Combined General Staff Urged for Service Unifying
London reports urge unifying Britain's three services into a single combat team to cope with Pacific reverses and European raids. Observers cite commando operations as a model for integrated arm cooperation. The idea gains traction after the Marshall visit and Mountbatten's appointment to lead the combined staff.
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DREW MIDDLETON
Associated Press
LONDON
a.P
Britain
navy
Royal Air Force
George Marshall
United States army
Louis Mountbatten
Left Hand Corner House Repairs Rationed In London Parks
In Britain repairs are rationed for nonessential work as of January 1. Property owners must obtain a Ministry license to repair or alter buildings, costing up to 400 and covering all work for a year. The license includes materials and fees, with failure to comply leading to proceedings. continued on page 12.
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Britain
Ministry of Works and Buildings
Rome claims British tried island landing south of Crete
Rome reports the Italian high command says an enemy landing attempt on one of its islands south of Crete was unsuccessful. No details were provided. British sources have not confirmed any such action.
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ROME
Crete
69 000 Lost In Bataan
The War Department reports more than 65 000 troops and civilians unreported for over a week on Bataan Peninsula likely in enemy hands. About 35 000 combat troops, 5 500 sick, civilians and non combatants included. Nurses evacuated to Corregidor. Also a clash reported on Panay island. Ottawa urges ending Sunday radio advertising to restrict spot ads. alliance calls for sponsor name in brief statements.
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WASHINGTON
United States war department
Bataan
Corregidor island
Dello
Panay island
ASK
Germans Savagely Raid City in Retaliation For Bombings
London April 17. Clearing weather unleashed waves of RAF fighters and bombers in a near continuous offensive against Nazi-occupied Europe. German bombers hit a south coast town identified as Southampton while RAF waves attacked northern France and across the channel. The night push kept pressure on Lorient Le Havre Monand and northern France airfields with two bombers lost and a German aircraft downed. Weather over the Dover Strait was fair as raids continued.
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ONDON
C.P
R.A.F
Southampton
London
R.C.A.F
France
RAF
Deal
Lorient
Le Havre
Monand
air ministry
Germany
Dover Strait
Case warns of Japan offensives and US aid to war effort
Richard G. Casey, Britain’s Middle East minister, warned that Japan could strike major offensives against Australia and India simultaneously. He asserted the United States will rapidly boost war production and aid in more than one theatre, while urging closer postwar Britain-US ties as essential for world salvation.
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LONDON
Japan
Australia
India
Richard G. Casey
Britain
Middle East
America
Casey
Washington
United States
Pacific
British Empire
Gasey
Caro
Oliver Lyttelton
William Bullitt
Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Vichy Clears Laval Path To Power Resigns To Petain
A Vichy government move paves Pierre Laval’s rise as he submitted his resignation to Chief of State Petain. Admiral Darian is named commander in chief of land sea and air forces at the old marshal’s request. Berlin radio notes Laval presented a partial list of potential ministers. Petain reportedly traveled by car to the cabinet session while ministers entered on foot.
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MEL MOST
VICHY
Pierre Laval
Petak
Darian
ecame
Berlin
Laval
Pelain
hoon
Petain
seasion
Rich Burma field sacrificed to thwart Japanese advance
EW DELHI April 17 The rich west Burma oilfield at Yenangyaung was blown up to keep it from the Japanese as they launched a fierce push to split Allied forces. The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry retired north of Magwe while others still held in Taungdwingyi area. The Irrawaddy front pressure risked exposing the south flank as Japanese forces pressed the line.
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DELHI
C.P
west Burma
Yenangyaung
Burma
wovers
Yenangguang
King’s Own
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Magwe
Taungdwingyi
Pegu Yoma
Irrawaddy
Sittang River
Rangers to Wear Armbands for Internationally Protected Militia
Ottawa reports Militia Rangers, the local guerrilla force for the west coast, will be protected under international law if engaged in combat. They will not wear uniforms but will wear armbands and receive steel helmets to identify belligerents. Civilians attacking invading troops could be treated as combatants if they join hostilities.
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OTTAWA
Militia Rangers
department of national defence
RAF immobilizes 1,500,000 by raids report
London April 17 The air ministry news service says more than 1.5 million Germans and civilians are engaged in defence against British air offensives. About 750,000 in passive defence and 750,000 in active defence, with searchlight belts and large city defenses. RAF sweeps in northern France keep German fighters away from the Russian front.
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LONDON
air ministry
Bardens
Germany
France
low countries
Madagascar as a potential Japanese raiding base
An historic note discusses Madagascar as a possible Japanese naval and air base in the Indian Ocean. It cites a reported Japanese mission on the island and assesses strategic risks for Allied supply routes via the Cape of Good Hope and the Mozambique Channel, with proposed bases at Diego Suarez and Majunga.
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NEW YORK
Madagascar
pirater
England
East Indies
London
Singapore
Cape of God Hope
Mozambique channel
Indian Ocean
Japan
United Nations
Berpt
Wallan East Africa
tan
Traq
Troiia
Russia
Diego
Suarez
Majunegs om
U S Recall Vichy Envoy Leahy From France
Ambassador William G. Leahy is recalled from Vichy for consultation as Laval emerges in the new Vichy government. Sumner Welles said Leahy will return immediately but Mrs Leahy is convalescing and travel is deferred. The U S embassy counsellor remains in charge. The United States rejected a Vichy note approved by German authorities.
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WASHINGTON
William G. Leahy
Vichy
Sumner Welles
Pierre Laval
Roosevelt
Leahy
Welles
Laval
United States
France
Equatorial Africa
Baseball scores and pitcher pairings in 1930s league results
The report lists American League games with Boston and New York scores, Cleveland and Chicago counts, Detroit and St Louis outcomes, and league pairings of Judd Cantry Bonham Dickey Lyons Tresh Desautels Trucky Parsons Harris Ferrell while National League results feature New York Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia St Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Vander Meer Hemsley McCullough and others in a dense box score summary.
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Boston
New York
Judd
Cantry
Bonham
Dickey
Philadelphia
Leonard
Barly
Besse
Hayes
Chicago
Cleveland
Lyons
Tresh
Harder
Desautels
Detroit
St Louis
Trucky am Parsons
Harris and Ferrell
Inventor Plans Ray Gun to Halt Battleships and Planes
Ray Gun Carlo Gallerani of Bridgewater Mass shows a prototype he says uses an electronic ray theory to immobilize enemy machinery. He claims to have tested it on a small scale and spends all his time on inventions aimed at ending the war.
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Carlo Gallerani
Bridgewater
Mass
Mr. Gallerant
Visit of Great Interest Declares King Visit of Great Interest Declares King
Washington reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King calling his Washington visit of great interest and value. He said the timing was critical and preferred to be in Washington to discuss with President Roosevelt and others. He will meet in New York with Canadians involved in the war effort and domestic affairs before returning to Ottawa Sunday noon.
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WASHINGTON
Mackenzie King
Roosevelt
King
Ottawa
King and FDR Plan expanded air training scheme
Canadian Press reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King and President Roosevelt arranged a May Ottawa conference to broaden the Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The talks at the White House touched on including all United Nations with air training and moving senior delegates to ministerial ranks for the war effort.
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CO. R. BLACKBURN
ASHINGTON
Canada
United Nations
North American
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Roosevelt
King
White House
RAF Count Kaynes Claims 10,000 Enemy Planes Torn From Sky
In Dallas on April 17 Viscount Halifax the British ambassador said the Royal Air Force has torn 19,000 enemy planes from the sky since the war began and that a high share of British war production is being shipped abroad. He spoke at a dinner hosted by Dallas civic groups.
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DALLAS
Texas
Viscount Halifax
United States
Royal Air Force
Britain
Four Troopships Sunk by Russians in Arctic War
Moscow reports a Soviet communique says Russian naval forces sunk a 10,000-ton German transport in the Barents Sea, the fourth such loss this week above North Cape. On land, fighting on the central and Leningrad fronts was noted, with 2,000 Germans reported killed in 48 hours on the Leningrad line. booty includes rifles, machine guns, trench mortars, and ammo. Guerrillas reportedly killed German soldiers at Staraya Russa as they prepared to receive Iron Crosses.
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MOSCOW
Barents Sea
Arctic Ocean
North Cape
central
Leningrad
tured
Staraya Russa
Lake Simen
Moscow radio
Russians Press Forsaken Fortresses Near Smolensk
London dispatch reports the Moscow radio claiming Russians seize fortress after fortress near Demidoso, 13 miles northeast of Smolensk, amid fierce German resistance. Soviet forces also attack along the Leningrad front as they seek to break the siege before bogs and rivers immobilize drives.
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SMOLENSK
LONDON
Moscow radio
Demidoso
Simen
Ladoga
Leningrad
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wepapr
Lord's Day alliance of Canada
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Darlan
VICHY CLEARS
RICH
U.S
Ray Gun
FDR
Cal Parley
R.AF. Kaynes
C.P.1
Mihailovic
Sarajevo
Montenegro
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admiralty
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baliie
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