Japan aims at China via Burma back door
The article argues Japan will conquer China as the keystone of its expansion, with Burma overrun and the Burma Road blocked. It notes Japanese advances into oil areas along the Irrawaddy, threatening Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing and Southern China, and describes Britain's Churchill confirming a naval air fleet in the Bay of Bengal and possible plans against India to cut Allied sea lanes. Admiral Somerville is placed in command of British operations in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
India
Australia
Russian
Siberia
Burma
Jower Burma
Irrawaddy
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chungking
Churchill
House of Commons
Bay of Bengal
Japan
Indian Ocean
Middle East
Iran
Persia
Britain
James Somerville
Nazis Expect Invasion Try At Any Time
London reports from Berlin capitals say the German high command fears an Allied invasion of Europe at an unexpected location. The visit of Gen George C. Marshall and Harry Hopkins unsettled Berlin, prompting bravado. A Berlin spokesman declared they are ready for any invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Berlin
Stockarm Demokraten
Paving Way Charlotte Meter Income Stream Revealed
Charlotte reports new parking meters collect an average of 11.16 dollars per hour as April 14 observers note higher than expected revenue from downtown meters. City officials cite steady usage by shoppers and workers, with the figure reflecting peak hours and daily patterns.
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Charlotte
United States Seizures Demand in House over Laval Plan
In Washington on April 1 the House demanded seizure of French possessions in response to Vichy France's move toward a Laval backed government. Rep Poage labeled Laval as the enemy of free peoples, calling his actions traitorous and treacherous.
Forced Cebu defense holds off Japanese assault under heavy odds
American Filipino troops on Cebu Island reportedly hold the Japanese at bay despite numbers and support from tanks and dive bombers. Communiqué notes 12,000 enemy and raids on Corregidor and Mindanao. Corregidor forts still shelling back while wary of broader losses in Bataan.
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Washington
Philippine
Cebu
Corredigor
Corregidor
Digos
Mindanao
Philippine Islands
Manila Bay
Corregdor
Jonathan M. Wainwright
War Department
Bataan
British patrols claim direct hits on Axis column
Cairo reports British headquarters said patrols scored direct hits on a column of Axis tanks armored cars and artillery in the Libyan desert Timrad area. British columns were active in the northern sector despite dust obscured visibility.
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Cairo
Egypt
Pbritish
Timrad
Allied Pilots Strike Back In India's Defense
American and British fliers hit hard in defense of India as a Japanese force threatens the Bay of Bengal. RAF and AVG actions claim 13 large flying boats sunk or damaged at Port Blair in the Andamans and raids on a Burma airfield. Additional Japanese planes were shot down by the AVG in northern Shan and Toungoo regions.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Bay of Bengal
Andaman Islands
Burma
RAF
Port Blair
Andamans
Shan
AVG
Toungoo- AL
Berlin Reports Gains Made On Eastern Front
Berlin claims on the central Russian front show German forces occupying many localities while tank supported Russian attacks are said to be beaten back. The high command notes 175 Russian tread-track vehicles out of action during a four day period ending April 13 and reports an encirclement and annihilation of an enemy fighting group in the northern sector. The boggy ground limits operations to solid roads, with a notable counterattack at Yuhnov area near Moscow repulsed after 13 assaults. In other items a British merchant ship carrying Far East refugees was sunk with only the ship’s cat lost. Also announced is Zeb B. Troxler named field secretary for Lenoir Rhyne College starting May 1.
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Berlin
High Command
Yuhknov
Moscow
Charleston
D. C
Vpi
Far East
Atlantic
Tied-Overindulgent treatment of internees sparks Montana protest
Missoula residents protest the handling of Japanese and Italian internees at a camp amid wartime tensions. Local carpenters and townsfolk pressure Washington via L M Price and Representative O Connor. War Secretary Stimson replies: internees must be humane yet not favored over soldiers. no western evacuation of orientals yet.
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Ashington
Ray Tucker
Missoula
Montana
United States
Swere
Washington
Sec
L. M. Price
James F. O'Connor
Hery L. Stimson
Stimson
Knox Favors 40 Hour Week Suspension and War Profits Limit
Secretary of the Navy Knox told Congress that suspending the 40 hour work week would cause confusion and delay and urged no flat percentage limit on war profits. He favored increased excess profits taxes and called for a patriotic approach to boost production rather than new labor legislation.
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Washington
I/P
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Congress
Navy
Ixnox
House Naval Committee
Smith- Vinson
Treasury
Moscow Claims 9 000 Germans Die In 10 Days
Soviet forces claim 9 000 German deaths and 76 tanks destroyed on the Leningrad front from April 1 to 10. A local front recapture and other gains were announced, with further Soviet claims of substantial air and ground losses on both sides. A subsequent dispatch notes a Stalin front stronghold seizure and 322 German planes destroyed last week, alongside Russian air losses. In a separate item, Rear Admiral David W. Bagley of Raleigh, N C, becomes commandant of the Fourteenth Naval District succeeding Adm Bloch, who will join the Secretary of the Navy’s office.
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Kuibyshevv
Russia
Leningrad
Moscow
Red Army
Barents Sea
Soviet Information Bureau
Raleigh
Washington
David W. Bagley
N. C
Claude C. Bloch
Fourteenth W Naval District
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Navy
Bloch
Secretary of the Navy
Change Means Defeat To U.S. Diplomacy
Editor notes editor Porter’s interpretation of Vichy changes as of April 14 in New York. Petain capitulates to German pressure and Laval returns to power, signaling heightened collaboration with Germany and Italy. The article warns these shifts threaten U.S. and United Nations war aims and strain Allied trust.
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Oy PL Porter
Associated Press
France
Vichy
New York
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
United Nations
United States
Germany
U. S
Petain
William D. Leahy
Washington
Admiral Leahy
Giant Soviet attack reported on central Russian front
London dispatch notes German radio claiming six Soviet divisions including a Siberian unit and a tank division launched a violent attack on the central front. Germans say Russians dislocated Nazi lines at some points but claim the attack was stemmed and attackers partly annihilated. Other Russian attacks hit Romanian and Italian positions in the Donets Basin to the south.
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London
Donets
Iran breaks off relations with Japan in wartime move
Teheran announces severed diplomatic ties with Tokyo cutting Axis propaganda access on a key supply route to Russia and the Eastern Mediterranean. Six Japanese diplomatic and military attaches are expelled as Iran notes the earlier removal of Axis agents and cites Britain and Russia as allied observers.
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Henry €. Cassidy
Iran
United States
Tran
Germany
Italy
Britain
Russia
Legation
Hongkong
Ceylon
Generatissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek
India
United Nations
Teheran
Persia
Mohammed Shah Pahlaivi
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Nippon Bases Raided Again in New Guinea and Timor
Melbourne report says United States and Australian airmen renewed attacks on Japanese bases at Lae New Guinea Koepang and Timor. Dutch Timor shipping tunnels and airfields were targeted with anti aircraft fire. A Japanese aircraft was shot down and several others damaged or driven off. A near miss was reported on a group of bombers on the ground.
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Melbourne
United State
Lae
New Guinea
Keepang
Dutch Timor
Woepang
Koepang
Algo
Little Hope Is Held For Defense At Cebu
Clark Lee reports from Melbourne on Cebu Island where American Filipino defenders faced Japanese invasion with scant equipment. He details scarce rifles, one 50 caliber gun, no artillery, and coastal vulnerabilities. The piece notes the island’s strategic weaknesses and the obscure overall situation per a War Department briefing.
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Cebu
Clark Lee
Associated Press
Bataan
Cebu Island
Lees
Australia
Philippines
Clark Lee Melbourne
War Department
Washington
Irvine C. Scudder
Scudder
Axis Favorite Darlan Moved Up In Juggle
The Petain government under German pressure moves Admiral Jean Darlan to higher power while Laval plans a return as chief of the government. The Riom trials of republican leaders are suspended, and Petain reorganizes to align with the Axis, with Laval and Darlan holding key posts as France tilts toward collaboration.
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Axis
Darlan
Taylor Henry Vichy
Petain
Pierre Laval
France
Hitler
Bern
Switzerland
Stag
United States
Laval
Marshal Petain
Three readers meet to form new government foundations
The readers decide on the constitution of a government established on new foundations and plan their next meeting for Thursday to allocate Laval and Darlan. Riom trials suspend for a broadened scope to include political errors leading to war and defeat for the third Republic. London notes UN setback as Vichy reorganization appears Nazi driven. calls for stronger measures, tighter blockade, and renewed pressure on Petain regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laval
Darlan
Third Republi
London
United Nations
France
Germany
Petain
Vichy
British Taxes Are Boosted by War Budget Proposal
London April 14 government budget chief Sir Kingsley Wood announced a 1942 43 war budget of 3 286 000 000 pounds with higher levies on beer whiskey and luxury items. He proposed increases on wines tobacco and entertainment while keeping the basic income tax rate at 35 percent and easing burdens on lower brackets. U S lend-lease aid was stated as an important budget factor at about 400 million dollars monthly. The new imposts take effect tomorrow with beer tax rising and whiskey tax increasing 93 cents per point while entertainment taxes are cut.
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London
Kingsley Wood
Thouse of Commons
Sir Kingstey
United States
Britain
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Miles
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Manila
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Corregidor Island
Fort. Mills
Indias
Hickory
Zeb B. Troxler
Concord
State Lutheran Brotherhood
Lenoir Rhyne College
U.S
By Roy P. Porter
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