Gambling raid at Post Office News and Smoke Shop
Patrolman Frank Monahan arrested 37 year old Nathan Rennels after observing a bet on horse races. Police, led by Chief Harold Wheeler, searched the 11 South Scott street shop uncovering forms scratch sheets used and unused punch boards poker cards and chips. Capalla owner warned no second chance amid renewed crackdown.
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Frank Monahan
Nathan Rennels
Rennels
Post Office
South Scott Street
Sam Capalla
Harold Wheeler
Capalla
Wheeler
Consolidated
Reginald Proper
Robbins
Monahan
Manny Herrera
Enemy Given No Rest As Relentless Drive Sends Nazis Recoiling
Allied forces press the nine day offensive in Italy. French troops converge on Pico a key German defense point as the Ninth and Eighth Armies overrun fortifications along the Hitler line. US ships shell Terracina and American infantry advance toward Itri Fondi and Pico via the Appian Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
U.p)i
Pico
Fif
Eighth Army
Terracina
United States
U. S
Itri
Fondi
Noland Norgaard
Campodimele
Ico
Gaeta
Liri
Aquin
Pontecoro
Fifth Army
Anzio
Monte Pizza
Formia
Italy
la Spezia
Genoa
Livora
Adolf Hitler
T Cina
Eighth
Rome
Dying Seabee Flown Home To Meet Grandson
Chief Electrician's Mate Jack Gallion 43 USNR of the Seabees, dying of lymphatic leukemia, was flown from London to California to meet his 10 month old grandson Michael. He asked only to see his grandson before death amid a cross‑country transport arranged by Navy officers.
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New York
Jack Gallion
USNR
Seabees
California
Gallion
London
Michael
Betty
Bell
Calif
Alice
Richard
St. Albans Naval Hospital
Rts
Newton L. Pratt
Newton H. White, Jr
USN
Floyd Bennett Naval Air Field
Pratt
Storms Do Large Damage to Iowa Farms in 48 Hours
Tornadoes and heavy rains in the last 48 hours caused more than 1 million dollars in Iowa damage. Five people were killed and at least 30 injured as a third tornado hit Fort Dodge area. The storms flooded thousands of acres, ruining newly planted corn and leaving fields silted and untillable for days. Local farmers faced delay returning to fields after rain and cold.
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Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Fort Dodge
U. S. Engineers Rush Wakde Field Repairs
Allied forces rush the Wakde airstrip in Dutch New Guinea to enable a base 150 miles west of Hollandia. American infantry advance on Inseemear and Inseemanai, trapping Japanese forces as bombers and destroyers support operations.
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U. S
Rush Wakde
Allied
Southwest Pacific
U. S. Army
Wakde
Insoemar Island
Forr Tvol
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Inseemear
Inseemanai
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Palau
Tementee
Top
Biak Island
Simplified Income Tax Bill Passed By Senate
The Senate passed the income tax simplification bill by voice vote, sending it back to the House in the same form as earlier approved. It would ease filing for about 30 million taxpayers and move toward simpler tax payment methods.
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Senate
Washington
House
Comte
Allied Troops Press Doomed Japanese Base in Burma
Allied forces push toward Myitkyina in northern Burma tightening the encirclement of the garrison. Lt. Gen. Stilwell tours the airfield as Chinese and American units mop up outskirts and seize parts of the town. Airborne units, roadblocks, and rapid airlift shift forces between fronts in a major reinforcement move.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Frank Hewlett
United Press
OPA Announces Ceilings On Early White Potatoes
The Office of Price Administration sets ceiling prices for 1944 early white potatoes effective May 22 through June 30. California ceilings differ with f o b shipping point rates of 2.60 per 100 lbs for May 16 to May 31 and 2.40 per 100 lbs for June 1 to June 30, higher than last year.
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Washington
UPA
Office of Price Administration
California
F.o.b
Navy Adds One Million Tons of Landing Craft
The House approved legislation to authorize the Navy to build an additional 1,000,000 tons of landing craft, mainly for Pacific operations, at an estimated cost of 1.8 billion dollars. The Army relies on Navy amphibious craft, making this an overall defense measure for invasion tactics.
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Washington
House
Navy
Pacific
Army
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Affairs Committee
Chinese push drives Japanese from Loyang stronghold
Chungking May 20 The encircled Chinese garrison drove Japanese from Loyang Henan province railway center in a counter attack. About 2 000 enemy killed wounded or captured and fifty Japanese tanks and vehicles destroyed in a five day battle as Loyang had earlier been seized in part by Japanese forces.
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Chungking
Loyang
Henan
Lung-Hai
Central
Planes and warships join for heavy attack on Soerabaja
Allied forces from Southeast Asia Central Pacific and Southwest Pacific joined for a dawn to midnight raid on Soerabaja Java targeting ships airfields and an oil refinery. Nearly 100 planes damaged ships and naval installations. ten Japanese ships hit. three Allied planes lost with no further casualties. The attack demonstrated joint action from Colombo to Honolulu under Mountbatten Nimitz and MacArthur.
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Don Caswell
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Southeast Asia
Central Pacific
Soerabaja
Java
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Chester W. Nimitz
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Brant
Wonokromo
Malang
Tanjong Perak
Pearl Harbor
Mountbatten
Nimitz
Pacific
Colombo
Honolulu
Lord Mounthat
Allied Fleets Continue Blows On Nazi Points
American heavy bombers massed to strike three northern France airfields and Reims rail yards within 12 hours of RAF rail targets in Boulogne Orleans Le Mans and Tours. Air force says 2 000 planes affected German defenses with Mosquitos over Cologne and Mediterranean force hitting ports and bridges in northern Italy.
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London
France
Reims
Orly
Ittaroublay
Paris
Champagne Field
Berlin
Germany
RAF
Boulogne
Orleans
Lemans
Tours
Cologne
Air Ministry
Dover Strait
Europe
Reich
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Italy
Hitler Line
Brunswick
Altus Lodge Sold to J. C. Moore in Tucson
Altus lodge at 621 East Third street changes hands from Mrs. Jessamine Bland James and Eunice G. Bland to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moore for about 25000. The 26 room two story brick building housed a dining room and basement and may become a residential hotel with dining room under Moore ownership. The Pima Realty Co. also reported multiple real estate sales including Miracle View court on North Oracle, 1920, and several duplex and residence deals totaling tens of thousands of dollars.
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Altus Lodge
East Third Street
Jessamine Bland James
Eunice G. Bland
Kentucky Inn
J. C. Moore
Bland
Luella Cherry
Cherry
The
Moores
Nellie Covert
East Second Street
New City
Pima Realty Co
Thema Realty Co
Miracle View Court
North Oracle Road
Nathan Feldman
Annie Berger
Oldman
Detroit
Tucson
Arizona Maintenance Co
East Fairmount
Louie Sahhar
Euclid
East Fifth Street
Gouley
Burcham
Los Angeles
el Paso
Albuquerque
Sahher
Helen and Mabel
Sahhars
Ernest E. Dines
Ryan Air School
Henry Lowe
Webster L. Fickett
East Sixth Street
Dorothy Knipe
Ficketts
Henry W. Hanson
Inga O. Bell
Burlingame Population Rises 9.1 Percent in Census
Burlingame California shows population growth from 15,940 to 17,395 between April 1 1940 and April 11 this year according to a Commerce Department special census report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burlingame
Calif
Department of Commerce
Allied Italian Onslaught Curtain-Raiser Boosts Allied Plans
AP war analysis notes substantial Allied gains in Italy and predicts a major push in eastern operations. Berlin denies Hitler line while signaling possible German retreat and stiff defense remains.
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Adolf Hitler
Gustav
Hitler
Italy
Eastern
Will Rogers Homegoing Bus to Claremore Cleared
The body of Will Rogers will be transported from Forest Lawn to his birthplace in Claremore Oklahoma today. From Hollywood reports the actor and humorist died in 1935 and more than 100000 people filed past his casket before its return.
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Hollywood
U.P
Will Rogers
Claremore
Okla
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
James
Lew Wentz
Ponca City
Ewing Hassell
Vinita
Mother Says She Threw Her Baby In River
Mildred Mell an 18 year old woman told County Attorney Peter C Byrne that she dropped her 10 month old daughter Mildred Louise into the Colorado River from the California side bridge and watched it struggle before drowning. She was booked for investigation of murder after being brought from Yuma Arizona. The baby's body had not been recovered.
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EL Centro
Calif
Mildred Mell
Yuma
Ariz
Peter C. Byrne
Colorado
California
Byrne
Clayburn Poole
Mell
Illinois
al Lyons
L. Mouser
Hazel Livingston
Poole
Arizona
Corp
Robert Mell
Mildred Forsythe Skelton
Enoch Skelton
St. Louis
Mildred Louise
Vice-President Wallace Starts Trip To China
President Roosevelt announced Vice-President Wallace would depart for China to gather first-hand war area information for a report aiding future peace. The White House said he goes as a messenger for the president and would return around the middle of June.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
China
White House
Accused in Lake of the Ozarks Deaths
Edgar W. Holland was arrested and Col. M. Stanley Gs highway patrol superintendent said he would be charged with the murder of his wife and mother whose headless bodies were found in the Lake of the Ozarks in May.
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Jefferson City
Edgar W. Holland
Col. M. Stanley
Lake of the Ozarks
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Stilwell
By Walter Logan
18Th Division
Singapore
Frank Merrill
Gharpate
Mogaung
Warong
Mandalay - Myitkyina
Kamaung
Myitkvina
Katkyo
Imphal
Sth India
Arakan
OPA
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Age Command
Itri, Gaeta Fall
Colorado River
Lake
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