Allied Armies Break German Front Driving to Berlin
Unconfirmed radio reports said 2,000 German surrenders per hour amid mass captures by U S First and Third Armies totaling over 33,000 in one day. Hodges First Army moved toward Paderborn and Berlin while Montgomery’s forces advanced from the Ruhr. Patton’s Third Army drove from Giessen toward the Thuringian forest as Luxembourg radio warned of a great mass surrender and imminent revolt against the Nazi regime.
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U.S
Germany
First Army
Ruhr
Muenster
Berlin
Bremen
Hannover
Padesborn
Giessen
Third Army
Frankfurt-Berlin
Bad Wildungen
Kassel
Wesel
Elbe
Luxembourg
Western Front
Paderborn
Cateway
Sir Bernard L
Radic
George S. Patton
Laepzig
Red Army
Patton
United Press
Robert Richards
Rhine
Montgomery
Second Army
Ninth Army
Hodges
Eisenach
Remagen Brideghead
Langeweisse
Geissen
Lelbach
Titmarginghausen
Eisenhower
Holy Reich
Wuerzburg
Raid on Bremen Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven by US bombers
More than 2,300 U S Fourth Air Force planes hit Bremen Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven in a record air attack on German naval bases. About 1,400 Fortresses and Liberators with P 47 escorts pounded submarine yards naval ships oil storage and port facilities. The raid aimed to cripple the U Boat fleet and worsen Reich confusion amid prior Mosquito raids on Berlin and northwest Germany.
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London
U. S. Fighth
Bremen
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
GOC
Reich
Berlin
Germany
Mrs. C. F.ongleton to Stay in Dallas Visitor Home
Mrs. C Fongleton of Dallas arrives in the J. G. McClintock residence at 2408 Ongleston to spend several days. Photographs Live Forever studio note lists contact details.
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Ongleton
J. G. McClintock
C. FE. Congleton
Dallas
Amaryllio and West Texas Weather Summary
Partly cloudy and warmer today in Amarillo and vicinity with fair tonight. Saturday shows continued little temperature change. West Texas skies partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Saturday with cooler tonight in most areas. New Mexico sees partly cloudy conditions with mountain snow flurries and showers east of the Divide. Highs 60s to 80s, lows 25 to 40.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Divide
Flood Toll Mounting In Texas
Texas reported at least five deaths from recent wild rain and hailstorms with seven figure property damage. Fatalities included three in Fort Worth and one near Dallas where 14 year old Marvel Parks drowned, and another near San Antonio. Trinity River rose to 17 year high marooning families as crews rescued residents and major roads, rails, and creeks faced disruption.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Antonio
Marvel Parks
Jesse Ernest Carroll
Everman
Sycamore Creek
M. O. Bennett
Hillsboro
Gwendolyn Kline
Trinity River
Madeline Lovett
Helotes
Miss Kline
Mrs. Lovett
Trinity Bottoms
Base at Laohokow Falls to Japanese Push
American forces abandoned Laohokow air base 200 miles northwest of Hankow as a Japanese assault estimated at 80 000 men pressed the line. US 14th Air Force bombers hit a town five miles north, suggesting the enemy may reach Lao hokow and threaten Sian or Chungking.
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Chungking
Laohokow
Hankow
U. & Headquarters
U. S 14Th Air Force
Sian
Shensi
Threat to Vienna Grows as Red Army Near City
Reported Red Army advances along five highways south of the Danube put Vienna within 30 miles of Sopron which was described as besieged. Other items cover coal labor disputes seeking extension, potential government seizure, and shifting fronts around Danzig and Wiener Neustadt.
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Vienna
London
Red Army
Danube
Sopron
Danzig
Gdynia
Austria
Wiener Neustadt
Leite River
Hungary
PCC
United States
Moscow
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
OPA Reeling From Court Challenge to Pricing Ceilings
The Emergency Court of Appeals upheld one major point but said OPA ceilings for packers handling only fresh beef fail to allow profit or even break even. It ruled processing ceilings generally fair. Senate and House probes pause until Monday as shortages linger.
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Washington
OPA
Emergency Court of Appeals
Senate
House
Small Superfortress Force Hits Nagoya
A small force of B 29 Superfortresses attacked an industrial target in Nagoya Japan. The city has been subjected to heavy fire bombing in prior raids by American aircraft.
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Washington
U.P
Nagoya
Pretty Weather Predicted For Easter Weekend
The Weather Bureau forecasts a pleasant Easter with light winds and temperatures near 70. Expect mild, fair conditions through the weekend, with a chance of moisture by Monday night or Tuesday. Lumber available from Joh Marnard Lumber Co.
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Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
Joh Marnard Lbr Co
Hold Fire as British Outrun Bomb Lines in Germany
March 30 report says RAF fliers pursuing Germans across Westphalian plains received a hold your fire order as British tanks broke into enemy road columns. Ground attack sped ahead, with armored spearheads outrunning bomb lines, leading to temporary bombing and strafing pauses to protect Allied troops.
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Germany
RAF
Westphalian Plains
Almost Entire American Fleet Reported Off Japan's Doorstep
Tokyo said at least five Allied task forces with 18 battleships blasted the Japanese southern approaches for an eighth straight day in preparation for Okinawa invasion. Reports stated 150 to 2,000 ships including transports and landing craft, with one Tokyo broadcast claiming Almost the entire American Pacific Fleet mobilized for the assault.
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Japan
Guam
Tokyo
Okinawa
Ryukyus
America
Yomiuri-Hachi
Sakishimas
Naval
Tanega Island
Secret Pact Threatens United Nations Unity at San Francisco
The White House announces a Yalta secret three vote plan for Russia and the United States, signaling bitter clashes with small nations. Critics call it a gratuitous slap at small nations and oppose extra U.S. votes while Stettinius remains hopeful about a world organization and avoids details of the voting plan.
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United Press
White House
Yalta
San Francisco
Russia
United States
United Nations
London
Ball
Minnesota
Vandenberg
Michigan
Stettinius
Washington
Edward Stettinius
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First Army Front
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Sam A. Thomas
Metz
Nancy
North Sea
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S Kleve
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Mayen
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Mindeng
Herford
Stendol
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Neuwifd
Mainz
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Marburg
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Kothen
Halle
Altenburg
Glogan
Liegnits
Prague
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Soorbrucken
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Mulhouse
Mannheim
Villingen
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Karlsruhe
Uime
Erlanden
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Augsburg
Czechoslovakia
Passau
C. Budejovice
Steyr
Tudio Iit
Brean
East
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
WLB
George W. Tangior
Labor
Perkins
WLE
United Mine Workers
Miss Perkins
Yugoslavia
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Big Harbor
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Mactan Islands
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Tanega
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W. J. Morris
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