Hermes Sunk by Japanese Air Attack Off Ceylon
British warships lose Hermes a 10,850 ton aircraft carrier off Ceylon near Trincomalee after dive bombers strike in the Bay of Bengal. Dorsetshire and Cornwall sunk a day earlier. admiralty calls other Japanese claims untrue.
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London
U.P
Hermes
India
Japan
Admiralty
Dorsetshire
Cornwall
Bay of Bengal
Ceylon
Trincomalee
Colombo
Birmingham
Emerald
R. F. J. Onslow
British Sink 4 Vessels In Mediterranean Action
The admiralty announced four enemy ships sunk by British submarines in the central and Mediterranean. A large supply ship and a medium supply ship were torpedoed and sunk, two schooners also sunk, one carrying sugar and stores bound for Tripoli Libya. The attack followed an action against an enemy convoy escorted by destroyers.
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London
U.P
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Comar
P. S. Francis
R. N
Tripoli
Libya
Roosevelt cites Corregidor flag as Philippines news item
President Roosevelt briefed press on wartime消息 noting Wainwright reported the flag still flies over Corregidor. War Department described Japanese air and artillery dominance eroding Bataan’s defenses as torpedo boats attacked opposing forces near Cebu and surrounding areas.
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Wainwright
Island
Corregidor
War Department
Panhandle Press Association Opens 33rd Annual Convention
Plains editors from the Panhandle region gather at the Herring Hotel for the first postwar Panhandle Press Association convention since 1918. Tex DeWeese, editor of the Pampa Daily News, presides as association president, with Dr Earl G Hamlett giving the invocation. Amarillo College girls quartet performs under Folsom D Jackson.
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Panhandle Plains
Herring Hotel
Panhandle Press Association
Association
Tex DeWeese
Pampa Daily News
Earl G. Hamlett
Polk Street Methodist Church
Amarillo College
Folsom D. Jackson
Fine Arts de
Music for Afternoon Session by Amarillo String Quartet
The Amarillo String quartet performed in the afternoon session led by conductor Robert Louis Iron. Members Edward Melin Helen Strite Eva Wade Layton played two pieces including Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes and The Mill by Raff Pochon.
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Amarillo Stringuartet
Robert Louis Iron
Amarillo Iiharmonic Orchestra
Edward Melin
Helen Strite
Eva Wade Layton
Thine Fyes
Raff Pochon
Editorial convention addresses censorship and the army press
Joe Jenkins of Amarillo welcomed editors as Wes Izzard led the morning session. Tex DeWeese previewed convention highlights while Major William B. Ruggles of Camp Barkley spoke on censorship and Army press relations, stressing how small details can reveal troop movements to the enemy. See editors, page 5.
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Partment
Joe Jenkins
Amarillo
Wes Izzard
Tex DeWeese
William B. Ruggles
Camp Barkley
Abilene
The
Dallas News
Ruggles
India Holds For India Gandhi Nehru Call For Defence From Japanese Threat
The All India Congress rejects British plans for Indian independence as negotiations with Britain continue. Nehru urges 400,000 Indians to bolster defense and remain in the country amid talks of a new Indian government and possible evacuation avoidance. Sir Stafford Cripps expected to announce progress at noon Saturday.
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P. D. Sharma
New Delhi
India
U.P
Great Britain
All India Radio
Sir Stafford Cripps
Soviets Push Back Nazi Panzer Units
Soviet forces press the offensive on multiple fronts with fresh tanks and recovered armor from Czech, Polish, French and German plants. Dispatches claim 3,500 German deaths and 8,000 civilians freed as the USSR advances on the Kerch and Kalinin fronts. Reports note intensified German production in occupied territories and ongoing tank battles ahead. Russian forces also report purges against German infantry, guerilla actions near the northwestern front, and destruction of bunkers, bridges, and a food dump.
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Germany
Izvestia
Skoda
Krupp
Mercedes
Packard
Kerch
Kalinin
Red Army
519Th
Russell Stationery Company
Roosevelt weighs registering women for war jobs
President Roosevelt said a decision on registering women ages 18 to 65 for war work could come within a week. He noted registration faces mechanical hurdles like card preparation and that a voluntary approach might be tried on the next men’s registration day, April 27.
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Roosevelt
Aircraft School Leases Amarillo Offices
Officials from Aircraft Training School announce a year lease for offices and classrooms at 117 West Fifth Avenue in Amarillo. From Dallas, managers say the school will enroll pupils and begin April 20, teaching all essential trades in the aircraft building industry.
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Aircraft Training School
West Fifth Avenue
Aircraft
Dallas
Amarillo
J. I. Reagan
B. C. Curtis
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Nazis Warn Brest of State of Siege
German authorities warned Brest on the English Channel to be ready for a proclaimed state of siege without notice. The declaration would last indefinitely and target subversive activities among the French population rather than an invasion threat.
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Vichy
Brest
English Channel
Depeche de Brest
Five Men Killed in Army Bomber Crash
Five airmen died when an army bomber from Mather Field on a training flight crashed in the Mojave near Bagdad California. Lieut James Lewis said victim names were unavailable. One crew member survived by bail out but his parachute failed to open. Salvage operations began from Victorville base.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Minter Field
Stockton
Tucson
Ariz
Mojave Desert
Bagdad
James Lewis
Ford
Lewis
Mather Field
Victorville Air Base
McLean Man Escapes Serious Injury After Car Flip
Wilber Lafayette Depauw of McLean narrowly avoids serious harm when his car overturns several times on North East Eighth Avenue. Frank Masqueda of Visalia, California, escaped injury after the collision at a service station exit. Police say Depauw had been driving toward Amarillo while Masqueda entered the traffic line, ramming the California car. Depauw sustained only slight hand cuts.
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Wilber Lafayette Depauw
McLean
North East
Eighth Avenue
Frank Masqueda
Visalia
Calif
Depauw
Amarillo
Masqueda
McLain
California
Army Soldier Sends Gas Mask Photo To Girlfriend
Victoria Tex April 10 The Foster Field serviceman who mailed a picture of himself wearing a gas mask has received a reply from his girlfriend back home She says after studying the snapshot she is puzzled and notes he has changed a lot since joining the army.
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Victoria
Tex
Jugoslav Guerrilla Leader Ignores German Threat
Gen. Draja Mihailovich, head of the Jugoslav guerrilla army, defied a German warning that the families of all guerrilla leaders would be held hostage for any actions, according to a refugee Jugoslav government spokesman in London.
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London
U.P
Draja Mihailovich
Jugoslav
Spring Weather Lingers With Mild Tonight
The weather bureau reports continued mild conditions with a bit warmer today. Individuals assess fruit damage after recent low temperatures. yesterday’s high reached 58 and the low this morning fell to 36.
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Weather Bureau
Japanese evacuation attempt at Corregidor probed by Japanese ships
A Berlin broadcast dispatch reports Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright has gathered a handful of transport vessels at Los Cochinos to evacuate American and Filipino troops to Corregidor Fortress across Manila Bay. Japanese naval units are said to be guarding the bay entrance to block the retreat.
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Berlin
Bataan Peninsula
Jonathan Wainwright
Los Cochinos
Corregidor Fortress
Manila Bay
Wainwright says Bataan isolated from Corregidor amid heavy shelling
U S Army communique reports Lieut Gen Jonathan M Wainwright saying Bataan and Corregidor were cut off for about 24 hours while Japanese forces bombarded Corregidor from the peninsula and Manila Bay. A cruiser off Cebu with a supposed invasion fleet was sunk after torpedo boat attacks.
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Cebu
Philippines
Bataan
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Manila Bay
War Department
Cebu Station Goes Off Air as Japanese Force Gathers
RCA said wireless link with Cebu suspended at 8 05 A M Pacific War Time. Ten transports with four warships were off Cebu in the Philippines. The Cebu station went off the air amid assumed siege, first blackout since the war began.
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San Francisco
Cebu
Radio Corporation of America
Philippine
War Department
RCA
Message on Bataan defenses faced by U S forces
General Wainwright sent a message to the President indicating the probability that the defenses on Bataan have been overcome. Secretary Stimson yesterday disclosed a similar communication sent to the Philippine authorities.
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Bataan
Wainwright
Stimson
Philippine
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Warmer today with higher afternoon temperatures and milder tonight. In New Mexico, warmer afternoon with occasional rain near the continental divide. Extremes in 24 hours ending 6 30 A M show a low of 36 and a high of 58, noon reading 61.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Japanese push toward Mandalay in Burma front
Heavy fighting raged along the Sittang Valley as three Japanese columns pressed north from Toungoo aiming to storm the Mandalay road. One detachment crossed the Sittang seeking to outflank Yedashe while Chinese lines held north of Toungoo. Reinforcements were arriving in Rangoon for use in Burma and possibly India.
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Chungking
China
U.P
Sittang Valley
Burma
Mandalay Road
Toungoo
Rangoon
India
Amarillo Officer Fletcher Promoted to Captain
Former Lt. C. W. Fletcher in charge of the War Department Branch of U S Engineers in Amarillo is promoted to captain effective April 1. A telegram notified him on April 7 at his Masonic Building office. He has made Amarillo his home and Mrs Pletcher will join him soon.
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C. W. Fletcher
War Department
U. S. Engineers
Amarillo
Fletcher
Masonic Building
Pletcher
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Government Printing Office
Treasury Department Defense Savings
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Russia
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Mr. Roosevelt
Aircraft School
Bataan Aid
Phillipines
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