Monday, April 9 Dr enjoyed the party we gave him Sat evening for his Birthday today. War Against Nazis Cost U. S. 747,164 Casualties to Apr. 1 WASHINGTON, May 8 War against Germany, ending Tuesday, cost this nation over three quarters of a million casualties, some 150,000 of them dead. Actually reported losses, covering action only up to about April 1 for the army and up to April 26 for the other services, number 747,164, including 148,385 killed. While recent action in most European areas has not been of the sort that makes long casualty lists, more than a month of fighting is yet to be accounted for. The armys list, covering fighting in the Mediterranean area including north Africa, on the continent, in the middle east and in the Caribbean sector, totals 732,270. The breakdown shows, 139,498 dead, 467,408 wounded and 72,374 missing. The remaining 52,290 are listed as prisoners. The navy reports total losses of 14,347 in the European war, broken down into 8345 dead, 672 missing, 5301 wounded or injured, and 29 prisoners. In the Atlantic theater the navy total includes 10,650 casualties, made up of 6415 dead, 594 missing, 3612 wounded or injured and 29 prisoners of war. In the Mediterranean theater the total is 3697, including 1930 dead, 78 missing and 1689 wounded or injured. Marine corps casualties in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and European theaters total only 39, including 34 dead, 1 missing, 1 wounded and 3 prisoners. 4,628,687 Bombs Dropped By 8th LONDON, May 11 The U.S. Eighth air force dropped 4,628,687 bombs on the European continent and destroyed over 15,000 aircraft in the air and on the ground in the great air war against Germany, a final tabulation showed today. The final blow by the Eighth air force was April 25 in a raid on the bkoda munitions works at Pilsen Czechoslovakia, with Lieutenant Early Fisher, Seattle, Wash., a fortress bombardier, touching off the last bomb blast at eleven sixteen a.m. The last nazi plane shot down by the Eight air force was a twin engined jet propelled fighter engaged near Munich the same day by Lieutenant Hilton Thompson of Bernice, La., a P51 pilot. Thursday, April 12 Not well so spend the day in bed blood pressure high President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died at suddenly at Warm Springs, George, Thursday April 12 1940 Vic Pres. Harry S. Truman was sworn in as Pres. of U.S. by Chief Justice Harlen Fiske Stone in the White House at 7:08 on the evening of the day Pres. Roosevelt died.