Soldiers Think So as Final Push Aims at Rhine
Paris dispatch reports the U S First Army press from the Rhine bridgehead against the Ruhr flank under an air barrage by more than 2,000 American warplanes. Montgomery Patton and Patch spearhead allied forces for a decisive Rhine assault as German defenses crumble in the Saar Palatinate and Ludwigshafen areas.
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Ruhr
North Sea
Eisenhower
Batttefront
Nijmegen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Courtney H. Hodges
Steg
Saar-Palatinate
George S. Patton
Third Army
Ludwigshafen
Karlsruhe
Alexander M. Patch
U. S
Seventh Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sir Bernard Montgomery
21St Army Group
Montgomery
Saar
Germany
Rhone
Swiss
Berlin
Germans in Flight Hinders Nazi War Efforts
London reports hundreds of thousands of German civilians fleeing the Ruhr and areas east of the Rhine. Roads to Nuernberg and Munich are clogged as Allied advances threaten supplies and a potential airborne invasion.
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Rhine
South Bend
Ind
Ardennes
London
Ruhr
Nuernberg
Munich
Low Countries
France
Eisenhowers
Stockholm
Sven- Ska Dagbladet
Essen
Dortmund
Gelsenkirchen
Bochum
Belgian journalist Jules Rhone shot at Brussels prison
Jules Rhone a Belgian journalist who wrote for the German censored Nouveau Journal during the occupation was shot and killed today at Brussels prison.
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Pal
Brussels
Jules Rhone
Nouveau Journal
New York Nightlife Retains Midnight Curfew Adherence
Night club and restaurant owners in New York City announce adherence to the midnight closing despite a three day Star bill ing and a city wide curfew clash. Allied food and entertainment groups say members will ignore the extra hour tolerance, while many nonmembers plan to return to midnight hours leaving Mayor LaGuardia without robust enforcement.
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New York
New York City
Allied Food and Entertainment Industries
Greater New York
LaGuardia
Poultry Price Boost Aims to Spur Production
Washington reports the government plans a poultry price increase to ease a current shortage. Economic Stabilization Director William H. Davis is expected to authorize the boost soon, possibly by week’s end.
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Washington
William H. Davis
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with little temperature change across Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico. Winds 25 to 30 mph this afternoon. Tonight and Friday partly cloudy with cooler readings Friday. Highs around 76 and lows near 46 with noon around 62. Autry Studio notes Live Forever.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Divide
Denies Germans Sought Peace Through Ireland
In Dublin on March 22 U S minister David Gray said there is no truth to rumors that Prime Minister Eamon de Valera sent a German peace proposal via Dr Eduard Hempel. Gray stated no representations were made to him directly or indirectly.
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Dublin
David Gray
U. S
Eire
Gay
Eamon de Valera
Eduard Hempel
Gray
A Choice for Germany Starve or Surrender in 1946
A British ministry spokesman warned that Germany faces famine in 1946 unless it halts fighting and rebuilds food production. He cited depleted agriculture, wartime requisitions, and refugee influx as factors, noting Germans receive about 1650 calories daily and that Allied advances prevent feeding occupied areas.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Berlin
Reich Agricultural
Josef Stock
Germany
Argentina Debates War With Japan
Buenos Aires March 22 reports indicate Argentina may declare war on Japan to join the United Nations and end diplomatic isolation. Informed quarters expect a decision by week’s end, viewing war as a prerequisite for solving Argentina's international difficulties under Mexico City conference formulas.
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Buenos Aires
Japan
United Nations
Argentina
Mexico City
Weather forecast: weaker winds and cooler temps ahead
The Weather Bureau predicts winds will drop from today’s gusts to average 25 to 30 mph this afternoon with cooler conditions. Weatherman H. C. Winburn says conditions won’t stir up much dust. For lumber, see John Maynard at 800 W. South.
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Weather Bureau
H. C. Winburn
John Maynard
Churchill defends delegation as Labour criticism swells
Prime Minister Churchill announced a nine member British delegation to the World Exposition in San Francisco. Emmanuel Shinwell accused the government of stacking the group with conservatives. Churchill asserted national interests and named Eden Attlee Cranborne and Halifax as members.
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Commons
Churchill
Britain
Emmanuel Shinwell
Shinwell
Labor Party
Shurchill
Labor
Maelyon ‘Hughes
Clement Attlee
Council
Delega
Eden
Attlee
No Changes Reported Along Italian Front
The Allied communique said no changes in the situation along the Italian front with nine days of limited action. Patrol clashes occurred in the Fifth Army central sector and the Adriatic sector of the Fifth Army front.
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Rome
U.P
Fifth Army
Adriatic
Fighth
Soviet offensive shatters western Hungary front toward Vienna
Berlin acknowledged a violent Soviet breakout across a 65 mile defensive line in northwest Hungary. Russian troops moved toward Vienna and seized Esztergom Tata and Felsogalia while German pockets along the Baltic front were cleared. Russian forces push toward Berlin and close on East Prussia near Koenigsberg.
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Berlin
Hungary
Vienna
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Danube
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Austria
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Felsogalia
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Danzig
Gdynia
Baltic
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Armed Patriots Free Danish Officials During Bombing
Swedish dispatch reports seventy five armed patriots entered the booksellers house during the British Mosquito raid on Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen and freed ten top Danish police officials. Thirty others were released from the shell house with at least ten killed among those held. Danish press cited totals of 110 Danes and 500 Germans killed.
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Stockholm
Gestapo
Copenhagen
Believe Kesselring Replaced Rundstedt on Western Front
Speculation rose in Allied lines that Field Marshal Albert Kesselring might replace von Rundstedt to command German armies in the West with the U S Ninth Army possibly involved. Reports say Kesselring is now high in Hitler's favor after his Italian campaign and loyalty to Hitler following last July's bomb plot.
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U. S
Western Front
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Marshal von Rundstedt
Kesselring
Hitler
Draft Law Extended by House Military Committee
Washington March 22 The House military committee unanimously approved a one year extension of the draft law without changes after a brief hearing. Army spokesmen urged no restrictions on sending men into combat five months after induction when necessary. Some members pressed to ban sending teenagers into combat without specified training period.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Army
Government raises subsidy for cattle slaughterers
Washington on March 26 reports the government will raise the subsidy to meat processors by up to 50 cents per hundred pounds. Price Administrator Chester Bowles announced the move before the Senate banking committee after defending his agency's meat price policies amid criticism from packers and Republicans claiming they were going broke.
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Washington
Chester Bowles Beefore
Senate Banking Committee
Engineers Quick Bridge Across the Rhine in Ten Hours
First Army engineers built a 1,200 foot Rhine bridge in ten hours at the bridgehead setting a record. A corps commander had bet fifteen hours for the span but the unit beat it by five hours and celebrated with a beer party as infantry and armored units crossed.
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Rhine
First Army
Rep. James V. Hebinger Dies in Arizona Hospital
Washington reports Rep. James V. Hebinger a Republican member of Congress died today at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix Arizona. The announcement came from the House.
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Washington
James V. Hebinger
Ulinon Republican
Good Samaritan Hospital
Phoenix
Ariz
Millions Flee From Superforts as Tokyo Warned
The AP reports massive flight from Tokyo as B-29s attack Rangoon and Japanese civilians evacuate. British troops trap about 30,000 Nipponese in Central Burma while American forces push in the Philippines defeating pockets of enemy resistance and advancing with guerrilla support.
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Associated Press
Rangoon
Japan
Manila
Luzon
MacArthur
Philippines
Panay
Hailo
Philippines Islands
San Fernando
Mindanao and Amoy Battles Feature Broad Pacific Actions
Reported across the Pacific theater, Filipino forces retook Mindanao while Japanese losses were heavy at sea near Amoy. Australian air forces claim sinking 29 ships and damaging 32 in February, mostly small vessels, as Japan remains steadfast in defense of the homeland.
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China
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Dutch East Indies
Japan
Mitscher
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