[Homer_J_Simpson]

P-38’s over Capital (Denny) – 2-3
Major Beckham, American Ace, is Missing after Battle with Foe Planes over Germany – 3
War News Summarized – 3
U.S. Planes Strike at Rome; Blast Rail Yards, Airports (Bracker) – 4-5
Six-Ton ‘Factory-Busting’ Bombs Now Used for Special RAF Blows – 5
Sforza for Fiume as Seat of League (Sulzberger) – 6-7
Allied Wounded Being Moved to Hospital Ship in Anzio Harbor (photo) – 6
Russians Advance, but Nazis Stiffen – 7-8
Paramushiru Hit by Our 13th Blow – 8
Chinese in Burma Keep Up Advance – 9
Enemy Base 1,300 Miles from Tokyo Blasted by American Planes (photo) – 9
Invasion Materiel: U.S. Supplies Amassed in England to Smash ‘Fortress Europe’ (photos) – 10-12
Latest War Casualties in the Army and Navy – 14
Deal for Italian Ships (Baldwin) – 15
Post-War Jobs, Public Debt and Taxes Chief Worries of Voters, Gallup Poll Finds (Gallup) – 15
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 16-17
President Names 70 for Promotion – 17
Roosevelt Links Pipeline to Needs – 17

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/mar44/f04mar44.htm

Soviet offensive in Ukraine
Saturday, March 4, 1944 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces launch a new series of attacks in the Ukraine. The forces of 1st Ukrainian Front (Zhukov) attack from the north and east of Tarnopol.

In the Admiralty Islands... US Task Force 74 (Crutchley) shells Japanese batteries on Hauwei and Ndrilo. These guns have hampered American access to Seeadler Bay.

[Tax-chick]

“Sforza for Fiume as Seat of League (Sulzberger) – 6-7”

Some interesting stuff in Count Sforza’s proposals, but it doesn’t seem to have worked out all that great.

[Seizethecarp]

“Roosevelt Links Pipeline to Needs – 17”

Roosevelt promotes Saudi pipeline needs!

[henkster]

Interesting article on giving the flight crews Benzedrine to keep them awake on long missions. The Germans have been giving their troops Pervitin (same thing) for a few years now. There were two things about the article I found interesting; one is what they said, and the other is what they didn’t. What they said is that the Benzies didn’t make you a “superman,” although I’m sure it felt like it.

The other interesting thing is what the good doctor didn’t say. He didn’t say it was safe.