Stilwell Penetrates Jap Lines on Two-Mile Front
Allied operations in China report Stilwell’s forces penetrating two miles of Japanese lines near Loyang and across the Hwelon river as heavy air and ground actions continue. In Burma and the Pacific, U S air forces claim multiple Japanese aircraft destroyed or damaged with substantial bomb tonnage against Truk and Dutch New Guinea positions.
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Stilwell
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oGernera
Havel
China
Honan
Malakwang
Sie Ped
Hwelon
Loyang
Fatton
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Sixth Air Force
Soutwest
Allied thrusts widen in Burma and India fronts
Allied forces pressed the Japanese perimeter at Tiangaup and along the Kohima front in Manipur, with increasing thrusts and gains in intensity. Air units reported 13 Japanese fighters downed during a Burma sweep, amid a two day bomber offensive on enemy airfields.
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Imile
Auche
Tiangaup
Kohima
Morniibatten
Aled
Burma
Machinists Hold Quarterly Meeting in Houston
Louis Meir president of the Texas State Council of Machinists presided at the quarterly meeting at the Plaza Hotel. Archbishop Robert Lucey of San Antonio spoke at a banquet. Hugh Robertson welcomed 80 delegates for Mayor Gus Mauer man. The two day conclave discussed an apprentice training program.
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Louis Meir
Houston
Texas Stibe Council of Machinists
Plaza Hotel
Robert @. Lucey
San Antonio
Hugh Robertson
Gus B. Mauermann
McCormick Row Ends Custody Dispute Over Tots
Cpl Marie McGorrick Hubbard ended a bitter custody dispute by placing her two adopted children in Frances M Clark's care. The move followed charges by Fowler McCormick of Chicago president of Littraitional Harvest er claiming the children should be with a proper guardian. Hubbard called the charges baseless and said she did not want public controversy over the two young children.
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CNS
Marie McGorrick Hubbard
Frances M. Clark
Cpl
Hubbard
Fowler McCormick
Chicago
Littraitional Harvester
MrCormick
Middletown
Conn
Hubbard Rove
Romania Seen Most Likely To Quit Axis
A May 23 report quotes experts rating Romania as the satellite most likely to break with the Axis. Finland Hungary and Bulgaria are seen as firmly under German control, with Bulgaria least likely to resist invasion. Romania is described as facing a desperate prelude to a potential shift amid wartime alignments.
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Romania
Washington
INS
al Matin
Finland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Europe
Russia
Chicago
Sofia
United Retail
Union
Balkans
Montgomery Ward and Company
Nuzia
John A. Barr. Jrore
Odessa
Sevas
Bard
Barr
Local 20
NLRB
Wards
Sewell L. Avery
Izvestia Urges Axis Satellites to Defect from Nazi Pact
The Soviet newspaper Izvestia calls Hitler's satellites to sever ties with Germany, arguing the war’s course is already decided and that breaking with Berlin could shorten the conflict and lessen their burden of guilt. It says puppets could still act to redeem themselves by quitting the Nazi alliance.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Hitler
Britain
Russia
America
Germany
Reds Open Way for Drive On Romania
Soviet forces west of the Dnesti river clear the way for a continued offensive against Romania by smashing Nazi counterattacks at the Mact bank bridgehead. Losses include about 4,000 Nazis killed and 100 tanks destroyed, with Axis totals in Crimea and the Black Sea also detailed and Red air forces striking Lublin.
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Moscow
Dnesti
Chisinan
Roroania
Nai
Ian Tanestr
Crimea
Black Sea
Tal
Soviet
Red Air Force
Lublin
Old Poland
Frontiers Open as Romanian Coast Threat Grows
The article notes Russian forces crossed into Romania, threatening the Black Sea coast after Sevastopol fell. Allied bombing crippled about 70 percent of Ploesti oil output and damaged Bucharest rail yards and factories. A new drive is forecast through the Galai gap toward Ploesti and Bucharest.
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Sevastopol
Romanian Black Sea
Ploesti
Bucharest
Galain
Romania
Hawania
Burglars Steal 29 Whisky Cases From Chicago Store
Burglars broke into the McCoy Liquor company store in Chicago and carried off 29 cases of whisky valued at about 1300 dollars. Police investigated the burglary and sought clues to the culprits.
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Chicago
McCoy Liquor Company
Briton Warns Invasion Danger
In Bristol Sir James Grigg, war minister, warned the government could face invasion danger if taxes and borrowing do not cover war bills. He said failing to fund the gap might lead to printing paper currency with nothing backing it, calling it inflation in its simplest and wickedest form.
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Instol
England
James Grigg
Bristol
Couple Named In Rent Suit
Federal Judge W A Keelbig granted an injunction against Mr and Mrs J H Morison of 649 East Evergreen Street restraining them from charging rents above the maximum ceiling for units at 110 Ninth Street. OPA enforcement attorney William P Dobbing charged the couple with collecting 60 dollars monthly instead of 35 and 40 dollars.
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Mrr
J. H. Morison
East Everqueen Street
Ninth Street
W. A. Keelbig
William P. Dobbing
OPA
Five Texans Among Seven Killed Near Laughlin
DEI Rio May 13 Five Texans were among seven dead when two army trainers collided near Laughlin army airfield. Identified Texans include Capt William T Jones of Waco son of Mrs Ida C Jones Ranger Lieut Aubrey E Orr survived by his widow Beaumont Lieut Harry L Green of San Antonio Set George Goodson Jr of Del Rio and Spec Montell Coker son of Mrs Zelphin J M Coker Brady.
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Montell Coker
Zelphin JM
Coker
Brady
Vandals Cut Off Cow's Tail Near San Antonio
Bessie a Jersey cow owned by Mrs P W Lawrence on Vance Jackson road north of San Antonio had five inches of tail removed Friday night in what deputies call a cruel deed. Another nearby cow suffered an earlier attack. deputies are investigating with unidentified persons and motives.
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Bessie
Jersey
P.W. Lawrence
Vance Jackson
San Antonio
Bexar County
Joe Merklen
Four Enemy Ships Hit Off France Afloat
London May 14 British admiralty communique says forces damaged two enemy trawlers near the French coast and supplied a convoy. The destroyer La Combatante sank one Nazi E boat and damaged a second in a strong force encounter southwest of the Isle of Wight.
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London
Ins
Admiralty
la Combattante
Isle of Wight
Jewish Leader Pinski to Lecture at Hebrew Center
David Pinski, president of the Jewish National Workers, will be guest at Branch 28 meeting at the Hebrew Community Center auditorium Monday with new officers installed. The local group will honor Pinski at a banquet that evening at 8 30. Tuesday he will lecture on The Prophets as I See Them at the Hebrew auditorium. Pinski, born in Russia, authored 25 Yiddish books with many translated into English.
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David Pinski
Nowoast
Jewish National Workers
Hance
Hebrew Community Center
Jocal
Finski
Pinski
Hebrew Auditorium
Russia
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