China faces renewed Japanese drive through Burma to Lashio
News wrap reports Japanese forces pushing toward Lashio severing Burma Road supply links into China. Chinese defenses in Mandalay fear envelopment while Stilwell and Flying Tigers vow to defend territory. Roosevelt Fireside broadcast promises airlifted aid and munitions to Chiang Kai-shek as China fights to hold lines and resist invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
China
Rangoon
Burma Road
Lashio Iso
Mandalay
Seat
Stilwell
Yeeman
Flying Tigers
Bura
Asia
Hiang
Chiang ai-Shek
Roosevelt
Peronnes
RAF raids Gennevilliers destroy rubber works and aero plant
London April 30 AP. The RAF bombed and set ablaze the Goodrich Rubber Works and the Gnome-Rhone aero plant at Gennevilliers near Paris. Six British planes went missing in the raid which hit docks at Ostend and low-country airfields. Germans claimed damage at Gennevilliers and Norwich raid reprisals followed.
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Russell C. Landstrom
London
RAF
Goodrich Rubber Works
Gnome-Rhone Aero
Paris
Gennevilliers
Air Ministry
Gnome- Rhone
Vichy
Continent
Norwich
East Anglia
Berlin
Caid
Workers back at Bethlehem Steel coke ovens after wage dispute
Jounstown, Pa. April 30. Coke oven employees return to work at Bethlehem Steel plant after a two day walkout ended in a settlement encouraged by War Production Board officials. Harry Roulfs and James Gent announced the wage dispute would be sent to the War Board for immediate decision. Workers demanded 12 1 2 cents an hour with wages rising beyond 23 cents an hour in cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jounstown
P—Cio
Bethlehem Fed Company
Aday
Ad Union
Harry Roulfs
War Production Board
Roulfs
James B. Gent
War Bor
Health Risk Gap Between Worker Groups Emerges
A report shows death rates from tuberculosis are much higher among unskilled workers than skilled laborers and far above those among professionals. The data highlights occupational health disparities and the need for targeted prevention efforts in low wage sectors.
Sea Survivors Arrive In N Y
Twenty five men from a torpedoed American freighter arrived in New York after eight days at sea aboard an open boat. They spoke of rationing two crackers and a cup of water daily to endure injuries and exposure until rescue on the eighth day by an Amer i can vessel, with the ship breaking in two and sinking quickly.
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New York
Navy
Bermuda
Phillip Curran
Boston
Mass
Reds Crack Nazis But Thrown Back
Berlin reports Soviet forces broke through near a large frontline focal point but were repulsed by counterattacks. High command cites Russian tank use and losses, with 17 tanks and 2,000 men killed. Situation linked to Orel region and defense by German troops aided by dive bombers. Concludes with note of continuation on page 2.
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Berlin
Lake Timen
Sea of Azov
Nursk
Orel
Kkharkov
Russian Drives.) the High Command
Moscow
Red Army
High Command
Centralized Cabinet Reshapes Roosevelt Era War Effort
Kay Tucker analyzes how World War II demands have pushed FDR to redefine the national leadership. Only Hull and Jones retain heavy senior roles as the cabinet shifts to a functional war management system. Morgenthau guides Treasury finance while Perkins handles child nutrition. Walker takes mail duties. Knox and Stimson manage paperwork.
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Kay Tucker Czears
Roosevelt
Cordel Hull
Jesse H. Jones
McS
Frank C. Walker
Frances Perkins
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Knox
Stimson
F.D.R
Stall
Denaln M. Nelson
Hitler Il Duce And Jap Envoy To Plan Meeting
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini and General Hiroshi Oshima Japanese ambassador to Germany to meet in a few days. Place not specified. Berlin radio Munich dispatch says Oshima arrived to take part in a week of interstate cultural work, with flags and officials welcoming him.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Benito Ussolini
Hiroshi Oshima
Germany
Tokyo
Hochi
Reuters
Berlin
Munich
Oshima
Army
Nazi Party
Hint
San Diego Blackout Reported by Interceptor Command
San Diego and surrounding areas experienced a 33 minute blackout from 10:40 p m to 11:13 p m Pacific war time. Blackout coverage extended from Oceanside to the Mexican border as unidentified aircraft prompted Army searchlights before being deemed friendly.
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San Diego
Calif
Vicinity
National City
Oceanside
San Francisco
Western Defense Command
Six More Allied Vessels Sunk Off U S Coast
German High Command claimed six more Allied merchant ships totaling 33 000 tons were sunk by U boats off the United States coast. A seventh vessel described as a fairly large merchant ship was damaged by a torpedo hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
High Command
U S General Harold H. George Dies in Pacific Crash
Allied Headquarters Australia April 30 via AP report Brigadier General Harold H. George of the U S Army Air Force is dead in an air crash in the Southwest Pacific also killed Time and Life correspondent Melville Jacoby, who travels with MacArthur’s forces from Bataan. The War Department confirms the death and notes George’s prior service with MacArthur in the Philippines and his recent promotion to brigadier general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Headquarters
Australia
Harold H. George
United States Army Air Force
Melville Jacoby
Time and Life Magazine
Bataan
U. S
Washington
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
George
MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Lockport
N. Y
31St
Selfridge Field
Michigan
New York National Guard
General MacArthur
Air Corps
Philippine
Luzon
Melville Jaccéby
Last Revenue Case Pending in Raleigh Trial
The final revenue department case, involving embezzlement and aiding and abetting, went to the jury after noon with Fred Brown Drake, former chief of the sales tax division, pleading innocent. Sentences for those convicted or who pleaded guilty were expected to be handed down this afternoon, as witnesses lauded a defendant's reputation and the judge noted discretionary sentencing.
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Raleigh
Revenue Department
Fred Brown Drake
F. Donald Phillips
D. L. Ward
New Bern
R. L. Ward, Jr
Charles Hall, Jr
Seashore Transportation Company
E C. Edgerton
W. J. Lansche
Drake
Phillips
Profits Limit Tabled By House Naval Committee
The House Naval Committee narrowly voted 13 to 12 to table a measure to limit war profits, extend the 40 hour work week to 48 hours, and maintain current shop practices for the war period. Chairman Vinson warned the public will decide in November on wartime labor and plant racketeering concerns as Roosevelt’s call against new labor legislation stands. The decision defers profit limits to the Ways and Means Committee amid ongoing hearings and the president’s suggestion for a $25,000 cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House Naval Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
FDR
Roosevelt
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Gasoline Tax Receipts Fall in North Carolina April
Raleigh April 30. Gasoline tax receipts for April totaled 2,325,711.39, down from 2,487,264.58 a year earlier. Auto license plate receipts dropped, while sales and especially income taxes rose. Income tax for the year to date reached a record 21,224,836.08, far above last year, with total April collections at 21,228,92 versus 6,505,201,888 in 1941.
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Raleigh
Cary
North Carolina
State Department of Revenue
Tha General Assembly
Allied jets strike Lae and Timor bases in Pacific raid
Allied headquarters reported 20 Japanese planes destroyed or damaged in a Lae, New Guinea attack with large fires started. Japanese planes also attacked Port Moresby with minor damage. A light raid hit Koepang, Timor. In Mindanao, Parang reinforcements arrived as forces try to hold. Corregidor endured heavy bombing and forts silenced three batteries. Luzon coast truck column destroyed. Panay remains under resistance.
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Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Bulletin
Philippines
Parang
Mindanao
Tokyo Radio
Cotabato
Corregidor
Luzon
Panay Island
Gigantic Nazi British air battle rages over French coast
Folke stone observers report massive RAF Nazi duel above Cap Gris Nez and Boulogne with vapor trails spanning miles. Explosions echo across Dover Strait as multiple formations engage, one pair meeting near Boulogne then breaking into duels. date April 30.
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Folkestone
England
RAF
French
Cap Gris Nez
Boulogne
Dover Strait
Peace Off ensive by Germany Is Reported
London April 30 The Associated Press reported that Germany has proposed peace to Britain three times since mid March. The plan centers on a Goering memorandum giving the Third Reich continental mastery, freeing Nazi forces for the Russian front and a possible western land move. Churchill and Roosevelt rejected negotiations with the Nazis.
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London
Germany
AFL
Britain
Third Reich
Europe
West
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Churchill
Roosevelt
Orld
Charles de Gaulle
Turkey
Switzerland
Sweden
Russia
Lashio Falls To Japanese Heavy Losses
Lashio, gateway to China, fell to Japanese forces after a brutal battle with heavy casualties on both sides. Twelve Japanese tanks were reported destroyed. The loss endangers the Burma defense and threatens Mandalay and the Burma Road supply line, as fires rage and the town may be torched or abandoned. Chinese and Allied forces continue isolated actions around Pyawbiwe and Taunggyi amid maneuvering for retreat or counterattacks.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
China
Lashio
High Command
Burma
Mandalay
Lashion
London
India
de Perate
Sittang
Irrawaddy
Pyawbiwe
Taunggyi
Pyawbwe
Jap Pilot Kills Own Flier Shot Down By Allies
San Francisco reports from Melbourne say Japanese pilots, after being shot down, kill fellow fliers who attempt to surrender. An Australian fighter recalls a Zero shooting at a drowning pilot and another diving to machine gun a straggler, indicating extreme measures to prevent captured pilots from yielding information.
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San Francisco
Melbourne
Libya
New Guinea
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Oke
War Labor Board
Atlantic
Hitler
Ashington
Il Duce
Interceptor Command
U.S
Pacific
Melville Jacob
The
Naval Committee
France
Young Democrats
Greensboro
N.C
Lpi
Guilford County
Young Democratic Club
Broughton
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