British Hit Kohima Defenders Reeling From Counterattack
British western troops spearheaded a tank and artillery onslaught driving Japanese forces from the Kohima fringe into a retreat corridor. Allied air and ground units backed the push as casualties mounted for the Japanese with ongoing mopping up reported.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Kohima
India
Avaag
Cmy
Koa
Adm
Lorduis Mountbatten
May Delay Appointment Stirs Navy Cabinet Speculation
Washington April 29 news reports note President Roosevelt may delay naming a successor to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox until after the Democratic and Republican conventions. Congress debates Forrestal as possible undersecretary, while Stassen and others are floated as potential candidates amid bipartisan sentiment.
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Washington
Evelt
Secrey
Frank Knox
Roosvelt
Army
Jassen
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Knox
Congress
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Ell
Forrestal
Senor Brewster
Maine
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Vinson
D-Ga
Case Naval Committee
Rep
Lyndon Johnson
D-Texas
William E. Leahy
Emory Land
Maritime Commission
Fire Senate
Emairman Walsh
D-Mass
Hisate Naval Committee
Sena
Fors Murray
D-Mont
Lucas
Ellender
D-La
Bridges
N. H
Ferguson
R-Mich
Eeks
R-Mass
Weather Outlook Across Continental Divide
The forecast calls for a cloudy Sunday across the Continental Divide with showers and thunder in the afternoon. Temperatures rise only slightly with partly cloudy intervals. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible in central and southern portions Sunday.
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Continental Divide
Chinese Regret Death of Secretary Knox
Expressions of regret over Navy Secretary Frank Knox’s death came from Chungking and the Army daily Sao Tang Pao. The paper said Knox contributed much to the United States Navy and would have liked to see final victory.
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Chungking
Navy
Frank Knox
Sao Tang Pao
Knox
United States Navy
Yugoslav Forces Capture Island Mljet Amid Balkan Push
Yugoslav Partisans announced the capture of the Dalmatian island Mljet with Allied air and naval support. The operation aimed to flank the Dubrovnik area as fighting continued on nearby Korcula and German casualties were reported.
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London
Mijet
Korcula
Josip (Tito) Broz
Marshal Tito
Mljet
Dubrovnik
High Command
Tito
350Th
118Th
Matson Plans Run for Montana Supreme Court Seat
Enor K. Matson a former Montana attorney general and current state railroad and public service commission counsel announced his candidacy for associate justice of the state Supreme Court on the non partisan ticket. He began law practice in 1914 at Lewistown and served two terms as Fergus county attorney.
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Helena
Enor K. Matson
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Montana
State Supreme Court
Matson
Lewistown
Fergus County
Railroad Commission
The
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Seventh Air Force Pounds Ponape In Heavy Pacific Actions
The Seventh Air Force hammered Ponape in the Carolines on Thursday as American planes dropped 48 tons of bombs in the Marshalls. Mitchell bombers faced moderate anti aircraft fire while other forces including Navy Venturas Hellcats Dauntless Corsairs and Army bombers attacked remaining enemy positions in the Marshalls.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Seventh Air Force
Ponape
Carolines
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
Allied air force bombards Toulon as 1500 tons hit port
Allied Mediterranean air force launches a 1,500-ton assault on Toulon with 500 Liberators and Flying Fortresses after a 24 hour bombardment of ports feeding the German front in Italy. Front reports show tension from the Adriatic to Anzio while German plans signal anxiety and a rare Junkers 87 raid is repelled.
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Naples
U.P
Mediterranean Air Force
Italy
Toulon
Adriatic
Anzio
Mediterranean
Garigliano
Cassino
North Africa
Berlin
Congress Pushes Seizure Probe
Congress debates extending the Presidents seizure powers as the House military committee delays action on two Senate approved private property requisition bills. McCarran pledges swift probe into the Montgomery Ward case while War Labor Board chief Davis defends jurisdiction and urges full details on authority and basis for action.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward
House Military Committee
Senate
McCarran
House
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
WLB
Davis
Byrd
D.va
Roosevelt
General MacArthur Rejects Republican Nomination
General Douglas MacArthur stated he would not accept or be drafted for the U S presidency and warned that any move to nominate him would be detrimental to the war effort. He emphasized he does not covet the office and asked that his name not be linked with the nomination as Allied forces advance from Hollandia.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Nebraska
MacArthur
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Montana to Host Three-Day Angus Hereford Sale in Butte
Butte Montana aims to become a livestock hub for three days as Angus and Hereford pure bred bulls go on sale May 21 22 and 23 at the Butte Public Stockyards. Organizers include the Montana Angus Breeders Association the Montana Hereford Breeders Association and the Butte Chamber of Commerce livestock committee with leaders Elmer Johnson of Livingston and William Studdert among participants.
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Butte
Montana
Butte Public
Montana Angus Breeders’ Association
Montana Hereford Breeders’ Association
Butte Chamber of Commerce Livestock Committee
Butte Chamber of Commerce Livestock Promotion Committee
Elmer Johnson
Livingston
William
Finland Reports Landings Already Started
London April 29 Allied air power and invasion talk dominated news as Berlin claimed the invasion began a week early with reserve crews deployed for Europe bombing. A Helsinki rumor suggested landings at several sites but lacked substantiation, while prisoners said they viewed themselves as invasion troops and doubted cross channel operations.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Finland
Helsinki
Sanomat
Channel
Atlantic
Russians Sink 3 Nazi Ships
Soviet Black Sea fleet warships sank three German troop transports totaling 11 000 tons, raising the total enemy ships sunk off Crimea to 92 in 18 days. Berlin claimed Soviet encirclement near Kowel, while Moscow reported two enemy groups spotted evacuating Sevastopol. The last survivors of Sevastopol’s 250 day siege were evacuated from Cape Chersonese.
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London
U.P
Sevastopol
Crimea
Berlin
Bessarabia-Romania
Siret
Dnestr
Kowel
Moscow
Romania
Bay of
Kazachya
Chersonese
Cape Chersonese
Escaped Convict Captured by FBI in Salt Lake City
George D. Dillon aged 37, an FBI felon at large for a year, was captured by agents in Salt Lake City after evading pursuit with multiple aliases. Police found a Beising submachine gun and a stash of jewelry and ammunition in his modest rental home, linking him to thefts across the West. Dillon, a Denver native, had escaped from Texas and Washington state penitentiaries and looted his way across the region.
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Salt Lake City
U.P
George D. Dillon
FBI
Beising
Dillon
Denver
Texas
Washington State
West
Drive Through Hundreds of Nazi Fighters
William Smith White reports a massive daylight raid on Berlin with about 2,000 U S warplanes, destroying 88 Luftwaffe planes and causing widespread fires. Berlin faced heavy assaults, with 63 U S aircraft lost, marking the fiercest air battle of the war and signaling staunch German resistance.
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London
U.S
Berlin
U. S
Mustang
Vichy Raedio
Oslo
Bombers Hit Wadke Island and Nearby Targets in Pacific Offensive
Allied air forces struck Wadke Island 110 miles west of Dutch New Guinea with 79 tons of bombs, hitting Wadke and Sarmi as fires raged in fuel and supply areas. Wewak, Truk Atoll, and Woleai were also targeted in the broader 15th and 16th Allied strikes with multiple tonnages and aircraft, including Liberators and Fifth Air Force bombers, with several enemy planes reported downed.
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Southwest Pacific
U.P
Fifth Air Force
New Guinea
Hollandia
Wadke Island
Dutch New Guinea
Sarmi
Douglas MaceArthur
Wewak
Truk Atoll
Carolines
Eton
Dublon
13Th Army Air Force
Truk
Woleai
Woleai Island
Wadke
Geelvink Bay
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Etermed Aldenmen Denan
F.R
Vular Law
Anta Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Mpany
S. H. Phillips
Plant Afaneer
Secretary Knox
By Robert Richards
Reynolds Packard
William F. Arbogast
Invasion Airforce
England
English
Signal. Corps
International
General MacArthur
By C. Yates McDaniel
Angus
Hereford
Nimitz
Southwest Pacific Area
Admi
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
U. S. Navy
By Alex Singleton
William Smith White
France
Oscher
Sieben
Bernburg
Rostock
Thunderbolt
Rennes
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