Invasion Fronts Two Balkans Hitlers Uneasy Rampart
Allied planners weigh a Balkan invasion as a route to Berlin. Greece, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania offer strategic advantages and hazards. Salonika, the Dardanelles, and Romanian coastlines shape the risk, terrain, and timing of any Mediterranean strike.
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London
Germany
Balkans
Berlin
Balkan
Greece
Albania
Yugoslava
Bulgaria
Romania
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Crete
Draga Mihail
Parti
Mihailovich
Rumania
Russia
Kia
Tion
Nia
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Winston Churchill
Casablanca
Turkey
Fuhrer
Mediterranean
Danube
Bucharest
Ploesti
Salonika
Vardar
English Channel
Dinaric
Transylvanian Alps
Carpathians
Europe
Lost and found woes in daily papers reveal ration books
Readers note ration books dominate lost items with questions about fe tye t transport glider and meal-house etiquette. In naval life, whistling is banned to avoid confusion with the boatswain’s mate’s pipe.
Beel Robbed of Weekend Receipts by Easter Egg Heist
Florist Ralph Beel arrived home with weekend receipts when two masked assailants emerged from the shadows. They seized two candy Easter Egg boxes from his wife and fled. The cash remained in Beel’s car.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Beel
Beel
Nazi Looting Of Occupied Europe Tops All In History
The board of economic welfare says German plunder of occupied Europe reached historic scales by end of 1941 and grows steadily. It cites $36 billion looted value, continued transfer of wealth and resources to Germany, and widespread confiscation of machinery, art, livestock, and labor from Poland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and other regions.
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Rumania
Bulgaria
Germany
Occupied
Europe
Washington
Board of Economic Welfare
Poland
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Japan
France
Norway
Easter respite front page banner in Pam pa News
The Pam pa News toasts a break from crime and war with a front page Easter respite. Editor Tex Deweese explains the section offers light reading and cheerful items for Sunday readers.
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Pampa
Tex
News Today
Tex Deweese
Dorothy Pope Marries Aviation Cadet Merritt in Hays Church
Dorothy Pope of Dallas wed Aviation Cadet Charles Merritt in a church that overflowed when they published a newspaper invitation to friends. A naval salute greeted the ceremony, symbolizing the state, as the British Empire population was estimated at 479 million, including India.
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Hays
Kas
Dorothy Pope
Dallas
Tex
Charles Merritt
India
Training 1-Bs Shifting War Era Roles In Camp McCoy
Wartime in Washington recounts how selective service created a special 1-B training program at Camp McCoy to rehabilitate physically substandard men. Despite defects they excel in basic drills and gunnery, proving their value as versatile Army laborers and potential combat supports. The piece notes many such men, including bakers, electricians, and stenographers, are gaining skilled roles while contributing to the war effort. It also mentions half the ships docking at Argentine ports are American, British, or Norwegian.
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Washington
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Camp McCoy
Chicago
Henry S. Aurand
Sixth Service Command
1 B
1-Bs
Argentine
Ballard Flour Biscuits Offer Ration-Saving Goodness
Ballard promotes Victory Biscuits using OBELISK Flour to save ration points. One tablespoon shortening per 114 cups flour yields 112 biscuits, enabling continued meat purchases. The ad emphasizes nutrition, self rising or plain flour, quick 8 to 10 minute baking, money-back guarantee, and coupons from Ballard & Ballard Co.
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Ballard
Victory
Ballard & Ballard Co., Inc
Louisville
Kentucky
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Wagger
Victory Biscuits
Renfro Valley
CBS
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