Allied Armies Break German Front Across Rhine Front
Allied forces push through the Rhine region with rapid advances across the Ruhr and Main areas. American First Army nears Giessen while Patton’s Third Army drives into Frankfurt and Schweinfurt as German resistance collapses and Allied tanks flood the Reich. British and Canadian units advance toward Westphalia with large tank formations in pursuit.
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Ninth Army
Ruhr
Duisburg-Hamm
Radio Luxembourg
Sterkrade
Duisburg
Reich
Rhine
Germany
First Army
Middle Rhine
Giessen
Berlin
Wehrmacht
Prankfurt-on-Main
George 8S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Prankfurt
Schweinfurt
Patton
Pulda
Nuernberg
Seventh Army
Westphalian
Canadian First
First Airborne Army
Second
Franconia
Third Army
Frankfurt
Hanau
Gemuenden
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Lahn River
Wetzlar
Squeeze Is Running Packers Says Wilson
Thomas E. Wilson told Senate investigators that OPA price controls squeeze packers and must be eased or the government will take over the industry. He cited losses from buying livestock at controlled prices and selling at controlled prices. He warned the situation could worsen if not corrected and called for relief beyond current beef subsidies and pork ceiling adjustments.
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Washington
Thomas E. Wilson
Senate
OPA
Wilson & Company
Wilson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Leo AL
Japanese Fire Rages Across Cebu as U S Forces Advance
Pacific reports describe Japanese incendiaries burning Cebu City as U S troops push inland after overrunning coastal positions. Tokyo says new air raids strike Kyushu while Iwo Jima fliers reach near Tokyo and U S forces prepare landings on Okinawa amid heavy coastal defenses and disorganized Japanese defense.
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Cebu
Philippines
U.S
Kerama Islands
Okinawa
Ome
Anmether
Women volunteers sought to roll bandages in Potter County
Urgent call for helpers to meet a quota of 44 800 dressings by April 9. The chapter house at Tenth and Tyler stays open daily from 8 30 A M to 3 P M for volunteers who can work any three hour shift. Contact Mrs. Truman Vineyard at Blackstone Hotel by calling 32 6663 for the chairman in charge.
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Potter County
Beau
Tyler
Polk
Efren
Blackstone Hotel
Anti-Parking Meter Bill Faces Slim Chance in Austin
A parking meter bill advanced by Rep Will Smith faced a slim chance in the 49th legislature after the Hoos committee on municipal and private corporations voted four favorable and one unfavorable. A minority report will keep the measure from the House calendar unless adopted.
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Austin
Hoos Committee On Municipal and Private Corporations
Will Smith
Howe
New Red and Blue Points Become Valid on April 1
Five new red stamps and five new blue stamps, worth 10 points each, become valid April 1. Red stamps are K-2, L-2, M-2, N-2, P-2. blue stamps are T-2, U-2, V-2, W-2, X-2. They expire July 31. Luger stamp 35 ends June 2. New sugar stamps will be named May 1.
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Washington
Wounded Americans Liberated by Seventh Army at Heppenheim
Seventh Army infantrymen captured Heppenheim today freeing 290 wounded American prisoners of war found in a hospital with 800 other Allied captives. They had suffered severe malnutrition with many there over weeks losing about 35 pounds on average.
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Germany
Torrmem
Aretcher
Tormeteen
Dbentemant
Heppenheim
U. S. Seventh Army
House Panel Hears On Food Shortages Shortage Study Begun
The new House committee to investigate food shortages held its first meeting at noon in the House restaurant. The session opened with a menu offering braised beef and broiled fresh fish as the luncheon options.
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Washington
New House Committee
Absentee Ballots Zero Cast in City Election
No absentee votes have been cast for the city election on April 3. The deadline for absentee voting falls on Saturday, signaling a final chance for eligible voters to participate.
Diplomat Says Japan Expects Nazi Leaders in Refuge
Victor Gutaulescu, former Romanian envoy, reports Japanese officials expect Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Benito Mussolini to seek shelter in Japan soon as Germany falters. He notes widespread defeatism among Japanese despite press campaigns, and cites American air raids lowering Tokyo’s living standards.
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Moscow
March
Tokyo
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Benito Mussolini
Japan
Germany
Victor Gutaulescu
Guixulesco
Guixulescu
Germans Flee to Alps as Allies Close In
Reports from London Brussels and Zurich say prominent Germans including Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop and Hitler’s physician Sauerbruch fled toward Lake Constance near the Swiss border. Panzer divisions and SS troops were said to be stationed in the Alps near Arlberg as Nazi leaders seek potential last stand. Churchill signals end is in sight with ministers near London over Easter. Headlines declare Germany’s collapse and “Germany Is Whipped.”
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Alps
Europe
London News Chronicle
Lake Constance
Ferdinand Sauerbruch
Hitler
Zurich
Arlberg
Austria
London News-Chronicle
Churchill
London Daily Mail
London Daily Express
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Volkssturm
Home Guard
Need Not Bring Him Back Alive
Secretary Anthony Eden told Commons that Adolf Hitler remains a major war criminal and Allied punishment would follow if captured. He said British soldiers could decide whether to shoot or capture Hitler, leaving the choice to each soldier's judgment.
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London
March
Anthony Eden
Commons Today
Adolf Hitler
Eden
Hitler
Peden
Free City As Forts Hit Berlin Free City As Forts Hit Berlin
More than 400 U S Flying Fortresses attacked war plants in Berlin while 500 more struck Hannover targets. German reports said evacuation orders for women and children were issued as anti aircraft fire rose over Berlin.
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London
U. S
Berlin
Hannover
Reich
Spandau
Falkensee
DNB
Tokyo
Allied
Russians Open Second Western Front In Bonn Street Fight
Four Russian laborers engaged three German police in a hand to hand clash at a Bonn intersection. The Russians won the melee and fled on three bicycles as two American observers watched from nearby.
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Bonn
Germany
Stalin
Bohn Street
Stalingrad
Remagen
400000 Soft Coal Miners Poll on Strike Saturday
The nation’s 400000 soft coal miners were polled today on willingness to strike if wage demands are not met by the contract expiry at midnight Saturday. The vote was expected to be overwhelmingly in favor, but government intervention to avoid coal-production disruption was considered likely before the deadline.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt urges Senate to pass manpower bill compromise
President Roosevelt asked the Senate to approve the House approved compromise manpower bill. He warned that failure to do so would hamper the successful conduct of the war.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Senate
Weather Outlook for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Fair with little temperature change today and tonight. Thursday remains fair and slightly warmer. West Texas and New Mexico show fair conditions through Thursday with small temperature shifts. cooler in the southeast this afternoon and warmer in the northeast Thursday. Lows tonight 25 to 45, highs Thursday 60 to 75.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Four Soviet Armies Hammer Out Gains
Soviet forces push toward the Raba River within 20 miles of the Austrian border as Berlin reports fighting at Sarvar and Gyor. The Third Ukrainian Army drives through Danube defenses to 20 miles from Austria and 58 from Vienna while Soviet supply eyes a spring offensive.
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Paris
Germany
Ruhr
Berlin
Raba
Sarvar
Gyor
Oder River
Kuestrin
Moscow
Danube
Austria
Vienna
Feodor Tolbukhin
Reba
Mighty Fine Weather Forecast Ahead
Weather man Winburn predicts a sunny afternoon and tomorrow with a low of 36 tonight and highs in the high 70s tomorrow. Light winds expected. E. A. Regal Co. Real Estate, Loans.
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Winburn
E. A. Regal Co
Italy Push Is Coming
In Rome on March 78 the Allied commander Mark Clark declared a large scale offensive by the Fifth and Eighth armies would come sooner or later and ordered patriots in northern Italy to be ready to strike at a moment's notice.
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Rome
Mark Clark
Italy
Authorization Granted for Toluene Plant Near Borger
Defense Plant Corporation authorized a $6 million toluene manufacturing plant near Borger to supply high explosive ingredients. Bechtel-McCone Co of Los Angeles will build the facility for Phillips Petroleum, with work to begin immediately.
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Washington
Borger
Defense Plant Corporation
Bechtel-McCone
Los Angeles
Cal
Phillips Petroleum Company
DPC
Army Ordnance
Thousand Licenses Our Deadline Saturday Report
Report states a county must sell about four thousand license plates daily to meet the Saturday deadline. Merle C Cape ton of 308A Mixen appears as purchaser of plate EX 46 Deschine numbers. Dates on vehicles will be Sunday with sales continuing to Saturday.
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Wil
DO Green
Merle
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Ile
Marvin Jones
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By Eddie Gilmore
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