Allied planes bomb and ground-strafe Axis communication facilities from Brest to east of Berlin; over 300 locomotives destroyed or damaged; Low Countries targets hit

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GERMANS EYE FLANK; Danger From Beachhead Grows as U.S. Units Peril Switch Line COUNTER-ATTACKS MADE Poles Forced Out of Piedimonte -- British Retreat Slightly in Region of Aquino GERMANS EYE PERIL FROM BEACHHEAD

By A.c. Sedgwickby Wireless To the New York Times

repulse Pontecorvo attacks

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1944John Flanagan, Australian fantasy author^[†]

John Anthony Flanagan is an Australian fantasy author best known for his medieval fantasy series, the Ranger's Apprentice series, and its sister series, the Brotherband Chronicles. Some of his other works include his Storm Peak duology, as well as the adult novel The Grey Raider.

Headlines from May 22, 1944

AMERICAN-DAY FETE IN PARK ATTRACTS RECORD CITY CROWD; Valentine Estimates Throng at 1,400,000, Greatest That Ever Assembled Here WAGNER TALKS OF IDEALS Calls for a World Organization With 'Powerful Tools,' Backed by Peace-Loving Nations AMERICAN-DAY FETE SETS CROWD RECORD

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EISENHOWER ORDER ALARMS VICHYITES; Propaganda Minister Warns of Terrible Nazi Reprisals if French Help Allies Eisenhower Order Causes Vichy To Warn French of Reprisals

3,000 PLANES FLY; U.S., British Pilots Gun Nazis From Brest to East of Berlin 300 LOCOMOTIVES IN TOLL Cost Is 57 Light Allied Craft -Pas-de-Calais Bombed -- RAF Rocks Duisburg by Night 3,000 PLANES FLY IN FIGHTER SWEEP

GERMANS EYE FLANK; Danger From Beachhead Grows as U.S. Units Peril Switch Line COUNTER-ATTACKS MADE Poles Forced Out of Piedimonte -- British Retreat Slightly in Region of Aquino GERMANS EYE PERIL FROM BEACHHEAD

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