Zhukov Launches Major Push Toward Berlin Front
Soviet forces under Marshal Gregory Zhukov push from the Obra and into Pomerania on a 42 mile front threatening Berlin. Red Army reports say tanks and infantry breach the Obra Line and advance toward Frankfurt and Stettin as German defenses fray.
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Pomerania
Stettin
Arca
Poland
Zhukov
Moscow
Frankfurt
Bran
Burg
Frank-on-Oder
Red Star
Marshal Zhukov
Krustrin
Driesen
Burglars Rolling in Coupons Net Gasoline Loot
Police recovered 4000 gallons of gasoline coupons and loot after a burglary spree that hit four filling stations and a wholesale oil firm in Amarillo. Two men were arrested, one 23, the other older, with Beasley Alarm System notifying Finch Service Station break in. Police prepare to hand suspects to county custody.
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Amarillo
Finch
North East Eighth
Beasley
Chamois Barre
W. D. Reddocn
North East Fighth
Fast Tenth
Pelleview
Continental Oil Company
East Third
Wallace not likely for commerce secretary without lending powers loss
Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan said Henry A. Wallace has no chance of becoming secretary of commerce unless lending powers are removed. He cited talks with unnamed senators who would back Wallace if the George bill separating RFC and other lending agencies from commerce becomes law.
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Washington
Robert E. Hannegan
Henry A. Wallace
Hannegan
George
RFC
Commerce Department
Bob
Wallace
Commerce
Capitol
Yugoslav Crisis Ends With Regent Letting Power Transfer
King Peter of Yugoslavia announced a royal decree to transfer powers to a regency and approved a new government to implement the Subasic Tito pact. The provisional government will rule Belgrade until elections are held and a postwar plebiscite will decide if Peter returns as king.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Subasic
Halleck assails work-or-else bill as mockery of wartime sacrifice
Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Indiana Republican, charged that proposed compulsory work legislation is tied to Roosevelt fourth term politics. He accused promoters of wartime promises of perfect production of sacrificing American boys on the altar of expediency, saying the war effort was used to push the president’s reelection.
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Washington
U.P
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Roosevelt
Halleck
House
No Party For FDR
President Roosevelt, 63, marks a quiet birthday overshadowed by looming talks with Churchill and Stalin. He plans no public appearance and will broadcast a message read by his wife thanking donors to infantile paralysis research.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Offensive On Luzon Rolls On Toward Calumpit and Baguio
American Sixth Army pushes within 30 miles of Manila as patrols move from San Fernando toward the Bataan Peninsula and the northern Luzon front. Allied forces bomb Japanese ships, with total Pacific losses reaching 24 vessels. Stilwell warns of a long war as MacArthur reports Luzon casualties at about 4,254 with 1,017 killed.
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Philippine
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Baguio
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Marianas Islands
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Bonin Islands
Philippines
Borneo
Ryuku
Joseph W. Stilwell
Washington
China
Swatow
Formosa Strait
MacArthur
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surroundings
Fair tonight and Wednesday with continued cold tonight and rising temperatures Wednesday. West Texas cloudy this afternoon and tonight with not as cold conditions in the Panhandle South Plains and El Paso area. Low tonight 20 to 25 in Panhandle 25 to 30 in South Plains. Wednesday brings light rain and warmer. New Mexico partly cloudy this afternoon with snow flurries in northern mountains fair tonight and Wednesday. Lowest temperatures tonight 5 to 15 northern areas and 25 southern areas. High Wednesday 35 northern to 50 southern. High for 24 hours ending at 6 30 A M 35 low 15 noon 29.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
New Mexico
Japs Evacuate Kyaukse Northwest of Mandalay
Southeast Asia Command reports Japanese troops evacuated Kyaukse a village three miles southeast of Ondaw and fifteen miles northwest of Mandalay after shelling by British 14th Army. Potter County rationing board offices on the courthouse third floor close tomorrow for end of month reports. reopen Thursday morning.
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Mandalay
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceyion
Ondaw
14Th Army
Potter County Rationing Board
Americans Break Through Toward Siegfried Line in Snow
American forces push one to three miles deeper into Germany northeast of Monschau and gain a two mile bridgehead from the Belgian Luxembourg frontier. Third Army advances a wide front across the Our River as German defenses withdraw to the Siegfried Line.
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Zhukov
Netze
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Stalin
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Colmar
U. S. Seventh Army
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