Nazi Attacks Beaten Back in Carpathian Front
The Soviet high command said Marshal Zhukov’s First Ukraine Army killed 1,500 German troops and destroyed 68 tanks in a violent battle southeast of Stanislawow, as German forces pressed to disrupt a Russian timetable. Soviet reports claim seven Nazi assaults were repulsed in hand to hand fighting while reserves flowed into a 250 mile Polish front zone. Sevastopol remains constrained in the Crimea as Tolbukhin and Yeremenko push toward final victory, with Greek Mt Sapoun valley positions secured and heavy artillery thundering on trapped German troops.
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London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ukraine
Carpathian
Stanislawow
Berlin
Dnestr
Pripyat
Crimea
Sevestopol
Fredor I. Tolbukhin
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Sevastopol
Red Cross Tag Day Launched at Rally in Music Hall
A Red Cross rally at Music Hall launched the emergency tag day to raise $258 000 for the Rensselaer County Chapter. Volunteers target five communities Troy Watervliet Green Island Cohoes and Waterford with 1 500 workers and 9 am to 9 pm fundraising today. Organizers expressed disappointment at a small crowd but pledged continued effort until the goal is met.
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Red Cross
Music Hall
Rensslaer County
American Red Cross
Troy
Watervliet
Green Island
Cohoes
Waterford
James F. O'Crowley
Legion of Honor
O’crowley
Rule of 87 May Govern Plural Births
Palo Alto California health officer Louis Olsen studied local births and proposed that plural births occur near powers of 87. He calculates twins or triplets roughly once in 7,569, quadruplets about once in 658,503, with the two triplet cases totaling 7,586 births, nearly matching his predicted averages.
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Palo Alto
Cal. P
Louis Olsen
Olsen
London Bus Drivers End Strike Vote Return to Work
Union representatives told London transport officials that 2,000 striking bus drivers and conductors voted to return to their jobs this morning. Normal service will resume on five trolley lines and 31 bus routes as arbitration of grievances over summer schedules, adopted April 13, proceeds. Pay was not in dispute.
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London
London Transport
Baseball Scoreboard Snapshot From National and American Leagues
National results show New York 8 over Brooklyn 2 and Cincinnati 4 over Pittsburgh 2 while St Louis defeats Chicago 4 to 0. American entries list Detroit 4 over Cleveland 1 and Chicago 3 over St Louis 5 with several games postponed and others flagged for postponement.
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National New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Chicago
American Washington
New York
Philadelpia
Cleveland
Detroit
Farley Attacks State Soldier Vote Law as Defective
James A. Farley, state Democratic chairman, called New York's soldier vote law a gold brick and urged Gov. Dewey to summon a special session to fix its defects. He criticized the November 3 return date as forcing war voters to choose early and proposed mailing ballots to all service members whose addresses are provided. The law currently sends ballots listing all offices from President to local posts to service personnel applying for them.
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New York
James A. Farley
Farley
Labor Delegates Balk At Admitting Argentina
The international labor conference workers group paused amid a heated debate over admitting Argentina to sit with labor delegates. Vincenté Lombardo Toledano of Mexico proposed rejecting the Argentine delegation and bringing the issue to the full conference. Toledano called Argentina "a fascist regime."
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Philadelphia
International Labor Conference
Vincenté Lombardo Toledano
Mexico
Latin-American Labor Federation
Toledano
Argentina
Chinese Fail To Halt Japs Near Chenghsien
Chinese advices say Japanese forces of 50 000 to 60 000 men encircle the North Henan railway junction of Chenghsien surrounding Chinese defenders. The attack aims to close the Peiping Hankow railway and may threaten the Henan wheat crop alarming foreign observers who warn of famine if captured.
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Chungking
Henan
Chenghsien
Peiping
Hankow
Ress
Peiping- Hankow
China
Yangtze
Japs Use Tanks at Imphal in Burmese War Push
Allied communique reports Japanese reinforcements including tanks in their India invasion while fighting remains fierce around Imphal and Kohima. British and Indian troops repulsed a tank supported assault near Palel and Kohima, with Japanese losses pegged at about 400 in recent clashes as the counter offensive gains ground along the Kohima to Dimapur supply route.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Imphal
Kohima
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Palel
Mountbatten
Dimapur
Bengal-Assam
Lonergan Lawyer Sentenced for Court Contempt
Ed ward Y. Broderick, attorney for Wayne Lonergan in the Playboy murder case, was sentenced to thirty days in city prison by Judge John J. Freschi for contempt of court. A thirty day stay was granted to allow an appeal or review.
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New York
Upi
Edward Y. Broderick
Wayne Lonergan
City
General Sessions
John J. Freschi
Playboy
Broderick
Freschi
Bombers Resume Hollandia Raids Over New Guinea
Allied headquarters reported Libera tor bombs sank a 1 000 ton Japanese cargo ship west of Hollandia Dutch New Guinea. Fifth Army Airforce Mitchells dropped 45 tons on Vanimo thirty miles east of Hollandia. Boston attack planes and fighters over Hansa Bay Madang area hit supply bivouac areas started fires in warehouses and wrecked two barges.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Fifth Army Airforce
Vanimo
Boston
Hansa Bay- Madang
New Guinea
New Guinea Quakes Advanced Air Base Hit by Quake
A strong earthquake struck New Guinea last night shaking UPi Central New Guinea. No casualties were reported among American troops stationed on the island, the world’s second largest.
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New Guinea
Upi
Judge Chides Sedition Trial Lawyer
Washington court hearing in the mass sedition trial of thirty suspects. Defense attorney James J. Laughlin admonished for delaying tactics as main trial recessed until Monday. Smythe missed trial date and was arrested, bail forfeiture upheld. new bail set at ten thousand dollars.
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Washington
U. 58
James J. Laughlin
Edward James Smythe
New York
Edward C. Eicher
Laughlin
Smythe
Joseph V. Burng
Taughlin
Eicher
Price ceilings roll back on Alaska fur pelts in 1942
The Office of Price Administration reduced ceiling prices on Alaska gear skins and fox pelts to April 1942 levels. The move aims to lower retail prices for coats scarves and jackets made from these furs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Alaska
German human torpedo captured at Anzio headlines secret weapon
At Anzio the Fifth Army captured a German human torpedo with its pilot and a remote controlled death wagon robot tank. Two American soldiers retrieved a 17 year old German marine who said he had run out of gas. British engineers reported the Goliath tank could be controlled remotely. The article notes similar raids on Palermo and quotes Allied gunners reacting to the capture.
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Fifth Army
Anzio
Germany
Liie
No-Man’s Land
London
Palermo
Kriegsmarine
Lieut. A. M. Bernstein
Brooklyn
Pfe
Joseph Hecmann
Detroit
Mich
World Gold Plan Proposed
Washington officials announced a broad outline for an eight billion dollar gold based stabilization fund to restore financial order and promote world prosperity. Soviet Russia gave late approval as Morgenthau explained the plan aims to use gold and currency exchanges to prevent wild swings, provide currency for trade, and aid nations in need of gold while Congress weighs final approval.
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Washington
Treasury
Russia
United Nations
Morgenthau
Moscow
Roosevelt
Congress
Great Britain
Canada
Harry D
New Process Keeps Eggs Indefinitely Fresh
Dallas report says a salt coating formed around hard boiled eggs can preserve them indefinitely. WA official L. J. Cappleman testifies an egg boiled four months ago remained tasting fresh at room temperature. Egg expert Lucien Coquet developed the method after two years of work, using a salt solution and heat to create a crystalline shell.
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Dallas
Tex
War Food Administration
L. J. Cappleman
Lucien Coquet
Mine Subsidence Swallows Yard in Pittston
A new mine subsidence in Pittston Pennsylvania opened a five foot diameter chasm thirty to forty feet deep in the front yard of Anthony DeSalvo. Officer Edward Armitage narrowly escaped and was pulled from a hole up to his knees as mine props were seen through the opening and only 18 to 24 inches of earth remained supported.
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Pittston
Anthony DeSalvo
Ptarbsman
Edward Armitage
Thomas A. Walsh
Negro pastor elected moderator for St. Louis Presbytery
The Rev. Alexander Hamilton Johnson, pastor of the district’s only Negro church, was chosen by acclamation as moderator at the presbytery’s semi annual meeting. The St. Louis Presbytery covers 18 churches in St. Louis and eastern Missouri.
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St. Louis
St.Louis
Alexander Hamilton Johnson
Isouri
Patton Rejoins Eisenhower in England in major war role
Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr arrives in Britain to join Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as a senior lieutenant for the planned invasion of western Europe. Known to Germans as a blunt, effective commander, Patton’s return follows a years-long controversy over his conduct. The pairing signals Eisenhower’s trust in Patton’s proven abilities amid Allied preparations.
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London
George 8. Patton
Sicily
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Patton
Eisenhower
U S Urges Finns To Quit War
A dated report says Edmund A. Gullion, the U S charge d affaires in Helsinki, sent a note on April 13 urging Finland to sever ties with Germany. Confirmation was not obtainable.
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U.S
Stockholm
United States
Helsinki
Edmund A. Gullion
Finland
Germany
Harriman Praises U.S. Aid to Soviet War Effort
W Averell Harriman returned from his Soviet tour saying American ships and planes disrupt nickel shipments from Petsamo to Germany. He cited praise from Red Air Force Gen D I Andreev for Boston built gear and noted his Archangel visit with Rear Admiral I D Papanin aboard an ice breaker in the White Sea.
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Moscow
Archangel
Harriman
I. D. Papanin
White Sea
Explosion at Bergen Killed 200 Say Nazis
German officials estimated the Bergen explosion in Norway killed 200 people including Nazi soldiers. About 2000 injured and 4000 homeless were reported as rescue work continued. The blast was blamed on labor and attributed to Nazi sources.
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Bergen
Stockholm
Norway
Meat Quota For Balance Of Year Cut
Washington notes a meat supply improving with pork and beef stocks higher than a year ago and war food forecasts. The War Food Administration says per capita consumption will average 139 pounds through June, 13 pounds above the 1935-39 average, while first quarter use runs at 158 pounds and recent six months need lighter quotas. The Office of Price Administration raises poultry ceilings by 23 cents a pound to push more fowl onto markets.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Soldiers in Pacific To Get Furloughs
Honolulu reports a new furlough system for Central Pacific soldiers, to be issued on a percentage basis and announced soon. Headquarters led by Lieut Gen Robert C Richardson notes the theater previously lacked a general furlough plan due to shipping shortages, leaving many troops in the Pacific two years or more. Furloughs have previously been limited to wounded and emergency cases.
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Honolulu
Central Pacific
Robert C. Richardson
Pacific
Father seeks court for registering Argentine quintuplets
Buenos Aires Argentine father Franco Diligenti asked a court for permission to register two of his nine month old quintuplets born July 15 in a midwife’s room after he had not registered them last July to avoid publicity. He gave fake birthplaces on the registrations already filed.
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Buenos Aires
Franco Diligenti
Diligenti
Priority listed oil burners sold without rating
War Production Board permits households to buy pot type oil burners used in heaters and furnaces without a priority rating. The report mentions defense effort and mentions brands and names in a fragmented wartime context, including reference to bread and beverages. The text reflects wartime supply and morale notes with unclear personal names.
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Washington
British Wreck Cologne and Other Rail Centers
British aircraft battered Cologne Lens Ottignies and La Chapelle in a night raid destroying rail hubs ahead of the invasion. Mosquito bombers hit Berlin while U S bombers struck the Balkans causing great devastation in Bucharest. Berlin claimed 1 100 aircraft took part, raising total Allied tonnage to about 17 000 in four days.
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London
Cologne
Berlin
Bucharest
Europe
Atlantic
Air Ministry
Germany
Lens
Page de Calais
Ottignies
Belgium
Brussels
la Chapelle
Paris
Yugoslavia
Germans Shift Command In Russia
Berlin correspondent for Tidningen reports a shake up on the Russian front with Field Marshal Walther von Model replacing Fritz Erich von Mannstein in the Carpathian sector and General Schoerner succeeding Ewald von Kleist. The dispatch notes Mannstein’s reassignment is not disclosed and von Model leads near Moscow. Schoerner is comparatively unknown.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Tidningen
Walther von Mode
Fritz Eric von Mannstein
Carpathian
Schoerner
Ewald von Kleist
Mannstein
von Model Waas
Moscow
Plane Not in Reverse Just Looks That Way
A new pusher type aircraft visible over St. Louis appears to fly backward because its propeller sits at the rear. The Office of Censorship allowed publication of a fuller report, though construction and performance details remain unknown.
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Si. Lous CP
St. Lous
Puble
Office of Censorship
Washinton
St Lews
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