War in Burma Nears Showdown as Forces Press Offensives
Japanese and Allied units push toward key supply hubs in Burma. Nipponese threaten Imphal and Ked Kohima while Stilwell Merrill forces trap Japanese near Myitkyina. Allied advances also strike at Tiddim, Rabaul, Ponape, and the Solomons, with heavy bombardment and vessel sinkings reported across the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Imphal
India
Ukhrul
Kohima
Southeast Asia Command
Naga Hills
Assam
Joseph Stilwell
Myitkyina
Burma Road
Frank Merrill
Shaduzup
Merrill
Hkawnglaw Hka
Rover
Stilwell
Tiddim
Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Ponape
Solomons
Truk
Eniwetok
Marshalls
Ujelang Atoll
Empress Augusta Bay
Wewak
New Guinea
Admiralties
Manus Island
War Today: New Soviet Front Opens as Hitler Faces Balkan Crisis
The article details fresh Soviet advances into Romania via Besarabia to the Prut, threatening Hitler's Danubian line. It notes the Balkan powder keg is lit and Poland’s defense appears nearly hopeless, with Red Star praising boundless Red Army victory.
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Hitler
Soviet
Balkan
von Mannstein
Ukraine
Fuehrer
Romania
Danubian
Poland
Berlin
Baltic States
Airfields of France Hill by Yank Planes
Between 250 and 500 U S heavy bombers struck German airfields in France hitting Chartres Chateaudun Reims and Dijon amid 750 to 1 000 bombers in follow up to yesterday s blows on nine German airbases and Tours freight yards Mosquito bombers hit Ruhr plants 2 240 tons of bombs poured on Essen while 1 000 fighters supported the raid Germany s air defense claimed 38 planes destroyed with 42 total losses including 6 bombers and 10 fighters missing. five previously listed as lost were safe. Aircraft operations extended toward the Biscay coast with targets including Chartres La Rochelle St Jean d Angely Pau Biarritz Cazaux Bordeaux Mont de Marsan and Tours and German raids returned against England causing damage and casualties especially in Bristol. London reports minor alert and Bristol damaged by shell.
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W. W. Hercher
London
U. S
France
Chartres
Chateaudun
Reims
Dijon
Tours
Ruhr
RAF
Essen
Air Ministry
Atlantic Wall
Spanish
Paris
la Rochelle
St Jean D'Angely
Pau
Biarritz
Cazaux
Mordeaux
Mont de Marsan
Bay of Biscay
Associated Press
Irun
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
England
Wales
Berlin
Bristol
Richard G. Maslock
Naples
Cassino
Terelle
Des Roses
Rome
Cisterna
Carroceto
Garigliano
Fifth Army
Orsogna
Eighth Army
Ancona
Mitchells
Heavy rains flood Alabama rivers and lowlands
Birmingham records 2.60 inches of rain since Sunday with a statewide forecast of showers and thunderstorms. Warrior river near Tuscaloosa floods to 52.2 feet as Tombigbee at Demopolis remains above flood stage and is set to rise. Officials warn of delayed farm work and potential more flooding this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Warrior River
Tuscaloosa
Demopolis
Tombigbee
U. S
Mobile
E. D. Emigh
Montgomery
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Dispute certified in wage case between Alcoa and CIO union
The U S Conciliation Service announced certification to the War Labor Board of a wage dispute involving about 70 000 workers at Alcoa plants and mines. The CIO Aluminum Workers seek a 15 cent general wage increase and a 95 cent hiring rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Conciliation Service Today
War Labor Board
Aluminum Company of America
CIO Aluminum Workers of America
Priest Opens Allied Guns Fight for TVA
Rep. Priest urged a separate House vote on Senate TVA funding amendments amid a river valley battle over TVA receipts and operating funds. He defended TVA autonomy, noting no embezzlement charges and its record of uninterrupted service, backed by Kefauver Gore and Rankin.
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Priest
TVA
Washington
Congress
Tennessee River Valley
Rep
D.-Tann
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sen. McKellar
D.-Tenn
Treasury
Senate
Kefauver
Gore
Rankin
D.-Miss
Berlin Arrives in Naples for Army Musical
Irving Berlin arrived today from England to open his musical This Is The Army in Naples on April 3. The visit sets the stage for a globe spanning wartime entertainment effort featuring Berlin and his production crew in a city preparing a major performance turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Irving Berlin
England
Pyle Reports Harsh Welcome At Anzio Beachhead
Ernie Pyle details the perilous first days at Anzio Italy as Allied forces land. Shells skim past the boat, a near miss shatters a neighboring window, and a screaming shell blows into nearby trees, signaling a brutal welcome to the frontline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Italy
Anzio
War correspondents on Anzio beachhead share peril and pride
The narrator recalls shells exploding within 40 yards and notes that many reporters endure repeated near misses. Reynolds Packard of United Press and Homer Bigart of The New York Herald Tribune have been on the beachhead since D day without a break, earning veteran status despite ongoing danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassino Front
Reynolds Packard
United Press
Homer Bigart
New York Herald-Tribune
D-day
Labor Draft Needs Denied In Washington
War Manpower Chief McNutt told a House sub committee there is no need for national service legislation at this time. OPA urged rationing to continue after the war to ease peacetime transition. Rationing improved in gasoline with higher B card allowances and hopes for wider boosts in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
House
Stimson
Senate Banking Committee
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
OPA
Dewey
New York
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
Seaboard
District of Columbia
Gasoline B cards to get fuel boost nationwide outside East
Washington reports the OPA will raise B card fuel allowances to a maximum 720 miles per month for states outside the Eastern area within about a month. Some Eastern states and DC may also receive a partial increase. A-stamp expirations may be abolished as with food stamps, possibly by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Seaboard
Bryan Houston
OPA
District of Columbia
Pacific Coast
Gulf Coast
Blind Alabama couple wed and serve at Mobile Air Service Command
Wanda Sheppard and Claude Haynes, both stone blind, married in February 1943 and reported for duty at Mobile Air Service Command on February 27 1943. He advanced from junior laborer to general mechanic helper in the electrical accessories section while she worked in spark plug operations. Their one month old daughter Wanda Claudette anchors a hopeful postwar future as they save with War Bonds and reside in Mobile with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama State School For Blind
Talladega
Ala
Wanda Sheppard
Mobile
Claude C. Haynes
Morgan County
Stone Blind
Mobile Air Service Command
Haynes
Air Service Command
Decatur Court House
G. C. Haynes
Hartselle
Service Plan Fund Delayed by Morgan County Board
The Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control delayed action on an appropriation to fund a World War I and II ex-servicemen service commissioner. The delay followed improper submission of the motion and will continue until a corrected petition is filed by a Decatur lawyer. The commissioner would assist veterans with medical, hospital, legal, employment, and related needs, selected by the American Legion and the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
American Legion
Decatur
Board of Revenue and Control
President Roosevelt Still Hoarse Amid Cold Recovery
President Roosevelt is slightly hoarse but improving after a cold that confined him to the White House residence last week. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said the Chief Executive would not take individual meetings today, but would work on papers in his study and attend the regular Tuesday press radio conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Jerry Giesler
Joan
Chaplin
Beverly Hills
New York
Miss Berry
Giesler
J. F. T. O'Connor
U. S
Charles H. Carr
Hollywood
Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
White House
Early
Death pocket fashioned by Russian army
London dispatch reports Berlin radio stating Russian troops tried to storm Iasi near the Prut river border of Romania. Iasi lies ten miles south of Skuvany. The broadcast claimed the Russians crossed the Prut and announced taking the town last night but gave no attack details and said the assault failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Iasi
Prut
Rumania
Sku- Ivany
Russian forces close on Czernowitz and Bucovina
Moscow reports Red Army advances along the Prut River with Czernowitz under threat. Russian troops push toward Iasi as German and Romanian defenses retreat, forming a large 1400 square mile pocket around Kamenets Podolsk and Bucovina while Nikoleav and surrounding areas see fighting and imminent capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Bucovina
Iasi
Jassvu
Marshal von Mannstein
Prut
Skulyany
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Bug
Ivan S. Konev
Upper
Rumania
Zhukov
Dniester
Cariathien
Bucharest-Czernowitz-Lwow
Romania
Czernowitz
Conns Koronets
Stanislavov
Gorodenko
Eutack
Proskurov
Kamenets-Podolsk
Red Army
Yarmoli
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Capitol
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Verla J. Miller
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Belgreen 1
Little Jimmy Powell
Abe Powell
Howard Blevins
J. M. Blevins
Moulton
David Hamilton
H. S. Gillette
Jennie Sturat Hospital
Hopkinsville
Rev. Gillette
Carrie Bowles
Fourth Avenue South
James E. Davis
Huntsville
Internal Revenue Bureau
Decatur Transit
Davis
Frances Delia Lee
John Lee
Hillsboro 1
Barrett C. Shelton
State Planning Board
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Billy Thompson
Moye
Memorial Drive
Jimmy Hunter
Webb Hunter
Hamil Clinic
Braska Greer
Rogersville
Hamil
W. D. Weinman
Davis Norris
Decatur 1
W.L. Coffee
Thomas R. Yarbrough
WPB
Ward
Chamber of Commerce
P. D. Barlow
Pacific War Zone
John Walter Teague
Fairview
Benevolent Hospital
J. A. Dalk
Fifth Avenue South
Paliene
Mrs. Dewey Childers
Baugh’s Infirmary
Olga May Russell
Somerville
the Benevolent Hospital
Iola Simmons
John McBride
Fourth Avenue West
Baugh's Infirmary
By Ken Reynolds
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Marshal Konev
Bessarabia
Red Star
Victory
Goebbels
France Hill
Pyle
By Henry C. Cassidy
Dnieper
Kamenets Podolsk
Buzovitsy
Izvestia
Ivan Konev
Sadagura
Prutt
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