Hermes Sunk By Japanese Planes In Bay Of Bengal War Report
British admiralty disputed Japanese claims of multiple sinkings after Hermes the 23 year old aircraft carrier was sunk about 10 miles off Ceylon near the India sea route. Japanese communique said two cruisers and other ships were sunk, but British confirmation confirmed only Hermes.
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London
Britain
Hermes
Japan
India
Cerlon
Trincomalee Naval Station
Ceylon
London Admiralty
Trincomalee
Indian Ocean
Erith
Alec
Addressing Rubber Waste in Transportation
A regional article condemns rubber waste on highways and the burn up of precious resources. It notes patrols and authorities warning against excessive speed and wear. The piece highlights tire attrition at 50 mph versus 25 mph, urging prudent driving and maintenance to protect a vital shared resource.
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Amnall Busnem
Ariz
Registration of All Women for War Manpower
Washington April 14. President Roosevelt outlined plans to compel women from ages 16 to 65 to register for war manpower. Officials indicated a voluntary phase may precede a broader system as cabinet members debated how to mobilize women into war production without creating new agencies.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Studi
Myra
Arkansas Highways Under Water Amid Flood Crest Fears
Floodwaters from the Arkansas Black and Ouachita rivers inundate highways near Little Rock and Fort Smith. The crest is forecast near 27 feet five inches on the Ouachita with 40 feet predicted on the Quachita, closing routes from Red Gates to Sheridan and prompting multiple highway closures and detours.
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LE Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Ouachita
Fort Smith
Rkansas Highway Department
States 70
Red Gates
Fourche
Little Rock-Hot Springs
Ter
Litk
Judsonia
Lost Creek
Editor clash shocks Alfalfa Club meeting in Washington
Secretary Jesse Jones faced Washington Post editor Eugene Meyer at the Alfalfa Club dinner, prompting a physical confrontation as Jones shook Meyer by the shoulders. Meyer's glasses shattered, causing surprise among onlookers before aides separated the men. The incident followed a Post editorial critical of Jones.
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Washington
Evening Star
Jesse Jones
Eugene Meyer
The
Washington Post
Meyer
Jones
Post
Alfalfa Club
New Willard Hote
Star
Mr. Jones
Texas
Mr. Meyer
John J. O'Conner
Eight Louisianians among fledgling pilots named
Eight Louisianians and four Mississippians were listed among 440 fledgling pilots beginning flight training at Pensacola Florida and Corpus Christi Texas. The roster names Louisianians Percy Edward McKay Jr James Vernet Newburn Albert Jack Baldwin Bernard Berry Jesse Naul Daniel Galouge Jules Benada Jr and others from New Orleans Monroe Covington Tioga and Kentwood plus Mississippi entries Garrard Telfair Brown Vicksburg Hattiesburg.
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New Orleans
Naval Reserve Aviation
Pensacola
Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
Eighth Naval District Public Relations Office
Louisiana
Percy Edward McKay, Jr
Guy Joseph Knoblock, Jr
James Vernet Newburn
Albert Jack Baldwin
Monroe
Bernard Francis Berry
West Monroe
Jesse W. Naul
Kentwood
Daniel Francis Galouge
Covington
Jules Robert Benada, Jr
Tioga
Mississippi
Robert Barrett Garrard
Robert Myers Telfair
Greenwood
Guy McAdory Brown, Jr
Vicksburg
Boyd Leland Rhodes
Hattiesburg
General Brett Vows to Smash Japan in Air
Melbourne dispatch reports General George H. Brett stating the unified Allied air command aims to smash Japan in the air. He cites equipment limits and plans to unify air forces under MacArthur, while Australian leaders warn Japan’s air power remains potent and offensive action is inadequate for a decisive push.
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Brett
Japan
Melbourne
Australia
George H. Brett
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
MacArthur
Allied Air Force
A. S. Drakeford
Odter
Drakeford
Rabeul
New Britain
John Curtin
United Nations
Bataan
Britain
Bay of Bengal
Burma
Brave smiles hide many heavy hearts in Janesville
In Janesville Wisconsin on April 10 mothers sisters wives and sweethearts of soldiers in Bataan gathered to sew for the Red Cross and exchange messages. They discussed why reinforcements were not sent and read letters from a local nurse and a newly delivered baby. About 106 community soldiers served in Bataan with two killed and seven wounded early in the fighting.
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Janesville
Wis
Bataan
Tank Company Auxiliary
Red Crees
Fred Bruni
Kent Hughes
Kent, Jr
Philippines
Roosevelt
Congress
John Bushaw
Marcia Gates
MacArthur praises Bataan defenders and comfort to mothers
General Douglas MacArthur sent a message from Melbourne praising the Bataan defenders for doing so much with so little. He described their last hours as a noble, grim stand and offered a religious tribute to the fallen, saying God will receive their sons. The note was written in his hotel suite on pencil on ruled paper.
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Melbourne
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Jesus of Nazareth
Rayburn Says U S Ahead of Arms Schedule in War Effort
Representative Sam Rayburn told a unity rally in Sulphur Springs that the United States now has six times as many soldiers on battle fronts as General Pershing did after ten months of World War I. He cited rapid aircraft, tank, and anti aircraft gun production, predicted shipping goals met by summer or fall, and noted Garand rifles rolling out by the thousands. He blamed isolationists for delaying Guam fortification in 1939 and warned they jeopardized Pacific defense and aid to MacArthur.
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
Sam Rayburn
United States
Pershing
Texas Democrat
Garand Rifles
Rayburn
Pacific
Guam
Wake Islands
Bataan
MacArthur
American torpedo boats sink Japanese cruiser off Cebu
Washington, April 10. The war department reports American torpedo boats sank a Japanese cruiser off Cebu in the central Philippines as part of an invasion fleet attack. General Wainwright says Bataan and Corregidor communications have been cut for nearly 24 hours while Corregidor remains under flag status. Japanese bombardment hit Corregidor with no material damage reported.
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Washington
War Department
Cebu
Philippines
Bataan
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Wainwright
Manila Bay
Manila
Experiences Of U S Air Fighter Told At Australian Station
Lieutenant J H Hague of Adel, Iowa, recounts wartime air service at a U S fighter station in Australia. He notes US squadrons often downed Japanese planes, says he shot down one Zero from a teammate’s tail, and recalls a Bali chase and a Java encounter after losing his formation. Continued on Sixth Page.
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J. H. Hague
Adel
Hague
Bali
Java
Fate of Luzon Sealed as Japanese Attacks Hit Clark Field
Melbourne correspondent Clark Lee recounts the December 8 air assault that destroyed most of the U S and Filipino air strength on Luzon. Japanese bombers and fighters struck Clark Field and Iba Field, followed by attacks on Nichols and Cavite defenses, sealing Luzon and Bataan’s fates as U S forces stood poised for orders.
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Clark Lee
Melbourne
Australia
Luzon
Bataan
Pearl Harbor
Clark Field
Manila
Luzon Island
Formosa
Iba Field
Manila Bay
Nichols Field
Cavite
Noe Says He Never Drew Salary From Win Or Lose Firm
Former Louisiana governor James A. Noe testified in New Orleans that he gave false information to a government investigator over fears for Huey P. Long. He admitted to withholding knowledge about Long owning stock and explained his promise to Long guided his statements.
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Noe
New Orleans
James A. Noe
Huey P. Long
Huey
Thomas F. Reese
Treasury Department
Reese
Win Or Lose
Corporation
Hugh Wilkinson
Wilkinson
U S Britain Face Battle To Rule Seas In Coming Months
London dispatch notes a grave naval race as Axis progress threatens Allied dominance. The observer warns Japan, Germany, and Italy near numerical superiority and cites sinkings of British cruisers Dorsetshire and Cornwall in the Bay of Bengal as edge losses.
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Drew Middleton
London
United States
Great Britain
Bataan
Manila Bay
Japan
India
Germany
Near East
Dorsetshire
Cornwall
Bay of Bengal
Egypt
Russia
Caucasian
Scouts to Collect Waste Paper Here
The Boy Scouts of the Ouachita Valley council in Monroe will canvass the city for waste paper Saturday for the war effort. J. G. Hicks urges residents to have papers ready, separated into newspapers and magazines, tied and stacked. Rags and coat hangers are also in demand. scrap paper will be hauled away in city and parish trucks.
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Boy Scouts of the
Ouachita Valley Council
Monroe
J. G. Hicks
Scout Committee On Emergency Service
Fridday
Hicks
Thornton Trial Focuses on Ministers Claims in Descriptive Trial
The Jessie Roy Thornton trial in federal court resumes as defense witnesses portray him and his mother preaching their Jehovah’s Witnesses doctrine in Waverly since 1939. Government seeks to show Thornton’s religious stance did not oppose participation in service, with its case wrapping Thursday. Nearby, August Berger, alias Frank Brown, pleaded guilty to alien registration charges and received six months plus probation. Sid Wilson and Johnnie Jackson Wilson face sentencing for Mann White Slave Traffic Act violations and probation breaches.
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Jessie Roy Thornton
Waverly
Thornton
Council For the Defense
Jehovah's Witnesses
August Berger
Frank Brown
Germany
Ben C. Dawkins
Berger
Monroe
Sid Wilson
Johnnie Jackson Wilson
Wilson
Defense of Bataan Praised by Chinese
In Chungking April 16 the Ta Kung Pao salutes the Philippine American defenders for their stand on the Bataan peninsula though the line collapsed. The New China Daily News credits the stubborn defense with tying down as many as 200,000 Japanese troops and notes their heroism.
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Chungking
Bataan
Ta Kung Pao
New China Daily News
Message to Roosevelt by Wainwright report from Manila Bay
Corregidor’s big guns fire defiantly while Manila Bay remains host to continued fighting on the Bataan Peninsula. A war bulletin says American torpedo boats sank a Japanese cruiser off Cebu but communications with Bataan are cut, signaling broader Japanese advances in the Philippine archipelago.
New Demands for Boosting Work Likely
Washington April 10 Amid the Bataan defeat congressional leaders forecast rising public demand for laws to lengthen the work week reduce profits and cut waste in the war effort. Senator George Georgia urged a 48 hour work week at regular pay with minimal profits and elimination of waste. Pepper Florida called for full mobilization of manpower and resources and overall government control of wages and prices.
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Washington
Inc
Bataan
Senator George
Georgia
George
Pepper
Florida
Health Laboratory Contracts Okayed Fort Worth Telegraph
Louisiana state board of health approved contracts for a federal works agency health laboratory project. Awards include James B. Caldwell for general construction at 221 656 dollars Louisiana Plumbing for plumbing at 26 485 dollars American Heating and Plumbing for HVAC at 42 976 dollars Otis Elevator for elevators at 12 137 dollars National Electric and M B Lewise for electrical work at 29 884 dollars. The applicant contributes 100 000 dollars with a 248 900 dollar federal grant. Water facilities contract bid by C H Cook Inc Buena Vista Georgia at 190 890 dollars for Pineville sewer work noted.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Louisiana State Board of Health
Federal Works Agency
General Construction
James BE. Caldwell Company
New Orleans
Louisiana Plumbing Company
Baton Rouge
American Heating and Plumbing Company, Inc
Otis Elevator Company
National Electric Company
M. B. Lewise
Harley
C. H. Cook, Inc
Buena Vista
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Bataan and
Siberia
Netherlands East Indies
Associated Press
Luton
Defendant
Chicago
George Shimechuk
Joseph Delatore Hepburn
Cincinnati
Lindbergh
Mary Jacobson
Calumet City
Itl
Port Moresby
Tokyo
Christmas Island
Roger D. Greene
Bataan Peninsula
Jonathan M
Philippine Archipelago
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