Ship workers in payroll racket at Hingham Shipyard
Boston June 1—U S Attorney Edmund J Brandon charged that 127 Hingham Shipyard workers were arrested in what he called the worst payroll racket of the war. Most faced conspiracy or false claim charges, many under 39 who were draft age. Bail posted ranged from 500 to 1000 dollars. hearings set for late June and early July.
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Boston
U. S
Edmund J. Brandon
Hingham Shipyard
Brandon
EK. A. Soucy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Soucy
Hingham Yard
Bethlehem Steel Company
Shipbuilding Division
Allied Forces Press Rome Front Asadvance Near City Gates
Allied troops push toward Rome from Valmontone to the Tyrrhenian coast. Fifth Army nears Saint John Lateran with tanks crossing toward Lanuvio while French and British units advance from the Pontine Marshes and along Highway 6. Air forces sustain the drive with raids and heavy losses on both sides.
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Alban Hills
Lake of Nemi
Velletri
Fifth Army
Rome
Saint John Lateran
Kennedy
Saint Peter
Valmentone
Tyrrhenian
Lanuvio
Fosso di Campoleone
Lanuvia
Arden
Albert Kesselring
VaTmontone
Highway 6
Pontine Marsh
Carpineto
Lepini Hills
Via Casilina
Patricia
Frosinone
Monte Pis
Tiarella
Ferentina
Eighth
Seach
Ardea
Cassino
Lake Albano
Frascati
Vel‘eri
Subiaco
Ploesti
Yugo- Bluvis
Enen
Army strength and overseas deployment boost RAF airpower
Continued from page overseas, Stimson notes the RAF is now a formidable air force in size and firepower. Ground troops move to overseas theaters as about half are already deployed abroad. Shipping is available to move remaining forces to combat zones, while the AAF operates roughly 925 units with 75 shields and assets used by the Air Transport Command, including radio and weather equipment.
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RAF
Omost Formidable Aeris
Peek
Stimson
Ite
United
United States
AAF
Air Transport Command
United States Army
Stimson Details U S A A F Growth and Global Logistics
Secretary Stimson hailed the rapid enlargement of the AAF overseas power and the vast logistics effort sustaining forces across continents. He cited May cargo tonnage, progress in Italy, and sea and air campaigns, noting battles in the Mediterranean and Biak landing, with Philippines within striking distance and Japanese pressure in China and Burma.
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England
Southwest Pacific
Stimson
Biakishin’d
New Guinea
Pacific
East Indies
Philippines
Burma
China
War brief from China Burma and Pacific fronts report
AP war report by Clyde Farnsworth notes P-40s and B-24s gaining air superiority between the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers. Chinese American forces advance in Burma, capture Malakawiy, while Myitkyina remains besieged. Mokmer airfield on Biak Island sees a lull as U S pushes to retake the field. Central Pacific bombers strike Kurile Islands, extending range toward Tokyo.
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Clyde A. Farnstworth
Yellow
Yanutze
Farnsworth
Japan
Eastern China
CACW
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
China
Burma
Mogsung
Malakawiy
Myitkyina
Jos Stilwell
Mokmer
Biak Island
Dutch Kew Guinier
Douglas Mav Anhur
Weather in Western Pennsylvania With Thundershowers
Occasional thundershowers and warm today and Friday. Tonight not as cool as last night. Mentions related cold winters and weather notes from England and Wales in past years.
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Pennsylvania
England
Wales
Little Business Rejects Gov Aid Says Umbrella Should Not Be Held
CHICAGO June 1 Ameri can small businessmen reject government aid and prefer an administration in Washington they can trust. National Small Business Men's Association president DeWitt Emery told a convention speech they would rather operate on their own with room for profit and contribute to national happiness and prosperity.
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Chicago
DeWitt Emery
National Small Business Men's Association
Washington
Association
Emery
New Glass For Army Tanks
Toledo report says Libby Owens Ford Glass Co describes laminated plate glass panels for Allied tanks. The prismatic viewing blocks let commanders see battlefield action with hatch closed while maintaining undisturbed vision. They resist high velocity projectiles except armor piercing shells and use refractive properties for a periscopic effect, per research director Dr George M Watkins.
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Toledo
i/Py
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co
George M. Watkins
Company
Governors Back Federal Action Plans at 33rd Meeting
The 33rd annual governor conference urged quick federal action and postwar reconversion measures. They backed cooperation with states, modernizing taxes, and returning employment services to states while opposing federal control of unemployment. Governor Maw chaired and New York’s Dewey noted sharp disagreement over one resolution.
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Hershey
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Congress
Stiles
Rivers Lane
National Guard
New York
Thomas A. Dewey
Maw
Conference
Dwight H
Green
Herbert R. O'Canel
Dwight T. Griswold
Ry Neb
Eat Warren
Calif
Chauncey Sparks
Asay Edward Murti
Pennsylvania
Robert
Kerry di Okla
Raymond & Baldwin
Connecticut
Aerial Air Raids Mount Across Europe in May
RAF and Allied air forces launched major raids along the French channel coast and key German rail centers near Paris, Osnabruck, Hamm, and Soest, with heavy bombers, fighters, and Ploesti oil fields targeted. May ended with a record 148000 sorties, 894 enemy aircraft destroyed, and losses of 287 American bombers and 153 fighters. Alaska reportedly has 100 times as many planes per capita as the U.S. mainland.
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Gladwin Hill
London
French Channel
France
English Channel
Britain
Reich
RAF
Trappes Yards
Paris
Tergnier
Saumur
Air Ministry
Halifares
Wellingtons
Mediterranean
Danube
Iron Gate Canal
Romania-Yugoslavia
England
East Anglia
West Land
Hamm
Osnabruck
Schwerte
Soest
Ploesti
Romania
Rouen
Fron Haly
U. S
Wallace May Have Support In Presidential Nominations
AP dispatch reports from Washington indicate Vice President Wallace may gain support for a second place renomination on a Roosevelt led ticket. Senate friends noted Wallace pleased by discussions with the President before his Liberia and China trip. Indiana moves to select delegates for the June 26 Republican nominating committee while Bricker criticizes candidate leadership and urges honest issue presentation.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington Today
Wallace
Roosevelt
Liberia
China
Senate
South
Indiana
Act I
Nevada
Puerto Rico
Philippines
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Hershey
Dewey
Obituary notices from Indiana and New Kensington area
Obituary notices for Margaret A McCracken wife of Rev J O C McCracken of Apollo R D 1 died May 1 at Columbia Hospital Pittsburgh aged 71 born Indiana Feb 19 1870. Survived by husband two sons Henry A Newark NJ Joseph C Detroit four grandchildren and two sisters. Also E F Walton Work wife of E W Work of New Kensington died May 26 at Citizens General Hospital. Funeral plans set in Indiana and Plum Creek Cemetery. Other brief notices include Todd Franklin Rager dying May 30 in Cresson Sanatorium born June 21 1905 Josephine PA and Efpie Ellen McGuire of New Alexandria died Latrobe Hospital last night. Funeral at Robinson Funeral Home Sattsburg and Blairsville Cemetery burial. Interment at Blairsville Cemetery. Newspaper notes civilian planes in service postwar bonds campaign prompts.
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Margaret A, McCrackien
J. 0. C. McCracken
Apollo R. D
Sudy
Columbia Hospital
Pittsburgh
Joseph
Mary Moorhead Adair
Indiana
Johnstown
Altoona
Xenia
Ohio
Export
Robinson Funeral Home
A. Roberts
George &. ‘Bowden
Greenwood Cemetery
Henry A. McCracken
Newark
N. J
Joseph C. McCracken
Detroit
John
Timothy
Ruth
Robert McCracken
Jane Belsey
Ruth Adair
Cleveland
Anna Rinnel
Salina
Adam Deemer
Apollo
Jennie Ridnour
North Washington
Martin Culp
Sexonburg
E. E. McDonald
Butler
Kent
Roger McLean
J. C. Binkerton
J. Paul Gordon
Plum Creek
Ond Munday
Todd Franklin Rager
Cresson
Josephine
Frank Mitchell
Edwin A. Patmore
Blairsville
Efpie Ellen McGuire
New Alexandria
R. D
Wilner R. McGuire
Latrobe Hospital
Sattsburg
Hitler Generals and Admirals Profile Set
Hart’s study profiles seven German generals and two admirals, showing the old military order clashing with Nazi upstarts and the drive for world domination. Eisenhower reportedly valued the work. other reviews praise the merchant marine saga and a cavalry modernization piece, with notes on wartime photography miniatures and a late-season hay fever cue.
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Hitler
W. E. Hart
Doubleday Doran
Germany
Europe
Rommel
Africa
Hart
England
Ballyhoo
von Fritsch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied Command
Strikes Across Nation Slow but Ongoing Labor Walkouts
Across the country labor activity ebbed in some sectors while continuing in others. In St Louis 3600 transit workers walked off the job over overtime pay, idling streetcars and buses. Other regions reported resumed production or partial settlements, including the Pacific Northwest lumber industry, Detroit plant strikes, and bread deliveries resuming in Michigan, with several unions signaling potential returns to work. The piece notes a mix of settlements and ongoing disputes affecting transportation, manufacturing, and supplies.
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Associated Press
St.Louis
St. Louis
Amalgamated Street and Electric Railway
American Union
AFL
Pacific Northwest
CID
Columbia River District Council
Detroit
CIO
Parke Davis and Company
War Labor Board
Michigan
Decatur
Pana
Federal Mogul
Toledo
Cincinnati
Ohio
American Steel and Wire Company
Worcester
Mass
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