Public Publication Review Exposes Communist Propaganda Ties
The Monthly Review of the Migration and Naturalization Service faces scrutiny for political slant and alleged ties to Communist figures. Crichton alias Kyle Thichton and Robert For the are cited as propagandists. Forsythe authored a pro Communist book.
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Departent of Justice
Igration and Naturalization Servie
Stor
Brian Schibsby
Growig
Jis
Kyle Thichton, O
Robert Forthe
Crichton
Collier's
Hollywood
Forde
Krein
Daily River
New Masses
League Against War and Seism
Earl Browder
Louisiana House Advances Eight Bills Including One Per Cent Tax Reenactment
Baton Rouge reports the house passed eight measures, including reenacting a one per cent sales tax and a salary boost for school employees totaling 2.1 million for 1944-46, along with a companion act to fund the teacher retirement system. The state revenue department released a revised 1944-46 forecast showing a net $154.967 million revenue, up from prior estimates, aided by new taxes and higher receipts from gasoline, alcohol, tobacco, severance, and income taxes.
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Baton Rouge
House
Pthe State Revenue Department
Highway Department
Poison Alcohol Death Toll Rises With 14 Slain
New York officials report 14 deaths linked to poisoned alcohol during the holiday weekend. Timothy P. Guiney of the National Tavern Association blames War Production Board policies for the tragedy. Brooklyn shop owner George Kristimas and his wife Sophie face homicide charges as investigators identify liquor from a local store as a source. ten others are hospitalized with severe alcohol poisoning.
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New York
Palve
Washington
Timothy P. Guiney
National Tavern Association
Kings County Liquor Dealers Association
War Production Board
George Kristimas
Brooklyn
Sophie
Kiwumas
Marshall's Wife's Son Dies in Action in Italy
Lt. Alien Tupper Brown, son of Mrs. George C. Marshall, wife of the army chief of staff, was killed yesterday in a tank action near Campo Leone, Italy. Brown is survived by his wife Marie Shedden of New York City and a one-year-old son. His mother married General Marshall in 1959.
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Washington
Alien Tupper Brown
George C. Marshall
Army
Carmpoleone
Italy
War Department
Brown
Marige Shedden
New York City
General Marshall
Stay-in protest by 8000 Brewster workers across plants
About 8000 Brewster Aeronautical Corpora tion workers, rejecting lay-off orders, staged a stay-in at the Long Island plant and a similar show at Johnsville Pennsylvania, with 1800 night shift and 6700 day shift workers remaining. The action targets the navy work contract cancellation effective July 1, with many notified of dismissal. a navy removal question hinges on a legal decision. A telegram from UA W vice president and CIO president urged Forrestal to review the political background of the navy action.
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New York
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Long Island Tuy
Brewster
Johnsville
Pennsyvannia
Navy
Richard Frankensteen
Philip Murray
Forrestal
Boiler Kid Heads to River Forest for Summer Stay
Miami Beach, May 30. Fred P. Snite Jr. known as the Boiler Kid leaves his home for River Forest Illinois to spend the summer. He travels with his wife two children Teresa Marie and Katherine Bernadette nine months his parents and medical attendants. Snite has lived in an iron lung since infantile paralysis struck him in 1936 in Peiping China.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Fred P. Snite Jy
America
River Forest
Ill
Teresa Marie
Katherine Bernadette
Snife
Peiping
China
Texan Takes Command At Anzio Beachhead In Italy
Maj. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, native of Texas, led Allied forces on the Anzio beachhead from mid February until Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark arrived. He commanded the Third U.S. Infantry Division before taking charge of the sea of defense and counterattacks, earning praise for shaping the offensive and later defending the position.
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FIFTH
Italy
Lucian K. Truscott
Texas
Anzio
Mark W. Clark
Truscott
United States
Sicily
Fifth Army
Bearhhead
Heer
Dieppe
Hills Littered With German Dead As Allied Push With Parachute Div
Allied forces of the Eighth Army pressed the retreating First German parachute division in the Liri Valley near Arce and Ceprano. British tanks operated up to 2006 feet, destroying German tanks and transport while guardsmen reported heavy fighting around highway six. Parachutists defended bridges and hedgerows, then withdrew under artillery fire as the British advanced toward Frosinone.
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Lyon
Linvalien
Highway Six
Arce
Ceprana
Eighth Army
Frosinon
Romwinel
Robert Jones
Rhye
North Wales
Jones
Allies Cut Main Road in Burma Advance to Mogaung
Allied forces in Burma report cutting the main road between Kamaing and Mogaung in a surprise move aimed at bypassing Kamaing. U S Army Air Force planes supported ground troops in attacks on enemy positions near Mogaung and Honin, with 25 trucks destroyed and six supply buildings hit. The Chindits were forced from a road block near Mogaung as Japanese attempts to block the Mandalay Myitkyina railway continued.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kamaing
Mogaung
Burma
Kamaung
Myithyina
Megaung
Katha
Myitkyina
Mogaung Valley
Myitkyiina
Kamain
United States Army Air Force
Vrenty
Honin
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Memorial Day Observances Worldwide Honor War Dead
Americans and allies observe Memorial Day with wreaths and services across locations including New Guinea Arlington and Melbourne. Lt Gen Mark Clark vows Rome will fall soon while governors mark Gettysburg tribute and Lincoln’s cemetery dedication anniversary.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
United States
Anzio
Australia
Melbourne
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Roosevelt
Richard Park
Gettysburg Battlefield
Pennsylvania
Hershey
Gettysburg
Edward Martin
Lincoln
National Cemetery
American Airmen Reported Lynched in Germany
Stockholm reports that American airmen who parachuted into central Germany were killed by agitated civilians in three unnamed towns. The Berlin correspondent cited a traveler from Leipzig and said German police could not protect them amid a reported “storm of rage” after Allied bombing raids.
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Stockholm
Germany
Aftonbladet
Berlin
Leipzig
Political Handbook of the World
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Volkischer Beobachter
Goebbels
Hull Invites Russia Britain and China to Talks on World Security
Secretary Hull invited ambassadors from Russia Britain and China to begin informal discussions in Washington as soon as possible on creating a world security organization. Hull said timing was the main issue and left representation decisions to the governments. The talks follow a Moscow accord that a Washington meeting would be held to discuss postwar security.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Hull
Russia
Britain
China
World Security Organization
United States
Molotov
Eden
Halifax
Brsin
Gromyko
Wei
Moscow
Senate Group
3200 U S Planes Strike German Targets Across Europe
Allied air forces from Britain and Italy hit aircraft factories bases and rail hubs in Germany Austria Yugoslavia France and the low countries. About 2200 bombers and fighters from Britain attacked northern Europe while 1000 aircraft from Italy targeted Wiener Neustadt in Austria and other locations including Zagreb. Berlin radio reported a large air battle.
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London
Britain
Italy
Germany
Austria
Yugislania
France
Low Countries
Europe
Wiener Neustadt
Ling
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Head of Greeting Card Firm Killed
Artemus De Long Watson 43 wealthy owner of two greeting card companies was found shot to death in his Winnetka home hours after his wife Janet 38 filed for divorce Police said the right temple shot near the body a locked bedroom door broken open and a note dated May 25 directing cremation and no services Police noted a court injunction restraining Watson from disposing of assets including a 273000 bank account Mrs Watson owned 27 percent of one company and two children were not at home
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Chicago
Artemus de Long Watson
Winnetka
Janet
Harold C. Lewis
Watson
Frank Moore
Louis L. Cohen
Fifth Army vows to seize Rome as Memorial Day rites honor fallen
Lt. Gen. Mack W. Clark told Memorial day services at Anzio that Rome would be captured "before many days" as Fifth Army gunfire echoed nearby. He placed a wreath beside rows of white crosses and Star of David markers at the American cemetery, honoring the dead from the Anzio beachhead and the long battle to free Europe from Nazi rule.
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Anzio
Aly
Fifth Army
Rome
Mack W. Clark
Clark
Southern Democrats Push for VP Candidate at Georgia Meeting
In Washington on May 30 114 Southern Democrats urged the South to back a vice presidential choice. Speakers Rayburn of Texas Barkley of Kentucky and Ellis Arnall of Georgia were set to appear at an Atlanta convention the next day. They noted the event would include political discussion despite non political addresses.
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Washington
South
Atlanta
Georgia Bar Association
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Wallace
Germans Fight Back as Allied Forces Close on Rome
Allied forces press toward Rome on May 30 as Fifth Army tanks and infantry breach German defenses within 11 miles of the city. Eighth Army drives through the Sacco valley toward Frosinone while New Zealand troops push toward Sora. German resistance remains fierce along the southern front with heavy artillery and counterattacks.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Schouten Islands
Sixth Army
Bisk Island
Mokmer
Napples
Fifth Army
Rome
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
Sacco
Via Casilina
Highway 6
Lanuvio
Anzio
Albano
Heroes to visit Camp Claiborne
Lt. Ernest Childers and S Sgt Charles Kelly will visit Camp Claiborne Louisiana for three days with the 84th Infantry division. They will discuss their Italian campaign experiences with division units and then proceed to Camp Swift Texas to meet the 102nd division.
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Camp Claiborne
America
Ernest Childers
Broken Arrow
Okla
Charles BE
Commandor
Kelly
Pittsburgh
84Th Infantry
Louisieana
Roscoe B. Woodruff
A. R. Bolling
Louis W. Truman
George Bowden
Alexandria
Childers
45Th
36Th
Texas
Congressional Medal of Honer Wineners
Southwest
Claiborne
Camp Swift
102Nd
I Wanted Wings Author Shot Down in Europe Raid
May 30 report says P Lt Col Beirn B La Jv of Washington shot down while reading a Liberator group during a raid on Europe. Parachutes were seen from the flak-damaged plane and he was believed to have a chance at escape. La Jv came to England with the first American air crews and later formed a Liberator group.
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Britin
Beirn B. la Jv
Washington, D. C
Europe
Flers
Paraschutes
Lay
England
United States
Liberator
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Pan-American
Miami
Beachhead
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