Russian Troop Advances Near Crimea and Romanian Front
A Russian communique reports Tolbukhin’s forces driving through strong German defenses with over 12 mines, about 3500 enemy troops captured and another 1000. It suggests about 100,000 German divisions isolated in Crimea. In Romania, Red Army crossed the Siretul and Suceava rivers and neared the Iasi rail junction, with Marshal Konev’s drive claimed to have 186 captures.
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Tolbukhins
Crimea
Siretul
Suceava
Romania
Iasi
Marshal Konevs
Konev Drives 65 Mile Front Across Romania Front
Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan Konev push 65 miles into Romania along a wide front from the Danube toward Ploesti. The 2nd Ukrainian Army advances near Camplulungol fields while Malinovsky's 3rd Army nears Ovidiopol as Tolbuchkin's 4th Army operates in the Crimea. Death tolls and captures are reported as heavy with widespread Axis retreat.
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OSCOW
Old
Romania
Ivan
Konev
Danube basin
Red army
Campulungol
Ploesti
Russia
ita Uhrau
Crimea
Rodion Y Malinosski
Srd
Ovidipol
Odessa
Fenodor T. Tolbuchkin
Perekop isthmus
Visash Bay
Camvulung
Ploesti wells
Solea
Suceava
Transylvania
Marshal Konev
Carmenesti
Budapest
Carpathian mountains
Radauti
Bucovina
11 Canadian Bombers Hit Ghent Rail Yards in Night Raid
The RCAF bomber group led the raid on Ghent Belgium with at least 11 Canadian Halifax squadrons pounding Ghent railway yards while Lancasters joined RAF efforts in Laon Tours and Aulnoye. Several squadrons from Bluenose Lion and Troquois wings supported the operation with returns noting fighter opposition and all crews safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P. Cable
R.C.A.F
Ghent
R.A.F
France
Belgium
RAF
Laon
Halifax
Tergnier
Tours
Aulnoye
ROSS
A. D Ross
Winnipeg
Toronto
W. L. Vanexan
Smiths Falls
Ont
Cmar
Chris Bartlett
DF.C. Fort
Bison
Porcupine
Tiger
Snowy Owl
Bill Woodrow
Vancouver
Ottawa
Pierre Escaravage
Dick Qualle
D F.M
Beverley
Sask
PO. Iwan Scott
Brandon
Man
R.A.F. In Biggest Raid 4000 Tons Bombs Used
The heavy Allied assault used about 4000 tons of bombs on railroad centers in Belgium and France. American bombers joined 1000 bombers and equal fighters, attacking Oschersleben and Bernburg and other German targets. R.A.F. Lancaster aircraft also hit a depot near Paris at St Cyr. The night operation marked the largest load yet, with more than 3360 tons previously dropped in recent nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AUSTIN BEALMEAR
Associated Press
LONDON
R.A.F. bomber command
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
air ministry
Oschersleben
Bernburg
Germany
England
R.A.P
St. Cyr
Paris
R.AF
Prankfurt
s. R.A.P
Hanover
Ruhr
Reich
How to Kill a Thirst
London, April 11. Black out blues in a wartime tale where a newspaper editor Harry Meller ducked a raid at a pub near a bombed churchyard. The owner used gravestones to block the entrance, and a gravestone bore the editor’s name, ending his thirst for drink with a grim coincidence.
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LONDON
Harry Meller
Meller
Harry
Five Thousand Recruits Sought for C W A C Across Canada
Ottawa April 11 five thousand recruits for the Canadian Women's Army Corps are being sought across Canada to replace 5000 soldiers fit for active duty. Women wanted include 1890 office workers 500 cooks 200 drivers and smaller numbers of communications quartermaster stores assistants and special tradeswomen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Canada
C.W.A.C
Strange New Fur Co-Op and Platinum Mink Takes the Market
Time reports a new platinum mink with a blue overtone edging out Russian sable as the rarest and highest-priced fur. A Manhattan auction sold 2500 pelts for 375000, signaling genetics-driven fur mutations opening a lucrative new business. The farm co-op movement has grown under favorable laws, reviving consumer co-ops across the past five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
United States
Nets Week
Naval Crash Off Holland
British motor torpedo boats attacked a German convoy off the Dutch coast during the night but were beaten off by escort vessels after a sharp engagement. The Berlin radio said several hits were scored on the attacking boats and that Britain suffered only small damage. No British confirmation was immediately available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Berlin
Associated Press
Maj Triquet Meets Pearkes in Vancouver
Maj Paul Triquet, second Canadian to win the Empire’s Cross in this war, is greeted at Vancouver airport by Maj Gen G R Pearkes, a First World War Cross holder and Pacific area commander. They previously met in England, and Triquet plans to visit French- Canadian regiments in the Pacific before heading to Verнон to discuss battles in Italy and the Aleutians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Paul Triquet
G. R. Pearkes
Pacific coast
Maj Triquet
General Pearkes
England
Maj
Triquet
Royal 22nd Regiment
Van Doos
Casa Berardi
Vernon
Pacific
Kiska
U.S
Italy
Ford's Grandson Named Ford Motor VP
Detroit April 11 Henry Ford II aged 26 was named executive vice president of Ford Motor Company becoming second only to his grandfather founder of the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DETROIT
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford II
Hospitals Ready For Invasion Casualties
London on April 11 reports a large emergency medical organization prepared to treat western front casualties. Mansions and new buildings converted across Britain. Doctors and nurses arrived from the United States and Canada to staff operations. English WA.AF.S. and A.T.S. trained as nursing orderlies.
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LONDON
United Kingdom
Britain
United States
Canada
WA.AF.S
A.T.S
Advance funds for Kenny paralysis work advances cure misconception
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said it advanced funds for more study of the Sister Kenny treatment on April 11. It warned against the belief that Kenny offers a miraculous cure, stating the method prevents complications and utilizes spared nerves and muscles wherever possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
National Foundation for
Yanks Seize Most of New Britain Island in Pacific Drive
Allied headquarters report Japanese by-passed and in retreat across New Britain. Gasmata and Cape Hoskins abandoned while Rabaul becomes the final stronghold. About 40,000 Japanese trapped, with 232 prisoners and 4,579 dead cited, as American patrols meet no resistance.
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west Pacific
Gasmata
New Britain
Cape Hoskins
Rabaul
Allied headquarters
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
Hansa Bay new Guinea
Wesak
navy
Woleal atoll
Caroline Islands
Hansa Bay
Gazelle peninsula
tins
Italians Hold Mount Marrone as Nazis Press Caverns
Italian troops on Mount Marrone northeast of Cassino repelled German thrusts, killing seven and capturing one. At Anzio, British forces repelled a German platoon with casualties. American ambushes near Lattoria killed three, wounded two. Frostbitten troops and Allied artillery actions highlighted a tense 5th Army front with air strikes on transport links and rail bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDWARD KENNEDY
Associated Press
NAPLES
Mount Marrone
Cassino
Italy
Anzio
Carroceto
Lattoria
5th army
8th Army
Adriatic
navy
Anzac
Al- Hed
Orvieto
Attigliano
Piggibonsi
Fano
Popol
Falconara
Piombino
Santo Stefano
Dalmatian
El Salvador Executes 10 For Revolt Attempt
SAN SALVADOR El Salvador April 11 Am Ten army officers who took part in an abortive revolt against President Gen Maximiliano Hernandes Martinez were executed in the police barracks here Monday. Included were Gen Alfonso Marroquin commander of the 1st regiment Col Tito Calvo commander of Acajula port and Maj Julio Faustina Sosa second chief of military aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN SALVADOR
El Salvador
Maxmiliano Hernandes Martinez
Alfonso Marroquin
Tito Calvo
Acajula
Julio Faustina Sosa
Soldiers Haul Food to 34 Trapped by Snow
Soldiers training for Arctic rescue work hauled medical supplies and water to 34 persons trapped on Bert Houd Pass by snow avalanches that blocked the continental divide pass. The soldiers used a snow vehicle and planned to return from their Fcho Lakes camp with food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GEORGETOWN
Colo
Berthoud Pass
eads
continental divide
Fcho Lake
Probe beer situation begins in Calgary city hall
A special provincial government committee on the Alberta beer situation will hold its first meeting today in Calgary city hall. Chairman Hon. E. C. Gerhart minister of municipal affairs will lead the session with Mayor Davison and WH. E. Debolt from Spirit River as members. The group will discuss investigation procedures.
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CALGARY
C.P
Alberta
E. C. Gerhart
Davison
WH. E. Debolt
Spirit River
Eisenhower Sees Air Battles Loom Over Europe
In England on April 11 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told American fighter pilots that they would operate from dawn to dusk in a vast land sea and air offensive against western Europe. He urged unparalleled sacrifice including limited food and sleep as he vowed to crush the Germans. He inspected three air bases presented the Distinguished Service Crosses to two Mustang pilots and christened a new Flying Fortress with Mississippi river water. He watched Ninth Air Force medium bombers depart on their third attack in 30 hours against occupied Europe.
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ENGLAND
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
General Ike
ninth airforce
Hunter Field C.O. Killed In Alabama Crash
Colonel Lucius B Manning, base CO at Hunter Field Savannah, and six airmen were killed when their medium bomber crashed nine miles northwest of Hartselie Alabama. Manning, ex vice president of American Airlines and director of Consolidated Aircraft, recently became CO of the Third Air Force staging wing.
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SAVANNAH
Lucius B Manning
Hunter Field
Hartseile
Ala
Col Manning
American Airlines
Consolidated Aircraft
Third Air Force
Allied troops ambush Japanese near Imphal and Kohima fronts
South east Asia command says Allied forces ambushed Japanese near the Tiddim road south of Imphal and repelled attacks in Palel and Kohima areas. Offensive patrols from Imphal plain inflicted casualties while contact with invaders remained. Chinese forces advanced down the Mogaung valley, capturing Wa as the border bulletin notes ongoing pressure near Kohima and Akwab on the coast.
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NEW DELHI
C.P
Tiddim
Imphal
southeast Asia command
Palel
Kohima
Arakan
Mayu range
Maunshaw-Buthidaung
Akwab
Bay of Bengal
Bengal-Assam
bulletin
Manipur
Burma
Mogaung valley
Marshal Zhukov Receives Highest Soviet Honor
Moscow radio announced that Marshal Gregory Zhukov commander of the Ukraine 1st Army whose troops reached the Czechoslovakian front on a 1125 mile line has been awarded the Soviet Union s highest military honor the Order of Victor. Marshal Massuevsky chief of the Red Army general staff also received the award.
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LONDON
Gregory K. Zhukov comander
Ukraine
Victor
Moscow
Alexander Massuevsky
Red arms general staff
Mexican President Camacho Survives Assassination Attempt
An armed assailant fired at President Avila Camacho as he left the national palace. The attacker was subdued, authorities recovered Nazi era documents, and Camacho was wounded but survived after being evacuated to a hospital with his doctor and guards. An official statement called it an aborted incident, not a division of the Mexican family.
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Avia
fii
Arquite
national defen ee
mign
Fidel Velasquez
MeXtan Workers Contentiation
Avia Camacho
national palace
iveaivdal
Nad
aSsalan
cied
Tne
taimaimg
breawhi
toox finn
ain aim
Avia Camacha
paurace
Red Armies Reach 85 Miles From Sevastopol
London reports Marshal Stalin announced that Red Army forces seized Kerch and Dzhankoi in Crimea, outflanking German positions on the Perekop line. Dzhankoi lies 85 miles northeast of Sevastopol, marking a 21 mile one day advance as Soviet columns press the reconquest. Nerch fortress also fell to maritime fret captures.
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Kerch
Strait of Kerch
Dzhankoi
Crimea
Stalin
Dzhanko
Franer I. Tolbukhin
Perekop
Sevastopol
Staum
Nerch
Peak employment on Alaska road and canal project reached 42000
April 1 Edmonton report cites NWSC commander Gen Worsham saying August 1942 peak nonmilitary labor hit 42000 on Alaska highway and Canal oil field projects. By September 1943 nonmilitary total fell to 24440 and by March 1946 to 153990. Alaska highway maintenance and bridge work employed hundreds more.
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EDMONTON
United Sates
northwest service
Alaska highway
Canel
Ludlon D Worsham
NWSC
Deve
Worsham
Alaska
Mussolini Heads to Berchtesgaden to Meet Hitler
Reuters dispatch from Zurich reports former Italian premier Benito Mussolini has traveled to Berchtesgaden to meet Adolf Hitler, per a Chiase report cited by the Berne Der Bund newspaper.
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LONDON
C.Pj
Reuters news agency
Zurich
Switzerland
Berito Mussolini
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Chiase
Der Bund
Germans Break Soviet Trap At Skala Gap
News wires report Soviet communique acknowledging German infantry and tanks broke into the Skala gap and joined with encircled enemy divisions. Rumors say Hitler seeks immediate help from Japan and the agenda includes mobilization of European reserves and troop redeployments.
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SKALA
LONDON
Skala gap
HITLER
JAPAN
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Der Bund
Reuters
France
Norway
Italy
Croatia
Hell
Denmark
GABREEL HANOLALY
Gabriel Hanotauy
Vatican
Berlin
Paris
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
Wanning
Han Salen Low
social Credit
armnada
Toronto
Vr Low
LEDING
GRASSY LAKE DISTRICT
Bank of Canada
National War Finance Comittee
C.P
Schaffhausem
Switzerland
Americana plan
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owepa pRRAATHIVE
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PEARKES
FORD
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South
New Guinea
Admiralty and
St Matthias islands
Bismarck
US naval air transport
serrie
Veniumanot
Aleutians
Venlamanof
Perryvale
Eisenhower
HUNTER FIELD C.O
Marshal Zhukov
Worsnaw
Mussolini
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