Strong Fleets Strike Europe In Daylong Bombardment
American air forces from Britain and Italy attacked targets across Europe including a Ploesti refinery in Romania and rail yards near Hamm Osnabruck Schwerte and Soest. Fighter escorts repelled interceptions with no losses reported as Mosquito bombers hit Leverkusen and coastal targets.
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Austin Beal
London
Britain
Italy
Ploesti
Mulhouse
Switzerland
Hamm
Osnabruck
Schwerte
Dortmund
United States
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Leverkusen
Labor dominates press and politics in election year view
A reflective note cites the New York Times and Washington Telegram coverage of labor fines editorials and unions. It argues labor and union topics now steer public interest more than sports or murders as powerful bosses in politics emerge and voters curb their power.
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New York rnd-Telegram
Fred Perkins
Shington
The
New Times
Fon
Congress
Senate OKays Pension of $30 for Aged in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge the Louisiana Senate approved a constitutional amendment to guarantee a $30 monthly pension for the aged. The measure, offered by Sen. Lessley Ioiner of Opelousas, would enshrine the pension in the state constitution. Critics warned the plan could cost about $4.5 million annually and questioned funding.
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Saton Rouge
Senate
Lessley Ioiner
Opelousas
Eght
Grove Ifford
A. K. Iff
Ruston
Lionel Ott
Orleans
King
Stafford
State
State Library Commission
Budget Commission
Francis Williams
Public Service
Commission
Senate Education Committee
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Education
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bankhead Defends Jotton Amendment in Senate
Washington May 31 A Senate agriculture committee majority backs a cotton amendment to raise textile price ceilings to parity for cotton. The plan, opposed by a minority arguing it inflates prices and wages, heads to a floor vote next week. President Roosevelt warned against special cotton treatment fearing inflation.
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Washington
Senate
Acress
Ashington
Roosevelt
Danaher
Vies
Bank
Alabama
Ile
Bankhead
le Millers
Ing
Idment
OPA
Roosevelt Renames War as Tyrants War
Washington May 3 The Roosevelt administration proposes new war title "The Tyrants War" amid ongoing strategy discussions. The idea, once floated as war for survival, is now revived as a stronger label. debate continues over naming the conflict to reflect its aims and adversaries.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Allied push toward Rome tightens Nazi grip in Italy
Allied forces press along a 75 mile front from Valmontone to the Alban hills, linking attacks near Velletri and Campo Semini as German defenses stiffen south of Rome. British advance reaches L'Americano and Andrea. Americans push toward Lanuvio outskirts. Eighth Army closes on Frosinone while the road to Rome remains fiercely contested.
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Nasples
Pescarella Nuova
Rome
Velletri
Alban Hills
Valmontone
Atina
Cassino
Eternal City
Campo [Emini
Castel Gandolfo
Fifth
Frosinone
Via
Casilina
Berlin
Fifth Army
Moletta
L'Americano
Tiber
Andrea
Campo Semini
Valmone Tone
Via Casilina
Villa Crocetta
Lanuvio
Alban
Eighth
Italy
Alfedena
Fontana
Strangolagalli
Pofi
Ceccano
Arpino
Bricker Urges Stable Nation For Postwar Economy
Gov. John W. Bricker seeking the Republican nomination called for a stable postwar economy built on solvency equity and justice. He urged balanced budgets and a uniform tax system with cooperation among Congress states and local governments to avoid a patchwork tax structure.
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Harrisburg
John W. Bricker
United States
Ohio
Governors Conference
Congress
Bricker
Southern congressmen denounce FEPC as part of Dixie discontent
Washington May 31 A group of southern congressmen denounced the FEPC as one tentacle of a devilfish threatening southern civilization. Rep Tarver Georgia called the agency created by Roosevelt an intrusion amid broader Southern opposition to federal social policy. He linked FEPC with court decisions on Negroes in Texas primaries and wartime integration of Black and white workers. Rep Whitten Mississippi expressed sympathy with the Georgia stance and endorsed the remarks.
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Washington
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Tarver
Georgia
FEPC
Roosevelt
South
Georgien
Supreme Court
Texas
U S Plans Security Proposal For War Suppression
The United States ready to present at the big four talks a plan for an international security body inspired by the League of Nations. It would offer a consultative framework for using force to suppress war while preserving national control of troops and fleets. The plan may be merged into a broader conference proposal with Britain Russia and China.
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Washington
United States
League of Nations
Moscow
Russi
Britain
China
Hull
Eden
Mulotov
T. V. Soong
Roosevelt
White House
State Department
New Taxation Era Is Begun
Washington May 31. America entered a new era of taxation with Roosevelt signing the simplification law. It ends the income tax confusion for 56 million people and reshuffles the structure to cut returns and withholding, easing filings for 30 million and 20 million still filing. The law repeals the wartime victory tax and sets withholding changes for 5 000 or less earnings next January.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Congress
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ten Department Heads Confirmed in Baton Rouge
The senate approved ten new heads of state departments for Gov. James H. Davis. New finance director James Reilly of Shreveport takes over from W. D. Goff of Arcadia who had filled in after Martin Close resigned. Hunter Huckabay of Vivian becomes safety director, while reappointed officials include Campbell Palfrey New Orleans fire marshal Dr. Smith highways Claude Harrison institutions Ray Fleming adjutant general Roland Cocreham revenue archie smith public funds DeWitt Pyburn public works and Wilfred Regnaud banking commissioner.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
James H. Davis
Department of Finance
James Reilly
Shreveport
W. D. Goff
Arcadia
Martin Close
Alexandria
Department of Safety
Hunter Huckabay
Vivian
Campbell Palfrey
New Orleans
Dr. Smith
Claude Harrison
Ray Fleming
Roland Cocreham
Archie Smith
DeWitt Pyburn
Wilfred Regnaud
Fierce Japanese Resistance on Biak Island Airfield Fight
Allied reports describe a grueling defense by Japanese forces on Biak island as American tanks and air power clash near Mokmer airfield. The 36th division suffered heavy losses while destroying enemy armor. more than 100 Japanese dead counted with few prisoners taken amid relentless counterattacks.
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Biakfast
Mokmer
Bosnek
Biak
Associated Press
Spencer Davis
Southwest Pacific
Davis
Girls Held After Lurid Death Story
A 11 year old girl from Tullahoma is jailed in Nashville as a material witness in the death of 17 year old James Robert Sherrill. Her father Roy Yates and brothers Dennis and Harold Yates face murder charges. She described the shooting after a movie date and said a man cursed and forced her to move the victim.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tullahoma
State Highway Patrol Division
W. C. O'Lee
Ruth Yates
James Robert Sherrill
Roy Yates
Dennis
Harold Yates
Miss Yates
Sherrill
Jimmy
House borrows D Ross Bannister for service leave
Baton Rouge Louisiana May 31 Ensign D Ross Bannister of Ouachita parish, already reelected, was sworn in by House Clerk Lee Laycock and given a toy beat as his first command. He plans to stay in the capital at least four weeks while serving in the navy.
Gulfport Marine Awarded Medal of Honor for Oliveto Action
Cpl. James D. Slaton of Gulfport Mississippi receives the Congressional Medal of Honor for killing six enemy soldiers and knocking out three machine guns in combat near Oliveto Italy. He serves in a rifle company of the 45th infantry division and his wife and four sons live near Laurel Mississippi.
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Cpl
James D. Slaton
Gulfport
Miss
Oliveto
Italy
45Th Infantry Division
Laurel, Miss
State asks 2 million for cities in biennium
Baton Rouge May 31 The house appropriation committee considered a Louisiana Municipal Association request for a 2 000 000 state appropriation for the coming biennium to bolster city revenues. Shreveport finance chief John M W Ford and Houma Mayor Edward Wright warned that without state aid city governments may fail.
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Baton Rouge
House
Louisiana Municipal Association
John McW. Ford
Shreveport
Edward Wright
Houma
FBI Seizes 100 Bethlehem Shipyard Welders and Counters
Boston May 31 100 Bethlehem Hingham shipyard workers counted in federal custody on charges of conspiring to defraud the government. The inquiry found a broad war fraud ring where welders and counters formed clubs to record false credits and split illicit weekly pay. Some counters allegedly earned up to 75 dollars weekly. Authorities expect more arrests as the probe continues.
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Boston
U. S
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard
E. A. Soucy
Heston
Washington
Soucy
Gov Green urges federal loans to stabilize postwar agriculture
In Hershey Pennsylvania Governor Dwight Green Republican of Illinois outlines a federally directed loan program for basic farm commodities to prevent price swings. He calls for home rule with state administration and cooperative farmer credit services to shield farmers from excess supply and economic waste.
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Hershey
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
National Conference of Governors
The Other Unknown Soldier Poem at Arlington Monument
Washington notes Memorial Day with an original poem by Stanley Kimmel superimposed on Arlington monument image. The voice of the unknown soldier speaks of long journey, wars abroad, and a wish to avoid troubling the quiet memorial as visitors approach.
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Washington
The
Washington Evening Star
Memorial Day
Arlington Monument
Stanley Kimmel
Burddy
Girl killed in escalator fall in Jackson
Miss Olga Ross a 21 year old Jackson business girl died after a fall on an escalator on the fifth floor to the second. Investigating officers said she landed on her head and died of concussion after being rushed to Baptist Hospital.
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Jackson
Miss
Olga Ross
R Sheft
LB. Careter
T J. Peacock
Baptist Hospital
Clyde V. McKee Jr
South
Sacific
J B. Stewart
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