Lashio Falls to Japanese Drive in Burma Crisis
Japanese troops capture Lashio, the Burma gateway to China, after a four day 178 mile advance threatening the Allied Burma defense. Chinese and British reports say fighting continues as Stilwell commands Chinese forces near Lashio and air power racks up Allied victories in New Guinea and Timor.
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Iay
Associated Press
Lashio
China
Burma
Chines
Joseph W. Stilwell
Les
Mancalay
Far Pa Cac
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Tigers
Burma-Yunnan
AVG
Mandalay
Beig
India
Irrawaddy River
Lashia-to-China
Tornado kills thirteen in Decatur County Kansas
A tornado ripped through a rural area of Decatur County near Oberlin Kansas injuring 25 and killing 13. Livestock were slaughtered and farm buildings leveled along a half mile wide path. One victim, Mrs Date Paddock, was found on a creek bank with severe injuries. Oberlin lies in northwest Kansas near the Nebraska border.
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Oberlin
Kan
Decatur County
Date
Kansas
Nebraska
U S envoy says aid to Russia restored after wartime dip
United States ambassador Admiral William H. Standley told reporters in Kuibyshev that American supply flows to Russia are "pretty well up to our commitments." He noted the volume had rebounded after a temporary drop tied to the Pacific war outbreak.
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Russia
Kuibyshev
United States
William H. Standley
Pacific
Survey Shows Bushfield Failing To Take Leadership In S D War Effort
South Dakota citizens mobilized in military service and in factory and farm work show readiness for more wartime duties as plans move from paper to action. Communities report readiness but await authorities for assignments, while state leaders differ on who should fund and organize defenses.
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Bushfield
S.D
South Dakota
Olive A. Rings‘rad
Harlan J. Bushfield
Conference of Governors
Council of State Governments
Yankton
Watertown
Mitchell
Red Cross
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Aberdeen
Bond sale testimony links two state officials to embezzlement charges
Aberdeen April 30 witness Phill T. Burns testified the bond sale tied to state treasurer W G Douglas and Earl Hammerquist commissioner of school lands involved concealing premium profits from a November 1B transaction. Invoices from C F Childs Co and Clarence Burns Co listed prices for $859k and $857k in bonds with dates mid November. evidence not yet offered.
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Aberdeen
W. G. Douglas
Earl Hammerquist
Phill T. Burns
Douglas
Hammerquist
U. S. Treasury
Department of School and Public Lands
Burns
C. F. Childs and Co
Chicago
Clarence J. Burns Co
Douglas, Hammerquist
A. J. Moodie
Rural Credits Board
Lightning Strikes Musolf Home in Sudden Storm
An electrical storm with 28 inches of rain reached Huron and struck the Musolf residence at 4:13 AM. The fire damaged wiring and walls, but the blaze was contained with little structural loss. The roof porch porch plaster loosened, and a radio was ruined. No injuries reported as additional rain fell across the state.
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Huron
William C. Musolf
Iowa Avenue
Musolt
Muself
Laskowski
Volga
Weather Bureau
Dakota Division
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Artington
de Smet
Iroquois
Wolsey
Arthur D. Da dies in Lafayette at 92
Dr. Joseph Charles Arthur, 92, professor emeritus of botany at Purdue University and a noted authority on plant rust, died today in Brook, Indiana. He retired in 1915.
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Arthur
Lafayette
Ind
Joseph Charles Arthur
Fordue University
Brook
China’s Big Job Is To Hold On Until Allies Help
War Todayanalyst DeWitt MacKenzie reports grave Japanese gains in Burma threaten the Burma Road lifeline to China. Japanese advance to Lashio endangers Allied defenses in Mandalay and risk envelopment, underscoring the need for Allied relief through Stilwell’s command and efforts to hold the line.
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China
Dewitt MacKenzie
Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lashio
Burma Road
Sashio
Mandalay
General Stilwell
Geo MacKenzie
Johnson proposes eliminating dependency as deferment cause
Senator Johnson of Colorado urges removing dependence as a deferment reason for military service pending cost estimates. Witnesses said many already serve with dependents. measure would provide class A and B dependents with monthly sums funded by government, plus potential hardship payments via the Federal Security Agency. Johnson criticized the plan as risky to the government and suggested raising uniform pay scales instead.
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Washington
Johnson
Colorado
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Congress
War and Navy Departments
Gkome
Federal Security Agency
American Legion Delays Action On Membership Plan
In Indianapolis on April 3 the American Legion executive committee rejected a recommendation to open ranks to veterans of the present war and ordered the constitution committee to reexamine. By unanimous vote the committee postponed action as three past national commanders spoke against it. The issue will be finally settled at the national convention in September after departments vote in their own conventions. Chairman Harry Benoit said the proposal should go to the legion membership for action before the national gathering. He noted that admission would require constitutional and charter amendments by Congress.
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Indianapolis
The
American Legion
National Constitution Committee
Harry Benoit
Twin Falls
Idaho
National Executive Committee
Legion
Congress
Three Overtures Reportedly Made To Great Britain
RAF bombers struck Paris factories before dawn as Britain reported possible Nazi peace offers to England since March. Goering allegedly proposed neutral Europe. Hitler and Mussolini rumored to meet. Paris suffered heavy damage, with 52 killed and 100 injured in one district. Gennevilliers Gnome-Rhone engines plant hit. fires set at Goodrich works.
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Britain
Paris
London
Germany
England
Tokyo
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Charles de Gaulle
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Third Reich
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Vichy
RAF
Continent
Gennevilliers
Seine
Goodrith Rubber Works
No Complaints About Lost Strawberries Mix Up
In San Diego on April 30 a market owner, Max Bornstein, reported an unidentified customer received a bag with receipts instead of strawberries. Police noted no complaints from the customer and no further details were available. The mystery bag contained 241 dollars in cash.
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San Diego
Calif
Max Bornstein
Boronsiin
Advance Meet Draws 300 Church Workers in South Dakota
About 300 church workers from roughly 13 Protestant denominations registered for the United Christian Education Advance convention at the Methodist Church in Central South Dakota. Dr S W Keck opened the morning session, with Rev Herman Sweet and Dr L Avery Fleming among early speakers.
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South Dakota
United Christian Education Advance Convention
Methodist Church
S. W. Keck
Herman
Sweet
Zarmer Wareman
International Council of Religious Education
C. J. Semans
Lewis P. Jensen
Pacific Coast
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Glenn McRae
Christian Board of Publication
Disciples of Christ
Bert N. Hall
Mitchell
S. B. Nissen
Sioux Falls
Gertrude E. Flyte
Alice Feind
Hazel
Congregational Churches of
Central Baptist Association suspends meetings during war
The Central Baptist Association voted unanimously to suspend all future meetings for the duration of the war and to cooperate with the government's conservation program. Delegates from Huron Brookings Oldham Trent Dell Rapids Wessington Springs Elkton Madison and Mitchell attended as Miss Hattie Petheram spoke of a narrow escape from Burma and travels to America aboard a navy transport. Rev C C Shepherd moderated with Mrs Mabel Barton Dr John L Barton and Rev Ellis L Jackson also speaking.
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Central South Dakota Baptist Association
Huron
Brookings
Oldham
Trent
Dell Rapids
Wessington Springs
Elkton
Madison
Mitchell
Hattie Petheram
Burma
India
America
C. C. Shepherd
Mabel Barton
Sioux Falls College
John L. Barton
Ellis L. Jackson
Naval Committee Tables Measure To Limit War Profits
The House Naval Committee tabled by a 12 to 12 vote a proposal to curb war profits, raise the work week to 48 hours, and freeze current union and plant shop practices for the war. Chairman Vinson warned Congress will hear public sentiment in November about wartime racketeering in plants and unions as the bill moves to the Ways and Means Committee for possible action on income ceilings and excess profits.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Vinson
Georgia
Roosevelt
Messacre
Congress
Ways and Means
Bradley
Pennsylvania
Ringsrud to Speak Tonight on WNAX Yankton
Secretary of State Olive A. Ringsrud Republican candidate for the May 5 primary will discuss campaign issues in a radio address over Yankton station WNAX tonight at 7:45 p.m. Central War Time.
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Ringsrud
WNAX
Yankton
Olive A. Ringsrud
United States Senate
Isguex
Wer
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Okla
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Oklahoma Ordnance Works
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Musolf
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Roger D. Greene
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