Shuttle bombing lands American bombers in Russia
A U S shuttle bombing raid carried Fortresses from American bases in Russia to attack Romanian targets then return to Russia. Soviet air support aided the mission with two planes lost. D e a n and Harriman witnessed the operation as Arnold, Deane, and Perminov received honors.
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Harrison Salisbury
Strategic Air Forces
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Eastern Command
U. 8 S. Strategic Air Forces
Soviet Union
John R. Deane
U.S
Moscow
Averell Harriman
Kathleen
Walsh
Grlavin
Perminov
United States
Germany
Britain
Mokmer Ridge Taken by U S Forces on Biak Island
Allied reports say reinforced Sixth Army troops reached Mokmer ridge on Biak Island, clearing strong Japanese positions blocking access to the Mokmer airfield. Liberator bombers earlier pounded ridge defenses as U S forces press west of Bosnek toward the coast.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Sixth Army
Biak Island
Mokmer Ridge
Mokmer Airfield
Douglas MacArthur
Mokmer
MacArthur
U. S
Bosnek
Fifth Air Force
Biak
Dutch New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Allies Advance in Burma City
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell pushed 400 yards deeper into the southern Myitkyina outskirts and 1 500 yards in the northwestern approaches amid stiff opposition. British radios say the Allies hold about half Myitkyina as Chinese and airborne units continue advances through the Mogaung valley and toward Kamaing. Imperial troops, aided by artillery, capture a village southwest of Imphal after siege and press attacks near Kanglatongbi and Ukhrul road, damaging enemy positions northeast of Imphal.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Wa.p
Joseph W. Stillwell
Myitkyina
Burma
British Broadcasting Corporation
Mogaung
Manipur
India
Imperial
Imphal
Southeast Asia Command
Imperials
Kanglatongbi
Kohima
Imp
Weather outlook West and East of Divide
West of the Continental Divide expects mostly cloudy skies with light to moderate showers. East of the Divide shows mostly cloudy conditions with widely scattered thundershowers.
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Continental Divide
San Martin Elected President of Cuba
Former President Ramon Grau San Martin, candidate of the opposition, won the Cuban presidency by a clear majority over Carlos Saladrigas Zayas of the Socialist Democratic coalition. Raul De Cardenas was named vice president as Cuba also elected governors, mayors, the senate, and part of the house.
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Havana
U.P
Ramon Grau San Martin
Carlos Saladrigas Zayas
Socialist Democratic Coalition
Cuba
Raul de Cardenas
House
Superior Electoral Tribunal
Gran San Martin
Autentico Party
Montana Governor Presses Irrigation Priority Fight
Governor Sam C. Ford told 200 Montanans at a Helena dinner that Montana must win irrigation priority in Missouri River flood control legislation. He urged Senate support for the O Mahony amendment granting prior water use and a voice for western states. Ford vowed to continue the fight as he heads to Washington for hearings and protests against the measure.
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Helena
U.P
Sam C. Ford
Montanans, Inc
Montana
Senate
O'Mahoney
Senate Commerce
Wyoming
State Chamber of Commerce
O.S. Warden
Great Falls
Ford
Washington
Missouri River
Congress
House
Commerce Committee
Army
Missouri
Roosevelt Casts Doubt On 1250 Mile Arab Oil Pipeline
President Roosevelt expressed uncertainty over the 1250 mile oil pipeline across Arabia. He said the project is in an iffy stage and discussions with Britain continue on who will build it and how. The plan may be dropped as a wartime measure with construction left to private companies after the war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arabia
Havre Soldier Dies of New Guinea Wounds
Havre, June 2 Sergeant John Klobofski aged 25 died April 30 from wounds received during a battle to capture Hollandia air field in New Guinea. His mother Mrs. James Eastop was notified by the War Department.
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Havre
U.P
John Klobofski
Hollandia
New Guinea
War Department
James Eastop
Indiana Republicans Nix Pledge To Dewey At State Convention
At the Indiana Republican state convention delegates voted down a proposal to instruct the 29 national convention delegates to back Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Homer E. Capehart was nominated for the U S Senate, with Ralph H. Gates unopposed for governor.
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Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
Gerald W. Landis
Homer E. Capehart
Indianapolis Manufacturing
Dewey
U. S. Senate
Capehart
James E. Tucker
Ralph H. Gates
Columbia City
Japanese Score Gains Near Changsha in China
Chungking dispatch says Japan pushed to within 12 miles of Changsha, with four column advance across a 155 mile front in Hunan. Reports note possible battle near Changsha and enemy capture of Pinckiang and Ancone as Japanese aim to sever China along Hankow Canton line.
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Chungking
Chinese Central
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
China
Hunan
Lake Tungting
Daily Chinese Communique
Pinckiang
Kweiyi
Central
Navy Planes Bomb Shumushu in Kurile Islands
Ventura search planes of the Navy bombed Shumushu in the Kurile islands in a pre dawn strike that started several fires near the airfield. It was the 25th attack on the Kuriles in May as Aleutian bombers under Adm. Chester W. Nimitz attacked northern approaches to Japan. Planes met only moderate anti aircraft fire and all returned safely.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Ventura
Navy
Fleet Air Wing Four
Shumushu
Kurile Islands
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Kuriles
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Germans Predict Balkan Attack To Precede Invasion
London reports on June 2 say German radio claims heavy Allied forces gather in the Middle East and predicts an invasion of the Balkans before western Europe. Berlin Stockholm sources set June 22 as invasion date from the west, citing a new moon and high tides. Allies' phases include air offensive in Germany and Italy campaign led by Gen Sir Harold Alexander.
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John A. Parris
London
U.P
Draja Mikhailovitch
Free
Tito
Peter II
Ivan Subasic
Bari
Mikhailovitch
The
United
Balkans
Middle East
Europe
Berlin
Stockholm
England
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Harold Alexander
Italy
West Wall
London Daily Mail
Hague
Daily Herald
E. W. Sheppard
Seine River
Melun
Paris
Atlantic
L'Havre
Amiens
Missouri River Study Planned
A House irrigation committee authorized a thorough study of water development in the Missouri river basin. Rep Lemke proposed hearings this summer and called the project a billion-dollar job while urging full information for action. Requests to veto the omnibus rivers bill came from Rep O’Connor who urged protection of upper basin rights.
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Washington
Missouri River
House Irrigation Committee
Lemke
R-N. D
Congress
Roosevelt
O'Connor
D-Mont
Missouri
Senate
Oca
White House
Allied air offensive launches large scale invasion bombing
The Allied air forces unleashed a massive bombing surge across Europe with roughly 5,000 warplanes and 6,500 tons of bombs. The U S Eighth Air Force led a major assault on the French Atlantic wall with up to 1,500 heavy bombers and fighters, targeting fortifications ahead of D day. Simultaneously Italy based U S 15th air force bombers struck five rail centers in Hungary and Romania in support of Red Army advances.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Europe
French
Hungary
Romania
Russia
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Britain
Atlantic Wall
France
Paris
U.S
Low Countries
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Red Army
Tito Escapes Nazi Forces In Italy
German paratroopers aided by glider infantry attacked Tito's Bosnian HQ at Bari May 25 but the Yugoslav leader evaded capture, fleeing with Maj Rand olph Churchill and staff into the Dinaric Alps. Rommel directed the raid. two Allied correspondents were captured but Pribichevich later escaped.
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Bari
Italy
Marshal Tito
Erwin Rommel
Tito
Randolph Churchill
Stoyan Pribichevich
Time
Life
Fortune
John Tablet
Reuters
Pribichevich
Dinaric Alps
Allied drive near Rome gains in Italy with Velletri Valmontone capture
American Fifth Army crack Rome line seizing Velletri and Valmontone while pushing toward Rome along the Appian Way. Canadian and French troops advance on Ferentino and near Valmontone, with German forces throwing noncombatants into the line as replacements.
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Velletri
Appian Way
Valmontone
Casilina
Rome
Naples
Fifth Army
Via Cassinia
Herman Goering
Eighth Army
Via Casilina
Ferentino
Via
Mt. Favetogzo
46 Central Boys Get Diplomas
The 46 Central High School seniors received diplomas at the 18th annual commencement in the Fox theater. Father James P. O'Shea urged graduates to face the world with discernment as historians may later write about this decade's influence on life. The Most Rev. Joseph M. Gilmore, D. D., bishop of Helena, presided and distributed diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. O'Shea
St. Joseph Parish
Boys Central High School
Fox
Immediate Rocky Mountain War Labor Demand Placed at 19000
Denver reports 19000 workers needed immediately in Utah Idaho Montana Wyoming and Colorado for essential war industries with 31000 more required by September. Include 4000 in copper operations and 5000 additional by deadline. lumbering coal mining and nonferrous metal sectors face shortages.
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Denver
War Manpower Commission
Rocky Mountain
WMC
John E. Gross
Washington
Gross
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Carbon County
Sweetwater County
Las Animas County
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Henry H. Arnold
Hitler
Alff Coles
Bernard Bushell
Cassino
Don Caswell
Harold Guard
San Martin
Associated Press
Maryland
Chicago
Kansas
By Robert Dowson
Mitavecchia
Tyrrhenian Sea
Romeo
Albano
Anzio
Cheyenne
Wyo
Henry Ruhl Friday
Federal District Court
Matt Katmo
Laramie
By Walter Cronkite
Joseph Morton
By Robert Vermillion
James O’shea
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