Germans Bomb U S Hospital On Anzio Beach
German forces attacked a U S hospital at Anzio Beach as Allied units push inland. The report notes about the ongoing Burma theater where the Anglo-Indian force controls a 12 mile rail line north of Katha and Irrawaddy traffic disrupted, impacting Japanese supply lines to Stilwell’s column.
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New York
Burma
Wingate
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Katha
Irrawaddy
Myitkyina
Stilwell
Allied Bombers Strike Bucharest Amid Balkan Raids
Allied bombers hit Bucharest in heavy raids as Soviet forces push into Romania. Fortresses and Liberators of the Fifteenth United States Army Air Force targeted the capital’s rail hub and industrial centers, part of a broader assault across Bucharest Sofia and Budapest.
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Naples
Bucharest
Rumania
Fifteenth
United States Army Air Force
Balkan
Sofia
Budapest
Hunezaian
London
Washington Roundup: East Frontiers Policy and Other Notes
Diplomatic circles in Washington foresee a tougher Soviet frontier policy and possible use of Russian bases for Allied strikes against Japan. British general criticism of American ordnance shocks U S officials as wartime aims diverge. The War Manpower Commission prepares for deferment discussions as demands surface. Sen. Ga. blasts the Supreme Court over voting rights in Texas. Rep. Town warns on the risk to valor awards from indiscriminate decorations.
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Washington
War Department
India
Supreme Court
Texas
Sen. George
Owen J. Roberts
Congress
Rep
Martin
Old Timers Remember Snowiest Aprils in PA
The article recalls historic snowfalls in the city and district with notes of four inches in mid April last year and snow on May 1. It mentions no new detours in the Pennsylvania Highway Department bulletin for the period ending April 26.
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Pennsylvania Highway Department
Navy reports 14 Japanese merchant ships sunk in Pacific
Secretary Knox said American submarines sank 14 more Japanese merchant ships in the Pacific. He added that the Palau raid damaged or sunk an unspecified number of enemy vessels and that air losses at Palau were eight fighters, 11 bombers, and eight torpedo bombers.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Pacific
Palau
Knox
Philippines
Waileai
Soviet likely grants use of bases for Allied Japan attacks
Diplomatic circles believe Moscow is preparing a broader eastern policy and may allow Allied forces to use Russian bases against Japan. The move follows a Mongolian territory warning and signals shifting focus from Western Nazi threats to the wider Far East, with greater Russian military engagement anticipated.
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Washington
Japan
Russia
Moscow
Europe
Pacific
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 a m show a maximum of 38 and a minimum of 24 with .08 inches of precipitation and eight tenths inches of snow. River stage is 7.2 feet. The same date last year recorded a maximum of 40 and a minimum of 20 with trace precipitation.
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United States
Jans In Retreat On Bougainville
Gen MacArthur announced Japanese forces on Bougainville fell back under American artillery fire after failed attempts to wedge into Torokina. 4000 enemy officers and men slain in close combat. mass graves marked their retreat. reports from London put Japanese losses around 5000. Allied ships joined the barrage as doughboys pursued the retreating force.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
Bougainville Island
Nanking
Torokina
London
Reuters
New Zealand
Sons of Heaven
Douglas MacArthur
Solomon Islands
Russian Forces Press Toward Jassy Rail Hub
Russian troops push toward Jassy in Rumania while tank legions advance on two key German rail junctions in prewar Poland and Rumania. Zhukov’s First Ukrainian Army reportedly split enemy forces and mauled 34 divisions, with a spearhead within 40 miles of Lwow as fighting tightens in the Carpathian foothills.
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New York
INS
Jassy
CBS
Moscow
Poland
Rumania
Carpathian
Gregory Zhukov
Russia
Lwow
Skala
Zhukov
Youth Confesses Slaying Girl in Detroit
Richard Vincent, 23, a gas station tourist camp employee, confessed to murdering Joyce Raulston, a 14-year-old Detroit schoolgirl. He said the fight over his girlfriend sparked the crime after meeting Joyce at the gas station and taking her to a city dump where he struck her with a rock and stabbed her. He claimed Joyce ran as he planned to silence her.
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Detroit
Richard Vincent
Joyce Raulston
Vincent
Joyce
Edward Golema
Cranborne To Succeed Eden As Foreign Secretary
The Daily Telegraph reports Viscount Cranborne will take over as foreign secretary after Anthony Eden resigns the post. Eden will keep leadership of the Commons, with a formal announcement expected this week.
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London
INS
The
Daily Telegraph
Viscount Cranborne
Colonies
House of Lords
Anthony Eden
Eden
Commons
Reveal Fascists Now In Action With Germans
Allied artillery unleashed a coordinated barrage along the Italian front to hit Nazi installations. Some Fascists were reported fighting with the Germans, placed individually on the frontline by Nazi commanders. Italian parachutists wearing German uniforms were seen, while Fifth Army guns targeted Cassino Dos Roses area and Garigliano sector bridges as German nebelwerfers and artillery fired.
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Naples
Anzio
Fifth Army
Cassino & Dos Roses Hotel
Garigiano
British War Casualties Told by Churchill
Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced official war casualty totals for the British empire in the first four years, listing 667,159 as the overall figure with 158,741 killed 78,204 missing 159,219 wounded and 270,995 known prisoners of war. Canadian losses totaled 19,697 including 9,209 killed and 4,360 prisoners of war.
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London
INS
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Allied Columns Making Progress In Burma Drive
American Chinese and British infantry columns pushing through Japanese held Burma gained new ground and inflicted heavy casualties. East of Imphal a Japanese unit was ambushed without loss. Allied engineers laid road demolitions and trapped enemy detachments while artillery hammered coastal concentrations.
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New Delhi
Burma
India
Manipur
Imphal
Wisconsin Willkie Test in Milwaukee Primary
Wisconsin votes in a crucial 1944 Wisconsin primary as Willkie fights to show strength for GOP delegates. Dewey MacArthur and Stassen compete with partial or uninstructed slates. Willkie is the only candidate with a full slate of 24 delegates.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wencell Willkie
Willkie
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Cmdr
Harold E. Stasen
Minnesota
Cov
Dewey
Rubber Plant Fire Destroys Connellsville Factory
Authorities believe sparks from a passing locomotive started a fire that destroyed six Nic-Co Rubber Company buildings in Connellsville Pennsylvania. Firemen from five communities fought the blaze causing about eighty thousand dollars in damage plus twenty thousand dollars of ruined rubber, chemicals and new machinery. Owners Donald Combs and Roy Nicolay said the plant was ready to expand into full production next week.
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Connellsville
Nic-Co Rubber Company
Donald Combs
Roy Nicolay
More Atolls In Marshalls Are Taken By U. S.
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports 11 more atolls seized by American forces in the Marshall Islands expanding U S control after Kwajalein Eniwetok and Majuro. Admiral Nimitz states light resistance or none on many newly captured atolls and prisoners taken as sovereignty is established on the islands. Continued on page two.
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Russia
Marshalls
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Stars and Stripes
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific Isles
United States
Chester W. Nimitz
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Majoro Atolls
Marshalls Atolls
Watho
Lana Turner and Stephen Crane Separate
Hollywood reports a separation between Lana Turner and her husband Stephen Crane. Turner said the breakup was for the best for all concerned, noting no quarrel and that Crane may visit their daughter Cheryl anytime.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Stephen Crane
Miss Turner
Steve
Lana
Cheryl
Deaths and Obituaries Notice from Ellwood City and Pittsburgh
Death record items list Harry Thomas Irwin 72 of 515 Fourth Street Ellwood City Mrs Harry Rees 51 of 4606 Lawnview Drive Pittsburgh Mrs Esther Roy Elliott 79 of Oakwood Avenue R D 2 and Thomas Albert Shaw 15 months of McClelland Avenue.
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Harry Thomas Irwin
Fourth
Ellwood City
Harry Rees
Lawnview Drive
Pittsburgh
Esther Roy Elliott
Oakwood Avenue
R. D
Thomas Albert Shaw
McClelland Avenue
Red Cross war fund ends active drive in county
At the final report meeting in the chapter house North Beaver street Chairman Joseph R. McFate and leaders decided to end the active campaign with the county about 20 000 short of its 152 000 quota. The drive raised 132 370 50 with Ellwood City and the county district and city school division exceeding their targets. Belated gifts may push the total slightly but officials doubt the county quota can be met. Chapter Chairman J Glenn Berry approved the decision.
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Red Cross War Fund
North Beaver Street
Joseph R. McFate
Ellwood City
J. Glenn Berry
Navy Marine fliers destroy 4316 Jap planes
Secretary Knox announced Navy and Marine airmen have shot down 4316 Japanese planes since the war began, with U S forces losing 921 aircraft in combat. Army fliers and gun crews report over 4000 more planes destroyed in the Pacific and Far East since December 7 1941, bringing Japan’s losses to about 8000 to 10000 aircraft. The tally highlights the strain on Japan's air force.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Navy
Marine
Marine Corps
U. S
Army
Pacific
Far Eastern
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Finnish Hopes For Peace Fade In War Outlook
Stockholm April 4 Finnish hopes for a peace settlement with Russia faded as censorship reports from Helsinki said Moscow maintained hard terms and showed no concessions. Finnish observers described deep pessimism and feared a satisfactory solution was unlikely as German troops within Finland were cited as a major obstacle.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Russia
Dagens Nyheter
Moscow
Winter Snow Delays Bring More Slick Streets
Arthur Mometer notes another spring tease as a fresh snowfall blankets sidewalks and the street. He observes Mindy Jair's feet soaked by the cold, while the temperature remains around thirty six as old man winter prolongs his tricks.
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Mindy Jair
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Anzio Beach
Horace Sewell
Red Cross
U. S. Signal Corps
Italy
Bulletin
International News Service
U. S. Wheat King
Leo Lindstrom
Sterling, Colo
International
War Manpower Commission
WPB
Rubber Director
PA Newc
Joseph A. Bors
U.S
By Leon Pearson
Daily Weather Report
Jans
Bougainville
Admiralty Islands
George Lait
M. S
Lnow
Beng
Reds
By Natalia Rene
Cranborne
By James L. Kilgallen
N.S
James E. Brown
U. L. Sloan
By Clinton Green
Rand
McFate
Sten Hedman
Arthur Mometer
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