Air raid hit German network amid heavy British strikes
AP reports RAF bombers struck targets across Germany in a major daylight raid. The attack shut down networks including Vienna area responses, with the heaviest toll claimed as 132 German bombers were destroyed. The operation aimed at Nuernberg and other sites as German warnings spread through the Reich.
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Sostin Realmere
Wasi Congress
Aid
Heen Sieenes
Prumia
Sti Frankfurt
Reich
Nuernberg
Adolf Hitler
Red Cross Drive Extended to Meet County Quota
Wouter County Red Cross war drive extends beyond tonight to raise the 23 000 goal. Doak, general chair, reports progress and calls a meeting of local workers as late contributions come in to support Red Cross war relief.
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Ed Cross
Feel County
Wouter County
Red Cross
Midwe
Msnho
Doak
Roy D
Eitizens
Peopt
Red Crows
Evans
Deak
Wiener
World War II update with heavy losses and shifting fronts
The report notes Britain losing a record number of heavy bombers in a night raid while Nazis, Soviets, and western Allies engage across multiple fronts. It mentions Hungarian and German advances near Munich, Soviet counter moves near Chernov, and naval activity near the Philippines and Carolines amid Allied aid and broader war activity.
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Hungary
Munich
Philippines
Carolines
Sparks Opposed To Federal Aid For Alabama Schools
Alabama Governor Chauncey Sparks told the Alabama Education Association that federal aid to state school systems would invite federal interference and undermine local autonomy, insisting segregation and no social equality. State Superintendent Dr. BE Norton supported federal education aid, arguing safeguards exist and noting Alabama’s share of children and wealth. Sparks cited opposition to New Deal policies and urged defense of state control over schools.
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Birmingham
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Sparks
Alabama Education Association
South
BE B Norton
Norton
Senate
Sea Lister Hull
Ala
District of Columbia
A. & M. College
Auburnum x
Hunteville
Neroan
Dix
Pete
Jeaous
Hnetory
Aguras
Tam Bo
Poe
Red Army captures Ochakaev near Odessa, Stalin announces
AP reports Premier Stalin announces Soviet forces have captured Ochakaev forty miles east of Odessa as they advance west along the Black Sea shore. In Washington Col Francis V Keensing urges public listing of 4 F draft status with star behind those in essential war jobs. In Kansas City the War Department clarifies public misgivings over information delays affecting support, noting mandatory time lags. In Nashville and Chattanooga thousands of streetcar workers strike, halting war work as drivers protest wage decisions by the War Labor Board.
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London
Black Sea
Ochakaev
Odessa
Stalin
Washington
Francis V. Keensing
Selective Service
Kansas City
War Department
Department
Army
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Chattanooga
ICC Orders Intra State Fares Raised to Interstate Level
The ICC ruled that Alabama Kentucky North Carolina and Tennessee intra state passenger fares should be increased to interstate levels. States have 20 days to admit the intra state fares or face an appropriate order. The basic coach fare in those states is about 1.45 cents per mile, 2.2 cents now guaranteed. Three commissioners disagreed, saying the decision exceeds lawful power.
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Washington
Alabama
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennesscee
Interstate Commerce Commisson
ICC
Walter M. W. Splawa
Allied air strikes hit Japanese strongholds in Carolines
Allied bombers from Southwest Pacific bases struck Truk and nearby targets on Eten Island. Woleai Island seaplane base and airdrome also attacked amid a broader offensive timed with dawn assaults on the Falau Yelands. Navy Catalinas joined the effort, with Gen. MacArthur reporting 48 Japanese planes destroyed on the ground.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Carolime Islands
Bismarck
South Pacific
Truk
Amt
Aloop
Eten Island
Atoll
Douglas MacArthur
Woleai Island
Guam
United States
Japaneas
Yetlandic
New Gulmer
Tura
Industry Woes Heard By House In 4-F Measures
Washington AP report shows a House military subcommittee examining manpower issues. It cites an estimated six million men aged 18 to 45 as potential manpower, with recommendations to force many into essential jobs under induction threat. Legislation to clamp job controls on the 4-F group is planned after the Easter recess, as the committee hears industry concerns.
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William Ff
State Guard Aids Evacuation In Mississippi Flooding
Mississippi deployed two State Guard companies to assist evacuations as flood crests revised downward but rising waters threatened roads and bridges across Alabama Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi. Five flood deaths reported. sixty six Mississippi bridges washed out. counties seek emergency funding and county boards may levy taxes to repair infrastructure.
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Associated Press
Mississippi State Guard
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Minaiaipi
Thomas L. Bailey
Mississippi
Louiaiena
Baventy
Ilawamba County
Montgomery
New Excise Rates To Yield Billion Dollars A Year
The article notes April first brings new excise taxes with Treasury estimates of about 3 billion dollars annually. Liquor levies rise sharply, beer and wine taxes increase 33 to 100 percent, and luxuries such as fur, jewelry, and club memberships see higher charges. Goods, electric lights, and telecommunication services also face hikes. The midnight date shifts for cabaret taxes to avoid calculation errors.
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Washington
Webster
Treasury
Norrow
Veteran Politician Still Favors League of Nations
On the occasion of his 70th birthday, veteran politician Governor Cox reflects on past support for the League of Nations and warns that present wartime policies demand domestic focus. He laments neglect of defenders and urges renewed national effort, comparing lessons from 1900 and World War I.
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League of Nations
Wole
James M. Cox
Ohto
The
Associated Press
Con
Zhukov Forces Cross Prut Toward Hungary and Romania
Surging across the Prut River Zhukov’s First Ukrainian Army advances toward the Carpathians and past Delatyn in the push into former Czecho Slovakia. Second Ukrainian Army under Konev holds the Prut bank, mopping up scattered German and Romanian trains as the front lines shift near the Romanian border.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Prut River
Caernowicz
Gregory K. Zhukov
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Rumania
Zhubov
Delatyn
Carpathians
Hitler
Prut
East Bank
Japs Push Toward Imphal Base as Burma Front Advances
British forces surrender Tiddim in the Chin hills near Imphal while Japanese parties push toward the Manipur plain. Auchinleck says Tidism defense remains strong as other British units advance north and south along Imphal Kohima road. Allied air forces mount a record sortie surge, and Japanese gains include damaged bridges and contested supply lines.
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Preston Grover
New Delhi
Tiddim
Chin Hills
Burma
Mitra
Imphal
Sir Claude Auchinleck
India
Mads Magest
Lord Louis Montbatten
Manipur
Auchinleck
Tropa
Maountbatten
Manipu State
Kohima
Milea
Braham-Putra
Marin Aled
Aniskan
Soalny
Tokyo Radio
Imphal-Kohima
Araken
Iadin
Joampaign
Daru River
Myithyina
Frank Merrill
Laven
Mogaung Valley
Air Operations Spotlight Fight Around Cassino
Allied and German actions drum through Cassino as ground fighting tempers with air raids. German thrusts on Anslo beachhead and near Continental line meet heavy Allied artillery and counterattacks. Casualties mount on both sides amid ongoing bombardments and renewed attacks.
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Cassino
Lynn Beinzerling
Naples
Monastery Hill
Mavere
Anslo
D. Fifth Army
Cuasino
Service Vote Bill To Become Law Without Signature
President Roosevelt informed Congress he would let the service vote bill become law without his signature though deeming it wholly inadequate for providing overseas service members a ballot. He urged cooperation to make it fully effective and asked Congress to improve protections for service members' political rights as the measure becomes law.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Rocesvalt
Ategas
Crew Of Six Plane Downed By Mistaken Identity
Washington AP British fighters shot down a US Army four engine C 54 transport over the Atlantic while protecting an Allied convoy. All six crew members aboard were killed. Captain Charles Symperwer of Arlington Virginia first officer George Edward Station of Alexandria Virginia machinist Orville V Achelts of Alexandria Virginia engineer Royce Theodore Wolliver of Alexandria Virginia navigator Beuford Herman Mann of Washington DC and co pilot Avery Bruce Merritt of Melbourne Virginia were named as victims.
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Washington
Carder
Oiz
Atlantic
War Department
Britsh Admiralty
Charles Symperwer
Arington
Firat
George Edward Station
Alexandria
Maingai
Orville V. Achelts
Alusedria
Royce Theodore Wolliver
Alexarraria
Natio Man Beuford Hermane Mann
Washington, DC
Ourer
Avery Bruce Merritt
Meleam Ve
American Ships Strike Palau Near Philippines in Test of Pacific War
Navy announced a massive carrier strike by American forces within 600 miles of the Philippines, targeting Palau as Japanese naval units fled prior to the approach. Admiral Nimitz indicated coordinated efforts with MacArthur’s Air Force, following earlier blows on Truk and other Carolines.
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Leif Erickson
U. 3
PaciFic
Truk
Palen
Teak
Japan
Ratpan
Tinian
Guam
Marianas
Adm
Nimity
Palau
Carolines
Armeda
Mariandas
Iitalea
Nesta
Nimitz
New Guinea
Caroline
Nouth-Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
United States
Southwest Pacific
Woleal
Pafau
Tuesdey
MaccArthur
South Pacific
Central Pacific
Seventh Air Force
Singapore
Marshalls
Asia
Germany
Bankhead backs Hill in Alabama Senate race endorsement
In Birmingham, Sen. John H. Bankhead endorsed Lister Hill for reelection to the Senate, praising Hill’s 20 years in Congress and voting record on farm legislation. He rejected the idea of replacing an experienced ally with an untried challenger, and cited ongoing opposition figures among Birmingham’s political factions amid the May 2 Democratic primary.
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Birmingham
Ala
John H. Bankhead
Lister Hill
Alabama
Congres
James A. Rimpcon
Hill
Bankhead
Senate
Hag
Senater
Bibb
Hii
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