Steady Progress In New Guinea Drive Reported
American troops push to within five miles of the Hollandia airstrip after advancing six miles inland from coast landings. U S forces seize Hollandia township Leimok hill and Pim village while preparing Tadji airfield for Allied fighters against the 18th army trapped near Wewak and Madang.
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Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
United States
Hollandia Township
Humboldt Bay
Leimok Hill
Pim Village
Tanahmerah Bay
Sabra
Aitape
Tadji
Wewak
Madang
MacArthur’s Bold 900 Mile Pacific Leap To Hollandia
Gen Douglas MacArthur pushed nearly 900 miles up New Guinea’s coast driving toward Hollandia and Aitape. Allied reports indicate a large combined force trapped about 60 000 Japanese as sea land and air units surged into the operation. The campaign marks the most ambitious and expansive in the southwest Pacific since the war began under MacArthur’s command.
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Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Hollandia
Aitane
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Aitape
Sevastopol Battle Push Reported By Soviet Airmen
Soviet airmen blasted sieged Sevastopol and German evacuation routes killing numerous Nazis as ground forces hurled new tank and artillery units at German positions. Russian bombers sank at least 13 enemy vessels, including troop transports and escort craft, amid reported heavy fighting in the Black Sea peninsula.
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Sevastopol
Crimean
Red Army
Black Sea
Transocean Agency
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Nasis
Triple Blow In Ninth Day Of Air Invasion
On April 25 Allied air forces led a ninth consecutive day of bombing over Nazi-occupied France. U S Eighth Air Force heavy bombers struck three key airfields at Nancy Metz and Dijon while Ninth Air Force and Royal Air Force medium and light bombers attacked other military objectives in invasion-threatened areas.
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Nazi Europe
Channel
Nancy
Metz
Dijon
France
United States
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U. S Ninth
Royal Air Forces
De Valera proposes demilitarization plan for Rome
Washington reports Irish Prime Minister Eamon De Valera again urges preservation of Rome from military destruction and a new commission to inspect the city and its port for demilitarization. The State Department gave no commitment, noting only that it would consider any commission's findings.
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Washington
United States
Rome
de Valera
Roosevelt
State Department
Polls Open as Voters Prepare for Elections Day
PA NEWS notes polls open until 8 o clock and urges voting before closing. Heavy hail and rain disrupted gardens in the city and damaged new plantings. Weatherman forecasts fair and warmer conditions tomorrow. Little early polling activity observed amid precinct relocation across parts of the city.
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Victory
Pa News
Hull Confers With Senators on Future Foreign Policy
Secretary of State Hull meets with Sen Tom Connally and five colleagues to plan conferences on the administration’s foreign policy. The session marks a Senate demand for access to State Department plans and treaty details, with more meetings to follow. Senators Gillette Barkley Austin White, Vandenberg LaFollette absent.
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INS
Hull
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate
State Department
Connally
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Alben Barkley
Warren R_ Austin
Wallace White
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Robert LaFollette
Daily Weather Report for the United States
The 24 hour period ending at nine an today shows a maximum temperature of 66 and a minimum of 40 with precipitation of 96 inches. River stage is 7.8 feet. Figures for the same date last year record a maximum of 70 and a minimum of 40 with trace precipitation.
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United States
State Primary Vote Cast in Wartime Pennsylvania
More than 29 percent of registered voters were expected to vote in the Pennsylvania state primary as wartime conditions dampen turnout. The Republican roll stood at 2,510,498 and the Democratic at 1,819,472 with polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across 8195 districts.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Election Bureau
Republican Party
Democrats
Elections Bureau
Terrific Hail Storm Destroys Orchard Buds and Tulips
A Monday afternoon hailstorm caused widespread damage in the county with many blossom buds knocked from trees and tulip beds beaten down. Motorists with canvas tops reported fabric punctures while hail drifts lingered on the north hill for hours. Close to an inch of mixed rain and hail was recorded.
Mussolini and Hitler Confer In London Meetings
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini conferred over Sunday and Monday on military and economic problems and their common aims. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel attended, according to the German agency.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
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Olan
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Hag Werle
DWH
Fiehrer
Italy
Election boards urged to report only key races tonight
The News asks City and County Election Boards to report vote counts mainly for congressional district delegates to the national convention, Congress, and state senate on both major tickets. Reports on unopposed offices are not requested. phones are available for late-night updates.
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Congress
State Senate
Nazis Handed Two Setbacks By Americans
Allied forces repelled two Nazi setbacks near Rome as troops ousted a strongpoint west of Carona and occupied a wooded area south of Cisternina. Mediterranean air forces conducted 2,000 sorties, downing 29 Nazi planes. 14 Allied aircraft were lost. Reports from Rome and Anzio noted German counterattacks and fog screen effects amid ongoing fronts north of Cassino.
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Naples
Rome
Carona
Cis
Mediterranean
Romania
Anzio
Cassino
Six States In Grip Of Flood
Floods sweeping midwestern states left at least 10 dead and widespread property loss across Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Missouri Arkansas and others. River crests reported on Kansas Missouri fronts as 5000 plus reserve militiamen and regular troops assist flood duty along major rivers.
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Mississippi
Dlinois
Arkansas
Indiana
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Little Arkansas
Marius Des Cygnes
Light voter turnout in 7 J primary election day
Report notes minimal turnout at the polls with precincts reporting only two to nine votes in early hours. Authorities expect possible late surges as workers finish shifts and stores close, potentially boosting afternoon and evening participation.
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Manv
Fifteen Die as Bomber Crashes Through Montreal Streets
A Liberator bomber crashed into a Montreal city block causing widespread fire and destruction. Witnesses said the aircraft disintegrated midair after a fire started, with wings detaching as it plunged into homes and businesses. Officials feared at least fifteen fatalities.
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Montreal
Que
Naval Forces Aided Invasion of New Guinea
American naval forces played a major role in Gen Douglas MacArthur's three prong invasion of New Guinea's northern coast. A Nimitz HQ communique said Pacific Fleet bombers and carrier planes destroyed or damaged 117 Japanese aircraft and sank two cargo ships during the landings. Ammunition dumps supply areas fuel facilities and buildings were heavily bombarded with no surface ships damaged. Attacks on Japanese island bases in the central Pacific continued.
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Pearl Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Roosevelt and Dewey Favored In Pennsylvania Primary
In Harrisburg April 25 Roosevelt and New York Governor Thomas F. Dewey were expected to win Pennsylvania's preferential presidential primary. The Democratic ballot lists Roosevelt and party support whereas the Republican line invites write ins for favorites like Dewey MacArthur Stassen Martin Bricker Willkie. Delegates to Chicago conventions will be elected today.
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Thomas F. Dewey
New York
Pennsylvania
Peee
Democratic State Organization
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Dewey
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Harold& Stassen
Minnesota
Edward Martin
John W Bricker
Ohio
Wendell Will- Kie
Men Summoned By City Board Induction List Released
The city board announced the next group ordered for U S Army induction. The list includes Daniel Courteno Panella 331 Green street Claviton Eward Shanks 70a Cleveland avenue Clarence Earl McHattie 1507 E Washington street Louis F E Greenberg 406 Highland Venue Raymond Joseph Hutzler Spring Cale Pa James Rider Chambers 232 Bridge wood avenue Herman Irmfred Siggelow R D English avenue Clyde Earl McCombs Crafton Andy Joseph Alberico 24 West Lawrence street David Anthony FPlvnn 417 West Lincoln avenue Car Henry Chiatullo 209 Patterson avenue Edward Benjamin Hill Hillsville John Dalzell Jones Jr 618 Superior street Robert Mead Brenneman 809 W Washington street Ernest Lester Stitzinger 128 Huill crest avenue Edward Jess Long 910 W State street Robert Emory Bartlett 719 Oak Harry Crisei 1108 Croton avenue Walter Harry Joseph 735 Court John Glenn Dudash 914 West Washington street Edward George Schwrantz 911 Porter street Norman James Shafter 108 S Walnut street Lawrence John Porter 339 Nes hannock avenue
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United States Army
Daniel Courteno Panella
Green Street
Claviton
Eaward Shanks
Cleveland Avenue
Clarence Earl McHattie
Washington Street
Louis FE Greenberg
Highland Venue
Raymond Joseph Hutzler
Spring Cale
James Rider Chambers
Bridgewood Avenue
Herman Irmfred Siggelow
Oak Street
Harry Crisei
Croton Avenue
Walter Harry Joseph
Court Street
John Glenn Dudash
West
Edward George Schwrantz
Porter Street
Norman James Shafter
Walnut Street
Lawrence John Porter
Neshannock Avenue
Bricker says he is not interested in vice presidency
Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio rejects reports of a Dewey Bricker ticket for 1944 stating he is a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and wants no other position. In related war news American Liberators claim 20000 tons of Japanese shipping sunk near Saigon. no Liberators lost.
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Bricker
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Chungking
Joseph W Stilwell
Saigon
Indo-China
Deaths in New Wilmington and Volant area
Death notices report Mrs Elizabeth Reed Broadbent 88 of New Wilmington and James J McConnell of Volant and Mrs Sam H Taylor 59 of 608 North Ashland Avenue with date April 25 1944 indicated.
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Elizabeth Reed Broadbent
New Wilmington
James J. McConnell
Volant
Sam H. Taylor
North
Ashland Avenue
Dewey Heavy Favorite in Coast-to-Coast Survey
A nationwide survey shows Gov. Thomas E. Dewey would beat Franklin D Roosevelt in 19 states from Maine to Colorado if the election were today, and would carry 272 electoral votes while Roosevelt has 150. Battlegrounds total 108 votes in 12 states.
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New York
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dewey
Roosevelt
Maine
Colorado
Slow Snowlike Ballot Turnout Marks Frustration
The text likens ballot turnout to slow falling snow and doubts voters will be stirred to act. It notes a disappointing state of affairs with a date reference and mentions the need for force to mobilize the electorate.
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