Red Army advances to frontier as Germans pull back
Soviet forces under Zhukov reach the Czechoslovak Romanian frontier along a 124 mile line and push the retreating enemy in Romania. Odessa siege tightens as Malinovsky’s 3rd Ukrainian army destroys an enemy column near the city and severs the road. Nazi attempts to relieve Tarnopol and Skala pockets fail, with heavy German losses reported.
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ONDON
Red army
Stalin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Carpathians
Romania
ODESSA
Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
A.P
Black Sea
Konstantin Tokarev
Red Star
Rodion Y. Malinovksy
Tarnopol
Skala
Zhukov
1st Ukrainian army
Pounding Palau Japs toore Bad Beating by Rem bert James
Navy officials hailed a three day stand in the Carolines 600 miles from the Philippines with carrier based planes sinking 28 enemy ships damaging 18 including a battleship. American losses totaled 18 airmen as Palau Yap Ulithi and Woleai were bombed.
Giraud Defies De Gaulle in Paris Showdown at HQ
ALGIERS April 3 General Giraud refused to step down as commander in chief of the Fighting French and challenged Gen Charles De Gaulle to oust him during a 30 minute meeting at De Gaulle's headquarters. De Gaulle sought to name himself commander of land sea and air forces while Giraud preferred to remain active. Negotiations reportedly continued with a decision possible tonight and letters outlining the outcome expected.
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ALGIERS
Giraud
Charles De Gaulle
French National Committee
De Gaulle
national committee
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
liberated areas
The Kitchen Stove Heart of Farm Homes
The piece praises the kitchen stove as the home’s warm center on farms and villages. It contrasts wood coal and gas heat, noting comfort, companionship of pets, and the stove’s steady reliability in rural kitchens amid modern stove popularity.
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New York Times
Shep
Berlin Raided Again by American Bombers
American heavy bombers attacked Berlin this afternoon after days without a confirmed raid. The German broadcast claimed strong formations failed to cross the Elbe and suffered one of the Allies' heaviest defeats. Other notes cited Zagreb raid claims and RAF mine and Beaufighter actions off Norway.
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LONDON
Germany
Berlin
Elbe
15th Air Force
Italy
Zagreb
air ministry
RCAF
RAF
Coastal Command
Jolliffe Again CCF Leader In Ontario
Jolliffe of Toronto was reelected leader of the Ontario section of the CCF at an annual convention attended by 451 delegates. He was chosen by acclamation after a report denouncing the Progressive Conservative government for delays and a lack of major legislation. Prof. George Grube was elected president of the provincial council, succeeding Mayor Sam Lawrence.
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TORONTO
Jolliffe
Ontario
CCF
Japs Claim Kohima Falls
New Delhi April 8 Japanese pressure in the Kohima area of India was reported by Mountbatten’s communique though no major engagement had occurred. A Japanese claim cited by Reuters said Kohima was captured, but Allied confirmation was lacking. Allied forces said they had driven the enemy from a key feature north of Imphal and improved positions nearby as Japanese activity in Kohima remained prowling. The Arakan front saw a British battalion seize a village southwest of Buthedaung in the Akyab offensive. Chinese troops pressed toward Wakawng in the Mogawng valley north of the Mandalay railway. Page Three continues.
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NEW DELHI
C.P
Kohima
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Reuters
London
Imphal
Imphal-Dimapur
Bengal-Assam
Bay of Bengal
Burma
Wakawng
Mogaung
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Fort Hertz
Smoke and flames cover Tirpitz after bombing
London April 8. Smoke and flame from the German battleship Tirpitz, attacked in her Norwegian lair by Royal Navy airmen, billowed so thick it was hard to tell what happened but looked promising. Lieutenant Graham Darling of Vancouver, in the sixth or seventh plane, said bombs hit the B turret and the ship’s guns never fired after.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Graham Darling
Vancouver
Darling
North Pole
Blaze Damages Edmonton Shop, $500,000 Loss
A rapid two alarm blaze leveled a heavy equipment repair shop owned by the Northwest Division United States Engineers in northwest Edmonton. Fire officials said the fire began when spilled paraffin near a hot bulb ignited, destroying vehicles, office equipment and records. Thousands watched as flames spread through the 350 foot structure.
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EDMONTON
northwest division
United States Engineers
Hungarians Join Slavs Reported By Moscow Radio
The Moscow radio said early today that about 5000 Hungarians defected to the Yugoslav Partisans under Marshal Tito with arms to equip half a division.
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LONDON
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Names killer at probe Vancouver inquest verdict
A coroner's jury in Vancouver ruled Wellington Bruce Wallace died from gunshot wounds to the abdomen caused by bullets fired from a gun in the hands of Albert Barilla. Wallace, 37, was killed in a gun and knife fight at a downtown Graycourt hotel early last Sunday. The verdict was delivered Thursday night after the probe into the death.
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PROBE
VANCOUVER
Wellington Bruce Wallace
Graycourt
Wallace
Albert Barilla
American Heavy Bombers Blast Brunswick Plants
American heavy bombers and fighters struck German targets across Brunswick and northwest airfields in a major raid. US forces reported large bomber formations between 500 and 750 aircraft hammered Brunswick 110 miles west of Berlin while escorts attacked Nazi air nests. Berlin claimed a strong German defense, but the raid marked a lengthy lull in allied air activity.
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LEWIS HAWKINS
Associated Press
LONDON
Germany
Brunswick
Berlin
Hitler
Reich
Weser
Britain
Yanks Grab Strongpoint
An American combat patrol, after a clash with the Germans, has established a new strongpoint northwest of Padiglione, sightly improving the Allied line on the central sector of the beachhead south of Rome. Allied guns knocked out a German tank northeast of Carroceto, while artillery, mortars and tanks remained active along the eastern flank. Patrol clashes and air actions continued as the 7th air force battalion returned to the line with replacements.
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EDWARD KENNEDY
Associated Press
NAPLES
Padiglione
Rome
Carroceto
Garagliano
Cassino
Terelle
7th air force
Italy
Night Navy raid sinks oil tanker near Timor and hits Wakde
Allied HQ reports April 5 8 1 P A Allied air forces heavily damaged an enemy oil laden merchant vessel far off Timor Netherlands East Indies and set fires ashore on Wakde island near Hollandia. Beaufighters sank two barges and set four others alight while plummeting 29 tons of explosives on Wakde airfield. One Allied plane did not return and a second merchant ship was wounded two days after the initial hit.
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REMBERT JAMES
Associated Press
per HARBOR
T.H
Navy
Philippines
Carolines
Truk
Palau
Yap
Ulithi
Woleai
Marianas
Philipines
Central
South
Southwest Pacific
Timor
Netherlands East Indies
Wewak
New Guinea
Wakde
Netherlands New Guinea
ALLIED
Hollandia
Wakdes
French Executions Since 1940 Reported High Death Toll
London reports at least 90 000 Frenchmen and women executed since the armistice with Germany with estimates up to 110 000. Officials say about 400 000 have been arrested and nearly 150 000 deported to Germany.
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LONDON
Germany
Thes
Driest first quarter in Britain since 1929 with March drought
London April 8 The meteorological office of the air ministry announced that the first three months of 1944 were the driest since 1929 with exceptional rain shortage. There was an absolute drought for 27 days in Kent and 21 days in the London area. Kent had the driest March in 24 years.
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LONDON
Britain
Ireland
meteorological office
the
air ministry
Kent
Torpedo Hits Large Enemy Merchant Vessel Off Norwegian Coast
London reports a German convoy off the Norwegian coast was attacked by RAF Beaufighters supported by RCAF Peaufighters. A large enemy merchant ship was struck by a torpedo and at least two escort vessels caught fire. One pilot described a massive water plume from the hit. Heavy anti aircraft fire and ship flak followed, but all aircraft returned safely.
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LONDON
RAF coastal command
Beaufighters
RCAF, Peaufighters
Britain
Twelve Sailors Survive Liberty Ship Wreck Off England
Two young American sailors among 12 rescued recount their escape from a Liberty ship wrecked off England. The vessel was driven ashore on rocks about 60 yards from the coast after being blown off course, with 62 crewmen lost in the pounding sea.
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ENGLA
LONDON
CP Reuters
Five Die in Train Crash Near Shreveport
Five persons were killed and a sixth injured when a train collided with a school bus at a crossing eighteen miles south of Shreveport.
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SHREVEPORT
Sloops Cripple Nazi Sub Pack in Atlantic Drive
London report by Gordon Holman says Royal Navy sloops and escort vessels crippled German U boats. Adm Hor ton and Adm Murray coordinate Western Approaches defense, sinking 25 U boats and five overdue, signaling heavy fighting and German fears of losses. Frank Knox warns of possible mass U boat attack against Allied shipping from Bermuda base.
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LONDON
CP -Reuters _London
Evening Standard
Gordon Holman
Royal Navy
Max Horton
western approaches
L. W. Murray
Karl Doenitz
Holman
Stockholm
Heiman
UNITED STATES NAVAL BASE
Bermuda
Navy
Frank Knox sald
Germany
Plane Belly Lands At Winnipeg Field No Injuries
A Trans-Canada Airlines plane with Capt J Storie aboard belly landed at Stevenson Field in Winnipeg on Friday. The hydraulic landing gear failed to deploy but the crew of three and six passengers were unhurt. Only damage was bent propellers and a broken wind speed indicator after a 20 minute circling approach.
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WINNIPEG
Trans-Canada Airlines
J Storie
Stevenson Field
Storie
Germans occupy Varna port in Bulgaria
German airborne troops from Salonika have completed the occupation of Varna, the largest Bulgarian Black Sea port, about 245 miles by sea from the Russian port of Odessa, according to reports reaching here Friday night.
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ISTANBUL
CP -Reuters
Salonika
Varna
Black Sea
Odessa
Panicked flee from Budapest amid pre Easter parade
Crowds crowded highways leaving Budapest on a sorrowful pre Easter parade sparked by Allied bombing of the rail hub aiding the Red Army. Gen. Henri Giraud named inspector-general of the French army in Algiers report.
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BUDAPEST
BARI
Italy
A.P
persoms
Red army
GIRAUD
NEW YORK
Henri Giraud
BBC
Algiers
CBS
FLIFR KILIFO
BROOKS
C.P
Great Falls
Mont
Edmonton
C.SO
ROOSEVELT
CHINA
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
ALASKA
SEATTLE
Pan-American Airways
Nome
CHUNGKENG
Canton
Canton-Hanhen
AUSTRALIA
CANBERRA
Francis BE. Forde
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