Japanese Hold Imphal Kohima Road Front In Burma War
British and Indian forces report a 15 mile Imphal to Kohima corridor under Japanese pressure. Allied efforts are replacing disrupted supply lines with air drops as Stilwell’s Marauders push toward Kamaing and Mogaung, while air strikes hit oil sites and Japanese columns along the India Burma border.
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Southeast Asia
Assam
Tiddim
Imphal Plain
Im-Kohima
William Ted Press
Joseph W. Stil
Mogaung Valley
Burma
Mogaung Alley
Stilwell
Tanai
Rettunien
Inkanghtawn
Laban
India
China
Japan
Ledo
Chungking
Ledo Road
Joseph Stilwell
Frank Merrill
Myitkyina
Rangoon
Greensboro Senator Anderson to lead Ninth Air Force
Samuel E. Anderson of Greensboro named commander of the Ninth U S Air Force bombers command. At 38 he is among the army’s youngest generals and has directed medium level bombing and Marauder missions over Europe since July. He previously served on the Pacific staff, and earned the DFC for organizing and directing operations.
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London
Samuel E. Anderson
Europe
Ninth
U. S. Air Force
Ewis H. Brereton
Ninth Air Force
Greensboro
N. Anderson
Pacific
U. S
France
Low Countries
Ison
Sevral
Willkie Appeals for Unity as Nation Chooses Leader
West Point Nebraska April 5 Wendell Willkie spoke without mentioning Wisconsin primary results. He urged Americans to unite behind the next president for a task tougher than that faced by the first United States president.
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West Point
Nebr
Wendell Willkie
Wisconsin
America
United States
Rejected Motors Approved By U S Army Inspectors
Testimony in a court martial details a former Wright engine supervisor who rejected engines due to leaks and defects. He said advice from a plant foreman urged him to avoid challenging Army acceptance. Other witnesses claimed insufficient inspector training and rushed final checks.
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John Frye
Cincinnati
Army
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Robert D. Yankey
Ann. Arbor
Mich
Henry Ford
Willow
Airforce
Gunter
Lockland
Yankey
Holger K. Christiansen
Wright
William S. Knudsen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Christiansen
Wright Home
Paterson
N. J
Park Holland
Frank C. Greulich
Col. Greulich
Walter A. Ryan
Detroit
William A. Bruckmann
American Bombers Over Rumania in Fierce Air Battles
Berlin radio reports American bombers over Rumania today with fierce air battles over Albania and Bulgaria. The broadcast says they are accompanied by exceptionally strong fighter formations.
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London
Berlin
Rumania
Albania
Bulgaria
Berlin Bombing Death Toll Report by Aftonbladet
Stockholm dispatch cites Aftonbladet quoting a diplomatic source on Berlin raids. The piece says eleven thousand residents were killed across the last two attacks, with Bayer on Kurfürstendamm destroyed by a blockbuster killing 200. It notes March 24 raid with 2,800 tons and March 22 U S heavy bombers hitting Berlin with 1,500 tons.
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Stockholm
100000 Strikes Roar Across Britain In Britain turmoil
London dispatch reports 100000 workers on strike across Britain with 70000 in Yorkshire coal mines and 20000 in Belfast shipyards and 7000 in aircraft plants. Bevin meets Trades Union Congress as government weighs action while Coal field strikes disrupt power for war plants.
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E. D. Ball
London
Kingdom
Belfast
Yorkshire
Wildcat
Ernest Bevin
General Council
The
Trades Union Congress
Scotland Yard
Fourth International
Amoy
Tyneside
Atices
Harland and Wolff
Rges
Leas
South Wales
S South Wales
Bevin
Trades Union Congress Council
Anthony Fden
House of Commons
Gwilym Lloyd George
Germans Forcing Finns To Stay In War Against Reds
Stockholm reports that Finland is pressed by Germany to continue fighting Russia. Dagens Nyheter says Juho Paasikivi's Moscow mission may have been to calm the home front. Tidningen notes Russia offers disbandment of the Finnish army next month with a small peacetime force remaining.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Finland
Russia
Juho Paasikivi
Moscow
Germany
Helsinki
Tidningen
Japanese Fighter Bombers Spell Sharply Out
Report from New York notes Romanians seek peace with Allies as German forces face likely Balkan collapse. Grandin claims an armistice option may emerge via an emissary from Cairo to the United Nations. AP could not confirm the report amid Bucharest raids and Soviet advances toward Bucharest. Berlin radio cites Antonescu urging resolve.
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New York
Turkey
Antonescu
Rumania
Moscow
London
Thomas B. Grandin
Cairo
United Nations
Balkans
Grandin
Romania
Associated Press
U. S
Bucharest
Berlin
Largest Striking Force Faces Japanese at Hollandia
General Douglas MacArthur assembled the largest strike force of bombers in the Southwest Pacific to attack Hollandia on April 3. In one hour and 13 minutes the force dropped 400 tons of bombs on three Hollandia airfields Cyclops Senta ni and Hollandia destroying a fleet of 288 enemy planes and crippling their air operations.
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CER
Hollandia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Buna
Attem
Lae
Fifth Air Force
Cyclops
Sentani
Romania Eyes Break With Germany Amid Cairo Talks
Washington reports cautious optimism that Romania might seek an armistice with the Allies via Count Stirbey's Cairo negotiations. Bucharest's room for maneuver is limited by German influence, with Bulgaria deemed likelier to seek a peace, while Romanian troops under current officers would face strategic shifts if leaders pursued a breakup with Germany.
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Washington
Stirkey
Cairo
Romania
Germany
Stirbey
Bucharest
Thomas Grandin
Blue Network
London Today
Antonescu
London
Moscow
Grandin
Balkans
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hitler
Russia
Count Stirbey
Juliu Maniu
Maniu
Willkie Defeat in Wisconsin Seen as Serious Yet Not Fatal
Windell L. Willkie lost in Wisconsin after a 13 day campaign against three absentee prospects for the GOP presidential nomination. Political circles call the setback serious but not necessarily fatal to his renomination chances.
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Washington
Windell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Italians Repulse German Counterattack at Mt Marrone
Allied forces report Italian troops on Mt Marrone near Cassino repelled a German counter attack, inflicting casualties. The Fifth Army said Italians seized the peak and two nearby heights previously. Along the line there were heavy artillery duels and patrol clashes as Allied artillery hit German dumps and positions. Anzio front activity included an ammunition dump blast northwest of Rome and small enemy group casualties.
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Naples
Mt. Marrone
Cassino
Fifth Army
Mile High
Garigliano
Anzio
Rome
Johnson Demands Severe Reprimand For News Withholding
Washington April 5 Senator Johnson called for a severe reprimand for the officer who withheld news of a Sicily incident in which U S transport planes were shot down. He joined others in deploring tragedies but opposed a congressional investigation, arguing the army and navy are doing all they can to prevent accidents.
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Washington
Johnson
D-Cole
U. S
Senate Military Committee
Army
Stonewall Jackson
Austin
Sicily
Navy
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
Heavy Toll Is Inflicted On Bucharest By U S Airmen
Allied air forces bomb Bucharest in their first attack on the city causing heavy smoke over the capital and damaging railway yards. About 200 Allied planes clashed with German defenses, claiming several enemy planes shot down while suffering losses themselves.
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Bucharest
U.S
Naples
U. S
Yanks Strike Pas-De-Calais in daylight raid
U S Liberator bombers hit military objectives in Pas-De-Calais with Thunderbolt escort. Allied air offensive resumes after a three day lull. Berlin radio cites additional bomber activity over Central Germany. Mosquito raids on Cologne and Ruhr targets reported. no losses announced.
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London
Pas-De- Calais
France
Air Force Headquarters
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Reich
U. S
Balkan
Cologne
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Soviets Drive Toward Odessa Through Black Sea Marshes
Soviet forces pressed through marshlands toward Odessa and moved within 18 miles of the Polish border. They reportedly liquidated the Tarnopol garrison and the last survivors of 15 trapped divisions at Skala, while Zhukov's First Ukrainian Army pushed toward the approaches of the frontier beyond Oosty.
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Henry
Cassidy
Black Sea
Odessa
Tarnopol
Skala
Gregory Zhukov
Ooysty
Mosccow
Russian advance cuts last overland rail link to Odessa
Russian forces seized the junction of Razvdelnaya ten miles northwest of Odessa, breaking the Germans' final overland rail connection to the beleaguered Black Sea naval base.
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London
Odessa
Razvdelnaya
Black Sea
Liberator Tries Hard To Get Back Home
Lt. Albert I. Bell, pilot of the Liberator Boys-Howdy, reports eight crew members parachuted after their bomber was hit. The craft flew 150 miles toward England in formation with Bell’s plane before crashing into the channel ten miles from its home base.
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England
Germany
Albert I. Bell
Ogden
Utah
Howdy
Bell
Man Arrested For Slashing Car Tires In Yadkinville
Winston Salem April 5 A Yadkinville man Clay McCollum was arrested on a charge of maliciously slashing the tires of a car owned by Mrs Walter Zachary wife of the former Yadkin county attorney now in the armed services Sheriff A L Inscore said McCollum was taken into custody on information from Dwight Winters a teenager Hearing set for Saturday at 2 pm before Magistrate M W Mackie Bond set at 1000 dollars
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Winston-Salem
Clay McCollum
Yadkinville
Walter Zachary
Yadkin County
Armed Services
A. L. Inscore
McCollum
Dwight Winters
M. W. Mackie
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