Allied Crushers Press German Retreat Along Rhine Front
With the First and Seventh Armies routing German forces, Patton's Third Army reportedly trapped about 30,000 Nazis in 48 hours and Inch by inch pushed toward the Ruhr. Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern Worms Zweibrücken fell as American columns advanced 12 miles toward the Ruhr suburb of Be Bevel Bonn. Patton and Patch combined to close multiple pockets while air and artillery targeted the Ruhr region.
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Supreme Headquarters
Geneorge S. Patton, Jr
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Saarbruecken
Kaisernlautern
Worms
Voelkingen
Zweibruecken
Homberg
St. Ing- Merz
Upper Rhine
Karlsruhe
Ludwigshafen
Valhalla
Rhine
Beteen Pirmasens
Saarland
Neun
Tehen
Ruhr
Germany
U.S
Lower Rhine
Wisenhower
Patton
Third
Ludwigshafen- Mannheim
Hitler
First Army
East Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
Bevel
Bonn
Enenhower
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Kaiserslautern
Niederwuerbach
Hassel
Kirkel
St. Ingbert Ami Homburg
103Rd
Cactuss Division
Anthony C. Mr Aulifte
Bastogne
Wissembourg
Washington
George
Palatinate
Hesse
Traven
Kirn
War Department orders midnight curfew for military personnel
The War Department, amid Mayor La Guardia’s curfew plan, orders all military personnel to depart entertainment venues by midnight. First enforcement hits the Stork Club. Washington says commands will follow the letter and spirit of the curfew, with Navy issuing related orders. President Roosevelt comments on the situation but takes no immediate action to relocate troops.
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New York
War Department
LaGuardia
New York City
Stork Club
Washington
War Te Partment
James FL Byrnes
Wesly
New Yor City
Navy
Allied Air Forces Raze Germany In Major World War II Raid
Allied air forces unleashed a vast coordinated assault using 7000 warplanes including 2000 heavy bombers. Four engine bombers from Britain attacked in waves while continental tactical aircraft hit German troops. US 15th Air Force bombers from Italy attacked Austria. Bombing targeted railways, highways, bridges, airfields, and Bremen oil refinery amid Ruhr Valley operations.
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London
Germany
Britain
Reich
Rhine
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Austria
Ruhr
Eisenhower
U. S
Plauen
Bremen
Weather Warmer Forecast From Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau predicts a low of 42 degrees tonight and a high of 71 tomorrow with increasing cloudiness. Last night’s freeze did not appear to damage fruit trees in bloom, which seem to have escaped the cold snap yesterday morning.
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Weather Bureau
Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance Ad
W J Morris Insurance agency promotes photos titled Photos Live Forever by Autry Studio located at 116 E 4th with Dial 4414 and phone 2 1922, advertising appointment books and desk calendars from Russell Stationery Company.
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Autry
Russell Stationery Company
Red Army closing in on Berlin siege edge at Stettin
Troops crowd siege guns on the Oder east bank from the Baltic to the Neisse after wiping out the Altdamm bridgehead. Zhukov probes for springboards for an attack east and northeast of ruined Berlin as the Berlin threat grows.
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Red
Berlin
Moscow
Oder
Baltic
Neisse
Stettin
Altdamm
Gregory K. Zhukov
Pos
Britain Faces Food Shortages As War Drags On
Churchill warned the House of Commons that European famine looms and Britain's winter stocks may fall to 4.75 million tons by June as shipments to liberated countries drain reserves. He dismissed a U.S. claim of 700 million tons and stressed the need to sustain distributions amid ongoing Allied operations.
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Allied
London
U.P
House of Commons
Europe
Churchil
Britain
Churchill
United States
Amarillo Area Weather Summary for Thursday
Weather report notes fair and warmer conditions today and tonight with increasing cloudiness. West Texas and New Mexico expect fair skies this afternoon and Thursday with warmer temperatures, highs ranging from 55 to 80 degrees and lows around 40 to 50. Record high and low entries show 64 and 32 with noon nearby.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Lone Star Flag Flies Over Iwo Jima
Texas sailor Charles J. Burgherat of San Antonio attached a Lone Star flag to a field artillery position on Iwo Jima. He planted the flag during the early days of the battle with the 13th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, and it remained flying.
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Jima
Lone Star
Charles J. Burgherat
San Aneonio
Texas
13Th Marines
Putia Marine Division
Burgharat
Leethernrce
Canadian Judge OE Hoever Dies at Home
Former Panhandle region judge and local attorney businessman OE Hoever died at his Hempitlt County home. Funeral services were set for 3 o clock Friday at First Baptist Church in Canadian with the body to be moved to tie burial site.
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Tiv
Navy Reports Loss of Submarine Barbel
Navy announces the submarine Barbel is overdue from patrol and presumed lost with all hands. Commanded by Le on Meluding four crew and ten others were aboard when the vessel sank to avoid capture. it had been launched in 1944 as the 713th naval vessel lost in the war.
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Washington
Barbel
Navy
Teabey
Leon Meluding
Mississippi Flood Peaks Near Eight-Year High in Memphis
Severe spring rains push the Mid River to an eight year high in Memphis as flood threats extend through Arearmeas and West Tennessee. Two deaths are attributed to the flooding in Louisiana Mississippi area while the river flows from St Louis toward the Gulf.
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Memphis
Arearmeas
West Tennessee
Louisana -Missepesippi
Rive
Sr. Loule
Gulf
A Resal Co Real Betare Loane Yor Lumber
A fragmentary notice mentions a Resal Company related to real beta re loans and lumber. The readable portions name Maynard Lor and W. oth in a context suggesting a business filing or notice. Details are incomplete but indicate a debt or credit matter involving lumber and financing.
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Maynard Lor Co
W. Oth
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Bruecken
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Remagen
Sieg
Wied
Ludendorff
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Insurance
Dial
Iwo Jima
Sages
San Francisco
Ivan S. Konev
Breslau
Upper Oder
Ukraine
Neisse Line
East Prussia
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Noenig¢sberg
Vasilevsky
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Stalin
Braunsberg
Zhukov
Kolberg
Investia
Pace
Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Radio Tokyo
Marc A. Mitscher
Tokyo
Philippines
San Fernando
Manila
U. S. 40Th Division
Panay
Flaming Moilo
Isaltpark
Basilan
Island
Isabela
Imperial Navy
Hamilton Faron
Associated Press
Mitscher
Task Force 58
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Mississippi
St. Louis
A Resal Co
Real Betare, Loane
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