1500 Planes Strike Nazi Targets Over Berlin and Brunswick
Allied air forces resumed a massive assault described as up to 1500 planes strong striking Berlin and Brunswick. The multi-service attack followed six days of quiet, disrupting German broadcasts as bombers from the U S Army Air Forces and RAF swarmed the German capital and surrounding targets.
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Gladin Hill
London
Berlin
Brunswick
Henry H. Arnod
U. S. Army Air Forces
Germany
U. S. Strategic Air Force
RAF
USAAF
Channel
Rafng
Hannover
Brandenburg
Kest
Britain
Mediterranean
Air Offensive Yet To Hit Peak Revealed By Arnold
General Arnold told reporters in Washington that Allied air power has not yet peaked and outlined a force of 2,300,000 personnel. He cited 746,353 Allied sorties, 468,391 tons of bombs dropped, 20,174 enemy planes destroyed, and substantial shipping damage as of May 15. He warned no one knows how far air power can go against Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frye
Washington
Europe
Arnold
Germany
Army Air Forces
RAF
Luftwaffe
Strategic Wakde Island Seized In Lightning Stab
Allied forces under General MacArthur rapidly seized Wakde Island in a 36 hour operation. American troops landed near Toem and advanced eight miles along the coast taking Insoemanai island as airfield preparations continued. Japanese defenses were described as surprised and negligible with heavy rocket and naval bombardment backing the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakde Island
Asahel Bush
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Wakde
MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
6Th Army
Hollandia- Aitape
Toem
Hollandia
Insoemanai Island
Eilinte
Insoemoear
OPA Officials Order Santa Rita Hotel Ceiling Price Clamp
Judge Albert M. Sames granted a permanent injunction restraining Barny Goodman and Nick C. Hall of the Santa Rita hotel from charging over OPA maximum rents. The case followed a $5,000 payment to the U S treasury after a rent overcharge check. Plaintiffs said violations occurred between December 1, 1942 and May 1, 1944. Treble damages possible per tenant and per day.
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Barney Goodman
Nick C. Hall
Santa Rita Hotel
OPA
Albert M. Sames
Santa Rita
U. S ‘Treasury
OPA 3
U.S. District Court
W. Dunlap Cannon, Jr
Opd
Darrell R. Parker
Cannon
SEC Examiner Revokes Okin Privileges in SEC Case
Trial Examiner Richard Townsend revoked Samuel Okin's limited participation privileges in SEC proceedings related to Electric Bond and Share and American Power and Light. Okin criticized the examiner and readied a statement, but permission to do so was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Richard Townsend
Securities and Exchange Commission
Samuel Okin
New York
Electric Bond and Share Company
SEC
American Power and Light Company
Electric Bond and Share
Okin
Townsend
T. R. Coe
Fleeing Nazis Unable To Halt Yank Advance
Formia Italy May 19 retreating German forces hurled everything against advancing American troops as they captured the Tyrrhenian port. Obstacles pillboxes mines dugouts and snipers lined the route along Highway No 7 from Scauri to Formia while Gaeta’s long range guns boomed. German evacuees abandoned large stocks of supplies and war materials leaving nearly 200 prisoners behind.
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Formia
Italy
Scauri
Gaeta
Rent Control Law Favored By OPA Agents
OPA legal authorities led by W Dunlap Cannon Jr urged city rent control enforcement through a municipal ordinance to curb overcharges and discrepancies. They argued such measures would aid enforcement nationwide and operate cooperatively with city and government agencies.
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OPA
Chamber of Commerce
W. Dunlap Cannon, Jr
Darrell R. Parker
Tucson
Santa Rita
Canno
Tokyo Reports Air Raid On Base At Soerabaja
Tokyo radio said Soerabaja a key base in the Netherlands East Indies was raided twice by Allied bombers on May 17 and 18. The broadcast noted Allied naval and air task forces from India and U S Pacific forces conducting the operation with about 50 bombers and fighters.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Soerabaja
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
India
U. S. Pacific
U. S
Indian Ocean
Three-way Allied Assault Could End Nazism Soon
South Africa's Prime Minister Jan Smuts says a giant three-front assault on Europe from the east west and south will squeeze Hitlers fortress and may bring a final decision sooner than expected. He calls the western front the third front as Russia and Italy already attack.
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Birmingham
England
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Smuts
Cities Service seeks to dispose of utility interests
The Cities Service Co. asks the Securities and Exchange Commission to retain its wholesale natural gas and related businesses while disposing of other utility holdings to lift regulation under the holding company act. The filing follows a May 5 divestment order and outlines a revamp of the company’s interests, noting oil operations as the largest portion of revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Cities Service Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
Largest Cities Service
Cities Service
Germans May Try Counterinvasion Invasion Threat Across Channel
news items report German plans and preparations for a possible counterinvasion of Britain. The Daily Mail cites gliders and six engined Dorniers ready to strike Channel ports while Berlin broadcasts warn of invasion aims and visa suspensions. Allied and Soviet observers assess the risk and potential targets along southern Poland and the UK.
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London
Britain
London Daily Mail
Lord Ironside
Home Guards
Imperial Defense Staff
Daily Mail
Channel
Germany
Moscow
Reich
Foreign Office
DNB
Berlin
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Bristol
Time Appears Ripe for Taking Italy Into United Nations Fold
In Salerno May 16 a column argues that postwar Italy under Badoglio lacks real power and that the Salerno cabinet should be granted true government status. It criticizes the Allied Control Commission and its officers as ruling Italy as an occupied country but warns Italy could join the United Nations if given genuine rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Salerno
Italy
Winston Churchill
Badoglio
Seat of
Learning
United Nations
Allied Control Commission
ACC
AMG
Charles Poletti
Harold Alexander
Henry
Maitland Wilson
Algiers
Mason Macfarlane
Churchill
Marshal Badoglio
Family of Nations
Cooling unit falls five stories at Adams hotel
A 1,500 pound cooling unit being lifted to the Adams hotel top plunged five stories into the alley between Adams and Monroe streets in Phoenix on May 19, narrowly missing telephone company employee Charles Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Adams Hotel
Adams and
Monroe Streets
Charles Irving
Telephone Company
Allies Break Hitler Line At Sant Oliva Front Center
Allied forces push through the German line at Sant Oliva aided by French troops and U S tanks. German losses rise as retreat and disrupted artillery weaken their defenses along the Liri valley and Appian Way junction near Cassino.
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Naples
U. S
Sant’Oliva
Pico
Pontecorvo
Esperia
Liri
Sea
Gustav
Appian Way
Stri
Cassino
Harold Alexander
Oliver Leese
Eighth Army
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Sid Feder
Associated Press
Sant Oliva
German High Command
Anzio
Allies Close No Escape For Jap Garrison At Myitkyina
Allied forces seized the outskirts of Myitkyina in northern Burma and trapped the Japanese 18th division with all escape routes blocked. Reinforcements landed at an airfield south of the city as neighboring Allied units severed supply roads and blocked major highways toward Bhamo and Mogaung. Chinese columns pushed toward Burma's Salween front while Japanese counterattacks targeted western Yunnan to complicate Chinese advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Kyina
Singapore
Myitkyina
Burma
Rangoon
Mandalay
Bhamo
Salween
Myitk
China
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Heavies
Dover Strait
Dover
Calais
Halmahera
Philippines
Palau
Carolines
Netherlands
Ines
By Sid Feder
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