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June 2, 1944

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Alban Hills Victory Blinds German Guns Below Rome; American Alban Hill Victory Blinds Nazi Guns Below Rome

By Herbert L. Matthewsby Wireless To the New York Times

Brit reach Fosso di Campoleone and advance north of Ardea

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TAMMANY REJECTS MARCANTONIO BID; Designates Kennedy in New 18th Congressional District -- Primary Fight Looms TAMMANY REJECTS MARCANTONIO BID

By Unknown Author

18th Dist: Tammany rejects Repr Marcantonio: designates Repr M J Kennedy; primary fight seen

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U.S. TROOPS ON BIAK GETTING MORE HELP; Japanese Do Not Oppose Our Reinforcements -- Snipers Slow Push on Airstrips U.S. TROOPS ON BIAK GETTING MORE HELP

By Frank L. Kluckhohnby Wireless To the New York Times

US troops get reinforcements without Jap opposition, Biak Is; US planes bomb Mokmer positions; mortar duels reptd; heavy Jap sniper fire continues; Jap planes bomb US troops; US patrol action noted, Maffin Bay; Australians reach Guru; large Jap concentrations noted, Wewak-Hansa Bay sector

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WMC TO TAKE RULE OF ALL MEN OVER 17 AND FIX JOB LIMITS; Will Establish Employment Ceilings for All Industries at Efficiency Levels HIRE ALL MEN THROUGH IT Women for Replacements in Nonessential Lines -- Idle Persons Would Be Shifted WMC TAKING RULE OF ALL MEN OVER 17

By William M. Blairspecial To the New York Times

WMC plan to bar hiring of male full-time workers except through USES, limit co hiring and allocate manpower to critical areas, reptd to become effective July 1

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COUP FOOLS NAZIS; U.S. Force Feints at Valmontone, Veers to Win Key Alban Peak BRITISH PASS FROSINONE Enemy Lines Rapidly Recede Before Allied Drive -- Rome's Abandonment Now Looms COUP FOOLS NAZIS, ALLIES PERIL ROME

By Milton Brackerby Wireless To the New York Times

Ger Lanuvio sector resistance continues

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Notable Births

1944Robert Elliott, American actor (died 2004)^[†]

Robert Elliott was an American actor. He is known for his roles in the movies Animal House (1978), Flashpoint (1984) and Vixen Highway (2001). He died on December 25, 2004, in Tucson, Arizona.

1944Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (died 2012)^[†]

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch was an American composer and conductor. He is one of a handful of people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". He and composer Richard Rodgers are the only people to have won those prizes and a Pulitzer Prize ("PEGOT").