British Stage Heaviest Raid On Mid Rhine Reported
The United Press notes Britain and Germany trading heavy air blows as RAF raids hit Mannheim Frankfurt Heidelberg and other mid Rhine targets. German attacks focus on Glasgow Liverpool and Belfast with Royal Navy air and sea losses reported.
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Mid-Rhine
United Press
Great Britain
Germany
Glasgow
Liverpool
Belfast
Royal Air Force
Middle Rhine
London
Mannheim
Frankfort-on- Main
Heidelberg
Boulogne
Cherbourg
St. Nazaire
Stasanger
Berlin
R.A.F
Britain
France
Messerschmitt 109
Dover
RA. F
Suda Bay
Crete
Great Yarmouth
British Isles
Soviet Shifts Forces Toward Balkan Fronts Says Moscow Dispatch
Unofficial Moscow dispatches report a major redeployment of Soviet land sea and air forces toward the Balkan and Near East frontiers. Vichy sources note a general jockeying for position from the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf with no hint of imminent action. The politburo closes the Trans Siberian Turkish and Tachkent Orenburg lines to non military traffic until May 15.
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Vichy
France
Moscow
Russia
Balkan
Near Eastern
Near East
Black Sea
Persian Gulf
Far East
Trans-Siberian
Tachkent-Orenburg
Calling Cards Left at Italian Tombs
Visitors to Italian tombs leave calling cards as a sign of remembrance and respect. These acts reflect cultural rituals surrounding death and the commemoration of the deceased in local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Writer of Fine Music
The clue list presents a puzzle themed around an American musician. It references concerts, memorials, and art terms, with notes about Norse gods and patches of imagery. The elements hint at a biographical sketch and scattered references to a musician and his legacy.
Darlan Threatens Petain Demands German Collaboration
London based Free French circles report Admiral Jean Darlan issued an ultimatum to Marshal Petain demanding France fully collaborate with Germany. Terms include allowing German troops through unoccupied France and free railway use to the Spanish border and naval base access. The note warned Petain against resistance with a threat to oust him and install Darlan as head of state.
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London
INS
Jean Darlan
Henri Philippe Petain
Germany
Darlar
France
Bordeaux
Bayonne
Darlan
Petain
Estimate House Votes For War Ranges Widely In Debate
Washington insiders estimate the House could show as few as a dozen votes or as many as 100 for war. Rep Izac of California said 100 would back war, Rep Bloom of New York predicted virtually none, and Rep Rankin of Mississippi cited fewer than 12. The group agreed the tally could shift quickly if the President requested a declaration.
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Washington
INS
House
Izac
Calif
Bloom
Foreign Affairs Committee
Rankin
Refuse To Renew Benton's Contract At Kansas City Institute
Kansas City Art Institute officials refused to renew painter Thomas Hart Benton as head of the painting department for a sixth year. The action follows Benton's outspoken views on art and the third sex in museums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Thomas Hart Benton
Kansas City Art Institute
Institute
False Alarm Over Goat Hits McComb
Deputy Sheriff George Guy woke at 2am to reports of a man moanin in the woods. Investigators found the distress was a tethered goat tangled in its rope and choking, not a human in danger.
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McComb
Miss
George Guy
U S Cracking Down On Income Tax Returns Of Little Fellows
Washington officials say the federal government is tightening scrutiny of small income tax returns for the first time with delinquencies under 5 000 dollars running about twice last year. The IRS added 1 731 deputy collectors to verify employer forms against employee returns and educate new taxpayers on exemptions and technical points.
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U. S
Little Fellows
Washington
LLP
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Japan Indo-China sign trade treaty
Japan and French Indo-China signed a trade agreement granting most favored nation status and barter in principal commodities. The pact omits rubber and does not include this vital war material. it provides export of rice maize coal minerals to Japan and textiles and manufactured goods from Japan to Indo-China.
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TOKIO
Japan
Indo-China
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4710 Available In Many Sizes
Pattern 4710 is offered in misses and women's sizes 14 16 18 20 32 34 36 38 40 and 42. Size 16 requires 314 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department The Cedar Rapids Gazette New York for the pattern. For ten cents more you receive our Pattern Book with the season fashion picture for matron miss and tot.
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The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West Seventeenth Street
New York
N. Y
Knolla Signs With Steelers. Plans Marine Officer Path
Johnny Knolla, star Creighton University fullback and top ground gainer last fall, agreed to join the Pittsburgh Steelers as a pro footballer and may pursue a marine officer commission, according to the Omaha bureau.
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Omaha
NEA
Johnny Knolla
Creighton University
Pittsburgh Steelers
Truth-Tellers Get Axe Says Hugh Johnson
Boston dispatch reports Hugh Johnson, a militant columnist, claiming that critics and truth tellers are punished by the system. He cites lacking defense coordination and overburdened presidial control, criticizing draft training as a ghastly absurdity amid manpower and equipment shortages.
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Hugh Johnson
Boston
INS
Army
Harvard Law School
Johnson
United States Army
Navy Recruiters Get Their Man Too
In Grand Junction Colorado Navy recruiters secured an enlistment by obtaining William Coscorreza’s signature for his son John Fleeman. After traveling 34 miles to a ranch and finding the father at a camp 12 miles farther Fleeman rode through a snowstorm on horseback to obtain consent and return to the recruiting sub station.
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Washington
Navy
W. F. Freeman
Grand Junction
Colo
William Coscorreza
John
Fleeman
Coscorreza
Rabbi Sisser's $6470 on Person Kada Killed by Car
Chicago police stated Rabbi Samuel Sisser 79 carried 6470.43 dollars in brown paper bags when he was struck and killed by an automobile. The incident occurred Tuesday with investigators detailing the victim's belongings.
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Chicago
Samuel Sisser
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Eer
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Mother's Day Chocolates
Phillips
Miia Croat
ROTH
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Peterman
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DE Witt
Thornton & Minor Clinic
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