Stettin Under Artillery Fire Of Soviet Guns
German claims say Russian shock troops captured half of Kuestrin and pressed toward Stettin as Soviet forces shell the Pomeranian capital. Moscow reported gains northeast toward Danzig and Gdynia, with Lauenburg and Kartuzy falling to Soviet advances.
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Stettin
London
Kuestrin
Oder River
Berlin
Soscow
Sove
Belin
Warthe River
Moscow
Danzig
Gdynia
Baltic
Stalin
Lauenburg
Kartuzy
Karthaus
Pomerania
Moscow News
Nikolai Akimov
Akimov
East Prussia
Altdamm
Dammscher See
Pomeranian
Crossen
Oder
Zukov
Cavalry advances into hills east of Manila and Luzon actions
General MacArthur reports the First Cavalry Division has driven into Antipolo fourteen miles east of Manila while the Sixth Division moves southwest of Montalban. The 158th Regimental Combat Team clears routes between Lake Taal and Batangas Bay. Air and naval actions target Zamboanga, Cotabato, Balikpapan, Aparri, and Luzon fronts.
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Manila
Yank First Cavalry
Antipolo
MacArthur
Montalban
Lake Taal
Batangas Bay
Tokyo
Zamboanga
Key City
Mindanao
Kenney
Far Eastern Command
Cotabato
Moro Gulf
U. S
Borneo
Maggar
Balikpapan
Luzon
Aparri
Zambales
Americans Press Inland as Remagen Bridgehead Expands
AP dispatches from Remagen say American spearheads cut routes from the Wesel pocket and neared a blown railway bridge. Dutch front reports indicate German eastward moves north of the Waal as they retreat toward a stronger line along the IJssel river.
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Associated Press
Remagen
U. S
Ninth Army
35Th Infantry
Wesel
Netherlands
Waal Rhine
Holland
Zuider Zee
Ijssel
Eifels
Rhine
First
Ninth
Ruhr
Supreme Headquarters
Saar
Palatinate
Coblenz
Duisberg
Duesseldorf
Signs of Decay Mount in Reich
London reports growing signs of economic and political decay in Germany intensified by Allied air strikes and Russian advances. Allied experts warn of famine, disrupted transport, and refugee influx while Nazi ammunition shortages and reduced war output are noted. Some expect an eventual German collapse with pockets of resistance remaining.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Reich
Europe
France
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Poland
Italy
Bern
UNRRA
United States
Robert Murphy
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Berchtesgaden
Marines Break Japanese Hold On Iwo Jima Pocketed Strips
U S Marines push on Iwo Jima after 21 days of battle as Fourth and Third Divisions tighten around Kitano Point and northeast shore pockets. Acknowledging crumbling resistance, ships and air support pounded the island while 564 Japanese killed in a Thursday night infiltration repulse.
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Fourth Marine
Tachiwa Point
Eight Square Mile Island
Motoyama Town
Kitano Point
Third Marine
Higashi
Clifton B. Cates
Graves B. Erskine
Keller E. Rockey
Iwo
U. S
Fifth Fleet
Iwo Jima
War Labor Board reps in Amarillo area answer questions
War Labor Board representatives will be in Amarillo and surrounding area until Friday noon to address employer questions. Five inspectors have worked this week in the Amarillo zone enforcing directives and are based on the Herring Hotel’s moz anine floor. Eighth Regional WLB official E. B. Curtis will appear Monday in Berger to answer region questions. Ditto duplicating machines and genuine supplies. Russell Stationery Co
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War Labor Board
Amarillo
Mozanine
Herring Hotel
E. B. Curtis
Eighth Regional War Labor Board
United States Employment Service
Berger
Tokyo Bombing Blasts 15 Square Miles in 1945 Raid
Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May reports that over 300 B-29s leveled 15 square miles of Tokyo including industrial and waterfront zones in a Saturday strike. Photographs show destruction beyond the 10 square mile target, with fires burning at seven locations while the imperial palace was not a target.
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Guam
Tokyo
Curtis le May
21St Bomber Command
le May
Sumida River
Sumida
Naka
Naka River
Imperial Palace
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The Amarillo area forecasts a Sunday and Sunday night with partly cloudy skies and little temperature change. West Texas expects partly cloudy conditions with a chance of rain in Del Rio and Eagle Pass, cooler by Panhandle locales. Sunrise is 8 03 A M and sunset 7 51 P M.
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Amarillo
Texas
del Rio- Eagle Pass
Panhandle
Iasens
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Threshhold
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Ardennes
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U. S. First Army
U. S. Third Army
Eifel
First Army
Second Junction
Ahr
Ahrweiler
Brueck
LUX
Mainz
U.S. First Army
Rhine River
Andernach
Stenel
Ludendorff
Kremagen
Ninth Armored Division
Doris Burrows
Beamet J. Burrows
Jersey City
N. J
Autry
Awn. Co
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Island
WLB
Ditto
Russell Stationery Co
J. Morris
Insurance
Dial
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