Allied forces repulse attacks south of Rome and on Cassino
Allied troops beat back three small attacks on their beachhead south of Rome. A German thrust against French troops on the 5th Army front was also repulsed. Allied patrols clashed with the enemy on all fronts as heavy bombers struck rail bridges at Poggibonsi Marsciano and Sette Bagni and fighter-bombers hit Rimini Forli and shipping off the Dalmatian shore. About 65 German planes were active with 2 destroyed for 3 Allied planes.
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NAPLES
Rome
5th Army
Poggibonsi
Mars
ciano
Sette Bagni
Rimini
Forli
Dalmatian
Cassino
Terrelle
Des Roses
Garigliano
Orsogna
8th Army
Berlin Claims First Soviet Drive Repelled
Berlin reports Stalin announced Nikolaev fallen to Soviet forces after stiff fighting as Red troops push toward Czernowitz and Iasi. Red Army artillery batters Prut defenses while new Dniester crossings threaten German lines east of the Carpathians.
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ONDON
C.P
Stalin
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Berlin
Iasi
Prut
Rumania
Skulyany
ODESSA
Bug river
Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
3rd
CZERNOWITZ
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
A.P
Bucovina
Cernauti
Bessarabia
Jassy
Marshal Von Mannstein
NIKOLA
Red Star
Ivan Konev
2nd Ukrainian army
Sadagura
Upper
Dniester river
Gregory K. Zhukov
DNIESTER Skulyany
Ivan
Konev
Romania
CARPATHIANS
Zhukov
Koropets
Stanislavov
Gorodenko
Dniester
Kallay Of Hungary Protected By Turks
Premier Nicholas Kallay of Hungary has taken refuge in the Turkish legation in Budapest after the German invasion. The Hungarian consul general Dezsov Akvary announced suspension of official functions, saying events in recent days deprived Hungary of political freedom.
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ISTANBUL
Nicholas Kallay
Hungary
Budapest
Dezsov Akvary
Eightengined airliner idea wowed by British designer
British designer teases an eight engine airliner with scale model flown. Cites 1930s DO X twelve engine monster for contrast, notes power could total 26 000 horsepower versus 7 200 for the German craft. Describes differing engine layout and looming aeronautical progress.
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McPherson
Windsor Star
Luftwaffe
New York
Jesser Dulk
Canada plans mutual aid fund of 800 million dollars
OTTAWA March 28 Aresley says Canada will total 800 million dollars for mutual aid obligations under the United Nations relief and rehabilitation agreement. The resolution sets up funds to provide war supplies to United Nations members and fulfill UNRRA obligations, to be administered by the Canadian mutual aid board.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
United Nations
U.N.A.R.A
Usley
United Nations relief and rehabilitation
Canadian mutual aid board
Jans Step Up Indian Drive in Burma and Imphal area
New Delhi dispatch reports Japanese forces pushing through the Somra hills inside India near Ukhrul thirty two miles northeast of Imphal. Allied forces press to clear the Tiddim Imphal road as Japanese advance northward from Burma with mounting pressure around Ukhrul. Allied communique notes intensified activity in the Ukhrul sector.
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NEW DELHI
C. P
Somra
Ukhrul
Imphal
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Tiddim- Imphal
Burma
Hkawnglawyang
Onions Garlic Germ Killers In Soviet Medical Study
New York March 28 The aroma of fresh onions and garlic is cited as a strong germ killer in curing infected wounds Russian researchers Tokin Kovalenok Toroptsev and Filatova report in the American Review of Soviet medicine. They tested human mouths and found bacteria eliminated after three to eight minutes of chewing.
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NEW YORK
American Review of
3B. Tokin
A. Kovalenok
I. V. Toroptsev
A. G. Filatova
Postwar housing program urged for Canada urban areas
Ottawa reports a federal sub committee recommends a 606000 housing unit postwar target for urban and non rural areas. A minimum program of 50000 units could rise to 100000, with a deficit of about 23000 units by 1946 and adding 29000 dwellings to urban centres to normalise population shifts.
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OTTAWA
commons
King
federal committee on reconstruction
22 Dead In Frisco Fire
In San Francisco a blaze at the New Amsterdam hotel left 22 dead and many injured. Fire Chief Albert J. Sullivan labeled it incendiary in origin as the three-story building with about 100 tenants burned rapidly, trapping and prompting jumpers from windows into safety nets and rooftops.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Albert J. Sullivan
New Amsterdam
Market street
Cleanup On Rabaul Port
Allied air and naval forces report heavy damage in a new phase of the Southwest Pacific campaign against Rabaul New Britain. Bombers damaged or destroyed 145 structures including warehouses shops and barracks in raids Friday and Saturday.
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
United States 1st cavalry division
Admiralty islands
Bismarck sea
Lorengau
Manus island
Lenkau
Rambutyo island
Manus
Wewak
New Guinea
Girls Danced With Nazi Prisoners At Buckingham Hotel
Five Buckingham girls testified at an open court martial, recounting beer drinking and dancing with German prisoners of war in a Thurso hotel on March 15. Cpl. William Lee of Montreal faces six charges over conduct with German POWs. Pte. Nelson Skinner of Granby, also with the Veterans' Guard of Canada, faces similar charges and trial opens today. Witness Regine Chenier, 16, said she rode to Thurso with prisoners, described the group’s intoxication, and noted Lee was with eight prisoners in the hotel and appeared intoxicated but not drunk. Other witnesses included Kathleen McCafferty, Bernice Matthews, Adele Chamillard, and Mary Rose Lajeunesse. Court members and the prosecutor are named from Canadian military units.
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BUCKINGHAM
Que
C.P
Thurso
Cpl
William Lee
Montreal
Veterans’ Guard of Canada
Pte
Nelson Skinner
Granby
V.G.C
Regine Chenier
Mary Rose Lajeunesse
Miss Chenter
Lee
No. 3 District Depot
A. T. Stikeman
Victoria Rifles of Canada
J. A. Prudhomme
Le Regiment De Joliette
L. C. Carroll
M.D. No. 4 headquarters
Dad Seized Her Hubby, Says Bride of 18
Cambridge story reports Mary Ann Brydges Mulligan 18 alleges Joseph Patrick Mulligan Jr 16 was seized after a February 26 wedding in Town Gates New York and held behind a padlocked door at his parents Somerville home. Father seeks nullity claiming lack of parental consent.
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CAMBRIDGE
Mass
Middlesex
Mary Ann Brydges Mulligan
Mulligan
Joseph Patrick Mulligan, Jr
Town Gates
Somerville
Mosquitos Bomb Ruhr After 20th Night Raid
London reports heavy Mosquito bombers hitting the Ruhr last night after a prior 2240 ton raid on Essen by RVAP R CAP. Aerial casualties mounted as RAF and US aircrews smashed nine German airfields in France and Tours freight yards, with significant enemy aircraft losses.
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LONDON
Ruhr valley
RVAP.R.C.AP
Essen
Canada to Build Planes and Ships at Home
Ottawa reports munitions minister Howe pledges all-Canadian air and sea production with planes and ships built domestically. A royal commission will study coal to shape a national fuel policy as wartime demands intensify. aviation plans include Montreal DC-3 work, jet propulsion tests in Canada, and a trans Atlantic design in collaboration with Britain.
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Mitchell
Europe
C.C.F
T. C. Douglas
Weyburn
committee of supply
munitions department
Howe
Canadian Vickers
Montreal
Canada
Estate valuation of Sir Harry Oakes noted in Bahamas court
Final Bahamas Supreme Court filing sets Sir Harry Oakes personal estate at about 13.17 million dollars, far below last July’s speculative estimate of 200 million. Alfred De Marigny, son-in-law and Nancy Oakes’ husband, was tried for the murder but acquitted.
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NASSAU
Bahamas
Sir Harry Oakes
Bahamas supreme court
Alfred De Marigny
Harry
Nancy
German seize 100 hostages in Almelo
London March 28 German authorities seized 100 hostages in Almelo The Netherlands after a German soldier was restrained over a love affair according to an underground source reported Monday.
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LONDON
Aneta
Almelo
Netherlands
Russians Reach 41 Miles From Czechoslovakia Front
News from March 28 reports the Red Army 1st Ukrainian front capturing Gvozdets 41 miles from the frontier and 11 miles northeast of Kolomea. Other gains include Titsman and a Kamenets-Podolsk district centre plus 70 more places as part of the push toward Czechoslovakia.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
LONDON
Nikolaev
Red army
Ukrainian front
Gvozdets
Kolomea
Czernowitz
Titsman
Kamenets-Podolsk
U.S
A.P
France
Chartres
Chateaudun
Reims
Dijon
Tours
NAPLES
north side
south side
GESTAPO
POLAND
C.P.Reuters
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
CARIBBEAN
WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
South America
Central America
Caribbels
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Cassino Drive
Stanislavsky
Kallay
Beaverbrook
WSPpa
Mt. Vesuvius
Pompeii
San Sebastiano
Massa di Somma
s. Mutual Aid
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Jans
Gilbert Weir
MacDonald
United States
prairie provinces
M. J. Coldwell
Frisco
Sullivan
Rabaul Port
Tk Asles fea
Ruhr
air ministry
Atlantic wall
Harry Oakes
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