Capture Of Main Hollandia Airstrip Near
Allied forces close in on the Hollandia airstrip in Dutch New Guinea after seizing Cyclops and Sentani fields. American amphibious units pushed from Tanahmerah bay and the east while jungle patrols advanced from the coast, with Australian troops also making gains in Madang.
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Douglas Mac. Arthur
New Guinea
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Cyclops
Tanahmerah Bay
Netherlands New Guinea
Madang
British New Guinea
Ramu
Douglas MacArthur
Corn stock requisition looms if freeze fails
Government warns requisitioning of corn stocks possibly by the Army if the War Food Administration’s sixty day freeze does not secure eight million bushels for critical war production. The OPA cuts hog ceiling price to spur corn use, while Rep Andresen questions whether supplies for industry will be obtained.
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War Food Administration
OPA
Andresen
Minn
OPA cuts butter points and shuffles ration costs
The OPA plans to reduce butter to 12 ration points starting Monday. May will raise costs for many beef cuts while lamb and mutton points drop by half. Pork values stay nearly the same. Sen. Aiken warns of milk sale relaxations to avoid dairy farmers wasting milk. Grady says over 100000 tons of wheat and flour go to Italy and Sicily monthly to aid civilians. Japan uses leaflets to sow unrest among Allied troops. Cotton Ed Smith forecasts the presidential election may go to the electoral college with the solid South holding sway.
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OPA
Sen. Aiken
Cotton Ed” Smith
CPD
N. C
Solid South
Plain East Side Tree Signals Possible Good Fruit Year
The PA NEWC notes a plain East Side tree not blooming for years now shows buds this year possibly predicting a strong local fruit season. It also reports a small country school will be sold and razed as centralized schools and auto transport reshape rural education. many old schools have already become homes or been remodeled.
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Pa Newe
Eleventh Day Sees No Halt To Huge Air Blitz
British bomber fleets pounded Germany and occupied territories with more than a thousand aircraft overnight as Allied daylight raids pressed the continent into the 11th day. RAF hit Essen Schweinfurt and near Paris Villeneuve St Georges while U S heavy bombers targeted northern France installations.
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London
Germany
Occupied
Britain
RAF
Essen
Schweinfurt
Reich
Villeneueve St. Georges
Paris
United States
Eighth Air Force
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Fighting Reported Around Kohima Area In India
Headquarters of Admiral Mountbatten reported continued sporadic fighting on the outskirts of Kohima in eastern India. Chinese forces in north Burma seized Manpin east of the Mogaung valley near Kamaung. Allied air forces attacked Mandalay and hits were reported on railroads in Monywa and Alon.
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Kandy
Ceylon
INS
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kohima
India
Burma
Manpin
Mogaung
Kamaung
Assam
United States
Monywa
Alon
Mandalay-Yeu
Mandalay
Kohima-Imphal-Tiddim
Allied Troops Capture Mapao Village in India
Frontline dispatches say Allied forces hold Mapao village perched on a mountain range near the Dimapur road and the Iril river in eastern India. The prior day they seized Mapao Hill.
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Calcutta
INS
Mapao
Dimapur Road
Iril River
India
Mapao Hill
Daily Weather Report For The Active 24 Hour Period
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 a.m. today show a maximum temperature of 58 and a minimum of 43 with traces of precipitation. River stage reads 7.2 feet. Year ago on the same date, max 61, min 41, precipitation 0.03 inches.
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United States
Pacific Situation Opens New War Era
CAPT. JOHN H. CRAIGE outlines MacArthur era strategy in the southwest Pacific highlighting 150,000 Japanese in reserve near New Guinea. He argues Pacific fighting demands amphibious logistics and sea delivery, shaping a new kind of war with Americans writing their own tactical rules.
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Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
Aitape
New Guinea
MacArthur
Europe
Destroyers Damaged in Southern Ligurian Sea Actions
A wartime communique reports eleven German vessels sunk or damaged by United States naval units and Allied coastal forces in the Southern Ligurian sea, including two destroyers, during April operations based near Naples.
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Naples
INS
United States
Ligurian Sea
Henry Maitland Wilson
Allied naval action sinks Nazi corvette offshore Italy
In the Ligurian Sea off Italy, two German destroyers were damaged and a Nazi corvette was sunk in a night action by U S Navy vessels and Mediterranean air force planes. Allied forces also sank four small supply ships, three fighters, and one tug with no Allied losses. Nazi prisoners were taken.
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Naples
Italy
United States Navy
Mediterranean Air Force
Henry Maitland Wilson
Liquoriai Sea
Congregation to Farewell Rev Ferrer in Mercer County
The Unity Presbyterian church near New Wilmington will host a farewell reception Friday for Rev W C Ferrer who retires after years of service. He delivers his farewell sermon Sunday and will move to Pittsburgh Presbytery. Ferrer, a Lawrence County native, has served in local churches and many friends will attend the tribute tomorrow night.
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Unity Presbyterian Church
Mercer County
New Wilmington
C. Ferver
Lawrence County
Pigs Run Wild on Collegeville Streets Stir Resident Anger
Collegeville councilmen moved swiftly after residents complained of about six pigs roaming properties. The incident prompted local officials to address animal control concerns and seek solutions to prevent further intrusion.
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Collegeville
INS
Soviet Airmen Break Nazi Escape Efforts in Crimea
Soviet airmen disrupted German escape attempts during a major operation in Crimea, breaking up plans likened to a Crimean Dunkerque and foiling enemy efforts to evacuate troops and equipment.
Report Sinking Five Nazi Ships
Soviet airmen disrupted a major Crimean Dunkerque break through near Sevastopol as Russian assault troops closed in on the besieged port. Moscow did not confirm reports of a new large Red Army offensive along the lower Dnester river.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Red Army
Dnester
Jap Islands Over Vast Area Are Hammered
April 27 Pearl Harbor reports an official communique detailing Allied air attacks across the Kurile islands the Carolines and Marshall island bases held by Japan. Liberators based in the Aleutians and central Pacific hit Matsuwa Paramushiro Shumushu and other northern bases while Seventh Army Air Force strikes hit Eten Param Monen Tol and Dub.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Kurile Islands
Carolines
Marshall Island
Aleutians
Central Pacific
Mojor
Matsuwa Island
Kuriles
Navy
Fleet Air- Wing Four
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Japan
Matsuwa
Liberators
Seventh Army Air Force
Eten
Param
Monen
Tol
Dub
Stimson Says New Guinea Advances Threaten Japan
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson told reporters that Allied advances on New Guinea push the Japanese empire closer to danger. He noted Palau island comes within bomber reach and Philippine and East Indies areas near American forces, marking a 1400 mile advance from the Solomon Islands and a 700 mile landward push from Buna.
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Washington
INS
Henry L. Stimson
New Guinea
Japan
Palua
Philippine Islands
East Indies
Stimson
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
United States
Hollandia
New Move to Isolate Eire Stirs Across Invasion Preparations
London April 27 The British government withholds navy certs from ships sailing from South Ireland ports to Portugal as a measure to isolate Eire and tighten secrecy around invasion plans. Ireland relies heavily on imports, and the action is a serious blow to its trade.
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London
INS
Eire
South Ireland
Portugal
Germans Massing Troops in Jutland Area
Stockholm reports indications that Germany is massing forces in the Jutland peninsula to deter Allied invasion. Advices note reinforced Luftwaffe and airborne units and infantry deployment in Denmark while Copenhagen patrols tighten with tanks and machine guns.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Jutland
Copenhagen
Troops Eject Head Of Ward's Chicago Plant
Army troops moved to eject Sewell L Avery from the Montgomery Ward plant in Chicago on Presidential order. Avery, 69, refused to turn over company books as the government seized Ward properties. Attorney General Francis Biddle directed the action from Chicago with Hugh B. Cox as assistant solicitor general, signaling a major legal battle ahead.
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Chicago
INS
Montgomery Ward & Co
Sewell L Avery
Avery
Ward
Roosevelt
Francis Biddle
Washington
Biddle
Hugh B. Cox
War Labor Board
Cox
Butter Points To Be Reduced
New May ration charts cut creamery butter to 12 points per pound and reduce margarine to 2 points. Farm butter drops to 8, processed butter to 4. Beef point values rise on popular demand while rib rump and other cuts shift slightly. hamburger stays at 6. Spare ribs restored to 1 point.
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Washington
OPA
City Men Being Examined Today
Pre induction examinations are given to men called up by City Board One of New Castle at the Pittsburgh armed forces examining center today. The number is not large and consists mainly of men under 26. They will receive three weeks stay if they pass.
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City Board One
New Castle
Pittsburgh Armed Forces
Hotel Pennsylvan ia lobby floods after pipe break
A break in a main water pipe on the second floor flooded the huge lobby of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City with about three inches of water. Firemen had just put out a fire in an elevator shaft on the seventeenth floor when the pipe failure occurred.
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New York
Hotel
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh woman wins first prize at Indiana exhibit
Louise Pershing of Pittsburgh won the first prize of 325 dollars for her painting Foegy Morning at the first annual cooperative art exhibit hosted by Indiana State Teachers College. The event drew 217 entries.
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Indiana
Louise Pershing
Pittsburgh Today
Indiana State Teachers College
Terrific Blast On Continent Rocks English Coasts
An explosion at 2:45 a m on the continent rocked Deal and southeast coast towns. Authorities say it likely stemmed from Allied air activity or German fortifications in the west wall. Moments before, gunfire was heard in the Straits of Dover and a clash between German and Allied naval craft was suspected.
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London
Deal
England
Death Records for Leander and others in 1944
Death records list Leander Secniden aged 86 of 241 Line Avenue Fallwood City and Mrs Frank Harry aged 54 of New Bedford with James Philip Mullen aged 55 of 507 West North Street also noted.
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Leander
Secniden
Line Avenue
Fllwood City
Frank Harry
New Bedford
James Philip Mullen
West North Street
Partisans Land on Korcula Island in Adriatic
Marshal Tito announced Yugoslav partisans with armed ships landed on Korcula in the Adriatic, annihilating garrisons at Blata and other sites within about 10 hours. More than 800 enemy officers and men were killed or captured, with booty still being counted.
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London
INS
Josip (Tito) Broz
Adriatic
Korcula
Blata
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Free Yugoslav Radio
Koreula
Dalmatian
Jlo
Navy
Miiet Island
County Men Report To Camp For Induction
County Board Two has been asked to furnish many men for army and navy induction. Pre induction tests were passed at Pittsburgh and those called for army duty head to New Cumberland while navy draftees report to the Pittsburgh recruiting station. One recruit, Gudmund H Kronstad, already sent to Camp Meade. Others left for New Cumberland include Paul Lincoln Kline Barl Harper Jack Carroll Howard Bair Edgar Neilson James Cook and John McKim with addresses Mahoningtown New Wilmington Wampum Petersburg Ohio.
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County Board Two
Aironv
Navy
Pittsburgh
New Cumberland
Camp Meade
Gudmund H. Kronstad
R. D
Mahoningtown
Paul Lincoln Kline
Barl Harper
New Wilmington
Jack Ralph Carroll
Howard Selman Bair
Edgar Winfield Neilson
Army Man Arthur Mometer Takes Pride in Service
A soldier speaks of his long army service and readiness to win the war. He says the uniform has forged him into a tougher, steadier fighter and vows to see the effort through. Weather noted as fifty four.
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George Latit
Hollandia Strip
Sentani
Sentani Lake
Ada Wattenmaker
Red Cross
Fneland
International News Service
Washington News
Henry K. Grady
Allied Control Commission
Sicily
OWT
PA Newc
Allied
R. A. F. Triple Blow
By John FE. Lee
France
Boston
Mitchell
Daily Weather Report
Capt
John H. Craige
I. N.S
By James L. Kilgallen
Rev
W. C. Ferrer
United Presbyterian Church
By Natalia Rene
MOS
By Clinton Green
U.S
U. S
O.P.A
Marshal Tito
IC. Os
Army
Arthur Mometer
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