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LONDON, March 24, (AP>—
Turkey advanced reports that
German reinforcements were be
ing rushed to all points on the
Roumanian and Bulgarian ports
on the Black Sea, which indicated
the possible beginning of a full
scale occupation of all Roumarua
This may be a last ditch stand
in Hitler’s defense strategy against
the advancing Russian armies.
Turkey herself is said to be
casting an anxious eye over the
extensive German troop move
ments throughout eastern Europe
An Istanbul dispatch said, it
had been learned that the Ger
mans were in full control of ev
ery Roumanian and Bulgarian
city on the Black Sea.
All local troops under the com
mand of Nazi officers were using
every available boat and barge
on the Danube to move troops
and materials.
CHURCHILL
VISITS WITH
U S TROOPS
LONDON, March 24, (API—Win
ston Churchill paid a surprise vis
it to the American Airborne
troops on an English countryside
and voiced a deed feeling, when
telling them thacy “would sof.
have the opportunity” of landing
on soil in Nazi occupied Europe
In h s company were General
Dwight Eisenhower, Lt General j
Bradley, Maj Gen Lewis Brer- j
eton, commander of the U. S. 9 a.
Air Force
Churchill witnessed a colorful
sipectacle of many hundreds of ;
American s'( troopers leaping
from swift roiling waves of planes
onto the green English fields a
few hundred yards from the re
viewing stand.
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LONDON GETS
ANOTHER
HEAVY RAID
LONDON. March 24, (AP>—Nazi
fire raiders dropped incendiaries'
in some sections of London early
Friday morning in a short attack
on the capital. causing the third
alarm in three nights.
APPLIES FOR
NEW AIR ROUTE
TO NOME
WASHINGTON, March 24, (API
—Christopher Abbott, presidjent
of the Prairie Airways Alliance,
aplied to tlie Cjvil Aeronautics
board for authority to operate an
air service between Great Falls,
Montana and Nome, by way of
Letjhbridge, Edmonton, Fort St.
John, Whitehorse and Fairbanks,
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ARCTIC CLUB MEMBERS!
A club dinner-dance for
members will be given at the
Nevada Lounge Tonight, Sat
urday. Mar. 25. 7 P M.
RUSSIANS
ADVANCE ON
PRUT RIVER
MOSCOW. March 24, <AP>—'The
Russian troops were within sight
of the Prut river from the heights
fifteen miles away and continued
their advance through Bessarabia
through the first foothills in the
Carpathian Mountains. The Prut
River is part of the bound ary of
the Roumanian border and a key
point, in the strategy of north
eastern Roumania. Marshal
Konev’s second Ukrainian army
is repodted increasing its pace
in its advance toward Prut and
on' to firmer and higher ground.
The German communique said.
“Grim defensive fighting against
superior Soviet forces continues.’’
The Germans asserted they had
repulsed other • Russians in the
northwest af Kovel, 33 miles from
the Curson line in Old Poland.
The Red army hlso reported
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they made advances in the south
east at Vitebsk in White Russia,
and also on two sides of the isol- 1
ated Crimea with strong forces.
IMPROVED L1GHTNIN G—The twelfth improved model of the P-SS fighter plane (above)
has been put into service with 30 per cent more power and increased maneuverability.
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MOTOR CORPS MOUNTIES ride narrow winding trails in the
Santa ( rut, Calif, mountain country to maintain courier service for
isolated farmers. Trips are particularly difficult riurini; winter months.
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TRAINING FOR THE REAL THING—Dill Robertson, Red Cross
field man. crawls through machine gun fire and dynamite blasts of an
infilitration course for paratroopers of the I3lh Airborne Division he j
i w Ml s'Tve overseas
(BOMBERS HIT
AIT APE
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j ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, SW.
PACIFIC, March 24, <AP>—Fifth
| Army airforce bombers and fight*
|ers were intent on making Jap
held northern New Guinea help
less on both land and sea. They
pressed on gun positions, shipping
and grounded planes in the Wewak
base area
Attacks Wednesday centered
arocnd Muschu and other islands
off Wewak where the bulk of
the enemy's shipping was found.
They also destroyed two freight
ers totalling 2500 tons. Airmen
also smashed 7 smaller vessels,
and 23 barges.
General ^facArthur’s communi
que said that a powerful fleet
if Liberators and medium bomb
ers and Boston attack planes
.wept the coast at Aitape, 90 miles
.ast of Wewak, with 2§0 tons of
oombs Eight heavy gun poa
ions were destroyed and a number
of parked planes and buildings.
The enemy offered no aerial
resistance No planes were
nissing.
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VETERANS
TO HAVE
PREFERENCE
WASHINGTON, March 24,<AP)—
Legislation is under way to give
war veterans, both men and wo
men preference in filling govern
ment jobs. This act would give
service men and women 5 to 10.
points additional in the grades
they make when taking the.r civil
service examinations.
It also requires veterans
to oe placed on the top of these
lists oi those eligible for the pos
ition, even if non-veterans made
the higher grades.
rLORENCE
f HEIGHT YARDS
tf LASTED
ALLIED HEADQUAETERS, Na'*
PLES, Marcn 24, (AP)—Today
brought two new bomber blows
against enemy supply lines in Nor
thern Italy at Florence and Padua,
was announced by Allied Head
quarters, as heavy fighting con
tinued.
There was no change .a the
situation at Cass.no
American Marauaers a -re out
in lorce yerteruay .. ,.i biuslfed
C'arnpo di M^rte treignt yards,
tne largest in the t.orence area,
it was not m: in the first, attack
on Florence on March 11,
Reconnaissance showed great
destruction, and -mo<te r 9 i00ft.