Arithmetic of War Draws Lesson on Germany and Japan
A historical reflection compares Germany and Japan as war foes, noting Germany’s limited gains against Britain and Japan’s rapid conquests in Asia. The piece cites losses inflicted on the United States, naval and land actions, and the swift fall of Manila to Japanese forces, arguing Japan appears more formidable in the early war period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Japan
Hawaii
Java
Manila
Bataan Peninula
Wake
Guam
Alill
Savon
Philippines
America
RAF strikes Paris area war plants in night raid
Folke Stone reports a large air battle over the northern French coast with multiple formations and heavy explosions across the Dover Strait. British raids targeted Gennevilliers and Gnome-Rhone plants west of Paris, with claims of fires and substantial damage.
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Folkestone
England
French
Cay Gris Nez
Boulogne
Dover Strait
Plans
Meat
London
Re.a. F
Gootrich Cubber
Gnome-Rhone- Aero
Pyris Aularh
Gennevilliery
Goodrich
BF. Goodrich Company
Amertes
Alpha
Ostend
Aon
Channel
Brittany
Calaisares
Boston
le Havre
Gennevilliers
Paris
Reuters
Vichy
Gennevillers
Norwich
East Anglia
U.S
Malta
Stockholm
Berlin
United States
Britain
Roosevelt
Twenty five Men Survive Sea Ordeal After Torpedoing
New York April 20 report says twenty five men from a torpedoed American freighter survived eight days in an open boat on rations of two crackers and a sip of water daily. Officers say the ship sank after a direct torpedo hit killing seven and three watchmen. Thirty three survivors from another torpedoed Swedish steamer also arrived, with thirteen crewmen reported missing.
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New York
Navy
Bermuda
Phillip Curran
Boston
Star
Atlantic
Seyrce
Bombardiers Graduated at Midland Flying School in Wartime Ceremony
In Midland on April 16 the first class of bombardiers from the army flying school received silver slings, diplomas, and commissions as second lieutenants. About 300 trainees completed 12 weeks of training using the US camouflage sight to drop practice bombs. The graduation speaker was Maj. Gen. Harmon, commander of the Gulf Coast Air Base Training Center, as graduates were assigned to duty.
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Midland
Midland Army Flying School
Rome
Berlin
Tokyo
Bombardier Trating
Hayling
America
United States Cambsight
Tr. 2, Hormon
Gulf’ Coast
48 Hour Work Bill Tabled in House Vote
In Washington on April 30 a narrow House vote tabled and likely killed the 40 to 48 hour work week proposal and a wartime profit cap. The action halted labor reform, leaving profits and tax proposals to committees as President Roosevelt’s stance echoed no immediate labor legislation. Public sentiment was seen as shifting, with expectations of a 30 day delay before action in the Senate.
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Washington
House
Vinson D-Gay
Rroosevelt
Congress
Johor
Texas trains raid wardens for public safety program
In Austin on April 40 the public safety department announced 42000 wardens have been trained from 210 of Texas 254 counties. About one third of warden schools were in towns near the Gulf coast, reported to Governor Stevenson. Also from Washington the possibility of curtailing gasoline consumption was discussed as fuel stocks showed improvement.
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Austin
Texas
Public Safety Department
Stevenson
Gulf Coast
W. Washington
Pacific North‘west
Dil
Poolen
Soldier on Trial in Irish Killing Under U S Army
William Clutsham 23 of Narbeth faces a manslaughter charge in the death of Irish bus driver Albert Rodden in Northern Ireland. The incident occurred April 17 when an armored car protected visiting military personnel and collided with a bus, Rodden sustaining three chest wounds after the vehicle overtook the line. The defense argues the machine gun was fired accidentally during vehicle jockeying. prosecutors contend negligence.
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U. S. Army
Northern Ireland
Po Bergh
William ¥. ClMsham
Narbeth
Gury Hire
Clufshany
United States
Albert
Rodden
Albet
R Machine Tean
Clutshamt
Water Works Chlorination Aims to Save San Antonio Supply
S A Water Now Being Chlorinated after a bacterial impurity detected in city water. The water board borrowed a chlorinator from Dallas to test if distribution lines cause contamination. Army and city health tests will continue, with South Side tanks and mains suspected. residents may notice a slight taste while officials seek cause.
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City Water Board
San Antonio
Joss
Dallas
Market Street
W. U D. Masterson
Water Board
San Pedro Springs
City Health Department
San Pedro
Josephine Street
Lrouble
Army
Waterboard
Houston
Masterson
CITE
North Sliders
Free French Lose Armed Trawler Viking
Free French naval headquarters announced the loss of the armed trawler Viking during the war. The exact time and place were not disclosed. The communique said sixteen crew members were believed saved.
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London
Free French
Coas
Man Blames City for Rabies Menace Near Country Club
Arthur J. Simpson of 681 Parland Place, undergoing Pasteur treatment after a rabid dog attack, accuses the city health and police departments of buck passing. A chase with police, dog catchers, and private cars ended with the rabid animal killed. a blood test was sent to Austin. Rabies quarantine was imposed in Bexar County with low cost vaccination clinics planned across the area.
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8. A. Man
City
Country Club
Police
Arthur J. Simpson
Parland Place
Simpson
Pasteur
Antral
Apel
Nog Cavont
Ais
Tata
Austin
Rooeevelt Park
Bexar County
Sanitary Hvestock ‘Commission
Iiver Atock
He County
Gen Harold H. George killed in air crash in Australia
Allied headquarters reported Brig. Gen Harold H. George of the U S Army Air Forces was killed in an air crash. Time and Life correspondent Melville Jacoby also perished. The note gave no crash details but recalled a Lockheed liner with 12 non-Italian passengers missing since April 21. George accompanied MacArthur to Australia and had led air defenses for Bataan and Corregidor. A posthumous Distinguished Service Medal was announced for his meritorious service in a position of great responsibility.
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Allied Headquarters
Australa
Harold H. George
United States Army Air Force
MoUncea Today
Melville Jacoby
Time and Life Magazine
Australia
Bataan
U. S
Puipine
Peninsla
North Australia
Melbourne
MacArthur
Douglas Macarthur
Philippines
George
Maccarthur
Datann Peninsula
Last Jonage
Washington
Far Eastern’air Force
Afr
Lashio Falls as Allied Burma Defense Frays
The Chinese and British forces report Lashio captured by Japanese troops after a four day, 170 mile advance. Stilwell fights on, directing Chinese forces to hold ground rather than retreat. Aviators of the Flying Tigers claimed 22 of 24 planes shot down near the Burma Yunnan border. Allied troops in Mandalay face envelopment while British units pull back to the Hrawady northward.
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Stillwell
Krese
Lashio
China
Baorme
Burma
Stilwell
Ameri Gr
Forres
Joseph W. Stilwell
Manilalay
Fetting
Burne
Burms
Yunnan
AVG
Mandalay
Lasita
Allied Leaders to Confer With Jap Envoy in Germany
A Tokyo broadcast via Mochi reported by Reuters states Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini and Gen Hiroshi Oshima the Japanese ambassador to Germany will meet in a few days. Oshima recently returned from Bulgaria where he conferred with the Japanese ambassador to Turkey as Axis prospects in the Middle East are reviewed. The Munich arrival of Oshima was linked to cultural work and flag decorated welcome by local officials.
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Munich
Gromet
Arny, Naz Party
Oshima
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Middle East
Reds Rout Nazi Front Troops Near Smolensk
Soviet dispatches report 12 hours after entry, Red Army slashed 2000 German troops in Smolensk zone, saying about 1000 officers and men were wiped out in two days of fighting. German high command acknowledged breakthrough attempts near a large locality south of Moscow with strong tank forces but claimed counterattacks reversed gains near Orel.
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Hitler
Red Army
Lings
Red
Smolensk
Moscow
Hitlewsfied Heeadquarters
Prowad
RAF raids drive Tronateln residents into exodus
A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm says mass evacuation followed RAF air raids on Tronateln Norway. The report notes a 12 year old girl and other residents fled their hillside farms as heavy operations continued Monday and Tuesday nights. A Mercer County couple’s case intertwines with the chaos as a local man faces a marriage dispute while a WPA worker describes his love for his wife.
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London
Tronateln
Norway
Stockholm
Pedeprudren
Aly
Buchanan
Wilma Jran
Mossville
Wilma
Jean
Roy Roce Parmer
W. T. Rove
Parmer
Chi
Jesus
Wilma Jean
WPA
Grand Jury Report Reveals 74 True Bills in County Court
In a final report to Judge W. W. McGrory the Griminal District court grand jury disclosed 74 true bills and 58 no bills. Thirteen leases were sent back to county courts and three referred to the next grand jury. A. F. Munster served as foreman.
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W. W. McGrory
Griminal
Boxer County
Eran
A. F. Munster
Mand Fury
Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Forecast calls for cooler Thursday night with moderate easterly winds. East Texas should see scattered showers on Thursday, mainly in eastern and northern portions. A date line appears on Page E.
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San Antonio
Vhcitry
East Texas
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Cvechoslovakia
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Brooksfield
H. H. George
Corregidor
Conte
Monique
George I
H. George
Crisla
Hitler, Duce
Exodus
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