India invasion battles rage amid Burma and Kohima push
Allied forces report progress across Southeast Asia with Stilwell advancing toward Kamaing and Kohima in the Assam Bengal theater. Air strikes support ground ops as Ledo road proceeds and plans to seize Kohima before rains. In Burma Myitkyina airfields resume activity and Hollandia Timpe invasion bases strengthen. A rock attack injures Benito M Tutell in Tampico.
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India
Pyrth
China
Burma
Prashesty
Kohima
Idian
Assaim-Bengal
Stilwell
Southeast Asia
Oi Jarters
Byitisa
Aulap Pass
Chungking
Loyang
Henan
Chenghu
New Guinea
Sorong
Baba
Wewak
Rabaul
Kavieng
Nimitz
Guam
U. S
Ruk
Ponape
Caroline Islands
March Traffic Toll Shows Decrease
The National Safety Council reports March traffic deaths fell to 1770, up 1 percent from March last year, reversing the prior months’ sharp increases of 14 percent in February and 28 percent in January. The report emphasizes a shift in the year’s early trend.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Russians in Gay Mood Plan Big May Day Celebration
MUSeow reports a Moscow citywide May Day bustle as red banners spread over official buildings and apartment blocks. Citizens purchase goods for celebrations noting wartime hardships with praise for Allied leaders and Soviet progress from Leningrad to the Ukraine.
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Mese Cieca
Ditler
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Novgorod
Smolensk
Kiev
Odessa
Crimea
Ukraine
Russia
Rednemy
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Mississippi Flood Contains Levee Breach Threats Near St Louis
Flood waters from the Mississippi and tributaries flood counties across four states. Over 1.68 million acres in 114 counties affected. 10,000 troops and volunteers battle to keep the river within banks as crest near St Louis looms. Forrestal seen as potential Knox successor amid cabinet reorganization.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Tiinoils
Arkansas
Tinois
Kansas
Oklagaboma
Red Cross
St. Louis
Joe
Witness High School Event At Alamo Stadium
A crowd of 2553 spectators attended the annus millary night jointly staged by Brackenridge and Jefferson High cadet corps along with Jefferson Lassoes Jane Sponsors Brackenridge Junior WACS Purple Jackets bands and the Junior WAG bugle and drum corps at Alamo stadium Friday night. Highlights included the Purple Jackets drill of the Wooten Soldiers and a human flag formed by Jefferson cadets Lassoes and sponsors.
Swim Fatal To L A Youth In San Antonio River
Charles Lanham thirteen of 31 Maryland street drowned after being pulled from the San Antonio river by Pvt. Cecil Thomas a railroad battalion soldier. Lanham sank while swimming with two companions and died at 6 30 p m at Robert B Green hospital after river rescue efforts.
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Charles Lanham
Maryland Street
San Antonio
Cecil Thomas
Robert B. Green
Lanham
Thomas
Railroad Operating Battalion
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Cloudy Saturday with possible light rain in the afternoon. Sunday partly cloudy with no significant precipitation.
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San Antonio
Death of Chinese General Denied
Reported claim of the death of Chinese General Chen Cheng is denied by Chinese authorities. The chaotic melee includes a car crash at 4:40 AM injuring several occupants and leaving one with a lacerated head while others suffer shock. Investigations focus on negligent collision and driver license status.
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Alvi R. Goetz
Gnungking
Opal Johnson
West Agarita
J. H
Kenholz
Randolph
Field
Chen Cheng
New Braunfels
Brent
W. M. Taylor
Ran-ling U
Dolph Field
Burma
Parsons
Prulensis
Prancix
Randolph Teld
Think Fast America Warns of Government of Men Not Law
The piece denounces Roosevelt for seizing Montgomery Ward in Chicago and ejecting its president, claiming a government of men rather than law. It cites May and Smith condemning the action, Biddle defending legality, and calls for a congressional probe, warning democracy would fail if such power persists.
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Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Representative Smith
Virginia
Congress
Montgomery Ward Company
Prescient
Charlie McCarthy
Biddle
Dewey
Sinois
1000 Planes In Seventh Day Attack Landon April 29
Allied air forces staged a daylight assault on Berlin and western Germany during the seventh straight day of heavy bombing. U S bombers struck Berlin and other targets while RAF Mosquitos and Liberators attacked Oslo Kjeller plant, Avord and Cherbourg, with bombers returning after long missions.
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Fla
Gloria Baker Topping Alexander
Army Air Forces
Edward H. Alexander
Alexander
Henry J
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Landon
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America
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Hamburg
Kjeller
Viunex
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Eighth Air Force
RAF
Strategic Air Forces
Avord
Paris
Cherbourg
Pas-de-Calais
Operot
France
le Bourget
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Knox
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King
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