Big Cities Captured As Yanks Dash Toward Rhine
Allied forces pushed toward the Rhine across the Rhineland with the Ninth, First and Third Armies driving deep into German territory. Trier fell to the American Third Army opening the Moselle Valley toward Coblenz Mainz and Frankfurt as Venlo Roermond and Duesseldorf faced bombardment.
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Rhine
Trier
Third Army
Moselle
Middle Rhine
Coblenz
Mainz
Frankfort
Cologne
Rhineland
Kansas
Metropolis
Berlin
Bonn
Euskirchen
Amies
Brittany
Venlo
Roermond
Maas
Meuse
Germany
Neuss
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
Ninth Army
von Rundstedt
William H. Simpson
Venio
First Army
83Rd
Western Front Drive Advances Into German Rhine Basin
Allied forces from Canada Britain and the United States push toward the western Ruhr Basin and Cologne as Ninth Army seizes Venlo Neuss and Duesseldorf suburbs. Heavy bombers hit Trier and Köln regions while units including the 35th and 83rd Divisions press toward Krefeld and Mainz.
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Associated Press
Ruhr
Ninth Army
Duesseldorf
Venlo
Neuss
Muenchen Gledbach
Pirot
Coloene
Trier
Evenne
Kreeld
Muenchen Gladbach
Krefeld
Marines Break Through Iwo Jima Main Defense Belt
U S Marines breach the enemy main defense line on Iwo Jima with a center advance of 800 yards near the western end of the island's airfield. The Third Marine Division reported breakthrough as the invasion moves toward the north coast, with only 3 to 4 days left in the campaign if tempo holds.
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Guam
U. S
Iwo
Fifth Marine
Greaves B. Erskine
Holland M. Smith
Adm
Rachmond K. Turner
Erskine
Saipan
Snow Flurries Tonight and Tomorrow Outlook
The weatherman predicts snow flurries tonight and tomorrow morning with total snowfall not exceeding one inch. Temperatures will drop below freezing tonight after a low of 43 and stay in the 30s tomorrow, with strong winds ushering in cold air.
Weather overview for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy with strong winds today. Cooler tonight with showers turning to snow flurries. Saturday colder with more snow flurries clearing in the afternoon. West Texas shows light rain in Del Rio Eagle Pass area with 28 to 32 degree lows Panhandle. New Mexico partly cloudy south and cloudy north with light rain and higher elevation snow. Winds 20 to 30 mph, lows 20 to 35, Saturday highs 40 to 50.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Panhandle
New Mexico
Roosevelt Supports Using German Ex-Soldiers for Soviet Repair
President Roosevelt, returning from the Crimea, backed repairing Soviet war damage with German ex soldiers. He announced several treaties for Senate ratification besides the world security charter to be drafted at the April 25 San Francisco conference. He said other Yalta decisions would mostly cover small details.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Crimea
Senate
San Francisco
Yalta
Fifth Army Raids Nazi Positions Near Bologna
Fifth Army troops mounted a large raid east of the Castiglione Sasso Bolognese highways south of Bologna and silenced several enemy machineguns in a two hour fight. Allied headquarters said overall actions were mainly patrols with continued German probes against Eighth Army along the Senio River and skirmishing near Costignola where prisoners were taken.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Eighth Army
Senio
Costignola
Williams Nomination Rejected by Senate Agriculture Committee
The Senate agriculture committee voted 12 to 8 to reject Aubrey Williams for rural electrification administrator with five Democrats and seven Republicans in support. Chairman Thomas of Oklahoma said he would confer with leaders before reporting the action to the Senate, delaying a full vote likely until next week.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aubrey Williams
Senate
Thomas
Oklahoma
Barkley
Kentucky
Strikes Close Six Detroit War Plants
Detroit area strikes halted six war plants and affected fourteen others. About 29,000 workers were idle, with potential further losses as the labor actions entered a second week.
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Detroit
Red Army breakthrough through Pomerania threatens Danzig corridor
Soviet forces pushed toward Koeslin and Schlawe on the Danzig Stettin line, cutting a 28 mile stretch and trapping 200000 German troops in northeastern Pomerania. Rokossovsky’s spearheads drive northwest with tank advances and breaches near Arnwald e and Reetz, signaling a major push toward the Baltic coast.
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London
Red Army
Pomerania
Danzig - Stettin
Konstantin K. Rokostovsky
Koeslin
Schlawe
Baltic
Danzig Free State
Koeslin-Schlawe
Rokossovsky
Arnswalde
Stettin
Ihna
Berlin
Reetz
Natural Gas Pipeline to Ohio Sought in Wartime Shortage
The Federal Power Commission was asked to authorize immediate construction of a 825 mile 18 inch natural gas pipeline from East Texas to Ohio to relieve wartime shortages. Metropolitan Eastern Corporation filed the application proposing a 140 million cubic feet daily capacity with a planned completion by October and a prompt hearing to start construction in April.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
East Texas
Ohio
Metropolitan Eastern Corporation
Wilmington
Del
New York
Texas
Woman Finds Teeth Painted In Kitchen Cabinet
A Manhattan woman discovered while painters were finishing that her store teeth, kept in a cup in the kitchen cabinet, were accidentally painted over. She rushed in and exclaimed the moment she realized what had happened.
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Manhattan
Kan
Allied Air Mass Attacks on German Targets Across Reich
RAF and US heavy bombers strike Cologne Dresden Magdeburg and more in a coordinated offensive. A 19th straight day of operations with 1,700 escort fighters, aimed at rail yards tank factories oil works and refinery targets across southeastern Germany and Berlin area.
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London
Cologne
U. S. First Army
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Rhine
American forces seize Puerto Princesa in Palawan invasion
Allied troops under Brig. Gen. Harold J. Haney land east of Puerto Princesa on Palawan to capture the town and three air fields. The operation cuts Japan’s shipping lanes and paves the way for air attacks on Malaya while B 29s strike from Burma and India.
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Long
Island
Philippines
Puerto Princesa
Japan
Malaya
Burma
India
Douglas MacArthur
Harold J. Haney
Brazil
Ind
County Clerk Gets A Quick Retort
County Clerk Hubert Cole in the courthouse hall answered a woman asking where to get a license. He jokingly pointed left for marriage and right for automobile. The woman replied she had already been to the left.
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Hubert Cole
Secretary Henry Wallace Tackles Postwar Job Problem
Henry A. Wallace was sworn in as Secretary of Commerce in Washington and immediately began work on the postwar employment challenge. The brief item also mentions Russell Stationery Company and leather billfolds.
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Henry Wallace
Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Russell Stationery Company
Red Cross drive kept open to 10 tonight in Amarillo
Amarillo banks stay open until 10 for Red Cross contributions on Texas Independence Day. Early figures show a push to exceed a $154,100 goal as workers and residents rush to donate. Campaign leaders urge wide cooperation, noting many checks needed to reach the target.
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Amarillo
Red Cross
Parents Warned Over School Attendance For Five Children
Justices of the peace warned five sets of parents yesterday and this morning that their children must attend school or face heavy fines. Seven parents faced complaints issued Wednesday by the county attorney. Officials said one warning will be issued per case and a second offense could lead to the maximum fine. persistent truancy could bring delinquency declarations and placement before the county judge for correctional custody.
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Justices of the Peace
Schoel
Labor Draft Seen as Step Toward Totalitarianism
Senator O Mahoney a Democrat of Wyoming said the labor draft is the last step toward complete totalitarian and authoritarian government He urged passage of a Senate military committee substitute for the House approved work or fight May Bill He argued the latter enforces compulsory labor and mentioned the lumber industry as an example John Maynard Lor Co 800 W dib.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Senate
Red Stamp Racket Ties Boston Butchers to Fraud
OPA officials disclosed a vast counterfeit red meat and butter ration stamp ring in Boston involving about 200 butchers and gamblers linked to horse and dog racing. Prosecutions and duration suspensions were planned. hundreds questioned, no arrests yet.
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Boston
OPA
Boseton
Cornelius J. Moynahan
Moynihan
New York
Chicago
Allied Leader Talks With Red General in Yugoslavia Visit
Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Allied commander in the Mediterranean, met Marshal Feodor Tolbukhin of the Soviet Third Ukrainian Army during a four percent visit to Yugoslavia and Hungary. Talks with Tolbukhin and Tito concluded with agreement on all points under discussion.
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Rome
Mareshal
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Russia
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Alexander
Tolbukhin
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Tito
London docks strike halts work for 3000 workers
In London on March 24 a strike by about 3,000 dock workers stopped work at five docks. The dispute centers on the pension scheme for workers charged with absenteeism, triggering a stoppage across the port facilities.
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London
London Docks
Sage
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the Rhine
Simpson
15Th Army
Navis
Roer
U. S. Ninth Army
Ninth
Canadien First Army
S. Ninth Army
Rheydt
UC. S. Third Army
U.S
Autry
United Press
Mae R. Johnson
Keller E. Rockey
Or Brantels
Morris, Insurance
Dial
Williams
the &Th Division
Dueren
Signal Corps
Manila
Masonic Temple
The
Philippines Women's University
Taft Avenue
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
Insurance
Sever Jap
Palawan Island
Philipines
Borneo
Singapore
John ‘Maynard Lor. Co
W. Dib
Gr. Regal Co
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