Tunisian Mountain Fight Defines Axis Stand in Africa
DeWitt MacKenzie reports fierce hand to hand fighting across a mountain arc as Allied forces press five main operations toward Tunisian plains. British, American, and French units push from Sedjenane to Mateur and Bizerte, while air power and naval eyes isolate Axis forces. Marshal Rommel may have been recalled, potentially denting morale.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
United Nations
Tunisia
Iindeed
Algeirs Radio Today
Tunis
Pont du Fa
Djebel Man‘sour
Bizerte
Patton, Jr
Harold Alexander
Sedjenane-Mateur
First Army
Medjez - el- Bab
Djebel Mansour
Lear
Eighth Army
Zaghouan
Marshal Rammel
Hamburg Soldier Is Prisoner of Nazis
Washington reports Tech. Sgt. Harry W. Tucker of Hamburg Arkansas is being held as a prisoner of war at an unspecified camp in Germany. He is the sole Arkansan listed among 186 soldiers captured in Germany according to the War Department notice.
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Washington
Py — Tech
Harry W. Tucker
Douglas Tucker
Hamburg
Germany
War Department
Tucker
Arkansan
Market Report Poultry and Produce on April Chicago
Chicago market notes show poultry prices mixed with hens at 24 for all hens and framings for fryers springs broilers at 27 1-2, roosters, stags at 20, ducks 25, butter receipts at 623 566 with creamery quotes further. National stockyards reports hogs at 14.90 to 15.00 for 180-310 lb, cattle opening steady with steers 15.00-17.00 and cows strong, lambs minimal. wheat and oats trade under CCC price stabilization with wheat at 1.43-1.58, oats lower, corn unchanged. New York stocks show light selling softening gains after early highs, with 1,000,000 shares traded. Cotton futures edge lower as CCC stabilizes around 21.38 cents.
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Chicago
National
U.S
New York
NEW York Cotton
C.C.C
Jly
Russia Breaks With Poles in Exile
Moscow says it severs relations with the Polish government in exile accusing Warsaw of a hostile anti Soviet campaign tied to German propaganda. Molotov’s note denounces Polish cooperation with Hitler and cites alleged Polish involvement in pressuring for territorial concessions amid Smolensk officer killings.
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Mosecow
Smolensk
Hitler
Soviet Union
Molotov
Ukraine
Russia
Soviet
Lithuania
Poland
U.S.S.R
U.S
Quisling Chooses Sigurd Jorsalfar as Fuehrer March
The Norwegian nationalist leader Vidkum Quisling ends the search for a march by selecting Edvard Grieg’s Sigurd Jorsalfar as his Fuehrer March. An order bars any performance of Sigurd Jorsalfar except in Quisling’s presence.
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Sigurd Jorsalfar
Quisling
Flashes of Life From The Associated Press
A collection of quirky snapshots from across the United States. A Joecal boy sells his nonworking dollar watch to an Arab for three dollars in New Britain Connecticut. In Carnegie Hall Toscanini conducts as a nurse helps the stricken cellist. A carrier pigeon with a secret message is captured near Orlando Florida. In Twin Falls Idaho a deputy sheriff summons a resident for harboring a vicious dog, then gets attacked. In Kansas City a man shells out ration points to farmhand work, altering his daily routine. In Dayton New Mexico the funeral association president tests caskets for OPA compliance. A Pampa Texas front page offers Easter respite, no war news.
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Twin Falls
Idaina — Praut
Virgil R. Borden
Kinnerley
Ecourk
Borden
War Stricken Areas Observe Easter Sunday
War torn areas marked Easter with crowded churches from Moscow to Jerusalem and New York to London. In Moscow 26 churches overflowed as worshippers struggled for space while North Africa and the Russian front endured heavy fighting. London held a dawn service for American troops as bells sounded for the first times since 1940. Pope Pius XII celebrated mass in Rome but did not broadcast. American churchgoers filled cities nationwide and a 750,000 strong Fifth Avenue Easter parade underscored a nation at war with hopeful faith.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Jerusalem
New York
London
North Africa
Russia
Eddy Gilmore
America
Hole Park
British Isles
France
Adna W. Leonard
Washington, D. C
Leonard
Pius II
Rome
Diplomatic Corps
Spellman
New York City
Fifth Avenue
GOP Group to Study Post War Program
Washington Aprll 26 14 The GOP forms a 33 member committee led by Charles A Wolverton to study postwar domestic issues aimed at shaping policy after the war. Joseph W Martin Jr chairs the group with Dirksen and experts, promising subcommittees to examine problems and urging Congress to take primary responsibility for postwar planning.
Army Sergeant Learns Brother Was There in Air Base Surprise
Archbold, Pa. sergeant Stanley Salamon, active with a bomber crew en route to other sectors, landed at a Caribbean air base. On meeting ground crew he inquired about his APO timber, exclaiming about a brother stationed there. He then spotted his brother, Peter Salamon, a technician fifth grade from Archbald.
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Stanley Salamon
Archbald
Caribbean
Salamon
Art Inspires Soldiers On Alaska Highway
Artists paint pictures to hang at barracks and headquarters along the 1600 mile Alaska Highway. Lieut. Richard L. Neuberper says artworks, reserved at Northland post from professionals and amateurs, will brighten living quarters for troops on a lonely frontier route under Brig. Gen. James A. O Connor.
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Seattle
Alaska
Richard L. Neuberper
Northwest Service Command
James A. O'Connor
Northland Post
Amies
Four U.S. Planes Shoot Down Five Jap Aircraft
U S Navy report says four American fighters engaged near Guadalcanal to repel an enemy bomber formation of 10 bombers and 20 Zeros. Five Japanese fighters were shot down while two U S planes failed to return. The action occurred 99 miles northwest of Gunga Point as U S forces resumed raids on enemy positions amid adverse weather and ongoing efforts to slow the Japanese air base build.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
United States
Gunga Point
Solomons
Navy Con Munique
South Pacific
Kolombangara Island
Lunfa Point
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Kiskee
North Pacific
Rocky Island
Aleutians
Kiska
No Action on Deferment of Fathers
Washington April 26 With Secretary of War Stimson opposing its enactment Senate deferred consideration of a proposal to blanket military draft exemptions for fathers for another week Johnson announced to wait until next Monday before moving to call up another measure Wheeler planned to offer an amendment prohibiting calling pre Pearl Harbor fathers for remainder of 1943 Stimson letter dated April 30 made public by the Senate military affairs committee says approval of Wheeler proposal would be unjustified Their department is advised that as of January 1 1943 more than eight million registrants aged 18 through 37 were deferment 3A with more than six million in 1A for having one or more children under 14 Stimson says the war effort cannot spare six million men and the program must be carefully planned and coordinated to train an army of the best equipped fighting men He adds no legislation is needed to emphasize the importance of home life but the war cannot be won easily or without sacrifice
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Washington
Stimson
Johnson
D+ Cola
Wheeler
Slimson
War Department
Fight Seasoned Americans Trap Germans
American forces in North Tunisia report heavy fighting as two German infantry companies on hills near Deja are trapped and wiped out. Artillery and close combat seal the loss, with approx 200 Nazis slain or captured. French African Corps push north of Mateur. Allied air superiority and persistent infantry advances target Kef El Geraa Hill No. 578 and surrounding positions amid rugged terrain and heavy mortar fire.
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Harold V. Boyle
Tunisia
Deja
Jurgren von Artin
Willer
Mateur
Sedjenane
Rugeerd
von Arnim
Tunis
Enom
Bjcu
Cerna
Kef el Geraa
Baldas
Wiley
Kef
E! Geraa
Refugee talks in Hamilton aim for joint recommendations
American and British representatives after a week of talks in Hamilton Bermuda on April 20 plan to draw up joint recommendations for their governments to address refugees from Nazi conquered Europe. Public disclosure may be delayed due to worry that premature publicity could undermine proposed steps.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Europe
Plane Builder Trains In It After AW Commission
Lt. Alvin Boden helped construct aircraft in a Curtiss-Wright plant at Lambert Field St Louis Missouri and helped outfit planes. He later trained after joining the air corps and earned an AW commission.
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Liv Junta
Coln
Alvin
Boden
Une
Air Force
Lenbert Field
St. Louis
U S Break With Finland Imminent
A Helsinki report says a US Finland break seems near with Finland facing pressure to align with Russia and withdraw from Germany. US diplomat McClintock sought talks as the Finnish govt cautions against triggering a crisis while Helsinki papers note public anxiety but defend independence.
Faint Echo of Rebel Yell Down South
A reflective piece on Confederate memory across Southern states with observances tied to Memorial and Confederate Memorial Day. It notes dwindling veteran numbers, ongoing rites in Alabama Georgia Florida and Mississippi and delayed observances in other states while recalling Civil War figures such as Lee Longstreet Jackson and Early and evokes ghostly memories of Confederate soldiers and camps.
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Associated Press
Athinia
Confederate States of America
Thage
Wrey
Abe
Trey
Kor Alabina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Texas
Carolinas
Arkansas
Virginia
Toauisiana
Tennessee
Jefferson Davis
Robert J. Lee
Pennsylvania
Lee
Longstreet
Tee
Jackson
Uld
Mawell
AL PS Hill
Old Jude
Gorden
Britons Forge Link With Brazil
London reports Britons form the Anglo Brazilian Society to deepen cultural ties with Brazil. The group aims to stimulate closer relations and promote mutual understanding between the two nations.
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Brazil
London
Gria“il
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