Battle for Iwo and Tokyo raid shape Pacific war
Battle for Iwo Jima opens with Marines landing under heavy Japanese fire as Halsey predicts the Japanese fleet will be forced from hiding. Tokyo is pounded again by B 29s after a two day carrier raid, with Kuala and Malay theater strikes reported and Allied troops rescuing 7,000 Manila civilians from Corregidor.
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U. S. Third Fleet
Fifth Corps
America
Guam
Suribachi Yama
Hell's Acre
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Leathernecks
Richmond Kelly Turner
Kuala
20Th Air
Marianas
Manila
India
Singapore
Burma
Philippine
Manila Bay
Cavite
Douglas MacArthur
Russians Toused From Guben in Berlin War News
Berlin broadcasts report strong Soviet troop concentrations behind the lines and a possible great offensive. Zhukov's and Konev’s forces push toward Berlin with advances near Goerlitz and Dresden as Luftwaffe raids hit Berlin and Saxony braces for siege.
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Berlin
Dresden
Sorau
Breslau
Drizzles and Snow Flurries Forecast Tonight
Weather Bureau predicts light drizzle and occasional snow flurries tonight with no major icing. Above freezing today, then a drop to near 26 tonight. brief moisture should end by early tomorrow morning.
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Weather Bureau
Packers Threaten Strike Over Wage Decision
Washington Feb. 19 The CIO Packinghouse Workers Union representing 25000 employees warned of a strike unless the WLB releases a long delayed wage decision before noon. Tilford E. Dudley said the call was postponed last week after a resolution to release the decision would be considered by the board. Firms include Swift Armour Wilson Cudahy and John Morrell.
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Washington
Cio-Packinghouse Workers Union
WLB
Tilford E. Dudley
Swift, Armour, Wilson, Cudahy
John Morrell
Six Auto Crashes Fatal Amarillo Wrecks Reported
Six automobile accidents in and near Amarillo last night and early today left one dead and ten injured. Mrs Charles Fleming 45 of Kress died from a fractured skull and broken neck after her car was hit while stopped to inspect a tire near the Highway 60 66 intersection. Others injured included Mrs Lester E Olson and her husband at Amarillo Army Air Field hospital and Mr and Mrs Mart Lowry plus son Quentin 17 treated at Northwest Texas Hospital after a canyon highway crash.
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N. S. Griggs and
Leon
Charles Fleming
Kress
St. Anthony's Hospital
Lester E. Olson
Army Technical Village
Amarillo Army Air Field Hospital
English Field
Mart Lowry
Quentin
Northwest Texas Hospital
Canyon Highwayr
Amarillo
Parthenon Suffer Damage from Civil Strife in Greece
The Parthenon and other ancient Greek monuments sustained damage during Greece's recent civil strife according to the Ministry of Education.
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Athens
Parthenon
Greece
Ministry of Education
Black Market Reappears In Dangerous Proportions
The Office of War Information warns that organized black markets for meat and sugar coupons are reappearing in dangerous size. Counterfeiting of coupons fuels the illicit trade, with institutional and industrial consumers identified as the main patrons of these operations.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWE
Scots Battle Into Goch as Allied Forces Press Ruhr Front
Scots and Allied units push toward Duisburg as Canadian First Army nears 25 miles from the Ruhr’s Duisburg gateway. British Canadian Welsh and Scotch troops storm through Goch and Moyland Woods amid heavy but lighter than expected German fire. Patton’s Third Army widens toward Bitburg while Saar Basin gains and Cologne front remains quiet.
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Ruhr
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Meuse
Rhine
Germany
George S Patton, Jr
Third Army
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Bitburg
Alexander Mr. Patch
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Roer
Cologne
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Duesseldorf
Aachen
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Staiis
Hell
Wesel
90Th
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Pruem
Patton
76Th
Siegfried Line
Echternach
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy today with light snow flurries and warming temperatures. Tonight and Tuesday remain partly cloudy with little change in temperature. Rain possible this afternoon and tonight in West Texas except El Paso and Big Bend. Panhandle slightly warmer tonight. Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east of Pecos River see light rain. New Mexico mostly partly cloudy with warmer eastern areas. lows around 25 to 40 and highs 50 to 70.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
Panhandle
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
Nazi official's son Bormann arrives in Argentina
Moscow Radio reports Karl Friedrich Bormann, son of Martin Bormann, deputy Nazi party leader, flown into Argentina by plane.
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London
Moscow
Karl Friedrich Bormann
Martin Bormann
Argentina
Kidnapping Trial Opens Over Offer of Baby
C A McGill father of Milly McGill took possession of the two month old in Criminal District Court as Mrs Melba Branson accused kidnapper entered with the child. Branson handed Milly to McGill and left court while divorce pleadings seek Branson custody. District Attorney persuade McGill to leave the child at health center as jurors were to be chosen.
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Fort Worth
C. A. McGill
Milly McGill
Criminal District Court
Melba Branson
W. R. Parker
Tarrant County Health Center
Parker
Annie Mae Milliken
Bradley
Okla
News Tip Prize Won By Billie Ray Orr
Wildlife themed winners dominated last week’s News Tip awards with Billie Ray Orr winning $5 for a housewife chased by a goat. Second place went to Mrs. George McDonald for $3 over a tale of a wild cat, while Bobby Merrick earned $2 for a suitcase tip. Numerous tipstars were named from multiple addresses in an itemized list with local names and streets.
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Billie Ray Orr
Polk Street
Billy Ray Orr
North East Eighth
George McDonald
Bobby Merrick
Buchanan
Lumber Dealers Advertise Wide Selection
Lumber of all kinds offered by John Maynard Lumber Co at 800 West South Street. The advertisement highlights their inventory and specializes in a broad range of timber products for contractors and homeowners.
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. Sth
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