Artillery Pounds At Rumania In Bucovina Front
Moscow dispatches report Red artillery bombarding positions near Czernowitz and along the Prut river as Russian forces advance in Bucovina. Reports claim German and Rumanian fire is minimal while Soviet troops push toward Czernowicz and Koropets, with weather hindering operations. A separate note says Pope Pius XII will broadcast Easter Saturday.
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Marshal von Mandstein
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Skalyaty
Nikolacy
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Buy
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Lwow
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Gestarény
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Berlin
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Pope Pius XII
Russian Gains Put Hitler On Spot
Russian advance alarms Hitler as crises mount in the Balkans and southern Poland. Field Marshal von Mannstein’s collapse in Southern Ukraine opens a new front toward the Danube, while Romania’s Prut border breach signals a Red Army push that could widen the war. Red Star proclaims Soviet boundaries are victory and Berlin, a restraint for the German regime.
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von Mannstein
Tve
Ukraine
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Munmana
Danubian
Poland
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Rumania
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Prut
Romania
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Red Star
Red
Victory
Berlin
Snow Falls in Texas Panhandle Amid War Dispatches
Amid weather notes and global conflict updates, reports describe heavy snow in Amarillo and surrounding Texas Panhandle towns while war fronts in Europe show gains for the Soviets. Turbulent fronts, railway junctions, and Berlin claims color the day as winter weather mixed with strategic inbreaks and air activity.
Weather forecast for East Texas and region
Forecast notes partly cloudy conditions with showers Tuesday and colder air moving in Tuesday night. Wednesday calls for partly cloudy skies, cooler temperatures, and strong interior winds. Lows around 44 in the city Wednesday morning. eastern portions expect 26 to 32 degrees late Tuesday night near the extreme north.
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Artillery Stops Nazis At Cassino In Allied Drive
Allied artillery halted a German assault north of Cassino and pummeled key hotel positions within the ruined town. German attacks along the Terracina road and in the beachhead sector were beaten off, with patrol clashes reported across Cisterna Currocety and Garigliano areas. Allied air power, about 1409 sorties, struck central Italy targets and disrupted shipping along the Italian coast.
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Cisterna
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Garigiano
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Orsogna
Eighth Army
Too
Arielle
Midway
Fkay
Itaan
Dalmatian
Nazis Shell Anzio Hospital Kill Five and Wound Eleven
Dispatches report German artillery hit an American hospital near Rome at Anzio, killing five soldiers and wounding eleven. The tents bore Red Cross emblems and were struck near dawn, according to Allied headquarters.
Anzio Beachhead Held Liability After Cassino Drive Failure
London dispatch reports the Anzio beachhead viewed as a liability under current conditions yet remains the sole active land front for British and American forces. Germans shift divisions via internal lines while bombing at Cassino underperformed due to caves tunnels and cratered roads hindering advance. The article notes supply by air and slow ground movement as main factors, with continued operations contingent on weather.
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London
Anzio
Buront
Fifth Army
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Tol
Tunisia
Crssino
U S Heavies Hit Fields in France
London march 28 an American bomber force struck German airfields in northern France including Chartres Guédaun Relat and Dijon in a follow up to yesterday s raids. The mission marked the twenty second major operation by the Eighth Air Force this month with 750 aircraft taking part. Mosquito bombers hit the Ruhr and the Essen area as part of a broader air campaign against German industry. Maj Walker Mahurin claimed his twenty first aerial victory as French battles and Bilbao losses were reported in post raid dispatches. Nine German planes were destroyed on the ground with several fighters shot down during the night missions.
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Essen
Air Ministry
Josy Geriman
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Paris
la Rochelle
St. Jean l'Angely
Paul
Biarritz
Cazaux
Une
Bordeaux
Walker M. Mahurin
Pull Warne
Ind
Robert 5. Tjohnson
Lawton
Oklo
Bilbao
Spain
Matayi
Work Battalions for 4-Fs Rates
PROVIDENC, R. I., March 28. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said selective service will urge navy departments to draft into work battalions 4-F registrants who do not contribute materially to the war effort. He warned that some men avoid work once military service seems unlikely and urged all physically fit men 18 to 45 to do productive work. He cited large numbers of 4-Fs able to work and sought measures to enforce effort.
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United States
Uprshey
OPA Plans to Boost B Gas Rations to 720 Miles
The OPA move targets outside the eastern area with a month to raise B card travel allowance to 720 miles monthly, aligning with prior 15 mpg estimates. Black market disruption cited, and stamp expiration dates may be abolished later, with stamps unchanged for A cards. Fort Worth reports a persistent gasoline fire along a creek bank spreading despite rationing and CP4.
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Gaslem Seaboard
OPA
Bryan Houston
Pacific Coast
Gulf Coast
OPA 13
Fort Worth
Twin Drives Squeeze Trap On Japs
Allied forces press the jungle front near Imphal and Kohima with coordinated offensives. Myitkyina base remains out of reach as heavy air and ground operations trap Japanese forces across northern Burma while Rabaul, Ponape, and Solomons targets suffer damaging blows.
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Dia
Ukhrul
Imphal
Kohima
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Aother
Assam
Bury
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Myltayian
Jay
Burma Road
Frank Merrill
Shaduzup
Merrill
Stilwell
Nazis Deny Death Sentence Report
An official German quarter denies a report that five British prisoners captured after their escape in Italy were sentenced to death. The British government had asked Switzerland to investigate the claim and notified the German DNB agency.
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Lonton
Mavenna
Uer—Sicitgh
Italy
DNB
Firebug blamed as 22 die in San Francisco hotel blaze
In San Francisco a hotel blaze at the New Amsterdam in the Dustdelay district killed 22 people and injured about 30. Fire Marshal Frank Kelly said an incendiary fire started the three story hotel, part of a series of six fires linked to arson overnight. Victims included a 43 year old woman and several who leaped to safety or burned while trapped. Police fear the arsonist may still be at large as investigators inspect the scene and search for the operator of the hotel.
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Elly
Amsterdan Hotel
Worman
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