From North Africa to Indianapolis Soldier Nick in Tunisia
Ernie Pyle writes of Corporal Wien Nikola, an American-born linguist with Balkan roots, who studied journalism and political history, speaks many European languages, and joined the army after dodging the war years. He is a conscientious, capable soldier on duty in Tunisia.
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Hitler Celebrates Fourth Birthday Amid Wartime Mobilization
London reports Hitler marked his fourth birthday as German forces remained on the defensive. Berlin radio showed him at headquarters with flags urged and martial displays planned. Goebbels warned of burdens yet urged unity for a steadfast mission. The army and people hailed Hitler as the first soldier of the Reich.
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USDA to hold meat grading schools in Louisiana
In April and May a series of meat grading schools will be held across Louisiana to train local slaughterers and meat market operators. The events, run by A C South and W W Wheeler, include live animals and carcass demonstrations at packing houses in Houma Alexandria Monroe Lafayette Opelousas and Shreveport.
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Shreveport
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President Roosevelt’s Southern War Tour Highlights Troop Strength
President Roosevelt on a Roosevelt Train tour across the South has visited Marine base Parker LeLand Maxwell Field Fort Benning and other Army posts in Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Arkansas. He noted the toughened troops seen as capable of mounting a second front in Europe and affirmed confidence in their readiness.
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Alcohol plants to be deferred in war fuel program plan
A Senate inquiry was told that construction of five alcohol plants in Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois and a Mobile and Peoria site is not needed now due to reduced industrial alcohol demand. Dr Walter Whitman and John Boyer cited five projects nearly ready for WPA action but deferred for possible later need.
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Demand for Open Food Meeting Sparks Senate Call
Senator George of Georgia urges open public discussion on postwar food production and distribution. He says press bans and limited access at the Hot Springs conference could sway American opinion unfavorably if preliminary talks are not open. Democratic Leader Barkley notes an agenda announcement is forthcoming.
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Flying Cross Awarded to Bean in New Guinea
Lieutenant Joseph M. Bean, sole known active survivor of Captain Colin Kelly's Flying Fortress crew, receives the silver star and distinguished flying cross at a New Guinea air base. Kenney pins medals. Bean is a 26 year old navigator from Burbank California. The awards honor his role in the Haruna bombing and the September 5 1941 Hawaii Manila flight. Bean now has six total decorations.
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Roosevelt to Speak Tonight Over All Radio Networks
President Roosevelt will address the nation at 1 o'clock eastern war time tonight. White House officials announced the speech will be broadcast over all radio networks but did not reveal the subject of his task.
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Negro Private Executed in England for Murder
David Cobb of Dothan Alabama the first American soldier executed in England was hanged March 12 at Shepton Mallet near Bath after a U S court martial on January 6 found him guilty of murdering Second Lieutenant Robert J Cobner of Swissvale Pennsylvania on December 27 1942 Cobb reportedly refused sentry duty and fired on Cobner during the officer of the day’s approach.
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London
David Cobb
Dothan
Ala
United States Army
England
Shepton Mallet
Bath
United States
Cobb
Robert J. Cobner
Swissvale
Cobner
New Orleans Youth Wins Legion Oratorical Contest
Kirton Bernard a 16 year old Kiba school pupil from Granite City Illinois won the annual American Legion national oratorical contest in New Orleans. He said he would use his 4000 dollar scholarship to attend Harvard University and spoke on legislative transfusion.
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Kirton Bernard
Granite City
Kiba
American Legion
Harvard
British Hit at Nazi Transport Night Raid Across Occupied Europe
British light bombers and fighters struck Nazi rail lines and roads across Brittany to northwestern Germany, with Whirlwind bombers targeting shipping in the Channel. Two aircraft missing. Berlin radio says four enemy bombers shot down and a fifth crashed into the channel. Meantime, a massive RAF raid on Pilsen killed about 800 people.
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Europe
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Air Ministry
Brittany
France
Holland
Berlin
Associated Press
Paris
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Luxembourg
Britain
Reuters
Zurich
Switzerland
Skoda
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Royal Air Force
Sim
Agreement on tax reform inches toward bipartite compromise
Washington reports a bipartisan group seeks a compromise on tax abatement and withholding. Republicans favor skip-a-year and pay-as-you-go plans while Democrats resist. If talks fail, Martin may pursue a floor petition to force another House vote on the altered Ruml plan.
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Washington
Martin
Roosevelt Inspects Fort Benning Live Ammo Manuevers
President Roosevelt watched live ammunition tests at Fort Benning Ga as officer candidates trained in realistic war scenarios. From Holiday hill he observed squads with camouflaged gear advancing under simulated fire using grenades mortars and machine guns while a captain narrated tactics from a loudspeaker. The demonstration is part of Benning’s officer training program.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
United States
Fort Benning
Holiday Hill
Farm Incentive Fund Forbidden By House Vote
The House on April 20 approved a 1944 agricultural appropriation of 715,099,662 with a ban on incentive payments to boost war crop production. The vote was 220 to 90, with a $500 cap on any single farm benefit and the bill removes farm security funds and crop insurance programs.
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Appropriations Committee
Former Judge Pavy Dies in Opelousas at 69
Former St. Landry parish judge Benjamin Henry Pavy died after a long illness at his Opelousas home at age 69. A noted political foe of Huey P. Long, Pavy served 26 years on the district court and was linked to events surrounding Long’s 1935 assassination. Survived by a large family, his death marks the end of a prominent local legal and political era.
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St. Landry Parish
Huey P. Long
Pavy
Carl A. Weiss
Long
State Capitol
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Croulee Croche
St. Landry
Alfred and
Laperle Guidry Pavy
Grand Coteau
Edward Veazie
Judicial District Court
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Albert L. Pevy
New York
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Evelyn
Ida Catherine
F. C. Pavy
Leonville
Paul Pavy
Opelousas High School
Louise
Lilla Pavy
Edwin Bercier
Rayne
Faked Domei Signal Fooled Kiska Garrison
An army colonel recalls a 1940s ruse where a telegrapher mimicked Tokyo broadcasts to mislead Kiska garrison on Allied messages. The staged Domei sign off claimed Admiral Yamamoto’s disgrace and naval losses, followed by a mock Japan news summary and a final Morse sign off.
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Dormei
Kiska
Domei
Tokyo
Rat Island
Domei News
Yamamoto
Coral Sea
Milway
Solomons
New Guinea
Japan
Roosevelt visits WAAC center at Fort Oglethorpe
President Roosevelt arrives incognito at the Third WAAC Training Center Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. He is greeted by Col Oveta Hobby and other officers as nearly 4000 WAAC trainees march in a formal review. The stop follows a planned inspection of the 47th Infantry at Camp Forrest Tennessee.
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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center
Fort Oglethorpe
Camp Forrest
Tullahoma
Tenn
Oveta Culp Hobby
William Bryden
4Th Service Command
Atlanta
Duncan G. Richart
Oglethorpe
Hobard B. Brown
WAAC
Guard of Honor
Turkey and Germany Sign One-Year Trade Pact
An Ankara communique states Turkey and Germany signed a one year trade agreement exchanging goods valued at about 34 million dollars for the coming year. Turkey will supply raw materials and Germany will send industrial goods. the pact runs to March 31, 1944. General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson met Turkish military leaders as a representative of the United States and Britain. he said Axis moves toward Turkey are not confirmed and urged caution to protect lives.
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Turkey
Germany
Numan Menemenioglu
Franz von Papen
Karl Clodius
Henry Maitland Wilson
Middle East
United States
Great Britain
Wilson
Casablanca
Allies Slash At Air Ferry In Desert Campaign
Allied air forces continue a daylight offensive against the Axis air ferry routes in North Africa. The latest communique tallies 112 enemy transports and fighters down over two days, with 70 Junkers 52s among the losses and 23 Allied aircraft missing. Malta reports add two more Junkers 52s shot down.
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North Africa
Dwight D Eisenhower
Malta
Berlin
Tunisia
Sicilian
Desert Air Force
Erwin Rommel
Valletta
Fortress Isle
London
Cairo
Wives in Moscow Get American Ham
Moscow residents awoke to two pound ham allotments as the United States relief shipments arrived. The event follows mass dispatches from New York noting over four million dollars in aid to the Soviet Union in the first quarter. Canadian relief funds reported two point six million spent on medical supplies for Russia.
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Stalin
New York
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Russia
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Ottawa
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Powerful radio ghost interrupts Hitler birthday tribute
A powerful ghost voice interrupted Berlin radios birthday tribute to Hitler shouting that the German nation curses the hour of his birth and urges Germans to finish with the Naz gang Down with Hitler. The message echoed the Berlin station as Nazis could not stifle the voices.
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