Allies Winning Battle Against Axis Espionage
Military sources say the United Nations are winning the pre invasion battle of brains against Axis spies with no leaks on D-day plans. Gen Lear missed two invasion date guesses while counter espionage agents filter through British Isles troop units to offset Axis spies. Northern Ireland is a constant security threat and many operations involve drab, hard work such as monitoring rumors and inspecting documents.
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James C. M’glincy
United Nations
Lear
Pueblo
Colo
Ben Lear
Secretary of War
Eisenhower
British Isles
London
Northern Ireland
Nazis Tighten Shelling On Anzio Beachhead
Allied headquarters in Naples reports a German artillery barrage on Anzio reaching a peak with about 4000 shells in thirty minutes. The German air force sent 15 planes to raid the beachhead port area with two raiders shot down.
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Allied
Naples
Anzio
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Cassino
Cisterna
Corps of Liberation Operes
Italy
St Tastadan
Allies Urge Civilians to Stay Off Roads on D-Day
In London and Paris reports, the Allies urge French civilians to avoid highways as invasion plans unfold. Vichy says passenger train service will be cut Monday to aid troop movements while German broadcasts warn of counter measures against the assault. Evacuation units are ready in England to shelter noncombatants along coastal towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Europe
London Radio
Vichy
BBC
Atlantic Wall
Berlin
Channel
Dewey Opposes Poll Taxes in National Election Fight
Albany May 11 Gov Thomas E Dewey said he opposes poll taxes and any device depriving free people of their votes He sent a telegram to Walter White NAACP secretary in Washington stating his well known views and opposition to the poll tax now in the US Senate fight Dewey as Republican presidential hopeful reiterated his stance against disenfranchisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
United States Senate
Barkley files cloture petition on debate
Senate moves toward a verdict on the poll tax issue as Majority Leader Barkley files a 29-signature cloture petition to limit debate. If rejected on Monday a final vote may be delayed, with opponents predicting limited support for the gag rule.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
House
Liberators Blast Truk Again On Monday Night
Army Liberators bombed Truk airstrips and defense installations in a 40 ton raid on Monday night. American airmen also hit bases at Wake Island and in the Marshalls, with a possible ship hit at Truk and light antiaircraft fire. solo missions attacked Oroluk atoll and Ponape town to the east.
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Washington
Truk
Navy
Wake Island
Marshalls
Oroluk Atoll
Ponape
Six Year Old Child Dies After Canal Fall
The body of six year old Carolyn Thomas was found in an alfalfa field eight miles from Higley after she fell from a canal foot bridge yesterday evening. Deputy Sheriffs Allen Rowley led a ten hour search. she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Phillip J Thomas of Higley Chandler May 11.
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Chandler
Carolyn Thomas
Phillip J. Thomas
Higley
Allen Rowley
Mesa
State Citrus Harvest Totals Reported by Board
The federal crop reporting board announced Arizona's citrus harvest nears completion with 3,179,000 boxes of grapefruit and 900,000 of oranges. National orange yield hit 100,708,000 boxes and grapefruit 53,079,000, both up from previous highs. Indications point to a strong 1944-45 yield as well.
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Washington
Arizona
Federal
Arizonans Reported Missing in European Area
Washington May 11 Tech Sergeant Gregorio Oliva Winslow and Staff Sergeant Jack Steward Phoenix are listed as missing in action in the European area per a war department report.
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Washington
Gregorio Oliva
Winslow
Jack Steward
Phoenix
War Department
Gov Osborn Proclaims May 14 as Mother’s Day
Phoenix officials report Governor Osborn has proclaimed May 14 as Mother’s Day and urged schools and churches across the state to arrange special programs.
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Gov. Osborn
Phoenix
Osborn
Russia Ready For Advance On Germany
London May 11 Allied experts say Russia is ready for a western invasion contingent on weather. Sevastopol’s fall clears the path for full Soviet participation in Tehran plan to smash Germany. Weather remains a key factor as fronts from the Baltic to the Black Sea prepare for action with a Galatz gap drive toward Ploesti oil.
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Robert Musel
London
U.pr
Russia
Sevastopol
Tehran
Germany
Baltic
Black Sea
Galatz
Ploesti
Romania
Priest Refuses Details On Russia Visit To Stalin
Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski, a Polish American priest from Springfield, returned from a 12 day trip to Russia and praised talks with Premier Stalin as very successful. He declined to comment further and hinted a statement would come later. He described Stalin as friendly toward Catholicism and noted destruction in Russia including Ukraine beyond Kharkov.
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E. Q. Anderson
Seattle
Springfield
Mass
Russia
Stalin
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Moscow
Poland
Ukraine
Kharkov
Intense Action Across Fronts Marks Furious War Tempo
Air war and strategic strikes drive German front lines back with rail cuts and Budapest bombing. Allied air raids hit German airdromes while Italy, Russia, Yugoslavia, and Pacific fronts see heavy fighting, advances, and offensives across multiple theaters. China reports a large Japanese push in Henan as Stilwell matures Burma operations.
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United Press
RAF
Budapest
Europe
Italy
Rome
Russia
Sevastopol
Red Army
Yugoslavia
Pacific
New Guinea
South Pacific
China
Henan Province
Saipeng
Chenghsieng
Burma
Stilwell
Mogaung Valley
Kamaing
Molotov pledges joint Allied blows on Germany soon
Moscow dispatches say Foreign Commissar Molotov promised Germany will soon feel the full strength of joint Allied blows from east and west as lull in front action continues. Reports note Sevastopol bombardment and Crimean base liberation, with German raids and Soviet counterattacks described amid ongoing patrols southeast of Stanislawow and south of Tiraspol.
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Harrison Salisbury
Moscow
U.P
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Germany
Molotov
Archibald Clark Kerr
Sevastopol
Crimean
Stanislawow
Tiraspol
Soviet Fleet Air Arm
Black Sea
Japs Crucified Chinese In Malay
Allied war dispatches reveal atrocities as 707 prisoners are liberated at Hollandia and Aitape. Included are 462 Sikhs freed from Singapore captivity and 86 Javanese released at Aitape with accounts of Chinese nailed to palm trees and heads pierced.
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Ralph C. Teatsorth
New Guinea
U.P
Malay Peninsula
U. S
Hollandia
Aitape
Douglas MacArthur
Singapore
Admiralties
Department of Information
Jemadar Shingeera Shingh
Kuala Lumpur
Naik Gurman
Invasion Preparations Moving Toward Climax
Allied bombing and other preparations for D day are nearing peak in all theaters. The Sevastopol fall is weighed by its relation to western invasion plans as part of a global buildup toward the great assault.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
D-day
Astronger
Berlin
Winston
Churchill
Sevastopol
Light Brigade
Florence Nightingale
Red Army
Europe
New Draft Policy Could Pause Calls for Older Men
Washington May 11 The Selective Service head Lewis B Hershey will publish a broad new deferment policy likely to set essential industry employment as the sole criterion for deferment of men 30 and over The change may halt calls of men over 29 in essential occupations for all of 1944 and possibly longer depending on European operations He also predicted 26 through 29 year olds would mainly stay deferred only for necessary or key work with calls unlikely before early fall at the soonest
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Government Dismisses Charges Against Lowell
Chicago May 11 UP A charge of destroying government property against Paul Lowell assistant manager of Montgomery Ward for tearing down a placard was dismissed. Assistant US district attorney William J. Connor said the main controversy ended when the plant was returned to management and the government would not prosecute.
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Chicago
Paul Lowell
Montgomery Ward
William J. Connor
U. S
U. S.S
Edwin K. Walker
Lowell
Connor
Invasion Band Reaches London Preparing Europe Parades
A United States Army band that accompanied Eisenhower through Africa and Sicily has arrived in London. Director Thomas D Arcy announced the unit will repeat the victory march in Europe by leading parades through Paris and Berlin.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Africa
Sicily
Thomas D’arcy
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Japanese Lose 15 000 Dead In India Invasion
British forces press the Indian frontier as official counts show 15 000 Japanese killed since Feb 1 across Arakan Burma Imphal Kohima and behind lines Chindit actions. Stilwell Chinese troops advance near Mogaung Myitkyina with 6 100 deaths at Imphal plain and 8 000 in Kohima frontier fighting.
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Charles A. Grumich
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Arkan
Burma
Imphal
Kohima
Chindit
Joseph W. Stilwell
Japan
India
Stilwell
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Stimson Sees Nazi Strength Diminishing Amid Air War
Secretary of War Henry Stimson said Nazi strength is gradually falling behind in repairs and communications as Western Europe faces unremitting air assaults. He highlighted Berlin strikes and railway-targets across France the Lowlands Luxembourg and western Germany. He noted reduced German fighter forces but warned of ongoing air opposition to vital installations.
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Washington
Stimson
Europe
Berlin
France
Luxembourg
Germany
Aerial Offensive Reaches 27th Day With Major Bombing
Allied air forces attacked Germanys rail network using about 4000 planes dropping 7000 tons of bombs. Fifteen key railway centers in occupied France and Belgium were struck, seven by a force of up to 1000 American bombers and fighters. Fortresses and Liberators resumed operations after yesterday’s idle day, marking the 27th straight day of the pre invasion offensive.
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London
Germany
France
Belgium
Atlantic Wall
Allied bombers renew day long assault on Europe
American Marauder and Havoc bombers from the ninth air force hit Beaumont le Roger and Cormeilles en Vezin as part of a 27th day of continuous strikes on Hitler’s fortress. London reports say the daylight bombardment was the loudest since the war began with 4 500 tons of bombs dropped on Budapest and on rail yards at Lens Lille Ghent and Courtrai as well as Wiener Neustadt Knin and other targets.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Cormeilles-en-Vezin
France
Paris
Italy
Britain
Europe
English Channel
Calais
Folkestone
RAF
Berlin
Germany
Mediterranean
Wiener Neustadt
Austria
Knin
Air Ministry
Lens
Lille
Ghent
Courtrai
Belgium
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Lawrence D. Bell
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Lud Shafen
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