Allied Bombers Hammer Berlin in Fifth U S Attack
March 22 report notes about 1 000 American planes raided Berlin for the first time in a new wave of heavy attacks. bombers dropped about 500 tons of bombs with estimates of 750 to 1 750 planes participating. The raid marked the fifth U S heavy attack against Berlin as RAF and USAAF forces launched operations including mine laying in waters.
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Lewis Hawkins III
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U. S
Berlin
INGS
Germany
RAF
Blg
USAAF
Shipyard Cost and Fees Probe Reveals Major Government Impact
Investigators testified that shipyards cost the government up to 371 million and carried private capital of about 22.9 million with fees totaling 174.9 million through November 30 1943. The committee warned total fees could reach 228.2 million, nearly the yards private investment. Carolina Shipbuilding in Wilmington NC is cited with costs to date 20.0 million and invested capital 3.0 million with 13.6 million in fees.
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Panies
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Arolina Shipbuilding
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Operalvestment
Patch succeeds Patton to command Seventh Army
Maj. Gen. M. Patch, veteran of New Caledonia, takes command of the Seventh Army replacing Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr who led Sicily victories. Washington reports undisclosed new duties possibly tied to western Europe activity while Seventh Army action remains unreported. In another note, Vermont and New Jersey join few states approving supplementary ballots for armed forces voters in the November election.
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New Caledonia
Uenth Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Dwight D.er
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War Department
Washington
Europe
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Italy
Anzio
Wvearte Ashington
Vermont
Roosevelt
Hitler Seizure of Hungary Drives Military and Political aims
The action is a blend of military strategy and political coercion aimed at securing a Danubian gateway and safeguarding the Balkans against Soviet advances. It also pressures Romania to keep Ploesti oil fields under Nazi influence while attempting to keep Hungary's and Finland's loyalty intact as the war escalates.
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Nazis Rush Occupation Of Bulgaria And Rumania
Moscow warned Finland to bear responsibility for rejecting Soviet armistice terms. Berlin moved to extend occupation to Bulgaria and Romania with Ankara reporting plans for unified command to boost the southeast front. Romania and Bulgaria facing 100000 German troops and full railway control amid rapid seizures.
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United States
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New Eruptions From Vesuvius Threaten Third Town
Mount Vesuvius eruptions drive lava and glowing coal toward Cercola Pollena Trocchia and nearby towns. Lava covers Pompei area burning crops as soldiers and locals seek safety. Flames rise 2000 feet above the crater. evacuation of Cercola and Pollena-Trocchia continues.
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Joseph Morton
Vesuvius
Mt. Vesuvius
Pompei
iCercola
San Sebastiano
Fire bombs now dominate Allied bomber loads
The Chemical Warfare Service reports incendiaries now account for about 60 percent of average bomber loads, up from five percent at the war’s start. In a Berlin bombing, 350,000 fire bombs made up 98 percent of the payload.
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Washington
Chemical Warfare Service
Berlin
CWS
Reds Close On Romanian Border Amid Balkan Push
London dispatch reports Russian armies driven toward the Balkans have reached within 30 miles of the Prut river border of Romania. Reinforced by tanks and artillery, units crossing the Dniester river advance southward as Moscow confirms the developing front.
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London
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Moscow
Dniester River
Capture of Pervomaisk Breaks German Line Near Odessa
London reports Premier Stalin announced the capture of Pervomaisk on the Bug river northwest of Nikolaev. The fall of the stronghold punched a segment from the German line north of Odessa and threatened German forces in southern Russia. Podgorodnoye station, four miles above Pervomaisk, fell yesterday.
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Soviet Offensive Advances Toward Prut Front
Soviet communique reports Sians slashed the Cernauti Balt railway and struck toward the Prut as the southern wave of the invasion began. Russian units moved south toward Odessa and Tiraspol Iasi and pressed within 20 miles of a German escape line. The hammer and sickle rose over 330 more liberated towns as the front from old Poland to the Black Sea remained under pressure. The bulletin notes strikes toward Lwow.
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Black Sea
Lwow
Nazis Would Declare Rome An Open City
London report says the German controlled Rome radio announced withdrawal of all military installations and diversion of traffic from Rome to shift bombing responsibility to the Allies. It notes such a unilateral declaration has no international binding effect without Allied acceptance.
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London
Rome
Allied leaders weigh Atlantic charter scope amid war shifts
London reports Prime Minister Churchill says renewed Allied consultations may be needed on the Atlantic charter as the war enters new phases. He avoids pledges of altering prewar boundaries while confirming charter principles remain the guiding spirit. In the Pacific, MacArthur announces Marine landings surrounding Truk at St Matthias islands and Kavieng, with Emirau and Lomusao secured.
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Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
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New Guinea
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Pilot Mountain Sold for $14 500 at Auction
J W Beasley of Pilot Mountain N C automobile dealer said he bought Pilot Mountain from the W L Spoon estate. The sale, first advertised at auction weeks ago, was confirmed in Alamance county superior court. Beasley plans resort development after the war.
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Alamance County Superior Court
German Planes Raid London In Heavy Assault
About 100 German warplanes attacked London in three waves last night in the heaviest raid since March 17. Bombs hit East Anglia and southeast England. nine German planes were shot down. American 40 mm and 90 mm batteries joined British anti-aircraft defenses as night fighters tried to stem the raid. Rescue workers hunted for victims in Middat and other ruins, with expectations the death toll would be lower than in February.
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England
United States
Middat
House Committees Probe Coercion in Farm Aid Programs
Congress probes charges farmers face pressure to join federal agriculture programs under threat of military deferment and loss of gasoline rations and farm equipment. Representatives Harness and Rizley lead inquiries while May and Smith plan studies and Roosevelt signals possible policy reviews for drafted industrial experts.
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Military Committee
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American Chemical Society
Japanese raid into Manipur opens new India front
Allied and British forces report Japanese raiding columns crossing into Manipur from Burma. Despite contact with advanced patrols, the push follows the same route used in 1942 as Allied air fleets hit targets across Chindwin Chin Hills Arakan and Kaladan. Stilwell’s forces push south in the Hukawng-Mogaung area as D.M. Auchinleck says the Manipur thrust aims to divert and ease pressure on allied lines.
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Charles Grumich
New Delhi
India
Manipur
Burma
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Sauematiyake
Harold L. Alexander
Assam
Southeast Asia Command
Lord Louis Mountbatten
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Mogaung
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Kaladan
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Moulmein
Centrl
Hukawng-Mogaung Valley
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Stilwell
Claud J. B. Auchinleck
Mountbatten
Navy reports loss of submarine Scorpion in war patrol mishap
The Navy announced the loss of the USS Scorpion a 1 525 ton submarine with about 75 crew members missing in action. Scorpion joins Capelin Sculpin and Corvina as overdue ships in a drastic tally of American subs sunk or lost since the war began. Built at Portsmouth New Hampshire the vessel was launched July 20 1942.
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