Reds Within 25 Miles of Sevastopol
The Red army pushed to within 25 miles of Sevastopol on the seventh day of the Crimea reconquest. Feodosiya Yevpatoriya and Simferopol fell, with 600 plus towns seized and 20,000 prisoners taken. Stalin announced the victories as Moscow reported 7,456 artillery rounds in salute.
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London
Red Army
Sevastopol
Crimea
Feodosiya
Yevpatoriya
Simferopol
Moscow
Yalta
Stalin
Odessa
Ovidiopol
Dniester
Crimean
Plows Reach 13 Trapped by Snow Near Wonderview
The Colorado state highway patrol said 13 marooned residents at Wonderview near Pinecliff have been reached by snow plows after days without adequate food. Buckley field soldiers planned a six mile snowmobile trek from Echo Lake to aid the stranded group. emergency rations had earlier been blocked by foothill storms and a Denver flight failed.
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Denver
State Highway Patrol
Wonderview
Pinecliff
Buckley Field
Echo Lake
A. H. Woodward
G. K. Hayden
Denver Comics
Kenneth Adams
E. M. Brandon
Brandon
Allies Close In on Jap Base at Myitkyina
Allied troops near Myitkyina from three directions press the Japanese base as a new Imphal offensive unfolds. Brig Gen Frank Merrill's American Marauders advance within about 20 miles of the base and seize Nhkum north of the Mandalay Myitkyina railway, while Lt Gen Joseph Stillwell's forces push flanking moves near Kamaing 45 miles west.
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New Delhi
U.P
Myitkyina
Imphal
India
Frank Merrill
Nhkum
Mandalay-Myitkyina
American Bombers Aid Partisans In Bosnia Action
American heavy bombers struck the rail and highway junction at Brod in eastern Bosnia for a second day of aid to Marshal Tito's Partisans. Flying Fortresses of the 15th U S Air Force hit Brod, 40 miles south of the Hungarian border, amid reports of heavy fighting as Nazi tank corps press Tito's positions.
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London
U.P
Josip Broz
Tito
Brod
Bosnia
U. S. Air Force
Banja Luka
Nazi Tank Corps
De Gaulle to Be Given Civil Control of Liberated France
London April 13 Gen Charles De Gaulle’s committee of national liberation will head the civil administration of liberated France under a late stage US Britain agreement. There will be no Allied military government. Eisenhower will receive a directive to treat the Fighting French as civil administrators and to liquidate the Vichy regime.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
France
United States
Great Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sweden and Norway Sign Reconstruction Treaty
A trade treaty was signed between Sweden and the exiled Norwegian government. It provides for a Swedish loan and supplies for reconstruction in Norway immediately after hostilities end, as announced Thursday in London.
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London
Sweden
Norway
Allies Press Sweden Turkey and Spain Over War Materials
Britain and the United States demanded Sweden halt export of ball bearings and related war materials to Germany. Protests also targeted chrome shipments from Turkey and Spain seizure of Allied oil stocks, as Allies seek to choke neutral trade and weaken Hitler’s war machine.
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Stockholm
Britain
United States
Sweden
London
Western Front
Germany
Reich
Turkey
Spain
Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
Eire
U. S
Herschel V. Johnson
Hull
Lisbon
Hitler
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Churchill
Swiss Down American Bomber Forces 12 More to Land
An American heavy bomber crashed near Lake Zurich on Thursday. Swiss fighters compelled the aircraft to land after it ignored orders, while part of the crew bailed out. Twelve other American bombers landed safely in central and northeastern Switzerland under escort, with ten at Duebendorf, one at Altenrhein, and one at Oberglatt.
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Bern
U.P
Letters Show MacArthur Open to GOP Nomination
Two letters between Rep. A. L. Miller and Gen. Douglas MacArthur reveal the general’s receptiveness to a Republican presidential bid. Miller urged nomination and warned of continued New Deal excesses, while MacArthur agreed with Miller’s critique and stressed telling the people the facts. The exchange hints at a potential campaign stance and calls for patience as MacArthur works with his forces in the southwest Pacific.
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Washington
Nebraska
Douglas MacArthur
South- Pacific
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
MacArthur
Miller
House
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Southwest Pacific
U. S. Bombers Hit Five Enemy Cities In Wave Of Attacks
U S bombers and fighters from Britain and Italy assault Axis targets in Germany and Hungary during daylight raids. American forces report heavy losses for enemy planes and substantial destruction of air plants and industries, with RAF night raids continuing.
Mansfield Assured Bill Will Get Early Consideration
Floor Leader McCormick said Mansfield hungry Horse dam bill will receive early consideration. The measure would authorize a multiple purpose dam on the Flathead river with 1,500,000 acre feet of storage and room for 500,000 more. The plan follows Montana opposition to Bonneville Power Administration dam sites on the Columbia.
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Washington
McCormick
D.-Mass
Mansfield
Flathead River
Montana
Bonneville Power Administration
Columbia
Coast Guard Photographer Describes War Killing as Necessary
Ray Platnick, a Coast Guard combat photographer, said in a press conference that American soldiers have no more compunction about killing Japanese than farmers have in destroying pests. He compared the act to smashing a bug, saying the job is tough but must be done.
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New York
Coast Guard
Southwest Pacific
Ray Platnick
Butte Area Forecast Delivers Cloudy Skies and Light Showers
Weather update shows Butte mostly cloudy with light showers and little temp change Friday. Thursday highs near 43 and lows around 30. West of the continental divide expect mixed skies with showers and mountain snow above 6000 feet. East of the divide Friday will be partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and little temperature change.
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Butte
Continental Divide
Purported German Broadcast Claims Canadian Landing Near Calais
A claimed German short wave broadcast said Canadians led a landing south of Calais. The transmission, heard in Toronto and London Ontario, sparked questions of authenticity amid wartime deception fears. no Allied confirmation was found.
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Toronto
Calais
Toronto Weather Bureau
London
Ont
Churchill
Canada
Washington
Navy
War Departments
Knox says U boat fleet destroyed sinks Nazi submarine hope
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told a Toronto audience that well over 200 U boats were sunk in the Atlantic and Pacific in the past year and Germany’s faith in subs is destroyed. He warned the war still demands greater sacrifice and that Britain and the United States must intensify effort to bridge the enemy’s fortress.
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Toronto
Frank Knox
Atlantic
Pacific
Germany
Hitler
Canada
Europe
New Zealand and Russia to Establish Diplomatic Relations
Acting Prime Minister D. G. Sullivan announced that Russia and New Zealand will establish diplomatic relations and exchange envoys.
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Wellington
N. Z
D. G. Sullivan
Russia
New Zealand
Germans Plant Mines in River Garigliano
Allied dispatches report German forces have laid mines in the Garigliano river bed after lowering water levels by dammunition. Mines were placed at night by submarine mine-laying parties. our artillery and mortars targeted the area as Allied troops monitor cross-river movement and plan for raised water levels to reveal the field.
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Naples
U.P
Cassino
Garigliano
Lower
Monte Toga
Minturno
Crecchio
Eighth Army
Sink Freighter and Set Nine Vessels Afire
Allied air force operations over Hollandia Dutch New Guinea yielded dramatic results with over 200 American bombers and fighters dropping 322 tons of bombs and 89 000 rounds, sinking a 2 000 ton freighter and setting nine smaller vessels ablaze. The raid damaged or destroyed numerous enemy aircraft and disrupted airfields and harbor facilities, as part of a broader ongoing campaign across multiple Pacific theater locations.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Allies Strike at Kuriles in Northern Pacific Bombing Raid
Allied aircraft hit four Kurile bases including Paramushiro Shimushito Shasukotan and Matsuwa starting long range strikes from 480 miles off Japan. Ventura bombers and Liberators faced light anti air fire but returned safely as US air operations extend along the northern route toward Japan.
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Pearl Harbor
Uu.p
Kurile Islands
U. S
Pacific
Adms
Chester W. Nimitz
Great Northern
Japan
Paramushiro
Shimushu
Shasukotan
Matsuwa
Ventura
Fleet Aire Wing Four
Shimushita
Kuriles
11Th
Destroyer Rescues 15 From Pacific
A Navy destroyer rescued 15 crew members and one passenger from a twin engined patrol seaplane after two nights on rubber life rafts. The crash occurred 300 miles west of San Francisco on the route from Alameda Naval Air Station to the Hawaiian Islands, officials said.
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San Francisco
U.P
Western Sea Frontier
Naval Air
Alameda
Calif
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Maingkwan
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de Gaulle
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By Jack Bell
W. W. Hercher
Italy
Eighth Air Force
Fifteenth Air Force
Hungary
Augsburg
Oberpfaffenhofen
Lechfeld
Schweinfurt
Messerschmitt
Gyor
Budapest
Frankfurt
Bordeaux
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Knox
Reynolds Packard
U. S. S. Wainwright
Calpe
Bizerte
By C. Yates McDaniel
Truk
Carolines
Dublin Island
Puluwat
Wewak
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Rabaul
New Britain
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