MacArthur’s Raid at Cebu Sinks Transports Damages Docks
Allied forces claim a bold air and sea raid on Japanese bases in Cebu and Mindanao with three transports sunk and two hit, docks damaged, and a bomber destroyed. One plane lost with crew saved, while hangars and runways at Nichols Field were damaged. Brigadier General Ralph Royce led the operation announced from Australia.
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Cebu
C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
United States Army
Australia
Philippines
Tralia
General MacArthur
United States
Eral
Ralph Royce
Philippine Islands
George H. Bratt
United No
Nichols Field
Manila
Trans Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Davao
Mindanao
Batangas
Royce
Corry Evening Journal
Corry
United States Near Open Break With Vichy France
Washington factions move toward a U S break with Vichy as Laval’s return looms. State Department withholding official reaction while Admiral Leahy reports developments. Officials reassessing Vichy relations amid possible escalation and broader Allied concerns.
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Washington
United States
Vichy France
William D. Leahy
State Department
Nist
Plevé
Laval
Admiral Leahy
Frank
Vichy
Hitler
Layss
Vichy-Washine Gn
Re-elected Dewey Sukan Superintendent By Narrow Margin
Ralph S. Dewey was re elected superintendent of the Corry Public School for a fifth four year term by a 4 to 3 board vote last evening. The directors set a salary of 3700 dollars per year, unchanged from the present. Opposition had grown amid protests by Gary High school students and parents over methods, with rumors of broader board dissent. The meeting convened as a convention of directors at the Library building for the four year term starting July 6, 1932.
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Ralph S. Dewey
Corry
Board of Education
Sunt Dewey
Gary High School
Cleve Morton
Dewey
Clarence Shoap
Edwin J. Lewis
Sue
Lewis
Olin W. Bracken
Shoop
Johnson
Cory Public Schools
Chisd
Corry Hen
Bulletin on U S aid to French North Africa and war shifts
The United States announced shipment holds on non military supplies to French North Africa as Washington tightens crisis measures with Vichy. In New York two ships loaded with North Africa supplies were held in port.
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United States
Tate Sumner Welles
New York
Hare
North Africa
Wholesale maple syrup shipments shrink as prices rise
Mounting prices for maple syrup will cut the Corry area shipments by about half this spring. H A Healey of Maple Sugar Co. says producers are selling most syrup in gallon containers for higher returns. He notes normal carload exports to eastern markets won’t be matched this year and gallon sales will not set a new district total.
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Corry
H. A. Healey
Ary Maple Sugar Co
St. Johnsbury
Wij
Iisltor
Journal
Healey
John Wiggers
North Clymer
Harry Burrows
Carter Hill
Ping Syrip
Germans To Reorganize French Army
Berlin circles report Gen Henri Dent may be named to overhaul the French army and staff under a new policy. Disposition of the French fleet alarms observers as Anglo American naval power strains, with doubt that Darlan would yield. The fleet has been inactive for years, complicating maneuvers. W A Redmond departed for Cleveland on business.
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France
London
Berlin
Henri Dent
Syria
Darlan
Hitler
General Hugh Johnson Dies At 89 In Washington Hotel
General Hugh Johnson, fiery NRA chief and New Deal critic, died of pneumonia at 4 45 AM in a Washington hotel. The 89 year old veteran rose from captain to brigadier general in World War I and later led the recovery era NRA program. He had recently written a caustic column against rest and health orders. Johnson had been weakened by months of ill health and had not been reappointed as an army reserve officer by President Roosevelt. Continued on Page Two.
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Johnson
Hoosevelt
WRA
Dr Frank Butters Commissioned First Lieutenant
Mrs Clemma Butters of Wayne Street received word that her son Dr Frank Butters has been commissioned as a first lieutenant in the U S Army. He is ordered to report in Atlanta Georgia on April 25 and has been located in Harrisburg where he is relinquishing his state position to join the medical division of the army.
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Clemma Butters
Wayne Street
Frank Butters
U. S. Army
Atlanta
Butters
Harrisbure
Army
City plans canvass seeking bond pledges
Air wardens and civilian defense units prepare a citywide pledge drive to fund the war effort. Volunteers will canvass every home and request weekly pledges of five to ten cents, with signers bound only by a moral obligation for the war. The drive runs Thursday through Sunday, aiming to boost War Savings bonds and payroll reductions.
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Pwede
Treasury Department
Regina
Mint
Smu
Petsm
Allied pressure deepens in far east battles
Allied and Japanese actions dominate reports from the far east as British and Chinese forces withdraw in Burma while Japanese warships raid Indian Ocean approaches. A Tokyo broadcast claims heavy bombardment on Corregidor and siege lines at Bataan intensify, with renewed assertions of Japanese naval dominance near the Indian coast and in the central Philippines.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
India
Burma
China
Iudsan
Churchill
Japan
Indian Ocean
Philippines
Bataan
Manila Bay
Alsa
Cebu City
Manila
3 Young Corry Officers Win Advancement
Promotion of three Corry officers announced today. Lieut Walter W Sears promoted from second to first lieutenant with the 112th Infantry, 28th Division, Camp Livingston, Louisiana after three months at Fort Benning training. Sears is son of Mr and Mrs Los B Sears of Corry. two brothers also serve, one at Fort Jackson South Carolina and another as an Army engineer in Baltimore. Continued on Page Five.
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Ward
Walter W. Sears
112Th Infantry
Camp Livingston
Fort Benning
Haa Tow
Louisiane
Liew
Sears
Lrs
Los B. Sears
Fort Jack
Baltimore
Elso
E. Stoop
Bast
Allies Concur On MacArthur Command Status
Australian Prime Minister Curtin and President Roosevelt backed MacArthur as supreme commander in the southwest Pacific though his status remained unsettled. Spokesmen said no allied command had been formed and MacArthur still led U.S. forces in the Far East with headquarters moved from the Philippines to Australia. Readings noted Blamey Brett and Leavy remained under MacArthur as the chief allied command discussions continued in Washington.
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United Command
Southwest Pacific
Roosevelt
Associated Press
United States Army
Australia
Joby Curtin
Gener
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Ndliste
MacArthur
MacArthuir
United States Armed Forces
Far East
MacArt
Philippines
Ausirasia
Washington
Curtin
Southwest
Pacific
Thomas Blamey
Ail Tand
Geo. Hi
Little American Girl Clings to Oar in Pacific Rescue
In a Pacific rescue tale, a 21 year old American girl, Mary Ann Mayer, clung to an oar after a lifeboat took on water aboard a Goodyear crewed ship fleeing bombing near Java. Her father Mr. Mayer and mother and two others were injured. six hours later a friendly plane spotted the lifeboat and an American warship rescued them.
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New Orleans
Mayer
Mary Ann
RAF Lays Heavy Artillery Across Occupied Coast
London April 15 The RAF began a second 24 hour non stop air offensive targeting the occupied coast after heavy raids on the Ruhr and Suhr. Daylight attacks followed blasts on the Ruhr while bombers struck Le Havre and airfields in occupied territory. A strong Ruhr force bombed industrial targets as fires raced upward. Dense weather limited intercepts with a ninth and a half hour daylight offensive against Europe recorded. Berlin reported civilians injured and heavy enemy losses as mines were laid offshore and German fortifications strengthened.
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London
RAF
Continent
Ruhr
Suhr
Rus
Gernen
Mate
Wit
le Havre
Folkesoné
Occupied
Europe
Moteing
Boulogne
Galsis
France
RAP
Prench
DNB
Berlin
Germany
Newton Chicago
Ofloer
Hage
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U. S
French Islands
Canal Zone
Hadagascar
Xinutt
Sy Associated Press
Prince
Pierre Laval
Trench
Marshal Petain
Jean Darlan
Iis
Brazzanville
Equatorial Africa
Oroles
Aluminum Company of America
Magnesiu Deveropment Company
Nriminals
War Department
Army Bienal Corps
Andes
Fret G. Miller
Mhungking
Chins
Janene
Aum
Hirose
Tanieht
Mandaliy
Tashio
Toungoo
W. A. Redmond
Cleveland
Ohio
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Lieut
Corregidor
Clarence Shoop
M’arthur
Daddy
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