Three Thousand Japanese Killed in Admiralty Islands Battle
Allied headquarters report three thousand Japanese have been killed since the U S Army landed in the Admiralties February 29. Lt Gen Walter Kruger's Sixth Army dismounted cavalrymen captured and held Moroate airdrome and Lorengau in the Admiralties. MacArthur says Fifth Air Force raided Wewak and Kavieng as air units push the Japanese back in New Guinea and adjacent islands.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Admiralty Islands
First Cavalry Division
Walter Kruger
Sixth Army
Momote
Los Negros Island
Lorengau Island
Admiralty Group
Lorengau
Douglas MacArthur
Fifth Army Air Force
Wewak
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Allied Positions Strengthened At Anzio Beachhead
April 14 report says Allied lines on the Anzio beachhead are stronger after 84 days with German forces increasingly on the defensive. The operation diverted German troops from the east and west theaters, tying up divisions from the Balkans and France and building a model for amphibious campaigns.
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Anzio
U.P
Rome
Balkans
France
Carroceto
Cisterna
British Fifth Army captures Tremensuoli near Minturno
A British radio dispatch quoted from Algiers reports Fifth Army forces in Italy captured Tremensuoli, located about two miles west of Minturno near the Tyrrhenian coast. The broadcast was recorded by the Allied press bureau.
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New York
Algiers
Fifth Army
Italy
Tremensuoli
Minturno
Tyrrhenean
House May Overhaul G. I. Measure
Washington April 15. House leaders push changes to the Senate passed G I Bill of Rights to tighten unemployment compensation. Rankin and May urge safeguards to prevent encouraging idleness. Senate bill provides 15 to 25 dollars weekly for up to 52 weeks in first two years after mustering out payments.
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Washington
House
May
D-Ky
Military Committee
Rankin
D.-Miss
Veterans Committee
Senate
Japs Defeated in Central Pacific Air War Progress
Major Gen Willis Hale announces Jap air strength waning in the central Pacific as Seventh A A F bases advance toward Japan. He notes that bombing missions continue unimpeded and Japanese fighters struggle to stop US operations. Continued discussion on page 10.
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Central Pacific
U.P
Willis H. Hale
Japan
Hale
Midway
Hawaiian
United States
Nation’s income hits 147.9 billion as mobilization nears
The Commerce Department estimated national income last year at 147.9 billion dollars, up 22 percent from 1942 and more than double 1929. Four-fifths of the gain, 26.3 billion, came from industrial wages and salaries, federal payrolls including the armed forces, and farmers’ net income. Growth slowed in the last quarter of 1943 as mobilization neared full pace.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
2000 Yankee Planes Hit Axis Targets
American air forces from Britain and Italy attacked German airfields and ground targets and bombed Bucharest and Ploesti. About 30 American fighters failed to return, the largest loss for single-day operations, while 18 German planes were shot down.
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London
Britain
Italy
Bucharest
Ploesti
Red Army
U.S
Germany
Hitler
Montana Fire Underwriters elect officers at Finlen hotel
Members of the Montana Fire Underwriters association and the Montana Pond of the Order of Blue Goose concluded their semi annual meeting at the Finlen hotel. George Flint of Kalispell served as toastmaster. Officers were H L Reilly and George Newlson of Great Falls and R A Nelson of Great Falls. Claude Morris received a life membership and 25 year pin. The Blue Goose jubilee marked 25 years in Montana.
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Montana Fire Underwriters Association
Montana
Order of Blue Goose
Underwriters Association
Finlen Hotel
George Flint
Kalispell
Underwriters’ Association
H. L. Reilly
Great Falls
George Newlson
R. A. Nelson
K. G. Banister
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Montana-Idaho
S. L. Harmstead
Gus Landmark
N. F. McKee
J. R. Carmichael
Billings
D. S. Thomas
Claude Morris
Montana Pond
International Organization
Treasure State
Axis vows unity after Tokyo wartime council
London reported that an important Axis council at Premier Tojo's Tokyo residence affirmed unity with Germany and Italy. Tojo and German Ambassador Stahmer claimed Allies fear Axis partnership and pledged continued cooperation to oppose Western invasion threats.
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London
Axis
Tojo
Tokyo
Heinrich Stahmer
Italy
Berlin
Shimada
United States
Britain
Germany
Iowa Democrats to Back Roosevelt at Chicago Nomination
Iowa Democrats in Des Moines at a convention instructed 20 delegates to vote as a unit for the renomination of President Roosevelt and Vice President Wallace at the national convention in Chicago.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Democrats
Chicago
Roosevelt
Wallace
Fusion completes in Minnesota naming Democratic-Farmer-Labor party
The Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties of Minnesota merged on Saturday. Delegates to the national Democratic convention were instructed to cast all 24 votes for President Roosevelt and nominate him for a fourth term under the new Democratic-Farmer-Labor banner.
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Minneapolis
Democratic
Farmer-Labor Parties
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Postwar planning program for Montana agriculture
Montana farm and ranch leaders push a postwar planning program under the Extension Service to ease the shift from wartime to peacetime. County meetings set groundwork, with a state committee outlining economic and social issues and a farm survey to gauge future improvements and labor needs.
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Bozeman
Montana
Montana Extension Service
Extension Service
H. G. Bolster
Extension Land
Montanans Write Bright War Chapter In Southwest Pacific
Montanans open the second year of the war in the southwest Pacific with heroic actions including Jordan’s Staff Sergeant Paul Ziegele who charged a Japanese pillbox at Sanananda. He killed a defender, then wrestled the gun from its emplacement to disable the threat.
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Southwest Pacific
Paul Ziegele
Jordan
Sanananda
Ziegele
Shortening and Salad Oils Free From Ration Points
Washington April 15 U P Price Administrator Bowles announced that starting Sunday shortening and rationed salad and cooking oils will be point free. Four red points per pound previously applied to these fats while lard was zero points due to ample supply. Butter and margarine remain unaffected.
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Washington
U.p.price
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Rome status under study for demilitarization plan
Secretary Hull disclosed that Rome’s status is being reconsidered with new studies to spare the Italian capital from war. A proposal from Senator Bridges suggests a joint Allied Axis commission led by Pope Pius XII to demilitarize Rome.
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Washington
Rome
Hull
Pius XII
Bridges
R.N. H
Roosevelt
United Nations
Pope
Kuriles Bombed Sixth Straight Day in Pacific Offensive
Allied air forces continued the Kurile bombing campaign for a sixth day, striking Paramushiro Shimushu and Onekotan with four additional attacks by the Empire Express and Ventura and Liberator aircraft. No Allied losses were reported as Japanese defenses and counterstrikes yielded limited effect.
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Pearl Harbor
Empire Express
Aleutians
Japan
Kurile Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Paramushiro
Shimushu
Onekotan
Pacific Fleet
Ventura
Fleet Air Wing Two
Kuriles
Army
Navy
Tokyo
North Pacific
Central Pacific
Admiral Nimitz
Atoll
Marshall Islands
Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
Eniwetok
Heavy Fighting Reported in Heart of Yugoslavia
London reports heavy fighting as German forces push Tito Partisans from Fruskan Gora hills near Belgrade. Other clashes with Chetnik units flare south of Plevije, while guerrilla raids disrupt German rail lines, with trains derailed near Srem Sombor and in Slovenia.
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London
U.P
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Fruskan Gora
Belgrade
Plevije
Srem
Sombor
Slovenia
Russians Reach Within Three Miles of Sevastopol
Moscow reports major Soviet advances across three fronts in World War II. Tarnopol falls after a three week siege, Odessa operation yields 37,480 liberated, and Sevastopol zone pressure grows as Lyubimovka falls within artillery range.
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London
Sevastopol
Crimean
Old Poland
Red
Tarnopol
Berlin
Moscow
Red Army
Lyubimovka
Cherneya Estuary
Lwow
Europe
Dievisions
Odessa
Black Sea
Dnestr
Bessarabia
Crimea
Priday
Adzhi-Bulat
Kacha
Malashai
Belbek
Sevasetopol
Simferopol
Dovankoi
Middleton Files for Governor
Austin B. Middleton, chairman of Montana's state railroad and public service commission, filed for the Democratic nomination for governor. A rancher and former Deer Lodge state prison warden, he pledged to mobilize state resources to aid veterans and provide employment, education, and security for Montanans while cutting government costs and red tape.
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Helena
Austin B. Middleton
State Railroad and Public Service Comemission
Middleton
Montana
Deer Lodge
Weather Outlook Across Continental Divide
West of the divide Sunday brings partly cloudy to cloudy skies with occasional light afternoon showers or snow flurries and little temperature change. East of the divide Sunday remains partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered light showers and no major temperature shift.
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Continental Divide
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Dimapur
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Phat
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Diampur
Bishempur-Silchar
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