La Guardia pleases at change in Italy
Says he hopes that abdication means end of hereditary rule
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Rome is up at dawn to cheer 5th Army
Joyful crowds greet tanks and jeeps threading city, its treasures unhurt by war
By Herbert L. Matthews
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Allied Burma push encircles Kamaing
Chinese and Americans pull noose tighter on Myitkyina; enemy set back in India
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6 Japanese forces drive on Changsha
Chinese troops, U.S. airmen take toll of enemy columns; Kungan in Hupeh regained
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Stettinius urges shift of UNRRA fund
He says House action may prolong military operations
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Green orders AFL to aid WMC program
Union chief says job priority plan was necessary
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Would halt rise of women pilots
Ramspeck Committee says no more should be trained, in face of men flier excess
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Gillette takes lead in Iowa primary
Senator ahead; Blue names in GOP race for governor
Des Moines, Iowa (AP) – (June 5)
Senator Guy M. Gillette, a Democrat campaigning for reelection, took a long lead over his opponent, Ernest K. Seemann, in the Iowa primary today.
Returns from 748 of 2,463 precincts gave Gillette 12,093, Seemann 3,181.
Mr. Seemann, a Waterloo factory worker, was making his fifth bid for a place in the national political spotlight.
The winner in the Democratic primary is to meet Governor B. B. Hickenlooper in the general election. Mr. Hickenlooper was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
In the Republican governorship race, Henry W. Burma, Speaker of the House, conceded the nomination to Lieutenant Governor Robert D. Blue. They were trailed by Milton W. Strickler of Des Moines.
Returns from 757 precincts gave:
| Blue | 31,925 |
| Burma | 19,215 |
| Strickler | 3,548 |
Two of the eight Republican Congressmen seeking renomination were trailing opponents, Henry O. Talle in the 2nd district and Fred C. Gilchrist in the 6th.
Court restrains sedition defense
Justice Eicher calls a halt on repetitious objections shouted by lawyers
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4 appeal Nazi agent conviction
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Screen news here and in Hollywood
Donna Reed named by MGM to role in Son of Lassie; three new films today
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Display of war art at National Gallery
Pictorial show of U.S. action, 1776 to 1918, opens July 4
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Editorial: Invasion
At last, the supreme moment has come. The months and years of waiting are over. Troops of the United States, the British Isles, the Dominions, contingents from occupied but unconquered countries in Europe are at this moment setting foot on the continental soil. The men who left Dunkerque nearly four years ago are returning. They left as a handful of shattered divisions, armed only with the splendor of an undying courage. They return as part of a great force supplied with every known means of beating down the enemy’s resistance.
They are commanded by generals of proven worth, in whom there is universal confidence throughout the United Nations. The preparations have been thorough. Nazi resistance has been weakened by air attacks of unprecedented destructiveness. In equipment, in training, in courage and resolution, these men are doubtless the equals of any soldiers who ever marched.
They are meeting and will meet terrible obstacles. The Nazis have had four years to prepare, and no doubt they are ready. They have had ample warning that the invasion was coming, though they did not know the time or the places. They will fight hard, for when they are beaten now, they are beaten forever.
The next few hours and days will be critical in our history, and in all human history. We must wait in patience for news that may be slow in coming. We must be prepared for losses and for reverses at some points. The shape of the battle of Europe may be slow in emerging.
Today we can only pray, in our churches with other petitioners of the Almighty or alone and in our hearts.
We cannot pray that one we love be spared if a stranger must fall in his place. But we can call upon the God of mercy and justice to strengthen each soldier in his hour of trial; to give victory with the least cost in life, in suffering and in sorrow; to grant each soldier faith in his cause and full knowledge that our love and our hope go with him.
We may pray, too, that we ourselves may be given the fortitude that these young men possess; that we may have strength to face the dreadful waiting; that we may have courage to bear the sorrow that must be the lot of so many.
We may humbly pray for untiring bodies and hearts to support all the soldiers of the United Nations who battle for victory and for the liberation of those who are in slavery.
Finally, we may pray for the knowledge and skill to create out of this slaughter a just and lasting peace.
These are our sons. God bless them.
Ickes sees defeat from intolerance
War sacrifices will be in vain unless ‘shackles of hate’ are shaken off, he says
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Navy reports jobs for layoffs here
Calls plenty of employment open if Brewster workers want to accept it
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Biddle: Seizure of Ward’s set policy for future action
Attorney General tells garment union in Boston Roosevelt would repeat in similar circumstances to protect war effort
By Joseph Shaplen
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Yank skipper sees no need to worry
Manager McCarthy attributes losses on Western trip to breaks of game
By James P. Dawson
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