Italy and Reich Hit In Massive Air Raids On Italian Airfields
Big Allied air strikes hit Grosseto and Bari in Italy using Flying Fortresses from North Africa and Liberators from the Middle East. Bombing targeted northern cities and Sicily with numerous casualties reported by Rome radio and British and American air units.
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Italy
Reich
London
North Africa
Grosseto
Rome
U. S
Middle East
Bari
Adriatic
Malta
Tunisia
Sicily
Sardinia
Mussolini
Milan
Genoa
Savona
Turin
Spezia
Alps
Britain
Germany
Switzerland
Cagliari
Fleas
Villascidre
Porto Ponte
Romana
Mediterranean
Tunisin
Peace In Europe An Editorial
A Fortune Magazine supplement proposes a six point program to establish a united Europe including defeated Germany. It calls for a European Council, a European Court, a Bill of Rights, a European police force, unified technical agencies, and a thorough reorganization of Germany. The piece argues the US must stay allied with Britain and Russia to help Europe avert future wars and promote unity.
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Europe
Germany
Fortune Magazine
Time, Life and Fortune
Fortune
European Council
United Nations
Russia
Great Britain
U. S
United Nations Alliance
Fortune Supplement
Britain
Fortune_supplement
Mid-Continent Airlines Night Schedule Change
Northbound Flight Two will shift to a 4 night schedule starting May 1. Planes arrive Sioux Falls at 12:06 a.m. and depart 12:15 a.m., then reach Yuron at 12:54 a.m. and Minneapolis at 2:46 a.m. The former schedule had morning arrivals at 11:15 a.m. and departures at 11:25 a.m.
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Sioux Falls
Mid-Continent Airlines
Yuron
Minneapolis
French Saboteurs Executed in Bern Rail Cut Case
Dispatches from Vichy report two young Frenchmen were executed in Bern for sabotage against railroads and violence toward authorities.
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Bern
Vichy
Allies Close on Salamaua Area in New Guinea Front
Allied forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur report control of hills above Mubo and patrols within six miles of Salamaua, as air units pound Japanese positions ahead of possible offensives. Burma fronts see British troops repelling a Japanese assault south of Rathedaung with heavy losses to the enemy.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Mubo Village
Salamaua
New Guinea
Nose
MacArthur
Allied
United Nations
Wau
Mubo
Burma
Archibald P. Wayvell
Rathedaung
Mayu F Peninsula
River levels fall at Huron and Ashton
The James River has dropped two tenths of a foot at Huron and Ashton since Monday and continues to fall. Meteorologist B. Br. Laskowski of the Weather Bureau notes today the depth at Huron is 12.2 feet and at Ashton 15.9 feet, down from earlier measurements.
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Huron
Ashton
James River
B. BR. Laskowski
S. Weather Bureau
Navy Secretary Sees Remote Chance of U S Air Raids
Secretary of the Navy Knox said there is always a chance of enemy nuisance air raids on the east or west coast but he considers the possibility remote. He added at a press conference that the country must assume air attack is possible and that it is not safe to ignore the threat.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
United States
Low Temperature Forecast for Huron Area
Near freezing temperatures were forecast for Huron with scattered light showers and strong winds. Meteorologist B R Laskowski said cooler, diminishing winds tonight with minimum temperatures near freezing. Snow flurries mixed with snow were reported at Mobridge but stayed above 32 degrees.
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Huron
B. R. Laskowski
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mobridge
Germans Blasted Duisburg In Heavy Night Raid
London reports Britain's largest bombers blasted Duisburg in a heavy raid described as one of the heaviest against the Reich. About 1 000 tons of bombs were dropped, 17 bombers missing, eight planes from a prior raid failed to return, and several German cities including Oberhausen and Mülheim were struck.
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London
Britain
Duisburg
Reich
Air Ministry
Cologne
Germany
Rhineland
France
Loire River
Essen
Rhine
Rhur
Stettin
Rostock
Berlin
Oberhausen
Muslheim
Accident Death Toll Surpasses War Losses
Chicago notes the National Safety Council compares U S casualties since Pearl Harbor. Armed forces totals 78 235 with 12 123 dead 15 049 wounded and 51 003 missing or prisoners. American workers suffer 64 500 dead and 6 000 000 injured on or off the job.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Office of War Information
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Canadians Subscribe Fourth Victory Loan
Canadians subscribed 68,295,750 on the first day of Canada’s fourth victory loan campaign. The amount tops the 52,614,500 subscribed on the first day of the third victory loan, according to national headquarters.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
War Today Severs Polish Ties Strains Postwar Plans
The War Today reports Soviet Russia has cut relations with the Polish government in exile, accusing Poles of murdering 10 000 Polish officers blamed on Hitler. Moscow says Germans killed them and claims the Polish campaign aimed to win territorial concessions. The issue affects postwar conference talks and Finland’s wavering stance. Territorial adjustments loom as central to the dispute.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Russia
Washington
Finland
Moscow
Hitler
Hastile
Lish
Coal Strikes Threaten Tieup Across Nation
More than 50 mines shut down as a nationwide soft coal walkout grows, with about 26 000 idle miners by midday. The War Labor Board urges patriotism to keep production continuous while districts in Pennsylvania Kentucky and Alabama report significant idling. UMW leaders remain firm on wage dispute stance amid telegrams urging negotiators.
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Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Unlucky Number Of Raids On Japs
Army bombers ended a four day drop in raids on Kiska Island by striking the enemy base 13 times Sunday. Heavy bombers also hit Attu Runway as Japanese effort to build air bases on Attu and Kiska faced renewed scrutiny. Secretary Knox cautioned about possible uses of Aleutian positions for west coast raids, though such an operation seemed unlikely.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Navy
Commounique
Attu Island
Kiska
Attu
Knox
Remo
Andersons First Army Leads Drive in Tunisian Front
Allied forces pressed toward Moteur 18 miles southwest of Bizerte as Gen Eisenhower’s HQ reports progress on the Tunisian front. American troops push three miles east of Sidi N'Sir and about 106 miles southwest of Mateur as Lieut. Gen. Anderson’s British First Army breaches the German outer mountain line.
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Moteur
Bizerte
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mateur
Sidi N’sir
A. N. Anderson
Air War and War Developments Across Europe and Pacific
RAF conducts a massive raid on Duisburg dropping at least 1000 tons of bombs while 17 aircraft are listed as missing. US heavy bombers hit Bari Italy as Allied actions intensify across occupied Europe and the Pacific.
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Duisburg
Germany
U.S
Bari
Italy
Adriatic
Poland
London
U. S. Econamin Warfare Board
Europe
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Mu~ Bo
Salamaua
New Guinea
United Nations
New Britain
Allied drive nears Tunis as tanks topple in two day battle
Allied forces pushed toward Tunis and Bizerte with a two day engagement that destroyed 80 German tanks. U S Second Corps rear guards retreated under pressure while German minefields slowed progress through the valley west of Lake Achkel. Frontline reports said Jürgen von Arnim's exhausted forces showed signs of strain as fighting continued along the Medjez-El-Bab sector.
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Toum
Tunis
Meedjez-E-Bab
Tebourba
U. S
Second Corps
Coluny
Lake Achkel
Bizerte
Tunis-Bizerte Zence
Tha
Tunisian-Pont du Fahs
Medjez-El-Baly
Jurgen von Arnim
First Army
House Committee Backs Reciprocal Trade Pact and Rejects GOP Amendments
The House ways and means committee voted 14 to 1 to approve the administration reciprocal trade pact program with one GOP change limiting suspensions to evidence of cartel dealings. Democrats rejected Republican amendments seeking Congress veto power, import price caps, two year limits, and court appeals, while noting Texas cattle industry concerns.
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Tom Reedy
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Knutson
Minnesota
Rep. West
Texas
West
State Department
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