Yanks claim great Palau victory against Japanese fleet
U S naval forces report sinking or damaging 46 Japanese ships and destroying 214 enemy planes during a three day attack on Palau Yap Woleai and Ulithi with 25 American planes lost and 18 sailors dead The effort, led by Admiral Chester W Nimitz and supported by Admiral R A Spruance and Vice Admiral Marc A Mitscher, marks a major victory with extensive damage to installations and harbor facilities across the Palau group and surrounding areas.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Palau
Yap
Woleai
Ulithi Islands
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
R. A. Spruance
Marc A. Mitscher
Nimitz
Arakabesan
Malakal
Errol Flynn Denies Outside Settlement
Hollywood report claims Flynn settled out of court with Shirley Evans Hassan over paternity. Flynn denies the claim and says he admitted nothing. A hearing in superior court is scheduled for April 20. He reportedly paid $10,000 to halt the suit.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Shirley Evans Hassan
Superior Court
Flynn
Giraud Defies De Gaulle Over Army Command Clash
Gen Henri Giraud refused to step down as commander in chief and challenged Gen Charles de Gaulle to oust him after a 30 minute meeting at De Gaulle headquarters. British radio reported Giraud was named inspector general of the French army, signaling a high stakes power struggle amid Allied strategies.
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New York
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Giraud
Algiers
French National Committee
de Gaulle
de Gaullist
National Committee
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
U S Bomb Fleets Resume Raid On German Targets
American heavy bomber formations attacked Brunswick and northwest Reich airfields in a major plan to disrupt aircraft factories. About 750 Eighth Air Force bombers with 500 fighters faced German fighters in fierce battles west of the Elbe.
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London
Germany
Brunswick
Berlin
Northwest
Reich
Elbe
United States
Eighth Air Force
Eighth
Ninth
Mannerheim Stricken With Pneumonia at 77
London AP reports the Vichy radio says Field Marshal Baron MannerheimFinnish commander in chiefhas pneumonia at age 77.
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London
Vichy
Baron Mannerheim
Risen Christ Theme In Cedar Rapids Easter Services
Cedar Rapids churches mark Easter with the theme Christ Is Risen. Sunrise services occur across several venues including First Congregational First Baptist First Presbyterian and First Methodist with youth groups and choirs leading. The Cross Triumphant drama and cantatas feature numerous local performers.
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Cedar Rapids
Christ
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
First Congregational
First Congregational Church
James Cabalka
William Shuttleworth
Owen Rubins
Sally Henry
Mary Ann Pauly
Norman Pauly
St. Paul
Hilda Swan
Leila Mueller
Jane Johnston
Richard Albright
Delores Anderson
Katherine Swan
Death by own action and Attu memories in May 1943
Private Wells recalls Attu Campaign experiences with medical corpsmen unarmed amid harsh weather and brutal combat. He details landing May 13 at Massacre Bay, setting up a beach hospital, and the death of wounded comrades in sleeping bags during extreme cold.
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Attu
Massacre Bay
Wells
Holtz Bay
Vesely Recovers Consciousness After Ouster Proceedings
Robert M. Vesely, Linn county auditor by suspension pending ouster, regained consciousness about 4:30 p.m. Friday at Mercy hospital and showed signs of improvement. His physician, Dr. E. M. Victorine, said he was groggy from sleeping pills taken Thursday morning. Mrs Vesely and two intimate friends visited, while hospital orders limited weekend visitors.
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Robert M. Vesely
Linn County
Mercy Hospital
E. M. Victorine
Victorine
Dry Easter Forecast for Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect a cloudy Easter with a better than even chance of dry conditions for holiday finery. Showers are forecast for southern Iowa Sunday with overcast skies statewide and temperatures staying above freezing. Max Cedar Rapids reading 56 F, earlier 38 F at midnight and 32 F at 6 am. 2:30 pm report 64 F.
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Cedar Rapids
Milady
Iowa
Chambers
Estherville
Cherokee
Decorah
Local Newspaper Index and Features Snippet
A fragmented page shows sections for Deaths, Movies, Radio, Sports, and Women’s Features with names like Marion and Drew Pearson noted amid garbled OCR text. The fragment includes headings and partial mentions of columns by Walter Winchell and others.
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Marquis Rey
David Lawrences
Marion
Marines Use as Human Markers Under Severe Fire
Six Marines acted as water markers under heavy Japanese fire to guide tank carrying landing boats through Tarawa reefs. Though markers vanished in currents, the Marines directed traffic for eight hours, three being killed and three surviving. Survivors received honors from Admiral Chester Nimitz including Silver Stars for Walter Christenson and Gustave Hanson, and James Tobey earned the Navy Cross.
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Pacific
Tarawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Walter H. Christenson
San Pedro
Calif
Gustave Hanson
Bridgeport
Rush of Service Orders Strains Nation's Florists
Florists face a historic surge in orders driven by servicemen and civilians alike. With a 10 to 50 percent markup over last year, shortages appear as Easter bouquets threaten to be unavailable for thousands of wives and sweethearts. Overseas exchanges report over 325000 orders averaging about five dollars each, while high growing costs and reduced greenhouse space for vegetables limit flower supply. Easter lilies and tulips are notably scarce due to import and production constraints.
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United Press
Victory Gardens
Formosa
Red Army drives deep into Romania and beyond in major advance
Moscow reported Zhukov’s First Army crossed Carpathian foothills on a 125 mile front reaching the borders of Romania and Carpatho Ukraine. The drive captured more than 30 towns and villages as Stalin hailed the triumph and ordered 24 salvos of 324 guns in Moscow.
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London
Gregory Zhukov
Ukraine
Carpathian
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Moscow
Zhukov
Stalin
Romania
Prut River
Kiev
Leningrad
Prut
Russians encircle German forces near Razdelnaya amid black sea siege
Soviet dispatches report German remnants trapped above Razdelnaya rail junction as Malinovsky's and Malinovsky's forces tighten cordons 96 miles from Odessa. In two days of fighting 5000 German troops killed and over 1000 captured with 64 guns and 24 tanks seized.
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Moscow
Odessa
Black Sea
Konstantin Tokarev
Red Star
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Dniester
Malinovsky
Razdelnaya
Skala
Tarnopol
Japs Claim Capture of Kohima India Base
A Japanese communique reported by Reuters said Kohima, 60 miles north of Imphal, fell Thursday morning and forces advanced toward the Bengal Assam railway. No Allied confirmation yet. If true, Kohima’s fall would sever the Manipur road to the railhead.
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London
Reuters
India
Kohima
Imphal
Bengal-Assam
Manipur
Allied forces report success on Arakan front in Burma
A Allied communique from New Delhi says operations in the Arakan frontier were notably successful with an English battalion seizing a key village position southwest of Buthidaung. Allied patrols advance from Alethangyaw while West African troops mop up southeast of Kaladan village.
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New Delhi
Arakan
Burma
Buthidaung
Alethangyaw
Maungdaw
Kaladan
Commando Kelly Granted Furlough From War Duty
Tech Sergeant Charles E. Kelly the first enlisted recipient of the Medal of Honor in this war is being sent home under the army rotation policy. The Pittsburgh native earned the honor for a one man blitzkrieg that destroyed about 40 Germans between Salerno and the Rapido river. His mother, deaf and nearly blind, had appealed to President Roosevelt to let him visit for a few days.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Charles E
Commando
Kelly
Mark W Clark
Salerno
Rapido River
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Yugoslav Partisans Break German Line in Bosnia Action
In western Bosnia Yugoslav Partisans pierced a German line on the southern flank and left the main Nazi force cut off from its base at Mrkonj Grad, about 77 miles north of Sarajevo, the communique reported.
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London
Bosnia
Mrkonjic Grad
Sarajevo
American Patrols Extend Grip at Anzio Beach-head
Allied patrols push the Anzio beach-head stronger with a new northern strongpoint near Padiglione north of Anzio after a grenade battle. German harassing fire continues as Allied artillery and air power hit targets north of Rome and in the Po valley. Major Herschel Green becomes the Mediterranean's top American ace with 13 confirmed kills.
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Allied
Naples
Rome
Padiglione
Anzio
Fifth Army
Italy
Liberators
Mestri
Senigallia
Bologna
Treviso
Ferrara
Terni Hydro-Electric Works
Josip (Tito) Broz
Miksic
Dubrovnik
Dalmatian
Herschel Green
Mayfield
W. J. “Dixie
Boards Told To Halt It Is Work Useful
New York city draft headquarters announced receipt of nationwide orders from Major Gen. Lewis B. Hershey to halt induction of all men over 26 who are making a contribution to essential agricultural, war production or war-supporting activities. Col. Arthur V. McDermott said the order, sent to all state directors, applies to all men over 26 even though such men
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NEW ‘York
New York City
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Arthur V. McDermott
City Selective Service
Hershey
McDermott
War and Navy Departments
Director of
Selective Service
Iowa Selective Service Halts Induction for Men Over 26
Col R A Lancaster said a telegram from National Director Hershey directs Iowa to halt induction of men over 26 in useful occupations when the state sees fit. Individuals cannot decide for themselves. local boards will notify those affected. Towns will continue drafting men over 26 where individual situations warrant.
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Des Moines
R A Lancaster
Iowa Selective Service Administration
Hershey
Lancaster
Wartime 4-Fs urged to seek essential war work roles
The advisory notice lists prioritized industries for eligible 4-Fs not in essential jobs to pursue immediate employment, including aircraft and ship production, ordnance, mining, manufacturing, textiles, transportation, and public services, with control directed by the selective service director and local boards.
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4-F
Ile
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