Eisenhower vows hard drive to crush German air force
At a U S fighter base in England on April 11 General Eisenhower told pilots they face a dawn to dusk death express as the three way invasion tightens. He warned sleep and food would be scarce while praising air power in the planned assault and noted land forces cannot advance until the Luftwaffe is knocked out. He toured bases with commanders Spaatz Brereton and Doolittle and presented service crosses to two ace pilots.
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U.S
England
A. P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S. Ninth Air Force
James H. Doolittle
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Land Army
U. S
Mississippi River
Ike
Alton D. McDaniel
Arlington, Tenn
Phil R. Born
Birmingham
Ala
John A. Hassler
Reading
Rex E. Jacobs
Lexington
Ill
Robert L. Yanker
Kaw City
Oklo
Ninth Air Force
Red Army Captures Kerch Port and Dzhankoi in Crimea Drive
Soviet forces unleashed a rapid four day offensive in Crimea enveloping 100000 Axis troops. Tolbukhin’s Fourth Ukrainian Army seized Dzhankoi and Kerch while advancing 37 miles in four days toward Sevastopol.
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London
Red Army
Crimea
Dzhankai
Kerch
Stalin
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Sevastopol
Sivash Sea
Tolbukhin
Perekop
Maritime Army
Caucasus
Moscow
Odessa
Black Sea
Romania
Ivan S. “Onev
Dzhankoi
Dzankoi
Axis
Iasi
Bucharest
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Marshal Konev
Konev
Carpathian
Transylvania
Campulung
Gregory K. Zhukov
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Amarillo Weather Outlook Warns Of Warmer Days Ahead
Fair and warmer conditions expected across Amarillo and vicinity with partly cloudy skies in Texas and New Mexico. Northern mountains may see scattered showers while west Texas remains largely dry and temperatures rise later in the period through April 18.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Gulf Plains
US Forces Seize Five More Marshall Atolls
Allied forces announced the seizure of five more atolls in the Marshall Islands Aliluk Rongelap Likiep Utirik Mejit bringing total to 18 atolls cleared alongside Mejit. Nimitz reported Easter Day air bombardments totaling 55 tons on four Japanese positions and new raids on Ulul Ponape and surrounding targets as MacArthur cited New Britain losses.
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Associated Press
United
Marsnaus
Wotje
Mejit
Nimitz
Marshalls
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Wotho
Majuro
Seventh Army Air Force
Navy
Ulul Island
Truk
Ulul
Ponape
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
MacArthur
Rabaul
Gasmata
Midway
Cape Hoskins
New Guinea
Hansa Bay
Madang
Knox
Pacific
Tokyo
U. S
Guadalcanal
Japanese Snipers Line Allied Route to Kohima
Japan moves to isolate Kohima and threaten Dimapur by planting snipers along the 35 mile Kohima Dimapur supply road. Allied air and ground actions continue as fighting nears Imphal and Tiddim after a sharp train of assaults in eastern India.
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Kohima
New Delhi
India
Dimapur
Tokyo
Kohima-Dimapur
Imphal
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Amarillo Man Honored in 36th Campaign for WAC Recruitment
In Austin the 36th Division veterans from Italy present a tattered Texas flag to Gov Stevenson for a WAC recruitment drive at Camp Swift. Capt Mark L Hodges of Paris and Lt Claude Gray of Amarillo will be honored at a UT ceremony highlighting intensified WAC enlistment in Central Texas.
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Austin
Texas
Coke Stevenson
Italy
Benner
Camp Swift
University of Texas
Mark L. Hodges
Paris
Claude Gray
Amarillo
36Th Division
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Fairmont
Gray
Africa
Camp Wolters
Abilene
Amarillo High School
Dorothy May
Hitler Summit to Seek Japan's Immediate Aid in War Effort
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler has summoned Axis leaders to Berchtesgaden for a conference to decide Japan's immediate, effective assistance. Agenda items include total mobilization of European reserves and possible German troop withdrawals from France Norway Italy Croatia Holland and Denmark for other fronts. Attendees listed include Mussolini the Japanese ambassador to Berlin and puppet premiers Antonescu Laval Quisling Pavelić and Hacha.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Japan
Germany
Bern
der Bund
Reuters
France
Norway
Italy
Croatia
Holland
Denmark
Berchtesgaden
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Hitler
Antonescu
Romania
Laval
Quisling
Pavelic
Hacha
Bohemia and
Moravia
Plains Road Jobs Awarded
The highway department announced low bids by counties for seal coat on corridors U S 287 66 60 and state 117 217 and W 9 projects. Public Construction Co. bids were 109 084 dollars subject to highway commission approval.
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Austin
Highway Department
Highway Commission
Carson
Armstrong
Donley
Oldham
Potter and Randall
Seal Coat
Public Construction Co
German High Command Claims Rhodes Commando Annihilated
The German high command announced that a British Commando force landed on Rhodes in the Dodecanese and was annihilated to the last man. The report appeared in a Vv A B Dick mimeograph supply catalog from Russell Stationery Company.
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London
U.P
Dodecanese
Rhodes
Russell Stationery Company
Panhandle Plains Dairy Show Opens at Plainview
The seventeenth annual Panhandle Plains Dairy Show opened with 381 cattle, a record entry surpassing last year's 181. Exhibits span Texas and Oklahoma with Holsteins Jerseys Guernseys and Milking Short horns to be judged. Results and events include a 5:30 pm A&M Club roundup, Daily Show Association banquet, and butterfat production tests led by Wayne Thomas with 33 cows entered.
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the News Plainview
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Winged Commandos
South Plain Army Air Field
Lubbock
Guernsey
R. W. Briggs
San Antonio
G. R. White
Brady
John C. Burns
Fort Worth
Joe Jennings
Plainview
Otto Dinwiddie
Hart
Daily Show Association
Mason King
L. R. Vaughn
Orton
Plains
H. B. Hales
Amarillo
Air forces strike German targets in massive daylight raid
U S Eighth Air Force led a dawn attack over Oschersleben Bernburg Rostock and Arnimswalde with nearly 2000 bombers and fighters losing 80 planes missing plus 64 bombers and 16 fighters cost in the fiercest air war since Berlin. Nine bombers forced to Sweden. RAF and US fighters claimed numerous ground kills as heavy raids continued across Baltic fronts and rail centers in Tours Loon Hannover and Charleroi.
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London
U. S
Germany
Berlin
Oschersleben
Bernburg
Rostock
Arnimswalde
Stettin
Eighth Air Force
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Second Tactical Force
Hannover
Tours
Tergnier
Loon
Aulmoye
Ghent
St. Cyr
Paris
RAF
Frankfurt
Air Ministry
Nasi
Marienburg
East Prussia
France
Potter County Induction List Reduced By New Draft Order
Potter County boards received a directive from Gen. J Watt Page to induct women 26 years and older and defer registrants under 26 if engaged in specified work. The number of Potter County men reporting for pre induction will be smaller as many under 26 are deferred and final lists may take weeks to be issued.
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Potter County
Lubbock
Gen. J. Watt Page
Selective Service
Amarillo
Hershey Limits Group of Critical Industries
Selective Service chief Hershey announces a limited deferment framework for under 26 workers in key war sectors. He adds pre professional students and some coal miners to deferment consideration, though some were omitted by a concurrent inter agency review. State directors gain authority to defer individuals in coal regions to avoid disruption of production.
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Washington
Selective Service
Pertee Anée Dent Aivantane
Buigance OL Sul Claily Ul Cums
Lewis B. Hershey
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Wyoming
Virginia
Hershey
Army, Navy and War Production Board
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Telefor
State Board issues telegraphic induction directive
Austin April 11 telegraphic directive from Selective Service clarifies induction policy. It postpones 26 and older inductions for now, sets rules for evaders and morale cases, prioritizes under 26 fits, bars 1-A-L induction, caps calls, and allows deferments via 42 A special or 42 for certain occupations. Dallas boards note tapering inductions as directive supersedes previous instructions.
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Austin
State Selective Service Headquarters
Gen
J. Watt Page
Selective Service
Dallas
State Headquarters
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W. E. Buchanan
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Primrose Venus Rancher
Mort Woods
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Templar
W. E Buchanan
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W. EK. Buchanan
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Charleroi
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Potter
Hershey Limits Group of Critical Industries
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