Allied air and naval offensive advances in Tunisia and Sicily
Allied troops advance across the Kairouan plain and into Tunisian hold, with Maj. Gen. Doolittle striking ports and docks. Italian naval losses include cruisers sunk at La Maddalena and damaged vessels, while air raids hit Trapani, Palermo, and Sousse targets.
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Sousse
Naples
Trapani
Barsala
James H. Doolittle
Strategic Air Force
Tunis
Sicilian
la Maddalena
Sardinia
U. S
Triesis
Gorizia
Cairo
Malta
Gulf of Hammamamet
Palermo
Sicily
Mediterranean
Palermi
Rome
Kairouan
Fondouk Pass
Weather outlook for North and South Carolina
North Carolina sees showers and thundershowers this afternoon with an evening cool spell in the east and far west. South Carolina reports showers and thundershowers this afternoon with cooler readings tonight and Tuesday afternoon.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Military draft reclassification debated as fathers join 3-A and 3-B
Officials refine selective service classifications, weighing whether to shift men among 3-B 3-A 2-C 2-A before 1-A. Single men prioritized over married. Fathers expected to be called around July 1, with about 1 850 000 men aged 18 37 in 3-B and 10 300 000 in 3-A.
New Ireland and Timika damaged. Japanese claim successes
Major new damage reported in New Ireland in the northeast Timika and Baucau and Madang in New Guinea with an 8,000 ton merchant ship at Kaikana also hit. The RAF kept bombing Japanese targets in Burma. A Japanese communique claimed their forces on the Chinese Indian borders in Burma killed 900 soldiers and captured 200 last March.
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New Ireland
Timika
Thh New Guinea
Baucau
Timor
Madang
New Guinea
Kaikana
RAF
Burma
The War and Possible Allied Invasion Scenarios
The text analyzes a potential Allied invasion of France across the English Channel and the expected German response. It notes Hitler would likely concentrate forces for defense, with a low chance of a major offensive and a possible submarine stalemate to break the deadlock. It also mentions the submarines as a potential last alternative for Germany.
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France
English Channel
Hitler
Seimmans
Government urges war bond purchases to curb inflation
The government asks citizens to double their bond purchases to absorb nearly one billion a month. It emphasizes buying war bonds from current earnings, not bank savings, to remove about 13 billion idle dollars from circulation. With 70 billion still needed for 1943 spending, borrowing from banks and the public will fill the gap.
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Uncle Sam
Treasury
Wartime health column promotes patient doctor partnership
The article urges improved doctor patient relations to conserve physician energy, urging patients to visit doctors and hospitals more often. It emphasizes public first aid knowledge and recognizing recurring respiratory symptoms as connected, framing health literacy as patriotic in war and valuable in peace. Dr Thomas D Masters writes the wartime health column starting today in The Enterprise.
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Cme
Thomas D. Masters
The
Enterprise
Kairouan Breaks German Armor in Cleared Plain Battle
British armor drove through Fondouk pass and into Kairouan plain destroying 18 enemy tanks. Allied forces also felled 20 anti tank guns and 20 motor vehicles while capturing 400 to 500 prisoners mostly German. Jubilation greeted arrivals as city officials welcomed them at municipal headquarters.
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Djebel Ousselat
Kairouan
Medejez-El-Bab- Munchar
Erwin Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
CBS
Rommel
Enfidaville
Sousse
Tunis
Marsala
Trapani
Tunisian
Tactical
Fondouk Pass
Fires Start at Japs Base Munda and Other Solomons Raids
Navy communique reports two raids on Munda New Georgia starting fires and explosions at the airbase. Kahili airfield hits and anti aircraft positions damaged. Kiska raids yielded no observed results. It notes March 30 last reports and Solomons base bombed over 100 times recently.
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Washington
Munda
Solomons
Navy
Kahili
Kiska
Aleutians
South Pacific
Catalina
Consolidated Pby
New Georgia Island
Shortland Island
North Pacific
Solomon Islands
Policeman Appoints John Hedrick as Fourth Class Patrolman
Police Chief W G Friddle announced the appointment of John Robert Hedrick of Lexington Avenue as a fourth class patrolman. Hedrick will begin work on April 16. Friddle said this was the last vacancy he would have to fill until draft and resignations forced further action. NAVY PAYS STATE Raleigh April 12 The Navy Department sent the State of North Carolina a check for 46953 today completing payment for the Swannanoa test farm property in western North Carolina converted into a naval hospital. Total sale of the property including that bought by private interests amounted to more than 100000. Military construction in Palestine is expanding. Hairnet makers of China have been hit hard by the war.
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W. G. Friddle
John Robert Hedrick
E. Lexington Avenue
Hedrick
Friddle
NAVY
Raleigh
Navy Department
State of
North Carolina
Swannanoa
Naval Hospital
FDR asks Congress for a War tax to cap income at twenty five thousand
President Roosevelt urges a special War tax to hold each individual's net income to 25000. He notes a Feb 15 letter to Chairman Doughton and accuses Congress of inaction on salary ceilings while supporting drafted pay levels. He also links stabilization to shared sacrifice. In Peru, bus and motor truck transport is expanding rapidly.
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Congress
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Peru
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