Allied armies poised on Rhine as Stalin opens Berlin drive
Seven Allied armies stand ready on the Rhine amid reports of a Soviet grand offensive toward Berlin. U S troops push toward Coblenz and Remagen while Patton's Third Army drives 75 miles to the Rhine. German resistance tightens as blackout orders cover the converging forces.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Coblenz
Marshal Stalin
Berlin
U. S S
Genersl Wedges
Remengen
Bonn
Patton
Reich
Remagen
Red Drive On Berlin Surges Toward City Limits
A transocean broadcast said Soviet forces reached Seelow on the Oder, 25 miles from Berlin, outflanking Kuestrin and closing on the German capital as American troops moved toward Bonn and Bad Godesberg. Hitler meetings in Munich noted.
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Berlin
Kuestrin
Seelow
Oder
The
Bonn
Bad Godesberg
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Munich
Japanese Hope for New Assault as U S Fleet Strikes
Allied forces pressed the war across the Pacific with heavy blows on shipping lanes and new advances in the Philippines, Burma, and Bougainville. American bombers hit coastal targets, Tokyo airbases were probed, and ground forces tested Japanese defenses as Marines moved toward Luzon while Chinese and Australian troops extended gains in Burma and the Solomons.
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Burma
Bougainville
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Gaim
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Rockey
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B. Erskine
Associated Press
Morrie Landsberg
MacArthur
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Marikina
Manila
South Pacific
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Solomons
Saposa Island
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Indo-China
Formosa
Bonin Islands
Fifteen Ohio Congressmen Vote on Nurse-Draft Measure
Fifteen Ohio congressmen including 10 Republicans and five Democrats voted in favor of nurse-draft legislation. The bill passed the House A47 by 42 to six Republicans opposed. Thomas A. Jenkins supported the bill while Walter Brehm of Logan voted against it.
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Ohio
House
Thomas A. Jenkins
Walter Brehm
Logan
Bangham Named for New State Position in Ohio
Robert R. Bangham of Wilmington is named assistant state treasurer by State Treasurer Don H. Ebright. He resigns from WPB's Prison War Program Office and previously led the Division of Manufacturing and Sales at the Ohio Department of Welfare. A former state representative and former state finance director. Explosion sinks ship Benjamin R. Milan Locust Point repair dock leaves one dead one missing and four injured.
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Robert R. Bangham
Wilmington
Don H. Ebright
Bangham
WPB
Ohio Department of Welfare
State House of Representatives
Baltimore
Eee
Benjamin R. Milan
Locust Point
Ohio River Floodcrest Expected as Rise Persists
River gauges show continued slow rise along the Ohio with flood crest forecast for late Friday. Report mentions casualties from recent fighting and explosive activity impacting armored units in the Third Division.
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Ohio River
Hundreds of Families Evacuated in Ohio Flood Zone
Flood warnings spread across the Ohio River region as Meigs and Gallia counties evacuate about 75 families from lowlands near Pomeroy and Point Pleasant. Red Cross relief centers open in Pomeroy and Middleport while schools close and transit slows amid rising waters.
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Regional War Labor Board
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Relaxed Rations for Flood Refugees in Ohio
Ohio flood district ration boards authorized by OFA to honor Red Cross and military requests for food, shoes, and gasoline coupons. Refugees removed from flood area would receive same authorization. Food stamp requests had been received from Chillicothe Circleville Marietta Bellaire and Martins Ferry boards. Large shipments of rubber boots to river points were authorized with extra stamps issued as emergency measures.
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Columbus
Ohio
OFA
Red Cross
John_H. Summers
OPA
Chillicothe
Circleville
Marietta
Bellaire
Martins
Ferry
Murder Case Involving Mrs Van Der Bist Cited In Court
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a murder case with references to Elsie Van Der Bist and Elizabeth Marina Joi. A garbled scene mentions a woman crying for mercy and a co defendant facing a reprieve. precise charges and outcomes are unclear due to damaged text.
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Elsie van
Higher Pay Recommended for State Officials in Senate Vote
Columbus CP The senate Finance committee last night recommended passage of a measure to raise salaries for state officials. Governor would move from 10000 to 15000 a year and lieutenant governor from 3300 to 3600. Auditors Attorneys General Secretaries and Treasurers would rise from 6500 to 10000, and lawmakers from 2000 to 3000 for senators and 2000 to 2500 for representatives.
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Columbus
Senate Finance Committee
State Geologist Raps Consolidation Plans
Ohio moves to battle tuberculosis in welfare institutions with chest X rays for about 40,000 patients and employees. Welfare director Frazier Reams announced the plan amid consolidation plans.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frazier Reams
Nine Objectors Charged With Desertion at Germfnsk Camp
Nine conscientious objectors were indicted for desertion from the civilian public service camp at Germfnsk Michigan. Charged defendants include Arden J Bietrich Bade 21 of New Knoxville Iowa and others named in the March term grand jury indictment.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Germfnsk
Arden J Bietrich Bade
New Knoxville
Nurses Draft Bill Passes House in Landmark Vote
Washington AP reports a nurses draft bill cleared the House 347 to 42 after three days of debate. It tasks all nurses ages 20 to 44, married or not, to register and be available for induction if needed, with commissions as officers and eligibility for veterans' benefits.
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Congress
House
State to Make Tests of Its Welfare Wards
Dr. Wilber Stout, state geologist, criticizes proposed legislation to consolidate conservation activities into one department. He tells the Senate Conservation Committee the bill is not the work of the people and accuses advocates of deception, comparing them to being taken in by a blackjack game.
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Columbus
Wilber Stout
Senate Conservation Committee
Fish and Game
Yank Advance Brings Rhine Reach Near Coblenz
Allied forces push through the Rhine Moselle triangle as the First and Third Armies break German lines. Maj Gen Hugh Gaffey leads the Fourth Armored Division in a 75 mile, 58 hour breakout to the Rhine. Canadian First Army raids the Wesel pocket north of Düsseldorf while Eisenhower’s armies prepare a Rhine crossing.
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Austin
Texas
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Duesseldorf
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Strasbourg
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Extension of Law Studied For War Production Boost
George A. Strain told the House Labor Committee that no authority exists to enforce the temporary law relaxing employment standards for women and minors. A bill would extend the relaxation two years to aid war production. Labor spokesmen seek more power for the director to curb employers who push workers beyond 50 hours weekly unless excessive hours meet war production quotas.
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Columbus
George A. Strain
House Labor Committee
Labor
First Lady Displays Crown and Harem Costumes
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt showed a jeweled crown and mentioned real harem costumes at a news conference. Her daughter Mrs. Anna Boettiger accompanied her, and the items were gifts from Saudi Arabia and an unnamed Near Eastern potentate.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Anna Boettiger
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Spearheads of British Army Reach Mandalay
Spearheads of the British 19th Division plunged into the northern suburbs of Mandalay today and Allied headquarters estimated the fall of Burma's second city was imminent.
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Mandalay
Burma
Beightler to Speak From Manila on Food Policy Change
Major General Robert S. Reightler of the 37th Ohio division will address an Army Hour from Manila about a new OPA ration policy for imported workers. The March 25 ceremony in Green Springs honors Medal of Honor recipient Roger W. Young for bravery in the New Georgia Solomon Islands campaign.
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OPA
Fremont
Robert S. Reightler
37Th
Ohio
Manila
Roger Young
Roger W. Young
Green Springs
New Georgia
Solomon Islands
Violence in Rome outbreaks amid war crimes charges
Gunfire erupted at a clinic guarded by Carabinieri where Lt Gen Francesco Jacomoni is held on war crimes charges as protests spread. Earlier, Gen Mario Roatta escaped and a riot at the Royal Palace occurred, part of a week of demonstrations. In Florida Melvin E McCaskey, 83, former VP of Mahoning Valley Street Railway, died.
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Carabinieri
Francesco Jacomoni
Ivanoe
Sumllee
Mario Roatta
Royal Palace
Florida
Lakeland
Fla
Melvin E. McCaskey
Mahoning Valley Street Railway
Youngstown
Skelton Faces Busy Schedule With Wedding and Tonsil Surgery
LOS ANGELES The radio star Red Skelton had two dates on a furlough day, planning to wed Miss Maureen Davis, 23, a movie actress, and to undergo a tonsil removal by a surgeon. He arrived with his former wife Edna, who remains his business manager.
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Los Angeles
Red Skeliton
Radio
Maureen Davis
Skelton
Edna
Operators Stand Against John Lewis Royalty Demand
Washington reporters say miners faces a standoff as John L. Lewis seeks a 10 cent per ton royalty to fund a United Mine Workers program. Operators push for an open end contract starting April 1945 and oppose the royalty citing broader scope than negotiation.
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John Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Fund
Felf
Stimson Calls For War Victory Before Postwar Plans
Secretary of War Stimson urged continued focus on winning the war before any postwar actions. He said postwar discussions are crucial but real economies in lives and dollars depend on a successful conclusion to the fighting. The remark did not target any specific situation.
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Washington
Stimson
Hold Columbus Youth For Death of Father
Police held two 16 year old youths after a fatal shooting in Columbus home. Det Lt Clem Owens said Carl Smith admitted firing a .22 rifle at Henry Clay Smith 48 during an argument in the living room after being awakened by a reprimand to his daughter June 17. Roosevelt Returns from Hyde Park visit and meets with Democratic congressional leaders.
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Columbus
Clem Owens
Carl Smith
Henry Clay Smith
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