Japan Seizes Bay of Bengal as War Rages
Churchill disclosed that Japan has a large force in the Bay of Bengal including battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers. The move threatens India and links Burma to the Ceylon front, with Britain pressed to defend vast lifelines as Allied air and sea battles continue.
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United States
Churchill
House of Commons
India
Britain
London
Burma
Bengal
Ganges
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Indian Ocean
Colombo
Trincomalee
Eylon
Hermes
Dorsetshire
Cornwall
Ceylon
Japan
Russia
Guns of Rock Keep Planes High Smashing Jap Boats Near Mariveles
The war department said Corregidor gunners sank several small Japanese boats near Mariveles and kept enemy aircraft high, limiting damage in recent raids. Communications with Bataan and other areas remained disrupted as the news noted delays in reporting Allied defense efforts.
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Mariveles
Washington
War Department
Corregidor
Philippine Island
Army Transport Service
Bataan Peninsula
Wainwright
Peninsula
Edward P. King, Jr
Bataan
Bombing raids hit axis arsenals in Europe across Norway's skies
Royal Air Force bombed Turin and Essen as part of a 1943 raid aimed at crippling German and Italian war production. Planes reportedly faced light losses on a 1500 mile mission while Swiss towns issued air raid alarms. Senate hearings pressed for government seizure of key patents to speed war production and curb enemy access to critical technologies.
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Londo
Britain
Germany
Italy
R.A.F
France
Royal Arsenal
Turin
Berlin
Krupp
Essen
Ruhr
le Havre
Bern
Switzerland
Four UN ships torpedoed off Brazil by submarines
Four United Nations merchant ships were torpedoed and sunk off Brazil's north coast last week. The vessels T C McCob Eugene V R Thayer Balkis Peregrine reported sunk or missing with survivors variously accounted for. Narrows indicate several crew losses and survivors taken ashore by ships and planes.
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Fortaleza
Brazil
United Nations
United States
T. C. McCob
Eugene V. R. Thayer
Balkis
Peregrine
Flying Tigers raid Burma airfields set bombs on fires
The Flying Tigers attacked Japanese air fields at Toungoo in eastern Burma at 3 p.m. yesterday and set three Japanese bombs on fire. Chinese dispatches say the American volunteers encountered no opposition as they aided Chinese forces in the Sittang sector.
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China
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Toungoo
Burma
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Mussolini Reported in Breakdown by London Daily Mail
A Daily Mail correspondent on the Italian frontier cabled that Premier Mussolini was found in complete prostration. He sobbed, then burst into hysterical laughter, and the specialist said the Duce had lost control of himself and could no longer manage Italy’s affairs, now in chaotic condition.
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Daily Mail
Mussolini
Duce
Italy
British Vessel Torpedoed Off Atlantic Coast Reported
The navy announced two large British merchant vessels were torpedoed off the Atlantic coast with no loss of life. All aboard were rescued, though the ships were not further identified.
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Atlantic
Washington
Navy
Department
Red army eyes invasion threat tied to Japan and talks in Moscow
Pravda warns Japan against blabbering of northern invasion as Soviet forces reportedly advance near Bryansk and Moscow hosts new diplomacy. Hopkins meets Maisky in London while Petain Laval discuss Vichy cabinet tweaks and renewed collaboration prospects amid German worries over an allied push in western Europe.
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Soviet Union
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Desna
Bryansk
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Siberia
Naotake Sato
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William H. Standley
Russia
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Maisky
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
England
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George C. Marshall
London
Ivan Maisky
Churchill
Marshall
Berlin
Switzerland
Europe
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
R.A.F
Turin
Laval
Roosevelt shifts to spade work on inflation fight
Washington reports President Roosevelt moving to concrete steps to curb inflation with a potential special message to Congress within two weeks. Officials say he plans limited engagements this week to focus on a general plan covering taxes credit wages and prices, and he noted ideas were not yet finalized.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Two Sunday Fire Alarms Reported in City
The fire department answered two alarms just before noon yesterday. One came from the Peoples State Bank at Ninth and Massachusetts where a furnace coal hopper emptied and smoke filled rooms. The other fire was a small blaze in a car radio at Fifteenth and New York Street.
Stock Market Snapshot For Saturday Trading Session
The index average of 60 stocks reached 34.1 with a gain of 4.2 dollars on Saturday. Traders watched leading blue chips as gains widened and market breadth showed mixed signals across sectors.
Mountbatten Heads British Commandos Behind Raids
The figure behind commando strikes on St Nazaire Bruneval Lofoten and Vangso is revealed as King George VI cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten. The 41 year old lord led planning for the raids and commanded the forces from March 18 with strong Canadian involvement.
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St. Nazaire
Bruneval
Lofoten
Vangso
George VI
Louis Mountbatten
Mountbatten
Topeka CAP and Kansas Guard Field Exercise
Lawrence Civil Air Patrol Squadron 751 3 joined a CAP Kansas State Guard maneuver in Topeka with about 15 planes from four squadrons. Pilots Hess Owens Emick and Orcutt, plus others, traveled by air and drive to support spotting, signaling, and a large simulated bombing with flour bombs. Col. Browne praised the first joint CAP guard exercise in the state and a gas demonstration closed the event.
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Lawrence
Civil Air Patrol
Squadron 751
CAP
Kansas State Guard
Topeka
Grace Hess
Wayne Owens
Harold Emick
Ruth Orcutt
Group 751
State Guard
Wilson Farm
Cook
Charles H. Browne
General Assembly
British POWs Return From Italy Swap In Egypt Hospital View
Wounded Britons freed after months in enemy camps speak from a Cairo hospital terrace about the first war prisoner exchange. They recall the jubilation aboard the Llandovery Castle and humane treatment at Sulmona Italy with Red Cross aid providing music and classes for morale.
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Egypt
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Libya
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Italy
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Americans Liberal With Gifts Since Jap Attack
The treasury said since Pearl Harbor on December 7 donations from Americans totaled 5,589 gifts worth 478 thousand 248 dollars and 49 cents. Undersecretary Bell cited the patriotism behind the gifts including rings watches and even gold fillings with some people offering life savings.
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Washington
Treasury
Pearl Harbor
Senate
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
The
Daniel W. Bell
Bell
Surveying crews probe area around Sunflower Ordnance site
Maj. W. C. Strecker says final plant boundaries at Sunflower Ordnance near Eudora not set. J. M. Jewett and engineers survey ground water in Tonganoxie sandstone and Stanton formation as reconnaissance. State and Federal Geological Surveys cooperate with plant officials and health boards on water and geology for defense sites.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Eudora
W. C. Strecker
Army
J. M. Jewett
State Geological Survey
Jewett
Construction Company
War Department
Stanton
Ordnance Plant
Geological Survey
State Board of Health and
Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Parsons
Jayhawk
Pittsburg
Turning in Rifles by Kansas State Guard
Captain Clarence Bliesner said 40 Enfield rifles issued to the local Kansas State Guard company would be packed tonight and shipped to an Illinois arsenal tomorrow. A war department order requires repossession of arms, with the guard to be rearmed with shotguns, according to Adj. Gen. McLean in Topeka.
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Clarence Bliesner
Kansas State Guard
Illinois
Bliesner
Adj
M. R. McLean
Topeka
War Department
McLean
Rickenbacker Predicts Five to Ten Year War Ahead
Col Eddie Rickenbacker told fighters at Mitchell Field New York that the war could last at least five years and perhaps ten. He said air superiority is essential for victory and projected a need for 300000 pilots, including 100000 instructors and 200000 combat pilots, spread globally. He praised U S air forces as the supreme aerial fighting machine.
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Mitchell Field
N. Y
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
U.S. Air Force
Concord
Uncle Sam
Farm lad sells pony to buy war bonds for Navy relief
Richard Nation II of Yetter Iowa sold his three year old pony Skipper to the Rockwell City Chamber of Commerce for 87.5 dollars to buy two 18.75 dollar war savings bonds. The chamber plans to sell Skipper again for the Navy relief fund.
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Rockwell City
Richard Nation, II
Yetter
Rockwell Wey Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Navy Relief Fund
Quisling Forms Church Council in Norway Control
Vidkun Quisling head of the Nazi sponsored Norwegian government establishes a church council with himself in control to replace the bishops. Reuters dispatch cites a German news agency report from Oslo.
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Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Assembly of Bishops
Reuters
DNG
Oslo
Victory stamp and bond drive totals in Independence
Independence Kansas reports a Victory week drive raised 47,294.90 in war stamps and bonds. Records show 487 buyers purchased 44,525 in bonds and 2,948 buyers bought 2,769.90 in stamps.
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Independence
Kan
U S Employment Offices to Open Late for Questionnaires
Topeka April 13 U S employment offices in Kansas will stay late in the coming months to assist men in filling occupational questionnaires under selective service. Questionnaires go to those registered February 16 with help from employers unions and local draft boards.
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Topeka
U.S
Kansas
Selective Service
Philip Lawlor
Employment Service
Lawlor
Photographer Lorene Squire Killed In Oklahoma Auto Crash
Miss Lorene Squire 32, a noted wildlife photographer whose work appeared in Life magazine, died after a vehicle left U S highway 60 near Pawhuska Oklahoma. John J Matthews suffered minor injuries and Elizabeth Hunt had a fractured rib. both from Harper Kansas. Funeral services will be held in Harper with burial there.
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Okla
Lorene Squire
Harper
Kan
America
John Joseph Matthews
Squire
Kansas
Matthews
Elizabeth Hunt
Art Cordrey
U. S. Highway 60
Cordrey
Miss Squire
Oklahoma
Miss Squires
Wichita
Harry Squire
Harris
Fine Crop Weather Across Kansas As Temps Normalize
Federal meteorologist S. Flora called the spell fine crop growing weather with temperatures near normal. Kansas highs reached 65 to 70, 74 at Ellis, and nightly lows ranged from 37 to 50. no frost was reported and no rain fell over the weekend. Rivers receded with the Marais des Cygnes and Neosho returning to banks and channels as moisture favored eastern areas less the northwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Ellis
Midwest
Marais Des Cygnes
Neosho
Speaker Says All Must Produce for U S to Win
Ottawa April 13 Dr Alfred R Haake Chicago head of the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers urged Rotary delegates to increase work per man hour to win the war. He said some men are “red with the blood” of boys who died due to underproduction. Ambrose Johnson a Manhattan attorney was elected district governor by 350 delegates.
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Ottawa
Alfred R. Haake
Chicago
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
United States
Ambrose Johnson
Manhattan
Home Registration Office opens for renters in Lawrence
A free Home Registration Office will open tomorrow in the Chamber of Commerce WREN building to list houses apartments and rooms for workers near the Sunflower Ordnance Works. Owned properties must include location size restrictions and rent. listings via phone at 1004. The office is not a realtor service and aims to aid landlords and new residents during the housing rush.
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Chamber of Commerce
WREN
Eudora
Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Cornelia Bigelow
Walter Keeler
Keeler
Leonard Axe
A. L. Kiene
Jack Miller
J. M. Sanderson
Frank C. Whipple
Mayor Gage to Speak at County and City Officials Dinner
Mayor John B. Gage of Kansas City Mo will address county and city officials and their employees at a 6:45 p m dinner in the Community building ar l Friend a Republican candidate for governor says he will attend Reservations must be made by Wednesday evening Attendees may contact the city clerk or county superintendent No tickets at the door Men invited to bring their ladies
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John B. Gage
Kansas City
Wil
Everearl
Candiate
Todo
R. O. Burgert
Mmittee
Kansas Jayhawker Baseball Opened After Diamond Delay
The Kansas Jayhawker baseball season starts Thursday at 3 30 PM against Fort Leavenworth reception center on KU's diamond. The opener was postponed from tomorrow due to field conditions. Ralph Houk, former Yankee farm system catcher, plays for the reception center nine.
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Kansas Jayhawker
Jayhawkers
Ft. Leavenworth
K.U
Ralph Houk
New York Yankee
MacArthur Names Australian HQ "Bataan" In Tribute
From MacArthur Headquarters in Sydney, Australia General Douglas MacArthur names the base "Bataan" to honor trapped Filipino forces. The greeting message to callers now is "Bataan speaking" as the tribute is announced.
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Sydney
Australia
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
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