Japanese Forces Press Westward Toward Imphal In India
Front dispatches report Japanese patrols reaching within a mile of jungle hubs near Imphal while British Indian troops fight in the hills east of Kohima. Japanese losses are said to be heavy near Ukhrul as Allied artillery disrupts a Palel to Tamu road block. In Burma, Chinese forces push south from Shaduzup, encircling a Japanese group near Laban as Allied air power remains unchallenged.
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New Delhi
India
Imphal
Muet
Kohima
Ukhrul
Palel-Tamu
Tiddim
Burma
Singa
Mashan
Shaduzup
Mogaung
Laban
Allied thrust toward Cassino strengthens Italy front
Allied forces launch a sudden rugged advance in the central front as they push toward Mt Marrone near Cassino, seizing high ground and threatening German positions. American destroyers and Allied infantry repulse a flank attack near Anzio while air activity drops due to weather. Fighting details remain incomplete as efforts shift to bridges and rail targets along the Italian coast.
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Anzio
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Altadena
San Michele Pizzone
Mast
Leara
Montesilveto
Roseto
Marine officer forecasts Japanese tactical surprises
Lt. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift declares Marine and allied forces will meet new tactical surprises as they advance toward key objectives. He warns Tokyo planners of Japan's continued aggressive operations and praises American amphibious warfare gains. Tass quotes say Lt. Gen. Yasuda was removed as inspector general in a Japanese command shakeup.
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Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Guad
Vandegrift
Eral
Tass
Tokyo
Yasuda
Japa
Vittorio Emanuele May Abdicate In Favor Of His Son
April 1 report in Naples notes unconfirmed rumors that King Vittorio Emanuele may abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Umberto. Officials say no indication of abdication and the king plans to remain on the throne at least until the allied advance to Rome. The potential move could clear the way for broader democratization of Badoglio’s government amid parties backing or opposing the monarchy.
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Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Ca Nang
Yaen
Badoglio
Rome
Izvestia
Committee of National Liberation
Christian Democrats
Balchen Arrives in Sweden on Official Mission
STOKHOLM April 1 Balchen famed American Polar flier has arrived in Sweden on an official mission. While no comment on his assignment was given it is understood he may be here in connection with wartime airline service between the United States and Sweden Balchen was named a U S army air specialist in 1941.
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Stockholm
Bernt Balchen
Sweden
Balchen
Famed British General Dies In Burma Jungle Crash
Maj. Gen. Orde Charles Wingate, famed for long range raids in northern Burma, dies in a plane crash near the India Burma frontier. The bomber vanished during an 80 mile flight. cause of the accident unknown and no wreckage found at daylight. Names of other passengers not released.
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New Delhi
Orde Charles Wingate
Britain
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ndia-Burma Frontier
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Imphal
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Germans Claim Major Allied Losses In March
London report quotes German high command saying in March the Luftwaffe and navy sank 22 Allied destroyers and escort craft, 29 merchant ships of 176000 tons, two submarines and 12 torpedo boats. It adds 11 more merchant ships, four destroyers and 15 torpedo boats damaged, plus torpedo planes sinking or damaging 11 transports off the Algerian coast, though Allied confirmation was not received.
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High Command
Luftwaffe
Berlin
Algerian
Yanks and Aussies close on Bogadjim as Madang effort widens
Allied communique reports American 32nd Division patrols moving 13 miles east of Bogadjim while Australian forces push 10 miles south toward Bogadjim in the Madang coastal campaign. Truk and Woleai raids by Liberators and Catalinas hit targets across the Caroline and Pacific islands.
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Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Palau
Philippines
Catalina
Woleai Island
Truk
South Pacific
Hollandia
Wewak
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Southwest Pacific
Bogadjim
Madang
Douglas MacArthur
Woleai
Caroline Islands
Dublin Island
Atoll
Eten Island
Comunique
Britain Tightens Security Ahead of D-Day Invasion
London reports stricter measures as wartime controls expand to seal off information. Visitors are barred in a 10 mile by 700 mile coastal zone while travel to Ireland is suspended. US censorship and airmail bans target neutral countries. Germans mass civilians inland along the Dutch coast amid rising enemy activity.
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London
D-day
British Isles
England
United States
Britain
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Eire
Netherlands
U. S. Planes Open Another Month of Raids
American Liberator bombers began a new month of operations with an attack on an unspecified target in the southwest. A Swiss communique said American planes also struck Schaffhausen near the German border, causing fires in the railway city. Rail lines into Schaffhausen were temporarily suspended as the raid unfolded. Coastal observers noted a sizable Allied air force heading across the channel after RAF Mosquitos completed raids on Western Germany without loss.
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London
U. S
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Swiss Railways
Germany
Franco reviews troops in Madrid on fifth civil war anniversary
Generalissimo Francisco Franco reviewed Spanish troops along Madrid's main boulevard as the nation marked the fifth anniversary of the end of the civil war. The army conserved gasoline and no motorized units took part.
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Franco
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Talmadge Declines Senate Bid in Georgia Primary
Former Governor Eugene Talmadge announced he would not seek the U.S. Senate seat of Walter St. George, likely ensuring the incumbent a new six year term. He revealed his plan just before the Georgia primary filing deadline, noting the race would effectively be decided in the Democratic primary.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
U.S
Senate
Walter St. George
Georgia
Navy task force tight lipped on Palau strikes in Pacific drive
Pearl Harbor April 1 U S Pacific Fleet reports radio silence as task forces reveal rapid blows on Palau while air forces pound Truk in a two way strike. Adm Nimitz says five Truk atoll strawpoints were pounded and operations continue with further raids planned.
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Pearl Harbor
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Palau
Philippines
Lruk
Chester W. Nimitz
Truk
Seventh Airforce
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Solomons
Nimitz
Oakland Youth Returns Medal From Mediterranean Mission
Lieut. Arthur S S Wood, 17, of Oakland is surprised to receive a medal for duty as mine sweeper commander at Salerno Italy last September. He has never served in the Mediterranean or commanded a mine sweeper and had worked as a Navy photographer in Cuba. He hands the award to his commander to find the proper recipient.
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Calif
Arthur S&s. Wood
Salerno
Italy
Mediterranean
Cuba
Vivien Kellems Under Attack By Rep Coffee
Washington April 1 A reply was awaited from Vivien Kellems of Westport Conn to charges on the House floor by Rep Coffee that she is a Nazi agent’s sweetheart and a menace to the American war effort. Coffee cited letters from Miss Kellems to Count Frederick Karl Von Zedlitz and urged the department of justice to act.
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Vivien Kellems
Westport
Conn
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Coffee
D-Wash
Argentina
Miss Kellems
Count Frederick Karl von. Zedlitz
Vivien
Connecticut
Justice Department
New York Beat-the-Tax Spending Spree Fills Nightlife
New York taverns and night clubs were packed until early today as a beat-the-tax spending spree drained packed liquor stores cosmetics counters and luxury shops of stock.
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New York
Missing weapons sought at German POW camp in Colorado
At the German prisoner of war camp near Trinidad Colorado three missing weapons two revolvers and an army carbine prompted a sit-down strike by prisoners during a search of the guards quarters. Lt. Col. Cain reported no violence after food was withheld and prisoners found home made liquor and crude knives during the search. The case is under investigation by Seventh Army headquarters in Omaha.
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Trinidad
Colo
Lambert B. Cain
Col. Cain
Seventh
Omaha
Trindad
War Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Berlin Admits Russians Near Czech Border
German and Romanian resistance in Southwest Russia is breaking as infantry, mobile tank units, and Stormovik bombers push toward Tiraspol and Kishinev. Front line Soviet dispatches say intermediate lines are cracking under pressure.
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Cassidy M
Russia
Tiraspol
Kishinev
Red Army reaches northern Jab lonica pass in Carpathians
Berlin radio reports Soviet spearheads advance toward Jab lonica pass and into Czecho-Slovakia with forces pushing beyond Borodenka sector near Czernowitz. Moscow communique omits further gains as of Saturday.
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London
Berlin
Jablonica Pass
Carpathian Mountains
Czecho-Slovakia
Associated Press
Delatyn
Moscow
Borodenka
Domea
Czernowitz
Soviet Forces Advance in Ukraine and Romania Border Area
Reports say Romanian surrender efforts increase as Soviet Third Ukrainian Army under Malinovsky and Marshal Konev close on Odessa from the east and northeast while pushing toward the Tiraspol railway junction on the Dniester. Odessa defense tightens as Germans withdraw to middle lines. A Moldovan peasant group tells Russians 600 Romanians seek surrender.
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Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ivan S. Konev
Black Sea
Tiraspol
Lower
Dniester
Izvestia
Mississippi flood prompts guard reaction and rescue sorties
Troops standby at one hour notice as Mississippi flood waters rise. Army planes direct rescuers to stranded rural residents while refugees shelter in Columbus USO facilities. Drownings reported, about 1000 people evacuated, and $2 million plus in damage to highways and farms delays in Georgia planting.
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Mississippi State Guard
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Oxberry
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