Red Army claims massive Crimea gains and Tarnopol breakthrough
Soviet dispatch tallies show 7,480 enemy killed or captured as Odessa and Sevastopol fall or near fall. In Crimea, 60 towns seized, Tolbukhin and Yeremenko forces push toward Sevastopol, while Tarnopol fall releases troops for Lwow advance. Stalin orders salute as captures include tanks, guns, trucks, and rail equipment.
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Ukraine
Odessa
Black Sea
Dnestr
Crimea
Sevastopol
Believ
Setopol
Crimean
Adzhi-Bulat
Kacha
Belbek
Lyuken
Eropol - Sevastopol
Dov
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Maryland
Balaklava
Albat
Alushta
Sudak
Yalta
Tolbukhin
Yeremenko
Tarnopol
Lwow
Brody
Stanislawow
Krakow
Germany
Stalin
Calla
Monitor
Czortkov
Chertkov
War Agencies Hire 72 Percent Of Federal Workers In US
A government report shows 72 percent of 2,797 federal employees in the United States were in war agencies as of October. Since June 1941 federal employment rose 1,528,000, with 98 percent in war agencies. Nevada led in per capita ratio. Washington and Virginia ranked high, North Dakota declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Frances Perkins
U. S. Civil Service
Harry B. Mitchell
North Dakota
Fire of Price Administration
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Office of Censorship
Nevada
Virginia
West Virginia
Hard To Keep Julio Out Of His Uniform
Puerto Rican Julio Gomez Rivera known as Luis Velez Maderaliana and Co funto repeatedly wore the US Army uniform after escape and theft. He promoted himself to sergeant, traveled to Camp Buchanan and Camp O Reilly using stolen passes, was arrested by MPs and FBI, and jailed for the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shapiro
International News Service
San Juan
P. R
INS
Julio Gomez Rivera
United States Army
Gomez
Luis Velez Maderaliana
Cofunto
United States
Lion's den
Camp Buchanan
Caguas
Camp O'Reilley
Gurabo
Losey Field
Ponce
USO
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Joe
Robert A. Cooper
Pepper Wife Sparks in Washington Society Circles
Mildred Pepper, wife of Senator Claude Pepper of Florida, stirs social life in Washington with fashion and diplomacy. She attends state functions, backs her husband’s campaigns, and spurs occasional clashes with other political spouses while maintaining a prominent, photogenic public image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Florida
United States
Claude Pepper
Senate
New Dealer
Mildred Webster Pepper
Pepper
Mildred Webster
Opp
Milfred Pepper
Militant Sisters
Pennsylvania
Lister Hill
Alabama
D. Worth Clark
Roosevelt
National Democratic Club
Curtis Shears
Shears
Paul V. McNutt
Mayflower
Mrs. Pepper
Lord Halifax
George VI
Hollywood
Peppers
Edward G. Robinson
Sit. Com
Robinsons
Henry A. Wallace
New York
House
Pacific war progress and island hopping strategy outlined
The briefing notes major war production expectations in Japan and details on the ongoing Pacific island hopping plan. It cites seven league boats on the program, US air losses and enemy destruction by the 7th AAF, and estimates of ships sunk or damaged. It notes Japanese garrisons on bypassed bases and potential starvation due to distillation plant failures, praising joint Allied efforts under Nimitz and Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Recen Corruon
Marshalls
7Th Aaf
Central Pacific
Chester W.) Nimitz
Robert C.) Richardson
AAF
Rome War-Era Safeguards Discussed In Hull Letter
Senator Bridges receives Cordell Hull’s note from 1944 outlining the President and American military view on sparing Rome from wartime destruction. The letter stresses Rome’s significance to Christian and Western civilization and notes ongoing consultations with Allies and military authorities.
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Vatican City
Hull
Bridges
Senator Bridges
Rome
Cordell Hull
North Carolina Weather Forecast Sunday Cloudy East West
The forecast shows indy Sunday with partly cloudy conditions in the east. The west will be cloudy and colder with occasional light rain. Sunday night turns colder across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
MacArthur Reports Heavy Japanese Losses in Pacific
General Douglas MacArthur says 3000 Japanese have been killed on the Admiralty Islands since U S forces landed February 29. Despite bad weather in the southern Pacific airmen continued daily raids on Rabaul and Kavieng with five planes destroyed on the ground at Wewak airfields in northeast New Guinea.
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Southern Pacific
Rabaul
Kavieng
Bismarck Archipelago
Wewak
New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Rankin Pushes Postwar Aid Package For Veterans
May outlines a government financed program to offset postwar demands for compensation. It includes hospitalization education and job funding facilities along with unemployment benefits and loans for homes farms or small businesses.
Allied raids strike Romania and northern Germany airfields
American Liberator bombers hit the Romanian oil hub at Plesți while forces based in Italy attacked Bucharest. Allied aircraft faced overcast but downed several German planes and claimed long-range penetration of over 1,200 miles by Col. James H. Howard's Ninth Air Force Mustang group over northern Germany.
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Plesti
Bucharest
Italy
Nis
Vardar
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Salonika
Hans Fritsche
Germany
James H. Howard
Ninth Air Force
Britain
Romania
Ukraine under Marsh al Gregory advances through several localities
The communique notes Ukrainian forces under Marsh al Gregory on 16 Kukov advanced using five additional localities including Dzhrin ten miles west of Czortkow and Bazar eleven miles southwest of Czortkow.
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Ukraine
Gregory
Kukov
Dzhrin
Czortkow
Bazar
Radio Program Lineup and Time Shifts for Eastern War Time
Listing shows a dense radio schedule with programs across networks, notes hour subtracts for war time and corrections. features include The Paul Lavalle Concert, Labor for Victory, Ed Murrow News, NBC Symphony, Perry Como, Jack Benny, Bob Crosby, and other era programs with varied formats and guest appearances. The document reflects broadcast timing changes and program names, with multiple stations and segments listed in a single block.
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Paul Lavalle
Cits
Josephine Houston
Les Huff
Trcombs
Moyvlan
Biu
Nashville Varieties
Nbeo
Johan B. Kennedy
Church of the Air
Cbs
Stanley Dixon
Nbe
Folklore
Joseph Marais
Chicago
Ed Murrow
Sammy Kaye
Cbe
Jim
U.S.A
Blu Ceiling Unlimited
Cbs Pilgrim Radio Hour
John Chas
Frosdick
Bblu
News of the World
Upton Close
Life of
Riley
Wm. Bendis
Blu
Philharmonic Symphony
Fort Dix
Tom Slater
Army
Blu Bulid Yrummond Adventures
al Pearce
Gang
Blu-Basic
Kay Armen
Ether Blu Wide Horizons
Steelmakers
Irene Rich
Catholic Radio Service
Radioe Hall of Fame
CBS Sunday Theater
Cbe Roosty of
RAF
Mbs
Keat Glidersleeve
America
Cbs Upton Close
Pdane'ng Music Orchestra
Drew Pearson
Wm. L. Shirer
Perry Como
Cbbs
Dorothy Thompson
Big Kids
Joe Kelly
M. C
Charlie McCarthy
Walter Pidgeon
Greenfield Village
Alexander v En Penre
Maye Feanenussell
Olce
Crime
Dhs
PiscPire
9Ound
Nbounday
Walter Winehel
Weekly
Conrad Nogel
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
Basin Street
Nhe
Fred Allen
Variety
Jimmy Fidler
Hollywood
Bliu
Phil Spitainy
Girl Orch
Phil Baker
Cedric Foster
Bob Crosby
Clare Boothe Appeals For War Children
New York April 15 Rep Clare Boothe Luce appeals in a Herald Tribune letter for the United States to send food to occupied Europe’s children. She argues food aid does not aid Germany and cites the Greek relief example aiding millions to survive. She counters claims aid is not legislation and urges public opinion and administration action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
Herald-Tribune
Europe
Germany
Luce
United States
South America
South Africa
German Frontline Soldiers On Leave Lose Spirit
A 22 year old German soldier on leave from the eastern front reports apathy and depression among troops. He says comrades feel unwelcome and misunderstood as front line fatigue grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Germany
St. Gallener Tabblatt
Neue Volkszeitung
Modern miracles at Amherst housewares show new products
Amherst Mass. the extension editor's office at State College announces new household products including pumpkin pies from envelopes dehydrated bananas cranberries eggs molasses and potatoes that stay firm at high temperatures for housewives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Mass
State College
Milk cap mystery ends with toddler safe return
In Cambridge Mississippi a three year old, William Rudgis, feared to have swallowed a milk bottle cap. He was taken to city hospital for X rays but the missing cap was later found on the floor. The child returned home unhurt after the cap was located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Miss
Mns
William Rudgis
William
City Hospital
Billy
Boy accused of slaying skunk after on riverbank
Police found bloody clothes along the Delaware River at Sandts Eddy, linked to a boy who had killed a skunk and removed his garments while skinning the animal. The inquiry centers on whether the events imply foul play near the riverbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandts Eddy
INS
Delaware River
Buccitti Donates Blood and Supports War Bonds
Carlo Bucitti, a 49 year old Cincinnati waiter, has given 12 pints of his rare blood to the Red Cross in two years. He routinely buys war bonds and has refused private offers of 300 dollars per pint for his blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Carlo Lucio Buccitti
Red Cross
Buccitti
Peace on Way at Monongahela Memorial Hospital
In Brownsville Pennsylvania records show a shift in birth trends during wartime. First year of the war produced more boys than girls while the second year sees girls outnumbering boys at Monongahela Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
INS
Monongahela Memorial Hospital
Czar and Kaiser Echo One Root Word Caesar
The terms czar and kaiser both trace back to the Latin caesar meaning ruler. They show how a single title evolved in different languages to denote imperial authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czar
Kaiser
Caesar
Dewey Delegates Gain Steam in GOP Conventions
California failed to certify Gen MacArthur with only 39 of 6377 signatures amid a last minute push. Arizona named eight GOP delegates with definite leanings toward Dewey and Warren as second place. Virginia finished its 19 delegate slate with an undetermined share for Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Warren
Gen
MacArthur
California
Gov. Warren
Arizona
Dewey
Warren
Virginia
New Zealand Air Force to scan army files for pilots and mechanics
Wellington reports the New Zealand Air Force plans an extensive search through army records to find men liable for service as pilots and aircraft mechanics. Youth aged 18 to 20 will be drafted for ground duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
N. Z
INS
New Zealand Air Force
Army
Bristol workers surge on armament turret enclosures
DELIVER THE GOODS BRISTOL PA APR 15. An army appeal for emergency production of gun turret enclosures drew a swift response from a Bristol plant. About 200 employees boosted output by over 3000 percent by working 70 to 80 hours weekly.
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Bristol
INS
Whale size and yield in oil production noted
A 100 foot whale is described as weighing 150 tons and yielding 27 tons of oil, highlighting historical estimates of baleen or whale oil production from large vessels.
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International
Boviets
Seropol
Bible Conference of the Air
Blue Network
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U.S
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Greenfield
Watts Bread
Watts
Gary Davis
Don McNiel
Sweet River
Betty Arnold
Libbys
Duke Power
Tom Brenneman
Sardis
Lexington
Dick Tracve
Jack Armstrong
Boye
WISJ5
NBCO
THE
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Lal
George Crook
the Baptist Hour
Sib
Rendthater
Ben Selvin
Esso
Richard Maxwell
University Chicago Roundtable
John Charles Thomas
Music
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Carolina
Carl Goerch
Jack Benny
Edgar Bergen
Manhattan
Merrygeround
Bob Crosby & Company
Aeney Pe
Frances
Leonard Warren Boritone
Wilfred Pelletier
P.M. Ewt
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Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Continental
U. S
Julio
Malvina Stephenson
Central Press
Mrrs. Pepper
the Peppers
Senator Claude Pepper
Mrs. Pepper Shops
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Rankin
Clare Boothe
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