RAF Blitz Across Germany and Augsburg Diesel Works
The London April 18 report says the RAF conducted a daylight raid far into Germany with Lancaster bombers, heavily damaging the Augsburg Diesel engine works while paying losses. Attacks resumed with Spitfires and Hurricanes sweeping Pas de Calais and eight bombers striking Augsburg from low altitude, three shot down by anti aircraft fire.
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London
RAF
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Germany
Augsburg
Reich
Ritain
Hamburg
Archibald Sinclair
English Channel
Pas de Calais
Berchtesgaden
Air Ministry
Paris
St. Nazaire
le Havre
France
Messerschmitt
Cherbourgh
Calais
Rouen
Cherbourg
England
Marshall Visits U S Forces In Ireland
United States Army Chief of Staff General George C Marshall and staff officers with adviser Harry Hopkins arrived in Northern Ireland to visit American forces stationed there as part of a President Roosevelt advisory trip.
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United States Army
Northern Ireland
George C. Marshall
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
U S Heavy Bombers Attack Rangoon in Burma Raid
A U S heavy bomber squadron raided Japanese-occupied Rangoon in Burma during the night. Docks and harbor installations were bombed heavily, and the raiders returned without damage or losses.
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New Delhi
U. S
Rangoon
Burma
American Air Raid On Tokyo Startles Japanese
Tokyo observers say American warplanes bombed the Tokyo Yokohama region dropping incendiaries in suburban districts. The Imperial Palace area avoided damage and Tokyo theaters largely continued, with two matinees canceled. Tokyo radio in Chinese broadcast identified the attackers as American and claimed nine planes were shot down.
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Tokyo
Tokyo-Yokohama
United States
Domei
Imperial Palace
Imperial Headquarters
San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
CBS Today
Imperial
Tokyo- Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Eastern Defense Headquarters
Central Defense
Osaka
Explosions Heard Off Atlantic City At Sea
Residents were awakened at 2.30 a m today by five blasts at sea. Earlier last night additional explosions were heard. A state proprietor said the blasts were so strong the Boardwalk shook under his feet.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Enormous U S War Material Output Promised
Vice President Henry A. Wallace told 96 new Army ordnance officers at Aberdeen Army proving ground that by the last half of this year the United States would be turning out more war materials than any nation in history. Robert B. Wallace, 23, is among the graduates. He is Wallace's son and a second lieutenant.
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Aberdeen
Henry A. Wallace
Army Ordnance
United States
Robert B. Wallace
Ordnance Officers Training Center
Aberdeen Army Proving Ground
Pearl Harbor
Bus Crash on Route 1 Injures Seventeen in Virginia
Woodbridge April 18 A passenger bus rear end collision with a heavy truck on Route 1 injured seventeen people. Five were hospitalized in Fredericksburg while others were treated at Alexandria and Quantico. Names were not immediately available. The bus was full and headed south from Washington. Several non hospitalized passengers sustained cuts and bruises.
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Woodbridge
Here
Fredericksburg
Alexandria
Quantico
Washington
French Attack on Arras Nazi Headquarters Reported
Unoccupied France reports a new attack on Nazi headquarters at Arras in the occupied zone, dated April 15. German reprisals against Pas de Calais civilians in Arras province were ordered, per the announcement.
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Vichy
France
Arras
Pas de Calais
Mrs Harry P Whitney Dies In New York Hospital
New York April 18 Mrs Harry Payne Whitney widow of the financier died at 2 50 a m today in New York Hospital from heart complications. She was formerly Gertrude Vanderbilt and was stricken ten days ago. Her husband died in 1950 leaving an estimated 100 000 000 estate to her, their son Cornelius and two daughters. The son, a major in the U S air corps, is en route to an undisclosed military post.
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New York
Harry Payne Whitney
New York Hospital
Largest submarine Surcouf declared lost by Free French
The Free French announced that the submarine Surcouf, the world largest at 2 880 tons with a seaplane deck hangar, is considered lost after being considerably overdue. Naval headquarters issued the communique expressing regret over the loss.
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London
Surcouf
Governor O Conor Receives Defense Savings Chair Honor
In Annapolis on April 18, Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. awarded Governor O Conor a certificate designating him the official honorary chairman of Maryland defense savings staff.
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Annapolis
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
O'Conor
Maryland
Defense Savings Staff
Laval keeps three key posts in new regime
In Vichy France on April 18 Pierre Laval formed a new government and retained control of Foreign Affairs Interior and Information. He named Fernand de Brinon and Jacques Benoist-Mechin to the Foreign Ministry, Paul Marion to Information, Georges Hilaire and Robert Bousquet to Interior, with Rene Platon as an assistant. Admiral Jean Darjan was not listed and Darjan’s status as armed forces commander was confirmed separately.
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Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Germany
Laval
Fernand de Brinon
Jacques Benoist-Mechin
Paris
Paul Marion
Information
Interior Ministry
Georges Hilaire
Robert Bousquet
Rene Platon
Jean Dar Jan
Marshal Petain
London Jubilant Over Air Attacks on Japan
Britain expresses jubilation over first air raids on Japan with front-page banners and maps in Evening Standard Star and Evening News. Coverage also highlights Allied air offensive against German and occupied territories in a tied-into wartime propaganda frame.
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London
Japan
Britain
Tokyo
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
the Star
The
Evening News
Turning Point In War Production Declared Exceeding Axis
New York April 18 Donald M Nelson chairman of the War Production Board said the United States has passed the turning point in war production and that UN output now exceeds the Axis. He told editors yesterday that daylight is ahead in the war effort.
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New York
United States
United Nations
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Sharp Upsurge In Aid Given Russia
The White House reports a sharp upsurge in lend-lease aid to Russia with March deliveries about two and a half times February. Exact figures were not disclosed but secretary Stephen Early said the report showed very favorable progress and that Roosevelt had ordered speeded up the aid.
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Washington
White House
Russia
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Government seizes remaining private merchant ships
Washington reports the government has taken control of all American merchant marine vessels still privately owned. Admiral Emory S. Land, head of War Shipping Administration, said several hundred ships are affected by the act.
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Washington
Emory
Laval May Try To Wrest Syria From Free French
Washington reports fear that Vichy Prime Minister Laval may launch a military move to seize Syria and French Equatorial Africa from the Free French. Informants say Laval could use warships and troops to force collaboration with the Nazis, divert Allied strength, and bolster his grip on France amid internal opposition. An authoritative source notes Hitler pressured Petain to install Laval, who now must prove he can stay in power.
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Washington
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Syria
French Equatorial Africa
Middle East
France
Laval
Equatorial Africa
Hitler
Marshal Petain
Major Defeat Inflicted On Finnish Army
Soviet dispatches report major defeats on multiple fronts. Finns suffer heavy casualties, including over 1,000 officers and men, with losses of defense lines and key positions. On the Kalinin front, 35 German blockhouses and 10 earthworks were destroyed in a day, with hundreds of enemy dead. Guerrillas in Smolensk province claim 11,000 enemy killed in nine months, and two dozen districts freed from Germans recently.
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Moscow
Tass
Moscow Radio
Soviet Information Bureau
Kalinin Front
Kuibyshev
Russia
Smolensk
Prices Stiffen On Bombing Reports In Nippon Stocks
Prices in the New York stock exchange firmed modestly after official Japanese reports said American planes bombed Tokyo and other Nippon cities. Leading stocks rose fractions to a point, with overall volume near 173000 shares.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Tokyo
Nippon
Some Jap Guns Silenced By U.S. Artillery
War Department reports Corregidor guns silenced several enemy batteries and blasted roads and bridges in Bataan Peninsula disrupting communications. Cebu City is in Japanese hands and burning. Panay battles continue as forces on Panay are vigorously opposed. Aerial bombardment of Corregidor persists with reduced intensity.
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Washington
War Department
Corregidor
Philippines
Bataan
Cebu
Panay
S. Philippine
Reward posted for first US air raid on Tokyo
Huntington Park Calif April 18 1942 Harry J Burk a local dealer offers $1000 in defense bonds for the identity of the Yankee pilot who drops the first bomb on Tokyo. Burk says the money is on deposit in a bank and will go to the flyer’s next of kin once identified and rewarded.
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Huntington Park
Calif
Harry J. Burk
Burk
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Girl Treated After Swallowing Iodine
Georgie Green of Baltimore was taken to Montevue hospital for treatment after allegedly ingesting iodine at a relative’s home in the city. Police had detained her on a panhandling charge based on a merchant’s report of notes seeking small sums, but the charge was to be dropped if she returned home. Sergt. Frank Dorsey supervised the transfer to Montevue.
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Georgie Green
Baltimore
Montevue
Sergt. Frank Dorsey
Tokyo Fire Alarm as US Planes Raid Japanese Cities
Japanese and Domei reports claim United States planes conducted a wide raid across Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya Kobe and surrounding areas starting at 1230 pm Tokyo time. Nine enemy planes were shot down with light damage and no casualties reported in the immediate aftermath.
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Tokyo
Tokyo-Yokohama
United States
Domei
Hokkaido
Tohoku District
Honshu
Tokaido
Osaka
Kyoto-Kobe-Osaka
Chugoku
Okayama
Shikoku
Washington
United Nations
Kobe
Japan
Dutch Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Philippines
Manila
Cebu
Davao
China
Ginza
Marunouchi
Nihombashi
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Marshall
Ireland
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Harry P. Whitney
N. Y. Hospital
Darlan
Red Star
Chungking
Cebu City
Oguni
Berlin
United States Air Force
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pacific
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