Japanese claim push on Corregidor and Bataan front
Japanese broadcasts report advance units seizing Cabcaben and planting the Rising Sun flag at Mariveles while bombing Corregidor. Domei cites an all-out offensive to wipe out Gen Wainwright's forces as Marines flee Bataan and Corregidor. A surrender tale involves Maj Gen E B King meeting Japanese forces at Limay, though no formal surrender is confirmed.
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Tokyo
Comei
Bataan
Cabcaben
Mariveles
Corregidor Fortress
Domei
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Caballo
Japanese New Agency
Limay
Washington
Samao Agricultural Research Station
E. B. King
E. P. William
Burma front raids intensify with city bombings
The warfront report says Central Burma towns were bombed and raids intensified across the front. British forces are forming new lines between Prome and northern air fields. No contact was reported along the Irrawaddy west of Prome after three Japanese motor vehicles were engaged. On the east, Japanese artillery bombarded Chinese lines yesterday.
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Burma
Prome
Irrawaddy
Bombing Mindset of US Fliers Emphasized by Times
New York Times dispatch from a United Nations air base in the Southwest Pacific quotes Lieut. E. W. Hansen of Chicago on bomber pilots' attitude. He notes training cost and that a single well-placed bomb can help "discharge war debt" while American fliers reject boasting or false modesty.
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New York
New York Times
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
the Times
E. W. Hansen
Chicago
United States
British India Parley Ends In Collapse
The Cripps mission ends with parties blaming each other yet noting broad agreement on India's future freedom. Nehru pledges defense of India despite rejection of Britain’s dominion status proposal. Gandhi and Azad influence Congress stance as negotiations fail on a shared defense framework.
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India
Freedom of
Britain
Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress
London
Congress
British Press Association
War Cabinet
Azad
Cripps
Archibald Wavell
Marquis of
Linlithgow
Mohandas Gandhi
Gandhi
Nehru
Cripps Outlines Indian Talks Deadlock With Congress
Sir Stafford Cripps releases a press statement detailing replies from major parties to his draft declaration. He notes prolonged negotiations with the Indian National Congress, mentions multiple meetings and proposed formulas on defense minister and other issues, and reports receiving a last night letter from Congress.
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Cripps
New Deelhi
India
Sir Stafford Cripps
AI India Congress
Congress
India Defense Call and Shared Burdens Amid Crisis
The speaker reviews failed draft proposals with Britain and India amid ongoing negotiations. He urges unity across parties to defend India, thanks supporters, and asks continued help for India's defense, especially against threats to its people. He notes plans to return from New Delhi and emphasizes not personal gain but collective action.
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Freedom of India
New Delhi
India
Great Britain
America
Cripps Urges India to Accept Compromise for Freedom
Sir Stafford Cripps in a radio address cautioned India against a rigid stance, saying compromise is essential for a strong and free India. He warned that continued Japanese occupation would bring misery, death, and starvation, likening Japan's promise to liberate China to causes in India.
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New Delhi
Sir Stafford Cripps
India
Japan
China
Filipinos and Americans Fight On Bataan Until End
War-ravaged report honors nurses and soldiers on Bataan Coast as they endure siege and fierce fire for three months. Voices recall bravery, unity, and the will to defend homeland amid relentless bombardment and dwindling aid.
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Bataan
Cohen Free To Face Federal Lottery Charges
Frank Cohen also known as Frank Cole was granted permission to leave the Northern New York district to answer a federal indictment in Wilmington Delaware on April 15. He faced a $10 million lottery investigation and had been under $10 000 bail restrictions limiting him to the district.
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Deanie
Frank Cohen
Frank Cole
Saf
Albany
New York
Frederick H. Bryant
Cohen
Wilmington
Del
Lifelong felon Lawrence King dies in Stateville Prison
Lawrence King age 55 dies at Stateville Prison after serving 32 years of a life sentence for a 1934 $4,400 robbery. His career began with a 1902 prison record and included leading a safeblowing ring that netted about $300,000 before he and a companion escaped during a barricade shootout with 30 police in 1919.
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Chicago
INS
Lawrence King
King
Stateville
Corregidor Defenders Fight Japanese Forces on Luzon
Army communique details heavy air attacks on Corregidor Fort Hughes and Wainwright headquarters with intermittent artillery fire. General King, a Georgia native and veteran, commands Fort Stotensborg duties as U.S. forces sustain high tolls on Japanese invaders.
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Fort Hughes
Manila Bay
King
Atlanta
Philippines
Fort Stoteenburg
Manila
University of Georgia
Georgia National Guard
Corregidor
Bataan
Canopus
Bittern
Napa
Dewey
Australia
Luzon
Pacific
War Department
Lingayen Gulf
Department
Colm Kelly
Haruna
Subic Bay
MacArthur
Manila Bay Islands
Quezon vows last ditch fight for freedom
Melbourne April 11 President Manuel Quezon declared the loss of Corregidor does not end the war in the Philippines He said the Filipino people will stand by America and Allies to the bitter end He noted Mindanao Visayas and Corregidor still fight the Japanese and that Bataan battle faced overwhelming air and sea superiority.
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Melbourne
Kataan
Philippines
Manuel Quezon
America
Quezon
Australia
Corregildor
Visaya Islands
Bataan
German 16th Army in retreat amid Soviet counteroffensive
Red Star reports the 16th Army trapped around Staraya Russa, supplied by air as thaw slows airfields. Soviet losses and gains are outlined with captures near Bryansk and Kalinin Front advances. German air and ground forces face stiff Russian anti aircraft fire and a bold Soviet tank ambush. A civilian account notes Soviet prisoners used by Germans for labor in Africa. A Soviet submarine hit a German minefield off Norway.
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16Th Army
Staraya Russa
Red Star
Bryansk
Izvestia
Kalinin
Moscow
Russia
Kharkov
Africa
Nazis Claim Soviet Tanks Thrown Back in Crimea
German High Command reports Soviet losses in the Kerch Peninsula attack with 72 tanks destroyed and 29 out of action. German communique notes no major action after last Thursday’s push and mentions bombed Soviet ports on the Black Sea coast.
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Berlin
Red Army
Kerch
Crimea
Black Sea
Lapland
Price control drive linked to war costs and tax plan
Government officials push a broad price control program tied to WWII costs. Proposals include compulsory savings, higher withholding taxes for corporations and individuals, and cuts to exemptions and dependent credits. Senate action on labor bills and a Connally seizure plan loom. A separate report notes a machine-gunned whale washed ashore in Gijon, Spain.
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Roosevelt
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Henderson
Treasury
Eccles
Morgenthau
Senate
Connally
Gijon
Spain
Here
Australians Rain Bombs On Koepang And Port Moresby
Australian bombers attacked the Koepang airfield in Timor dropping high explosives from 1500 feet amid anti aircraft fire and reported fires. Japanese raids on Port Moresby were said not to cause casualties. Army Minister Forde urged continued mobilization for a possible full scale invasion and Curtin planned a nationwide drive for national savings bonds to double war savings certificates. Civilians evacuated from battle zones totaled about 5000, with U S Army Nurses Corps personnel arriving in Melbourne after service in the Philippines.
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Canberra
Australia
Port Monesby
New Guinea
Francis M. Forde
Pacific
Bataan
Forde
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Curtin
Commonwealth
National Savings Bonds
Singapore
Java
U. S. Army Nursing Corps
Floramund A. Fellmuth
Chicago
Melbourne
Corregidor Fortress
Fellmuth
Last Dutch Warship Reaches Australian Port After Soerabaja Escape
The last Dutch warship to leave Soerabaja arrived safely in an Australian port. The commander said Java Naval base was blasted before abandonment to the Japanese, with oil tanks and docks dynamited and ships sunk to render the harbor useless. The vessel, with 59 crew, wore foliage to resemble a floating island during the voyage.
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Perth
Australia
Soerabaja
Java
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Frank Carabad
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