Allied Parachute Base Rumored in Norwegian Mountains
London reports in Stockholm dispatches say Allied parachute troops have established a base in the Hardanger Vidda mountain area with a meteorological station, as Norwegian exiled government notes German alarm but cannot confirm. The Daily Mail and Madrid dispatches discuss Dunkerque fleet build up and Western front plans amid Balkan and Mediterranean moves.
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London
Balkan
Quisling
Stockholm
Hardanger Vidda
London Daily
Allessandro Pavolini
Sicily
Mediterranean
Italy
Daily Mail
Madrid
France
Genoa
Spezia
Sardinia
Sietty
Rommel
Mail
Rommel Still Commands Bulk of Tunisian Force
Secretary of War Stimson said Rommel appears to retain the bulk of his Tunisian troops and may unite with Von Arnim in the north, risking heavy fighting before the final North African push. He noted an important Mareth Line defeat aided by Montgomery, with Axis losses large and Allied advances continuing on other fronts.
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Washington
Stimson
Erwin Rommel
General von Arnim
Tunisia
Rommel
Mareth Line
Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
U. S. Army Air Force
Royal Air Force
Britain
Russia
Caucasus
Kerch Straits
Crimea
Burma
China
Southwest Pacific
North Africa
Weather-Held Russian Drive Renews Life
In the Kuban valley the Red Army pushed from Anastasevs kaya, capturing a German base near the Kerch Strait as spring thaw complicates supply. Soviet communiques report renewed Russian attacks, while German countermeasures and stratagems to slow the advance toward Smolensk unfold amid wrecked railways and heavy reserves.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Caucasus
Anastasevskaya
Kerch Strait
Smolensk
Fredendall Backed to Succeed Lear as Army Commander
In Memphis April 1 report Maj. Gen. Lloyd R. Fredendall, Tunisian campaign veteran, was named as likely successor to Lt. Gen. Ben Lear who would retire at 64. Fredendall, a strict disciplinarian and noted trainer, led American forces in North Africa and was praised for directing key actions in Tunisia before Patton took over in Central Tunisia.
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Memphis
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Ben Lear
Fredendall
Lear Vesy
Lear
Fredenhero
Army Man
Fredendals
Ree
Erwin
Africa Corps
Faid Pass
George S. Pat Jr
Tunisia
State Quota Set for Second War Bond Drive
Hugh Leach of the Fifth Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond announced a district quota of 350 million dollars for the second war loan campaign starting April 12. Maryland 119m Virginia 75m West Virginia 29m North Carolina 62m South Carolina 23m and Washington DC 42m comprise the district targets, part of an 8 billion dollar national minimum. No quota is set for commercial banks, but total US subscriptions aim for 5 billion dollars. Bonds and notes sold in April will count toward quotas, alongside several treasury issues.
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Richmond
Hugh Leach
Fifth Federal Reserve Bank
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
District of Columbia
United States
Leach
Treasury
Small Food-Serving Establishments To Get Special Ration Book
OPA announced a new special ration book for small food serving establishments to replace the certificate system. The book, similar to the meat and canned goods book for households, will end the need for ration bank accounts while larger places keep using certificates.
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Washington
OPA
U S Allies Question Future Policy Asks Quiet Return To Cooperation
Sumner Welles warned that allied doubts about U S willingness to cooperate in the postwar era threaten a stable peace. He cited earlier U S withdrawal after 1918 and urged support for renewal of trade agreements and international police powers as essential to preventing future disasters.
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U. S
New York
Sumner Welles
United Nations
United States
Willon
Welles
Chamber of Commerce
National Broadcasting Company
Race Prejudice Claimed Bar To Production
Representatives of Negro organizations told the Senate Military Committee that race prejudice blocked war production by denying access to man and womanpower. Walter White and Morris Milgram argued discrimination in industry and government causes the greatest manpower loss, citing a survey showing 51 percent of war industries would not employ Negro workers.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Austin-Wadsworth
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Morris Milgram
Workers Defense League
White
America
United States Employment Service
Youngsters Swallow Castor Oil After Hen Flesh Incident
Six Staten Island schoolboys aged 12 to 16 rushed to a hospital clinic and drank large doses of castor oil after learning from a radio broadcast that they had eaten the flesh of hens inoculated with encephalitis. The Plymouth Rock hens were reportedly stolen by Dr. John A. Ward to study disease immunity. Police were informed of the incident and the boys claimed they only fed on the chickens during an impromptu picnic.
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New York
Staten Island
Plymouth Rock
John A. Ward
New Brighton
St. Vincent's Hospital
Staten Igand
Patton Demands Discipline With Leggings In Tunisia
General George S. Patton Jr. is portrayed as a strict disciplinarian whose orders extend to battlefield dress. A convoy messenger recounts Patton sending a lieutenant a message to wear leggings, illustrating the general's insistence on proper gear and helmet use for troops battling near El Guetar Tunisia.
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U. S
EL Guetar
Tunisia
George S. Patton, Jr
Kenneth Rothenbuehler
Garretson
S. D
Chinese Crush 13 Jap Drives And Launch 17 Of Own
Chinese and Allied forces report major activity across Asia and the Pacific. Chiang Kai-shek says China repelled 13 Japanese offensives and launched 17 of its own this past week while Allied air strikes hit targets from Burma to New Guinea.
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Chiang Kai- Shek
Pacific
Burma
South Sea
Nue
Japan
China
World Today At A Glance From Multiple Fronts
Tunisia reports progress toward Bizerte Navy base as Eighth Army presses beyond Gabes. Patton’s Americans advance toward the sea from El Guetar. Berlin claims Allied shipping losses totaling 926,600 tons in March. Tokyo says 20 Allied planes and one ship were damaged or sunk in late March raids. Moscow notes weather hindrances and slight Red Army gains.
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Tunisia
Briish First
Theg Navy
Bizerte
Eighth Army
Gabes
Patton
el Guetar
Tokyo
Japanese Imperial Headquarters
India
Arakan
Germans Claim Subs Sunk 926000 Tons Of Shipping In March
The German high command announced in Berlin that Nazi naval and air forces sank at least 149 Allied merchantmen totaling 926,600 tons in March. Submarines were said to have sunk 138 ships totaling 851,600 tons and one destroyer, with three destroyers and ten fighter aircraft also claimed.
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Berlin
Associated Press
High Command
Inception Of 48-Hour-Week Start In 32 Areas Finds Compliance
Washington April 1 The 48 hour work week took effect in 32 labor short areas with reports from War Manpower Commission area directors showing good to 100 percent compliance and cooperative employers. No open defiance reported and exemption requests were few, mainly from employers with a small number of workers. Seven more communities added to the 32 areas. timing of extension to these areas to be decided locally. Submissions indicate compliance pending final exemption rulings. The order affects lumber, non ferrous metals mines, and many industries nationwide and ties to other manpower actions set for April 1.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Sion
U. 5S
Army
Allied armies push deeper into Tunisia as Rommel tightens ring
Allied press reports April 1 that British and American troops tighten pressure on Axis in Tunisia while U S Flying Fortresses blast Cagliari and Sardinia airfields. Eighth Army patrols near Gabes advance against Rommel rear guards as Patton’s armor advances in El Guertaria pass. Sedjenane sector captures Tebouna line after bayonet assaults as First Army seizes enemy equipment.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Tunisia
U.S
Sardina
Erwin Rommel
Cagliari
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Rommel
Gabes
Sfax
Oudres
Montgomery
United States
George S. Patton, Jr
el Guertaria Pass
Sedjenane
Bizerte
Tebouna
Mateur-Tabarea Road
First Army
First
Rome
London
Red Star
Bombers Hit Kiska and Attu in Aleutian Strikes
U S forces raided Kiska Island twice and Attu once in the Aleutians, with one US bomber lost to anti aircraft fire. Navy communique No 331 notes attacks by Lightnings and Liberator bombers on March 30 and reports fires at Munda, New Georgia Island, after repeated strikes.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Attu Island
Navy
North Pacific
Kiska
Army Liberator
Holtz Bay
United States
South Pacific
Dauntless
Munda
New Georgia Island
America
Guadalcanal
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Uban
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Feriana
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EL Diem
Medenine Mare
AHDIA
Kerkenna
Afrika Korps
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Redendall
En. Lear
Gen. Patton Stickler
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Hupeh
Yangtze-Kiang
Yunnan- Burma
Talo
Burma Road
Mandalay
Bhamo
Irrawaddy River
Douglas MacArthur
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