Americans Establish Joint Air Bases In Russia
American bombers and Mustang fighters reportedly landed at secretly prepared bases in Russia after bombing targets in Romania. The operation marked a coordinated Allied strike with the Soviet air force, with minimal enemy opposition and one bomber lost. Soviet and American crews greeted the arriving forces as the three powers advance a long-range air plan.
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U. S
THGIC
Russia
Hitler
Italy
Ecussa
Eastern Command
U.S. Strategic Air Force
Red Air Force
Romania
Soviet Union
Americans Celebrate Big Bombers Circle Russian Base
Two Russian soldiers reacted to American four engine bombers circling a new Soviet base with surprise and comments Big and Very big. The scene included U S Ambassador Harriman his daughter Kathleen and Major General John R Deane head of the American military mission to Russia. The American Legion of Merit was presented to Soviet Lieutenant General Alexander A Perminov in charge of the Russian facilities force Americans.
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Associated Press
Russia
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Kathleen
John R. Deane
American Legion of Merit
Alexander A. Perminov
Heavy Bombers Bombard Pas de Calais and Boulogne Coasts
U S heavy bombers attacked Nazi coastal fortifications in Pas de Calais and Boulogne as part of a intensified European aerial assault. A 250 aircraft force from Britain conducted two missions with RAF and American bombing of western wall defenses, Trappes yard, and German targets including Leverkusen.
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London
U. S
Pas-de- Calais
Boulogne
France
Europe
Britain
West Wall
RAF
Geroe
Bers
Channel
Great Trappes
Paris
Four Hundred Driver-Salesmen Vote to Suspend Strike
Four hundred driver salesmen voted Saturday to suspend their six day old strike delaying bread distribution to retailers. The action comes on an appeal by the war labor board seeking a wage increase order affecting workers in Hamilton Ohio and nearby areas.
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Hamilton
Dover Strait Weather Note Amid Cloudy Dawn
A hazy dawn over the Dover Strait saw clouds across the sea with a northerly breeze. Visibility was good and the temperature around 61 degrees at 9 o clock, reflecting a calm but unclear night scene.
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Dover Strait
Wish
Gmooth Sea
Paratrooper Carried Up by Thermal Wave at Fort Benning
An Air Force magazine recounts a paratrooper leaping from a Fort Benning, Georgia plane and riding a thermal air current for about thirty minutes. He watched his unit fight a mock ground battle before descending to rejoin his battalion as a fresh reservist.
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Washington
Geronimo
Air Force
Fort Benning
Peterson Heads Investment Firm Acquires Citizens' Loan Unit
The Federal Discount corporation of Dubuque Ia announced Saturday the acquisition of controlling interest in Citizens' Loan and Investment 324 Main street La Crosse Wis. The La Crosse operation will stay under local officials with the same policies.
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Citizens’ Loan and Investment Company
Main Street
Federal Discount Corporation of
Dubuque
la Crosse Company
C. J. Peterson
Joseph A. Bart
Elmer J. Berg
Horace K. Holley
Milton L. Steen
Albert L. Miller
la Crosse
Virgil I. Hanson
Madison
Wis
Peterson
Citizens’ Company
Berg
Steen
Dubuque Company
R. L. Statesberg
Banker-Diplomat John R. Carter Dies in New York
John Rigely Carter aged 79, senior partner of Morgan and Cie of Paris and former diplomat, died Saturday in New York. He served in international finance and diplomacy, contributing to postwar relations and banking ties between France and the United States.
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New York
John Rigely Carter
Morgan and Cie
Paris
Six year old Ronald Jorgenson killed by slow moving car
Coroner ruled internal injuries and a skull base bump fatal after Ronald Jorgenson ran from between parked cars on Rose Street and was run over by Eugene Brink 24. Brink said he did not see the child until called. He was driving 12 mph in heavy traffic with wife and two children aboard. Ronald is survived by his father George Jorgenson and grandparents Julian Jorgenson and Mrs Burns of LaRosse.
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Ronald Jorgenson
Rose Street
St. James Street
Eugene R. Brink
Redfield Street
G. D. Reay
Ronald
George Jorgenson
Charles Street
Brink
Julian Jorgenson
Walter Burns
la Rosse
U S Policy Toward France and Spain Urged for Call
London press criticizes the United States for not having a joint stance toward France and Spain. Editorials urge an early Roosevelt Churchill meeting to clarify policy toward Franco and de Gaulle and to resolve urgent strategic questions.
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London
United States
France
Spain
Roosevelt
Charcaill
Evening News
Churchill
Franco
London Star
82 Victims Of Chlorine Gas Still Being Treated
New York reports eighty two people injured by escaping chlorine gas that swept a busy Brooklyn section on Thursday. About one thousand affected, four hundred three hospitalized, no deaths. Gas leaked from a high pressure steel cylinder on a delivery truck.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ieman
Draft Evasion Plotting Revealed In FBI Probe
FBI in Baltimore arrests 14 men and one woman for draft evasion and aiding inductees to feign ailments. The case involves Navy and Army personnel at the fifth regiment armory induction station, with bribes from 150 to 500 dollars. Inductees and intermediaries face charges, bail set at 29500 dollars, and motion pictures taken of meetings.
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FBI
Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John W. Vincent
Navy
Fifth Regiment
Vincent
Chester T. Ruby
Leon D. Shapiro
Corp
Morris Molofsky
Fifth Regiment Armory
U. S
James K. Cullen
Ruby
Psychia
Allies Land More Troops On Biak Isle
Allied forces push in the Asiatic theater as Chinese and American units strike in Burma and India while Biak Island in Dutch New Guinea receives reinforcements. Chinese troops under Stilwell advance from the Salween area. Chindits report 700 Japanese killed in a road block clash.
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Associated Press
Burma
India
Biak Island
Southwest
Pacific
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Salween River
Yunnan
Burma Road
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chiaotou
Hunan
Changteh
Changsha
Canton-Hankow
Japan
Biak
Schouten
Dutch New Guinea
Empress Augusta Bay
Kidnaped Child found unharmed in Seattle
Five year old Florence Susie Marks, daughter of naval doctor and Lieut. Comdr. Jacob Marks, was reported abducted from her bedroom after a ladder was placed to a second story window. She was found on a doorstep unharmed, wrapped in a blanket, and released to her father. Police described the incident as a thwarted kidnapping and blamed a prowler.
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Seattle
Florence
Susie) Marks
Robert F. Ballard
King County Harborview Hospital
William Feek
Arthur L. Chaffee
Feek
Jacob Marks
Marks
Ethel Smart
RAF Beaufighters Hit German Shipping in Aegean
The Middle East air force reports six months of Beaufighter raids against anti-ship convoys in the Aegean. A Thursday attack caused many direct hits on ships, with pilots noting rocket projectiles have the hitting power of a six-inch naval gun at low altitude.
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Cairo
Aegean
Middle East
Amoth Files Nomination Papers for Governor
Ralph Amoth of Eau Claire filed his governorship nomination papers with Wisconsin secretary of state on Saturday as a Progressive candidate.
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Amoth
Madison
Wis
Ralph Amoth
Eau Claire
Secretary of State
Allied Forces Break Through Near Rome Advance
Allied forces report breakthroughs south of Rome with control of Alban hills and advances along the Via Casilina. American troops seize Monte Castellacio and Lanuvio defenses, with 20,000 prisoners taken by the 5th and 8th Armies and continued assaults toward key highway junctions. French units close in south of the Sacco river and along Colle Ferro toward Ferentino.
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Naples
Rome
Alban Hills
Sacco
Anagni
Ferentino
Via Casilina
Lanuvio
Velletri
U. S
Valmontone
Labico
Velleri
Monte Castellacio
Alban _ hills
Rocco di Papa
Palestrina
United States
Sacco River
Cave
Colle Ferro
Sgurgola
Alphonse Juin
Montelanico
Iron
CBS Today
8Th Army
Alatri
Frosinone
Casilina
Campoleone
Indiana GOP rejects Dewey for presidential bid
Indiana's Republican convention shouted down a plan to award its 29 votes to Gov. Thomas Dewey. Bricker backers hailed a sweeping victory with 64 pledged votes and unpledged support boosting Dewey opponents' tally. Capehart won the long term Senate nod and Gates the governor nomination went to Ralph Gates. Roosevelt's fourth term is virtually endorsed by Kansas Democrats. Bricker warned against international policing and world commitments.
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Dewey
Indiana
Tomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Homer E. Capehart
Indianapolis
U. S. Senate
William E. Jenner
Bedford
Ralph F. Gates
GOP
Baltimore
Maryland
House
Samuel Rayburn
Texas
F. R
Kansas
Emporia
Roosevelt
White House
Warm Springs
Gov. Bricker
U. S
United States
De Gaulle Seeks Recognition After Arrival in London
General de Gaulle arriving in London is expected to press for immediate recognition of the national liberation committee as the sole French authority. He aims to avert post D-day conflict and confusion, confronting General Eisenhower as U S plans for talks with Britain appear limited.
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London
de Gaulle
Eisenhower
National Liberation Committee
Battle Area Strewn With Nazi Supplies
A British Eighth Army report from along Via Casilina describes a retreating German force leaving piles of shells and mortars in the hills between Frosinone and Alatri. Panthers lie abandoned while German bridges are blown to slow the advance as engineers counter the latest demolition.
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Via Casilina
Frosinone
Alatri
8Th Army
Eighth Army
Delegates Arrive For Encampment In Wisconsin
Delegates to the 45th annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans in Wisconsin begin arriving in La Crosse for a four day convention. Headquarters are the Stoddard hotel. A memorial service opens the events Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Vocational school auditorium with Governor Walter S. Goodland delivering the chief address.
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United Spanish War Veterans
Department of Wisconsin
la Crosse
Stoddard Hotel
Walter S. Goodland
Rivoli Theater
Stoddard
Storm to Bring Relief With Cooler Weekend
A Wisconsin storm from Nebraska will bring cooling after 90s heat. La Crosse expected to reach 89 Friday, 90s Saturday, then cooler Sunday as Duluth reports 37. Milwaukee sees two heat deaths, 91, while Manitowoc ties hottest June 2 since 1890.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Samal
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Associated Press
Milwaukee Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
William Friesh
Ladish Drop Forge Company
Cudahy
Eugene Barforth
Little Muskego Lake
Waukesha County
Manitowoc
Four Die After Kansas Farm Shooting
Four people were shot and killed on a Louisburg area farm. Marshal Tom Higgins identified the victims as Ellis D. Faulkner his wife Georgia Kettler and her parents. Evidence suggested Georgia Kettler killed her husband and his parents then took his own life. No motive was announced.
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Louisburg
Kans
Tom Higgins
Ellis D. Faulkner
Georgia Kettler
Paola
Max Kettler
Duke becomes top Mediterranean ace with six more kills
Squadron Leader Neville Duke shot down six enemy aircraft from May 13 to 21, raising his total to 26 in the Mediterranean area. The tally was announced Saturday by Allied air forces headquartered in Italy.
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Allied Air Force Headquarters
Italy
Neville Duke
Mediterranean
Nazi Paratroopers Fail In Attempt To Grab Tito
German forces directed by Rommel staged a May 25 assault on Tito's Bosnian headquarters near Bari Italy using Stukas paratroopers and gliders. Tito escaped to the mountains with Churchill and most staff. two Allied reporters were briefly captured but Pribichevich later escaped during a Partisan counterattack.
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Tito
Bari
Italy
Erwin Rommel
Maj
Randolph Churchill
Stoyan Pribichevich
Time
Life
Fortune
John Talbot
Reuters
Pribichevich
Allies vow to oust Germans if Rome resists defense
Allied command in Italy pledges to spare Rome but warns German forces must be ousted by force if they defend the capital. A Berlin broadcast claims Rome is free of German armed forces despite Italian and papal appeals and prior German threats reflected in recent broadcasts.
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Naples
Italy
Rome
Pius
Berlin
Foreign Office
Monastery Altar Sent to Goering by Cassino Division
Reports claim Lieut. Gen. Richard Heidrich sent part of a Benedictine monastery altar from Mt Cassino as a souvenir to Reichsmarschall Goering. Goering allegedly thanked the German First Parachute Division which fought fiercely at Cassino.
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Goering
Italy
Richard Heidrich
Mt. Cassino
Reichsmarshal Goering
Reichsmarshal
Cassino
Rome Demilitarized Declared by Berlin to Endure Destruction
The Vatican reported that Berlin pledged to defend the capital despite destruction. In response to Eamon de Valera’s plea to spare Rome, Berlin stated on April 18 that the city had been demilitarized. Roosevelt told de Valera that Allies feared Rome’s fate but left decisions to the German forces.
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Eamon de Valera
Eire
Rome
Berlin
Roosevelt
de Valera
Lend-Lease ban targets nations not in actual battle
The House inserted a proviso in the 3.92 billion lend lease UNRRA bill barring use of funds for any nation whose troops have not participated in actual combat. Rep Calvin Johnson led the amendment, aimed at South American republics though they have declared war. The measure passed 82 to 14 in a teller vote with many Democrats abstaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Calvin Johnson
R-I
United States
Yanks Form Fund For Orphaned Child In London
U S airmen from a 9th Air Force base raise nearly $3 000 to educate four year old Tony Everitt who lost his mother Betty Everitt in a bomber crash near her farm last Saturday She saved one crew member before the explosion ended the rescue attempt of the burning plane
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London
U. S
Tony Everitt
Betty Everitt
Wartime boom boosts pawnshops in Kansas City
Kansas City reports say wartime business surge fuels pawnshop rush unseen in 30 years. Pawnbrokers cite two causes including public overbuying during material restrictions and inflated paychecks not matching prices.
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Kansas City
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