Allied Breakthrough Near Cassino In Italy
Allied forces launch a surprise push in the Cassino area driving toward Mt Marrone and surrounding towns. New Zealand troops reinforce Cassino as German attacks and heavy artillery continue with several Allied ships and planes targeting rail lines and coastal positions.
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Mt. Marrone
Rocchetta
Verrecchia
Apennine
Cassino
Piz
San Michele
Mt. Cassino
Anzio
Japs Advance On Imphal But Are Losing Heavily
Allied forces report Japanese advances toward Imphal are offset by heavy losses, as air and ground offensives intensify. Night raids on Truk and supporting bombardments target Palau and other central Caroline bases, signaling worsening Japanese defenses and ongoing American air attrition.
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Imphal
Palau
Japan
Philippines
Pacific
Army Liberators
Truk
Caroline
Allied Troops Halt Japanese Drive in Burma Fronts
Allied and Chinese forces report heavy fighting across Burma as Japanese advances near Imphal and Ukhrul are checked. Indian, Punjab, Maratha, and Gurkha troops defend Ukhrul Imphal road while Chinese 22nd division nears Myitkyina. Air support continues with all aircraft returning.
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New Delhi
India
Imphal
Burma
Southeast Asia
Ukhrul
Manipur Plains
Kohima
Berlin
Tokyo
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Indian Legislative Assembly
London
Manipur
Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hukawng
Mogaung
Myitkyina
General Headquarters
Ukhrul-Imphal
Myitky
Ina
Northurmna
Shadurup
Laban
Fort Hertz
Sumprabum
Daru River
Kadrangyang
Parliament To Meet Monday In Helsinki
Stockholm April 1 After two days of peace talks in Moscow Dr Juho Paasikivi said Russia offered milder terms and Finland’s parliament would meet Monday for an important government announcement. Cabinet discussed the terms in a secret session as Finland rushes to resolve peace with Russia.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Juho K. Paasikivi
Finland
Russia
Helsinki
Dagens Nyheter
Fings
Sweden
United States
Communists In Italy Announce New Party Line
Naples reports that Italian communists unveil a new policy seeking collaboration in a wartime government under Badoglio. Palmiro Togliatti says King Victor Emmanuel II is an institution, not a person, and cannot be changed until after the war. The move aims to bolster monarchist and wartime authority, drawing anti king and anti Badoglio factions toward a united war government. In St Paul Minnesota Harold Stassen is named as a potential Republican nominee for the 1948 presidential election in a biennial convention.
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Naples
Unists
Italy
Pietro Badogli
Moscow
Ity
Palmiro’ Oatti
Vit Emanuele
Badoglio
Hithito
anti-Badoglio Naonal Liberation Committee
Katti
Tassen
ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Military Leaders See Italian Stalemate Near Breakthrough
Washington dispatch reports hedged optimism that April could bring a breakthrough in Italy to reach Rome, if weather cooperates and Allied commanders use heavy ground forces for immediate exploitation after air attacks. Critics say Cassino mistakes included overbombing and slow follow up, with no clear reason for not exploiting air gains.
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Washington
Italy
Rome
Henry Maitland Wilson
Wilson
Cassino
Too Little, Too Late At Beachhead
The Army and Navy Journal editorially faults the Anzio beachhead operations as too little and too late. It cites delays in Rome airborne plans, a toe of Italy landing route, inadequate forces, and lacking heavy artillery, leading to German consolidation and siege despite surprise landings.
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Washington
Army and Navy Journal
Anzio
Italy
L Ndon
Churchill
Rome
McCormack accuses GOP of undermine price controls
House Democratic Leader McCormack accuses Republican leaders of seeking to undermine inflation controls while giving lip service to them. He warns inflation can extend the war and affect the peace, urging vigilance over the price control act renewal and noting proposed amendments to limit controls or shift cases to general courts.
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Boston
House
McCormack
Congress
CBS
Lafert
U. S. Losses Show Increasing Air Raids on Germany
London dispatch reports the U S Eighth Air Force lost 293 heavy bombers in March, the highest monthly tally in its European operations. Analysts cite five percent loss rates and note the rise reflects intensified raids with roughly 7,000 bomber sorties and similar fighter escorts against fortress Europe.
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London
Eighth
United States Air Force
United States Strategic Air Force
Europe
Reich
Fortress Europe
U S Planes Bomb Swiss City by Mistake in War Run
American B-24 Liberators hit industrial targets in Southwest Germany then accidentally bombed Schaffhausen on the Swiss border. Reports say 36 to 50 killed, 150 injured. 13 bombers and 4 fighters did not return. Swiss and US communiques cite navigational error amid bad weather.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Germany
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Thomas F. Hawkins
Associated Press
Lake Constance
Yugoslav Forces Halt German Advance in East Bosnia
Tito announced that Yugoslav Partisans repelled German and puppet forces under Milan Nedic in East Bosnia. Battles continued with heavy losses for the invaders who crossed the Drina near Ljubovija. two German trains were destroyed on the railway line.
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London
Tito
Josip Broz
Milan Nedic
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Free Yugoslav Radio
Nedic
Drina
Ljubovija
Reba
More Than Million Men Discharged Since 1941
The army reported 1,058,000 enlisted men discharged from December 1, 1941 to January 31 this year. Of the total 944,000 were honorable discharges excluding commissions, including 196,000 over age 38. Most honorable discharges were for physical or mental disability.
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Washington
Army
Allied Drive Tightens In New Guinea As Bougainville Pushes On
Allied forces renew ground pressure on Japanese strongholds in New Guinea with advances toward Bogadjim and Mandang as MacArthur notes a ten mile inland push. On Bougainville, Griswold says Japanese forces have been halved since the November landing, with 8,000 dead and remnants holding near the American perimeter.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Bogadjim
Madang
Solomon Islands
Bougainville
Douglas MacArthur
Astrolabe Bay
Mandang
Oscar W. Griswold
Griswold
Ad— Islands
Vivien Kellems Challenges Coffee Over Nazi Accusations
Vivien Kellems, of Westport Connecticut, replies to Representative Coffee by challenging him to publicly fight clean. She cites prior FBI and State Department reports and accuses Coffee of misusing letters from Count Zedlitz while defending her actions and warning of legal consequences.
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Toronto
Vivien Kellems
Westport
Conn
Miss Kellems
Count Frederick Karl von Zedlitz
Count Zedlitz
Congressional
Coward
Shrew Pearson
F.B.I
South America
State Department
200 Villages Swept Up In Russian Offensive
Soviet forces drove through nearly 200 villages on a 175 mile front above Odessa spreading heavy losses on Axis troops retreating toward the Black Sea. Romanian battalions deserted to the Red army as Russians pressed toward Kishinev and Tiraspol and cut rail escape routes from the Kamenets-Podolsk pocket. Intersecting advances brought gains near Odesa. multiple towns including Kodlevo and Tasino fell as tanks moved through Serbk and along the coast.
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London
Red Army
Black Sea
Moscow
Tiligul
Odessa
Romania
Khotin
Kamenets-Podolsk
Dniester River
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Russia
Kishinev
Tiraspol
Radelznaya
Berlin
Carpathian Mountains
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Kodlevo
Ochakov
Tashino
Blumenfeld
Serbk
Allied Raids Destroy 82 Japanese Planes Across Pacific Bases
Allied headquarters reports 82 Japanese planes destroyed in raids on Truk Caro line Islands and Hollandia. American destroyers shelled Greenwich Island 335 miles northeast of Kavieng. In Hollandia raid 5757 enemy planes were destroyed on the ground and 14 interceptors shot down.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Truk
Caroline Islands
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Greenwich Island
Kavieng
New Ireland
Kapingamarangi
Solomon Islands
Greenwich
Douglas MacArthur
Show Cause Ordered in Bus Strike Across Tennessee
The War Labor Board ordered local officers of the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees AFL to appear in Washington on Monday to show cause why they should not end a wage strike by bus drivers and maintenance men against Southern Coach Lines in Chattanooga and Nashville.
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Washington
War Labor Board
AFL
Southern Coach Lines, Inc
Chattanooga
Nashville
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