Current Events March 31, 1942; NAZIS CLAIM SUCCESS ON RUSSIAN FRONT:

THE DAILY INTER LAKE

THE DAILY INTERLAKE, KALISIP'ELL MONTANA TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1942

Soviets Batter At German Bases

Reds Relentless Spring Offensive is Pressed

Along The Entire Front

AT SAME TIME NAZI HIGH COMMAND CLAIMS AERIAL

SUCCESSFUL AND THE DESTRUCTION OF 183 RUSSIAN

TANKS BETWEEN MARCH 23 AND MARCH 30 — BRITISH

TELL OF ARCTIC NAVAL BATTLE

(By Associated Press)

Russia's armies, pressing a relentless spring offensive amid

the thawing snows of winter, were reported battering heavily

at key German bases along the entire front today while the

Nazi high command claimed aerial successes and the destruction

of 183 Soviet tanks between March 23 and March 30.

In the battle to keep allied supplies pouring into the U. S.

S. R., the British admiralty reported that British and Russian

naval forces crippled a German destroyer and drove off attacks

by Nazi surface craft and U-boats Sunday while escorting

a convoy to Russia.

British Burma Forces In A Difficult Plight

Defending Forces Fight With

Inadequate Air Support and

With Motorized Vanguards Cut Off

.31._(AP) — British forces

in Burma were in a difficult

plight today, fighting with

inadequate air support,----