Postwar Planning Committee Formed by House Republicans
The House Republicans create a 25 member Postwar Plan Committee led by Charles A. Wolverton to study domestic issues after the war. Rep Dirksen joins, arguing Congress must lead postwar planning to avoid economic dislocation and preserve peace. The group will organize into subcommittees and meet after the Easter recess.
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Washington
Arpril
House
Capitol Hill
Joseph W. Marting
Massachusetts
America
Charles A. Wolverton
New Jersey
Martin
Wolverton
Dirksen
Ilinois
National Resources Planning Board
Congress
Bermuda Refugee Conference Seeks Joint Recommendations
American and British representatives plan to draft joint refugee recommendations after a week of talks in Hamilton Bermuda. Chairman Harold W. Dodds said some proposals will remain confidential due to states and war conditions. The conference, likely to adjourn Wednesday, weighed rescue of Jews and Spanish Republican refugees without revealing specifics.
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Bermuda
Hamilton
Europe
Harold W. Dodds
Dodds
France
French North Africa
Inquiry Launched In Fatal CAP Crash In Atlantic City
An official board of inquiry began investigating the crash that killed Second Lt. Ben Berger, 26, Civilian Air Patrol pilot. Berger was alone on a coastal patrol when his plane struck a barge and plunged into the water off Beach Thorofare. His parents, Mr and Mrs Joseph Berger of [redacted] have been officially noticed.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Ben Berger
Air Patrol
Berger
World observes Easter as war news frames rites
Associated Press reports Easter observances across the globe amid war. Moscow churches packed beyond compare while London held a dawn service for American troops. Rome and Jerusalem saw high Masses as clergy urged hope, peace, and unity despite ongoing battles in Europe and North Africa. Back home, 750,000 paraded down Fifth Avenue in New York in subdued spring fashion.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Jerusalem
New York
London
North Africa
Russia
Eddy Gilmore
America
Hyde Park
British Isles
France
Adna W. Leonard
Washington
Leonard
Pius XII
Rome
Francis J. Spellman
U. S
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Fifth Avenue
Japanese Convoy Shifts From Bomb Range
General MacArthur's headquarters reports a large Japanese convoy moved west of Wewak after a Saturday reconnaissance attack. Allied raids over Wewak and surrounding New Guinea airfields destroyed and damaged multiple targets, with Liberator and Flying Fortress planes suffering heavy antiaircraft fire but continuing strikes.
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Australia
Wewak
New Guinea
Pelau
Kendari
Celebes Island
Madang
Salidor
Finsch Harbor
Mubo
Dobo
Aroe Islands
Timika
Dutch New Guinea
Feroeni
Trangan Island
Lo¢al
Kai Islands
Ten Year Relief Cost Across Nation Reaches 24.83 Billion
The Social Security Board shows 24.83 billion dollars spent by federal state and local governments on dole and work relief from 1933 to 1942. Federal funds paid to Works Progress Administration accounts for 9.04 billion, with major other outlays including general assistance 6.06 billion old age pensions 3.02 billion CCC enrollees 2.14 billion and smaller sums for dependent children the blind the FERA Farm Security Administration and other programs.
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Washington
Doles
Social Security Board
Works Projects Administration
The
Security Board
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Five Japanese Planes Destroyed in China Air Battle
American P-40s intercepted 25 enemy aircraft near an advance air base in Hunnan Province. Five Japanese planes were destroyed and four probably shot down with one American aircraft damaged. Capt. John Hampshire earned two confirmed kills for eight total, Maj. Edmund Goss added another, Lt. James Lee and Lt. Matthew Gordwen Jr. shared in the action, while Col. Donald Lyon summarized the dogfights at 17 006 feet.
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China
Hunnan Province
John Hampshire
Grant's Pass
Ore
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Air Force
Edmund Goss
Tampa
Fla
James Lee
Greensboro
N. C
Matthew Gordwen, Jr
Pueblo
Donald Lyon
Chennault
Mitchells bombed Namtu mines and warehouses in Burma raid
In Central China action a fighter squadron shot down seven of nine Japanese attempting an Allied airfield raid. Meanwhile Mitchell bombers struck Namtu Burma targets including a reduction plant with a direct hit and several hits on storage sheds.
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China
Namtu
Burma
Veteran tax official McTigue to retire after 19 years
Charles H. McTigue, longtime secretary to the State Tax Commission for 19 years, announced his retirement. A veteran newspaperman, he worked in Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany and St. Louis and once served as legislative correspondent for United Press.
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rNat
Paw McTigue
Commission Aid
Albany
Charles Hl. Me'Tigue
State Tax Commission
McTigue
Buffalo
Syracuse
St. Louis
United Press
Eisenhower Approves De Gaulle Chaud Meeting in Algiers
The Chicago Daily News reports that Eisenhower indicated no objection to a meeting in Algiers between General Charles de Gaulle and General Henri Chaud, French African commander. The notice notes Catroux in Algiers as the intermediary and British officials confirm telegram receipt but say de Gaulle will learn through normal channels.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Helen Kirkpatrick
Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Chaud
George Catroux
de Gaulle
General de Gaulle
British Foreign Office
Catroux
New Guinea Hosts First Sunrise Easter Service Amid War
In New Guinea on April 26 American troops and chaplains held an Easter sunrise service under open skies as war planes roared overhead. Australian Allies also observed Anzac Day with a sunrise service near Gallipoli veterans, 150 miles from Japanese positions on the north coast.
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New Guinea
Gallipoli
Turkey
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