Maj. de Seversky: Preparedness
By Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky
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OWI’ll tell the world –
Lucey: Propaganda flood reaches crest in Sweden with no paper shortage
By Charles T. Lucey, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Völkischer Beobachter (April 16, 1944)
US-Gesandtschaften als Erpresser –
Drohungen mit der ‚Schwarzen Liste‘
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Mountbatten ist bedrückt –
Die britischen Truppen ‚so gut wie abgeschnitten‘
Von unserer Stockholmer Schrittleitung
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U.S. Navy Department (April 16, 1944)
CINCPAC Press Release No. 359
For Immediate Release
April 16, 1944
Liberators of the 11th Army Air Force raided Matsuwa in the Kurils on the night of April 14 (West Longitude Date).
Oroluk, Nauru, Pakin, and Ulul Islands were bombed by single search planes of Fleet Air Wing Two on April 14 (West Longitude Date).
Airfields on Ponape Island were bombed by 7th Army Air Force Mitchells on the same day. A small tanker and two escort vessels were bombed near Ant Island. The tanker was sunk and the escorts were beached on the island. Our planes pressed home their attack through heavy anti-aircraft fire.
Forty‑six tons of bombs were dropped on four objectives in the Marshalls by Liberators and Mitchells of the 7th Army Air Force, Dauntless dive bombers and Corsair fighters of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Ventura search planes of Fleet Air Wing Two, and Navy Hellcat fighters. One of these objectives was severely strafed. Bomb hits were obtained on gun positions and barracks.
The Pittsburgh Press (April 16, 1944)
Two U.S. air fleets blast Bucharest, Ploești
U.S. fighters from Britain pound Nazi airfields, reach Berlin area
By Walter Cronkite, United Press staff writer
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Capt. Gentile’s own story –
‘One-man air force’ tells how it feels to fly against Nazis
Ohio ace, who has bagged 30 enemy planes, says modern air warfare is simple
By Capt. Don S. Gentile (as told to Ira Wolfert)
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Pacific ace ‘disgusted’ –
Bong shies at publicity over 27 victories in air
By William B. Dickinson, United Press staff writer
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British advance along Adriatic
Blockbusters rip three Italian ports
By Reynolds Packard, United Press staff writer
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Hoosiers acclaim writer Ernie Pyle
New York (UP) – (April 15)
Ernie Pyle, Scripps-Howard war correspondent and columnist, has been designated the outstanding Hoosier of 1943 by the Sons of Indiana of New York and will be awarded a scroll of honor, in absentia, at the club’s annual reunion May 5, B. K. Moffitt, president of the organization, announced today.
Mr. Pyle, a native of Dana, Indiana, attended Indiana University and began his newspaper career in that state. Previous winners of the outstanding Hoosier award have been Roy W. Howard of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Joe Cook, Wendell Willkie and Elmer Davis.