Wake Island Bombed Again by U S Forces
Allied forces led by the Seventh Air Force and Admiral Nimitz conducted a bombing raid on Wake Island and nearby targets in the central Pacific. The assault hit storage tanks and barracks, unloading 115 tons across Wake, Marshall Islands, Ponape and Carolines, as anti aircraftfire rose over Wake Island skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
S. Seventh Air Force Libera
Little Island
Chester Smitz
Wake
Marshall Island
Ponape
Ant Island
Carolines
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Truk
Seventh Air Force
Marshall's
British and Palestinian Death Sentences Claimed in Jerusalem Attacks
Authorities announce death sentences for nine police officials in Jerusalem and related districts after explosions damaged police heads and officials. Additional suspects faced charges for carrying firearms or bombs and disrupting transport, water, electrical, and telecommunication services. The death penalty, once set in 1936, was reduced to imprisonment in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usalem
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Tel
Haifa
Palestine Defense
Submarine sunk after surface gun duel with destroyers
American destroyers battled a German submarine in the Mediterranean for about an hour and twenty minutes. The submarine fought back with its guns but was overwhelmed as destroyers unleashed main batteries and depth charges. A third ship joined in the search and a British warship arrived later. Commanders Henry R. Hepburn Jr and Rus C. Williams Jr led the efforts with other officers in the action.
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Ashington
Mediterranean
Ders
Navy
Henry R
Willow Street
West Mass
Rus C. Williams, Jr
Over Avenue
Norfolk
Hepburn A.ree
Union St
Holok
Mass
Allies Break Japanese Lines in Burma Valley Action
American Merrill’s Marauders and the Chinese 38th division captured Shaduzup and pressed into the Mogaung valley in North Burma. Tanks were used on both sides as Japanese forces were cut off along the Mo Gaung valley with reports of continued fighting and a possible clash near Kamaiga and Myitkyina.
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New Delhi
Burma
Shadurup
Mogaung
Imphal
India
Merrill
Shadazup
Kamaiga
Myitkyina
Southeast Asia Command
Frank Merrill
Shaduzup
Myitkyina - Mandalay
Mogaung Wal
Mine Blast Kills 16 Miners at Katherine Coal Mine
An underground fire and a massive blast in the No. 4 Katherine Coal Company mine near Shinnston West Virginia trapped and killed 16 miners. Rescue crews sealed the mine as toxic gas and methane raised explosion fears while 75 workers escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shinnston
W. Va
Katherine Coal Company
Jesse Redyard
John Hogue
West Virginia
New Attacks In Cassino Face Stubborn German Resistance
Allied reports say New Zealand troops and paratroopers pressed westward into Cassino but were pinned in the southern rubble by German paratroops. Artillery shook the area as Heindrich's forces held key tunnels inside Abbey Hill, with the town's western and northern sectors under heavy bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Naples
New Zealand
Cassino
NBC
Nazi Troops Sent To Czechoslovakia Fronts Move
London dispatch says German troops are being sent to Czechoslovakia's north eastern and eastern frontiers to occupy Carpathian passes as the Russian army nears Ruthenia. Reports from Slovakia and Ruthenia claim guerrillas are attacking German communications through these passes.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Carpathian Mountains
Ruthenia
Sunday Times
Slovakia
Fresh German Tanks Hold Continental Hotel At Cassino
Allied report from Naples says Cassino Continental Hotel bears three new German tanks in its lobby and snipers in windows overlooking Highway Six and Monastery Hill. New Zealanders attacked the area. tanks pressed to 30 yards before Germans used caves and dugouts to reinforce defenses along the road to Rome.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Allied
Naples
Cassino
Continental
Highway Six
Monastery Hill
Rome
Castle Hill
New Zealand
American Ships Shell Island In Admiralties
American destroyers shelled Pityilu island in the Admiralties as U S forces press the western cleanup of remaining Japanese defenses. The attack supports advances toward Lorengau and Los Negros while aerial strikes hit targets at Rabaul Savieng Kahili and Alexishafen.
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Shell Island
Admiralties
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Pityilu Island
Seadler Harbor
United States
Manus
Ohana
Douglas MacArthur
Gemp
Bismarck Sea
Los Negros Island
Manus Island
Lorengau
Rabaul
New Britain
Savieng
New Ireland
Buka
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Alexishafen
Madang
New Guinea
Pityilu
Lorau
Germans Destroy Riviera Casino at Nice
A Vichy dispatch to the Spanish press reports Germans have begun destroying the Casino of Nice on the Riviera. The plan to demolish the large building on Avenue De La Victoire was announced nearly a year ago but delayed until now for various reasons.
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Madrid
Nice
French Riviera
Vichy
Avenue de la Victoire
Vesuvius Death Toll Rises to 26 in Naples
In Naples on March 25 officials reported 26 dead from Mount Vesuvius eruption as roofs collapsed under ash and dust. The crater intensified its activity after a 12 hour lull, with Professor Imbri of the Royal Italian Observatory noting the volcano remains abnormal.
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Naples
Mt. Vesuvius
Imbro
Royal Italian Observatory
Vesuvius
Vesuivius
Heavy RAF Bombing Pushes Berlin Raid Record
Royal Air Force formations carried out a round the clock bombing campaign doubling the Berlin assault size. More than 2 800 tons of explosives fell on Berlin and other German cities, with 1 000+ bombers in a night raid across the east coast and Baltic targets. 112 German planes were claimed downed as U S Marauders and Thunderbolts attacked rail hubs like Hirson.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Channel
Germany
RAF
Baltic Sea
Kiel
Leipzig
Weimar
U. S
Thunderbolt
Hirson
France
Churchill To Speak Today At Four O Clock
Prime Minister Churchill is set to address Britain and the United States via radio at 9 p m London time 4 p m Eastern War Time. The speech aims to rally public support for the forthcoming assault and affirm Unity among the United Nations. The BBC confirmed all networks in the United States will carry the address with London stations staying on air during raids.
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London
Churchill
United Nations
United States
British Broadcasting Company
Tito Blocks Nazi Advance in Bosnia
A Tito issued communique reports a German push in the Bijeljina area north of Sarajevo halted and a counter attack by the 16th and 37th partisan divisions underway. Partisans strike German forces moving toward Hungary in Slavonia with heavy losses. a train on the Bosanski Novi line blown up and over 250 Germans killed across mountain skirmishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tito
Bijelina
Bosnia
Sarajevo
Slavonia
Hungary
Bosanski-Novi
Governor backs ECTC students over fund probe
Governor Broughton vows use of power to protect East Carolina Teachers College students from intimidation amid calls for further investigation after trustees exonerated President Meadows on funds questions. Students demand full probe and assurance of rights in petition.
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ECTC
Raleigh
East Carolina Teachers College
Broughton
Leon R. Meadows
State Auditor's Office
State Bureau of Investigation
Meadows
Clyde Erwin
Greenville
Red Army pushes to Dniester as Czernowitz danger grows
Moscow said the Red Army formed a 60 mile invasion head on the Dniester across from Czerniewitz in Bucovina as it drove Germans back toward the Carpathians. Russian forces neared Czernowitz and the Bucharest Lwow rail line, threatening the eastern front and a key supply axis toward the Black Sea port of Nikolaev.
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Burma
India
Manipur
Imphal
China
Calcutta
Shillong
Myitkyina
London
Red Army
Rumania
Dniester
Czernoewitz
Rumatkia
Bucovina
Balkans
Moscow
Carpathian Mountains
Czernowitz
Hitler
Bucharest - Lwow
Tarenopol
Poland
Bessarabia
Danube
Kodzega
Odessa
Proskurov
Tarnopol
Mogilevski
Kamenets Podolsk
New Slav Army Ready To Aid Allied Push
Maj. Voislav Lukatchevic said 30,000 Yugoslav Chetniks armed and ready in Serbia to strike on signal for an Allied invasion. He claimed Mihailovic’s forces have limited ammo and equipment and could not win alone, urging a decisive offensive.
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London
Voislav Lukatchevic
Yugosla
Todo
Draja Mihailovic
Serbia
Mihailovic
Chetniks
Belgrade
Britain
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Yorkshire Miners Back in Pitstan
J A Hall president of the Yorkshir mine workers association says about 60 000 Yorkshire miners will return to work Monday and another 25 000 in Doncaster area are away under a wage agreement reached by mine owners and miners leaders. The agreement provides a wage differential for skilled workers and officials say no deductions will be made from miners wages for coal taken to health own homes with any deductions already made to be refunded.
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London
J. A Hall
Yorkshir Mine Workers’ Association
Yorkshire Coal Fields
Doncaster
Hall
Ministry of Fuel
Yorkshire
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