Canucks Grip on Forest Confuses Reich Defenses
Allied forces push through the Reichswald with Canadian and American units crossing toward Kleve and the Roer River. Elbing falls to the Second White Russian Army as Soviet and Allied operations squeeze East Prussia, with heavy shelling and dam battles shaping the push toward the Rhine.
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Canucks
Reich
Berlin
Moscow
Red
Oder River
Stalin
Marshal Konev
Ukraine
Silesia
Dresden
Saxony
Black Sea
Elbing
Danzig
Koenigsberg
Marshal Rokossovsky
Urate
Baltic
East Prussia
Cherniakhovsky
Preussich-Eylau
Specific Peace Plan for Reich May Be Ready
London reports the Big Three may soon publish a concrete surrender outline for Germany to address Goebbels propaganda. The plan could tie to a major German military setback and reflect debates over forced labor and postwar industrial dismantling under Allied control.
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Reich
London
Joseph Goebbels
Black Sea
Versailles
Aachen
Russia
Europe
Britain
United States
Night Raiders Over Germany
Allied night raiders attacked Western Germany beginning before dawn with 150 American heavy bombers and 130 fighters striking U-boat pens at IJmuiden and a gas dump near Dülmen. Overall air forces flew hundreds of sorties focusing on rail and transport targets while German villages suffered heavy damage.
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London
Germany
Nazi Radio
Rhine
Ijumuiden
Holland
Duelmen
Muenster
U. S. Ninth Air Force
RAF
Second Tactical Air Force
Bea
Rockets at Cherbourg Used as U.S. strike platform
Joseph D. Keenan of the War Production Board said enormous concrete ramps built in Cherbourg were intended to assemble store and fire rockets aimed at the United States. He spoke to plant workers in Minneapolis and St Paul, stressing the vital role of the upper Midwest in war production.
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Minneapolis
Cherbourg
France
United States
Joseph D. Keenan
War Production Board
Keenan
Dwight
WPB
St. Paul
Tokyo under siege as B 29 raids shake cabinet and quake
Tokyo endured a Saturday of turmoil with a cabinet shakeup amid a massive B 29 air raid on Tokyo's war industries and a severe earthquake lasting near three hours. reports say Japan faced heavy losses as the U S Pacific Fleet carriers pound air defenses while China fights on in Swichwan and Ramree falls to British Indian forces.
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Tokyo
Nippon Capitol
Yomicri Hachi Shimbun
Russia
Japan
Nippon
Guam
Radio Tokyo
Tokyo-Yokohama
Yokosuka Naval Station
Domei
Philippines
China
Swichwan
U. S
Kanhsien
Suichwan
Rumree Island
Burmas
Ramree
Nippon Fliers
Gen. Kumiaki Kotsu
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The Amarillo region shows Sunday with partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions, followed by freezing temperatures at night. West Texas and the Panhandle face similar trends with partly cloudy skies, warmer daytime, and cooler Monday. New Mexico forecast indicates fair conditions and rising highs from the north to the south.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Spectacular Sky Show Seen Here in Amarillo
Amarillo residents reported a daylight meteor sighting Saturday morning with several witnesses describing a tear drop shaped object that burst near the ground and left a bright, fading train in the western sky. Observers included Mrs. W J Martin and B J Whittington, among others, with details of color and trajectory. Meteorologists note such events can seem nearby while spanning thousands of miles away.
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Amarillo
W. J. Martin
East Seventeenth
B. J. Whittington
West Seventeenth
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Whittington
Tiny Fogle
Polk
John Trolinger
West Sixth
Weather Bureau
Tascosa
Tucumcari
Fort Worth
Dallas
First Cavalry in Battle for Manila
The First Cavalry Division the first to enter Manila and rescue Santo Tomas internees skirted Manila south of the Pasig in house to house fighting. They moved from New Manila toward San Pedro Makati as the 11th Airborne pushed up from the south near Nichols Airfield. The 37th Division fights in the Malacaang Palace area while Corregidor and Mariveles were bombed. Ambulatory units rushed to Manila’s seaward center as infantry pressed through mine fields and heavy fortifications.
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Manila
Santo Tomas
Pasig
New Manila
First Cavalry
San Pedro Makati
Arthur Feldman
Blue Network
Pasig River
Pandacan
Ermita
Manila Bay
Tokyo
Corregidor
Mariveles
Bataan
Johnny Doughboy
Fred Hampson
City Endorses Road Fee Split
Amarillo city commissioner Oscar Hargett urges support for Senate Bill 31 allowing cities a share of motor vehicle license fees. He notes 95 percent of Potter County cars are owned by Amarillo residents and cites storm damage to streets, asking at least 40 percent of the fees go to Amarillo.
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Commissioner No. 2
Potter County
Amarillo
Quick End Seen To Pacific War
New York February 10 The war with Japan will end suddenly and dramatically before Japanese industry is destroyed according to Robert Bellaire former United Press Bureau manager in Tokyo He said the United Nations must prevent Japan from rearming using remaining industry as the war nears its final offensive he warned in a Metropolitan Opera victory rally address He noted Japan doubled 1941 capacity yet offered little resistance to Allied advances across the Pacific and into the Philippines and toward China.
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New York
Japan
Robert Bellaire
United Press Bureau
Tokyo
United Nations
Bellaire
Metropolitan Opera
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Philippines
China
Talks May Run Week Longer
New York Feb 10 The Ankara radio as heard by NBC said the Big Three meeting will last at least another week and possibly longer amid expectations of a quick German defeat Reports from Ankara indicated the three foreign secretaries would remain for further talks if the Big Three parted early
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New York
Ankara
NBC
Germany
Prisoner List Available After Luzon Rescue
The News-Globe reports a complete list of American prisoners rescued from Cabana tuan Luzon Island Philippines. It confirms the Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico entries earlier published are complete. No Cuban internees lists have been received. relatives will be notified before any compilation is released.
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Cabanatuan
Luzon Island
Philippines
News- Globe
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
News-Globe
Santo Tomas
Bilibid
Mania
War Department
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Lower Silesian
Montgomery
H. D. G. Crerar
Alsace
Canadian First Army
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Maas
Nijmegen
Schottheide
Kleve
Heikant
Siegfried Line
Tommies
Hoeinkont
Weiler
Reichswald Forest
Schwammenauel
Ruhr
Rhineland
Second
Ninth Army
Juelich
Dueren
Cam
Schwammenauer Dam
Pruem
Third Army
Coblenz
Seventh Army
Haguenau
Drusenheim
Schwammanitel
Supreme Headquarters
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London Exchange
Nuernberg
Hans Haertel
DNB
Weimar
National Theater
Herder
Moscow Radio
the &S
Paris
Gestapo
Stockholm
Svenska Dagdacet
Volksstrm
Heinrich Himmiers
Pravda
Communist Party
Cy Clemmons
Boy Scouts of America
H. H. Arnold
Gene Keirsey
Tex Keirsey
Hughes
U.S
W. J. Morris
Insurance
Dial
Measire & Polk
Oscar Hargett
Commissioner Hargett
Grady Hazlewood
Jack
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