Russians press on Baltic pocket fronts with new captures
Soviet forces seized seven localities along a 27 mile front opposite Brandenburg and Heiligenbeil securing positions near Blachau Eisenberg Vogelsang and Kobbelbude. They claimed over 1000 German captives as fighting continued east of the Gdynia Danzig pocket amid reports of air strikes and attempts to break the Berlin area defenses.
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Brandenburg
Heiligenbeil
Braunsberg
Koenigsberg
Heyde-Waldburg
Kobbelbude
Blachau
Eisenberg
Vogelsang
Gdynia-Danzig
Oder River
Lebus
Berlin
Prussia
Gdynia
Danzig
Dresden
Dievrnow
Baltic
Schtemernde
Stettin
Ruston
Gerk
Stetti
Allied Breakthrough Expands Rhine Bridgehead Into Germany
U S First Army pushes six miles into the Rhine bridgehead while the Seventh and Third Armies drive on a 50 mile front south of the Saar and along the Moselle. Axis reports of multiple American advances describe tank counterattacks and heavy bombardment as German forces retreat toward the Siegfried Line.
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Paris
U. S. First Army
Rhine
Ruhr
U. S. 15Th Army
U. S. Seventh Army
Saar
U.S. Third Army
Siegfried Line
U. S
Moselle
Coblenz
Siegfried
Seventh Army
Little
Saar Basin
Germany
Boppard
Ninth
Ninth Army
Duisberg
Remagen
Honnef
Rottbitze
Aegidienberg
Hitler
Palatinate
Patch
Colmar
Guedingen
Saarbruecken
Ensheim
Attweiler
Strasbourg
Haguenau
Hardt
Hodges
Fallen Honnef
Siezed Rheendorf
Steinshardt
Remagen Bridge
Hesseln
Lorscheid
Hahnen
Stradt
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
U. S. Third Army
Nazi peace feeler relayed to Stockholm rejected by British
German peace feeler conveyed to the British legation in Stockholm via a Swedish business man was rejected the British said An approach was made to a junior staffer and declined Officials in Stockholm viewed the move as Nazi propaganda aimed at sowing Allied mistrust Goebbels is said to be coordinating a final campaign to spread peace offers and confusion Svenska Dagbladet reported attempts to contact both British and American officials with threats of Russian occupation unless an armistice is accepted
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Stockholm
Legation
London
Bashel
Goebbels
Svenska Dagbladet
United States
Berchtesgaden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Germany
First Locomotive Rolls Into Manila Amid Advance News
General MacArthur announced progress on Luzon fronts and Mindanao gains as American engineers rebuilt the Lingayen Manila railroad. Mindanao saw Manicahan and San Ramon captured, Manila welcomed the first train led by MacArthur who praised the rapid reconstruction.
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Manila
General MacArthur
Luzon
Mindanao
MacArthur
Lingayen-Manila
Jens A. Doe
Manicahan
San Ramon
Zamboanga
Pacific
158Th
Bolo
Teresa
China Sea
Formosa
Navy
LST
Col
John P. Johnson
Topeka
Kan
Reporters To Get Breaks at Frisco
President Roosevelt announced at a news conference that the United Nations conference in San Francisco will be open to the press and radio. He said information procedures will mirror the Mexico City conference and open meetings will reverse the 1942 Hot Springs policy that barred reporters and isolated delegates. Soldiers with bayonets previously kept reporters from the con feres.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
San Francisco
Mexico City
Hot Springs
4000 Marines Die To Take Iwo
U S PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS Guam March 16 Four thousand American Marines paid with their lives for Iwo Jima a costliest invasion of the Pacific war Vice Adm Richmond Kelly Turner indicated aboard his flagship off that island Turner said Marine losses were less than one fifth of enemy The admiral noted estimates of 20000 Japanese killed on Iwo by March 14 Gen Holland M Smith echoed the view that frontal assault was necessary and well planned to seize the forward base for air strikes toward Japan
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Adm
Richmond Kelly Turner
Tokyo
Turner
Nimitz
Holland M. Smith
Pacific
Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Smith
Japan
Weather forecast for Amarillo region and West Texas
Mostly cloudy Friday with mild temperatures and winds 30 to 40 mph. Friday night remains cloudy and clear in West Texas with scattered showers and cooler conditions. Saturday will be partly cloudy. Panhandle and South Plains expect variable skies and breezy to strong winds. Daytime highs reach around 70, with overnight lows near 44. Sunrise at 7:56 a.m. Sunset 7:55 p.m.
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Amarillo
Texas
Mae Panhandle
South Plains
36th Captures 20,001 Nazis
Temple report says the 36th Division has held 20,000 German prisoners since Riviera invasion into Southern France. The capture includes an SS officer Lt Helmut Knute by the 143rd Infantry, while the 36th is named the leading prisoner taker in the Texas division. The next prisoner, 20,001, challenges the idea of victory with a stark contrast.
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Riviera
France
Helmut Knute
Texas
Germany
Tobacco Chief Dashes Hopes
Reynolds Tobacco chairman Clay Williams testified before a Senate committee saying the company makes cigarettes. Senator Wagner interrupted with a question about bringing a pack, and Williams answered yes. The exchange drew attention as lawmakers listened closely.
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Washington
Clay Williams
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Senate
Ducks Unlimited plan eyed by Panhandle sportsmen
Tom Main of Ducks Unlimited told Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen Club members and 9 500 supporters at the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel that the group aims to increase bird numbers for hunters. He cited past declines due to droughts fires and predation and noted 142 projects covering 1 206 000 acres in three Canadian provinces.
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Ducks, Unlimited
Canada
Panhandle
Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmens Club
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Tom Main
United States
Mr. Main
Germans Surrender After Cruel Crippling of Soldiers
A German medic claiming anti-Nazi stance surrendered with eight wounded soldiers east of the Rhine. He admitted using deliberate crushing of wrists and ankles to enable escape from combat, describing a systematic crippling method used by his unit.
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U. S. First Army
the Rhine
Churchill Optimistic In Party Pep Talk
Churchill told a Conservative Party conference that victory over Germany could come before summer ends and that a general election could follow. He urged free enterprise, urged Conservatives to fight a right versus left showdown, and urged the party to face defeat if needed to tell hard truths.
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Churchill
London
Europe
Cear
Germany
Britain
Rites for slain Amarillo detective L D Savage set today
A memorial service is planned at 4 pm in the N S Griggs & Sons chapel for Amarillo detective L D Savage who died from gunshot wounds after arresting two men. The service will be led by Dr A D Foreman Jr and Dr E B Fincher with pallbearers named. Savage served 16 years in city service and 30 years in Amarillo, leaving a wife two daughters and a son. A community fund raised to honor his work quickly reached 835 dollars. Meanwhile murder charges were filed against Eddie Thompson and Elbert Day, arraigned and returned to the county jail to await grand jury action, with additional kidnapping charges and Dyer Act violation tied to Billie Joe Kunkle.
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L. D. Savage
Amarillo
N. S Griggs & Sons
A. D. Foreman, Jr
First Baptist Church
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
A S. Harper
R. A. Marshall
J. L King
James W. Adams
J. P. Allen
C. EF. Sadler
Savage
Fire Department
Police Department
Mary L. Savage
R. E. Moreman
K. N. Atteberry
BU Adamoy
San Jon
N. M
Billie Joe Kunkle
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Posgrrenta
Patton
Frisco
Russell Stationery Company
Iwo
W. J Morris
Insurance
Dial
Olver & Wilkins Lbr. Co
Dashes
Senator Wagner
New York
Williams
Gillette Wits
Plains Sportsmen
Main
Pampa
News-Globe
Arthur Ball
Dorsey B. Smith
Virginia Blackwell
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