Red Army captures Butgoszcz and advances toward East Prussia
London dispatch reports Red Army troops seized Butgoszcz at the corridor entrance to East Prussia. Premier Stalin announced gains as Soviet forces also fought into Poznan, about 137 miles from Berlin, in the late evening dispatch.
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London
Red Army
Butgoszcz
East Prussia
Stalin
Poznan
Berlin
Bydgoszcz
Denzig
Poemen
Gregory Abukov
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussis
Hermelend Seine
Americans Enter St. Vith As Ardennes Push Grows
American forces moved into St. Vith with German reinforcements retreating along the Ardennes bulge. Allied reports say Nazi pressure mounted and numerous vehicles were destroyed as Patton and Montgomery forces pressed toward the border, with setbacks and prisoner captures noted. Canadian and Dutch units also reported gains, while roads out of the bulge showed wreckage from ongoing battles.
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St.vith
St. Vith
Ardennes Bulge
Teeege
Patton
Clervaux
Tien Et
Lamembourg
Perth
Eithin
Ube
Cherman
Mulbous
Mtracbourg
Eortheast
Mullowee
Heomure
Cormet Feelius
Mirasberg
Comenereger
Qormans
Hazuenau
Strasbourg
Gatyale
Nes
Bncne
Haguenau
Government price controls and textile plan to aid civilians
Washington reports a joint WPB and Price Administrator plan to cut consumer costs six to seven percent and boost supplies of low and medium priced garments by directing 75 percent of civilian fabric to essential wear. Berlin air reports Himmler given power on the Eastern Front amid claims of Germany's battlefront mobilization.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Chester Bowles
WPB
Krug
Bowles
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Eastern Front
Weather forecast and wartime front notes in Panhandle and Poland
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change across Texas Panhandle South Plains and New Mexico. Snow flurries and scattered showers expected west of the state while Britain and Soviet forces report major advances toward Breslau and the Oder with rapid Red Army gains in Silesia and the Polish Corridor.
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Panhandle-Plains
Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Tomight
Fmenng
Prece Valery
Ewal
Lee
Nagoya Bombing Report Echoes From Midwar Air War
Reports state American warplanes targeted Nagoya as part of a broader campaign. The dispatch notes the attack’s timing near the halfway point of a major mission, with Allied forces focusing on Nagoya's aircraft center and port facilities. General statements describe Japanese defenses and countermeasures, while aggregating events around Curtiss LeMay and Tokyo, amid ongoing Allied air operations.
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Gentfreer
Crete
Mainelead
Aimorieien
Cetel
Depenteeam
Martanae
Nagoya
Sircraft Center
Degen
Wreder
Wiecee Curtix
Tokyo
Soil Spory Weds fa fours Court fuss
M. EB. Smith was shot in the neck at a Pleasant Valley court scene. Sheriff’s officers charged H. Johnson with assault with intent to kill. bond set at 1000 dollars. Smith was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital and released. both men reside at the tourist court.
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M. EB. Smith
Pleasant Valley
H. Johnson
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Smith
Northwest Texas
Weather lore and a chilly morning forecast
The report notes the cold did not develop despite forecasts and records a 25 degree low. It cites a weather sign claiming February’s thunder predicts frost in April, a superstition the article says never fails except sometimes.
Snelson Case Trial To Open Next Monday
Frank Graves, held in the Potter County jail on murder and robbery by assault charges, is set for robbery trial next Monday and murder trial on March 5. Indicted for the slaying of Mrs. Dorothy Snelson on May 28, 1944, Graves is held without bond. Robbery charges relate to the hijacking of T. A. Ferguson last June. Clarence Williams is also charged in the Ferguson attack.
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Frank Graves
Potter County
Graves
Dorothy Snelson
T. A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Clarence Williams
Couple Charged With Assault and Attempted Murder
Sheriff reports a couple, K F Ramier 71 and Dorothy Raney 26, jailed on assault with intent to murder charges. Witness Ittie Shives testified they threatened him at gunpoint and dragged him from a car, beating him while the man held a pistol. Bond set at 3000 each as officers recovered them near the corner of North and Forest.
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Sheriff's Office
Rome
K. F. Rameer
Dorothy Ranesey
C. W. Carder
Sirth
Silves
Untitled Execution Sentence Report
A damaged OCR text reports an execution sentence with numerous garbled names and phrases. It mentions death, possible victims and a court context, but essential details are unreadable and the passage lacks clear dates, places, or parties.
Spies in custody after Amarillo Globe arrest reports
Two men arrested following spy suspect reports in the Amarillo Globe. Both were picked up last night at separate locations including the Taylor block and the Union Bus Depot. Federal investigation officials held them for further questioning as agents determine if they are nest spies.
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Amarillo
Bach
Taylor
Union
Fee
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Ieee
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Setett
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Camis
de Linge
Nijmegen
Minth
Helland
Hontem
Sesten
Himmiler
By Robert Dowson
Germany
East
Himmler
German Home Army
Stockholm
DNB
British Broadcasting Monitoring Service
Breslau
Loekigsberg
Danzig
Dixie Dice
Hardeman - King Company
Buckiey Manufacturing Co
Speedy Chamois Roller Co
Amarillo Welding & Machine Works
S Weather Bureau
Reich
Silesia
Oppeln
Oder River
Vitale
Trent
Eprom
Canretnang
Cakt
Mercow Tate
Oman
AO Sertees
Junkers
Bay
Konigsberg
German
Oeels
Namslau
Moscow
Ivan Konev
Oels
Oder
Brondeante
Bk Lilewetuweeneb
Maclethae
Lusan
Spory
Snelson
Aeteene
Herr Geen
Jets Mra Cason
Cee
Cason
Glen Griffith
Dorothy
Wendell
William Blasingame
Wellington
Fred Lockhart
San Antonio
Floyd Cason
McCormick Coarmlands
Donitta Griffith
Damer
Lodo
Fen
Breen Pyley
Carlee
Thenon
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
FE. A. Regal Co
W. A Morris
Dial
Tay
Allesans
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