Navy Criticizes Officer Ads as Misleading
Washington April 13 News reports the navy faced sharp censure in hearings over recruitment ads for naval reserve officers. Candidates believed qualified were later found ineligible due to age and other requirements. Navy officials defend the process citing sea duty needs and an age cap of 32, while critics attack age and qualification gaps.
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Washington
Naval Reserve
Congress
Navy
Viceran Randall Jacobs
Spe Johnson
Indiana
Johnson
Columbia University
Admiral Jacobs
George
Rep. Thomas
D-Tex
Italy's King Hints At Abdication As War Ends
Old King Vittorio Emanuele plans to transfer power to Crown Prince Umberto once allied troops enter Rome. The monarchy faces pressure as Italy leans left with growing communist influence, while the postwar government may be chosen democratically by the people.
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Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Umberto
Rome
Emanuele
Mussolini
Stokesdale Truck Arson Defendants Paroled
Four prisoners convicted of conspiracy armed robbery and malicious burning of a truck and trailer loaded with cotton goods near Stokesdale in June 1941 were paroled by Governor Broughton. W H Smith Avery Gunter Otis Kesler and J R Bull had been sentenced to six to nine years. The act followed a failed strike at the Statesville plant of G and M Transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Stokesdale
Broughton
W. H. Smith
Avery Gunter
Otis Kesler
J. R. Bull
Statesville
G. and M. Transfer Company
Bombers Hit Nazi Plants Twin Blow
U S heavy bombers struck German aircraft plants from Italy and Britain. The 15th Air Force targeted a Messerschmitt factory near Gyor and the Tokola plant near Budapest, while the 8th Air Force attacked Augsburg Oberpfaffenhofen Lechfeld and Schweinfurt. Over 500 bombers and 750 to 1,000 fighters took part.
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London
U. S
Italy
Hungary
Britain
Germany
15Th Air Force
Foggia
Messerschmitt
Gyor
Budapest
Tokol
Eighth Airforce
Augsburg
Oberpfaffenhofen
Lechfeld
Schweinfurt
Prevy
Veneer Plant to Rebuild After Fire in City
Elizabeth City reports the Foreman Derrickson Veneer Co plant will be rebuilt after a Saturday fire. Co owners J W Derrickson and W B Foreman said reconstruction will begin as priorities and materials become available.
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Elizabeth City
Foreman-Derrickson Veneer Company
J. W. Derrickson
W. B. Foreman
Allies Step Up Aerial Blows From Italian Theatre
Allied raids over Budapest and Wiener Neustadt disrupted rail links to the German front, with heavy bombers delivering 1 000 ton hits on Budapest and a Wiener Neustadt plant set ablaze. American Liberators and RAF bombers targeted aircraft factories in Austria and rail yards elsewhere in Europe as 31 German planes fell and 14 Allied aircraft were lost.
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Hungary
Budapest
15Th Air Force
Brod
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Zagreb
France
Belgium
Balkans
Moscow
Red Army
Constanta
Germany
Crimea
Osnabruck
Hannover
U.S
Europe
Lynn Heinzerling
Naples
Wiener Neustadt
Bad Vosiau
Fischamond Markt
Austria
U. S
Mediterranean Air Force
Rome
Balkan
Vienna
Fischamend Markt
Bad Voslau
Italy
Rivera
Albenga
Var
Imperia
Split
U S Says War Aims Will Hold After Conflict
Assistant Secretary of State Breckenridge Long told the AFL postwar forum that the United States will pursue present war aims by helping invaded nations recover and will not meddle in their internal affairs after the war. He stated the armed forces will not be used to support any group or government contrary to the will of the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Breckenridge Long
American Federation of Labor Postwar Forum
United States
Long
Abraham Lincoln
Finns Decline New Soviet Armistice Terms in Parliament Vote
Reports from Helsinki say Finland's parliament backed Premier Linkomies as the cabinet stood firm against fresh Soviet armistice terms. The peace question was sent back to the Russians with Finland possibly delaying decisive steps toward peace while sentiment grows among social democrats. The BBC quotes Morgentidningen noting three groups opposed to peace could trigger internal strife.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Helsinki
Edwin Linkomies
Linkomies
Juho K. Paasikivi
Moscow
BBC
Morgentidningen
Uns
Germany
Stimson Lists 26000 Japanese Dead In Pacific War
Secretary of War Stimson announced at a press briefing that over 26,000 Japanese have been killed in the southwest and central Pacific in recent months. He cited figures for Central Pacific, Bougainville, New Britain, Saidor sector, and Admiralty Islands, noting the tallies include only confirmed dead and exclude deaths from wounds, disease, ships, or air raids.
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Washington
Southwest
Central Pacific
Stimson
Bougainville
New Britain
Saidor
New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
Germans Showing More Aggression Near Cassino
Allied headquarters in Naples reports German forces in the Garigliano sector southwest of Cassino have grown more aggressive, regathering units and mining the Garigliano river. Minor patrol clashes occurred on the Adriatic sector, and attacks targeted houses southwest of Crecchio while the front stayed generally quiet.
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Allied
Naples
Garigliano
Cassino
Adriatic
Crecchio
MacArthur declines run in Republican bid amid Dewey drift
General Douglas MacArthur replies to Congressman A L Miller that he will not pursue the Republican presidential nomination. He warns against internal drift toward centralization and emphasizes reliance on the people when given facts.
New Peace Making Plan Urged By Congress Leaders
Washington April 13. State Department and House leaders push a new peace enforcement concept. A constitutional amendment would let both chambers ratify peace by majority vote, replacing two thirds in the Senate. Proposals favor a coalition of major nations maintaining forces to curb trouble, not a global police force.
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Tom Reedy
Joan M. Hightower
Washington
Congress
State Department
House
Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Hull
Rayburn
Lost in combat rumor proves false for Mexican president’s son
Abelardo Luis Rodriguez Jr., 25, tests pilots in Los Angeles and says reports of his death in European action with the U S Eighth Air Force are a huge mistake. His father governs Sonora Mexico and his mother was notified a month ago of a supposed kill in action in Europe.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
Abelardo Luis Rodriguez, Jr
Associated Press
London
Germany
U.S. Eighth Airforce
Rodriguez
Sonora
Mex
Europe
London Dispatch
North American Aviation Co
United States Army
South Will Continue Color Line Says South Will Continue Color Line
Senator Maybank of South Carolina warned in a Senate speech that white Southerners will not let Negroes dominate elections or enroll in white schools. He argued against Supreme Court rulings and federal laws and said the South will uphold its political and social institutions. He cited anti-poll tax efforts and the Texas primary case as interferences to resist.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate
South
Supreme Court
Congress
Sun Court
Texas
Trucking Deferments Clarified by Selective Service
Selective Service headquarters sent telegrams to state directors clarifying deferments for key men under 26 years old in trucking firms. Deferments should apply to firms with equipment over 16,000 pounds gross weight instead of 16,000 tons as previously stated by a telegram sent Tuesday.
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Washington
Selective Service
Sec
Japs Gain In Struggle For Imphal Plain
Secretary of War Stimson reported Japanese troops have cut the road between Imphal and Kohima and are attacking both towns. He noted a linear defense cannot be used in the hills and jungles and that British and Indian forces hold key points with substantial reserves. He avoided predicting the outcome, saying facts will speak for themselves.
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Washington
Stimson
Imphal
Kohima
Japanese thrusts near Imphal and surrounding Manipur plain
British and Indian forces report hand to hand fighting as Japanese push around Imphal northwest. Mountbatten's command notes a hill captured southwest of the base and new formations near an airfield north of Imphal. Additional Japanese advances claim positions up to 12 miles northwest of Imphal and Sengmai.
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Charles A. Grumich
Imphal
New Delhi
Manipur
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Tokyo
Sengmai
Palel
Capt Richard I. Bons new ace tops pacific planes downed
Southwest Pacific HQ reports Capt Richard I. sons has shot down 27 enemy planes in combat, making him the leading American ace in aerial victories, while Capt Don S. Gentile of the European theater holds more total destroyed with 30. The Pacific tally counts only aerial kills, and ground and air counts differ by theater. Other top fliers include Maj Joe Foss and Maj Gregory Boyington with 26 planes.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Richard I. Sons
Don S. Gentile
Gentile
Piqua
Poplar
Wis
Eddie Rickenbacker
Hollandia
New Guinea
Pacific
Eighth Airforce
Britain
Navy
Ira Kepford
Muskegon
Mich
Joe Foss
Sioux Falls
Gregory Boyington
Okanogan
Wash
Army
Marine Corps
Herschel Green
Mayfield, Ky
William J. Sloan
Richmond, Va
Red Army Advance Near Sevastopol Reaches 35 Miles
Moscow reports Tolbukhin’s Fourth Ukrainian Front driving through Crimea toward Simferopol, with Sevastopol now 35 miles away. Soviet forces push from Karachangil and Feodosia as Axis units retreat, Venice of Romanians noted, and air forces bomb ports including Constanta.
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Moscow
Feodor Tolbukhin
Crimean Reday
Great Black Sea
Astopol
Tolbukhin
Simferopol
Crimean
Karachak
Vestyhist
Dzhankai
Pravda
Kerch
Andrei IL
Yeremenko
Black Sea
Coas
Feodosiya
Star
Reda
Skala
Dnestr
Crimea
Black Sea Air Force
Cmu
Feodos
Constanta
Sevast
Debarkat
I Ishun
Viinka
Karachakangil
Germ
Sevastopol
Romania
Cri
Coal drillings started in Chatham by U S Bureau of Mines
Drilling operations have begun two miles from the Deep River coal mines in Chatham County. The Bureau of Mines will drill in eight hour shifts following a state mineral survey. The effort is led by H A Brassert Co of New York and aims to map coal resources and potential production.
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Raleigh
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Chatham County
Deep River Coal Mn
H. A. Brassert Company
N York
Unexploded depth charges reported off North Carolina coast
Three unexploded depth charges were reported by the coast guard to lie in a position charted at 36 25 N, 75 18 W in about 19 fathoms of water off the North Carolina coast near Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
New Carolina Coast
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