Americans Rain Bombs On Airfields In New Guinea
American and allied invaders pressed a multi pronged assault on three airfields in a 350 square mile area around Hollandia Dutch New Guinea. Thousands of troops, largely American, landed at three beachheads protected by naval guns and dive bombers as they pushed inland through mud and rugged terrain toward Hollandia and Aitape.
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MacArthur
Heaarters
New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Aitape
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Associated Press
Philippines
Mindanao
Britain Tightens Travel as Invasion Secrecy Grows
Britain imposes an indefinite travel ban except for urgent national matters to protect invasion secrecy. German sources warn of an imminent assault with seasoned troops guarding the Atlantic coast and preparations to counter Allied landings.
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London
Britain
Germ
Home Office
Eire
Amie
Atlantic
DNB
Luftwaffe
Over 1 000 U S Planes In Action In France raids
London reports that more than a thousand American bombers and fighters attacked three German airfields in France Nancy Metz and another target as part of a large daylight offensive aided by RAF night raids. The missions aimed to cripple Luftwaffe air centers and railway hubs with minimal opposition.
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France
Reich
Britain
Nancy
Metz
Jon
Hitler
Probab
RAF
Munich
Karuche
Air Minis
Finland Rejects Moscow Terms Amid War Stalemate Hopes
The War Today reports Finland rejects Moscow peace terms on the eve of a major invasion, while Stockholm sources suggest Hitler may seek a stalemate. Berlin papers warn the greatest battle may occur along the Atlantic as Germany bolsters underground factories and air power reserves. Russian forces reportedly mass for co synchronized offensives with the western invasion.
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Atlantic Wall
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Germany
Europe
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Stockholm
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Berlin
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Reich
DNB
Luftwaffe
Hitler Tightens Repression as Saboteurs Spread in Denmark
Stockholm reports Werner Best, Hitler’s deputy to Denmark, vows swift action against underground saboteurs. Denmark virtually isolated as Nazi troops guard railways and harbor areas amid rumors of tightened security and impending pre invasion measures.
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Stockholm
Hitler
Denmark
Werner Best
Sweden
Best
Germany
Copenhagen
Aftonbladet
Allied Forces Advance Toward Kohima In Burma Front
Reports from SOUTHEAST ASIA HQ in Ceylon say the 14th army pushes toward Kohima on the Assam Burma front with tanks and infantry protected by dive bombers. Allied forces have killed more than 4,900 Japanese near Imphal as the campaign tightens.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
14Th Army
Kohima
Assam-Burma
Imphal
India
Swedish officers study seized German maps of Scandinavia
Swedish military officials study thousands of large German maps of the entire region conf iscated by customs at Trelleborg yesterday when a ferry from Germany arrived. It is the second such seizure in a week.
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Stockholm
Scandinavia
Trelleborg
Germany
Republicans Oppose Higher Public Debt Limit Bid
In Washington Republicans oppose the administration bill to raise the public debt limit from 210 billion to 260 billion dollars. Rep. Knutson warns the limit will be strict, insisting on safeguards. Roosevelt had estimated debt near 258 billion by June 30, 1945, with April 21 figures at about 186.97 billion.
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Washington
House
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Allied Planes Shoot Down 29 Aircraft in Big Air War
Allied headquarters in Naples reports 2,000 sorties and 29 enemy planes downed with 14 Allied losses. The raids targeted Bucharest and Ploesti rail yards and Belgrade aircraft factory as heavy bombers struck across Romania and northern Italy. Fortresses and Liberators faced heavy flak and air combat while sinking fires in Ploesti yards.
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Naples
Balkans
Italy
Bucharest
Ploesti
Romania
Belgrade
Adolf
Marines All Their Lives At Camp Lejeune
At the Camp Lejeune marine training base two marines share the same lifelong service. Irving T. Marine Jr. of Evanston Illinois and Pvt Pete Marine of route 1 Fayetteville West Virginia are highlighted as career marines.
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Camp Lejeune
Marine
Pfe
Irving T. Marine, Jr
Evanston, Ill
Pvt
Pete Marine
Route 1
Fayetteville, W
Attorney Seeks Cross Examination Of Wife In Theft Case
Hickory April 25 An attorney asked, with permission from Municipal Judge Theodore F. Cummings, to represent a Negro boy charged with stealing money from the Bagby home. The lawyer noted this would be the first time in thirty-odd years of married life he would cross examine his wife.
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Hickory
Charlie Bagby
Theodore F. Cummings
Bagby
Cummings
Allied Bombing Blitz Expands Across European Targets
The 11 day campaign from Britain and Italy drops nearly 50,000 tons on major Nazi targets. April actions include Bucharest Ploesti Belgrade Berlin Kassel Hamm Cologne Plovdiv and more. A separate note reports a $120,804 contract to L B Gallimore of Greensboro NC for Bluethenthal Field work.
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Associated Press
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Ploesti
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Brasov
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Sofia
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Hamm
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Friedrichshafen
Munich
Nancy
Metz
Dijon
Gate City
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War Department
L. B. Gallimore
Greensboro
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Bluethenthal Field
Three Elections Draw Political Vote Forecasts
Observers track results in Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Kentucky as parties set convention delegates. Bricker camp claims 257 delegates possible, while Dewey favorable son strategies loom in Republican planning. New York anti fourth term Democrats report surfaces through Gleason Archer without naming states.
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John W. Bricker
GOP
Bricker
Roy D. Moore
Gore
Massachusetts
Democratic Committee
Joseph B. Ely
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Edward Martin
Dewey
Kentucky
Simeon Willis
New York City
Gleason L. Archer
American Democratic National Committee
Mussolini Escapes Bomb Attack Near Lake Garda
Der Bund quotes an Italian clandestine journal saying Mussolini narrowly escaped death when a bomb exploded close to his automobile near Lake Garda. The former dictator was reportedly en route from his Lake Garda villa to a Verona meeting, with a Bertin broadcast noting talks with Hitler reinforcing axis resolve against Bolsheviks and perceived opponents.
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Bern
Switzerland
der Bund
Benito Mussolini
Lake Garda
Duce
Mussolini
Verona
Bertin
Teen Today
Hitler
Tornado Strikes Selma Sector Causing Damage and Injuries
A spring tornado ripped through eastern North Carolina near Pine Level five miles east of Selma, injuring at least six people and causing extensive crop and property damage. Homes and lines were destroyed, with a forest area leveled. victims treated at local hospitals.
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Selma
North Carolina
Pine Level
Here
Princeton
Goldsboro
J. A. Roberts
Maybelle
Smithfield
J. E. Little
Bobby
H. H. Lowery
North Carolina Traffic Courts Plan Conference
Winston Salem hosts a traffic courts conference linked to the 15th annual statewide industrial safety conference on May 18-19. It marks North Carolina’s first such event, following 21 similar conferences in other states.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
CIO Demands Deemed Unwarranted by Steel Firms
Washington April 1 1930s steel producers across sizes say they cannot absorb wage increases and denounce CIO United Steel Workers demands as unwarranted. Benjamin F Fairless president of U S Steel told a war labor board panel that granting the demands would fall to the public and would cost about one half billion dollars for 31 principal plants.
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Washington
CIO
United Steel Workers
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
War Labor Board
WLB
Duke Endowment Grants Support to 130 Carolinas Hospitals
The Duke Endowment trustees in Charlotte allocated 78,956 to 33 hospitals in North and South Carolina, boosting 1944 annual appropriations to 753,335 for free hospitalization and child care. Earlier, 674,379 supported 97 hospitals and 49 orphanages in the two states, with 54,225 for 23 NC hospitals and 24,731 for SC. total aid covers 130 Carolina hospitals based on free work for 1943.
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Charlotte
Duke Endowment
North Carolina
South Carolina
New York
Carolina
Tank Cars Burn After Delaware and Hudson Train Derails
About 20 oil tank cars burned when 35 cars of a 76 car freight train derailed on the outskirts of Central Islip New York. Flames reflected in Albany over 25 miles away. State police and railroad officials reported no injuries.
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Censral Befvge
N.Y
Delaware and Hudson
Albany
Milk Subsidy Set to Extend Through Summer
Greensboro April 25 4 reports say the office of economic stabilization will announce a milk subsidy program for the summer and a higher rate for fall and winter The plan calls for sixty cents per hundred pounds from May to August and ninety cents per hundred pounds for the following period Representatives Doughton Caldwell Mose and Governor Broughton led North Carolina delegates to Washington for the hearings with OPA and WFA officials.
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Greensboro
Washington
of North Carolina
Caldwell
Grange
R. L. Doughton
Carolina
Wington Conference of State Sentatives
OPA
WFA
di Vinson
Office of Economic Stabilization
Broughton
Act
Mose
Greens
Tornado Kills Three Near Opie Rural, Virginia
A tornado swept through the Opie Rural area six miles south of Richmond killing three people and injuring several others. Homes and barns were destroyed including tobacco houses. Carter Stone, a guard at a vidt camp, was found miles away. Two children of Cook H bard, a Negro resident, perished with the home strike. their mother was hospitalized for injuries.
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Richmond
Carter Stone
Cook H Bard
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