Army Navy Planes Pound Truk Atoll
Army and Navy bombers pounded Truk Atoll including Moen Dubjem Ulu Igup and nearby islands in two raids Thursday and Friday. Liberators struck an Aly strip starting fires near Bearby Gries while search planes hit Mortals wing two on Friday. Four small islands were destroyed and four damaged in the strike.
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Washington
Army
Trukate
Hal! Islands
Heid Mariensag
Navy
Aly Strip
Moen
Dubjem Islands
Truk Atoll
Ulu Island
Igup
Muriie
Ruo
Hali Lelands
Truk
Mort Als Wing
Fridev
Allied air raid destroys Sabang and Sumatra targets
Allied bombing by British and American forces hit Sabang and Sumatra airfields and installations. Diversionary raid on Port Blair preceded strikes by Liberator bombers from India. The attack, led by Admiral Sir James Somerville, destroyed aircraft and oil facilities, with fires observed hours later and casualties including a downed American pilot.
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U.S
Sabang
Weeff
Sumatra
Lbomga Airfield
Teas
Port Mair
Andaman Islands
U. S.- Beitteh
Ender Aloo
Bueces
James Somerville
Somerville
Andaman
Sahang
Shanga
Gan
Wisconsin Senator LaFollette Opposes Peace Resolution
The passage notes a plan to link fee legislation with the executive on peace issues. LaFollette stands as the sole notable opponent to the joint Senate resolution backing international peace preservation machinery, after serving on the Ren Haison subcommittee that drafted last winter's pledge of American cooperation.
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Fee
Peice
Senate
LaFollette
Ren Haison
Invasion News Bureau Plans and War Updates
A centralized news office near London will coordinate Allied invasion reporting. Correspondents will be guided by military and civilian information officers to speed transmissions and pool dispatches for major outlets to reduce jamming. A Hellcat fighter, pilot Stiff Date Christian Klabn of Laramie, Wyoming, covered the rescue scene for nine minutes.
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OWI
Healy
OWL
Bat
America
Rome
AZ Hellcat Fliera
Piiot
Christian
Klondike
Rejected Finnish Armistice Terms Stir Talk of War
The note proposes reciprocal repatriation of Russian and Allied prisoners, 50 percent Finnish demobilization, a 600 million indemnity over five years, and return of Petsamo to Russia. It claims Finland’s independence ended with German troop entry and accuses Finland of subjection to Hitlerite Germany. Finland’s leadership considers Germany may still win and explores a possible war-ending compromise.
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Russia
Hango
Vishingsky
United State
Britain
Finland
Fushinsky
Germany
Stockholm
Edwin Linkimles
Thia
Aome
General Staff
Hitler
Yaroolava
Alsatiane
Mediterranean
Marshall Islands raids and air strikes widen US control
American forces cap twenty Marshall atolls including Eniwetok and Kwajalein while four Japanese positions hold in Aur, Jaluit area. Caro group attacked by Central Pacific air forces with pre-dawn bombings on Truk. Ponape airfields hit as 67 tons of explosives dropped by Army Navy and Marine airmen target shore positions and airstrips amid anti-aircraft fire.
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Mill
Marshall Atolls
Eniwetok
Kwajalain
Marshall
Aur End Jaluit
Navy
Erlinb
Aur
United States
Caroline Islands
Dublow
Moen
Elen
Mesegon Islands
Truk Atoll
Truk
Ponape Island
Ulul
Ponape
Marshalls
Editors Hear War Reports at Two Day Conference
The 250 editors concluded their two day conference with a banquet where Knight was installed as president succeeding Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star. Admiral King and Gen Marshall addressed the group via off the record sessions while Secretary Hull joined discussions. Resolutions defended press freedom, criticized labor contract clauses, and urged rapid, clear war news with American censorship where needed. Foreign correspondents received congratulations for their coverage of the war.
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Hull
Buenos Aires
la Necion
la Prensa
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Great Britain
Alfred A. Kirchhofer
The
Buffalo Evening News
India Burma front shapes Manipur and Ledo Road front
The report outlines Allied advances along the Manipur road toward the Ledo front with a focus on airlift over the hump to China and a potential Salween offensive. It notes Lt Gen Joseph W. Stilwell and Chinese Fifth Army preparations for a broader push to reopen Burma Road and threaten Japanese positions.
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Unis Theater
Bere
Aparlour
India- Burma
Ime
Webolés
Burma
Airdorpe
Mys
Mandalay-Mjitejina
Automobils
Manipur
Nvkima
Upper
Japan
China
Ag Jong
Anzio Operation Shows Groundwork for Allied Advantage
The article argues that the Anzio campaign illustrates that the initial assault is less decisive than follow up. Allied bombardment targets German war material while air campaigns press shortages in German oil and supplies. It notes Allied superiority in material flow and emphasizes broader strategic bombing beyond World War I coverage.
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Initiel
Battefield
Russian Drive Falters as Soviet Troops Reach Pripyat Marshes
Fragmented dispatches describe Russian attempts near Narva and Stanialawow stalled, with hundreds dead on both sides. Reports claim German losses in the 200 to 300 range as Soviet naval units strike Sevastopol and push toward the Crimean front, while observers anticipate synchronized Anglo American and Soviet offensives along Berlin’s routes.
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Freas
Narva
Estonia
Stanialawow
Old Poland
Savastopol
Sg Barge & Petrocuter
Bick Lee ‘Berns
Martie Halensisben
Red Army
Dniestr
Pripyat
Ukraine
Germany
Berlin
Dimitri Nekolaev
Red Fleet
Moscow
Crimean
Sevastopol
Withholding change eyed to ease tax burden for many
A streamlining bill proposes a shortcut for about 30 million taxpayers this year. Those earning up to $5,000 and with more than 100 from notices could file a withholding receipt instead of a regular return, listing dependents and any other income. The collector would compute the tax and address underpayment or refund.
Campaigns and bombing drive in World War II rail network
Months after the landings the Allies wage a major campaign with a new bombing assault on northwest European railroad arteries. Germany would be critically dependent on these routes to oppose a protracted offensive, regardless of rear-supply levels.
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