Yanks Report 4 680 Axis Troops Captured in Tunisian Front
Allied headquarters release details major gains in Tunisia with 4 680 Axis prisoners taken, 69 tanks destroyed or damaged, 150 field guns and 150 machine guns captured, and 25 000 land mines knocked out. Eisenhower cites Second American corps losses and mentions Patton’s unit work.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Dwight ID. Eisenhower
Second
United States Army
Esi
Tunishian
Second Corps
Second American Corps
el Guetar-Maknassy
Harold Alexander
Eisenhower
George S. Patton, Jr
Gafsa
Losses cut chances of Dunkirk style evacuation in North Africa
Allied commander Admiral Cunningham said four Italian warships were sunk or damaged, harming the Axis fleet vital for evacuations and supply to Rommel in Tunisia. He noted Italian heavy cruisers and destroyers losses, while small craft may still slip through via night routes.
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Allied
North Africa
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Mediterranean
Erwin Rommels
Cunningham
Africa
Sicilian
City buys its ninth bomber in war loan drive
Cedar Rapids completed the second war loan drive with nine bombers purchased and began on the tenth. Through Friday night the city totals reached 2,730,153.50 in war bonds, with Linn County adding 130,355 for a city county total of 2,860,508.50. County quota is 4,730,000 and city quota 3,600,000.
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Cedar Rapids
B. T. Perrine
War Finance Committee
Linn County
Government press seeks bidders for 54 percent war bond goal
Treasury officials announced a three week drive to sell the remaining 54 percent of the 13 billion dollar war bond target. They reported 5.253 billion sold so far with banks taking 2.1 billion in percent certificates and 400 million in discount bills. banks expected to add 2.1 billion in 2 percent bonds and another 400 million in discount bills by drive’s end.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Martinique Chief Quits Shell and Seeks Allied Unity
Admiral Georges Robert, French commissioner for Martinique and Guadeloupe, told the AP in a letter that he would join the Allied effort if three conditions are met: no rebellion against the French government, a unified Allied command under one authority, and protection of French Antilles’ interests. He indicated he is not a Vichy appointee and may back Gaullist-Giraud unity before aiding the Allies. The AP received his letter dated April 8.
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Joseph T. Dynan
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Georges Robert
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Associated Press
Germany
Britain
French Antilles
Robert
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Dutch Guiana regime abrogates Vichy decrees
PARAMARIBO Dutch Guiana AP says the administration set up by Gen Henri Giraud in French Guiana has abrogated all decrees issued by the Vichy government, succeeding the ousted regime under Admiral Georges Robert of Martinique.
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Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
French Guiana
Henri Giraud
Georges Robert
Martinique
U S Submarines Sink Five Japanese Ships in Pacific
U S Navy announced that American submarines in the Pacific have sunk five Japanese vessels and damaged two others. Sunk were a large supply ship two medium cargo ships a large minelayer and a small patrol craft. One destroyer and one medium transport were damaged.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Pacific
Tales of Exaggeration Stir War Officials in Washington
Washington officials laughing at General MacArthur appeals for air reinforcements and warning of a strong Japanese naval force near Australia. Elmer Davis notes overstatement undercuts morale while Navy Secretary Knox dodges further comment. Senate calls for more planes and ships for MacArthur as rapid Allied air strikes hit targets around New Guinea and Timor.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Southwest Pacific
South Pacific
Tokio
Knox
Truk
K Knox
Davis
War Department
MacArthur
Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Sea Chandler
D-Ky
United States
Len Hill
D-Ala
George C. Marshall
Army
Chandler
Bataan
Gen. Marshall
Pentagon
Sen
Johnson
Three Flyers Killed in Sedalia Army Plane Crash
Three flyers were killed when an army plane crashed at Sedalia army air field Friday night. None of the victims were from Iowa.
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Sedalia, Mo
Sedalia Army Airfield
Record 13 Attacks on Kiska Mark Aleutian Campaign Day
U S bombers launched a record 13 attacks on the Japanese base at Kiska in the Aleutians. The navy says fires and explosions hit the main camp runways and hangars. It also notes 10 raids on Kiska Wednesday, with one heavy bomber lost to anti air fire.
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Washington
Kiska
Navy
Atrocity Charge Cites Partial Japan Atrocities
Ramon la Valle former Argentine consul in Hongkong says only about five percent of Japanese atrocities in Hongkong and other conquered Far Eastern areas have been revealed in his view.
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New York
Ramon la Valle
Hongkong
Far
Senate votes two more years for currency fund
The Senate approved extending the currency stabilization fund by two years but rejected extending President Roosevelt's authority to devalue the dollar. A split on the devaluation issue delayed action, with Taft urging separation from the stabilization bill to avoid undermining bond sales. Morgenthau argued continued power is helpful but not vital, noting a past devaluation used in 1934. The vote may slip to May 4 as the panel weighs removing devaluation from the extension.
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Washington
Senate
Presidents Authority
Taft R-ohier
Taft
Secretars Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Wagner
D-Ny
Treasury
The
Ohioan
Sailor Killed When Plane Lands on Him
Lieutenant Commander T A Nicholson said D E Dwyer a sailor from Fort Worth Texas was working on the landing field apron when a plane landed on him causing fatal injury. The accident occurred at the naval aviation school in Norman Oklahoma.
Pilsen Hit Bombing Losses Hit Allied Raid Depth
Lieut Thomas Hatmon from the University of Michigan is reported missing after his bomber crashed in the jungle in South America. In Europe, 600 plus British bombers attacked Mannheim Ludwigshaven and Pilsen with 55 planes missing, while RAF and USAAF strikes target French and Belgian rail hubs and German arms plants.
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Puerto Rico
Ins
Antilles
Thomas Dudles Hatmon
Tommy Hatmon
Faume
University of Michigan
War Department
South America
London
Mannheim
Ludwigshaven
Germany
Pilsen
Skoda Munitions Works
Czechoslovakia
Air Ministry
Lunent St Nevane
Essen
Rhine
Weas
Bremen
Cologne
Charles Schwab Died Broke Despite Vast Bethlehem Steel Ties
New York AP reports Charles M Schwab died at 77 with assets of 1.389 million and debts of 1.728 million. He once rejected 50 million for a Bethlehem Steel half interest and chaired Bethlehem Steel, leaving 1.07 million in securities and debts to banks, a college, and others.
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New York
Charles M Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Schwab
Braddock
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Wall Street
Board of
Bethlehem
Riverside Drive
Bankers Trust Company of
Empire Trust Company of
St. Francis College
Loretta
France Still Inside League of Nations, Giraud and De Gaulle Say
French dispatches report General Giraud and General de Gaulle insist France remains a member of the League of Nations despite Vichy government withdrawal two years earlier. The statement was conveyed from London through French channels on Saturday.
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London
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
League of Nations
France
League
Vichy
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