Allied Bombers Pound Nazi Beachhead and Supply Lines
Allied air forces engaged around the Anzio beachhead south of Rome pounding German positions and supply lines. A three hour truce allowed German dead to be removed as Fifth Army troops held their lines. British Wellington bombers joined by American planes in a round the clock assault on Nazi routes near Campoleone and Cecchina. Ground fighting persisted around Carroceto Aprilia with bridges and a factory changing hands as prisoners surpassed two thousand.
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Korsun Trap Tightens as Soviet Forces Press German Garrison
The Red Army captured Korsun, trapping up to 100,000 Germans in the Dnieper bend. Moscow said German relief forces carved a small wedge in Soviet lines near the Zvenigorodka Belaya Tserkov highway, costing the enemy about 2,000 men, 73 tanks, and twenty self-propelled guns. Inside Korsun, Russians routed the garrison and reduced German control to roughly 64 square miles.
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Red Army
Korsun
Dnieper
Moscow
Ring
Zvenigorodka-Belaya Tserkov
Arson Suspected in U of Maine Hall Fire
State and county authorities probed a $35,000 blaze at Hannibal Hamlin Hall at the University of Maine. One life was lost and another presumed dead. Col. Ben Stafford said officials assumed Pvt. Thomas M Gooden, 22, of Dover Delaware, died in the fire.
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Hannibal Hamlin
University of Maine
Ben Stafford
University
Pvt
Thomas M Gooden
Dover
Del
President Signs Farm Recruit Bill
President Roosevelt signed a bill appropriating 30 million dollars to the War Food Administration for an enlarged farm labor recruiting program this year. The plan aims to bring in about 120000 alien workers for agricultural work, with roughly 70000 previously imported in 1943 from Mexico the Bahamas and Jamaica.
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Roosevelt
War Food Administration
United States
Mexico
Bahamas
Jamaica
Yanks Occupy Rooke Island In New Push
American forces seized Rooke Island in Vitiaz Strait with no resistance and Marines moved along New Britain coast to Gorissi village. Long Island also fell as Allied air and sea units pounded Raopal in northeast New Britain from bases in the Solomons.
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New Push
Southwest Pacific
Vitiaz Strait
New Guinea
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Gorissi
Cape Mensing
Cape Gloucester
Long Island
Rooke
Vitiaz
Dampier Straits
Rapaul
Lakunai
Tobera
Vunakaner
Willkie Makes Formal Bid For Nomination
Wendell Willkie announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in Portland Oregon yesterday naming Ralph H. Cake as pre convention manager. He asserted the GOP can win the 1944 election by proving a Republican platform can fight the war as effectively as a Democratic White House. Willkie stressed strong GOP understanding of postwar adjustments and international cooperation, with a national campaign to be organized by Oregon GOP leaders. Cake will head to New York to establish national headquarters.
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Ore
Wendell Willkie
Ralph H. Cake
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White House
Democratic Party
United States
Willkie
Oregon
Cake
New York City
Bagel Heist Stumps Police In Manhattan
A theft of 1,560 bagels from Fisher's Bagel Bakery baffled New York police. Sam Eller defined a bagel as a hole topped roll, while detectives noted bagel thefts are rare. The truck vanished, bagels were delivered by taxi, and the empty vehicle was abandoned with no clue to the thief.
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Sam Eller
Fisher's
Bagel Bakery
Manhattan
Lieut
Ben Miller
Strike Ends at Fall River Textile Mills
Army officials said full production would resume today in seven Army seized mills after a 62 day walkout ended with yesterday’s shifts turning to work.
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Fall River
Mass
Justice Prevails as Accuser Admits Perjury in Brooklyn Case
Murray Goldman 31 was freed after the district attorney dismissed the indictment and a judge found his accuser Edna Hancock perjurer. Hancock, a nurse from Drury Missouri, faced arrest and bail set at 25000 while awaiting grand jury action. Goldman wept as he left the defendant's chair and proclaimed his innocence.
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Murray Goldman
Goldman
Kings County
Samuel Leibowitz
Sing Sing
Edna Hancock
Drury, Mo
Brooklyn State
Assist. Dist. Atty
John F. Cone
Hancock
Leibowitz
Planes Smash Dutch Airdrome in Swift Raid
London reports American Thunderbolt fighters smashed the Gilze-Rijen airbase in Holland with no losses. RAF and Allied bombers continued northern France strikes under Spitfire escort, marking the 42nd daylight raid in 56 days. Vichy says 25 000 evacuated from Pas de Calais to another department.
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London
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
France
Vichy
Pas de Calais
Department
Japs Raid U S Posts In Marshalls
Japanese planes attacked U S positions in the Marshall Islands last week marking the first strike since January 31. Admiral Nimitz said American forces also pressed attacks toward the Caroline Islands with carrier planes hammering Eniwetok atoll and targeting airfields on Engebi and Parry islets amid moderate damage and casualties.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Marshall Islands
Caroline Islands
New Marshall Atolls
Chester W. Nimitz
Kwajalein Atoll
Eniwetok Atoll
Truk
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Parry Islet
Eniwetok
Bond Drive Ends Today
Washington UP The 14,000,000,000 Fourth War Loan enters its final day with 4 percent short of overall success and 34 percent shy of the 5,500,000,000 individual quota. Treasury reports show total sales at 13,450,000,000 with 3,611,000,000 from individuals and 9,839,000,000 from corporations and big buyers. Although the drive formally closes at midnight, remaining month sales will still count and efforts focus on individual participation.
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Washington
Treasury
British Election Lacks Only Hill Billy Band
Britons watch West Derbyshire special election as a test of government policy with Churchill backing Lord Hartington Conservative 26 year old Cavendish heir opposing cobbler's son Alderman Tom White Independent Socialist. Ex butler Robert Goodall Independent Agr eviturist barely contested, having posted entry fee and aiming to be a cornet player if defeated.
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Lord Hartington
Duke of Devonshire
Cavendish
Tom White
White
House of Commons
Hartington
Robert Goodall
Goodall
Cave-in near forgotten child prompts reform push in Pittston
A second cave in on Mill Street in Pittston near the Jule Ann Fulmer burial site heightens calls for protection against similar tragedies. The 9:45 a.m. collapse created a ten by forty foot chasm with nearby vehicles unharmed. Mayor John J. Reilly says a delegation will go to Harrisburg to meet with state officials including Secretary Richard Maize and Adjutant General Robert M. Vail to address the mine underlaying the city and ongoing street and property damage from prior subsidences.
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UPI
Jule Ann Fulmer
Mill Street
John J. Reilly
Harrisburg
Richhard Maize
Robert M. Vail
Little Jule Ann
Italian Mail Resumed to Sicily Sardinia and Africa
The White House said yesterday that personal mail service for Sicily Sardinia ten Italan provinces and occupied Italian territories in Africa will be resumed today.
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White House
Allies to shell Monte Cassino monastery in push to Rome
The Fifth Army warned monks and residents to evacuate Monte Cassino as Allied artillery prepared to target the abbey hill. Leaflets released from 105 mm shells urged Benedictine residents to leave, citing German use of the site to halt the advance and protect troops.
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Abbey Hill
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Fifth
Chaplin Surrenders To Grand Jury Indictments
Senate panel approved 1.35 billion dollars for UN relief and rehabilitation in liberated countries with a June 30 1946 limit. Vandenberg amendment requires congress to review activities before further funding. Chaplin surrenders to federal grand jury indictments on Mann Act and rights violations charges after walking through a Los Angeles federal building with attorney Jerry Giesler.
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R.-Mich
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Allies’ Community Chest
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House
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Chaplin
Jerry Giesler
Giesler
U. S
Charles Carr
Picardo Wins Costa Rica Presidential Election
Official figures released show Teodoro Picardo received 78 341 votes to 42 646 for former President Leon Cortes in the Costa Rica election. Picardo, supported by President Rafael Calderon Guardia and liberal groups, will be inaugurated May 8.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Teodoro Picardo
Leon Cortes
Picardo
Cortes
Another Body Recovered from Submerged Plane
Memphis reports another body recovered from the American Airlines crash on Thursday night bringing total salvaged to six. Lieut. Linton M. Seifert of Fort Belvoir formerly stationed at Camp Young aided in the salvage as large sections of the plane including a wing a propeller wheel and fuselage parts were recovered from the Mississippi River.
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Mississippi River
American Airlines
Linton M. Seifert
Ft. Belvoir
Camp Young
Cal
Last-ditch Reserves Hitler Builds Shadow Army of Boys
Adolf Hitler speeds up time on multiple fronts hoping for a peace offer and a last stand. German youth ages 16 to 18 are trained as a shadow army under Himmler’s SS. Artur Axmann leads training while veterans teach tactics and camouflage for future front service.
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Adolf Hitler
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Wattern SS
An Innsbruck
Hitler
Artur Axmann
Tax Reform Moves On As House Studies Returns
The House Ways and Means Committee backed simplifying income tax returns by consolidating the Victory, normal, and surtaxes while maintaining overall payments. A proposal to drop taxpayers who only pay the Victory tax was set aside. Treasury opposition and labor groups are seen to oppose merging the Victory tax. Democratic leaders urged Roosevelt not to veto the new revenue measure, which totals 2.315 billion dollars, far short of the administration's request.
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House
Carlson
R-Kas
Treasury
Roosevelt
White House
Army Rules WACS Must Keep in Uniform
WACS must stay in uniform except on specified occasions as ordered by the War Department. They may wear sports clothing during games and civilian dress at home with up to two guests. Unauthorized wearing of the WAC dress by nonmembers remains a violation, with an exception for women war correspondents assigned to the WAC who may wear the uniform without insignia.
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