
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London
Vichy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Channel
Chinese Advances West Of Salween Press On Toward Japanese
Chinese high command said 4% of the offensive west of the Salween developed into a pincer against Japanese positions on the Burma road in Yunnan and Supinan pass was seized by guerrillas. In Henan, Chinese dispatches said a Japanese thrust from Loyang was halted and forced back, with fighting extending around Loyang as Japanese forces retreated. American airpower supported Chinese troops across Salween, with bombers targeting Mengta and aiding a 20 000 strong westward drive toward a junction with Stilwell’s units in northern Burma. The Lashio bridge was altered by air strikes and Pingka area operations yielded 13 towns and villages captured.
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Chungking
Salween River
Burma
China
Yunhan
Chinese High Command
Supinan Pass
Henan
Loyang
Lunghai
Mth Air Force
Yunnan
Tatangtza
Mamien Pass
Joseph Stilwell
Mengta
Stilwell
Lashio
Mandalay
Burma Road
Gingka Bridge
Mangshih
Pingka
Lungling
Stimson Warns Italy Campaign Faces Hard Slugging
Secretary of War Henry Stimson warned the nation that Allied forces in Italy must breach Adolf Hitler’s fortified lines, calling the next phase exceedingly difficult. He noted the Gustav line remains a formidable barrier beyond the German Gres tap line near Cassino and along routes to the sea. Stimson also mentioned a possible new supply route linking the Burma and Ledo roads to aid China.
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Washington
Stimson
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Grestav
Cassino
Hitler
Southeast Asia
Burma
Ledo
China
Defenses Deep in France Is Plan of Nazis
Nazi Germany focuses on a second center line of fortifications in France as Allied invasion nears. The vast communications network remains largely intact despite heavy Allied bombings.
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France
Gripsholm
Barcelona
Nazi Germany
Atlantic Wall
Germany
Meat Supplies Expected to Fall 10 Pounds Per Person
The U S Department forecast a 10 pound drop in civilian meat supplies for the second half of 1944 from 77 5 pounds per person in the first half to 67 5 pounds driven by storage and shipping constraints and reduced hog marketing The 1944 total meat supply would average 145 pounds per person for the year with overall food consumption near 1943 levels despite a temporary meats surplus early in the year
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agriculture Department
Statistical Agency
Bureau
Allied Patrolling Advances Near Wewak in New Guinea
American scouting force fights through six days along a narrow coastal corridor southeast of Aitape as Australian units push toward Madang Bunabun and Wewak. Reports note troop concentrations and bypassed Japanese forces in Dutch New Guinea with allied operations expanding from We wak and Hollandia areas. A separate note records a shell explosion killing 15 year old C Harold Deese and injuring Mrs Dewey Broome and her son Brantley on a porch during a rain storm.
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New Guinea
Aitape
Wewak
Madang
Bunabun
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Alexishafen
Albemarle
C. Harold Deese
Dewey Broome
Brantley
Cassino Falls to British and American Forces in Italy Drive
Allied headquarters report British Eighth Army captured Cassino ruins and Monastery hill while American troops seized Formia and pushed toward Gaeta. Polish troops took hill 593 and forces encircled the Gustav line, halting heavy casualties and trapping parts of the German first parachute division.
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Naples
Eighth Army
Cassino
Forthia
Italy
Monastery Hill
Green Devils
Fifth Army
Lirit
Rome
Formia
Gaeta
Itr
Esperia
Itri
Hitler Line
Liri
Anzio
Richard Heidrich
Rachute
Tomen
Parachute
Highway 6
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