Attu Island Battle Ends in Over 400 Japanese Killed
United States forces completed mopping up Attu Island with more than 400 Japanese troops slain in a series of patrols and skirmishes near Chichagof Harbor. Three American columns joined forces, breaking organized enemy resistance as pockets in the hills were stamped out.
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Washington
Attu Island
Navy
United States
Chichagof Harbor
Attu
Chichagof
Fish-Hook Ridge
Fish-Hook
Fish Hook Ridge
Balkan Royalty Defer Marriage
King Peter II of Yugoslavia and his 22 year old fiancée Princess Alexandria of Greece said they will marry after the war. The monarch told the London Star they would wed as soon as hostilities end and expressed their wish to marry if not for the conflict.
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London
Peter II
Yugoslavia
Alexandria
Greece
King Peter
London Star
Local Dignitaries and Visitors Over Weekend
Pownas Miss Florence E. Lewis of Wee Hawken New Jersey spent the weekend with her mother Mary E. Lewis. Mrs. Leslie Stanclift and friends of Hinsdale New Hampshire have been spending a few days at the home of Mrs. Stanclift's father George Mayhew. Miss Ruth Gallant of South Shaftsbury a former Oak Hill teacher was a guest here over the weekend holiday. Francis E Haley son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L Haley aged 17 went to Pittsfield Saturday and enlisted in the Navy. He is to report for final examination at Springfield Thursday.
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Florence E. Lewis
Weehawken
N. J
Mary E. Lewis
Leslie Stanclift
Hinsdale
N. H
Frank L. Haley
Pittsfield
Navy
Springfield
Attu War Dispatches Spotlight Oddities and Valor
A Attu Island report captures strange scenes from Holtz Bay and Massacre Bay. A veteran crew recalls Pearl Harbor, while a reporter in Holtz Bay narrowly escapes, chased by an unseen threat. Elmer Lomas earns praise for a night mission through Japanese lines.
East Side Midweek Prayer At Pawling Avenue Church
East Side residents will hold a midweek prayer at Pawling Avenue Methodist Church at 7 45 pm with choir rehearsal to follow The Woman's Society of Christian Service plans a Saturday food sale with Mrs Ernest Bonesteel in charge Miss Lucy Brown of 21 Munro Court has returned from a month in the South visiting friends in Richmond Va with Mrs William Whitlow and later Blanch Kells and her mother in Kissimmee Fla The Kells formerly from Spring Avenue now winter in Florida and summer in Holowville
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Pawling Avenue Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ernest Bonesteel
Lucy Brown
Munro
South
William Whitlow
Richmond
Blanch Kells
Alice Kells
Kiselmmee
Fla
Kells
Spring Avenue
Florida
Holjowville
Woman's Society For Christian Service
Methodist Church
Effie Pohl
Archie Hunt
Orrin Lreson
Elmer McClellan
Raymond Castle
Camp Pickett
Leroy Castle
Bertram McNary
Washington, D. C
Samuel McNary
Mary O'Donnell
East Rockaway
Helen Kane
Boy Scouts
Frear Park
Troy
Manton Spauldings
Con James
East Greenbush
Edwin Herrington
Chinese Spring Trap on Japs Threatens Annihilation
Chinese forces trapped five Japanese divisions near Ichang in Hupeh Province after counterattacks began near Yuyankwan. Allied air support and Chinese-piloted pursuits damaged Japanese air power, with estimates of 23 or more planes destroyed on the ground and several intercepted. The operation aimed to halt a major push toward Chungking and the Yangtze defenses.
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Chungking
TTP
China
Yangtze River
Techang
Hupeh
Ichang
Chiang Kai-shek
Yuyankwan
Changyang
Yangtze
Belgians Executed by German Occupation Authorities
London dispatch reports eight Belgians executed by German forces on charges of organizing attacks on Nazi sympathizers and sabotaging military activities. The item also lists weekend visits by local families and scout activities at Frear Park Troy and other social notices from Averill Park Granville and East Greenbush.
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London
Vpt
Civilian Flyers Group Entered War Early
The Civil Aeronautics Administration claims it was among the first government agencies to enter the war. A spokesman notes that about 75 percent of the Royal Air Force Eagle Squadron were CPT graduates before Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry. He adds roughly one third of military trainees then had civilian pilot training and cites Doolittle’s flyers emerging from civilian training. He also mentions CPT graduates like Captain Joe Foss and Civil Air Patrol volunteers contributing through patrol and courier duties, with CAA data aiding armed forces in identifying planes and owners.
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Washington
INS
Civil Aeronautics Administration
R.A. F
Eagle Squadron
CPT
Pearl Harbor
Doolittle
Joe Foss
University of South Dakota
Uncle Sam
Civil Air Patrol
CAA
After War Air Transport Seen To Boom Says Spokesman
The spokesman predicts a postwar surge in private aging and skyways with a new era in air transport. In other news, Frederick Wadsworth 49 of Rochester was killed instantly when his newspaper delivery truck was struck by an eastbound locomotive at a grade crossing.
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Bath
Frederick Wadsworth
Rochester
Memorial Day Toll Falls From 230 Deaths Nationwide
The Associated Press reports Memorial Day weekend fatalities at 230, below last year and the peacetime average. California led states with 30 deaths, traffic deaths 20, and eastern states 24. Also notes several specific causes and public restrictions. Aged Batavia reporter Donald Bain MacKenzie dies at 86 after long illness.
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Associated Press
Armed Services
California
Pennsylvania
New York
Upstate
Batavia
Donald Bain MacKenzie
Gensee County
Batavia News
Chelton the pompedour joins crochet contest stir
A high spirited young designer named Chelton bursts into the crochet scene with Celtic motifs, drawing attention at a local craft showcase and signaling a lively new thread in the needlework quarter.
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Pompedour Chelton
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Massacre Bay
North Atlantic
Elmer Lomas
Elmer
East Side
Dahlia
Peerless
Heart of China
Averill Park
Jane Roberts
Granville
JRSC
Thewan
I Kong
China Sea
Ehmai
Tokyo
Chelton
Chambray
Brooks Bros
Nell
Mother’s Silks
Budget Cotton Shop
Rayon
Chambray Biripa
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