Allies Gun Superiority Drives Djebel Tanngoucha Capture
British infantry backed by heavy Allied artillery seized Djebel Tanngoucha after fierce fighting north of Medjez El Bab. The Germans briefly retook Djebel Ang but were driven off as Allied shells pounded the crests. The assault continued as part of a broader push across the Tunisian high ground.
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William B. King
Chacquach
Tunisia
Tunis
Bizerte
Oued Zargua
Amooth
Diebel Ang
Medjez-El-Bab
Djebel Tanngoucha
Tanngoucha
Tebourba
Djebel Ang
K. A. N. Anderson
Bombers Attack Nazis Over Channel and France
Four engined Allied bombers with fighter escort attacked a southeast coast town and returned after more than two hours. RAF fighter squadrons crossed the channel in a general melee from Dun kirk to Boulogne as air activity over the French coast intensified. The Strait of Dover saw summerlike heat as Mosquito and Whirlwind raids prior targeted rail hubs, airfields, and small coastal craft.
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London
French Channel
France
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Folkestone
Strait of
Dover
Germany
Nazis Report Fleet Returns to Rock
Berlin radio said British fleet sent east from Gibraltar has returned to the rock. The report notes Britain projected Rommel would retreat to Sicily, but the move was not confirmed by other sources and Axis broadcasts may mislead.
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Rock
Associated Press
Berlin
Gibraltar
Rommel
Tunisia
Sicily
Axis
Hollywood Stars Parade War Era Affairs and Plans
Hollywood items reveal reconciliations and marriages delayed by war, with Jimmie Fidler noting Al berson and estranged wife seeking reunion. Lily Damita ill in Fort Lauderdale, Tony Martin studying radio tech at Chanute Field, and Robert Montgomery home on sick leave. Ann Sothern may wed Robert Sterling after divorce, Greer Garson and Bette Davis in career moves, plus censoring of For Whom the Bell Tolls and other industry gossip. light anecdotes about stars and wartime life.
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Army
Albertson
Liliane Carre
Fort Lauderdal
Florida
Lily Damita
Errol Flynn
Hollywood
Tony Martin
Chanute Field
Illinois
Robert Montgomery
South Pacific
Ann Sothern
Arizona
Robert Sterling
America
Greer Garson
MGM
Binnie ‘Barnes
Palm Springs
Mike Frankovitch
Rosalind Russell
Elizabeth
Ginger Rogers
Bette Davis
Hollywood Canteen
Sgt
Gene Autry
Uncle Sam
Sally Rand
Colored high school girl seeks after school care work
The letter from Miss Robert T. Jones of 1701 North Adams Street requests an evening or Saturday job doing housework or child care. The note appears on Tack Letters Page 10.
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Tack
Jume Asbell
Fillmore St
Robert T. Jones
North Adams Street
Bomber Pilot Hulette Dies in Training Crash
Second Lt. Eugene S. Hulette was killed at 1 P M Thursday when his attack bomber on a routine training flight crashed six miles east of Good night. The plane burned on impact as a board investigates the accident. Hulette was from California and his squadron is stationed at Amarillo Army Air Field with Will Rogers Field as home base.
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Eugene S. Hulette
Goodnight
Hulette
California
Amarillo Army Air Field
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma City
Amnesia Victim Identified as Floy Walther of San Antonio
An amnesia patient found wandering at Union Station was tentatively identified as Floy Loreen Walther of San Antonio Texas. Police noted a bracelet with F L W matching a card left at a Western Union office and sought to contact her relatives while confirming the address 5503 South Presa Street.
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Los Angeles
Union Station
Floy Loreen Walther
San Antonio
Tex
Western Union
South Presa Street
Youth Denies Killing Sister in Kansas City Trial
George W. Welsh Jr. testifies in his murder case for Leila Adele Welsh claiming he did not kill his sister and loved her. He insists he remained on a couch at the Welsh home all night March 9 1941 and left to view houses before returning to find police and a crowd at the residence. A doctor testifies the neck and head wounds show a skilled long cut and a dull knife could not have caused them. A defense witness says he sold a hammer found in the bedroom to someone for 25 cents, not the defendant.
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Kansas City
U.P
George W. Welsh, Jr
Welsh
Leila Adele Welsh
John T. Barker
Missouri
Edgar Fleming
Roy McKittrick
McKittrick
Graham Asher
Dr. Asher
Fortresses Could Have Halted Japanese Advance, Gauche Says
Seattle based Staff Sgt Rodney Gauche of the 19th Bombardment Group recalls World War II action. He notes that having more B 17s at Boeing plants would have hindered the Japanese push in New Guinea and the Indies, citing 17 transports sunk at Macassar Straits.
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Seattle
South Pacific
Boeing Aircraft
Rodney Gauche
19Th Bombardment Group
Boeing
Philippines
Dutch Indies
New Guinea
Gauche
Clark Field
Indies
Macassar Straits
Java
Australia
Seabee Recruiting Boost In Amarillo Texas
Seabee officer Lieut Parrett praises Texas response to volunteer program in Amarillo as 20 Pane handle certified workers and seven more qualified by noon. He notes the recruiting office is full that afternoon and seeks electricians carpenters foremen and allied tradesmen ages 18 to 50. He will complete local recruitment tonight.
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Texas
Parrett
Navy
Amarillo
Seabees
Radio theft mystery at courthouse office
Constable Pat Merritt debated whether a thief or prankster took his radio after bringing it to his courthouse office during a trial. A higher offer lured him away, and upon return the radio vanished, only to be found later in the hall a few feet from his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Merritt
House Debates Farm Aid Bill Amid Possible Cuts
The House enters a third day of debate on the $707 million agriculture department appropriation with the rules committee resisting steps to shield the bill from procedural challenges. Proposals may seek abolition of the farm security administration and cuts to crop insurance and parity payments for 1943 and 1944.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Rules Committee
Appropriations Committee
Farm Security Administration
Hamilton Captured After Escape Attempt From Alcatraz
Floyd C. Hamilton of the Bonnie Parker gang was found alive in a cave on Alcatraz Island three days after leaping into San Francisco Bay with three accomplices in a failed bid to escape. Warden James A. Johnson said Hamilton, 36, was sick and hungry but alive, while others were shot or drowned during the breakout.
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San Francisco
Floyd C. Hamilton
Bonnie Parker
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Hamilton
James A. Johnson
Texas
Alcatraz
Johnson
Harold M. Brest
Pennsylvania
James A. Boarman
Indianapolis
Fred Hunter
Cleveland
Ohio
Alvin
Ola Creepy) Karpis
Eleven Die as Plane Crashes at Buckingham Field
The entire crew of an advance training twin engined plane perished when the aircraft crashed near Buckingham Field Fort Myers Florida during a routine gunnery mission. The craft burst into flames within a few hundred feet of the airplane parking area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myers. Fla
Buckingham Field
Here
Fort Myers Beach
Brides May Lose Their Dowries
PORT ALLEN La April 16 Generations of brides may lose the dowries long tied to West Baton Rouge Parish. The parish police jury votes to use Julian Poydras fund proceeds for schooling needy girls after a legal survey of the will. About 120 years of dowry eligibility ends for brides married after five years in the parish, with shares about 100 dollars this year.
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Port Allen
Bos
Cupid
Louisiana
West Baton Rouge Parish
Julian Poydras
Poydras
Saboteurs Force Italian Miners to Abandon Albania Chrome Mines
In southern Albania violent sabotage disrupted Italian operations at chrome mines. Government finances show governors' salaries ranging from 3000 to 2500 dollars annually.
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Italy
Jerusalem
Albania
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