Russians Press Through Eastern Front Near Lwow and Odessa
Soviet announcements claim Zhukov's First Ukraine Army has killed or captured over 208,000 Axis troops and encircled remnants of 15 divisions near Czechoslovakia and Poland borders. In 28 days last month 183,310 Germans were killed and 24,950 captured on a single front as Red Army advances near the Prut and Dniester rivers threaten Odessa.
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London
Moscow
Rumania
Lails
Lwow
Zhukov
Dniester
Prut River
Prut
Gertsa
Reds
Odessa
Black Sea
Roosevelt Condition Declared Satisfactory After Checkup
Washington April 4 President Roosevelt, troubled by bronchitis, underwent a thorough physical exam described as satisfactory by his physician Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire. The routine annual check addressed residual sinusitis and influenza recovery amid a minor head cold. The examination spanned the naval medical center and the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
McIntire
Naval Medical Center
White House
Finnish Parliament Delays Peace With Russia Beyond Easter
Stockholm April 4. The Finnish parliament was summoned to meet again before Easter but its decision on peace with Russia appeared likely to be delayed after the holiday recess. Officials said nothing new occurred at yesterday's session.
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Stockholm
Russia
Bombing raids hit Bucharest and Budapest in Allied strikes
Allied air forces struck Bucharest in its first U S aerial bombardment as Russian ground forces moved 200 miles northeast of the capital. The raid followed a major Budapest assault with bombs on yards and factories and came after a record Mediterranean theater claim of 115 enemy planes destroyed. Sofia has also faced repeated 15th Air Force bombings, signaling tougher days for Hitler's satellites.
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Lynn Heinzerlin
Naples
15Th Airforce
Bucharest
U. S
Mustang
Eere
Ploesti
Budapest
Steyr
Austria
Mediterranean
Hitler
Balkan
Sofia
Bulgaria
Four Thousand Three Hundred Six Jap Planes Shot Down
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported that American navy and marine aviators and anti aircraft crews have shot down 4316 Japanese airplanes since the war began. He noted ground losses are not included and estimated the ratio of enemy ships destroyed in combat to American planes shot down at about four to one.
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Washington
Knox
Captured Jap Broadcast Appeals for Surrender on Bougainville
A 24 year old Japanese private from the Sixth Imperial division, just captured, broadcast to his former comrades urging surrender to end the futile fight. He spoke emotionally during a loudspeaker relay from a frontline pillbox as heavy fighting continued nearby.
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Charles McMurtry
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Sixth Imperial Division
Signal Corps
6Th Imperial Division
Pige Hight
Lull Reported on Indian Front as Chinese Advance Pauses
New Delhi reports a lull in fighting south of Imphal with no fresh Japanese progress from three directions. In central Burma, allied forces led by a Chinese division advance south in the Mogaung Valley, inflicting heavy casualties as the enemy abandons dead in pillboxes. Bay of Bengal front near Sou Burma sees patrols and artillery activity. East of Maungdaw British and West African troops clear four villages in the Kaladan river valley after fierce house-to-house fighting.
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New Delhi
Louis Mountbatten
Settinn
Imphal
Burma
Mogaung
Namsang Hka
Mogaung Valley
Angel Dias der
Kaladan River
Italians Fight With Germans At Beachhead
Allied reports say Italian Fascist troops are conjoined with German forces around the Rome beachhead as front lines remain active. Parachute units are said to wear German uniforms and an allied patrol penetrated near Littoria before withdrawing. German air patrols persist with anti aircraft fire defending the beachhead port area and Cassino shows limited movement near the Des Roses hotel.
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Allied
Naples
Rome
Ere
Air Raid Alarm In Manila Ends With All Clear Signal
Japanese controlled Manila radio announced an all clear this morning, but it did not state if allied planes attacked Manila or if it was a practice alert. Broadcast urged lights off outdoors while indoors and street lights could be on.
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Hurs
Hungary
Buda
Cienr Danubian
Ely
Budat
Ivasion
Balkans
Fuehrer
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Manila
New York
E.W.T
Greater
U. S
Philippine
Knox
Washington
Palau
Russian official resigns from Soviet purchasing commission
Victor A. Kravchenko quits the Soviet purchasing commission in New York saying he cannot support double faced political maneuvers toward the United States and Britain. He led the commission metal division and traveled as a steel inspector since arriving in the U S seven months ago. He accused Kremlin leaders of pursuing aims opposed to collaborative democratic regimes and preparing a new generation for the next war.
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New York
New York Times
Victor A. Kravcchenko
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Russia
United States
Britain
the Times
Kravchenko
Washington
Commission
Ofan
The
Times
Kravcchenko
Italy
Austria
Kremlin
Yugoslav Leader Seeks UN Seat Through Radio Broadcast
Marshal Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav partisans, asked the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration council for a seat. The request was broadcast by the Free Yugoslav Radio and recorded today by the Ministry of Information in London.
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London
Josip (Tito) Broz
Yugslav Partisans
Council of the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Free Yugoslav Radio
Ministry of Information
Red Army closes on Romanian oil fields near Ploesti
Soviet forces report progress toward Romania with Konev’s Bucovina advance bringing troops within fifty miles of oil fields near Campulung and Iasi. Bombers may reach Ploesti as the closest Russian aircraft stand about 165 air miles from the city. No attacks reported on fields since early March.
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Moscow
Red Army
Marshal Konev
Prut
Iasi
Jassy
Konev
Bucovina
Campulung
Ploesti
Bevin Warns Yorks Miners Strike Threatens War Effort
London April 4 Labor Minister Ernest Bevin declared the Yorkshire coal strike a great crisis in industrial relations and said drastic action would be taken to protect the war effort. He cited 80,000 idle miners and urged leaders to keep lines of communication open and avoid wrecking agreements.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Yorkshire
Bevin
Civil Engineer Construction Conciliation Board
Hitler
Sheffield
Three Pacific Bases Sunk and Damaged by US Task Force
Secretary Knox announced that the American naval task force struck Palau and the Caroline bases Yap and Woleai, sinking one Japanese warship near Palau and two near Woleai while damaging ships at the three bases. Air losses for the U S were eight fighters, 11 bombers and eight torpedo planes. ship damage details were unavailable.
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Washington
Japan
Palau
Philippines
Yap
Woleai
Caroline Chain
Knox
Mindanao
Caroline Island
Woleat
Pacific
Philippine Islands
Manila
MacArthur Airmen Hit Nine Targets Across Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur's airmen struck nine targets on a 1 000 mile arc while ground forces on Bougainville claimed a complete victory over the garrison. Air bases hit included Truk and Dublin in the Truk fortresses as patrols bombed from the Solomons. The Bougainville defense was driven back and the South Pacific spokesman declared the enemy defeat complete.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Bougainville
Solomons
Palau
Philippines
U. S
MacArthur
Truk
Dublin
Timor
Dutch East Indies
Darwin
Australia
Empress Augusta Bay
South Pacific
Judge Tells Jury Chaplin Guilty If He Moved Joan Berry
Federal Judge O Connor instructs the jury to find Chaplin guilty if he caused interstate transport of Joan Berry for immoral purposes or aided it. He says if the trip was not for immoral ends the Mann Act is not violated, even if intercourse occurred. He cautions jurors to ignore citizenship or civil cases and base verdict solely on indictment evidence.
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Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York
James Lindsley
Los Angeles
J. F. T. O'Connor
Charlie Chaplin
Miss Berry
O'Connor
Joan
Jerry Giesler
Charles H. Carr
Giesler
Carr
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