Soviet and Allied forces push into eastern Germany across Neisse
Berlin stated Soviet and American British air support aided a major Neisse River crossing near Forst as Red Army spearheads advance west of Goerlitz toward Dresden and Berlin. Reports said Breslau encirclement tightens while Goerlitz fights and refugees flood Silesia.
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London
Berlin
Neisse River
Forst
Dresden
Red Army
Cottbus
U. S
Neisse
Neisse Line
Moscow
Saxony
Konev
Gregory K. Zhukov
Zhukov
Oder
Koney
Lower Silesia
Prague
Chemnitz
Leipzig
Germany
United Press
Konevs Army
Bober
Goerlitz
Silesia
West Bank of the
Frankfurt
Breslau
Op Redia
Pravda
Liegnitz
Ivan S. Konevs
Rothenburg
First Army
Puerstenberg
Brandenburg
Sorau
Upper Silesian
Queis
Sprottau
Sagar
Neustaedtel
Neusalz
Freystadt
Tokyo radio quotes Japanese soldier on American fighters
The AP reports Tokyo radio comments on American troops with mixed views. A Japanese soldier questions whether the enemy is courageous or reckless, describing him as of a bad sort.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Lt Epes Confesses In Wife’s Foxhole Slaying
Lt Samuel C Epes 27 to be turned over to civilian authorities in a murder warrant over his wife Mary Lee Epes 26 buried in a foxhole when she came to kiss him goodbye before he deployed. He later led officers to the grave and then denied the slaying in a signed statement.
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Columbia
S. C
U.P
Samuel C. Epes
Epes
Richland County
Mary Lee Epes
William and Mary College
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Fort Jackson
Army
Manila Bay invasion feared as U S forces assault Corregidor
Allied planners push toward an amphibious strike on Manila as Corregidor fights a day-long duel with 11 U S warships. MacArthur reports encirclement progress on Bataan and Intramuros while 20th Air Force conducts fourth mass raid on Honshu.
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Manila Bay
Corregidor
Bataan
Philippines
Tokyo
Nagoya
Japan
Domei
U. S
U.S
Strangle Germans Oil Flow Squeezes Reich
Paris reports Allied forces have overrun 36 of Germanys 81 major refineries and synthetic oil plants. German motor fuel output has fallen from over 500000 tons to about 103000 tons monthly, with only four synthetic plants and many crude plants inoperative due to sustained attacks and two-front pressure. The Leuna complex at Merseburg remains heavily defended amid ongoing air and ground offensives.
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Paris
U.P
First Army
Emmerich
Kessel
Goch
Rhine
H. D. Gererar
Ruhr
Kleve-Emmerich
Warbeyve
Kleve
Reich Forest
Cakar
Germany
Canadian First Army
Rhineland
Second
Ninth Army
Cologne
Aachen
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Reich
U. S
High Command
Red Army
West
Bohlen
Ruhland
Magdeburg
Merseburg
Weather Summary Amarillo Vicinity and New Mexico
Cooler this afternoon and colder tonight with occasional rain and strong winds. Panhandle and South Plains expect snow flurries and freezing temps 20 to 32 degrees, with South Plains reaching 26 to 32 tonight. West Texas and New Mexico show increasing clouds, showers or flurries, and highs Friday from 40 to 66 degrees. For numbers see John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Continental Divide
New Superfort Group Slamming Japan From Tinian Island Bases
The 313th Wing of the 21st Bomber Command at Tinian joins three Marianas bases in a major expansion of B-29 operations. General Arnold says the move will widen bombing of Japan while Nagoya and Honshu targets are cited by Tokyo as damaged by recent raids.
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New Superfort
Japan
Tinian Island
Yeer Ane
War Department
Marianas
Tokyo
Nagoya
Mie
Atsuta Bay
Stimson
Manchuria
Tinian
H. H. Arnold
20Th Airforce
21St Command
Guam
Saipan
Pacific
21St Bomber Command
John H. Davies
Piedmont Cal
20Th Bomber
Southeast Asia
Honshu
VEW Service Association Shipments Misidentified for WAUCs
The VEW Service Association mailed surprise packages of shaving cream and styptic pencils to 700 armed forces members overseas but found 18 on the recipient list are WAUCs.
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Lancaster
VEW Service Association
Armed Forces Overseas
Waucs
Burglar Cracks Safe At Woolworth Store
A burglar used hammers and chisels to crack the safe at the F W Woolworth Co store on Polk. Stamps and other valuables worth 75 to 100 dollars were stolen after entering through a skylight and exiting by prying off a padlock. The crime was found by the store manager at 7 45 this morning and nothing else appeared missing.
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F. W. Woolworth Company
Polk
Senators Vote Pay Increase and Confederate Pension Boost
In Austin on February 15 the Senate passed a pay raise for non-elected state officials and employees, with a House approved measure doubling Confederate veteran pensions. The combined bill totals about $200 000 less than the House version and now returns for concurrence. Final passage in the Senate was unanimous. the House later approved pensions of $130 for veterans and $50 for widows.
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Austin
Senate
House
State Department
T. C. Chanick
Quitman
Jo Ed Winfree
Houston
Confederate Pension Fund
Winfree
Reds Free Some Prisoners as War Camps Fall
London report says twelve German POW camps once holding 0,000 British Empire prisoners have been overrun or threatened by the Red Army as prisoners are moved or freed. Lublin radio notes British and American soldiers reached the Polish city safely. Churchill Street in Athens renamed Churenif Street amid a city streets update.
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London
Germany
James Grigg
Red Army
Lublin
Grigg
Stalag Luft 3
Sagan
Regal Co Real Estate Loans Ruissel Analysis
Real estate loan records from Regal Company show ruissel activity involving mortgage financing and property transactions. Details indicate loan origination, security interests, and note terms with parties and locations referenced in city filings.
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A_Regal Co
Ruissel
Goebbels Newspaper to Suspend Publication Saturday
The Nazi propaganda minister Goebbels' newspaper will suspend publication Saturday according to the Paris radio. No reason was given but it may relate to the Russian advance.
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London
der Angriff
Goebbels
Paris
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Bedbury
Kleve-Goch Road
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Reichswald Forest
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Hellenthal
Schleiden
Patton
Third Army
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Siegfried
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Morris. Insurance Dial
By Jane Noland
Neel
Greenhill-Lowndes
Jlasurance
Tee
By LE
Associated Press War
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Masenori Ito
Douglas MacArthur
Intramuros
11Th Corps
Abucay
MacArthur
Caraballo Mountains
Luzon
U. S. 20Th Air Force
U. S. Navy
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Canton
Canton-Hankow
Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
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Lashio
Kutkal
Ledo-Burma
Politz
U S Weather Bureau
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Churchill Street
Athens
Stacdiuh
Churenif
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