Americans Seize Key German Stronghold After Mainz Push
U S Third Army armor captured Bad Kreuznach and closed a 27 000 population resort town pocket 15 miles wide by 20 miles long near the Rhine. The Fourth Armored and supporting units cut deeper into German lines while several bridges in Mainz area were destroyed. Moving from Moselle and along the Rhine, Patton’s forces pushed toward Mainz as German resistance collapsed and exhausted troops were captured.
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Rhine
U. S. Third Army
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Maire
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Morth and Anether Armored
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Coblenz
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Nahe
France
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U. S. Seventh Army
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Third Army
Saar
Loebschuetz
Oder
Transocean Agency
Ratiber
Moray- Skaostrava
Pittsburgh
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Congress Orders Probe To Solve Food Shortages
Congress moves to probe causes of food shortages as meat lend-lease cuts and civilian quotas spark concern. The House and Senate push investigations into farm labor induction, lend-lease shipments, and the impact on the war economy.
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Congress
England
Krug
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Lucas
Illinois
House
Eves Lend Lease
Andresen
Minnnesota
Rees
Kansas
Tokyo Flight Cancelled Trains For Tokyo Evacuation
Tokyo Radio reports most of Japan’s express train schedules canceled to provide extra evacuations for Tokyo and other bomb damaged cities as of March 19.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Radio Today
Japan
Tokyo
Soviet Offensives Surges Across Pomerania and Silesia
Soviet forces push 25 miles into Upper Silesia southwest of Breslau and near Braunsberg as Moscow reports a 13 mile siege near Braunsberg and captures Kolberg with 6,000 prisoners. Berlin warns Berlin battle nears as Red Army advances threaten Stettin and Danzig fronts.
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London
Berlin
Breslau
Upper Silesia
Moscow
Braunsberg
Germany
Red Army
Oder River
Neustadt
Koenigsberg
Heiligenbeil
Ed Danzig
Free City
Grydnia
Stettin
Pomerania
Grottkau
Ratibor
Cosel
Plot to Assassinate Hitler Led by Beck and Himmler
Louis P. Lochner reports that Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck and Heinrich Himmler orchestrated the July 20 plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Col. Count Claus von Stauffenberg, a WWI hero, planted the bomb under Hitler’s chair, as coverage from Bonn dated March 19, 1945 notes.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
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Germany
Ludwig Beck
Hitler
Thefuehrer
Heinrich Himmler
Count Claus von Stauffenberg
Himmler
Marshal Erwin Rommel
Rommel
France
Popitz
Langbehn
Switzerland
Mussolini
Loezen
East Prussia
Wehrmacht
von Stauffenberg
Friedrich Olbricht
Wilhelm Keitel
U S Pacific Fleet Attacks Kobe Kure Nagoya in Japan Raid
Carrier planes from the Fifth Fleet hit Kobe the nation’s largest shipyard and port while Kure naval base and Inland Sea areas are targeted. Nagoya endures a 2500 ton incendiary bombing as Tokyo reports indicate ongoing air raids on the Bonins Kuriles Carolines and Marshalls.
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Marshalls
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Argentina to decide on war against Germany and Japan
President Edelmiro Farrell will chair a cabinet meeting to decide whether Argentina will declare war, aligning toward other American nations. Some factions favor war on Japan but oppose declaring war on Germany. no definite assurance was given.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
Edelmiro Farrell
Argentina
Hitler planned marriage rumors spark royalist hopes
In Berlin rumors circulated that Adolf Hitler intended to wed the sister of his personal physician Dr Brandt to demonstrate confidence in victory and to secure heirs. In the U.S. Potter County grand jury meets at 10 am as District Attorney Jim Lumpkin announced. proceedings involve Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co. at 1200 W 6th.
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Free German
Berlin
Hitler
Brandt
Potter County
Jim Lumpkin
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Tokyo confirms loss of Iwo Jima after last general attack
Japan acknowledged the loss of Iwo Jima as Tokyo radio reported a last general attack at midnight Saturday after a month of resistance. The FCC recorded broadcast said Marines broke through defenses and communications slowed. Office machine repairs, Russell Stationery Co.
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Associated Press
Japan Today
Iwo Jima
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Worley Protests Farm Draft Deferment Discrimination
Rep Gene Worley of Shamrock demanded a House inquiry into farm worker deferments by Selective Service officials. He charged Texas faces greater discrimination, citing 14 percent deferments for 18 to 26 year olds in Texas versus 29.7 percent in North Dakota and 25.9 percent in South Dakota, noting only 6 213 Texas youths received deferments among 433 257 in the age group.
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Lemke
North Dakota
Senate
Senate House
Tydings
Washington
House of Representatiives
House
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Worley
Texas
Selective
South Dakota
Lone Star
New Orleans Item Calls 20 Percent Ad Space Cut
The New Orleans Item asks local merchants to limit April advertising to 80 percent of total space due to an increasingly acute newsprint shortage. Publisher Ralph Nicholson cited reduced paper supply as the cause for the 20 percent cut.
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New Orleans
Beveridge declares hour of peace at Oxford retirement
Sir William Beveridge spoke at University College, Oxford exercises marking his retirement as master, saying the formidable hour of peace is upon us and the moment to rebuild civilization is at hand. The London dispatch records his remarks as part of the ceremony.
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London
William Beveridge
University College
Oxford
Yanks Land on Panay In Central Philippines
American forces of the 40th Infantry Division landed on Panay Island in the central Philippines near Tiebauan Cordova and Oton, advancing toward Iloilo City with no losses reported. General MacArthur announced complete tactical and strategic surprise in the operation as part of the ongoing campaign against Japanese-held territory.
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Philippines
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Rapp Brush
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Melle
MacArthur
Tiebauan
Teton
Cordova
Oton
40Th Infantry Division
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Harold Cohen
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Renner
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Wilhelmstrasse
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Little Rock
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