Lend-Lease Aid Reaches 24.2 Billion for Invasions Efforts
President Roosevelt reports to Congress that lend-lease aid as of April 1 totals 24.224 billion dollars with record first-quarter 1944 goods and services of 4.239 billion. Exports to the United Kingdom stay high while Russia exports drop after December peak. Reverse lend-lease from Britain and others tops 2 billion.
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Petain to Visit Hitler, Tass Reports
New York dispatch says Soviet Tass agency reported Petain will travel to Germany to meet Adolf Hitler. He will be accompanied by Marcel Dent, a French pro Nazi journalist. Tass cited French sources via Geneva.
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INS
Tass
Vichy
Henri Petain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Marcel Dent
France
Geneva
Foe Extends Reconnaissance Over Britain As Invasion Looms
London reports Nazi spy flights over northern and southern Britain aiming to gauge invasion readiness. Bombs fell in Kent with some casualties, while enemy aircraft were spotted across southeast England and parts of Scotland. Pravda cites Allied gains in Italy alarming Germany and prompting new East Prussia fortifications as Soviet fronts stir.
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Retail Cheese Price Reduction Ordered by OPA
Washington dispatch reports the OPA ordered wholesale price cuts for brick and monster cheese in response to retail price reductions of two to five cents per pound. The action reflects government efforts to ease consumer costs in the dairy market.
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Washington
OPA
Zooters in Denver Roiled by Weekend Robberies
Denver police reported four people robbed and beaten by hoodlum gangs over the weekend as the wartime zoot-suit phenomenon appeared in full flower in the city Sunday night.
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Denver
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Pilot Wins Race For Death With Damaged Bomb
Lt. Frederick S. Markle of Hazleton Pennsylvania piloted a Fortress to the Pas de Calais target with a flak damaged bomb set to explode minutes after delivery. Despite risk Markle carried the bomb to target and released it with under thirty seconds to spare.
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England
INS
Frederick S. Markle
Hazleton
Markle
Pas de Calais
France
John Talbert
Corpus Christi
Texas
Communists Reorganize Under New Political Association
American Communists who dissolved as a party formed the Communist Political Association in New York. The group aims at organized participation in political life, with Earl Browder declaring the body nonpartisan but still political in intent during the national convention.
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New York
Communist Political Association
Earl Browder
Carole Landis Confined Home After Collapse
Screen star Carole Landis, who collapsed Saturday night, was confined to her home Monday with a heavy cold and physical exhaustion. Her physician ordered her to stay in bed for several days.
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Hollywood
Carole Landis
Guerillas Claim Six German Divisions Moved From Italy
Allied reports from Naples say the Italian patriot forces released a communique stating six of the 25 German divisions in Italy have been redeployed north to oppose the patriots and Yugoslav partisans. The patriots claim to have severed Verona railway lines twice, derailing 17 boxcars laden with war materiel, and report attacks on a German truck convoy and strikes on industrial targets.
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Naples
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Verona
CAP Cadet Tests At Lisbon Monday
Army air force mental entrance examinations for young men between 17 and 17 years nine months will be given at the Lisbon post office at 9 am Tuesday CAP officials in Cedar Rapids conducted similar screenings Monday Seventeen-year-olds from Lisbon Martello Mt Vernon Morley Center Junction Wyoming Olin Mechanicsville Stanwood Tipton and Solon will be tested at Lisbon Those who pass the mental test will be ready for the physical examination when enlistment resumes.
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Enlistment Call for Air Corps Reserve Examination
For immediate enlistment in the air corps reserve, concerning the examination may contact Kenneth Wilkins, Stan.
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Air Corps Reserve
Kenneth Wilkins
Stan
Air Ace Mahurin Reported Safe By Mother
Maj. Walker M. Mahurin longtime Hoosier air leader is reported safe in England. His mother said she received a letter from her son, missing in action over France since March 27.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Walker M. Mahurin
England
Notice Fragment in Hanover Case Highlights Sheriff Action
Fragmentary OCR shows a legal notice involving Earl L. Wolf as sheriff in New York with Rudisill and Rogius as attorneys. The readable elements reference Hanover and a filing or appraisal process but lack full names, dates, or case numbers.
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Fia Christopher
Tee
Earl L. Wolf
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York
Rudisill & Rogicus
Hanover
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