Rommel left Africa for good on March 9, yet here he is still making headlines three weeks later.
Main Forts Taken (Sulzberger) 2-3
Impossible Waste Crossed by British Flanking Column (by Don Whitehead, first-time contributor) 4
Yanks Scale Peak Under German Fire 4-5
Italians Prepare Nation for Worst 5
War News Summarized 5
Air Blows Heavy 6
Russians Gain Toward Smolensk; Tanks and Infantry Hit Defenses 7
Six-Week Old Baby Gets Fathers Medals (photo) 7
When Stalin Put Russias Scorched Earth Policy in Force (photos) 8
U.S. Strategy Set for Pacific Action (Shalett) 9
U.S. Navy On Alert in the Aleutians 10
Chinese Score Coup in Hupeh-Hunan Area; Strike Behind Enemy Line in Fierce Attack 10
College Students Unruly in India (Matthews) 11
The Texts of the Days Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones 13-14