Japanese Renew Threat Of Death For U S Airmen
The Associated Press reports a Berlin radio dispatch from Tokyo warning that Japan will severely punish captured American airmen who commit cruel acts. Tomokazu Hori, spokesman for Japan's cabinet board, denied mistreatment of fliers and rejected the claim.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Tokyo
Nota
United States
Manchukuo
Jen
Rex Thia
Tokyo Radio
Tomokazu Hori
Cabinet Board of Information
Japan Red
Japan
Allied airmen vow to raid Japan again soon
Major General James H. Doolittle, leader of the Tokyo raid last April, says American flyers remain undaunted by Japan's challenge. He and his crew aim for another strike over Japan, declaring they will hit targets and honor those killed, with bombs and resolve to spare Emperor Hirohito’s palace only if it is a military objective.
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North Africa
America
Japan
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Doolittle
Houston Bond Drive Reaches 725000 in Campaign Push
Houston County's War Loan drive has reached about 725000 through yesterday, with final target set near 881000. Co-Chairman Flowers and Frank P. Samford urge continued contributions as volunteers pledge an extra ten percent to buy two bombers and support U S war efforts.
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Houston County
Yaterday
As Flowers
Epphasia
Frank P. Samford
Cutrman
War Finance Advery Committee
Birmingham
Qyda Lovern
War Bevings Star
Bamford
Loeda
Tokyo
Clarion
Samford
U.S
Dothan
Houston
Fortified Takrouna Reported Taken by British Forces
The World Today notes Allied forces led by the Eighth Army after 36 hours of combat have seized Takrouna. From northwest reaches, heavy fighting and advances precede the staged deployment of transport planes and fighters under General Doolittle’s command, signaling a new phase in operations.
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Tunisa
Takrouna
McTfic
Doolittle
Pristice T U
Flere
OPA Sets Ceiling on All Meals in Eating Places
The regional Office of Price Administration ordered ceilings on all meals and food items in eating and drinking places in the southeast effective April 24. Restaurants hotels cafes delis and similar venues must charge no more than the highest price for each item during the base week. Exemptions apply to bona fide clubs religious organizations hospital meals and certain travel services. Separate ceilings apply to weekday and Sunday meals with limits on condiments and portions.
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OPA
Atlanta
Office of Price Administration
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Virginia
Alabama
James G. Derieux
Delicates Senatores
Cuatemera
City Asked To Seek Money Spent At Field
W Perry Calhoun, county Board member and sponsor, proposes a resolution asking repayment of funds spent by the city and county to purchase Napier Field land. The joint buy was leased to the War Department for eight years with an option to purchase, the land term totaling 153.08. Both governments shared the cost equally.
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W. Perry Calhoun
County Board of Revenue
Napier Field
Todey
Nepler Field
War Department
Boars
Battle Looms Over Tax Skip Bill In House May 3
Washington AP reports the House Ways and Means Committee failed to approve a pay-as-you-go tax bill. Democrats planned to push 1941 rate exemptions for 1942 income with a 20 percent withholding as collection. A new session will seek to vote May 3 on the measure amid Republican opposition and a substitute bill.
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New Battle
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-N. C
Sparks Proposes New Draft Chief for Alabama
Gov Chauncey Sparks proposes Major James T Johnson Jr as director of Alabama Selective Service after separating the Adjutant General’s office from the draft unit. Sparks asks General Hershey to approve Johnson’s appointment while offering General Ben M Smith the Adjutant General post.
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Hershey
Adjutant General
Selective Service
Alabama
Smith
James T Jonnson, Jr
Sparks
Yugoslav Guerrilla War Expands With Planes Tanks
AP dispatch from Budapest cites a Zagreb report via Magyar Nemzet claiming Yugoslav guerrillas under Gen Mihailovic wage full scale war against Axis troops in western Serbia and Bosnia in rugged uplands near the Adriatic. The report notes Axis actions to safeguard the continent, with Italian and German forces engaged and casualties and missing listed for the area last month.
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Frank Brutto
Bern
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Aus
Adriatic
Budapest
Zegreb
Magyar Nemyet
Bosnia and
Hercegovina
Serbia
Laraja Mihailovic
U S Forces Occupy Ellice Island Group in South Pacific
Washington reports United States forces have occupied the Ellice Islands in the South Pacific following a Japanese bombing raid on American installations. The nine atolls, including Funafuti, lie about 1,300 miles east of the Solomon Islands. Navy spokesmen said the occupation was unopposed with light American casualties and minor damage from the raid.
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Washington
Ellice
South Pacific
United States
Navy
Solomon Islands
Australia
Mndlergland
Funafuti
Ita
Desire & Lagoon Navel
Tiwan
Cottonwood Ashford Bond Rallies Slated Tonight and Saturday
Houston County hosts bond rallies in Cottonwood and Ashford with events tonight at the Cottonwood high school and Saturday at the Ashford Living Club. The Cottonwood program features the Marianna Air Band directed by Roy Drighera, plus speakers from the Victory Fund Committee and War Savings Staff, and Captain Joseph D Di Leo of the Marianna Airbase. Other speakers include W D Malone, district chairman.
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Houston
Hign Acieul Sudatorium
Cottenwood
Aciork
Ashford
Ashford Livens
Cottonwood
Marianna
Roy Drighera
Victory Fund Committee
War Savings Staff
Joseph D di Leo
D Malone
Victory Fund
Ture
Navy chief cites error in Truman report on shipbuilding
Secretary Knox says there was an obvious error in the Truman Senate Committee report and that total Allied ship construction in 1348 actually exceeded earlier estimates. The Associated Press reports the claim amid wartime industrial updates and political maneuvering.
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Washington (Ap
Knox
Wholesale Gambling and Vice Revealed in Georgia Prison
An AP report outlines prison disorder at Georgia’s Model Penitentiary before a takeover by 25 prisoners. A Legislative Committee found serious vice, food manipulation, and inmate intimidation, noting a new warden inherited ongoing issues. Eight fugitives remain at large, including Leland Harvey and Forrest Turner.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Piney Woods
Legislative Committee
Ea Cape
Leland Harvey
Forrest Turner
Claude Pittman
H H du Vall
Part Of U. S. Quits Finland
The main body of the U S legation staff left Helsinki by air for Stockholm in the afternoon. Charge d affaires Robert Milla McClintock remained in Halavik. Minister H F Schoenfeld and Jeff returned to Washington last December and left no explanation. German radio reports and censoring added to the tension, with families accompanying departures.
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Helsinki
Finland
United States
Legation
Finflat
Stockholm
Robert Milla McClintock
Halavik
H. FF
Arthur Schoenfeld
Jeff Have
Washington
London
Sweden
Lanto
Ture
WMC Sees Little Hope Of Easing Job-Wage Order
War Manpower Commission officials say loosening McNutt's job wage order hinges on Roosevelt's inflation policy. They argue only a broadening of the definition of impermissible job shifts or blanket release authority to WMC offices could modify the rule. Labor leaders cite objections to the directive rather than the policy’s aim.
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WMC
Charles Molony Washington
War Manpower Commission
Paul. McNutt
Roosevelt
Rewin
McWatt
AFL
CIO
Willam Grean
Cio-United Auto Workers’ Executive Board
Ware
McNutt
U B
Alabama Medical Association Elects New Officers
In Birmingham Dr Bred Wilieraon was elected to lead the State Medical Association for the coming year at the three day convention. He succeeds Dr H Searcy of Tuscaloosa with W Hil McCoglen Upton Springs and Dr Bob McNeese Fayette named vice presidents. Other officers include Dr Frefich Craddock Sylacauga and De C A Thigpen Montgomery as members of the State Board of Cancer. Secretary-treasurer Lr Douglas L Canhon Mont Rownery and State health officer Dr B B K Austin were reelected. Mrs Day Coyle Birmingham named president of the women's auxiliary and Mrs E V Caldwell Fruntevillle chosen president of the Mentelelecte.
Damage To Nazi Warplants Seen As Offsetting Loss Of Planes
Washington AP reports that American daylight bombing of Nazi war industry from Arctic bases is expected to continue despite British misgivings. The Bremen raid figures show 16 heavy bombers lost but 85 of about 160 interceptor planes shot from action, with 63 destroyed, underscoring perceived strategic value and defensive strength of the big planes.
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Birkel
Somison Washington
Aritien
Wer
Patterson
Bremen
Washington
Shipa al
Foche Wulf
Bremen Te Me
Germans Reinforce Kuban Land Armies In Crimea Air Push
Moscow dispatch says Nazi land forces in the Kuban have been reinforced with hundreds more planes shifted to the Crimea for the northern Caucasus drive. Despite heavy attacks the Soviet lines held, with German attempts near Donets and Don River repelled. Reinforcements from Novorossiysk to the Sea of Azov, including Romanian troops, are reported, but Soviet defenses remain strong.
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Endy Gilmore
Moscow
Kuban
Crimea
Nnes
Ried Star
Chuguev
Donate River
Novorosalsk
Sea
Aros
Macon Law Officers Face Federal Trial
Federal grand jury in Montgomery returns three indictments against Macon County Alabama officials Sheriff Vawio Eugene Evans and Deputy Henry Franklin Feucett for brutality toward prisoners. The case centers on a Negro convict allegedly killed during arrest, named Walter Gunn, and includes charges under the Civil Rights Statute with abuse and##
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Washington
Vawio Eugene Evans
Henry Franklin Feucett
Macon County
Alabama
Montgomery
Sla
Ajatame
Wendell Berge
Justicepartments Criminal Division
United States
Edward Rune Parker
Justice Department
Meynard Smith
Cairo
Lilies Ven Blaine
United
Onda
Allies Down 20 German Transports Over Tunisian Front
Allied air and ground forces in North Africa claim a decisive strike against German transports near Tunisia. Twenty large carriers were shot down in under ten minutes as Kittyhawks and Spitfires destroyed the حمل cargo ships while ground forces under Gen Anderson and Gen Montgomery pressed from Enfidaville toward Bou Ficha. The battle followed a sequence of heavy engagements across the Medjez-El-Bah and Bou Arade sectors with airfields and harbor facilities targeted to disrupt Rommel's supply lines.
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Wen
Gulf of Tunta
Peld
Erwin Rommel
Tomala
Tsing
Attoke
Transporta
Gulf
Tunia
KA W Anderson
Goubellat
Bey Arade
Medjez-El-Rab
Grand Dorsa
Rommel
Wass
Bernard Montgomery
En Fudavista
Takrouna
Enfideville
Strategie Zaghouan
Tunis
Conata
Maiz
Enfidaville
Bou Ficha
High Command
Anderson
Bou Arade
Medjez-El-Bah
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Carloforte
Sardinia
Hivarte
Wee
Tunian
Dunkerque
Xth
First Army
Piners
Axte
Harold Alexander
Whale Aimy
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NEA
James H Doolittle
Hornet
Chine
U. S
Hermin Radio
Adolf Hier
Br Dowph Tho
Duppett
Siosakia
Membrana
Tis Cabinet
Walmington
Feken
NEW York
John L.ewis
United Vine Workers
Fee Arnall
Germany
Alabama Medical Close Convention
Macon Law
Eighth
Firat
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