Allied Armies Drive Swiftly Toward Rome
Allied forces push toward Rome after a four hour battle with heavy enemy casualties. American infantry and armor battered towns for three days. Mussolini’s model town Littoria falls as German defenses pull back. Allied air forces destroy fleeing vehicles. 1,756 enemy vehicles damaged in 48 hours. In four days, Sth Army advances and captures about 7000 prisoners, including a German infantry commander and staff.
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Model
Cisterna
5Th
Littoria
Mussolini
Pontine
Alban Hills
Sth
Littorie
Allied advances reach Aquino and near Rome fronts
American forces moved toward the Alban Hills about 15 miles southeast of Rome facing lighter artillery and deep minefields. Navy bombards targets near Anzio, destroying buildings and gun positions. Germans abandoned Aquino after Canadian flanking near the Melfa, withdrawing to Roccasecca, securing a new airfield for the Allies.
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Sabaudia
Pontina
Alban Hills
Rome
Eternal City
Navy
Anzio
Aquino
Melfa
Highway 6
Roccasecca
Veteran Kills His Wife And Himself In Abilene
Abilene Texas residents testified that Lt Donald K Bush a 25 year old veteran of Guadalcanal killed his wife and then himself at the Brooks home after returning from overseas he had shown emotional distress and frequent weeping spells Justice of the Peace W J Cunningham ruled the deaths a double tragedy demanding a formal inquiry and signaling the tragic end of a soldier’s homecoming and strain.
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Abilene
Tex
Donald K. Bush
Guadalcanal
W. J. Cunningham
J. F. Brooks
Aged man detained by city police
Police detain an elderly man named Manuel S. Gross in hopes relatives in the area may contact them. Gross was taken into custody Wednesday night by Patrolman 4 C. Castle. The officer would not reveal his address, noting he once lived in Hagerstown. The British empire covers about a quarter of the world’s habitable land.
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Manuel S. Gross
Gross
4. C. Castle
Hagerstown
Students to Take Exams Tomorrow for Scholarships
Examinations for several college and university scholarships will be held Saturday morning May 27 at 9 30 at Hagerstown High School. Scholarships range from a few hundred dollars to 2500. Open to all Washington county high school graduates including 1944 graduates. Institutions offering awards include Washington College Maryland Institute Western Maryland College University of Maryland Johns Hopkins University and more with four year or part time provisions and engineering tracks.
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Hagerstown
Benjamin Willis
Washington County
Washington College
Chestertown
Johns Hopking University
Cowboy Canteen at Henrys Theatre Tons of Fun
The Columbia film Cowboy Canteen at Henrys Theatre features Charles Starrett and a lineup of top cowpunchers and entertainers in a Western jamboree full of lively songs, vibrant action, and hearty entertainment.
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Cowboy Canteen
Columbia Picture
Henry's Theatre
Harles Starrett
Knudsen Receives Distinguished Service Medal at War Effort Ceremony
Lt. Gen. Bill Knudsen, the Army's top production trouble shooter, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by Secretary of War Stimson in a brief ceremony attended by the Army's high command for brilliant accomplishments in war production.
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Washington
Bill Knudsen
Army
Knudsen
Stimson
Baltimore and Ohio reports April income decline
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad posted April net income of 2,565,215, down 2,470,987 from April 1943. April gross revenues rose to 32,481,678, up 1,510,015, while operating expenses climbed to 23,036,802, a rise of 3,611,014, including a 2,422,851 gain in maintenance costs.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Today
Trucker Burned to Death on Pula Ski Highway
John H. Burgis, 38, of Lake City, South Carolina, was burned to death today six miles south of Elkton Maryland when his loaded bean truck rear ended a stalled vehicle on the Pula ski highway and caught fire. Burgis was trapped in the wreckage of his vehicle.
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Elkton
John H. Burgis
Lake City
S. C
New York
Pulaski Highway
Burgis
Paper Collection Plans Mapped by Scout Officials
Scouts outline waste paper and rag collection for city and county set for Saturday June 3. City troops meet in eight sections in the morning, bundles curbside one foot thick tied securely. County troops will join. WPB request funds ongoing monthly collections. Robert Shirdliff presided.
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Hotel Hamilton
WPB
Robert Shirdliff
Iceland Votes to Become Youngest Republic
Reykjavik reports Iceland opts to sever ties with the Danish Crown in a record turnout referendum. An Althing session plans June 10 to name the first president who will serve one year before a four year term. About 98 percent of eligible voters participated.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Althing
First TV relay hit by song ban during Cantor show
Philadelphia May 26. A 15 minute televised show, the first regular commercial relay, aired with no sound when Eddie Cantor sang a banned song about having a baby. Philco VP Carmine said censorship blocked the number on air during the WNBT to WPTZ link.
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Philadelphia
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
James H. Carmine
Philco Corporation
Poor
Richard
WNBT
New York
WPTZ
Quads’ condition worsens as one dies in London
London on May 26 reports Daisy and William, two of the surviving quadruplets born to Mrs. Daisy Moxham on May 22, remain anxious. George, the smallest of the quads, died last night, adding to a fragile situation faced by the family and medical staff.
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London
Daisy
William
Daisy Moxham
George
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