FLYING FORTRESSES SMASHING AXIS IN AIR CONTROL DISPLAY
The report notes U S air power advances as Flying Fortresses dominate the skies in a rising display of air control over Axis targets. OPA sets price ceilings on retail meat from April 15 and pork from April 1 to standardize distribution after shortages and varied local rules. Large stores pay higher ceilings than independents by one to three cents per pound in most zones.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
OPA
Office of
Ceper-Pound
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Naples Bombed by 100 Fortresses in Major Allied Raid
Allied dispatch reports nearly 100 U S Flying Fortresses struck Naples from North Africa dropping about 200 tons of bombs in 15 minutes. The raid damaged ships, submarines, a floating dock and aircraft, with 21 planes hit at Capodichino air field.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
U. S
Naples
Tyrrhenian Sea
Second Army
el Guetar
Eighth Army
James H. Doolittle
Northwest African Strategic Air Force
Middle East
Capodichino
Yanks Launch New Daylight Raid On Europe
United States Flying Fortresses crossed the Strait of Dover in strong formations for another daylight attack on Germany. The raid followed the Renault works near Paris and a Kiel raid by RAF force, with multiple bombers not returning. Berlin claimed Paris area casualties and noted Allied raids on Norway and Western Germany.
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London
Strait of Dover
Continent
Paris
Keil
Germany
Renault Works
Kiel
Folkestone
Air Ministry
Essen
Berlin
Renault
United States
Norway
Associated Press
Nazis Batter Kharkov Defenses in Donets Bridgehead Fight
Moscow reports German forces pushed on Soviet positions northeast and southeast of Kharkov with tanks and air support but were beaten back. Soviet mid day communique notes 200 Germans killed and six tanks destroyed overnight near Izyum bridgeheads, while Vatutin’s forces hold firm south of Izyum.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Izyum
Donets
Red Army
Serafimovich
Don
Belgorod
Nikolai Vatutin
Three Former French Heads Taken To Reich
London reports that Edouard Daladier Leon Blum and General Maurice Gamelin have been moved to German prisons to block a counter government. Also named were Paul Reynaud Georges Mandel and Pierre Laval as part of prisoner transfers amid ongoing war tensions.
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London
Republic of France
Edouard Daladier
Leon Blum
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Berlin
Daladier
Blum
France
Gamelin
Eurn
Germany
Associated Press
Paul Reynaud
Marshal Petain
Georges Mandel
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Laval
al Ve
Flying Fortresses Crush Japanese Naval Concentration
Allied air forces shattered a Japanese naval concentration of 13 ships near Kavieng New Ireland as eight Flying Fortresses struck in three raids. At least two cruisers and two destroyers were sunk with minimal Allied losses. Other actions included bombings in Markham Valley Salamaua Timika and attacks on Kiska Attu Guadalcanal.
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Kavieng
New Ireland
Port Moresby
Douglas MacArthur
Silver Bay
Australia
Nee
Markham Valley
Lae
Salamaua
Kitchen Creek
Timika
Dutch New Guinea
Langgoer
Kae Islands
Saumlaki
Tanimber Islands
Navy Department
Kiska
Pacific
Attu
Aleutians
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Marine
Guadalcanal
International Bank Plan For Postwar Currency Stabilization
Secretary Morgenthau outlined a broad postwar currency stabilization plan to Senators, proposing an international bank funded by gold and national contributions. The scheme would peg currencies to gold, fix exchange values, and potentially establish an international unitas as a standard medium of exchange.
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International Bank
Washington
Morgenthau
United States
Senate Group
Small American Air Force In China Makes Notable Record
The China air task force, one of the smallest U S units in combat, claims 182 Japanese planes destroyed and 63 probable since last July, with nine pilots killed in air combat and another lost to bombing. It merged with Maj Gen Claire L Chennaults fourteenth air force and reports 186 Japanese craft downed, 46 destroyed on the ground, and 18 planes lost in action or to fire with 16 missing. Top ace Col Robert Scott leads the unit.
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J. Reilly O'Sullivan
China
America
Claire L. Chennault
C.A.T.F
Chennault
AVG
China Air Task Force
Army Air Forces
CATF
Col
Robert Scott
Macon
British Air Attacks Hit Burma Bases in Akyab Meiktila
The RAF intensified bombing of Japanese held Burma targets with raids on Minbya and Pinlebu and a Meiktila airfield runway. Four supply sampans were sunk along the Arakan coast. Japanese planes struck targets near Chittagong and Buthedaung with light damage reported.
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New Delhi
RAF
Burma
Minbya
Akyab
Pinlebu
Chindwin
Arakan
Meiktila
Mandalay
Chittagong
Buthedaung
Hull urges extending trade system to prove U.S. sincerity
Secretary of State Hull told Congress the United States must show sincerity by extending authority for reciprocal trade agreements to help win the war and foster a lasting peace. He noted 30 agreements already negotiated and three more under study, as the Ways and Means Committee reviewed a 1944 fiscal appropriation totaling $189,729,400 for State Justice and Commerce.
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Hull
Congress
Alex H. Singleton
Washington
United States
House Appropriations Committee
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Hall
Ways and Means
Pearl Harbor
Iceland
Bolivia
An Tran
State Department
New Escort Carrier Breton Ready for Active Duty
Tacoma April 5 reports the U S S Breton, a new escort carrier built by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, now ready for the fleet after trials. The vessel shows high speed, mine defense gear, and combined steam and Diesel propulsion. It can accommodate about a thousand men and carries advanced home comforts. cost is eight to nine million dollars.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.S.S
Farm Bloc Courts Override Of Bankhead Bill Veto
Washington April 5 A farm bloc nose count suggests the administration may muster about 30 votes to sustain Roosevelt’s veto of the Bankhead Bill while sponsors expect an override in the Senate. House odds are weaker and city votes are counted on if Senate failure looms. The National Grange American Farm Bureau National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation back an override arguing government by law over executive decree. Senate Agriculture Committee to begin hearings on parity issues as Pace Bill to raise price ceilings for farm labor costs faces approval. Price Administrator Brown and others are summoned. Brown warns of a 10 percent rise in living costs.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Gins
Aiken
Taft
Ohio
Congress
National Grange
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
National
Council of Farmer Cooperatives
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
Senate Agricultural Committee
House
Pace
Smith
D.S.C
Prentiss Brown
Chester Davis
Agriculture Wickard
Brown
Soldier Bitten By Mad Dog In Pittsburgh Found
In Pittsburgh on April 5 the three day national hunt for a soldier bitten by a rabid dog ended when Private Trentino Scarpino 20 of Pittsburgh reported to the health office and was found unharmed His leg skin was not pierced only his trousers torn immunization not required The Army had urged officers at camps nationwide to locate the victim and assess rabies risk A civilian and sailor bitten by the same dog last Tuesday received treatment.
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Pittsburgh
Hope Alexander
Trentino Scarpino
Scarpino
Army Air Corps
Lajunta
Colo
Army
Red Bellies Set to Deliver Record Grain and Ore
The Great Lakes freighter fleets move torpedoless to the Midwest war arsenal with record grain ore and coal shipments. The Enterprise presents two behind the scenes stories. first appears today on Page 4.
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America
Great Lakes
Midwest War
Enterprise
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