Ploesti Given Smashing Raid By U. S. Fliers
Up to 3,500 invading American planes bombed a Romanian refinery at Ploesti from Britain and Italy. U. S. heavy bombers escorted by fighters attacked rail yards in Hamm Osnabruck Schwerte and Soest. Aerial action extended to the French invasion coast and a base near Mulhouse. No planes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmear
London
Britain
Italy
Ploesti
Mulhouse
Switzerland
Hamm
Osnabruck
Schwerte
Dortmund
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Bri
Germany
Luftwaffe
RAF
Leverkusen
Bou and
Dunkerque
Channel
Germans Hurl Tanks At Reds North Of Iasi
German armored and infantry assault north of Iasi aimed to widen a wedge in the Soviet line and threaten a summer drive toward Bucharest. The Red army held firm though the attack caused heavy losses for the Germans with sixty tanks and planes reported down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Salisbury
Moscow
Red Army
Nort
Iasi
Bucharest
Siretut
Galati
U.S. Warplane Production Outruns Axis Powers
A joint War Production Board and Aircraft Production Board report shows U.S. warplane output far ahead of Germany and Japan. Since Pearl Harbor 171,257 planes produced. 100,000 forecast this year. German output down to about 1,800 monthly. Japanese monthly 1,000 to 1,400.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Germany
Japan
War Production Board
Aircraft Production Board
Pearl Harbor
U. S
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
British Empire
England
Conviction Reversed In Gene Krupa Case By District Court
In San Francisco on May 31 the state district court of appeals reversed a superior court ruling sentencing Gene Krupa dance band leader for marijuana cigarlets charges. Krupa had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor contributing to delinquency and served 90 days. later faced a felony possession conviction that the court overturned two to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Gene Krupa
State District Court of Appeals
Krupa
U. S. Plans Postwar Security Organization At Big Four Meeting
President United States outlines a plan for an international security body modeled on the League of Nations. It would offer a consultative force to restrain war with final national control of troops and ships. The plan covers five points and aims to be discussed by Russia Britain China this summer in Washington.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
League of Nations
Moscow
Russia
Britain
China
Hull
Eden
Molotov
Shutdowns In Nation Involve 50,000 Men
Nationwide strike actions persisted with more than 50,000 workers out. Production at Parke Davis in Detroit slowed, and Detroit bakery deliveries were 90 percent halted as CIO and AFL unions faced orders to justify staying out. About 2,900 workers across two shutdowns, plus 1,500 at Federal Mogul, debated returning to work. In the Pacific Northwest, 40,000 lumber workers began returning while CIO leaders delayed recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Parke Davis and Company
Detroit
CIO
AFL
War Labor Board
Federal Mogul Company
Pacific Northwest
Peiping Raid Reported By Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio reported a long distance American air raid on Peiping former Chinese capital. One of two P 51 fighters involved allegedly went down and was captured near Hotsin in Shansi. The broadcast quoted North China military headquarters and said the raid occurred Tuesday morning.
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Peiping
China
Tokyo Radio Today
Hotsin
Shansi
Tokyo
United Press
San Francisco
North China
Hopeh
Agencies urged to curtail travel for war effort
Washington May 31 The Office of Defense Transportation urged all government agencies to discourage convention and vacation travel. Col J Monroe Johnson director said officials should refuse to attend conventions unless tied to the war effort as several groups asked for government speakers to justify meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
ODT
Allied Raiders Disrupt Nazi Rail Lines Across Northwest Europe
Allied air forces have cut or disrupted all Germany’s railways and major highways behind a 400 mile stretch of the Atlantic wall from the Dutch Belgian border to the Bay of Biscay. Vichy reports say railway repair squads are formed while Madrid notes ongoing destruction and bottlenecks across northwest Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Germany
Atlantic Wall
Bay of Biscay
Air Ministry
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Madrid
Tafford Leigh-Mallory
Europe
Butler Presses Senate Probe Into CIO Actions
Sen. Butler demands a CIO Investigations by the Senate Elections Committee citing charges by Har rison E. Spangler that the CIO violated corrupt practices and Hatch acts. Spangler says the CIO breached provisions on labor contributions toward federal elections and limits on committee funding. The CIO backed candidates in Alabama primaries where Rep. John Newsome and Rep. Carter Manasco led or trailed as results came in.
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Associated Press
CIO Political Action Committee
Sen
Butler
Neb
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National
Senate Elections Committee
Spangler
CIO Group
CIO
Alabama
John Newsome
Carter Manasco
Dies
D-Tex
Wayne Ti Morse
War Labor Board
Sen. Holman
R-Ore
Kurile Island Chain Blasted By U S Planes
American airmen in the North Pacific attacked the Kurile island bases including Shimushir Shimushiro Matsuwa Paramushiro and Shumushu. Liberators from the 11th Army Air Force and Navy search planes bombed multiple targets near Tokyo and the Kamchatka region leaving fires in enemy installations. Admiral Nimitz released press note 427 detailing the raids.
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Washington
Japan
Shimushiri Island
Tokyo
North Pacific
Kurile
11Th Army Air Force
Navy
Shimushiri
Matsuwa
Kuriles
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Russian Kamchatka Peninsula
Shimushu
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Hitler Cracks Mailed Fist Down On Hapless Bulgars
DeWitt Mackenzie reports on a heavy Nazi attack north of Iasi that signals Hitler’s Balkans focus and pressures Bulgaria to sever ties with Moscow. Moscow views the move as disruption of Russian troops. Bulgarians face a pro Nazi government and popular anti German sentiment.
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Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Iasi
Romania
Balkans
Europe
Moscow
Bulgaria
Sofia
Germany
Yanks Advance Toward Mokmer Airstrip on Biak Island
Allied forces push toward Mokmer airstrip as American troops inflict heavy losses on Japanese armor. U.S. reports eight enemy tanks destroyed and three damaged, with fierce four hour fight on Biak Island. Japanese admit Allied landings and claim losses to Sherman tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Mokmer
U. S
Biak Island
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo Radio
United Press
Philippines
FBI Uncovers War Plant Fraud Racket in Boston
FBI and U S marshals arrested fifty five Bethlehem Hingham shipyard workers and counters in a scheme involving about thirty clubs. Counters falsified credits for extra production and welders shared portions of their pay. The operation, run with government sanction, spanned several months and involved multiple shipyard officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bethlehem-Hingham
FBI
U. S
E. A. Soucy
Edmund J. Brandon
South Shore
Soucy
Ecuador changes presidents again in armed seizure
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, exiled and presidential candidate, to take charge as provisional government forms after ousting Acting President Fausto Navarro Allende. The alliance claims control of provincial governments including Guayaquil, Tulcea, Riomba, and Cuenca, demanding democratic elections and restoration of democracy.
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Quito
Ecuador
Ecuadorean
Democratic Alliance
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Fausto Navarro Allende
Guyaquil
Tulcea
Riomba
Cuenca
Battle South of City Nears Climax
Allied forces press the Rome front as the Fifth and Eighth Armies push toward Frosinone and along the Via Casilina. British troops move south of Pescarrella Nuova. Velletri sees street fighting as German defenses stiffen. Pope’s residence at Castel Gandolfo is within six miles of Allied advances.
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Sid Feder
Naples
Fifth Army
Rome
Eighth Army
Frosinone
Casilina
Pescarella Nuova
Velletri
Alban Hills
Via Casilina
Valmonte
Eternal City
Valmontone
Campo Semini
Pope
Castel Gandolfo
Fifth
Berlin
Alled
Moletta
Japs Make Progress In Drive On Changsha
Chungking May 31 report says Japanese reinforcements push toward Changsha as a left flank column travels 11 miles south of Tungcheng. In Hupeh they seize Kuingan, a base for last year’s drive on Changten, while Chinese deny gains west of the Sangtze river. In Henan, troops reach outskirts of Paofeng and press to recapture Lushan, the changing provisional capital.
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Chungking
Changsha
Canton-Hankow
Tungcheng
Hupeh
Kuingan
Changten
Sangtze River
Yangtze
Henan
Paofeng
Hsien
Lushan
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Reds
Charles E. Kelly
Pittsburgh
Kelly
By Philip Ault
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Calais
Boulogne
Sen. Butler
Kurile Island
Don Caswell
Parai
Bosnek
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