Konev Pushes Toward Berlin as Allies Strike
Soviet forces under Marshal Konev moved toward Berlin after linking with Zhukov's army. Canadian First Army pressed toward Goch while British and American air forces pounded targets ahead of the offensive. The Rhine, Neisse, and Oder lines faced heavy fighting as the Allies tightened the noose on the German capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Ivan S. Konev
Berlin
Gregory K. Khukov
Oder
Moscow
Ukraine
Spree River
Neisse River
Forst
Guben
Frankfurt
Konev
Neisse
Beeskow
Cotthue
Dresden
Chemitz
Cottbus
Sommerfeld
Brandenburg
Red Army
Gregory K
Silesia
Zhukov
Goch
Western Front
Rhur
Rhineland
Kleve
Morland
Cakar
Wesel
Ruhr
Niers
U. S. Third Army
Wallendorf-Echternach
U. S. Seventh Army
Saar Basin
Sarreguemines
Vosges
Roer River
Cologne
U. S
Breslau-Berlin
Netherlands
Schouwen
Rhine
Beveland Islands
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Massive US Carrier Raid Strikes Tokyo Area
U S Pacific Fleet reports 1 500 carrier planes bombed targets in Tokyo Yokohama area. Smoke 7 000 feet high over the zone as Japanese air bases and ships faced heavy attacks. The operation involved the Fifth Fleet under Adm Spruance and carrier armada under Adm Mitscher with battleships cruisers and destroyers guarding the task.
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Tokyo
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Tokyo-Yokohama
Japan
IT HISTORY FROM DOOLITTLE TO DOMAC
Tokyo once remote from war fury now faces real American aerial devastation. Doolittle's 1942 raid sparked a long line of strategic bombings, culminating in a carrier strike from 1,200 planes aimed at Tokyo. The article weighs Tokyo’s vulnerability, its diverse architecture, and the potential disruption to Japan’s war effort.
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Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle
Sumida
Bay of
Yokohama
Japan
Nazi set up special courts martial in defense zones
Berlin radio reported that Nazi Germany established special courts martial in every defense zone threatened by the enemy. The decree empowers death for Germans who shirk duties and endanger the fighting strength, with panels of two civilian judges, an army police officer, and a Nazi party leader.
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London
U.P
Berlin
DNB
Ministry of Justice
Cttlt
Winter Weather Outlook Edges Toward Panhandle
The Weather Bureau reports a cold front may reach the Panhandle by tomorrow night or Sunday though confidence is low. Tonight into tomorrow is forecast partly cloudy and colder with a low around 25 as a light drizzle potential lingers.
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Panhandle
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Anhandle
Farmer Dreams Wildcat Killer Bolt Story
George McDonald of near Amarin fought off a wildcat with a tractor bolt after it attacked him while he plowed for the Blankenship dairy two miles southeast of Amarillo. The 10 pound cat sprang at him as he dismounted. he struck, and the animal died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McDonald
Amarin
McDonald
Blankenship
Amarrillo
Sis
German Submarines Destroyed In Convoy Attack Frustration
London reports that two German submarines were destroyed and several Nazi planes shot down during an attack on an Allied convoy to Russia. The assault was repelled by combined sea action and Admiralty efforts.
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London
Russia
Admiralty
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
M Marcus
Wake
Marianas
Saipan
Two
Jima
Chichi Jima
Haha Jima
Volcano
Bonin Islands
Amarillo Weather Summary for West Texas and New Mexico
The Weather Bureau reports mixed skies across the region. Cloudy from Amarillo to the Panhandle with showers near Del Rio and east of the Pecos. lows 24 to 28 in the Panhandle and 28 to 32 in the Leith Plains. Saturday partly cloudy and colder. New Mexico sees flurries in the mountains. highs reach 40 to 60 across the north and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
del Rio Eagle
Pecos
Panhandle
Leith Plains
South Plains
New Mexico
Circus Officials Plead To Manslaughter Charges In Fire
Six Ringling Brothers officials and workers pleaded no contest to manslaughter in Hartford superior court over the July fire that killed 168. The case statement names W. J. Morris in Insurance and lists a contact Dial 4414.
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Hartford
Conn
U.P
Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus
Tokyo Smash Climaxes Carrier War by Elmont Waite
The United States carrier fleet, led by Mitscher and Spruance, pursued a long series of strikes across the Pacific from January 1944 to a climactic attack on Tokyo. The narrative tracks key operations against Truk, the Marianas, Palau, Iwo Jima, Leyte, the Philippines, and Formosa, culminating in a decisive blow toward Tokyo.
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Mitscher
Japan
Carrier Air Arm
Saigon
French Indo-China
Amoy
China
Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Marshalls
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
United States
Americans Break Through Bataan Defense Line In Major Advance
American forces shattered the main Japanese defense on Bataan and crossed into the peninsula’s southern half. U S troops pushed along the east coast from Abucay toward Balanga and Pilar, severing the eastern anchor of the line and threatening Corregidor. In Manila, street fighting intensified around Fort McKinley as Japanese forces retreated, while air and naval bombardments continued against the rock fortress guarding Manila Bay.
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Manila
U.P
Bataan
United States Army
U. S S
11Th Army
Balanga- Pilar
Balanga
Pilar
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Douglas MacArthur
Bagac
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Ishan
Fort McKinley
Old Walled City
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Nippon
Tokyo Radio
Washington
Raymond A. Spruance
Spruance
Iwo Jima
Comei
Vern Haugland
Haugland
Indo- China Coast
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Nagoya
Nakajima Aircraft
Sagami Sea
Urawa
Tokyo Bay
Bay of Tokyo
Tesuka
Peninsula
Doolittle
Domac
The
Pacific Fleet
Capi
Ital
Metropo
City of
Kawasaki
Naval Base of
Yokosuka
Tokyo Zone
Party
Wildcat
W. J. Morris
Insurance
Dial
BY Elmont Waite
U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Marc A. Mitscher
Adm. R. A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Spruance-Mitscher
Palau Islands
Yap
Ulithi
Woleai
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Philippine Sea
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Palau
Bonins
Philippines
U.S
William F. Halsey
Ilsey
John S. McCain
Ryukyu Archipelago
Formosa
Douglas
Leste
South China Sea
William B. Dickinson
Abucay
Rock Fortress
EA. Regal .N
Philippine General Hospital
Fhring
Lingayen Gulf
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Manda
Batangas
Ia Comei
FCC
New York
Domei
MacArthur
Eadquarters
Aita
Rae
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