Allies Cross Rhine Front Near Bonn as Trap Grows for Nazis
Allied forces including the American First and Third Armies drive toward Bonn and Coblenz after crossing the Rhine south of Cologne. German defenses crumble as Patton units advance and a potential trap forms with divisions isolated between Bonn and Coblenz. Wesel pocket holds slow German resistance north of the Ruhr.
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Paris
Rhine
Cologne
Supreme Headquarters
Ninth Armored
First Army
Bonn
Third Army
Fourth Armored
Remagen
Ninth
Old University City
Coblenz
Eisenhower
Alves
Rhineland
Saar
Moselle
Strasbourg
Wesel
Allied forces press advance through flooded front pockets
Front lines endured heavy rain as the Ninth Army, Canadians and Britons faced a relentless German shelling. The Third Army’s 11th Armored Division seized multiple towns southwest of Mayen, while other divisions pushed and repulsed counterattacks near Bitburg Trier and Pruem. Canadians briefly held Wesel pocket before Germans retook Veen.
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Fourth Armored
Rhine
11Th Armored
Kyll
Mayen
Bonn
Cologne
Marienburg
Old
Rhine West Bank
Holland
Wesel
First Parachute Army
U. S. Ninth Army
Third Army
Betteldorf
Essingen
Rockeskull
Walkoningen
Salm
Bitburg
76Th
Rost
Schleidweiler
Zemmer
Schonfeld
Belingen
Niersbach
Trier
10Th Armored
94Th
90Th
Neroth
Pruem
Hillesheim
Veen
Ninth Army
Ossenberg
Duesseldorf
Amarillo Fat Stock Show closes after brisk sales
The 18th annual show ends as the club call auction tallies 190 pigs in under an hour with average 17.55 cents per pound and top sale at $1.00 per pound for Pinkney Packing Company’s grand champion. The reserve champion Duroc bought for 56 cents and 294 pound Poland China champion sold to Hart’s Raymond Powell Jr. The grand champion lamb sold for 70 dollars to Plainview Livestock Association. Crowd from distant points fills Tri-State Fairgrounds arena.
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Amarillo
Club
Clyde Otten
Pinkney Packing Company
Raymond Powell, Jr
Hart
Buddy Barker
Clarendon
Tierra Blanca Farms
Canyon
Floyd Terrell
Plainview
Plainview Livestock Association
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Hold Off Attackers Hold Off Attackers
The U S Tenth Mountain Division pressed a five mile advance on the Bologna Pistoria front west of Bologna as German fire raked the rough terrain. Allied reports said several peaks within 20 miles of Bologna were captured and Vertago near the Bologna Pistoria road fell to Fifth Army forces, signaling a successful limited objective attack.
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Rome
U. S
Tenth Mountain Division
Bologna- Pistoria
Fifth Army
Bologna
Bologna-Pistoria Road
Vertago
President Seeks Fast Action on Manpower Bill
Senate Majority Leader Barkley said President Roosevelt wants the best manpower control bill possible soon. He spoke after a White House conference to reporters before the Senate resumed work on the long debated measure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
White House
Bonn Area Photo Album Captures 1902 Rhine Bridge
Ed Roberts recalls a German Rhine tour with his family in 1902 taking 72 photos including a Bonn bridge image that appears in today’s news. His son Terry S. Roberts serves in the medical department, possibly in Germany this moment, while other relatives serve in the Navy and Australian forces.
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Ed Roberts
Harrison
Rhine
Pfc
Terry S. Roberts
Germany
Bonn
Mr. Roberts
Wiesbaden
British Isles
Belgium
Switzerland
Holland
Ed Roberts, Jr
Navy
Norfolk
Georgia Roberts
Melbourne
Australia
Tom Blamey
Dutch New Guinea
Casualties Increase in World War II Totals Now 823,632
Washington reports Army casualties at 732,922 and Navy at 90,710 since war start. Total casualties rose by 10,600 from last week with 221,155 wounded returning to duty. Navy breakdown shows 34,513 killed and 41,209 wounded, plus prisoners and missing figures.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Secretary of War
Stimson
Juveniles Increase Jail Population in County
The county jail population rose to 58 the largest in months. Juvenile delinquents led with 15 inmates held for investigation or transport to correctional facilities. Other charges included theft driving without owner’s consent burglary and violations of the Selective Service Act and drunken driving.
RAF and American Bombers Hit Dessau and Ruhr Oil Targets
British warplanes blasted Dessau in the Eastern Front, oil refineries at Harburg and Heide, and Berlin with fleet Mosquitos dropping two ton blockbusters. American bombers struck seven oil plants and five switching yards serving the Ruhr, marking the 24th day of a major air campaign.
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London
RAF
Dessau
Berlin
Harburg
Hamburg
Heide
Schleswig-Holstein
Kiel
Ruhr
Essen
Upper Rhine
Siegen
Betzdorf
Dillenburg
Giessen
Gelsenkirchen-Dortmund
Fire on Guards at Rome Clinic Amid War Crimes Trial
Shots fired in the night at Carabinieri guarding a clinic where Lt. Gen. Francesco Jacomoni is held on war crimes charges. He reported hearing the shots and stayed in bed. The event follows other protests against Premier Ivanoe Bonomi's government and the escape of Gen. Mario Roatta earlier in the week.
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Rome
Carabinieri
Francesco Jacomoni
Ivanoe Bonomi
Mario Roatta
Royal
Bonomi
Jacomoni
Albania
Mussolini
Alexander
Yugoslavia
Roselli Brothers
France
Russians Powerfully Press East of Berlin Near Kuestrin
Troops under Zhukov drive toward Berlin 29 miles from the city, with heavy fighting and breaches at Kuestrin and Niederwutzen. Russians claim advances along a 125 mile Oder front from Stettin Bay to Crossen as Stettin area comes under threat and Danzig is within 19 miles of German lines.
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London
Berlin
Kuestrin
Seelow
Oder
Gregory Zhukov
Rhine
Transocean
Goerlitz
Frankfurt
Niederwutzen
Zehden
Oder River
Ernst von Hammer
Stettin Bay
Crossen
Danzig Free State
Danzig
Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Neisse
Baltic
Stettin
Stepenitz
Gollnow
Massow
Dammscher Lake
Poelitz
Marines Break Japanese Defense on Hill As Luzon Reaches Shore
Mow Down Iwo Japs, Storm Into Mandalay reports say Marines seized a strategic hill as Japanese tanks survived a costly assault and defenders destroyed an ammunition dump. MacArthur's forces reached southern Luzon while B 29s bombed Manila area and Lashio fell to Chinese troops in North Burma.
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Japan
Asiatic
Weather Summary Amarillo and West Texas Areas
Weather brief reports fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with near freezing tonight. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with light rain in Del Rio Eagle Pass area and stable temperatures. New Mexico forecasts fair conditions through Friday with modest temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
New Mexico
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Neville Chamberlain
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Middle Rhine
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Cobienz
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Eifels
Ahr River
Patton
Rhine-Moselle
Reich
Hugh Gaffey
Austin
Texas
Rhone
Canadian First Army
Kvyll
A. B. Dick Mimeography
Russell Stationery Company
W. J. Morris
Insurance
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Marshal Stalin
E. A. Regal Co
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Mandalay
Tokyo
Nagoya
Osaka-Kohbe
U.S. Pacific
Kuniaki Koiso
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Luzon Island
Marikina
Manila
South Pacific
Lashio
Burma
John Maynard Ltr. Co
Weather Bureau
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
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