Baltimore Cafe Closed Over Bribe Probe in L A
Dr. Lewis C. Robbins city health officer ordered the Baltimore cafe at 203 Broadway closed amid a probe into bribery allegations against a food inspector tied to Jesse Gonzales jukebox owner. Robbins read bribery charges to inspectors and noted admission of whisky payments by the inspector cited. Local authorities said the case centers on improper sanitary operation and unresolved license questions.
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Lewis C. Robbins
Baltimore
Broadway
Jesse Gonzales
Robbins
Gonzales
Gu Poller
Aubrey Hopkins
Goutwales
Tursday
Hopkins
Gonsater
Nedlth
Julia Carlin
Poliis Hopkins
City Food
R. A. Cox
Miss Carlin
Health Department
Robbins Ad
Theo Sim- Mang
Uniformed Jap Women Killed With 24th Division at Hollandia
May 14 report says at least two Japanese women in uniform and armed with pistols were killed in action in the Hollandia area Dutch New Guinea. Infantry patrols noted they were among Japanese slain during brief clashes near Dozel on the road from Depaprat to the Hollandia airdrome.
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Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Dozel
Depapra
Hollandig
Physical Checkup Slated for FDR
President Roosevelt will undergo a complete physical examination at the naval hospital next week to assess his condition after a month of rest at the Berard M. Bar acha plantation in South Carolina.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Naval Hospital
Berard M. Baracha South Carolina
Yobeaw Harony
Uproar Halts Sedition Trial in Nazi Conspiracy Case
Washington May 17 An uproar disrupted a sedition trial as Chief Prosecutor Rogge tried to begin the government’s case against 29 defendants accused of forming a Nazi movement in the United States. Defense attorneys shouted, court officers restored order, and witnesses were debated amid persistent objections and motions for mistrials.
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Washington
ASA
Federal
O. John Rogge
Rogge
Edwards
Elcher
Hagge
Rogee
Justice Eicher
James Edward Smythe
Yam
Claude A. Thompson
Tals de TaFayele Washburn
Laughlin
Spain closes Tangier Nazi consulate in Morocco
Madrid announced the German consulate at Tangier will be closed and sealed. The move follows May 2 accords with the United States and Britain including reducedWolf shipments to Germany and renewed Allied oil shipments to Spain. London reports the State Department may decide soon on Turkish exports to Germany.
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Spain
Tangier
Madrid
Morocco
Germany
London
Y —P
State
RAF Mosquitos Return to Berlin
RAF Mosquito bombers attacked Berlin last night as heavy bomber fleets rested for renewed operations. Britain faced grain harvest news while German air activity over the English south coast waned. Weather disrupted continental operations with Allied sweeps yielding seven enemy planes shot down and one Allied aircraft lost.
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London
Blas
Berlin
Britain
Germany
RAF Pilot Gets Nazis Five in 15 Minutes
London May 17 The British air ministry reports Squadron Leader Charles Scherf a Mosquito pilot shot down five German planes in 15 minutes over the Reich while on a holiday trip from desk duty. He damaged a flying boat and a bomber on the ground and his Mosquito sustained minor damage from a flock of birds on the return.
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London
British
Air Ministry
Charles Scherf
Reich
Scherf
Germany
Edmon
Kubitzer Bay
Stettin
Schert
Dates Wedding Anniversary Double Date Night at Drake Hotel
Two Marines stationed in the South Pacific held a blind double date with the wives of Buddy Atkins and Capt. Marion Mickelson and Capt. Paul Park. The event, staged to celebrate wedding anniversaries, included a dinner and theater party at the Drake Hotel and a visit to a night club. Russell Good and Reginald Harviewx joined the couples from San Antonio, Springfield Maas, Cedar Rapids, and Detroit for the celebration.
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Onicargo
Onpus
Russell Good
San Antonio
Reginald Harviewx
Springfield
Maas
Aniers
Drake Hotel
South Pacific
Joan Mickelson
Cedar
Rapids
Town
Elizabeth Park
Detroit
Marion G. Mickelson
Paul R. Park
Marine Central Procurement Division
Arnold Raps Strike It’s Called Off
Washington May 17 The Foreman’s Association of America called off a strike at Detroit war plants after Gen Henry H Arnold warned it could jeopardize invasion operations. He cited missing fighter planes and potential delays in destruction of German industry, noting strikes at Packard, Briggs, Murray, Hudson and Gar Wood plants. The air force chief pressed for maximum bombing efficiency and warned the war effort hinges on fighter support.
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Washington
Foreman's Association of America
Detroit
Geh
WLB
William H. Davis
Can
Wip
Arnold
Germany
Uves
Packard Motor Car Company
Briggs, Murray, Hudson and Gar Wood
Air Force
U. S
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Wednesday afternoon through Thursday with widely scattered thunder showers. Temperatures drop to about 6 degrees Thursday morning in the northwest, with fresh east winds. Cooler in extreme northwest, isolated thunderstorms in west and extreme north portions Wednesday afternoon. Weather bureau date on Page 2-A.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Weather Bureau
British Barrage On Monastery Above Cassino
British guns pounded the Benedictine monastery above Cassino this afternoon, firing thousands of shells in a major barrage. The attack followed prior Allied offensives, with German equipment abandoned across the Kiri valley and roads south of the Rapido showing heavy action and damage. A German group surrendered with a white flag, signaling stiffer blows to the Axis in the Eighth Army’s advances. Also reported, nine hundred bales of cotton valued at $150,000 burned in Merkel, destroying warehouse stock昨日.
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Wy Wynn Mbaen
Italy
Upi
Cassino
Mediterranean
Europe
Kiri
Eighth Army
Saneto River
Adrlatte
Merkel
Eager Yanks Press On In Fifth Army Push Near Scauri
Allied forces with the Fifth Army advance north of Scauri Italy on Highway 7. Marines report slow, hot cleaning of snipers and positions while prisoners are taken. General Clark enters Scauri as tanks and anti-tank guns are knocked out ahead of Formia.
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Fifth Army
Scaurt
Italy
Highway 7
Seaml
Clark
Amery ‘Cana
Appian Way
Michael Richard
Mash~ville
Tenn
Andrew Cheek
Stockdale
Texas
Scauri
Formia
Scaur
Col
Charles Isley Jr
Kansas City
Castelianorate
Formis
Gulf of Gaels
Liri
Gassina
Jong
Pignataro
Castelionorato
Spigno
Montes San Angelo
Three German Aces Reported Shot Down
Berlin radio reported the loss of three German aces including Commodore Col. Walter Oseau credited with 116 Allied planes. He was said to be shot down by an American Thunderbolt pilots. Also mentioned were Capt. Zwipf and Capt. Kurt Knanck in eastern front combat.
Gustav Line Got Name On Telephone
Allied headquarters report that the German Gustav Line was first called the G series of fortifications and later referred to as G for Gustav. The pair became designated as Gurtag by both sides, while the next fortifications were never HM but called the Adolf Hitler Line.
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Waples
Gustav Ring
Gustav
Adolf Hitler
Gustav Line Falls Under Allied Push Near Cassino
Allied forces drive north into the Linz valley toward highway 6 behind Cassino as German troops defend the Gustav line. British and Indian units encroach on Cassino while American and French columns press toward the Adolf Hitler line near Anzio. The Liri valley front widens with Pignataro and Castelfiorentino towns in Allied hands as heavy battles continue across Italy.
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Alwedhead
Naples
Linz
Cassino
Goken
Miri
Rome
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Anzio
Aled
Italy
Uri
Bnttle
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L.A
Fudge
S. A
Buddy
Iack
Walter M. Nelson
Foremen's Association
Fien
Beachhead
Anzio-Nettuno
Rita Hume
International News ‘Service
Dhaty
Ale
Elaine Roe
White Water
Kan
Elinore Hurlburt
Los Angeles
Calif
Thelma Overmeyer
Rochester Ind
Miss Hume
Gustav Line
San Giorgio
Ausonia
Esperia
Rapido River
Gustey
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