Allied Air Strikes Hit Rail Yards as Allied Push Advances
Allied air and ground actions sweep Germany and nearby fronts. North of Hamburg rail yards 20 miles northeast sighted as Germans retreat toward Denmark. In the south the Danube crossing nears Ulm. US Seventh Army moves toward Munich while French forces approach Austria. Soviet tanks near the Elbe. On the Italian front Fifth and Eighth Armies mass on the Po south bank with Ferrara taken after penetrating through retreating Nazis. Airfield at Ferrara reported captured.
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Hamburg
Denmark
Danube
Ulm
Berchtesgaden
U.S. Seventh Army
Munich
Elbe
Fifth
Eighth Army
Eighth
Ferrara
BR Ine Millia
Dilligen
Eppleberg
Germany
Will
Rhine
Kems
Base
Kirch End Zarten
Black Forest
Dietenheim
Momen
Stalin
Muehberg
First Army
Leipzig
Cham
Regensburg
Linz
Salzburg
Eisenhower
Bremen
Valhalla
Italy
Bologna
Allied Drive Deep Into Germany Near Ulm and Linz
Allied forces push toward Ulm on the Danube as American Third Army nears Regensburg and Linz, with French First Army advancing toward the Austrian frontier. Reports of a potential American Russian junction loom as Seventh Army crosses the Danube at Ehingen and secures bridgeheads.
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Moscow
London
Eilenburg
Leipzig
Washington
Third Army
Linz
Salzburg
Seventh Army
Munich
Ulm
Wurttemberg
Danube
Napoleon
George Patton
Regensburg
Irwin Rommel
Normandy
Elbe
Ehingen
Brenner Pass
Italy
Di'Nn- Ren
Alps
Hellcat
12Th Armored
Eichlingen
Gumbremmingen
Altenbraindt
Sontheim
Russians tighten Berlin encirclement and reach Austrian towns
Soviet forces close the Berlin pocket with over one third of the city in Soviet hands. In a rapid advance through central Austria they reach Eisenerz 57 miles from Linz and 85 from Salzburg, while American Third Army units move toward Berchtesgaden and link up distance estimates show progress against the Nazis.
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Berlin
Austria
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Eisenerz
Linz
Salzburg
Third Army
Nazis Erred When They Nabbed Texan Major Ayler
Major John M Ayler of San Antonio led a 7th Cavalry reconnais sance north of Hannover when ambushed and captured after retreating to a cellar. Col Andrew Frier son of Dallas vowed to chase Germans to Berlin, launching a spearhead that took 12 towns before Ayler was moved and recaptured by American lines. Berlin battles rage as Red Army closes on Elbe and soviet forces encircle the city.
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U. S. Army
Texas
John M. Ayler
San Antonio
7Th Cavalry
Hannover
Andrew Frierson
Dallas
Berlin
Aylor
Germany
Ayler
Avlor
Allied forces reach Ferrara as Po corridor opens
The Eighth Army breached toward Ferrara after breaking German resistance near Bondeno and Finale, capturing Ferrara air field and taking 1,000 prisoners. Allied aircraft destroyed or damaged about 4,000 enemy vehicles in the Po Valley, with two thirds by American Thunderbolts. 23 Allied planes were lost yesterday.
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12Th Air Force
Ferrara
Eighth Army
Bondeno
Finale
British Lancasters Hit Bad Oldesloe Rail Yards In Northerly Blitz
Aerials say 20 miles northeast of Hamburg in a blow to cut off German withdrawals to Denmark. Overnight 32 northbound trains attacked with many troops aboard. Mosquitos hit Kiel shipping for the fourth night. Roads and rails into Denmark heavy. troops seen moving around Berlin Bremen and Hamburg. Rendsburg yards west of Kiel targeted. Travenmunde shipping in Lubeck Bay hit.
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Bad Oldesloe
Hamburg
Denmark
Kiel
Berlin
Bremen
Rendsburg
Travenmuende
Luebeck Bay
Cavemen Defy Odds as Superforts Bomb Tokyo
Allied reports detail 24th Division gains in Mindanao and Leyte while heavy Okinawa fighting continues. Air strikes on Tokyo target Hitachi engine plants as Nimitz plans rapid base expansion and future operations against Japan.
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Tokyo
Hitachi
Tokyo Radio
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Makagushu Bay
U .S
Leyte
Philippines
Mindanao
Burma
Pvinmana
Lewe
Rangoon
Petain Returns to France After Swiss Stopover
Marshal Petain entered Switzerland from Germany and prepared to surrender to French authorities. King Leopold of Belgium was expected at the Swiss frontier while Pierre Laval was denied entry at Liechtenstein. Petain’s arrival signals possible Allied approval as the waning Nazi regime frees potential hostages.
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Bern
Marshal Petain
Switzerland
Germany
France
Leopold
Belgium
Pierre Laval
Liechtenstein
Laval
Marsiette
Petain
Swiss
Saint Margarethen
Verdun
New Nazi Atrocities Uncovered by Allies
Western Front dispatches report mass force marching of thousands of American and British prisoners toward Hitler's national redoubt area. Allied columns moved through Saalfeld Thuringia as U.S. Third Army captured Saalfield, with a U S Air Force lieutenant recounting a guard shooting two prisoners during a march toward Moosburg. Soviet embassy in London cites a Polish camp for children found by advancing Russians, with hundreds of emaciated youths forced to toil under threat.
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London
Western Front
Hitler
Saalfeld
Thuringia
Third Army
Saalfield
American Air Corps
Moonsburg
Munich
Poland
Weather Outlook Across Amarillo and West Texas
Decreasing clouds and slightly warmer in Amarillo and vicinity today. Partly cloudy tonight through Wednesday with less cold air. West Texas sees partly cloudy conditions this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with warmer readings. New Mexico reports scattered thunderstorms mainly in mountains this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with warmer air in the northeast. High 53, low 36, noon 49. E A Regal Co Real Estate and Loans. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
United States Pushes to Punish Nazi War Criminals
House Foreign Affairs committee approved a floor resolution declaring U S policy to pursue and capture Nazi criminals regardless of treaties. Rep King of California introduced the measure, which awaits approval by both congressional houses and carries no legal force. Germany warns of penalties for mistreatment of Allied prisoners as 65,000 Americans remain in Nazi hands with 47 of 78 camps liberated.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Cwuuleste Ss
Rep
King
California
Congress
Capitol Hill
Reich
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
U. S
Navy fliers aid blinded pilot to land in Okinawa
Lt. C. J. Chambers and Lt. Ralph K. Cocanougher guided a blinded carrier pilot to a safe crash landing at Yontan airfield after pulling out of a dive near a Japanese airstrip. The two fliers, acting as a seeing eye, steered the pilot by radio to safety with no further injuries.
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Okinawa
Yontan
C. J. Chambers
Bakersfield
Cal
Ralph K. Cocanougher
Lubbock
Cocanougher
Chambers
Reds Address Shells To Offices Of Nazis Chiefs
Moscow reports Russian artillery in Berlin fired shells equipped with maps to target offices of Hitler Goering and Goebbels. Copies of a capital newspaper showed the offices and addresses such as Leipzig Strasse Nos. 3 to 7 for Minister of Aviation Goering.
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Moscow
Berlin
Hitler
Goering
Goebbels
Leipzigstrasse
Oak flooring duties for John Maynard Lumber Co
The item concerns oak flooring duties or services for John Maynard Lumber Company located at 800 West South Street. Details readable are limited to mentions of the company and address.
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
Snyder nomination to federal loan chief approved by Senate
President Truman's pick John W. Snyder of St. Louis for federal loan administrator was approved today by the Senate banking committee, signaling fast approval for the appointee.
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Snyder
Washington
U.P
Truman
John W. Snyder
St. Louis
Senate Banking Committee
Giles to New Job in Pacific Air Forces
Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles is named commanding general of the Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean area. He will be succeeded as air staff chief by Lt. Gen. Ira C. Faker, who led the Mediterranean Allied Air Force since December 1943. Maj. Gen. W. H. Hale remains as acting commander in the Pacific. Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon will lead the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces.
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Washington
Barney M. Giles
Army Air Forces
Pacific Ocean
War Department
Giles
Ira C. Faker
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
Millard F. Harmon
Pacific
W. H. Hale
Pacific Air Forces
John K. Cannon
12Th Air Force
Baker
Allied Air Forces
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Century
Augspurg
Seventh
Upper Danube
Black Sica
Vienna
U. Ss. Third Army
Brandenburg
Potsdam
Nazidom
Red Army
Elbe River
Alexander Platz
Friedrich’s Park
Koenigs Gate
Unter den Linden
Friedrich- Strasse
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oranienburg
Birkenwerder
Havel
Hennisdorf
Zhukov
Heligensee
Ivan S. Konevy
Konev
Tetlow
Great Templehof
Bavarian Alps
Muehlberg
Dresden
Jap Cavemen Holding Firm
Philippine
U.S. 24Th Division
Kabacan
Tstelum Tiruway Syslcem
MacArthur
Japan
24Th Corps
Admiral Nimitzsk
Nimitz
Big Three
San Francisco
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Anthony Eden
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
West
Stettinius
State Department
Army
Eden
Josef Scalin
Russia
Warsaw
Britain
Yalta
White House
West Coast
T. v. Soong
Biz Three
Soong
Saint Gallen
Marie Eugene Debeney
Paris
de Gaulle
U S Weather Bureau
E. A Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
Autry
E. 4Th
Russell Stationery Company
Navy
W. J. Morris
Insurance
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