Red Finnish Peace Talks Break Down
Moscow announced the collapse of Russo Finnish peace talks, blaming Finland for rejecting April 19 armistice terms. Vishinsky affirmed Helsinki refused to renounce independence while German troops remained, detailing seven point terms including expulsion of Nazis, border restoration, POW release, demobilization, reparations, and territorial returns.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Finland
Andrei G. Vishinsky
Kremlin
Vishinsky
Juho K. Paasikivi
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
V. G. Dekanazov
Germany
Petsamo
Hango
Gulf of
Molotov
Dekanazov
Red
Ap Poinses
Soviet Union
House set to pass simplified tax bill on Monday
Washington The House Ways and Means Committee approved an income tax simplification bill aimed at easing returns for about 30 million taxpayers. The measure would overhaul tax rates exemptions and credits, reduce taxes for many families while raising some for singles and those with no dependents. It would allow about 30 million workers earning up to 5000 annually to file a simple withholding tax receipt instead of a full return. The bill may be brought to the floor May 1 pending schedule.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Robert L. Coughton
Jere Cooper
D-Tenn
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
Calm on Eastern Front Despite Invasion Signs
London AP reports the Soviet high command saying nothing of importance occurred on the eastern front as Red Army lines form for a major Polish offensive to match an Allied invasion from the west. Berlin notes a quiet front while German forces renew counterthrusts southeast of Stanislawow.
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London
Red Army
Poland
Crimea
Red Fleet
Sevastopol
Red
Dnestr
Pripyat
Ukraine
Berlin
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Woman Army clerk Blanche Busey killed near Baton Rouge
Pvt. First Class Blanche Busey 28 of Phoenix Arizona and a member of the Women's Army Corps died Saturday near Hope Villa 18 miles south of Baton Rouge after being struck by a truck.
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INS
Blanche Busey
Women’s Army Corps
Phoenix
Ariz
Hope Villa
Baton Rouge
Hughes Got 7 Japs He'd Like To Get More In The Philippines
Navy Seabee Robert L. Hughes recalls fifteen months overseas in New Caledonia Guadalcanal and New Georgia. He describes 28 hours of continuous attack and 28 days without bath or shave while building an airstrip at New Georgia. Hughes says he killed seven Japs for sure with a Thompson and saved a P 40 pilot who landed gear off. He praises Marines who sent him back and details the close calls and a 40 ton dynamite dump explosion.
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The
Philippines
Louise Lux
Robert L. Hughes
Gazette
Third Street SE
Robert Hughes
Thompson
New Georgia
States
Jack Pippman
Marines
Fort Worth
Texas
French Underground Fight Primes Invasion After Massive Resistance
Secret French resistance estimated at 150000, led by the Haute Savoie Maquis, battles 12000 German and Vichy troops in France. Patriots receive clandestine military instruction, sabotage German forces, and prepare for the Allied invasion of the western front. Reports cite hundreds killed or wounded in recent clashes.
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United Preas
France
United Press
Algiers
London
Dana Adams Schmidt
Haute Savoie
Joan A. Parris
Russia
Italy
Supreme Resistance Command
Wehrmacht
Dana Adams
Schmidt
Maquis
Japs on Edge of Chenghsien
Chinese communique says Japanese forces attacking from the east reached Chengh sien suburbs as the city is shelled and bombed. another column crossed the Peiping Hankow railway 25 miles south of Chengh sien as Japanese troops push to destroy 150 miles of the Peiping Hankow railroad linking north and central China.
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Chenghsien
Yellow River
Lunghai Railway
Peiping- Hankow
Manchuria
Peiping-Hankow
China
Stockton pilot in Marianas attack described by war correspondent
Army and navy Liberators on a long mission hit Saipan and then Tinian in the first landbased Marianas attack. The crew reported being surprised by Japanese fighters after passing Saipan with 29 planes taking off. one shot down and another listed as probable. Lt. Dilvera Paustian, 21, of Stockton Iowa, quoted on the encounter with Zeros near Saipan and Tinian.
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Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Marshalls
Saipan
Marianas
Dilvera Paustian
Stockton
Tinian
Tokyo
New York Ireland Air Mark Broken Record Flight Time
New York to Ireland set a new 15 hours 51 minute air record on the great circle route of 3 329 miles. Edward A Stewart of Roslyn New York piloted a 30 ton flying boat with a full capacity load of passengers and cargo on April 15 16, breaking the prior east bound record by 26 minutes set January 22 by Capt Robert J. Hixson.
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New York
American Export Airlines
Robert Ji-Hixson
Cedar Rapids youths collect 45 tons of waste paper
Cedar Rapids Paper Commandos, Linn County civilian defense youths from elementary schools, gathered 45 tons of waste paper Saturday in a city wide drive, bringing two weekends total to about 80 tons. Henry Haegg praised the junior corps and hinted at permanent recognition for their war effort. Continued on page 2.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Civilian Defense
South Side
Haegg
James H
Broadcast Tonight From New Guinea
Four major networks CBS NBC MBS and Blue plan a synchronized urgent broadcast from Allied headquarters in New Guinea at 6 30 pm local time tonight. The exact content remains undisclosed though the request for time came from their correspondents and is expected to run about three minutes.
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New York
New Guinea
CBS
NBC
MBS
Blue
Sweden Rejects U S Request on Ball Bearings to Germany
Sweden sent a negative but conciliatory reply to U S Minister Herschel V Johnson regarding stopping ball bearing deliveries to Germany. The Soviet government was reported to have joined the United States and Britain in urging Sweden to halt deliveries, reflecting wartime diplomacy and allied pressure during the period.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U. S
Herschel V. Johnson
Germany
United States
German Collapse After Invasion Seen by Benes
London based report cites Dr Eduard Benes predicting Germany could collapse within three months after Allied invasion of western Europe. He says Germans may stop fighting on their soil once western Allied and eastern Soviet forces reach German frontiers, contingent on sustained Allied momentum. He notes signs of internal disintegration and executions of civilians for defeatist views inside Germany.
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John A. Parris
London
Eduard’ Benes
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Europe
Cigaret
Benes
Cardinal OConnell Dies of Pneumonia at 84 in Boston
Cardinal OConnell aged 84 archbishop of Boston died of pneumonia at 5 45 p m Saturday Auxiliary Bishop Richard J Cushing quoted him suffering a severe attack at 2 30 p m with a second attack at 5 p m and his death shortly after It lowered the number of American cardinals to one Dennis Cardinal Dougherty Hayes Mundelein had died earlier leaving OConnell as the remaining prelate in the U S Catholic hierarchy
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Boston
William Cardinal O'Connell
Catholic Hierarchy
America
Richard J. Cushing
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
New York
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Cardinal O'Connell
Senators and Hull to Talk World Peace
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Tom Connally named a special subcommittee to confer with Secretary of State Cordell Hull on a postwar world peace organization. The panel includes top Senate leaders from both parties and key members, chosen to build on the Connally peace resolution adopted last autumn.
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Washington
Ins
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cordell Hull
World Organization
Connally
Alben W. Barkley
Walter F. George
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Wallace H. White, Jr
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Mic
Senate
Ieee
Neapolitans Receive U S Mail After War Declaration
The Allied control commission disclosed that on Dec 18 1941 American mail addressed to Italians arrived in Naples for the first time since the United States declared war on Italy. The initial delivery totaled 38 sacks containing over 200000 letters and post cards to Neapolitans.
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Naples
INS
United States
Italy
Allied Control Commission
Snowfall Paralyzes Las Vegas Area Traffic
Las Vegas New Mexico reports a 12 inch snowfall paralyzing traffic around the area Saturday. Winds up to 25 mph persisted and the heavy snow lasted through most of the day.
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Las Vegas
Las ‘Vegas
N.M
Ins
Armada Strikes Rail Bases and Forts In Allied Raids
A group of American Mustang fighters escorting bombers raiding Hamm reported chasing a 25-strong Messerschmitt formation over Germany and shooting down 17. British bombers attacked targets in Germany and occupied territory after a daylight raid on Hamm, with coastal fortifications and airfields hit in Belgium and France. Royal Air Force night targets were not identified.
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London
Hamm
Messerschmitts
Germany
Occupied
France
Belgium
Hitler
RAF
Cologne
R.A.F
Atlantic Wall
Channel
England
Allied bombing blitz targets Hamm and northwest Germany
Allied air forces report a major strike on Hamm, a key German rail hub, with nearly 2,000 aircraft and heavy fighter escort. Simultaneous waves hit the French coast and bombed rail and airfield sites along the Axis Atlantic wall as RAF and US bombers continue western Europe operations.
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U. S. Air Force
Hamm
Germany
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