ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Wednesday, April 5 -- Trim formations of United States fighter planes were patrolling the air over New Guinea today ready to pounce on Japanese strays after Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney's Fifth Air Force smashed Hollandia, the last remaining big Japanese air base in New Guinea, on Monday in the greatest single raid in the Pacific war theatre.

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Russians Fight in Tarnopol; Near Odessa Escape Artery; RUSSIANS FIGHTING INSIDE TARNOPOL

By W.h. Lawrence

USSR forces take larger part of Tarnopol; Hitler order to hold city at all costs reptd; other USSR units slash deeper into Skala pocket; gain in Lwow drive; take Vesely Kut and Bakalovo in Odessa drive; USSR planes strafe Ger columns retreating toward Black Sea and threaten Odessa-Akkerman route; naval planes attack Ger ship concentrations in Black Sea enemy ports; map

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1944Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dutch actress and director^[†]

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1944János Martonyi, Hungarian politician^[†]

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1944Evan Parker, British musician^[†]

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1944Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (died 2014)^[†]

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1944Willy Planckaert, Belgian cyclist^[†]

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1944Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico^[†]

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1944Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician^[†]

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Headlines from April 5, 1944

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Application of Atlantic Charter Will Be Discussed by the Allies; UNITY ON WAR AIMS IS SOUGHT BY ALLIES

YAP ISLE SMASHED; Woleai Also Attacked in Hard Blow -- Manila Has Air Raid Alarms

M'ARTHUR BOMBERS WIPE OUT AIR BASE; 400-Ton Blow Hits Hollandia, New Guinea -- Enemy Plane Loss Is Brought tip to 288

Russians Fight in Tarnopol; Near Odessa Escape Artery; RUSSIANS FIGHTING INSIDE TARNOPOL

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