Helen Airman Foresees Cargo Planes Dominating Travel
Corporal Floyd J. Brammer of Helen writing from Love Field Dallas argues postwar America will replace cars with faster safer and more economical cargo planes. He urges Raleigh county to lead in air travel to unite the nation and build a bigger America through aviation.
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America
Floyd J. Brammer
Helen
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
Air Transport Command
United States
Raleigh County
Soviet Front Quiet as Allies Plan Big Invasion
The Soviet high command reported no notable action on the eastern front while Germany claimed the Red army prepared to launch a major offensive in Poland to coincide with an Allied western invasion. In Crimea, Red Fleet forces closed on Sevastopol as land forces ring the base, despite German artillery.
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Associated Press
London
Red Army
Poland
Crimea
Red Fleet
Sevastopol
Bulletin
Monitor
Moscow
Estonia
Berlin
Lator
Martin Halensleben
Dnestr
Pripet
Ukraine
Dimitri Nikolaev
Crimean
Maly
Cassino
General Staff
U S Rejects Request on Ball Bearing Deliveries
Stockholm sent a negative yet conciliatory reply to U.S. Minister Herschel V. Johnson regarding Washington’s demand to halt ball bearing deliveries to Germany. The message indicates Sweden did not stop shipments.
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U. S
Associated Press
Stockholm
Sweden
U.S
Herschel V. Johnson
Germany
Bombs Rain On Truk Airstrip
Army and navy bombers pounded Truk atoll and Hall islands in the Japanese held Mariannas on Thursday and Friday. Seven Liberators attacked Moen and Dub Ton islands in Truk, starting fires. Ulu island Igup Murilo Ruo in Hall Islands were hit by search planes. Four small vessels were destroyed and four damaged.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
Truk Atoll
Hall Islands
Mariannas
Navy
Moen
Dub‘Ton Islands
Ulu] Island
Igup
Murilo
Ruo Islands
Truk
Floods Threaten Midwest States
Flooding hits Kansas and Missouri with torrential rains resembling a tropical storm. Evacuations ordered in lowland areas as flood warnings extend toward the Mississippi river. Forecasts shift to warnings to get out as crests vary and rain continues. Kansas City reports 5.30 inches in 24 hours with widespread inundation.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
Manpower a Major German Weakness in 1944 Analysis
A Fifth Army briefing from Anzio describes Germany's manpower crisis after 18 months of losses in Russia. It cites a drop from 9 to 10 million peak to about 290 combat divisions, notes morale improving yet strain remains, and praises German weapons while stressing the shortage of trained veterans for a prolonged war.
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Dan
Associated Press
U. S
Allied Air and Naval Strike Attacks Sumatra and Sabang
Allied planes from British and American carriers hit Sabang and Shong airfield in Sumatra while a diversionary raid hit Port Blair in the Andaman Islands. The operation used American built planes and crews, with US trained British pilots, and a largely American air armada. One plane was lost with the pilot rescued as the strike indicated broader potential against Japan.
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Associated Press
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
Sumatra
Sa“hang
Fagene Burns
Sabang
Shong
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Ihe
Pacific
James Somerville
Japan
East Indies
Mounthbatten
Singapore
Thousand-Plane Raids Seen Nearing Japan
Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford warned that thousand-plane carrier raids against Japan are likely sooner than expected. He told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that the navy can strike with a thousand carrier based planes at almost any Pacific spot and that Japan’s shores may soon be unsafe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Arthur W. Radford
Naval Operations
Air
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Bond Plan Promises Low Tax Airport Financing
The proposed airport bond issue would add minimal taxes for homeowners and farmers. A table claims increases ranging from 3 to 23 cents to 80 dollars annually, with examples such as 24 years and 15 cents, asserting the plan delivers much for little.
Finland Rejects Soviet Armistice Demands Ends Talks
Soviet vice commissar Vishinsky announced Finland rejected revised Soviet terms after two months of talks. Finland informed Russia on April 19 via Sweden that the burden on the people and technical issues made the terms unacceptable.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Andrei J. Vishinksy
Finland
Russia
Sweden
Vishinsky
J. K. Paasikivi
Vyacheslav Molotov
Germany
Petsamo
Hussia
Hango
Prohibition Bill Fades in House Judiciary Committee
Backers of a Bryson prohibition bill face a blocked path as hearings stall in the House Judiciary Committee. With Rep Hobbs absent and Army Navy manpower reports opposing the measure, lawmakers say the bill is dead and unlikely to be revived this election year.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Judiciary
Bryson
D.8
House ‘Judiciary Committee
Representative Hobbs
Judiciary
Army, Navy and War Manpower Commission
Jap Drive Reaches Edge Of Chenghsien
Chinese high command says Japanese forces have reached the Chenghsien suburb and are shelling the area. The communique notes advances toward a Lunghai railway rear block 25 miles west of Chenghsien and a Pieping-Hankow crossing 24 miles south. The April 18 offensive involves about 60,000 troops aiming to sever Peiping Hankow railway links.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Chenghsien
Chinese High Command
Yellow River
Lunghai Railway
Chengusien
Columm
Pieping-Han- Kow
Manchuria
Peiping-Hankow
China
Chengbsien
Henan Province
Guaphai
Allies Push On Around Imphal
Allied infantry and tanks press outward from the Manipur plain in eastern India. Headquarters said the situation was developing favorably as forces, aided by dive bombers, advanced about 130 to 80 miles northeast of Imphal with British troops reported in the area.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Celyon
Manipur
India
Imphal
West Virginia Weather Outlook for Sunday
A warm Sunday across West Virginia with showers and locally strong thunderstorms possible. Expect elevated humidity and scattered rainfall peaks, with temperatures rising toward afternoon highs and brief thunderstorm activity in affected regions.
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West Virginia
House Committee Approves Tax Simplification
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a tax simplification bill to remove filing for about 30 million of 50 million taxpayers. It would eliminate the Victory tax, revise withholding for wage earners, and simplify tax tables while aiming for enactment before June recess.
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Associated Mess
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Committers
Doughton
DNC
Congress
Van Meter Promoted to First Lieutenant at Fort Eustis
The War Department announced the promotion of J. R. Van Meter of Berkley from second lieutenant to first lieutenant yesterday. He is stationed at Fort Eustis near Williamsburg. Friends report the promotion occurred just before Foster. Mrs. Vans Meter is visiting him.
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J. R. van Meter
Berkley
War Department
Fort Eustice
Williamsburg
Foster
Vans Meter
Editors Seek Postwar World Free Press Through treaties
The American Society of Newspaper Editors adopted a plan to press for world freedom of information in international agreements and a national policy to oppose censorship. Nelson Poynter urged Congress to back reciprocal rights, while John S. Knight outlined a committee to work with groups on implementing free press ideals. Knight succeeded Roy Roberts as president after a two day meeting plus a banquet.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
John S. Knight
The
Knight Newspapers
Nelson Poynter
St. Patersburo
Fra
Congress
Poynter
Hanquet
Knight
Roy Roberts
Kansas City Star
Allied Air Blitz Hits Hamm and French Coasts Ahead of Invasion
Large Allied air offensives over seven days report nearly 29 000 tons of explosives dumped on Hamm and French coast fortifications. About 4 000 bombers and fighters, including Liberators and Thunderbolts, pounded the western German rail hub and coastal defenses. Daily raids across the Balkan front and Romanian targets expanded the week long campaign as Eisenhower prepares the western invasion.
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Associated Press
London
Hamm
France
Hitler
Eighth
Ninth
Hiller
Hanuu
Cologne
Weath
Channel
England
Axis
Mediterranean Command
Balkan
Bucharest
Turnu-Severin
Red Army
Durin
RAF
Genoa
Livorno
Essen
Berlin
iGen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nvasion
Lamong
Europe
Atlantic
Allied air strikes neutralize Wewak base in New Guinea
Allied headquarters report neutralization of the Wewak Japanese base on the northeastern New Guinea coast after heavy bombing and strafing. raids also intensified against Aitape and Hollandia with over 1,400 tons of bombs dropped since April, while a Japanese freighter was sunk and other vessels damaged north of Australia.
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Associated Press
Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Aiape
Aitape
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Madan
Macing
Australia
Archbishop OConnell of Boston Dies at 84
Cardinal William Cardinal OConnell, 84, archbishop of Boston, died after bronchial pneumonia. He suffered a severe attack at 2:30 p.m. and again at 5 p.m. He received the apostolic benediction as Rev. Jer Jeremiah F. Minihan and Rev. Richard J. Cushing were at his bedside. A Vatican cable expressed the pope's concern.
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Prnse
Boston
William Cardinal Yconnell
Bogston
America
Jeremiah F. Minihan
Archidorese
Cardinal O'Connell
B. W.T
Mar. Minihan
Richard J. Cushing
Plus XII
Vatican
Rome
Yanks Cut Nazi Salient At Anzio
Fifth Army at Anzio Beachhead reports a fourth month of stalemate as American infantry attacks pinched off a 500 yard German salient with no German prisoners taken and no American lives lost. Fortified positions near a farm house were seized and over 100 American guns silenced a German infantry company forming for a tide assault in the central sector.
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Associated Press
Fifth Army
Anzio
Italy
4Th Army
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