Japanese Ships Hit by Flying Fortresses in Bay of Bengal
The Daily Sketch reports U S Army Air Forces from India, led by Major General Lewis H Brereton, bombed Japanese vessels at Port Blair Andaman Islands. One cruiser and a troopship were burned and two other ships damaged as bombers operated from new bases in India.
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London
Bay of Bengal
Japan
United Nations
India
China
United States
Daily Sketch
New Delhi
U. & Air Forces
U. 5
Lewis H. Brereton
Brereton
France
Army Air Force
Philippines
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Java
U. S
Australia
MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
U.S
Coast Guard
Confidence in Australia Defenses Amid Japanese Threat
Melbourne April 4 Lieutenant Governor Huber tus J. Van Mook of the Dutch East Indies said Australia’s defenses, strengthened by U.S. personnel and equipment, would make any invasion by Japan “very risky.” He doubted full occupation, citing vast transport needs and extended communications, while noting Burma as the Pacific theater focus and that Japan might aim to neutralize Australia as a base for UN operations. Some observers dispute lull in Japanese activity, but heavy Allied bombing and radar patrols sustain warning time for a potential attack.
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Melbourne
Australia
United States
Hubertus J. van Mook
Dutch East Indies
van Mook
Java
Burma
United Nations
van Moo
Rabaul
New Britain
Matupi
Cilitary
Timor
FIGHTING ON BATAAN REPORTED WITH LIGHT ATTACKS
Washington reports a lull noted in Bataan Peninsula as of April 2 in which several light enemy attacks were repelled with significant losses to the Japanese. Japanese air raids on fortifications around Manila Harbor continued, with Cavite batteries joining in the bombardment as American forts returned fire.
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Ezra Bertram Taken After Jail Break Partners Captured
Ezra Bertram, 23, and accomplice John Coutts of Adrian were moved to Southern Michigan State Prison in Jackson after Bertram’s dramatic jail break. Bertram faces multiple counts including breaking and entering, jail escape, and auto theft with sentences ranging one to 15 years. Parole violator Jacob Lewis and accomplice Robert Crozzur linked to a warehouse break also reported for transfer from Adrian.
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Adrian Iman
Lenawee
Michigan
Jackson
Johnna
Bertram
Roscoe W. Scott
John Coutts
Adrian
Robert Crozzur
I Bertram
Southern Michigan Produce Company
Jacob Lewis
Sugar Ration Plan May Be Scrapped
New York April 4 The sugar rationing plan may be scrapped, per a Herald Tribune dispatch from Washington. A May 4 to 7 nationwide registration could be dropped if War Production Board estimates of sugar supplies prevail over Office of Price Administration. WPB cites about 1 million tons more Cuban sugar available due to faster industrial alcohol production in the Midwest, easing transport as the major hurdle. A final decision was expected after weekend talks in New York and Washington on shipping.
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The
Herald Tribune
Washington
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
United States
WPB
Middle West
Atlantic Seaboard
U. S
Vichy Radio Reports German Bombing Near Murmansk
London April 4 Nazi dive bombers yesterday attacked shipping in Kola Bay near the Arctic port of Murmansk setting a 2000 ton vessel ablaze or sinking. The report cites German sources via Vichy radio detailing the strike on the northern maritime lane.
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London
Vichy
Kola Bay
Murmansk
Anti aircraft gunners in Philippines down two more bombers
War Department reports Corregidor fortifications shoot down two heavy Japanese bombers. This raises confirmed enemy planes destroyed to seventeen in under two weeks of fighting.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Corregidor Fortress
Guerrillas Aid Red War Effort Across Occupied Regions
TE ASSOCIATED PRESS reports guerrillas in German occupied territory delivered 250 tons of food to the Red army and disrupted German rail and road networks. Irregulars near Smolensk and Dnieper River regions killed hundreds of Germans, seized supplies, and damaged bridges and locomotives. Red forces claimed advances with several settlements retaken, while Soviet torpedo boats and launches sunk multiple German submarines in the Baltic. Berlin claims two divisions defeated Russians with heavy losses.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Norhind
Smolensk
Dnieper
Bryansk
Poluzhy
a _Bryansk
Information Bureau
Fort Custer Troops to Parade on Army Day
Fort Custer units will join Army Day events in Detroit led by Lieut Gen Ben Lear. About 400 soldiers from the 605th Tank Destroyer Battalion and supporting units will bivouac at the Detroit camp before marching. Battery A of the 21st Field Artillery will relocate to Jackson with 105 mm howitzers.
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Bth Infantry
Dive
Ion Headquarters
Detroit
Ben Lear
Second Army
Philip C. Clayton
605Th Tank Destroyer Battalion
605Th Tank Destroyer Batalion
71St Field Artillery Battalion
Tth Engineers
46Th Ordnance Company
15Th Medical
21St Field Artillery
Jackson
Charles B. Ballou
Tank
Top Prices Set On Electric Appliances
Washington April 4 Top prices were fixed today on all household electrical gadgets from toaster to curling iron. Office of Price Administration set price ceilings on 44 appliance categories effective next Tuesday. Le0 Henderson administrator returned from vacation to review plans for freezing consumer goods prices. ceilings cover manufacturers wholesalers and retailers and last until June 5 unless replaced. Rationing not immediately planned due to ample stock and manufacturing. War Production Board ordered production ceasing May 31 on many appliances while vacuums stop April 30. Hamm said ceilings aim to prevent runaway prices amid WPB actions. General price ceiling policy under JCPA undecided but intended to curb inflationary moves.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Leo Henderson
John
Hamm
War Production Board
JCPA
All-India Congress group meets today in New Delhi
The All-India Congress working committee met for about thirteen hours in New Delhi. Dr Abdul Kalam Azad said it discussed Bengal and Assam amid Burma warfare and what direction the organization should take. Gandhi delayed his departure a day to advise. Jinnah warned Muslims would not accept any plan blocking a separate state, calling the proposals skeletal and in need of details.
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India
All-India Congress
Stafford Cripps
Maulana Abdul Kalan Azad
Congress
Bengal
Assam
Burma
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mohammed Ala Jinnah
Allahabad
Today's Map For a Potential Middle East War Page Seven
A brief note directs readers to page seven of today's Telegram for a map of the Middle East, described as a potential future major war theater. The item is a pointer to further content rather than a standalone report.
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Middle East
Telegram
Exchange of sick Italian and British POWs to begin soon
The foreign office announced an all or none prisoner exchange between British and Italian troops will start shortly at Izmir Smyrna. Negotiations through a protecting power set the plan in motion with independent medical commissions reviewing cases on both sides. The British said the Italians to be repatriated will be far more numerous than the British due to prisoner counts. The earlier German-British exchange attempt failed when Germany demanded a broader swap. Margesson said Britain intended to release about 250 Germans for 1,200 Britons held in Reich territory.
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London
Foreign Office
Izmir
Smyrna
Turkey
British Empire
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
H. D. R. Margesson
House of Commons
Reich
Derailed New York Central Engine Blocks Main Line
A freight engine and tender from Airline Junction derailed near the Clark Manufacturing Co in New York Central yards. The 130 ton wrecker and machinists were sent to recover parts while traffic used an alternate siding. Fireman A C Grass and conductor L E Hart were aboard.
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Airline Junction
C. J. Houlton
Todelo
Wabash Tower
Clark Manufacturing Co
A. C. Grass
Toledo
L. E. Hart
British Bombers Head for Boulogne
British bombers escorted by fighters crossed the channel toward Boulogne in German occupied France. A British fighter-bomber attacked a German airfield in northern France and destroyed a Heinkel 111 returning from a raid on England. The air ministry said additional raids hit airfields and a railway junction in the region, while a German aircraft caused minor damage in southwest England on a solo attack.
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London
Boulogne
France
England
Air Ministry
Com‘muniqué
Fear of Attack on Syria Bases in Beirut Region
Beiru t Syria April 44 German attack on Syria waned under bright moonlight aiding night defense. New Zealand, Australian, Free French, and British forces strengthen fortifications as labor vanishes and prices soar under Allied occupation. Wages rise for some while many suffer from shortages and profiteering. Second gun duel victim: Evelyn Wenstrom dies. Maj William Wenstrom killed earlier. Buell Hammett wounded. Norway expels Dagens Nyheter correspondent Karl Axel Tunberger after Quisling objections as opposition grows.
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Syria
Hitler
Russia
Dodecanese
Crete
Cyprus
New Zealand
Greece
Western
Desert
Santa Barbara
Calif
Evelyn Wenstrom
William H. Wenstrom
Buell Hammett
Wenstrom
Hammett
Stockholm
Karl Axel Tunberger
Dagens Nyheter
Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Tunberger
Quisling
Navy reports Java battle sinks Langley and two warships
Washington April 4 The Navy said unopposed Japanese bombers sank the aircraft tender Langley and two other warships in the Java battle. About 700 officers and men were lost when Langley went down off Java February 27 and the Pecos on March 1. The destroyer Peary was sunk at Darwin February 19 with light loss of life.
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Washington
Navy
Langley
Java
Pecos
Peary
Darwin
Australia
U.S. Asiatic
Macassar Strait
Plan to Limit War Profits Aboard In Senate Debate
Washington April 4 Senator Thomas claimed broad congressional support for a sliding scale to limit war profits on contracts. He proposed a cost plus fixed fee approach that would raise profits for small firms but cap large contracts, while the Senate Appropriations Committee weighed an $18.3 billion wartime measure and profits rider. The discussion noted prior losses at sea versus new ship launches and projected naval strength, with details still to be settled by the committee and the full Senate.
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Thomas
D-Okla
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Appropriations Committee
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House
Appropriations
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Overton
D-La
Bouse
SLIC
McKellar
D-Tenn
London
Manda
Burma
Senate
Senate House
Japanese Planes Bomb Mandalay and Burma Towns
A Japanese communiqué reports Mandalay hospital fire and patient evacuations during yesterday's raids. It says two central Burma towns were lightly damaged and notes prior Feb 39 direct hits on installations. British forces reportedly withdrew from Prome amid hard Japanese infantry attacks and intense air offensives.
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Burma
Mandalay
Prome
Financial And Trade Experts Help Uncle Sam To Wage War
Eleven experts on finance and foreign trades including Henry Morgan form the policy committee of the Board of Economic Warfare. They meet five days weekly to plan export controls, licensing, and procurement to block enemy access to materials. The group includes Nelson Rockefeller, Milo Perlis, J Anthony Faruch, and Col. E. Butterworth. Morgan and Wertheim advise on finance while Henderson’s office co-ordinates supply efforts.
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Washington
Apri
Henry
BEM
Economic Defense Board
United States
Wallace
B.E.W
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Milo Perl
Anthony Faruch
Eign
New York Lawyersfie
Securiforeign
Ty Commission
Friendly Vision
New York
Howard
Newmark
Aittorney
Chile
E. Butterworth
Philadelphia
Be.w
Maison
Morgan
Harry
Navy
Maurice Wertheim
Leon Henderson
Ci‘lian
Supply
Quiet Easter in Prospect for Capital
Washington observers anticipate a quiet wartime Easter with no tourist crowds as government workers fill the city. The cherry blossoms will be late, construction continues along Constitution Avenue, and the White House cancels Easter Monday egg rolling. Vice President Wallace and his wife plan to attend an Easter Sunrise service at Arlington National Cemetery amid secret weather forecasts.
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