Allies Rain Destruction on German Fortifications in Italy and France
With 2,500 planes and nearly 5,000 tons of bombs the Allies struck German fortifications railways and airfields behind them in a pre invasion offensive. American bombers lost two planes and five fighters while shooting down two enemy aircraft. The attack hit Orly Vil ley near Paris Reims Champagne and rail yards. The RAF joined with heavy night bombers hitting four railroad drives in France.
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London
Hitler
France
Vily
Orly
Paris
Champagne
Reims
U. S
RAF
Berlin
Germany
Boulogne
Orleans
Lemans
Tours
Allied push in Italy signals possible German retreat
The article reports an advantageous Allied offensive in Italy with Germany denying Hitler line existences to prepare public for a potential withdrawal. It notes a heavy German force defending central Italy, while the Russians prepare for a spring offensive as weather aids operations.
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Italy
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Cain
Gustav Line
Hitler
Europe
Russia
Moscow
Allied carrier strike sinks heavy damage on Soeraba base
Allied headquarters report a joint Nimitz Mountbatten MacArthur air and sea assault against Soeraba in Java, inflicting heavy damage on oil and dock facilities and 35,000 tons of shipping. Liberators bombed railyards in a 2,500 mile round trip from northwest Australia after the carrier raid.
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Southwest
Pacific
Nimitz-MacArthur-Mountbatten
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Soeraba
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Great
Java
Soerabaja
Chester W. Nimitz
Louis Mountbatten
Gen
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Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Liberators
Senators Back Anti Poll Tax Plan in Senate
Washington May 30. A constitutional amendment to ban poll taxes won 33 Republican co sponsors led by Senator Wherry Neb with 32 colleagues. Democrats criticize the move as political while eight southern states still levy poll taxes. Senate failed to end a filibuster on a legislative attempt to strike them down.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
Congress
One Man Killed As Storm Hits Near Charlotte
A violent wind and hail storm west of Charlotte killed Charles C. Dale about 55 as a roadhouse collapsed on him. Police said hail stacked several inches high in minutes. The storm was confined to a small area on the Gastonia road near the city limits.
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Charlotte
Charles C. Dale
Gastonia
British Sinker Submarines In Arctic Escort Actions
London May 20 A British naval force escorting a convoy from Britain to Russia sank two German submarines and probably sank or damaged more in the Arctic near Norway. The destroyer Mahratta was torpedoed and sunk with only a few survivors. Carrier bombers and joint air action credited with sinking one sub and damaging others.
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London
Britain
Russia
Admiralty
Arctic Circle
Norway
Chaser
Leon S. Disher
Arctic
Reds Report German Height Captured
The Soviet high command announced the capture of a German fortified height southeast of Vitebsk after a two hour battle on the north central front. Moscow said German broadcasts reported Russian attacks west of Nevel and that 300 Germans were killed east of Stanisławów while 500 fell northwest of Tiraspol. Baltic fleet airmen set fires at Kotka and damaged docks. airmen off Norway sank two German patrol boats.
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London
Vitbesk
Berlin
Moscow
Nevel
Vitebsk
Pver
Poland
Latvia
Monitor
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Baltic Red Banner Fleet
Kotak
Finland
Norwegian
WLB Holds Line On Wage Ruling For Winston-Salem Firms
The Fourth Regional War Labor Board declined to withdraw its March 30 decision setting a 50 cent minimum wage and progressive increases for three Winston-Salem firms. The company argued the order widened the gap between large integrated firms and small independents.
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Atlanta
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Winston-Salem, N. C
Newest Citizens to Be Honored Today
Washington reports that 600 to 700 communities across nearly all states will observe I am an American day honoring about 3,000,000 new citizens. About 2.5 million native born youths gained voting age, and over 400,000 foreign born residents were naturalized this year. The third Sunday in May marks the annual observance proclaimed by Congress in 1940. Governors nationwide issued proclamations urging participation in ceremonies.
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Washington
Congress
Gripsholm Repatriation Ship Returns Home Amid Tears
The Gripsholm docked at Algiers on May 20 1944 carrying repatriated civilians and wounded Allied soldiers including British American Anzac and South African troops. It arrived from Barcelona on the first leg of its return journey amid cheers and band music ashore.
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Algiers
Gripsholm
Barcelona
Spain
Japanese Are Driven From Myitkyina As Allies Close In From Three Sides
Allied forces close in on Myitkyina from three directions as Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill’s units cross the Irrawaddy and encircle the Japanese base. British troops block east of Kohima and advance toward Silchar while other Allied columns push toward the city from the north and south.
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Myitkyina
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma Road
China
Frank Merrill
Irrawaddy River
Imphal-Kohima
India
Jessami
Kohima
Imphal
Silchar
Irrawaddy
Zigyun
Fifteen Salt Lake City Men Convicted In Polygamy Case
Fifteen Salt Lake City men were convicted today of unlawful cohabitation in a paper trial presided over by District Judge Ron Van Cott Jr without witnesses. The men, among 46 arrested March 7 in four western states, were accused of living with 55 women not their legal wives.
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Salt Lake City
Ron van Cott, Jr
United States
Mexican Seaman Rescued By Coast Guardsman In Plane
NORFOLK Va May 6 Pre Lt Comdr Richard Baxter of the Elizabeth City coast guard station flew a navy plane through storms to rescue a critically ill Mexican sailor Lorenzo Andrey Nieto 36 from a merchant ship off the North Carolina coast. After circling storms he landed in moderate swells to take on Nieto and returned to Norfolk where an ambulance rushed him to the Marine hospital. Last night Nieto's condition was satisfactory.
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Richard Baxter
Elizabeth City
N. C
Coast Guard
Atlantic
North Carolin Coast
Lorenzo Andrey Nieto
Mexico City
Baxter
San Diego
Calif
Nieto
Marine Hospital
Hitler Ordered Hold On Crimea Says German Colonel
Simferopol May 20 One of 246 enemy officers captured in the Crimean campaign, German artillery colonel Hans Mesinger, said Hitler ordered holding the Crimea to prevent its fall from dragging neutral Turkey into the war. He recalled a May order and noted the Germans could not maintain a middle line after Perekop and Sivash breakthroughs.
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Crimean
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Hans Mesinger
Hitler
Sevastopol
Messinger
Crimea
Perekop
Ser
Nationwide Walkouts Mark Wartime Production Strain
Wartime industrial output stays uneven as thousands stay home amid labor disputes. Hundreds resume work under war labor board directives and settlements loom, with 24 450 workers non‑operational across 17 industries nationwide. In Detroit, Chrysler and CIO United Auto Workers Local 490 plan talks to recall about 10 000 workers who left five days ago.
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War Labor Board
Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Detroit
WLB
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Chrysler
Eisenhower orders underground forces for D day action
In a broadcast from Europe the Allied commander instructed the underground army to note enemy movements in minute detail as D day approaches. Reports from Bari and London say Fifth Army troops near Anzio are about 20 miles from the Rome area with advancing lines toward Terracina.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Underground
Bari
Rome
Anzio
Fifth Army
Terracina
London Radio
Hitler Line
Allied forces drive Nazis back on Italian front in major advance
Allied troops seize key fortifications along the Hitler line in Italy and push German forces back along the lower front. Advances reach Itri Gaeta and Pontecorvo. Monte Pizza reported captured 4 miles north of Itri. Over 5,500 Nazis captured as Allies close on Formia and Terracina.
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Pico
Terracina
Campodimele
Hitler Line
Itri
Gaeta
Eighth Army
Hitler
Liri
Pontecorvo
Onte
Fifth Army
Anzio
Monte Pizza
Formia
Senate Approves House Tax Plan to Simplify Returns
The Senate passed a house approved bill to streamline income tax easing filings for about 30 million taxpayers and reduce withholding. The measure moves to the house for changes while senators approved related amendments. The plan would, from January, tax up to five thousand dollars with full liability deducted and remittance via mail to the IRS.
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New
George
Internal Revenue
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