Allied Air Invasion Strikes Deep into Axis Europe
American and British air forces unleash a massive 11 day assault plowing across France Germany and Yugoslavia. Strategic targets include airfields at Metz Nancy Chambly and Karlsruhe with heavy bomb tonnage and numerous enemy aircraft destroyed. Lt. Robert W. Schrock from Saginaw Mich reports destroying a locomotive.
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London
France
Germany
Axis
Bucharest
Romania
Nancy
Metz
Paris
Dijon
Vosges Mountains
Pas-de-Calais
Britain
Qance
U. S. Inth
Italy
Hitler
Alps
Mediterranean Air Force
Ploesti
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
RAF
Lancastersao
French Alps
Milan
Munich
Karlsruhe
Dusseldorf
Lower Rhine
Chambly
Robert W. Schrock
Saginaw
Mich
Bomber Crash in Montreal Destroys City Block
A four engine Liberator bomber crashed in downtown Montreal killing 14 or more people including five crew. The wreckage destroyed a city block near Bonaventure, damaging 14 buildings and igniting flames that engulfed nearby dwellings. Debris littered streets as several residents were crushed or injured.
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Montreal
England
Canadian National Railway
Bonaventure
Philippe Lemieux
Hitler Inspects Atlantic Wall as Invasion Looms
April reports say Adolf Hitler conducted an eleventh hour inspection of the Atlantic wall defenses aided by Werner Best and other officials. Berlin and Paris weigh invasion timing while Denmark’s sabotage crackdown intensifies and Denmark blocks travel to Sweden.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic
Denmark
Werner Best
Hitler
Sweden
Atlantic Wall
Karl Doenitz
Guenther Korten
Tann
Allied Advances Across Pacific Front Report
Allied forces push across the Central Pacific and Burma as Ujelang falls and Taongi atoll is bombed. Nipponese grip tightens in China while Kanglatongbi gains and Imphal Kohima highway is cleared. American reach shortens to Truk and Ponape as Manchuria troops redeploy.
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Central Pacific
New Guinea
India
Burma
China
Ujelang
Marshall Islands
Eniwetok
Pacific
United States
Truk
Ponape
Marshal Islands
Taongi Atoll
Japan
Wake Island
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshalls
Carolines
Kanglatongbi
Imphal
Kohima
Manchuria
Chenghsien
Baby Flat-Top Pilots Sink Sub In Two Minutes
An American carrier air group destroyed a German U-boat in two minutes off the Atlantic coast. Lt. Wallace A. LaFleur, Lt. Kenneth P. Hance, Lt. Irving G. Cockrot, Lt. Glendon Goodwin, and Lt. Harold G. Bradshaw led the strike from a baby flat-top, with LaFleur guiding from above and others delivering bombs and torpedoes. One bomb hit, another near miss, the sub sank two minutes after the attack began.
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J.G
Wallace A. LaFleur
LaFayette
Atlantic
Kenneth P. Hance
Tampa
Fla
Irving G. Cockrot
Oakland
Cal
Glendon Goodwin
Warrington
Harold G. Bradshaw
Hance
Cockrot
Goodwin
Bradshaw
Lafleur
Two Areas Raided on English Coast
German planes bombed two coastal areas in Southern England just after midnight. The London alert was brief and no special incidents were reported.
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London
England
London Radio Intriguing Music Signals Possible Invasion Clue
A London shortwave listener questioned a BBC 15 minute overseas broadcast featuring Roses of Picardy a WWI era hit. The piece recalls AEF France and hints that occupied Europe fighters may monitor BBC listening posts for orders during an invasion.
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British Broadcasting Company
London
BBC
Picardy
AEF
France
Europe
Curtin and Picado Dine With FDR at White House
The White House announced President Roosevelt hosted Australian Prime Minister John Curtin and Costa Rican President elect Teodoro Picado at a luncheon at his South White House residence. The Curtins and Picados attended with their wives, and Mrs. Roosevelt was present.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
John Curtin
Australia
Teodoro Picado
Costa Rica
Stimson Pushes Unified Armed Forces In War Council
Secretary Stimson told Congress that despite cooperation, overlapping tasks slow the war. He urged immediate approval of unification in principle while delaying full postwar consolidation, arguing unity of command exists in theaters and to finish the plan later. General McNarney outlined a single department with a secretary, undersecretaries, and a joint staff.
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Washington
Stimson
Congress
Joseph T. MacNarney
Special
House Committee
Armed Forces
McNarney
Army
Navy
Russians Drive on Berlin Prompts Heavy Soviet Claims
A Moscow radio war review asserts the Red Army has killed or captured over 500,000 Axis troops in under two months on the lower Russian front as a prelude to a Berlin drive with Allied support. It cites losses of 5,000 tanks and self propelled guns and 10,000 guns from March 1 to April 15, plus 130,000 motor vehicles, while noting continued pressure near Sevastopol and in eastern Poland.
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London
Moscow
Red Army
Berlin
Dmitri Manuilsky
Central Committee
Communist Party
Sevastopol
Old Poland
Stanislawow
Kowel
Poland
Warsaw
Rezekne
Gulbene
Latvia
Pskov
Carpathian Mountains
Upper
Dnestr
Lower Poland
Patton World Rule Comment Sparks Senate Debate
Senators condemned General Patton's remark that the British and Americans must rule the world as nonsensical talk. Senator Johnson and Chairman Bloom voiced strong criticisms while Roosevelt's nomination to promote Patton to major general remains pending in Congress.
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Washington
George S. Patton
Johnson
Colorado
Senate Military Committee
Bloom
New York
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Patton
Patton Views Allied Victory as Destiny in London
Lt General George S. Patton Jr told about 200 Americans and Brits at a UK Service Club opening that it is the destiny of British and American forces to rule the world. He said he has been busy sending Germans and Italians to hell and hopes to soon face the Japanese in combat.
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London
George S. Patton Jr
Patton
United Kingdom
United States
Hell
Allies Take Over Skies For New Guinea Advance
MacArthur reports swift progress near Hollandia with strong American forces closing on three airfields. Fifth Air Force bombers attack Manokwari and Madang while Tadji airfield at Aitape supports the Hollandia drive. No American planes lost. Japanese bases at Rabaul Kavieng and Wewak also bombed or attacked.
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Taongi
Wake
Sibylla
Ponape
Hollandia
New Guinea
China
MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Tanahmerah Bay
Sabron
Humboldt Bay
Pim
Tami
Lake Sentani
Fifth Air Force
Tadji
Aitape
Drome
Manokwari
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinean
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Madang
South Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Imagination of Jap Strained
Tokyo radio quoted a war ministry statement saying hardships confronting seamen maintaining supplies are beyond imagination. It said the United States and Britain are mobilizing many aircraft and submarines to harass overseas Japanese communications and that supplies are moved under extreme hardship.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Japanese War Ministry
United States
Britain
Ward's Refuses Strike Order Challenge to Roosevelt stance
Montgomery Ward and Company defied President Roosevelt's demand to resume a CIO union contract at the Chicago plant and argued seizure of its properties would be unconstitutional. The company limited returns to maintaining wages and hours as workers began to return after the April 12 strike. Harold A. Smith called the telegram to the White House a refusal to comply. Another note says no clear ruling on what "related terms of employment" covers. PDR Signs Fund Bill. Roosevelt signed a $1.33 billion treasury post office appropriation bill for the new fiscal year. Firemen battled a lumber pile blaze at 1300 South Grant Street, quickly extinguished with minimal damage.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Chicago
CIO
Montgomery Ward
Harold A. Smith
White House
Sewell Avery
Weather synopsis for Amarillo and West Texas region
Mostly cloudy and cooler across Amarillo and vicinity with diminishing winds and cool nights. West Texas skies stay cloudy to partly cloudy with showers in eastern zones and cooler mornings, while the Texas Panhandle and South Plains see fair to partly cloudy conditions and lower temperatures.
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Amarillo
Texas
el Paseo
South Plains
A. M
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Fdr
United Forces
Southwest Pacific
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Boston
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PDR
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