TRIPES Dally Newspaper ofofU.S. Armed Forces inin thetheEuropean Theater ofofOperations Vol. 44 No. 102 New York, N.Y.—^London, England Forts Raid Brunswick Without Wednesday,aaFightMarchMarch1,1944 Guns,Planes InInvasionvasionAAirirPlansSet,Set,ClirnaxClirnaxScene ofofBig Battle Are Blasting To War IsIsNearing—Sinclair Allied air plans for the invasion oC Europe are ready, Air Minister Sir- Jan.1111Hit;LuftwalFe Archibald Sinclair told Conimons yesterday. "We are approaching the Pskov Nazis climax of the war—a period wRich will demand the greatest concentration ototetton.etton.We havehavemademadeourourdispositions," hehedeclared RedsNowinSight ofofBaltic Sinclair said air supremacy that could "paralyze German war industry IsIsMarkedly Absent and transport and clear the road to Berlin" now was "clearly attainable." Gateway; NewNewDriveDriveilans ininprepared for many months, he revealed,-were behind the great Nevel SectorSectorOpenedOpenedoffensive last week when Anglo-American bomber commands combined Huge U.S. Fighter Escort Accompaiiiss both day and night operations, asaswell asasoperations from both Italian Fighting forforPskov gained ininfury andandbritishbritishbases, toto strikestrike atat Germany'sGermany's vitalvital aircraftaircraftHeavies;Heavies; factoriesfactories BlowsBlowsWeekWeekPossible LastLast yesterdayyesterday asas threethree SovietSoviet.. "I"Ihave the columns,columns,impression," said the Air Minister, "that our bomber offensive .. nownow withinwithinthat sightsightBalticBaltic ofof gategateis sometimes thought ofof asasififititwere producing nonovisible results for the Factor ininLack ofofOpposition wayway andand onlyonly sevenseven tototime tentenbeing, milesmilesbut might away,away,lead suddenly to the enemy's collapse—as ififwe turned heavyheavy siegesiegebombers gunsguns andandwere hammenng atataadoor in the expectation that the lock might suddenly The German airplane-manufacturing center of- Brunswick, scene six weeks againstagainst thethe city'scity's outeroutergivegive defensesdefensesway. inin aa .. ©© // ago ofofone of the greatest aerial battles of the war, got its fourth heavy blow strong bidbid toto wipewipe outout thetheOn junctionjunctionthe contrary we are steadily pushing the door open, inch by inch, ofofthe naonth yesterday from Flying Fortresses, and returning otot meetingmeetingvirtually nonofishierfishier •• •'•' -- and smash theirtheir waywaymtomtothetheBaJticBaJtic OaJy oneone.bomber was lost, andandAllied fighter pilots claimed only three States. Ws-hle^me^^iSviSiDie, measurao/ethrough.ancfancfprogtvssrvc."Our offensive is producing results which.Me enemy planes destroyed—one by U.S. fighters and two by RAF. Six Even as the battle inin the north Sinclair gave Commons aadetailed picture, of some of the damage American andandtwo RAFRAFescort planes failed totoreturn. moved swiftly toward aaclimax, German done mm[he battle to finish the Luftwaffe. The recent raid on Stuttgart AAmammoth fighter escort and heavy clouds—plus the terrific battering the radio satd that seven Red divisions had knocked out "for many months" the Bosch factory producing most ofof launched aa new offensive northwest of the magnetos, sparkplugs and fuel pumps for the German AirAirForce. The Luttwaffe fighters suffere'd last week—combined to prevent any semblance Nevcl. J50 miles toto thethesouth. ofofthe combat over Brunswick Jan. 11, when 60 American bombers, five Col.Col. ErnstErnst vonvon Hammer,Hammer, militarymilitary com-com-iCoiitmuediCoiitmuedonon pagepage 4}4} nn -a 11TkTk•• 11 American tighters and 152 Ge'rmaa mentaior TorTorGerman NewsNews Agency,Agency, dede fightersfightersshot wereweredown. scribed the newest attack asas"an out Tax Taps Higli Brass Only KabaiiiKaiciers Some crews saidsaid theirtheir escortescortshep ofof flankingflankingoperation onon aa largelarge scale"scale" andand herding P38s, P47s andandP51s was sosogreat saidsaid thetheRussians struck withwith "many"many tanktank ititmay well have setset aarecord, andand andandinfantry ..divisions, employing aa Unmolested for oneoneForirejsForirejspilot,pilot, Maj.Maj. LouisLouis W.W. remarkable amount of artillery andand battlebattleMarch 15 IsIsOne Day inin366 Dolan,Dolan,ofof Denver,Denver,typified thethe remarksremarks planes."' ofof manymanyothers whenwhensaid; hehe "We hadhad Front-line reports totoMoscow from thethe 7tli7tliDayDay illilliheihemostmost RowRowbeautiful fighter escortescortI'veI'veeverever PskovPskovfighting saidsaidGermansGermans thethe were putput We'veWe'veGotItontheHomeFront seen.seen. Thunderbolts,Thunderbolts, LightningsLightnings andand •• tingtingstiffstiff upupresistance, butbut "beginning"beginning toto Over 200 Bombers Paste Musiangs were ahead ofofus, beside us, show signs ofconfusion" as Red bombers Urfless you're atatJeast aamajor, unmarried, no children, you don't have overover us,us, underunder usus andand everywhere."everywhere." pounded pillbox defenses and s/nasJjed to worry about 1943 income-tax statement that is going to cause so Battered Base;Base; LibsLibsThe HitHitonly enemy aircraft shot down by railways leading into Pskov from soudi many headaches back home the J5th ofofthis month. ih^ Americans was aaJu52, aatri-motored and westwestlolodisorganize troop movements.movements. 22N, Guinea Targets transport, which apparently hadhadbeen Two Rail Lines Menaced Under federai law, soldiers overseas are excused from income-tax pay- Hung itiio the fray as aafighter, according TwoTwosouthbound lineslinesleading toto ments until the war isisover, ororuntil ihey return totothe United States. ALLIEDALLIEDSouthwest HQ.HQ.Pacific, Feb.Feb.10 Maj. Gerald Johnson, ofofOwenton, WacsaiK. oafi- Ky,Ky, 39—For thethe.seventh.seventhsuccessivesuccessive dayday thethe \^v\^\^v\^tor pWox. \\ have any btick \\meet the well over 200 U.S. bombers II whichwhich yesterdayyesterdaysm'ashed atatRabaul,Rabaul,iheihe Coast Offenshe GoesGoes OnOn was within 1515n>iles of vhevhePskov-Polotsk to pay onononnis hishisreturn, sincesincesmce it is generally irw that men below vhevherank ot bomb-guttedbomb-gutted NewNewbase,base,destroydestroy BritainBritainWhile the Fortresses were striking again \ine atatNovorzhev, aa minor hedgehog ingingharbor buildings,buildings, blowingblowingatat GermanGermanupup ammuammuproduction-hammered lighterlighter guarding UieUieBaUic. The other, moving 'Test' Planned majormajor areareearning notnottaxabletaxable incomesincomesnitionnition inin dumpsdumps andand sinkingsinkinglastlast severalseveral weekweek mm barges.barges. thethe mostmost severesevere scriesscries ofof airair west of Novo Sokolniki, was about the viewview ofof thethe specialspecial exemptionsexemptionsOnly one bomber forforfailedfailed serserretuhn toto toto itsitsattacksattackswar—otherwar—other ofof thethe AlliedAllied airair forcesforces same distance away from the same line vicemen. Solomons base,base, beingbeing forcedforcedwerewere downdowncarrying onon byby ananall-day aa assault onon thethe at Idritsa. Both were about 40 miles Proponents Hope toto HaveHaveTheseThese workwork outoutS1,500 atatplusplus aa basicbasichit scored byby weakweakJap anti-aircraft fire.fire.rocket-gun coast"coast" ofof France'sFrance's PasPas dede from the Latvian border. ananextra $500 personal exemption forforSome quarters inin Gen. MacArthur's Calais.Calais.TheThe raidersraiders includedincluded AmericanAmerican AAdispatch totothe Moscow Red Star Courts Pass on Bill's single men.men. MarriedMarried menmenheadquarters getget anansaid extraextrathat Rabaul had ceased Liberators ofof thetheEighth AirAirForce:Force: from the Pskov area said the Red Army's SS1,2001,200personal exempiion plusplus S350S350toto forfor beberegarded asasserious aa menace—land, medium, light and fighter bombers ofof thethe progress was hampered byby wrecked Constitutionality eacheachchild. InInaddition, ihereihereareare thethesea, or air—to Allied operations. rhL rap""rap"" similar aircraft ofof German trucks, cars and tanks. Red regularregular allowancesallowances forfor charitycharityIn New Guinea, andand churchchurchFifth Air Force thethe RAF,RAF, allall underunder escort.escort. Star added that the Russians were giving WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—Congres donations andandother permissiblepermissibleLiberators, items.items.escorted byby P47s,P47s,struck TheTheFortress attack ononBrunswick ter-ter- thetheenemy no rest."rest."carrying out raids inin sional proponents of aa uniform federal AllowancesAllowancesquarters forforandand;aiions;aiionsareareWewak withwith 8080of tonstonsbombs,bombs,destroying minatcd aarecord month, ininwhich 19 the middle of the night. ballot forforsoldier, voting overseas today not taxable. fivefivegrounded aircraft andandprobably four -heavy attacks had been made on Germany Gen. PopKJv'sPopKJv'stroops, approaching AA mastermaster sergeant,sergeant,basic paypay drawingdrawingmore. and military largets in the oSS Pskov fiom the southeast, were reported proposed aa "quick test" of the measure's AtAtAitape, 9090 milesmilesof westwestWewak, countries inin2929days. constitutionality totoanswer charges that itit ofof5165.605165.60forfor overseasoverseasreceives duty,duty, to have swarmed across the Cherekha annuallyannuallySI,987.20. '' Single,Single, hishis twotwoother Libs exex dumped 7373tons of bombs ..Airmen returning from thetheGerman River and advanced fivefivemiles beyond would deprive the states of tlietlieright toto destroying oror damaging 1818grounded aircraft center expressed astonishment atat make their own election rules. emption allowances