American Bombers Lead Largest Daytime Raid On European Coasts
American forces launched a massive air assault along the French Belgian coast and interior led by Marauder bombers, delivering over 1 000 tons of bombs in a single day. Escort fighters claimed seven enemy planes shot down. losses were four American fighters and five bombers.
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Ninth Air Force
London
U. S S
Continent
England
Folkestone
Calais
French
Dover Strait
France
Hasselt
Brussels
Congress 10 Act on Major War Bills Docketed
Washington April 10 major war related measures target home front aid to allies and veterans benefits. Included are extensions of price control and stabilization acts lend lease renewal and a GI bill of rights. Congress aims to pass these before recess for conventions and meet June 15 deadlines.
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Washington
Capitol Bill
Congress
OPA
Chicago
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Butler
Rneb
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
Three West Virginia delegates back Dewey for president
Wright Engus of Wheeling Henry Woodyard of Spencer and Dr. F F Sowers of Fairmont announced support for Thomas E. Dewey for the Republican presidential nomination. They urged party members to publicly back Dewey at the national convention noting West Virginia law allows uninstructed delegates.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wright Engus
Wheeling
House of Delegates
Henry Woodyard
Spencer
West Virginia
F F. Sowers
Fairmont
Wey
Tomney
Illinois
John W. Bricker
Ohio
MacArthur
Dwight H. Green
Henry J. Kaiser
Col
Robert A.rmick
The
Chicago Tribune
McCormick
Bender
New York State
Farley
Chicago
Roosevelt to wed Red Cross worker in England
Capt. Quentin Roosevelt 24 son of Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt will marry Miss Frances Webb 25 of Kansas City Missouri an American Red Cross worker in an English church Wednesday morning. They met at a New Year’s Eve Red Cross party and Capt. Roosevelt is a veteran of World War I serving with a field artillery unit.
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England
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Frances Webb
Kansas City
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Miss Webb
Smith College
Ian and Siilm
President Roosevelt heads south for rest amid wartime secrecy
President Roosevelt left Washington for a two week rest in the sun, with White House confirming no immediate meetings and noting his good health after winter illnesses. Vice Admiral Ross McIntire and Admiral William Leahy accompanied him as reporters departed without publishing updates until his return.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Churchill
Ross T. McIntire
Navy
McIntire
House
William D. Leahy
Two States Hold Primaries Today In 1944 GOP Race
The Associated Press reports two Republican primaries in Illinois and Nebraska have no binding effect on delegates. MacArthur enters Illinois against Riley Bender. Stassen runs unopposed in Nebraska. Willkie remains on ballots but irrelevant after Wisconsin loss. Delegates chosen amid light turnout and shifting intra party strategies.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
MacArthur
Riley Bender
Chicago
Stassen
Nebraska
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Mid-West
Sinois
Ebraska
Illinois
Butler
Rneb
Washington
Dwight Griswold
Soldiers Hurt in Train Wreck Near Montgomery
Twenty two soldiers were taken to Maxwell Field Hospital for injuries from a derailed Atlantic Coast Line passenger train about 20 miles south of Montgomery. An undetermined number received first aid at the scene. Only two were seriously hurt and expected to recover. Track damage and two overturned cars reported.
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Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Field Hospital
Atlantic Coast Line
Army
M. D. Black
C. S
Japanese abandon Gasmata base in New Britain retreat
General MacArthur reports Japanese forces have abandoned Gasmata air and supply base on New Britain after occupation since February 1942. Allied advances bypassed Gasmata as Japanese withdraw toward Gazelle peninsula and Rabaul, with heavy Allied bombing of Hansa Bay Wewak and Woleai. One American lost.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Gasmata
Admiralty Islands
New Guinea
Cape Hoskins
New Japanese
Rabaul
Hansa Bay
Wewak
Woleai Atoll
Caroline Islands
Macarthur
Gazelle Peninsula
Walter Winchell Sues Rep Hoffman for 250000 damages
Walter Winchell filed a federal suit in New York alleging Rep Clare E Hoffman harmed his reputation with an article allegedly signed by the congressman and published in the Marcellus News. The complaint lists damages of 250000 and names former Rep Loring R Black as attorney.
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New York
Walter Winchell
Clare E. Hoffman
Mich
Conessman
Arcellus
Loring R. Black
Winchell
Hitler's Plans to Seize Vast Ukraine Breadbasket Balked
Associated Press war analysis details how the failed Nazi bid to conquer Ukraine’s breadbasket halted near Odessa. It notes strategic costs, shifting fronts toward the Balkans, Danube defenses, and Russian advances from Odessa into Romania and along the Prut toward Iasi.
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Hitler
Ukraine
Hatfield Backs Dawson For West Virginia Governor
Huntington WV April 10 Special Henry D Hatfield Republican leader endorses Daniel Boone Dawson for governor saying his record shows public trust and service He urges party support and plans to speak at Ripley with Dawson on May 9 platform remarks highlight Dawson as a born West Virginian and trusted public servant
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Huntington
W. Va
Republican Party of
West Virginia
State Senate
United States
Henry D. Hatfield
Daniel Boone Dawson
Hatfield
Dawson
West
Republican Party
Republican County
Cabell County
Ripley
Leading Yank Ace Says Nazis Short on Pilots
Captain Don Gentile, top US fighter ace in Europe, says German pilots are inexperienced and often fly in small groups led by a veteran. Gentile notes German pilots struggle to adapt once under attack and that he and wingman Lt. Johnny Godfrey coordinate to target tail men first and advance through the formation.
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England
Don
Gentile
United States
Piqua
Johnny Godfrey
Woonsocket
R. L
Godfrey
Johnny
Three GOP gubernatorial hopefuls to rally in Parkersburg
Parkersburg West Virginia hosts a Thursday rally where three Republican governor candidates will appear. Mayor D Boone Dawson of Charleston and 1940 nominee Raymond J Funkhouser of Charles Town join William McKinley Garrison of Wayne, who teaches vocational agriculture and farm mechanics at Barbourville High School.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Base Commander and Six Airmen Die in Alabama Crash
Savannah Ga April 10 Colonel Lucius B Manning base commanding officer Hunter Field Ga and six other airmen were killed when their medium bomber crashed nine miles northwest of Hat selle Ala The victims include Capt Arthur J Gratis Capt Howard L Hardy Lt Hugh L Williams Staff Sgt John W Haney Pvt John J Bailey and Sat James R Smith The cause was listed unknown though storms were suspected.
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Savannah
Lucius B. Manning
Hunter Field
Hatselle
Ala
Col. Manning
American Airlines
Consolidated Aircraft
Third Air Force
Arthur J. Gratis
Seattle
Wash
Howard L. Hardy
la Harpe
Kansas
Hugh L. Williams
McGehee
John W. Haney
Buffalo
N. J
John J. Bailey
Trenton
James R. Smith
St. Marie
Idaho
Assassin Targeting Mexican President Missed In Palace Incident
President Manuel Avila Camacho escaped unharmed when Lt Jose Antonio Lama Rojas opened fire at the National Palace in Mexico City. The assailant was wounded during a later attempt to escape custody as authorities found Nazi documents on him and he was sent to a military prison.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Jose Antonio Lama Rojas
Avila Camacho
Francisco Urquizo
National Defense
Loma Rojas
Ortiz Rubio
Pidel Velasquez
Mexican Workers Confederation
Shelling Breaks Lull At Cassino
Allied headquarters report renewed heavy shelling at Cassino ending a quiet period. German infantry tanks and artillery massed near the Garigliano front while New Zealand troops hit two strong points at Sant Angelo killing several defenders. German fire eased on the Rome beachhead as forces regrouped and tank movement was observed north of Minturno.
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Naples
Cassino
Garigliano
Garigano
Fifth Army
New Zealand
Sant'Angelo
Baron
Rome
Minturno
Ausenté
Caoan
Third Ranking U S Ace Mahurin Missing In Action
Major Walker Mahurin of Fort Wayne Indiana, the third leading American ace with 21 victories, is missing in action after a March 27 mission over occupied France. The War Department notified his mother. the cause remains unconfirmed as Allied raids targeted nine French airfields and Tours railroad yards.
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London
Walker Mahurin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Guy Mahurin
War Department
Eighth Air Force Fighter Command
Mahurin
Tours
Don Gentile
Roberts
Lawton
Okla
Gentile
Odessa Is Captured As Red Armies Drive Through Crimea
Soviet forces under Malinovsky reconquer Odessa on the Black Sea and push toward Ovidiopol, while Tolbukhin’s Fourth Army breaks through Crimea defenses with heavy German losses. Konev’s forces advance in Romania, nearing Suceava and Transylvania as Stalin pledges support to Czechoslovakia.
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Essa
Hitler
Moscow
Odessa
Balkans
Russia
Crimea
Pripet
Pskov
London
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Third Ukraine
Ovidiopol
Red
Crimean
Fourth Army
Feodor I.tolbukhin
Romania
Ket
Suceava
Plocesti
Berlin
Alexandrogilf
Odiopol
Ivan S. Konev
Transylvania
Solca
Koev
Paciani
Cernauti
Local Draft Board Reviews Old and Young Selectees Rules
Mercer county selective service Local Board No 1 received new postponement instructions for men over 26 engaged in essential war work. The board noted the armed forces aim to draft younger men first and will review files on all pre induction and induction orders for possible postponements.
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Mercer County
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