Renewed Heavy Fighting in Burma Reported by United Press
A New York communique cites renewed heavy fighting on the Mayu Peninsula as British lines hold against a Japanese flank. British planes press the attack with three consecutive days of air raids while MacArthur's forces strike Salamaua in New Guinea and other raids occur nearby. An Axis report claims two British Indian steamers were sunk in the Bengal Gulf.
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United Press
Burma
Shi
Mayu Peninsula
Mayu River
Donbaik
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
Buna
New Guinea
MacArthur
Washington
China
Shantung
Henan
Bengal Gulf
German raid hits two southeast coast towns at dawn
German hit and run fighter bombers attacked two towns on the British southeast coast shortly after dawn causing casualties and damaging several business establishments. Two planes were reported missing in these operations. The air ministry said RAF mines were laid in enemy waters on the second straight night with little Allied air activity over the continent.
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London
Air Ministry
RAF
Wit
Amarillo Police Plan Garden Amid Bean Delivery
Amarillo police plan a department garden after three large sacks of beans arrived at headquarters. An officer said there is no garden site yet but beans can be planted or eaten while a suitable Victory garden site is found. SHAMROCK Jack H Wade of McLean died in hospital from an electrical shock while checking transformers.
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Amarillo
Shamrock
Jack H. Wade
McLean
More Air Assaults On Japs at Kiska
The navy reports five more air attacks on Kiska and one on Attu in the Aleutians bringing total assaults on Kiska to 51 since March. American airmen also struck Japanese positions at Vila in the New Georgia group in the Solomons and started fires.
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Washington
Aleutians
Kiska
Attu
Navy
Solomons
Vila
New Georgia
Sam Mclelland Home on Furlough from Army
Staff Sergeant Sam Mclelland son of Mr and Mrs B Mclelland of Dumas is home on a furlough visiting Amarillo and the Globe News. He was assistant sports editor before joining the Army and is now stationed at Midland in the Signal Corps. The item notes a life insurance company founded in England in 1705.
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Sam MclLelland
8. B. McLelland
Dumas
Amarillo
The
Globe News
Sam
Army
Midland
Signal Corps
Farm Bloc Presses To Overturn Bankhead Veto
In Washington on April 7 the farm bloc fought a delaying tactic to keep the Bankhead farm parity bill from a Senate test. They aim to send the vetoed measure to the agriculture committee while administration leaders, led by James Byrnes, push to dispose of it now. Senate Leader Barkley urged sustaining Roosevelt’s veto, warning the bill could become a political weapon if kept as a bargaining chip against John L. Lewis and wage demands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
James F. Byrnes
Bankhead
Alabama
Barkley
Kentucky
Agriculture Committee
Mine Workers
Lewis
Congress
Booby Traps Described By War Department
Washington April 7 The war department described new enemy booby traps designed to injure careless soldiers A whistle that explodes when blown a vibrating pen detonator a thermos bottle that explodes only when fitted and earphones that detonate when connected to electric circuits.
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Washington
U.R
War Department Today
Missing Hog Drops 250 Pounds in a Month
In Albion New York a farm hog shed light on rapid weight loss after a missing hog was found wedged in a straw tunnel. The 300 pound hog survived at 50 pounds after rescue and nourishment revived the animal.
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Albion
N. Y
U.P
William J. Engall
Lyndonville
Engall
Opera Singer in Shower Natters Reveals Soldier Hero
Pvt. Giovanni Benedetto a 19 year old Metropolitan Opera singer stationed in Miami Beach was unknowingly heard singing in the shower by a fellow soldier. When asked who was singing he was identified and persuaded to perform Vic or Herbert arias Ah Sweet Mystery of Life and Celeste Aida for the men before his unit was shipped out to an unknown destination this week.
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Coast Guardsman
Sam
U.S
America
U. S
U. S. Treasury
Miami Beach
Fla
U.P
Giovanni Benedetto
Metropolitan Opera
Benedetto
Victor Herbert
Mystery
Bank Conveyor Belt Sells 12 Tons of War Bonds
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland reports 12 tons of bonds processed in December as part of an assembly line system. Most weight is Series E bonds from $25 to $1,000, with 40,000 Victory Fund pieces. Staffing rose from 60 to 500 workers since Pearl Harbor.
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Bank
Cleveland
U.P
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Federal Reserve District
Pearl Harbor
U.S. Soldiers May Lose Tailored Appearance for New Uniform
Maj. Gen. Edmund B. Gregory reveals the Army plans an all climate cotton outer garment wind resistant and water repellent for troops in all latitudes. Layers beneath will vary by local weather, from Greenland to Waikiki.
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Seattle
United States
Edmund B. Gregory
Army
Greenland
Waikiki
Post-Intelligencer
War Department Says North Africa Photos Misleading
The War Department reports General Eisenhower informed it five North African war area photos miscaptioned in the AP series. The AP suspended the photographer for misleading captions and reenactment staging with land mines. The investigation continues as details emerge about the Tunisian front image.
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Washington
War Department
Associated Press
War Department Bureau of Public Relations
Eisenhower
Tragic found body of four year old Theresa Williams
Police say four year old Theresa Williams was found in a shallow basement grave at a home occupied by Earl Perry aged 17 who was arrested and allegedly admitted to assault and strangling the child enticed by candy and a one cent piece.
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Pittsburgh
Theresa Williams
Earl Perry
Bolivia joins war on axis declaring state of war
Bolivia becomes the 33rd nation to enter the war on the side of the United Nations after a cabinet decree in a special session. The state of war with the Axis takes effect at noon today.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.P
United Nations
Draft Changes Planed to Reclassify Draft Registrants in 3-A
Washington April 7 plan to wipe out dependency classes for draft registrants includes creating a special 3-A for pre Pearl Harbor fathers and those whose departure would make their family a public charge. Reclassification of all other men in 3-A 3-B and 3-C will occur about April 15 based on occupation.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Selective Service
State draft board directors discuss classification plan
Discussion on the selective service classification plan with Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. all sessions of the state directors’ conference were closed and officials reported no dissension in views on the plan.
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Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
U S Bombers Hit U-boat Yards at Vegesack
London April 7 United States heavy bombers damaged submarine construction slips at Vegesack during a March 18 raid. RAF officials say seven of 15 submarines were engaged and experts believe the yards can make no significant U-boat output for months.
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London
United States
Vegesack
RAF
Mondoy
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