Finland and Soviet Talks Move Toward a Peace Base
Reports from the Helsinki talks indicate Reds in Rumani and a strategic base near Finland's southwest tip as part of a peace framework. Russians allegedly seek large reparations and the internment of about seven German divisions in Finland. Finnish leaders, though cautious, appear to have threshed the thorny issue and prepared a tentative plan.
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Hangoe
Finland
Viipuri
Paasikivi
Moscow
Peace by Easter in Prospect for Finland
The article discusses Finland’s wartime outlook with a focus on potential German actions and Finnish resistance. It notes Aftonbladet's report on Paasikivi’s Moscow flight passengers including Enckell and airline reps, and cites Dagens Nyheter on Osterman's visit to Germany and his pro German alignment.
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Finland
Germany
Aftonbladet
Paasikivi
Moscow
Carl J. A. Enckell
Lenin
Swedish Aerotransport
Aeroflot
Stockholm
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Osterman
Dagens Nyheter
Berlin
Hungary
Adolf Hitler
Glidermen Snap Jap Lines in India Burma Showdown Near
Allied glider troops cut north south routes to Myitkyina and isolated the Japanese airstrip at Imphal Kohima front as India Burma battle intensifies. Parry Island loss blamed on navigational errors by U S destroyer.
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India
New Delhi
Myitkyina
Burma
Imphal
Ukhrul
Kohima
Air Commando
Katha
Orde C. Wingate
Wingate
Tiddim-Tamu
Naga Hills
GOP Plans Bid or Farm Vote
Chicago April 2 The Republican national committee predicts the 1944 farm plank will seek elimination of the New Deal Agricultural Adjustment Agency or the entire program. The postwar agriculture conference will hear farm group views including the American Farm Bureau Federation and National Grange. Governor Hickenlooper foresees protections against price fluctuations and a soil conservation program under local control. Fort Mason Cal April 2 Cecil T. Carter of Amarillo receives promotion from technician fifth grade to technician fourth grade while serving with a ship’s complement in the San Francisco port of embarkation. Carter is the son of Mrs. Anna Kate Carter of 1505 Jefferson Street, Amarillo.
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Chicago
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Spangler
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Agriculture Committee
Fort Mason
Cal
Cecil T. Carter
Amarillo
San Francisco
Carter
Anna Kate Carter
Jefferson Street
Mrs. Hall Breaks Hip After House Fall
Mrs. R. W. Hall widow of Judge R. W. Hall, 78, sustained a broken hip last Sunday night at her home 2200 Taylor Street when a chair slipped as she sat down. The accident occurred March 26 and was reported from the residence locale.
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R. W. Hall
R. Walker Hall
Taylor Street
Amarillo Pilot Tolleson Leads Golden Sandstorm Raid
Maj. James F. Tolleson piloted the Liberator over Europe during the Golden Sandstorm bombing mission. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters for Romanian and other operations. Tolleson, son of Mrs. Grace Tolleson, was promoted from captain to major during the campaign.
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Europe
Associated Press
James F. Tolleson
Grace Tolleson
van Buren Street
Amarillo
Aest
Tolleson
Romania
Ploesti
Mediterranean
England
Woodring resigns from anti administration group
Harry H. Woodring announces resignation as chairman and member of the American Democratic National Committee. He warns that many Democratic leaders are too timid to oppose the New Deal and says he will form a constitutional Democrats organization to recapture the party. Dr Gleason L Archer elected to succeed him.
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Chicago
Harry H. Woodring
American Democratic National Committee
Gleason L. Archer
Suffolk University
Boston
Woodring
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
New Deal
Bombers clash with German fighters over the Alps
American bomber formations from Italy engaged swarms of German fighters over the Alps in a daylight raid aimed at Steyr's ball bearing works. The clash followed a British-based strike on southern Germany and a Swiss bombing incident at Schaffhausen.
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London
Italy
Alps
Germany
Naples
Daimler Puch
Vienna
Hannover
Krefeld
Aachen
Schaffhausen
U. S
Four Amarillo residents injured in weekend crashes
Four Amarillo residents were hospitalized after separate weekend accidents. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Trimmier and their daughter Paula Sue suffered facial cuts and a broken arm when their car hit a Tenth Avenue underpass pillar. Mrs. Alton B. Meredith and husband were hurt in a north of town wreck involving a wrecker and a butane gasoline truck, with head injuries and a possible broken hip. The fourth car's occupants and damage details were unclear.
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R. P. Trimmier
Washington Street
Paula Sue
Meredith
Red Army opens invasion of Romania amid German resistance
Soviet forces cross the Prut into northeastern Romania near Iasi and advance toward the Ploesti corridor and Bucharest. Molotov states invasion stems from military necessity not territorial aims, while fighting pushes toward Odessa as German and Romanian troops resist along the Black Sea coast.
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London
Red Army
Prut
Rumania
Moscow
Bucharest
Vyascheslav Molotov
Molotov
Odessa
Black Sea
Stalingrad
Crimea
Russia
Axis
Germany
Iasi
Ploesti
Romania
Gertsa
Bucovina
Rumanian
Adolf Hitler
Ivan S. Konev
Second Ukraine
Konev
Carpathian Mountains
Danube Delta
Third Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Alexandrovka
Maximovski
Lyubostyevska
Evgenievka
Razdelnaya
Akkerman
Dniester
Bessarabia
Tarnopol
Kove
Poland
Tarnopel
von Neindorf
Lwow
Kovel
Warsaw
100000 Japs Dying in Trap Amid Pacific Siege
The War Department describes about 100000 Japanese troops in the South and Southwest Pacific facing starvation, disease, and defeat. It cites a tight sea and air blockade, jungle fighting, and heavy Allied casualties against Nipponese in a shrinking supply line.
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Washington
South
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Pacific
Department
Bomb attacks hit Truk in fourth straight night assault
U S Pacific Fleet reports Seventh Air Force Liberators struck Dublin Island Truk in pre dawn action for the fourth night in four days. Combined with four Solomons Liberator strikes the total eight bombings target Truk's naval base installations. Antiaircraft fire was met, fires started at Dublin installations, and all aircraft returned.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Air Force Liberators
Dublin
Truk
United States
Carolines
Chester W. Nimitz
Seventh Air Force
Dublin Island
Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
Corsair
Ponape
Caroline
Marine Dauntless
Army
Marshall Islands
Stigler Victory Sparks Soviet Interest in U S Election
The Oklahoma congressional race outcome drew attention abroad as Tass reported Democrat W. G. Stigler's win with implied pre election support for Roosevelt. The dispatch quoted Democratic chairman Robert Hannigan and reflected Moscow’s interest in the U S presidential campaign.
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Moscow
W. G. Stigler
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
Tass
New York
Roosevelt
Robert Hannigan
Russia
United States
Allies Retreat At Anzio After Heavy German Raid
Fifth Army troops withdrew slightly from a position southwest of Carroceto on the Anzio beachhead after a heavy German raid. Italian troops seized Mt Marrone and advanced to Mt Castelnuovo. Allied artillery knocked out two tanks west of Cisterna and hit an ammunition dump near Littoria. Air strikes hit Steyr in Austria and rail yards at Brod, Mostar, and Bihac amid ongoing front activity.
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Fifth Army
Carroceto
Anzio
Mt. Marrone
Coats
Mt. Castelnuovo
Cisterna
Littoria
Cassino
Alps
Daimler Puch
Steyr
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Weather outlook shows Monday partly cloudy and warmer in afternoon across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas expects fair skies and warmer conditions, Mogne day and Tuesday. New Mexico anticipates fair weather Monday and Tuesday with warmer highs in the southeast on Tuesday. Highs range from 60 to 75 degrees depending on area. Overnight and daytime temperatures listed, with sunrise at 7:31 AM and sunset at 8:09 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Sroupitanien Re
Allied Commandos Raid Solta Island Near Split
Allied forces launched a second raid on Solta Island off Yugoslavia, destroying installations and reportedly capturing 111 Nazis with naval and air support. The operation aims to aid Tito’s Partisans and disrupt coastal Nazi shipping along a key Adriatic corridor.
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London
Solta
Yugoslavia
Radio France
Algiers
Split
Adriatic
Marshal Tito
Softa
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Harry W. Hill
Eniwetok
RAF
Reichstag
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Foreign Office
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Reich
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Potsdamer Station
Treasury
Kaiserhof
Ministry of Fisheries
Ministry of Education
Home Office
Army Records Office
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State Library
University
GOP
Cecil Carter
Adolf Berle, Jr
Britain
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Maj
James PF
St. Anthony'’s Hospital
Pord
Czernowits
Kosov
Kuty
Stanislau
Katy
Cambridge
J. Frank Dobie
Texas
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Fiume
Brac
Pucisce
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Hvar
Nar
Pt Adriatic
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