Envoy Back After Talks In Moscow
Finnish peace envoy Paasikivi returns to Helsinki after two day Moscow talks. Moscow terms reportedly grant Hangoe and Viipuri to Finland in exchange for very high reparations. German influence and Oster man's visit to Germany add to the tense, with possible Finnish-German collaboration noted.
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Stockholm
Russia
Taster
Finland
John Paasihivi
Moscow
Helsink
Hangoe
Viipuri
Karelian
Paasikivi
Dagens Nyheter
Germany
Hugo V. Osterman
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Osterman
Pangikivi
U S Bombers From Italy Raid Germany
American bomber formations from Italy fought off German fighters over the Alps and bombed Steyr in Austria’s Steyr ball bearing works as Fortresses and Liberators with Thunderbolts and Lightnings faced intense antiaircraft fire. Other aircraft targeted three communications centers along the Belgrade Zagreb line at Brod, Mostar, and Bihac railroad yards near Zara.
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London
Italy
Alps
Steyr
Austria
Germany
Naples
Daimler Puch
Adriatic
Brod
Yugoslavia
Belgrade-Zagreb
Mostar
Split
Bihac
Zara
Voice of Skull and Food Vanish in Dutch New Guinea
In the liberated Netherlands East Indies, the talking skull Claudius once spoke for Australian troops providing iron rations. After the ventriloquist officer left, Claudius lost his voice and the troops lost their supply of fresh food, as locals had offered gifts when the skull spoke.
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Netherlands New Guinea
Claudius
Netherlands East Indies
What Not to Do on a Raft: Boy 15 Drowns in Park Lake
Two companions watched as 15 year old Robert Brearey slipped from a raft at Durand Eastman Park lake and drowned after attempting to swim. Police inspector Charles Roth said a cramp may have caused the incident as night fell last evening.
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Robert Brearey
Durand- Eastman Park Lake
Charles Roth
Battle For Imphal Under Way In India Front
New Delhi reports describe a major clash in Manipur as Allied glider-borne commandos cut supply routes to Myitkyina and harassed Japanese efforts to reach the Imphal-Kohima road. Japanese forces are said to be near Imphal with a patrol strength limited, while the British- Indian defense prepares for a decisive stand on the open plain.
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New Delhi
Myitkyina
Burma
Far
Imphal
India
Ukhrul
Kohima
Manipur
Southeast Asia
Fifth War Loan Begins June 12
Washington outlines the Fifth War Loan to raise 16 billion dollars from June 12 to July, with 10 billion from corporations and big investors and 6 billion from individuals. Secretary Morgenthau notes war costs exceed 23 billion since January and stresses reliance on personal purchases while banks stay out.
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Washington
LTC
Morgenthau
Treasury
Willkie Says GOP Nominee Must Please All
G P candidate Wendell Willkie declares it inconceivable the Republican national convention would nominate someone unacceptable to millions who share his views. He also dismisses Frederick Schluter of New Jersey as peddling phoney propaganda asking if he would back the nominee if not chosen.
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Nebraska
Schluter
Police Chase Boys From Swimming Hole
Nassau County police were called to remove about a dozen boys from a forbidden swimming hole in chilly weather, marking the season’s first such incident.
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Baldwin
Nassau County
Rome Raid Reported In Suburb Air Strike By Allies
Allied planes were said to have hit the Rome suburbs in a sudden incident reported by the Nazi controlled Rome radio last night. The report notes fresh air activity near the Italian capital with no immediate details on casualties or targets.
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London
Rome
Republicans Open Farm Conference
National farm groups voiced mild objections to the procedure for a two day Republican farm conference in Chicago opened by a special committee to draft a tentative postwar plank. Grange, Farm Bureau, farm cooperatives and milk cooperatives oppose admin policies while Farmers Union supports them. Spangler predicted the 1944 plank would seek to end the New Deal Agricultural Adjustment Agency bureaucracy or scrap the program.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
August H. Andresen
Minnesota
Special Committee
Goss
United Nations Conference On Food and Agriculture
Hot Springs
The
Grange
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Council of Farm Cooperatives
National Cooperative
100 000 Japs Isolated On Island Bases
The War Department reports about 100,000 Japanese soldiers endure a siege on South and Southwest Pacific islands. A marine analysis notes a relentless sea and air blockade, continuous bombardment, and ground seizures. Japanese supply lines are paralyzed, with high casualty rates in jungle fighting and heavy destruction of enemy ships attempting to run the blockade.
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Washington
Southwest
Pacific
War Department
Marshalls
Bismarcks
Solomons
Department
Soviets Claim Border Violation By Chinese Forces
Tass, the Soviet news agency, reports Chinese troops from northeast Sinkiang crossed into Mongolia, bombed villages and fired on Kazakhs fleeing Sinkiang. The Mongolian government seeks Soviet aid under a mutual assistance pact as tensions rise near the 1936 border accord.
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Moscow
Sinkiang
Tass
Mongolian Peoples Republic
Ulan Bator
Altai
Mongolian Republic
China
Soviet Union
Pamirs
India
Altai Mountains
Chinese Turkestan
East Asia
Red Army
Mongolia
Congress Takes Brief Vacation in Election Year 1944
Congress breaks for a spring recess after three months of work. Senators and representatives return to their districts by April 12 with claims of veterans relief, Navy construction funding totaling about 2.09 billion dollars, and new taxes estimated at 2.3 billion dollars, though below administration projections.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Destroyer Accident Kills 13 In LCI Fleet Incident
U S Pacific Fleet reports 13 dead and 45 wounded after a destroyer accidentally shelled three LCI craft during a landing near Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll. Admiral Nimitz calls it a tragic episode caused by navigation errors and limited visibility. The LCI unit was led by Lieut. Comdr. Theodore Blanchard. Rear Adm. Harry W. Hill voiced condolences for the crew’s losses and praised interservice cooperation.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Parry Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Theodore Blanchard
New Rochelle
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Harry W. Hil
Eniwetok
Blanchard
Hill
LCI
Locomotive Explosion Kills One Injures Two
A New Buffalo freight locomotive boiler exploded near the New York Central Line last Saturday midnight killing fireman Philip Enders aged 44 of Eau Claire Michigan and injuring crew members Otto Feallocks 62 of Niles Michigan and Ernest B Moore of Chicago. State police said a driving rod broke piercing the boiler releasing steam under 200 pounds pressure.
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New Buffalo
Mich
Here
Philip Enders
Eau Claire
Otto Feallocks
Niles
Ernest B. Moore
Chicago
Allied Forces Give Ground At Beachhead
Allied Headquarters reports a slight withdrawal by Fifth Army troops from a position 1.5 miles southwest of Carroceto on the Anzio beachhead after a heavy German raid. Nazi patrols remain active along the front while Italian troops push from Mountain Marrone to Castelnuovo near Cassino. German opposition was minimal.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Carroceto
Anzio
Marrone
Cassino
Castelnuovo
Sforza Refuses Cabinet Post Under Badoglio
Naples reported Count Carlo Sforza, a top figure in liberated Italy, would refuse any post in Badoglio’s government while King Vittorio Emanuele remained. A communist plan to form a war government with full authority sparked tensions within the National Liberation Committee. Talks among Communist, Socialist and Christian Democracy leaders on joining Badoglio were anticipated this week.
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Naples
UPI
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
Palmiro Togliatu
National Liberation
Pietro Badoglio
Communist
Socialist
Christian Democracy
Gasoline From Plants Could Meet World Needs
Announcement by the American Chemical Society describes a process to convert farm, forest, and sea plants into gasoline and coal. Dr Berl of Carnegie Institute of Technology says sugar cane and other crops could produce large amounts of fuel. the method uses heat, pressure, and hydrogenation to turn carbohydrates into hydrocarbons for gasoline, kerosene, and lubricants.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Cleveland
American Chemical Society
Berl
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburg
America
Dr Berl
Malmoatry
Dewey Leads with 106 Pledged Delegates
Washington reports Gov. Thomas E. Dewey ahead with 106 pledged and claimed delegates to the Republican national convention. About 207 of 234 delegates from ten states are free to vote their own choice. Dewey’s strength is questioned by Willkie supporters as Wisconsin caucuses approach.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
New Hampshire
Missouri
Dewey
New York
North Carolina
Midwest
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Willkie
New Mexico
Woodring Quits Anti Roosevelt Democrat Group
Chicago reports Harry H. Woodring resigns as chairman and leaves the anti administration Democratic national committee. Dr Gleason L Atcher of Suffolk University Boston is elected to succeed him. A budget of 1 300090 was set to organize every state county and precinct, with several hundred thousand pledged though only a small part received and 25 percent expended.
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Chicago
Harry H. Woodring
American Democratic National Committee
Gleason L Atcher
Suffolk University
Boston
Woodring
Air Chief Predicts Action in India In World War II era
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Pearse told RAF and Canadian units in Ceylon that Japanese activity was rising in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. He warned of forthcoming tasks and said they could expect to have a great deal to do in the near future.
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New York
Richard Pearse
Southeast Asia
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
C. B.S
Russians Cross Border Into Romania In Major Invasion
Soviet forces pushed across the Prut River into Romania at several points in the first Russian invasion of Axis territory. Molotov said the action was militarily necessary and not aimed at seizing Romanian land or overturning the social order. German reports said Romanian troops joined the fight on Romania’s borders. A Red Army strike neared the port of Odessa, while Manpower in Burn ing and surrounding regions faced pressure from advancing units.
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London
Red Army
Prut
Rumania
Moscow
Iasi
Bucharest
Vyatcheslav Molotov
Black Sea
Fomania
Stalingrad
Crimea
Russia
Axis
Germany
London Welcomes Molotov Aims On Rumania Speech
London officials welcomed Molotovs announcement that the Red Army invasion of Rumania was not aimed at seizing Romanian territory. He said the move followed military necessity and would not threaten Romania’s social order while signaling Russia would retain northern Bucovina and Bessarabia. The London view is that this renunciation may hasten Romania’s exit from the war and calm Axis fears in Hungary and Bulgaria.
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London
Vyacheslav Molotov
Rumania
Molotov
Romania
Moscow
Soviet
Monitor
Hungary
Bulgaria
Germany
Balkan
Russia
Bucovina
Bessarabia
Red Army
Prut
Soviet Union
Finland
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