Japs Press Ahead in Imphal Drive
Allied reports show Japanese pressure increasing toward Imphal as fronts along the Assam line remain contested. Mountbatten HQ notes Japanese forces reached the Imphal Kohima highway but have not been dislodged while Allied rear guards push south toward Tiddim. Allied air strikes hit oil and power sites in Burma and targets on the India border. Far to the south Allied troops near Akyab capture Alathang daw as battle broadens across a 200 mile front with heavy enemy losses estimated.
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Associated Press
Assam
India
Imphal
Adml
Louis Mountbatten
Kohima
Tiddim
Burma
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Alathangdaw
Maungdaw
Hollandia
Bombers Led Pacific Strike Demolishes Hollandia Airfields
Gen Douglas MacArthur reported the large air armada struck Hollandia New Guinea destroying the last of a 288 strong Japanese bomber and fighter fleet. The raid dropped over 400 tons of bombs and left all three Hollandia fields unserviceable, with one American fighter lost and seven to ten Japanese fighters downed. Rambayto Island in the Admiralty group was also occupied by U S forces.
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Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
New Guinea
Alles
Douglas MacArthur
Palau
Carolines
Marlin Spencer
Associated Press
Truk
Amercan
Spencer Davis
South Pacific
Dublin Island
MacArthur
Rambayto
Admiralty Group
Troy Knights Plan Communion Event
Troy Council 176 Knights of Columbus will hold its annual corporate communion at St Josephs Church on Sunday April 30 at 8 am. Rev Edmund J Burns pastor and chaplain will deliver the sermon. After mass members will march to the K of C home for breakfast in the newly decorated council chamber. Peter J Daly chairs Catholic Activities with his committee as in charge.
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Troy Council
Knights of Columbus
St. Joseph’s Church
Edmund J. Burns
Peter J. Daly
Reward Offered for Stolen Alarm Clock in Silverton
Silverton operator Monty De Peel offers a $5 reward for the return of a $150 peacetime value alarm clock stolen from his home. He notified police and posted the reward after discovering the loss.
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Silverton
Ore
Monty de Peel
Canada Plans Trade Drive in Latin America
Canada outlines a postwar push into Latin American markets using eight trade commissions and three legations, with new posts planned in Mexico Cuba and Colombia. Trade chief C S Bissett notes a growing Mexican export surplus to Canada and predicts broader competition in Latin America after the war. French Canadian students will study in Mexico as part of this Latin American outreach.
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Mexico City
Canada
Central
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Cuba
Colombia
C. S. Bissett
Bissett
West Indies
Mexico-Canada
United States
Latin America
Latin Ameria
National University
Second Church Plans Communion Service
The Second Presbyterian Church will observe the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday at pm. Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Evans will speak on Memory and Hope at the table. The choir, directed by Mrs H Townsend Helster, will perform two anthems God So Loved the World and Is It Nothing to You.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Frederick W. Evans
H. Townsend Helster
Stainer
Foster
Takes Back His Gas From Customer at Oklahoma City Station
A service station operator in Oklahoma City confronted a customer who used ration coupons not matching his license. The operator suggested draining the gasoline by driving the car onto a greasy rack to resolve the discrepancy.
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Oklahoma City
Trojan Home Bureau Chooses New Chairman
The Trojan Home Bureau met at Mrs. Frank G. McDonald's home to elect officers for the coming year. Elected were Mrs. George N. Hoiser as chairman, Mrs. Edgar L. Woodin as co chairman, Mrs Stephen E. Comiskey as secretary, and Mrs. John J. Kelly as treasurer. Plans were outlined for next year. Assistant county agent Florence M. Titcomb led the meeting. The next session will be at Mrs. Comiskey's on Third Street April 13 at 1 30 pm with a flower making lesson. A food lesson is set for April 21 at 10 30 am at Mrs. Corrne Crable's home on Woodlawn Court. On April 24 at 1 30 pm at Miss Helen Nevins's home, dress formmaking will be taught.
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Trojan Home Bureau
Frank G. McDonald
Lavin Court
George N. Hoiser
Edgar L. Woodin
Stephen E. Comiskey
John J. Kelly
Florence M. Titcomb
Rensselaer County Home Demonstration
Helen Nevins
Collins Avenue
No Clue Found on Identity of Woman Burned in Wreck
State police of Troop G have not identified the woman burned to death in the Feb. 22 truck wreck near Brainard. Charles Becker of Scotia was killed when his truck sideswiped a bridge, overturned, and burned. rescuers struggled to reach him amid intense flames. The woman's body was destroyed, leaving detectives with only a compact as a possible clue.
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Brainard
Troop G
Charles Becker
Scotia
Becker
Milk man marks 11th year of daily deliveries
Grants Pass Oregon resident John Q. Stewart has delivered milk to the same customers for eleven years straight. He began his route alone and has not missed a delivery in a decade.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Grant's Pass
John Q. Stewart
Yank Pilots Battle Berlin and Munich Air Fronts
Allied air forces pressed operations over Berlin and Munich with long range Mustang fighters and Thunderbolt and Lightning escorts. Liberator bombers targeted Pas de Calais as part of a broader offensive. German reports hinted at renewed tactics as Allied fighters hunted airfields and engaged enemy aircraft across Central, Western, and Southern Germany.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Munich
Pas-de-Calais
France
Eighth Air Force
Reich
Pas de Calais
South
Two way air attack targets Pas de Calais area
British and Italian air activity over Nazi soil by planes from British bases amid murky weather. A small force of Liberators escorted by American Thunderbolts attacked German military installations in the Pas de Calais region across the Channel. A subterranean city with long corridors was found near Stalinabad in Tadzhik.
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Britain
Italy
Pas de Calais
Channel
Woman Gas Station Operator Robbed on Albany Highway
Miss Betty Westover, 18, working at a gasoline station on an Albany highway near Pittsfield, Maine, was slugged and robbed of 1,500 gasoline coupons by an unidentified motorist. She described a wrench strike from behind and a cloth-wrapped object. New York State Police were notified.
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Betty Westover
Albany
Pittsfield
Megs
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