Yank Armies Draw Closer To Capital
Allied armored thrusts drive toward Berlin as German reports claim American Third Army tanks in the Reich heartland. Fourth armored division moves beyond Aschaffenburg toward the Spessart hills, while German defenses crumble and surrender totals rise.
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Paris
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Reich
Berlin
Ruhr
Eisenhower
Germany
Fourth Armored
George S. Patton
Aschaffenburg
Frankfurt
Main
Spessart Hills
Czechoslovakia
Gemuenden
Gemaenden
Rescue Flight Saves Ensign Buchanan After Tokyo Bay Ordeal
Ensign Robert Buchanan of Clementon New Jersey ditched in Tokyo Bay after being hit by flak. Lieutenant Fecke guided the rescue, keeping five escort pilots in orbit as Buchanan signaled for help and was saved along with a Japanese pilot and a lone survivor from a Japanese boat.
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Western Pacific
Tokyo
Robert Buchanan
Clementon
N. J
Nan
Buchanan
Big
Alr Rt
Ir Sonner
Petaluma
Calif
Max Barnes
Olympia
Wash
Fecke
Lieut
Murray
Muncie
Indiana
Arnold Berner
Springdale
Arkansas
Bay Entrance
Gundotted Island
Eeke
Berner
Navy
German airport near Frankfurt falls to American forces
With the Third Army in Germany on March 28, American troops of the Sixth Armored Division captured the second largest German airport near Frankfurt, formerly a Zeppelin base. The facility was found ringed with six skeletons of 50 Nazi planes burned.
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Third Army
Germany
Frankfurt
Sixth Armored Division
End of the Rhine crossing signals tougher Allied push ahead
The war forecast discusses the Rhine crossing as a historic feat and notes supply limits slowing the Allied advance. It warns against premature celebrations, cites Eisenhower as saying German forces are whipped but facing tough fighting, and projects a possible east–west Reich split by a fast-moving Allied army.
Clark Foresees German Retreat in Italy
General Mark W. Clark, Allied commander in Italy, said a German retreat northward is inevitable and urged Italian patriots to prepare to hamper withdrawals. He warned against new recruits and urged improving patriot formations as fronts remain quiet amid patrol skirmishes.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Italy
Clark
Apennine
Bologne
Brenner Pass
Apennines
Road to Berlin Distances Reported From Fronts
Eastern front report notes 8?2 miles from Zellin while Western front sits 725 miles from Lohr and Sidgarmy. Italian front tracking 544 miles from Reno river. Military distances updated in German report.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Eastern Front
Zellin
Western Front
Lohr
Reno River
Rhine Obstacles Hamper Allied Supply Movements
The Rhine remains a major barrier to rapid supply movement as rail bridges are destroyed and pontoon and truck transport must be used. Communications are stretched and will worsen as the operations continue.
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Rhine
Mayor Appointed By Allies Is Assassinated In Aachen
Franz Oppenhof, 41, the first mayor appointed by the Allied military government in Aachen, was shot on his home porch at 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Military investigators have not yet established a motive or whether Nazis killed him for accepting the post.
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First Army
Franz Oppenhof
Aachen
Openhof
Nazis Plan To Take Citizens Out Of Berlin
London dispatch reports over 400 U S Flying Fortresses hit Berlin plants including ones making Panther tanks and armored cars as new evacuation orders for women children and unneeded persons were issued while 500 more fortresses attacked Hannover and surrounding targets amid heavy anti aircraft fire over the Reich capital
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London
U. S
Berlin
Hannover
Reich
Spandau and
Falken
Axis Officials Slated To Pay Japan Visit
In Moscow on March 28 Romanian diplomat Victor Guixulescu said Japanese officials expect Adolf Hitler Heinrich Himmler and Benito Mussolini to seek refuge in Japan soon as Germany's prospects fade. He noted the expectation has been long held by Tokyo observers.
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Moscow
Tokyo
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Benito Mussolini
Japan
Germany
Victor Guixulescu
American planes reach new airfield east of the Rhine
Advance headquarters reports the first Allied airfield east of the Rhine as the Ninth Air Force establishes a new anchor in central Germany. Brig. Gen. James B. Newman says the location will keep tactical aircraft close to retreating enemy lines while planes land and begin operating. Initial missions include removing American wounded.
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U. S
Ninth Air Force
Rhine
Air Force
Germany
James B. Newman
Ninth Engineer Command
Notable remarks on Jopeuane absence and fascist shelter fears
The speaker dismissed the Jopeuane as absent while voicing concern that sheltering Nazi or fascist leaders would worsen their plight. Guixulescu, traveling from Manchuria, observed a clear spirit of defeat among the Japanese prevailing everywhere.
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Guixulescu
Manchuria
Soviets Drive Up Valley Of Danube
Soviet forces push from Silesia toward Moravsk Ostrava and Vienna as the Danube front tightens. Red Air Force supports the drive with heavy aerial operations. Kisber Falls is reported captured as battles rage across Hungary and Slovakia.
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Berlin
Lebus
Oder
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Moscow
Danzig
Gydnia
Austria
Vienna
Feodor Tolbukhin
Lish Silesia
Czechoslovakia
Moravian
Silesia
Moravsk-Ostrava
Red Air Force
Manpower Measure Faces Senate Vote in Wartime Labor Move
Washington March 28 The manpower control bill cleared the house by a narrow margin and goes to the senate for a final test. It imposes jail or fines on workers and employers who ignore directives and grants Byrnes power to set selective labor freezes and plant employment ceilings. Penalties include up to one year in jail and a ten thousand dollar fine for noncompliance.
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Washington
House
Senate
Joint Chamber
James F. Byrnes
Brynes
Byrnes
Keramas and Kyushu Bombardments In Pacific War Update
Allied forces pressed air and naval bombardments across the Ryukyu islands toward Kyushu as battleships and carrier planes attacked coastlines. Tokyo radio reported American raids on Kyushu while American commands cited ongoing bombardments and disputed Japanese casualty reports.
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Guam
Tokyo
Kyushu
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa
Keramas
U. S
Nimitz
400000 Coal Miners Vote Today
Washington March 28. Four hundred thousand soft coal miners vote today on John L. Lewis contract demands including a 60 million dollar yearly union royalty. Miners vote on their own time at mines or central places as the government seeks to avert a shutdown by speeding a new contract before Saturday midnight or by extending the present agreement.
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Washington
the Nation
John L. Lewis
Strike Spreads At Packard Motor Plant Across Departments
A 24 hour strike spreads through five Packard motor plant departments in Detroit. 1800 workers quit with hundreds milling about the main plant as CIO union leaders seek to keep workers at work after the district steward was discharged and a study on time standards faced opposition.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
Packard
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Hern Avenue
Marine Packing Department
All Citizens Subject To Legislation In Senate Hurdle
In Washington on March 28 the looming final senate hurdle looms for a wartime manpower bill. The compromise measure approved by the house mandates that every adult not in the armed forces shall, when called, serve the nation in tasks essential to the war effort. The bill proposes a blueprint for enforcement.
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Washington
Senate
House
Blood Of Woman May Save Yanks' Lives
Mrs. Alice Colebourn of Georgetown Indiana may help American soldiers after her blood, sensitized to the RH factor by a four day old baby's death, is used to make a typing serum. Her P-RH negative blood and her husband's P-RH positive blood led to the discovery. She has donated 500 cubic centimeters for serum production to test donor patient compatibility in transfusions.
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Champaign
Alice Colebourn
Georgetown
Supply Lines Big Problem For Allies
General Eisenhower says the German army on the western front is whipped but Allied advances beyond the Rhine are limited by supply. He notes the lack of rail communications and long truck-haul distances constrain eastward drives while predicting no negotiated surrender, only an imposed unconditional surrender. He warns against optimism and says tough fighting lies ahead.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Third Army
Lohr
Fulda
Wuerzburg
Berlin
Nuernberg
Rhine
Weilburg
Ike
Paris
Rhineland
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