Americans Break German Defenses as Cologne Plain Push Advances
American First and Ninth Armies shattered the Roer River line and moved about five miles into the Cologne plain near Dueren and Muenchen Gladbach. They captured hundreds of prisoners, seized key towns, and crossed the Roer with heavy air and artillery support as Eisenhower urged continued Allied pressure toward the Rhine.
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Paris
Ninth
Cologne
Roer River
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Roer
Dueren
Marshal von Rundstedt
Duesseldorf
Simpson
Baal
Muenchen Gladbach
Rehr
Bas
Dusseldorf
Thremite
102Nd
Hottorf
Juelich
Gevenich
Glimbach
Tetz
Boslar
Erft
Rhine
Linnich
Hodges
First Army
Birkesdorf
Niederau
104Th
Arnoldsweiler
Eighth Division
Porselen
Obertiuck
Kempen
Schanz
Amarillo Plans One Day Red Cross War Fund Drive
Amarillo officials announce a one day Red Cross War Fund Drive on Friday. Citizens are urged to contribute at banks, post offices and local hotels or by sending money to banks or the Red Cross. Mayor Joe Jenkins backs the plan and urges employers to allow employees time to give.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Red Cross
Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo
Capitol
Herring
Union Bus
Post Office
Fort Worth
Denver
Rock Island and
Santa Fe
Amarillo National
American National
First National
Amarillo Bank
Joe Jenkins
Lambie
McCormick Co
Charley Lambie
Carrier Task Force Attacks Tokyo in Massive Second Wave
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters in Guam reports Vice Admiral Mitscher leads the world largest carrier task force against Tokyo with about 1600 planes. Nimitz notes the air arm returns to strike military and naval targets around Tokyo and Yokohama, backed by battleships of the Fifth Fleet as U S forces press the Iwo invasion.
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U. S. Pacific
Iwo Island
Kanto
Tokyo
Yokohama
Iwo
Nimitz
Mitscher
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Leathernecks
United States Pacific
Japan
Final Manila Battle Ends as Last Japanese Are Defeated
General MacArthur announced the final collapse of the Japanese garrison in Manila. Troops from the 37th Infantry and First Cavalry Division cleared the city, freeing 3,000 civilians in Intramuros and counting more than 12,000 enemy bodies with heavy civilian suffering and lingering danger.
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Manila
Intramuros
Los Reno
Luzon
Leyte
Philippines
Robert S. Beightler
Buckeyer
Verne OD. Mudege
MacArthur
China Sea
Indo China
Swatow
China
37Th Infantry
Russians Drive Germans From 15 Breslau Blocks In Offensive
Soviet siege troops pushed the Germans from 15 more Breslau city blocks, narrowing to four miles from the city center as other forces moved toward Danzig and pressed east toward Koenigsberg. Berlin said forces used several corps to quicken Breslau’s fall while avoiding a prolonged siege.
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London
Breslau
Danzig
Neisse
Berlin
Moscow
Koenigsberg
Germany
Dresden
Rokossovsky
Pomerania
Vistula River
Grudziadz
Gniewza
Berlin - Danzig
Chojnice
East Prussia
Samland
Paris
Pillau
Man Slugged And Robbed Near Furr Food Store
T. J. Dorman, about 37, was found behind the Furr Food Store at Tenth and Fillmore about 9 pm with wounds above his eye and on his chin. He was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital in an NS Griggs and Sons ambulance. Police said he had no identification and appeared delirious, suggesting he had been slugged and robbed.
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T. J. Doman
Northwest Texas
Dorman
Furr
Tenth and
Fillmore
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Weather roundup for Amarillo and West Texas
Cloudy and colder Sunday with light rain in parts and winds up to 35 mph. West Texas sees scattered light rain and colder conditions from Del Rio to El Paso and the Panhandle, with Monday partly cloudy and windy. New Mexico reports showers or snow flurries and cooler temperatures, highs 40 to 70.
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Amarillo
Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Panhandle
el Paso
Bio Bend
New Mexico
Meenas
Marines Reach Half of Iwo Airfield Core in Bold Assault
Three Marine divisions pressed into Iwo Jima amid heavy resistance, seizing half of Motoyama Airfield No. 2 and pushing north to cover most of the south half of the island. Casualties reported rising with 2,799 Japanese dead and 5,372 American casualties to date, as engineers and tanks cleared pillboxes, caves, and mine fields on a brutal frontline.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Guam
Japan
Pacific
Holland M. ‘Howlin
Third Marines
Motoyama
Devildogs
Nimitz
Third
Fourth Marine
Fifth Marine
Holland M. Smith
Marine Expeditionary Force
James Lindsley
Iwo
Six Nations Given Brush Off From San Pramire World Security Conference
London reports that Spain Sweden Switzerland Portugal Argentina and possibly Etre have been banned from the San Pramire World Security Conference. A change of government may win them a place back at the peace table, while neutrals are given until March 1 to decide.
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London
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Portugal
Argentina
Dismissal of Nazi Chief Confirmed by Moscow Radio
The Moscow radio reported that Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian had been dismissed as chief of staff and commander on the Eastern Front. It cited well informed German sources and Geneva reports linking him to the Nazi conspirators in a scapegoat scheme for eastern defeats.
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Moscow
Germany
Heinz Guderian
Eastern Front
Geneva
Guderian
Russian Press Debates Allied Roer to Rhineland Push
Moscow reports on February 24 treat the American advance from the Roer toward the Rhineland as the promised Western offensive discussed at Crimea. The public reaction ranges from strong assault impressions to cautious withholding of judgment until comparing with the Red Army’s eastern drive. Insurance-Oakes-Fryfe Agency. 605-A Tailor
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Moscow
Rhineland
Crimea
Emergency Declared in Bremen Port as Sailor Disturbances Reported
A Moscow radio broadcast cited a state of emergency in the Bremen port area following disturbances among German sailors. Reports mention Allied pressure near the Maas Eifel sector, with Nazi commentators predicting further blows as Eisenhower orchestrates air power and frontline disruption.
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Moscow
Bremen
Federal Communications Commission
Marshal Zhukov
Berlin
Maas River
Eifel
Eisenhower
Maas- Eifel
Cinogne
Anc Beviin
Roer River
Linnich
Den
Americ Deagne
Rome
DNB
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Nip
Niederzier
Hambach
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Fisenhower
Ninth Army
Marshal Montgomery
Bradley
The
Old
Russell Stationery Company
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Bud Foster
NBC
Richmond Kelly Turner
Graves B. Erskine
Clifton B. Cates
Fourth Marine Division
Keller C. Rockery
St Louis
Paramount
Smith
Oakes-Fryfe Agency
Hitler
Sertorius
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