Bombing of Stuttgart Hits German War Industry Hard
British air raid on Stuttgart described as very heavy with fires and smoke rising 14 000 feet above the city. Twenty three planes lost, ten from Canadian squadrons, amid claims of German losses and civilian casualties. RAF attacks also target French rail links and coast vessels as Spitfires patrol the Channel.
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London
Germany
Britain
Stuttgart
Air Ministry
England
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
France
le Treport
Russian Planes Raid Danzig and Koenigsburg
London reports Russian planes attacked Danzig and Koenigsburg last night on the eastern Germany supply route to the Leningrad front. Fire and explosions were noted in both towns near oil facilities and the harbor area. The Russians claim German counterattacks followed their operations in the Caucasus as sporadic fighting continues along the Leningrad and Donets fronts.
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London
Danzig
Koenigsburg
Germany
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Koenisberg
Leningrad
Free City
Henigsburg
Koenigsberg
Caucasus
Red Army
Erban
Smolensk
Sevsk
Bryansk
Balakleva
Donets River
Ukraine
Allied Bombers Hit Wewak Convoy Supplying Japanese Base
Allied heavy bombers attacked a Wewak convoy of six merchant ships and three warships near New Guinea. Three merchant vessels were heavily hit, one 8,000 ton ship listed and beached, another 8,000 ton ship listed and sinking, while a 5,000 ton vessel was driven ashore. Rabaul airbase and other Japanese targets were struck as Allied forces report continued Japanese shipping concentrations and rising air activity in the region.
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Cannes We
Wewak
Port Moresby
Huon Gulf
Lae
Salahaua
Madang
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Lakunai
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Gasmata
Kavieng
New Ireland
Allied and Japanese casualties in New Guinea reported
Allied headquarters in Australia quotes a total of 10 531 Allied casualties through April 1 in New Guinea 4 319 Americans and Australians dead or missing and 6 212 Australians wounded or missing The Japanese losses are listed as 38 000 almost all killed and many from ships sunk in the Bismarck Sea Airmen make up a large portion of US casualties with 2 144 wounded and many already returned to duty The report notes 2 175 US KIA or MIA and 3 833 Australian wounded unchanged by later recovery updates
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
United States
Bismarck Sea
U Boat Destroyed In Caribbean Sea
A German submarine was depth charged and destroyed in the Caribbean Sea after being spotted on the surface by an army heavy bomber. One crew member survived and was later picked up by a U.S. destroyer, marking the first official disclosure of a U-boat crewman captured in American waters.
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Washington
Caribbean
Navy
United States
Howard Burhanna, Jr
Philadelphia
Panhandle Hit Hard By West Virginia Snow Storm
West Virginia endured a severe spring snowstorm with 12 to 35 inch depths reported in various counties. Forecasters such as S. S. Schworm of the Weather Bureau predicted full damage tallies would take days, while agriculture officials noted fruit trees suffered heavy losses though gardens largely escaped serious harm.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
S. S. Schworm
U. S. Weather Bureau
Parkersburg
Schworm
Bayard
Grant County
Pickens
Rama County
Vis
Ickes Plans Japanese American Workers On Farm
Harold L Ickes says seven Americans of Japanese descent will work on his Olney Maryland chicken farm and a neighbor's farm to ease war labor shortages. He notes the workers were vetted by the FBI and given excellent reports.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Olney
Ickes
Poston, Ariz
War Relocation Authority
United States
Sam Rice
Federal Bureau
Aero Fe Oce
Owners explain rejection of work week plan
Northern and southern bituminous mine operators reject a six day week proposal as a wage increase. They urge labor board intervention while Edward R. Burke says the plan would pay for unperformed work and violates the hold-the-line decree. John L. Lewis supports a principle accepting the plan in lieu of a $2 daily wage boost.
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Lewis
New York
Perkins
Edward R. Burke
Mies Perkins
United Mine Workers
John R. Steelman
John L. Lewis
UMW
Five youths charged with burglary at Illinois and Purdue campuses
Champaign police say five youths admitted burglarizing 20 or more university fraternity houses on the Illinois and Purdue campuses. The group includes Charles Fowler a 20 year old University of Illinois junior and reserve on the basketball team and Claude Berschinski a 18 year old Illinois freshman. Also named are Eugene Redman a 16 year old Watseka high school athlete and his 18 year old brother Hubert Redman and Jack Vandever an 18 year old Watseka high school athlete who recently left school to await marine call.
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Champaign
Ill
University of Illinois
Illinois
Perdue
Russell Burke
Burke
Charles Fowler
Watseka
Claude Berschinski
Riverdale
Chicago
Eugene Redman
16 Year Olds to Work in West Virginia Beer Halls
West Virginia allows 16 year olds to work in beer establishments due to wartime manpower shortages. The change, effective for the war's duration, lowers the previous minimum from 18 and was devised by the state tax department with the labor department to help replace workers lost to the armed services and war industries.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Tax Department
Tax Department
State Labor Department
Armed Services
Allies push on multiple fronts as Axis losses mount
General MacArthur warns of a large Japanese fleet near Truk and under three days from New Guinea. British and French troops seize high ground and capture 600 more prisoners near Tunis, boosting Allied captives to over 30,000 in under a month. Soviets renew attacks in the western Caucasus with tanks and infantry losses for the Germans. Chuguyev and Donets front fighting continues. British bombers target Stuttgart with a heavy loss of 23 planes.
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Douglas MacArthur
Truk
New Guinea
Caucasus
Chuguyev
Donets River
Leningrad
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Washington
George C. Kenney
Chiefs of Staff Committee
Kenney
Americans Buy War Bonds as Hitler Birthday Gag
In a nationwide push for the second war loan, Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urged continuing sales as Americans speculate gifts to Adolf Hitler on his birthday. With only a third of the 14 billion goal reached, buyers in Mercer County push toward completing the drive, aided by local committees and bank reports.
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Bay
Adolph
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Canaoy
Austin V. McClain
The
Washington Observer
Adolf
Army
Army Airforce
Berlin
Mercer County
Kiel D. Alderson
Mercer County War Savings Committee
Alderson
Spring Clean-Up Campaign Cancelled in Bluefield War Era
Taylor Frazier and Eddie Steele of the Bluefield chamber review city conditions and decide not to sponsor a spring clean-up campaign this year. Tin-can and salvage drives have reduced the need as vacant lots are plowed for gardens and schoolchildren collect cans for the war effort. Clyde B. Smith, the clean-up week chairman, left to work in a Charleston war plant.
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Taylor Frazier
Eddie Steele
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bluefield
Frazier
Bluefields
Clyde B. Smith
Charleston
World War II Air Power Promisesin Pacific Aid
Secretary of War Stimson pledged more planes to the southwest Pacific to counter Japanese air attacks as MacArthur and Quezon urged renewed Allied air support. The push aims to replace losses and sustain air initiative in Australia and the Solomons.
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Washington
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Stimson
Solomons
MacArthur
Allied forces press push along Tunisian front and air raids
Allied command reports British and French troops captured ground and took 600 prisoners along the Tunisian siege line, boosting Allied captives to over 20,000 in under four weeks. Allied air forces claimed 21 enemy planes destroyed with eight Allied losses and heavy air strikes on Tunisian Sicilian airfields. British and French units seized key heights near Medjez E Bou, while Montgomer y consolidates British Eight Army positions.
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Tunisian
North Africa
High Command
Goumiers
Diebe Sessouf
Kararhoun
Bernard L. Montgomery
West Virginia approves liquor unit rationing plan
The West Virginia liquor control commission announced a forthcoming unit rationing system linked to permanent voter registration. Permit holders will receive coupon books of 48 non transferable vouchers, each worth liquor per current supply, with weekly values varying and period valid. Registration and coupon distribution will occur at state stores and designated sites to curb bootlegging and hoarding.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Liquor Control Commission
Ralph Hiner
Andrew Edmiston
Carl G. Bachmann
Ditter Urges FDR to Renounce Fourth Term for Unity
Rep Ditter of Pennsylvania argues in a Republican statement that President Roosevelt should announce he will not seek a fourth term to unify the nation during the war. He cites McCormack and Democratic figures backing a shorter 1944 campaign and notes Walker of the Democratic national committee proposing a brief race.
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Washington
Rep. Ditter
Pennsylvania
Republican Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Ditter
Republican National Committee
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Congress
Guffey
Rep. Sabath
Neely
West Virginia
Frank J.) Walker
Democratic National Committee
Walker
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican Party
Spangler
US Planes Raid Kiska Ten Times In One Day
Army bombers escorted by fighter planes attacked Kiska on Tuesday in a dawn to dusk series of ten raids. Reports say many hits and fires started in the runway and main camp. The action surpassed February’s total raids and the April 2 eight-raid record, fueling speculation about possible further operations or isolation of the Aleutian outpost.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Navy
Japan
Aleutians
Kiska
Labor Board AFL Protest Over War Order
AFL members of the War Labor Board call the president's hold-the-line order a flagrant violation of the no strike pledge and say it is neither sound nor workable. They note the order limits wage raises and divides the board on applying the Litt Steel formula to adjust living costs amid war.
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AFL
War Labor Board Today
Universal Atlas Cement Company
Ting
Eto
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