German Imperialism Stripped as Ninth Army Memoir Warns
A Ninth Army officer in Germany pens friends with a grim view of the German people and Nazi roots. He argues the Third Reich is doomed as Russians near Berlin and describes German youths groomed for future conquest, warning of a world soon to forget.
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Ninth Army
EVP
SEE Zambiite
Lisens
Berlin
Third Reich
Hitler
Hughes
Martha Hindman
Herring Hotel
Hindman
War Dept releases partial list of Allied overrun POW camps
The War Department published a partial list of German prisoner of war camps containing American soldiers overrun by Allied forces. At least 47 of 78 camps and hospitals holding Americans have fallen, with about 20 000 to 25 000 liberated. The list details numerous Stalag and Oflag sites and liberation counts, including Stalag 9B Bad Orb with 3 248 liberated and other camps across Germany.
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Washington
War Department
Stalag Luft 3
Langwasser-Nurnberg
Oflag
Hadamer
Ludwigsburg
Stalag
Villingen
Lazaret Rottenmunster
Eichstadt
Krems
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Muhlberg
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Torgau
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Hartmansdorf
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Oschatz
Coditz
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Mulhausen
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Wetzlar
Dietz
Oberursel
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Meiningen
Obermassfeld
Burganfuchmuehl
Wurttenburg
Conference moves as Big Three seek Warsaw Pact stance
American, Russian, and British delegates meet ahead of the general assembly as Molotov Eden and Stettinius prepare for a brief conference. Truman will open the program from Washington with Earl Warren and San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham slated to speak afterward.
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Molotov
Anthony Eden
China
T. V. Soong
Amarillo
President Truman
Washington
Mr Truman
Earl Warren
California
Roger D. Lapham
San Francisco
Captured Nazi Generals Refuse Peace with Allies
Brig Gen Heinz Kokott, brother-in-law to Heinrich Himmler, told U S Ninth Army captors the Nazi party and army would not make peace and only an Allied proclamation could end the war in Europe. He led the 26th Volksgrenadier Division, captured in the Harz mountains. Two other generals captured nearby agreed a supreme command proclamation was needed.
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U.S
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Eighth Armored Division
Europe
Heinz Kokott
26Th
Volksgrenadier
Harz
Kokott
Supreme Command
Low temperature of 37 forecast for tonight
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a low of 37 degrees tonight with continued winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour. Expect cloudy skies and cooler conditions through the afternoon and evening as the system moves through.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Courthouse records list numerous property transfers and a divorce
40 court deeds record transfers of lots and blocks in several additions including G and S, Eakle, University, Ridgemere and Forest Hill Park. A district court divorce is filed, and two marriage licenses are noted for George Gass with Wilma Lawler and Bruce Forsyth with Lorraine Arre.
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J. T. Withers
G&s
G G Taylor
C. J. Knapp
Eakle Adda
Frank E. King
Martha E. Jerey
Holland
Ben Golding
B. B. Bateman
Forest Hill Park District
Maxine Fowler
George Fowler
George W. Gass
Wilma Mae Lawler Inngent
Bruce Forsyth
Lorraine Arre
Stamps Bearing Name of Roosevelt Are Released
800 000 five cent United Nations Conference commemorative stamps went on sale in San Francisco today. Philatelists have sent 125 000 envelopes to the local post office to have the stamps affixed and mailed. A total of twenty five millions will be released nationwide on Thursday.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
San Fransico
Amarillo Observes Fire Prevention Week Early
Amarillo residents may be observing fire prevention week now instead of the fall. No alarms had been reported at the central station for three days up to this afternoon.
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Amarillo
Central Station
Allied forces tighten grip on Dutch coast and Bremen
The North Sea coast of Holland was swept clear to the Ems estuary as the Canadian First Army closed the last pocket in northeast Holland at Spijk. Four British divisions including Montgomery's Iron Third breached Bremen with heavy bombardment, advancing to 2-3 miles from the city center after two surrender ultimatums were rejected.
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Eisenhower
Holland
Spijk
Ems
North Sea
Field
Montgomery
Bremen
Hamburg
Allied Cross Po River as Forces Press German Lines
British Eighth and U S Fifth armies crossed the Po pursuing retreating Germans. The 10th Mountain Division established a bridgehead after rapid advance, Ferrara fell to the Eighth, La Spezia to the Fifth, with about 40 000 prisoners taken.
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Po River
Italy
Bologna
Fifth Army
Modena
Ferrara
la Spezia
Ligurian
Eighth Army
Fifth
Beckwith Dies In Navy Action
Seaman First Class Harold Beckwith, aviation mechanic, was killed in action in the Pacific. Born December 29, 1923 in Omaha, he graduated from Amarillo High School in 1943 and enlisted that summer. His parents Mr and Mrs Harry Beckwith of 811 Lamar received the three star telegram this morning.
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Harry BP. Beckwith
Lamar
Seaman Beckwith
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Omaha
Neb
Amarillo High School
Navy
San Diego
Naval Air Station
Norman
Okla
Santa Fe
Petain to Stand Trial as France Faces Return
Paris reports marshal Philippe Petain will be held in a fortress cell near Paris awaiting trial on high treason. He arrived from Germany, walked at his hotel terrace, and faces heavy guard and restricted visitors as protests ripple through Paris and provinces. The United States population note follows.
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Marshal Petain
France
Verdun
Petain
Geneva
Germany
Marshal
Switzerland
Army accounts for 25 600 in war totals
Allied air forces yesterday damaged road and rail bridges on both sides of the Brenner Pass. The pass serves as a major escape route for Germans seeking to reach the Bavarian Alps redoubt as the war nears its end.
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Brenner Pass
Hitler
Bavarian Alps
Liberation updates from camp sites in Europe
About 300 prisoners were freed at Oflag 64 Schubin and 450 at Lazaret Heppenheim, as allied forces liberated camps and facilities across the region.
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Oflag
Schubin
Lazaret
Heppenheim
Pan American crews complete 13320 cross ocean flights
Pan American Airways completed 13 320 trans oceanic crossings between December 7 1941 and February 28 1945. The total includes both military and commercial flights.
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Pan American Airway
Mary L Spence Piano Store Amarillo Texas
Mary L Spence operates a piano store in Amarillo Texas at 1026 with a focus on retail sales and instrument upkeep for local customers. The brief notes a business listing highlighting Mrs Spence as proprietor and the shop location.
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Mary L. Spence
Amarillo
Texas
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