Paratroopers to Play Vital Part in Coming Invasion
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie notes paratroopers will be central to the forthcoming invasion. Churchill praised their bold role while France’s Laval warned against cooperation. Rommel’s Atlantic wall and German reserves shape the D day challenge as airborne troops prepare to seize airfields and disrupt enemy communications.
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Churchill
Quisling
Laval
Hitler
Marshal Rommel
Atlantic
England
France
United States Army
Atlantic Wall
Crete
Anzio Beachhead Tales From Front Line Camp Life
Daniel De Luce reports at Anzio Beachhead on April 17 about odd diversions and crude comforts. Club life includes the Associated Royal and Ancient Benevolent Protective Order of Mole, the Sea Horse Club, and the Eight-Ball Club while troops improvise showers from 3,000 gallons daily. Relieved soldiers joke about field mice and a snake in a dugout as shells crack nearby.
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Daniel de Luce
Hal Boyle
Anzio Beachhead
Associated Royal
Benevolent Protective Order of Moles
Moledom
Mole Hill
Willie
Jerry
Seahorse Club
Benning
Anzio
al Hoching
Benton, Wis
Martin Chenoweth
Wheeling
W. Va
Jess Drenner
63Rd and
Weston Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Notable Fall Victory and Paratroop Advances
The article notes a notable victory last fall with paratroops seizing the railway junction at Ovruch and thirty other sites in the Zhitomir area, enabling reguar troops to retake Zhitomir. It also highlights American use of paratroops in the Pacific and large airborne forces operating behind Japanese lines in Burma.
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Ovruch
Zhitomir
Pacific
Yeeman
Lack of Jap Opposition Puzzles Yanks In New Guinea
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports minimal Japanese resistance during the Hollandia and Aitape landings. Observers note few prisoners and scattered fire, with US forces pushing ahead as Krueger and Eichelberger discuss the surprising absence of opposition.
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New Guinea
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Aitape
Sixth Army
Tadji
Associated Press
Spencer Davis
Tanahmerah Bay
Humbolt Bay
Associated "Press
Asahel Bush
Tanaherah Bay
Walter Krueger
Robert L
Humboldt Bay
Japs Make Bid to Halt Allies in Burma Area
Allied observers report Japanese jungle troops attacking road and rail blocks in Central Burma held by Chindits and facing stiff losses. British forces tighten grip on Imphal Kohima region as Mountbatten announces Ma Pao hill seizure and blocked Bengal Assam rail corridor aiding Stilwell in the Mo gaung valley.
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Burma
Thoburn Wiant
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal-Kohima
India
Bengal-Assam
China
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Mapao
Imphal
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung Valley
British reassured on bases ceded in western hemisphere
London reports Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons there have been no developments prompting a government review of the current position on western hemisphere bases leased to the United States. He said there is no plan to cede British territories and denied any sale without British public consent. A Washington naval committee subpanel had proposed studying permanent possession of the leased bases.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
United States
House Naval Affairs Committee
Washington
Roosevelt orders seizure of Montgomery Ward plant in Chicago
President Roosevelt directed Secretary of War Stimpson to act under executive order to seize and operate Montgomery Ward and Company facilities in Chicago. Undersecretary Wayne C. Taylor announced delivery of a certified order to Sewell Avery, who declined to accept it, citing questions of legality. The report notes two million tons of naval auxiliary vessels completed in the U.S. last year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Stimson
Ecommerce
Jones
Montgoery Ward and Company
Chicago
White House
Biddle
Secretary of Commerce
Montgomery Ward and Company
Wayne C. Taylor
Commerce
Sewell Avery
Avery
United States
Closing In On 300 Combat Planes Previously
A historical report notes a fleet near 300 combat aircraft a month earlier, marking a significant scale in military air power and readiness during the period.
Market Report National Stockyards Hogs Cattle and Wool Prices
Hogs 15 000 with 10 000 held over, steady opens. Good and choice 200-270 lbs 13.70, 280-300 lbs 12.75-13.25, 310 lbs up 12.35-12.65, 170-190 lbs 12.25-13.00, sows weaker. Cattle 3 500, calves 1 400, flats steady. steers 14.74-16.00, yearlings and heifers 14.00-15.00, beef cows up to 13.06, bulls 13.50, stocker 9.75-14.00. Sheep 500, wool 16.50. Traders awaited cotton wage talks. May cotton futures up to 21.21, other contracts higher.
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National
Ill
Chicago Butter and Eggs Markets Steady as Receipts Compare
Chicago reports Butter firm with receipts 428 448 and Eggs mixed with U S Specials and U S Standards trading in narrow ranges. Live poultry firm with receipts including 1 car, 7 trucks, market unchanged. New York cotton futures move in a narrow range.
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Chicago
U. S
Grain markets inch along as rains slow farm work
Chicago on April 26 reports grains holding a narrow range with modest buying on new rains in the Midwest delaying spring planting. Canadian grain shipments to the U S rise to 14,386,736 bushels for the week ended April 21, easing the feed squeeze while flour markets remain quiet. Cash wheat unchanged.
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Chicago
Midwest
United States
Northwestern Miller
No Place Like Home Asserts Ranger Head In Fort Smith
Col. Bill Darby commander of the American Rangers declares peace and home life the goal after war. He thanks Fort Smith locals for a hero’s homecoming before 2500-plus at a parade and in mayor Chester Holland’s backyard ceremony. Darby, a North Africa Italy veteran, wears the Distinguished Service Cross Purple Heart Silver Star and British Distinguished Service Order. Germany’s 1937 petroleum output is noted in a separate line.
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Fort Smith
Bill Darby
Fort Smithian
Sicily
Italy
North Africa
Col. Darby
Washington
Percy Darby
Chester Holland
Darby
OPA Ceilings and Rail Receipts Report Ripple
OPA ceilings hold firm on corn as receipts show 73 car loads and 12 car loads for two commodities. Bookings report 10 000 bushels with 2 cars received unchanged at ceilings.
New York Stocks Edge Higher After Slow Session
The New York market recovered modestly with leaders up fractions and a few specialties gaining. after an first hour of moderate activity the five hour session saw about 500000 shares traded, Montgomery Ward falling back amid its dispute over government control per a Roosevelt order, while bonds held steady.
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New York
Montgomery Ward
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Cotton futures close steady in New Orleans gains
Cotton futures in New Orleans on April 26 closed steady with gains across contracts as unfavorable weather and crop prospects spurred buying. May rose to a season high at 21.35 with a close of 21.35. Other notes include May high and low, October, December, and March highs and closes reflected in the session.
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Jly
New Orleans
Court Denies Expanded Jury Challenges in Seditious Case
In Washington on April 26, Justice Edward C. Bieber overruled a renewed motion by 80 defendants charged with seditious conspiracy to grant 300 jury challenges. The court held each side gets ten challenges plus two for the defense and one for the prosecution for two alternate jurors. The defense must proceed with the existing panel as motions to dismiss the jury were denied.
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Washington
Federal District Court
Edward C. Bieber
Broken Bow Honors Medal of Honor Hero Childers
Broken Arrow Oklahoma April 26 Lt Ernest Childers Creek Cherokee hero from Anzio beachhead receives town tribute. He led an eight-man squad against machine gun nests killed two snipers wiped out a nest and captured an observer. Childers plans to spend his furlough with his step brother on a farm nearby.
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Broken Arrow
Okla
Ernest Childers
Childers
Walter Childers
Here
Politics Come From Babes Minds in Kas Theater
Mrs. Ma Belle White pins Red Cross armbands on teenagers collecting in theaters. One boy resists, noting Red Cross support from President Roosevelt, and replies he is a Republican. The exchange highlights wartime civic duty and party views among youths.
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By Dewitt Mackenze
Anzio Warfront
Orbie G. Harris
Midland
Tex
Bangor Wis
Bangor
Jack Holmlund
Corp
Jack Haack
Donald Diesburgh
Reuben Ikter
Clyde Pierce
Stanley Lunde
Kenneth Jenkins
Signal Corps
NEA
Daniel F. Collins
New Brighton
Mass
Karl
Kurl
Morgan & Lindsey
Robert Eunson
Taylor
Asume
CIO
Tuffy
Louis Pethro
Husky
Louis’ Pethro, Jr
Ind
Market Report
Germany
U.S
Broken Bow
Harry W. Shiver
Coca-Cola Company
Hope Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Louisiana
Coca-Cola
Coke
Hone
C-C
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