Allied Air Fleets Readied After Philippine Raid
United States Army Headquarters in Australia reports that 110 tons of bombs were dropped in a two day raid from a hidden base in the Philippines. Twelve planes ferried 44 passengers back to Australia, with 10 crewmen from a fortress bomber and 34 army personnel evacuated. Royce praised morale and food supplies as Australian fighter planes shot down two Japanese planes.
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C. Yates McDaniel
United States Army
Australia
Ralph Royce
United States
Philippines
Royce
John Curtin
Japan
Cebu
Mindanao
Luzon
Koepang
Timor
Rabaul
New Britain
Royal Australian Air Force
Hoye
Burns
MacArthur Command
Rush Linchin
George H. Brett
Southwest Pacific
John Hubert Davies
Piedmont
Calif
Frank P. Bostrom
Maine
Sea Air Fleet
Pace Two
Associated Press
Douglas
MacArthur
John A. Beasley
U. S
Hoepang
Dutch Timor
Burma
Minhla
Min- Su
Rangoon
Filers
Mandalay
Irrawaddy River
Veteran Newsman Noyes Dies After Illness
Washington April reports associate editor Newbold Noyes of the Star and ex president of the North American Newspaper Alliance died at 5 this morning after an extended illness. Noyes helped organize the alliance and was a prominent figure in journalism.
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Washington
Newbold
Noyes
the Star
North American Newspaper Alliance
Fighting Nations Have More Than Twenty Million Under Arms
A wartime roundup reports nations at war exceeding twenty million troops under arms, with potential totals up to thirty million. U.S. plans aim for 3.8 million by war's end, including up to one million in the air force, while Britain, Russia, China, Germany, and other nations show diverse forces and divisions.
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America
Washington
United States
U. S
War Department
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
China
Moany
Fungary
Finland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Japan
Italy
Oor Bat Sea
Russians Claim Heavy Destruction of German Planes
Major Nikolai Krainov, aviation authority of Izvestia, said Russian forces destroyed over 2,000 German planes in March and more than 500 in the first ten days of April. He asserted German air superiority is impossible while the Red Air Force downs hundreds and British strikes hamper Nazi plants.
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Bubysacv
Russe
Nikolai Krainev
Izvestia
Krainer
Red
War Today Preview of Pacific Airstrike By MacArthur
The article reviews General MacArthur's airborne operations against Philippine bases and the impact on Allied morale, praising a long range strike that marks a major achievement in the battle of the Pacific. It emphasizes the commander’s offensive pledge and the strategic significance of the raid.
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MacArthur
In-chiet
Battle of
the Pas
Sam
MacKenzie
Shape Bill To Freeze Open And Closed Shops
The Senate labor committee moved to revise and offer a Ball bill in the Senate to freeze open and closed shops and stabilize wages in war industries without altering the 40 hour week. The panel rejected a substitute to the House’s more drastic plan, while House naval committee action on Vinson’s 48 hour week with pay and shop protections continued. Taft and Ball aimed to push a compromise that freezes current war industry wages with cost of living adjustments and requires approval for government contracts and officer salaries above 5000 yearly. The plan preserves the 40 hour week, sets up mediation via the War Labor Board, and forms a final arbitration board. Comments from Ball and Taft emphasized seeking a reasonable war labor policy amid broader appropriations battles See CONGRESS-Page Two.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Ball
Minnesota
Hill
Alabama
Rep. Smith
Virginia
House
Rep
Vinson
Georgia
Taft
Ohio
War Labor Board
Labor Commission
Final Board of Arbitration
Congress
Jap Bombs Sink U S Minesweeper Finch
The navy reports that Japanese bombs near Corregidor sank the U S Minesweeper Finch, a 840 ton WWI era vessel. No personnel were lost. The Finch marks the fifth naval loss in Manila Bay since the war began and the 30th ship overall announced lost from various causes to date.
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Washington
Navy
Corregidor
U. S
Finch
Manila Bay
Americans Urged To Leave France As Crisis Grows
Reports from Paris describe mass protests against Nazi collaboration as Pierre Laval forms a new Vichy government with himself as chief of the government. US consular officials urge Americans to depart unoccupied France while Belgium faces curfews and executions amid rising tensions in the region.
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Roger D. Gheene
Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Pierre Laval
France
Reich
Bern
Switzerland
Belgium
Vichy Dispatch
Vichy
Adolf Hitler
U. S
Henry Haye
State Department
Hitler
United States
Welles
Huronian Arrives Safely At Sydney
Lyle C Himmel, formerly of Huron and long time U S consulate staffer, has reached Sydney Australia where he serves as a vice consul The State Department notified his parents Mr and Mrs J A Himmel of McAllen Texas of his safe arrival The journey from the United States began in January lasting about ten months and was reported to C E Barkl president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Huron Himmel is a stockholder in the local bank
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Lyle C. Himmel
Huron
U. S
Sydney
Australia
C. E. Barkl
Farmers & Merchants Bank
J. A. Himme
Jap bombardment at Corregidor continues amid battles
The War Department reports Corregidor’s guns hit troop concentrations and truck columns on the Batangas Peninsula while ammo dumps were blown up. Japanese casualties are believed numerous. Fighting rages on Cebu and Corregidor, which has endured 65 raids since April with minimal damage and steady troop morale.
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Washington
War Department
Corregidor
Philippines
Batasa Peninsula
Cebu
Gorregidor
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippine
Fortress Island
Manila Bay
Halladay Arid Bushfield Charged With Purging Deaf Staff
Rapid City April 16 charges claim a purge of royal and faithful employees at the state school for the deaf in Sioux Falls by the state board of charities and corrections continues. James K Laughlin, president of the South Dakota Association of the Deaf, says the attack targets J F Halladay in Iroquois and stems from complaints from deaf residents after E Ivan Curtis learned his teaching contract would not be renewed. Curtis had been the school's only deaf academic teacher for seven years.
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Rapid City
State School For the Deaf
Sioux Falls
State Board of Charities, and Corrections
James K. Laughlin
South Dakota Association of the Deaf
J. F. Halladay
Laughlin
E. Ivan Curtis
Curtis
French Invasion Coast Bombarded by Hundreds of Planes
Allied air forces launched a major daylight attack on the German occupation coast as hundreds of British fighters crossed the Channel. A separate report claimed 40 German soldiers died in a train derailment in occupied France, possibly sabotage linked to Pierre Laval’s return to government. The Kentish coast reported intensified aerial thunder over the Channel, echoing a past surge of Nazi raids.
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Associated Press
English Channel
RAF
France
United States
Pierre Laval
Kentish
England
Channel
British Isles
House Approves Bill to Create Women’s Navy Auxiliary
Legislation to form a women’s auxiliary reserve in the navy to release thousands of men for sea service moves forward as it awaits Senate action and potential army auxiliary involvement.
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House
Senate & Seaate & Ore Army
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