Russians Reach Near Stettin as Drive Advances toward Danzig
Soviet forces pushed within six miles of the Free City of Danzig and within three and a half miles of Stettin as Zhukov’s First White Army broke into the inner defenses. Kiev and Koenigsberg pockets were reported tied to a broader push toward Prague, Vienna, and Brandenburg with heavy fighting along the Oder and Baltic ports.
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London
Germany
Baltic
Stettin
Free
Danzig
Marshal Zhukov
Alftdamm
Oder River
Kamkau
East Prussia
Moscow
Koenigsberg
Berlin
Pomeranian
Prague
Moravian
Vienna
Middle Oder
Klessin
Podelzig
Reich
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Kolberg
Shelltorn
Frisches Haff Lagoon
Koenigsburg
Brandenburg
Heilgenbeil
Braunsberg
Gdynia
Rokossovsky
B 29s Bomb Kobe in Heaviest Fire Raid Yet
American superforts dropped near 2500 tons of incendiaries on Kobe from high altitude before dawn. The five square mile target lay in central Kobe as the heaviest fire raid yet on any Japanese city with 300 plus B 29s reported. Tokyo claimed many planes shot down or damaged while Osaka and Nagoya also suffered incendiaries. The raid is part of a series of eight days of major blows on Japan.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
Navy
Kobe
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoya
Sky Giants
Kawasaki
Nazi Victory In Reverse Propaganda Echoed
London reports Goebbels in Das Reich predicts Germany will win the war by losses. He says those who fight with least regard for losses have the best chance to win, while admitting Germany faces embarrassments that will force her hand. The Berlin radio relayed the quotes.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
Germany
Berlin
Sub Scuttled in Boston Accident
Submarine sinks at Boston Navy Yard pier after torpedo tube opened by mistake. Workmen and Navy personnel escaped as salvage operations begin. craft settled upright in 45 feet of water.
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Boston
Boston Navy Yard
First
Naval District
German peace feelers aim to sow Allied dissension
London reports diplomats believe German efforts to split Allied unity will hit neutral capitals in weeks. A British official in Stockholm was approached but Britain ignored the gesture and alerted the United States and Russia. Roosevelt said he had received no such information. An informant linked Fritz Hesse to preliminary talks for an armistice.
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London
Stockholm
United States
Russia
Washington
State Department
Britain
White House
Roosevelt
Fritz Hesse
von Ribbentrop
Svenska Dagbladet
Nazis Send Peace Feelers From Berlin to Stockholm
A Moscow radio report said the last Nazi office left Berlin and officials moved to Southern Germany with food stores. British and American officials denied knowledge of any approach, while diplomats noted the move aimed to sow discord among Britain, America, and Russia as Hitler weighed a peace bid. The claim followed alleged talks between Hesse and Hitler after Von Ribbentrop’s late night dispute, with Hesse seeking contact with British and American officials via Stockholm.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Moscow Radio
Hesse
Svenska Dagbladet
Arvid Fredberg
America
Yanks Break Shimbu Line East of Manila and Reach Antipolo
American forces on Luzon report destroying the southern Shimbu Line east of Manila and advancing seven miles toward Baguio. The 43rd Winged Victory Division reaches four miles east of Antipolo while other units seize Dagatan and push toward Calumpan Peninsula. Substantial air and naval strikes target Formosa and nearby islands, with ships sunk or damaged and a cement factory and warehouses destroyed in Dutch Borneo.
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Manila
Luzon Island
Luon
Baguio
Philippines
MacArthur
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Shimbu
Luzon
Wawa-Antipolo
U.S
43Rd
Winged Victory
Antipolo
Lawon
Muaybancal
Morong Peninsula
U. S. 33Rd Infantry
Twin Peaks
Dutch Borneo
Wied
Steinshardt
Reiffert
Hodges
First Army
Woman Robin Hood Pleads Guilty in Larceny Case
New York March 16 Mrs Madeline Dunnigan described by the district attorney as a woman Robin Hood pled guilty to grand larceny before General Sessions Judge George L Donnellan. Sentencing set for April 5. Dunnigan stole 26468 from her employer Oscar H Gropper luggage store proprietor who used funds to give gifts to servicemen. Arrested December 7 Gropper killed himself December 26 by jumping from a hotel ninth floor.
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New York
Madeline Dunnigan
District Attorney's
Robin Hood
George L. Donnellan
Dunnigan
Oscar H. Gropper
Gropper
Rampaging U S Armies Break Through Along Rhine Front
Allied forces pounded across the Ruhr corridor and Moselle lines as First Third and Seventh Armies push toward the Rhine. U S units seizing towns, destroying German defenses, and forcing a major retreat toward the Siegfried Line with air support shaping the breakthrough.
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U.S
Paris
U. S
First Army
Ruhr
Rhine
Third
Moselle
Rec
Seventh Army
Germany
Moselle-Rhine
Reich
Siegfried
Saar
Saarbruecken
Bitche
Third Army
Eisenhower
North German Plain
Iwo Jima Victory Announced by Navy After Fierce Battle
The Navy reports 4,189 American Marines killed and 15,308 wounded with 441 missing, totaling 19,938 casualties as Iwo Jima is declared won. Nimitz praises the effort, notes airfield operations, and the Japanese loss over 21,000 killed or captured on the island.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Navy
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Iwo
Admiral Nimitz
Nimitz
Saipan
Kitano Point
Marianas
Pacific Ocean
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Little
S@h
Marine
Dusty West Texas Blows Through With Strong Winds
Winds up to fifty one miles per hour with gusts to sixty five push dust northeast across West Texas. Dalhart and Plainview see heavier dust than Amarillo as a cool dry wind moves in. A tall smokestack at St Marys Academy toppled, a fruit stand relocated, and a roof damaged a fence while lines were knocked down.
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Bruensberg
Remagen
Hoeve
Rhine
Koenigswinter
Germany
Strodt
Hunsrueck
Bingen
Coblenz
Patton
West
Texas
Ealhy
Dalhart
Plainview
Amarillo
West Texas
St. Mary’s Academy
West Sixth
Madison
Canadian School Chief Heads Plains Teachers
Dr. Cora M. Martin spoke to elementary teachers at the high school auditorium about postwar education. She urged teachers to carry out progressive programs and prepare youths for community needs and broader economic curricula. Dr. P. L. Schlagie of the National Education Association stressed veterans’ training and the responsibility of schools.
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Plains
Cora M. Martin
University of Tease
Gbeleaeee Aeton
Americe Repeets
Wschere
Schowl Aunditer
Texas State Tractors Association
Charke & Douglas
Moor Walter Travie
Demas
Kenneth Keteirice
Phillips
J B. Speer
Canyon
Oliver L. Troxel
Colorado State Treacher College
Greeley
Col
United States
P. L. Schlagie
National Education Aswetetiom
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Rosengarten
Altdamm
Greifenhagen
Nazi
Hitler
Fuehrer
Marshal von Rundstedt
Reeran
Saar Basin
Bavarian Palatinate
Rhine-Ruhr
78Th
Palatinate
George S Patton
Fourth Armored
Seether Gupenter
Gears of Destruction
W. J. Morris
Insurance
Dial
Olver & Wiegins Lbr Co
Ame
Geet
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