Chinese win Warong capture and Burma advance report
Allied forces push toward Myitkyina base as Chinese seize Warong in North Burma 12 miles northeast of Kamaing. Japanese losses mount with heavy fighting on Salween and Manipur river area. air strikes disrupt Japanese divisions and supply lines across Burma and western Pacific theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyun Legacians
Bumia
Myitkyina
Southeast Asia
Burma
Warong
Kamaing
Mogaung
Tatangtza
High Command
Imphal
India
R. A. Paavid
Indian Air Force
Manipur
Peain
Aard Jop
14Th Army Airforce
Loyang
Central
North Pacific
Earle
Caroline
Marshall Islands
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Schouter
British commandos land on island off Stav coast
German DNB news agency reports British commandos landed on the island of Mijet off the Fugo Bla coast the night of May 23 24, but have withdrawn leaving four dead and several wounded and captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bondon
DNY
Mijet
Fugo- Bla
Severnl
Tokyo admits Wotje attack details from AP report
A Japanese broadcast said two Allied destroyers bombarded Wotje island in the Marshall group on the morning of May 23. Japanese shore guns replied and allegedly damaged one destroyer. Tokyo claimed the damage was not significant.
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Tokyo
Wotje
Associated Press
Wotje Island
Marshall Group
Thirteen Hurt in Texas Interurban Crash Near Elm Mott
Thirteen people were injured when a Dallas bound interurban from Waco collided with a Texas Electric freight train on a siding at Elm Mott in McLennan County. One possibly serious injury was EG I Spicer, operator of the interurban. Twelve passengers sustained minor injuries.
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Dallas
Waco
Texas Electric
Elm Mott
McLennan County
Egi Spicer
Minot
Texas Due More General Rains
The Associated Press reports further rain moving across Texas, heightening flood risks in Central Texas after days of rising waters. Swollen rivers threaten farm land from Lampasas to Milam county, with Little River flooding and remainders affecting crops, cotton planting delayed, and regional rain totals ranging up to several inches across Panhandle to gulf regions. Wheat areas and vegetables suffer while harvests face delays and replants in places like Plainview and Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Lampasas
Forks
Temple
Leon
Little Tiver
Little
Lamiasas River
Milam County
Easter Panhandle
Louisiana
Brazos
Wien
Lamb
Bailey Counties
Lubbock
Floydada
Seminole
Post
Muleshue
Plainview
Lamesa
Lubbock -Avalanche-Journal
Wichita Falls
Bowie
Graham
Electra
Houston
World powers weigh tri power cabinet plan for postwar world
London reports that the United States Britain and Russia may form a three nation super cabinet to tackle postwar global problems. Churchill is said to back a controlling council of war victors with high level figures like Ambassador G. Witant, Lord Halifax and Maxim Litwinel as possible members. President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull discuss preparations ahead of other governments. The idea seeks rapid coordination through a UN style mechanism to handle Italian politics Polish Russian matters and other postwar issues.
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London
DuiLain
Russia
United States
Churchill
Fall
Washington
Tye
Congress
Commons
Ravapeim Advisory Commission
United Nations
Ambassador del G. Witant
Lord Halifax
Britain
Maxim Litwinel
Aerial War Sped Up Again Over Europe
London reports Mosquito bombers struck Ludwigshafen and Aachen with railway yard damage. Daylight raids toward Pas de Calais followed heavy night attacks. Danube mining by Liberators and Wellingtons extends through northern coasts and inland waterways, disrupting oil shipments from Romania and Hungary.
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London
Tudwigshifen
Rothe Erde
Aachen
Ht. A.P
English Channel
France
Pas de Calais
Ludwigshafen
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Paris
Oostende
Danube
Naples
Liberators
Wellingtons
Danube River
R.A. F
Romania
Hungary
Gripsholm Docks At Belfast
The Swedish ship Gripsholm arrived off Belfast today carrying British, Canadian and American prisoners of war and civilians exchanged for Germans at Barcelona. She had sailed from Algiers Sunday after discharging some ill passengers.
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Belfast
Jiner Gripshol
Barcelona
Algiers
Goebbels Refuses To Protect Fliers In Reich
Stockholm May 27 Propaganda Minister Goebbels in Volkischer Beobachter said Nazi officials would no longer provide police or military protection for Allied airmen forced to land in Germany. He argued Allied bombing raids harmed civilians and that Germans could not shield pilots after such attacks due to civilian panic and violence. It remains unclear if German civilians attacked Allied airmen or if any pilots were harmed.
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Stockholm
Goebbels
Volkisther
Ufe
Aia
Gruman
Reich
Rome Withdrawal German Hint
London reports say German propaganda hints at Rome fall and a retreat to new defenses. A German military spokesman cites prestige, while observers see a possible double aim to ease German shock and shifting blame onto Allies. Evacuation rumors spread as fighting nears the city. reports claim no Germans, even wounded, remain in Rome.
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London
Rome
Larouph
Vichy
Hitler
Eloynal
Transocein
Negro Charged in Elevator Slaying
Sedrick Horton an elevator operator faces murder charges in the death of 37 year old Mrs Maury Lou Lowery after a party at Hicks building Broadway and Houston streets. Prosecutors say Horton beat and kicked her to death and cited new witness testimony gathered by city detectives.
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Sedrick Horton
Maury Lou Lowery
Carver
Horton
Sam Goldferb
Parole Board
Guldfarb
Austin
Forton
Parolle
L. J. Grétinper
Aunt Page
Water Street
Lower
Jack L. Martin Jr
South Flores Street
Frans Escobeda
el Paso
Alamo Leal
San Fernands Street
Helen Sirler
South Presa Street
Alton Gaedke
East Martin Street
Mary L. Ferrell
Harlan Street
Alfonso G .Carrillo
East Houston Street
Howard R. Curry
North Cherry Street
Sane
Draft Convictions Rise in Violations Report
Washington reports a 66 percent jump in draft violation convictions. From July 1, 1943, to May 1, 1994, 4474 cases were filed, up 1781 from 2692 in the prior fiscal year, per the justice department release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Sania
Germans Continue To Retreat From Rome Front
Allied dispatches report Fifth Army recon elements reaching Artena and advancing north of the beachhead as German forces pull back from Valmontone and the Cisterna Valmontone road. The Eighth Army wins a fierce tank battle west of the Melfa river, with 12 enemy tanks knocked out. Canadian and British troops close on Arce and Ceprano, while Kesselring shifts a battle group to the front but loses both San Giovanni and Pastena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Via
Casilina
Fifth Army
Artena
Valmontone
Rome
Eternal City
Ando
Clark
Cisterna- Valmontone
Liri
Marshal Kesselring
Adriatic
San Giovanni
Pastena
In Reverse Dunkerque Greatest Invasion Armada Massed
An account of a vast Allied invasion fleet gathering in Britain for D-day. It highlights crews new to combat, the scale of ships from warcraft to Liberty vessels, and the War Shipping Administration staff coordinating port operations led by Captain John A. Potts. Dean McCoy oversees recruitment in the region as sailors seek assignment aboard invasion vessels.
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England
Britain
Europe
Dunkerque Iwhiels
Germany
Africa
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
WSA
Statch
Husky
Avery
John A. Potts
Potts
United Kingdom
Los Angeles
Bull Breamehiy
Brooklyn
Tn One
Ato
Dean McCoy
Denver
Colo
Navy
McCoy
I Anhing
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Rome Line
Stav Coast
Hollandia
New Guinea
Robert Spellman
Isabel, S. D
Thomas H
U.S
Gripsholm
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