Allied Armies Close On Saar Region And Ruhr Gateway
Allied forces push toward Saarbrucken and Saar district as Patton and Patch advance from north and south. Canadians near Calar loom toward Ruhr while Bradley reports German resistance collapsing in the Saar Moselle triangle. Dam threat near Urft Dam prompts bridge planning as Roer recedes.
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Trier
Middle Rhine
Konz
Saaur
Moselle
Patton
Saar
Alexander M. Patch
Sth
Saarbrucken
Forbach
Saarbruecken
Volkssturm
Siegfried Line
Perth
Calar
Ruhr
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Rarmy Group
Saar-Moselle
Saar Crossing
Saarburg
Marines Renew Drive on Iwo Jima Amid Heavy Resistance
American Marines pressed toward Iwo Jima central airport under heavy rain as Lt. Gen. Holland Smith warned of a high casualty cost but vowed to capture the island. Casualties rose to 385 killed and 4,168 wounded, with 40,000 Marines in the operation. In Paris, Roosevelt planned a spring visit to France for talks with De Gaulle, with England likely included.
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Admiral Nimitz
Guam
U.P
Iwo
Holland M. Smith
Marine Corps
Pacific
Smith
Paris
United States
Roosevelt
France
Gen. de Gaulle
England
U. S
Jefferson Cafferty
Algiers
Prison ship sinking near Luzon claims 1 600 prisoners
Navy Lt. George Karl Petritz described the December sinking of a prison ship off Luzon where fewer than half of about 1 600 prisoners survived and most were recaptured. He noted many civilians were aboard and that air attack, suffocation, and confined holds contributed to the deaths. One other escapee was an unidentified Army sergeant.
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Washington
Philippines
Navy
George Karl Petritz
Luzon
Pacific
Petritz
Rockford
Ill
Allied Air Forces unleash biggest bombardment of Reich
Allied air forces strike Germany with about 7 000 planes in a massive attack aimed at crippling the Nazi communications network for both fronts. Fortress and Liberator bombers target rail yards and freight corridors across a broad central Reich, dropping tens of thousands of high explosive bombs during the noon hour.
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London
Germany
Reich
Alle
U. S
Middle Reich
Indiana
Hannover
Berlin
Nuernberg
Luebeck Bay
Eighth Air Force
Maj H Marlin Acquitted On Negligence Charge In Looting Case
In Paris on February 22 a U S Army officer Maj H Marlin commanding officer of the 71st Railway Battalion was acquitted of neglect of duty connected with looting of railway supplies by members of his battalion. The prosecution argued others were more to blame and urged a higher level inquiry. Marlin testified he joined the Army after volunteering and receiving commission as a major.
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Paris
U. S. Army
H. Marlin
Memf
Marlin
Martin
Amarillo Marines believed in battle for Two Island
Five more Amarillo men are reported fighting on Two Island: Set. Charles C Flanagan Pvt. Glen Bowen Cpl. Thomas A Moore Pfc. Steve Barousett and Cpl. Kenneth Travis, bringing Amarillo Marines in the action to 11. Flanagan, son of C B Flanagan of River Drive, served with the Fourth Marine Division in Saipan Tinian and Kwajalein. Bowen is Edna Bowen's son, 1413 Ong. Moore is O W Moore's son, Potter County probation officer. Barousett is stepson of Ivy Wilkinson.
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Amarillo
Charles C Flanagan
Glen Bowen
Thomas A. Moore
Steve Barousett
Kenneth Travis
C. B. Flanagan
River Drive
Flanagan
Fourth Marine Division
Saipan
Tinian
Kwajalein
Bowen
Edna Bowen
Corporal Moore
O. W. Moore
Potter County
Barousett
Ivy Wilkinson
Weather Summary for Amarillo Vicinity and West Texas
Fair and warmer today with fair to partly cloudy conditions tonight. Northwest and Panhandle regions see lows 22 to 26 degrees, South Plains 24 to 30, others 28 to 32. Friday turns fair and warmer with continued cold today and tonight. New Mexico reports fair this afternoon through Friday with warmer conditions Friday. lows tonight 20 to 35, highs Friday 50 to 70. 24 hour extremes show high 35, low 22, precipitation 0.02 at noon.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Russians Smash Into Guben In Eastfront Push
Soviet forces batter the German hinge town of Guben near the Neisse and Oder confluence as street fighting rages. Moscow reports advance toward Berlin area while German counterblows threaten East Prussia and Pillau corridor.
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Mentator
Guben
Neisse
Oder
Ernest von Hammer
Berlin
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Koenigsberg
Pillau
Moscow
G. K Zhukov
Frank
Battle of Manila Fades Into Medieval Spear Tactics
Front reports describe Japanese defenders in Manila using spears as they cling to a shrinking pocket south of the Pasig River. MacArthur declares Bataan cleared and Corregidor largely destroyed with over 1700 Japanese buried on the island.
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Manila
Pasic River
Vna
MacArthur
Bataan
Corregidor
Manila Bay
First Cavalry
Army and Navy Casualties Reach 801162 Since Pearl Harbor
Washington reports total casualties from Pearl Harbor as 801 162 with the Army at 711 497 and the Navy 89 665. The weekly rise of 18 982 is split mainly by Army figures. Killed and wounded totals, plus prisoners and missing, are listed with prior week comparisons.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Secretary of
Stimson
Warships Hit Paramushiro in Kurile Islands Bombardment
United Press reports American warships bombarded Paramushiro, a major Japanese naval base in the Kurile Islands, with eight ships in a night action. Domei said shore installations were undamaged and Japanese planes attacked fleeing vessels east of the island with undisclosed results.
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Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
FCC
Texas House passes fishing bill to end closed seasons
The Texas House approved a Senate backed measure to abolish closed seasons on game fish and relax bass and white perch size limits. Final passage was 126 to 20 with governor signature needed. open freshwater season ends March 1 under current law. The measure now goes to the governor.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Senate
Texas
House
House Game and Fist Committee
To Penalize Employers To Penalize Employers
A Senate military committee reported favorably a manpower control bill that punishes employers with jail terms and fines for violations. Unlike the House work-or-jail plan, it would not penalize workers who refuse essential jobs. Eleven members approved sending the bill to the Senate floor, four opposed, with some members critical of added penalty clauses.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Wagner
New York
Idaho
Germans Build Roadblock Tear It Down Themselves
German civilians laid a roadblock on a hill near an almost deserted village as U S troops approached. Col Roy Hagerty of the 301st Infantry described their choice to work at removing the obstruction, with hometown ties to Omaha Indianapolis and Lubbock.
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U. S. 94Th
Germany
Roy N. Hagerty
301St Infantry
Hagerty
Omaha
Neb
Indianapolis
Ind
Lubbock
Tex
Missouri wedding ties 46 and 13 United in Shelton
Uncertain report from Sheldon Missouri details the marriage of Ralph Houdeshell and Mary Lou Brown. The bride, 1 year old in local tale, wed in Girard Kansas with a ceremony described as fitting for their age difference and family background.
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Sheldon
Ralph Houdeshell
Anna
Shelton
Wila-Rose
Missouri Ozarks
Houdeshell
Houdestiell
Mary Lou Brown
Marcried
Miai
Mart Lou
Oscar J. Brown
Girard
Kan
Judyur Roker
Mar
Coorsse
No Mass Surrenders Denied by War Secretary
War Secretary Stimson said no mass surrenders are occurring on the Western Front though more than 1,000,000 Nazis have been taken prisoner in the theater and along the front. He cited Eisenhower confirming prisoners are being taken with no mass surrender indicators since the Normandy landing.
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Washington
Stimson
Western Front
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
North Africa
Europe
Normandy
Call Vote on Crimea Declaration Confidence Vote
Foreign Secretary Zeni Eden announced in Commons that the government will seek a vote of confidence on Crimea declaration commitments. The debate will cover the specific measures and the House is expected to approve the joint declaration by the three great powers.
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Dons LE Lisse
Zeni Eden
Commons
Crimea
Aru
Bovetnment
Turing
Ienus House Vesterc
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Futatsune
Kitano
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Tachiwa Point
Sas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Mount Suribachi
Neelye Greenhil-Lowndes
Insurance
S Weather Bureau
Danzig
Stalin
Czersk
Samland
Dunkerque
Baltic
Daning Bay
503Rd Parachute Infantry Regiment
Dial
United Press
Russell Stationery Company
John Masnard Lhir. Co
W. Sth
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A. Resal Co
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