Naples Raid Kills 221 as U S Bombers Hit Port
United States heavy bombers struck Naples in the war’s largest raid on the Tyrrhenian port, with nearly 100 aircraft targeting Capodichino and harbor facilities. Naples reported 221 dead and 387 injured while 21 ships were hit, three submarines and a floating dock damaged, as airfields and rail sidings suffered blasts. Meanwhile Allied forces advanced in Tunisia and British forces closed in on Mateur toward Bizerte.
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Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
Aves
NORTH AFRICA
United States
Naples
Tyrrhenian Sea
2nd army
El Guetar
1st Army
Mateur
Bizerte
Egypt
Libya
Capodichino
Italian high command
Rome
Syracuse
Malta
The Left Hand Corner And The Beveridge Plan
A fragmented satirical review discusses The Left Hand Corner and Shape of Rooms to Come, noting Oscar Wilde era style humor in Beauty at the Bench and Ode to the Beveridge Plan. It recounts Hosman’s repeated refusals of honorary degrees including Doctor of Letters from Oxford and hints at a King’s Order of Merit decline. It mentions Britain’s wartime beauty debates and a medical officer’s work on beauty preparations linked to munitions, ending with a note of continuation on the back page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
HOUSMAN
saturday Review of Literature
Oxford
Laurence
Baldwin
Bermard Shaw
tong
phi
TWEE
David Munro
Wernan
Channel guns duel near Folkestone across the Dover Strait
British and German coastal batteries swapped heavy shells from shortly after midnight until dawn. The exchange included daytime salvos over Dover, with German claims of hits on a British craft near Ostend and a missing German escort boat. The encounter marks a rare night action in the channel following months of quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOLKESTONE
England
Strait of Dover
channel
Dover
DNB
German news and propaganda agency
Berlin
Associated Press
Ostend
Burma Bases Take Pasting
The RAF renewed heavy aerial bombing on Japanese held Burma targets including Minbya and Pinleba and sank four supply sampans in a convoy near Ardhan. RAF bombs hit the Meiktila airfield while Japanese counterstrikes against a British airfield near Chittagong caused light damage and few casualties. one RAF plane was lost and several enemy aircraft were damaged.
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NEW DELHT
RAF
Burma
Minbya
Akyab
Pinleba
Chindwin
Ardhan
Meiktila airfield
Mandalay
Ciittagong
Southedaung
Bracken Speeds Through Quebec On Speaking Tour
Progressive Conservative leader John Bracken extended his Quebec speaking tour by visiting five more municipalities in the eastern townships over the weekend. He arrived in Magog Sunday night after traveling from Sherbrooke, where he attended a dinner and reception and gave a radio interview.
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MAGOG
Quc
John Bracken
Quebec province
Sherbrooke
Bracken
Parliamentarian News Bulletins from Ottawa shows wartime briefing demand
Ottawa April 5. In the House J Coldwell CF leader urged a secret session to reveal war plans and policy facts. He insisted information be public or disclosed before Easter recess nine weeks away. He warned against government overreach and demanded Parliament reclaim its sovereign power. Adjournment slated for next week by Prime Minister Mackenzie King. MP film showings announced for Thursday depicting Canada’s industrial wartime front. Howe and national health campaign announced to co ordinate military and civilian venereal disease prevention and treatment across provinces.
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EDEN
Britain
anthony Eden
Canadian senate
house of commons
Ottawa
Canada
National Film Board
C.P
house of command
MM. J. Coldwell
C.F
sesson
Coldwell
ubs hong
erranare
howe
Mackenzie King
J. A. Ross
Souris
t—Pendons
Markenzie
Dominion
armed services
Russian Front: Nazi Assaults Repelled Near Kharkov
Soviet reports say Germany attacked northeast and southeast of Kharkov with tanks and air power but were repelled. The count of dead Germans rose past 1,000 while Soviet forces held bridgeheads south of Izyum and near Serafimovich. Patrols west of Rostov dispersed. minor gains reported along the Kuban front near Novorossiysk.
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TODY
GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Kharkov
Tzyom
Donets
Serafimovich
Don river
Beleorod
Izyam
Nikolai Vatutin
Izyum
Rostov
Kuban
Hed
Novorossick
12 Jap Ships Sunk in Kavieng Bombing Raid
Allied headquarters in Australia said a three day raid on a major Japanese convoy off Kavieng New Ireland sank or heavily damaged 12 enemy ships with no Allied losses. The attack involved heavy bombers and a skip bombing method under moonlight, totaling seven warships and five merchant vessels, about 36 000 tons.
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ALLIED
AUSTRALIA
Kavieng
New Ireland
pilus
Canada to issue Victory Loan in two maturities
Ottawa April 5 The fourth Victory Loan will be offered in two maturities with a minimum objective of 34 190 060 000. Both issues priced at 100 and dated May 1 1943 The 3 1 year bond maturing Nov 1 1946 yields 1 percent per year The 3 percent 14 year bond maturing May 1 1957 yields 3 percent per year Denominations available include 50 100 500 and 1000 Short term bonds cannot be redeemed before maturity Long term bonds redeemable at 100 plus accrued interest after May 1 1954 with 60 days notice
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Hiley
Giley
Changes In Pay For Dependents Of Missing Men
Ottawa defence headquarters announced changes to dependents pay and assigned pay for servicemen reported killed or missing. Dependents will receive about the same monthly amount for six months after casualty. Retroactive to date, all killed or missing cases will be reviewed and adjustments made where needed.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Defence headquarters
Iroquois On The War Path By Eddy Gilmore
The Iroquois, first Tribal class destroyer in Canada, returns to her home port after Britain service. Cmdr W B Rolms leads an all Canadian crew from Victoria. Built in Britain in 1942, she joins sister ships Athabaskan and Tledar in a bold wartime deployment.
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EDDY GILMORE
anauman
Canada
deatroser
Britain
Empire
Heather
Chicago
wariikt
Cmdr
W. B. Rolms
RCN
Victoria
permanentavly
nas college
Halitex
Allied Air Armadas Hit Antwerp and Kiel in Daylight Raids
A large force of United States heavy bombers struck targets near Antwerp Belgium causing fires and heavy damage. Additional raids by RAF and RCAF bombers hit Kiel and Renault works near Paris with significant losses and reports of casualties.
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Renault
Paris
Kiel
Essen
ONDON
C.P
United States
Antwerp
Belgium
D.N.E
Berlin
Strait of
Dover
Longchampa
Herrald
sir
Renauit works
Britain
Rommel Promoted To Command In Italian Front
A Moscow radio broadcast reported Rommel has been made commander in chief of all German and Italian armies in Italy and the Mediterranean coast of France and has arrived in southern Italy. He will coordinate southern defense efforts and forge fortifications as Italian high command awaits a conference to discuss further strengthening the zone. The dispatch also named Resselring as chief of aviation and Canaris as naval head for the Mediterranean forces.
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LONDON
C. P
Moscow
Erwin Hommel
Italy
France
Ialy
Rommel
southern defence command
hroest
calidad
Albert Resselring
Caneris
Ams
Mediterranean
Bombers Hit Antwerp Air Plant and North Africa Advance
British and French forces push into northern Tunisia as Canadian Spitfires escort American bombers over Antwerp. The United States announces raids on an airplane repair site south of Antwerp with heavy bombardment and air cover. Bolivia warms to U.S. VP Wallace as defense council considers war decree.
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LONDON
PI—LS
army air force
Americar
Amerikan fliers
Attwerp
Britain
TUNISIA
The
Rights radio
Prom
Cape Striat ares
MONTREAL
IC.F.I
Charles P. McTague
national war labor board
Cole
RENRY WALLACE
BOLIVIA
UA. PAZ
Apel S—IAP
United States
Henry A. Wallace
national defence council
Enrique Ponaranda
Anis
Penaranda himed
congress
ANTWERP
Am¢trican
Antesap
Dithter
RCAF
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8TH
Gafsa-Gabes
erman
Sir Bernard Montgomery
8th Army
Wadi El Akarit
Gates
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
high command
Ber
rage
iewspaperi
Quebec
PARLIAMENTAR
New Guinea
Europe
Krupp
Germany
Norway
we Renault
Jnwepapre
HhP
Hiyré
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