Soviet Marines Close on Sevastopol as Balaklava Falls
Soviet communique reports fierce battles southeast of Sevastopol with Nazi forces throwing bridges and fighting fiercely. Yeremenko’s marines reach Balaklava and advance along routes to Sevastopol threatening the port from south and southeast amid heavy enemy losses.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Fourth Ukraine
Crimean
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Balaklava
Light Brigade
Sevastopol-Yalta
Satawan airstrip neutralized in Caroline Islands raid
A 34 ton bombing neutralized the Satawan airstrip in the Nomoi Atoll about 150 miles southeast of Truk. A four engine Liberator force faced no opposition and hit bivouac areas. Other Allied actions hit Rabaul and New Guinea targets with heavy bombings and claims of Japanese casualties. Allied advances northwest of Imphal show progress as Imperial forces suffer high losses.
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Truk
Caroline Islands
Satawen Island
Nomoi Atoll
Satawan
DouglasArthur
Solomons
New Inea
Rabaul
Thertheast
New Britain
Alpe
New Guinea
Wide Bay
Faan
Kai Islands
Mapia Islands
Timor
Turkey Neck
Imphal
Burma
Burma-India
Southeast Asia
Ima
Imphaliated
Clyde A
COP Leaders Hint of Dark Horse Keynoter
Chicago reports Republican organization leaders hint at a dark horse candidate for the national convention keynote. Senator Vaughn of Michigan is viewed as likely, with some urging a western contender for the post.
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Dark Horse
Chicago
Ark Horse
Vaung
R-Mich
Will Complete Court Martial Defense Today
Defense in the court martial of three AAF officers will complete its case today. Col. Park Holland, counsel for the accused, disclosed. The trial began April 3 and names Lt. Col. Frank Culich Maj. Walter A. Ryan and Maj. William Eckmann of Cincinnati involved in alleged neglect of duty and conspiracy at the Wright Aeronautical Corp plant in nearby Ohio.
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Cincinnati
AAF Cers
Toy
Park Holland
Frank Culich
Walter A. Ryan
Detroit
William Eckmann
Cincinti Brewing Family
Wright Ronautical Corp
Kiand
Must Go On in War Plant Tragedy
In Aurora a 26 year old welder, Evelyn Foote, finished her shift with a welding mask on after a false telephone call told her husband, Corporal David Foote, 26, had been killed in action in the Pacific, prompting her return home in shock.
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Aurora
Evelyn ‘Oote
Lyon Metal
Bricker Calls for World Free Press in California Stop
Ohio Gov. John W. Bricker urged a world free press during a Phoenix stop on his western tour before heading to Columbus. He warned about distorted views from biased foreign press and called for world news access for all people. He also pressed for deportation of disloyal Japanese and community votes on return of other Japanese after the war.
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Los Angeles
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Phoenix
Ariz
World Free Press
Bricker
Los Angeles Coast League
Fletcher Bowron
Nab Publisher Defendant in Sedition Trial
Washington report on the capture of Edward James Smythe a New York pamphlet publisher and 29 co defendants charged with seditious conspiracy as the trial opens amid postponement petitions. Aner the courtroom atmosphere defense counsel Kunze dissociates his client from alleged antics including photos of Miss Lois de Lafayette Washburn posing in front of the court building.
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Washington
Edward James Smythe
New York
Smythe
Our Common Cause
FBI
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Bund
Lois de Lafayette Washburn
Badoglio to Form Coalition War Government in Naples
Premier marshal Pietro Badoglio will travel from the seat of government to Naples to confer with leaders of six Italian political parties. He aims to form a coalition war cabinet amid party opposition to personnel and signs of a reluctant junta accepting the plan. The conference is seen as clearing the political stalemate.
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Naples
Pietro Badoglio
Charges Surplus War Material Thrown Away
Sabath voices strong push for prosecution and jail sentences for disposal of surplus war material. He supports war contract termination legislation granting the comptroller general a rigid veto power.
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Washington
Sabath
D.-Sn
House Rules Committee
Comptroller General
Child Drowns In Cistern At Home
Bobby Hale aged 18 months, son of Curtis Hale, fell into a cistern at his home and drowned. Coroner John A. Mooney reported today. Mrs Ruth Googins Roosevelt was granted a divorce yesterday from Col Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President.
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Kenton
Bobby Hale
Curtis Hale
John A. Mooney
Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Tex
Ruth Googins
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Secret weapon described as human torpedoes used by two divers
The Admiralty announced a new secret weapon in daring spoil attacks near Palermo Sicily. A two man crew rides an electrically powered torpedo and guides its nose charge onto an enemy ship then dives clear before detonation.
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London
Admiralty
Palermo
Sicily
Nazi Bombers Raid London Hospital Hit
London reports a direct hit on a major hospital during a German raid early today. Rescue workers search wreckage as about 2000 patients feared buried. a ward housing male patients was destroyed. Anti aircraft fire and incendiaries accompanied the hour long raid with 13 enemy planes shot down.
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London
Father Held in Death of Two Children in Fire
Worth Martin of Campbell faces charges of contributing to the neglect of minor children after two of his five youngsters died from burns and suffocation in a bedroom blaze. Fire Chief James Gustinelli said firefighters broke down a door to find the children on a bed as flames licked furnishings and clothing. Police reported Martin said he was out visiting a friend while his wife was at a doctor's appointment.
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Youngstown
Worth Martin
Campbell
Youngstown Humane Society
James Gustinelli
Gustinelli
Martin
Strikers Face Heavy Fines in Great Britain
London reports the British government enacts a defense regulation immediate effect imposing up to five years in prison and 2000 fines to deter strike instigation. The move follows earlier investigations into mine, shipyard and other strikes hindering war production for invasion gear.
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Great Britain
London
Wheeler Says Fds Health Blocking Roosevelt Fourth Term
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana told reporters at a Boston press conference that President Roosevelt’s health will prevent a fourth term bid. He also stated no military man can be elected president and predicted Gov Thomas A Dewey of New York will win the presidency next fall.
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Boston
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
Thomas A. Dewey
New York
Veteran Grocer Dies At Home in Pomeroy
Charlies E. Nease aged 74 and longtime operator of a local grocery shop died at his Pomeroy home after a brief illness. He was a Methodist Church member and affiliated with F and A M and the Eastern Stars. Survived by his wife Lula Hood Nease with one son predeceasing him. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
WEA Officials See No Need of Bread Ration
War Food Administration officials discounted reports of bread rations for next winter noting improvements in the 1944 wheat crop. Early estimates from the winter wheat belt suggest a harvest exceeding 800 million bushels with about 300 million bushels carried over. WFA said 750 million bushels would meet domestic and modest foreign needs.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Color Blindness Plea Wins New Ration Books
A color blind man told his rationing board that he threw away red meat stamps while discarding unnecessary stamps. The board accepted his story as authentic and ordered replacement of the family's five active ration books in Rochester, New York.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rome Bombings Decried by Germans Open City Claim
German agency again declares Rome an open city and urges De Valera to keep Britain and the United States from air attacks. Allied command in Naples reports heavy air traffic moving northeast.
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London
Rome
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Britain
United States
Naples
New Helldiver Unveiled in Columbus Navy reveal
The Navy showed the new Helldiver bomber Model SB2C-3 in Columbus. It features a larger engine and four blades replacing the prior three, with 75 major revisions and 3,500 parts altered, though engine horsepower was not disclosed. The officer said production is rising and the aircraft will join new carriers.
DAR urges five year immigration halt after war
The National Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution unanimously adopted a resolution urging Congress to suspend immigration for five years after the war with a few exceptions.
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New York
National Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress
Laval Warns Frenchmen Against Allied Cooperation
Pierre Laval, Vichy French chief, warned Frenchmen not to cooperate with Allied forces when invasion begins. The Blue Network quoted Laval saying Anglo American parachutists will be dropped over France and seek French Partisans, risking civil war. He also said he has long worried about a landing.
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New York
Pierre Laval
Blue Network
Laval
France
Heavy daylight raid by RAF hits Western Europe
Fourteen bombers were lost as Thunderbolts Lightnings and Mustangs escorted the four engined bombers in a daylight assault around Paris Rouen and Tergnier. The Germans claimed 308 dead in Paris after the latest strike, described as one of the heaviest blows in weeks.
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Noisy le Sac
Juisy
Paris
Rouen
Tergnier
RAF
Western
Europe
Allied Raid Network Strikes Rail Links in France
Berlin radio reports U S bombers intensify the effort to cripple German air power by targeting railway hubs in France including Tergnier and Rouen. RAF losses totaled 14 planes while Allied forces report repulsing four raids on Anzio and continuing artillery action along the Italian front despite poor weather limiting air ops. Yugoslav authorities announce a two day battle in northeast Serbia as traitor units attack from rear during fierce fighting.
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T’chor
Naga
Fedokin Heights
Black Sea
Balaklava
Crimea
Sevastopol
Romania
Ukraine
Stanislawow
Red Army
Lwow
Constanta
Balkans
Italy
U. S
Berlin
RAF
British Air Ministry
Europe
France
Tergnier
French Channel
Paris
Rouen
Dieppe
Anzio
Draja Mihailovic
Peter
Serbia
Bougainville Prison Camp View From Ohio Officer
Lieut. Col. ry L. Shafer of Ohio's 37th division describes Bougainville as a prison camp for Japanese troops. He says the Japs cannot get supplies or escape, and that many will die or surrender. He praises the division's performance and cautions home not to expect broad redeployments soon.
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Cleveland
Bougainville
Pacific
Ry L. Shafer
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
37Th Division
Col. Shafer
Akron Strikers Idle Over Union Dispute at Goodyear
Akro n Strikers remain idle as Sherman Dalrymple asks Goodyear local officers for names of workers refusing to return. He cites protest against transferring negro employees to other departments amid a government cutback. Paul Fuller notes workers moved due to no work left after a big government order.
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Akron
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
International
Sherman H. Dalrymple
Goodyear
Dalrymple
Roosevelt
Paul Fuller
Soldier Annual Cost at U.S. Army Total 465.06
War Department reports current annual cost for a soldier at 465.06 dollars, down from 501.06 dollars a year earlier. The breakdown includes 215.35 for food, 173.70 for clothing, 44.70 for equipment, and 31.31 for barracks gear.
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Washington
War Department
Life of Mail Carrier Is Trying These Days
Life of a letter carrier is described as confusing amid tense doorstep encounters. Veteran Dominic Del Giacomo recalls a mother eager for news and a disappointed wife demanding a letter from her husband before speaking. Also noted is the report of Lt. Charles Pearson missing in action in the South Pacific.
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Youngstown
Dominic del Giacomo
Hanover
N. H
Charles Pearson
Dartmouth College
Phi Beta Kappa
South Pacific
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