Allied Pilots Pile Up Big Scores in Plane Destruction
Army and Navy air forces report decisive air superiority gains against Germany and Japan. U S and Royal Air Force claim destroying over two thousand German planes in weeks of offensives and pilots in the South Pacific claim 154 enemy planes in the air, two on the ground, plus sinking cargo ships and barges. War department asserts the air war is converging toward German industry and fighter production, while noting German recovery powers remain and reserve capacity is limited.
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Teda
Gennan
Pacific
War Department
Europe
Eighth Air Force
James H. Doolittle
Armen
Navy
South Pacific
U. S
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Reader's Digest Condensation and World News Highlights
Condensation of the April Reader's Digest features John Barrymore's life story Good Night Sweet Prince by Gene Fowler and notes on social security benefits. It previews Pearl Marker inside spy and romantic exposé Stand ing Room Only and Tokyo spy copy, plus wartime courage tales by Wolfers and more than 30 articles in the issue.
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John Barrymore
Priarr
Gene Fowler
Barryscore
Social Security
Sociel Securie
Elizabeth Fowler
Pearl Marker
Tokyo
Pacific
Tra Wolfers
Corpus Printers Prolong Session
Corpus Christi printers extend session as the International Typographical Union union members stage a slow down to demand higher wages. The Corpus Christi Caller and Times went to press in abbreviated form due to printer shortages.
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Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Caller
Times
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Wnion
Enim
Tora
Shafl
Students Win Honors in Poetry
Dorothy Vernon Smith won first place and Helen Henderson received honorable mention in the poetry division of the annual initiative Pulitzer prize contest conducted by the Scripter afters of Tonity wndiversity. In the prizes division honorable mention went to Pee Gieserke Jane Hoehn Dixie Skelton and Sarat Nicodemus.
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Dorothy Vernon Smith
Helen Henderson
Tonity Wndiversity
Pee, Gieserke
Jane Hoehn
Dixie Skelton
Flier Saves Stricken Fortress In Bold Escape
Lt. William A. Young and Sgt. Hatch stay aboard a burning bomber during a mid air attack over Europe. Young shuts fuel, fights flames, and brings the crippled plane to safety. the crew abandons as Thunderbolts escort the ship through hostile airspace.
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Hatch
Young
Forts Blast Nazis With Double Blows
Allied air forces struck central Germany in a heavy double strike led by 250 to 60 American bombers escorted by fighters. The raid marked the month’s twenty fourth assault, targeting Luftwaffe air fields in France and central German sites as violent air battles raged over northwest Germany by midday.
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London
Marel
Germany
Pase de-Calais
Arcy
France
U. S
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Tour
Pramee
Luftwaffe
Bevlin
Northwesern
Communiques On Raids Pepped Up by Frettigh t
London March 29. The American air force under Lieut Gen Carl Spaatz has begun colorful prose in its communiques. They now interpret targets and tally raids yearly, aiming to bring home the scope of the campaign to the British public, contrasting with the RAF’s sober style.
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London
Carl Spaarz
U. S
Eighth Airforce
Juftwaffe
Empire State Building
Westminster Abbey
Nazis Flood Holland Areas
German forces opened flood defenses in Holland as part of a broader strategy in the occupied Netherlands. The information bureau reported the action amid wartime efforts. A separate note mentions Durango Mexico preparing for a family move with a plan to enroll two sons in a military academy in San Antonio.
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Netherlands Information Bureau
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Durango
Mexico
San Anthonio
Col Brand Visits in L A En route to Memphis
Colonel Brand, director of venereal disease control, spends ten days in San Antonio visiting family before moving to Memphis. He plans to meet Commissioner Angerson and Dr. Robbins, with his wife and daughters joining him in Memphis after the school term. Born in Mobile, he helped shipyard workers and has worked with the U.S. Public Health Service in New Orleans.
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Aloo Py Brand
San Antonio
East Flocks
Brand
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Medical Society
U.S. Public Health Service
New Orleans
Braid
Menipl
Shelby County Health Wait
Dutch island group evacuated as flood fears rise
The island group of South Holland and Zeeland remains largely evacuated ahead of expected flooding. Dutch officials estimate about five percent of the Netherlands is already forced to flee. The main concern is potential enemy destruction of about 20 vital water pumping plants across the western region to block water flow. The government sought assistance from allies to obtain pumping gear after the war.
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South Holland
Zeeland
Netherlands
French Officer Guilty of Treason in Tunisia Trials
A French military tribunal convicted Lieut. Col. Pierre Cristofini of treason for aiding German forces in Tunisia late 1942 and early 1943. He was sentenced to death for recruiting French officers to serve with the German army on the eastern front. General White arrives at Camp Robinson to command the new warming center, facing rapid barracks remediation.
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Col
Pierre Cristofini
Tunisia
Cristofini
White
New Post
Little Rock
Ark
Charles H White
Tody
Infantment
Camp Robinson
Invasion Credited by Arnold as Real Air Assault
Gen. Henry H. Arnold told the National Press Club that Allied air attacks on Germany are a real invasion, not a prelude, with heavy bomber formations 100 miles deep and 200 miles across the front. He said the enemy cannot stop the assault and lacks fighter planes to spare.
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Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Germany
Reich
Arnold
Hitler
National Press Club
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Bubbie
Rick Sees Long War On Germany
New York March 29 Captain Eddie Rickenbacker said his earlier forecast that the European war would end in fall 1944 was overly optimistic He warned the war would be long and that no one could predict Germanys surrender He noted the Cassino stalemate and ground underground passages hindering bombing and fighting near Mount Bell and other strongholds The remarks followed his recent missions as a U S Army Air Forces observer and comments on the Cassino and German defense.
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New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Europe
Germany
Gurmi
Rickenback
U.S. Para Air Forces
Cassino
Moithier
Waslinlir
Casino
Mustangs Destroy 24 Nazi Planes Over French Airdrome
American Mustang fighter group set a record by destroying 24 German planes and damaging 22 more yesterday in an attack on a French airfield. Led by Col Gewikt J. Dix with Maj. Edward W. Szanianwssi praising their overwhelming numbers and precision.
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Merek
Treut
Gewikt J. Dix
Sullivan
Ind
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Scarsdale
N.Y
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