Soviet Forces March on Odessa Across 175 Mile Front
Soviet troops push from Nikolaev toward Odessa with Malinovsky's Ukrainian army advancing along the Bug estuary and Iasi railway corridor. Russian reports place units within eight miles of the Odessa Tiraspol Iasi rail line as Berlin notes a possible invasion of axis territory.
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London
Rodlon Y
Malinovsky
Sra
Odessa
Bessarabia
Ivan
Koney
Odessa-Tiraspol
Iasi
Nikolaey
Bug
Domanevka
Soviet Arma
Berlin
Konav
Prut River
Old
Rumania
Val
Ostrakian Aemy
Tagra
Koshen
Moscow
Linkovtsy
Kamenets-Podolak
Broakuray
Caernowicz
Bucoving
Red Army
Gregory K. Zhukov
Gvozdets
Kolameg
Czernowicz-Lwow
Carpathian Mountain
Czechoslovakia
Nikkolaoy
Statin
Trriye
Slobachka
Odessa-Livov
Voronkov
Byoltsi
Kovel
Old Poland
Cty
Churchill calls for vote of confidence in war leadership
In London Prime Minister Churchill urged a full House of Commons vote of confidence on his government’s war program. He tied the education bill amendment to the government’s fate and warned that failing to secure a majority could trigger a cabinet resignation and new government.
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Ernest Agnew
London
House of Commons
Churchill
German Airmen Battle Yankees in Fierce Skies
London reports the German air force fought back for the first time in six days as American Flying Fortresses bombed central Germany and Liberators hit the Pas-de-Calais coast for the sixty-eighth time in 106 days. U S bombers claim a record eight weeks of destruction exceeding 2 100 German planes. Fighter escorts supported the raids amid reports of heavy anti aircraft fire and fierce aerial combat over Westphalia. The British government notes the German fighter force remains formidable as further battles loom.
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Austin Boatmear
London
Germany
Pas-de-Calais
Weatphalia
U. S
James H. Doolittle
Britain
France
Berlin
Axe
Reich
Teutoburg Forast
Westphalia
Muenster
Osnabrueck
Bielefeld
House of Commons
Archibalt Sinclair
Flooding of Holland Lowlands by German forces
London reports Germans began flooding Holland to thwart a Western invasion. Evacuations underway north and south of Amsterdam, Beemster, and areas near Rotterdam and Zeeland. About five percent of the Netherlands already under water. concern mounting over destruction of electric pumping plants.
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London
Holland
Netherlands Information Bureau
Europe
South Holland
Zeeland
Helder
North Holland
Amsterdam
Beemster
Polder
Information Bureau
Rotterdam
Zeider Zeealae
Wielemstad
Geetruidenburg
Netherlands
Battle for Burma Flaring Fiercely in Early War Record
Allied fighter planes smashed eight bombers and downed 24 enemy planes in northern Burma near Imphal while ground forces pressed northward. Mountbatten reports Japanese losses and Allied tactical gains, with 750 sorties flown, 133 Japanese planes lost, and Stilwell’s troops advancing in the Chin hills and Mogaund valley.
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Charios Aitiraipleh
India
Imphal
Southeast Asia Command
Ukhril
Lord Louis Mountattan
Burma
Caabau
Ledo
Assam
Joseph
Stilwell
Mountbatten
Chin Hills
Tiddim-Imphal
Tamu-Palel
Lake Loktak
Hinwnglawyang
Mogaund
Kahownglaw
Allied Airmen Play Key Role Against Japs in Burma and Pacific
Allied airmen supply, evacuate, and strike across Burma India and the Pacific. Transport planes bolster five Allied forces opposing Japanese advances toward India and Myitkyina. In the Pacific, 292 tons of bombs hit targets from Dutch New Guinea to Bougainville, with 24 Japanese bombers downed over north Burma. Ground actions around Imphal Kohima remain obscured as Stilwell’s and Mountbatten’s forces push forward, Americans and Chinese meeting stiff resistance. The campaign underscores air power as decisive in offense, defense, and supply amid protracted combats.
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J. B. Kroeger
Associated Press
Burma
India
William’ Bent
New’ Delhi
Myitkyina
Wewak
Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Kayieng
New Ireland
Bougainville
Solomons
Fuyuu Island
Admiralties
Joseph ‘Stilwell
Boni
Ofs
Imphal
Kobima
Imphal- Kohima
Impahl
Louis Mountbatten
Stilwell
Magaung
Hkawnglawyang
Honeymoon Under Enemy Fire on Italian Front
A U S Army nurse Lt Genevieve Clarke and Lt Thomas G Rose wed in a sandbagged hospital tent at Anzio after a 19 month romance that began at Camp Pickett Virginia. They met again in Sicily last August then proceeded to the Italian campaign awaiting permission. The ceremony used a flowered altar, candles, and a home made organ. A trench knife cut a 25 pound cake as soldiers sang.
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Naples
United States Army
Signal Corps
Anzio
Carl J. Simon
Canton
Eugene Wentz
Pittsburgh
Eden denies UK policy under American dictation
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told MPs that Britain is not being dictated to by the United States in foreign policy. Labor MP Emanuel Shinwell pressed for a clear statement, but Eden insisted there is no suggestion of subordination and that Britain and the U S cooperate as equals.
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London
Anthony Hiden
Commons
Britain
United States
Laborite
Emanuel Shinwell
Europe
Eden
Thousands of 4-F Men Face Induction Soon to Release Younger Men
Washington reports thousands of 4-F registrants, though disabled, may be measured for non combat work. The House Military Committee heard Under Secretary Patterson oppose general induction, while Costello pushed using 4-Fs in non combat roles to release fit younger men for frontline duties.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Costello
WEB
Donald 3M
Nelson
Democrats Win in Oklahoma Fight
Democrats claim a national triumph in Oklahoma's special congressional race. W. G. Stigler led Democrat candidates in the 2nd district as vote totals showed a Democratic edge. Republicans blamed the new deal machine. National leaders hailed the victory as a rebuke of a nationwide Republican trend. In Rochester Minnesota, Harry Hopkins underwent an operation at the Mayo Clinic with details undisclosed.
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Paul Miller
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
tVll
W. G." Stigler
B.O. Clark
House of Representatives
Clark
Jack Nichols
Nichols
Stigler
The
American Legion
Washington
Robert 5. Hannegan
Ed H. Moore
Byers Undecided On Police Chief Selection
Mayor elect William A. Byers plans to announce the city police chief after the new council is seated on April 8. He will replace long-time chief C. A. Bangs and may place the appointee on a three month probation. Names mentioned include Sgt. E. E. Miller detective Herbert Mace traffic Capt. Harry Saint Patrolman W. Rath detective William McDaniel Capt. John N. Reynolds Capt. Joe Rauterkus and Chief Detective C. R. Brown. Selection must come from within the department with a minimum five-year service requirement.
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Willam A. Byers
Byers
C. A. “Bat” Bangs
W. McCall
Federal ‘Bureau of Investigation
Herbert Mace
Harry Saint
W. Rath
William McDaniel
John N. Reynolds
Joe Rauterkus
C. R. Brown
Police Department
Perford
City Stil Short Of Its Quota In Red Cross Drive
Council Bluffa’s cash contributions to the Red Cross war fund drive total $37,652 Tuesday night, about $4,300 below the city quota of $42,000. County reports indicate better county participation, with Layton and Pleasant townships contributing toward their respective quotas, and Walnut and Avoca towns surpassing their targets. Walnut has $1,582 on a $1,065 quota and Avoca $2,612 on $1,088.
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Council Bluffa
Red Cross War Fund
C.L. Crawford
Crawford
Sheltors
Layton Township
Pleasant Township
Walnut
Avoca
Avoda
Roosevelt Suffers From Bronchitis Says Condition Not Serious
Washington, UPI Roosevelt disclosed he has bronchitis but feels fine and not alarmed. He said coughs have persisted for two to three weeks, with two influenza illnesses earlier this year after Cairo Teheran war councils. In Algiers, Lt Col Pierre Cristofini was convicted of treason by a French military tribunal and sentenced to ten years for recruiting Frenchmen to serve with German forces on the eastern front.
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Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
Cairo
Teheran
Algiers
Pierre Cristofini
Tuntala
Cristofini
Allies Abandon Hangman Hill Near Cassino
Allied headquarters disclose withdrawal of Gurkha and New Zealand troops from Hangman Hill and Monastery Hill near Cassino as heavy artillery duels rage around the town. Bombers cut rail lines from northern Italy to the German front. German air activity and aerial losses reported.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Naples
Hangman's
Monastery Hill
Cassino
Zeidland
Hil
Cisterna
Rome
War salvage collection dates for Pennsylvania schools
Schools will collect paper on listed days and residents with uncollected paper should contact their school principal. Due to spring vacation, several schools will collect Friday March 31, including Roosevelt, Franklin, Walnut Grove, Holy Family, and others. Tin is collected on the third Thursday for pickup the third Friday. Fats are taken to grocery stores for payment of four cents per pound and two meat stamps per pound.
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Roosevelt
Eighth Street
Franklin
Avenue B
Walnut Grove
Holy Family
Fata
Desiera
Dies Assails CIO Political Action Group
The Dies Committee issued a 200 page report accusing the CIO political action committee of subversive activity to subvert Congress. It singles out Sidney Hillman and other CIO leaders, claims planned electoral spending of about 2 million, and notes alleged communist ties within the CIO PAC and its affiliates.
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Washington
UPI
CIO
Political Action Committee
Leo Pressman
Harry Bridges
CLO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Joseph Currey
National Maritime Union of America
CIO Land
Dies
Ridney Hillman
Hillyman
Communist Party of the
United States
Curran
Congress
Philip Murray
CIO -President
Murray
Hillman
CIO Political Action Committee
Refuses to Dismiss Chaplin Charges
In Los Angeles federal court, Charlie Chaplin's attorney failed to have two Mann Act charges dismissed. Judge J F T O Connor denied the motion for acquittal on both counts. The case centers on a 1942 trip to New York with Joan Berry and a Beverly Hills return incident.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
J. F. T. O'Connor
Jerry Giesler
New York
Joan Berry
Chaplin
Beverly Hills
German Troop at Kovel Isolated in Poland by Russians
Stockholm dispatch quotes German military circles saying Nazi troops at Kovel in old Poland have been isolated by the Russians and are now supplied entirely from abroad. A frontline correspondent adds a warning that preparations for renewed fighting are needed.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Kovel
Poland
Nasi
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