Hand To Hand Combat Waged On Attu Island
The Navy says American forces bombarded Japanese positions near Attu village enabling ground troops to move on high ground south of Chichagol harbor. War Secretary Stimson reports total U S casualties on Attu under 700 with 127 killed 399 wounded and 118 missing despite fierce hand to hand fighting. Clear weather aided air support as Japanese forces were cleared from the Savanna bay area.
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Washington
Navy
Attu Village
Chichagol Harbor
Joseph A. Bors
Stimson
Attu
Attuound
United States
Savanna Bay Area
Pase
Report Nazis Suffer Losses In Front Actions Near Novorossisk
Nazi ground and air forces suffered heavy losses as the Red Army repelled attacks along the Kuban river near Novorossisk in the West Caucasus. Soviet high command said two German infantry battalions were destroyed in fierce fighting and German attempts to bomb objectives northeast of Novorossisk were repelled, with 67 German planes shot down and 20 Soviet losses. Additional clashes west of Rostov saw a German infantry battalion repelled with 90 killed, and a reconnaissance raid also defeated.
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Son. S
Correspormndomt
Moscow
Black Sea
Novorossisk
West Caucasus
Kuban
Red Army
Rostov
Caucasus
Blooming Spirea Beautifies New Castle Homes
New Castle reports thousands of Spirea approaching full bloom with hundreds of residences surrounded by white blossoms. The season brings cleaning efforts by housewives hampered by rough streets on Long avenue and Highland avenue. Reunions may be fewer due to the Ras ban, and holiday driving likely down as restrictions limit travel. A hospital zone noise issue prompts a complaint from a woman whose mother is hospitalized with nervous illness.
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New Castle
Daily Weather Report for United States
The 24 hour period ending at 9 p.m. recorded a maximum temp of 74 and a minimum of 34 with 0.01 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 8.1 feet. For the same date last year the highs were 77 and 46 with no precipitation reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Stalin Delivers Secret Reply to Davies in Moscow
Joseph E Davies, president's envoy, received a sealed letter from Joseph Stalin in a meeting with Molotov. Davies said he would return home immediately and could not comment on the contents, noting the letter is “exclusively for the President.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Joseph E. Davies
Davies
Stalin
Washington
Davis
V. M. Molotov
Proclamation setting Buddy Poppy Day in New Castle
Mayor Charles B. Mayne proclaims Saturday May 29 1949 as Buddy Poppy Day under Veterans of Foreign Wars. He notes the poppies honor fallen and disabled veterans and provide employment in manufacture. Proceeds aid relief efforts and the letter urges citizens to support the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Mayne
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chas
Mayne
Madang Bombed By Allied Fliers
Allied air forces struck Madang in New Guinea with massive bomber attacks using four engined Liberators and heavy explosives. Langgoer in the Kei Islands and other Japanese outposts were also bombed as Pacific operations continued. No enemy aircraft were seen over Allied territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
United Nations
Australia
Madang
Lae
New Guinea
Douglas’ MacArthur
Brad
Pacific
Langgoer
Kei Islands
al- Hedairmen
Reuter
Mandang
Langeoer
Mubo
Avawe
New Britain
U S Generals Honored by King in London
King George VI bestowed honorary Knights, Grand Cross of the Bath on Americas top field generals Gen Douglas MacArthur and Gen Dwight D Eisenhower in London. The accolade marks high royal recognition of their wartime leadership and service to allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
International News Service
London
America
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George VI
the Order of the Bath
Pittsburgh Man Named Moderator By U P Assembly
Dr W Bruce Wilson of Pittsburgh representing the Monongahela Presbytery was elected Moderator of the 83rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America at Westminster College New Wilmington. He will preside for the duration and is secretary of the United Presbyterian Board of American Missions. About 200 delegates from across the nation attended. Dr James A McDonald of Youngstown was elected vice moderator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wawa
New Wilmington
W. Bruce Wilson
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
United Presbyterian Board of American Missions
United Presbyterian
James A. McDonald
South United Presbyterian Church of
Youngstown
Cleveland
Delivery Ban Extends to Luxury Goods in East
Washington May 27 The office of defense transportation announced a ban on retail delivery of luxury goods across the gasoline starved East. Starting today no retail deliveries of 15 commodities including soft drinks and ice cream. wholesale deliveries are curtailed and all Sunday deliveries are banned except for ice milk cream newspapers certain mine products explosives medicines telegrams and malt. The action aims to save gasoline in 18 eastern states and the District of Columbia. Additional evidence suggests the ban may last through the summer.
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International News Service
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
East
Atlantic Seaboard
States
District of Columbia
North Africa casualty totals announced by Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson reported American casualties in North Africa total 18,558 dead wounded and missing. Axis losses were fixed at 923,000 with UN totals around 70,000. From Nov 8 to May 15 US losses were 2,184 killed 9,437 wounded and 6,937 missing. The Tunisian campaign produced heavy Axis losses and POWs, while Allied troops moved a quarter million prisoners to embarkation ports. He also forecast intensified air raids on German occupied Europe.
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Washington
Wer
Stimson
United Nations
United States
America
North Africa
Europe
Dortmund
East Side Honor Roll to Honor Local Service Members
East Side will dedicate an honor roll at the corner of East Washington and Adams streets to recognize men and women in the armed forces. The board, set with steel uprights, will list names from Ray Street to the city line and Williams Street to Buller Avenue, with 340 names reported so far. Cecil Potter leads the effort with associates. site work has begun and the dedication is set for Sunday afternoon June 13, with Judge John G. Lamoven as speaker.
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East Side
East Washington
Adams Streets
Ray Street
City Line
Williams Street
Buller Avenue
Cecil Potter
John G. Lamoven
City Selectees Examined Today for Pittsburg Induction
Local conscripts from New Castile borough departed by early Pennsylvania Railroad train to Pittsburgh Induction Center for their physical examinations. Those accepted will be inducted, receive a two week furlough to settle affairs, then report to the Reception Center to begin training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New Castile
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Explosion in Paris Kills Sixty Germans Near Bois de Boulogne
International News Service reports a French explosion in Paris near the Bois de Boulogne killed sixty Germans. CBS picked up the broadcast quoting Petit Nicols warning civilians in southern France to move inland. The paper said refugees would be barred from the interior in case of an Allied landing.
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Conternational News Service
New York
Tdakar Radio Today
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
CBS
Petit Nicols
France
Decline Of German Air Force Shown By Allied Bombing
In a North Africa summary, Gen Eisenhower's command reports renewed Allied air sweeps over the Mediterranean. An aerial clash near a Sicilian airport saw 50 German Messerschmitt 109s downed by American B 17 Flying Fortresses, with 3 German planes shot down and 47 dispersed. The piece notes Germany's defensive shift to fighters and questions strategic impact on Sicily and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GC. Oestreicher
Adolf
Plan To Knock Italy Out Of War
Washington reports a Western Allied strategy to remove Italy from the war by intensified air campaign and a psychological short wave radio push to urge Italians to overthrow Mussolini. An Allied invasion would follow once the Italian people are softened and Fascists toppled.
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Italy
Kingsbury Smith Hoon
Washington
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Mussolini
Flood Damage Toll Surveyed Across Six States
Officials from Illinois Indiana Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas met in St Louis to assess flood losses from a historic region wide inundation. They sought rehabilitation aid from Red Cross and the Army while expanding disaster loan quotas for farm machinery seed and manpower.
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Chiternationnal Laws Service
Midwest
Twinois
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
St. Louis
Red Cross
Army
Disaster Loan Corporation
RAF BOMBERS DAMAGE AXIS SHIPPING OFF SOUTH GREECE
Cairo May 27 reports say Royal Air Force light bombers attacked Axis shipping off southern Greece yesterday near Cape Male. Four enemy vessels were affected including a sinking ship carrying deck cargo of fuel, a smaller ship left sinking, a third set on fire, and a fourth crew abandoned. All Allied aircraft returned safely.
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International News Service
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Greece
Middle Eest High Com
Cape Male
Communiqie
Rubber Strike Ends By Order Of President Roosevelt
Akron May 27 The five day unauthorized rubber strike at Goodyear Goodrich Firestone and General Tire plants ends by presidential order. About half of 10009 workers on day shifts reported. Goodyear and General Tire back to full first shift, Firestone and Goodrich slower. Union leaders say many learned of the order too late to resume early shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone
Goodrich
Mer. Roosevelt
German Radio Claims Naval Clash Off Dutch Coast
Berlin radio quoted by DNB reported a North Sea engagement between a British squadron of torpedo boats gunboats and E boats and German coast vessels near Ter schelling at the Zuyder Zee entrance. German version said a British E boat took direct hits while all German units returned to base. Ter Schelling is the central island in a five island group guarding the entrance to the Zuyder Zee.
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London
North Sea
Netherlands
DNB
Berlin
Terschelling
Zuyder Zee
De Gaulle and Giraud to Meet Friday in Algiers
Gen. Henri Giraud and Gen. Charles De Gaulle to meet tomorrow in Algiers to continue preliminary negotiations. The broadcast cited by Reuters said the talks aim to align military and civil authorities in French North Africa and the Fighting French leadership.
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International News Service
London
Henri Honore Giraud
Charles DeGalle
Algiers
Reuter's
Giraud
North Africa
de Gnanlle
Death Notice for Ward and Gallagher in Grove City
The Thursday May 27 edition reports the death of Mrs. Etan Ward aged 81 of Grove City and notices William J. Patterson and Mrs. Sarah Stickel Gallagher of 712 Cleveland Avenue. Funeral details are to be announced.
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Ward
Grove City
William J. Patterson
Sarah Stickel Gallagher
Cleveland Avenue
Fifty Nazi Planes Halt U S Bombing Raids In Africa
Allied air forces in North Africa report heavy Mediterranean operations led by Eisenhower and Doolittle. A squadron of 50 German Messerschmitt 109s confronted Boeing Flying Fortresses over the Comino airfield in southern Sicily, but the Allies shot down three, dispersed the rest, and returned without loss. Additional raids hit Sardinia Pantelleria and other targets as low-ebb German resistance continued.
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North Africa
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Comino
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Ans
James H. Doolittle
Detroit Mourns Death Of Edsel Ford
Detroit pays solemn tribute to Edsel Ford founder Henry Ford's son as workers from factories and offices file through a funeral home in Grosse Pointe and Christ Episcopal Church. Private services follow at 2:30 p.m. with Episcopal bishops presiding. Citywide tributes reflect the leader who helped build Detroit's wealth.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford
Christ Episcopal Church
Grosse Pointe
Nove
Episcopal
Frank W. Creighton
Francis B., Cramer
Weather wave blows hat as gusts scare busy street
A brisk TRG wind rattles a busy street scene as a hurried lady loses her hat. The straw bonnet flits off, then is caught by a sudden gust lifting the hat back onto her head. The episodic, playful moment ends with a warning to wear proper headgear in breezy weather.
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By Natalia Rene
PA Newc
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Daily Weather Report
U.P. Assembly
Westminster
War Memorial Board
Adams and
East Washington Streets
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Naai
Engand
Willer
Germany
Mid-West States
South
Degaulle
Boeing Flying Fortresses
Battle Messerschmitts
Arthur Mometer
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