Bombers strike Europe coast in major Allied air assault
W W Hercher reports that about 1 200 American bombers hit the invasion coast with 500 targets. Mediterranean air forces attempted rail strikes between France and Italy while British medium and fighter planes supported the raid. Strong Allied actions targeted Boulogne, Turin, Genoa, Cannes and Nice regions with extensive bombing and damaged rail and river links.
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London
Europe
Mediterranean
France
Italy
Britain
Boulogne
Fifteenth Air Force
Turin
Genoa
Mount Denis
Lyon
Gadl
Modane
Alps
St. Michel
Riviera
Cannes
Var River
Nice
Recco
Novi Legure
Savona
Seine
Paris
Balkans
Budapest
United Nations
Algiers
Zara
Aerial Action in Yugoslavia Heats Up Over Split and Bosnia
London reports the heaviest air action of the war over Yugoslavia as Allied heavy bombers from Italy target Split and Omis while German forces under Field Marshal von Weichs press their assault in western Bosnia and Banija. Free Yugoslav radio calls the May 25 assault a failed surprise with heavy German casualties.
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London
U.P
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Marshal Tito
Adriatic
Italy
Split
Omis
Baron Maximilian von Weichs
Tito
Banija
Free Yugoslav Radio
Russians Turn Nazis Back North of Iasi in Eastern Romania
Red army forces repelled a sixth straight German attack north of Iasi with heavy losses to tanks and infantry. Moscow bulletin says 29 enemy tanks and 44 planes were destroyed on Saturday, totaling 243 tanks and 280 planes since last Tuesday, with 53 planes on all fronts. United Press notes Friday’s shuttle bombing mission to Russia joined the latest operations against German assaults.
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London
U.P
Iasi
Jassy
Romania
Moscow
United Press Moscow
Russia
Nazi Soldiers Mutiny Near Rome Final Drive
The fifth army reports 135 German soldiers mutinied west of Lanuvia during Rome’s final drive. They shot two officers and surrendered to an American infantry company. The act followed the shooting of two privates attempting to desert, according to German accounts.
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Rome
Lanuvia
Three Die As Lake Erie Cruiser Capsizes Near Port Stanley
Three people were confirmed dead and seven listed as missing after a 33 foot cabin cruiser capsized near Port Stanley Ontario on Lake Erie. Thirteen were rescued from the water, and the vessel lay partly submerged about 500 feet from the pier.
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Port Stanley
Ont
Lake Erie
Administration Forces Ready to Accept Subsidy Compromise
Washington June 4 administration forces ready to accept a Republican plan by Taft to fund food price reducing subsidies only after specific congressional appropriations post June 30 1945. Senate to consider as an amendment to extending the office of price administration. Hill signals little opposition. Taft pegs subsidies at about 750 million spent so far by executive agencies without direct congressional appropriations.
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Washington
Germany
Taft
Ohio
Banking Committee
Senate
Office of Price Adminis
Senator Hill
Alabama
Hill
Congress
Flames Destroy Huge Lumbering Firm in Pittsburg Calif
Wind fed flames leveled the $2,000,000 Redwood Manufacturing plant in Pittsburg on Saturday night. Firemen contained most of the blaze by Sunday with adjacent Columbia steel mill spared. About five million feet of lumber valued at $500,000 burned. The fire wiped out five dry kilns, warehouses, and multiple factories including a door, pipe and tank, planing, frame and cabinet mills.
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Pittsburg
Calif
Redwood Manufacturing Company
Columbia Steel Mill
Redwood
Seven Japanese Targets Bombed Across Pacific Front
Central and northern Pacific air units attacked at least seven targets in the Carolines, Marshalls and Kuriles from Thursday to Saturday. Nimitz reported raids on Truk Paramushiro Shumushu Matsuwa with heavy bombs and fires observed.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Central
Northern Pacific
Carolines
Marshalls
Kuriles
Truk
Paramushiro
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Ventura
Fleet Air Wing Two
Aleutians
Shumushu
11Th Army Air Force Liberators
Matsuwa
A. A. F. Liberators
Nimitz
Japan
Carolines Bastion
Fleet Air Wing
Nauru
Ponape
Navy
Marine
Americans Press Toward Airfield on Biak Island
Allied troops push slowly toward Mokmer airfield on Biak as Japanese resistance along the ridge slows advance. MacArthur reports 34 Japanese planes destroyed and nine possibly destroyed with single American loss. Royal Australian Air Force fighters down eight enemy planes with no Australian losses. Liberator bombers strike Truk atoll in the Carolines, dropping 36 tons in a week as part of coordinated attacks.
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Don Caswell
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Biak Island
Mokmer
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Biak
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Sea
Truk Atoll
Carolines
Dublin Island
Allies Drop 147 840 Tons Bombs on Europe During May
Allied air forces based in Britain and the Mediterranean dropped 147 840 tons of explosives on European targets in May. Britain based forces delivered 99 680 tons to Germany and surrounding areas, while the US Eighth Air Force contributed 35 840 tons and the Allied expeditionary air force 22 400 tons. Mediterranean air forces dropped 48 160 tons on Italy Austria southern France Hungary and Romania.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
R. A. F. Bomber Command
United States Eighth Air Force
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
United States Ninth Air Force
R. A. F. Second Tactical Air Force
R. A. F. Air Defense
Great Britain
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Allies Drive on Into Myitkyina
Allied Chinese American forces under Lt Gen Joseph W Stilwell push toward the center of Myitkyina in northern Burma. They smash Japanese pillboxes and dugouts with heavy artillery as surrounded areas tighten around Kamaung and Kamaing while air forces strike targets along the Tiddim road.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
Burma
Federal Communications Commission
Kamaung
Kamaing
Kungahpawng
Imphal
Gun Hill
Bishenpur
Tiddim Road
Tiddim
Churachandpur
Bulgarian interior minister reported killed in air raid
The Vichy radio said Alexander Stanischev Bulgarian minister of interior was killed during an air raid. The date of the event was not provided.
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London
Vichy
Alexander Stanischev
Bus Collision Near Modesto Kills Four, Injures Twenty Three
Four people died and 23 were injured when a Greyhound bus collided head on with a passenger car 14 miles northwest of Modesto California shortly before midnight Saturday night.
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Modesto
Calif
U.P
Greyhound
Here
Weather forecast by region across continental divide
West of the continental divide shows partly cloudy skies with occasional showers and cool conditions. East of the divide it remains cloudy with light rain likely and cooler temperatures before clearing late in the afternoon.
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Continental Divide
Allies Break German Lines Near Rome In Four Hour Battle
In the Roma suburbs, Fifth Army tanks and infantry fought four hours against German armor five miles from central Rome. A Sherman spearhead crossed the Via Casilina toward Torre Spaccata before clashing with a German road block. Civilians cheered as 88 mm fire knocked out a leading tank and snipers hit positions near a white church. An Italian partisan claimed to lead civilians back into Rome to kill Germans while others brought flowers to weary troops. Utilities were blown up and civilians reported food shortages as Fascists flee.
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Romf
Fifth Army
Borgata Finocchio
Via Casilina
U. S
Torre Spaccata
Rome
Centocelle
Via
Casilina
Sacco Val
Rome Falls to Allies as German Rear Guards Withdraw
Allied forces capture Rome after a three hour wait for German withdrawal open city order. Fifth Army and British Eighth Army pursue remnants to the northwest while heavy air power destroys about 600 enemy trucks and vehicles.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Caesars
Hitler
Fuehrer
Italian Capital Suffers Few Sears of War
War dispatch from Rome describes the city as almost intact after Allied and American units recaptured the capital. Aerial bombardment left railway yards ruined while other areas saw few fires and minor damage as German forces withdrew.
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Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
United States
Grand Hotel
Peter
Europe
Casilina
President Roosevelt to Address Nation on Fall of Rome
The White House announced that President Roosevelt will speak to the nation tonight about the fall of Rome. The address is to be carried by four major networks from 6:30 to 6:45 p.m. Mountain War Time.
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Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Rome
White House
Wheat acreage targets set for 1945 in U S
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones announced a 1945 wheat planting goal of 67 to 70 million acres. This compares with 67 million acres planted for harvest this year and 55 million acres in 1943.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
New War Manpower Priorities Set for Montana July 1 Effective
Montana to implement new manpower priorities to keep war essential industries staffed by July 1. John J. Hanley of the Butte USES was informed by O. C. Lambert WMC head. Key points include hiring only from USES referrals, employment ceilings in shortage areas, a manpower priority committee, and transferring workers to critical regions to meet production needs.
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Montana
John J. Hanley
Butte
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
O. C. Lambert
WMC
Mr. Lampert
Anaconda
Billings
Great Falls
Helena
Missoula
Kalispell
Battle Rages Near Changsha and Rail Corridor
Chinese forces halted a large Japanese pincer thrust north of Changsha, a key node on the Hankow Canton line. Japanese advances from Pingkiang toward Liuyang were checked as air support waned due to weather. Chinese counterattacks north of Lake Tungsting and in Henan recaptured three cities while resuming pressure on the Yunnan front with Kaitou taken north of Tenhchung.
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Chungking
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
China
Pingkiang
Liuyang
Hunan
Lake Tunsgting
Anhsiang
Hanshow Lungyang
Loyang
Lunghai
Henan
Hancheng
Sunghsien
Changshiuichen
Yunnan
Kaitou
Tenhchung
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Adolf Hitler
Albert Kesselring
Vatican
Eighth Army
United Press Bureau
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