Invasion on Saipan Island Opens Unopposed Landing
Dispatches describe Sgt. Melvin Richard Miller leading an unopposed Eleventh Airborne assault on Saipan's Saipang Island at the Maragondon River mouth in Manila Bay. The speed of touchdown and morale are highlighted amid frontline war reports from Manila and Germany.
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Manila
Melvin Richard Miller
Blackwell, Oklo
Eleventh Airborne Division
Saipang Island
Maragondon River
Manila Bay
Miller
Rex the war dog on Iwo Jima with blood plasma bottles
On Iwo Jima March 13 1945 Rex a four year old German shepherd carried eight small bottles of blood plasma and a pint of brandy on his back to aid wounded Marines. He delivered the cargo after a feigned injury by Jimmie Dugan Jr. Hollywood, disappearing with the dog and the brandy.
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Iwo
Rex
Robert R. Steele
Jimmie Dugan, Jr
Hollywood
Dugan
Dog
Probers Close In On Closed Shop Lobbying in Texas
In Austin on March 13 the House voted 111 to 14 to authorize a lobbying investigation linked to a bill outlawing the closed shop. Rep Ennis Favors of Pampa led the measure while members criticized hotel lobby influence and alleged efforts to sway House opinion. Folding cots noted at Amarillo Tent and Awning Co.
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Austin
House
Ennis Favors
Pampa
Sowers
Texas
Betty Jim Shelton Nabbed After Western Car Impound
Betty Jim Shelton daughter of Jim Shelton and two negro workers flee in a commandeered car. They forced her at gunpoint to drive westward and fled to the ranch near Nara Visa New Mexico. The car was stopped near San Jon. Shelton and one employee returned to the ranch while police learned the vehicle owner. A separate Amarillo shooting left detective Savage wounded. three deputies including Day Thompson and Kunkel are charged with kidnapping and violating the Dyer act amid the escape.
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Robbin Coons
Saipan
Quansetts
Laurel and Hardy
Miss Shelton
Jim Shelton
Shelton Ranch
Nara Visa
N. M
San Jon
New Mexico
Ted Houghton
Malcolm Shelton
Betty Jim
Savage
Amarillo
St. Anthony's Hospital
Bill Lampe
U. S
Elbert Wilburn Day
Miran Edgar Thompson
Billie Joe Kunkel
Day
Thompson
Kunkel
J. D. Cazzell
Justice of the Peace
Mary K. Harty
Paris
Dallas
Blackie Thompson
Long Beach
Cal
San
Elbert Day
Miran Thompson
Billie Kunkel
Lem Savage
Texas
Allied push nears Ruhr highway from Remagen bridgehead
Allied reports say U S First Army broke from the Remagen pocket to six miles deep and one mile wide, gaining a key foothold on the Rhine’s east bank. Hodges forces captured a high hill near Hoeningen, while Ninth Armored attacked northeast of Honnef as German counterattacks were repelled.
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John B. McDermott
Remagen
Germany
Ludendorff
Rhine
First Army
Luebsdorf
Linz
U. S. First Army
Remaygen
U. S. Ninth Armored
Honnef
Riverside
George S. Patton
Third Army
Mosel
Coblenz
Trier
Hodges
Hoenningen
U. S
Berlin
Rheinbreitbach
Ohlenberg
Ludendorff Bridge
Ninth Armored
Associated Press
Ruhr
Eifel
Saar Front
WT. S. Ninth Army
U S. First Army
U.S. Seventh Army
Tenth Armored
Moe Endle
Allied West Front News In Dense World War II Report
The briefing details Allied progress along the Rhine with American and British forces widening bridgeheads and driving east toward the Ruhr. It notes German resistance, artillery fire, and a German railgun threat, with weather hindering air operations and high losses from German self inflicting raids.
Nine New Generals Nine New Generals
President Roosevelt nominates nine lieutenant generals to become full generals in the U S Army. The list includes Joseph T McNarney Omar N Bradley Carl Spaatz George C Kenney Mark W Clark Walter Krueger Brehon B Somervell Jacob L Devers and Thomas T Handy with commands across Europe the Pacific and U S forces.
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Washington
Roosevelt
U. S
Joseph T. McNarney
Mediterranean
Omar N. Bradley
12Th
Western Front
Europe
Carl Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Force
George C. Kenney
Far East Air Forces
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army Group
Italy
Walter Krueger
6Th Army
Philippines
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Jacob L. Dev
Portraits Live Forever at Autry Studio Ad
An Autry Studio advertisement lists portraits service in Fort Worth area with contact numbers 2-1922 and business location 116 EB 4th. It references Ww. J. Morris Insurance and John Maynard Lumber Co at 600 W. dsb for all kinds of numbers.
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
Reds and Nazis clash on the Oder River front
The German high command claimed German forces held the Russian assault near Kuestrin and Danzig while three Red Army groups were said to be massing for an assault on Berlin. Danzig’s evacuation continued as the siege of Koenigsberg tightened with reports of mass German retreat and German broadcasts claiming Russian crossings south of Kuestrin.
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Kuestrin
Berlin
Moscow
Oder
Stettin
Danzig
Koenigsberg
Zhukov
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas Areas
The forecast calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies with a slight warming trend today and tonight. Winds reach 15 to 25 mph. Del Rio Eagle Pass area and south of Pecos River may see light rain with mild temperatures across the region.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
Allied forces advance on Philippines China fronts driving Japanese back
Japanese units retreat on three Philippines fronts and two China fronts. Forty First Division seizes Zamboanga and nearby airfields on Mindanao as Eleventh Airborne frees Los Baños and Batangas on Luzon. Marines mop up Iwo Jima area while Burma Gurkhas encircle Fort Dufferin as Nagoya incendiaries damage seven war plants.
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Philippines
China
Mindanao
Zamboanga
San Roque
Borneo
Eleventh Airborne Division
Los Banos
Manila
Batangas
Luzon Island
Suiciwan
U. S
Formosa
Suidiwan
Clark Field
Fortress
Tokyo
Burma
Dufferein
Mandalay
Japan
Nagoya
Aichi Aircraft
Eitokyo
Iwo Jima
Osaka Bombing Targets Stir Word Battles
Washington reports a large air attack on Osaka with incendiary bombs aimed at strategic industrial targets, marking a major wartime aerial offensive. The incident underscores ongoing strategic bombing operations against Japan during the war.
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Washington
Osaka
Roosevelt asks Congress for Navy budget of 1945 46
President Roosevelt requested Congress approve 23 719 153 050 dollars for the Navy for the 1945 46 fiscal year and authorized contracts totaling 3 088 012 624 dollars. Of the new budget about four and a half billion would cover contracts already authorized.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Garner Condition Stable Around Same at St Anthony's
C R Garner, cattle feed dealer, remains seriously ill at St Anthony's Hospital. He has been a patient since last Thursday and continues under an oxygen tent with condition described as about the same.
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C. R. Garner
St. Anthony’s Hospital
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