British Advance On Rome Beach Near Carroceto
Allied forces on the Anzio beachhead stormed two Nazi strongpoints southwest of Carroceto after two days of fighting. The engagement near the Moletta River follows a week of quiet on the beachhead with heavy artillery duelling reported from both sides. The German high command claimed two battalions encircled and 650 prisoners, while American guns repelled infiltrators south of Carroceto. A new 17 centimeter railway gun is noted on the Cassino front, but Allied artillery is believed to hold overall superiority.
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Naples
Anzio
Carroceto
Moletta
High Command
Buon Riposo
Moretta
Carroceto-Anzio
Cassino
Anzio Beach
Dies Group Split on Jap Report
The Dies Committee urged removal of War Relocation Authority head Dillon S. Myer and Tule Lake director Ray C. Best for failing to handle disloyal Japanese. Subcommittee members Costello, Mundt, and Eberharter split. Eberharter filed a minority opinion opposing the majority findings. The Pennsylvanian criticized the majority for withholding a copy of the report.
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Dies
Dillon S. Myer
War Relocation Authority
Ray C. Best
Tule Lake
Costello D.cal
Mundt
R-8
Eberharter
D.-Pa
The
Pennsylvanian
Bill to curb president by freezing agency funding
A Senate appropriations subcommittee approved a measure to prohibit executive agencies from receiving new federal funds after they reach one year of existence unless Congress grants a direct appropriation. The bill would affect agencies including the President's Fair Employment Practices Committee and take effect in July.
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Washington LLP
Lesa
Congress
Senate Appropriations
Executive Branch
Russell
D.-Ga
President's Fair Employment Practices Committee
Federal vote ballot impasse widens in Congress
Senate service vote conferees proposed a federal ballot accepted only if states authorize its use. House conferees asked for time to study the plan, wary of sending federal ballots to states with own absentee voting laws amid constitutional objections.
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Washington
Senate
House
Een
Army doctors urge keeping strict physicals for victory
A White House commission of military and civilian doctors says physical standards must not be lowered or it will hamper the war effort. They stress that only by inducting men living with families and using all sources can manpower meet combat needs. They note family men are a key pool for replacements and urge immediate review of deferments for those under 26 in industry and agriculture.
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Washington
White House
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
May
D.ky
Harvard
Production Of Training Planes Cuts As War Converts Focus
The Army announced termination of contracts with three firms for training planes as production shifts from training to combat aircraft. At war start, about 60 percent of output served training planes. now emphasis is on fighters and bombers. Workers will switch to building combat ships.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Army Air Forces
Italians Protest Churchill Support for Badoglio
The Italian Committee of National Liberation issued a letter to Churchill protesting his backing of Marshal Pietro Badoglio's government. They warned against interference in Italy's internal political problems and announced a protest strike by Naples workers for next Saturday. The letter also went to Cordell Hull and Vyacheslav Molotov as relations with Britain are considered.
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Naples
Italian Committee of National Liberation
Churchill
Pietro Badoglio
Church HI
Allied Centre
Commons
U. S
Cordell Hull
Vyacheslav Molotov
Italy
Britain
Japs Not Defending Rabaul
Allied air forces bombed Rabaul New Britain with 164 tons of explosives in the seventh straight raid. More than 200 aircraft hit the base and surrounding targets including Vunapope airfield harbor area destroying barges and jetties. One Allied plane was lost to anti aircraft fire.
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Alfey
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Vunapope
William F. Halsey
Mother Collapses After Saving Babies from Fire
Elizabeth New Jersey report says a mother, Helen Makely, saved her three children by dropping them from a second floor window into her husband’s arms before collapsing in the smoke. Firefighters carried her down a ladder and she was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital in good condition after treatment for smoke exposure.
Argentina Sees No Policy Change Under Acting Leader
Foreign Minister Diego Mason stated that Argentina will not alter foreign policy during Edelmiro Farrell's acting presidency. The swearing in of Col Juan Peron as acting minister of war followed Ramirez's coup, with cabinet members and Cardinal Copelio present.
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Buenos Aires
Diego Mason
Argentina
Edelmiro J. Farrell
Mason
Juan D. Peron
Farrell
Giacomo Luigi Cardinal Copelio
Peron
Pedro Ramirez
Defendant Values Son Above Wife's Estate
New York UP Way Lonergan disclosed at his murder trial that he renounced any claim to his slain wife's six million dollar fortune if their young son could go to relatives in Canada. He wrote the letter to the surrogate of New York County after reading newspaper stories about gambling his life for a one third dower in the estate. The defense sought to read the letter in court but was blocked by the prosecutor. The judge allowed jurors to review the letter as Lonergan aided his defense in selecting jurors. Five salesmen were interrogated. four were excused and one remained under review as the day adjourned.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Canada
Cafe Society
New York County
Lonergan
Edward V. Broderick
Jacob Grumet
General Sessions
John J. Freschi
Tommorrow
Dry Candidate Gets Gas for Campaign
Prohibition Party presidential hopeful Claude A. Watson was granted 10.00 miles worth of gasoline for campaign use after the CPA reversed an earlier denial. Watson had protested that he deserved the same treatment as Democratic and Republican rivals and noted prior rejection of airline priority requests.
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Los Angeles
Claude A. Watson
Prohibition Party
CPA
Watson
Finns Move Toward Armistice With Russia
Under pressure of Soviet air power Finland appears to move toward an armistice with Russia. Reports say a Finnish Russian rapprochement exists as Bulgaria tightens the border, while Germany readies for Finnish capitulation and a trade deal with Finland would ease its food supply needs.
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Finland
Russia
Hitler
Bulgaria
Cairo
Germany
DNB
Berlin
Arctic
Norway
Helsinki
Stockholm
London Radio
Moscow
C.B.S
Preference To Be Shown Veterans
President Roosevelt declared a government policy granting preference to ex servicemen in federal employment. He urged Congress to authorize a wartime and postwar job designation system allowing veterans exclusive access to certain federal posts and awarding war service points to their qualifications. The aim is a government record that sets a model for employers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Allies Crash 8000 Japanese Forces in Burma Jungle
New Delhi reports the Southeast Asia Command says the Allies destroyed a task force of about 8,000 Japanese in two weeks of combat in Arakan north of Akyab. Japanese were driven back and hunted. many fought to the death, some surrendered or escaped wounded.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Burma
Arakan
Akyab
South- East Asia Command
Convict Kidnapers Ran Gamut of Crime
Three youths led a crime spree from the Hinds County Courthouse area, kidnapping a 16 year old girl, carjacking vehicles, taking hostages, and robbing homes. All were captured, shot at, and returned to jail within 47 hours. Lawrence Motari led the gang with Roy Drake and Ralph Ward as partners. Olline McKnight, a 16 year old near Cleveland, was held hostage for 12 hours and released near Belzoni at dusk Monday.
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Jackson
Miss.1
Hinds County
Lawrence Motari
Roy Drake
Ralph Ward
Mississippi
Olline McKnight
Cleveland
Belzoni
Miss McKnight
Special Election for Representative Today in New York
A special election today to choose a Representative from New York's 21st Congressional district in Manhattan tests state political sentiment. Republican William Bennet, 73, a former Congressman, faces Democrat James H Torrens, 69, Tammany district leader and nominee of the Democratic and American Labor parties, with Bennet endorsed by Gov. Dewey and Wendell Willkie.
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New York
Doll-Woman Denied Bail as Trial Looms
Federal Judge Moscowitz refused bail for Mrs. Dickinson the doll-woman accused of sending coded letters to Argentina that could aid Japan Iran or Spain. The 50-year-old shop owner was remanded to detention and new attorneys Aaron Samuelson and Maurice Shaine were appointed.
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New York
Grover M. Moscowitz
Veivalee Dickinson
Aaron Samuelson
Maurice L. Shaine
Eleanor Roosevelt Warns of Barrier After War
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt urged Americans to listen to returning soldiers to bridge the gap between civilians and those who fought across the world. She warned that neglecting their experiences could create a barrier between the country and its veterans.
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Poughkeepsie
Eleanor Roosevelt
Governor Dewey Pushes Expansion of State Industrial Board
Governor Dewey proposes increasing the State Industrial Board from five to ten members to speed compensation appeals and reduce delays for injured workers. He calls for panels of three per appeal with a lawyer on each panel and a one month claim-to-final decision target. Legislature introduces bills to raise board size and study extending unemployment benefits for illness-related job losses.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
State Industrial Board
Senate
Assembly
Dewey
Radium Recovered From Bombed Curie Hospital
Demolition workers under scientific direction recovered a steel container holding 365 milligrams of radium from the bombed Curie Radium Therapy Hospital in London yesterday. The material is valued at over £9,400.
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London
Mame Curie Radium Therapy
Bare Wires Found in Noxon Home in Murder Trial
Pittsfield Mass. testimony described a trouble-light cord with exposed wires and a radio ground wire found in the room where six month old son of John F. Noxon Jr. was found electrocuted last September. Dr George P Hunt testified he discovered the child’s body in the bookroom and noted a bare spot on a wire near a radio. The state says Hunt, a wealthy corporation lawyer, caused the death deliberately.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John F. Noxon, Jr
George P. Hunt
Abraham Pinanski
Noxan
Schick
Noxon Baby
240 Pints of Blood Donated by Sing Sing
Two hundred forty inmates of Sing Sing Prison donated a pint of blood yesterday to the Westchester County Branch of the American Red Cross. Dr. Charles C. Sweet led the operation, completed in four hours at about one donation per minute. Eighty others offered but were not counted. The 71 death row inmates were ineligible.
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Sing Sing Prison
Westchester County
American Red Cross
Charles C. Sweet
Sweet
Partisan Blows Up Five Trains on Belgrade-Zagreb Route
A partisan detachment reportedly destroyed five enemy trains on the Belgrade Zagreb line. In fighting around Glina Petrinja and Hercegovina the partisans claim 200 Germans killed and about 400 wounded. Edward Sherman and Mary Ann have separated amid a probation hearing for draft evasion involving Mary Ann listed as a dependent.
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London
Free Yugoslav Radio
Josip Broz
Tita
Belgrade-Zagreb
Glina
Petrinja
Hercegovina
Edward Sherman
Mary Ann
Sheridan
Navy
U.S Attorney
Huntington P Bledsoe
Sheridan Mary Ann
Holton
Cal
Nolo Cantendere
Selective Service Board
Nazis Halt Latvia Evacuations Over Epidemic Claim
Svenska Dagbladet reported last night that Nazi authorities stopped evacuating Germans from Latvia due to an outbreak they described as an epidemic in the Reich. Details of the illness were not disclosed.
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Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Latvia
Reich
Hitler Orders City Held to the Last Man
Soviet dispatches said the Red Army closed within six miles of Pskov as Moscow reported three enemy divisions routed toward Novorzhev and the siege of the Baltic city intensified. Hitler allegedly ordered Pskov held and German troops faced desertion and mass internments as Soviet forces reclaimed prisoners and rail links.
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London
Red Army
Pskov
Baltic
Leningerd
Novorzhev
Une
Moscow
Novosokolmiki
Lsta
Sloboda
Germany
Leningrad
Gion W
Bridges May Stay Closed On Sundays
Treasury insists border bridges must pay overtime to customs officials on Sundays to stay open. After a Supreme Court ruling granting double Sunday pay, two Canadian border bridges closed, forcing war workers to detour as Treasury and bridge representatives clash over funding and legislation to cover Sunday overtime.
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Washington
Treasury
Hebert E. Gaston
Gaston
Supreme Court
Fay
Queens GOP Sees Three Delegates as First and Last for Dewey
Warren Ashe of Queens Republican leadership asserts that Queens will send three delegates to the Republican National Convention who will be both the first and last for Dewey. The statement emphasizes unwavering support and finality in the party’s handling of the Dewey candidacy.
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New York
WPI
Warren Ashemead
Queens
Sesteven
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