Patton Third Army Breaks Through Central Germany Traffic
Patton's Third Army tanks pierced toward Gotha and Erfurt on a broad central Germany advance. American columns moved along an 80 mile front from Kassel to the Werra line 27 miles south of Gotha, threatening Czechoslovakia and potentially collapsing Berlin’s last major water barrier. German and Allied reports noted swift progress with airlifted supplies supporting the drive.
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Lower Rhine Bank
Arnhem
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Holland
Ninth Army
Bielefeld
Minden
Weser
Hannover
Berlin
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Great
Ruhr Valley
Paderborn
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Westphalia- Brunswick
Germany
Elbe
Pattion
Liepzig
Reich
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Kassel
Werra River
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Red Army
Revenge by liberated slaves sweeps across Germany
Report from April 4 describes hordes of freed slave laborers roaming Germany with harsh vengeance on former task masters. They seize food and bedding, harness available horses, and fuel fear among German civilians while British troops struggle to contain the vast chaos. An estimated 15 million Europeans were enslaved by the Nazis.
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Germany
Wehrmacht
Veterans discharge button program launched by DAV chapter
Jimmy Moore of the J. E. Pietzsch Chapter No 26 Disabled American Veterans inaugurates a campaign to acquaint Ama rile with the World War II honorable discharge button. He notes the gold plated badge signifies honorable service and calls for respect. buttons are free to qualified veterans and can be obtained at Army or Navy installations or by mail with proper discharge documents.
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J. E. Pietzsch
Mr. Moore
Moore
Roosevelt Faces Risk of Renege on Stalin Pledge at San Francisco
President Roosevelt contemplates breaking his Yalta promise to back Russia’s bid for three United Nations assembly seats. Secretary Stettinius leads the U S delegation and officials dread a delegation clash if the pledge cannot be fulfilled. Soviet Russia weighs dropping its plan or risking rejection by the United Nations.
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Yalta
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New World Organization
Indian Troops Score Gains in Burma Fighting
Calcutta April 4. Fourteenth Indian Corps patrols have advanced 42 miles south of their landing point on Burma west coast and entered Taungop 68 miles west of the Irrawaddy River south of Prome and 185 northwest of Rangoon. The coastal landing was March 13. In central Burma the battle to clear the Mandalay Meiktila pocket of Japanese was virtually ended. Fourteenth Army troops continue to mop up remaining resistance.
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Fifteenth Indian Corps
Burma
Taungop
Irrawaddy River
Prome
Rangoon
Southeast Asia Command
Mandalay-Meiktila
14Th Army
OWI Estimates Jap Navy Dead at 262 000
Washington April 4 OWI today estimated Japanese navy dead at 262 000 officers and men since Pearl Harbor. This compares with American naval casualties of 92 819, of whom 35 750 are dead, while Japan's naval strength afloat and ashore totals 850 000.
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W— Owi
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Office of War Information
Japan
Rumors of German Coup Plot Stir Global Alarm
Stockholm dispatches claim a new anti-Hitler coup was planned in Germany with Marshal Rundstedt executed after exposure. The report says arrests, doubled guards at Berchtesgaden, and a nationwide clampdown. Also notes high profile Nazi-linked moves and possible Werewolf activity.
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Leopold
Belgium
Edouard Herriot
Jakob Stalin
Stalin
Henri Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Sigmaringen
Lake Constance
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Free German Press Bureau
Wilhelm Frick
Frick
New
City Faces Fire Danger Amid Staffing Shortage
Amarillo officials warn fire protection is below peacetime levels with only two men on duty at sub stations. City manager A P Hancock says occasional station closures may be needed to keep full crews at the central station.
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A. P. Hancock
Central Station
Amarillo
Coke Stevenson
Bombers, Escorts Hit Kiel Sub Base In Allied Raid
London April 4 More than 1 000 heavy bombers of the U S Eighth Air Force escorted by 850 fighters raided Germany today with many focusing on Kiel the submarine base Air force headquarters did not release total aircraft another wave hit Hamburg submarine bases for a second straight day Allies pressuring an air offensive against the German U boat fleet and surface navy
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London
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Kiel
Air Force
Heavy Bomber Command
Hamburg
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
The Weather Bureau reports fair conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with gradually warming temperatures and 25 to 30 mph winds this afternoon. Tonight will be fair with a hard freeze and a low near 20. Thursday looks fair and warmer across West Texas and New Mexico with continued cold in the Panhandle and South Plains, frost south, and highs ranging from the 30s to 60s.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Big Spring
San Antonio
Austin
Weather Bureau
American Landings Threaten Borneo and Okinawa Fronts
American forces report successful landings on Tawi Tawi and Sanga Sanga and Bongao in the Sulu archipelago while advances from Mindanao press toward Jolo. Air operations over Okinawa and surrounding airfields proceed with limited opposition as campaigns push toward major Ryukyu targets.
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Sulu
Jens A. Doe
Zamboanga
Mindanao
MacArthur
Jolo
Fruit Crops Damaged by 14 Degree Frost in April
Nurserymen cling to hope despite a 14 degree frost that badly damaged fruit in full bloom. Weather Bureau chief H G Winburn notes the coldest April record tied, while D N Redburn of Sunshine Nurseries says buds may survive if sun returns. Tonight’s forecast calls for 20 degrees and fair skies with 50s by tomorrow. Wheat growers remain optimistic as snow moisture and cold temper growth counterbalance.
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D. N. Redburn
Sunshine Nurseries
Amarillo
Clayton
N. M
Panhandle
Dalhart
Clarendon
Lubbock
Follett
Hereford and
Pampa
Winburn
O. B. Howell
Soviets Stab Into Vienna In Major Offensive
Soviet forces reportedly broke into the outskirts of Vienna amid reports of civil unrest in the Austrian capital. Red Army units advanced from Velm with other groups pushing toward Bratislava and Wiener Neustadt as German reports claim heavy clashes and barricades in Vienna.
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U.P
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Vienna
Stockholm
Mussian Silepe
Baden
Bratislava
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