Dozen Miles to Vienna Outskirts
Front line reports place Marshall Tolbukhin’s forces twelve miles from Greater Vienna in the Leitha Mountains. Red Army columns push through German defenses while U S 15th Air Force bombs Vienna rail links aiding the advance. Moscow cites unrest spreading across Carinthia Styria and Vienna as units threaten Wiener Neustadt and Bratislava. unconfirmed claims say 30 divisions poised for a Baltic port assault at Stettin.
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Feodor Tolbukhin
Leitha Mountains
Greater
Vienna
Red Army
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Moscow Radio
Carinthia
Styria
Moscow
Wiener Neustadt
Austria
Bratislava
Slovakia
London Daily Mail
Stettin
Oder
Berlin
Ruhr
George S. Patton
VU. S. Third Army
Eisenach
Weimar
Seventh
Hitler
Allied Blitz Push Closes Ruhr and Advances Toward Berlin
Allied forces encircle the Ruhr as 150,000 German troops are trapped while Patton's Third Army nears Berlin. Montgomery's 21st Army Group moves into Muenster as German resistance thins, with rapid armored advances across Holland and toward Germany.
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Ruhr
Muenster
Paderborn
North Sea
Libera
Holland
First
Ninth
First Army
George S. Patton
Third Army
The
Reich
Berlin
Bernard L
Hitler Plans To Murder Prisoners Reported
Stockholm dispatch reports German authorities plan executions of prisoners amid wartime actions. The account cites intelligence indicating a policy shift aimed at eliminating inmates held by enemy forces. Details on dates or locations remain unclear.
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Hitler
Stockholm
The
Associated
Allied advance nears Osnabrueck as Berlin threat looms
General war bulletin describes British and American forces sweeping through western Germany toward Osnabrueck and the Ruhr while Allied air and ground units close in on Berlin. Reports claim Hitler may seek a humane peace and appoint a free election for leadership, with reprisals against POWs referenced.
Okinawa Invasion advances toward Naha in Pacific clash
Tens of thousands of American troops overwhelmed villages in southern Okinawa and pushed toward Naha as radio reports claim Japanese chatter of landings on Kume Island. Beachhead secured on the west coast, airfields captured, and reinforcements flowing in under heavy naval and air support.
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Okinawa
Guam
Japan
Naha
iMelbourne
Kume
Ryukyu Island
10Th Army
Soutern Okinawa
Nakagushuku Bay
Tokyo
Kyushu
China
Richmond Kelley Turner
Yangtze River
Kerama Islands
Andrew D. Bruce
Tith Army
Kin
Election Tuesday Amarillo City Commission Ballot
Voters in Amarillo will choose a city commission for two years with the ticket largely unopposed. Incumbents Joe Jenkins mayor Bob Epper Son commissioner No 1 and Oscar Hargett commissioner No 2 seek third terms as polls open 8 am to 7 pm across eight precincts. Judges clerks and assistants will preside at each station.
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Amarillo
Joe Jenkins
Bob Epper Son
Oscar Hargett
Central Fire Station
City Hall
Horace Mann
Sanborn School
Wilson School
Sixteenth Avenue
Wolflin School
San Jacinto Chool
Miss Haley to Direct Sam Houston Bond Drive
Miss Haley will conduct the E Bond sales campaign at Sam Houston Junior High during the Seventh War Loan drive. Quotas are set for each grade. Soldiers home from overseas will address students at a bond rally Thursday at 1 30 PM.
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Margaret Haley
Sam Houston
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity and West Texas
Weather bulletin notes cloudy cool conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with winds 25 to 35 mph. Colder tonight with freezing temperatures. Tuesday remains partly cloudy and cold with diminishing winds. West Texas partly cloudy with cooler conditions and fresh to strong winds. New Mexico reports drizzle in the east and light snow in higher elevations, with temperatures tonight 25 to 40 and highs Tuesday 60 toward southeast.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
J W Story Wins News Tip Award for Week
J W Story of 105 Milam wins 5 prize for best News Tip about a collision of Pampa Field training planes that killed four cadets. Second prize goes to Mrs Ab Breedlove for reporting a wind caused injury on Polk Street. Betty Jean Ryan receives 2 for a wind injury tip. Other tips listed with names and addresses.
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Pampa
Ab Breedlove
Lincoln
Polk Street
Betty Jean Ryan
Fillmore
T. B. Morgan
Monroe
Helen Paggett
Tyler
M. D. Odell
Paula Plumlee
South Pierce
Melvin Wilkins
Belleview
Dan Smith
Moscow Radio Welcomes German Werewolves
Berlin proclaimed a guerrilla group named Werewolves. Moscow radio commented that the wolf hunt is on and the pursuit begins. The item includes a London dateline and a brief, jumbled reference to lumber and leather goods dealers John Maynard Lumber Co. and Russell Sime tion Company.
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London
Berlin
Moscow
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Hengelo
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Zuyder Zee
Russia
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Pacific Fleet
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