Corregidor Repels New Bombing Run In Pacific War
Walsington April 4. New type Mamne bombs used against Corregidor Island fail to inflict damage as fort guns down two large bombers and damages two more. On the Bataan front artillery and aerial actions continue with no decisive gains. The War Department communique notes bombs exploded in the air and that no damage resulted.
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Walsington
INS
Corregidor Island
Baisan
le Amecedran
War Department
Linge Nantes
Bataan
Gavite
Pacific
Wainwright
Tomoyuk
Yamashita
Malta Hit By Three Wave Attacks In Night Bombardment
London reports three waves of enemy bombs pounding Malta in renewed heavy assaults on the British fortress in the Mediterranean. RAF planes and anti aircraft batteries claimed six raiders shot down and four damaged. Civilian damage and some casualties noted with ongoing air battles and earlier March losses cited.
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Malta
London
Mediterranean
RAF
Living Lord Walks Amid Burdens and Fear
Fragmentary verse references the Living Lord amid burdens and tears. It speaks of faith against despair, urging trust in Christ as loved ones sleep and souls seek solace in divine presence. The garbled text shows a devotional, nostalgic tone.
Solemn Easter in wartime Washington
Washington braces for Easter as crowds gather at Arlington for the unknown soldier and officials due, while thousands in the capital and across the Potomac head to church. The White House gates remain closed to Easter events, and a grand parade mood is tempered by war. Pearl Harbor shadows the ceremony with a nation at war.
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Washington
Art
Iington
Engler
Arlington Shrine of
Alley
Wallace
Potomac
White House
Iowa
Pearl Harbor
Rain forecast may halt parade of bonnets
Weatherman J Henry Jarboe warns Saturday may bring scattered showers across Texas including San Antonio. Mild spring temps persist but unsettled conditions threaten Easter bonnet wear. Bexar farmers hope for rain after two and a half months of dryness, with Optimism amid uncertainty.
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Henry Jarboe
Milady
Texas
San Antonio
Invbee
United Nations Flyers Down Jap Planes Near Australia
Melbourne dispatch reports 10 to 12 Japanese planes shot down by American and Australian pilots, with four down near Darwin. Generals MacArthur Blamey and Curtin leaders outline a plan to weld Allied forces into one army to defend Australia and strike back, with no political interference.
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Melbourne
United Nations
Australia
Wis
Kipang
Tmok
Idland Horlwest
Darwin
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
John Curtin
Francis Forde
Gir
Thomas Blannoy
Forde
Bells MaccArthur
Blamey
Army
Five Million Slavs Reported Victims
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army Lieut. Gen. Bunderay claiming Germany killed five million Slavs since the war began. He spoke during a Moscow rally titled Slavic Language and urged Slavs to join a holy war against Fascism, asserting German atrocities and urging united action.
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Moscow
Red Army
Bunderay
Nelson Reports on Production Munitions Exceed Quotas
New York April 4 ONS War Production Director Donald M Nelson told a night banquet the past three months met or exceeded output goals for tanks and ship construction, with plane production on track and antiaircraft and antitank gun output rising. He praised management labor cooperation and warned against complacency, noting January through March plane production beat targets and surpassed last month. He lauded American workers, soldiers, and aviation industry for high performance and superior planes.
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New York
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
America
Alchusteist
Optim
Lsm
American Submarines Score Heavy Japanese Losses
U S Navy communique reports 204 Japanese ships sunk or damaged since the war began, with subs sinking or damaging cruisers and seaplane tenders near Christmas Island Bali and Java. American losses total 24 warships with 47 ships sunk and 35 damaged or probable losses.
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Army
Air Force
Java
Navy Department
West Cruser
Christmas Island
Langley
Pacific
Indian
Bali
Lombok
Bsil
Why Labor Legislation Should Not Be Sidetracked
ENATOR BARKLEY of Kentucky, the administration whip and chief legislative spokesman, urges Congress to sidetrack labor legislation for the war. The piece questions why profits are regulated while hours and pay of workers are not, and criticizes the war effort’s reliance on conscripted youth without securing controls on war industry labor.
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Enator Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Congress
Labor Legislation Sparks War Time Duty Debate
Senator Barkley warns that current labor laws could divide the nation as war demands mount. Congress debates a forty eight hour week for war industries with public backing and Gallup shows sixty three percent favoring overtime only after the limit. The question of unity or disunion centers on how best to speed war production.
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Enator Barkley
Congress
Gallup
Labor Unity Versus Politics in War Drive debate
The piece accuses Senator Barkley of politicizing labor policy, arguing industrialists bear wartime duties and unions represent only about ten percent of workers. It asserts the administration suppresses war production to appease politics and calls for unity with labor and industrial interests. Donald Nelson is cited as noting slack in production.
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Enator Barkley
Congress
Barkley
New Deal
Labor
Way
Donald Nelson
Way Production Board
Administration
Biddie
Polatics
Wavell And Indian Defense Talks Signal Possible Concession
The article reports a potential compromise in India defense under British control amid wartime talks. General Wavell, Nehru, and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru met with political and military leaders to discuss Indian involvement. Cripps’s team and Roosevelts supply mission head Lloyd Johnson monitor moves toward granting India a defense minister and an Indian war council while keeping strategic decisions under British oversight.
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India
Roosevelt
Archibald PB. Wrangell
Larlish Supreme Commader
Burma
Congress Party
Ayat Lidia
Congress
Tandia
Cauhell
Wavell
Xehru
Nortfolio
Mech
Bundey
Consolidation Plan Defeated in Two Districts
The San Antonio and Los Angeles Heights independent school districts soundly rejected a consolidation plan in Saturday’s election. In San Antonio 296 voted for consolidation and 2387 against, while Los Angeles Heights saw 127 for and 465 against. Trustees faced election in San Antonio with incumbents Mrs. B. Lewis and Dr. James Hollers. Lewis won with 1676 votes, Hollers was unseated at 1768 votes, and Michael Gonzales tallied 1140 with Eugene Smith at 123. Voter turnout was low in Alamo Heights with only 27 ballots cast.
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Los Angeles Heights
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