Allied Guns Hold Points In Cassino Front
Allied forces repelled German counterattacks north of Cassino and pressed the two hotel areas Continen tal and Des Roses as bombardment continued. Air power blasted rail yards and warehouses in central Italy while Mosquitos hit supply lines. Bombers and Marauders targeted bridges and rail facilities around Rome and Pog giboni amid ongoing fighting on the Cassino front.
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Naples
Cassino
Terehe
Platoogatronghi
Roree
Garigliano
Fifth Army
Cansino
Des Roses
Allied
Railway Nes
Italy
Italian
Dalmares
Rome
Poggiboni
Forohe
Cogat
Anconh
Nazi Press Seeks To Prepare People For Allied Invasion
Stockholm reports German press urging timely invasion as air raids hit the French coast and Dunkerque Calais civilians evacuate. Voelkischer Beobachter says Allies must invade. fear rises over eastern setbacks in Southern Russia as German troops retreat.
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Stockholm
Germain
England
Bristol
Lansom
French Committee of National Liberation
Dunkerque
Calais
Tropps
Germany
Adolf Thltler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Stalin
Europe
Buereau
Russia
Burma Showdown Looms as Allied and Japanese Fronts Closer
Enemy and Allied offensives sharpen across Burma with Nipponese threats inside Initia’s border and attacks on Ukhrul near Imphal as American Chinese and British air forces press to trap main Japanese positions near MylikyIng and Rabaul’s ongoing bombardments disrupt targets across New Britain and the Solomons.
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Asaa
Mirna
Burasa
Tmphal
Initia
Ukhrul
Imphal
Amparican
Joseph Stilwell
MylikyIng
Burma
Frank ‘Marritt
Tiddim
Ovar Henavier
Rapeal
New Britain
Ponape
Solomons
Rabal
Supreme Court Action Boosts Mining Travel Pay Rule
The Supreme Court upheld portal to portal pay for mining workers, bolstering the United Mine Workers claim. The decision interprets work and production broadly, signaling Congress intended regular and overtime compensation for all time spent by workers. The coal case differs in union and facts, but supports wage increases tied to travel time.
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Washington
United Ming
Goa
Supreme Court
Alabama
Saft
Tro Ora
CIO
Mil
Concase
UMW
John L. Lewis
Congress
Republicans In Sullivan County Plan April 7 Meeting
Sullivan County Republican committee chairs announce a convention at the county courthouse in Blount Wille on April 7 to reorganize the committee, name delegates and alternates to the Groeneville convention, select an elector, and set the slate for the State Republican Convention in Nashville May 12. A primary board, new officers, and an executive committee reorganization will also be addressed.
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Sullivan County
M. Brown
Blount Wille
Brown
Republican Committee
Groeneville
Tenn
Invasion Jitters Beginning False Alarms and Feints
A wartime briefing notes that deception is rising as Allied and German forces ready for an amphibious assault. Churchill quotes warn of ongoing false alarms feints and dress rehearsals intended to mislead enemy movements. German efforts to recruit occupied populations and flood Dutch coastlines are also reported as part of preparing the Atlantic Wall defenses.
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Washington
English Channel
Churchill
Germany
Europe
Liem
Alles
Suvikde
Atlantic Wall
22 Die In Inferno At New Amsterdam Hotel Fire
San Francisco fire officials say an incendiarist started a blaze that swept the New Amsterdam Hotel, killing twenty-two people and injuring about thirty others. Fire marshal notes six arson fires overnight, with a woman identified among the dead and several victims leaping from windows or seeking safety on a garage roof.
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San Francisco
Frank Kelly
New Amsterdam
Markt Street
Mario Pulaski
Iightneils
Same
Nelly
Polisenten
J. J. Glover
Bac
Glover
Sullivan
Osland
San Francisco Bay
Arsinista
Amsterdam Blago
Barrow
Joan M. Speed
Charles Wasner
Leary
Rogersville Man Wounded In Action
Washington reports ten Tennessee soldiers wounded in action in the Mediterranean area. Among the names listed is Arion Yanley of Rogersville, son of Mrs. George Wagk ner Yankee. The public release names the wounded soldiers and notes their connection to Rogersville.
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Rogersville
Washington
Tennessee
Aves
Fie
Arion Yanley
George Wagkner
Reute
Bombers strike French airfields and German targets
Allied heavy bombers hit airfields at Chartres Cha teaudun Reims and Dijon in France as part of a broader raid wave supported by Mosquito night sorties in the Ruhr valley and raids on Essen. US and RAF missions report thousands of tons dropped, 38 German planes destroyed, and several fighters missing or accounted for with stations and freight yards hit along the Biscay coast and Tours area.
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London
U. S
France
Chartres
Chateaudun
Reims
Dijon
Essen
Atlantic Wall
Tours
Spanish
Paris
la Rochelle
St. Joan
Angely
Pau
Biarritz
Cazaux
Mordeaux
Mont de Mavson
Bay of Biscay
Associated Press
Irun
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Stalingrad
Prus
Prut River
Prut
Russia
White Russa
Ukraine
Red Army Advances Near Czernowitz Across Bucovina
Soviet forces push toward Czernowitz as Skulyany falls and Koropats is captured. Zhukov’s and Konev’s armies drive 28 miles into Bucovina from the Dniester, threatening Romania’s northern frontier and broadening the Carpathian flank.
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Moscow
Eashing
Lwo
Czernowitz
Bucovine
Gouta
Pruc
Skulyany
Jasi
Jassy
Sadugura
Pryut
Buca
Rumania
Zukov
Bucovina
Dniester
Carpathian
Bucharest-Czernowitz-Lwow
Red Army
Ruthania
Czernowits
Zhuows
Koropats
Stanislavow
Gorodenko
Stanislavsky
Carpathians
Special Oklahoma and Wisconsin races seen as political yardsticks
The report notes a Democratic and Republican contest in Oklahoma's Second Congressional District alongside Wisconsin's campaign trail. It cites Wendell Willkie as seeking clues for the presidential race, while Gov. Bricker warns Barkley’s Oklahoma involvement signals administration concern.
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Senate
Garkley
Sentuccky
Moore
R-Olla
Clerk
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Barkley
Oklahoma
Japs Lose Zeros In Ponape Raid
Pacific Fleet reports American forces destroyed 13 Japanese Zeros during air attacks on Ponape Island in the Marshalls. Seventh Army Air Force and Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing supported operations from over water with no American losses. The raid targeted Ponape near Eniwetok and marked the first enemy interception over the base.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl
Ponape Island
OASE
Chester W
Itz
Ponape
Eniwetok Atoll
Street Scene Tailored Show Passes By in City
In a crowded city scene fans and curious onlookers gather at crossings and shop windows to watch a military themed display featuring a popular model. Dozens of children mingle with greybeards as vendors offer hot coffee and doughnuts on rainy posts while a visiting couple waves bamboo boats nearby.
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Eller
Al-the-comforts
B Card Holders To Get More Gas
Washington officials announced a pending boost for B cards with a higher monthly travel allowance. The plan would extend to the Eastern Seaboard and other regions, with potential for a separate increase for certain 3 drivers in the Reptern Seaboare area and D C.
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Washington
Seaboard
Tae
Bryan Houston
OPA
Unak
District of Columbia
McNutt Asked to Explain New Draft Deferment Plan
Chairman Castello asks War Manpower head Paul McNutt to testify on the Inter-Agency Committee on deferments. The panel proposes releasing thousands of younger workers for service while guiding deferments for men under 26, with a possible expansion to all ages.
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Washington
Castello
D-Calif
Paul ¥. McNutt
Inter- Agency
McNult
Manipower Commission
Inter-Agency
Armed Services
Costello
Hiy
Coulelio
Te Intersagency
Jurisdice Uion
Cal
Francis Weesling
Roesting
McNut
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Eft
Martin Dies
Ruhr
Sip
Truk
Truk Harbor
U.S
Signal Corps
Nort
Praosiurov
Kamenets-Podolsl
Pusselin
Khamerets-Podalsk
Lrone
Yarnioliilsky
Irussia
Uthyans
Poland
IGRAD
Bulgaria
Volos
Prises
Milwaukee
Wendell Wilkie
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
York
Vention
Dewey
W . Stigler
Demcan
Marshell Islands
Covenir
McNutt
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