Japs Occupy Small Island Off Northern New Guinea
Japanese forces landed on Lerengan Manus Island, 350 miles north of Lae, with a base at Lorengau reported by New Guinea correspondents. A second base at Bougainville may be used for dispersion, while Rabaul remains a key target in the Pacific war. The Lorengau airfield and facilities were reportedly destroyed before capture, as observers anticipate safeguarding Rabaul via outposts.
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SYDNEY
Australia
C.PI
Lerengan
Manus Island
New Guinea
Lorengay
Lae
Sydney Sun
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Manus
Rabaul
Lorengau
WAR COUNCIL
MELBOURNE
The Left Hand Corner and Policy of Fashion News
Mericans expect dresses and fabrics made from milk by spring as dairy researchers forecast. A new textile fibre from casein, a skim milk by product, is touted as acceptable to the U.S. textile industry after four years of work by National Dairy Products Corp. The April 14 issue of the Saturday Evening Post raises its newsstand price to 10 cents and subscription to $2 a year, following timing of other magazines amid rising costs.
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National Dairy Products Corporation
Time Magazine
Curtis Publishing Co
Saturday Evening Post
Mallachen
Liberty
Post
Canada Leader Warns on Plea for Unity During Crises
Prime Minister King warned Canadians that unity is essential as the plebiscite approaches. He argued Canada must aid others to secure its own survival and that the world faces a critical moment where conquest could overwhelm free nations, though he avoided alarmism.
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C.P
King
Canada
Mr. King
Form Guerrilla Units Along Pacific Coast
Defence Minister Ralston disclosed plans to form guerrilla formations along the Pacific coast possibly totaling 150 units. A battle training school will train officers and instructors in guerrilla warfare, to be based somewhere in the west. Units may operate without uniforms and use their own fire vans, with no pay, under Maj Gen R O Alexander’s Western command and Maj T A H Taylor’s organizing effort.
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OTTAWA
apnl
Ralston
Pacific
Dominion
Col Ralston
national defence department
Arfillia
T. A. H. Taylor
R. O. Alexander
west coast
Maj. Taylor
Col
Reisson
Fred Stott
Calgary Highlanders
whoa
United Kingdom
New Stamps For Canada On War Work
OTTAWA April 8 The postmaster general announced a new set of postage stamps illustrating Canada’s role in the war. The issue is in preparation and likely to be available in July. Officials ask philatelists to refrain from requests in the meantime.
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OTTAWA
ICF
Canada
Mulock
post office
Wildcat Strike Ends at Goodyear Rubber Plant
A wild cat strike by 440 workers in Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co s fabricating department ended after about 32 hours restoring flow of rubberized material for war product production. Pay rates and conditions of resumption were not announced.
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AKRON
department of Goodyear ‘Tire and Rubber Co
Goodyear
Two Albertans Die With R A
London April 8 CP cadies three Canadian RAP members named in air ministry casualty list. Martin, HR Sot, Billam, Ajja previously reported missing now presumed killed in action. Wortland J. J Sgt Frontier Sask missing. Best A OP Fit Sat Killam previously reported missing now presumed killed on active service.
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LONDON
Cadies
RAP
Tueday
air ministry
Martin
HR Sot
Billam
Ajja
Wortland J
Frontier
Sask
Best
Fit Sat
Killam
King Appeals For Yes Vote On Plebiscite
Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged Canadians to back the April plebiscite for conscription asking to release the government from past military service commitments. He warned that Axis offensives could bring final battles to North America if the enemy is not defeated abroad. He called for an overseas army and home defences to ensure Canada’s survival.
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Canada
C.P
Mackenzie King
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
King
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Mr. King
Jap Pressure On In Burma
London April 4 The British withdrawal from Prome to new positions north of Thayetmyo on the Burma front is the same old story of the last two or three weeks. The Japanese attack with superior forces. We stay as long as we can gain time and then move back. Fighting exhausting for both sides with a pause while Japanese re-form. Little change New Delhi April 8 British authorities report no change on the Irrawaddy front as Japanese push beyond Prome toward the Buranese oil fields. A town in north Burma was bombed yesterday with no details or casualties known.
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LONDON
C.P
Prome
Thayetmyo
Burma
NEW DELHI
Irrawaddy
Buranese
orth Burma
New Plan For Indians
A plan for Indian defence proposed at an all Indian Congress party session could clear a path to national government and full wartime participation. Louis Johnson, Roosevelt's representative, helped mediate Britain's offer to Indians, averting deadlock. The working committee discussed the plan, with Cripps' mission in jeopardy if unresolved.
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H. R. STIMSON
Associated Press
NEW DELHI
India
all-Indian congress party committee
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Britain
Tadians
congress party
Sir Stafford Cripps
Sunk 16 Ships Reported by German High Command
German high command broadcasts claim 16 enemy merchant ships sunk totaling 104 000 tons in ongoing Atlantic attacks. Thirteen ships were sunk off the American coast and the remainder off Africa.
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BERLIN
high command
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Prime Minister King Links Plebiscite to War Defense
Ottawa reports highlights from Prime Minister King on the April 7 manpower plebiscite. He warns dangers from Germany and Japan and argues Canada must take offensive action to defend freedom and the nation, stating the final battles will be fought near Canada and the U.S. shores. Continued on Page Three.
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OTTAWA
King
Nazis Lose 32 Tanks In Crimea Raid
Nazis lose thirty two tanks in a Crimea attack as German forces advance into the region but are repelled by Russian artillery. The Moscow radio reports the assault ended with German retreat, while Soviet communiques claim ongoing heavy losses on various fronts.
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Crimea
Packers Cut Beef Buying Declines Amid Price Pressure
Winnipeg report says Canadian packers cannot compete with high U S prices and will cut cattle purchases to minimum. Canada Packers Ltd plant manager Morris cites government help needed and ceiling prices based on 1942 period. Fifty one carloads shipped to the United States, suggesting strong U S demand.
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WINNIPEG
C.P
United States
Joseph Morris
Canada Packery* Limited
U.S
United Sates
A. NM. Lambert
Newsprint Or Aluminum U S Must Choose
New York dispatch from Washington says Canada must pick between boosting aluminum output and cutting newsprint exports to the United States. Canada supplies most U S newsprint while producing 42 percent of North America’s aluminum. power shortages curb aluminum expansion and keep newsprint flowing. Stocks of raw hides in Canada end February show declines from January and the prior year, per the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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NEW YORK
The
New York Times
Washington
Canada
United States
North América
Dominion
CUTAWA
ominion tiureau
Axis Drives In North Africa Open With 125000 Troops
AIRO Egypt April 8 In the first official announcement of the new Axis drive in North Africa a communique said two or three enemy columns have begun operations in the Libyan desert. Axis forces numbering 125,000 desert wise troops were reported in motion across the Libyan desert against British lines as Rommel commands two German armored divisions and six infantry divisions in the desert. The Luftwaffe bombed Malta and Alexandria as the German air force aided the advance, while British patrols and cautious eastern flank rumors emerged amid reports of 100 tanks leading the vanguard of three columns.
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AIRO
Egypt
North
Africa
Libyan
Drew Middleton
Associated Press
J Senos
Suez
Russia
Malta
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Britain
Erwin Rommel
desert
Tobruk
Cairo
London
Libya
Ams
Yanks Take New Lines After Philippine Withdrawal
The U S War Department announced a general withdrawal of American Filipino forces in Bataan to a prepared defensive position to rectify a penetrated line. Japanese forces continue hammering the line with tanks heavy artillery and air attacks as officials anticipate the shift. Also seven U S army heavy bombers conducted a Rangoon Burma harbor raid on April 3 causing fires and dock damage. Batista orders seizure of livestock to ease meat shortages in Havana and other Cuban cities.
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WASHINGTON
Bataan
United States war department
Jonathan M. Wainright
Wainwright
India
Rangoon
Burma
CUBA
HAVANA
Fulgencio Batista
US to Expand Forces in Europe Says Marshall
London April unspecified Marshall chief of staff says US forces will expand in Europe. Hopkinson loaned support noting that production alone won’t win the war and that soldiers under Marshall and sailors under Admiral King will be deciding factors.
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LONDON
United States
Europe
George Marshall
U.S. army
Harry Hopkins
Marshall
Gen Marshall
Babe Ruth Hospitalized in Critical Condition
Babe Ruth, former Yankee slugger, was taken to a hospital in tragically critical condition after a lung ailment worsened. Dr. R. Nichols Smith reported Ruth is much better today.
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HOLLYWOOD
Babe Ruth
New York
Allied fliers claim 157 Japanese planes destroyed in month
Dispatches from Port Moresby report Allied airmen plus U S forces destroyed or seriously damaged at least 157 Japanese aircraft in the last month in a bold sweep from Torres Strait to Rabaul. British and AP dispatches note renewed Japanese drives on Bataan and losses of two American merchant ships with 36 lives lost. Western reports cite fears Japan may strike Australia’s supply lines as Soviet forces close on Vyazma and Smolensk, narrowing the German corridor.
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SYDNEY
Australia
C_P
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Thnor
Rabaul
New Britain
BATAAN
WASHINGTON
United States war department
NORFOLK
worlmarines
United States navy
LONDON
Teper
exape
Vyazma
Smolensk
Stockhola
arter
Vyaga
Hssomthorn
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Mostow
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