Allied forces launch bold carrier raid and land advance
American aircraft from Spruance’s Fifth Fleet attacked the Japanese Inland Sea forts and ships in a bold seaborne operation. Six freighters sunk and multiple ships damaged while the enemy fleet suffered heavy losses, with one battleship and several cruisers hit as Nimitz reported. In Europe, Eisenhower’s armies link in the Saar and Ruhr regions as Saarbruecken Zweibruecken Worms Mainz and Worms fall, signaling a devastating advance against German forces.
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Acific
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Adm
R. A. Spruance
Marc A
Nimitz
Mitscher
Philippine
8 Aafte
Spruance
Reds Break Through at Stettin and East Prussia Drive
Soviet forces captured Altdamm near Stettin and cleared the fortified bridgehead on the Oder while advancing in East Prussia. Moscow reported over 3,000 German troops and 3,000 guns captured, as German and Soviet operations expanded toward Breslau and Gdynia.
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London
Flaming Stettin
Altdamm
Berlin
Oder
Moscow
Koenigsberg
Braunsberg
East Prussia
Upper Silesian
Moravska-Ostrava
Junkers Auto Factory
Hindenburg Square
Breslau
Reich
Red Army
Baltic
Gdynia
Danzig
Gulf of Danzig
Teutonic Knights
Doughboys Capture Airdrome on Panay Curb
US forces and Philippine troops swept through Panay Island capturing the Iloilo airdrome and advancing toward the capital Iloilo City. Guerrilla units linked with troops as General MacArthur reported rapid, organized progress amid Japanese confusion in the central Philippines.
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Manila
Rapp Brush
Lloilo
Panay Island
Janiuay
Pototan
Barotac Nuevo
Central Philippines
MacArthur
Hailo
Iloilo
Philippines
Carpenter
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Luzon
San Fernando
la Union
Lingayen Gulf
Benguet
Japan
Nazis Cage Lion For Delayed Roar
The Swiss Die Tat quotes sources claiming Dr. Karl Goerdeler alive and held in reserve in Berlin as a potential peace petitioner after Nazis announced his death in the July plot against Hitler.
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Bern
Die Tat
Berlin
Karl Goerdeler
Hitler
Dallas Mayor’s rent ad reads funny as plea for housing
A Dallas mayoral ad in The Times-Herald plays on words with a line seeking a furnished room or even a closet. The humorous plea asks to be fenced in as a home, illustrating quirky found ad humor from March 76 UP.
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Dallas
Times- Herald
Weather Outlook For Amarillo Vicinity And West Texas
The Amarillo area shows Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer with afternoon winds. West Texas fair with slight warmth, little change from yesterday. Extended outlook through March 26 calls for normal to above normal temps, cooler midweek, then rising again, with scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday night and Thursday.
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Amarillo
Texas
Gulf Plains
Bandage Rolling Supplies Arrive for Red Cross Effort
Potter County Red Cross receives material for hundreds of four by eight inch bandages and begins rolling at the chapter house at Tenth and Tyler. Volunteer Production Corps members with experience are urged to report to the chapter house. call 22 6643 for details.
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Potter County Red Cross
Tenth
Tyler
Mandalay Falls To British Forces In Burma Campaign
Calcutta dispatch reports British 14th Army troops toppled Fort Dufferin and captured Mandalay in Burma. The fort was the last Japanese stronghold in Mandalay, with orders to resist to the end. British 36th Division occupied Mogok, ruby capital northeast of Mandalay, as part of a push to clear the area north of the Mandalay Lashio road.
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Calcutta
14Th Army
Fort Dufferin
Mandalay
Burma
Irrawaddy
36Th Division
Mogok
World
Ruby
Lashio
Mandalay-Lashio
Gas Stamp A-14 Expires Today in Washington
Tomorrow is the last day to use A-14 gasoline ration coupons. The A-15 coupons become valid Thursday and each new coupon allows four gallons through June 21. Lumber and insurance offerings listed for Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co. and W J Morris at 1200 W. 6th, including Dial 4414.
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Washington
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
W. 6Th
Abilene War Boom Ends as Army Center Closes
Abilene faces the end of wartime prosperity as the Camp Berkeley Army Training Center is deactivated. Rent signs multiply while hotels loosen rooms, hotels grow vacant, and landlords reopen listings. The city cables scarce phones as residents leave for civilian housing and contractors adjust to postwar changes.
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Abilene
Army Training Center
Camp Berkeley
Texas
Grain Storage Sessions Begin in Amarillo for 1945 Farm Expansion
A WPB priority specialist visits Amarillo today and tomorrow to discuss expanding grain storage facilities before the 1945 crop. Interviews available at the Amarillo Building chamber offices. Reports from WPA Dallas indicate metal sheeting shortages hindering new granaries. Farmers estimate 1945 spring wheat production will exceed 1944.
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WPB
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
WPA
Dallas
President backs Byrnes on midnight curfew law
President Roosevelt indicated support for continuing the midnight curfew but said he had not considered steps to bring New York City in line. Asked about actions by Byrnes or the administration, he cited uncertainty and potential sanctions in manpower or energy. Mayor LaGuardia announced New York venues could stay open to 1 A.M.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York City
James F. Byrnes
Mr. Roosevelt
F. H. LaGuardia
UT Board of Regents to Meet Friday and Saturday
Chairman Dudley K. Woodward announced at Austin that the University of Texas Board of Regents will hold meetings Friday and Saturday.
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Austin
Dudley K. Woodward
University of Texas Board of Regents
Storm Trooper Guarding Reich Command Shakeup Report
Fragmentary OCR notes a Reich guard commander change involving SS and Wehrmacht figures. It mentions Johannes Biehowke and Peat Mauser in a disputed leadership shakeup during wartime events.
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Corwen
Maree
Johannes Biehowke
T.cemen Army Greep
Wuthers
Peat Mauser
Bimkewite & Gee
Marth
B 29s Prove Tokyo Fire Guards Failure
Tokyo radio reports that incendiary raids by U S forces failed to prevent fires in Tokyo and other cities as fires spread from recent airstrikes. The dispatch cites Tokyo authorities claiming success in defense measures despite widespread blazes.
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Tokyo Fire Guards
London
Tokyo Radio
Perisl
Tokyo
Storm Over Dobies Views Mounts
Controversy swirls around University of Texas professor J Frank Dobie after a Fort Worth Negro high school talk on education and race. He denied opposing Negroes attending UT, and said he would not abolish the color line now while supporting Prairie View College and raising questions in Senate and House hearings.
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Austin
J. Frank Dobie
University of Texas
Dobie
Texas
Fort Worth
Prairie View College
Senate
Len Weaver Moore
Houston
House
Jo Ed Winfree
Liew
John Lee Smith
Henied
Smith
South
University of Thecensity
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