Tanks Thrown Against Japs In Burma Push
Allied and Japanese forces clash in Burma as the first all American tank unit designated for the Asiatic theater enters battle. Chinese reports flag Japanese offensives near Loyang and Imphal while U S air power targets extend toward the Philippines. Substantial naval and PT boat actions accompany the broader push.
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Burma
Uhe Associated Press
Joseph W. Stilwell
Asiatic
Japan
Senavough
Stwal
Tilwell
Two Civil Air Patrol Members Die In Crash
Two Civil Air Patrol members died in a crash near Rush City after their plane was brought to the hospital. The group had flown to Duluth to escort CAP cadets for weekend aviation events. Officials have not yet determined the cause of the mishap.
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Civil Air Patrol
Rush City
Haier
Duluth
CAP
Two Men Save Family From Blaze In Milwaukee Flat
Mrs Minnie Muth and her two sons, 20 and 17, were saved by two young men who answered cries from a second floor flat in Milwaukee. Fire trapped the residents as smoke spread, but help arrived to guide Mrs Muth’s family to safety via a rear exit.
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Milwaukee
Minnie Muth
Robert
Richard
Mabel Morris
Body of Missing Woman Found in Wisconsin Case
The body of Mrs. Arthur Boyack, 59, missing since last Wednesday after visiting her husband at a hospital, was found in Wisconsin. Officials from the Wisconsin T group and Marathon county authorities pursued leads and called off further searches. An aging victim, Mrs. E Sullivan, 80, died from asphyxiation in Madison after a gas blaze incident. coroner Edward A Fischer indicated she likely brushed against a gas jet opening while lighting a kettle on a burner.
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Wausau
Wis
Arthur Boyack
Wisconsin
T & Group
Lhce
J. A. W. Burek
Marathon
Madison
E. Sullivan
Dward A. Fischer
Mississippi River Fights to Hold Dikes as Flood Reaches Record
Rising flood waters threaten levees along the Mississippi and its tributaries the Illinois and Missouri. Army engineers call for more help as 11,000 workers struggle to contain breaks and overtops. Red Cross records show 1,212,000 acres inundated. a Harrisonville Illinois levee breach traps soldiers but evacuations avert casualties.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
Missouri Pacific
Cupe
Preston
McGee Creek
Red Cross
Harrisonville, Lll
Coast Guard
Biddle Defends Seizure Of Wards
In Chicago the attorney general argued before Judge William H. Holly that President Roosevelt acted under a wartime order to place Ward’s mail order and merchant interests under federal control to halt labor unrest. Biddle countered seeking an injunction to stop federal operation and had obtained a temporary restraining order.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
William H. Holly
Biddle
Ward
Democrats Split Over Montgomery Ward Plant Probe
House Democrats divided over a plan to investigate the Montgomery Ward plant seizure. Speaker Sam Rayburn urged a cooling off period as administration forces avoided setting a time for floor action while Sabath faced pressure to submit the Dewey resolution for immediate consideration. Dewey prepared to challenge Sabath when the House met, but adjourned briefly for Navy Secretary Knox’s funeral.
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Demos
Washington
Montgomery Ward
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Sabath
Dewey
Navy
Knox
Lawyers Move to Dissolve Seizure Over Plant Rights
Concern's counsel filed a motion to dissolve the seizure claiming unconstitutionality and lack of authority. At the hearing a crowd gathered as U S marshals supervised. Biddle argued possession of the plants must be respected and that rights to take over a plant should not hinge on goods produced. The firm, valued near 600 million dollars annually, serves about 30 million customers with over 70 000 employees and sells hay spreaders and farm equipment.
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Concern
U. S
Biddle
Congres
WARD
Roosevelt to rest another week or more say doctors
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told reporters that President Roosevelt's doctors want him to stay away from Washington until he has truly completed his rest. She said he looked well when seen last week and that a week or so more in the south location may pass before he returns. The president has been recovering at an undisclosed southern location after flu and bronchial complications earlier this year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
South
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Here
Airliner Sets New Atlantic Record
American export airlines claim a 15 hour 30 minute New York to Foynes record achieved April 17 18 by Capt. Oasil Amos Thompson a 37 year old flying ace. The four engine Vought Sikorsky craft carried 12 passengers and mail and averaged 215 mph on an 11 746 mile 66 hour 12 minute trip beating the previous 72 hour 7 minute record.
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New York
American Export Airlines Today
Foynes
Ireland
Oasil Amos Thompson
New Y
Thompson
Edward A. Stewart
Oldest Savings Account in the Nation Found in Connecticut
In Middletown Connecticut Frederick Sheffield opened an account in 1848. His grandson drew 2 505 dollars from the same account though only interest remains. The savings book was kept in the family as it moved across states.
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Middletown
Conn
Frederick Sheffield
Old Saybrook
Saaneasien Aunie
Utica
N. Y
Dubuque
Iowa
Prime Ministers Confer London Opens Dominion Meeting
Premier Churchill presided at the opening of the war's first meeting of dominion prime ministers and outlined details of western front preparations at a secret mission.
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London
Churchill
Best Weather For Invasion Comes In May
May weather in the English Channel offers the most favorable conditions for invasion with reduced fog and gales. Plans outline assembly of vast naval forces, merchant shipping, landing craft, troops, vehicles and air support. A U S station urged occupied Europe to ready for a signal from Allied commanders Eisenhower and Wilson to strike in concert with Soviet forces from the east.
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London
Seco
English Channel
Channel
Scilly Islands
Dungeness
Scilly
Ernest Bevin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
U. S
Britain
Europe
Robert E. Sherwood
Office of War Information
U.S
Shermood
Eisenhower
Sir Henry Maitland) Wilson
Coxey Finishes Speech Begun Fifty Years Ago
General Jacob S. Coney, aged about sixty, wrapped up a speech begun fifty years earlier on the Capitol steps. Coxey, who in 1884 led a Massillon Ohio march of 5,000 to Washington for interest-free bonds, spoke before about 200 Capitol Hill employees and visitors before police halted him.
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Washington
Jacob
Coney
Capitol Steps
Coxey
Massillon
Ohio
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Allied Air Offensive in France and Belgium Enters 17th Day
Allied air forces press their 17th day of pre invasion operations over France and Belgium. Up to 500 bombers plus escort fighters hit rail yards and secret targets with RAF and USAAF strikes continuing alongside heavy bomber night raids.
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London
France
Belgium
U. S
Mustang
Namur
Haine St. Pierre
Maintenon
Paris
Germany
New York
Channel
Harry Shirey
Elwood City
RAF
Second Tactical Air Force
New Zealand
Atlantic
Acheres
Somain
Lille
Air Ministry
U. S. Army
Allied Fleets Pay Homage To Knox
Frank Knox secretary of the navy was laid to rest at Arlington as navy crews worldwide held memorials. Flags half mast in Britain and Canada followed admiralty orders honoring the man who built the U S Navy to world prominence. Roosevelt sent Churchill and war cabinet condolences noting Knox as a valued ally and administrator.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Arlington National Cemetery
U. S. Navy
Admiralty
United States
Knox
Manchester
N. H
Fred S. Buschmeyer
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Navy Band
Marines
Bluejackets
Coast
Colones
Waves Spars
Mariner
Genoa and Milan Hit in Bombing Assaults
Allied bombers blasted Genoa for the third straight night after a fleet of more than 500 heavy bombers struck Milan rail yards and northern targets. From 1,750 sorties five planes failed to return and twelve enemy aircraft were destroyed amid limited ground action and propaganda leaflets.
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Naples
Genoa
Milan
Italy
Stalin calls for synchronized Red Army attack to crush Germany
Stalin urged a combined East and West offensive to defeat Hitlerite Germany. He praised Allied support, warned a wounded beast remains dangerous, and ordered a 20-gun salute in nine Russian cities to honor the Red Army and Soviet people.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Red Army
Germany
Stalin
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Bulgaria
Stalingrad
Italy
Wisconsin’s Bond Quota Set At 298 Million
Wisconsin’s share of the fifth war loan drive June 12 to July 8 was set at 298 million dollars by Walter Kasten, chairman of the state war finance committee. The quota matches the third drive and marks about a 25 percent increase over any prior sale.
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Milwaukee
Walter Kasten
State War Finance Committee
Wisconsin
Lublin evacuation under way as fronts show lull
London reports German evacuation of Lubin Poland at a rail junction near Kiev Warsaw Odessa routes. Izvestia notes a weather driven lull on the Russian front with a predicted upcoming offensive. Soviet bulletin claims failed Nazi attacks southeast of Stanislawow and north of Iasi, plus naval and air raids near Sevastopol and Idritsa.
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London
Lubin
Poland
Izvestia
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Iasi
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Idritsa
Canol Pipeline Ready For Service To Alaska
A $130 million American financed Canol project in Whitehorse Yukon Territory is ready to deliver fuel for the Allied war effort in northern Canada and Alaska. The 505 mile line to Fort Norman connects to the Whitehorse refinery and will supply aviation fuel for air fields from Edmonton to Fairbanks, plus gasoline and diesel for trucks and tractors. The United States will own the pipeline until war’s end and the facility may be offered for sale with Canada holding first right of refusal.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Canada
Alaska
Fort Norman
Edmonton
Fairbanks
United States
Triplets Born in Automobiles and Elevator in New York
New York report details the birth of triplets to Mrs Virginia Romano 26 two girls five pounds each and a boy four pounds born in an auto and in a hospital elevator during a rush to delivery. Father Frank Romano 27 a luggage company foreman. All three babies are reported healthy. Last month another set of quadruplets and a triplets were born in the city.
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New York
New York City
Virginio Romano
Frank Romano
Jerusalem Man Seeks Name Change to Rudolf Spitfire
Rudolf Messerschmit a 70 year old Jerusalem resident born in Switzerland applied to the government for permission to change his name to Rudolf Spitfire.
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Jerusalem
Rudolf Messerschmit
Switzerland
Rudolf Spitfire
Army Silent On Cause Of Recent Loss
The War Department announced the sinking of an American transport in the Mediterranean with 498 military personnel lost. The date and cause were unspecified, next of kin have been notified, marking the third major transport loss announced by the armed forces, with several earlier sinkings cited.
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Washington
Mediterranean
War Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
North Atlantic
President Coolidge
South Pacific
Cynthia Olsen
Hawaiian
Langley
Goodland Reports Health Clears Way for Governor Run
Wisconsin governor candidate Goodland released a doctor's report from April 25 stating his general condition is good with no apparent reason he cannot run for office. He noted he was 81 and remains able to function as governor and fulfill a second term if elected.
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Goodland
Thomas W. , Jr
Madison
Wisconsin
Ten Match Firms Linked With Cartel
A civil complaint filed in federal court by the Department of Justice charges a cartel of ten firms involved in match manufacture and distribution. Six American companies and four foreign concerns plus officers and agents allegedly maintained non-competitive marketing areas, enforced production and sales quotas, and controlled patents for the so called ever lasting match. The government seeks dissolution of illegal contracts and a permanent injunction against Sherman act violations.
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New York
Leahy Sworn Into Navy Reports To Princeton for Indoctrination
Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy was sworn into the U S Navy as a lieutenant and ordered to report to Princeton University on May 25 to begin a 60 day indoctrination course.
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Siew
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Philippines
Jerman
Wewak
Mississippi River
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Pressens Bilc
Stockholm
By Austin Bealmear
James H. Doolittle
S. W. Salisbury
Edwin M. Watson
Wilson Brown
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John Boettiger
Rosevelt
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Urchill
Secretary of Navy
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