Current Events April 3, 1944;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, APRIL 3, 1944:

Moscow, April 3.—(AP)—

By HENRY C. CASSIDY.

The first Soviet military dispatch of the war from foreign territory reported today that the Red army was marching into Rumania after storming across the Prut river, established

by agreement with Rumania as the boundary in 1940

London, April 3.—(AP)—

British naval planes have scored several bomb hits on the Germans' most powerful battleship, the 35,000-ton Tirpitz,

The Tirpitz was skulking in Norway's Alten fjord, the same spot where she was torpedoed by the

Royal navy's midget submarines last September.

London, April 3.—(AP)'— ,

A great formation of American heavy bombers attacked! , Budapest today, carrying out the first U, S. attack on the ' Hungarian capital.

By EDWARD KENNEDY.

Allied Headquarters, Naples, April 3.—(AP)—

More than 100 enemy planes—the largest number .ever bagged on a single raid from this

theater—were shot down yesterday by a big formation of U. S. heavy bombers and their escorts which roared over the Alps and smashed the German aircraft parts factory and ball-bearing works at Steyr, in old Austria, it was announced today.

Negroes Given

Franchise in

Texas Primary

Washington, April 2.—(AP)—

The supreme court, reversing Its position of nine years ago, ruled today that Negroes have the right to vote in a Texas democratic primary to nominate candidates for congress. Justice Reed delivered the 8-1 decision, which was of far-reaching importance in those southern states where the choice at a primary is usually equivalent to election.

 

JOPLIN, MISSOURI, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1944.—

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ARMY STAFFS

ARE SET UP

ACROSS PRUT

Numerous Villages, Large

and Small, Already Have

Been Taken, Says Dispatch

Captioned "Across the Border."

Moscow, April 3.—(AP)—

By HENRY C. CASSIDY.

The first Soviet military dispatch of the war from foreign territory reported today that the Red army was marching into Rumania after storming across the Prut river, established

by agreement with Rumania as the boundary in 1940

Numerous large and small Rumanian villages have been captured, Red army staffs alreadyhave followed the advance guard across the river and established headquarters on Rumanian soil, the Soviet war correspondent, Boris Polevoy, said in a telegram to Pravda w h i c h was captioned "Across the Border."

The local population was reported giving the Red army a good reception and already returning from hiding places to their homes.

Victory Is Goal,

Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav A. Molotov summoned foreign newspaper correspondents for his first press conference last night and announced the Red army had been given orders to "pursue the enemy until he is routed and capitulates." he revealed the Red army had crossed the Prut into Rumania at several points.

IS ATTACKED

BY BRITISH

NAVALPLANES

Biggest Survivor of Hitler's

Almost Vanquished

Fleet Struck in Norway,

Where Subs Previously

Had Hit It.

London, April 3.—(AP)—

British naval planes have scored several bomb hits on the Germans' most powerful battleship, the 35,000-ton Tirpitz,

The Tirpitz was skulking in Norway's Alten fjord, the same spot where she was torpedoed by the

Royal navy's midget submarines last September.

NAZIS REPORT

VIOLENT AIR

BATTLES RAGE

Destroyer Cited.

Washington, April 3.—(AP) The

destroyer O'Bannon, nicknamed

"Little Helena'^ bedause of her

fighting resemblance to the'cruiser

Helena, has been awarded a

presidential unit citation for "out

standing performance" against the

Japanese,

Great Formation Stages  Attack, the Americans, First on Budapest Railway Center and Aircraft

Plant Targets,

London, April 3.—(AP)'— ,

A great formation of American heavy bombers attacked! , Budapest today, carrying out the first U, S. attack on the ' Hungarian capital.

Japanese Cut Roads

In the Implial Area

British Officials in New Delhi Say They Do

Not Fear for Garrison in Allies' Important

Communications Center.

By the Associated Press.

Roads around Imphal, Manipur capital and important Allied communication center in India, have

been cut by Japanese patrols, but British officials at New Delhi do not fear for the safety of the garrison there.

A statement from the New Delhi Allied headquarters of Admiral Louis Mountbatten replying to the question whether air-borne supplies might be dropped to the Imphal garrison said that would not be necessary as the crisis would be overcome before such action was needed. that Japanese forces trying to reach the highway leading southward to Tiddam were driven off.

Quiet Around Arakan.

The Tamu-Palel road near the India-Burma frontier remained un- der Japanese artillery fire, but the situation on the Arakan front in southwestern Burma was reported quiet. Twelve Japanese planes were destroyed by the Allies in Burmese operations.

Y a n k s B a g 1 0 0

N a z I Planes

In R a i d on

A u s t r i a

By EDWARD KENNEDY.

Allied Headquarters, Naples, April 3.—(AP)—

More than 100 enemy planes—the largest number .ever bagged on a single raid from this

theater—were shot down yesterday by a big formation of U. S. heavy bombers and their escorts which roared over the Alps and smashed the German aircraft parts factory and ball-bearing works at Steyr, in old Austria, it was announced today.

On the Italian battleground the Fifth army repulsed a small German thrust on the left flank of the

Allied beachhead below Rome, Enemy patrols in the Cassino area were beaten back and there were artillery duels in the Adriatic sector and the Garigliano region.

An estimated 800 enemy planes were encountered on the Steyr raid and some of them .used rockets and aerial bombs. Anti-aircraft fireover the town was the most intense ever met by bombers from this theater, many crewmen said, and this plus the fighter attacks indicated the importance the Germans attached to the industrial establishments there.

Negroes Given

Franchise in

Texas Primary

Washington, April 2.—(AP)—

The supreme court, reversing Its position of nine years ago, ruled today that Negroes have the right to vote in a Texas democratic primary to nominate candidates for congress. Justice Reed delivered the 8-1 decision, which was of far-reaching importance in those southern states where the choice at a primary is usually equivalent to election.

Justice Roberts dissented.

The majority opinion states that "the right to vote in such a primary for the nomination of candidates without discrimination by the state, like the right to vote in a general election, is a right secured by the constitution.

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