Thirds Armor Storms to Rhine Berlin Push Opens
Zhukov's First White Russian Army begins a major assault on Berlin from the Oder fronts aided by seven armies including two tank armies. Soviet announcements claim progress with capture of Stepenitz Gallnow and Massow as the Berlin offensive expands from Kuestrin toward the capital while Germany reports heavy attacks and wider river-front advances.
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London
Marshal Zhukov
Berlin
Oder River
Kuestrin
Zhukov
Moscow
Oder
Baltic Sea
Stalin
Stepenitz
Gallnow
Massow
Stettiner Haff
Stettin
Baltic
Staro
German Transocean Agency
Schwedt
Crossen
Germans Surrendering To Patton In Droves On Rhine Advance
German prisoners streamed south and east as General Patton’s Third Army pushed toward the Rhine, reaching Coblenz area with heavy captures and widespread surrender. Armored forces covered 65 miles toward the Rhine, torching supplies and disarming large German formations, with civilians and liberated workers witnessing the rapid collapse.
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Rhine
Coblenz
Fourth Armored
Patton
Reich
Normandy
Third Army
Germany
Ehrenbreitstein
Raymond O. Barton
Ada
Okla
Ardennes
Bonn
West
U.S. First Army
Cologne
Fisenhower
Moselle
Hitler
Rhineland
Eben
Ninth Army
Third
Fat stock show sales climax as champion bull sells for 1625
Auction results from a Panhandle Hereford sale show top price of 1625 for H H Reeves Shamrock grand champion bull bought by HB McGowan Claude. Four bulls and one female exceeded a thousand dollars, with average sales around 468 and 592 for females. Pigs lambs calves auctions follow for 4-H and FFA youths supporting the show.
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FFA Club
H. H. Reeve
HB. McGowan
Claude
Schumpert Hereford Ranch
Portales
N. M
J. F. Ross and Sons
Goodlett
H. H. Reeves
Shamrock
Silver Crest Hereford Farms
Fort Worth
Col. Fort Gartin
Art Bralley
Potter County
Bralley
Warplanes Step Up Attack On Ruhr Rails
About 1,200 American heavy bombers and fighters intensified raids on Ruhr rail belts to sever supply lines into the German industrial area. RAF aircraft bombed Western Germany. 900 plus U S bombers and 250 fighters targeted rail yards at Soest Dortmund Siegen and nearby plants. Visual bombing limited by clouds. Bielefeld viaduct hit only visually.
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Ruhr
London
Germany
Achtung
Skagerrak
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Bielefeld
Rubhr
Soest
Dortmund
Siegen
Cologne
Harpenerweg
Castrop Rauxel Benzel
Looting Breaks Out as Allied Occupation Enters Cologne
In Cologne on March 7 German looting erupted as American troops entered the city ending 12 years of Nazi rule. Food dumps liquor warehouses and department stores were raided by crowds amid celebratory chaos. Lt. Walter H. Stevens described the scene as a wild carnival like a Saturday night in town with citizens carrying cheese liquor and clothes through floodlit streets.
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Cologne
Germany
eRict
Alstade
Old City
Walter H. Stevens
Salt Lake City
Rhine
Runaway teens detained as city police nab three youths
Three 16 year old boys were picked up Tuesday afternoon by city police. One youth will be turned over to Chicago authorities who have been seeking them since Friday. The fragment mentions Social security record systems and several business names including Russell Stationery Company W J Morris and Olver Wiggin Lumber Co at 1200 W 6th.
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Chicago
Marines Drive 500 Yard Salients in Iwo Jima Battle
U S forces report a renewed advance on Iwo Jima with three Marine divisions pushing gains up to 500 yards in fortified northern areas. Despite heavy enemy fire, the assault continues as carrier planes target Japanese bases in the Bonins and plan further operations. The Luzon campaign also advances with American forces seizing Balayan and Calatagan on Luzon’s south coast amid heavy air strikes against the Shimbu line. Jungle fighting and cave ambushes persist as MacArthur’s forces press toward final objectives.
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Manila
Luzon
MacArthur
Eighth Army
Balayan Bay
Southwest Pacific
Antipolo
Wawa
Marikina
Eleventh Airborne Division
158Th Infantry
Manila Bay
Verde Island
Mindoro Island
Balayan
Calatagan
Batangas
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
United States
Iwo
Keller E. Rockey
Fifth Marine
Graves B. Erskine
Third Marine
Clifton B. Gates
Bonins
Chichi
Haha
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas Regions
Amarillo and West Texas forecast partly cloudy and warmer conditions. Thursday night sees little temperature change. Del Rio Eagle Pass area may have occasional rain with partly cloudy skies Friday. Sunrise at 8 07 AM and sunset at 7 49 PM.
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Amarillo
Wincinity
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Junior Burglar Caught in Act
A 15 year old youth attempted a burglary at Finch Service Station at 704 North East Light on the Panhandle Highway. He hid in bushes when a car passed, then tried again until a police car stopped him. He was turned over to county juvenile authorities.
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Finch
North East Lighth
Panhandle Highway
Mulrglar
Floods Deepen As Relief Seen
Flood waters along the Ohio River and its tributaries rise further amid heavy rain turning to snow. Forecasters expect crests 15 to 20 feet above flood level across the basin, threatening thousands of lowland families and disrupting wartime production. In Pittsburgh area and Portsmouth Ohio, flood levels push toward 64 to 65 feet while a reinforced floodwall barely holds back water. Kenneth Brown warns the temporary levee is a gamble.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Portsmouth
Damocles
Scioto
Kenneth Brown
U.S
Britain To Hang Paratrooper Today
Pvt Karl Gustav Hulten, a U S Army parachutist, is scheduled to be hanged at 9 A M tomorrow in Pentonville prison London. He is the first American soldier executed by British civil authorities in wartime after exhausting his appeals. Today he was moved from Wormwood Scrubs to the death cell at Pentonville.
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London
Karl Gustav Hulten
Pentonville Prison
Hulton
Wormwood Scrubs
Pentonville
Miracle of Cologne Cathedral Survives City Ruin
In Cologne on March 7 Doughboys observed the cathedral’s slender spires piercing the devastation from Allied air raids. The ancient Gothic structure, hit seven times in two years, stood largely intact while surrounding streets and buildings lay in ruins and debris filled the avenues.
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Cologne
Don Whitehead
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Mewe
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Stimson
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First
Cofogme
Ceerolstein
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Kyl
Reinbech
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Cohlenz
Claude Man
FFA
Lee Ward
Wilson
D. D. Wilson
Vernon
Verne Scott
Social Security Record Systems
Russell Stationery Company
W_J Morris
Insurance
Dial
Olver & Wigg Ins Lbr. Co
Batangas Bay
Corregidor Island
503Rd
1Lth
Tiaong
Australia
Bay
DNR
Dundee
Tynasxas
Wes
Tide Sde
Cincinnati
Britain
Micheerl Cooney
San Dae
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