China Faces Threats as Japanese Advance Near Loyang
China reports admit a major Japanese thrust toward Loyang in Henan and claim the Pieping Hankow rail line is under enemy control. They repulse a Yellow River crossing near Henghsien but face continued pressure as Lunghai and Yenhsih corridors see renewed invasion and Lisnan falls south of Loyang.
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Spencer Muosu
Chungking
China
Loyang
Henan
Pieping- Hankow
Yellow River
Henghsien
Yuanckv
Lunghai
Yenshih
Hankown
Tungkwan
Lunghai Railway
Lisnan
Japanese Seek Rich Wheatlands Amid Loyang Drive
Japanese forces widened the campaign in north central China reaching Loyang area and the wheatlands of Henan after crossing the Yellow River at Yuanchu and breaking Hulao pass. The advance threatens to outflank Chinese defenders of the former capital and push remnants toward Sian while others seize Peiping Bankow rail lines amid unclear reports.
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Richard C. Berghola
Associated Press Way
China
Loyang
Henan
Yellow River
Shansi
Yuanchu
Layang
Hulao Pass
Dapal
Sian
Chungking
Peiping Bankow
Stimson Honors Maj Bong as World War II Ace Leader
Secretary of War Stimson introduced Major Richard J. Bong at a press conference as the first American ace of this war to exceed the World War I record set by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. Bong has 27 Japanese planes shot down and eight probably destroyed in the Southwest Pacific, surpassing Rickenbacker’s 21 kills and five balloons.
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Washington, S
War Stimpson
Richard J. & 1
Edward V. Ricken
Batkey
Bong
Southwest Pacific
Rickenbacker
Stimson
Newa Corps
Continued Friendship to Death in Battle
Jackson MO two close friends Walter Burgfeld 27 and John I Klobe 36 who met in this small Missouri town before enlisting in the army remained companions through training camps and assignments. Both were reported killed in action in the European theater on the same day April 25. Gandhi arrives in Bombay after release and heads to Poona then Juhu Beach for rest.
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Jackson
Missouri
Walter Burgfeld
John I. Klobe
Tnd
Hershey to announce broad draft deferment policy
Washington reports Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey will reveal a new policy on draft deferments to clarify recruitment trends. Advance notes say employment in essential industry may become sole qualification for deferment, with 26 to 29 year olds possibly kept in existing deferment frame.
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Washington, UP
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Her- Shey
Hershey Imoreover
Speed Up Process to Discharge Men From Army Service
Secretary Stimson announced a simplified separation procedure to speed discharge from military service and aid readjustment to civilian life. A Port Dix separation center tested the method, aiming to standardize centers nationwide. Under Fort Dix procedures 48 hours suffice from arrival to train departure, compared with three weeks earlier. WACs, officers, and enlisted men would be served, while physically disabled individuals leave via army hospitals.
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Washington
4Pi
Stimson
Army
Port Dix
Fort Dix
Wall
War casualty totals rise to 201454 in all fronts
Washington reports total U S war casualties through April 28 amount to 201454 with 27797 killed 64321 wounded 33715 missing and 434 officially listed as prisoners of war Navy figures add 19021 killed 12070 wounded 9084 missing and 4453 prisoners of war.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Odin freighter sinks near Narvik after mine strike
The 10,900 ton German freighter Odin sank Wednesday night near Narvik Norway after hitting a mine. Advices from Kiruna Sweden say the ship carried iron ore to Germany. Six or seventy Germans were reported lost.
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Stockholm
Odin
Narvik
Norway
Kiruna
Sweden
Germany
Channel Attacked by Westerners
Senators hear irrigation advocates urge priority for diverting Missouri River flood waters to irrigation for Montana Wyoming North and South Dakota Nebraska and Colorado. Governors Moses Ford Hunt support O Mahoney plan favoring nine foot channel over navigation while army engineers seek nine foot depth.
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Washington
Missouri
Senate Commerce
John Moses
North Dakota
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Bureezu
Sioux City
Miles Reber
Army Engineers
O'Mahoney
Moses
Missouri River
Ford
Lester, Hunt
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
D-Wyo
Army
Reclamation Bureau
North
South Dakota
Nebraskka
Kangon
W. G. Sloan
Liberated Prisoners Tell of Cruelties
Advanced Allied HQ New Guinea reports liberation of 707 Japanese held prisoners. Among them 462 Sikhs and Indian soldiers captured in Malaya, with others from the U S Australia China Dutch Philippines Poland and Czechs. Accounts describe brutal treatment including executions by nail trees. Also coverage of Canada U S defense unity and mutual aid.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Malaya
Admiralty Islands
Department of Information
Singapore
UL Ss
Canada
Bricker Attacks Corn Freeze Order Abolish AAA Plan
Gov John W Bricker of Ohio denounces the corn freeze and calls for abolishing the AAA program after the war. He argues central government cannot regulate agriculture fully, and says the government could obtain corn by setting prices. He notes hog producers favor feeding corn over higher hog prices.
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Bricker
Des Moines
John W. Bricker
Obo
Republican Party
Board
Bueau
Forrestal Named Knox Successor as Navy Secretary Pick
By John M. Hightower Washington UP Speedy Senate approval was predicted for President Roosevelt's promotion of Undersecretary James V. Forrestal to be secretary of the navy. Forrestal, longtime aide to the late Frank Knox, would continue the administration line while expanding his role as navy spokesman to the public.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Navy Department
Forrestal
Frank Knox
Forrental
Knox
Dillion
Wail Street Investment Firm
Showers Continue Across Iowa Amid Heavy Night Rain
The weather service indicates showers will persist through Friday with rain already heavy in Northwest Iowa. Sheldon saw a 3.29 inch deluge while Wroyd Creek overflowed. Des Moines River flooded Estherville as 0.5 inch fell elsewhere. Inwood reported 1.70 inches with Sigur City 0.69, Cherokee 1.4, Spencer 0.28 and Alta 0.07 inches. Council Bluffs hit 82 degrees, Iowa's high, with 65 degree low and cooler Friday.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Sheldon
Wroyd Creek
Des Moines
Estherville
Inwood
Sigur City
Cherokee
Spencer
Alta
Council Blutts
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Your Tin Cans Outstanding Fighter Pilots Honored
U S Army Air Forces in England awarded distinguished service crosses Thursday to three fighter pilots. Captain Robert J Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma credited with 27 enemy planes. Also honored were Captain Robert Woody of Roanoke Virginia and Lt Carl Luksic of Joliet Illinois by Lt Gen Cert A Spatz commander of US Strategic Air Forces.
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U. S. Army Air Forces
England
Robert $. Johnson
Lawton
Oita
Cert A. Spatz
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Robert Woody
Roanoke
Ine
Carl Luksic
Joliet
Ward and CIO Disagree On Key Contract Issues
Chicago's Ward-Clourton dispute heads toward more talks as federal control ends. Avery rejects a maintenance of membership and closed shop while CIO notes a bargaining win. Both sides warn the main issues remain to be decided in court and NLRB certification slows talks.
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Chicago, Llp
Montgomery Ward-Clourton
Chicago
William H. Holly
Wards
Roosevelt
Henry Anderson
CIO
United Mail Order
War Labor Board
WLE
Both Sides Warn People of France Invasion Tactics
London broadcasts urge French civilians to avoid highways as invasion nears. Vichy says passenger train service will be cut to aid troop movements. German broadcasts claim long range aims while claiming curtailment of rail service. Emergency civil units plan to evacuate noncombatants along the coast. Netherlands and Belgium near liberation plan civil administrations with Britain and the United States.
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London
France
Europe
London Radio
Vichy
Ci‘viliana
BBC
Vichy Radio
Atlantic Wall
Berlin
Netherlands
Belgium
Britain
United States
Anniversary Parade Marks WAC Day Observance
Fort Des Moines residents recall the second anniversary of the Women’s Army Corps with a morning parade and a play day in the afternoon. The bill creating the WAC, then a WAC auxiliary, was drafted May 1942 and signed into law May 15 by the president.
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Fort Des Molnes
Women's Army Corps
WAC
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Congress
Griswold May Arbitrate Consumer Power Strike
Lincoln officials and union negotiators neared a path to settle Nebraska public power wage disputes. Governor Griswold offered as final arbiter while four district committees asked for board approval before authorizing any contract. Ongoing talks paused over a proposed maintenance of membership clause and authority limits amid a nine day strike.
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Lincoln
Repricad of Electrical Workers
APL
Griswold
Nebraska
Ita
Awag
FDR Delegates 50 Short of Goal
With 583 pledged votes for a fourth term, supporters needed 56 more to reach 589 for Roosevelt on the first ballot at Chicago. Tennessee Republicans and Washington Democrats shape week’s delegate actions as Dewey leads GOP prospects. Wheeler and Dewey figures color the harmony campaign and anti poll tax effort.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Chicago
Washington
Demoncrata
Tennessee
Florida
Andrews
Wheeler
Hoir
D-Mont
Acme
Natioal Association of Colored People
New York
Gav
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Dewey
War salvage paper collection dates and contact facts
Schools will collect paper on specified days and residents should call school principals for uncollected paper. Collections occur on the third Thursday for pickup the following Friday, with local block commando checks and notes on where to leave waste fats for recycling and payment terms. Addresses and district names are listed for reference.
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Dodge
Longfellow
Mehullen
Second Avenue
Rue
Bloomer
St. Francis
Ibis
Red Cross Quota Here Is Reached
Pottawattamie county's Red Cross War Fund drive has reached its quota with total city and county collections of 71980.02 dollars as of Wednesday night, 980 dollars above the 71000 county target. City totals include 3954.60 in Connell Bluffs and 26625.42 in the county, with detailed division results and pledges still to be collected.
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Pottawattamis County
Red Cross
Helen M. Eaton
Connell Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Covert T. Brown
Leon Morse
Clyde Cavitt
C. E. Horsley
Tra Hays
B. A. Gronstal
Dorothy Christiansen
J. W. Davis
Rev
O. C. Huff
Clifford Johnson
No Surcease Given Hitler in Air War
London dispatch reports a massive Allied aerial offensive on the twenty seventh day of the pre invasion campaign. American and British bombers struck German targets across western Europe and Hungary from Italy and Britain, with heavy daytime and night assaults on Wiener Neustadt Knin and targets along the invasion coast. British and Italian air forces doubled down, while German defenses and warnings persisted as air operations continued. Secretary Stimson said Germany is gradually falling behind in repair and communications as Allied air power persists.
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Austin Regiment
London
Europe
Hiller
Budapest
Italy
6Th Airforce
Beaumont-le-Roger
Carmeilles-en-Vezin
France
Peris
Britain
English Channel
Calaia Grey
RAF
Berlin
Germany
Mediterranean
Wiener Neustadt
Austria
Knin
Air Ministry
Bntain
RAP
Lens
Lille
Gent
Courtrai
Belgium
Hitler
Washington
Stimson
Thuyday
Health Department Seeks Convalescent Serum Donors
Des Moines health officials issued a call asking individuals who have recovered from measles scarlet fever diphtheria or whooping cough to donate convalescent serum for use next fall and winter. The department seeks donors to bolster serum supply for the coming months.
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Des Moines
Atate Health Department
Nursday
Towans
Department
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