Axis air power dealt heavy losses in Sicily raids
Allied air forces reported destroying 73 Axis planes in two Sicilian raids with bomb bursts over airfields and reconnaissance noting 100 enemy aircraft on one field. The British Eighth Army pressed Rommel’s defenses south of Tunis as they advanced from Sousse toward Enfidaville and Djebel Bou Hadjar, a mountain line Rommel prepared for a final stand.
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Rommel
Enfidaville
Djebel Bou Hadjar
Tunis
Kairouan
Castelvetrano
Milo
Sicily
Axis
Britain Bombers Hit Spezia as Axis Masses 2000 Planes
British four engined bombers attacked Spezia naval base in northen Italy in a long range raid, part of a broader Allied assault across Italy. Axis forces reportedly moved 2000 planes to Southern Italy to counter invasion threats.
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U.S
Italy
Spezia
Axis
U. S
Francis Biddle
New York City
English Channel
Africa
Sicily
Sardinia
Confused Sergeant Meets Foreign Army in North Africa
In Tunisia near Gabes Sergeant Worden F Lowell of Malden Massachusetts asks soldiers for directions while in a jeep. A British photographer says the man he misidentified is actually General Montgomery. In Bern Hitler and Mussolini reportedly pledged renewed fascist expansion with greater Italian mobilization.
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Worden F. Lowell
Malden
Mass
United States Army
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Gabes
Lowell
General Montgomery
Bern
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Africa
Blood Spilled in Tunisia Turns Doughboys Into Killers
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports American troops in Tunisia transformed into hardened killers by brutal combat. They describe loss of bravado, shift to ruthless war focus, and resolve to crush German and Italian forces, many noting personal sacrifices and the urge for vengeance.
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Tunisia
Allied
North Africa
U.P
Japan threatens to bomb America and Australia in war warning
The article reports Japanese, German and Italian air forces ready to collaborate in an assault four days before Maj. Gen. Doolittle's Tokyo raid anniversary. MacArthur and Curtin warn Japan may strike the Southwest Pacific as Australia braces for possible air and naval conflict. A daylight raid hit Milne Bay. Knox says no invasion concentration detected.
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James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
John Curtin
Japan
Southwest Pacific Battle Theater
MacArthur
Thomas A. Blamey
Washington
Navy
Traitor To Hang Traitor To Hang
Max Stephan a German born man living in Detroit was sentenced to death for treason and will be executed at sunrise on April 27 at the federal correction institute in Milan Michigan. Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle imposed the penalty after Stephan aided an escaping Nazi prisoner of war.
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Stocky
Max Stephan
Arthur J. Tuttle
Stephan
Federal Correction Institute
Milan
Mich
Tire rationing grim as April quota nears fill
In the first 12 days of April the rationing board logged 975 car tire and 156 truck tire applications, totaling 1 558 car tires and 254 truck tires. Officials warn the quota limits will force many applicants to be denied as the board prioritizes national emergency needs.
Bond Drive Amplifies War Bonds Push in Amarillo
The Amarillo bid for funds to underwrite an invasion effort saw W S Norman of Magnolia Petroleum purchase 20000 in War Bonds, praising the effort as essential for outfitting fighting men. Officials note Uncle Sam seeks 13 billion this month as the drive runs to April 30 with early loans already tallied.
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Amarillo
W. S. Norman
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Uncle Sam
Washington
Tex Panhandle landowners seek federal relief over unpaid land
Rep Worley of Shamrock Texas said after talks with justice and war officials that Panhandle landowners owed compensation for land taken for military use may pursue relief in federal courts. He cited many complaints about payments for land used at military sites including the Pantex Ordnance Works at St Francis Texas.
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Washington
Justice and War Departments
Rep
Worley
Shamrock
Tex
Panhandle
Pantex Ordnance Works
St. Francis
Germans abandon Djebel Mansour position near Tunis
Radio Algiers reported that German forces abandoned Djebel Mansour a mountain position 47 miles southwest of Tunis and just south of Bou Arada, signaling a withdrawal in the area.
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London
Radio
Algiers
Djebel Mansour
Tunis
Bou Arada
Evacuation Talks Amid Tunisian Front Reported
Radio reports questioned Enfidaville capture while British First Army pressu re pushes German forces from Rommel s corner near Beja Road toward Sidi Nsir. French advances north of the Dorsal Range widen the Tunisian bridgehead as 84 Axis aircraft are destroyed and Italian and German personnel evacuate toward Sardinia and Sicily.
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First Army
Rommel
Tunisia
Beja
Medjez-El- Bab
Sidi Nsir
Tunis
First
Adolf Hitler
Algiers
Reuters
Switzerland
Rome
Marseille
Sardinian
Sicilian
Weather briefing for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather notes show little temperature change tonight with warmer Thursday morning. West Texas expects light local rain this afternoon into tonight. New Mexico sees scattered showers or snow flurries in northern mountains today. Temperatures: high 69, low 47, noon 48. Reshingle and repair ads follow.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
OPA Delays Meat Price Revisions Across Regions
The Office of Price Administration postpones new meat ceilings to May 17 after a re examination of prices in light of the hold the line order. Regional and district offices will check ceilings against current prices and surveys plus trade meetings to decide if revisions are needed. Officials note protests over potential sizable price increases for beef veal lamb and mutton by large chain stores.
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OPA
Conscientious Objector Case Goes to High Court
A Supreme Court hearing considers if a conscientious objector must report for induction after denial by a draft board. Whitney Bowles of Newfoundland New Jersey faces three years for avoiding an induction call. Bowles' attorney argues the objector should challenge the ruling in district court rather than submit to induction.
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Supreme Court
Whitney Bowles
Newfoundland
N. J
Wendell Berge
Osmond K. Fraenkel
New York
Bowles
Federal District Court For
New Jersey
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