U S AND FRENCH TROOPS TAKE 4 TOWNS IN ITALY GAINS
British Eighth army front in Italy reports Sant Angelo captured as American and French troops assault the Gustav line. Ventosa Cercobi San Damiano and Castelforte areas fall amid heavy resistance, with the Rapido bridgehead forming and Monte Faito seized by French forces.
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Allied
Naples
Gustav Line
Italy
Eighth Army
Cassino
Rapido River
Damiano Hill
Hill $16
Castelforte
Fifth
Monte Failo
San Sebastiano
Tuing
Kiehth
Rapido
Palau Gateway In Range of Land Based Bombers
Allied notes place Palau within bomber range as Hollandia airfields enable attacks on Palau and southern Philippines. MacArthur reported Liberator bomb damage on a 1,000-ton enemy ship 300 miles east of Palau, with additional strikes near Truk and Puluwat. The Hollandia operation drives a growing prisoner tally and intensified air offensives over New Guinea and Wake Island.
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Philippines
Palau
Tim Palau
MacArthur
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Truk
Puluwat
Plau
New Guineas
Douglas MacArthur
Carolina Islands
Mokmer
Schouten Islands
Wake Island
Wewak
Lake Sentani
Hollandia-Aitape
Retreat Cut Off as Japanese Drive Near Loyang and Tungkwan
Chinese forces report the Lunghai railway breached at two points about 40 miles west of Loyang as Japanese tanks press the siege of Loyang. Meinghih and Yinghao losses shrink Chinese escape options on the Lunghai line while Japanese columns push toward Kuanyintang and Tungkwan. In Italy, Fifth Army reports heavy fighting in the Ausente valley around San Damiano Castelforte with near 200 German soldiers trapped and captured.
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Cassino
Fifth Army
Castelforte
Ventosa
Cercobi
San Sebastiano
Cosmo San Damiano
Chungking
Shansi
Lunghai
Loyang
Mienchin
Yellow River
Mienchih
Yinghao
Meinghih
Henan
Lunghai Railway
Kuanyintang
Tungkwan
China
Italy
Ausente
Little Cassino
San Damiano
Bob Dobbs
Roanoke
Joseph A. Roberge
Manchester
N. H
Roy T. McAllestir
Atlanta
Pensive Captures Preakness at Pimlico in 1 59 1/5
Pensive won the 54th Preakness at Pimlico before about 30,000 fans, beating Platter by three-quarters of a length with Stir Up third. The Calumet Farm colt clocked 1:59 1/5 for the mile and three sixteenths, earning $60,075 and taking a step toward the Triple Crown.
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Pimlico Race Course
Baltimore
Pensive
Platter
Stir Up
Warren Wright
Calumet Farm
Employer May Discuss Unions With His Employer
The Third U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an employer may discuss labor unions with his own employees without violating the Wagner Act. It dismissed a petition to hold Edward G Budd Manufacturing Co and its president in contempt for letters about unions sent to 15000 employees, stating the act does not strip free speech from employers. Attorney A Norman Somers called the suit a test case and noted such mailings are becoming common.
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Philadelphia
Third
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Edward G. Budd Manfacturing Company
Edward G. Budd
A. Norman Somers
NLRB
Track meet at Memorial stadium invites 25 Kansas schools
Athletes from twenty five Kansas high schools compete this afternoon at Memorial Stadium Track in the state regional meet. The top four in individual events and top three in relays qualify for the state meet in Wichita on May 20. Henry Shenk, KU football coach, serves as general manager of the event.
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Kansas
Memorial Stadium
Wichita
Henry Shenk
K. U
Slav Stops 25 Bullets And Lives to Fight Again
Yugoslav partisan Slav Miljusevic, 81, survived 25 bullets and a headshot from German troops after being captured last December in Croatia. He endured chest and shoulder injuries, a broken left arm, and a bullet through the head before reaching a partisan hospital in Italy where he is regaining use of his arm and can walk with help.
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Italy
Djuro Miljusevic
Miljusevic
Cordu
Croatia
Authorized a Dividend Cessna Aircraft to Pay 100 Percent
Cessna Aircraft Co directors approved a 100 percent stock dividend on common shares payable June 30 to holders of record June 15. One new share per existing 350,000 shares will be issued if stockholders approve increasing authorized common stock from 500,000 to 1,500,000 at a special meeting June 6. The dividend would capitalize earned surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Cessna Aircraft, Co
No-Stop Bombing Resumes as Allied Air Assault Intensifies
Up to 750 American heavy bombers struck Tatow and Osnabruck while massed formations hit Belgian rail centers Tougain and Hasselt and northern France. Over 4,000 Allied planes pounded rail hubs ports and airfields across Italy Britain and occupied Europe in a 29th straight day of air strikes. German fighters clashed with the attackers but losses were not released by U S headquarters.
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London
Germany
Tutow
Osnabruck
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Amsterdam
R.A.F
Tougain
Hasselt
France
Belgium
Baltic
U. S
Hitler
Europe
Italy
Britain
Atlantic Wall
Mediterranean
Eighth Air Force
Ra.f
Schleswig-Holstein
North Sea
Brandenburg
Neumunster
Lubeck
Mecklenburg
Hamburg
Weapon Used by Nazis Was Discarded by U S in 1935
Allied reports from Naples on May 13 state that U S Army ordnance experts deemed Hitler’s Goliath radio controlled tank a poor imitation of a 1935 U S experiment. Lt Col N L McGrath said the 1935 self propelled tank idea was discarded for vulnerability and impracticality. The intelligence group found the B 4 and Goliath inferior to the earlier U S model.
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Allied Headquarters
Naples
Hitler
U. S
N. L. McGrath
Allied Forces Headquarters
U. S. S Army Ordnance , Department
Stock Market Index Inches Up to 51.6
The benchmark average of 60 stocks rose slightly to 51.6 after trading, edging above yesterday's 51.5 reading. Key players and sectors moved modestly, reflecting cautious investor sentiment amid mixed economic signals.
In London Quiet Talk on Invasion Plans
London observers say invasion talk is hushed among security officers and troops planning the attack. People avoid dates and even small details, fearing careful eavesdroppers and code names like Cardinals pitching staff.
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Associated Press
London
Boys In Brass
Cardinals
Homemaker Class Aims Wartime Skills in Lawrence
A six week series on wartime homemaking begins next week at McAllaster and Woodlawn in Lawrence. Led by Miss Incy McCormack, the program covers buying wisely, family living, meat planning, and home safety with free admission.
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Lawrence
McAllaster
Woodlawn
University of Kansas
Home Economics Department
University Extension Division
Incy McCormack
University Department of Home Economics
Miss McCormack
Alabama State College For Women
University of Minnesota
Shirt-Sleeve Days Bring Warm Weather Across Kansas
Topeka reports shirt-sleeve warmth as summerlike temperatures linger across Kansas with highs around 80 to 88 degrees. Weatherman Flora said the pattern would hold through tomorrow with scattered thunderstorms forecast for southwestern and extreme western Kansas. Rainfall was heavy in south central and southwestern areas, Goodland recording 2.54 inches, while eastern streams remained largely unaffected.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Kan
Dodge City
Pratt
Wichita
Lindsborg
Salina
Florence
McPherson
Concordia
Hill City
Lawrence
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Centralia
Lebo
Goodland
Chanute
Jurors summoned for Douglas county May term court
Judge Hugh Means calls jurors for duty Monday morning nine o clock at the court house in the May term. Twenty more jurors were drawn last week in addition to 36 already drawn for this session. Two cases set for trial are city vs. Hughes and state of Kansas vs. Purvis.
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Court House
Douglas County District Court
Hugh Means
City
Hughes
State of Kansas
Purvis
Russians Fret Battle for Dniester Bridgehead Northwest of Tiraspol
London dispatch reports fierce fighting on the west bank of the Dniester near Tiraspol as German forces push to wipe out the Soviet bridgehead. Soviet communiques claim 4,000 Germans and 200 tanks knocked out in two days, part of a broader seizure of Crimea with heavy Axis losses.
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London
Dnester
Tiraspol
Crimea
Crimean
Falten Sevastopol
Soviet Information Bureau
Soviet
Monitor
Black Sea
Information Bureau
Sevastopol
New Flight Record Set By Mustangs Across Continent
Col Clair Peterson, Fargo resident, set a new transcontinental speed record from Los Angeles to New York in six hours 31 minutes 30 seconds aboard a P-51 Mustang with full battle gear. Lt Col Jack H Carter followed in six hours 39 minutes 30 seconds in a second Mustang. Hughes earlier held the record in six hours 58 minutes. Peterson refueled in Kansas City and averaged about 378 mph over 2470 miles. Carter averaged about 370 mph over 2464 miles.
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New York
Clair Peterson
Peterson
Fargo
N. D
Los Angeles
LaGuardia Field
Jack H. Carter
Pasadena
Calif
North American Aviation Corporation
California
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Burbank
Washington, D. C
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Kansas City
Carter
Frances Long to Lead Panel on Music at Topeka
The Kansas State Association for the Blind holds its annual convention at Hotel Kansas in Topeka on May 27 and 28. The theme is Victorious Peace Today s Achievement Tomorrow s Security. Frances Long, a University fine arts student, will chair a music panel. A C Wilson of Oskaloosa, former Lawrence lawyer, will deliver a memorial tribute to D Lincoln McKibben and give the dinner grace at 1 30 p m Sunday. A war bond drawing follows the dinner, and the board of directors meets Friday May 26.
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Kansas State Association For the Blind
Kansan
Topeka
Frances Long
School of Fine Arts
A. C. Wilson
Oskaloosa
Lawrence
D. Lincoln McKibben
Grace
Shopper breaks a wrist in store mishap
Mrs Angeline Bone of Los Angeles visiting Mrs John Steed of DeSoto fell while leaving the Miller and Malott store at 736 Massachusetts street and fractured her left wrist about noon today. She was treated at Memorial hospital and returned to her hostess home this afternoon.
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Angeline Bone
Los Angeles
John Steed
DeSoto
Miler and Malott
Massachusetts Street
Memorial Hospital
NAZI AIRMEN NOT IN EVIDENCE OVER ITALY ALLIED AIRSIGHTS
Allied air forces in Italy pressed a ground offensive with nearly 3000 sorties. No German fighters challenged dawn to dusk raids. one aircraft appeared then fled. Despite bad weather, bombers targeted communications, roads, air fields, bridges, and troops behind lines. Heavy bombers reached Genoa. Eighteen Allied planes failed to return, likely due to anti aircraft fire.
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Associated Press
Allied Air Force Headquarters
Italy
Reichmarshal Goering
Gustav Jine
Genoa
Greek immigrant George Spears marks 25th anniversary at DeLuxe Cafe
Lawrence Greek immigrant George Spears celebrates 25 years owning the DeLuxe Cafe at 714 Massachusetts Street. Monday proceeds plus sales go to the American Red Cross. special menu, extra staff, hours 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. All meals and sales support Red Cross with tax collected. Spears, US citizen since 1916, came to Lawrence in 1919 and built a longtime campus favorite with KU students.
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George Spears
Greece
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
American Red Cross
Spears
Red Cross
United States
Old Baltimore
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Falls City
Neb
K. U
Eugenia Theriakopulo
France
Italy
New Factory Moving to Lawrence from Kansas City
Y. J. Vincent, owner of Lawrence Hardware at 724 Massachusetts, yesterday bought the D. H. Buster Chemical Co. of Kansas City and will move the factory to Lawrence. Production will begin in a basement laboratory within the Lawrence Hardware building manufacturing furniture polishes floor waxes and seals. War restrictions limit expansion until the war ends. The venture will start with three employees and aim for 145 to 200 workers as it grows.
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Y. J. Vincent
Lawrence Hardware Company
Massachusetts
D. H. Buster Chemical Company
Kansas City
Lawrence
Vincent
Lawrence Hardware
Rearing Is Postponed Conference on Arkansas River Water
Kansas and Colorado officials postpone the annual conference on Arkansas River water. Attorney General A B Mitchell said the meeting is moved to May 31 after Gale Ireland Colorado attorney general notified Topeka the delegation cannot attend May 18.
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Arkansas
Topeka
A. B. Mitchell
Kansas-Colorado
Gale Ireland
Colorado
Mitchell
Rabid Dog Killed by Police In Lawrence
A shaggy mongrel shot by police last Thursday in the 500 block of East Nineteenth Street tested positive for rabies. The dog had bitten several others in Lawrence, prompting a county wide quarantine and a warning to residents to control pets.
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East Nineteenth Street
R. C. Jensen
Jensen-Salsberg Laboratory
Kansas City
Wweek
South Lawrence
Haskell
Vermont Street
C. A. Bliesner
W. C
Nelson
Douglas County
W. J. Miller
State Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
C. B. Russell
Skinner
Lawrence
Spitfires Hit German Convoy on Paris Rouen Road
London May 13 A squadron of Canadian Spitfires attacked a German motorized convoy on the Paris Rouen road during a morning sweep in France. At least eight vehicles were riddled including a staff car a staff officer ran out then vanished after a burst from Lt Hank Zarv of New York City others reported Germans stumbling from cars and many falling in the road under machine gun fire
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London
LP1
Paris-Rouen
France
Hank” Zarv
New York City
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Honan Province
By Sid Feder
Cessna Aircraft
Mother's Day
Besiere
Adv
Judge Means
Dnestr
Red Army
Gen. Arnold
Mra
V. 3
Buster Chemical Company
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