Eve Of Invasion Raids Continue Over France And Germany
Allied air offensive at the eve of invasion intensifies with three major bomber strikes on German bases and French targets. About 2,000 Allied sorties run for the 14th straight day as bombers raid Avord Cherbourg and Pas-de-Calais, supported by hundreds of fighters. Since April 15 some 70,000 tons of bombs have fallen on Axis targets.
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London
France
Friedrichshafen
Germaan
Averd
TU. &. Commuunique
Dover Strait
Pas-de-Calais
Thunderbolt
Tours
Paris
Police Kill Car Thief in Buffalo Pursuit
Stanley Drozdowski of Detroit was shot by Patrolman Elmer Schoenfeld after stealing a police car and fleeing with five patrols in pursuit across main street and into the country near Lockport. Drozdowski, 4-F, had just been removed from a Greyhound bus when he attempted to steal the vehicle.
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Buffalo UP
Stanley Drozdowski
Detroit
Joann Golompeck
Elmer Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
Leo Gassman
Lockport
Golombeck
Drozdowski
Detroi
Selective Service
Ecard
Greyhound
Med
Alvin Fahrer
Buffalo
New York Woman Heads Voters League
Miss Anna Lord Strauss of New York City elected president of the National League of Women Voters at the convention near conclusion. She succeeds Miss Marguerite M. Wells of Minneapolis. The gathering backed a program favoring U S participation in a general international body for peaceful dispute settlement with enforcement power to prevent aggression and include all peoples.
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Chicago
Anna Lord Strauss
New York City
National League of Women Voters
Marguerite M. Wells
Minneapolis
United States
International Organization For
National scoreboard yesterday results and American results
National league games included New York defeating Brooklyn 6 to 4 in 11 innings and Philadelphia edging Boston 2 to 1 while Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh. American league saw St Louis prevail over Chicago 3 to 1 and Cleveland over Detroit 2 to 1 with Philadelphia outlasting Boston 7 in 16 innings.
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New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Yeaterday
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Navy Opposes Immediate Army Consolidation Plan
The Navy yesterday resisted quick action on Army consolidation proposals for a postwar unified command and urged thorough study. Undersecretary James Forrestal warned any early move would face Navy opposition, stressing the need for careful evaluation before a major organizational change. He testified before the Woodrum Committee as War Secretary Stimson urged earlier consideration of consolidation principles.
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Washington
Navy
Capitol Hill
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Woodrum
House
Stimson
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
B and C Gas Card Holders May Get Tires
Washington AP says motorists with B and C gasoline ration books will be eligible for new passenger car tires starting Monday and A book holders can get used tire certificates again. OPA expands allocations thanks to more synthetic tires, widening eligibility to workers using cars for jobs. May quotas total 1.3 million civilian tires, up from 1.05 million in April. A book holders regain eligibility for used tires, though few remain.
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Washington
Lavilians
Chester Bowles
Office of the Rubber Director
OPA
Mississippi Flood Forces Farmers to Flee
The Mississippi River flood nears a record crest threatening Illinois and Missouri farmland. Levees along the river breached in several spots as Army engineers ordered evacuations, with St. Louis expected to crest around 38.9 feet, the same as last year, placing pressure on levees downstream to Cairo. Farmers along the river face a third consecutive year of flood displacement.
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Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
Army Engineer’s Office
St. Louis
Cairo
Bolivia reports large conspiracy halted under siege
The government said a vast conspiracy was broken up and a state of siege declared nationwide under Acting President Maj. Gualberto Villarroel with cabinet consent to preserve order amid subversive activity. No disturbances were reported as unrest grows since December 1943 junta takeover and April tin mine strike.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Maj
Gualberto Villaroel
Villaroel
Victor Paz Estenssoro
United States
United Nations
Chinese Drive Japs From Hulao Pass Toward Loyang
Chinese high command announced last night that defenders have driven Japanese troops from the strategic Hulao Pass, gateway to Loyang, annihilating a large portion. The pass is now entirely in Chinese hands as successes east and southeast of Loyang ease threats to the city. Earlier reports acknowledged Japanese penetration into the pass west of Chenghsien and the loss of Chenghsien in northern Honan Province.
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Chungking UP
Hulao Pass
Loyang
Chenghsien
Honan
Thief Receives Three Years Plus Ten Lashes
Robert Shields was sentenced to three years in prison and ten lashes at Delaware's whipping post for a $5 robbery. He pleaded guilty before Judge Richard Rodney, who noted Delaware law allowed up to twenty years and forty lashes. Deputy Atty. Gen. Vincent Thiesen said Shields took five $1 bills from Cora Butler after forcing his way into her automobile.
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Wilmington
Del
Robert Shields
Delaware
General Sessions
Richard Rodney
Vincent Thiesen
Shields
Cora Butler
Stassen or Forrestal May Get Knox Post
The sudden death of Secretary Knox prompts talk of a Republican successor and possible picks Harold Stassen or James V. Forrestal. Forrestal, the undersecretary, is favored by some lawmakers to advance, while Stassen would bring a wartime cabinet balance. Funeral services are set for Monday at Mount Pleasant Church with Arlington burial.
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Washington
Knox
Roosevelt
Stimson
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Pacific
Stassen
Navy
Congress
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
New York
Navy Department
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Fred S. Buschmeyer
D.D
W. Salisbury
Arlington National Cemetery
Lous E. Denfield
Ecard
Joseph Gawler Sons
Senate
House
President Roosevelt Mourns Secretary Knox Death
President Roosevelt in the South expressed sorrow over Secretary of the Navy Knox’s death calling it a war casualty. He praised Knox’s leadership in expanding the Navy and noted the loss to wartime operations while preparing to attend the funeral in Washington.
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South
Roosevelt
Knox
Washington
Congress
Spruance Named Commander of Fifth Fleet
U S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor announced yesterday that Admiral Raymond A Spruance was officially designated as the commander of the Fifth Fleet strengthening U S naval leadership in the Pacific region.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
D-Day Guessing Peaks As Neutral Sources Pin Dates
Berlin reports said invasion timing speculation runs hot with guesses ranging from Tuesday to June 7. German and neutral broadcasts note a new Allied fleet forming in southeast England and renewed Allied shipping losses off southwest England as war nears decisive blows from multiple fronts.
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London
Berlin
England
Die Tat
Bb ‘Ince
Congress To Probe Seizure Case
Congress moves to investigate the Montgomery Ward seizure with an inquiry into executive orders. Senate Judiciary Chair McCarran dispatches an Chicago investigator and vows to get to the bottom of the case. Senator Byrd proposes a special inquiry, calling out Attorney General Biddle’s ambitions.
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Washington LLP
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Biddle
Himmler
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Capitol
House
Rules Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Byrd
D.-Va
Russians Bomb Snow and Stand in Poland Front
Soviet forces repulsed attacks southeast of Stanislawow in former Poland yesterday killing 800 Germans and Hungarians. Long range bombers struck Low near Stanislawow, while a midnight bulletin noted sinking of a 1000 ton tanker and a landing barge near Sevastopol and a 600 ton tanker and minesweeper in the Gulf of Finland.
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London
Red Army
Stanislawow
Poland
Moscow
Com Taumque
Crimean
Sevastopol
Gulf of Finland
Gandhi Weakens as Attack Leaves British Anxiety
London reports fear that Mohandas Gandhi is weak after a fever attack in Bombay. Officials say he has not recovered fully and death could embarrass Britain temporarily. Sources suggest Gandhi’s passing might shift power within the Congress Party toward younger leaders more open to cooperation with the British.
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London
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Bombay
India
Gandhi
Congress
American Priest Engages Stalin in Moscow Visit
The Moscow radio said Premier Stalin and Foreign Commissar Molotov met Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski of Springfield Massachusetts at the Soviet capital. The priest, pastor of Our Lady of Holy Rosary, was reportedly the first American Catholic priest to enter the USSR since 1934 to study the Polish situation and army in Russia.
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London
Moscow Radio
Stalin
Molotov
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Springfield
Mass
Russia
Father Orlemanski
Our Lady of Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Soviet Union
Hoover and Luce to address GOP convention in Chicago
Former President Herbert Hoover and Representative Clare Boothe Luce have accepted invitations to address the Republican National Convention in Chicago, set to begin June 26, with both figures expected to speak on party platforms and future leadership.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Clare Boothe Luce
R.-Conn
Chicago
Avery G Hall May Be State Treasurer Candidate
Persistent reports say Avery G Hall of Stephentown, treasurer of Rensselaer County, could succeed Beagle as state treasurer if Beagle retires to enter banking. Hall met with Roilin Browne of the State Tax Commission this week. no comment. The deputy tax commissioner post in charge of the Treasury Division carries 6500 a year and wields treasurer powers. Hall helped install a pay as you go system in Rensselaer County saving about 1300000. he is a Taconic Valley Bank official and active in county and state finance circles. Gov Dewey will name a successor to Gen Ogden Ross in the Tax Commission term ending December 31.
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Fred C. Beagle Albany, Jr
Schoharie County
Avery G. Hall
Stephentown
Rensselaer County
Beagle
Hall
Roilin Browne
State Tax Commission
Division of the Treasury
Treasury
Taconic Valley Bank
Berlin
Beagie
Joseph M. Mesnig
Averill Park
Commission
Ogden J. Ross
Troy
Ross
Thomas E. Dewey
ILO Chief Sees USSR Aid Needed for Labor Talks
Walter Nash of New Zealand said world progress on labor standards hinges on Soviet collaboration. He noted Izvestia mischaracterized reports about ILC bankruptcy and urged a move toward a United Nations alignment. A workers’ delegate from South Africa reported extreme exploitation in Equatorial Africa with high worker death rates in colonial territories.
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Philadelphia
Walter Nash
New Zealand
United States
International Labor Conference
Jzvestia
Nash
Izvestis
Izvestia
IL. O
League of Nations
Soviet Union
United Nations
United Nations Organization
Equatorial Africa
William J. de Vries
Union of South Africa
Commons Approves Strike Penalty Law
London reports Commons approved a defense regulation with heavy penalties for strike instigators. Labor Minister Ernest Bevin said recent work stoppages risked endangering the western front invasion, prompting swift action by Parliament.
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London
Commons
Ernest Bevin
Tail-Gunning Skunk Stuns Army Pilot at Arrowhead Cal
Capt William B R Howard of the Army Air Forces was targeted Thursday night by a skunk in a San Bernardino mountain resort cabin. Dorothy Lamour sprayed him with a hose as neighbors fled. Howard stripped to his underwear outside, while Lamour led the decontamination effort and others pondered what to do with his uniform.
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William BR. Howard
Army Air Forces
Dorothy Lamour
San Bernardino Air Base
Howard
Dotty
U S Planes Bomb Guam in Pacific Action
Navy bombed Guam as Japanese aircraft remained on the ground. Announced April 24 attack followed by two more strikes on Ponape by Army and Navy planes on April 26 and again the next day.
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Washington
Guam
United States
Pacific
Navy
Ponape
Missionaries Freed by Allied Forces in New Guinea
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced the release of about a hundred foreign missionaries captured by the Japanese since December 1942 in Dutch New Guinea. The group includes 13 Americans, seven Dutch, three Poles, one Australian, one Czechoslovakian, and the rest Germans. The missionaries endured privations and many were brought out on stretchers.
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New Guinea
UPI
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Eisenhower Warns Air Forces of Greater Tasks
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, visiting Allied air fields, told airmen that much more will be required of them, urging continued teamwork and pulling together after noting past achievements. The quick tour covered fields used for pre invasion air blows and underscored a call for unity and extended effort.
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Eisenhower
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
G E Reelects Young New York Directors
General Electric directors yesterday elected Owen D Young chairman and Gerard Swope president for the twenty first time in their long business careers dating back to 1922. A quirky line about a hostess and Utica Club Cream Ale closes the clipping with stray filler text.
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New York
General Electric Co
Owen D. Young
Gerard Swope
Montgomery Ward reelects Sewell Avery amid legal fight
In Chicago, Pi-Board chairman Sewell Avery and 12 directors won re election at a packed Montgomery Ward stockholders meeting. The session voiced strong support for Avery and the current leadership as federal seizure battles over wartime orders and union contracts unfold, with Company counsel arguing constitutional limits on the War Labor Board action. Avery defended the firm as pro labor and pro union but not a closed shop.
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Chicago
Pi—Board
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Co
Avery
Montgomery Ward & Co
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
C. Io
Biddle
WLB
Allies Drive Japs Back At Kohima
Allied forces at Kohima in eastern India smashed into Japanese positions west of the town and seized several strong points. Tanks and infantry advanced along the 35 mile road from Dimapur, amid difficult terrain, as Stilwell’s mixed units push toward Myitkyina in northern Burma, now about 45 miles away.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
India
Dima+pur
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
Burma
Stilwell
Legless Man Freed Of Murder Charge
An all male jury acquitted Joseph Pobilatto a 62 year old legless man of second degree murder in the shooting of his wife Isabella in their New York home. He testified from his wheelchair that she shot herself in his presence last November 5 after suffering illness and 11 operations. He said he loved her and had transferred his life savings of $20 000 to her account.
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New York
Joseph Robilatto
Isabella
Pobilatto
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