Soviet advance tightens grip on Sevastopol in Easter drive
Soviet forces push toward Sevastopol with tanks and infantry after capturing Yalta and 40 villages. Moscow reports bombardment and sea evacuees as Red Army closes within two miles of the citadel. Russia and Britain discuss an all elements Italian government with Badoglio and the Advisory Council offering advice not coercion.
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London
Yalta
Sevastopol
Moscow
Citade
Karalog
Kamyshlovskaya
Sevastofol
United States
Britain
Andrei J. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Russia
Allied Advisory Council
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Umberto
Vittorio Emanuele
Advisory Council
Bong Receives Soft Drinks Instead of Alcohol Reward
Gen Douglas MacArthur denied Major Richard Bong a case of scotch or champagne for shooting down 27 Japanese planes. Instead Bong will get a carton of soft drinks while Eddie Rickenbacker’s promise of liquor is noted as not fitting Bong’s tastes.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Richard L Bong
Bong
Eddie Rickenbacker
HL. H. Arnold
United States Air Forces
Washington
Thirty To Be Tried for Conspiring With Nazis
Thirty sedition defendants accused of conspiring with the Nazis to overthrow democracy in the United States face federal court trials. Notable defendants include Elizabeth Dilling of Chicago, George Sylvester Viereck, and William Dudley Pell y, with penalties up to ten years and a $10,000 fine. The case could involve high officials as witnesses. the indictment accuses a campaign to undermine U S Armed Forces and establish Nazi or Fascist government in the United States.
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United States
Elizabeth Dilling
Chicago
Red Network
George Sylvester Viereck
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
H. Victor Broenstrupp
Hull
Supreme Court
Germany
Frankfurter and
Jackson
Broenstrupp
Congress
U. S
Nazis Purge 32 In Paris Underground
The German D N B agency said twenty Frenchmen identified as communists were shot in Paris after a Nazi announcement that a large anti Axis sabotage network had been uncovered. Geneva dispatches reported 32 National Front partisans executed with unclear duplication.
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Switzerland
Paris
Geneva
la Suisse
National Front
Jura
Gex
France
Swiss
Black Cat Causes Power Outage Across Five Mississippi Towns
An unexpected blackout darkened Indianola Moorhead Sunflower Inverness and Isola for over an hour after a curious cat climbed a power substation tower and stepped between a high voltage switch. Officials say the feline triggered the outage with nine lives.
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Indianola
Miss
Mississippi
Moorhead
Sunflower
Inverness
Isola
Germans Open Offensive for Montenegro
German and satellite troops press toward Montenegro in the Balkans as Yugoslav communique reports strong Allied resistance and heavy fighting across eastern Bosnia and Macedonia. The bulletin notes use of aircraft and tanks, with claims of hostilities near Trieste and reprisals including executions of 605 hostages.
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WPI
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Montenegro
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Adriatic Sea
Bosnia
Macedonia
Oostina
Trieste
Mountbatten Moves India Headquarters Censors' Rules
Five war correspondents representing a large British press bloc in Burma will file no more news from the theater until censorship eases. Lord Winster warns the public against optimistic Mandarin or misjudged early statements as the Burma campaign under Auchinleck is called disappointing. The Japanese push toward Imphal is noted as underappreciated in Delhi. Continued on Page Nine.
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Burma
India
Reynolds News
Lord Winster
Singapore
Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck
Tiddim
Imphal
Delhi
Mussolini Reported Gravely Ill in Europe
Fas cist press reports from Bern and Geneva indicate Benito Mussolini is gravely ill and near death. The Corriere Della Sera says he remains solitary, detached from the world, awaiting death. Doctors fear a doubling operation may be too risky given his condition.
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Bern
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Corriere Della Sera
Geneva Tribune
Corriere
Mussolini
Badoglia
Debates on Democracy to Occupy I L O Meeting
The 26th ILO session opens in Philadelphia and faces two early fights over seatings of delegates from Argentina and Italy. The question centers on home government democracy and union freedom, with a focus on reviving trade unions in war zones as a major issue.
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Washington
International Labor Organization
Philadelphia
Argentina
Italy
Robeson Urges Atlantic Charter Applied to Africa
Paul Robeson urged applying the Atlantic Charter fully to Africa at a birthday celebration. He called for colonial policies to be set by an international authority representing the United Nations and African people after the war.
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New York
Paul Robeson
Africa
Carol Moscow
Teheren
Robeson
United Nations
Gandhi Suffering Malaria in Poona Prison
Bombay dispatch reports Mohandas K. Gandhi, 76 year old imprisoned Indian leader, has malaria for three days. The government communique says he is weak but his overall condition is as satisfactory as could be expected. Gandhi remains at the Aga Khan palace in Poona.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Jeader
Gandhi
Aga Khan
Poona
Documents Reveal Perfidy Of Japs In Signing Kellogg Pact
Washington reports disclose in 1929 diplomatic papers that Japan hedged on the Kellogg pact by insisting it could sign only in the Emperor’s name. The volumes also show U S and Britain agreed to naval cuts, and discuss bases in the hemisphere and Marshall Islands access. Navy requests for American ships to visit Marshalls were delayed 15 years.
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Washington
Pearls Harbor
State Department
United States
Britain
Rapidan
Hoover
Japan
Marshalls
Navy Department
MacArthur Leaves Open Prospect of Presidential Candidacy
General Douglas MacArthur breaks a long silence with a written statement that leaves open whether he would accept a Republican bid or be drafted. He cites release of letters by Rep. Miller as not intended for publication and denies disloyalty to the White House while stressing his focus on combat duties and Congress maintains its primacy.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacaArthur
MacArthur
Ra. L. Miller
R.-Nebr
White House
Congress
Barkis
Miller
Mac Arthur
Deadly tornadoes sweep Georgia and South Carolina
A night tornado carved a 100 mile path through northeast Georgia and western South Carolina, killing at least 38 and injuring more than 500. Georgia bore the heaviest losses with 21 deaths including Royston and Hart County areas, while South Carolina reported numerous fatalities and extensive property damage.
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Atlantic
Georgia
South Carolina
Associated Press
Red Cross
Royston
Hart County
Nuburg
Gainesville
Belgrade Bombed by Yanks in First Allied Raids
American bombers from the Mediterranean area struck Belgrade for the first time yesterday, with heavy damage and casualties reported. Other southeastern cities including Brasov in Transylvania were also hit as German and Romanian fighters opposed the raids.
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London
Mediterranean
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
D.N.B
Brasov
Romania
Kronstadt
Transylvania
Bucharest
Serbia
Europe
Balkans
Indian Apathy To War Blamed Upon England
Jamnadas Mehta, Indian legislative assembly member, argues India’s wartime apathy stems from England’s divide and rule policy. He says communal and sectional interests, not pro Axis sentiment, drive Indian views and urges Axis defeat for world peace.
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England
Philadelphia
India
Jamnadas Mehta
Indian Legislative Assembly
International Labor Organization
Mehta
Germany
Japan
Realistically High Taxes Proposed by Taft Committee
Senator Taft said a plan of realistically high taxes to balance the postwar budget will be proposed to the Republican National Convention by the committee on finance and money. He noted experts have completed a preliminary draft but extensive revisions may follow when the full committee meets at his call.
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Washington
Finance, Taxation and Money
Taft
R.O
Catskill Triplets Reported Doing Well
The triplet sons born to Mr and Mrs William 5 Borthwick Jr of Cornwallville at Greene County Memorial Hospital were described as very good by hospital staff. They were born on the eighth birthday of the mother, William III.
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Catskill GP
Willam
Borthwick, Jr
Cornwallville
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Borthwick
William
Poletti Says Italians Distrust Government
Col Charles Poletti, AMG regional commissioner for Naples, said Italians distrust government after Fascism and “don’t quite know what to make of a government which is really set up for their own benefit.” He added they will need years of honest government to restore faith, but believe democracy can work.
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New York
Charles Poletti
AMG
Naples
Italy
Hope Fades For B Gas Increase In 1940s
A Washington official said a new consumption survey shows no justification for increasing gasoline rations for B card motorists. March use in the East and Midwest matched quotas, and West Coast prospects for higher rations are none. May tire quotas likely rise about 15 percent to 853,000, with no broadening of new tire eligibility.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Midwest
OPA
Colt
Bryan Houston
Thousands pay homage to Red Army General Vatutin in Kiev
Thousands of workers teachers and Red Army soldiers filed past the open coffin of Gen Nikola F Vatutin in Kiev Ukraine yesterday. Vatutin who died after an operation was viewed by 10000 people by 10 p m Saturday at the Palace of the Pioneers. Khruschev council chairman and Ukrainian foreign affairs commissar Korneichuk led the first to pay respects.
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Moscow
Red Army
Nikola F. Vatutin
Kiev
Ukraine
Vatutin
Russiav
the Pioneers
Nitka Khruschev
Council of the People's Commissars
Alexander Korneichuk
Crowds fill Moscow churches for Easter celebration
Crowds packed Moscow churches and squares for Easter as church music echoed from cathedrals and loudspeakers broadcast reports of military victories. Shoppers lined new stores selling bread and meat while curfew was lifted for the city’s joyous, multiday observance. Kiev’s ancient religious sites hosted major ceremonies as Russians take part in renewed Christian rites and Ukrainian resettlement efforts.
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Crimea
Tarnopol
Moscow
Kiev
Rechersk
All Russia
Allied forces secure Imphal area as Mountbatten moves HQ
Admiral Mountbatten shifted headquarters from New Delhi to Kandy and announced Imphal in northeast India remains in Allied hands. The first communique says Allied on the offensive in India have made satisfactory progress clearing Japanese from the Kohima to Dimapur road corridor and toward the Bengal Assam railroad. Heavy Japanese casualties and equipment captured were reported northwest of Kohima, with skirmishing around Imphal continuing. The Kohima defense and a northeast hill near Imphal were seized, while Japanese forces attacked Kohima on April 13-14 but were repelled. Progress noted in Lieut. Gen. Stilwell’s northern Burma drive.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Louis Mountbatten
New Delhi
Imphal
India
Kohima
Dimapur
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Japs Seen On Verge of Success
Editor's Note from Preston L. Grover describes Japan's likely gains in India and the Burma-India theater. He warns that Imphal’s fall would threaten Allied supply lines to General Slim and General Chennault’s Fourteenth Air Force, simplifying Japanese logistics along road routes to the Candwin River.
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Preston L. Grover
Associated Press
India
New York
Wordshat
Burma-India
Imphal
Southeast Asia
Burma
Captuie
Silwell
Chennault
Fourteenth Air Force
Candwin
President Roosevelt lauds Knights of Columbus in New Haven
In New Haven Connecticut President Roosevelt greets the Knights of Columbus and urges wise counsel and example from all men of good will to sustain balanced judgment and a single minded purpose essential to winning the war.
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New Haven
Conn
Prudent Roosevelt
Knights of Columbus
Portuguese Nazi Leader Killed on Russian Front
The head of the Naz party Dr. Lueble, who volunteered to fight with the German army in Russia last year, was killed in action on the Russian front yesterday.
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Asbon Lps
Naz Party
Lueble
Rusme
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