Civilians Ordered From Changsha Under Japanese Advance
Civilians were ordered evacuated from Changsha as 150,000 Japanese troops pushed toward the city in three spearheads. Japan reported gains near Kungan and Tungcheng with Changsha only about 30 miles away. China warned the offensive aimed to split the country and authorities urged resistance to defend western and eastern parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wang Chungking
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Yochow
Kungan
Yellow River
Nanhsien
Tungting Lake
Tungcheng
Onl
Milo River
P. H. Chang
China
Tokyo
United Press
San Francisco
Suichwan
Hengyan
Lingling
Chang
Flood Control Bill Devastating, Ford Warns Senate Panel
Governor Sam C. Ford told the Billings Kiwanis the flood control bill before a Senate commerce subcommittee is more vicious than the rivers and harbors bill and would give Army engineers near total control of the Missouri River. He warned eastern Montana faces limited development without irrigation rights and vowed to press Montana’s case in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
U.P
Sam C. Ford
Billings Kiwanis Club
Senate Commerce
Army Engineers
Missouri River
Ford
Montana
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Liberator Raids Shimushiri In Second Pre-dawn Strike
U S Navy communique says a Liberator bomber penetrated to 400 miles from Tokyo and hit Shimushiri in the Kuriles during another pre-dawn raid. Additional attacks targeted Matsuwa, Para Mushiro, and Shimushu as Eleventh Air Force aircraft exchanged anti air fire with limited damage reported. A second item notes Robert Allan Reed, American representative, wounded in a Guayaquil political revolt but not critically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Shinshiri
Kuriles Pacific
Shimushiri
Tokyo
Shimushiro
Navy
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Robert Allan Reed
Amerian
Ofice
Inter- American Affairs
Krupa Conviction Reversed by California Court
In San Francisco on May 31 a California district court reversed a lower court felony conviction and prison sentence for Gene Krupa, the renowned drummer, on a charge involving a minor’s transport of marijuana cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
California District Court of
Gene Krupa
Hep Cats
Share
Uire
Ickes Returns Soft Coal Mines to Private Possession
Coal Administrator Harold L. Ickes announced the return of government-held soft coal mines producing about 60 percent of U S output to private ownership. After 13 months under wartime control the move says management and labor must prove they can meet national duties. Anthracite mines remain government property awaiting contract ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
Southern Coal Producer’s Association
United Mine Workers of America
Chinese Close in on Village in Burma Frontier War
Chinese troops seize a road block south of Kamau ng in northern Burma and close on Seton village five miles below Mogaung valley. Allied forces attack at Myitkyina and prevent reinforcements while air strikes dump 140 tons of bombs on the Mandalay Myitkyina railroad. Gurkhas encircle a Japanese village near Imphal as monsoon cuts supply routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kamaung
Burma
Seton
Mogaung Valley
Southeast Asia Command
Frank Merrill
Myitkyina
Namkwi
Fort Hertz
W. OD. A. Lentaigne
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung
Mandalay
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Manipur
India
Imphal
Bisenpur
Aradura
Kohima
Naga
Somra
Allied Air Force in Britain Flies 65 000 Sorties in May
The Britain-based Allied expeditionary air force flew 65 000 sorties in May over Hitler's Europe, more than double April's 30 000. The force includes U S Ninth Air Force, R A F Second Tactical Air Force, and R A F defense units. Heavy bomber and fighter totals from Eighth Air Force and bomber command await official release but are expected to be record-breaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Adolf Hitler
European
Air Ministry
United States Ninth Air Force
R. A. F. Second Tactical Air Force
Air Defense of
Great Britain
United States Eighth Air Force
R. A. F. Bomber Command
Paris air raid toll rumors stir Berlin radio report
A Paris dispatch cited by the Berlin radio said 1,000 people were killed in a new Allied air raid on Rouen after Tuesday’s attack. The Allied forces had not announced a Rouen raid today.
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New York
Berlin
Associated Press
Paris
Rouen
Tanks clash as Biak drive stalls near Mokmer
Allied intelligence reports a blazing duel between American and Japanese tanks on a jungle coastal plain near Mokmer airfield as Gen. MacArthur’s Biak invasion proceeds. American infantry beat two counterattacks but push pause to clear inland hills, while artillery and ships bombard Mokmer defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Mokmer
Douglas MacArthur
Biak Island
MacArthur
Biak
Philippines
Shermans
Boroekoe
Sorido
Bond Campaign Is Outlined For Fifth War Loan
Butte retail merchants outlined an intensive bond selling plan to back the Fifth War Loan opening June 12. clerks will join a Third Army of salesmen with a $300 quota, advancing from private to four star general by bonds sold. Committees named for window displays, advertising, rally, and overall campaign management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Chamber of Commerce
J. §. Cohen
Treasury Department
United States
Arnold Jacobson
R. F. Popish
Russell Lane
Moe Schwartz
Third Army
Ben Myers
R. D. Callahan
Frank Reardon
C. R. Mench
Jerry Stafford
Larry Smith
Air Assault Concentrated on Key Rail Centers and Ploesti
Allied air fleets pressed operations from two directions centering on four German rail hubs and Ploesti refineries. U S heavy bombers plus RAF and Mediterranean forces struck Germany France Belgium and occupied France with losses limited to one bomber and four fighters. Rail yards at Hamm Osnabruck Schwerte and Soest were hit along with Luxeuil a Luftwaffe airdrome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Europe
Ploesti
French
Britain
Germany
France
Belgium
Mediterranean
U. S. Eighth Air Force
R.A F
Calass
Harry Hickingbotham
United Press
FCC
New York
Budapest
Hungary
Calais
Luxembourg
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Hamm
Osnabruck
Schwerte
Dortmund
Soest
Luxeuil
Mulhouse
Paris
Soeste
Ruhr
Berlin
Hannover- Brunswick-Oschersleben
Halsey declares Japanese losses in South Pacific vast
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr returning to Allied command in Auckland says Japan lost about 4,800 planes and 150,000 men with ships too numerous to count from New Ireland to New Guinea. He doubts a decisive naval battle off Singapore and cites Guadalcanal fighting where Jap losses included 28 ships and about 20,000 men. The allied leader notes only one carrier survived the Guadalcanal clash and describes Japanese orders mentioning Vandegrift's surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey
South Pacific
Auckland
N. Z
New Ireland
New Guinea
Admi
William F. Halsey, Jr
Bougainville
Singapore
Europe
Guadalcanal
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Liberty Ship Henry Bergh Aground Off Farrallones
More than 1,000 Navy personnel aboard the Liberty ship Henry Bergh were rescued after it ran aground in fog off the Farralones, 20 miles west of the Golden Gate. No fatalities or injuries were reported though some stretcher cases were aboard. the ship began to sink and was salvageable in parts as rescue craft evacuated passengers to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
S. S. Henry Bergh
Farrallone Islands
Golden Gate
Western Sea Frontier
Farrallones
War Shipping Administration
12Th Naval District
WSA
Kaiser Richmond
Western Sea Frontier Headquarters
Nazis Prepare New Trick to Block Roads On D Day
London report says Nazi loudspeaker vans toured coastal and inland areas practicing multilingual announcements to mislead locals into blocking roads for Allied troops. The thunderstorm over the Dover Straits ended five days of invasion weather as fears of this tactic emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Straits of Dover
London Daily Sketch
Montana adds 29 457 registrants to armed services
Washington reports to Senator James E. Murray that Montana has furnished 29 457 registrants to the armed services through the draft up to April 1 1944. Montana’s share of 18 to 37 year olds is 41.9 percent while the national rate stands at 43.4 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James E. Murray
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Montana
Armed Services
New Yugoslav Premier Named as Tito May Be Commander
King Peter of Yugoslavia said he instructed Ivan Subasic to unite resistance against the Germans and that Tito might become supreme commander if talks succeed. Subasic would become prime minister as negotiations proceed through the British government. Dragica Mikhailovitch’s removal as war minister was not protested. In Boston, over 100 Bethlehem-Hingham shipyard workers were arrested for allegedly conspiring to defraud the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Peter
Yugoslavia
Ivan Subasic
Marshal Tito
United Press
Subasic
Tito
Draja Mikhailovitch
Boston
Bethlehem-Hingham
Navy
Weather forecast by region on Thursday across divide
West of the continental divide shows mostly cloudy skies with light to moderate afternoon thunderstorms and no significant temperature change. East of the divide remains partly cloudy with scattered showers and little temperature variation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Divide
Fortresses Hit Croat Capital in Balkan Raid
A force of 250 American B 17s conducted the heaviest wartime raid on Zagreb Yugoslavia targeting the capital's air base and rail yards. Italians based bombers damaged lines and depots while fighters hit Nazi convoys near Drvar and ferries carrying troops. Tito’s Partisans battled German forces in western Bosnia during the offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Marshal Tito
Bosnia
Balkan Front
15Th
U. S. Air Force
Baltimore
Drvar
Tito
Hungary
WACs Reach Naples In Largest Mediterranean Arrival
The largest WAC contingent yet sent to the Mediterranean arrives in Naples on May 31. Thirty two officers and three hundred fifty seven enlisted women travel from the United States, with half to proceed to the Middle East, bringing total Mediterranean strength to about three thousand.
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WACS
Naples
Mediterranean
United States
Middle East
Government plants to close remaining aluminum line and magnesium works
The War Production Board reported that the last four production lines of the government owned aluminum plant at Queens New York will be closed shortly. Two magnesium plants at Wingdale New York and Manteca California have already shut down.
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Washington
Queens
N. Y
Wingdale
Manteca
Calif
War Production Board
Forrestal declares U S Navy a world fleet
Secretary James Forrestal says the Navy operates across all oceans with a mobile fleet that supports Allied land drives, anti submarine warfare, and airfield reconquests. He notes carrier strikes on Soerabaja and attacks on Truk Saipan Tinian and Palau, with 52 enemy ships sunk and 500 aircraft destroyed while U S losses were zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Pacific
James Forrestal
Italy
Forrestal
Soerabaja
Netherlands East Indies
Truk
Saipan
Tinian
Palau
British Units Advance as Allies Press Toward Rome
Allied columns push through the Alban hills close to Rome with British forces driving along the coast rail route and American tanks penetrating toward the Via Casilina near Valmontone. French Moroccan units advance 18 miles cutting a key escape road below Via Casilina, while German defense lines behind Lanuvio hold amid heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
U.P
Alban Hills
Hermann Goering
U.S
Rome
Reynolds Packard
United Press
Velletri
Via Casilina
Valmontone
Carpineto
Prosinone
Subiaco
Eighth Army
Frosinone
Genzano
Packard
Lanuvia
Villa Corcetta
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Ickes
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Allied Air Force
Don Caswell
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Liberty
John A. Parris
U. S. Navy
By Robert Vermillion
Holland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dordogne
Riberac
Brantome
St. Quentin
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