Allies crush last German resistance as Roer floods slow advance
Allied forces push beyond Siegfried Line across the Kleve region as the Roer River floodwaters imperil movement. Canadian, British and American troops capture towns and cross canals while encircling Wesel and tightening grip on the Reichswald. Prisoner numbers rise. German morale and supply lines crumble under multilateral pressure.
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U. S
Third Army
Preum
Siegfried Line
U.S
Ninth
Roer
Kleve
Alliea Ines
Reichs’ Forest
Low Rhine
Spey
Rhine
Wesel
Ruhr
Rindern
Wasserburg
Wardhsn
Brienen
Pruem
Germany
Koblenz
Henry Crerar
Reichswald
Spey Canal
Gennep
Niers River
Hell
Kessel
West Wall Road
Goch
Crerar
Montgomery
Anne of Cleves
Henry VIII
Emmerich
Manila Scream as Shells Kill Civilians in Street Chaos
Report from Manila details near Santa Cruz bridge where a Japanese shell killed a baby and wounded many amid debris. Across Jones bridge another shell felled a crowd as a burial detail moved through the scene. Despite destruction, shoppers reopen stalls and daily life resumes amid continuous shelling and fires.
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Manila
P. IL
Santa Cruz
Jones Bridge
Sair
Roosevelt pushes Bretton Woods plan for world economic cooperation
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize US participation in the proposed world bank and international monetary fund. He outlined capitalizations of 9.1 billion for the bank with 3.175 billion US share and 8.8 billion for the IMF with 2.75 billion US share, plus further recommendations including cartel controls and repealing the Johnson Act to enable lending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bretton Woods
International Monetary Fund
Whie House
United States
World Bank
Monetary Fund
Dumbarton Oaks Security Organization
Tan
Commissioners Meet to Review County Bills
County commissioners met this morning to pay the ent county bills. The session focused on one specific item of business while other matters were discussed for later action as plans and decisions are developed.
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding areas
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions tonight with a chance of lightning and cooler temperatures Tuesday. West Texas expect cloud cover with rain and thundershowers near Del Rio Eagle Pass and Pecos Valley, moving eastward. Panhandle and South Plains will see cooler air. Little change in temperatures, lows from 30 to 45, highs Tuesday 50 to 70. Winds fresh to strong.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
New Mexico
Konev pushes toward Dresden in Baltic and Silesian drive
Soviet forces under Konev dash through Silesia and across the Bober toward Breslau, inching within 22 miles of Czechoslovakia and threatening Berlin from the south while Zhukov tightens the siege from the Oder line. Berlin defenses near the Oder and Stettin endure heavy shelling as battle lines shift.
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Dresden
Liexnitz
Breslau
Oder
Berlin
Stettin
Eile
Ruhr
Rhine
Germany
London
Ivan Konevy
Silesia
Bober River
Konev
Bunzlau
Bober
Sagan
Gregory Zhukov
Fuerstenberg
Zhukov
Madue See
Pyritz
Stargard
Sorau
Moscow
Lower Silesia
Czechoslovakia
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Allied Big Three consider peace terms for Germany
The wartime press notes that Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin may push a peace settlement on a defeated Germany at the Black Sea talks. In Washington the War Mobilization Office renews push for national service law and clarifies positions on the Voorhis and May manpower bills. London reports V bombings continue, Yugoslav and Italian notes stir tensions, Pravda heralds final phase unity among the Allies.
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Lumuin
Uae
Germany
London
Black Sea
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Reich
Washington
Office of War Mobilization
Senate
Jonathan Daniels
Office of War Mobilization and Recoversion
New York Herald Tribune
Voorhis
Thomas
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Marshal Tito
Ivan Subasic
Yugoslavia
Italy
The
Mirror
Alles
Moscow
Pravda
Ernie Pyle Column Moves to Editorial Page
Ernie Pyle shifts his naval war correspondence to the editorial page with the first Navy series on the front page marking his return. The column appears today as part of the wartime roster with Ernie’s commentary relocating to the editor’s space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie
Roosevelt nominates William A Brophy for Indian Affairs
President Roosevelt names William A Brophy of New Mexico to be commissioner of Indian Affairs succeeding J. Collier, who resigned.
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Washington
Roosevelt Toda
William A Brophy
New Mexico
Indian Affairs
Joan Collier
Manila Battle Rages as Allied Forces Press in South Manila
American armor and artillery battered entrenched Japanese in mined streets of Ermita and Intramuros as Motorized First Cavalry crossed the Pasig River and seized Neilson Airstrip. Air forces pounded Tokyo area, Iwo Jima, Rangoon, and Burma, with Allied losses and Japanese defenses escalating amid civilian casualties.
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Manila
Iwo Jima
Japan
Nakajima
Tokyo
Rangoon
Burma
Manila Bay
Pasig River
Neilson
Ermita
Intramuros
Associated Press
Fred Hampton
Douglas MacArthur
Malacanan Palace
Corregidor Fortress
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Southwest Pacific
Redus
Thompson
Corbell
Bufkin
Burl
Glen Bufkin
Sandies
Yannigans
Greathouse
West Wall
Schwammenauer
U. S. Ninth
Second
Ducks
Maas River
Aachen-Venlo
Supreme Headquarters
U. S. First Army
Heimbach
New Sure
Echternach
U. S. Seventh Army
Alsace
Oberhoffen
Drusenheim
Haguenau Forest
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Colmar
Meyer & Meyer
Polk
Mahy
France
Strasbourg
Denmark
Dresde
Pol and
By Fred Hampson
Commissioners
Weather Bureau
Morris
Insurance
Dial
Regal Co
Baines
War Manpower Commission
House
England
Ministry of Home Security
London Daily Mirror
Ernie Pyle
Brophy
Silver Box Typewriter Paper Stationery Company
Russell
Tetsutaro Imaizumi
Leyte Gulf
Luzon Island
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