Forrestal Named Navy Secretary Amid Continuity of Policy
Washington predicts Senate quick approval for President Roosevelt’s nomination of Undersecretary James Forrestal to head the Navy. Forrestal, who served with the late Frank Knox, is expected to maintain administrative lines and push production of ships guns and supplies while acting as the lead spokesman for the Navy.
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James ¥. Forrestal
Navy Department
Frank Knox
Porrestal
Caemene Ok
French transport curtails trains for troop moves
BBC invasion instructions urge French civilians to stay off roads as Vichy announces seriously curtailed passenger service from Monday to aid troop movements. German broadcasts warn of sharpshooters and forecast Allied strike timing on Monday amid railway cutbacks and anti invasion framing.
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London
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U S Pressure On Portugal Over Steel Exports To Germany
The United States presses Portugal to halt steel hardening exports to Germany amid delays by Prime Minister Salazar and compromise efforts. American pressure reportedly grows as the issue persists through diplomatic channels.
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Germany
An- Salazar
One Dead and Eleven Injured in Plant Explosion
Detroit police report a severe blast at the United States Feather and Down plant. Frank Weiler, assistant superintendent, died after entering the building to check a sewer gas leak while women workers fled the flames.
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United States Feather and Down Company
Frank Weiler
Weiler
Nazi Troops Pulling Out Of Greece Reported
Journal de Geneve via Istanbul says Germany is evacuating troops from Greece and Bulgaria to fortify the Carpathians. The dispatch expects a new Soviet Balkans offensive in mid June concurrent with a Western front landings effort in the region.
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Journal de Geneve
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Greece
Bulgaria
Carpathian
Balkans
Five Die As Auto Plunges Into Water in Illinois
In Danville Illinois five people died when their car left a road and overturned into a shallow coal excavation filled with water. Four generations of a single family perished. A 72 year old woman escaped the wreck and called for help. The lone survivor is Lillie Trimell, wife of Trimell, with injuries.
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Flood Threat Looms As Mississippi Near Eleven Feet
Heavy rain in Minneapolis and Chippewa valley pushes upper Mississippi toward an 11 foot crest by Saturday night or Sunday. Meteorologist A D Sanial says La Crosse would have seen 10.7 feet without Wednesday rain. levels at Red Wing and Winona rise as side roads on Pettibone island flood.
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Ward Plant Official Dropped From Prosecution
Federal officials dropped charges against Paul D. Sowell assistant to the Montgomery Ward plant manager in Chicago. The case involved alleged removal of a U S government poster from the plant during a federal operation. The prosecutor said tearing down the poster ended the threat to government property.
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Move For Extradition Of Confessed Slayer
Extradition papers were prepared to return Soyla Villegas from Crystal City Texas to face a murder charge after a confession that he killed his wife Louise and hid the body in a sal trunk. Judge Benjamin P Epstein oversaw extradition proceedings and Brietzke said he would seek a speedy return. Deputy Garrett Barnes said Villegas confessed to striking his wife and not realizing she was dead until trying to revive her.
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Villegas
Garrett Barnes
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Synchronized Blows Coming Says Molotov
Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov said Allied forces will strike Germany from east and west. He spoke in Moscow quoted by radio, announcing joint action against Hitlerite Germany as British envoy Archibald Kerr delivered King George decorations to Soviet heroes.
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Moscow
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Germans claim Dnestr bridgehead wiped out and Sevastopol fighting continues
The Nazi report asserts a surprise attack collapsed a sizeable Russian bridgehead on the lower Dnestr river and that German forces remained active west of Sevastopol destroying 20 tanks. Moscow claimed Sevastopol and Crimea were cleared, while Soviet broadcasts reported heavy German losses and many enemy ships sunk by Black Sea forces.
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Sinister Lobby Seeks Tax-Cur Be On Congress Power
Rep Patman alleges a hostile lobby led by Frank Gannett and Sam Pettengill aims to curb congressional taxing power by constitutional amendment. He warns the effort would reduce veterans aid and old age assistance, while Rep Fish defends the named figures.
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Sink Nazi Trawler In Fight Off Dutch Coast
British light coastal forces attacked a strong enemy patrol flotilla off the Dutch coast during a pre invasion sweep of the English Channel and torpedoed and sunk one German trawler while two others were damaged in the action announced today.
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English Channel
Japs Driven Back In India and Burma Front Losses
Allied forces push Japanese from Imphal Kohima and Arkan fronts in Burma and India. British reports estimate 15,000 Japanese killed since Feb 1 with tally rising past 6,000 at Imphal and 2,000 at Kohima, as Stilwell’s Chinese units advance from north Burma. Allied air power supports ground operations across Kohima Imphal Kalewa areas.
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Kalewa
War Of Nerves Involves Japs
The Pacific war nerves rise as Tokyo radio speculates a lull before major events. It cites American forces building four large air bases in the Aleutians with hundreds of planes and several divisions including airborne troops. Japanese defenders on the Kuriles prep for offensives from the Aleutians as a main theater may emerge. Admiral Barbey’s comment that minor Pacific actions end and large landings will follow is noted.
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Tokyo Radio
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Kurile Islands
Daniel Barbey
Hollandia
Dewey Opposes Poll Taxes and Voting Restrictions
Albany Governor Thomas E. Dewey declared his opposition to poll taxes and any device denying free votes. In Washington he responded to a NAACP telegram and noted his stance while Republican lawmakers weighed a senate cloture bill on the poll tax issue.
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Barkley
Senate
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
United States Senate
New York
Congress
Gillette Becomes City in Wisconsin Incorporation
The secretary of state's office on Thursday issued Gillette in Oconto county a certificate of incorporation. The village has 1,253 residents and will change its government form to a city.
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Wis
Secretary of State
Oconto County
German Shelling Intensifies At Anzio Beachhead
Allied reports show a German artillery surge at Anzio with about 4000 shells fired in 30 minutes into 5th Army positions. The Luftwaffe sent 15 planes to raid the port area but claims say no damage. two raiders shot down. The 8th Army remains positioned inland as Italian liberation units expand from a motorized group to full battalions and engage in Monte Lungo and Monte Marrone sectors.
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Mme Chiang Not In Moscow Report Denies Berlin Broadcast
Mme Chiang Kai-shek and President Sun Fo were in Chungking today and not in Moscow as Berlin radio claimed. Mrs. Chiang will broadcast to America Friday night while Sun Fo attended to government affairs as usual.
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City awaits word from U S Board on ice and coal crisis
La Crosse officials seek a 10 cent hourly wage increase for ice and coal delivery workers to halt departures for higher pay. The War Labor Board in Chicago has not replied to a telegram requesting a hearing. If no word comes, local leaders may reconvene to plan steps to avert a crisis as coal deliveries tighten. Local AFL drivers fear wage stagnation will worsen shortages.
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Elmer Warninger
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Coal Dealers’ Credit Bureau
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Nazis Falling Behind In Air Strength
Secretary of War Stimson said Germany is gradually falling behind in repairing damage and preserving plane strength under air attack. He stressed this provides encouragement, without overstating results of any single operation.
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Washington
Stimson
New Guinea Liberation Reveals Large Prisoner Release
Allied forces announced the liberation of 707 Japanese held prisoners in north central New Guinea. Among the freed were 462 Sikhs captured in Malaya, with 86 Javanese and others from America Australia China the Netherlands and more. Accounts describe guards beating captives and executions for illness while prisoners built roads and dug trenches.
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Allied Bombers Hit Rail Centers In Western Europe
Allied air forces struck eight large rail centers behind the Atlantic wall in western Europe with about 5 400 tons of explosives. Night and daylight raids targeted rail yards and airfields across France Belgium Germany and Hungary as the invasion prep intensified.
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Map New U S Draft Policy
Washington announces a broad new draft policy from Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey. The plan would make employment in essential industry the sole criterion for deferment of men 30 and over, with 26 to 29 year olds likely deferring only for necessary or key work.
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Selective Service
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Gambling operator fined in Racine court raid
Stanley E. Adamski pleaded guilty in police court to running a gambling shop and was fined $100 and costs. Police raided a second floor Racine office and arrested Adamski for operating as a horse race bookie. Twenty six men in the office were released.
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Wis
Stanley E. Adamski
Adamski
Truck Backing From Driveway Kills Child
Elden Lee Wheeler aged 3 died after a truck backed from a driveway in Monroe Wisconsin. Coroner Herman Stuessy said the accident was unavoidable. The truck was driven by James Hrown of Brodhead Wisconsin. He is survived by parents Homer and unnamed Wheeler and a brother Sidney.
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Wis
Elden Lee Wheeler
Herman Stuessy
James Hrown
Brodhead
Homer Wheeler
Sidney
Son Born to Widow of Maj. Gen. Wingate
In Aberdeen Scotland a son was born to the 26 year old widow of Maj. Gen. Orde Charles Wingate leader of the Wingate Raiders of Burma. Wingate died in a Burma plane crash on March 24.
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Scotland
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Charles Wingate
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