Japanese Launch Major Offensive Across Peiping Hankow Line
Chinese officials report a large Japanese offensive of 50 000 to 60 000 troops advancing from the west to seize 150 miles of the Peiping Hankow railway in northern Han Province. The thrust aims to cut communications and link north and central China, potentially threatening a land route independent of sea lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Iia
Peipingkow
Han
Japan
China
Peiping - Hankow
Yangtze
South China
Chenghsien
Chengchow
Shangmow
Lunghai
Chen
Yellow River
Slavic Solidarity and a Rising Soviet Influence Across Europe
The piece argues that Russia will dominate the Eastern hemisphere after the war as European states align with Moscow. It cites Czechoslovakia and France exploring ties, Benes advocating Slavic solidarity, and plans for a potential Slav alliance to deter Nazi and Fascist forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Europe
France
Committee of National Liberation
General de Gaulle
Algiers
Doughty
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Poland
Dr. Benes
Free World Magazine
Osten
Choslovakia
Benes
Allies Hammer Carolines With Combined Air Strikes
Allied forces in the South Pacific conducted a series of raids against Caroline Islands, hitting Woleai and Satawan and striking Truk from both MacArthur and Nimitz commands. Liberator bombers from Solomons and Marine and Navy aircraft supported extensive air attacks, with several enemy planes shot down and damage reported at key bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Caroline Islands
Woleai Island
Carolines
Satawan Island
Truk
MacArthur
Central Pacific
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Caroline
Woleai
Pingelap
Nimitz
Saeee Seeenenentey
Satawan
Nomoi
Serer
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomons
Bougainville
Norway Blasts Kill 43 at Bergen Steamship Quay
Oslo dispatch reports Nazi officials claim sabotage caused a heavy explosion at Skoltergrunn quay in Bergen killing 43 and injuring many. The blast destroyed Bergen steamship offices and badly damaged Nordenfjeldske offices, as fire spread in a strong wind then subsided after two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Oslo
Skoltergrunn
Bergen
Nordenfjeldske Steamship Company
Labor Draft Is Again To Fore, Again Opposed
Washington report states the house military committee rejected broad compulsory labor draft legislation. It backed existing law to force 4-Fs and 38 to 45 year olds into essential work when needed, favoring voluntary recruitment for draft-stricken war plants and national service if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Army Navy-Maritime Commission
OPA Increases Poultry Prices Across Sales Levels
The Office of Price Administration raised poultry ceilings by 1.8 cents a pound effective immediately through April. Stabilization Director Fred Vinson approved revisions that outline price increases for May and June and January through June 1945, projecting an average rise of about two thirds of a cent per pound over the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Fred Ij Vinson
OPA
Allied air actions and ground fighting in Balkans and Italy
German broadcasts claim U S bomber formations over southeastern Europe as 15th Air Force strikes from Italy into Serbia and southern Romania. Allied planes hit Venice harbor and targets from Ancona to Trieste while Monfalcone shipyards and Livorno port are attacked. About 60 German planes observed. 2,000 Allied sorties, 8 American losses. clashes along Anzio and Cassino fronts with naval actions near the beachhead.
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London
Europe
15Th Air Force
Italy
Serbia
Romania
Naples
Balkan
U. S
Venice
Ancona
Trieste
E Monfalcone
Livorno
Horn
Anzio
Ortona
Adriatic
Norheast
Tollo
Cassino
American Beer Arrives For Beachhead Troops
Naples April 21. About 20000 gallons of beer brewed in Naples under American acts arrived on the Anzio beachhead for Fifth Army troops. The beer is the first issued in Italy to American forces. Brewed under the supervision of First Lt. Allen J. Barney, a brewery chemist from St. Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Naples
Anzio
Fifth Army
Italy
Allen J. Barney
St. Louis
North Carolina Senior Girl Scouts Meet in Greensboro
Senior scouts from across the state converge on Woman's College in Greensboro for a first southern statewide conference. The event, co sponsored by the college and the Greensboro scout council, aims to strengthen the older girls program with about 150 attendees expected.
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Grensboro
North Carolina
Woman's College
College
Greensboro Girl Scout Council
South
Reds Repulse Savage Nazi Attacks On Baltic Front
Moscow reports fierce German tank and infantry assaults on the Narva front near Estonia and at the Carpathian foot. Soviet communique says 2,000 Germans dead and 2,300 Axis troops killed overall as clashes continued from Narva to the Carpathians. Simultaneous heavy fighting near Sevastopol and Black Sea convoy bombings are noted with ships sunk and dockside bombardment by Russian artillery.
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Moscow
Red Army
Narva
Baltic
Narova
Carpathians
Stanislawow
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Odessa
Associated Press
Henry C
Three Inquiries Open On WPB Civilian Output Freeze
Three senate committees launched probes into a WPB order freezing civilian production at current levels in key labor areas. Senate military subcommittee reviews the policy amid calls for rapid civilian goods output and conversion of spare facilities. Small business leaders warn the rule harms small plants and peacetime reentry.
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WPB
Washington
Senate
War Reduction Board
Truman
D-Mo
Hugh Fulton
Stewart
D-Tenn
Wherry
R-Neb
Donald& M. Nelson
Nelson
Maury Maverick
War Plants Corporation
Military
Churchill outlines Atlantic Charter limits on Imperial Preference
In the Commons Churchill says the 1942 Anglo American mutual aid pact allowed no commitment to abolish imperial preference and that safeguards were inserted to retain dominion rights. He stresses the postwar trade goals while preserving Empire duties and tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
London
Commons Today
Roosevelt
United States
Newfoundland
British Empire
U S Planes Over Northern France Today
Allied air forces conducted a major night raid over northern France and Belgium delivering massive tonnage against rail targets and military objectives. RAF and American bombers, with Spitfires and Marauders, hit Cologne Ottignies Lens La Chapelle and other rail junctions while minelayers operated along the coast.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Git
Af Raf
Cologne
France
Belgium
Ameen Eee Fg Be
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Air Ministry
RAF
Britain
Reich
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ottignies
Brussels
Lens
Pas-De-Calais
la Chapelle
Paris
International Labor Meeting Selects Officers and Debates Palestine Visitors
The meeting names Henry Harriman as chair of the employers committee and Robert Watt as vice chair of the workers committee with officers from Mexico Canada Peru Greece China France and Belgium. The workers’ group supports Palestine visitors attending conference meetings without vote, subject to approval by all three delegations.
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Sigrid Arne
Philadelphia
Henry J. Harriman
Col
Pedro Chapa
Mexico
Chai William C. Coutler
Canada
Colos A. Vidal
Peru
Raul Samaria
Argentina
Emmanuel Coulcoundis
Greece
Liu Hung-She
China
Aristide Anto
France
J. Hallsworth
Great Britain
Ch Man
Walter Scheveneles
Belgium
Workers’ Committee of Conference
Watt
Eration of Labor of Palestine
Colon
Mandated Territories
Workers’ Committee
Zg T
March Liquor Sales Rise in 25 Wet NC Counties
North Carolina reported March liquor sales in 25 wet counties totaling $926,760.50 with a one-fifth gallon per person limit. New Hanover led March sales at $119,927.20, followed by Durham at $97,033.65 and Wake at $82,665.75.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
New Hanover County
Durham
Wake
Man From Ireland Plans Dover Strait Swim to France
Ke vin Lawler of County Kildare Ireland told a magistrate at Dover that he aimed to swim to France across the Strait of Dover. The 21 year old was jailed three months for entering a restricted area without a permit after police found him carrying a life jacket and swimming trunks.
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Dover
Eng
Kevin Lawler
County Kildare
Eire
France
Lawler
Strait of Dover
Distinguished Service Medal Awarded to Eaker
In Naples on April 21 Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker received the Distinguished Service Medal for his outstanding work as chief of the American air forces in Britain before moving to the Mediterranean theater. Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers lauded him as foremost among our great air force leaders.
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Allied
Naples
Ira C. Eaker
Britain
Mediterranean
Jacob L. Devers
Japs Move Reinforcements Toward Kohima Area
Southeast Asia report says Japanese reinforcements are heading into the Kohima region in northern India as Allied forces push to clear roadblocks. British Indian troops advance northeast of Imphal toward Kohima while Japanese losses mount in near-term fighting around Kohima.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
India
Dimapur
Imphal
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Mogaung River
Kamaing
Myitkyina
Patton Assigned to European Theater Duty
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. arrives in the European theater of operations for new duty after commanding the Seventh Army in Sicily. The move was officially announced today.
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Patton
London
George S. Patton, Jr
Seventh Army
Sicily
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Caroline Group
International
England
English Channel
Calais
Vin Hoyle
Balkans
Baltic Front
By Eddie Gilmore
International Labor Meeting
Dover Strait
Eaker
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