China Fight Desperate On Four Fronts
Asian front reports chart a dire multiple battle as Chinese forces resist four Japanese offensives. Huankow to Changsha rear rail positions threaten key routes while Chennaults U S airmen strike near Puch and Sinyang. In Burma Myitkyina advances by Stilwell’s forces and Schoutens island pushes outline a broader supply and operational effort.
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China
Ateles
Behoutens
Chungking
Huankow-Canton
Changsha
Pacific
Hall
Japan
Chennault
Ith
U. S
Pir
Sinyang
Henan
Yunnan
Bur- Sea
Jurmese Myitkyiia
Tatangyeu
Atilwell
Chinege
Myitkyina
FDR Reappoints Four to U S Tax Court
President Roosevelt today reappointed four judges of the United States Tax Court as terms nearing expiration June 2 were extended. The nominees include J Edgar Murdock, Ernest H Van Fossan, and William W Arnold, all longtime members and former presiding figures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Tax Court
Pi “Lam
Tax Court of the United j[Ptates
J. Edgar Murdock
Ernest H. van Fossan
Wilain W. Arnold
Gandhi Ends Two Week Silence in Bombay Speech
In Bombay on May 29 Potandas K. Gandhi spoke during a brief public appearance ending a two week silence. He had been reported resting and appeared unlikely to issue an immediate political pronouncement.
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Ibombay
India
P— Otandas K. Gandhi
Nazis urge Pope to flee Vatican as Rome nears fall
Allied pressure on Rome prompts Nazi demand that the Pope abandon the Vatican for safety in Hitler’s Europe. Washington notes Germany seeks Pope’s prestige and to block Allied claims of liberation. Vatican leadership reportedly will resist and stay at the Vatican amid refugee chaos and food shortages in Rome.
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Vatican
Seon
Washington
INS
Rome
Holy See
Europe
Naz Command
Holy
Eireles
Papal Country
Castel Gandolfo
Lateran
Propaganda Fide
Palace of Cardinals
Italy
Yanks in Rocket Planes Hit Japs
The War Department released that rocket propelled planes are now in combat in China Burma India and the Pacific. Rockets mounted on aircraft such as the Warhawk Thunderbolt Lightning and Mustang have damaged land targets including enemy bunkers bridges and dumps. Over water the planes hit barges and small ships with accurate results. The rocket uses a powder-filled tube and gas thrust, and can be fired singly or in salvos.
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Washington
War Department
Pacific
Department
U S Ace Tops Texas Navy 30th Plane Wit Che
London dispatch reports Major James A Goodson of New York has become the US Army Air Forces top ace with 20 enemy planes destroyed in the air, 15 more in air battles, and 15 on the ground matching Captain Don Gentile’s tally, while Gentile had 29 aerial kills and seven on the ground. In Texas, Amarillo police find the nearly decapitated body of Dorothy Snelson, 22, with investigators noting a large knife likely used. she was living with a brother in Borger and had attended a dance before her murder. No arrests.
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London
INS
United States Army Air Force
James A. Godson
New York
Goodson
Don Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Gentile
Amarillo
Dorothy Snelson
Snelson
R.D. Snelson
Pacific
Borger
Amariils
Negro Surrenders In Elevator Death
Bedrick Honey Boy Hortus a 30 year old man charged with the murder of Mary Lowery in the Hicks building elevator surrendered to Chief J A Emrie of Terrell Hills early Monday. He asked to be placed in the county jail, saying city police would harm him. Hortus claimed he was mowing lawns in Olmoz Park on Saturday before rain drove him home. He denied killing Lowery, saying she fell in the elevator and struck her head. The case was turned over to the grand jury after questioning by Chief Detective Duke Carver.
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Honey Boy" Hortus
Mary Low
Gentseo Road
Tim
Sedstick
Fimvle
Emile
Ques
Duke Carver
Lowery
Carver
Grand Jury
Horton
Qlmoz Park
Bombers Reach Record Allied Aerial Reach Across Europe
London reports Allied air power amassed nearly 14 400 American and British aircraft in operations over Nazi Europe in the last 24 hours. A thousand heavy bombers and 1 200 fighters struck Poland air factories, central Germany, and Austrian targets, while additional strikes hit invasion coasts in France and Belgium. The largest fleet yet dispatched hit Leipzig, Dresden, Magdeburg, and other central targets, with attacks extending to Yugoslavia and Italy in support of Tito, and escorts clashing with German fighters over northern Germany.
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Europe
Germany
Poland
Vienna
Wiener Neustadl
Italion
France
Belgium
Taly
Tesched
Austria
Eir
al. Poznan
Kreisiing
St Lelpzig
Tulow
Cotthus
Soran
Poo Tuy
Sweden
Stockholm
Liberators
Italy
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Mar jShal Tito
Britain
R. A
Angers
Ludwigehafen
Leipzig
Dresden
Magdeburg
Eed
United States
Ruhland
Lutzkendorf
Merseburg
Magde
Liberator crews drop bombs with doors open by hand
A Liberator base report describes a mission over northern Italy where hydraulic and bomb bay failures left crewmen to open the doors by hand. Amid six Messerschmitts, the plane returned with the bombs released by fixed feet in the bomb bay, landing safely as parachutes deployed from the windows.
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U. 8
Down
Italy
15Th Air Force
Twily
Placenza
Milan
Krause
Sobieski
Wis
Charles H. Lee
Gwynedd Valley
Foss
Bnt
Revolution in Ecuador amid pre election turmoil
A revolution broke out today among military forces and civilians led by Velasco Ibarra supporters. Exiled former president Velasco Ibarra near the Colombia border while Ecuador prepares for June 22 elections. Government denied him a Chilean visa. Velasco Ibarra now in Colombia after years in exile. Opposing Velasco Ibarra is liberal candidate Miguel Angel Albornoz, with Velasco forces contesting the campaign.
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Quitu
Ecusaor
Velasco Ibarra
Colomabia
Ecuador
Chile
Colombia
Uberal
Electons
Miguel Angel Albornoz
Velasco Tharrir
Two Nazis Escape From Prison Camp Near Houma
Dallas dispatch reports Hugo Streit and Josef Mueller, German POWs, escaped the Woodlawn branch prison camp at about 6:45 AM. Both were last seen in POW uniforms. FBI in Dallas also lists Nicole Mangierei as recaptured after escaping a Monticello work detail near Little Rock within 24 hours.
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FBI
Nicole Mangierei
Monticello
Ark
Littl Ark
British Economic Official in U S Discusses War Matters
Dingle Foot parliamentary secretary to Britain's minister of economic warfare is in Washington to confer with the state department and the foreign economic administration on common interests in economic warfare. He arrived in the American copyal last night.
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Washington
Dingle Foot
Britain
State Department
Foreign Economic Administration
Foot
Irish Paper Attacks Amon Carter
The Irish Press quotes a Fort Worth newspaper article attacking Amon Carter for remarks on Southern Ireland. It objects to his stance on Cromwell and Americans, calling the statements shocking for a man in a responsible position to publish.
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Eamon Os ‘Valera
Today
Amon Carter
Fort Worth
Ireland
Cromwell
America
de Valera
Carter
Minister Sentenced In Wife Beating Case
Uniontown Pa May 22. The Rev George Elmer Scholt 53 was sentenced to one year in the Allegheny county workhouse for beating his wife Garnet with a miniature baseball bat at the Vanderbilt Methodist parsonage on January 4. He had been convicted March 9 and denied a new trial. He resigned his pastorates at Vanderbilt Jacobs Creek and Wesley chapel. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The wife required treatment for multiple head injuries at Connellsville hospital.
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The
Fey
George Elmer Scholt
Allegheny Cow
Garnet
Vanderbilt
Jacobs Creek
Wesley Chapel
Dur Ling
Schott
Connellsville Hospital
Auto Tax Stamps On Sale June 10
Beginning June 10 the $5 auto tax stamp for the coming year goes on sale at the post office per Postmaster Dart Quill. The stamps cover the tax for the fiscal year starting July 1 and must be displayed on the windshield after that date.
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Dart Quill
Reds Smash Nazi Attacks on Eastern Front
Moscow announced limited Soviet success on the lower Dniester and White Russian fronts with repulsed German probes near Tiraspol and Vitebsk. The communique noted four enemy planes shot down and a Nazi submarine sunk by Soviet Baltic fleet patrol ships, while overall front conditions were unchanged.
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London
Dnestr
Moscow
Tiraspo
Smestr
Forre
Vitebsk
Gulf of Finland
Missing Bomber Found on Kiska
An Aleutian base report says a US Army bomber missing since February 18 was found May 18 near the foot of Kiska volcano. The wreckage and the bodies of the five crew were recovered. none of the victims were from Texas. The bomber was on a routing flight when it disappeared.
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Aleutian
Kiska
1Th Air Force
Ceilings on Sweet Potatoes Planned
The OPA planned to set dollar based ceilings for the 4844 crop of sweet potatoes with $3.05 a bushel for July and August and $1.90 for September and October, effective until a regulation is drawn. Sunset, La., cited as the origin of ceilings to be established soon.
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Washington
OPA
Sunset
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Forecast shows partly cloudy conditions Monday afternoon and night and Tuesday. No important changes expected. High temperature Tuesday around 86 degrees. More weather on Page 2-A.
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San Antonia
Allied drive nears Rome as Fifth Army pushes toward capital
Allied officers report rapid advances toward Rome with Fifth Army troops storming toward four Roman strongholds. German resistance remains fierce. more than 15 000 prisoners taken since the offensive began May 11. American forces drive north from the Alban Hills toward Campoleone and Valmontone, while French units seize Monte Siserno and push toward the Liri valley.
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Fifth Army
Rome
Aprilia
Fifth
Gompoleone
Vermontone
Casilina
Nyume
Cassina
Campoleone
Valmontone
Velletri
Appian Way
Geanovia
Alban
Pontine
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
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Sacco
Sermoneta
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Pirth
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Ville Sante Stefano
Liri
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