Allied forces press in India Burma theater as front lines shift
News from New Delhi reports Allied forces driving back Japanese positions along the Imphal plains and Kohima sector while countering west of the Chindwin. Communications note intensified fighting in Arakan and near Myitkyina with air power and Burmese levies aiding operations.
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New Delhi
India
Plain of
Imphal
Imphalima Highway
Bengal-Assam
Chind
Ima
Rea
Apanese Domei
Kohima
U. S
Imphad
Tilhead
Ross
Ambal-Kohima
Kohima Sea
Arakan
Uthedaung
Akib
Bay of Benil
Burma
Tidin-Imphal
Hich
Maniwi
Mogaung
Akawng
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Shadurup
Arallel
Fortertz
Thre
Usago
India-Burma
Dimapur
United States says Germany and Japan should be excluded
At a press conference in London on April 8 1946 Adolf S Klé Jr assistant US secretary of state stated the United States opposes Germany and Japan entering a future international aviation plan after the war Berle who attended a British American civil aviation conference echoed the view adding the US would not pay for British costs and believes Germany and Japan should be excluded from postwar aviation arrangements
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London
Germany
Japan
Adolf S. Klé, Jr
U. S
Berle
United States
Truk Hit by Heaviest Night Raid of War
Allied reports say Truk in the Carolines suffered the heaviest night raid yet from the South Pacific. Fifty one tons of explosives and 13 enemy planes were recorded as destroyed, with additional strikes on Wewak, Rabaul, and Bougainville. Naval bombardments targeted positions east of Empress Augusta Bay.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Truk
Carolines
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Dublin Island
Wewak
New Guinea
Rabaul
Kai Islands
Solomons
Dublon
Nhar MacArthur
Torokina
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
U S Casualty Projection For First Month Of Invasion
Washington reports a U S casualty maximum of 150 000 in the invasion’s first month, with killed wounded and captured included. House military chair May says figures are tentative and expects about 5 000 killed in 30 days, while Bradley and Marshall provide cautious optimism about the Italy and invasion timeline.
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U. S
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Europe
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Selective Service
Omar N. Bradley
United Kingdom
Bradley
Italy
George C. Marshall
Planes Strike Brunswick and German Airfields in Broad Allied Raid
About 1 500 Allied planes including U S Fortresses Liberators and mediums hit Brunswick two damaged plants and northern Ruhr airfields. German fighters claimed heavy losses. 92 German planes were shot down and many more destroyed on the ground. Targeted Hasselt and airfields around Frankfurt along with Belgian rail hub activity.
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London
Germany
U. S
Brunswick
Ruhr
Hasselt
Frankfurt
Oldenburg
Rheine
Enbruc
Handorf
Berlin
Antwerp
Maastricht-Aachen
Coxyde
Europe
Budapest
E.W.T
Mustang Fighter Unit Sets European Record With 31 German Planes
London April 8 The Mustang fighter group led by Col Don M Blakeslee destroyed 31 German planes in the air to set a new European theater record The group current tally stands at 373 destroyed on ground and in the air surpassing the previous 30 set by Col Hubert Lemke on March 8 in Missoula Montana
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London
Don M. Blakeslee
No See
Hubert Lemke
Missoula
Mont
Blakeslee
Fairport Harbor
Gentile Breaks Rickenbacker Ground Mark in Ace Honor
Capt Don S Gentile, 23, of Piqua Ohio, adds five ground planes to his score and a triple air victory to reach 30 total, surpassing Eddie Rickenbacker at 26 air kills. confirmation boosts him toward the first U S ace status of WWII.
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London
Don S. Gentile
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Pacific
Gentile
Berin
U. S
Gentile's Mother Weeps With Joy Over Ace Father Son Triumph
Piqua Ohio April report portrays Captain Don Gentile cited as top American ace of two world wars after shooting down three more Nazi aircraft. His mother Patrick Gentile sobs with joy yet pleads for him to return. Father expresses cautious pride as Don writes from England about 144 sorties.
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Piqua
Don
Gentile
Patrick Gentile
Dominic Salvatore
United States
Italy
Joe Brunetta
Engand
New Finnish Soviet Terms Reported Undesirable
Stockholm correspondent Karl Axel Tunberger cites Russian armistice proposals that Finland’s peace advocates find unacceptable. Terms include German troops leaving by April end, Finnish forces withdrawing to the March 1940 border, POWs and civilians treated, civilians returned, and 50 percent Finnish demobilization through May.
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Stockholm
Finland
Dagens Nyheter
Karl Axel Tunberger
Tunberger
Russia
1300 Striking At Shipyard In Miss Passagoula
In PassaGoula Mississippi 1300 workers at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation yard staged strikes. 900 machinists and shipriggers left at noon for special meetings. about 400 painters and carpenters walked out earlier. Union members protested non union hiring while management noted absentees planned meetings.
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Pasagoula
Miss
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
American Federation of Labor
Carpenters
Roosevelt Extends Appeal For Democratic Unity In Letter
President Roosevelt personally urged unity within the Democratic Party by writing Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa, congratulating his decision to run for reelection. The move signals a shift in party strategy as Hannegan pushes national help for vulnerable incumbents and aides like Hopkins reflect on past battles over Gillette's renomination.
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Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Sen
Gillette
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Senate
Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Guy
Hull
Iowan
Robert E. Hannegan
National Committee
Tydings
D-Mo
Clarke
Clark
D-Idaho
McCarran
D-Nev
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Towan
Axis retreats and Soviet advances sweep across Eastern Europe
Soviet and Czech forces claim dramatic gains as Zhukov and Konev fronts push into Romania and near Transylvania. Stalin orders rapid victories with 330 towns seized, 30 inside Romania, while Benes congratulates the Red Army entering Czechoslovakia.
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London
Carpathian Mountains
Romania
Moscow
Odessa
Gildendoef
Black Port
Razdelnaya
Stalin
Red Army
Eduard Benes
Fatherland
Gergans
Benes
Rumania
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ukraine
Czernowitz
Bucovina
Zhabie
Transylvania
Zhukov
Skala
Dniester
Ivan
Konev
Second Ukraine
Iasi
Rumanian
Siret
Prut River
Dorohoi
Jijia River
Prut
Botosani
Moldavian Hills
Allies Seek Halt On Swedish Steel To Nazis
Evidence that the allies aim to stop Swedish steel and manufactured goods from reaching Germany as part of a pre invasion blockade emerged on the eve of Secretary of State Hulls radio policy address. Hull will speak tomorrow at 6 30 p m Eastern War Time in a 45 minute CBS broadcast detailing foreign affairs policy.
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Washington
Germany
America
State Hull
CBS
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Lisbon
N. H
Willman N. Trumbull
Worcester
Mass
Mark W. Clark
North Africa
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Mark
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Czechoslovakia
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