Yanks Smash Japanese Counterblow On Biak Island
Allied Sixth Army troops smashed a Japanese counterattack on Biak Island killing 81 enemy soldiers. U S troops in Mokmer area found 100 dead Japanese in mountain caves. MacArthur said those in the caves likely died by their own hand. Allied air and naval bombardment supported the advance and three barges were sunk offshore. A Liberator over Woleai in the Carolines inflicted heavy casualties on about 500 Japanese.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Sixth Army
Biak Island
U. S
Mokmer Airfield
Douglas MacArthur
Mokmer
MacArthur
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Owi
Woendi
Padeaido
Biak
Bosnek
South Pacific Air Force
Woleai Island
Carolines
Inexperienced operator triggers wrong Allied invasion flash
A London teletype trainee sent an erroneous AP flash that Eisenhower announced Allied landings in France. The mistake was halted within minutes, with editors and traffic staff ordered to discard such copy. Operator Joan Ellis said she believed tape was torn up and transmitted the first Russian dispatch instead.
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New York
London
Associated Press
Eisenhower
France
W. T
A. P
Joan Ellis
A I Peterson Reelected Montanans Inc Head In Helena
A T Peterson of Helena was reelected president of Montanans Inc at the Montana Chamber of Commerce meeting in Helena. New directors named include Fred Heinecke Stanley Antrim Herbert Porter and C C Williamson with re-elected officers and directors continuing. E G Leipheimer urged private enterprise and individual initiative to build a self supporting postwar Montana.
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Helena
A. T. Peterson
OPA
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Flaherty
Great Falls
Paul Hagan
Glendive
W. G. Ferguson
H. M. Montgomery
Chinook
Harland
Kalispell
James H. Rowe
Butte
Edward F. Barrett
Livingston
Claude M. Jones
Miles City
West
Montana
Leipheimer
Allied Planes Twice Hit Invasion Coast
Allied air forces poured massive strikes on the Pas de Calais Boulogne coast and across occupied France and Belgium. About 4 000 Allied warplanes including 1 000 American bombers and fighters pounded rail roads roads and airfields while German radio claimed nuisance raids over western Germany.
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London
U.P
Atlantic Wall
France
Belgium
Pas-De- Calais
Boulogne
Germany
Reich
Air Ministry
Europe
U. S
Karl von Ronstedt
English Channel
Pas de Calais
United States
Eighth Air Force
Great Trappes
Paris
Nation Records More Women Voters than Men
Washington reports that for the first time women of voting age exceed men, with about 600000 more women. As of January the counts show 44,622,886 women versus 44,043,669 men, out of a total potential 88,666,555 voters.
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Washington
Census Bureau
J. C. Capt
Five Million Dollar Quota Set Here for Fifth War Loan
Silver Bow county prepares to launch the Fifth War Loan campaign opening June 12 with a near five million dollar local quota. R L Ruhle announces quotas aiming for broad participation from individuals, corporations, and the community to support the nationwide drive for sixteen billion dollars in war bonds.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
R. L. Ruhle
County War Finance Committee
Russians Repulse German Attacks Near Iasi Front
London reports Red Army forces repelled large German tank and infantry assaults north and northwest of Iasi for a fifth day. Moscow says 214 German tanks and 236 planes destroyed since Tuesday, while Berlin claims German Romanian forces held a fortified position after heavy fighting and air losses.
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London
U.P
Iasi
Jassy
Moscow
Berlin
Ex Gov Erickson Heads Middleton for Governor Club
Helena June 3 State wide organization supporting Austin B Middleton for Governor on the Democratic ticket formed last week with state headquarters in Helena Hon John E Erickson former Montana governor 1924 1935 named chairman and William P Sullivan named secretary treasurer The club will unite Middleton supporters across the state to boost his candidacy and promote good government continued on page 7 col 6
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Helena
Austin B. Middleton
John E. Erickson
Montana
William P
Bill) Sullivan
Square Butte
Middleton
Erickson
Bill Sullivan
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Mississippi Democrats face barometer reading on party revolt
Democratic leaders in Mississippi meet on Wednesday to name a 20 vote delegation to the national convention. A faction seeks an uninstructional slate with a white suprem acy banner while opponents and proponents of a fourth term gauge the convention's stance and likely condemns on repeal of the poll tax.
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Washington
Mississippi
South
Texas
South Carolina
Liberty Ship Defeats Recovered P-38 in New Guinea Duel
A U S Liberty ship survived a battle with a salvaged former American P-38 fighter bombing the Stephen Crane in a New Guinea harbor. An Army officer was killed, and 22 soldiers, a Navy gunner, and a merchant seaman were wounded as the plane was shot down after a low pass. The incident confirmed the aircraft as a P-38, which discharged a bomb before being brought down.
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Washington
War Shipping Administration
Stephen Crane
New Guinea
Navy Armed Guard
Japanese General Killed in Madang Action
Japanese Comet agency broadcast reports Lt. Gen. Shigeru Katagiri was killed in action on April 8 while directing operations in the Madang sector of New China.
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New York
Comet Agency
Shigeru Katagiri
Madang
New China
British Chindits seal escape route linking Myitkyina
Allied forces push east across the Irrawaddy to trap the Japanese garrison in northern Myitkyina. Chindits block southeastern approaches from Waingmaw while Stilwell’s Chinese columns push toward the rail station. Merrill’s Marauders and American units report progress and captured supplies as the ring closes on the Burma front.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Irrawaddy
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Waingmaw
Joseph W Stilwell
Frank Merrill
Stilwell
Merrill
United Press
Frank Hewlett
Burma
U. S. Blacklists 84 Finnish Firms
The United States blacklisted 84 Finnish firms on a Saturday night as pressure for Finland to sever its alliance with Germany. The action targets firms including two led by Helsinki cabinet members Henric Ramsay and Gen. Rudolf Walden. The move signals economic penalties during and after the war era under the ongoing blacklist policy.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Germany
Helsinki
Henric Ramsay
Rudolf Walden
Allies Close on Rome as 10 Miles Separate City
Allied troops breached the Alban hills and moved within ten miles of Rome as the drive to liberate the capital intensified. U.S. forces, with British and French units, pressed through southern approaches chasing retreating German divisions toward the Roman plain. Rome broadcast a plea urging citizens to prevent depredations and mine explosions while aiding the advance.
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Allied
Naples
Rome
U.P
Alban Hills
Harold R. L. Alexander
Alexander
Pietro Badoglio
Lanuvio
Labico
Fallen Valmontone
Via Casilina
Via
Casilina
Cassino
Johnston Guests of Russians at Moscow Trade Luncheon
Eric Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce attended a formal luncheon in Moscow hosted by Anastas I Mikoyan with attendance by Alexey Kru ytikov and American officials. Johnston arrived in Moscow Friday and began talks with Soviet foreign trade officials alongside Ambassador Harriman and U S embassy military mission members.
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Moscow
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Anastas I. Mikoyen
Johnston
Alexey D. Krutikov
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Nazis Try Soothing Public On Invasion Delay
Berlin radio claimed the invasion was nowhere near and blamed a delay on Roosevelt. Eisenhower urged total effort for peace. The Allies distributed 30 man packs with 21 days of supplies weighing 60 pounds to EF units.
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London
Berlin
Joseph Goebbels
Europe
Roosevelt
Stockholm
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Nations
Germans Declare Rome Is Free of Armed Forces
Allied and German statements focus on Rome during the advance toward the city. The Allies say they will target German forces and use only necessary military action, while Germany claims Rome is now a city free of armed forces and urges avoidance of heavy bombardment.
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Rome
Allied
Naples
Pius
United Nations
Transocean
Foreign Office
Italy
United States
Gable to Return to Inactive Duty After Army Service
Hollywood dispatch reports Major Clark Gable will leave the Army soon for civilian life with a possible recall in the future. The 43 year old star enlisted in 1942, attended officer school, and completed a special overseas photographic mission before moving to inactive status. Colonel Roy M. Jones announced the decision.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Army
Air Forces
Gable
Roy M. Jones
Weather Outlook West and East of Continental Divide
West of the continental divide mostly cloudy with rising temperatures Sunday. East of the divide cloudy with occasional showers Sunday afternoon and continued cool conditions.
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Continental Divide
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W. P. Sullivan
Liberty Ship
Allied High Command
Eternal City
Robert V. Vermillion
Joseph W. Grigg
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