Invasion Line Nears as European War Moves Ahead
London reports before June moon that Charles von tedt’s Army of the West holds a final defensive against a German push tied to Italy’s crisis. Allied forces fear a major eastern Soviet strike while Norway and Denmark face Nazi terror, with executions and arrests boosting alarm as underground resistance readies to act.
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London
Karl Ventedt
West
Italy
French
Scandinavia
Norway
Denmark
Europe
Italy War Drive Near Rome Presses On
AP war analysis notes two weeks from bed attack in Italy as Fifth Army nears Rome. Allied spearheads threatened to breach the capital while German forces retreat or face destruction. Luftwaffe losses, prisoner toll rising to about 15 000, artillery shortfalls blamed for deteriorating front.
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Italy
Rome
Iman
Biak Invasion Opens New Guinea Campaign Push
General MacArthur announces Allied landings at Biak Island in the Schouten islands, establishing a beach head and advancing toward airfields for future campaigns toward the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies. The operation marks a strategic near end to the New Guinea campaign with American losses light and bases secured for further offensives.
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Biak
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Tokyo
New Guinea
Schoutens
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bosnik
Wakde
MacArthur
Pacific Theater
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Sorido
Borokoe
McArthur
Hollandia
Noemfoor
Japan Islands
Manokwari
Nabire
Babo
Finschaffen
Japanese New Guinea
6 000 Allied Planes Strike Hitler Rail Network
The British led a massive air raid with nearly 6 000 bombers and fighters targeting rail junctions, airfields, and bridges along the French coast and in Boulogne and Cape Grisnez. Parachute flares lit the sky as anti aircraft fire was brief and many flak batteries were silenced. The operation marked one of the war’s largest coordinated strikes from bases in England and Italy.
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London
Oeaerial Ennabled
Hitler
Berlin
Strait of
Dover
France
England
Italy
RAF
Cape Grisnez
Boulogne
Three Year Old Rescued By Modest 12-Year-Old Hero
In Denver on May 27 Herbert Edwards, 12, rescued three year old Michael Wadsworth from an irrigation ditch and returned him to his mother. He then finished delivering newspapers on his route without mentioning the rescue.
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Denver
Merbert Edwards
Michael Wadsworth
Michael
P. M. Wadsworth
Herbert
Furniture Off During April Survey Shows
Grand Rapids May 27. The furniture industry shows confusion from lack of uniform order acceptance methods. Seidman and Seidman, trade review accountants, report that some manufacturers have booked all orders received subject to continued page reference.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Seidman
Allies Break Into Artena Near Rome As Front Advances
Allied forces push into Artena amid heavy shelling as American Fifth Army drives toward Sezze and cuts toward the Via Casilina. German regrouping and reinforcements aim to protect escape routes in the Lepini Hills and Liri Valley, with key stakes in blocking Rome-bound withdrawal.
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Naples
Artena
Reinto
Casilina
Associated Press
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de Luce
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Fifth Army
Pontine
Sezze
Lepini Hills
Liri
Via Casilina
Rome
Fifth
Eighth Army
Albert Kesselring
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Gregg Cherry Secures Democratic Nomination For Governor
Gregg Cherry of Gastonia claimed victory in the North Carolina Democratic gubernatorial race with early returns showing him the party’s nominee. The excited candidate thanked supporters and called for unity against the Republicans as Mrs. Cherry expressed pride in the result.
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Raleigh
Ralph W. McDonald
Winston-Salem
R. Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
Mrs. Cherry
Aged Woman Found Dead After Lake Discovery
The nude elderly woman’s body was recovered from Eastwood Lake eight miles from Chapel Hill. Police believe it is Mrs. Edward M. Jewett of Boonville Missouri, missing since May 10. The body bore 12 to 14 stab wounds and was weighted with cinder blocks tied by wire. Detective W. E. Gates linked jewelry and a unsigned will to Edward Jewett Martin, Jr., who is charged with murder.
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Eastwood Lake
H. E. King
Edward M. Jewett
Rich Boonville
King
E. J. Belvin
Durham County
R. H. Butler
Newport News
Edward Jewtt Martin
Charlotte
Martin
W. E. Gates
Little University
Own
Chapel Hill
I. J. Walker
Mrs. Jewett
Boonville
Ex Governor Hoey Leads In North Carolina Democratic Primary
Clyde R. Hoey 163,076 leads Morrison 63,042 for U.S. Senate with 1,480 of 1,921 precincts. Cherry tops McDonald 149,817 to 107,639 for governor. Boyd 1,108. Ballentine dominates lieutenant governor. Eure leads for secretary of state. Poll tops auditor. Incumbents Kerr and Folger nominated in Congress. Morrison’s seat open.
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Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
United States Senate
Cameron Morrison
Hoey
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
Charlotte
Cherry
Gastonia
Ralph W. McDonald
Winston-Salem
Morrison
Marvin Ritch
Arthur Simmons
Burlington
Giles Newton
Gibson
McDonald
Olla Ray Boyd
Pinetown
Ballentine
L. Y. Ballentine
Fuquay
W. L Halstead
Elizabeth City
Jamie T. Lyda
Greensboro
Ceecuia
Thad Eure
W. N. Crawford
George Ross Poll
Fred S. Hunter
Huntersville
Charles M. Johnson
L. J. Phi
Joan H. Kerr
John H. Folger
W. Erwin
Senate
Kerr
Cameron S. Weeks
Tarboro
Folger
J. N. Freeman
Brewin
Hamilton C. Jones
Allies Mine Danube and Biscay supply routes
London May 27 The RAF Coastal Command torpedo and rocket bombers crippled the blockade running feedline in the Bay of Biscay to German plants. Liberators and Wellingtons from Italy mined the Lower Danube to throttle supply, reducing water traffic and straining Hungary’s rail network by closing the Iion Gate route for Nemoman oil via Hungary.
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RAF Coastal Command
Bay of Biscay
Coastal Command
Danube River
RAF Liberators
Strategic Air Force
Naples
Iion Gate River
Germany
Hungary
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