Japs Motivated in India as War Seen Winding Down
Allied forces report the Japanese seek to break through in eastern India around Aphal and Kohlina, but Allies hold the upper hand on terrain and firepower. Monsoon timing could decide if Japan withdraws or fails, with morale sagging and some surrenders noted among invasion troops. Stilwell’s relief forces advance, Chinese divisions energized, and Allied planners eye potential amphibious blows into northern Burma.
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WMGW
Seauatthy
India
Aphal
Kohlina
Mountbatten
Associated Press
Charles Grumich
Arew
Grumich
Therg Wis ¢vi
Denen
Burma
Stilwell
Billwell
Mogsung
Evacuation Ordered for Timisoara by Romanian Broadcast
A Hungarian broadcast reported that Romata ordered the evacuation of Timisoara, capital of Banet province, about 25 miles from the Yugoslav frontier. No reasons were given.
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New York
Romata
Timisoara
Banet
Last Man Off Wake Island Returns From Pacific
Marine Col. Walter L. J. Bayler, the last man off Wake Island, is back in the Pacific. He says the war has changed and the odds favor the Allies now. He notes Marines inflicted heavy casualties and predicts a stronger stance against the enemy.
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Wake Island
Pacific
Walter L. J. Bayler
Papitte
Byler
Wake
Contempt Case Delays Sedition Trial In Washington
In Washington on May 4, contempt hearings in the sedition conspiracy case against two men and two women threaten further delays. Defense motions seek to call six witnesses including Attorney General Francis Biddle and James Byrnes. Judge Edward C. Eicher may step aside. Laughlin seeks Pearson and McGuire testimony to probe Roosevelt policy remarks. Trial’s key phase postponed pending contempt ruling.
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Washington
INS
James J. Laughlin
Edward C. Eicher
Eicher
Biddle
Laughlin
Francis Biddle
Wer Mobilization
James Byrnes
Drew Pearson
District Court
Matthew McGuire
Gerald L K. Smith
Detroit
Mich
Pearson
Roosevelt
Riddle
Byrnes
McGuire
Edward J. Smythe
Robert Noble
INS Reporter In Nazi Prison Camp Again
London reports INS war correspondent Lowell Bennett 24, who escaped a German camp after a December Berlin raid, is again a prisoner of war. A letter to the London bureau reveals he is in a mixed POW camp in occupied France, noting travels and hopes for a transfer to a USAAF camp. He mentions the camp’s French residents, Russian generals, and his wish to provide wireworthy copy once transferred.
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INS
London
Lowwit Bennett
International News Service
Berlin
Lonton
Bennett
Europe
Hiller
USAAF
United States Army Air Force
France
Germany
USA
Lowell Bennett
Relaxation of civilian flying rules in Western Air Defense zone
Banta Monica California May 4. Relaxation of restrictions on civilian flying in the Western Air Defense zone where such flights are permitted in connection with the war effort has been announced by the Civil Aeronautics administration regional officer.
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Banta Monica
Calif
Ely Fort
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Nazis Pick Leader For World War 3
Netherlands Ambassador Alexander Loudon quoted Germany's high command as having charged generals with preparing for World War III. He cited General von Stuelpnager describing a plan of starvation and destruction to weaken neighbors for a future conquest within 25 years, implying Germany aims to reconquer in the next generation.
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Washington
Netherlands
Alexander Loudon
Institute of Women’s Professional Relations
Loudon
von Stuelpnager
Stuelpnager
Germany
Man
Foreman at Duncan Dies in South San Antonio
Amos Martine, 58, foreman of engine installation at Duncan Field since its 1921 opening, died Wednesday at his residence 407 Holenbeck Ave. Active in civic affairs, he chaired Boy Scout Troop 118 and belonged to Woodrow Wilson Post 399 American Legion and the Central Council. Surviving are his widow Gertrude, sons Ligh J G Lyman, Bert B., sisters in Austin and Kerrville, brothers in Orange and Austin. Funeral services and rosary set for Friday at Alamo Funeral Home with interment at San Fernando Cemetery.
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Joseph
Amos Martine
Duncan Field
Holenbeck Avenue
South San Antonio
Boy Scouts
Woodrow Wilson Post
American Legion
Central Council of the American Legion
Alamo Funeral Home
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Eustanen Struckhoff
San Fey- Dando
Woodrow Wilson
Gertrude “Martine
J. G
Lyman T. Mereness
Overseas
Bert B. Merenices
San Antonio
Herry J. Lewis
Austin
Charles W. Lewis
Nacogdoches
Frances M. Oa
Kerrville
Leona H. Martine
de Antonio
James F. Martine
Orange
John W. Martine
Franklin
Bernard P. Martine
Louis A. Martine
Lawrence K. Martine
Lake
Charlee
FDR Named Most Plausible Candidate by Izvestia
Izvestia declares Franklin D Roosevelt the most plausible candidate in a Soviet electoral analysis. The piece cites MacArthur and Willkie episodes as boosting Roosevelt while accusing Republicans of vague foreign policy stances. In the U S context North Carolina Democrats back a fourth term bid, Florida votes hint at Roosevelt, and party contests shape May 23 governor runoff.
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Moscow
May
Isvestra
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Willke
Roosevelt
Izvestia
Associated Press
North Carolina
Wallace
Florida
Henry Byrd
Virginia
Millard Caldwell
Tallahassee
Taw
R. A “Lex” Green
Congress
Tunsagin
Hill
Alabama
Fepper
Damaged Suit Over Mixup Baby Held at Los Angeles Hospital
Los Angeles May 4 Dr J M Andrews testified in a 500000 damage suit by Mr and Mrs Harry James Hardwig Jr against Soul Hoover hospital. The Hardwigs claim the hospital gave them the wrong baby after a mixup when their baby was born as a girl instead of Richard Allen born June 27 1943 at South Hoover hospital. Mrs Hardwig describes seeing the baby’s sex in the hospital and later discovering the mixup.
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Los Angeles
J. M. Andrews
Hoover Hospital
Harry James Hardwig Jr
Andrews
Okeh
Tune
Ano
Stassen Leads GOP Primary Talk in South Dakota
Reported by a group backing Lieut. Comdr. Harold E. Stassen in Tuesday's South Dakota primary. Many Republicans believed Stassen's nomination chances fell, while Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio remained the lone major challenger to Dewey for the Chicago ballot nomination.
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Harold E. Stassen
South Dakota
Stassen
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Chicago
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Joseph Amos Martine
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Stimson
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Thureday
Sheldon
Nebraska
MS. Hardwig
Fini Ohare
Orci Vray
Dandroff
Uapy
Canvinerds
Sommers Drug Stores
Ghoce
Ara
Alamo Plaza
Stowers
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