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ALLIED RAIDS

Nazi Henchmen Sound Somber Note as Fuehrer Is ‘Hard at Work.’

LONDON, April 20 (U. P.).—Nazi radio stations . scattered through Germany and occupied territory went off the air today, Adolf Hitler’'s 54th birthday anniversary, a possible. indication that the allied air forces were not allowing the occasion to pass unnoticed. 1 Interruptions of continental broadcasts often have proved the first signs of: allied air attacks.

WASHINGTON, April 20 “(U. P.} ~Secretary of State Cordell Hull marked Adolf ‘Hitler's 54th ahniversary today by saying that it reminds people that Hitler and Tojo “combine all the cruelties

and fiendishness and eats : § oh Nero and’ Caligula and al:

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force's heavy: bers aground. last night, but night fighters shot up Nazi transport from France to northwest Germany. A Grim Event All In all, it seemed Hitler's _ birthday might be grimmest. His ‘Nazi henchmen sounded the somber notes for: the fushrer. He

kept quiet, hard at work, axis radios |

said, at his headquarters, Hitler's real feelings on this birth

day, of course, were masked by!

Nazi propaganda. But the world, torn by the global war he caused got an idea from the gloom-fill statements of Nazi leaders Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Goering from whom the occasion dre¥% words resembling the truth. : “Nowhere a Way Out” Hitler is Atlas, Goebbels said, with the world on his shoulders, knowing *days cramped with work, nights} cramped with sorrows.” Then, in

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radios, he compureqe:the now with a year agot 4 > “We were standing a year ago)

developments for Gefmahy. The ‘winter war was the hardest and “(Continued on Page Four) Hee ee—

REPORT ‘EVACUATION IN SOyTHERN. ALY

immediate evacuation ‘of all civil“fans not engaged in defense work from the southern coast of Italy,

‘Radio Algiers said today.

The broadcast reported that 30,000 persons had been evacuated in She, last five days. :

. Pamphlets telling Italian citizens ‘to be polite to the invaders in the event of an allied landing in Italy ire ‘being distributed by the Italian t,-an Algiers broadcast Creported by the federal communications commission said today.

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VOLUME 54—NUMBER 34

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TUESDAY, APRIL

Bomb Raids May “T oast’ Hitler

20, 1943

Some Presents We'd Like to Give Hitler

ARSENIC IN HIS ERSATZ COFFEE

On the 54th anniversay of that very unhappy birthday.

This Is Hitler's Birthday: UunnN. World Hopes It Is His Last MALL

By UNITED PRESS

Adolf Shickelgruber, alias Adolf

most of the ‘world,. celebrated his 54th birthday today and Americans ed| hoped it would be his last.,

They said so in no uncertain

would ‘like to have sent, but could not, conditions being what they are. The “hate parade” of greetings, from: some well-known people;

STAMPS 6, H AND J 600D ON SATURDAY

Date Moved Up to Help

On Easter Menus.

‘ The OPA today moved up the validity date ‘on ration stamps G, H and J to help housewives wrestling with Easter dinner menus. The stamps will become good for processed foods on Saturday and | remain valid through May 21. ‘ This], will give a lift, td" those housewives, who have already spent all, or most, of blue stamps D, E gnd F. At the same time, the OPA em-| phasized ‘ the importance of “blue-stamp-shopping” - early this week to avoid - the congestion in the stores the end of the week when the new ones become valid. Officials pointed out that the normal congestion on an. average week-end ‘will : be further complicated by the holiday shoppers and also by those consumers who have used their D, E and F stamps and

A BAYONET

, IN HIS NECK

On April 20, 1889, a very nnhappy event for the world oc

occasion, here’ are some of

Hitler, and public enemy No. 1 to terms in ugreetings” which they

offered through the United Press: COMEDIAN BOB HOPE— “Our bombs explode, our guns are true ; We love you: not, so here's to you— A cheer from the Bronx, a boot from the rear is, A kiss from Hess and a crocodiles tear.

bliss, We all blow back your Iscariot kiss.” :

ACTOR EDDIE 'BRACKEN — “Pigs is pigs, but you're the first in the history of pigdom to reach the age of 54.” CROONER BING CROSBY — “Remember this birthday well. We don’t plan on you being around for. another.”

Adolf, and don’t let go!’ - (Continued on. Page Four). 13 HOURS ACROSS ATLANTIC LONDON, April 20 (U.P.).~The

royal ‘air force ferry command reported today that a bomber flew

new. record. ‘ The ‘old record, set a

who have been waiting for’ the next set to become, valid. :

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COMEDIAN JACK OAKIE — | pealed ‘Throw another log on the fee 1H anes

ACTOR HUMPHREY BOGART ‘threatened ‘continued resistance in [ta

3100 miles from North America to). Britain in 12 hours 57 minutes, a} _,

.ishow him what a war looks like, ‘lLand mines went off only a short Bigot fed Heavy. mor.

‘ALMOST REAL BATTLE IS SEEN BY ROOSEVELT

Ft. ‘Benning Troops Hurl Potato Grenades Near

President’s Car.

By IMAN SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent : EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT

ROOSEVELT, April 15 (Delayed). —President Roosevelt had an allday lesson in war today at a school where the teachels are experts in murder and the pupils spend recess throwing live hand grenades at each other. The president's own car was

plading “potato grenade.” when the paratroops, the infantry

and the greasy men in the tanks teamed up at Pt. Benning, Ga., 10]

dumped ' them out over the president's procession. A high wind gave the troops a buffeting as they hit the ground:

Air Reinforcements From:

i: - © ported today: ‘to’ have caused - the

from Madrid to have ap- | urgently. for more fighter

| Tunisia. Flying fortresses leading the attack concentrated on the Tunis area yesarea, while medium. and light bomb-

Nazi command in Tunisia 'to warn.

’| vance, wave ‘after wave of troops

$|ress of the mock battle by ling in on a lecture to a large group

being| the firing from a post near the

on axis bases and communications v terday, dropping bombs in the dock c

From the parachute school, the president went to. Holiday Hill, a pine-covered mound where Brig.

ear-splifting “offensive that, before Mr. Roosevelt's eyes, turned a quiet ne into a Toasing he hell of shellfire and smoking woods Enacted for the president was a platoon attack, . against an enemy-

machine-guns that covered: the ad-

went forward. ' To give the men as real a picture as possible of ‘what war really is, the advance was made over ground honeycombed with! small land mines which were controlled electrically.

Sees Hand-to-Hand Fight - Mr. Roosevelt followed the Dros:

of ‘officer candidates who watched

president's car. The ouistanding show of the afternoon was the hand-to-hand fight for a small village which brought - {the president. within a few feet of

showered with fragments of an ex- | Mr. Roosevelt was a willing pupil

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ag 20d Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, Ark.

"| TRAIN, April 20

‘his father, Mitchell Edwards, were passing through the village wheén they noticed the president's train. [Gene's father told him there was a $100 bond if the boy could talk him-

officials were impressed by Gene's modest request and they almost ‘re- ; | lented, but had to turn him down lest little boys: throughout the nation get the same idea and try to hitch rides with Mr. Roosevelt. Mr.

On De War Fronts

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CONCEDES WASHINGTON LAGS IN WAR SPIRIT AND ‘COMPREHENSIO

President Rodsevelt . . . soldiers guarded track every 300 ‘yards.

t Go With Roosevelt: a

it Would Have: Set a | ‘Bad “Precedent.”

‘ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL (U. P.)—Side- { lights of President Roosevelt's second wartime inspection trip:

* Eleven-year-old Gene Edwards of Atlanta, Ga., nearly got the thrill of a lifetime when the president was in Warm Springs. Gene and

can Troops Will Give Good Accounts of Themselves in Battle.

ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN, April 20 (U. PB.) —President Roosevelt is making anothef inspection trip the nation and is finding a great improvement in the Am ican war effort since his first tour last September, it vay revealed today. Thus far, the tour has been made up largely of visits to training camps of the armed forces and Mr. Roosevelt said confidently that he thought American troops would give good account of themselves in the forthcoming offensives on’ European soil. 3 Mr. Roosevelt left Washington April 13 but his absence. had been withheld from publication or broadcast. The first phase of his second incognito tour of the na: tion at war has concentrated on the Southeast. So far has visited the marine training base of Parris Island, S. the army air corps training center at Maxwell field, Monte: gomery, Ala.; Ft. Benning, Columbus, Ga.; Warm Springs, Ga.; Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. ; Camp Forrest, Tullahoma, Tenn.

s| mortars and mg guns. He saw divisions of well-trg soldiers: starting out oh maneuvers and reviewed 500 men bers of the women’s army auxiliary corps who marched | with the military manner of West Pointers. He said his Palm Sunday prayers with men in tx a ing at Camp Joseph T. Robinson and watched fledgling pilots zoom planes by the hundreds over his car in Alabama. | Mr. Roosevelt was. impressed deeply by the general great improvement in the condition and trdining of armed forces in preparation for the European: “wffensives When the offensives will come, he would not say, combining what he saw on his trip to Africa his findi on his present tour, Mr. Roosevelt, in response to a pr conference question, said he very definitelyythought Am

| self into getting a ride with the president to Atlanta. White House

(Continued on Page Four)

(April 20, 1943)

TUNISIA—Allies es destroy 24 more axis planes, 12 of them Junkers transports, running the bag for three days to 1423; German attack against French. positions 30 miles southwest of Tunis repulsed; Italians report violent artillery fire on whole front.

AIR WAR. — Nast radio silence on |,

fact that the thousa

can troops would do a good: ioh in in. the coming k Europe. as People Ahead of ‘Washington ‘The president was more convinced than ever that § people of the nation are far ahead of Washington in spirit, as well as a general comprehension of the task ing the country. Contact with ‘the public, Mr. Roosevelt said, con : him that the people have a much better sense of propo: and a much better sense of perspective than the governn in Washington. The president included If in § Washington category and said it would do some'other Dec in Washington a lot of. good to make similar trips. The chief executjye was encouraged particularly by 8 of troops he had seen were in; better physical condition and infinitely better trained § those who went overse: the last war. Motrgle in

continent suggests possible allied

reids on Adolf Hitler's. birthday. ||

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