Germans Expect Red Drive Weather When West Invasion Hits
London reports heavy German bombardments of rail hubs behind the Russian front. Nazis predict an immediate renewed grand offensive synchronized with a western invasion. Luftwaffe shifts reconnaissance, while German broadcasts hint at flooding Dutch defenses and mass village evacuations as Britain and allies prepare for D-day.
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Rare Stamp Nets $1360 in London
A 2 penny blue stamp, used at Hull on March 27 1641, sold for 1360 dollars at a London auction. The stamp, divided and used to pay penny postage on two letters to Beverly and Hull, marks the first known bifected example and a rare Britain find.
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Goddard and Meredith Plan Private Hollywood Wedding
Hollywood reports motion picture actress Paulette Goddard and Air Forces Captain Burgess Meredith will marry in a private ceremony Sunday in Beverly Hills. The couple announced their intention amid mounting public attention as they move toward wedlock in a restrained, intimate setting.
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Smuts Hopeful Of War
Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts told a Birmingham audience that a three front war from the east, south, and west could yield a clearer victory in Europe than pessimists expect. He warned against focusing solely on the western invasion and urged viewing all fronts together. He remained cautiously optimistic about Japan’s defeat and proposed a postwar order resembling a United States or Commonwealth of Europe.
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Evacuation of Genoa Set Alarms Across Coastline
Bern dispatch reports panic evacuation orders for Genoa harbor and a 3 mile coastal strip to Moneglia. Partisans in northern Italy stepped up attacks on Germans and Fascists as Italians flee coastal towns ahead of possible amphibious assault. A National Resistance communiqué notes several hit and run actions with German and Fascist losses.
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British Minister To Spain Killed
A British minister to Spain, the British air attaché Squadron Leader Cridwell, and a Spanish mechanic were killed in a plane crash on a Sierra de Ortigas mountainside. Nomura named to Japanese privy council, Tokyo radio reports.
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Germans mass gliders and transports hinted for invasion
London reports Germans have massed gliders and transport planes along the Channel coast in numbers said to be enough for at least one airborne division. The British doubtless consider the possibility of a replica invasion aimed at nerve centers. Reports note large Dornier aircraft and gliders among the forces.
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Restoration Of Abbey Seen At Monte Cassino Ruins
AMG arts officer Newton of the Knight army reported after examining Monte Cassino abbey ruins that reconstruction is possible though much is pulverized rubble. The inner form of the three lower cloisters remains visible but cross colonnades and the great stairway are gone. The statue of Benedict is headless yet intact. the benefactors' cloister is ruined. in the braillea the south wall and two large piers stand, otherwise the braillea is gone. German graves are among the rubble and no civil affairs officer will be posted there. Refugees will not be allowed to return.
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Pilot Fined for Low Flying Over Lafayette School
SACRAMENTO Calif May 10 A court martial ordered a mother field officer student to forfeit 2000 from his pay at 100 monthly for flying a B 25 bomber 20 feet above school buildings and 180 feet above town over Lafayette and a local high school The penalty cited as the stiffest at the field and was announced by Gol Gary W. Pyle who withheld the pilot’s name. Cambridge England May 19 Second Lieut Robert N Gore of New York City was acquitted by a US court martial of involuntary manslaughter in a crash that killed a truck driver February near Cambridge He also was acquitted of damaging the truck but convicted of damaging his plane and fined 660.
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Port-Clearing Craft Ready for Harbor Reconstruction
PHILADELPHIA May 4 The engineer corps crew of the army s U B S Junior Van Noy prepared today for clearing Hitler wrecked harbors in Europe The Van Noy first of a fleet of port repair ships rode in dock on the Delaware awaiting christening Saturday Soldiers attached generators to hatches lowered divers and practiced fire control for port reconstruction The crew explained salvage may haul locomotives scuttled vessels and other sunken gear from docks to deep water for Allied ships The ship carries carpentry welding electrical repair sheet metal and machine shops portable generators a 21 unit pontoon system and underwater cutting and welding gear Divers will inspect wreckage depth to decide salvage by outside equipment or detonation If needed the crew can repair captured enemy equipment ashore or with portable units.
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Nazis Fail to Slow Yanks at Formia
Formia in Italy fell to advancing American forces after a 24 hour assault. German defenses and minefields slowed the push but could not halt the doughboys. American troops rounded up remaining snipers and seized the coastal town, with supplies left behind and several dugouts under highway.
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Abbey Chapel Despoiled as Huns Flee Cassino
Blair correspondent Graham Hovey reports at Cassino Italy May delayed 115 detailing how German forces used the Abbey of St Benedict as a fortress and despoiled its chapel. Monks vestments scattered debris and a stove set in the chapel amid war damage. Polish soldiers later routed the remnants with Allied support. The monastic ruin stood under continued shellfire as Allied forces secured the site.
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Grapefruit Pack Record in Texas Nears Closure
In Weslaco on May 19 a grapefruit juice pack is expected to total about 7.75 billion cases, the largest in Texas citrus history, with the season nearing completion. In Hollywood on May 18 actress Dorothy Lamour was resting comfortably after a minor operation, hospital attendants reported.
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