Bombers To Boost Bond Sales Near 11 Billion Mark
Washington reports war bond sales in the 13 600 000 second loan reached 11 322 000 000 by last night. Morgenthau notes West Coast lagging despite closeness to the front. Ninth District sales exceed 100 000 000, with Montana and South Dakota contributing large amounts and 500 000 buyers signed up districtwide.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
West Coast
12Th
Federal Reserve District
San Francisco
Ninth District
Minneapolis
Northwest
Ninth
Federal Reserve
Attata
Roosevelt
Tokyo
South Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Michigan Peninsula
Foss Homecoming Set For May 4
Capt Joe Foss Marine ace credited with 26 downed Japanese planes will make his first hometown appearance in Sioux Falls on May 4. Senator Gurney announced a nationwide tour plan with Foss visiting Long Island factories before the Sioux Falls event to honor his widowed mother Mary Lacey Foss.
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Sioux Falls
Joe Foss
Senator Gurney
South Dakota
Marine Corps Headquarters
Foss
Guadalcanal
Gurney
Navy
Frank Krox
Mary Lacey Foss
Long Island
N. Y
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Former Governor Loren Dickinson Dies at 84
Former Governor Loren D. Dickinson died at his farm home near Charlotte Michigan at age 84 after suffering a heart attack yesterday. He previously led the state and remained a public figure in retirement.
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Charlotte, Mich
Loren D. Dickinson
Here
British Advance Holds Off Heaviest German Counterattacks
Allied communiqué reports the British First and Eighth Armies repelling three major counterattacks near the Tunis Bizerte defense zone. German forces reportedly hurled 69 to 80 tanks and infantry battalions at Medjez El Bab and were forced to withdraw with heavy losses.
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Hoger Greene
Associated Press
Dwight D.eienhowers
Tunis- Bizerte
Medjéz-El-Bab
Medjez- El-Bab
Tunis
Eighth Army
Welsh Heads Eighth District Farm Credit Bank
M E Welsh jr vice president of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha was elected president of the Eighth District Federal Intermediate Credit Bank at the district board meeting. The appointment takes effect May 1 pending approval by Governor Black of the National Farm Credit Administration, who had rejected a prior candidate. Welsh has served FCA since 1934 including roles as regional manager and secretary of the Federal Land Bank.
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Omaha
M. E. Welsh, Jr
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Eighth District Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
C. A. Stewart
Eighth Farm Credit District Board of Directors
A. G. Black
National Farm Credit Administration
Charles McCumsey
Intermediate Credit Bank
McCumsey
Welsh
Black
FCA
Omaha Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
Federal Land Bank
U S Plane Production May Reach 7000 This Month Says Nelson
Donald M. Nelson, head of the War Production Board, says U S airplane output likely will hit 7000 planes this month or come close. He lauded newspapers for aiding the scrap drive and noted Hitler miscalculated America’s industrial capacity. Patterson had last reported February output figures. Letters from Henry Morgenthau Jr. in a telegram praised the press’s role.
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Nelson
New York
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
United States
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Adolf Hitler
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Pele
Pade Hen
Henry M.igenthau, Jr
World War II Air War News Across The Fronts
Summary of Allied and Axis air campaigns with high tensions between the United States and Japan over retaliatory bombings on Tokyo. Churchill warns of German gas use on the Russian front and promises reprisals. Reporting on Aberdeen casualties, Naples bombardment, and Soviet long range strikes toward Tilsit. MacArthur’s airmen attack ten Japanese bases near Australia as fighting continues across Caucasus and Pacific theaters.
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Japan
Tokyo
Arnold
U. S
Pacific
London
Churchill
Hitler
Germany
Aberdeen
RAF
Naples
Tilsit
East Prussia
Russia
Caucasus
Southwest
MacArthur
Australia
Olson Named to Beadle County Draft Board
Governor M Q Sharpe appoints William H Olson city treasurer of Huron to Beadle County draft board succeeding Carl E Voigt who resigned to join Northwest Bancorporation in Minneapolis. Olson accepts. board also includes Fred D Greene as chairman and John H Foasberg.
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William H. Olson
M. Q. Sharpe
Beadie County Selective Service
Carl E. Voigt
Voigt
Minneapolis
Northwest Bancorporation
Olson
Huron
City National Bank
Wisconsin
Kansas Avenue Southeast
Fred D. Greene
John H. Foasberg
British Praise U S Liberty Transports In Med
A Reuters correspondent with the British fleet in the Mediterranean reports United States Liberty ships are now “two a penny” in the theater. The ships, laden with tanks guns and planes and crowded with American soldiers, are moving toward North African ports in increasing numbers and doing a fine job.
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London
Apri
United States
Mediterranean
Reuters
North African
U S Fliers Target Japanese Warlords in Pacific Fight
In a Pacific air war appeal Gen Henry Arnold urged destruction of Japanese warlords for killings of American fliers. Roosevelt praised swift justice for executions amid warnings to Japan that Geneva Convention violations will be punished. A note through Swiss channels affirmed pursuit of those responsible and threats of action against future breaches. See JAPS-Page Six today on a draft exemption proposal for fathers in 1943.
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Washington
America
Pacific
Henry H. Arnold
Arnold
Roosevelt
Japan
Mme
Chiang Kai Shek
United Nations
White House
United States
Brave Men, Brave Men Tales From Tunisia by Ernie Pyle
Report by Ernie Pyle from Tunisia praising American troops in their first large operation. He notes bravery amid inexperience and says the Infantry Division performed nobly, with wide praise from both sides. Mentions a high British officer remarking on the battle.
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Tunisia
Ernie Pyle
Bombers to Swoop Over Huron in War Bond Demonstrations
The Pierre area plans two 45 minute war bond demonstration flights Saturday over Huron to showcase loans of 18 75 each. Major Gibson Wolfe will command the planes from Picrre Army Air Base with a 11 am and 4 pm flight, arranged by L C Patterson Beadle County war loan chairman. Individual purchases drive county quotas. Local bond efforts continue with house to house pledges. Beadle County plant purchases total 25000 from Armour Packing M E Barnes says. International Harvester and Fairmont Creamery contribute to the drive as post office workers pledge 67 25 bonds plus payroll deductions.
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Huron
Pierze Army Air Base
Gibson Wolfe
Uncle Sam
L. C. Patterson
Beadle County
Pigrre Army Air Base
Wolfe
Patterson
United States
Charles E. Barks
Armour Packing Company
Frm
Employe Pension Fund
M. E. Barnes
International Harvester Company
Threats of executing Allied airmen broadcast from Tokyo
Readings of Tokyo propaganda broadcasts warned that Japanese would execute every Yankee flier captured and prevent a repetition of the Allied air incident on Japan. An English broadcast recorded by the FCC urged Americans not to forget and to ensure each flying route pilot has a one way ticket.
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United States
Japan
Tokyo
America
Federal Communications Commission
Hell
Wrecked Plane Piloted By Harmon Found
PARAMARIBO Dutch Guiana April 21 The wrecked army plane piloted by Lieut Thomas Harmon former University of Michigan All American football star parachuted to safety on April 8 and was located in the jungles of French Guiana United States army legal quarters announced no other survivor had been located yet Six of the crew were aboard the aircraft.
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Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Thomas Harmon
University of Michigan
Gafety
French Guiana
United States
Saie
Poultry Prices Revised By OPA In Price Cut Campaign
The Office of Price Administration unveiled new country wide poultry price limits and budgeted a campaign to curb the black market. Prices for drawn and quick frozen eviscerated poultry drop by 1 to 10 cents per pound while quick frozen eviscerated brewers and fryers rise 1 2 percent to two cents. The shift to country point costs replaces the delivery based system, with New York wholesalers set at 35 cents per pound for grade A dressed broilers and related items, guiding wholesale and retail markups to comply with the new country prices.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
New York
Allies Sink At Least Half Axis Shipping In Med
Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson told a press conference that allied air and naval forces in North Africa have destroyed at least 50 percent of Axis shipping. He cited Eisenhower reports noting the dislocation of Axis supply lines and the enemy’s push to replace losses with concentrated transport aircraft.
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Washington
North Africa
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill Vows Gas Reprisals Against Germany
London reports that Churchill warned of immediate reprisals against German military targets if poison gas is used by Germany or its allies. The British government and BBC alerted the German public, while gas mask checks increased as officials cited multiple sources confirming gas deployment fears on the Russian front.
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London
Hitler
Germany
Churchill
Downing Street
Mmory of Information
British Broadcasting Company
United Nations
Berlin
Associated Press
Herbert Morrison
Home Security
Therm
Foreign Office
Crimea
Tass
Huron CAP Squadron Receives Permanent Officer Commissions
The Huron Civil Air Patrol squadron has five officers granted permanent commissions. New officers include 1st Lt Ray A. Stratton as communications officer and 1st Lt Kenneth E. Neville as squadron commander, with other 2nd lieutenants serving as staff in intelligence, communications, and supply roles. About 20 squadron members completed a raw telephony course and earned FCC operator licenses. Lieut Neville now oversees further commission decisions and upcoming appointments. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday evening under Lieut Fath.
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Huron
Civil Air Patrol
Ray A. Stratton
Ataff
Kenneth E. Neville
Horace O. Fath
Wendell ©. Danmeier
G R Leighton
Federal Communications Commission
Lieut
Neville
Fath
War Today condemns Jap barbarism in airmen executions
The War Today argues that Japan and the Axis must surrender unconditionally after reporting barbaric executions of American airmen. It links such atrocity to broader war crimes from Nanking to Hong Kong and asserts justice will follow, as President Roosevelt promised.
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