[Homer_J_Simpson]

Siege Arc Closing – 2
Danube Gate Town Blasted by RAF in Aerial Offensive – 3-4
Record Plane Pool Formed in Britain (Graham) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Allied Offensive Opened in Burma – 5-6
Far-Flung Attack Hits Foe in Pacific (Trumbull) – 6
Aitape Battered by U.S. Bombers – 6
M’Arthur Insists His Sole Ambition is to Help Win War – 7
Air Power and the War (de Seversky) – 9
Our Post-War Defense (Baldwin) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 11-12
M’Arthur Bars Case of Scotch for Bong – 12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/apr44/17apr44.htm#

Americans bomb Sofia
Monday, April 17, 1944 www.onwar.com

Over Bulgaria... US B-17 and B-24 bombers attack Sofia.

Over Occupied Yugoslavia... US B-17 and B-24 bombers attack Belgrade.

In the English Channel and North Sea... The British Royal Navy and Bomber Command begin intensive mining of the approaches to the English Channel and as far north as the Danish coast. This operation is intended to prevent German interference with the D-Day invasion fleet. (It continues until June 5th by which time 7000 mines are laid. An estimated 100 light warships and other vessels are sunk by the mines.)

[Tax-chick]

M’Arthur Bars Case of Scotch for Bong – 12

That's sounds like it might be a good idea, until you read that Bong is an air ace who was offered the case of Scotch by Eddie Rickenbacker.

(Do they really save that much linear space by setting "M'Arthur" instead of "MacArthur"?)