Roosevelt Hosts Curtin and Picado at Retreat Luncheon
The White House announced that President Roosevelt hosted Australian Prime Minister John Curtin and Costa Rican President-Elect Teodoro Picado for a luncheon at the president's vacation retreat. The timing and nature of the announcement were kept quiet until a press release was delivered to reporters.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
John Curtin
Australia
Teodoro Picado
Costa Rica
Jap Jungle Troops Die In Droves In Burma Front
Southeast Asia headquarters reports Japanese jungle troops attacking Chindit road blocks in central Burma and dying in droves. Allied observers note British forces tighten grip on Imphal Kohima area as Mountbatten dispatch cites advances northeast of Imphal.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Imphal-Kohima
India
Bengal-Assam
China
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Mapao
Imphal
Joseph W. Stilwell
Moraung
Chindits
Chindit
Mountbatten
Ukhrul Road
Soviet Plans Advance Into Germany Across Front
London reports a broad Red Army assault from the Carpathians to the Black Sea with heavy artillery and air strength. German and Romanian sources claim a temporary defensive victory near the Dniester as Hungarian and Romanian forces halt Soviet counter moves. The Soviet war review says 300000 Axis troops have been slain or captured with vast booty, and that the Red Army aims to finish Hitler’s forces and aid western actions.
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London
Red Army
Russia
Carpathians
Black Sea
Dnestr
Iasi
Carpathian Mountains
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Moscow Radio
Crimea
Paratroopers Prepare for Invasion Role in Europe
Allied airborne troops train in England for France invasion duties. Paratroopers, air transports, and gliders will establish bases, seize airfields, disrupt communications, and support rapid advances as Nazi reserves wait behind the Atlantic Wall. Teams in Burma provide ongoing behind lines work.
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Churchill
Quisling” Laval
Vichy
Hitler
Marshal Rommel
Atlantic
England
France
United States Army
Atlantic Wall
Crete
Ovruch
Zhitomir
Pacific
Americans 150 Miles Nearer Truk
American forces in the Central Pacific closed to 150 miles of Truk as Ujelang and Ponape bases drew attention. Ujelang’s main island may host fighters and bombers, while Dutch New Guinea operations moved toward Hollandia with minimal opposition reported.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Truk
Ujelang
Marshalls
Southwest Pacific
Hola
Ponape
Carolines
Jelang
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Marshall Atolls
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Taongi
Wake
New Guinea
Tadji
Aitape
Japs Claim U S Bombers Beaten Off Over Guam and Woleai
Tokyo radio says nine U S Liberators failed to raid Guam and were driven off by heavy anti air fire with no damage to positions. It also reports twenty two B 25s raided Woleai in the Carolines with some damage acknowledged.
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Tokyo Radio
Guam Island
U. S
Marianas
Associated Press
Tokyo
Woleai
Carolines
Government To Take Ward's Plant Over
Wayne C. Taylor announced a presidential order to take over the Montgomery Ward and Company Chicago mail order plant but Sewell Avery declined to accept it. Taylor traveled from Washington to assume control citing Ward's refusal to honor a directive to extend an expired CIO union contract.
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Chicago
Wayne C. Taylor
Commerce
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sewell Avery
Taylor
Washington
Roosevelt
Hatred for Negro Soldiers Blamed for G I Bill Delay
Senator Clark charged House delays on the 83 50 0 000 000 Omnibus World War Two Veterans Aid Bill stem from hatred of colored soldiers. He named Representative Rankin as resisting the bill and warned of House-Senate conference rejection if Rankin maintains his position.
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Washington
Clark
D-Mo
House
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
American Legion
Senate
Veterans’ Legislation Committee
British Sink Destroyer Off Northwest France Coast
The admiralty announced that a German destroyer was sunk by British forces off the northwest coast of France near the Isle de Bas. The action was reported from London on April 26.
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London
France
Isle de Bas
Admiralty
Resourceful Americans Using Ration Tokens For Bus Fares
New York April 26 Transit firms face token jams as ration token use soars. About two billion tokens in circulation with 12 000 to 36 000 one point pieces dropped into fare boxes since February 27. Automatic fare boxes paused due to token jams costing between 11 000 and 35 000 dollars in cash fare losses and repair costs of about 10 dollars per jammed box.
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New York
Transit Association
Bingle
Acron
ATA
Highest Honor Paid War Hero
Floyd K. Lindstrom of Colorado Springs received the congressional Medal of Honor from Maj. Gen. Terry Allen. His mother Anna accepted the award as Lindstrom is listed as missing in action despite prior reports of his death on February 3 at Anzio. Lindstrom had the Silver Star from Sicily and earned the Medal for single handedly wiping out a German machine gun nest with a .45 and turning a counterattack.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Floyd K. Lindstrom
Terry Allen
Anna Lindstrom
Floyd
Anzio
Lindstrom
War Department
Sicily
Roosevelt Fourth Termers Repulse Opposition In Mass
Roosevelt fourth termers repulsed a first challenge in Massachusetts while Pennsylvania Republicans favored Dewey in write-in votes. Roosevelt drew strong write-ins in Pennsylvania as Dewey led the GOP penciled choices, boosting confidence in a likely nomination. Connecticut Democrats urged support for Roosevelt at the state convention. Kentucky Republicans named a 22 member delegation to back Willis as a favorite son, with later moves to Dewey. Colorado prepared a 15 member uninstructed delegation, expected to lean Dewey.
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Roosevelt
Mass
Dewey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
Keystone
Joseph B. Ely
Connecticut
Kentucky
Simeons
Willis
Colorado
Neutrals Face Allied Trade Pressure For Postwar Aid
Washington reports neutrals must curb shipments aiding Germany as a test of cooperation with the Allies. Sweden rebuffed American requests to stop ball bearings and other items, though not all trade, as the United States pleads for equitable postwar access to scarce supplies. The State Department vows persistent diplomacy despite Stockholm's refusal.
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Washington
Germany
Sweden
State Department
Stockholm
United Nations
Earth Tremors Felt Near Solomon Islands Record
Fordham University seismologists reported two very severe earthquakes recorded in New York last night. The first tremor occurred at 10 13 37 p m and the second at 10 15 53 p m EWT with an epicenter approximately 8 700 miles from New York toward the Solomon Islands. Reverend Joseph J Lynch is cited in the report.
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New York
Fordham University
Joseph J. Lynch
Solomon Islands
Offensive Is Carried Out With No Loss
American Fortresses and Liberators carried out a ninth offensive mission over Brunswick and nearby targets in France despite heavy anti air fire and rocket batteries. Six bombers failed to return as the raid formed part of a larger 12 day campaign described as the greatest of the war to date.
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London
Brunswick
Fieis
France
Heever
Britain
Lin
Man
United States
RAF
Eighth Air F
Italy
Over the Reich
Europe
Oas
Te Tory
Germany
Patton Sees Big Three Dominating World
Gen George S Patton Jr predicted the United States Britain and the Soviet Union would dominate the postwar world at an American soldiers luncheon in a London club He said it was destiny for the three powers to rule and urged closer cooperation among the trio to see more of one another.
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Red Arm
Dmitri Manuilsky
Central Committee
Communist Party
Red Army
Soviet Union
William H. Burke
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Ely
Alfred F. Smith
Pennsylvania
Dewey
London
George S. Patton, Jr
United States
Ain
Russia
Soldiy Patton
Killer Of 2 With Axe Is Adjudged Insane
Gastonia April 26 Mrs Katherine Wood a 28 year old Gastonia woman who admitted hacking two of her five children to death with an axe April 1 was found insane by a superior court jury here yesterday Judge W H Bobbitt ordered she be taken to Raleigh for confinement in a state institution Officers said Mrs Wood admitted all five of her children with an axe and also wounded herself three of the children survived.
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Gastonia
Katherine Wood
W. H. Bobbitt
Raleigh
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