23 May 1944
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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces push toward the Anzio beachhead as the Eighth Army advances from the east and Fifth Army hammer the Nazi defenses along the coast. The formations report opening a new phase of the Italian campaign with the beachhead within sight, about 20 miles distant.
Washington Merry Go Round notes Army heroes receive far more decorations than Navy counterparts. Naval fliers at Guadalcanal and Marine pilots with comparable records feel overlooked. Instances cited include Germann seven citations in one day versus Boyington earning the Medal of Honor, and Bonura praised for establishing fields in North Africa.
Allied forces push into the Terracina area seizing mountain heights including Monte Capiccio and Monte Adtone. German reinforcements strike toward Anzio while Ninth Army and Eighth Army units advance in the Liri Valley and toward Terracina. British ministry cites heavy German losses as the clash widens.
Chinese forces strike toward the Burma border from the Salween River and cut the old Burma road at Chefang, 28 miles from the frontier. Lunling base isolation cuts supply lines from Mandalay as Jap garrison at Chefang is said encircled. Westward advance reaches Yunnan, Myitkyina battle hindered by heavy rains. Stilwell notes slow elimination of dug-in Japanese.
May 1 American troop carrier planes began landing on Wadke airstrip within 48 hours after the Sixth Army drove ashore to establish the base 110 miles closer to the Philippines than Hollandia. General MacArthur said Americans faced stubborn resistance near Maffin Bay and Sarmi while 41 Americans were killed, 135 wounded and one missing. Yankee bombers hit three Jap airdromes on the western New Guinea coast and Biak Island with 80 tons of bombs.
Washington reports rising momentum for unifying Army Navy and Air Force under a single chief of staff to the president with deputy chiefs for each service and a cabinet secretary of military affairs. Gen McNarney outlined a practical blueprint as Stimson backs the idea. Navy critics privately favor eventual unification to strengthen overall command structure.
The piece argues that given personnel size and tasks ahead in Europe, the Army could dominate if unified immediately, but suggests delaying unification until the European conflict ends while the Navy plans a major display and show of strength.
Gen Henry H. Arnold told 60 000 at an I Am An American Day event in Chicago that Allied invasion forces must expect stiff air opposition on D-Day even as German air strength falls. He said both Germany and Japan underestimate American power and resolve, noting Berlin and Tokyo leaders may now face regret for past miscalculations and seek a draw through new maneuvers.
Gen Henry H Arnold described Allied air pounding of Hitler held territory as an invasion in the deadliest sense of the word. He said the German fighter aircraft industry tops the bombing list and more than 20 000 enemy planes have been destroyed. He added that daily missions deploy the equivalent of an infantry division.
London reports author H G Wells, age 77, seriously ill at his home after months of failing health, remaining indoors since last February per his family and associates.
London on May 23 reports drastic cuts to main passenger train schedules stranding thousands at stations. Troops receive priority on remaining trains while farewells with loved ones grow more poignant. German air scouts appeared over Britain as six enemy planes were downed and Nazi broadcasts warned of an imminent invasion with 3,000,000 troops poised in southern England for the thrust.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace travels to Chungking China as Roosevelt's special envoy. He makes an overnight Alaska stop at Edmonton and Fairbanks, meets Gen Gaffney and Col Keillor, visits the University of Alaska Farm research, and discusses Arete farming. The party, led by Col Kight, includes Vincent Lattimore and Hazard.
Williams H. Davis chairman of the War Labor Board told a House committee the WLB must act in the Montgomery Ward labor dispute to prevent 15,000,000 workers in various industries from striking. He said the board will step in at any stoppage until Congress clarifies which parts of the national economy are not wartime concerted.
A Stockholm dispatch to the Daily Express details a March killing of 47 British and Allied prisoners by Nazi guards not in a clash with prisoners but by groups of guards shooting haphazardly in barracks courtyards and workshops. Eyewitness accounts from escaped British officers and expected official reports are described as shocking, with shootings spanning several days amid a breakdown of discipline. Witnesses say many guards at camps have behaved like lunatics in recent months. Allen to Wrangell Leonard C. Allen, Supervisor of Social Welfare for the Office of Neilan Affairs, departed for Wrangell with a student for the Wrangell Institute for supervisory visit.
In a day-long offensive, about 3500 Allied planes attacked Hitler's Europe. Some 5000 tons of explosives were dropped on German airfields, freight yards, and military targets. The raid extended from the Channel across western Germany with heavy fighter escorts and substantial losses for the Allies.
Congress sent to the White House a tax bill broadening income tax returns affecting about 50 million payers. The measure, approved unanimously in the House and Senate with a voice vote, is described as a streamliner easing tax payments for roughly 60 thousand people by removing the need for future computations and simplifying filings for about 20 million more.
Washington May 23 Senator Styles Bridges Republican of New Hampshire said he was informed an American truer had been transferred to Russie The Senator declined to confirm the report The Navy Department had no comment on the claim and there was no official confirmation of the transfer
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