Italian Based Bombers Hit Proesti
Allied headquarters in Naples reports four Liberators of the fifteenth air force attacked Bucharest and Ploesti in a double strike aimed at Romanian oil and rail centers. Bombers met strong fighter opposition and returned with several enemy aircraft shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Naples
Fifteenth Air Force
Bucharest
Ploesti
Romania
Black Sea
Lightning
Thuneoroatt Fla
War Today Analysis of Galati Gap and Balkans Threats
The column outlines the Red Army push toward the Balkans via the Galati gap between the Carpathians and the Danube estuary in Romania. It describes Nazi efforts to keep the gap open for retreating troops and to funnel in reserves, while the front lines hold from the Carpathians to the Dnestr river as a lull settles on the southern Polish front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Crimean Peninsula
Hitler
Russia
Balkans
Balkan Peninsula
Galati Gap
Anube
Black Sea
Romania
Galati
Odessa
Crimea
Ndly
Gap
Carpathians
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Balkan
Americans Held in Switzerland and Allied Bombing Over Germany
U S fliers and internees details span Switzerland and Germany. About 130 Americans, crews of 12 bombers, arrived at Adelboden for internment after one plane was shot down near Siednen. Other Americans escaped or were buried in Swiss soil. 17 fliers buried, 13 from crashes last autumn. British and American air forces conducted heavy fighter-bomber operations over northern and central Germany, targeting airfields, rail lines, and shipping with no losses reported among the bomber crews. More than 15,000 tons of explosives dropped, 700 enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged in six days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Odelboden
Metin
Germany
Europe
Siednen
Zurich
Adelboden
Klosters
London
Berlin
Hitler
Thunderbolt
France
Eisenhower Cheers London Crowd at Wembley Soccer Final
General Dwight D. Eisenhower greets a record 85,000 fans at Wembley Stadium as he attends the League South Cup final. The invasion commander-in-chief shakes hands with players, many of whom are service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wembly Stadium
Admiral King promises heavy new blows against Japanese fleet
Admiral Ernest J. King said Japan’s war fleet is damaged beyond recovery and that heavy strikes will continue in coming months. He cited attacks on Palau Yap and Woleai, noting Japan’s merchant fleet reduced to two thirds and over 2,000,000 tons of cargo sunk. He warned dissolution of the Japanese empire is a wartime objective and pledged the heaviest attacks where they hurt most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Ernest J. King
Navy
Palau
Yap
Woleai Islands
South Pacific
Caroline Islands
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Police Academy
Pacific
de Eense
Allies Press Japanese Road Blocks Amid Imphal Push
Allied forces push east from Manipur toward Kohima and Imphal in eastern India, trading small Japanese casualties as they challenge two main jungle routes. Front reports note limited progress near Kohima and ongoing offensive actions from Imphal to Dimapur and Assam, with Mountbatten meeting a Japanese deserter during a visit to Imphal.
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New Delhi
Mimapur
Nipur
Imphal
India
Southeast Asia Command
pur-Silchar
T Hough
Kohima
Dimapur
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Mountbatten
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Myitkyion 4
Lewis Demands Back Pay For Miners
United Mine Workers Chief John L. Lewis says soft coal miners are increasingly angry and seek prompt retroactive underground travel pay totaling about 18 million dollars. He sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ickes outlining a $40 per miner basis for April to June, with WLB action pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mines Workers
John L. Lewis
Ickes
UMW
WLB
Partisan Troops Kill More Than 1,100 Germans
The Tito-led partisans report killing over 1,100 Germans and puppet troops in widespread operations from Slovenia to Montenegro. They say 252 enemy troops were killed in a Jupee plane-supported thrust, with 117 wounded and 12 captured, and that they cut the railway line between Ljubljana and Trieste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Slovenia
Montenegro
Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Jupee
Bosnia
Bulletin
Ljubljana
Trieste
McDonald Kinman Killed Raleigh
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr Ralph W Mc Donald cancelled all engagements after learning Cadet A B Banner Jr of Winston Salem died in an airplane crash in Kansas, the war department notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Ralph W. McDonald
War Department
Kansas
Allies Occupy Bogadjim Near Madang in New Guinea Drive
Allied forces push along the coast and into Bogadjim 18 miles south of Madang as Liberators bomb Wewak and strikes reach inland. Australian patrols seize abandoned equipment and probe enemy outposts while American forces advance from Saidor toward Bogadjim.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
North New Guinea
Philippines
Madang
Wewak
Hollandia
Bogadjim
Nippon
Ramu
Saidor
We Jwak
40 Percent of Peach Crop Destroyed
RALEIGH April 15 Approximately 40 percent of the state's peach crop was destroyed by the freezing weather of April 4 5 John S Matheson chief man for the federal state fruit survey said damage was spotty some orchards were unhurt while only damaged About 60 percent of the normal crop can be seen in the sandhills area Damages up to 25 percent would result from wet weather in Irish and sweet potato growing areas Referring to the strawberry crop Matheson said considerable damage would show up later in berries on the market Damages from cold weather possibly will reach 40 percent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
John S. Matheson
Mar- Matheson
Sandhills
Matheson
Arkansas Tornadoes Hit Again Leave Toll Rising
A second round of tornadoes in a week killed an elderly woman in Marshfield Missouri and caused deaths and injuries across Arkansas. The storms followed a semi circular path from Missouri to Heber Springs and Oil Trough before fading. The prior outbreak last Monday killed 37 and injured about 350.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Marshfield
Heber Springs
Aerial Raids Intensify Against Japanese Fortifications
U S Pacific Fleet reports a new wave of aerial strikes in the Kurile chain and Caroline islands. Nimitz confirms 13 raids in four days on northern targets. Truk and Ponape bases receive heavy hammerings by Liberators and carrier aircraft.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Arters
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Je Thy Chester Nimitz
Kurile
Nimitz
Jonape
Truk
Caroline Islands
Ulul
Pakin
Kusaie
Caroline Group
Ponape
Seventh Army Airforce Liberators
Marshall Islands
Gen Giraud Expected to Step Down From Command
Gen Herr Giraud faces removal as active commander by the French National Liberation Committee and will cede authority to Gen Charles de Gaulle. He plans to leave North Africa likely for England and may issue a final order of the day tomorrow. The 65 year old general previously refused the honorary inspector-general title after losing command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Herr Giraud
Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Giraud
de Gaulle
North Africa
England
France
North
Africa
Nazis Raid Naples New York in Dawn Air Attack
Allied held Naples New York was raided by German planes just before dawn. A half hour anti aircraft barrage followed as a Blue Net broadcast from Italy reported the raid and ensuing combat.
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New York
Naples
Italy
Rickenbacker Sends Scotch Request To Bong After War News
Major Richard Bong in the Southwest Pacific receives Eddie Rickenbacker’s congratulatory note noting Bong’s World War I record and promising a case of scotch when the war ends. Rickenbacker jokes about liquor scarcity but says he will locate the bottle amid many offers from dealers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Porterfield
New York
Richard I. Bong
Southwest Pacific
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Kimmel and Short Trial Postponed After War Ends
Secretary of the Navy Knox says trials for Hawaii commanders Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel and Major General Walter C Short are unlikely until after the war. He asserts waivers of the statute of limitations signed by the two commanders are legally valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hawaii
Navy
Knox
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Salvage Depot Tales From Italy Army Camp Humor
In Italy the Fifth Army runs a vast salvage depot where lost gear is repaired and redistributed. Pvt. Woodrow Wilson Smith shines cleaning aluminum canteens while Sgt. Louis Van Hollen operates the Honest Van post exchange and warns of hidden grenades in bags. Provocative road signs spark a censorial order and a GI artist explains his startling art idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tucker
Hal Boyle
FIFTH
Italy
Woodrow Wilson Smith
Mishawaka
Ind
Smith
Honest van Trading Post
Camp Post Exchange
Honest van
Sgt
Louis van Hollen
Baltimore
Van
Post Exchange
Airplanes And Fleet Pound Sevastopol In Crimea
April 15 dispatch from Moscow says the Red Army pinned German forces to a Sevastopol shore area and pressed toward the port while Soviet planes and ships pounded embarkation points. Torpedo boats sank many targets as the Black Sea fleet bombarded the harbor. Romanian bodies and wreckage were reported among the debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Sevast
Crimean
Black Sea
Pravda
Tarnopol Falls to Red Army in Soviet Report
dispatch from Moscow says Tarnopol in Southeastern Poland has fallen after weeks of resistance by German forces. The capture opens routes for Soviet forces toward Lwow and potential action on the Hungarian front. Marshal Zhukov is cited in the order day as directing a 20 salvo Moscow salute with 724 guns.
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Tarnopol
London
Poland
Red Army
Mier Stalin
Lwow
Ste O
Gregory Zhukov
Moscow
Soviet forces drive deeper into Crimea isolation of Sevastopol
Dispatches from Moscow relayed by CBS report intense Soviet advances across the Crimean peninsula. Red army units clash with German forces near Simferopol Sevastopol as Tolbukhin's Fourth Army pushes toward Sevastopol and Alushta while claims note large prisoner captures and continued coastal offensives.
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Moscow
CBS
James Fleming
Pravda
Simferopol Sevastopol
Crimea
Monitor
Red Star
Crimean
Vatutin Dies After Operation In Kiev
Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin 42 a prominent Soviet commander died after surgery in Kiev. He led a victory in the capture of Kiev last November crossing the Dnepr with heavy German fire and directing assaults to seize the city and surround the capital.
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London
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Sia
Kiev
Raine
Dnepr
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Erigliano
Tingring
Myitkyina
W. W. Hercher
Eisenhower
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Lewis
McDonald
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Tropics
Marine Corps
Maloelap
Jaluit
Mili
Kuriles
Paramushiro
Eleventh
Army Airforce Liberators
Aleutian
Ventura
Fleet Airwing Four
Shasikotan
Poplar
Wisc
New Guinea
Don Gentile
Gen. Giraud
Kimmel
Sevastopol
Fress
Gen. Vatutin
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