Allied Offensives Weigh on Rome Front as Pacific Battles Widen
June reports describe Allied air campaigns and Soviet support nearing decisive ground action in Europe with Rome potentially occupied soon. In Asia Japan massed 300000 troops around Hankow Canton while China defense relies on American and Chinese air power amid a widening Henan campaign.
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Alban Hills
Eneral Clark
Rome
Britain
Europe
East
Germany
Japan
Pacific
China
Henan
Hankow
Canton
Peiping-Canton
Changsha
Peiping
Washington
Chungking
Loyola president addresses LSU graduates on defense and progress
The Rev. P. A. Roy of Loyola University of the South told 376 LSU graduates that defending the country in war and prospering in peace are noble aims. He urged solving problems with people, not pressure groups, and cautioned against bureaucratic expansion. Among the graduates was Pattie Spear Shaver, wife of a prisoner of war.
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Baton Rouge
P. A. Roy
Loyola University of the South
Louisiana State University
James H. Davis
Pattie Spear Shaver
Dale A. Shaver
Grand Cane, la
Camp Polk Soldier Sets 25 Mile Hiking Mark
Camp Polk announces Pfe. Ruben Meyer of the 9th Armored Division set a new Army national hiking record by covering 25 miles in 4 hours 34 minutes 24 seconds. Meyer, a Chicago native and Boston Marathon prize winner, began at 4 a.m. and completed the final two miles despite carrying full field equipment. He was greeted at the finish by a band and cheering spectators.
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Todey
Pfe
Ruben Meyer
9Th Armored Division
Meyer
Chicago
Pfc
Arence Blackcloud
Sac and Fox
Specta‘le
Mississippi Democrats to Name Delegates for National Convention
Mississippi Democrats meet in Jackson to name a 20 vote statewide delegation to the national convention amid talks of an uninstructed slate and possible positions on a fourth term. The scene flags potential splits over Roosevelt’s renomination and anti administration planks.
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Washington
Mississippi
South
Texas
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Jackson
Miss
Capitol
Chicago
Engineer John F. Coleman Dies in New Orleans at 77
John F. Coleman former Defense Plant Corporation consultant and longtime engineer in New Orleans died at 77 in New Orleans. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. with burial in Metairie Cemetery. Survived by sister Annie Coleman. Born November 23, 1866 in Jefferson County Mississippi.
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New Orleans
John F. Coleman
Defense Plant Corporation
Washington
Metairie
Annie Hunter
Troops land unopposed on Owi and Woendi atolls
Allied HQ says American troops landed on Owi and Woendi in the Schouten islands south of Biak without opposition. Australian forces push toward Wewek on New Guinea's north coast. Biak fighting continues with heavy casualties as Yank forces advance and airfields loom for bomber and fighter range.
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Woendi
Biak Island
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Karkar
Madang
Douglas MacArthur
Bosnek
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Philippines
Palau
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Seventh Fleet
Mokmer Airstrip
Bosnek- Mokmer Road
Reds and Nazis clash on strategic hill near Stanca Romania
British and Soviet reports describe a fifth day of intense combat around a hill near Stanca north of Iasi. Moscow said Soviet fire halted German advances, wiping out a regiment and disabling 17 tanks and eight armored cars, while Berlin claimed the hill fell to German forces despite counterattacks. Continuous air battles supported ground fighting in the marshy Jijia Prut region.
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Stanca
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Berlin
Jijia
Prut
Gable to Return to Civilian Life
Culver City Calif June 3 Major Clark Gable of the army air forces will return shortly to civilian life subject to recall to duty Col Roy M Jones commanding officer of the army air forces first motion picture unit said today The former actor recently completed the special overseas photographic mission assigned by General H H Arnold commanding general of the army air forces
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Calif
Clark Gable
Army Air Forces
Roy M. Jones
Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit
H. H. Arnold
Ouachita Parish High School Class of 1944 Commencement
Diplomas were awarded to Ouachita Parish High School graduates at Neville High School auditorium. Dean C. C. Calvert of Northeast Junior College spoke on Youth and American Democracy, praising self government from colonial roots to the American Revolution. The program featured the Star Spangled Banner, invoca tion by Rev. L. T. Hastings, Pomp and Circumstance, and performances by the band and mixed chorus. Salutatory by Theresa Thomisee and valedictory by Lee Slagle.
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Ouachita Parish
Neville High Schoo
C. C. Calvert
Northeast Junior College
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
America
Theresa Thomisee
Lee Slagle
Dean Calvert
Turks Soon May Answer Bluntly
In New York the coming days may reveal Turkey’s response to Churchill’s blunt war message. Foreign Minister Numan Menemencioglu and President Ismet Inonu are expected to confer to decide whether Turkey remains neutral or declares war on Germany and its Balkan allies. Churchill’s warning that delay could bar Turkey from peace tables likely spurred a reevaluation of Turkey’s opportunist wartime policy and its grip on Allied plans.
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William B. King
New York
Turkey
Churchill
Germany
Balkan
Numan Menemencioglu
Ismet Inonu
Rome City Declared Free From Armed Forces By Germans
Allied authorities warned Rome could become a battlefield if German forces defend the city. Germany countered that Rome can be regarded as a city free from armed forces and urged preservation from war. Pope Pius urged sparing Rome from military use and warned against any attack.
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Naples
Rome
Pius
United Nations
Italy
Magesty
United States
Alles
Vatican City
Pope Pius
College of Cardinals
London AP error transmits false Allied landings flash
A young British teletype operator in the London AP bureau unwittingly sent an unauthorized practice flash claiming Eisenhower announced Allied landings in France. The error spread briefly across U S radio and baseball parks before editors issued a kill order and the story was suppressed. The incident prompted apologies and a reminder of strict copy controls.
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New York
London
Associated Press
United States
Latin America
France
Joan Filis
Eisenhower
Ewt
A. P
America
Polo Grounds
Cuidad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Joan Ellis
Baby Boy Weighing 21 Quarter Pounds Born in Clairfield
Clairfield Tennessee June 3 A baby boy weighing 21 pounds 21 and a quarter ounces was born at 9 am to Mr and Mrs Marion Teague at their home The infant is in normal condition except for its unusually large size Dr F H Rogers reported The couple’s first child Teague 23 a coal miner served in the navy and is married to 21 year old Mrs Teague
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Clairfield
Tenn
Marion Teague
F. H. Rogers
Teague
Women of voting age exceed men for first time
Washington report says 44,622,886 women aged 21 plus versus 44,043,669 men. Census estimates as of January 1 note about 7.86 million men over 21 in the armed forces and discuss potential presidential election voter counts and three forecast scenarios.
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Washington
Census Bureau
J. C. Capt
Sgt Blackmon Is German Prisoner
Mr and Mrs Charles T Elliott of 219 Grayling Lane received word that their son Sgt William Blackmon Jr is being held as a prisoner of the German government The news was welcome after Saturday mornings World listed him as missing and grave fears were entertained for him
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Charles T. Elliott
Grayling Lane
William Blackmon, Jr
House Approves Lend-Lease Fund After Invasion Hint
The House passed 280 to 23 a 3.92 billion dollar supply bill funding lend-lease, the Foreign Economic Administration, and UN relief for the coming fiscal year. Rep. Cannon warned against juggling funds as Allied invasion moves near, while an amendment limiting lend-lease to combat participants failed on a roll-call vote.
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Europe
House
Foreign Economic Administration
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Senate
Cannon
Missouri
Appropriations Committee
Calvin Johnson
Illinois
UNRRA
Americans Use Bases in Russia Landing Strikes Impress Izvestia
Moscow June 3 American shuttle bombing between Russian and Allied bases operated with clockwork precision officials said. Ambassador Harriman and Maj. Gen. Deane returned from a dramatic first American landing at a Ukrainian base observed by a large Russian delegation. The operation matched the efficiency seen on bases in England and Italy with bombers refueled for immediate return flight.
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Moscow
United States
W. Averell Harriman
John R. Deane
Russia
Izvestia
Ukraine
Allied Fifth Army Breaks Through to Near Rome
Allied dispatches report German defenses south of Rome crumbling as Fifth Army and American forces advance toward the Eternal City. Despoiling and pillaging by retreating Germans were noted, with Rocca di Papa near the line, twelve miles from Rome, cited as a key objective.
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Sid Feder
Naples
Rome
Fifth Army
Eternal City
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Allied
Alban Hills
Rocca di Papa
Rome's Liberation Told In Free Italian Radio
The Allied command via Naples based radio told Romans that liberation is at hand and urged citizens to locate mines and booby traps left by retreating Germans and to prevent sabotage inside the capital.
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Rome
Naples
Free
Allies Close In On Rome as German Defenses Collapse
Allied forces pressed toward Rome with heavy fighting in the Alban hills as German holds weakened. The breakthrough threatened the Nazi line between the Alban hills and the seacoast, while American French and British troops tightened the noose around the capital, threatening retreat or encirclement. Doughboys seized peaks near Valmontone and Velletri as twin drives advanced toward the city less than 20 miles away.
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Rome
Alban Hills
Colli Laziali
Fifth
Seacoast
Appian Way
Valmontone
Velletri
Confederate Vet Howell Addresses House in Confederate Commemoration
Gen Julius F Howell a 98 year old Virginia veteran in gray uniform addressed the House to urge unity against common enemies during a Jefferson Davis birth observance. The House paused its rules to hear him as a delegation from the U D followed him to the speaker's rostrum.
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Julius F. Howell
Virginia
Confederate Veterans
House of Representatives
House
Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Hale
Robert E. Lee
Congress
Rankin
Mississippi
Howell
U. D
Rose Trum
McCormick
Massachusetts
Martin
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