YANK ARMIES CLOSE TRAP ON 80 000 NAZIS
Allied forces under Patton and Patch claim to have completely outflanked the Siegfried Line and Saar Palatinate defenses. German pockets of about 80,000 troops are cut off as Patton’s tanks near Kaiserslautern and Mainz push toward the Rhine. Air superiority followed a major assault with thousands of sorties. First Army advances east of the Cologne Frankfurt highway and seizing an East Rhine airfield.
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Saar - Palatinate
Siegfried Line
Patton
Patch
Amt Assoc 1. Ce
Third Army
Seventh Army
Rhine
Siegfried
Saar-Palatinate
Rhine-Saar
Kaiserslautern
Palatinate
Mainz
Hodges
First Army
Cologne-Frankfurt
Remagen
Eudenbach
Ohio Legislature considers 425 million budget request
The Ohio Legislature, acting as keeper of the state purse, reviews Gov. Frank Lausche’s 1945-46 budget totaling 425,069,063 with an increase of 56,286,065 over 1943 expenditures. The plan excludes local sales tax shares and proposed increases for the new biennium.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lauwehe
Budget outlines Ohio State budget and postwar plans
Governor Lausche urges thrift in tax money and sets aside funds for postwar needs. The plan calls for $704,550 for the Ohio University budget and $19,665,900 in capital improvements including university construction, highway work, and welfare facilities. Additional increases proposed for 1945-46 cover state employee salaries, pensions, schools, and public services.
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Lausche
Ing
Jwords
Port Clinton
Ohio
Xenia
Berinlum
Highway Department
Welfare Department
State Universe
Public Employee Retirement System
Ohio State Guard
Paper Waste Discussions in House Hearings
Washington Rep. Wolverton urged limits on paper allotments to manufacturers for circulars, criticizing puffery. Rep. Brown protested newsprint supplies to liberated areas by Foreign Economic Administration and Army. both on sprint shortages committee concerns. New York curfew lift seen aiding an entertainment sector valued at $100,000,000 as bars and clubs pushed 1 a.m. closing.
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Washington
Wolverton
gHouse’ Committee
Brown
Ohio
Foreign Economic Administration
Army
New York
Age Z
la Guardia
Carrier Assault on Japan Continues Across Pacific Fronts
American carrier planes swarmed over Japan for a third day as ground forces advance on two more invaded Philippine islands. Mitscher’s carriers hit Kure naval base and Kobe shipyards while MacArthur reports heavy Japanese losses on Mindanao and Panay as Allied forces push inland.
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Japan
Philippine Islands
Kobe
Kure Navy Base
Mitscher
Kure
Tokyo
Luzon
Philippines
Malamaui
Mindanao
MacArthur
41St Divi Jsion
Zambales
Manila
40Th’ Infantry Division
Panay
Romblon Island Recaptured as Civilians Slain
A wartime report describes the 18th Regiment of the 24th Division storming Romblon Island and finding Remblion Town decimated with sixty civilians slaughtered. Allied claims note Japanese defeats in Henan and Burma, with large enemy losses and air raids on Formosa and Nagoya. The piece cites Japanese radio and Imperial headquarters on carrier activity and civilian evacuations.
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Twenty-Fourth Division
Philipplace
24Th Division
Romblon Island
Lason
Rembion
Panttante
China
Henan
Southeast Asia
Mandalay
Burma
Federal Funds for Ohio Road Work Authorized
Ohio faces access to federal funds under the 1944 Federal-Aid Highway Act. The plan earmarks 60 million dollars over three postwar years for highway construction and planning. Matching requirements and emergency construction authorizations are part of the program, with allocations to Ohio cities and counties.
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Columbus
War Production, Board
Enlistment of Nurses Drops After January Spurt
Washington UP reports volunteer applications for the Army Nursing Service have declined back to lower levels following a brief January increase. Secretary Stimson told the Senate Military Committee the rise lasted about three weeks after President Roosevelt urged taxure drafting of service members in his annual message.
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Washington
Army Nursing Service
Stimson
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Armed Services
Military told to scale down demands at home
Washington man J Gion Tae argued that the military should adjust its war demands to safeguard a bedrock war supporting economy at home according to a production board statement made yesterday.
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Washington
Man J. Gion Tae
WPB prepares rock bottom civilian needs estimates
Krug says Army and Navy will limit demands to protect civilian economy. He notes WPB and Office of Civilian Requirements are crafting bedrock needs for shoes clothing work gloves textiles tires and batteries. WPB cut Army shoe orders in Q2 to preserve leather for civilian use at a quarter pair per adult annually.
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Army
Navy
Krug
WPB
Office of
Limited Increase in Machinery Is Ordered
The War Production Board moved to boost lagging farm machinery output. Production is about 20 percent behind schedule, so a limited volume of five malleable iron castings will receive AA-1 priority due to casting shortages hindering production. The National Labor Relations board ordered Cory Rubber Co to reinstate six employees allegedly discharged for union activities.
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Washington
War Production Board
Washington —(P
National Labor Relations Board
Cory Rubber Co
Marion
Russians Score New Gains In Hungary and Silesia
A Berlin broadcast says Red Army advances near Budapest and Neustadt as German forces face pockets along the East Prussian coast. Moscow dispatches claim Germans trapped south of Koenigsberg opened dikes to flood lowlands, while the Drava frontier shifts and German withdrawals occur along the Hungarian Yugoslav border. The Red Star reports flooding from Frisches Haff as German panic grows near Braunsberg and Heiligenheil.
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Inube
Budapest
Berlin
Red Army
Upper Silesia
Neustadt
Moscow
Silent Con
Grava
Drava
Hungary
Oder River
Silesia
Gates
Koenigsberg
Braunsberg
Heiligenheil
Imajor
Red Star
Frisches Haff
Planes Strike Nazis as Allied Offense Ramps Up
Allied air forces pounded Western Front battle zones as German retreats and equipment losses mounted. Around 3,000 Allied planes swept over Germany in a major mass operation, hampering German pocketed troops and promising further pressure. Saarlautern, a steel city, fell after three months of fighting as the Fourth Armored Division advanced, with Third Army reports showing up to 20,000 of the original 80,000 Nazis trapped between the Third and Seventh Armies, and the Seventh capturing at least 4,000 more.
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London
Western Front
Reich
England
Italy
Germany
Saarlautern
Saar
Steel City
Fourth Armored
Shells Smash Ruhr Factories in Western Front Advance
Allied forces pushed toward the Ruhr as Patton’s troops advanced east of Bonn and captured towns including Wissembourg Lautersbourg and Altenstadt. Smaller German pockets near Trier and the Saar were being closed while supply depots and vehicles fell into American hands and air power disrupted eastbound German columns.
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Ruhr
Essen
Hodges
Bonn
Patton
Wissembourg
Lautersbourg
Altenstadt
Atlantic
Channel
Mainz
Bubenheim
Weis
Overnight Rain Fuels Ohio River Flood Threat
Overnight rains of two to three inches across the tri state area drove the Ohio River and tributaries higher, triggering flash floods in previously flooded zones. Evacuations were ordered for low lying camps along the Little Miami River while backroads and some primary highways were blocked. Army engineers reported varied rainfall totals and noted the river rose hourly at Gallipolis, with a sharp overnight surge toward flood stage near Cincinnati and Madison Indiana.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Tri-State
Ohio River
Little Miami River
Chile
Wheeling
W. Va
Gallipolis
Dam 38
Madison
Ind
Ohio Valley flood toll hits thousands of homes
Cincinnati dispatch reports that 47,611 families were affected by the 1945 Ohio Valley flood. Red Cross figures cite 58 homes, 60 barns, and 80 other buildings destroyed and 20,709 homes, 604 barns, and 2,639 other structures damaged. Joseph L. Carter of Red Cross Central Headquarters noted the two week old flood caused wide devastation.
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Cincinnati
CEI
Ohio Valley
Red Cross
Joseph L. Carter
Red Cross Central
Midway To Get Newest Planes
Newport News Va The decks of the U S S Midway will be covered with a 1945 model aircraft as yet unseen in combat. This was disclosed today by Lem Gates Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air in a speech prepared for the christening of the 49 000 ton Midway.
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Newport News
U.S.S. Midway
Ar Lemus L. Gates
the Navy
Air
Gates Fortifies Midway With Heavy Armor and Damage Control
To safeguard the Midway, Gates declared, it has been given heavy armor, intricate watertight compartments and improved damage control.
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Midway
Gates
Move To Curb Farm Benefits Is Beaten
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee vetoed an administration plan to curb farm program payments for next year, approving an Agriculture Department supply bill totaling 833.8 million dollars. Current farm program payments are capped at 306 million. The budget bureau proposed a 200 million dollar limit for the 1846 crop.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Budget Bureau
20 Pound Baby Dies in Hartsville Birth
Hartsville Tennessee report from UP that a baby boy weighing 20 pounds was delivered March 9 by Dr J. Gwin. The infant died at birth while the mother, Mrs. Willis W. Stephens, was described as in satisfactory condition.
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Hartsville
Tenn
J. 3. Gwin
Gwin
Willis W. Stephens
U. S. Submarines Add 15 Japanese Vessels Sank
United States submarines have added 15 more Japanese vessels to their tally in the Pacific, including five warships. The Navy report lists sinks of three destroyers two escort vessels and ten merchant ships from tanker to cargo. Parole Convicts in Columbus Ohio Penitentiary parolees and conditional releases announced by the State Pardon and Parole Commission.
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Philippines
Formosa
Valndronyet
Thiand Sea
Shikoku
Kyushu
Honshu
Tokyo
Krug
U. S
Japan
Nagoya
Isomeé
Iwo Jima
Washington
United States
Pacific
Navy
Columbus
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Ohio
One Man Food Boss Urged to Tackle Scarcity
Washington Republicans push for a centralized national food authority led by a single official. The plan, proposed by Rep Jenkins and the GOP Food Study Committee, calls for swift action by a war food administrator to boost production and cut red tape amid shortages. Senate and House leaders weigh investigations into black markets, lend-lease, and food supply demands.
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Jenkins
Washington
Capitol’ Hill
Congress
Thomas ‘Jenkins
Ohio
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Thomas
D-Ogla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Setatn
Rules Committee
Rep. Anderson
Rees
R-Kans
Andresen
R-Minn
Agriculture Committee
Marvin Jones
Escape of Germans Halted by Norwegians
Norwegian patriots halted German troop movements from Norway to Germany by sabotage on railways and bridges. Oslo’s links to southern embarkation ports were wrecked isolating over 200,000 German soldiers, according to the government.
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London
Norway
Germany
Oslo
Mediem Authors Bill To Govern Merchants
Springfield police consider charges against two Negro men in the kidnapping of Mrs. John Foster. Both confessed after her recall of one suspect calling the other by name, as arrests followed.
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Springfield
Waller’l. Sweet
John Foster
Sweet
OPA Moves to Cut Prices on Clothing and Home Goods
The OPA set rules to reduce shoppers' prices on clothing textiles furniture and house furnishings. It froze price markups at about 300 000 retailers overnight prohibiting higher margins than yesterday March 19. Expected cuts in manufacturers' prices will be passed to customers restoring 1942 43 average levels.
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Washington
OPA
Cagetomers
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