Red Army advances amid siege of Odessa and rail cuts
Soviet front dispatches report 21 villages captured around Odessa as Red Army units threaten the city three miles north of the port. The Iasi Pascani railway is cut 195 miles northeast of Bucharest, while German Romanian forces struggle to hold the bottleneck near Kuyalnitski lagoon and the Black Sea.
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London
Red
Romania
Iasi-Pascani
Bucharest
Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
Tatar Pass
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Fiercly
Perekop
Sivash
Crimean
Zagorna
Iasi
Ivan S. Konev
Pascani
Cernauti
Siret
Tasi
Rumania
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Third
Sortirovochnaya
Kuyalnitski Lagoon
Hull Charts U S Path To World Peace Union
Secretary of State Hull urged unity to back postwar international cooperation. He outlined France Italy neutral nations and Allied goals and warned against political division that could jeopardize world peace and security for generations.
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Hull
U. S
Washington
Phillips Chief To Speak At Amarillo Chamber Banquet
Boots Adams principal speaker will address post war issues at the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce annual banquet in the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom tonight at 7 30. About 400 tickets were issued with under 50 still available as of Saturday noon. Reservations accepted at the Chamber offices or at the ballroom. The event includes a John Sni der barbecue and brief speeches with limited attendance due to rationing and staffing.
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Kenneth S. Agams
Phillips Petroleum Company
Amarillo
Possivlines
Wie
Fannalukc
John Snider
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
Bougainville Forces Repel 18 Day Japanese Attack
Gen George C Marshall sent congratulations to Maj Gen Oscar W Griswold commander on Bougainville for repulsing an 18 day Japanese assault. About 8 000 Japanese were involved with the fighting on Bougainville Island in April 1944.
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Bougainville
Solomon Islands
George C. Marshall
Oscar W.griswold
Bougainville Island
Hill Blossoms Out As Flower Dealer
Walter Hill left Cunningham Floral to join the Army and stays loyal to his old employer. He gathered orders from fellow soldiers totaling over $500 for Easter flowers and sent them to Cunningham’s while stationed in the North Africa theater.
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Walter Hill
Cunningham Floral Company
Hill
Cunningham
North Africa
Marines Stop on Courthouse Lawn For Easter Observance
A company of Marines halted on Amarillo’s courthouse lawn for an Easter observance after marching along Polk Street and Sixth Avenue. The band performed several numbers and a religious service with prayer and a short sermon was held before the unit continued its journey.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Sixth Avenue
De Gaulle Shifts Giraud From Commander-in-Chief Post
In Algiers April 9 Gen Charles de Gaulle abolished the post of commander-in-chief and named Gen Henri Giraud inspector-general of the French armed forces. Giraud rejected the move in a formal letter, claiming it violates French law and the national committee ordinances and stating he will not resign. He argued a Frenchman could still command in another theater. De Gaulle, named supreme commander by the National Liberation Committee, announced the decree earlier that day without Giraud’s knowledge.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Honore Giraud
Giraud
France
North
Africa
de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Storms lash Tri-State area with hail and tornado roils
A high tension wire outage disrupted radio service near Vernon from 7:31 to 8:28. A hail storm hit White Deer Mendota panhandle with windows shattered roofs damaged and flowers beaten. Tornadoes swept Hobart Oklahoma Liberal Air Base and Liberal Kansas injuring one man in a damaged barracks.
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Vernon
Associated Press
Panhandle
White Deer
Mendota
Canadian
Pampa
Miami
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Hobart
Okla
Oklahoma Theater
Liberal
Kan
Liberal Air Base
War Cost Nears Trillion Mark
Dr. Mabel L. Walker of the Tax Institute estimated the financial cost of World War II to belligerent governments will approach 900 billion dollars by the end of 1944. The figure reflects data from the United States, Britain, and other Allied and enemy nations.
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New York
Mabel L. Walker
The
Tax Institute
United States
Weather Report Amarillo Vicinity And Southwest
The forecast notes partly cloudy and colder conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with fresh to strong winds. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies and colder conditions, El Paso area spared Monday night. New Mexico predicts partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with showers possible, colder in the east early Monday, warming Tuesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
New Mexico
Estes
Easter service on Hill 411 unites American and German troops
Thousands of U S soldiers prayed in foxholes within 400 yards of German infantry as three chaplains conducted a joint Easter service broadcast to both sides. The two hour Protestant Catholic service began at sunrise amid quiet artillery and smoke from Allied smudgepots, with altar made from gasoline cans and a canvas tarpaulin.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Oscar H. Reinboth
Seward
Neb
Christ
United States
Crowley
Japanese Push On Imphal Front Fails To Break Siege
Japanese forces probing the outskirts of Kohima near Imphal are repulsed as the plain remains under siege. Allied garrisons at Imphal rely on RAF supply flights while Kohima defenses brace for monsoon disruption. In the Pacific, Liberators bomb Truk and surrounding areas to soften the Japanese stronghold as operations continue.
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New Delhi
Kohima
India
Imphal
Southeast Asia Command
Dimapur
Bengal-Assam
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Domei
Toyko
Suas Bivalilca Wwunhy
Adm
William F. Halsey
Big Liberators
Moon Island
Bublon Island
Nimitz
War aims and timelines voiced by Deputy PM Forde
In Melbourne on April 94 Deputy Prime Minister Frank Forde said it would take at least a year to defeat Germany and that Japan might require another year. He noted the Italian front was not advancing as expected.
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Melbourne
Frank Forde
Germany
Japan
Italy
Redding Bond Hearing Set Amid Wife’s Funeral Services
O M Redding faces a 9 am bond hearing in Judge Henry S Bishop's court after his lawyer won a habeas writ. Prosecutors oppose bail citing nonbailability while Mrs Redding’s funeral services are held at Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr Earl G Hamlett presiding. The service follows the Double Dip shooting in which she died as a son and daughter watched. The body lies at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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O. M. Redding
Henry S. Bishop
47Th District Court
H. H. Cooper
Redding
Cooper
Wheedt
McCacuing River Assisuanes
Hugh Umphres, Jr
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Slaughter Order Fears Deaden Cattle Market
The article notes a fear the government may repeat the 1934-35 economy of scarcity slaughtering, risking a deadened stocker and feeder cattle market. Iowa Rep Martin cites Bowles letter hinting possible livestock curtailment to protect grain supply, prompting grim Midwest price outlooks and buyer reluctance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Martin
Iowa
The
Iowan
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Midwest
Omaha
Neb
Amarillo
Draft boards shift to young men for rapid training
Texas boards receive instructions as nationwide move delays induction of men 26 and older. Gen Watt Page says all under 26 will be inducted within six to seven weeks, to replace battle casualties. Draft Director Hershey postpones older men while urging immediate training.
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Washington
The
War Department
Lewis B. Hershey
Austin
Hershey
Army
Navy
Hershey Order
U. S. Bombers Reach 300 Miles From Front in Wide Raid
American air fleets numbering 1,500 to 1,750 planes attacked five German aircraft factories in a large Easter Day raid. The operation aimed at Poznan Gydnia Marienburg and Warnemunde with 31 heavy bombers and eight fighters lost, while Berlin claimed 24 American bombers were shot down.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Stockholm
Sweden
Nurnberg
RAF
Toulouse
France
Poznan
Posen
Gydnia
Poland
Marienburg
East Prussia
Warnemunde
Tutow
Europe
Hitler
Eighth Air Force
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Berlin
Nazi Goliath tanks halted in Italian beachhead action
Allied headquarters reported that German remotely controlled Goliath tanks failed to overrun the Anzio beachhead. The clash featured heavy artillery, damage near Anzio harbor, and a fire set at an ammunition dump two and a half miles west of Otterga. Allied air forces and naval actions pressed German lines along the Dalmatian coast and inland fronts.
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Naples
Anzio
Oig«terna
Bar
Dalmatian
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European Advisory Commission
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Tri-State Area
Garigliano
Earl Hayes
Clyde
Tex
C. T. Rucker
North Taylor Street
Truk
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
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Carolines
Chester W. Alimsteanmanwnan al Tadnes
Oroluk
Ponape
Ujelang
Central Pacific
Marine Corsair
Marshall
Atoll
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
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