Allied Bomb Raids Wreck Foggia Rail Yard In Italy
Allied air fleets blitzed the Foggia rail complex in saturating strikes described as the Mediterranean war’s heaviest raid, blasting freight yards, a railway bridge, repair shops, and depots while 38 attackers fell. Simultaneously American forces seized Aeolian islands north of Sicily and Lipari Stromboli fell, giving the Allies control of the sea between Sicily and southern Italy.
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Farley Democrats Seen Cool to Election Test
Spokesmen for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and President Franklin D. Roosevelt seek to smooth factional wrinkles as party committees prepare to decide on entries for New York State lieutenant governor before the fall election. Republican strife over patronage and the Willkie wing clash with Dewey’s hopes for Curran, while leaders push a solid front behind Marvin to avoid splits. Every county machine must mobilize as votes will be tight.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Willkie
Rolland B. Marvin
Syracuse
Thomas J. Curran
Thomas W. Wallace
Schenectady
Marvin
Dutch City Hit Again: Allies Step Up Air Strikes
Allied air forces continued near nonstop raids on western Europe targeting air fields and rail hubs. Mitchell bombers with Spitfire escorts attacked Flushing in the Netherlands and Boston mediums, escorted by Spitfires, hit Abbeville rail yards. One bomber missing but crew safe. Mosquito raids, Berlin strike, and disrupted German airfields marked a six day campaign showing growing Allied air control.
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Dover Strait
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Flushing
Netherlands
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France
Berlin
Australians Go To Polls Today
Nearly 4 500 000 Australians vote in a general election to decide if Labor Prime Minister John Curtin remains in power or if an anti labor coalition led by Arthur Fadden returns. All 76 House seats and 19 of 36 senate seats are contested. Voters 21 and over must vote, recording a preference for each name.
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Australia
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Arthur Fadden
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Scores and standings from early baseball and hockey games
National league games show Brooklyn 6 Chicago 3 and New York 3 Pittsburgh 2 with other results New York 7 Pittsburg 4 Boston 3 Cincinnati 2 in 12 innings. American games New York 10 Cleveland 5 Detroit 1 Boston 0 Washington 10 Chicago 5 Philadelphia at St Louis postponed. Eastern results Albany 4 Binghamton 1 Albany 4 Binghamton 3 Elmira 6 Utica 5 Utica 7 Elmira 1 Scranton 12 Springfield 2 Hartford 4 Wilkes Barre 2.
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Nazis lose two generals in Berlin radio report
Berlin radio said two Nazi generals were killed last night. Col-Gen Hans Jesschonnek, 44, chief of staff of the German air force, and Maj-Gen Chamier Glisczewski, described as the inventor of many German secret weapons, were listed among the dead.
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Berlin
Hans Jesschonnek
Mej
Chamier Glisczewski
Five Mines Returned To Owners
Washington P)-Five coal mines were turned back to their owners yesterday amid signals the government soon would relinquish control of others. The return involved Barnes Coal and Mining Co Coshocton O Elk River Coal and Lumber Co Columbus O Rail and Lake Coal Co Cleveland Shelton Mining Co North Lima O and the Shaff Coal Co Oneonta Ala. Ickes said federal operation of the five mines was not necessary to insure wartime coal production and that applications to end government possession of more mines are under review.
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John L. Lewis
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Barnes Coal and Mining Co
Coshocton
O. Elk River
Giraud Arrives in Malta as French Commander
General Henri Giraud, chief of the French Armed Forces, arrived in Valletta Malta yesterday by air to begin his visit and assess Allied operations in the Mediterranean theater.
Mail Order Firm Rebuked by War Labor Board
The War Labor Board ruled Montgomery Ward & Co. must allow union security dues check-off and arbitration of grievances at stores in New York Detroit and Denver. About 900 workers represented by the United Mail Order Warehouse and Retail Employees Union are affected. Wayne L. Morse said employer take it or leave it tactics in bargaining are passe and that the Smith Connally Act is constitutional.
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Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc
Smith- Connally
New York
Detroit
Denver
United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employees Union
Wayne L. Morse
WLB
Income Tax Receipts Mount Past 430 Million
Inland Revenue Commissioner Guy T. Helvering cites that receipts under the pay-as-you-go income tax law topped 430 million dollars yesterday. He warns about another filing deadline for about 15 million Americans.
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Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
President To Speak At Ottawa Canada Ottawa Pact
President Roosevelt will address an informal Ottawa meeting of the Canadian parliament after a high level war conference with Prime Minister Churchill. Spokesmen say the two leaders worked into the early morning to clear schedules and plan a brief broadcast speech from Ottawa.
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Anthony Eden
Brown
Russia
Europe
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Allies drive Japanese from Salamaua defenses New Guinea ridge halts, adds foothold
Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific reports Jap forces in full retreat to inner defenses around Salamaua New Guinea as air attacks curb supply. MacArthur says enemy abandoned machine guns and 350 buried dead while Allies form a solid line toward the Salamaua airdrome and town.
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Navy reshapes air arm to hit harder in war
Navy Secretary Knox announces direct control of combat aviation through a deputy chief of naval operations. Rear Admiral Ramsey reports Japanese carrier strength has improved but avoids South Pacific surface conflicts. McCain will head the new aviation operational division as the Bureau of Aeronautics shifts to supply and operations.
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Latest Manville Bride Chooses Mystery Miss X
Ex Senator Tommy Manville, the asbestos heir, arrived seeking a 14 1 marriage license but announced Miss KX has agreed while Sunny Ainsworth 19 denied publicity. Manville quipped she won’t marry him if it draws attention. In Greenwich a former state senator Fred J Slater died unexpectedly of a heart attack in Cooperstown.
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Cooperstown
Cadets to Help Save Bean Crop
About 40 Cornell University naval aviation cadets volunteer to harvest 65 000 cases of string beans worth nearly 200 000 for two canneries. Farm Bureau Agent Invin Perry said the crop would be lost without immediate harvest. The cadets will work tomorrow.
Orthodox Unification Ceremony In Buffalo For Orthodox Catholic Churches
The Orthodox Catholic Churches of the United States will unite in Buffalo with a Fourth Century liturgy chanted in Greek Russian Syrian and English marking the federation’s foundation. Governor Dewey signed the incorporation bill March 25. Rev. Andrew Ivanyshyn of St Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church Troy will formalize the incorporation as vicar general of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Orthodox Church of the United States. The move ends years of effort toward unity and aims to preserve the church for future generations says Very Rev Michael G H Gelainger dean of the federation’s presbyterial council.
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Andrew Ivanyshyn
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Niagara Falls
Wartime WPB Orders Boost Baby Carriage Output
The War Production Board ordered greatly increased output of carriages walkers strollers and sulkies amid a baby boom. In the last quarter this year 693700 baby vehicles of all kinds will be manufactured 349000 of them carriages a rise of about 30 percent over the current rate.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Phelps Critical at Yale Emeritus Professor Dying
William Lyon Phelps 78, noted author and Yale English professor emeritus, was critically ill at his New Haven home yesterday with doctors fearing he may not survive the weekend.
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New Haven, Conn
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Goering Orders Shame Over Luftwaffe Loss of Aggressive Spirit
A Goering order found in Sicily, dated in July, expresses shame over the Luftwaffe for no longer loving battle and losing its aggressive spirit, according to a Reuters report from Allied North Africa headquarters released last night.
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Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Sicily
Reuter
North Africa
Jaly
Goering
Russian Troops Capture Lebedin in Ukraine Advance
Russian forces seized Lebedin about 100 miles northeast of Kharkov as Moscow announced. The drive aimed at Konotop rail junction on the Kiev Bryansk line, while Berlin reports said Russians attacked at multiple points along a 1,00 mile front from Leningrad to Murmansk. The Soviet communique tallied German losses and noted fierce battles near Karachev and in the Bryansk and Suss-Demensk sectors with tank clashes and German retreats.
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Soviet Call for Three-Power Conference Amid War Hope
The Soviet labor magazine War and the Working Class urged a three power conference of Britain Russia and the United States to shorten the war and plan for peace by friendly collaboration. It criticized Roosevelt and Churchill for serving Anglo American interests and demanded a new fighting front in Europe. Victory over Germany this year was deemed possible. The Quebec conference was cited as needing Soviet representation.
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Berlin Reports Sea Skirmish Near Boulogne
Berlin claimed a sea skirmish near Boulogne with six British warships allegedly approaching at 4 PM and retreating after German shore and naval batteries opened fire. The report, unconfirmed, followed a similar Berlin broadcast two days earlier cited by N B C. The London Ministry of Information noted a naval squadron of small vessels near Boulogne at 4 PM the previous Thursday with German coastal guns firing.
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Berlin
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London Ministry of Information
Truman War Plant Sale Looms as Pressure Mounts
The Truman War Plant Investigating Committee and the Army Air Forces moved to sell Wright Aeronautical Corp’s Lockland plant, saying production had plunged to one sixth of former output. Harry S. Truman warned management must improve or the Army would seize the facility, while Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols noted no deadline yet. Curtiss-Wright president Guy W. Vaughn promised a two to three month rebound with a substantial staff increase to reach the plant’s $53 million capacity.
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Truman War Plant
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Wright Aeronautical Corp
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Truman Senate Committee
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Oliver P. Echols
Hugh Fulton
General Echols
Senator Truman
Guy W. Vaughn
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Maine and Idaho Vie For Spud Honors
Maine and Idaho battle for top potato producing state as both boost plantings this year. Idaho expands to 193,000 acres, surpassing Maine by 1,000 acres after Maine led in 1932 with 156,000 acres planted.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Maine
Linoleum Plant Blast Kills 10 in Keaty New Jersey
The Congcoleum-Nairn Inc explosion Thursday killed ten, with six bodies recovered from smoldering ruins and one more dying later in hospital. At least two others are missing, and nine were injured, seven in critical condition, as a three story building was leveled and wreckage spread over ten miles.
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Keaty
N. J. Gpi
Congcoleum-Nairn, Inc
Teachers Oppose Anti-Strike Law
The American Federation of Teachers resolved to campaign for repeal or invalidation of the Smith Connally Act, saying it foments strikes and was enacted to prevent strikes in wartime. The convention urged defeating lawmakers who voted for it and backing repeal pledges, reaffirmed no strike policy, and pressed for price rollback and anti inflation measures.
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American Federation of Teachers
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Wall Street Doubts Treasury Postwar Stabilization Plan
In New York's financial district experts doubted the Treasury's stabilization plan unveiled Thursday. It is the second tentative blueprint for an international money and foreign trade system after the war, following similar proposals by British and Canadian authorities.
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Cargo Flights Start NYC LA Route With Mail Express
Regular cargo flights between New York and Los Angeles began at 12 35 a m today, American Airlines reported, with a twin engined plane taking off from LaGuardia Field carrying 1504 pounds of mail and 2563 pounds of express.
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