Soviets Attack Frankfurt Area to Widen Oder Bridgeheads
London dispatch reports Soviet forces pushing north of Frankfurt to expand bridgeheads over the Oder while German commander claims gains near Kuestrin. Krnestrin is said captured after a five day battle as Danzig fortifications and sea evaculations feature in the shifting frontline. Moscow reports note Red Army advances near Danzig with air and sea movements limiting German escape routes.
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Frankfurt
Oder
Richard Kacheke
London
Oeeee
Oder River
Moscow
East Bank
Krnestrin
Kuestrin
Berlin
Kvestrin
Banstichang
Stettin
Danzig
Delegates at Frisco urged to work as one team
Secretary of State Stettinius told Ameri can delegates at the San Francisco conference they may pursue personal views and convictions, but must work as one team. Delegates including Connally, Vandenberg, Ives, Bloom, and Yuen met with Lalisius and discussed unity and shared goals for the forth coming conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baseington
Bete Stettinius
Ameriam
San Francis
Fer
Meextisius
Hull
Ware House
Mellinius
Yar
Tam
Lalisius
Connally Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Ives Bloom
D-Ny
Yuen
R-Nj
Harold Stasmead
Virginia Gilder
Texa
Lovern
Wen
Senate Deliberations Center On Controversial Issues Docket
Washington AP report notes a Senate session crowded with contested topics including an Easter recess between March 24 and April 10. Military Committee members plan a fight on a House nurse draft bill while TVA receipts bill draws heated debate over Treasury transfer and appropriation control. Dispute over Missouri Valley Authority jurisdiction pits Murray against Bailey with TruMan referring.
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Washington
Senate
Flsor
Tennessee Valley Authority
Treasury
Murray
Dmont
Bailey
DNC
Commerce Committee
Missouri Valley Authority
Truman
Agriculture Committee
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
TVA
Mindanao Invaders Occupy Zamboanga Four Villages
A chaotic report details Red Cross fundraising in Houston County as volunteers struggle with late reports and slow contributions. Chairman Oyde Levern warns the $20,000 drive may miss its target, while initial optimism places the goal near $28,000.
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Mindanao
Zamboanga
Ium
Red Cross
Houston
Oyde Levern
American Forces Press Luzon Clean-Up Pressing Luzon Clean-Up
American troops press the Luzon cleanup as divisions move on Mindanao. Zamboanga town fell and four nearby villages were seized while engineers recondition an airfield two miles north of Zamboanga. Los Banos and Batangas on Luzon were captured with little resistance. Maj Gen Jens A. Doe’s tank units overran nearby airstrips and San Roque airfield on Mindanao. MacArthur reported minor losses as forces moved through strong pillbox and artillery positions.
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James Hutcheson
Manila
APL
Dist
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Luzon
Borneo
Vwth Airborne Division
Los Banos
Batangas
Jens A. Doe
Wolfe , Field
San Roque
Associated Press
Russell Brines
World War Fronts Advance Across Europe and Asia
Western Front reports hint a new offensive as Allied forces push toward the Ruhr and Eifel while German defenses collapse. Soviet steamroller gains near Stettin and Keulah while the Italian front sees Monte Snigolino and Pistoia area actions. In the Pacific, Mindanao falls deeper, island hopping battles intensify near Iwo Jima and Nagoya air raids threaten Sutchwan and Mitsui airfields.
Bundling Of Waste Paper Urged Here
Dothan citizens were urged by salvage officials to tie newspapers magazines and books wrapping papers and cardboard into bundles before placing on the curb for Scouts to gather Saturday. Scouts will meet at City Hall at nine a.m. Saturday and Army trucks will collect the waste paper. Public cooperation is essential for the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Interim Finance Committee Approves Montomery Budget
The Montgomery interim committee on appropriations and finance endorsed a general fund budget proposed by Finance Director Hayse Tucker, totaling about 12 million dollars, roughly two million more than 1943. It also debated the 16 million dollar surplus in the educational trust fund and recommended transferring 1.5 million to the minimum aid program if a tax revenue amendment passes, while approving several line-item boosts and cutting military functions. The panel also eyed law enforcement expenditures and county equalization boards funding, with no action on the State Defense Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker
State Aviation Commission
State Service Commission
Industrial Relations Department
State Conservtion Department
State Defense Council
H. G. Dowling
Montgomery
Mobile
Jefferson County
Nine From Board Two Are Inducted
Nine registrants sent to Ft. McClellan for induction were announced by Houston County Selective Service Board Two. Those leaving were Virgil James Perry Floyd Roche Watford Lynox Howell Sellers James Mancil Bullock Jr Joseph Lutha Whitehead John L Bragg Lymon Braswell Aris Mixon Herold Maxwell Hart OR
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. McClellan
Houston County Selective Service Board Two
Virgil James Perry
Floyd Roche Watford
Lynox Howell Sellers
James Mancil Bullock, Jr
Joseph Lutha Whitehead
John L. Bragg
Lymon Braswell
Aris Mixon
Herold Maxwell Hart
FDR Nominates Nine To Become Full Generals
President Roosevelt named nine officers to be full generals in the U S Army. The nominees include Joseph T McNarney Omar N Bradley Cass Spatz George C Kenney Mark W Clark Walter Kreuger Brehon B Somervell Jacob L Devers and Thomas T Handy. Elevation would bring the active four star corps to 11 with Stilwell and Malin Craig already serving. Four five star generals remain Varskal Arnold MacArthur Eisenhower.
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Washington
Roosevelt
U.S
Joseph T McNarney
Medterranean
Omar N Bradley
12Th Army Group
Western Front
Europe
Cass Spasitz
U. S. Strategic Air Force
George C Kenney
Far East Air Forces
Mark W Clark
15Th Army Group
Italy
Walter Kreuger
6Th
Philippi
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service
Jacob L Devers
Thomas T Handy
U. S. Army
Army
Joseph W. Stilwell
Malin Craig
Secretary of War
Varskal
Arnold
MacArthur
Fisenhower
Marines On Iwo Tip Closer To Sea In Narrow Pocket
U S Pacific Fleet reports Maj Gen Keller Rockey's Fifth Marine Division drives toward the sea around Kitano Point on Iwo Jima as Third Marine Division and Fourth push along the northeast coast. Enemy resistance persists in a small pocket near Tachi Wa Point, but overall weakening evident. Navy ships provide careful shelling support.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Guam
Keller E. Rockey
Fifth Marine
Kitano Point
Iwo
Atticn
Graves B. Erskine
Clifton B. Cates
Tachi Wa Pont
U. S
Fifth Fleet
Declarations Required for Coal Users in Southeast Alabama
J P Culver of the Solid Fuels Administration announced that starting April 1 household coal users must file consumer declarations to receive quotas. Those declaring and ordering by May 15 gain 30 percent of normal yearly supply before October 1, with 80 percent limits and exemptions for those under 25 tons yearly.
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J. P. Culver
Solid Fuels Administration
Alabama
Culver
First Army Nears Nazi Superhighway Hit Near Remagen
Paris dispatch reports the First Army crossed the Rhine at Remagen and pushed to within two miles of the Wilhelmstrasse linking Rohr with Frankfurt on the Main. Doughboys expand the bridgehead amid heavy counterattacks as Hodges concentrates forces east and north toward the Ruhr basin.
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James M. Long
Paris
First Army
Rhine
Remagen
Rohr
Frankfurt
Main
Don Whitehead
Ampocisted
Courtney H. Hodges
Hoenningen
Coblenz
Switzerl
Vor Rund_stedt
Berlin
Ludendorf
Westerwald
Ruhr
Germany
Firw
First
Bertin
Walther von Model
Rundstedt
Model
Honnef
Honnet
Hemagen
Hodges
Aorth
Hornningen
Ruhr-wetlen
Anzio
Normandy
George
Patton
Third Army
Moxelle
Trapa
Eifels
Coblens
Itr
Middle Rhine
Werterwald
Ginsterhahn
Probe urged into all US government corporations
Washington notes report that a congressional probe may target all government corporations after charges that Commodity Credit Corporation employees engaged in speculation. The House voted 259 to 8 to extend CCC life two years and raise borrowing authority from 3.0 to 5.09 billion. a four Democrats three Republicans special committee is proposed to investigate. The Senate backed a two year extension and higher borrowing limit to 49.5 billion. talks move to a House Senate conference committee.
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Washington
House
CCC
Keete Tr-Wis
Keefe
Rep
Taber
Senate
Fires Counted In City After B-29 Raid
Washington reports a large force of Superfortresses bombed Osaka with incendiaries. Ninety five per cent of the city’s industrial targets burned, with fifteen fires seen in the city twelve hours after the raid. Curtis LeMay described extensive damage to Asahi aircraft works and Eloku plant as the war continues.
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Thomas
Powers
Ght
Tokyo
Curtis le May
21St Bomber Command
Laurns Nerstad
20Th Air Force
Washington, D. C
Power
Guam
Navy
City
Washington
Osaka
Nagoya
Saipan
Tian
Marianae
Hily Oan
Osaki
Severn
Three More Named To Planning Board In Dothan
The Dothan City Commission approved three additional Planning Commission nominees to align with State Planning Board rules. Named are A G Carmichael FredMagley and Rev G Ralph Madgon joining existing members J H Bryson Jim Spann Al Flowers and the three City Commissioners. The nine member panel will guide postwar construction plans and data gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
City Commission
City Planning Commission
State Planning Board
A/G Carmichael
Fred Mageley
Intimate Yalta yarns from a traveling reporter series
Washington AP report previews a five part series by a correspondent who accompanied Roosevelt after Yalta. The writer promises behind the scenes anecdotes, dinner party glimpses, and firsthand observations of the Big Three in action aboard a destroyer and during discussions.
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Yalta
Eagle
Jseries
FDR
Lovern Nominated Rotary President
Ralph B. Van Fleet, superintendent of recreation in Panama City, spoke at the Duban Rotary Club about the city recreation program. Clyde Lavern and Victor Mawily were nominated for the 1945 46 term as president and vice president respectively, the only nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. van Fleet
Department of Recreation
Pahama City
Guert
Duban Rotary Club
Panarig Ciy
Clyde Lavern
Victor Mawily
Tern Ag
van Flee
John A Bhreyer
Papartia City
Sune
Wboho J. St
Tie City
USC
Panama City
van Fleet
Agane, Young
Flood Of Nazi Rumors Sweeps Swiss Frontier
Swiss dispatches report unsettled German command rumors on the Western front and possible strikes. Unconfirmed notes mention a wounded general and threats to halt party officers in Munich. Beobservers fear quick moves by Hitler to blunt Allied advances amid food and travel cuts and rising unrest.
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Swiss
Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Switzerland
AP1
von Rundsted
Jonper
Munich
Naziauleiter
Hitler
Fuehrer
Hull Improves and Hopes to Attend April Conference
Cordell Hull shows significant health improvement after three months in Bethesda Naval Hospital. Doctors will decide if he can join the United Nations Conference opening April 24 in San Francisco. Hull, 48, a senior adviser to the eight member delegation, may attend if his condition holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonn M. Rightover
Washington
Cordell Hull
Hax
San Francisco
Bethesda
MD. Naval Hospital
Cieke
Hull
United Nations
Stettinius
Cashine
Naval Hospital
Chinese Recapture Former U S Airfield in China
Chinese troops recaptured Suichwan, former U S air base in Kwangtung province, as Japanese retreated southward toward Junhoien. Reports say Liuchow junction rail lines remain active while Chinese advance includes recapture of Duicheng near the Kwangsi Kweichow rail corridor.
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Chungking
Suichwan
Klangs Province
Hongkong
Huankow
M4th
Japan
West Wall
China
Junhoien
Kanhsien
Kukong
Liuchow
Kanhsen
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