War Today reports Allied gains in Maly and Pacific theater
The piece notes startling allied successes in Maly and heightened pressure in the Pacific against Japan. It highlights the hit Hitler first strategy moving to its logical end, with joint Allied operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans narrowing Japan’s positions. Desperate Japanese efforts in upper Burma and Yunan are foiled as Stilwell’s forces advance toward a land route to Chungking.
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Maly
Europe
Pacific
Japan
Dutch Indies
China
Tokyo
Java
China Sea
Upper
Burma
Yunan
India
Henan
Ledo Road
Stilwell
Upper Burma
Chungking
Jones Appeals For War Prisoners To Work
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urged the War Department to use idle prisoners of war for farm labor and food processing. He cited a certified need for at least 250000 POWs to aid 1944 food and pulpwood production programs, about five times the prior year’s farm work allotment.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
War Department
Jones
WFA
Osers
Australian War Brides Placed on Probation After Stowaway Entry
Two Australian war brides who entered the United States as stowaways were scolded by Federal Judge A F St Sure and placed on probation for months on parole to immigration officials.
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San Francisco
A. F. St. Sure
Wallace Leaves For China As Roosevelt's Emissary
Vice President Wallace departs for China as Roosevelt’s emissary to carry a message of American aid despite Japanese threats. Accompanied by aides including John Hazard and Owen Lattimore, the party plans Siberian stops to discuss Soviet supplies and postwar aid, aiming for a July return for the Democratic convention in Chicago.
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William T. Peacock
Ngton
Wallace
China
Roosevelt
Siberia
Burma
Himalaya
America
White House
John Hazard
Foreign Economic Administration
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Owen Lattimore
Office of War Information
Hazard
Asia
Chicago
Latin America
Pacific
Chiang Kai Shek
Prisoner Killed By Guard's Rifle In Accident
In Raleigh on May 20 a guard's rifle accidentally discharged near New Bern injuring two prisoners. James Washington of Mecklenburg county, jailed since 1939 for second degree murder, was killed. Albert Henry Ellis, held since 1942 for housebreaking larceny and receiving, was wounded. Penal Director Oscar Pitts announced.
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Raleigh
James
Washington
Mecklenburg County
Albert Henry Ellis
Wilson County
New Bern
Oscar Pitts
Myitkyina Garrison Driven From Burma In Three Pronged Allied Drive
Allied forces report the Japanese garrison at Myitkyina under heavy attack with Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's infantry and airborne reinforcements closing in from three sides. Chinese and American units seize Zigyun island and push along the Irrawaddy and Mogaung Valley as the Japanese suffer increasing casualties and resistance weakens. Lt. Gen. Stilwell notes the likely fall of Myitkyina as front reports converge.
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Charles A. Grumich
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Myitkyina
Frank Merrill
Irrawaddy River
Gharpate
Joseph W. Stilwell
Zigyun
Irrawaddy
Katya
Salween River
Yunnan
Burma Road
Poles Reach Northern Anchor Of Hitler Line Near Cassino
American spearhead drives along the Italian coast to within 35 miles of Anzio as Polish troops seize Piedimonte, described as the northern anchor of the Hitler line. Allied air strikes blast a 150 mile front from Brittany to Belgium while Eisenhower urges underground Europeans to act. Casual opposition met as Germans fall back toward Pico Terracina and Formia. 5,500 prisoners taken in nine days of the Italian offensive.
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Anzio
Cassino
Piedimonte
Algiers
Europe
Brittany
Belgium
Dwight PD. Eisenhower
Seeerreoe Associa
Sid Feder
Fifth Army
Itri
Pico
Terracina
Formia
Pontecorvo
Sant’ Oliva
Monte Ma
Death Of Jap Admirals Admitted By Tokyo
Tokyo disclosed the deaths of Japanese Rear Admirals Torajiro Sato and Tomejiro Tamagi in a Domei list of 84 naval officers killed in action between August 1940 and December 1943. The broadcast, recorded by the FCC, said both would receive posthumous awards for distinguished service. details of how they died were not released.
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New York
Torajiro Sato
Tomejiro Tamagi
Japan
Domei News Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Sato
Tamagi
Allies Strike Soerabaja As Japs Relinquish Wakde
Allied air and sea forces from five nations hit Soerabaja Java, destroying 21 enemy planes and ten ships in a coordinated strike with carrier based planes and four engine bombers. Wakde island was captured after a five hour action as US naval guns and surface ships supported advances along the New Guinea coast.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Uarters
New Guinea
Suiy
United Nations
Soerabaja
Java
Japan
Tokyo
Dutch East Indies
U. S
Fifth Airforce
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Wakde
MacArthur
Aitape
United States
Wewak-Hansa Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Hood Nominated for Rotary Directors in Dunn North Carolina
Chicago May 20 Directors nominated today by Rotary International to serve for the coming year include Thomas R Hood of Dunn North Carolina Nomination is tantamount to election
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Hood
Chicago
Rotary International
Thomas R. Hood
Dunn
N. C
King Peter ousts Mihailovic as war minister in Yugoslavia
King Peter of Yugoslavia removes Gen Draja Mihailovic from the war ministry in an effort to marshal Tito and observers question whether Tito would accept the post. The move may push the cabinet toward the partisan leader or a Tito backed compromise after victory.
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Peter
Gen Mihailovic
London
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Tito
Marshal Tito
National Army of Liberation
Tite
Josip Broz
Mihailovic
Chinese Take Firmer Grasp On Railroad
Chinese troops tightened control over their re won section of the Peiping Hankow railway as the rail city Kioshan 110 miles south of Chenghsien faced danger. Loyang defenders in the north were reported doomed if the siege continued. Kioshan north of Linyang was seized after Chinese forces cut enemy communications to Mingkiang 22 miles south.
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Chungking
Peiping-Hankow
Kioshan
Chenghsien
Loyang
Henan
Linyang
Mingkiang
German Army In Italy Seen Threatened By Allied Break
British military experts believe the western Allies may destroy a German army in Italy as Hitler orders hold and fight to the last man. The article notes past German defeats at Stalingrad and in Tunisia, and describes Allied advances from Anzio toward Rome and Gaeta with Kesselring potentially regrouping before a fighting withdrawal.
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Wes Gallagher
London
Britain
Hitler
Italy
Stalingrad
Africa Corps
Tunisia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Itler
Gaeta
Albert Kesselring
Alexander
Anzio
Rome
U S suspects Argentina in boundary pact
Washington May 20 officials in diplomatic quarters say Argentina may use the Ecuador Peru boundary settlement as leverage to win recognition while the United States maintains its policy of non recognition of the Buenos Aires regime. Roosevelt sent messages of congratulation to Ecuador and Peru leaders on the agreement.
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Washington
Argentina
Rio de Janeiro
United For
Mr. Roosevelt
Brazil
Chile
United States
Edelmiro Farrell
Farrell
Cherry Announces Speaking Itinerary for Governor Campaign
Gregg Cherry's final week itinerary shows Wilson on Monday, war veterans in Wilmington Tuesday, High Point Wednesday, a statewide radio address Thursday, and a Friday radio address from Gastonia before casting his ballot Saturday morning. He and Mrs. Cherry return to Raleigh Saturday night for returns.
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Raleigh
Gregg Cherry
William B. Umstead
Cherars
Cherry
Wilson
Wilmington
High Point
Gastonia
Mrs. Cherry
Greatest Air Armada Hits 150 Mile Strip
Allies hurl 6000 British based planes at Hitler's West Wall and blast 150 mile strip from Brittany to Belgium with 8000 tons of explosives. The eve-ning onslaught targets 19 rail junctions eight airfields and other installations. American air forces led daylight blows with nearly 1250 heavy bombers and fighters escorting 1000 fighters with about 250 Fortresses and Liberators in a major daylight operation.
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London
Hitler
West Wall
Brittany
Belgium
U. S
Britain
RAF
Air Command
France
AEAF
Ing Stri
Eastern Front Quiet While Moscow Signals Rising Tension
The eastern front remained quiet with no essential changes reported. Moscow indicated growing tension over a potential western front, while Red Army seeks coordinated offensives. German forces saw local clashes near Tiraspol Stanislawow and southeast of Vitebsk with notable losses.
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London
Moscow
Britain
Red Army
Dnestr
Carpathian
Vitebsk
Tiraspol
Stanislawow
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