War Today on Hitler Grip Over Power in Germany
The piece argues Hitler uses Reichstag powers to enforce his will, labeling the action as eye wash. It notes Allied welcome amid resistance in occupied Europe, and questions Italy's loyalty as Italo Nazi ties strain. It suggests peace talks in Rome, but warns Mussolini is sidelined and Italy remains under German influence.
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Germany
Hitler
Reichstag
Rumania
Hungary
Fuehrer
Italy
Turkey
Rome
France
Mussolini
de Duce
Seven Enemy Planes Are Shot Down
Allied and air force communiques report seven enemy planes down over Darwin in two raids. Japanese bombers and fighters engaged North Australian defenses, with eight bombers and three fighters shot down Saturday. Kavieng transport destroyed. attacks on Faisi in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville targets noted. Philippines saw light air activity and intermittent shelling at Corregidor and Luzon movements toward Cagay an Valley.
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Australia
United Nations
Darwin
MacArthur
North Australian
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bismarck Archipelago
Cape York
Faisi
Solomon Group
Bougainville
Philippines
Corregidor
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Raleigh Victory Day parade honors sesquicentennial
Raleigh observed its sesquicentennial Victory Day with a large parade down Capitol Street led by Fort Bragg troops and NC State ROTC. James M. Landis spoke at Memorial Auditorium urging citizens to sacrifice and work hard for wartime freedom. Governor Broughton and Mayor Andrews attended the reviewing stand.
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Raleigh
James M. Landis
Fort Bragg
State Guard
North Carolina State College
Local Defense Corps
Capitol Square
Memorial Auditorium
Broughton
Graham A. Andrews
T. S. Johnson
Landis
Savage Tornado Wrecks Oaklahoma Town Killing 100
A savage tornado tore through Pryor Oklahoma causing about 100 deaths and over 250 injuries in a 5,000 population town near the ordnance works. Martial law was declared with Walter B. Johnson in command as the National Guard and highway patrol direct relief efforts. Wrecked Main Street, central relief agency set up at the community house under Cal R. H. Cameron.
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Ben Funk Pryor
Okls
State Highway Patrol
Oklahoma Ordnance Works
Leon C. Phillips
Walter B. Johnson
Johnson
Army
Ordnance Works
Cal. R. H. Cameron
Nation Awaits Blanket Price Rule From FDR
Washington awaits momentous price controls as the Roosevelt administration readies a proposed blanket ceiling on consumer goods. Leon Henderson to announce a cap tying prices to March levels across retail, wholesale, and manufacturing, with rent controls linked in war boom areas. The plan may follow the Canadian model allowing stores to set own ceilings based on March high. Rent reductions face enforcement in 20 designated areas with a 60 day compliance window.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
OPA
Marijuana Ring Cracked Four Soldiers Jailed
RALEIGH April 28 The Federal Grand Jury indicted four African American soldiers from Camp Davis and Fort Fisher near Wilmington for involvement in a marijuana ring. Private Washington Fortune named ringleader with bond set at 1500 dollars. Privates Zemus Ward Mack Wall and Edgar D Wall Jr bound over at 1000 dollars each. Army sergeant testified purchasing marijuana cigarettes for 25 cents and 38 ounces were found in Fortune’s room. Judge Isaac Meekins presiding.
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Raleigh
Camp Davis
Fort Fisher
Wilmington
Charles Rouse
U. S
Washington Fortune
W. A. Wylie
U.S
Zemus Ward
Mack Wall
Edgar D. Wall, Jr
Fortune
James W. Foreman
Green Lantern Taverns
Rouse
Isaac Meekins
Cripps Predicts Good Will From India Self Government Proposals
London dispatch reports Sir Stafford Cripps defending the India self government proposals as the war cabinet seeks to reassure confidence amid propaganda claims of defeatism. He notes no American intervention, only help from a trustworthy U.S. citizen, and explains he avoided hand picking Indian representatives.
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London
Sir Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
India
New Delhi
Far Eastern
Sir Stafford
Churchill
Leutenant
Cripps
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Battle over 100 million bill to aid small business gains Senate vote
Two leading bankers Jesse H. Jones and Donald M. Nelson face a tough fight as a bill to create a hundred million dollar corporation to award contracts to small firms advances. Senator James F. Murray promotes the plan linking to White House support while Nelson counters. The measure passes the Senate unanimously amid party split signals setting up a final clash.
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Princes of Commerce
Donald M. Nelson
Friends of
James F. Murray
Montana
Amiu-Navy
Murray
White House
Nelson
Messrs
Glass
Virginia
Barkley
Kentucky
Brown
Michigan
Senate
Commerce
Capital Hill
Houston
Swift Moving Japs Cut Off Defense Units
Japanese forces threaten Burma’s defense lines as reinforcements push toward Mandalay Lashio. The AVG repelled a raid, shooting down eleven Japanese fighters without loss as 27 bombers and 20 fighters attacked an AVG base. Lashio bombed and set aflame, with crucial supplies moved out. Escalating pressure risks severing the China India rail corridor ahead of the monsoon.
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Chungking
China
Burma
Malaya
Shan States
Mandalay-Sashio
Biets
AVG
Kunming
Lashio
Mandalay
India
Brma
Lojlem
Hsipaw
Mandalay-Lashio
Mong Kung
Mong Sung
House Votes Dies 110000 Appropriation On Unamerican Probes
The Dies committee won a 290 to 64 roll call to receive 110000 for continued investigations This largest monthly allotment in four years comes amid accusations of spreading disunity and praise for service to the country Rep Dies faced charges of making wild statements while Rep Marcan tonio said such charges aid enemy agents in the U S Also Allied planes sighted large Japanese shipping in the Bay of Bengal believed to be moving troops and materiel to Burma.
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Washington
House
Dies Committee
Cochran
D-Mo
Accounts Committee
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
Rep
Marcantonio
Ai-Ny
Dies
Bay OF Ben London
Bay of Bengal
Burma
FR To Speak On Full War Tonight
President Roosevelt plans a 10 p.m. radio address to explain why a total war demands full effort at home and abroad. He will outline a seven point program to curb rising living costs and stress coordinated actions of military and production forces behind the fronts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Early
Office of Price Administration
AVG Fighters Set to Disband After Historic Burma War
The AVG Fighters, led by Claire L. Chennault, face dissolution as Chennault is recalled as brigadier general in the U S Army. The unit, famed for destroying over 200 Japanese aircraft with fewer than 10 fliers lost, may transfer to the Army Air Forces or return to the United States at contract end.
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Daniel DE Luce
Burma
Claire L. Chennault
U. S
Far East
War Department
Washington
AVG
Army Air Forces
United States
New Delhi
Navy
China
Army
Chungking
Trondheim Harbor Battles Mark New Bombing Push
British bombers struck Trondheim amid broader raids on Cologne and Dunkerque as part of a fifth night of heavy air attacks. German fleet ships Tirpitz Prinz Eugen Hipper and Admiral Scheer were referenced, while Trondheim’s port and land installations were targeted. Rostock fires continued from prior raids as RAF pushed toward the French coast.
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Russell C. Landstrong
London
Trondheim
Air Ministry
Rhineland
Cologne
Dunkerque
France
Belgium
Calais
Tirpitz
Prinz Eugen
Brest
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Hipper
Admiral Scheer
Roestock
Germany
Heinkel
Rostock
Air Min Istry
RAF
French
Dover Strait
Kent
Luxury Disease Tuberculosis Seen As Luxury Illness
Dr. M C Bonner says tuberculosis is a luxury disease because only the rich can afford two years of disability. He notes the average duration of active TB disability is about two years and the well off can endure two years of idleness and cost.
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M. C. Bonner
North Carolina Tuberculosis Association
Dimmed Coastline To Be Watched By Patrol
New York APRIL 28 Officers begin offshore vigilance over lights as three states dim coastlines by army order. Nightly patrols will report violations of blackout rules across New York New Jersey and Delaware up to 13 miles offshore. Penalties include possible total blackout.
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New York
New Jersey
Delaware
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