Naval battle feared as British ships sink in Bay of Bengal
An admiralty communique announced the sinking of HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall by Japanese air attacks in the Bay of Bengal and raids on Trincomalee. Survivors exceed 1,100 including ship commanders. British forces in the region search for the Japanese fleet.
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Sidney J. Williams
London
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Dorsetshire
Bay of Bengal
Trincomalee
Ceylon
Java
India
Rome
Malaya
Gibraltar
Indian Ocean
Indian
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Daily Mail
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Colombo
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Bismarck
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South Atlantic
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Stimson
Bataan
Roosevelt
Berlin
Shanghai
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Manila Bay
United States
Philippines
Indians Ready to settle Indian problem and form national government
Reported proposal would establish an Indian national government with control of all portfolios including defense while military direction remains with Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell. Cripps Nehru Johnson discuss defense powers and constitutional rights as factions seek agreement. A pheasant missing from Margaret Wills School yard was found and returned to owner.
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Archibald P. Wavell
India
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Louis A. Johnson
Roosevelt
Jawaharlal Nehru
Britain
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Johnson
London
Washington
Sir Stafford Cripps
War Cabinet
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Amarillo
A. B. Hayes
Margaret Wills School
Thea
Destruction of Planes in Rabaul Raid
A Reuters dispatch from Port Moresby reports Allied forces destroyed many aircraft on the ground and damaged others during an air raid on Japanese held Rabaul New Britain this afternoon.
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London
Reuters
Port Moresby
New Amea
Rabaul
New Britain
Italian Cruiser Sunk by British Torpedoes in Mediterranean
A British submarine, protected by destroyers and aircraft, torpedoed and sank a 8,000 ton Italian cruiser in the central Mediterranean. The cruiser went down eight minutes after impact. sinking time not specified. Also aboard the page, gasoline deliveries to service stations in 17 eastern states and other areas will be cut by one third starting April 16 due to WPB restrictions amid tanker shortages.
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U.P
Benitoussolini
Mediterranean
Washington
War Production Board
Oregon
District of Columbia
WPB
Bristol
Tenn
Virginia
Tennessee
Japanese warplanes attack British Ceylon base
Japanese warplanes opened an attack on Trincomalee a key British naval base on the northeast coast while reconnaissance planes over Colombo indicated no civilian casualties. Tokyo reported Japanese forces were near the India frontier and advancing toward Calcutta as British and American air forces pressed operations in Burma and the Andaman Islands.
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Ceylon
U.P
Trincomalee
Bay of Bengal
Radio Berlin
Tokyo
Akyab
Burma
Calcutta
India
Malta Bombed by 350 Planes in RAF-Tracked Raid
London reports over 350 German and Italian bombers and fighters hit Malta in a Tuesday raid intensifying attacks. Observers say Germany used about 500 planes overall with Italian bombers scarce as Malta, a small 17 by 8 mile island, endures the most frequent bombing in the world.
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Malta
Germany
Ger
British Forces Strike Back Near Tobruk Front in Libya
British Empire troops conducted a swift counter thrust against Axis forces retreating from Derna to Tobruk. They took prisoners and attacked a force trying to hold a jump off point between Timimi and El Gazala, with another British column confronting Axis positions in the Sidi Bregisch area. Axis troops massed at night but did not advance, as British observers watched for a move toward Suez amid widespread Mediterranean activity from Gibraltar to the region.
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Derna
Tobruk
Libya
Timimi
el Gazala
Sidi Bregisch
Ures
Suez
Mediterraean
Gibraltar
German Italian Army Probing British Defenses in Desert
Colonial Gen Erwin Rommel appears to test British strength as German and Italian forces move in multiple columns toward the Timimi Mekili tracks across the desert from Derna in a Middle East command communique.
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Erwin Rommel
Derna
Soviet Fight Drives Off German Spring Drive On Baltic Rim
Front reports say Nazi tanks and Junkers 88s attack along a 1200 mile stretch from Leningrad to Crimea. In Sevastopol Crimea Soviet forces repelled the largest German tank assault since Moscow with 160 tanks sent and 32 lost, many captured. Pravda says Red Armies, reinforced with reserves and new equipment, are poised for the spring campaign. The Crimea river bridge battle marked a renewed German attempt to recapture a key crossing.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Leningrad
Crimea
Germany
Sevastopol
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Communist Party
Pravda
Russian spring advance and heavy air use reported
Russian forces pressed an advance across the lower Dneiper amid spring thaw with waves of green camouflaged tanks and dive bombers. German losses included 14 tanks and 55 planes, while Russians reported 16 000 tons of German shipping sunk in the Barents Sea and intensified aviation on the front. British raids on Hamburg and northwestern Germany formed a second thread in the day’s war dispatches.
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Dneiper
Dneipropetrovsk
Barents Sea
British Broadcasting Company
Radio Moscow
Smolensk
16Th
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Contracts Awarded for Water Works Extension and Army Site
City commission approved bids and awarded contracts for extending and enlarging the water works. A nine mile line to the Army Aviation Technical School site near here was approved with army engineers signing off. Sealed material proposals were opened Tuesday night.
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City Commission
Army Aviation Technical School
Army Engineers
Weather Forecast For Amatillo And Vicinity
Sharply rising temperatures this afternoon and warmer tonight across West Texas El Paso area and Big Bend country New Mexico Somewhat warmer west portion and much warmer east portion this afternoon not quite so cold tonight Temperature extremes 24 hours ending at 6 30 AM Minimum 92 maximum 34 Precipitation 41 inch Temperature at noon today 48
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Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
New Mexico
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