Joint Squeeze on Central Reich May Come Soon
Allied spring offensive gains described with American forces in Coblenz and patrols along the Rhine. US Third Army seizes Coblenz as Patton’s Fourth Armored Division advances south toward Mainz, while German defenses are drawn along the Rhine and Nahe rivers. Reports cite coordinated Allied strategy and heavy air support pushing toward the Ruhr.
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Reich
Associated Press
U. S. Third Army
Cit
Coblenz
Rhine
Allied Europe
Supreme Headquarters
Eisenhower
Paris
Switzerland
Patton
Third Army
Fourth Armored Division
Nahe
Mainz
Saar
Palatinate
87Th
Rhineland
Moselle
Ehrenbreitstein
Red Army
Germany
Haguenau
Bonn
Robert Ley
Rhine Front
Berlin
William Bowen
Omaha
Bad Krueznach
Hesse
Strasbourg
Rhine Valley
U. S. Seventh Army
Siegfried
U.S. First Army
Great
Ruhr Plain
Strodt
Hoenningen
Ruhr
Altdamm
Stettin
Moscow
Ceremane
Jake Balaton
Buntapese
Hungary
Brandenberg
Talk of Peace Centers in Stockholm
Rumors in Stockholm said Nazi leaders Ribbentrop and Keitel might arrive in the Swedish capital but dispatches noted no sign of their arrival. Reports linked Dr Fritz Hesse of DNB to peace feelers, with sources saying he was authorized to convey Germany’s position to Britain and the United States.
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Stockholm
London
U.P
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
United Pre
Ribbentrop
Keitel
London Daily Mail
Fritz Hesse
Germany
DNB
United Press
Hesse
Sweden
Berlin
Space Shortage Crimps Editors Ad Anxieties
The News-Globe explains newsprint quotas limit local coverage and force abbreviated war and serviceman news. Ads from Southwestern Public Service, Amarillo Tent and Awning, West Texas State College, Darhart Livestock, Fred F. Wagner, Ozark Cafe, KGNC and KFDA were cut. National cartoons and Ernie Pyle columns fill remaining space as the paper plans to add more features when space frees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Globe
Vvhus
Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo Tent
West Texas State College
Darhart Livestock Company
Fred F. Wagner
Ozark Cafe
KGNC
KFDA
Ernie Pyle
Newt End Globe
Baruch to England on Roosevelt Mission
Bernard M. Baruch, financier and White House adviser, is expected to go to England soon on a special mission for President Roosevelt. Lumber of all kinds at Ver & Wiggin Lbr. Co. 1200 W. ft
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Baruch
England
Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
White House
Roosevelt
Ver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Tremendous Red Artillery Pampa Cab Driver Slain
Pampa Cab driver William Leonard Brown was killed in an early morning argument over a driver’s license at the Courtesy Cab Co. fire caused by Garland Pearce, 25, who surrendered. Pearce faces a murder charge as police report the gunman said I shot him and the pistol was later found empty.
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Pampa
Garland Pearce
William Leonard Brown
Courtesy
Cuyler
Francis
Brown
Pearce
Ray Dudley
Dudley
Harry W. Hubbard
Hubbard
Court of Justice of the Peace
Charles Hughes
Fleet Units Bombard Matsuwa in Kuriles
Allied air and naval actions intensify across the Pacific. U S naval forces report bombarding Matsuwa Island in the Kuriles with fires and explosions ashore. Simultaneously Japanese and Allied actions unfold in Kyushu Shikoku, Basilan, Zamboanga and Luzon as B 29s strike Osaka and Kobe and ground forces push toward Mindanao.
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Matsuwa
Kuriles
Associated Press
Marc A. Mitscher
Japan
Kyushu
Shikoku Islands
Tokyo
U. S
Matsuwa Island
Basilan Island
Zamboanga
Mindanao
MacArthur
Basilan
Sulu
Borneo
Kobe
Osaka
Iwo Jima
Nimitz
Luzon
Eisenhower Warns German Civilians to Flee Areas
General Eisenhower broadcasts via BBC warning German civilians and foreign workers in the Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim Ludwigshafen sectors to flee to safer areas as these zones face merciless bombardment. The BBC European Service quoted him saying no shelter can be considered safe.
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London
Eral
Eisenhower
Frankfort-on-Main
Mannheim- Ludwigshafen
BBC
European Service
Weather synopsis for Amarillo and West Texas region
Partly cloudy conditions continue across Amarillo and West Texas with strong gusty winds and light dust from Sunday into Monday. Temperatures range from cool mornings to warmer noons with pleasant evenings, as a mild to warm trend persists across the Panhandle and nearby New Mexico areas.
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Amarillo
Texas
Handle
New Mexico
Vest
Volcano Bombs Exceed Hopes Against Rail Viaducts
Britain reports new air raid damage from March 14 on the two railway viaducts at Bielefeld. Reconnaissance photos show both viaducts wrecked over more than 100 yards with several piers destroyed or missing, following earlier hits.
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London
Britain
Air Ministry
Bielefeld
Hannover
Ruhr
Phillips Resigns as Roosevelt's India Envoy
In Washington March 174 William Phillips resigns as President Roosevelt's personal envoy to India amid tension over a free India stance. The move follows prior Senate reporting of British antagonism toward his policy.
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Washington
William Phillips
Senate
Roosevelt
India
Joe Killough Retires From Amarillo Business
Longtime Amarillo retailer Joe Killough retires ending his 27 year run with Killough & Davies the men’s store once co owned with Ivor Davies. Killough began in 1888 in the Panhandle as a cowboy before joining local merchants and building a lasting business presence.
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Joe Killough
Amarillo
Mr. Killough
Boost News
J. B. Beards
Blackburn Bree
Hi Ore Bauness
Joe Killough & Corp
Ivor Davies
Killough
Port Worth
Denver
Panhandle
Quitman
Texas
Jack
Bob
Joe
Manila
Smith County
Thoring
Cowley Mercantile Company
White & Kirk
Blaccaburn Bros
Panhandie
Death Cell Reunion Ends in Stay for Convicted Killer
Donald Wood, 24, condemned for the February 12, 1944 slaying of Jackson laundry owner Robert A. Lipscomb, received a two week death cell reunion with his wife Bernice before a stay of execution pending appeal. The couple, married after a brief courtship during his Pacific War service, plan to pursue her work in a St. Louis wartime plant while his case is appealed.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Donald Wood
Wood
Jackson
Bernice Wood
St. Louis
J. J. Hartfield
Pacific
South America
Panama Canal Zone
Camp Shelby
Robert A. Lipscomb
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Alphonse Hackal
Silver Spring
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Colonsi Kolomeitsev
Russell Stationery Company
Col. Thompson
East Prussia
Brandenburg
Oder
Baltic
Marchal Brukee
Frauenhof
Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Henry Allen
Leon Springs
Meuse- Argonne
Joann J. Pershing
Camp
Bowie
141St Infantry
Dmttin Wieem Ruited
Stew Atte Mauve Perenth
Col
FE. O. Thompson
Ing
Balete
Cagayan Valley
Baguio
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Jens A. Doe
Pasohanca
Phillips
Killough & Davies
Davies
Amarilla
Pole Street
Kilbewsh
Pertner
Tory Etter
Gare
Sever
Gale
Cammey
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