Tito Interview Highlights Yugoslav Freedom Drive
Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito speaks to American correspondent Walter Bernstein about freedom, a democratic Yugoslavia, and the Partisan army. The interview details journey from the Adriatic coast to Partisan headquarters, guarded by fighters and seized weapons. The piece praises Tito’s intelligence and organizational regard for rebuilding his nation.
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Stat Sergt Walter Bernstein
Yank Magazing
Yugoslavia
Und
Marshal Tito
Associated Press
Balkans
Adriatic
Hberated
Chaplin Denies Paternity Suit Saying Accusers Seek Wealth
Charlie Chaplin told a Los Angeles court the paternity case against him was filed because he is reputed wealthy and the accusers hoped he would settle. He denied any fatherhood of Joan Berry’s child and charged Joan Berry and her mother with pursuing the suit despite his clear denials.
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Los Angeles
Upt
Charlie Chaplin
Tmenthola Carol Ann
Joan Berry
Chaplin
Miss Berry
Gertrude Berry
Planes Blast Marcus and Wake Islands in Pacific Raid
U S Pacific Fleet reports carrier based aircraft struck Marcus and Wake islands in a two day attack from Friday to Tuesday. Four American planes were lost amid strong hits on Marcus and weak aerial defense, while Wake sustained no interceptions. Marcus Island near Tokyo was targeted May 19 20 with 148 tons of explosives across 373 sorties. previous August 31 raids had limited Japanese air response.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Mareva
Wake Islands
Scores Roundup From National and Eastern Leagues
National League games include Boston 4, Pittsburg 6 and Chicago at Philadelphia post poned. American results show Philadelphia 2, Detroit and St. Louis 2, Boston 2, Washington. Cleveland 2, New York at Chicago post. Eastern League updates Albany 4 Williamsport 3. Albany 8 Williamsport 5. Hartford 7 Elmira 6. Hartford 16 Elmira 4. Scranton 6, Binghamton. Wilkes-Barre 1 and others fragmented.
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National
Boston
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
S. Louis
Brooklyn
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
AlbAny
Williamsport
Tualbany
Hartford
Elmira
Scranton
Binghamton
Withes-Barre
Othe
Allen
Withes- Barre
Lyons Third Ward Supervisor Contest Upheld by Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division ruling for Eugene R Lyons in the Third Ward supervisor race in Troy. The decision, by 5 to 1, upheld Lyons amid ballot disputes over an overseas and a cross marked service ballot. Lyons had faced Mahoney, a Republican and American Labor candidate, and the case hinged on a disputed serviceman ballot.
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Court of Appeals
New York State
Eugene R Lyons
Troy
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
Irving Lebmian
Timothy J. Mahoney
American Labor Party
Appelate
Justice Russell
Lyons
Russell
Mahoney
Albany
Justice Russells
Board of Supervisors
Leo Doran
Lneup
Sheriff
Flying Forts Launch Heavy Bombing Raid Across Europe
American and Allied heavy bombers struck targets from Toulon to Berlin in a massive seventh day air assault. Over 6 000 Hed planes dropped more than 3 000 tons of bombs on rail centers airfields and ports while facing intensified anti aircraft fire and limited Luftwaffe opposition. Four American bombers and 12 fighters were lost as the raid continued with strikes on Lyon and the Mediterranean port of Toulon.
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London
Hostayasaul
West Wall
Germany
Portresy
Europe
Toulon
France
Britain
Belgium
Italy
Lyons
U. S
Strategic Air Forces
Westi Wall
Luftwaffe
Berlin
Vienna
PAF
Tragic Fire Kills Couple and Three Children in Fitchburg
In a night blaze in a three story wooden tenement in Fitchburg, an elderly couple suffocated while three children died. The victims include Clarence Conrad 39 and his wife 63 and Paul Estie 5 and Joan Estie eight, while Robert Estie sustained severe burns and remains under doctor care with his status listed as danger.
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Fitchburg, Blass
William G. Zstie
Clarence Conrad
Paul Estie
Joan Hd John Estie
Robert Estie
Hoover Declines Role in GOP Nominee Selection
Former President Herbert Hoover says he will not assist in selecting the Republican presidential nominee. He denounces attempts to link his name with possible nominees and notes delegates and the people will decide, listing Bricker Dewey and MacArthur as examples of those tied to the process.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Bricker
Dewey
MacArthur
Presbyterian Church Elects New Moderator
Dr Roy Ewing Vale of Indianapolis was elected moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America at the opening of the ninth general assembly. He won on the third ballot with 772 of 433 commissioners. Dr George Emerson Barnes and Dr Robert Bisset Whyte served with him. Barnes withdrew after the second ballot.
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Chicago
Roy Ewing Vale
Indianapolis
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Vale
Henry Sieahe Coffin, DD
New York
George Emerson Barnes
Overbrook
Philadelphia
Robert Bisset Whyte
Cleveland
Barnes
Secions
Dentists May Drill Both Troops and Teeth
Senate passed a bill sending to the Houses that would authorize Army Dental Corps officers to command troops. Current law restricts Dental Corps officers to duties within their corps, unlike Medical Veterinary Pharmacy and other Medical Department officers.
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Washington
Army Dental Corps
Senate
Dental Corps
Medical Corps
Veterinary Corps
Pharmacy Corps
Medical Department
St Louis Power Crisis Ends as Workers Return
Union Electric Company of Missouri president Wesley McAfee announced late yesterday that striking employees are returning to work and operations should resume by midnight, ending a power shortage affecting plants in the St Louis area.
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St. Louis
St Louis
UPJ
Wesley McaAfee
Union Electric Company of Missouri
St Louisa
Ward Officials Seen Polite But Stubborn
Washington GP The man who seized the Montgomery Ward plant in Chicago testified yesterday that company officials, always courteous, opposed the action to establish and maintain their legal rights. Warne Chatfield Taylor, Under-Secretary of Commerce and former Chicago banker, said he took possession but failed to obtain cooperation from Sewell Avery, chairman of the board, and other officials. They were courteous but offered no cooperation in carrying out the order.
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Washington GP
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Warne Chatfield Taylor
Commerce
House
Sewell Avery
Poard
Lather oMcials
Fim
Tarlor
Soviets Move To Represent United States In Japan Talks
Washington reports State Department officials said the Soviet Union is acting for the United States and Great Britain in representations to Japan regarding war prisoners. British Foreign Secretary Eden said he asked Moscow to press Japan for better prisoner conditions. Earlier, Tokyo offered to receive and distribute 1,500 tons of Red Cross relief in Vladivostok for American prisoners under certain conditions.
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U. S
Washington
State Department
Soviet Union
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Eden
House of Compinns
Russia
Far East
Red Cross
Vladivostok
OWI Seen Necessary War Agency Propaganda Policy
Elmer Davis argues continued propaganda and information work in Europe after fighting ends to foster lasting peace. The House committee reports 1.033 billion dollars for war agencies next fiscal year, a decline from this year’s total. Davis says overseas information work serves the national interest as long as any war continues.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Elmer Davis
House
Budget Bureau
War Shipping Administration
Tess
Davis
Pacific
International Co
Anti-gas vaccine eyed for invasion troops
Dr A Newton Richards of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development says a vaccine to prevent gas gangrene infection is near readiness. Scientists in Cincinnati have worked to develop a vaccine to prevent infection by gas gangrene bacilli for invading troops.
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Washington
Europe
A. Newton Richards
U. S Office of Scientific Research and Development C
OSRD
Cincinnati
House Appropriations Committee
Two Nazi Transports Sunk by Red Airmen
Russian air crews of the Baltic fleet destroyed two German transports in the Gulf of Finland. The ships, 4,008 and 3,800 tons, were spotted and promptly sunk, as announced by Moscow radio bulletin.
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London
Gulf of Finland
Moscow
Red Banner Baltic
Replacements Seen Key to Army Power
Secretary of War Stimson credited immediate combat replacements with sustaining American fighting power in Italy. Fresh troops stay behind the line while front units are replenished at once, boosting morale and keeping the army ready during the ongoing offensive.
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Washington
Stimson
Stimgon
War Department
Willkie Warns Against Negro Baiting And Axis Sympathy
Willkie and Mrs Roosevelt praised Walter White at a New York dinner marking his 25th year with the NAACP. Willkie, in his 61st public appearance since leaving the GOP race, said anti Negro baiting harms America and weakens its global standing for freedom.
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New York U
Wendell L. Willkie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of
Rooseygit and
Willkie
White
Wilkie
Peope
Hei
America
War Production Board Eyes 8000 Domestic Ranges For 2944
The War Production Board plans to permit the manufacture of eight thousand domestic electric ranges during 2944, aimed primarily for personal use.
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Washington Gpx
War Production Board
Sixth Army Reaches Maffin Bay in New Guinea Campaign
Allied forces report Sixth Army units breaching heavy Japanese resistance to reach Maffin Bay airfield on Dutch New Guinea 120 miles northwest of Hollandia. The advance included West Tor River actions with fighter bombers tanks and artillery. Destruction of all parked enemy planes on Noemfoor Island north of Geelvink Bay was announced. Japanese casualties near Hollandia and Aitape rose to 3,222 with 151 dead and 29 prisoners added, nearing 400 prisoners total.
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New Guinea
Sixth Army
Maffin Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Tor River
Noemfoor Island
Geesivink Bay
Meeting of Fifth Army and Anzio forces near Rome after offensive
Allied headquarters report a dramatic joining of Main Fifth Army and Anzio troops in the Pontine Marshes south of Rome after a 14 day breakthrough. Moscow radio hails Allied successes in Italy as a brilliant operation with German forces retreating toward the Moleta line.
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Nephus
Anzio
Fifth Army
Pontine
Rome
Bely
United States
Moscow
London
Mescow Radio
Italy
Nazi Militarlists Fear Declining Birth Rate
A German high command instruction manual warns that Germany faces a shrinking birthrate. The document notes the nation is fighting a losing battle and stresses that each boy born in 1943 can become a soldier by 1963.
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Stockholm
PKA
Ex- Pressen
Germany
Merkblatt
Kompanie Unterricht
Wife protests as Musser among plural marriage defendants is sentenced
In Salt Lake City, fifteen men convicted of unlawful cohabitation with 35 women received indeterminate prison terms. Joseph White Musser, 73, had his sentencing interrupted by Betsy Lee, who claimed innocence and similarity to laboring in his home. She was jailed for contempt.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph White Musser
Betsy Lee
Musser
Congress approves extended school lunch and FSA funding
Washington conferees approve a two year extension of federal aid to school lunch programs and a one year extension for the Farm Security Administration after July 1 1942. The conference report, accepted by both houses, authorizes the Agriculture Department to match locally furnished funds and awaits appropriation of 356 065 000 for fiscal 1945.
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Washington
Senate
House
Farm Security Administration
Agriculture Department
Governor Grants Third Respite for Sing Sing Convict
Governor Dewey issued a third reprieve for Lewis Parisi, 24, hours before his scheduled electric chair execution for the murder of Vincent Rappa, a farmer, an order to show cause pending in federal court influenced the stay, delaying the case to the week beginning Monday.
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Albany
Travernor Dewey
Lewis Parisi
Sing Sing
Vincent Rappa
al Yoar Ego
Charles V. Breitel
Jf Hessie Dewey
New York
Frank S. Hogan
United States
Parisi
Air routes talk to form international aviation panel
Washington hosts exploratory talks with Chinese and Russian missions on creating an international aviation commission with advisory powers over inworld air routes. The Russian delegation is led by Ambassador Andrei Gromyko, with former ambassador Joseph J. Grew advising on aviation. The first meeting is set for Monday.
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Washington
International Aviation Commission
Inworld
State Department
Joseph J . Grew
Japan
Hull
Andrei Gromyko
Charity Gifts From Low Income Groups Reported
The American Council on Education released a study noting that most philanthropic support comes from middle and lower income groups. The report cites Dr. J Harold Goldthorpe and finds that one fifth of taxpayers with incomes over $5 000 do not report any charitable donations.
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Washington U
American Council On Education
J. Harold Goldthorpe
Man Dies from Burns in Jamestown Explosion
Kenneth J. Everett, 32, died from first and third degree burns after an explosion in a two story concrete building housing Matthews Tire and Tread Co in Jamestown. Twenty others injured and windows shattered across a three block area in the business district.
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Jamestown
Kenneth J. Everett
Matthews Tire and Tread Company
You Have Already Made Contact in Italy Front
Allied forces in Italy unite near Cisterna and Borgo Grappa as American Sefan and Fifth Army troops press the German stronghold. Capt. Besmond and Lieut Buckley meet as engineers from Anzio and the beachhead exchange signals and confirm the contact. The Cisterna clash rages with tank support and artillery fire as German resistance crumbles.
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Daniel Delcce
Cisterna
Cisterma
Eugene Becon
Danville
Italy
Eny
Anzio
Fifth Army
Ponting Marshes
Besmond
Hasoight
Lieut
Francis Buckley
Philadelphia
Pri
Ltipe Sabala
Selinas
Cal
Souza
Buckley
Borgo Grappa
Mussolini Canal
Revision of Armistice Contemplated
Washington reports Prime Minister Churchill signaled possible revision of Italy armistice terms. Key issues include 50,000 Italian war prisoners in the United States and thousands in Britain, with some already aiding the Allied war effort behind lines. Diplomatic circles note potential moves to bolster Italian prestige, possibly altering fleet disposition and open-door terms among the Allies.
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Washington GP
Churchill
Italy
United States
Ther
Britain
Russia
Nylon? Not Now! Hosiery Makers Eye Nylon Shortage
The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers predicted yesterday that nylon yarn will not be available for hosiery for some time after the European phase of the war and possibly not until Japan’s defeat.
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New York
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Seaton
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