Big Airdrome Is Seized In Surprise Blow
Allied forces under Stilwell have captured Myitkyina airdrome after a 20 day march and besiege Myitkyina city, closing the gap between Allied armies in Burma and China to under 80 airline miles. Chinese defenses at Loyang hold but are under heavy attack as Japanese forces attempt a trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
China
Southeast Asia
Stilwell
Myitkyina Aird
Orme
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Loyang
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Southwest
Pacific
MacArthur
New Hollandia-Aitape
Aitape
Madang
Walkout Halts Work At Evinrude Plant
Milwaukee report says about 500 workers walked out at the Evinrude motors division of Marine and Manufacturing Co. United Steel Workers official Sonnenmann demanded immediate return to work from local 1302. Plant president Gaulke said the walkout not authorized and likely stems from delays in a War Labor Board contract dispute ongoing since April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Evinrude Motors
Marine and Manufacturing Co
W. ©. Sonnenmann
United Steel Workers’ Union
CSO
Ervin Gaulke
The
Who
Elay
War
New Weapons On Way To Fighting Men
Richmond Va General Patterson told Aluminum Association of America that new types of weapons were to American troops last and more are on their way. He called the war of brains with its payoff on the field of battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert P. Patterson
Aluminum Association of America
War’s End Uncertain As Ford Cites Two-Month Timeline
A brief remark by Ford suggests the war may not be over within two months. He offers no further comment, joining others who doubt the stated end date and acknowledge ongoing uncertainty about the conflict.
Wartime Strikes Deemed Inexcusable by Patterson
Under secretary of War Patterson told the Senate military committee that any wartime strike on war production is inexcusable. He cited the Detroit foremen's strike and warned that workers’ sacrifices pale beside those on the front. Nelson Forrestal and Donald Nelson urged work or fight legislation to avert a manpower crisis in foundries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patterson
Detroit
Senate Military Committee
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Forrestal
Resuming Airport Work Advocated by Congressional Committee
A special congressional group from 17 states led by Rep Stevenson moved to press the president to resume construction on 28 airports including La Crosse. Officials say a March 9 presidential request for a re survey led to deferral, though prior reviews marked most projects as militarily essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington —i
Congress
Rep. Stevenson
R-Wis
Army
Charles B. Donaldson
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Donaldson
Bureau of Budget
Industrial Facilities Review Committee
War Production Board
Army Air Forces
Johnston, Pa
Tribune Washington Bureau
William H. Stevenson
la Crosse
Civil Aeronautics Board
War Department
Gillette
Iowa
Stevenson
la Crosse County
Motions Heard in Sedition Case Mistrial Bid
Washington mass trial of 29 defendants accused of seditious conspiracy continued in a calm but suspenseful mood as Judge Edward C. Eicher considered two motions for a mistrial. He had previously dismissed several similar motions after Chief Prosecutor O. John Rogge's opening statement and a rowdy session described by a defense attorney as a bowery barroom brawl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward C. Eicher
O. John Rogge
Eicher
Rural School Graduation Exercises Canceled
Mrs. Hazel Leicht county superintendent announces the mass graduation for rural schools in West Salem, scheduled for Saturday May 20, has been canceled due to widespread communicable diseases in the county. West Salem center of many scarlet fever cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Leicht
West Salem
Supplies Drop For Yugoslav Partisans Reported by Allied Observers
Allied pilots drop nearly 25 tons of vital medical and military supplies for Yugoslavia's Partisans in four hours from multiple dropping grounds. A British major led operations with an American Air Forces captain, guardsmen, and about 50 Partisans assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yugoslavia
America
Teamsters Plan General Strike Over Jurisdictional Dispute
Detroit unions announce a planned general strike of 45,000 members to press CIO rivals over jurisdiction at two soft drink firms. No start time set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Joint Council of Afl Teamsters Unions
CIO
Mississippi River Flood Crest At 11.84 Feet At Noon
Meteorologist A. D. Sanial reports the Mississippi River reached a noon flood crest of 11.84 feet, with rising levels to 11.8 at Winona and 12.98 previously. Recession will be slow due to heavy rains in the upper valley and storm area moving eastward, while the Chippewa and Black rivers drive irregular declines. Winds up to 35 mph accompany the rain tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
A. D. Sanial
Sanial
Durand
Hunter's Bridge
Sanal
la Crosse
Upper
Iota
Minnesota
Samal
Mississippi
Foremen Return to Plants in Michigan War Work Restart
Michigan wartime production faced a pause as 3,300 foremen end a three week strike, prompting 52,000 workers to begin returning to 13 plants. The Foreman's Association of America voted almost unanimously to resume work, despite war labor board pressure, with full plant speed to resume depending on production needs and unions' grievances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan
Army
Navy
Foreman's Association of America
Robert H. Keys
Independent Union
Flying Fortress Flew From Brice Prairie Amid cheers
A Flying Fortress of the army air forces departed Brice Prairie airport at about 8 p m Wednesday as thousands watched in cheers. The aircraft had been placed there after weather forced an emergency landing Tuesday, carrying extra fuel and 600 gallons added before takeoff. Two Truax Field training planes followed earlier that day, forced down near Mt Horeb by bad weather. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Frees
Brice Prairie
Truax Field
Madison
Wis
Flying Fortress
Associated Press
Mt. Horeb
Cashton Soldier Receives Purple Heart Cluster
Gen Joseph E Basen will award the oak leaf cluster to Elmer C Hendrickson of Cashton Wisconsin at Percy Jones General Hospital Friday morning. Hendrickson earned the second battle wound for his service in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Joseph E. Basen
Percy Jones General Hospital
Elmer C. Hendrickson
Cashton
Wis
Italy
Miller Quits as Head of Board in Salary Fight
Edward Miller resigned as chairman of the salaries committee after a heated board discussion over raising John Arnison’s pay in the county pension department. The board also debated increasing supervisors’ pay, delinquent tax interest, and redecorating the county courthouse with Stollenwerk to lead the work at a cost under 11,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Pension Department
Edward Miller
Court House
John S. Arnison
Pension Committee
R. V. Ahlstrom
Arnston
Arnison
Relief and Pension Departments
la Crosse County
State Welfare Board of
Madison
Richard Becker
Laries
Finance, Ways and Means Committees
John Freisinger
Hussa Canning Co
Bangor
Paul P. Stollenwerk
300 Items Upgraded For Farm Operations By WPB
Chicago WPB district manager Paul A. Jenkins announced that about 300 farm operation items have been uprated by the War Production Board to aid farmers in obtaining supplies. The list raises items from AAS5 to AA-2X and covers materials such as hay stacker cables fire extinguishers flashlights funnels grinders fence posts fly screens and lumber substitutes. Farmers must certify in writing that the supplies are needed now and used for farm operation not household use, to receive preference in purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Production Board
Paul A. Jenkins
WPB
Reorganization urged by retired Admiral Yarnell
Admiral H. E. Yarnell, retired, urged a form of reorganizing the nation's armed forces before the house postwar military policy committee. He said the next war would require national organization and greater military efficiency than currently experienced, though he cautioned against any hasty moves before careful study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. E. Yarnell
House
Leonard Estate Valued At $15,000 In Madison
Prof William Ellery Leonard University of Wisconsin poet and English teacher died May 2 leaving an estate valued at $15 000 or more. His widow Mrs Charlotte Leonard of Madison is the principal beneficiary according to a Dane county court petition filed Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Madison
Wis
William Ellery Leonard
University of Wisconsin
Dane County Court
Charlotte, Leonard
U S Bombers Hit Balkans In Ploesti Belgrade Nis Raids
U S heavy bombers attacked the Balkans with raids on Ploesti in Romania and Belgrade and Nis in Yugoslavia. Fighters escorted the bombers as weather limited observation of results at Ploesti.
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Naples
U. S
Balkans
Ploesti
Romania
Belgrade
Nis
Yugoslavia
Nazi Rails Not Crippled Claim Amid War Dispatch
Editor notes AP war correspondent Larry Allen, Pulitzer winner, carried from Italian and German camps after 20 months. Allen earned the 1942 prize for Mediterranean fleet reporting and was captured with a British commando raid on Tobruk, Libya, September 13, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Allen
Germany prepares new fortifications in France as invasion nears
A wartime report from aboard the Gripsholm at Barcelona describes Germany reinforcing a second line of defenses in France while maintaining intact rail networks. The observer notes many bombed cities still host busy railway hubs with up to 52 passenger trains daily, and recounts eight months as a prisoner of war before reaching free air.
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Gripsholm
Barcelona
Germany
Atlantic Wall
France
Greater Reich
Marseille
Ponzan
Gorlitz
Dresden
Munich
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Allen
Larry Allen
Allied forces seize Cassino and Formia in Italian advance
Allied headquarters report Britons capture Cassino fortress ruins and Benedictine monastery, while American troops take Formia about 25 miles southwest. Poles seize Monastery hill as Gustav line collapses. Itri and Esperia also fall as French advance centers shell Hitler line defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard
Naples
Cassino
Formia
Italy
Monastery Hill
Green Devils
8Th
Liri
Rome
Itri-Appian Way
Gaeta
Itri
Esperia
Hitler Line
Anzio
5Th Army
Gustav
Adolf Hitler
German Defenses Are Photographed
Allied aerial reconnaissance photographs reveal the German west wall as camouflaged concrete clusters with hidden guns and underground defenses along the coast. High altitude bombers and camera planes captured the fortifications mile by mile to guide the invasion planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vichy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Channel
West Wall
D Day Delay Doubt Stimson Warns on Nazi Propaganda
Secretary Stimson warned the public that Nazi efforts to set invasion dates aim to sow confusion and claim Allied timidity. He urged Americans to stay calm and patient as Allied planning continues for the European invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Europe
Shelling Gaeta by Fifth Army Opens Coastal Assault
American Fifth Army artillery began a coastal bombardment of Gaeta in Italy from Maranola. Big guns pounded docks and waterfront, then moved inland hitting the city with 300 to 400 rounds while forces to the north kept the enemy inland escape road under fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaeta
Fifth Army
Maranola
Italy
5Th Army
Cassino Falls as Allied Forces Close in on Italian Town
Allied forces report capturing 1,500 Germans at Cassino and encircling the fourth parachute regiment, with 4,500 prisoners in the broader offensive bringing total Italian campaign captives to about 20,000. German defenses evacuated Cassino without a fight, though the retreat was hindered by Allied pincers and the Rapido river crossing. The push involved American and French mountain operations, New Zealanders and Indians establishing positions, and Canadian armor driving toward the town as bombardment leveled it.
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Cassino
Richard Heidrich
Fourth Parachute Regiment
Highway 6
15Th Panzer Grenadier Division
Armoreh
Rapido
8Th Army
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H. H. Arnold
Arnold Keys
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