Seventh War Loan Targets Japan Amid Allied Uncertainty
James Thrasher outlines the U S stance if Russia stays out of the war detailing expected American and British roles to defeat Japan. Hempstead county plans to buy 624000 in War Bonds as the drive opens May 14. The piece contrasts Allied strengths and warns of a long road to victory without Russia. It also notes a rise in black market activity, especially for eggs, and tightening supplies of fish as military needs grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Germany
Russia
America
Pearl Harbor
Great Britain
Churchill
Briain
Britain
Burma
Asia
China
Orient
United States
Hempstead County
James Thrasher
New York
WFA
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Plymouth
Army
Boston
Navy
Gloucester
New Bedford
Portland
Don't shell peas or lima beans until you cook them
The note advises preparing beans only when you plan to cook them, suggesting shelling right before use to keep freshness and quality. It emphasizes timing to avoid wasted prep and maintain flavor.
Small Nations Bloc Shapes UN Debate In Frisco
The United Nations conference sees a bloc of small nations pushing for a voice in force decisions and for broader security powers. Canada and Mexico back expanded council participation, New Zealand seeks assembly approval rights, and Cuba proposes expanding the security council. Latin American calls for hemispheric independence press U.S. delegation splits as trusteeship and colonial question debates loom.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
United Nations Conference
World Peace Organization
Britain
China
Russia
United States
Washington
MacKenzie King
Canada
Security Council
Mexico
New Zealand
Australia
World Assembly of Nations
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Latin America
World Security Council
Pacific Islands
France
Committee On
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
Japanese Officer Forecasts Japan Surrender After Bombing
A Japanese navy lieutenant commander who surrendered to U S Sixth Division troops said he believed Japan would surrender soon. He suggested surrender would follow sustained saturation bombing of Japanese cities and industrial centers.
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Manila
U. S. Sixth Division
Japan
Stalin Says No Use to Talk of Poland Further
London dispatch reports Premier Stalin told President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill that further discussion on Poland is futile on the current basis. The note followed the Soviet arrest of 16 Polish underground leaders in London.
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Stalin
Poland
Philault
London
Truman
Churchill
London News Chronicle
Radio
Paris
Europe
Germany
London Daily Mail
Daily Mail
News-Chronicle
German commander in Norway surrenders claims liberation from gangsters
Gen Nikolaus Von Falkenhorst, former German commander in Norway, surrendered at Traunstein and said Allies have liberated Germany from a system of gangsters. He told Maj Gen Harry Collins that Germany is through as a world power and that Nazi leadership ruined the army and war effort.
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Jack Fleischer
Seventh Army
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Norway
Germany
Harry J. Collins
Rainbow Division
Flakenhorst
Traunstein
Breslau
Lothar Rendulic
Finland
United States
America
Hitler
Nazi Party
Falkenhorst
Reichscommissar
Josef Terboven
Himmler Flown From Alpine Hideout After Guard Surrender
Report says Himmler arrived by plane to an Austrian Alpine town on Tuesday and fled before arrival of Allied forces. The SS guard commander Karl Rieger surrendered and claimed Himmler was not on the hill. Albert Sickmann, a Mittenendorf resident, provided the lead, saying the Gestapo chief’s hideout lay 45 miles east of Salzburg with 175 SS troops fortifying two farmhouse strongpoints as plans to move deeper into the mountains continued.
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Malcolm Muir, JR
Mittendorf
Austria
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Karl Rieger
Wehrmacht
Karl Wahlster
Albert Sickmann
Third Division
Gestapo
Sickmann
Salzburg
Fimmler
Hugh Scott
Portland
Ore
Ree
Henry Hugenin
New York City
German Convoy Under Allied Attack in Beattie Diary
In a wartime diary from Beattie, Allied air and ground actions disrupt a German convoy near Bourbenne France. He notes antiquated transport, frequent breakdowns, roadblocks, and fear of air strikes as troops move eastward with Panzerfausts and machine guns amid limited artillery and scarce armor.
Air Attacks for Japan Aimed at Greater Scale Than Europe
London May 11 plan to hurl 2000 Superfortresses at Japan envisaged by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle and Maj. Gen. Orvil Anderson. Eighth Air Force split between Europe as occupation force and Pacific, with Okinawa as air base to boost bomber loads. Doolittle says Pacific build up to complete job. Anderson cites 7 percent of Japan within Fortress range.
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Leo S. Disher
London
Japan
Germany
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Doolittle
Orvil Anderson
Europe
Pacific
Anderson
Eighth
Air Army of Occupation
United States
Okinawa
Luftwaffe
Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dr Wassell Visits Home On War Bond Tour
Capt Corydon Wassell the Java hero and star of the film Dr. Wassell stopped in his hometown during a tour of war plants and hospitals visiting Camden Arkadelphia and planning visits to Bauxite Fort Smith and Tulsa Oklahoma next week.
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Lttle Rock
Java
Wassell
Corydon Wassell
Camden
Arkadelphia
Bauxite
Fort Smith
Tulsa
Okla
Nazis on Czech Soil Fleeing Toward Yanks
Diehard Nazi fanatics fighting in Czechoslovakia fled toward American lines as Soviet armies pressed a three-front assault. Allied announcements say 209000 Germans captured in preliminary rout checks, with Doenitz’s submarines surrendering and French forces taking over at La Rochelle. Eduard Benes returned to Prague as liberation nears.
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Associated Press
London
Czechoslovakia
Ferdinand Schoerner
Woehler
Europe
Prinz Eugen
Nuernberg
Copenhagen
Royal Navy
la Rochelle
Atlantic
Karl Doenitz
Marshal Stalin
Truman
Churchill
Peg
Pepes
Eduard Benes
Prague
Civic Groups to Stage War Bond Contest
Four clubs compete in the Seventh War Loan Drive with Rotary Kiwanis B P W Club and American Legion entering. Emphasis on E bonds with a county quota of 305000 dollars. drive runs April 9 to July 7 though official start is May 14.
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Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
American Legion
Hempstead County Transport Named after Native County
Congressman Oren Harris reports the Secretary of the Navy assigned the name Hempstead to a transport attack ship. The U S S Hempstead is under contract at Portland Oregon and will be launched this year. Harris expresses pride in the recognition for Hempstead County.
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Hempstead
Oren Harris
Star
Washington
Furlough Revoked and Louis Saddler Returns to Prison
Little Rock moves Saddler back to prison after Acting Governor Shaver revokes his furlough. Saddler, a 1936 bank robber escapee, had been on indefinite furlough and linked to a Pine Bluff arrest tied to Texas car thefts.
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Louis Saddler
Little Rock
Louis
Buddy"’ Saddler
Arkansas
J. L. Shaver
Saddler
Pine Bluff
Texas
Children dismissed to watch passing automobiles a quarter century ago
A 25 year old note recalls school days when students were released early to observe cars passing by. The account highlights a curious local practice reflecting a bygone era in education and daily life.
Fantastic 1944 German Prisoner Plot to Seize London Revealed
United Press exclusive recounts a Nazi plan to strike Christmas Eve using 75,000 prisoners of war aided by airborne and seaborne forces. Captains Brandstetter and Hoelzl exposed the scheme after 28 leaders were seized. Devizes prison was the focal point for the breakout and early attacks on hospitals, airfields, and the 11th Armored Division bivouac.
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Europe
London
United Pess
John B McDermott
John B. McDermott
United Press
18Th Airborne Corps
Hdy
Bellum
England
Hans Drei
Gustav Vier
Frank M. Brandstetter
New York City
Joseph L. Hoelzl
Louisville
Karl von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Holland
Heligoland Bight
Hoelz
Devizes
Henlein Dies by Own Action in War Prison
Konrad Henlein, the Sudetenland claimant aligned with Hitler, died by cutting his wrists in a war prison camp. An American corps HQ confirmed the suicide, which spared him execution by the Czechoslovak government. He was sentenced to death in absentia in 1938.
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Miemoller
Europe
Alps
Signal Corps Radiotelephoto
NEA Telephoto
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Sudetenland
Hitler
Henlein
Sudeten Mountains
Retreat From Czechoslovakia Finds Germans No Longer the Proud Race
In Pilsen, May 1, 1943, HAL BOYLE reports that two years after Rommel's Africa Corps were defeated, German morale has collapsed. Nazi troops once boasting of Europe as their domain now face fatigue, depleted supplies, and a war-wearied army. The piece contrasts past bravado with present exhaustion and skepticism about any Allied invasion of Germany.
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Czechoslovakia
Hal Boyle
Pilsen
Rommel
Africa Corps
Bizerte
Africa
Europe
West Wall
Germany
Demobilizing Part of Army Begins in Europe and Pacific
Washington reports the start of demobilization for about 3.1 million soldiers in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific. Under a point system, 85 points qualify a discharge, with reductions possible. transfers shift surplus troops to surplus units, then home. The plan prioritizes Pacific redeployment, occupation duties, and eventual U.S. return, with credits for dependents, battle stars, wounds, and months of service.
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Reuel S. Moore
Washington
War Department
Army
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jos T. McNarney
Pacific
United States
Japan
U. S
U.S
West Front Yanks Headed for Pacific
Allied forces in Paris reveal redeployment from Europe to the Pacific theater under a new program. First combat troops will take six months to reach the Pacific. service units move first to prepare the way, with retraining of veterans and a readaptation command led by a senior general to oversee eight weeks of training in Europe and the United States.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Europe
Pacific Theater
Germany
G. S. Eyster
Pacific
United States
Douglas MacArthur
France
Harris Seeks Return to Normal Time Across America
Representative Harris of Arkansas proposed restoring normal time by lifting the midnight curfew and racing ban then turning clocks back one hour. He plans to introduce a resolution repealing the January 1942 war time law in effect.
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Washington
Harris
D-Ark
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Alex. H. Washburn
Small Nations Bloc
Frisco
Edward W. Beattie, Jr
Bains Les Bains
Bourbenne
Dr. Wassell
Czech
West Front Yanks
Rep. Harris
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