Thirteen B-17 and B-25 raid from Australia sinks ships
Thirteen U S bombers operated from Australia attacked Manila Cebu Davao and Batangas in the Philippine Islands on April 13 and 14 destroying Japanese ships and ground facilities. Three transports were sunk at Cebu and two hit at Davao while hangars and docks were damaged. One bomber was lost with crew saved. Brig Gen Royce Nichols received awards for the raid.
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Associated Priss
United States Army
Australia
Manila
Cebu
Davao
Batangas
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Ralph Royce Nichols
Field
Rush Lincoln
United Nations
George H. Brett
Royce
Roosevelt
John Hubert Davies
Piedmont
Calif
Frank P. Bostrom
Nichols Field
Mindanao
MacArthur
Bond promoted to major in 126th Infantry unit
The War Department promoted G. Chandler Bond of Adrian to major of infantry. Bond left Adrian in 1940 as captain of Company B, 126th Infantry. After Fort Benning advanced training he returned to the regiment and has recently served as supply officer.
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War Department
G. Chandler Bond
Adrian
Trajor
Bond
126Th Infantry
Fort Benning
126Th
Adrian Community Fund Drives Past $3161 Halfway Total
Additional pledges to the Adrian Community Fund bring the second day total to 3161 dollars, announced by campaign director Claude E Porter. Downtown solicitations led the gain though reports from other areas are pending. Tonight at 6 the midway Campaign dinner at the Methodist Church will reveal results for Adrian families, residential districts, and industrial employers. No speakers. team captains will present canvassing results. Workers pay their own meal costs. High school musicians directed by Paul Rainier will perform.
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Adrian Community Fund
Claude E. Porter
Methodist Church
Paul Rainier
Slashy Footing Impedes War On Russian Front
Xulbyshev Russia April 15. Slashy footing restricts fighting on the Nazi Soviet front today but the government reports new engagements on the central and Leningrad fronts cost the Germans 2600 dead. A Soviet communiqué says 2200 invaders were killed near Leningrad in 48 hours. Red Army troops reportedly killed 400 and disrupted the 488th German infantry regiment in a night center engagement. The information bureau notes a number of inhabited localities were occupied in offensive operations across several sectors yesterday.
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Xulbyshev
Russia
Central
Leningrad
Russian Information Bureau
Moscow
Red Army
Information’ Bureau
Hats Off To Dan Adrain's Night Captain After 40 Years
A commemorative piece marks April 15 1902 when Dan Grear joined Adrian police. He rose to captain of the night force and witnessed city change from hitching rails to beer gardens. Illness now keeps him home and away from nightly duties after four decades on the force.
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Adrian
Dan Grear
Dan
Night Force
Jan
Grear
Social Justice May Be Barred From U S Mail
The weekly Social Justice faces possible mail suspension after Postmaster General ordered its issues to be reviewed for mailability. Attorney General Biddle accuses it of contributing to Axis propaganda, citing Goebbels origins. Rev. Coughlin offers to testify.
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Washington
National
Social Justice
Frank C. Walker
Royal Oak
Mich
Charles E. Coughlin
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Walker
Axis
Goebbels
Coughlin
Slowdowns Delay War Production in Navy List
Senator Byrd releases a Navy list of eight plants, four in Michigan, showing production slowdowns. He says labor caused five slowdowns entirely and contributed to three others, with losses ranging from 25 to 90 percent. Byrd deems slowdowns more reprehensible than shutdowns and notes the Michigan plants held important Navy contracts.
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Washington
Michigan
Lst
Byrd
D-Va
Navy
Sins From Lenawee County Bootlegger Extradition Tale
A restaurant owner in Illinois recounts a 16 year old Lenawee county bootlegging case. He describes a bail scheme that funded county officials and a taxi of jail terms and forfeited bail money going to the county general fund. Sheriff Roscoe W. Scott and Prosecutor Lawrence J. Hamjlmond hear the tale in Springfield as extradition papers are sought for a fugitive.
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Lenawee County
Illinois
Lenawee Catuniy
Sheriff's Department
Roscoe W. Scott
Lawrence J.ham
Springfield
Ecumseh Supervisor Heads Lenawee County Board
Albert O. Howard, veteran Ecumseh township supervisor, was unanimously elected chair of the Lenawee county board of supervisors at yesterday's reorganizational meeting. Jacob Moore of Deeeheld township was chosen vice chair. the board remains unchanged. A motion to form a health department committee was adopted. John Calhoun, back for his 80th term, received an ovation and said he plans this year to be his last.
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Albert O. Howard
Tecumseh
Lenawee
Board of Supervisors
KW. Lundahl
John Calhoun
Deerfield
Calhoun
Howard
War profits limit bill moves via House Naval Committee
Washington April 15 amid Administration opposition to profit limits the House Naval Committee pressed a bill to curb war profits and suspend the 40 hour week while restricting labor unions for the war duration The move accompanies efforts to resolve differences on a $19 0 billion war supplies bill and follows a prior six percent profit tax stance by Congress. In Moscow a Red Star report claims German machine gun squads slaughtered 9000 people near Mariupol including Jews and relatives of Red Army officials and state workers as money and valuables were looted and victims lined before anti tank trenches, with many killed by the first volley and some corpses later shot again.
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House Naval Committee
Senate
House
Secretary of War
Secretary of Navy
Maritime Commission
Congress
Moscow
Red Star
Mariupol
Red Army
Sea of Azov
Submarine Build Up Aims At Pacific Supremacy
Washington April 15 The United States plans an $800.6 million submarine program to add 170000 tons of undersea craft and enable more than 100 1500 ton cruiser type subs. Chairman Vinson said details remain classified as the plan seeks sea dominance against Japan by expanding wolf pack tactics and pressuring Japanese supply routes amid ongoing Allied submarine successes.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
Indianis
Atlantic
United Nations
British Planes Hit Ruhr Industrial Targets Again
London reports very large dives set burning as British bombers attacked industrial points in the Ruhr for the sixth time since April 5. A strong force hit Nazi bases within and behind coastal defenses, while docks at Le Havre and airdromes in the occupied zone were targeted. High winds aided the raid as squadrons crossed the channel and Channel coast fortifications.
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Associated Press
London
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Hitler
le Havre
Prene
RAF
British forced to retreat in Burma front
New Delhi April 15 fierce fighting on the Irrawaddy front as British withdraw from Migyaungye about 320 miles south of the Burma oil fields. To the east British troops held their ground near Taungwingyi while Japanese bombed towns in northeast and central Burma with heavy civilian casualties. Japanese forces push northward along Irrawaddy front Taungdwingyi and Sittang River toward Mandalay. Chinese forces retreat north of Yedashe to avoid encirclement by Swa River crossing.
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India
Irrawaddy
Burma
Migyaungye
Taungwingyi
Sitiang
Taung- Dwingyi Ares
Sittang
Mandalay
Yedashe
Toungoo
Swa River
Australia Starts Building Tanks In War Drive
San Francisco dated April 15 reports Australia is expanding its war armaments by adding tank production. The Melbourne radio quoted Supply Minister Beasley stating that Australia is now making tanks and that allied aid will support organized war effort. An expenditure of 13,350,000 for new munitions plants was announced by Munitions Minister Ma.
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San Francisco
Australia
Melbourne
CBS
Beasley
Hugh Johnson Dead Ironpants of NRA Fame Dies
Washington April 15 General Hugh S Johnson famed as Ironpants of World War I and NRA leader died of pneumonia at 59 in a Washington hotel twelve hours after defying doctors orders for rest. Once a brigadier general, he led the NRA recovery codes and called resisters chiselers and traitors as he toured the nation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Roosevelt
Carelessness Blamed for Normandie Fire in New York
A two month investigation by a House sub committee blamed carelessness and lack of proper supervision for the Normandie fire in New York. It found opportunities for sabotage abundant but no evidence of intent. The panel urged 23 recommendations including placing merchant vessel operation under the Navy Secretary.
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Washington
House
New York
Normandie
United States
Secretary of the Navy
France awaits Laval’s role in new order
London reports British officials split on Laval’s return and France’s future. Some diplomats fear a shift in French fleet policy toward the Axis, with potential Japanese moves against Madagascar and French bases in Africa. Others expect Admiral Darian to retain command, warning of a grave blow to Allied supply lines if the fleet joins the Axis. The United States-Led tension deepens as Paris rejects Washington notes while awaiting a reshaped government under Petain and Laval.
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London
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Darian
Madagascar
East African
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Africa
United States
France
Lays
Marshal Petain
Jean Darlar
Washington
Brazzaville
Equatorial Africa
Hitler
Late Bulletins From War and Court Actions Mix
United States delays shipments to French North Africa pending Vichy clarification. In New York, a federal court verdict sets $140,000 in fines against Aluminum Magnesium Development Co and others over Sherman antitrust claims. Michigan beekeepers urged to apply for sugar aid. Russian forces break through first German defenses near Bryansk south of Moscow with heavy losses reported. Oklahoma Governor cites CCC alumni among inmates and urges abolition of CCC and NYA. Senate panel may seek withdrawal of NA and CCC aid in Oklahoma.
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United States
French North Africa
Vichy
New York
Aluminum Company of America
Magnesium Development Company
Therman Arnold
Anti-Trust
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