Japs Put Up Fierce Resistance On Biak Island Fight
Japanese forces on Biak Island off New Guinea mounted strong resistance as American troops pressed to secure Mokmer airfield. Allied bombardment and tank actions followed a major clash in the island’s southwest Pacific theater. In China, Chinese forces claimed breaches near Changsha amid heavy casualties as Stilwell advances toward reopening the Burma Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biak
New Guinea
China
Jape
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Mokmer
Philippines
6Th Army
Associated Press
Spencer Davis
Southwest Pacific
Davis
Bosaek Village
Tokyo Radio
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Chungking
Henan
Hunan
Joseph Stilwell
Bosnek
Biak Island
Schoute
Mokmer Sorido
Borokoe
Sercei
Japan Island
Senate approves debt limit increase and cabaret tax change
The Senate voted to raise the national debt limit from 210 to 260 billion dollars after an amendment lowering the cabaret tax from 30 to 20 percent. The measure returns to the House which had set the limit at 240 billion and has not acted on the revised tax. Senator Bilbo challenged a 20 percent cap while Downey supported a 20 percent levy to align with moviegoer rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Bilbo
D-Miss
Downey
D-Calif
Woman with Fifteen Husbands Aboard 1926 Record
FBI agent says Detroit woman Marion Stankowich, 35, has fifteen husbands since 1926. She faces federal fraud charges for claiming servicemen's dependents allowances under 1942 act, having memory gaps about marriages in Michigan and several other states. She awaits grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
FBI
Robert A. Guerin
Marion Stankowich
Mar Guerin
Stanko
Michigan
Indiana
Texas
New York
Ohio
Ariz
Florida
Stankowich
Iion
Roosevelt seeks $12 million boost for OPA
President Roosevelt asked Congress to raise the Office of Price Administration budget by 12 million dollars for the next fiscal year to fund more enforcement staff and regional offices. He recommended a total OPA appropriation of 182,252,000 dollars for the year starting July, up from 169,500,000 this year. A bill to extend the OPA for another year is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Office of Price Ration
OPA
Ambush Hits U S Forces at Mokmer Village Biak Island
Japanese forces attacked American troops near Mokmer village on Biak Island after a dawn push along the beach. Lt. Thomas Gildea and his men endured three hours of heavy fire before two stalled battalions fell back and called for supplies. Buffaloes ferried ammunition and medics through the perilous dunes as the siege continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
6Th Army
Mokmer
Biak Island
Mok
Thomas Gildea
Saddle River
N. J
Bosnek
New Guinea
Refugee Vessel Halted By Nazis
A German submarine halted the Portuguese liner Serpa Pinto in mid ocean last Friday, taking two American citizens prisoner and threatening to torpedo the ship. After seven to nine hours in lifeboats, the submarine permitted the vessel to proceed to Philadelphia. 385 people were evacuated. three died during transfers. The refugees were bound for Canada under the American Joint Distribution Committee. Virgilio Magina of New Bedford and Manuel Pinto of Waterbury were the American prisoners.
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Philadelphia
Serpa Pinto
Fourth Naval District
Canada
American Joint Distribution Committee
Virgilio Magina
New Bedford
Mass
Manuel Pinto
Waterbury
Churchill's Views On Spain Go Back 60 Years
Mrs. Roosevelt says Prime Minister Churchill's stance on Spain stems from sixty years of thinking a certain way and a reluctance to change. She told reporters that UN statements must align with collective positions before taking effect, noting limited press amplification of her remarks.
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Churchill
Spain
Washington
Roosevelt
Commons
United Nations
London
Mrs. Roosevelt
Girl Held As Witness In Probe Of Slaying
A 17 year old girl from Tullahoma was jailed in Nashville as a material witness in the May 18 gunshot slaying of James Robert Sherrill a 17 year old high school senior. Her father Ray Yates and two brothers Dennis and Harold Yates were charged with the murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tullahoma
State Highway Patrol Division
W. C. O'Lee
Ruth Yates
James Robert Sherrill
Ray Yates
Dennis
Harold Yates
Sherrill
O Neil Named Ration Attorney At La Crosse
William A. O Neil city attorney of Boscobel Wisconsin has been appointed rationing attorney in the district office of the office of price administration P H Griffin district director announced O Neil will join the OPA staff June 1 after several days of preliminary training in the Chicago regional office before taking up duties here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. O'Neil
Boscobel
Wis
Office of Price Administration
P. H. Griffin
O'Neil
OPA
Chicago
Not Enough Patriotism At Home Rickenbacker Says
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker told 10 000 listeners in Kansas City that servicemen abroad feel patriotism on the home front is lacking and that most people are not awake to their obligations and responsibilities. He asserted there is justification for such belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Eddie Rickenbacker
Man Charged With Murder In Litchfield Case
Clem Prater of Wood River was charged Wednesday with murder for killing his 18 year old stepdaughter Darlene Bandy of Litchfield mother of a three months old son and wife of Willis Bandy now serving with the navy in the south Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Clem Prater
Wood River
Darlene Bandy
Sir Willis Bandy
South Pacific
City Hosts Largest Memorial Parade in La Crosse History
Thousands line King Street for Memorial Day parade as Banas floats horses bands and uniforms parade past West Avenue to Oak Grove and Catholic cemeteries where students place geraniums on veterans graves. Leading figures include Brownie Beck Jim Bates and Dr Paul Gotterdam with Coast Guard Reserve CAP and Wisconsin State Guard units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ol’ Sol
la Crosse
King Street
West Avenue
Oak Grove
Catholic
Grove
Brownie Beck
The
American Legion
Jim Bates
Boy Scouts
Paul Gotterdam
London School
Sea Scout Color Guard
Logan
Co. M
Wisconsin State Guard
Coast Guard Reserve
Civil Air Patrol
General Mills
City Health Department
Red Cross
Myrtle Olson
Logan Sea Scouts
William McKinley Relief Corps
Wilson Colwell Relief Corps
William Golz
Marine Corps
Veterans of Foreign Wars
CAP
Navy
Drum and Bugle Corps
Thomas Rooney
VFW
Ladies’ Auxiliary
VFW Red Cross Center
Central High School
Central LC Club
Welders and counters seized in Boston fraud probe
FBI and U S marshals arrested 100 Bethlehem-Hingham shipyard workers and counters on charges of conspiring to defraud the government. The test showed welders and counters exchanged false production credits with counters receiving up to 75 dollars weekly. Federal officials said some cases involved individual false claims without counter involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
FBI
U. S
Bethlehem-Hinghan
E. A. Soucy
Edmund J. Brandon
Washington
Soucy
Temporary Impounding of Mail Security Act
Washington officials responded to reports that United Kingdom mail is being impounded temporarily. Censorship Director Byron Price said international communications may suffer during critical times. He noted censorship acts are in close collaboration with the army and navy to protect national security and would not advertise their actions to the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Kingdom
Byron Price
Army
Navy
Newsmen Covering Tito's Forces Captured
London reports German forces captured two news correspondents and two photographers who had reached the headquarters of Marshal Tito to cover the Yugoslav army of liberation. Stoyan Pribichevich of Time and Life escaped, while John Talbot of Reuters remained believed held along with two unnamed photographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ishal Tito
Two Killed in Plane Crash at Ellsworth Wisconsin
Ellsworth Wisconsin residents Duane L. Doolittle age 19 and Donald Harlander age 26 died when their small airplane crashed into a hillside near Ellsworth Tuesday around 4 p.m. Doolittle had just completed flight training as an aviation cadet and Harlander was an experienced Civil Air Patrol pilot. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Wis
Duane L. Doolittle
Donald Harlander
Doolittle
Harlander
Civil Air Patrol
Bombs Hit Romanian Oil At Ploesti And Rail Yards
Allied air forces from Britain and Italy attacked for the third straight day striking at the Ploesti refinery near Bucharest and German rail yards at Hamm Osnabruck Schwerte and Est near Hamm. The bomber force included Fortresses Liberators and fighters with heavy losses reported.
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London
Britain
Italy
Ploesti
Mulhouse
Switzerland
Hamm
Osnabruck
Schwerte
Dortmund
Soest
Germany
Austria
France
Belgium
Yugoslavia
U. S
Invasion Craft Needs Fulfilled For Second Front
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced that all requirements for landing craft in the second front operation have been met with a 70 percent production rise in six months. Vice Admiral Cochrane praised yards producing LSTs, saying March projections were exceeded by ten ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Edward Cochrane
Airport work resume hoped after Roosevelt review
Rep Randolph said 28 airports in 17 states stalled by a War Department review may be completed. He led a 68 member group pressing President Roosevelt who promised an immediate recheck and a decision within a week or ten days. The La Crosse Wisconsin airport is among those listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Randolph
D-Wva
War Department
West
Dolph
la Crosse
Wis
RowleyBuys Store Block in Town Deal
L B Rowley of Rowley Office Equipment announced the purchase of the Krause building on the southwest corner of Third and Main streets. The three story brick block fronts 80 feet on Main and 3rd. purchase price not disclosed. Rowley filed deeds with Charles Wachs and negotiated with the Krause estate. He plans modernization soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krause
Third and Main Streets
L. B. Rowley
Rowley Office Equipment Company
Rowley
Register of Deeds
Charles Wachs
Krause Estate
Main
Nazis End Lull On Soviet Front
Moscow reports the German army broke a six week pause in the eastern war with a sharp raid north of Iasi Romania. The push used tanks and infantry to gain a small wedge with heavy losses, while AP notes it may be a feint to disrupt Russian troop concentrations. Further fighting occurred northwest of Vitebsk and Allied air and sea actions targeted German shipping in Narva Bay.
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London
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Gilmore
Lasi
Ploesti
Red Army
Vitebsk
White Russia
Narva Bay
Nazisom Hopes On Building Seapower
A Munich paper argues Germany’s sole hope after conquest is to hold Europe for a peace that lets it build naval strength to challenge Britain and the United States. It says Germany failed to invade England due to lacking sea power and that Britain and America will likely keep their dominance at sea, delaying a Nazi order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Munchner Neueste Nachrichten
Great Britain
America
Germany
Europa
Draftees In County Leave For Induction
La Crosse men named in the May induction call leave for final physical examinations at 10:45 a.m. on the Hiawatha train. Draft boards one and two announce assignments with navy pool men heading to Milwaukee recruiting station and army inductees to Fort Sheridan Illinois reception center.
Lynching Of U.S. Airman Described
Stockholm reports an eyewitness account of an American airman lynching near a German village. Berlin broadcast disputed claims of five lynchings and noted no confirmation of such events.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Helje Granberg
Germany
Granberg
OWI Flags Af tonbladet For Pro Nazi Reporting
The Office of War Information rated the Stockholm newspaper Af tonbladet as having the lowest reliability for German news. It notes the paper’s past pro Nazi reporting and cites some Nazi admissions alongside many dangerous Nazi plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Office of War Information
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Germany
Aftonbladet Lays Claim Of Lynching Five Airmen
Aftonbladet dispatch reports villagers lynched an American airman after a downed craft incident in Brandenburg. The account cites an eye witness and echoes Nazi propaganda patterns, while calling the German crowd’s actions an act of war and urging caution in believing the tale.
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Aftonbladet
Aftonbladder
Brandenburg
Paul Joseph Koebbels
Germany
Enemy Plans To Hold Now At All Costs
Allied advances around Rome press the German line from Valmontone to Cassino as forces near Frosinone and Velletri clash. German reinforcements test heavy defenses while the Pope’s summer home at Castel Gandolfo lies within six miles as the battle for Rome intensifies.
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Napples
Pescarella Nuova
Rome
Velletri
Alban Hills
Valmontone
Atina
Cassino
8Th
Rome Line
Eternal City
Castel Gandolfo
45000 From Denmark Sent To Italian Front
The Gateborg Handels- Och Sjoefarstidning, cited by OWI, reports 45000 Nazi soldiers have been sent from Denmark to the Italian front. The Swedish piece says only seven Nazi divisions remain in mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Associated Press
Gateborg
Sweden
Handels- Och Sjoefarstidning
OWI
Mark
German hold in central Italy blocks Nazi retreat to protect Rome
Allied communique notes strong enemy resistance from Calmontone to the sea as Germans retreat from central Italy. British forces push along the coast while American and 8th army advance, closing toward Frosinone and Lanuvia. Tanks clash near Lanuvia as Germany tries to slip north via lateral roads under heavy attack.
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Frosinone
Valmontone
Via Casilina
Rome
Velletri
5Th
Calmontone
Moletta
L’americano
Aredea
Campo Semina
Villa Crocetta
Lanuvia
Alban Hills
8Th Army
Italy
Alfedena
Fontana
Stranvolagalli
Posi
Ceccano
Arpino
Sangro
5Th Army
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Goering
10Th Army
Liri
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Biak Isle
F. R
By Spencer Davis
Schouten
Geelvinh
Japen
O’neil
Rickenbacker
Wee
Tito
French Coast
By Austin Bealmear
Luftwaffe
RAF
Dregne
London —i
8Th Air Force
Irwin Dregne
Viroqua
Robert Becker
Hollydale
Calif
Maj
Leverkusen
Boulogne
Dunkerque
Channel
Mediterranean
Linz
Wiener-Neustadt
Air Ministry
Hitler
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Calais
Dover Strait
Rommel
Bern
Annecy
Geneva
la Suisse
Nazisom
U.S
Velluri
Naples
Frossinone
Via
Casilina
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