The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-21
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE (Unlted Press War EditOrl

As the Red Army drove the Ger mans steadily back towards tn, Carpathians and the southeastern ramparts of Hitlers European fort resS, Nazi forces took military con trol of Hungary today in firm ef fort to avert Q Balkan landslide.
 Hungarian sources in Stockholm reported that about 150,000 German troops had occupied all strategic points in the country, had set up { puppet Nazi government in Buda, pest and had removed regent Ad miral Nicholas Horthy, Premle' Nicholas Kallay and Foreign Min ister Jenoe De Ghyczy to Germany as prisoners.
 The Germans moved in their us ual swift and efficient fashion ane what resistance there was in Hun, gary apparently proved ineffective
 The coup was reported to have been effected while Horthy anC other key officials were out of thu country, summoned to Hitler's felC headquarters to discuss" the fuehr. CTS demands.
 The move apparently was intend cd to forestall & Hungarian efYor to get out of the war and to con vince wavering Rumanla and Bul garia that they have no choice bu to stick with the Axis.
 Situation Worse
 The military situation in Russlt which impelled Hitler to act wa! rapidly getting worse. Russian ad' vance units penetrated beyond tht Dniester river 13 miles into Bess. arabia and were within 40 miles o! the Prut river, Rumanla's l940 bor. der. They also were almost within artillery range Of Baltsi, the rail. way junction whose capture would cripple German military movements in central and northern Bessarabia To the north, within Poland, the Russians likewise were threatening the great railway network centerine in Lwow and were within 50 miles ol the city after Seven-mile advance to Ledukhov.
 German efforts to withdraw from the closing trap in Russia were H. lustrated by apparent preparations to evacuate the Crimea. Soviet planes sank Il ships of a convoy of "A in the Black Sea, believed tc have been headed for the Peninsula
 Italian Front
 On the Italian front, Allied forces were making good use of their con- trol of the air both around CaSsinc and the Anzio beachhead but the Germans were putting up effective resistance on the ground. Although being driven out of Casino itself they threw achievements into the surrounding hills and were able tc counter-attack strongly.
 British planes kept the air of- fensive against Europe going during the night by bombing a munitions works at Anouleme. Franceh, while twin-motored mosquitoes hit targets in western Germany.
 American heavy bombers escorted by fighters attacked the Pas de Calais area on the French coast to- day.
 Great Britain extended apparent preparations for invasion C" s+ts,, continent by establishing a secret military zone along some 6O0 miles of England's south and east coasts Finland announced her rejection of Russia's preferred armistice terms but expressed hope that all agreement still was possible. There was no indication from Moscow that Russia would consent to furth- CT negotiations.
 Pacific War
 The war in the Pacific was mark ed by a victory at seat when Am erican planes sank two loaded transports mad three escorting Corvettes Of a convoy trying tC reinforce the Japanese garrison al Wewak, New Guinea. It was eSti- mated l,500 Japanese troops were