RAF Blasts Essen Krupp Works in World War II Action
Allied forces reported heavy bombardment of Essen's Krupp works as Russian troops pushed toward the Romanian border. At Cassino in Italy the Anzio front saw attempted German raiding, with allied air and ground units sustaining pressure on the center line while fortifications around Hotel Des Roses were struck.
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Japs Make Gains In India Assault
British and Indian forces report Japanese advances in the India front as countermeasures mount. Casualties and territorial shifts are indicated, with the campaign intensifying amid Allied air and armored pressure in key sectors.
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India
Yanks Halt Japanese Push on Bougainville Front
Allied reports detail a Bougainville assault in the Torokina sector that failed to pierce American defenses. Japanese losses were heavy, while U S casualties remained low at four dead, 47 wounded, and one missing. American destroyers shelled Pityilu Island as mop up continued near Manus. In India, Japanese advances near Kohima and Imphal signal a broader push against Allied lines with heavy fighting and tank activity on several routes.
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Torokina
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Manus Island
Amo
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Pityilu Island
Lorerigan
Leadher Harbor
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Assam
Tiddim-Imphal
Mogaung
Frank Merrill
Luftwaffe Defence Strains Hitlers War Effort Amid Allied Pressure
The report notes a heavy Allied air presence over Europe with 1 700 American and British planes and night raids on targets near Luftwaffe airfields. A high ranking air force spokesman says Germany cannot replace destroyed factories while Russia advances from the Prut frontier and Stalingrad, as Hitler conserves anti aircraft guns and reorganizes air power for a possible invasion.
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American Commando Attack Reported Near Genoa
German high command claimed a two officer and 13 man American commando force landed northwest of La Spezia on the Gulf of Genoa but was wiped out. Berlin said the report came in a late broadcast communique with no explanation.
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London
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Gulf of Genoa
Rome
Berlin
Rent Control Program Ruled Constitutional
The Supreme Court upheld the OPA rent control program in a March 27 decision. Justice Douglas delivered the opinion reversing the lower court in a case involving Mrs. Kate C. Willingham of Macon Georgia, with Justice Roberts dissenting.
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OPA
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Kate C. Willingham
Macon
Roberts
Chester Bowles
Federal District Court
Willingham
Churchill Praises Russian Wins as Hitler's Undoing
London reports show mixed enthusiasm for Churchill's 47 minute wartime broadcast. He defended his administration and outlined postwar aims while praising Soviet resistance as the decisive factor in defeating Nazi Germany and forecasting greater Allied air power and potential Pacific progress.
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Churchill
Hitler
Britain
Europe
Reds Set For First Thrust On Enemy Soil
Russian forces prepared to push across the Prut into Romania after crossing the Dniester, with Moscow reporting bombardments and advances toward Bucharest and the Ploesti oil region. Stalin announced gains near Byelst and the frontier, as Red Army aims to threaten major German retreat routes from occupied territories.
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Feud Between Dies and Winchell Sparks On Air
Washington March 27. In a renewed exchange on radio both Henry Dies and Walter Winchell clashed from space booths and in the studio lobby after a broadcast. Winchell asked why he had not been called before the Dies committee. Dies teased a future meeting and mocked lies about each other.
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High Court Rules Miners Entitled To Portal Pay
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that underground iron ore miners receive portal to portal pay for time traveled from mine mouth to ore mining site. Justice Murphy delivered the decision for employees of Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad, Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron, and Republic Steel operators in Jefferson County Alabama. The ruling affirms whether federal wage-hour law covers all underground time, with lunch excluded.
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Supreme Court
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Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Republic Steel Corve Bone
Federal Circuit Court
New Orleans
Circuit
Germans See Red Push on Warsaw Headline Analysis
Swedish dispatch cites Berlin military circles expecting a major Russian offensive aimed at Warsaw. Report notes Russian units assembled east of Kovel about 170 miles southwest of Warsaw and mentions fighting near Kovel.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Ny Sine Bureau
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Kove
Reshuffle Seen In Churchill's War Cabinet
London reports say Prime Minister Winston Churchill plans a cabinet reshuffle amid rising criticism. Anthony Eden may leave the Foreign Office, Lord Beaverbrook could move from Lord Privy Seal, and Lord Cranborne may become successor if Eden retires.
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Dominions
House of Lords
Petain Stands Firm Against Nazi Pressures In Occupied France
France's Marshal Philippe Petain has resisted German demands and defended French interests during occupation. He confronted Goering in December 1942 and used a dossier of broken promises to press German concessions. Petain’s stance frustrated Laval and helped save General Giraud from Nazi imprisonment.
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New York
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Marshal Goering
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Giraud
Africa
Vichy
U S Planes Raid French Airdromes
American Liberator and Flying Fortress formations attacked Nazi air bases in southwest and central France with escort from Thunderbolt fighters. The strike involved hundreds of bombers and fighters, following a prior RAF raid on Essen and Hanover, and targeted coastal France and western Germany with confirmed heavy losses on both sides.
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London
France
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Krupp Works
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Hanover
Essen
Hannover
Courstrai
Belgium
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Holland
Germany
Gad
Air Ministry
Ration Stamp Expiration Dates Cut Out
The Office of Price Administration announced that expiration dates on bath and blue food ration stamps are to be ignored. The change aligns with policies on shoes and sugar to preclude last minute rushes and stops cashing in stamps for tokens without expiration dates. An official order is expected later today after regional offices were told to hold announcements.
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Fastest Planes Used as Bombers
London reports the U S ninth air force Mustangs, famed as the world’s fastest planes, were used as fighter-bombers in a strike on Creil France. It marks official pivot of Mustangs from long range escorts to dual fighter and low level bombing roles in the European theater.
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