3200 Yankee Planes Bomb Vital Centers
Allied air forces launched a coordinated strike from Britain and Italy against Germany Austria Yugoslavia France and the Low Countries. About 3200 American warplanes attacked aircraft factories air bases and rail yards while Mosquitos targeted Hanover and Nantes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Italy
Germany
Austria
Yugoslavia
France
Low Countries
Europe
Saege
Wiener Neustadt
Linz
Zagreb
Berlin
Dessau
Oschersieben
Halberstadt
Brussels
Belgium
Reims and
Troyes
Handogrf
Munster
Diepholz
Osnabruk
Hamburg
Hannover
Naples
Vienna
Mendorf Aircraft Factory
Pottendorf Spinning Mills
Ebreichsdorf
Neunkirchen
American and Chinese troops cut main Burma road link
American and Chinese forces sever the main road between Kamaing and Mogaung in Burma in a surprise move bypassing Kamaing. Allied air power then hammered enemy rail lines and positions along the route to Mogaung and Myitkyina. The operation destroyed 25 enemy trucks and seized six buildings filled with supplies and ammunition.
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Burma
Southeast Asia
Herdarters
Kandy
Ceylon
Kamaing
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Katha
Myitky
War in Europe Looms as Allied Air Raids Escalate
Berlin voices suggest Germany prefers invasion today but allies press on with raids across Europe. More than 4,500 Allied planes, including 4,000 American, target the invasion coast in France and bomber factories in Poland, with strikes reaching Germany itself.
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Hitler
Europe
Poland
Germany
Heroic Rescue Saves Winston-Salem Tourist at Nags Head
Roy Keiger of Winston-Salem owes his life to four Cosmopolitan Club members from Norfolk Virginia who leaped into rough sea near Nags Head. They pulled him from the water and he lay unconscious until Dr Webster Carpenter revived him with artificial respiration.
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Roy Keiger
Winston-Salem
Nags Head
H— Roy Keiger
Cosmopolitan Club
Norfolk
Keiger
High Breakers
Henry L. Teagle
Ward
Dick and
Charles C. Grant
Reiger
Webster
Carpenter
Thousands of German Units Over France Reported Movements
A neutral pre invasion report said German high command spotted thousands of small units over France to cover the expected Allied airborne assault on D Day. The briefing aligned with Ritter von Schram's view that Western armor stays behind fortifications to block airborne troops, not sea landings. Transocean claimed flying repair squads across occupied Europe and trains slated for scrap iron are being used again.
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London
France
Ritter von Schram
Berliner Bersen-Zeitung
Transocean
Ganzen Mueller
Russia
Rome
Harold Alexander
Italy
Eisenhower
Red Army
Forced Landing Made By Fighter Plane
A P-7AZ fighter plane from the Richmond Army Air Base made a forced landing at Rocky Mount North Carolina around 10 a m during a combat training mission. The pilot's injuries were not believed serious, but not yet determined.
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Richmond
Rocky Mount
N. C
Army Air Base
Biak Fighting Fiercest Yet in Northern New Guinea Campaign
MacArthur’s Sixth Army drives on Biak Island two miles from Mokmer airfield as heavy Japanese resistance stalls progress. Allied forces push along the Bosnek Sorido road while expecting a major battle to unfold for Mokmer and other airstrips.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Schouten Islands
Sixth Army
Biak Island
Mokmer
Bosnek
Biak
Sorido
Borokoe
Bosnek-Sorido
MacArthur
Mrs. Roosevelt Says FDR Should Rest Health Gains
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt told reporters that the President should maintain recent health gains by not working late hours and avoiding treating every meal as work. She said she has no plans to attend the Democratic national convention in July and is active in the QORP party convention.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Parachuting American Airmen Reported Killed in Germany
Stockholm dispatch says 4% of American airmen who parachuted into central Germany were killed by enraged civilians. Aftonbladet cites a traveller’s report and notes five killed. German police failed to protect the airmen amid a crowd reaction after claims of attacks on civilians by allied flyers.
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Stockholm
Germany
Aftonbladet
Berlin
Cry Fl
Political Handbook of the World
Aftonbladets
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Volkischer Beobachter
Goebbels
White voters only rule for Georgia primaries cited
In Newnan Georgia on May 30 the Democratic party rules constrain voting in upcoming primaries to white voters only. Coweta County Democratic Chairman R S Bryant announced the July 4 primary will be limited to white voters.
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Newnan
Georgia
Coweta
R. S. Bryant
Number of Strikes During 44 Shows Rise 42 Percent
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the first four months of 1944 saw a 42 percent rise in strikes over the same period in 1948. April alone had 435 strikes affecting 155,000 workers and 580,000 idle man-days. The year-to-date total reached 1,455 in 1944 versus 1,024 in 1948. The 1943 period stood at 475, with 495,000 workers idle in 1944.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Ecuador’s President Resigns Amid Guayaquil Revolt
Dr. Carlos Arroyo Del Rio sought refuge in the U S embassy in Quito after resigning the presidency as revolutionaries seized Guayaquil with tanks and Allied groups, killing over 40 and wounding 200 in a 10 hour battle. They aim to forestall elections due next Friday and Saturday.
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Quito
Ecuador
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
U. S
Guayaquil
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Colombia
Alianza Democratic (Democratic Alliance
Pacific
Memorial Day Honors From Australia to New Guinea
Men and women in allied uniforms honor American war dead at bases in Northern Australia and New Guinea. Australians place wreaths on graves at Springvale cemetery where 96 Americans rest. Chaplains lead services as riflemen guard the cemetery flags in a joint tribute to the fallen.
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U.S. War
Australia
Edi
Melbourne
Springvale
Guadalcanal
Buna
New Guinea
Ameri
June Liquor Ration Up Rum Off List
North Carolina state board announces June 1944 ration changes for wet counties. Coupons 25 26 cover whisky and brandy with options, 27 28 for brandy gin and cordials and Rocking Chair substitute. All rum placed on non rationed list. no coupon needed.
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Raleigh
Alcoholic Control
Toay
Carl Williamson
Convoy Reaches England With New US Invasion Weapons
A heavily loaded convoy carrying new United States invasion weapons arrived safely in Britain, announced today. The arrival underscores Allied war materiel efforts in Europe as May dates are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
United States
Britain
Allies Strike After Turning Back Attacks
Allied infantry and tanks repelled overnight German counterattacks and then assaulted defenses within 16 miles of Rome. General Clark said Rome would fall “before many days.” The Eighth Army advanced along the Sacco Valley toward Arce and Frosinone, while observers near the sea glimpsed the city but no line of advance reached Rome yet. German resistance remained stiff on the line south of Anzio, with heavy shelling of American positions and renewed counterattacks around Artena.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Rome
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
Sacco
Via Casilina
Highway 6
Lanuvio
Anzio- Albano
Hermann Goering
Artena
Nov
Clark
Italy
Salerno
Volturno
Garigliano
Anzio
Lucian K. Truscott
Valmontone
Record 101 Ton Raid on Ponape and Airfields
U S Pacific Fleet announces a 101 ton daylight raid on Ponape eastern guard ian of Truk atoll. Liberator and Mitchell bombers hit Ponape town airfields barracks hangars and storage areas amid continued Central Pacific bombing. MacArthur confirms Liberators harassed Woleai and Truk islets during the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Ponape
Truk Atoll
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Seventh Army Air Force
Caroline Group
Douglas MacArthur
Admiralty Islands
Woleai Island
Carolines
Truk Group
Truk
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Willowbrook Street
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Dover Strait
Vatican
Pantelleria
Casilina
Nan
Palermo
Syracuse
North
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Sicily
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U.S
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