Nazis Retreat as Allied Advance Presses in Italy
Allied forces push toward Rome as German troops retreat. Field Marshal Von Kesselring orders withdrawals at key points, while 5th Army seizes Cori near the Anzio beachhead. British, Polish, and Canadian units report gains north of Cassino and across the Melfa River in the Liri Valley.
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C.P.Reuters
ONDON
Martin Hallensleben
OD. N. E
Albert Von Kesselring
Italy
Hallensleben
Cisterna
Meira
Lira
EDWARD KENNEDY
Associated Press
NAPLES
5th
Cori
Ando
Rome
Monte Catro
Roccasecca
Cassino
Aquino
Piedimonte
Melfa River
Liri
APLES
8th Army
Hitler
Melfa
Anzio
5th Army
LITTORIA Cisterna
Allied reports heavy Japanese losses in Manipur and Burma
Allied headquarters estimate 8500 Japanese troops killed in Manipur northeast India as fighting continues around Bishenpur near Imphal. Japanese attempts to breach Imphal defenses fail. 200 killed and eight machine guns abandoned on the Tamu Palel road. In northern Burma, Mymyukyina relief column blocked. 30 Japanese killed, 60 wounded. Northwest of Myitkyina Chinese troops press Japanese garrison. 52 more killed. In Mogaung valley, Chinese 22nd Division advances southeast of Mala Kawng against Japanese positions.
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KANDY
Ceylon
Manipur
India
Bishenpur
Imphal
Tamu- Palel
CHANGEING
Myvyukyina
Burma
Namkwi
Allied North
Mogaung
Mala- Kawng
Berlin Says 70 of 80 Russ Planes Downed
Berlin radio reported a Soviet air attack on a German convoy off northern Norway. Nazi fighters claimed to have shot down 69 of 89 attacking aircraft, with one more plane downed by escort vessels. The action occurred near Nordkyn, about 200 miles northwest of Murmansk.
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LONDON
Norway
Berlin
WNordkyn
Murmansk
Brilliant Operation Ignites Allied Italy Victories
London dispatch reports the Moscow radio praising Allied advances in Italy as a brilliant operation. An official commentator lauds Allied troops as courageous and daring in the campaign.
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LONDON
C.P
Moscow radio today
Italy
U S Orders Million Tons of New Craft
The U S Senate approved and sent to the White House a bill authorizing the construction of an additional 1,000,000 tons of landing craft and other small vessels. The extra tonnage is estimated to cost 1.8 billion dollars as naval plans promise vast amphibious operations ahead.
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WASHINGTON
navy
United States senate
White House
The Dandelion Defies The Lawn In A War Of Green
Roy Engle quotes ARREN ESTEY arguing that dandelions brighten the yard and resist effort, calling lawns fragile and dull. He recalls hardy pastures, praises dandelion greens and wine, and argues nature thrives where lawns yield to the weed. Continued on Page 13.
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ARREN ESTEY
Roy Engle
Chicago Tribune
Allied Bombers Attack Lyon Rail Yards and French Targets
American bombers from Italy attacked the Lyon railyards, a key German supply link, and Mosquitos of the Allied Expeditionary Air Force hit northern France targets with no losses. Between 500 and 750 bombers hit rail yards at St Etienne and other sites near Lyon, Chambray, Grenoble and Nice, while Strikes extended to Vaise and La Mouche. Adriatic raids hit German troop concentrations at Bihac and Zemunik.
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LONDON
Italy
Lyon
Rhone
France
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
ST. ETIENNE
Chambray
Grenoble
Nice
Var river
Zemunik
Zara
Britain
Germany
Collision delays Dow Chemical freighter in Sarnia Bay
In heavy fog ten miles north of Port Huron the Dow Chemical Company freighter collided with the Huronic of the Canada Steamship Lines. About 9 000 tons of coal destined for Bay City Michigan were partially transferred to the Huron after the incident.
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PORT HURON
Mich
uPy
Dow Chemical Company
Sarnia Bay
Bay City
Sandusky, O
Huron
Huronic
Canada Steamship Lines
here
Fog Lifts Over Dover Strait After Morning Mist
A blanket of mist covered the Dover Strait at daybreak but cleared later as overcast skies persisted and visibility remained poor. No injuries or incidents reported.
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LONDON
Dover Strait
farawada
alee
Canadian Pontecorvo victory praised by Brig Gen Sewell
Brig Gen Horace Sewell lauded the Canadian corps breach of the Hitler line at Pontecorvo Italy on day one of the attack. He called the action a major Canadian military achievement in a war commentary issued by British information services.
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NEW YORK
Pontecorvo
Italy
Horace Sewell
British information services
International monetary conference set for Bretton Woods
President Roosevelt announced an international monetary conference to begin July 1 in the United States to address postwar financial issues. Invitations went to 42 countries plus the French Committee of National Liberation. The Bretton Woods meeting will be led by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau under the name United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
United States
French Committee of National Liberation
Bretton Woods
N.H
Treasury
Morgenthau
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
Carrier aircraft blast Marcus and Wake islands in Pacific raid
Pearl Harbor reports a Pacific fleet task force attacked Marcus and Wake islands from Friday through Tuesday. Four planes were lost, Marcus showed a weakened air defense, Wake received heavy bombing with 354 sorties and 150 tons dropped.
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PEARL HARBOR
Pacific fleet
Marcus
Wake islands
central Pacific
United Peoria navy
Thursay
Wake
Marcus island
Tokyo
St James's Palace Hit In Raid With Art Loss
London reports show St James's Palace windows shattered in an air raid, with the Royal chapel and Queen Mary’s private quarters damaged. Art treasures in nearby shops valued between £250,000 and £390,900 were destroyed, Greek antiquities and masterworks damaged, while some items were recovered unharmed days later.
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LONDON
St. James's Palace
Royal chapel
Pall Mall
Queen’s chapel
Piers Leigh
art row
King Street
palace
No Change In Alberta Liquor Rations
Edmonton May 26 J A King chairman Alberta Liquor Control Board said liquor and beer quotas for the next few months probably will be unchanged. He noted Alberta applications and permits from Jan 1 to April 50 totaled 276 485 versus 205 709 in the same period last year.
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EDMONTON
C.P
J. A. King
Alberta Liquor Control Board
Alberta
Northern Alberta urged for city development by government
Ottawa reports Prime Minister’s aide urged bigger funding to build a northern Alberta mecca for veterans. He cited waterpower, oil, gas, salt, and coal as foundations for a major northern city and regional growth.
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OTTAWA
J. M. Dechenel L. Athabuaska
Alberta
Mr. Dechene
Oil sands debate in Canadian parliament at North Lands
Ottawa May 26 The Athabaska Alcatar sands development dominated yesterday's house debate. Resources Minister Crerar defended the government's honest effort to assess oil production potential. MP John R MacNicol called for a parliamentary committee to study the project while J M Dechene and C E Johnston pressed for inquiries into Alberta and Edmonton claims, suggesting a royal commission to examine charges.
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OTTAWA
Athabaska
Alcatar sands
Crerar
Dominion
John R MacNicol
P.C
Toronto Davenport
J. M. Dechene
W. A. Falion
Alberta
far Sands
Edmonton
C. E. Johnston
S.C
Bow River
Fallon
Parliamentarian News Bulletins Faced Plant Closings Debated
Reports say Winnipeg city council urged government to grant MacDonald Company more contracts to avert plant closure. MacDonald officials deny any foundation for closure rumors though layoffs occur in the overhaul department. Present contracts keep other plant sections running through autumn 1945. Howe says such statements by public figures caused unrest and hopes they cease. Knowles pressed about Winnipeg airport amid noisy proceedings.
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Stanley Knowles
C.C.F
Winnipeg North Centre
Howe
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Tribune
MacDonald Company
Anson
commons
Canadians Consolidate Melfa River Gains in Italy
Canadian Corps comprising Maj Gen Hoffmeister’s and Maj Gen Vokes’s divisions pressed to the Melfa river five miles northwest of Pontecorvo, consolidating positions and mopping up. German resistance persisted with tanks and artillery as fighters moved to protect Romeward advance. Pontecorvo fell earlier, and Aquino’s German line retreated as Canadian units, aided by British 8th Army and French Anedata forces, widened the breakout along the Liri valley.
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Cisterna
5th Army
Littoria
Pontine marshes
B. M. Hoffmeister
Melfa river
Chris Vokes
PONTECORVO
Melfa
Douglas Amazon
Hoffmeister
Aquino
highway No. 6
Roccasecca
Amazon
Piedimonte
Ceprano
Terracina
Monte Vaglia
ITALY
C.P. Cable
Liri
Rome
Hoitfmister
Vancouver
Meira
Vokes
Ottawa
Winnipeg
8th Army
stuboorniv
Cassinoa Hassites
Romersus Roccasecca
siguts
Cassina
Anedata Army
Lirt
Roosevelt predicts another meeting with Churchill this year
President Roosevelt said he expected to meet Prime Minister Churchill again this year with possible options this summer late spring or early winter. He avoided late winter due to stormy weather and noted the plan depends on agreeable conditions.Canada to send delegates to monetary conference and allied plans ahead in Europe. Iceland votes overwhelmingly for republic and severance from Denmark with nearly 70 percent counted. Alexander praised for Italy campaign while Rome situation deteriorates with 2,000,000 starving and escaped POWs in Rome catacombs. British surprise at Churchill Spain stance in House of Lords.
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ROOSEVELT
CHURCHILL
WASHINGTON
CANADA
OTTAWA
ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON
Europe
ICELAND
REPUBLIC
REYKJAVIK
Denmark
ALEXANDER
LONDON
C.P
Harold Alexander
Italy
Brendan Bracken
ROME
C.P.Reuters
Chiasso
Bern
Stockholm
SPAIN
Lord Winster. Laber
house of lords
Charclill
house of commons
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Old Anzio
U.S
George
Price Fraser
DOVER
Marcus Isles
St. James’s Palace
Queen Mary
Frans Hals
Van Dyck
Robinson and Fisher
Frank Partridge and Sons
NORTH
Fifth Army
jis
Castrocielo
Borcasecca
Monte Cairo
North Sands
NORTH LANDS
PARLIAMENTAR
Knowles
Exchequer Court
Douglas Abbott
Asseys
von Pore
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