Texans on Corregidor Remember San Jacinto
Washington dispatch reports Senator Connally praising Texas troops on Corregidor who observed San Jacinto Day April 21 under General Wainwright. He cites war-time spirit, gallantry of Texans, and a Corregidor chapter meeting as part of the salute amid ongoing enemy attacks. Travel permits note Panama public vehicles barred after 11 p.m. without permits on specified routes.
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Washington
San Jacinto
Corregidor
Texas
Jonathan al. Wainright
Senator Connally
Coresidor
Association of
Dents of
Texas A
AL. Dent
Dooley
Connally
San Decime
Panama
Department of Commerce
Pacific Navy Changes Seen in Southwest Pacific
Forecasts in authoritative quarters indicate a realignment of naval commands in the Southwest Pacific mirroring MacArthur's army reorganization. Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley would assume direction in the New Zealand area under Admiral Nimitz, with Ghormley guiding strategy for the region and MacArthur’s land operations potentially moving outside his remit. The naval structure would place Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary in charge of naval operations in the Australian New Zealand area, under Leary’s existing command.
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Wadhihwu UN
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
UG. 8
Robert L. Ghormley
London
New Zealand
Ghormley
Chestar W. Nimitz
Pacific
Pearl Barber
Nen
Inentor
Ghorminy
Nimitz
Ghorminoys
Herbert F. Leary
Australian
FDR to Ask Profits Tax
Congressional leaders say President Roosevelt will urge swift passage of a profits tax to curb war profiteering, signal price controls under consideration, and present a positive view of war production. Some officials hint at labor reform like a 40 hour week, but no labor legislation recommendation is planned.
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Washingscon
INS
Presigent Rooosevelts
Seized Axis Patents to Aid U.S. War Effort
President Roosevelt announced a wartime order seizing Axis nation patents, including German rubber and fuel processes. The move, aimed at boosting production, will study and develop thousands of patents for America and the Allied war effort, with return to alien hands barred after the war.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Lea Crowley
T. G. Farbenindustrie
German Dye Trust
United Nations
Australian destroyer Vampire sunk with nine lost
Prime Minister Curtin announced the loss of the 1090 ton destroyer Vampire in the Bay of Bengal after enemy action. All but nine crew were saved, including master Gurmunder W T A Moran. The ship had a long wartime record from the Mediterranean to Malaya and Crete, and operated the Tobruk ferry service. Royal Australian Navy has now lost six ships.
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Melbourne
Vampire
Curtin
Bay of Bengal
Gurmander W.T. A. Moran
Mediterranean
Malaya
Australia
Thanitt
East Malaya
Thanetwee
Tobruk
Crete
Royal Australian Navy
Tham
Freighter Battles Sub in Caribbean Death Toll Report
Survivors tell of a 12 hour chase with eight U boats in the Caribbean as an American merchant ship fought a submarine. Dr Benjamin A Price the ship's physician is missing from 62 aboard amid three torpedoes and a midnight sinking. United Nations warship ferried 39 survivors to Jamaica with others to Haiti. The loss was confirmed by the Eighth Naval District.
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New Orleans
Caribbean
Benjamin A. Price
Price
United Nations
Jamaican
Haiti
Eighth Naval District
Hongkong Fieti Says Escapee Describes Jap Atrocities
Henry Bough, Reuters correspondent, escaped from Chungking and reported in a dispatch that Hong Kong is a Jap made hell. He confirmed murders and rapes, with many atrocities witnessed by Japanese officers. He noted women attacked and shot, and that food supplies were seized as the island fell.
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London
Siongkong
Henry Bough
Reuters
Chungking
Ching
Tay
Berg
Weather and notices from San Antonio area March records
Observation at 6 a m and 7th meridian time notes a weather outlook for Toulista with 82 percent. The report includes prices and a mention of April and various names and entities in a fragmented San Antonio newspaper snippet.
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Ehatarts
FuEepw
San Antonio
Texas
Prinesday
Wien
Annem Rye Hg
Laincs
Medes
Kore Wurth
Hiewsetnig Serbs Hoven Tag Ag
New York Tag Welton & Bache
Ery
Tan Antone
Private Dances With Princess Elizabeth at Birthday Ball
London report of April 22 describes private dance between drummer-boy Reggie Benstead and 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth at her birthday ball. Benstead recalls taking the princess in his arms after the Grenadier Guards captain yielded the turn. She chatted but he found himself unable to think of a reply.
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London
Apri
Reggie Benstead
Grenadier Guards
Princess Elizabeth
Benstead
Italian Bid For Separate Peace Hinted
Reports from Ankara quoted a Rome diplomatic message suggesting negotiations in Italy for a separate peace with Britain. The dispatch said Italians hoped summer would bring the German distraction in Russia, allowing a peace offer aided by weakened Fascist leadership and royal family actions. Tokyo radio cited Christian leader Toyohiko Kagawa praying for an early conclusion to the war.
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Frese
Japan
Italy
Ankara
Turkey
Tendon News Chronicle
Rome
Britain
Russia
Mussolini
Tokyo Radio
Toyohiko Kagawa
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