Night Raid Hits Skoda Munitions Hub Among Other Targets
London reports over 600 bombers struck Mannheim Ludwigshaven and Pilsen in the largest operation of the year with 55 aircraft missing. Pilsen hosts the Skoda munitions works and a notable brewery. losses and preliminary reports describe concentrated, successful raids with mixed Allied and German reactions.
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Skoda
London
Mannheim
Ludwigshaven
Pilsen
Czechslovakia
Air Ministry
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Essen
Wew
Catogne
Associated Press
Maryland Tops War Bond Drive in Fifth District
Maryland leads the Fifth Federal Reserve District in the second war loan drive with 42,354,214 raised, or 35.5 percent of its $122,000,000 quota as of Thursday. Hugh Leach, district war finance chairman, announced the district figures from Richmond, Virginia.
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Richmond
Maryland
Federal Reserve District
Thutdey
Hugh Leach
Districts War Finance Committee
Red Army drives into Kuban delta amid muddy resistance
The Red Army opened a slow but steady offensive in the Kuban delta with strong artillery and bomber support as infantry advances began. German foothold remains in Novorossiysk and a coastal strip to the Taman peninsula. Rain and mud hindered assaults while Stormovik bombers and Soviet artillery pounded rear German positions and shifted the front.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Caucasus
Pantan Sh Tanein Stnte
Novorossisk
Slong
Black Sea
Taman
Red Star
Heavy Bombers Attack Naples Fourth Raid in a Week
Heavy Bombers of the Middle East Command raided Naples again Thursday night scoring bursts on quays, moles and harbor buildings. Messina and Rossano in south Italy were hit as well with targets including a power station and railway lines. All raiders returned safely in the fourth Naples raid that week and the third Messina strike, part of coordinated attacks with General Eisenhower’s forces against Axis supply bases in Tunisia.
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Berlin
Germany
Koenigsberg
Danzig
England
London
RAF
East Anglia
Home Counties
Cairo
Middle East Command
Naples
Messing
Sicily
Toe
Rossano
Italy
Messina
Middle East
Dwight D
Harmon's Army Air Forces Pilot Reported Missing Then Found
Lieut Thomas Dudley Harmon, missing since April in the South American area, was found. Harmon, 23, a former All American halfback at the University of Michigan, entered the Army Air Forces last year and earned his bomber pilot wings October 30 1942. He sent a letter from the Caribbean area two weeks ago and previously flew in a plane nicknamed Old 9B, his football jersey number.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Antilles
All Force
Thomas Dudley Harmon
South Amercan
Michigan
Harmon
Air Forces
University of Wlcca
Igan
Army Air Forces
Lous A. Harmon
Ann Arbor
Mich
Caribbean
Allied Pressures North Africa Drive Toward Tunis
Allied forces renew pressure along the Tunisian front from Medjer El Bab to Enfidaville as Eighth Army outposts and patrols maintain activity. Bombardment of Axis positions continues and air forces strike targets on both sides of the Sicilian Strait, with heavy fighting reported near Medjer El Bab and Djebel Ang. In other news, a fire at a Baltimore plant kills one worker and injures several as crews battle flames for hours.
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North Africa
First Army
Tunis
Medjot El-Bub
Dwight Cbd
Eisenhower
Bou Aradu
Pont du Fahs
Erwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Allied
Medjer-El-Bab
Allied Headquarters Communiique
Asis
Oudna
Erecta Aeratte
Flying Fortress
Medjez-El- Bab
Hoghts
Tebourba
Algiers Radio
Djebel
Medjes-El-Bab
Enfidaville
London
Reuters
Andrew Browne
Cunningham
Africa
Tunisia
Oran
Algiers
Casablanca
R. A. N. Anderson
Sir Arthur Tedder
Carl Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
Mediterranean
Arthur
Mareth Line
Harold Alexander
Tunisian
Second Army
el Guetar
Montgomery
Rommel
Alexander
Tax Aide Signals Possible Waiver for Late 1941 Returns
Annapolis Aprilties says the state income tax division may waive penalties for late 1941 returns due to uncertainty over a one third levy reduction approved by the Legislature. Officials stress that unnecessary delay remains unacceptable and returns must be filed by midnight April 15 as the division works long hours to tally late filings.
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Annapolis
State
Air Raid Siren Tests Planned for Wednesday in Frederick
Frederick OCD announces a three o’clock Wednesday test of the new multi siren system now being installed. Four of twelve sirens were placed yesterday. further installations depend on weather. Saturday tests and weekly noon tests are noted, with custodial observers including Red Cross and AWVS members in attendance.
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Frederick
Office of
Civilian Defense
W. Raymond Walter
OCD
Henry Barrett
Elm Street
Gene Simmonds
Richard Breed
Miss Simmonds
Breed
War Department
Edgewood Arsenal
James H. Gambrill
Frederick County
The
Red Cross
Joseph H. Himes
AWVS
Haircuts Rise as War Drags On in Frederick
Local barbers announce price increases starting Monday with haircuts up 50 cents and shaves up 10 cents as war strains endure. They cite losing trade to the armed forces and rising costs, noting 18 men left the profession in Frederick in the past 18 months.
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Frederick
Cooler Weather Returns After Rain Showers
The weather bureau forecasts cooler conditions tonight after morning rain showers. Precipitation through 8 am totals 0.9 inches for the month to date, with a 44 degree low last night and yesterday's high at 62.
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IepairLseveres
Howey Tie Weather Bureau
Weather Forecast Fragment from 1943 Almanac
The fragment notes a 24 hour period ending today with low temperatures and sunset and sunrise times. It lists moonrise and moonset values and mentions general daily forecasts with references to high and low temperatures. Names and precise dates are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Raids on Kiska Intensify as U.S. Air Offensive Breaches Island
U S forces pale a heavy air assault on Kiska Island with 13 raids reported in a Thursday communique. Aleutians Command bombers hit enemy positions causing fires and explosions while one U S heavy bomber was shot down. Additional April raids involved Liberator and B 24 bombers with wreckage and fires observed in the main camp and red cloud areas.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Navy
Aleutians Command
United States
North Pacife
Army Warhawk
Curtis
Kiska
Kaska
Rucedy Aid Tans Gar
Fifteen More Men Accepted for Service in Baltimore Draft
Baltimore induction station releases fifteen additional names for armed forces entry. Fourteen join the Army, one enters the Navy. All had been deferred for collateral dependents and are white. They report next week after a seven day furlough.
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Baltimore
Army
Navy
Dorsey Martin Burdette
East Church Street
James Calvin Cromwell
Frederick
North Virginia Avenue
Brunswick
Sn Jusin Copper
Magers Inn
Marshall Henry Stockman, Jr
West South Street
Millard Gratton Darr
Knoxville
Patton’s Second Army Corps Bags 4680 Prisoners In Tunisia
Gen Dwight Eisenhower disclosed that the Second U S Army Corps captured 4 680 Axis prisoners in Tunisia and destroyed or captured 683 vehicles as 69 tanks fell and 150 machine guns were seized during the Tunisian front fighting. Casualties ran 5 372 with 903 killed.
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Patton
North Africa
Dwight D. Wisenhower
U. S. Army
Alexander
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