Big Push Started (Sulzberger) – 2-3
North African Raiders: Ours Returned, Nazis’ Did Not (photos) – 3
Red Army Poised for Next Big Push (Parker) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Official Table of Consumer Point Values for Meat, Fats, Fish, and Cheese – 5
Japanese Go West (Morris) – 6
Major Air Stations Built in Solomons (Trumbull) – 7
Nazis Execute 3 Munich Students for Writing Anti-Hitler Pamphlets (Axelsson) – 7
Keynes Proposes World Currency (Daniell) – 8
Flags to Be Presented to Crew of Polish Destroyer (with photo) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11
Rachmaninoff Dies in California at 70 * – 12-14
Eden’s Trip to U.S. Held Exploratory (by Harold Callender) – 14
* While reading the obituary you might open another browser tab and listen to the following selection to create the right atmosphere. The video/slideshow also has some interesting photos of the composer.
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Van Cliburn, with Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/mar1943/f29mar43.htm
Axis troops hold Akarit line
Monday, March 29, 1943 www.onwar.com
German recon troops on the move [photo at link].
In Tunisia... The last Axis units reach Wadi Akarit as the New Zealand Corps enter Gabes. General Mess, commanding the Italian 1st Army, reports to the Italian High Command that the Akarit position has not received much preparation and may be vulnerable to a rapid attack. This position is, however, considered a naturally defensive barrier.
Four historical giants are on that particular YouTube....Maestro Rachmaninoff, Maestro Fritz Reiner, Maestro Van Cliburn....and the beautiful, timeless music of the piano symphony itself.
Leni