Allied Forces Press Front Toward New Line at Terracina
Allied troops steamrolled the Hitler line in Italy driving the front 15 miles toward a Terracina switch line near the sea. American and French forces seized ground from Pico to Terracina while Polish troops reportedly captured Piedimonte, signaling a major push around Cassino and the Liri valley as Germans retreat with losses in men tanks and equipment.
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Naples
Terracina
Anzio
Pico
Algiers
Piedimonte
Italy
Formia
Associated Press
Sid Feder
Feder
Ndt
Gupatt Mele
Pico-Terracina
10Th Army
Liri
Cassino
Lieut Swancutt Faces General Court Martial Monday
Lieut Beaufort G Swancutt of La Crosse Wisconsin awaits trial on murder charges for the March 4 shootings at Camp Anza California. He stands accused of killing Dorothy Douglas Louraine Livermore and Capt Aubrey G Serfling and wounding several others after a dance at the officers club. A police officer and others were injured during the ensuing gun battle. Swancutt is recovering from his wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campanza
Calif
Lieut
Beaufort G. Swancutt
la Crosse
Wis
Liev Swancutt
Dorothy Douglas
Louraine Livermore
Long Beach
Aubrey G. Serfling
Preston
Arthur B. Simpson
Riv- Calif
Arlington
Swancutt
Camp Anza
Aldace W. Minard
Harry J. Light
Bridgeport
Riverside County
Light
Douglas
Serfling
Samson
Sgt
Schlehis
Cole
Crosse
Eugene Swancutt
I la Crosse
Two U Boats Sunk and British Warship Lost
London reports a British war force escorting a convoy to Britain from Russia sank two German submarines and possibly one or two more. The destroyer Mahratta was torpedoed and sunk with only a few crew members surviving.
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London
Britain
Russia
Geman
Dampn Admiralty
Prisoners Escape After RAF Assault Across Frontiers
Gazette dispatch reports several thousand British and Indian prisoners fled from rear Epinal France after a RAF assault. Prisoners crossed into Switzerland in recent days with ease, moving toward safety as frontier efforts continued.
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Bern
Switzerland
Epinal
France
Navy Criticized Over Abrupt Contract Cancellations
Brewster Aero chairman Henry ton industrialist and president criticized the Navy Department for ending contracts suddenly at the company's plants in Island City New York and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Elphia
Henry Ton
Pres& Ood
Brewster Aerocorporation
Fern Island City
N. Y
Wakde Score: 550 Japs Slain and 16 Yanks Killed
American forces claim complete Wakde island control after a heavy Pacific operation. MacArthur reported 550 Japanese killed and 16 American deaths with 83 wounded. Allied air and sea raids hit Japan and Dutch bases, destroying ships and planes.
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Associated Press
Wakde Island
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Wakde
New Guinea
MacArthur
Philippines
Allies Close In On Myitkyina As Japanese Holdouts Fade
Allied forces drive toward Myitkyina in north Burma with Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill’s infantry and air reinforcements crossing the Irrawaddy four miles south of the city. Three-pronged pressure from Zigyun Gharpate and Kaikyo tightens the cord as Chinese and American units push toward linking the Ledo road with the old Burma road.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Myitkyina
Frank Merrill
Irrawaddy River
Gharpate
Irrawaddy
Zigyun
Mogaung
Warong
Arcas
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kaikyo
Salween River
Yunnan
Merrill
Bhamo
Ledo
Lashio
Stilwell
First Eye Witness Story Of Operation By Olen Clements
Wakde Island in Dutch New Guinea becomes the scene of an assault as U S forces move ashore after heavy air and naval bombardment. Soldiers report the island appeared lifeless before a heavy rocket and sniper fire halted the first wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen Clements
Wakde Island
Dutch New Guinea
Wakde
Pacific
5Th Air Force
Broad Pacific
Loyang Defenders Pressed as Chinese Drive Advances
Chinese forces tightened grip on the Peiping Hankow railway taking Kioshan 110 miles south of Chenghsien and backstopped by air and artillery. Japanese losses exceeded 500 with remnants fleeing. Loyang defenders faced a looming massacre unless they broke the siege amid heavy fighting across Loyang and Yunnan fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Peiping-Hankow
Kioshan
Chenghsien
Ano
Loyang
Henan
Linyang
Mingkiang
Wrecked Dam An Example Of Red Sacrifice
Reporter Eddie Gilmore observes the wrecked Dnepr dam near Zaporozhye as Russians describe the destruction to deny the Germans use. The 800000 kilowatt facility was blown apart in three sections to flood the Donets basin while preserving downstream villages. Water rushes through three gaps toward the Dnepr, with no repair work planned until after the war.
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Eddie Gilmore
Zaporozhe
Russia
Dnepr
Europe
Red Army
New Encyclopedia
Donets
New York Public Library
Nikopol
Sevastopol
Hitler May Try Gas, Britain Warned By Birdwood
London reports Field Marshall Lord Birdwood warns civilians to care for gas masks as Hitler may unleash gas at the last moment despite promises not to use it. German E boats conduct operations along the coast. German news agency notes repeated attacks warded off.
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London
Lord Birdwood
Hitler
Channel
DNB
Bank Holdup Suspect Enters Innocent Plea in Wisconsin
Earl Willard Wing 38 of Shipdton Wisconsin a parolee from Wisconsin State Prison pleaded innocent to a federal bank robbery charge after being arraigned in Wausau. Wing could not post 10000 bond and remained jailed awaiting a U S marshal. He was identified by the bank’s assistant cashier as the assailant who grabbed 1000 dollars at the First State bank in New London Friday night.
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Wausau
Wis
Earl Willard Wing
Shipdton
Wisconsin
First State Bank of
New London
U. S
Paul J. Megan
Wing
Wausau City
FBI
U. S. Marshall
Madison
Here
Wisconsin Rapids
H. A. Romberg
Invasion Weather Off Dover Straits Shows Strong Northeasterly Winds
Choppy seas off the French coast were reported Saturday night as fresh northeasterly winds swept the straits of Dover after a sunny day. Visibility remained fairly good with some haze. High tides at Dover and Calais were forecast for 12:22 p.m. Sunday and 12:30 p.m. Monday.
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London
Straits of Dover
Dover
Calais
British Operations Reach West of Dunkerque and Channel Isles
The report states British actions extended to just west of Dunkerque and to the Channel Islands, the farthest Nazi outposts seized without a fight during France's fall. It notes German claims of British bombers striking Ouessant and reports shelling in the Dover Strait disrupting coastal traffic but likely aimed offshore.
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Dunkerque
Channel Islands
France
Brittany
Normandy
Ouessant
Dover Strait
Britain
Use Prisoners In Farm Work Urges W art Aid
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urged the war department to mobilize every possible prisoner of war for farm labor and work in food processing plants. The appeal emphasizes expanding agricultural and food production capacity during wartime.
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Sec. Jones
Washington
War Food
Marvin Jones
War Department
Two More Japanese Admirals Posthumously Honored
The Associated Press reports Japan’s Domei agency listed 84 naval officers killed in action between August 1940 and December 1943. Rear Admirals Torajiro Sato and Tomejiro Tamagi were named for posthumous awards for distinguished service. Death circumstances were not disclosed.
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Associated Press
Torajiro Sato
Tomejiro Tamagi
Japan
Domei News Agency
Sato
Tamagi
Tito May Be Offered War Minister Job
London reports King Peter ousted Gen. Draja Mihailovic as war minister in a bid to appease Josip Broz Tito. A cabinet post for the Partisans leader was considered, though Tito’s acceptance was uncertain.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Marshal Tito
National Army of Liberation
Tito
Josip Broz
Mihailovic
Kinet
Churchill
Randolph
United States
Britain
Russia
Bozhidar Puric
Ivan Subasic
Croatia
Subasic
Dushan Simovic
War Ministry of
Josip (Tito) Broz
No Need For A Demo Meet Says Georgian
Georgia's young governor Arnall urged canceling the Democratic national convention arguing Roosevelt will win the nomination by acclamation and his running mate chosen by him. He added the Republicans might as well cancel their convention as Hoover will pick their ticket. He framed the issue as Roosevelt prosperity versus Hoover panic.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Arnall
Roosevelt
Hoover
Typographical Union Votes to Rejoin AFL
Newark N J The International Typographical union appears set to reaffiliate with the American Federation of Labor based on referendum votes. Referendum chairman Lewis N Hermann reported 31 061 votes in favor out of an estimated 65 000 cast and a majority supporting rejoining the federation.
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Newark
N. J
International Typographical Union
American Federation of Labor
Lewis N. Hermann
Hermann
Newark Typographers
Tension Mounting In Soviet Capital
Moscow reports mounting tension amid hopes for a coordinated western assault on Germany. Soviet communiques claim no major front changes while German forces push near Tiraspol and Stanislawow and face repulses. War and the Working Class urges a swift Allied invasion to deliver a decisive blow.
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London
Mossow
Britain
Moscow
Red Army
Dnestr
Carpathian
Vitebsk
Tiraspol
Stanislawow
War and the Working Class
Europe
Mikhail Tolchenov
Allies Unleash 8000 Tons of Bombs in Massive Strike
In the largest mass air attack of the war, 6000 Allied planes hit Hitler’s western defenses, blasting a 150 mile Brittany to Belgium corridor with at least 8000 tons of explosives. The day’s raids included major rail junctions, airfields and port targets, while Allied losses totaled 20 aircraft.
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Japan
Boston
Manokwari
Paramushiro
Tokyo
Brittany
Belgium
London
Hitler
West Wall
U. S
Britain
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
RAF
Air Command
Dieppe
France
U. S. 9Th Air Force
REAF
9Th Fighter Command
9Th
U. S. Thunderbolt
Germany
Western Reich
Orly
Villa Coublay
Paris
Champagne
Reims
Thunderbolts
Boulogne
French Channel
Tours
le Mans
Orleans
Cologne
Save All Waste Paper Plea To City Residents
La Crosse faces Wisconsin’s worst waste paper salvage record. A R Schulze, county salvage chairman, cites public indifference and urges residents to curb waste disposal. Households could yield 10 to 20 pounds monthly by saving paper from The Tribune and other sources. Boy Scouts will divide the city into zones for four weekly pickups.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
A. R. Schulze
Salvage Commission
Schulze
the Tribune
Boy Scouts
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Central Pacific
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Rnce
High Command
Pienma
Mamien Pass
Hungmushu
Engchung
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