Cassino Fight Pushes Toward Abbey Ridge Fronts
Allied Fifth Army fighters punched through Cassino to its southwestern outskirts and seized strategic heights overlooking the ruins. New Zealand troops cleared rubble near the abbey and fought German strongpoints as engineers repaired bomb-cratered streets and created a 70 foot tank bridge. American units beat back counterattacks at Carano near Rome while RAF Halifax formations hit Sofia targets in Bulgaria.
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Richard G. Mapseck
STH
Cassino
Monastery Hill
Hitler
Naples
Fifth Army
New Zealand
Caalling
List
Rome
Monte Cassino Abbey
Sofia
Bulgaria
RAF
Mediterranean
Carano
Carroceto
Germany
Smashing Offensives Recorded in Pacific
Three allied offensives shake Japan as airborne troops strike behind Japanese lines in the Hukawng valley in northern Burma. B-29 and land-based Lib erator bombers hit Truk in the central Pacific while the Manus island invasion unfolds in the Bismarck Sea. Stilwell seeks a China supply route as Truk base endures air assault from Lib erator forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard G. Bergholz
Associated Press
Burma
Truk
Central Pacific
Manus Island
Bismarck Sea
Japan
Hukawng
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Carolina Islands
7Th Airforce
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Mrs Mark Clark Guest Speaker at Women's Institute Luncheon
The Women's Institute announced Mrs. Mark W. Clark wife of the Sth Army commander in Italy, will be a guest speaker around April 24 after an Institute lunch at the Hotel Chieftain. About 200 attended. Lt. Col. Lloyd H. Rockwell spoke on front line experiences, with music by Marimba, violin, and student nurses from Mercy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark W. Clark
Sth
Italy
Haa
Women's Institute
Institute
Max Busselle
Lloyd H. Rockwell
Ralph Geppert
Wiliam Keenan
Mabel Woodworth Jenne
Karl Werndorff
Mercy Hospital
Mary Ann Powers
Carol Jean Shoemaker
Claudia Richling
Jesse Sorenson
Floyd P. Willette
Willette
Chamber of Commerce
Circuit Court Upholds SEC Order
Boston—The United States circuit court of appeals on Friday upheld the Securities and Exchange Commission order dissolving American Power and Light Company Electric Power and Light Corporation and subsidiaries of Electric Bond and Share. The company owns most of Nebraska Power stock and has interests in Omaha and Council Bluffs. The article also includes weather notes for Save Your Thy Cans regions in the U.S. Midwest with Friday night rain, near normal temperatures, and scattered precipitation totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States Circuit Court of Appeal
Securities and Exchange Commission
American Power and Light Company
Electric Power and Light Corporation
Electric Bond and Share
Nebraska Power Company
Omaha
Save Your Thy Cans
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Will Not Recognize Badoglio Regime In Italy
Secretary of State Hull stated the United States will not extend diplomatic recognition to the Badoglio government in Italy. He said the U S was not consulted by the Soviet Union before Moscow exchanged ambassadors with the Badoglio regime. The report notes lingering speculation about Washington and London approving Russia's move. Hull confirmed limited information about the timing of the Italian announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingson
Hull
United States
Badoglio
Italy
Moscow
Badoglin
Washington
London
Russia
Badogile
Men Under 26 of Draft Age Threaten War Production
Washington reports the army will shift 250000 physically fit men under 26 away from civilian work to the front. The War Production Board and industry fear a serious production loss, while efforts to save 40000 key young technicians face stiff hurdles. Nelson, McNutt, and Hershey discuss deferment schemes and city level civilian boards to protect essential plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
UPI
Donald M. Nelson
Army
Navy
War Production Board
Hershey
Nelson
Petroleum Administration For War
McNutt
Steel Group
WMC
WPB
Maritime Commission
Greyhound Buses in East Tied Up by Strike
A strike of 400 to 500 drivers and other employees halted most Greyhound bus movement from the Atlantic seaboard to the Midwest. Regional manager H. S. Crawford said the walkout followed the discharge of two drivers who refused to operate their buses. The company offered arbitration per contract, but the union did not accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Greyhound
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
H. S. Crawford
Crawford
Soldiers Drowned in Amphibious Maneuver Accident
Four Your Tint HI Soldiers were drowned Thursday night in an accident involving two assault boats during amphibious maneuvers on a large artificial lake near here. None of the men were from Iowa or Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lomuen
Ack
Robinson Soliers
Here
Iowa
Nebraska
MacArthur Renews Pledge of Return to Philippines
In Canberra Gen Douglas MacArthur restated his vow to return to the Philippines as supreme allied commander in the southwest Pacific. He pledged a major offensive and cited the sacrifice of troops who fought in New Guinea and elsewhere, while Prime Minister Curtin and others praised his leadership during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Philippines
Canberra
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Doug
John Curtin
Country Party
Fadden
United States
Curtin
St Patrick’s Day in Dublin Under Wartime Restraints
Dublin observers on St Patrick’s Day felt isolation as pubs stayed shut and crowds wore no green neckties. A small Red Cross nurse group and about 200 home guards paraded under secrecy while the national army remained at barracks. Police guarded the German legation as London warned of Ireland’s isolation, with no grand public displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Greene
Dublin
St. Patrick’s
Churchil
Ireia
Ireland
England
Connely
Red Cross
National Army
Delays Recognition of New Argentina Regime
Uruguay postponed action on recognizing Argentina's new government after a secret senate session approved a watchful waiting policy. Foreign Minister Serrato cited confusions in Argentina and backed delaying immediate diplomatic moves amid nationalist opposition. Cadet Wayne E. Martin, 19, from Waterloo Iowa, died in a training plane crash near Thunderbird Field Arizona.
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Uruguay
Argentina
Senate
José Serrato
Waterloo
Thunderbird Field
Ariz
Wayne E. Martin
Red army closes on Nikolaev as 45000 Germans claimed liquidated near Bereznegovatoye
Soviet communique reports the final liquidation of several German divisions estimated at 45 000 men trapped in the Bereznegovatoye Snigirevka pocket near Nikolaev. Reds push toward Vinnitsa and Nikolaev, severing Odessa Lwow line and capturing Papnyarka rail junction as Kyiv fronts tighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Ukraine
Odessa-Lwow
Vinnitsa
Nikolaev
Moscow
Bereznegovatoye - Snigirevka
Germany
Papnyarka
Vapnyarka
Odessa
Zhm
Tyabmalov
Tyushidt
Rodion Y ¥. Malinovsky
8Th Ukraine
Nova-Odessa
Black Sea
Odensa
Prikurov
Tarnopol
Carpathian
Rumania
Hungary
Opposition Develops to Relaxing Pledge
Washington lawmakers in both chambers questioned any move to loosen the three year old lend lease pledge. Senator McCarran said abrogating the pledge would violate the spirit of lend lease, while Chairman Bloom and the House Foreign Affairs Committee warned that FY will not tolerate relaxation and Congress will not approve changes. The debate follows renewed reverse lend lease material flow from Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasblngton
Congress
Great Britain
Jendlease
United States
McCarran
D-Ney
Anthony Eden
Britain
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Governors Study Soldier Vote Bil
The Associated Press reports most governors study the plan to use federal ballots for armed forces in the November election. California Maryland and Kansas say state laws permit federal ballots. Rhode Island New Hampshire Connecticut Nebraska Vermont Indiana and New Mexico expect action to validate the plan. Delaware convenes a special session. North Carolina Gov. Broughton cites authority but offers no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Roosevelt
White House
Towa
Deak
House
Senate
California
Maryland
Kansas
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Nebraska
Vermont
Indiana
New Mexico
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Delaware
Leverett Salton~ Stall
Massachusetts
Bay State
Lieutenant Who Never Saw His Father Killed In France
ORANGE N J Lt Otis Webb Davey Jr 24 a ranger lieutenant killed in fighting at Anzia before he could meet his father Lt Otis Davey a World War I casualty in France. He was the son of the late Lt Otis Davey of Orange and Mrs Rudolph Eberstadt of Canton Ohio. Otis Webb Davey Jr born last December lived with his mother Theodoria Andrews at Hempstead New York home of her parents Edward Preston Andrews and wife.
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Orange
N. J
Otis ‘Webb Davey
France
Anzia
War Department
Otis Davey
Rudolph Eberstadt
Canton
O. Otis Webb Davey, Jr
Theodoria P. Andrews
Edward Preston Andrews
Hempstead, N.Y
Americas air force sinks 125 German planes in raid
London dateline The American air force said it shot down 125 enemy aircraft in a daylight attack on Ulm and Friedrichshafen in southern Germany. The action involved night fighters among the downed planes and followed a heavy assault on the defense air force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Austin Bearmear
London
Americas
Adolf Hitler
Defense Air Force
Ulm
Friedrichshafen
Allied Bombing of Vienna Hit by Mediterranean Forces
Allied headquarters announced strikes on Vienna at the old Austrian capital. Fortresses and Liberators of the U S Mediterranean air force led the raid, facing no German fighters but heavy anti aircraft fire in the lead formation and moderate to light resistance in subsequent waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Vienna
Austria
U. S. Mediterranean
RAF and Luftwaffe air war reports during heavy night raids
Night aerial operations over southern Germany and France continued with mixed results. Allied bombers hit Clermont-Ferrand and Amiens while RAF Lancasters struck Stuttgart and Sofia in separate raids. German losses included several fighters shot down and multiple crews captured after forced landings in Switzerland.
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Strategic Air Force
Fleeta
France
Clermont- Ferrand
Vichy
Amiens
Coga
Hitler
RAF
Stuttgart
Sofia
Germany
Mediterranean
Bulgaria
Air Minstry
Clermont-Ferrand
Parry
Channel
Aulnoye
Lille
Dunkerque
Calais
Par-de-Calais
Europe
Bern
Nouthern
Swise Aoil
Lake Zoug
Switzerland
Berlin
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Pacific
Robert 5. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Walker Mahurin
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Mark Clark
Fdr
Gillet
Cliff Sandal
Senator Gillette
D-la
Gillette
Jowan
State Hull
Cordell Hull
Circuit Court
SEC
Badoglo
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Kremln
Zigmund Berling
East
Nazi
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