Laval Starts Nazi Service
Wide World War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie discusses Pierre Laval’s revival of a pro Nazi Vichy machine under Petain and the potential perils for the Allies. The piece weighs Laval’s leverage with Darlan and Petain, the French Navy, and the risk of intensified collaboration with Berlin.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Hitler
Berlin
Laval
Germany
Rennes
France
Jacques Doriot
Mitler
Fuehrer
Petain
Darlan
MacArthur Takes Command Of Southwest Pacific After Parley
Gen Douglas MacArthur held a three hour Pacific strategy conference with Prime Minister Curtin in Australia and formally assumed supreme command in the Southwest Pacific. Gen Richard Sutherland and Gen Sir Thomas Blamey attended as New Zealand status remained disputed and not clarified.
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MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
John Curtin
Southwest Pacific
Richard K. Sutherland
Thomas Blamey
Australian
Associated Press
United Press
Turtin
McArthur
New Zealand
Tasman Sea
Curtin
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Pacific War Council
Melbourne Sun
Mists Shield Nazis From RAF Birthday Bombing Plots
Weather across Europe hindered the Royal Air Force on Adolf Hitler’s 53rd birthday as dense mists grounded many bombers. Some formations crossed the channel for a light offensive, with raids reported near Dunkirk Calais Boulogne and Cap Gris Nez while German reprisals targeted a southeast coast district and a south coast town.
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London
U.P
Europe
Britain
Royal Air Force
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Deal
Dunkirk- Calais
Folkestone
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
Marshall and Roosevelt Plan War Strategy Meetings
Gen George C Marshall army chief of staff heads to Washington for key strategy talks with President Roosevelt and top military leaders. He and Harry L Hopkins return from a confidential London mission and are seen as advancing plans for a second front in Europe this spring or summer.
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Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
Army
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
London
Hopkins
New York
Marshall
Marshall-Hopkins
Europe
Shift of Consumers to Other Meats as Pork Demand Falls
Chicago April 20 Pork chops sausages ham and other pork cuts lose top dining spot as war shifts American consumers to other meats. Government lend lease buyers plan to take 40 of pork and two thirds of lard this year. Domestic pork supply tightens and prices held, prompting expected price shifts in beef lamb veal and other meats.
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Chicago
United States
Lend Lease
Federal
R. W. Bell
Cadets Graduate Deep Under Carlsbad Caverns
United States Army air cadets finishing training at Lubbock flying school held a graduation ceremony 750 feet underground in Carlsbad Caverns. The event featured a mock squadron name The Bats and included a rodeo introduction before departure for Lubbock. A. D. Lamprecht died recently near Luckoff South Africa leaving 23 children.
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Carlsbad
N. M
United States Army Air Cadets
Lubbock
Thomas Gilbert
Tokyo
A. D. Lamprecht
Luckoff
South Africa
Steel Probe Initiated Against Major Steel Firms
The Justice Department filed suit in Federal District Court at Wilmington and Pittsburgh to enjoin Carnegie-Illinois Steel and Jones and Laughlin from violating War Production Board priorities. The action targets over one third of U.S. steel output and seeks injunctions on handling iron and steel products.
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Washington
Biddle
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Wilmington
Del
Pittsburgh
Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
War Production Board
WPR enforcement and South Africa car registrations noted
Suits argue steel firms must obey War Production Board orders to ensure effective administration of the program. The report also notes that over 4,400 passenger cars of U.S.-Canadian makes were registered in South Africa last year.
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South Africa
Bakers Anticipate Rationing Eggs and Milk
SAN ANTONIO April 20. No immediate curtailment in bread-baking but expected rationing of eggs milk and sugar. George Jones of Waco, vice president of the Texas state bakers association, sold here today as the 46th annual convention opens.
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George Jones
Waco
Texas State Bakers Association
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