Heavy Bombers Hammer German Airfield and Burma Rail Link
Allied air forces reported heavy bombers targeting Zagreb and a German airfield near Banja Luka while in Burma the Burma-Siam railway suffered major damage. American heavy bombers destroyed bridges on the rail line, damaged locomotives and cars, and RAF fighters strafed targets. In Italy the Anzio beachhead faced German patrols as British and American forces pressed ground actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Germany
15Th Air Force
Anzio
Carroceto
Fifth Army
Associated Press
Kenneth L. Dixon
Rome
Dixon
Cassino
Banja Luka
Sarajevo
Adri
Charles A. Grumich
New Delhi
Bengal-Assam
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
China
Imphal E
Kohima
Imphal
Imphal-Kohima
Manipur
Chindwin
Burma-Siam
Burma- Siam
Arakan
Maungdaw- Buthedaung
Mayu
General Bradley Calls Invasion Talk Tomm yrot
Lt General Omar N Bradley told American officers in England that talk of tremendous invasion losses is tommyrot and urged leaders to keep troops in the right frame of mind. He warned Germans may use dirty tricks and that many soldiers may not return, but praised Allied superiority in men equipment and air power.
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Europe
France
D-day
D- Day
Hitler
Romania
Ploesti
Fuehrer
Euroan Theater
Rumania
Germany
England
Omar N. Bradley
United Kingdom
Barnum and Bailey
Tommyrot
Peeey
Bradley
Stettinius Arrives In London For Conferences
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. arrived in London for a series of foreign policy talks with British officials. The meetings with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and experts are to cover Finnish peace, negotiations with Spain, and Allied efforts to loosen Hitler’s grip on the Balkan satellites amid policy tensions between London and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex H. Singleton
London
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
Stettinius
Commons
Conover
Ashington
Moscow
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Spain
Balkan
Hitler
Allied Planes Raid Hollandia In New Guinea
Allied air forces strike Hollandia Dutch New Guinea in a 250 aircraft raid causing fires in fuel and supply dumps. MacArthur reports no enemy planes, and attacks extend along the New Guinea coast toward Aitape and Wewak with additional strikes in Timor Bougainville and New Britain. Australians push within six miles of Bogajim as operations widen.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Japan
Pacific Theater
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
Aitape
Dili
Koepang
Timor
Dutch East Indies
Waterfall
Wide Bays
Buka
Bougainville
Solomons
Hansa-Madang
Bogajim
Madang
Roseman Named to Help Handle Deferments
Harvey R. Roseman, manager of the Raleigh district office of defense transportation, named special state representative to aid the state director of selective service in handling deferments of essential workers under 26 in transportation. Raleigh DDT office authorized to countersign a selective service form 42 A to obtain stays of induction while final quotas are set for under 26 transportation workers deferments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Harvey R. Roseman
Raleigh District Office of
Defense Transportation
Selective Service
Raleigh
De Gaulle Seeks New Role For Gen Giraud In France Command
In Algiers authorities report Gen Charles De Gaulle aims to place Gen Henri Giraud in a diminished post as inspector general of the armies. Giraud reportedly may accept the reduced role, with De Gaulle becoming commander of all armed forces and a new national defense staff set up.
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de Gaulle
Gen. Giraud
Joseph Dynan
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Giraud
National Defense General Staff
France
National Committee
Dwight Eisenhower
de Gaullists
Mosquito Bombers Strike Hamburg and Ruhr Again
RAF Mosquitos pounded Hamburg Ruhr area with 4000 pound bombs in a resumed operation aimed at crippling German war industries. The raid cost one aircraft, with daylight and night attacks continuing across northern Germany. Attacks by American Liberators on Pas de Calais and U.S. Ninth Air Force Thunderbolts supported the offensive with no losses reported.
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Hamburg
Ruhr
Rhineland
Reich
Air Ministry
Germany
Pas-De- Calais
Pas-De-Calais
Thunderbolt
U. S
Ninth Air Force
France
Roosevelt backs report that living costs fall from year ago
Roosevelt disclosed an economic advisory report endorsing continued wage and price controls. It notes the cost of living is now lower than a year earlier and warns against policy changes. The hold-the-line order marked its first anniversary, with gains maintained and inflation contained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Okays
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Fred M. Vinson
Chester Bowles
Marvin Jones
William H. Davis
National War Labor Board
Kravchenko Called Deserter by Soviet Embassy
The Soviet embassy in Washington branded Victor A. Kravchenko a military deserter and a liar saying he was never a commission member and that he stayed abroad to avoid military service. It stated he was here only as a temporary inspector and that his remarks were slanderous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor A. Kravchenko
Kravchenko
Ussr
New York
Red Cross War Fund Lags Behind Goal by Big Margin
Washington April 7 The Red Cross war fund stands nearly 20 million dollars short of its 200 million dollar minimum goal. National chairman Leon Fraser said chapters not meeting quotas should redouble their efforts to finish without delay. More than 60 percent of chapters have already reached or exceeded the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red Cross War Fund
Leon Fraser
Fraser
Tokyo Briefs Outline Allied Plan Shifts
AP dispatches from Berlin and Tokyo report the Allies abandoning island to island strategy for jumping tactics. Tokyo says a major offensive is expected in the first half of the year.
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Berlin
DNB
Saouana
Tefmed
Bation
Isle
Tokyo
U. S
Japanese Ministry of
Ee Olee
Japan
Sakhalin
Russia
Khalin
Witness Tells Of Defects In Court Martial
Cincinnati April 7 An army inspector testified in a court martial that dangerous defects were found in five of the first nine engines from a batch of 100 returned to Wright Aeronautical Corp. for disassembly. Melvin L. Hiller said defects included cracked master-rod bearings and a dangerous defect in a cylinder, with other engines showing mutilated parts from careless assembly and tool use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Army
George H. Brett
Frank Andrews
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Melvin L. Hiller
Columbus
Hiller
No New Taxes Predicted By Senator George
Senator Walter F. George of Georgia, chair of the senate finance committee, predicted there would be no new taxes adopted by Congress in 1944 and said levies would remain substantially the same for the remainder of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Allied Airdrome attacked in China reports heavy losses
Nine Zeros were shot down three probably downed and three others damaged after a 32 plane Japanese fighter bomber force attacked an Allied airdrome at Nanning in Kwangsi Province on April 5. Lt Gen Stilwell headquarters confirmed the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Nanning
Kwangsi Province
Joseph W. Stilae
Reed Urges Senate Probe of Kellems Mail Allegations
Senator Reed calls for a Senate Post Office Committee inquiry into alleged unpatriotic conduct by Miss Vivian Kellems a 46 year old war plant operator from Westport Connecticut and into her charges that her mail was tampered with He proposes investigating possible illegal or seditious activities and censorship issues tied to claims by Representative Coffee that she sent letters to Count Von Zedlitz a Nazi agent in Argentina Kellems denies the accusations and accuses Coffee of illegally obtaining her private mail while signaling potential legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reed
R-Kans
Senate
Vivien Kellems
Westport
Post Roads
Department of Justice
FBI
Department of State
Kel
Coffee
Miss Kellems
Count von Zedlitz
Buenos Aires
German Push Near Odessa as Red Army Rallies
German units flood toward Odessa from fortified positions around lagoons as Red Star reports heavy fighting. Zhukov’s forces circle Tarnopol, recapturing key points including Skala while war booty and air losses are noted. Rodion Malinovsky advances toward the Black Sea port from the south, threatening Nazi defenses near Ra-naya and the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Junits
Odessa
Black Sea
Red Star Disoa
Tarnopol
Ma Gregory K. Zhukov
Skala
Chernowitz
Zhukov
Rodion Y.linovsky
Ranaya
el Sea
Malinovsky
Red Army
Imans
Manian
Japanese Tor sailboat Captured by U S Navy Bombers
A 25 foot Japanese tor sailboat was captured by the U S Navy during a mission off Kwajalein as planes were returning from involvement in the Marshall Islands invasion. Pilot Lieut John A Marsh led one plane to threaten the vessel and secure surrender from four aboard before a destroyer arrived to take possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Kwajalein
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
Drew C. Lett
Atlanta
Richard U Pensacola
Fla
Lieut. Marsh
J. Arthur Marsh
Edgedale Drive
Pearl Thom
Parkway
Pearl Price Marsh
Marsh
Nay
Jacksonville
Norfolk, WI
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