Invasion Due This Week Axis Insists Invasion Due This Week
Axis radios warned occupied Europe that the invasion of Europe will come this week. German broadcasts claimed Allied moves are being watched from the French coast to the English Channel as patrols clash and reconnoitering raids increase. The BBC Paris dispatches, while repeating the warning, noted observers on alert and anticipated Allied assault from both England and the Mediterranean.
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President Roosevelt Orders End to Montgomery Ward Strike
Chicago April 21 President Roosevelt urged Montgomery Ward to end the strike at its mail order house forthwith and resume contract relations with the CLO pending an NLRB election. The War Labor Board had extended the 30 day window to file for a status determination and warned the strike risks spreading to other industries.
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Samuel Wolchok
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
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National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Invasion forecast clashes with insurrection efforts in Europe
A Paris commentator predicts mass landings on northern France and Belgium to begin within weeks, with German counterattacks starting in the first hours of invasion. He warns of more blows on an alternate battlefield unexpected by Anglo Americans, amid an attempted insurrection inside France.
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Burma road cut boosts Allied supply to Stilwell forces
In Burma a Japanese effort aimed to sever the road to Imphal. The cutting of the route to the railway relieved the Imphal garrison’s supply strain while heavy fighting raged around Imphal and on the Palel Tamu road. The Bishenpur and Kungpi areas saw intensified combat as Japanese attempts to control the western road to Silchar continued. In another note, Coroner Mabel Carmer reported that Peter Viarsavijevich died from carbon monoxide poisoning at the Tonawanda Iron Corporation.
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Silchar
Buffalo
Mabel Carmer
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Tonawanda Iron Corporation
MacArthur reports New Guinea landings secure
Allied forces land at Hollandia Tanahmerah and nearby airfields in New Guinea. MacArthur says thousands of troops participated, encircling the 45th Army and isolating Japanese forces, with air fields neutralized and a major invasion advancing toward final objectives.
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Ranger Nazi Chase Reminds Yanks of Keystone
Fort Devens Massachusetts April 24 Capt Stanley T Farwell of Monroe Michigan last original line officer of the American Rangers recalls a raid scene. He described two Rangers chasing three Germans as they fled a house front door to rear, recalling old Keystone exploits.
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Monroe
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Lovell General Hospital
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Coal handlers and truck drivers strike for wage rise
Workers at coal yards and coal truck fleets halted deliveries since Saturday amid a wage dispute. Labor board involvement follows a voluntary 7 cent per hour wage demand, with officials facing firm resistance from employers.
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