Allies shell Germans near Rome as 5th Army drives south
Allied artillery shells German positions 15 miles from Rome as American forces press along the Casilina highway. In the Artena sector American armor pushes toward a key road junction while Velletri burns and Sezze falls, forming a ring around the Pontine marshes. The front lines tighten with 17 German divisions deployed, eight in jeopardy by a potential Casilina cut, as retreat routes threaten heavy losses of equipment and troops.
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FIFTH
Rome
Velletri
R. E.ret Oldham
S. D
Artena
Casilina
Daniel de Luce
de Luce
5Th Army
Pontine
Sezze
Secat
Ezze
Lepini Hills
Liri
Via Casilina
Via
Albert King
Valmontone
Apennines
Adriatic
8Th Army
Cassino
Ceprano
Italy
Germans In Final Defense Positions Ahead of Invasion
Free Marshal Karl von Rundstedt’s army of the west tightens final defenses as Allied invasion looms this summer. Nazis fear a decisive summer, while Soviet pressure in the east and operations Norway Denmark spark terror in Scandinavia. Eisenhower warns Europe to stay off roads as Britain marks Dunkirk withdrawal anniversary and prepares for long war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Karl von Rundarmy
West
Italy
French Channel
Soviet
Russia
Norway
Denmark
Stockholm
Sat- Uday
Europe
Onder
Meger
Eisenhower
Supreme Ts
Ship Captain Is Killed By Navy Gunners
Karl J. Larsen master of the S S Thomas J. Walsh was fatally wounded in an exchange of shots with the ship s naval armed guard crew aboard the vessel in a South Pacific port. The ship returned to a west coast port as a thorough Navy investigation proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Karl J. Larsen
Thomas J. Walsh
South Pacific
Larsen
New York
S. S. Thomas
Charge Postal Clerk With $180000 Theft
Jacksonville post office inspectors say a veteran clerk, J. D. Marshall, 42, stole $180000 in currency from the West Bay Station registry. The money, en route from the Federal Reserve Bank of Jacksonville to the First National Bank of Miami, remains unrecovered. Bond set at $50000. preliminary hearing scheduled next Friday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
West Bay Station
Rega
Federal Reserve Bank of
First National Bank of Miami
J. D. Marshall
Post Office
U. S
J. D. Dragones
Noble
Marshall
Hoeschler Buys Lennon Property in City Block
Dr Frank Hoeschler announced the purchase of the Lennon property at Fifth avenue and King street for 45000. The sale from Miss Augustina Lennon gives Hoeschler a one half block area including two story residences and a large brick apartment on King street. He plans no immediate development due to government restrictions. Hoeschler previously built the Sears Roebuck store in 1928 1929 and bought the Smale store and the Tribune site in 1938.
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Lennon
Fifth Avenue
King Street
Frank Hoeschler
Hoeschler
Jay and
King Streets
Augustina Lennon
Sears- Roebuck
Smale
Tribune
Jay Street
Reds Sink 4 More German Transports
London reports say Soviet forces sunk four German transports in the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland as part of a northern offensive buildup. Berlin notes possible Soviet drives toward the Baltic while eastern front lines remain quiet. A Vichy broadcast claimed an offensive east of Lwow but lacked corroboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Black Sea
Riga
Finland
Berlin
Baltic
Vichy
Reds
Lwow
Belief Japanese pincers move toward Hankow capital
Chinese communique reports fighting near Tsungyang about 75 miles south of Hankow in southern Hupeh. A vast pincers move could target the Chinese rear and the Canton Hankow railway, with possible thrust toward Szechwan as Chinese defenses hold.
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Chungking
Tsungyang
Hankow
Huleh
China
Henan Province
Hupeh
Loyang
Lushih
Chingshanpu
Kweikowshin
Rudy Vallee To Be Put On Inactive List This Summer
Lieut Rudy Vallee coast guard band leader said he would be placed on the inactive list sometime this summer. The crooner who entered service after age 38 and is now 43 plans a final tour with his band to aid the 5th war loan drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Vallee
Los Angeles
Coast Guard
Right Idea? Sugar Request Sends Odd Union Label
In Atlanta a home canning sugar request, scrawled oddly to the rashun man, notes a spare stamp No 37. The Office of Price Administration opened the letter and a union label from a five cent sack of tobacco tumbled out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Rashun
Office of Price Administration
Union
E C Thompson Dies In Madison
Edwin C Thompson 83 long associated with U S Weather Bureau died in Madison Wisconsin He retired June 30 1932 after 48 years in the service with postings from Washington to Puerto Rico and La Crosse He studied at the University of New Hampshire married Tallulah Laura Clonts in 1904 and was a 32nd degree Mason Funeral plans are incomplete
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Edwin C. Thompson
U. S. Weather Bureau
la Crosse
Madison
Wis
Thompson
Government Service
Weather Bureau Department
United States
Puerto Rico
Andover
Mass
University of Hampshire
Weather Eureau Service
Washington, D. C
Denver
Colo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lake View
Ore
Fort Supply
Indian Territory
el Pa
Rio Grande City
Seville
Tex
St. Paul
Tallulah Laura Clonts
Jacksonville
Fla
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Federation of Music Study Clubs
Thompsons
Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 5
Liberator An Hour To Fly From Willow Run
Giant four engined B-24 Liberator bombers will fly from the Willow Run plant at Ford at about one per hour. Willow Run reached an output of one bomber per working hour, with many in component form sent to Tulsa and Fort Worth for final assembly. More than 1,700 have shipped, and many more completed. soon contracts for knock down planes will be fulfilled.
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Detroit
Willow Run
Tulsa
Okla
Fort Worth
Texas
President Acts To Reconsider Island Airport Project
A Washington conference with President Roosevelt prompted renewed government consideration of La Crosse Island airport, with Rep. Stevenson reporting that Roosevelt would urge the budget bureau and airport approval board to rework their stance. Stevenson cited wartime need and local impacts, and noted Roosevelt would consult the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
French Island
Q. H. Hale
Citizens’ Airport Committee
Associated Press
Washington
William H. Stevenson
Congressional
Roosevelt
Stevenson
Hale
Bureau of the Budget and Airport Approval Board
City Nation
Bureau of the Budget
War Department
Tribune
CAA
Airport Approval Board
Allied Air Offense Plunges Deep Into Europe
Britain led a massive daylight and night raid with over 6,000 bombers and fighters hitting rail hubs, airfields, and factories from Mannheim to Marseille. American losses included 24 bombers and 7 fighters missing. 49 Nazi planes downed. several bombers forced to Switzerland. Mediterranean and Yugoslav targets also struck. Mosquitos attacked Ludwigshafen and Aachen.
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ECL
Folkestone
Strait of Dover
France
Channel
England
Italy
U. S. 8Th Air Force
U. S
Britain
Switzerland
Porrentruy
Berlin
Reich
Balkans
Budapest
Germany
Rhineland
Major Goodson Ties Gentile Mark For Theater Destruction
Maj James A Goodson commander of a P 51 Mustang squadron tied Don Gentile by destroying 15 enemy aircraft in the air and 15 on the ground for a total of 30 in this theater. The decoration came from Lt Gen Carl A Spaatz alongside four other American airmen. Goodson, from New York City with Toronto as his address, earned the Distinguished Service Cross for actions March 16 to 23. He previously served in the Eagle Squadron and the merchant marine.
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London
James A Goodson
Don Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Goodson
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Air Force Headquarters
New York City
Toronto
Canada
Gentile
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Coodson
Eagle Squadron
United States Merchant Marine
Union Warned Public Opinion Is Inflamed
Detroit faces bread rationing as a three day strike by bakery drivers of AFL Teamsters 51 disrupts supplies. CIO UAW President R J Thomas warns public opinion inflamed against unions, while the War Labor Board orders strikers to return to work and delay on wage adjustments pending deliveries. Local 51 President Samuel Hurst reports AFL officials failed to end the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
R. J. Thomas
Big Cio
United Auto Workers Union
War Labor Board
Washington
Ocar 51
AFL Teamsters Union
WLB
Samuel Hurst
Local 51
AFL
Harold T. Smith Named Milwaukee OPA Director
Rae E Walters announced Harold T Smith as Milwaukee district OPA director replacing Bruno V Batker whose resignation takes effect next Wednesday Smith currently serves as district price executive and will assume duties soon in Milwaukee Chicago based regional OPA administrator confirmed the appointment.
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Milwaukee
Rae E. Walters
Chicago
OPA
Harold T. Smith
Milwaukee District
Smith
Bruno V. Batker
Eyewitness Biak Invasion Report From Pacific Front
U S Army Headquarters in Dutch New Guinea reports Biak island landings by veteran infantry from a major southwest Pacific division. Early assaults from destroyer transports push ashore near Bosnek and Cape Garfia amid limited air activity and cautious progress along the coast.
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U. S. Army
Dutch New Guinea
Biak Island
Southwest Pacific
Biak
Bosnek Village
Yellow Coral
Mokner Airstrip
Barokoe
Bosnek
Cape Garfia
Battle Japs For 3 Vital Plane Bases
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports American infantry forced a landing at Biak Island in New Guinea and pressed to secure air fields for Philippine offensives. General MacArthur announced the invasion, noting a strong beachhead established after dawn on the southeastern coast near Bosnia, as veterans push inland through jungle terrain.
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MacArthur
Biak
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Tokyo
A _ headquarters
Naval
Ahaa
Mer
Sorido
Borokoe
New Guinea
Philippines
Hollandia
Wakde
Noemfoor
Japan
Manokwari
Nabire
Babo
Fischhafen
Japanese New Guinea
Madang
British New Guinea
Toem
Wakde Islands
Maffin Bay
Maffin
Schoutens
Douglas MacArthur
Bosa
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Schouten Isles
Casilina Highway
Eternal City
Budge
By James M. Long
Dunkerque
Pri- Nile
BEF
By Spencer Moosa
E. C. Thompson
Weather Bureau
Liberator
French
Hitler
Nimes
Avignon
Marseille
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Saarbrucken
Karlsruhe
Munich
Metz
Strasbourg
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Westwall
Paris
Salon
Montpellier-Frejorgues
Razanik
Zara
Continent
Aaachen
H. T. Smith
By Asahel Bush
Mekmer
Finschhafen
By Marlin Spencer
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