Mass Registration for 45 to 65 Year Olds Across Nation
President Roosevelt and about 13 million men aged 45 to 65 registered today to complete the nation’s manpower pool for war duties except for 18 to 20 year olds. Registration was heavy at Municipal Auditorium with 125 Junior Chamber clerks aiding, while many veterans from 1917-16 joined in. The 45-65 group will be classified by occupation for potential war production roles. Roosevelt himself registered in the White House cabinet room. Weather was mild with a high of 74 and a low of 54 as winds eased. In Libya, Free French said Bretagne squadron planes attacked an Italian desert column from Chad.
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Rostock
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England
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Leningrad
Mediterranean
Catania
Sicily
Rome
Malta
Bert Lahr to Register for Draft in Amarillo Stop
The Hollywood Victory Caravan with 18 stars travels by rail to Washington for Army and Navy Relief funds appearances. Bert Lahr and possibly others will register for selective service at the Santa Fe station in Amarillo around 5 10 this afternoon.
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Santa Fe
Bert Lahr
Washington, D. C
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Resi Arnaz
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Joan Blondel
Charles Boyer
James Cagney
Claudette Colbert
Olivia DeHavilland
Cary Grant
Charlotte Greenwood
Laurel and Hardy
Groucho Marx
Frank McHugh
Ray Middleton
Pat O'Brien
Eleanor Powell
Rise Stevens
Washington
Bob Hope
Frances Langford
Jerry Colona
Merle Oberon
K. M. Patterson
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Flying Tigers record of 400 Japanese planes marked by five losses
New Delhi April 26 The Flying Tigers claim they destroyed about 400 Japanese planes with only five pilots killed in combat. Veterans describe miraculous luck, enduring damage to planes yet miraculously returning home, praising General Claire Chenault and ground crews for keeping fighters operational with limited personnel.
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Preston Grover
New Delhi
India
Robert Layher
Colorado Springs
Colo
Burma
Layher
United States Air Force
Chennault
Tigers
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Chungking
Soilem
Burma Battlefront
Air War Rages Across Europe and Pacific Fronts
RAF bombers pound Rostock and Heinkel works for fourth night, with 800 tons dropped on the eastern front base. Clerical raids hit Dun Kirk, Antwerp, and Holland as UK seeks daylight fighter attrition to limit German air power. In Burma and the Pacific, Allied air forces strike Lae, Bougainville, and Port Moresby while Chinese forces recapture Taunggyi and Ho Pong.
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Rostock
Heinkel
Dunkirk
Belgium
Holland
RAF
Europe
France
Hitler
Russia
London
Red Air Force
Leningrad
Far East
United Nations
Lae
New Guinea
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Port Moresby
New Caledonia
Free Front
Burma
Joseph W. Sitwell
USA
Taunggyi
Ho-Pong
Thazi
Mandalay
Air Ministry
Germany
Czechslovakia
Skoda
Pilsen
Civilians Flee Rostock Under RAF Bombardment
London dispatch reports civilians fleeing Rostock Germany after RAF bombing raids. The air ministry says the city has received 800 tons of bombs over the last four nights, adding to the armaments center’s destruction.
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Rostock
Germany
Baltic
RAF
Air Ministry
Corregidor Lashes Japs in Philippine Action
The War Department reported artillery from Corregidor broke up a Japanese concentration on the Bataan Peninsula and set fire to enemy trucks. Corregidor and Fort Hughes were bombed by dive bombers, and Japanese artillery shelled the island for four hours from Bataan and the Manila Bay coast.
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Washington
Corregidor
Bataan
Philippines
Fort Hughes
Manila Bay
President Roosevelts plan caps income at twenty five thousand
President Roosevelt proposed a seven point program to curb rising living costs during wartime. He urged wage stabilization, repeal of certain price fixing provisions, rent ceilings, taxation of state and municipal bonds, and higher taxes on profits. He also called for rationing scarce goods and more war bond purchases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Sunk U S Destroyer Sturtevant Off Florida Coast
The 1 190 ton US destroyer Sturtevant was sunk by an underwater explosion off Florida. Most crew reached port. loss of life was small. Unclear whether caused by torpedo or mine. likely a mine. Sturtevant first US destroyer loss in current war. 11 US destroyers lost overall. Commissioned 1920. four stacks. 35 knot speed. four 4 inch guns. crew 123.
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Washington
U. S
Florida
Navy
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Sturtevant
Britain
Earth Tremor Briefly Rattles Oporto Portugal
An earthquake shook Oporto and nearby towns including Famalicao for a few seconds causing a strange underground noise. No serious damage was reported and the Serra Pilar seismograph needles broke during the tremor.
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Oporto
Portugal
U.R
Serra Pilar
Vichy Denies Japanese Elements in Madagascar
The Vichy radio said Madagascar remains calm and denied reports of Japanese elements on the island off East Africa.
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Vichy
Madagascar
London
Vichy Radio
East Africa
Belgians Deported After Brussels Bombing
Ten Belgian Communists were deported to eastern Europe after a Nazi Flemish meeting in Brussels was bombed injuring several. Delayed Belgian dispatches reported the incident and subsequent actions by authorities.
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Brussels
Vichy
Europe
Belgium
Hitler's Demands Astonish Germans Reported by Basel Telegraph
Reuters quoted Berlin correspondent for the National Zeitung Basel noting that the German public was astonished by Hitler's demand for far reaching powers. Also reports a U S bomber crash near Paramaribo in Dutch Guinea with only minor injuries to the crew.
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London
Reuters
Berlin
National Zeitung
Basel
Switzerland
Hitler
U.S
Paramaribo
Surinam
Dutch Guinea
United States
Here
Aneta
Amarillo Weather Outlook Mild and Windy This Afternoon
The forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for mild and windy conditions this afternoon with colder temperatures tonight. West Texas and New Mexico expect continued mild temperatures. Temperature extremes over 24 hours ending at 6 30 A M show a minimum 54 and maximum 74 with noon reading at 67.
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West Texas
New Mexico
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