Soviets Capture Ochakov Fortress and Pipe Axis Escape Route
Soviet forces seized Ochakov fortress 38 miles east of Odessa and captured Sipol yany on the Odessa Kishinev Jasi railway. Moscow announced troops hurled exhausted Germans into the Black Sea area while tightening the trap along the corridor toward Romania. Soviet marines pressed from the Bug and Dnieper estuaries near Kindurinskaya Kosa on a nearby peninsula.
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London
Odessa Potileneck
Black Sea
Ochakov
Rumania
Sipolyany
Odessa-Kishinev-Jasi
Moscow
Bug
Dnieper River
Kindurinskaya Kosa
Russia
Alexander Suvorov
Red Army
Odessa
Monitor
Kishinev
Bessarabian
Kishinevy
Germany
Hamenets Podolsk
Dniester
Czernowicz
Russians Drive Through Ukraine and Hungary in Major Push
Soviet forces sliced into Hungary as German units retreated from the Carpathians and Odessa area. Reports claim 700,000 Germans moved toward Odessa while Russians seized towns along the Dniester and Kishinev region with heavy casualties and aircraft losses.
Loss Of 94 Planes Sets R.A.F. Record
The Royal Air Force suffered a record loss of 94 planes Thursday night as heavy bombers fought through a powerful Nazi fighter force and ground defenses. March proved costly yet victorious for British and American air power with about 6,500 RAF bomber sorties over Germany and high Allied losses.
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London
Wauternberg
Reich
Germany
Europe
BR. A. F
Leipzig
Berlin
Britain
Names May Be Publicized 4. Names May Be Publicized
Washington urged publicity to induce 4-Fs to work in war plants. Col Francis V. Keesling described listing 4-Fs with stars for those taking essential war jobs and directing them to home towns. He cited 6,000,000 draft-age men and claimed many are fathers.
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Washington
Selective Service
Congressional
Francis V. Keesling
Draft Headquarters
House Military Subcommittee On
Keesling
Inter-Agency
Spariaman
Ala
Army Labor Corps
Tax Proposal Exempts Dependent Income Under $500
Washington proposal to exempt dependents income from taxation unless over 500 was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. If enacted, small earnings of children would not be included in parents tax liability. some states allow emancipation to remove a child from dependency.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Wingate killed in Burma plane crash shocks British
Major General Orde Wingate, renowned jungle leader of Allied fighters in Burma, dies in a plane crash on March 24. The War Office provided no details, noting only his 41 years and fame from the ghost army expedition deep behind Japanese lines. In New York, tax hikes on luxury goods sparked a shopping surge as liquor cosmetics furs and luggage flew off shelves ahead of the new levies.
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London
Orde Charlies Wingate
Burma
War Office
Wingate
New York
Manhattan
New York City
Gas Truck Explosion Kills Three and Injures Twenty
An Oklahoma City butane gas truck exploded yesterday, killing three and injuring at least twenty. The blast destroyed a lumber yard and damaged many homes, with flames spewing into the area. One victim, year old T. A. Stevens, was blown through a front window and found beneath a bed.
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Oklahoma City
T. A. Stevens
Aline Maxwell
Allied bombers strike Sofia linking Balkan front with Italy
Allied air officers say heavy daytime and nocturnal raids on Sofia have political ramifications tied to the Russian Balkan advance. The 36 hour bombardment damaged railway yards and installations, with smoke rising two miles, aiming to disrupt German forces on two fronts and provoke anti-Russian sentiment among Bulgarians. Reports note harsh measures against pro Russian activity and growing unrest in Hungary and Romania.
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Naples
Sofia
Balkans
Hitler
Balkan
Italy
Hungary
Rumania
Drinkers Must Pay Exact Amount of Tax
The OPA rejected a proposal raising the tax, so from today patrons will pay exact excise tax amounts per drink. One cent for beer, two cents for drinks with 0.5 to 1 oz of distilled spirits, three cents for 1 to 1.75 oz, and four cents for 1.75 oz or more.
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New York
OPA
Italians Report Nazi Brutalities in Caporosso Evacuation
Refugees in Bari dispatch describe German brutality during the March 10 evacuation of Caporosso, a 600 resident Italian village. An old man was killed. women were shot in cattle sheds. men were sent to Rocca and Montepino for forced labor or prison.
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Naples
Caporosso
Bari
Rocca
Montepino
Soviets Force Japan to Yield Oil Concessions on Sakhalin
The Soviet Union compels Japan to surrender coal and oil concessions on Sakhalin Island with immediate return of rights. Moscow signs protocol promising 450000 tons of oil annually to Japan for five years after the war. The move cripples Japanese energy supplies and is hailed as a major wartime diplomatic victory.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Japan
Sakhalin Island
Siberia
United States
Britain
Sakhalin
Pacific
Tokyo
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kamchatka
Alaska
Lonergan Convicted of Second Degree Murder
Lonergan was found guilty of second degree murder in the October slaying of his heiress wife Patricia. The trial produced a verdict from an all male jury at 10 23 p.m. Eastern War Time. Judge James Garrett Wallace scheduled sentencing for April 17 with a possible 20 years to life term.
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New York U
Wayne Lonergan
Patricia
James Garrett Wallace
Lonergan
Wallace
Frank 8. Hogan
Grumet
Edward Y. Broderick
Joseph Brodenck
African Frogs Introduced In New Pregnancy Test
Dr Abner I Weisman and Christopher W Coates describe a clawed frog based pregnancy test. The test detects pregnancy at three weeks, faster and more accurate than rabbits. They report extensive experiments and growing hospital adoption nationwide.
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New York
Weisman
Coates
Ardsley
Mother Held in Daughter Death in San Francisco
A murder warrant was issued for Louise Flack 28 in San Francisco after her eight year old daughter Delores was found dead in the home. Coroner Kingston said a bottle of sleeping potion found near the crib could indicate the child was put to sleep.
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San Francisco
Louise Flack
Delores
Herbert Kaufman
Alvin Carrasa
John J. Kingston
Quadruplets born at Sloane Hospital Zarief family named
Isadora Elaine Edlen and Benjamin Zarief are the quadruplets born to Mr and Mrs Harry Zarief at Sloane Hospital for Women. The hospital said the babies are healthy and placed in standard formula after leaving oxygenated cribs. mother also reported fine. A second birth, Bachant twins, added that two babies left oxygenated cribs while the smallest remains underweight.
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New York
Isadora
Elaine
Edlen
Benjamin
Harry Zarief
Sloane Hospital
Corp
Herbert Bachant
Bachant
Soldier Vote Bill Becomes Law Amid Amendment Push
President Roosevelt let the Service Vote Bill become law without his signature and urged Congress to ease restrictions on federal ballots for service members overseas. The amended bill allows a federal ballot for president, VP, senator, and representative if state ballots are unavailable, effective midnight as Congress adjourned for Easter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Green
D-R
Army Rule In Hawaii Dealt Blow
Federal Judge Delbert B. Metzger ordered the release of Lloyd le Duncan on a writ of habeas corpus after naval and army officers urged continued martial law in Hawaii due to imminent invasion risk. Duncan must post 500 dollars bond and face trial next Wednesday on whether he has been held illegally. He is a 23 year old Navy yard worker from Sheridan Wyoming who has a six month provost court sentence for assaulting two Marines. The hearing could frame a decisive appeal on martial law continuation in Hawaii.
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Honolulu
T. H. UP
Delbert EB. Metzger
Lloyd le Duncan
Central Pacific
Hawaii
Duncan
Navy Yard
Sheridan
Wyo
Army Denies Tale of Basket Cases
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk dismissed rumors of living torsos from battlefields as false. The Army surgeon general echoed the denial at a press conference, explaining that amputating all limbs would not leave a surviving body and that such tales resurface like World War I rumors.
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Washington
Norman T. Kirk
Army
Truck Crash Drives Tractor Into Living Room
A 2 ton truck trailer collided with a house in West Orange New Jersey. The tractor and trailer penetrated the cellar and living room after the crash. Rescuers cut a door from the cab to free the driver who was not injured according to hospital checks.
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West Orange
N. J
G Wells Confined at Home With Illness in London
London reports author H G Wells is confined to his residence due to illness. He is attended by Lord Horder, King George's physician, as details leaked last night about his health.
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London
P—H. G. Wells
Lord Horder
King George
Business Woman Linked To Nazi Agent
Washington congressional testimony linked Westport contractor Vivien Kellems to a Nazi agent in Argentina. Rep. Coffee described her as “the sweetheart of a Nazi agent” and claimed she exchanged love letters with Count Frederick Karl von Zedlitz in Buenos Aires. He argued she possessed war equipment blueprints of value to the enemy and urged action by the Justice Department.
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Vivien Kellems
Westport
Conn
Congress
Rep. Coffee
D-Wash
Argentina
Coffee
House
Buenos Aires
Miss Kellems
Frederick Karl von Zedlitz
Vivien
Connecticut
American Fleet Threatens Japanese Base at Palau Islands
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced a powerful American armada had moved to the Palau Islands, frightening a portion of the Japanese fleet. Nipponese ships fled before U S combat vessels could position for an attack at the western Caroline edge. The report described a strong naval operation and emphasized American initiative.
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U. S
Pacfic
Pearl Harbor
Palau Islands
Japan
Philippines
United States
Caroline Islands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Allied Bombers Attack Truk and Palau in Pacific Strike
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced South Pacific bombers hit the Japanese bases at Truk and Wolela islands, with a separate raid on Palau marking a westward carrier-supported push. The operation aims to neutralize key Nipponese bases as carrier forces prepare the next amphibious move.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Truk
Wolela
Carolines
Palau
Singapore
Mariana Islands
Washington
Metropolitan Milkshed Price Reaches Record High
New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Vermont Connecticut and Massachusetts dairy producers will get a March pool price of 387 per hundredweight, an all time high. Administrator C J Blanford estimated the total return at more than 18.5 million dollars, up from 16.7 million last March. The record high includes 60 cents per hundredweight in dairy feed payments from the War Food Administration.
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Connecticut
Massachusetts
C. J. Blanford
Blanford
War Food Administration
Time Changes Amid War as Regions Shift to Daylight Saving
The piece notes daylight saving time and double summer time across wartime zones. Britain, liberated Italy, Algeria, and Tunisia adopt summer time, creating six hour differences from New York. Portugal moved clocks in March and April, Australia mostly returns to standard time, yielding a fourteen hour gap with New York.
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New York
Great Britain
Greenswich
Britain
United States
Italy
Algeria
Tunisia
Portugal
Australia
Western Australia
Irish Army Charged With Axis Cooperation
London reports that a captured document shown to Prime Minister de Valera by U S official Gray indicated the outlawed Irish Republican Army planned to cooperate with the Axis. The document allegedly contained maps of bays and water depths along the northern Ireland coast.
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London
Lemmons
Uister Constabulary
Irish Republican Army
Eamon de Valera
U. S
David Gray
Douglas Lloyd Savory
Belefast
Northern Ireland
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