Three More Isles Off Guinea Invaded By Allied Forces
Advanced Allied head reports New Guinea forces have landed on Ow, Woend, and Karkar islands in the Schouten and off Biak. Australian landings occurred Friday, with air and sea actions against Japanese positions as Allied troops push along the main Biak area. A lone Liberator raid at Woleai killed and wounded 500 Japanese, while Truk and Puluwat were bombed and attacks extended toward Timor and Timor’s surrounding waters.
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New Guinea
Gore Islands
Schouten
Woend Island
Biak
Karkar Island
New Guin
Schouten Island
Phil
Woleai Atoll
Caroline Islands
Truk
Puluwat
Carolines
Timor
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.S. Navy
Navy
Nippon
North Army
Nafe
Kuriles
Be Released By Army Gable To Return To Civilian Life
Maj. Clark Gable of the Army Air Forces will return to civilian life subject to recall. He flew missions over Nazi Europe, earned the Air Medal, and held ranks from private to major en route to duty in England. Gable produced a combat aerial gunnery film during his overseas service.
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Culver City
Calif
Clark Gable
Army Air Forces
Roy M. Jones
Army Air Forces First Picture Unit
Satur
Combe Special
H. H. Arnold
Gable
England
Air Forces
8Th Air Force
Agreement on Plans For Germany Reported by Times
London reports that the United States Britain and Russia have full agreement on postwar Germany plans. The Associated Press was told that no reliable informant could confirm exact terms, but the plan reportedly envisions a Russian occupation zone to the Elbe with American zones in the south and a British sector including Berlin and Austria.
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London
Britain
Russia
Times
Associated Press
Elbe River
Berlin
Airborne Bazookas Join Allied Drive on Myitkyina
Allied forces in southeast Asia report use of airborne bazookas against Japanese ground and water targets around Myitkyina. Rockets and bombers support a northern push from the Mandalay Myitkyina railway line while a southern advance nears the city and hand to hand fighting continues near the railway station.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Myitkyina
Mogaung Valley
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Mogaung
Joseph W. Stilwell
Tragedy prompts caution from city father after drowning
Mary Jean Kavanaugh, 16, waded from Pettibone island to West channel with sisters Bernadine 14 and Carolyn La Fleur 13 when she disappeared under water. Fire crews recovered her body within an hour but efforts to revive failed. Father Richard Kavanaugh appeals to all children to stay away from waterways without supervision or guards. The death is recorded as Dr. George Reay's 33rd coroner case since November. Mary Jean leaves four sisters Irene Skaggs Kathleen Mary Bernadine Lorraine and a brother Kenneth. a brother Clayton had died earlier. Funeral plans incomplete.
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West Channel
Mary Jean Kavanaugh
South 11Th Street
Richard Kavanaugh
George Hansom
Fire Department
Hanson
Bernadine
Carolyn la Fleur
Pettibone Island
Kavanaugh
Wade
Mary Jean
George Reay
Joseph
Irene) Skaggs
Madison
Kathleen Mary
Lorraine
Kenneth
Clayton
Teletype mistake shocks U S readers nationwide
A London AP teletype trainee, Joan Ellis, punched an unauthorized practice strip that falsely asserted Eisenhower announced Allied landings in France. The error circulated across the United States and Latin America within minutes, then was quickly killed before print.
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New York
London
Associated Press
United States
Latin America
France
Joan Ellis
Eisenhower
Polo
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Governor Speaks At Vets Meeting In La Crosse Encampment
About 600 delegates attend the 45th encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans department of Wisconsin opening in La Crosse. Governor Goodland will give the main address and memorial for Past Commander W. H. Armstrong. A joint meeting at Rivoli theater follows with welcomes from local leaders and remarks by state and federal officials.
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United Spanish War Veterans
Department of Wisconsin
la Crosse
Council of Epen
Senena
Hanson
Red Comrades
Mildred Zerbel
Bertha Hirt
Department Glee Club
Comrades
Sons of
USWW
Daughters of
Walter S. Goodland
W. H. Armstrong
Charles Dittman
Eagles Club
C. O. Pederson
United Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary and
Sons and Daughters of
Disabled American Veterans
Herman N. Rick
Stanley Olson
Harry Bierma
Edward Krause
William Stevenson
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Stoddard
USO
Valdosta
Hot Springs
Arkansas Department of the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
Boston
Millions Reacted To Erroneous Invasion Flash Across U S
The Associated Press broadcast a false invasion flash causing widespread excitement in churches parks theaters and homes nationwide. Corrections followed quickly as officials called for calm and radio and newspapers corrected the record with details of the error and transmission cause.
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Associated Press
France
United States
Washington
Belmont Race Track
Tacey
Ten Centeeeienteks
WOL
Times Square
Jamaica
New York
Kaiser Shipyards
Richmond
Calif
Fate of Eternal City Looms as Allies Reach Rome
As American British Canadian and French troops push toward Rome, the article recalls Rome’s long history of invasions from Celts to Visigoths and Vandals. It notes sieges in 390 B C and 410 AD, Lombard and Byzantine contests, Napoleon’s 1809 annexation, and fears of ruin or sacking if the city falls to German control.
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Rome
B. C
Romulus
Italy
Alaric
Alps
Danube
Honorius
Local Soldier Voters Register in La Crosse
City clerk Fred L. Kramer urges relatives of service members to bring an envelope from the uniformed relative to copy the address for ballot eligibility. A June 6 registration day at 13 city public schools runs noon to 4 p.m. After that, ballots are issued by July 12 under a new Wisconsin soldier vote act.
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Fred L. Kramer
United States
Richard Bardwell
Kramer
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Quadruplets Born in London to RAF Family
Four babies three girls and a boy arrived Saturday night at a London hospital to Mrs Edith Robinson wife of an RAF aircraft man. All healthy as can be expected. This is England's second quad birth in two weeks. Three boys and a girl came May 22 to Mrs Daisy Moxham wife of an RAF flying officer. one boy died. Weighs three pounds for three babies and just over two pounds for the fourth. The Robinsons have two other children. Mrs Robinson is 32.
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London
Edith Robinson
England
Daisy Moxham
Robinsons
Invasion Near Prompts House to Pass Lend-Lease Funds
The House approved a 3.92 billion dollar military aid bill for lend-lease, FEA, and UNRRA for the coming fiscal year after hints the Allied invasion could begin within days. The vote was 280 to 23, with final action sent to the Senate and a failed bid to withhold funds from noncombat nations.
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Washington
Europe
House
Foreign Economic Administration
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Senate
Cannon
D-Mo
Appropriations Committee
Band To Give First Park Concert Today
The La Crosse Concert band will give its first 1944 park program this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Myrick park. The program is on page 2.
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First Park
la Crosse
Myrick Park
Air raids hit Nazi coast as U.S. bombers press Europe offensive
U S fortresses and Liberators supported by Russian bases bombed northern France and Pas de Calais with nearly 16,000 airmen in two days. The raid coalition dropped about 4 500 tons of explosives with minimal losses, while fighters and fighter bombers struck transport links and coastal fortifications near Paris Chartres and Havoc aircraft hit a German airfield.
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London
Hitler
Pas de Calais
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
France
Low Countries
Seine
Paris
Havocs
Chartres
Germany
Clark Orders Nazi Armies Be Destroyed
Allied forces push on Rome as Clark orders destruction of retreating German 10th and 14th armies. American British and French troops advance from south and southeast with Rome in sight, while pockets of German resistance and pillage hinder progress toward liberation.
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Naples
Rome
Mark W. Clark
5Th Army
Sacco
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Sth
8Th Army
Liri
Via
Casilina
Valmontone
Fifth Army
Alban Hills
Berlin
Harold Alexander
Comemander
Italy
Colli Laziali
Seacoast
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Robert Eunson
Walter S. Good
Story
Eternal
NEA
Genseric the Vandal
Baltic Sea
Spain
North
Africa
Carthage
Eudoxia
Genseric
Maximus
Valentinian
Narses
Leo III
Charlemagne
Napoleon
Papal States
Tiber
St. Angelo Castle
St. Peter's
Vatican
Constantine
The
Colosseum
Victor Emmanuel
British Isles
Clark
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