U S Bombers Strike Steyr and Yugoslav Targets
American bomber formations from Italy attacked Steyr in old Austria hitting ball bearing works and aircraft components amid heavy anti aircraft fire. Fortresses and Liberators also struck three Yugoslav rail centers at Brod Mostar and Bihac while Swiss protests were filed over a misdirected bombing of Schaffhausen.
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London
Italy
Alps
Steyr
Austria
Germany
Naples
Yugoslavia
Daimler Fitch Works
Adriatic
Brod
Belgrade-Zagreb
Mostar
Split
Bihac
Zara
Berlin
Daimler Puch
Vienna
Hannover
Krefeld
Aachen
Schaffhausen
Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
Corsair
Ponape
Caroline
Marshall Islands
Fifth War Loan Drive Scheduled
Washington reports the fifth war loan aims to raise 6 billion dollars from June 12 to July 8, targeting a total goal of 16 billion. Secretary Morgenthau notes individual buyers led the prior drive while banks are excluded, with corporations and big investors handling 10 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Soviet Coverage Emphasizes U S Democrat Victory
Moscow reports the April election of Democrat W. G. Stigler to Oklahoma's House seat. Tass cites national chairman Robert Hannegan to imply Roosevelt support, signaling unusual Soviet interest in the U.S. presidential campaign.
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Moscow
W. G. Stigler
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
Tass
New York
Roosevelt
Robert Hannegan
Russia
United States
Walker doubts overseas ballot delivery for servicemen
Postmaster General Frank C Walker doubts the Postal Service can deliver ballots to servicemen overseas for the November elections. He cites overloaded mail planes and possible sea transport delays. He also notes possible lack of interest among many soldiers and says he is unsure if Roosevelt will seek a fourth term.
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Los Angeles
Frank C. Walker
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Walker
All-Out Battle in India Seen
Allied dispatches describe the battle for Imphal as Japanese forces probe from Ukhrul and Kohima while glider-borne units cut north south routes to Myitkyina. Air commando forces control rail lines from Myikyina to Katha and harass river transport as Burma front activity intensifies.
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New Delhi
Myitkyina
Burma
Imphal
India
Ukhrul
Kohima
Manipur
Southeast Asia
Kotima
Air Commando
Myikyina
Katha
Kommendine
Rangoon
Quisling Raises Hird to Lead Norway Troops
Major Vikdun Quisling reportedly assumed command of the Hird Nazi storm troops in Norway after Oliver Moegstad resigns as chief. The article notes the resignation reason was not given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vikdun Quisling
Allied Troops Fall Back on Anzio Beachhead
Fifth Army units conducted a slight withdrawal from a position 1.5 miles southwest of Carroceto on the Anzio beachhead after a heavy German raid. Nazi patrols remained active along the front. Inland, Italian forces seized Mount Marrone 15 miles northwest of Cassino and advanced to an elevation of 3,600 feet.
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Carroceto
Cisterna
Littoria
Italy
Cassino
Naples
Fifth Army
Anzio
Mount Marrone
Reinforcements Reported for Anzio Beachhead
A U S government monitor broadcast said Lt Gen Mark W Clark's Fifth Army beachhead at Anzio has collected considerable troop and material reinforcements in recent days and that major Anglo United States attacks will likely resume soon. The German report noted Saturday night reinforcements and a mid day fresh supply of arms ammunition and equipment arriving under a smoke screen.
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New York
U. S
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Anzio
Commandos Raid Solta Island
Allied forces conduct a second commando raid on Solta Island off Yugoslavia. Navy and air support destroy installations and capture 111 Nazis. Solta lies near Split and other Adriatic islets already in Allied hands, part of a broader push to aid Tito's Partisans and harass Axis coastal forces.
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London
Solta
Yugoslavia
Radio France
Algiers
Split
Adriatic
Marshal Tito
Softa
Roosevelt Shows Definite Improvement In Health
Washington on April 2 reports President Roosevelt, longtime ill with bronchitis, is definitely improved. Personal physician Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire said the bronchitis is well on the mend and the President's cough is better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
Liberators Hit Dublon in Truk Atoll Campaign
Seventh air force Liberators bomb Dublon central island in Truk atoll during a four night strike series. Two interceptors met the raid but caused no damage as fires erupted in harbor installations. Simultaneous missions hit Ponape and Marshall Island positions as aircraft returned safely.
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Dublon
Truk Atoll
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Air Force
Central Island
United States
Central
Carolines
Chester W. Nimitz
Truk
Caroline Island
Dublin
Destroyer Shells Landing Craft at Eniwetok
The Pacific fleet reports three American landing craft were accidentally shelled by a destroyer during fire support at Parry Island, Eniwetok atoll. Thirteen sailors are dead and 46 wounded after the February 22 mishap caused by out of position ships and restricted visibility.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Eniwetok Atoll
Parry Island
Japanese Soldiers Face Death on Beseiged Pacific Isles
The War Department says about 100,000 Japanese troops on the Marshalls Bismarcks and northern Solomons face death by bombardment starvation and disease as a relentless blockade and jungle fighting erode defense. Evidence shows mass deaths from hunger disease and wounds with thousands found in Guinean pockets and Saidor area.
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South Pacific
Washington
South
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Pacific
Marshalls
Bismarcks
Solomons
Saidor
New Guinea
Gali
Huon Peninsula
Finschafen
Department
Yanks Capture Two Strategic Points in Augusta Bay Area
Allied dispatch reports American forces on Bougainville seized two elevated positions to extend the Augusta bay perimeter while in New Guinea US and Australian troops tightened lines around Bogadjim as part of the drive toward Madang. The same briefing covered the mid day bombing of Truk with 31 Japanese fighters shot down and 12 probably lost, plus American losses of one killed and ten wounded.
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Augusta Bay
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
New Guinea
Bogadjim
Madang
Truk
United States
Eten
Truk Atoll
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Rabaul
New Britain
Woleai
Carolines
Palau
Emperor Range
Solomon Islands
Four Graf Spee crew escape from Santa Rosa camp
Buenos Aires reports four members of the Graf Spee crew who were held after the ship was scuttled near Montevideo in December 1939 have escaped from the Santa Rosa concentration camp. Cordoba police are pursuing the escapees.
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Buenos Aires
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
Santa Rosa
Cordoba
Student Orators Compete Today In Montana State Final
Four Montana high school orators advance to the seventh annual American Legion state finals at 2 pm in Butte high school auditorium. The winner receives cash and scholarship prizes and advances to regional contests. The event is sponsored by Silver Bow post No 1 with Rev. Frank L Harrington coordinating.
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Montana
American Legion
Butte High School
Robert Ripley
Kalispell
Missoula
Frank Gonzalez
Helena
Silver Bow Post No. 1
Frank L. Harrington
Finlen
State Department of the Legion
Weather Forecast for Monday on East Slope
Fair conditions expected Monday with warmer temperatures along the east slope of the continental divide and the eastern portion.
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Continental Divide
Peace prospects as Finland Hears Paasikivi report from Moscow
Stockholm April 2 Finn Parliament meets today on government report about Juho Paasikivi two day Moscow trip. Peace with Russia appears possible before Easter as Paasikivi returns by air with Russian armistice modifications deemed milder. Russians reportedly seek heavy reparations in exchange for concessions including Hongoe naval base and Viipuri. Timid details on talks remain unclear.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Juho Paasikivi
Moscow
Hongoe
Viipuri
Karelian
Paasikivi
Assistant Secretary Berle Arrives in Britain for Talks
Adolf Berle Jr assistant secretary of state arrived in Britain by plane for conferences with United States British and Canadian authorities on post war aviation. Dr Edward Warner of the civil aeronautics board accompanied him and they will meet Lord Beaverbrook to discuss forming a postwar aviation policy for the British Empire.
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London
Adolf Berle, Jr
Britain
Edward Warner
Civil Aeronautics Board
Berle
Lord Beaverbrook
Privy Seal
Churchill
Doctor's witty reply earns war materials permit
Oklahoma City April 2. Dr Carl R Bailey applied to the OPA for a permit to buy a 1942 automobile. When asked if he was engaged in production of war materials he answered Yes and said babies. He received the permit.
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Oklahoma City
Carl R. Bailey
OPA
Chemical Society Reveals Fast Process to Make Gasoline and Coal
The American Chemical Society announced a new rapid process for producing gasoline and coal from farm forest and sea plants. Dr. E Berl of Carnegie Tech says heat and pressure transform materials in hours, potentially supplying global needs. Sugar cane and other crops like sorghum and seaweed could yield extensive gasoline and oil, using a small land area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
American Chemical Society
E. Berl
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Berl
America
Russians Press Near Iasi in Romanian Front Clash
London dispatch reports Red Army advances across the Prut into Romania with fighting near Iasi the key rail junction 190 miles from Bucharest. Molotov claims invasion is military necessity not to seize Romanian territory.
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London
Red Army
Prut
Rumania
Moscow
Iasi
Bucharest
Vyascheslav Molotov
Molotov
Gereman
Odessa
Romania
Black Sea
Stalingrad
Crimea
Russia
Axis
Germany
Ploesti
Gertsa
Buckovina
Russia Receives Vast U S Aid For War Effort
The United States has supplied Russia with 8800 planes and 2,600 tons of food plus large munitions shipments from Oct 1941 to Mar 1, 1944. Lend lease totals exceed 9.5 million tons, including 5200 tanks 190000 trucks 36000 jeeps 30000 vehicles and 850000 miles of field wire.
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Washington
United States
Leo T. Crowley
Crowley
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