FDR sees real need for CCC in emergency
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Reading Eagle (April 5, 1942)
Japanese ship toll mounts to 204
Seven vessels added to score in Navy report
One cruiser sunk, another hit in series of U.S. assaults near Java
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Gandhi warns British of 'hostility’
New impasse is reached in freedom plan
India’s Congress heads firm in demands for native defense leader
Conference ends
Post-war independence offer ‘far too belated,’ Cripps is advised
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Two die in bomber crash
Detroit, April 4 (AP) –
The pilot and co-pilot of a twin-engine medium bomber were killed at 3:45 p.m. today when their plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Army Transport Command base at the Wayne County Airport. The dead:
- 2nd Lt. Eldon E. Powell, 23, of West Decatur, Pa., pilot;
- Joe G. Frost, 42, of Nashville, Tenn., civilian co-pilot.
Naval officers describe sinking of Langley, Pecos
First-hand accounts of raids given
Lancaster man relates how regular crews were decimated
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U.S. recognizes de Gaulle control in French West Africa
Same status is given to Cameroons
Consulate established in possession across ocean from Brazil
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You don’t have to tell Marines Colonel Biddle is a tough guy
By John Grover, Wide World Features writer
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World War I anniversary finds Pershing watching second AEF
Is last survivor of top military chieftains of 25 years ago
By Alexander R. George, Wide World Features writer
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U.S. Navy Department (April 6, 1942)
Navy Communiqué No. 67
Far East.
A U.S. submarine has reported the sinking of an enemy freighter in Japanese waters while on extended patrol in that area.
Southwest Pacific area.
A U.S. submarine has reported that it sank two heavily laden Japanese tankers in waters near the Caroline Islands while on extended patrol in that area. The submarine was fired upon by one of the tankers but escaped without damage.
These sinkings have not been reported in any previous Navy Department communiqué.
There is nothing to report from other areas.
Reading Eagle (April 6, 1942)
Jap bombers carry war to mainland of India, raiding 2 coastal cities
Planes strike again after big setback inflicted at Ceylon
Weekend toll of 212 in enemy aircraft includes Germans
Burma peril grows
New Axis report says invaders have landed at port of Akyab
By the Associated Press
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