Allied Push Deepens as German Defenses Collapse Across Europe
Report describes Allied and Soviet advances across northern Italy and Central Europe. American tanks near Hannover and Lehre press the German line while Canadian forces approach Emden and Oldenburg. Vienna battles intensify with Moscow predicting its fall as Italian front shifts with Senio crossing and heavy air offensives.
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Eighth Army
Senio
Lugo
Italy
Vienna
Prague
Munich
Moscow
Germany
Appenines
Albert Kesselring
Western Front
Freidrich von Vietinghoff
Cassino
Allied IX Ninth Armies drive toward Berlin and Ruhr surrender
Allied forces push from Hannover to Brunswick and Hamburg while sealing the Ruhr pocket. Gelsenkirchen and Essen fall as transcontinental advances shrink German defenses, with Bremen and Hannover besieged. Soviet troops reach Koenigsberg and close on Vienna as Tolbukhin drives west toward Linz and Munich.
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Vienna
Munich
Prague
Hannover
Berlin
Brunswick
Hamburg
Germany
Bremen
Thuringian
Northeim
Courtney H. Hodges
Harz Mountains
North Sea
Dollart Bay
Emden
Netherlands
Ruhr
Gelsenkirchen
Essen
Siegbureg
Bonn
First Army
Olpe
Kobberode
Thuringia
Bavaria
Rodach
Coburg
Czechoslovakia
Nuernberg
Bradley
Krupp
Bessen
Erfurt
Schweintfurt
Stuttgart
Dortmund
Siegen
Baltic
Koenigsberg
Moscow
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Linz
Zuider Zee
Patton
Seventh Army
Weather forecast for Amarillo and New Mexico region
Fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions and diminishing winds. In New Mexico expect partly cloudy skies with scattered showers or snow flurries in northern mountains this afternoon and tonight, then clearing and colder with heavy frost tonight and highs 50 to 60 Wednesday. Temperature readings include 86 high and 50 low in the past 24 hours, with noon at 65. For oak flooring see John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Horrible Death Factory Unearthed In German Asylum
Allied officers describe a Nazi run facility near Limburg where about 20 000 people deemed undesirables were murdered. A 70 year old surgeon head, a 45 year old nurse and warden led the staff with SS officers from Berlin. Victims included Russians Poles and some Jews many killed by gas drugs or hypodermic injections.
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Limburg
Germany
Berlin
Harvey M. Coverly
Sausalito
Cal
Hadamar
Muenster
Brinkley ‘Hamilton
W. R. Johnson
Loveland
Colo
Okinawa Battle Steady as Japanese Resistance Rises
American gains stall as stiffening Japanese resistance slows the Okinawa advance. U S forces hold portions of Motobu Peninsula and southern Okinawa while Marine artillery and infantry engage in heavy fighting. Air and naval actions sink ships, and Tokyo claims further Japanese losses amid ongoing combat around the Ryukus.
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U. S
Naha
Okinawa
Japan
Third Marine Amphibious Corps
Motobu Peninsula
Luzon
Balete Pass
Baguio
Philippine
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Swatow
China
Associated Press
Robbin Coons
184Th
U. S. Seventh Infantry
Red Hill
Radio Tokyo
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Ryukyu Islands
Tokyo
Nakagusuku Bay
Haralson Faces Robbery by Assault Trial
Hugh Haralson opened trial in 47th District Court on charges of robbery by assault for the Jan 24 liquor store holdup of Mrs. Bertha Lewis. She testified she lost 105 dollars. Jury selection had not finished at noon recess.
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Hugh Haralson
47Th District Court
Haralson
Bertha Lewis
Lewis
Golfing Foursome Feasts On Easter Eggs
A group of four golfers toured a Country Club side and ate Easter eggs found in hedges. One identifiable player is Dr. E W Cain. other names are not available. Children alerted, and golfers hid the evidence then resumed play.
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Country Club
E. W. Cain
British casualties rise to over half a million
British armed forces suffered 502 396 casualties including 216 287 dead up to February 28, Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons. The item mentions dictionaries and secretary's desk books and lists Russell Stationery Company and Neely Greenhill Lowndes with a note on Insurance.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Russell Stationery Company
Prominent Baptist Leader Scarborough Dies at 74
Dr. Lee Rutland Scarborough world traveler pastor evangelist author and educator died in Amarillo after a long illness He would have turned 75 in July Funeral services set for 3 pm tomorrow at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Local arrangements were by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home Scarborough born July 4 1870 near Colfax Louisiana and educated at Baylor Yale and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary He served as president of the seminary from 1914 to 1942 and taught evangelism for 34 years
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Lee Rutland Scarborough
Southern Baptistry
Scarborough
Amarillo
Edinburg
A. D. Foreman
Polk
Foreman
First Baptist Church
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Harveson-Cole
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
E. D. Head
Jet D. Ray
Rose Hill
Dr. Scarborough
Colfax
George W. Scarborough
Jones County
Anson
Merkel
Baylor University
Carroll
Scareborough
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Lehre
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Omar N. Bradley
Montgomery
Ems River
Eisenhower
Reich
Wehrmacht
Holland
Fourth Armored
Oldenburg
Luebeck
Weser
Hoya
Supreme Headquarters
Wield
Marshal Montgomery
Steinhacer Meer
Elbe River
Magdeburg
Tolbukhin
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Danube
Nuzsdorf
Tulln
Tolln
Strasbourg
Prorzheim
Osnabrueck
Homburg
Neustrelitz
Prenzlalle
Rathenow
Baltic Sea
Storgard
Hengelo
Auenster
Aachen
Cologne
Mayen
Altenburg
Wuppertal
Minden Ehrford
S Hannover
Stendel
Bielefeld
Hildesheim
Paderborn
Kassel
Marburg
Frankfurt
Siesses
Wuersburge
Mannheim
Chemnitze
Plauen
Halle
Leipzig
Cottbus
aPilsen
Bloorbrucken
France
Villingen
Freiburg
Regensburg
Austria
Glogeu
S Weather Bureau
John Maynard Lbr_ Co
Hal Boyle
Johnson
Hamilton
Bow Street
J. Morris
Insurance
Dial
E. A. Regal Co
Autry
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes, “Insurance
Abilene
B. H. Carroll
Waco
Port Worth
DR. Scarboro
Shirley Temple
John George Agar
Army Air Forces
March Field
Hollywood
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