Yankee Fliers Raid Kiska Ten Times In Single Day
The Aleutian air force command broke all records by raiding Kiska ten times on April 13 with B 24 heavy bombers B 25 light bombers and P 38 P 40 fighters. Beached float planes were strafed and fires started in the runways and main camp area.
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Washington
Navy
North Pacific
Kiska
Army Liberator
South Pacific
Avenger
Wildcat
Viru Harbor
New Georgia Island
Air Battles Increase Over Russian Front and Air Power
Air battles intensified on the Russian front with Red Army flyers attacking Nazi supply columns and fending off Focke Wulf 190 raiders. Land actions occurred north of Chuguev, south of Izyum, and in the Kuban sector where Soviet tanks were repulsed with heavy losses. An A P report notes no major changes along the land front and highlights Soviet pilots engaging German fighters over the Kuban delta and Volkhov front activity.
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Moscow
Red Army
Chuguev
Izyum
Donets River
Kuban
Caucasus
Berlin
Associated Press
Airacobra
Volkhov
Leningrad
London
Neer
Russia
Reuters
Stimson Promises More Aircraft for Southwest Pacific
Secretary of War Stimson announced a steadily increasing flow of military supplies, especially aircraft, for General MacArthur's forces in the southwest Pacific. He noted Australian pleas for planes and urged allied cooperation, while stressing the Allied chiefs must ration limited supplies to meet large demands across theaters.
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Washington
Stimson
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Australia
United Nations
Cotton Price Ceiling Announcement Aims Not To Disrupt Trade
The OPA said the ceiling prices announcement will be made during normal trading to avoid interrupting trade. The statement appears in response to rumors that a sudden government control reveal might occur today.
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Washington
OPA
Our Duty By CORDELL HULL Secretary of State
Our enemies rejected peace and chose force. We shall defeat them, then with the United Nations devote ourselves to the establishment of a satisfactory, peaceful world. For these purposes our finances must be sound and efficient. War Bonds are the support of our hopes for the future.
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Cordell Hull
Associated Press
The
Enterprise
United Nations
Cold spells slow North Carolina early crops and harvests
Raleigh April 15 state agriculture crop specialist Parker said recent cold spells slowed early truck crops with harvest dates pushed back. Strawberries face a 42 percent statewide drop, Wallace area frosts cut more than half, peach losses loom as green peaches appear, cabbage and lettuce may be about 12 percent below last year. Low February and March temperatures hurt wheat but recovery is progressing.
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Raleigh
K Parker
State Agriculture Department
Victory Gardens
Wallace
Sandhill
Parker
Fort Bragg Commander Pins DSC On Soldier's Infant Son
Brig. Gen. John T. Kennedy of Fort Bragg pins the Distinguished Service Cross on eight month old David Young Trammell in Kannapolis in a posthumous ceremony honoring Sergeant Judge Trammell, the fallen soldier's son.
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Fort Bragg
Kannapolis
John T. Kennedy
David Young Trammell
Judge Trammel
Nazis Began Operations In U S Five Years Ago
Washington April 16 The Dies Committee reported that more than five years ago Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party began operations in the United States forming a diabolical scheme to spread Naziism worldwide The report serves as a handbook for government agencies and the public to learn the Nazi technique and to identify individuals and organizations involved The section released covers Nazi activities and notes other Axis powers will be addressed later The disclosure follows intra committee tensions and Voorhis resignation over delaying the report Full continuation noted on Page 4-s Sec B
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Washington
Dies Committee
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
Unitedtates
House
Congress
Hitler
Dies
D-Tex
Voorhis
D-Calif
Japanese air raid on Milne Bay reported with heavy losses
An Associated Press report from Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters says a Japanese raid on Milne Bay New Guinea inflicted up to 30 percent losses on 75 to 100 planes while warning of a large Japanese fleet near Truk and merchant ships at Rabaul. In the Milne Bay attack 15 planes were shot down and 15 damaged, with earlier raids including 45 planes at Oro Bay.
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Douglas
Acarriers
Milne Bay
New Guinea
South Pacific
Great Fleet
MacArthur
Truk
Rabaul
New Britain
Oro Bay
Federal workers face draft scrutiny under new policy
The House Military Committee urged Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey to order draft boards to review government employee deferments. The subcommittee cited federal hiring as a hit or miss policy, noting many clerks are deterred from service due to new titles and duties that imply essentiality.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Selective Service
Lewis L. Hershey
Churchill criticizes Northern Ireland conscription stance
Prime Minister Churchill condemned the lack of conscription in Northern Ireland noting Americans guarding homes while locals face no obligation. The exchange, raised by Sir William Davidson and echoed by Sir Hugh ONeill, touched on manpower shortages and threats from Southern Ireland as U S troops were discussed in Ulster.
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London
Churchill
Northern Ireland
House of Commons
William Davidson
Britain
Hugh O'Neill
Southern Ireland
Eire
United States
Ulster
Stuttgart Bombers Launch Big Night Raid Over Stuttgart
Britain sent a large force of four engined bombers 400 miles into Nazi Germany hitting Stuttgart an industrial hub. Twenty three bombers failed to return while German air defenses claimed several fighters shot down. RAF forces also attacked northern France railways and Whirlwind bombers damaged two enemy vessels near Le Treport as East Anglia endured German night raids with brief London alerts.
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London
Britain
Europe
Stuttgart
Air Ministry
Germany
France
le Treport
East Anglia
Thames Estuary
Mare
Purge Ordered of Vichy Sympathizers in French Forces
Gen. Henri Giraud directed a purge of pro Axis and Vichy minded officers in the French army in North Africa. Commanders must report by May 1 with names of reluctant officers. Unfit personnel would be retired from duty, with conscription unlikely.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Marshal Petain
Giraud
OWI resignations批在告白宣称难以讲清战争真相
Fifteen Office of War Information staff resign saying it is impossible to tell the full truth about the war to the public. The group, led by authors and publishers including Harold Gainsburg and Henry Pringle, cites promoted messaging over honest information and criticizes sugar coated reports such as the upcoming food situation release.
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U. S
OWI
Washington
Office of War Information
OWL
Elmer Davis
Harold K. Gainsburg
New York
Henry F. Pringle
Davis
United States
Flying Forts Pace Assaults On Axis Bases
Allied reports describe French and British infantry storming hill positions on the Mareth line in Tunisia and capturing 600 prisoners, part of a total exceeding 30,000 Axis captives since March 20. Air forces claimed over 200 Axis planes shot down in five days, with U S Flying Fortresses targeting El Aouina, El Mas, and Nonferrato.
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Tunis
Bizerte
Rommel
von Arnim
Gulf of Hammamet
Cape Serrat
Algiers
Enfidaville
Black Cross
Sousse
London
North Africa
Medjez-el- Bab
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mareth Line
el Aouina
el Mas
Nonferrato
Sardinia
Coal Operators Oppose Government Mine Contract Plan
Southern Appalachian coal operators reject the six day work week and wage guarantees proposed for 450,000 miners in the Appalachian fields. Edward R. Burke says accepting the plan would violate Roosevelt inflation order and urges Perkins to certify the dispute to the National War Labor Board.
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New York
Edward R. Burke
Perkins
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
UMW
Burke
Labor
National War Labor Board
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Yarada
Maktar
Gulf of
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Ousseltia
Kairouan
Hammamet
Mahdia
N. C
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East Prussia
Vichy
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Louise Wells Baker
Francis E. Brennan
Harriet S. Crowley
Eleanor Choate Darnton
Katherine Douglas
Philip P Hamburger
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