Allied Air Offensive Continues Amid Heavy Losses
The report details sustained Allied daylight raids on German targets, with bombers reaching Central Germany and attacks on Cologne. It notes 389 planes lost and over 50,000 tons of explosives dropped in 11 days, while Germany endures heavy casualties and material costs.
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Cologne
U. S
Germany
Genny
France
Britain
Mediterranean Air Force
Turin
Ferrara
Gulf of Venice
Italy
Ince
Aly
Jeep Owner Debate Sparks Meter Dispute
In Charlotte on April 26 a soldier parks a jeep beside a meter. A bystander tells him to pay the meter. The soldier replies that the nickel belongs to both of them, sparking a brief pay dispute over ownership.
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Charlotte
Soviet Offensive Highlights Three Key Features In 1944 Campaign
A Soviet communique reports continued allied efforts and major Red Army actions. It notes a powerful flanking strike southeast of Stanislawow in old Poland, a broad offensive on the lower Dnestr river, and repulse of a Soviet tank attack at Sevastopol. The broadcast emphasizes three points: unprecedented length of operations, surprise to Germans, and repeated German counter-attacks failure.
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Germany
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Red Army
Dnestr
Dubossary
Chisinau
Bessarabia
U.S
Sevastopol
Russia
Allies Close On Hollandia After Aitape Perimeter Cleared
American engineers labored with bulldozers while troops pursued the Japanese into hills and jungle. Allied air and ground forces, including Fifth Air Force and Australian planes based at Tadji, intensified the assault against isolated New Guinea Japanese units as General MacArthur reported the Aitape Perimeter cleared. Ground forces advanced from the northwest through mud toward the Cyclar range base near Hollandia, closing within three miles of the Hollandia airdrome.
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Ian
Fifth Airforce
Tadji
New Guinea
MacArthur
Aitape
Hollandia
Sabron
Delinquent Registrant Harrison Hogue Sought by Draft Board
Draft Board No. 5 requests anyone knowing the whereabouts of Harrison William Hogue to contact the board. Mail to the registrant's last address was returned unclaimed.
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Draft Board No
Harrison William Hogue
Allied bombers hit Tuve factory Parma railyards
Allied troops maintained positions on the Anzio front. Heavy bombers attacked an aircraft factory at Tu me headquarters and a bridge at Parma with railyards at Ferrara hit. Sergeant Mitchell I Weiner of Columbia South Carolina and Sergeant John C Kenley of Gastonia North Carolina were among bombers credited with victories in the Ploesti raid.
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HEA
Naples
Anzio
Tume
Toy
Parma
Italy
Ferrara
Ploesti
Mitchell I. Weiner
Pickett St
Columbia
S. C
John C. Kenley
West
Franklin Ave
Gastonia
N. C
Dogs Turn on Master Who Climbs a Tree
In Murfreesboro Tennessee on a midnight disturbance Vaughn a justice of the peace with two guard dogs woke to find his chicken lot under attack. He fled in his pajamas and climbed a tree where the dogs stood guard while he calmed the scene.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Justice of the Peace
Vaughn
Greensboro Pilot is Awarded DFC
Two North Carolinians earned Distinguished Flying Crosses in the Southwest Pacific for extraordinary achievement during aerial flights. 1st Lt. Joseph M. Fentress of Greensboro and Sgt. Robert K. Kluttz of Cleveland were presented citations by Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney, allied air commander.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Joseph M. Fentress
North Edgeworth Street
Greensboro
N. C
Robert K. Kluttz
Route 1
Cleveland
George C. Kenney
Republican Nominee Emerges In Philadelphia District 13
Representative Edwin F. Thompson, who served six years as a Democrat from Philadelphia's 13th district, changed party affiliation and won the Republican nomination in yesterday's primary election.
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Philadelphia
Edwin F. Thompson
High Point Overall to Resume Work After Fire Damage
The High Point Overall company will resume work tomorrow in the overall and dun garee departments damaged by a fire earlier this week. Management says wartime orders were not halted in these departments and other lines will start up in the morning.
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High Point Overall
Wrecked wartime aircraft and German defenses hit hard
Reports indicate fighter planes wrecked with replacement proving difficult as heavy destruction spreads across German cities, war factories, air fields, communications lines, and anti invasion defenses.
Interior Department Draft Deferments Draw House Fire
The House Appropriations Committee condemned the Interior Department draft deferment policy for white collar workers. It reported the department sought deferments for 2,073 employees and argued most could be replaced without harming the war effort amid an $87,672,580 supply bill for the new fiscal year.
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Washington
Interior Department
House Appropriations Committee
House
Lend-Lease Seen Easing to Passage in Senate Hearing
Senate leaders expect near unanimous support for extending the lend-lease program. Senate Minority Leader White Maine says the measure has broad backing and predicts no organized opposition as Leo T Crowley prepares for a first hearing on the program that sent hundreds of billions in aid to allies.
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Washington
Senate
White
Maine
United States
Leo T. Crowley
War Costs Top One Trillion In World War I
Roy F. Hendrickson, deputy director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, said in St Louis that total belligerent spending in World War I neared one trillion dollars, more than double World War II costs. He noted Allied 1944 expenditures exceed 150 billion dollars and that Allied and Axis spending to date have been similar, with Allied costs rising faster.
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ST. Louis
Roy F. Hendrickson
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Hendrickson
Spokesman For Byrd In Optimistic Mood
John A Barr national president of the Draft Byrd for President movement reports strong southern sentiment against a fourth Roosevelt term. He cites a sizeable number of southern delegates likely to walk out if Byrd is drafted, after a 10 day southern tour.
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New York
John A. Barr
Byrd
South
Roosevelt
Barr
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Two German Vessels Set Afire By Allies
Berlin radio said 25 to 30 carrier planes attacked a German convoy off the northern Norwegian coast and set two ships ablaze. The fires were later extinguished according to the broadcast, which claimed three attacking planes were downed. No allied confirmation was reported.
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London
Berlin
Divorces Filed in Clerk's Office This Morning
Luther C. Steele sues Gladys Steele for adultery and Lawrence C. Dennis sues Ruth C. Dennis for two years separation as grounds for divorce.
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Luther C. Steele
Gladys Steele
Lawrence C. Dennis
Ruth C. Dennis
NC Weather: Cloudy With Showers Likely Across State
North Carolina forecast calls for cloudy conditions with mud and scattered showers and thunder tonight and Thursday. Showers begin over the western portion today, with statewide activity spreading later.
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North Carolina
Bitter fighting along jungle track to Silchar spur
In the Bisenpur area southwest of Imphal fierce clashes continue against Japanese infiltrators along a jungle track to Silchar. North Burma reports say Chinese forces under Gen. Stilwell push near the Mogaung river with one unit taking a hill northwest of Ngan Gahtawng and killing over 300 Japanese in a six mile advance. Col. Rothwell Brown in Washington coordinates support to reopen the India China land supply route.
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Bisenpur
Imphal
Silchar
Burma
Stilwell
Mogaung
Ngan Gahtawng
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