Japs Tied in India Push and Pacific Setback
Allied reports say Japanese forces in India were repulsed in the northern Honan and Kohima theaters while their Pacific offensive stalled. Allied air strikes hit Wakde Sermil in Dutch New Guinea and Woleai in the Carolines. Guam was bombed again and Taiwanese contact reduced. An error in an earlier communique was acknowledged regarding northeastern hills operations.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
Honan
Hollandia
Rabaul
Woleai
Carolines
Truk
Central Pacific
Guam
U. S
Philippines
Kohima
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Threats Against F. R. Lead To Man's Arrest
Philadelphia district secret service office announced the arrest of Harold R. Mason, 36, on a charge of threatening the life of President Roosevelt. Mason, a private detective and brakeman, was taken in a Philadelphia hotel at the request of the service office in Washington. He will be returned to Washington. Details of the alleged threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
District Secret Service Office
Harold R. Mason
Roose
Mason Fora
Philadelpia
Washington
Ten Cars Derail Near Shipton in Wisconsin
Ten Green Bay and Western freight cars derailed Tuesday near Shipton Wisconsin after leaving the rails and striking a switch. No injuries or hazardous materials were reported and a wrecker was sent to clear the track.
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Appleton
Wis
Green Bay and Western Tailway
Shipcton
Travel Ration Plan Virtually Abandoned
Cincinnati report cites J Monroe Johnson of the ODT saying the travel ration plan was nearly abandoned and would require prospective passengers to justify trips in writing. He spoke at an American Trucking Association event about the manpower problem.
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Cincinnati
J. Monroe Johnson
ODT
North Pacific Air Battle Boosts Tempo Over Kurile Raids
May 5 and 6 raids against Paramushiro, Kasiwabara, Suribachi, and central Kuriles marked the heaviest bomber strike on enemy home territory this year. Navy Ventura bombers attacked by night, dropping demolition and incendiary bombs through overcast. One plane damaged by anti aircraft fire. crews noted the largest number of planes in a mission since the express raids began, signaling a higher tempo in the North Pacific air war. Nearly 40 missions have been conducted by fleet air wing four and the 11th air force against the Kuriles this year.
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Aleutian
North Pacific
Kuriles
Paramushiro
Kasiwabara
Suribachi
Six escape from Danville Hospital for the potentially homicidal
Six patients described as potentially homicidal fled Monday night from the Danville state hospital grounds. Two of the escapees were male with prison records, all were Pennsylvanians. State police searched highways, back roads, fields and woods for signs of the men.
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Danville
Danville State Hospital
Eugene L. Sielke
Republican demands end to beef rationing
Chairman Jenkins of the Ohio based House Republican food study committee urged Tuesday that steaks and beef roasts be removed from ration lists. He said in the House that all meats could have been made point free last January and accused the administration of playing politics with food.
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Washington
Jenkins
Ohio
House
Republican Food Study Committee
Hartland Politician Seeks State Assembly Seat
Grover Dobbertin of Hartland announces he will seek the Republican nomination for the state assembly from the second district of Waukesha County. Incumbent Alfred R. Ludvigsen of Hartland holds the seat.
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Waukesha
Wis
Grover Dobbertin
Hartland
State
Waukesha County
Alfred R. Ludvigsen
Route 1
Dry Weather Forecast Aids Invasion Plans For D Day
A seasoned weather expert says the unusually dry spring offers firm footing and potentially fordable rivers aiding Eisenhower's invasion forces. He cautions that a major storm on D Day could cost thousands of lives, offsetting months of favorable conditions.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Midway
Western
Europe
Italy
Turbulent Paricutin Volcano Resumes Aggressive Eruption
Paricutin in Urupa region erupts anew with thunderous ash dispersal and bright lava flashes lighting the countryside. Lava flow toward Paragaricutiro slows but reaches the outskirts of Zapotec village, a site famed as the road end for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uruapa
Mexico
Paragaricutiro
Parangaricutiro
Points and cash paid for kitchen fats continue
Washington says housewives who save kitchen fats will still be paid in both red points and cash despite the removal of point values from all meats except beef steaks and roasts. The Office of Price Administration stresses the ongoing need for fats and oils.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Judge Picard Denies Governor Nomination Bid
Detroit report notes Federal Judge Frank A. Picard says he is not seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. He states if nominated he will not run and if elected he will not serve.
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Detroit
Frank A. Picard
Britain lowers overseas service age to 18 years six months
Britain reduces the eligible overseas service age to 18 years six months from 19 years to boost manpower for military operations. The move expands the pool of available troops and aligns with wartime demands.
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London
Britain
Sevastopol Faces Multi Sided Assault As Waves Centred
Moscow reports Russian storm troops pressing through Crimea as fortifications near Sevastopol fall. German communique notes continued heavy fighting and 56 Russian planes destroyed over Sevastopol. Reds breach fortifications and close arc toward the city while Axis evacues craft attempt to flee across the Black Sea.
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Moscow
Sevastopo
Crimea
Sevastopol
Izvestia
Black Sea
Red Army
Red Star
Mackenzie Heights
Inkerman
Romania
Hull holds to unconditional surrender policy
Secretary of State Hull said there is no change in U S policy toward unconditional surrender despite inquiries from many continents. He noted he needs more detail on army plans before commenting on London reports that the formula was dropped for satellite countries at Soviet insistence.
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Washington
Hull
United States
London
Soviet Union
Positive outlook on Swedish ball bearing shipments to Germany
Stanton Griffis of the U S foreign economic administration told American reporters in Stockholm that he expects positive results in strictly business dealings with Sweden’s major ball bearing exporters. He resumed Allied efforts to halt shipments after Sweden rejected Allied diplomatic representatives.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Stanton Griffis
U. S. Foreign Economic Administration
Germany
Griffis
Vote casts ballot in ambulance on way to hospital
Beckley West Virginia primary voter O R Taylor owner of a feed store was taken by ambulance to the hospital but was allowed to vote in the vehicle en route to medical care as the ride paused at the polling place.
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Beckley
W. Va
O. R. Taylor
West Virginia
Tax simplification would raise some taxes says treasury officials
Treasury official Al F O'Donnell told a Senate finance committee that the proposed streamliner would cut taxes for some groups but raise them for others. Ralph Burgess warned that a formula guaranteeing no tax increase under existing law would wreck simplification and fairness. Lloyd Blough added that increases on separate returns would be about 1 percent of their current taxes and no single group would be hit hardest.
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Washington
Treasury
Congressional
Finance
al F. O'Donnell
The
Ralph Burgess
Joint
Congressional Tax Staff
Lloyd Blough
Ward Employes Balloting Today
About 5 000 Montgomery Ward employees vote under NLRB supervision on whether CIO Union would represent them in a labor dispute that led to federal seizure. Balloting comes as courts weigh injunctions to restrain Ward executives and as Congress prepares a seven member committee to investigate seizure actions.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
William H. Holly
Ward
War Labor Board
United Mail Order
Senate Funds Medical Aid for Wives of Servicemen
The Senate approved and sent to the White House legislation to allocate $6,700,000 in grants to states for medical and hospital care for wives and infants of enlisted military personnel.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Hoosier humorist George Ade shows slight improvement
Brook Indiana doctors reported a small improvement in the condition of George Ade after he suffered a heart attack last Saturday.
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Brook
Ind
George Ade
Handful Of U S Troops Raid Nazi Strong Point At Anzio
At Anzio Beachhead Italy a small American force with three Sherman tanks conducted a 30 minute raid near Dead Woman's corner southwest of Cisterna. They knocked out four German tanks a self propelled gun and captured two machine guns. One American infantryman was slightly wounded and one tank damaged. The raid led by Captain Fred Clark Jr. and Lieutenant William Campbell involved German pits and dugouts near a farm house where two machine guns were hidden. Greenades cleared the position as the Shermans trapped the self propelled gun and four Panzer IVs were destroyed. The remainder fled and the Americans returned with their tanks.
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Anzio
Italy
Fred Clark Jr
Anniston
Ala
Dead Woman's Corner
Cisterna
William Campbell
New York City
G. Haggerty
Nazis Retreat in Central Italy Forward Allied Positions
Allied headquarters report German forces withdrew in the central Italian mountains near Palena, nine miles beyond the previous front. The Nazis reportedly demolished bridges and tunnels as they retreated. In the Cassino sector, Germans intensified shelling while Allies shelled Garigliano valley movements. Luftwaffe activity included attacks on targets near Rome and in the Balkans. two Allied planes were missing.
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Naples
Italy
Palena
Adriatic
8Th Army
5Th Army
Cassino
Garigliano
Minturno
Balkan
Rome
Drebic
Uslavia
Yugoslav
Albania
O'Neal Demands End to Federal Consumer Subsidies
Edward A. O'Neal of the American Farm Bureau told the House Banking Committee that consumer subsidies should be outlawed and blamed administration policy for widening farm labor tensions. He called for mandatory adjustments of price ceilings under the wartime price control act to reflect production needs and rising farmer costs, criticizing the Office of Price Administration for neglecting the law.
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Washington
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
House Banking Committee
Office of Price Administration
Congress
OPA
Harlem school stabbing leaves girl dead
In Harlem on Tuesday two masked 12 year old girls attacked a nine year old pupil in a public school gym with a sharp letter opener injuring Margaret Patton who died minutes later at Harlem Hospital. Police took two 12 year olds into custody as investigators probe a feud from last October.
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New York
Harlem
Margaret Patton
Margaret
Two Possible New Oil Fields in Mississippi
A special Masonite committee will study potential oil interests in Mississippi. President Ben Alexander told stockholders Tuesday the firm has been flooded with lease inquiries since the news of two possible oil fields. no wells have been drilled and no oil found on Masonite lands, though some timber acreage lies near recent discoveries.
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Chicago
Masonite Corporation
Mississippi
Ben Alexander
Alexander
Changing Trends In Courts Viewed
Philadelphia report on Justice Robert H. Jackson at the American Law Institute meeting. He warns that relaxation of precedent follows the growth of intermediate appellate courts and specialized tribunals, creating a flood of opinions. He notes lawyers cannot keep up and warns of diminishing value per opinion amid mass production in law.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
American Law Institute
Jackson
Refugees Held on Hidden Message Charge at Ellis Island
Two European refugees aboard the Gripsholm, Helen DelinKajtis Braun and Mary Anna Delinikajtis, were detained at Ellis Island after customs found cloth with writings and an FBI lab uncovered 20 concealed notations. They deny illegal activity, saying writings were personal.
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Washington
Justice Department
Europe
United States
Gripsholm
Ellis Island
FBI
Helen Delinikajtis Braun
Mary Anna Delinikajtis
Gandhi Very Weak Visitors Barred in New Delhi
Gandhi is described as very weak by his private secretary and all visitors are barred. The ailing leader had been released from detention by the British last weekend on grounds of health.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Train Kills Woman at Kenosha Crossing
Mrs. Fred Koch, 46, of Kenosha, was killed when struck by a southbound Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee electric passenger train at a city crossing this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
Fred Koch
Chicago, North Shore and
Milwaukee Electric
Germans Air Bases Raid Across Western Front
Allied bombers struck eight German air bases and three railroad yards in France Luxembourg and Belgium this morning with heavy losses of six bombers and seven fighters.
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London
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Massive Allied Air Assault Hits Europe On Invasion Day
London reports nearly 2000 American and British bombers strike France Belgium and Luxembourg target rail yards air fields and coastal defenses. Marauder bombers join earlier waves amid heavy long range raids with substantial losses and widespread destruction to rail hubs and aircraft facilities.
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9Th
U. S. Air Force
France
Belgium
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Berlin
CIO President Backs Fourth Term in War Unity Plea
Philip Murray, head of the CIO and United Steelworkers, signaled support for a fourth term. He urged unity at home and among nations as key to victory over the Axis and to a durable peace, praising President Roosevelt's leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
CIO
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers of America
Murray
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
State reports 156000 men in Wisconsin Army ranks
War department figures show Wisconsin mustered 156000 men and 2515 women in the army as of January 1 1944. From November 1 1940 to January 1 1944 total entries reached 172000 men and 3216 women with 25801 men and 731 women discharged.
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Washington
War Department
Wisconsin
Congress
Delay Arguments In Berry Case Postponed In Los Angeles
Arguments on motions to quash indictments charging Charlie Chaplin and three others with conspiracy to deprive Joan Berry of constitutional rights were postponed for a week after U S Attorney Charles H Carr said the Justice Department indicated one dismissal.
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Joan Berry
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
U. S. Atty
Charles H. Carr
Department of Justice
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Low Countries
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Nazis
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U.S
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O’neal
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Ssgt
J. C. Penrod
Newark
N. J
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