Current Events April 30, 1942: AIR FIGHT OVER FRANCE:

The Centralia Chronicle

Centralia, Washington, Thursday, April 30, 1942 

Burma's Defense Imperiled

Lashio's Fall

To Jap Forces

Acknowledged

Gateway to China Captured

From Allies — British and

Chinese Lost Contact Amid

Danger of Entrapment

Gigantic Air

Fight Staged

Over France

Battle Between British and

German Planes Follows

Raiding of Paris War Foundries

by RAF Bombers

By Associated Press

British and German warplanes

clashed in a gigantic air

battle 25,000 feet over the

German-occupied French "invasion

coast" today following

overnight assaults in which

RAF bombers violently attacked

German war foundries in

Paris.

Current Events April 29, 1942: MORE YANK TROOPS SENT TO AUSTRALIA;

                               The Charleston Daily Mail

C H A R L E S T O N , WEST V I R G I N I A , WEDNESDAY E V E N I N G , APRIL 2 9 , 1942

More Yank

Troops Sent

To Australia

Curtin Reveals

Offensive Now

Being Planned

CANBERRA, Australia, April

29 UP).—More American troops,

strong and well-equipped, have

arrived in Australia and an offensive

is being prepared in the

very face of an imminent Japanese

assault on this continent,

Prime Minister John Curtin an-

announced today.

While he was reporting this to

the house of representatives and

a steadily increasing flow of

planes, tanks and guns the

United States. Allied and Japanese

airmen continued the unending

battle of bombs in the northern

Islands which are the requisites to

attack by either side..

Current Events April 28, 1942; VICHY FLEET TO MADAGASCAR:

     San Meteo Times

SAN MATEO, .CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY APRIL, 2S,-1942

F.D.R.OnRadio

Tonight toEnlist

Aid in War Plan

WASHINGTON, April 28c-(U,P).—President Roosevelt's

address tonight will stress to the American people the need for

a united effort" in the waging of "total war" the White House

said today. ----

Vichy Fleet on Way To Madagascar TOKYO,

 April 28-—(Japanes

broadcast recorded by United Press

San Francisco.)—A dispatch from

Rome stated today the Vichy govern-

ment has sent a "large force", of

the French navy to Madagascar to

effectively resist any "unlawful a

tempts" by the allies to seize the

island. .. :

(Melbourne radio, heard by CB

listening station in San Francisco

previously' reported a "radio mes

sage" that the Vichy fleet en route

to' Madagascar consisted of three

cruisers.-----

Current Events April 27, 1942; HINTS OF TROUBLE IN GERMANY

MANSFIELD NEWS-JOURNAL

MANSFIELD, OHIO, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1942

RAF BOMBS ON: FINNS CRUMBLING

Blasts Rostock For 4th Night; Soviets Score

Red Army Reports Victory In Far North

As British Airmen Keep Up Telling

Aerial Attack On Centers Of

Nazi Power On Continent.

(By Associated Press)

While the RAF cracked the whip ov.er western

Europe there were signs today on-the eastern front

that Russia had launched upon an offensive to knock

Finland out of the war and outflank the Germans

on their main northern anchors about Leningrad and

southward. >

ANXIETY: New Hitler Move

Hints Trouble In Germany

BULLETIN;

SanFRANCISCO— (UP)—The Khabarovsk radio, In eastern

Siberia, today reported widespread sabotage and revolt amonr

the people of Trandheim, Norway, and strong measures by the

German Gestapo to cope with the situation.

(B)i Associated Press) •

LONDON—Adolf Hitler made himself the supreme master

of Germany yesterday with fiat power even above his

own Nazi law, and. his act roused the hopeful suspicion of

his enemies that Germany is in deep internal trouble after:

a winter of near-catastrophe. -

Current Events, April 26, 1942: YANKS IN NEW CALEDONIA TO ASSIST FREE FRENCH:

           The Charleston Daily Mail

CHARLESTON. WEST V I R G I N I A . SUNDAY M O R N I N G , APRIL 26, 1942

Yanks in New Caledonia to Assist Defense

U. S. Sends Aid

To Free French

Strategic Possession 900 Miles

From East Coast of Australia

WASHINGTON, April 25 (UP).—American troops have

landed on the island of New Caledonia, strategic Free French

possession 900 miles east of Australia, the war department announced

today.

The American forces will assist the Free French in defending!

the island, it was stated. Recent reports have pointed to New

Caledonia as the possible scene of a new Japanese thrust aimed

at cutting the American supply line to the southwest Pacific

Japan also covets the war materials, including nickel, Which are available

on the French Island.-----

Nazis Ready On Channel

Coast Fortified Against Invasion

VICHY, April 25 (UP).—The

Germans have completely fortified the entire occupied European

coast and are ready to meet any invasion attempt; Premier Laval's

Newspaper reported today.

Current Events April 25, 1942: Chinese Stem Japanese in Burma; R. A. F. Bombs Smash Nazis:

Chinese Stem Japs in Burma

R. A. F. BOMBS SMASH NAZIS

The Bakersfield Californian

BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1942

British and

Nazi Swap

Punches

Russians Launch Cossack Raids on Germans

LONDON, April 25. (A. P.)—The

air ministry announced tonight

that 15 R. A. F. fighters and one

bomber were missing and eight

Germans fighters destroyed during

British daylight attacks over

northern Franco today.

By ROGER D. GREENE

Associated Press War Editor

GERMANY'S greatest Heinkcl

aircraft works at Roslock

came under explosive

assault by R. A. F. bombers

last night for the second night

in a row, the London air ministry

announced today, and

British sources pictured, the

Baltic city as virtually left In ruins.

Keep Japs From Mandalay Base

Chinese Under Stillwell Block Thrust

by Tanks, Take Heavy Toll of Invaders

A MARKED Improvement In the

position of the allies' Chinese held

left flank In Burma was reported

today by Chinese headquarters,

which announced that troops

under tho command of Lieutenant

General Joseph W. Stillwell had

checked a tank-led enemy thrust

within 100 miles of the vital allied

supply base at Mandalay.

Tho Chinese took a heavy toll in

casualties and captured considerable

booty In carrying out their counteroffensive

about six miles east of

Taungy, in the mountainous Shan

states of eastern Burma.

In central and western Burma, according

to Chungking, tho parallel

enemy drives also appeared to have

been slowed up, for tho communique

labeled tho fighting there as indecisive.

Meanwhile, Bomb-jittery Japan

sent waves of planes to blast Chinese

air bases nearest to the island

empire.

A Tokyo broadcast said Japanese

naval and army bombers, successively

attacking the bases for the

past three days, destroyed planes

and hangars in western Chekiang

By Associated Press_

Current Events April 24, 1942; GERMAN PORT BLASTED BY BRITISH RAIDERS:

              The Sheboygan Press

SHEBOYGAN, WIS., FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1942.

German Port On Baltic Raided By British

Great Fires Are Started At Rostock

Heinkel Aircraft Works

Included In Targets

Of British Raiders In

Night Attack

(By Associated Press)

British air raiders, systematically

blasting Germany's war nerve

centers, set great fires at the

German Baltic port of Rostock

last night and apparently inflicted

heavy damage, the London

air ministry announced today,

while Nazi warplanes stepped up

the tempo of their attacks on England.

U. S. Plane In Russia After Raid On Tokyo

Kuibyshev.—(AP)---Russia an-

nounced today that a United

States bomber which raided Japan

last Saturday and then lost its way

has been interned with its crew in

the Russian Maritime province on

the sea of Japan.

It appeared to be an already

completed test of the year-old Japanese-

Russian neutrality pact but

United States embassy officials

here said Ambassador Admiral

William H. Standley had asked

Washington for instructions."

Current Events April 23, 1942; FRENCH FLEET TAKEN OVER BY JAPANESE:

             Hope Star

HOPE, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942

French Ships to Japanese

Madagascar to

Go Next; Nazis - . . ; ^

Get Workmen

LONDON (AP)— A British spokes-,

man said Thursday "it is now re-

ported that 50,000 tons of French

shipping have been taken over

by Japan and these are almost all

certainly ocean going vessels."

He said it would not be in the

public interests to disclose what

information "we possess regard-

ing the present situation of these

ships."

A Free French authority said

Tuesday he heard the Vichy

government had turned over a number

of ships in Indo-China lo the

Japanese and that the Japanese,

were .negotiating for more.

1,900,000 Axis Troops Called Up By Hitler

By the Associated Press

Adolf Hitler who is believed to

be trying to fulfill his long-heralded

offensive has called up a total of

1,900,000 fresh reserves, official

Russian spokesmen said Thursday

as Stockholm dispatches reported

increasing German nervousness over

the prospect on an Allied invasion

of Europe.

Japanese Keep Up Fast Pace on Burma Front

CHUNGKING — (AP) — Japanese

troops driving up the Salweem river

valley in eastern Burma captured

the key town of Loikaw from

the Chinese defenders on Tuesday

evening, Chinese army command

Current Events April 22, 1942; FRENCH REVOLT HELD POSSIBLE;

The Charleston Gazett

 Charleston, West Virginia, Wednesday Morning, April 22, 1942. 

Jap Cruiser Probably Sunk

By Two U. S. T orpedo Boats;

Allies Hold New Burma Line

Bulkeley Leads

Attack at Cebu

Speedy But Tiny Craft Hit

Big Enemy Ship in Midst

Of Squadron of Five,

Navy Reports

Defenders Hammered

Back on Panay Isle

Two National Guard Units

Among Those Captured

In Bataan Loss

WASHINGTON, April 21. —

(INS)—Two American torpedo

boats probably sank a Japanese

cruiser when they tackled five

much larger enemy warships In

night battle at sea off Cebu

Island in the Philippines, the

navy announced tonight.

First Victory

Spurs Troops

Front Now Is Stretched

From Irrawaddy River

East to Towering

Mt. Popa

Yenanyaung Triumph

Frees 7,000 British

Position Is Temporarily

Bettered—Main English

Force Moves North

NEW DELHI, India, April 21.

—(AP)—Heartened by the first Allied

victory of the Burma campaign—

recapture of the desolated

oil center of Yenanyaung

and rescue of 7,000 encircled

British troops — Chinese and

British forces held firmly today

to a line running westward

from the 3,000-foot heights of

Mt. Popa to the broad Irrawaddy

river.

A British communique confirmed

that the Chinese under American

Lt.-Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell had

joined British armored forces in an

attack which drove the Japanese

back southward from Yenanyaung,

where the British had destroyed 6,-

000 oil wells last week to keep

them from the hands of the invaders.

French Revolt

Held Possible

Hull Questions if Public

Supinely Accepts Laval

Collaboration Plans

WASHINGTON, April 21.—(INS)

—Secretary of State Hull today seriously

questioned whether the

French people will supinely accept

Pierre Laval's commitments for

all-out collaboration with Nazi

Germany.

As Vichy reports spoke of a rising

wave of terrorism sweeping over

France. Hull intimated that the future

of French-American relations

will be determined in large part by

the reaction of the people of France

to the new pro-German collaborationist

regime.

The United States, the secretary

made clear, is on the alert. American

policy is being kept abreast of

French events, but it still remains

to -be seen whether the French people

will fall in line with the Laval-

Darlan combine.

Current Events April 21, 1942; AIR ALARMS SOUNDING IN JAPAN:

                                Indiana Evening Gazette

          INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 19427

Japs Wheel Up Heaviest Artillery

In Desperate Bid For Corregidor

Hostilities Grow,

Says MacArthur

Communique

WASHINGTON, April 21.

—(AP)—Heavy enemy attacks

have forced the American-

Filipino defenders to

withdraw from two positions

in the Province of Antique on

the West coast of the island

of Panay, the War Department

reported today.

Air Alarms Sounding in Japan

Nippon Still Tries to Explain First ' Attack

BURMA CRIS1S

AEF Planes to Join RAF in Enemy Offensive

By The Associated Press •

Japan launched an ap-

parent "peace offensive'*,

today as new air-raid

alarms were reported to

have sounded in central

and western Japan and the

Japanese cabinet received

details on the damage in-

flicted by American bombers

in Saturday's historic

assaults on Tokyo, Yokohama,

Nagoya and Kobe.

While warning of the

propaganda danger, American

officials have already

discounted such an Axis

peace drive with the

declaration that the Rome-

Berlin-Tokyo bloc could

not be trusted in a negotiated

peace.

“Rely on Me” Say Darlan

Admiral's Order Underscores

Break of Military, Civil

VICHY, Unoccupied France, April

21. 
    
    
    — (AP) —Admiral Jean Darlan,

commander of all o£ France's armed

forces, promised his fighting men

today that ::You can rely on me as

rely on you to proceed further

along the path of honor and defend

the empire."

Current Events April 20, 1942; MACARTHUR ASSUMED POWER OF ALL UNIITED NATION FORCES IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC;

                                 The Charleston Gazette

                 Charleston, West Virginia. Monday Morning, April 20, 1942.

Luftwaffe Hurls Mass Attacks on Red Army;Soviets Widen Breach Airmen Cover Tank Assault

Russians Fight Fiercely

Through Big Minefield

To Break Karelian

Isthmus lane

Finn Counter Blows

Reported Beaten Off

Germans Launch Heaviest

Raids of Year to Blast

Stations, Airdromes

KUIBYSHEV, April 19.——

German planes made mass attacks

on the Red army today in

the heaviest raids of the year,

while the Soviets widened a

breach In the Finnish lines

above Leningrad after fighting

fiercely through enormous minefields.

As many as 50 German

planes assaulted single objectives

alone the thawing, 2,000 mile

battle front.

McArthur Power Assured,

Ordered to Take Offensive

Charter of Four Governments Makes Bataan Hero

Commander-in-Chief in Southwest Pacific;

Powers Cover Land, Sea, and Air

MELBOURNE, April 19.—(INS)—Gen. Douglas MacArthur today

formally assumed clear-cut supreme command of all United Nations

forces in the southwest Pacific—land, sea and air—with

specific Instructions to "prepare to take the offensive.

RAF Blasts 5 Big Jap Seaplanes at Enemy's Main Bengal Bay Base

Port Blair Hit Smashing Blow

Two Four-Engined Flying

Boats Wrecked, Three

Injured in Andaman

Island Harbor

Stilwell Stages New

Mandalay Withdrawal

Beats Off Flank Attack'

Chinese Move Soldiers

Into Irrawaddy Line

NEW~DELHI, April 19.—(INS)' ;

—A smashing new air blow by

the RAF that knocked out five

big Japanese flying boats at .

Port Blair in the Andaman

islands, seat of enemy forces in

the Bay of Bengal, was announced

tonight as British imperial

and Chinese troops waged ,

bitter rear-guard battles in central

Burma.

Current Events April 19, 1942; AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES (AEF) TRAINED FOR INVSION:

The Charleston Gazette

Charleston, West Virginia, Sunday Morning, April 19, 1942.

AEF to Join Commandos in Assaults On Enemy Territory, Marshall Says;Fliers to Bomb Germany Soon

General Reviews Soldiers

In N. Ireland, Reports

Two Corps Trained

For Invasion

Army There Growing

Steadily, He Avows

Hopkins Says Production

Battle Virtually Won,

Sees Hard Fight

WITH UNITED STATES

TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND,

April 19.—(Sunday)—

(INS)—Two whole American

army corps already have been

specially trained and equipped

to stage commando assaults Into

enemy territory, George

C. Marshall, American chief of

staff, revealed at the close of a

two-day Inspection of United

States forces In Northern Ireland.

Raiders Bear U. S. Insignia Bombs Leave Fires in 4 Jap Cities

Nipponese Indignant, Call

First Mainland Assault

'Inhuman,' Declare

Damage Slight

Washington Refuses

To Confirm or Deny

Alarms Shriek Throughout

Empire Seven Hours;

Foe Caught Napping

By International News Service

Japan suffered air attacks for

the first time in history Saturday

when bombers, identified as

American, struck----

City of Cebu Falls.

Island Fight Raging

Small American-Filipino

Force Resists Attempts

To Penetrate Interior

Of Historic Isle

Corregidor Silences

More Guns on Bataan

Hits Also Scored on Roads

And Bridges—Air Raids

On Forts Continue

WASHINGTON, April 18. —

(INS)—The historic city of Cebu,

second largest in the Philippines,

has fallen in flames to the

Japanese, but heavily outnumbered

American-Filipino troops

are still fiercely resisting the enemy's

attack.

Current Events April 18, 1942; U. S. STRIKES BACK; JAPANESE WAR INDUSTRY BLASTED

                                              Oakland Tribune

                OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1942

U.S. BOMBS TOKYO, 3 OTHER CITIES

Kobe and Nagoya Set Afire;

War Industry Area Blasted

Raids Herald Big Offensive Say Leaders

House Military and

Naval Chairmen

Predict New Attacks

WASHINGTON, April 18.

—(A.P.)— Chairman of the

House Military and Naval

committees maintained today

that the bombing of

Japanese cities, as described

by Tokyo, meant the start of

an offensive war "by the United

Nations in the Far Pacific.

"It is the beginning of a general

offensive," asserted Representative

May (D., Ky.),

chairman of the Military Committee.

"Although it is hard for me to

believe anything Japan says, this

bears out my prediction o£ 10 days

ago that Tokyo would be bombed

shortly."

"It is the beginning of a general

offensive," asserted Representative

May (D., Ky.),

chairman of the Military Committee.

"Although it is hard for me to

believe anything Japan says, this

bears out my prediction of 10 days

ago that Tokyo would be bombed

shortly."

Yokohama Hit; '9 Planes Down'

7-Hour Alarm Sweeps 1000-Mile Course "

On Three Islands; Raiders Believed Based

On Carriers or on Aleutians or China

TOKYO (from Japanese broadcasts), April 18.—(A.P.)

—The Japanese command announced that hostile warplanes

bombed Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe today

and caused air raid alarms to run through three of the four

main islands of Japan. Observers said the raiders over

Tokyo bore the insignia of the United States Air Force.

These were the first air raids in Japan's experience.

Laval Forms His Pro-Axis Government

New Chief Retains

Three Key Posts,

Leaves Out Dorian

VICHY, April 18.—(AP)—Pro-Axis

Pierre Laval formed a new government

aimed toward Increased

collaboration with Germany today

and kept three key posts—foreign

affairs, interior and information—

for himself.