Bombs Rock Sevastopol as Red Forces Tighten Siege
Soviet forces mass at Sevastopol to try and drive the enemy from the great naval base. Russians seize hills and storm passes as German guns, planes, and tank formations press attacks in Poland and the Carpathians. The fighting rages with heavy casualties on both sides and continues on Page Six.
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BCOW
Uswet Elacona
Red Fleet
Sevastopol
Dimitri Nikolaev
Old Poland
Red Army
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Allied Grow In Southeast Asia In Sumatra Raid
The article notes a naval aerial assault on northwest Sumatra and adjacent islands by Mountbatten as a limited operation. It damaged Japanese ports and shipping but signals no major invasion plan, with monsoon season and landing-gear uncertainties clouding larger ambitions while pressuring Japan to bolster defenses.
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Asia
Sumatra
Sawang
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Mountbatten
Nicobar
Andaman Islands
Ceylon
Burma
Malay Peninsula
Southeast Asia
Indonesian
MacArthur-Nimitz
Allies Study Two Nazi Secret Weapons At Anzio Beach
On April 22 Allied experts studied a German human torpedo and a robot tank recovered near Anzio Italy. The robot tank weighs 8267 pounds and can drop a 1000 pound charge from a remotely operated carrier before a fuse detonates. The human torpedo carries a 17 year old German marine in a glass dome and is designed to fire, then retreat to a one man compartment.
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Anzio
Italy
No Man's-Land
Goeneye
Comet Radio Control
Uman
Aine
Voices from Anzio Beachhead to Broadcast Home Front
Army radio JJRP voice of the beachhead will air tomorrow at 9 pm Eastern War Time with a full program featuring troop interviews and spot news reports. Major American networks will participate in transmitting the voices of the troops.
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Anzio
Italy
JJRP
New Guinea Natives to Receive Loyal Service Medal
Major General William H. Gill commander of the 32nd division recommended to Australian authorities the award of the loyal service medal to six New Guinea natives for their courageous guidance of American patrols in the Southwest Pacific.
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New
U S Carrier Force Joins British In Indian Ocean
A combined United States, British, French and Dutch naval force operated in the Indian Ocean joining the Sabang and Sumatra air strikes. American Liberators attacked Port Blair as a diversion while the Sabang airfield and installations were destroyed.
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U.S
Indian Ocean
Southeasst Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Sumatra
Sabang
Lohong
James Somerville
Bill would free over half of taxpayers from filing
The House Ways and Means Committee advances a bill to relieve about 30 million taxpayers from filing annual returns. A new wage withholding schedule would aim to collect full tax for those earning up to 5 000 dollars, effective January 1 next year with no change this year.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Doughton
Treasury
The
Allied forces prep for any Japanese threat in Imphal Kohima area
Allied headquarters said troops were ready to meet Japanese danger in Imphal and Kohima as infantry and tanks pushed outward from the Manipur plain. Tokyo notes claimed Moirang fell to Japan and British defenses concentrated 10 000 men at the southern Imphal gateway while Allied air units pressed a cleanup south and east of Imphal.
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Thoburn Wiant
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
Kohima
India
Manipur
Bengal- Assam
Tokyo
Moirang
Loktak Lake
Bishenpur
Silchar
Imphat
Calcutta
Assam
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
14Th Air Force
Claire L. Chennault
China
Dimapur
Stilwell
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Ledo
Germans Ask For Salute Allies Oblige
In Naples on April 22 German shelling of the Anzio beachhead intensified with 37 German aircraft in four raids on the harbor area. Allied patrols attacked on all fronts. beachhead anti aircraft batteries shot down five planes and Spitfires destroyed three more. A large German Adriatic front notice urging Britons to salute their fuehrer was demolished by allied artillery. In Cassino, a German patrol trying to hold a ruined house was driven back.
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Naples
Anzio
Italy
Adriatic
Cassino
Air Bombing Continues Over New Guinea and Carolines
Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports sustained air attacks in Dutch New Guinea and the western and central Carolines for the fourth straight day. Liberators from the Solomons hit Satawan and Woleai, with 144 tons dropped so far, including 52 tons in today’s raid. noemfoor and Geelvink Bay targets were hit, and a 1 000 ton supply ship was sunk near Hollandia.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Carolines
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
Satawan
Truk
Woleai
Geelvink Bay
Noemfoor
Hollandia
Madang
Rabaul
New Britain
Wake raid marks northernmost air strike in Pacific operations
At Pearl Harbor Adm Nimitz announced heavy American bombers hit Wake and Japanese installations on Ponape in the eastern Carolines. Liberators over Wake faced only light anti aircraft fire as Seventh Army air force Mitchell bombers struck Ponape near the Truk base, with Ponape raided 21 times this month.
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Central Pacific
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Wake
Fastayapanese
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Ponape Island
Carolines
Marshall Islands
Nimitz
Seventh Army Airforce
Ponape
Truk
Roosevelt Jr. Joins Norfolk Naval Base For Sea Duty Prep
Comdr Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. USNR is temporarily stationed at the Norfolk Naval Operating Base attached to the destroyer escort school. He is preparing a crew for sea duty and plans to depart soon, marking a shift in assignments.
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Norfolk
Comdr
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
Protest to London Over British Diplomatic Restrictions
Algiers reports the French national committee announced a protest to the British government in London against recently imposed restrictions on diplomatic communications.
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Algiers
National Committee
London
Soldiers Figure In Life Of Young Woman Slain Here
The city and county investigators searched for clues in the murder of 19 year old Mrs. Alice Wicker May whose body was found in a wooded area east of the city. She had left home Friday morning promising to return, was seen in a cafe with a soldier, and was found with a severed windpipe and blunt force injuries. Police noted possible involvement of another woman and cited a prior alcohol arrest for May. The case remains unsolved as authorities pursue leads and await further developments.
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Alice Wicker May
Retta Cook Wicker
South Main Street
W. W. Harvey
Greensboro
Mays
W. B
U. S. Army
May
Paramount Theater
Argentine Labor Delegate Denied Seat at Conference
Labor delegates at the International Labor Conference in Philadelphia denied Luis Girola of Argentina a seat after a day and a half of debate over charges he represented a Fascist regime. Girola left the conference when the vote passed and promised a later statement. Vicente Toledano of Mexico, who led the ouster effort, was elected to the credentials committee.
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Philadelphia
International Labor Conference
Luis Girola
Argentina
Girola
Rae
Cologues
Toledano
Latin- American Labor Federation
Hariman Reports Broad Praise for U S Aid in Moscow
U S Ambassador Averell Harriman returned to Moscow and said locals expressed appreciation for direct U S aid and for the volume of assistance. He noted nonstop unloading by British and American ships in Murmansk and that records show steadily improving speed.
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Moscow
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Soviet Union
United Ae
Murmansk
Graham's 1936 gubernatorial run noted with Raleigh event
Cherry Raleigh reports former lieutenant governor A H Sandy Graham casting light on his 1936 campaign. He ran for governor against Dr Ralph McDonald and Clyde R Hoey, highlighting a historic political contest.
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Cherry Raleigh
A. H
Sandy) Graham
Ralph McDonald
Clyde R. Hoey
Hull urges rapid international stabilizing fund to end war
Secretary of State Hull backs an eight to ten billion dollar gold based stabilization fund via United Nations experts to stabilize postwar money. Russia approves outline. U S Morgenthau calls it keystone to postwar planning though no binding commitment yet. Principal investors include U S Great Britain and Russia with quotas guiding votes and governance.
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Washington
Hull
Treasury
United Nations
Soviet
Russia
United States
Morgenthau
Great Britain
China
France
Day and Night Allied Blows In Northern France
Allied air forces pound northern France with Marauders Havocs Spitfires and Thunderbolts forming a cross-Channel assault. RAF and US planes target Cologne and railway hubs while bombers strike Balkans rail yards and Frankfurt. Mosquitos report heavy losses for the Luftwaffe and large-scale bombings continue through the week.
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Hav
France
Britain
Anr
Cologne
London
RAF
Thunderbolt
Bri
Sae
Air Ministry
Frankfurt
Frafurt
Allied Air Strikes Hit Rail Targets Across Italy and Balkans
Allied aircraft based in Naples attacked key rail yards in Bucharest and Turnu-Severin near the Yugoslav border and shot down 350 enemy planes. Seventeen allied planes including eight bombers fought over Italy and disrupted German shipping at Genoa Leghorn and Piombino as Wellington and Liberator crews intensified the offensive.
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Naples
Mediterranean
Bucharest
Turnu-Sevgeria
Italy
Rome
Genoa
Santo Stefano
Liv
Leghorn
Piombino
Sailor Captures German Prisoner in Columbia
Columbia police said Harry E. Sturkie 32 captured escaped German prisoner Hermann Pa Mueller 23 who fled from Camp Gordon, Ga, and handed him to police. Sturkie overstayed his leave but was eager to report back for duty. no charges were filed.
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Columbia
Harry E. Sturkie
Yesterda
U. S. Navy
Sturkie
Hermann Pa Mueller
Warners
Camplden
Columbia Police
Albans Hospital
N. Y
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Alice May
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Nantes
Stegic Balkan
Turnu Severin
Mediterra Air Force
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