Berlin Admits Evacuation of Black Sea Port
Berlin acknowledges evacuating the Black Sea port of Odessa after heavy fighting. Reports say Odessa, once a key objective for Hitler, was captured by Romanians and Germans with massive casualties on both sides. Soviet dispatches claim galling Axis losses, including 2,400 German deaths, while distances to Bucharest and Ploesti tighten.
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Berlin
Black Sea
Odessa
Hitler
Moscow
Skate
Tartar
Ber- Hin
Red Army
Crimean
Smania
Prut
Siret
Iasi
Pascani
Bucharest
Ploesti
Bern
Skala
Crimea
Sivash
Perekop
Tube Repair Kit and Accessories Market Note
A fragment lists a tube repair kit covering 72 square inches and mentions tea pots and cookie jars with a price cue of 2.79 per item, but the text is fragmented and lacks clear sale context or vendor details.
Giraud Refuses To Step Down In Clash With De Gaulle
In Algiers Gen. Henri Giraud rejected dismissal as commander in chief of the French armed forces. He denounced De Gaulle s decree as unlawful and said he will not resign. The dispute centers on military civil power and control of a high command as De Gaulle claims supreme leadership.
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Algiers
Charlies de Gaulle
National Liberation
Henri Giraud
Giraud
de Gaulle
Liberation Committee
France
French Committee of National Liberation
de Gaullists
Ace Don Gentile Could Become Top Ace of Two Wars
Piqua Ohio 23 year old Captain Don Gentile must down three more enemy planes to total 30 and become the highest scoring ace across two wars if all confirmed Eddie Rickenbacker held 26 in World War I as the top ace of that war this picture was radioed from London to New York
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Don
Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Eddie Rickenbacker
London
New York
De Gaulle presses with provisional government claim in France
Giraudists warn of resignations from the National Committee including Navy Commissioner Louis Jacquinot and Air Commissioner Fernand Grenier. De Gaulle asserts he will force the Alves to work with the National Committee, which he heads as the sole provisional government for France.
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de Gaulle
Alves
National Committee
France
Regional War Labor Board Penalizes Maryland Firm
The RWLB disallowed 30,000 for failure to comply with wage stabilization provisions at D. A. Stickell and Sons, Inc. of Hagerstown. Alexander H. Frey said the company admitted violations, citing unapproved wage increases from 1943 and 1942 bonuses totaling 3,200. The penalty was agreed unanimously by the enforcement division amid extenuating circumstances.
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Baltimore
Regional War Labor Board
D. A. Stickell and Sons, Inc
Hagerstown
Alexander H. Frey
RWLB
Yates
WLB
Frey
WLE
War costs near trillion dollars says expert
New York April 9 The present world war cost is nearing the trillion dollar mark, says Dr Mabel L Walker executive secretary of the Tax Institute. Data from the United States and Britain and available Allied and enemy country data indicate the monetary cost will be about 900 billion dollars by end of 1944.
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New York
Mabel L. Walker
The
Tax Institute
United States
Lighthouses and wage disallowances in early records
The discussion notes that dis allowances against violators are less than the total unauthorized wages paid during periods of violation. It references the earliest lighthouses recorded as towers built by Libyans and Cushites in lower Egypt.
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Lower
Egypt
Yanks And RAF Blitz Reich Returns From Night Raids
Allied air offensives report a long range night raid by the RAF and daylight strikes by U S heavy bombers on key German and Polish targets. The raids hit Poznan and Gydnia area factories, Marienburg East Prussia, Warnemunde and Tutow, with heavy losses for the attackers and several enemy cities reported bombed.
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Air Ministry
RAF
U.S
Poland
East Prussia
Germany
Paris
Lille
France
pires-Dillte
Villeneuve-St. Georges
Ateast
U. S
Poznan
Posen
Gydnia
Marienburg
Warnemunde
Tutow
Radio Gaid
Sweden
Malmoe
Rinkeby
Kalmar
Thunderbolt
Lightning
Mustang
Hand Injury Admission of William M. Anderson
William M. Anderson of Williamsport was admitted to Washington County Hospital on April 8 for treatment of an injured left hand.
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William M. Anderson
Williamsport
Washington County Hospital
Navy’s most decorated officer predicts two-year war
Commander Donald J. MacDonald, 35, of New York City, at a press conference, says the war against the Japanese will last a couple of years. He holds the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit and Presidential Unit Citation ribbons.
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Navy
Comdr
Donald J. MacDonald
New York City
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