Gains on Italian Front Extend Allied Push Toward Cassino
Allied forces continue advancing from the Liri valley toward Cassino with French and American troops driving through breaches in the Gustav line. British Indian troops repulse counterattacks as 3,000 prisoners are taken and Monte Fammera and San Giorgio fall. Air and naval support pound Piombino, Ancona, Orvieto, and surrounding targets as Juin's troops eliminate a German regiment. Kohima ridge also falls into Allied hands signaling a major Indo-Burma front victory.
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Naples
Liri
Cassino
Harold Alexander
Italy
Ome
Altho
Alexander
Adolf Hitler
Gustav
Spigno
Garigliano
Monte Fammera
Eighth Army
San Giorgio
Liri River
Rapido
Arunci
Capo Dacqua
Monte Je Civita
Mediterranean Air Force
Piombino
Ancona
Orvieto
Pontedera
Portoferraio
Alphonse Juin
Fornia
Itri
Fifth Army
Liiri
Kehima Ridge
London
LPI
Reuters
Kohima
India
Kohima Ridges
Indo-Burma
Air Forces in Italy Active in Support of the New Offensive
Allied air forces in Italy pressed the new offensive with 1800 sorties against harbors bridges and industrial targets. Marauders Mitchells and bombers attacked Portoferraio Orvieto Pontedera Pisa Livorno and several railways while Bostons Baltimores Warhawks and fighterbombers hit trucks convoys and docks across the peninsula. Several Allied planes failed to return with seven enemy aircraft shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Allied
Naples
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Mitchells
Pioabino
Portoferraio
Orvieto
Pontedera
Pisa
Livorno
Ligurian Sea
Acona
Adriatic
Porto
Ferraio
Elba
Spezia
Rome
London
England
Berlin
Portsmouth
Ludwigshafen
Germany
France
Paris
Atlantic Wall
Supplies Blocked Hit English Coast
Swiss dispatches report disrupted cod deliveries and mass Italian refugees flooding into Rome amid blocked railways and scarce transport. Partisans clash with Fascists in Lombardy and Piedmont as Rome braces for possible invasion while Germany mounts coast defense and warns of widespread post invasion fighting.
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Bern
Switzerland
Gustav Line
Italy
Mussolini
Rome
Florence
Gustavine
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Chiasso
Appenines
Bellinzona
Gallarate
Piacenza
National Committee of Resistance
Lombardy
Piedmont
Toscano
Wehrmacht
Soviet Air Blows at German Sea and Land Lines
Soviet air operations reported by the high command strike at German sea and land targets in two sectors of the front. A convoy of 41 ships near Kirkenes was attacked, with three transports totalling 19 000 tons sunk. Three Nazi transports were set on fire and one beached. Additional ships and an escort vessel were damaged. Rail lines near Lwow and supply depots at multiple locations were bombed. Local fighting reported southeast of Stanislawow and northwest of Tiraspol.
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London
High Command
Kirkenes
Lwow
Old Poland
Ravaruskaya
Stryj
Dvinsk
Ukhno
Dobrozin
Stanislawow
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Mary Pickford in Mexico on 10 day leave
Mary Pickford and her husband Aviation Lt Charles Rogers arrived in Mexico City for a 10 day leave granted to Rogers to enjoy a brief stay. The visit is described as a brief Test in the country. The article also notes Senate Finance Committee approval of the income tax simplification bill and a plan to take up the measure in the canals in action Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mary Pickford
Moving Picture
Aviation
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Rogers
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ala
Jury Sworn to Try 29 Alleged Conspirators in Nazi Plot
A jury of ten men and two women was sworn in Washington on May 16 to try 29 defendants accused of conspiring to establish a Nazi form of government in the United States. The panel was completed in the trial’s fifth week after earlier attempts were abandoned due to term expirations. One defendant, Ernest Elmhurst of New Jersey, sued his attorney and two federal prosecutors for 510,000 claiming an unholy alliance to exchange information during the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ernest F. Elmhurst
New
Russians Award Five British Fighters Suvorov Order
Russian Ambassador Fyodor Gusev presented the order of Suvorov first degree to five British servicemen as he warned that decisive battles near London are approaching. The honorees include Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Admiral John C. Tovey, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, and Gen. Sir Harold Alexander.
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London
Fyodor Gusev
Russia
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
John C. Tovey
Arthur Harris
Bruce Austin Fraser
Home Fleet
Harold Alexander
Italy
Gustav Line
US Bomber Crashes in Denmark. Four Killed
German Transocean News Agency reports a night-flying United States bomber crashed in Gamtofte Denmark at 1 a m. and exploded with its payload, killing all four crew. Berlin had claimed Anglo American raids but the USAAF has not confirmed night operations.
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U. S
London
Transocean
United States
Denmark
Gamtofte
Berlin
USAAF
Japanese Stab at Air Base in China
Allied radio reports claim Japanese air bases within bombing range of Japan may exist as China drives along the Salween front. China reports gains toward Burma, encircling Japanese forces near Tengschung while British forces push to Kohima. Wake Island and surrounding areas face intensified air raids totaling over 550 tons of bombs in two days.
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China
Associated Press
Salween River
Tokyo Radio
Forimosa
Philippines
Clyde Farnsworth
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Chungking
Namien Pass
Shewei River
Burma Road
Tengschung
Daletme
Imphal
Manipur
Kohima
India
MeaeeArthur
Wake Island
Dutch New Guinea
Schouten Islands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Shumushu
Kurile Islands
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Marshalls
DeLuxe Cafeowner Donates 212 To Local Red Cross
George Spears owner of the DeLuxe Cafe donated 212.31 to the Douglas county chapter of the American Red Cross from yesterday’s meals and candy sales. He marked the sum as a gift to the plasma fund to keep the money in the local Red Cross. Spears, born in Greece, arrived in the U.S. at 19 and opened the cafe at 711 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence on May 15 1919, marking 25 years of ownership.
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Douglas County
American Red Cross
George Spears
DeLuxe
Spears
Red Cross
The
Greece
United States
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Romania Warns Hitler On Armistice Negotiations
Istanbul May 15 report says Ion Antonescu warned Adolf Hitler that Romania would seek a separate armistice with the Allies if German reinforcements are not sent immediately. Antonescu demanded an answer by today citing Rome’s precarious position after the Red Army crossed the Dnestr. Mass fire in Fall River draws 400 state guardsmen and local volunteers to battle a five mile front, destroying nearly 4,000 acres and two homes.
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Istanbul
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Adolf Hitler
Antonescu
Hitler
Red Army
Dnestr
Odessa
Fall River
Mass
Lps
Massachusetts
Raymond J. Kenney
Stock Market Index Steady at 51.7 for 60 Stocks
The stock market index for sixty stocks remains unchanged at 51.7 from yesterday. No major shifts reported as investors hold positions amid market quiet.
Fifty Million for School Lunches Policy Move
Washington May 16 The senate appropriations committee urged restoring house cuts in the agriculture bill by allocating 50 million dollars for school lunches and 124.71 million for continued Farm Security Administration rehabilitation loans to farmers. It also proposed doubling REA loan funds to 40 million, against the House’s 20 million. The overall department appropriation totals 535,244,192 for the year starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
Senate
Purvis Found Guilty of Assault and Battery in Douglas County
After two hours deliberation a Douglas County district court jury convicted William Howard Purvis of assault and battery. He was tried on an assault with intent to kill charge for wounding his wife on November 7, 1943, at her parents’ home near Baldwin. The maximum penalty is 500 dollars fine or one year in jail or both. Purvis awaits sentencing by Judge Hugh Means while free on bond.
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Douglas County District Court
William Howard Purvis
Purvis
Otto Beck
Baldwin
Hugh Means
Everett King
Toneka
Rudy Houk
O. J. Lane
King
Houk
C. T. Hough
C. E. Carl
Fred Peterson
R. W. Parker
Oscar Johnson
H. W. Firner
Virgil Wegiesworth
H. R. Skinner
Herman Tusher
Howard N. Day
W. E. Wadefield
Glenn Moody
Fifth Army reports enemy withdrawn from Spigno stronghold
American troops reach Spigno to find the Germans withdrawn from forward positions. Many prisoners taken near Mount Cavita as civilians greet advancing forces with cheers. Spigno lies in rubble from retreating Germans and air raids with houses blown up and no strong points left for the Allies. Donkey trains carry supplies up the cliff as troops consolidate the ruined town and notes indicate a rear guard delaying action by German artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth
Spigno
Mount Cavita
Ausente
French Foreign Legionnaires
Calls for Court Martial Short Says Story of Pearl Harbor
Representative Short introduces in the House a resolution urging court martial for prewar Pearl Harbor commanders before Septem ber 7. He seeks a three month extension of the dereliction of duty statute ending June 7, arguing Pearl Harbor is two and a half years behind us and may not affect wartime prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Representative Short
R-Mo
House
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Short
War and
Navy Departments
The
Missourian
Douglas County farmers coordinate war aid efforts meeting
About 25 local leaders from the Douglas County Agricultural Conservation association and allied committees met in the Chamber of Commerce rooms with state AAA official Harry Swope to review War Food Program aims. They reported 1,250 farm plans signed, planned 65 ponds, 40 000 tons lime spread, 1 450 acres contour cultivated, and 25 miles of terraces, plus continued livestock, feed, and protein stockpiling to meet winter demand while expanding conservation work.
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Douglas County Agricultural Conservation Association
Harry Swope
State Aaa Committee
Manhattan
Chamber of Commerce
County Farm Transportation Committee
County War Board
Douglas County
Homer E. Clark
Eudora
AAA
Lawrence
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
David V. Noe
State Committee
Noe
Deal Six
War Board
Will Hayden
George H. Butell
Transportation Committee
Chris Kraft
Kraft
Lawrence Leonhard
Farm Rationing Board
Weather boosts Kansas crops as heat leads to record highs
Topeka and Phillipsburg reached 95 degrees, matching Yuma’s top date heat. Forecasters predicted 88 to 94 with scattered evening storms across northern and western Kansas. Weatherman S. D. Flora hailed the warmth as ideal for crops, corn likely to grow rapidly. Low last night 50 at Goodland. Conspiracy charge in New York dropped as jury found Frederick Heizer Wright not guilty of acting as a Japanese agent.
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Topeka
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Yuma
Ariz
S. D. Flora
Goodland
New York
Frederick Heizer Wright
New York Daily News
Pearl Harbor
State Department
De Gaulle Committee Renames as Provisional Government
In Algiers on May 16 Gen Charles De Gaulle announced his National Liberation committee will be named the provisional government of the French republic. He said France is not bound absolutely by Clark Darlan accords and that changes since 1942 may be necessary. A spokesman said they will honor existing agreements but reserve the right to repudiate them later.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Committee For National Liberation
French Republic
de Gaulle
Consultative Assembly
France
Mark W. Clark
Jean Darlan
North Africa
DeGaulle
Recreational Training Institute Opens Evening Sessions
About 125 people are expected to attend the Recreational Training Institute starting this evening from 8 to 10 p m. Miss Ruth Hoover chairs the planning committee. The program is sponsored by the University physical education department and conducted with the National Recreational Association of America. Sessions run 8 to 10 each weekday on the east first floor of Robinson gymnasium with a Saturday morning 10 to 12 and closing 2 to 4 p m. A luncheon for members is set for Lindley hall Saturday noon.
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Ruth Hoover
University Physical Education Department
Robinson Gymnasium
Physical Education Department
Barbara Jewett
Occupational
Lawrence Recreational Committees
Anne Livingston
Pat Rooney
National Recreational Association of America
New York City
Sesson
Lindley Hall
Institute
Visitors from Douglas County attend Liberty Memorial Freshman Day
Nearly 50 eighth grade graduates from Douglas County schools visited Liberty Memorial High School for Freshman Day. Visitors registered at 9 a m and were greeted by principal Ralph Graber, toured chosen classes, and joined lunch with freshmen. An all school assembly aired on WREN from 1 to 1 30 p m, directed by Oliver Hobbs. The day concluded with a PE demonstration.
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Douglas County
Liberty Memorial High School
Ralph Graber
Wren
Oliver Hobbs
Music Department
Dogs Run Loose During Quarantine Extends 40 Day Term
Police received several calls about dogs running free. Investigations found some dogs wore current licenses and vaccines, but authorities say quarantine applies to all dogs regardless of license. Any dog seen roaming may be shot on sight. Quarantine lasts 40 days from May 9 to June 18.
Pictures Show Readiness for Invasion Call
London reports publish pictures of British transports and landing craft massed at bases ready for an invasion call. Some images fly the stars and stripes while others show U.S. trucks and equipment along country roads. Change Command of Base Washington, May 16, states Coffeyville Army Air Base has been taken over by the Third Army Air Force with continued operation and command transfer.
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London
Life
London Illustrated News
United States
Washington
Senator Reed
R-Kan
Army Air Base
Coffeyville
Kan
Third Army Air Force
Army Service Command
Democrats Elect State Delegates
Ten delegates and ten alternates to the state convention at Emporia on June 3 were elected at the Democratic county convention in the district courtroom last night. About 70 attended. President Roosevelt was endorsed for a fourth term. The meeting formed a delegates slate and named 10 alternates. A resolutions committee endorsed Roosevelt unanimously. A Douglas County Young Democrats chapter was proposed, with 26 affiliated. The meeting opened amid a courthouse mixup as groups gathered from different doors.
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Emporia
Court House
Roosevelt
Frank W. McDonald
J. §. St. Clair
Jeanne Myers
Frank Fitzpatrick
F. W. McDonald
Jeanne Meyers
J. S. St. Clair
Charles Springer
Erna Corey
Fred Mace
Lecompton
Tom Ice
Paul Lyons
John Akers
W. H. Frey
Ralph Achning
Roger Williams
Emma Overbaugh
Newton Perry
Loren Williams
Baldwinmour Gentry
John Riley
Roy Bushey
Gus Ziesenis
Eudora
Dick Conboy
County Central Committee
Douglas County
Young Democrats
Young Democrats of
Kansas
Await Exchange Ships Arrival in Barcelona Port
Spanish and allied authorities prepared for tomorrow’s prisoner exchange in Barcelona, the second such transfer on Spanish soil. Gadisca was to bring 814 wounded British and 18 American prisoners plus 87 civilians, while Gripsholm carried 338 wounded German prisoners and 378 civilians.
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Barcelona
Mediterranean
Gadisca
Gripsholm
Fourth Term Endorsed Democrats Recommend Burke for Vice President
Rice county Democrat central committee endorsed President Roosevelt for a fourth term and urged W H Burke of Little River as Democratic vice presidential nominee. Burke had previously won the party gubernatorial nominations in 1940 and 1942 and was recommended for Kansas national committeeman.
Weather outlook for central plains district includes scattered storms
The forecast covers Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma with scattered late day and evening thunder showers mainly in Nebraska and northern/western Kansas and Missouri tonight and Thursday into Friday with no precipitation Saturday Sunday. Temperatures near or above normal midweek then cooler Thursday night and warmer by weekend.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
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Stilwell
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Tokyo
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DE Gaulle Committee
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Robinson Gym
Funk’s Mortuary and Chapel— Ambulance Service
Democrats
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Pentagon
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