Allies strike twin daylight blows on German lines
London reports heavy Allied air attacks across western Europe after 750 bombers pounded Duisburg and Kiel targets. About 3,000 planes, including Fortresses and Liberators, attacked German transport hubs, rail centers, and airfields as part of a broad campaign ahead of the western invasion. Thirty RAF bombers were lost in the night raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kiel
U. S
Pas-De-Calais
France
Duisburg
Hannover
Bel
Germany
Brunswick-Hanover
Europe
RAF
Arry
Belgium
Ruhr
Dortmund
Rhine-Herne
North Sea
Dortmund-Ems
Invasion Debate and Western Front Pressures
War analysis notes that Berlin hinges on German defenses in the western invasion zone while England supplies the base and aircraft carriers. It discusses Nazi risks on both flanks, Allied capabilities for a second front, and the impact of Soviet activity on the eastern front with Pravda signaling D-day imminence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Wal
England
Laly
Adolf Hitler
Western
Europe
Pravda
Italy
Red Strike At Suppy Lines In Front Reports
London dispatch reports sporadic fighting along the Dnestr north of Tiraspol with the front generally quiet. Soviet aerial attacks behind German lines claim 600 Germans slain in repulsed tank assaults near Tiraspol, while Berlin radio cites 3,000 Russians encircled west of Grigoriopol. Other fronts note Danube fortifications in Bulgaria and naval losses in the Gulf of Finland and Narva. 52 Nazi planes said destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dnestr
Tiraspol
Weetend
Moscow
Red Army
Berlin
Grigoriepel
Tiraspo
Bulgaria
Danube River
Black Sea
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of
Narva
Germans Mount Ack Ack Guns in Freight Cars
U S fighter base in England reports German anti aircraft guns mounted on freight cars. Lt John B Westwood of Lewis Kansas describes attacking a six car train near Paris. A box car unfolded four 20 mm guns that opened fire, damaging his Thunderbolt but he returned to base with missing cylinders and tail holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
England
John B. Westwood
Lewis
Kans
Thunderbolt
Paris
Westwood
War PAW lifts gasoline volatility limits amid improved supply
The Petroleum Administration for War announced the cancellation of civilian gasoline volatility restrictions. A slight improvement in quality will result as the limit, in effect since last November, is removed due to warmer weather and a better natural gasoline supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Petroleum Administration For War Today
Paw
Rain Fails To Halt Allied Burma Drive
Allied forces press through mud and monsoon rain in northern Burma near Myitkyina, seizing control of road junctions to Mogaung and Fort Hertz. Stilwell reports one third of the line captured amid heavy street fighting and airstrikes, with Myitkyina airfield firmly held. The monsoon season dampens operations but does not stop the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Mogaung
Fort Hertz
Charpate
Namkwi
Ft. Hertz
Southeast Asia Command
Myit
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kamaing-Mogaun
Kuman Hills
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
Irraw River
Tokyo
Berlin
India
Irrawaddy
India- Burma Frontier
Arakan
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Kamaung
Burma-India
Stilwell
Bhamo
Tiddim
Imphal
Chinese drive battles Japanese toward Canton Hankow rail
Chinese counter attacks recaptured three towns along the Peiping Hankow rail in Henan Province while reports say Japanese reinforcements are moving to Canton and Hankow. Field dispatches note losses at Sinantien Lushan and Loyang with stakes rising near the Canton Hankow railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Henan Province
Peiping-Hankow
Canton
Hankow
Sinantien
Honan
Solos Nanan Wan
Chenghsien
Lushan
Henan
Someon
Thedispn
Loyang
Colums
Shenji
Davis Defends Seizure of Mail Order House
William H. Davis chairman of the War Labor Board testified before a House committee that the WLB must act during strikes to protect the economy and that without a no strike policy the agency would seek to ban all strikes. He argued the Smith Connally act provides for emergencies and suggested a new law if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
House
Montgomery Ward
Davis
Chicago
WLB
Congress
Dewey
R-ill
Ward
OPA Allows More Stoves Stocking Nationwide
The Office of Price Administration authorized dealers in most areas to stock more cooking and heating stoves to meet the public demand for ration certificates to buy them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Trains Halted in London Amid Sudden Schedule Cancellations
Thousands of passengers at London stations faced delays as trains were halted and blackboards announced widespread cancellations without warning. The disruption disrupted travel across key lines, leaving travelers scrambling for updates and alternatives.
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London
Supreme Court Declares Ballot Box Stuffing Federal Offense
The Supreme Court rules 6 to 3 that a federal statute covers ballot box stuffing, reversing a lower court ruling. The case involved eight election officials in Harlan County Kentucky charged after the November 1942 election. Justice Roberts delivered the majority opinion with Justices Douglas Black and Reed dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Eastern Kentucky
Federal District Court
Harlan County
Sen
Chandler
D-Ky
Justice Roberts
Douglas
Black
Reed
Ndler
District Court
Congress
Pole Waits Five Years For One Day And Then Makes Most Of It
Captain Mike Sobanski of the 400th Fighter Squadron led a top European theater unit over Germany near Berlin. His squadron reported 208 German kills, destroyed six planes, two locomotives and nine locomotives, plus damaged multiple targets including an ammunition dump warehouses a factory military trucks tug boats a barge and a radio station. He recalled being strafed in Poland in 1938 when three of his ribs were broken and vowed to repay the attack with this mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pole
U.S
England
Mike Sobanski
New York
Berlin
Sobanski
Poland
America
Germany
Allied Leaders Urge Underground Help With Local Intelligence
The Allied supreme headquarters urged occupied peoples to supply precise local data on roads bridges rivers woods and possible landing fields to aid invasion forces. A Vichy radio threat warned patriots of terrible reprisals for aiding the allies as leaflets confirm the instructions.
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Ned Nordness
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Eisenhower
Anzio Troops Strike Against Nazi Flanks
American infantry companies mounted rapid dawn raids against German fortifications in the Pontine Marshes and near Littoria. They took over 70 prisoners in 48 hours and reported 17 Germans captured with one officer while engaging near Sessano and Borgo Piave. The Fifth Army push brought Terracina close to the coast as shelling intensified. Sgt. Stanley Lunde credited with six German kills and a February raid, predicting the Krauts will be kept on the run until victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anzio
Italy
Pontine
U. S
Littoria
Terracina
Fifth Army
Littovria
Sessano
Borgo Piave
T. C. Gordon
Welland
Ont
Adna Underhill
Summit
N. J
Stanley Lunde
Bangor
Wis
Allied push and pull near Terracina and Pico
Allied patrols entered Terracina but were driven back as German forces threw in reinforcements. U S troops held a line northeast of Terracina while Germans ferried in armor to shore up the Hitler line. Canadian forces breached near Pontecorvo as French troops moved in the Liri valley, with 100 prisoners taken and significant but not decisive Allied losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Terracina
U. S
Pico
Sageging
Mark W. Clark
Anzio
Rome
Monte Leucio
Pontecorvo
Hitler Line
Liri
Pontine
An«zio
Cisterna
Box In Chapel Hill Lake May Hold Body
A wooden box found in Faste wood Lake near Chapel Hill is being held for officers as searchers look for clues to the disappearance of Mrs. Edward M. Jewett of Boonville Missouri who has been missing for ten days. Edward Jewett Martin, 24, of Charlotte and a grandson of the missing woman, is jailed for questioning. he allegedly drove his grandmother to Boonville on May 9 and used her car. The hotel manager in Boonville says Mrs Jewett had not been seen since May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Fastewood Lake
Chapel Hill
Edward M. Jewett
Boonville
W. P. Jordan
Orange County
Edward Jewett Martin
Charlotte
W. E. Gates
Young Martin
Winston City Employees Strike For Pay Raise
More than 100 public works workers walked out seeking a raise from 42 to 50 cents an hour. Commissioner R A Thomas reported to the aldermanic committee and Mayor George W Coan Jr. says the group includes about 60 garbage collectors and workers at the incinerator plant. The pay has risen from 27 to 42 cents in three years and all strikers are Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Public Works Department
Commissioner of Public Works
R. A. Thomas
George W. Coan, Jr
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Dorchester
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AaReeupite Workse
Salbis
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China
Franklin F. Banker
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