MacArthur reports new Allied advances in the Philippines and Formosa
Allied forces push through rugged terrain near Manila Bay with bridges destroyed and key routes secured around Teresa Antipolo and Laguna de Bay. Air attacks widen as Liberator bombers strike Formosa and nearby islands while advances threaten southern Luzon and escape routes toward Japan.
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Douglas MacArthur
Alng
Luzon
Ansan
Formosa
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Okinawa
Japan
Neval Wingis
Antipolo
Teresa
Laguna de Bay
Maybancal
French Greeting Cards Recovered From German Soldier
Graves registration men found a pair of signed French greeting cards among papers on a dead German near Bastogne Belgium. They were returned to 1st Lt Tomas J Donnelly of Springfield Massachusetts.
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Paris
INS
Nancy
France
Tomas J. Donnelly
Springfield
Mass
Bastogne
Belgium
Queen Wilhelmina to Visit Liberated Holland in Secrecy
After five years exile in London Queen Wilhelmina now 64 is expected to visit the liberated section of Holland soon. The planned visit will be cloaked in secrecy as wartime changes unfold. The article notes a fox feeding on birds rodents fruits and berries in the area.
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Holland
London
Wilhelmina
Legislature Eyes End Of 1945 Session In Bid For Speed
The 1945 General Assembly moves toward final adjournment with plans to finish by Wednesday. A public calendar is set for debate, and observers expect the House and Senate to wrap up after a heated two hour clash over creating a county tax collector post in Sampson County.
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U.S. Pacific
Guam
Joleanic
Navy
Tokyo
Pacific
Befete
Aeven
Japan
Sion
Art Gallery
Oscar Richardson
Senate
Assembly
House
Charles Honeycutt
Sampson County
Allied Drives Set to Roll From Rhine Toward Central Reich
The column argues that Allied and Soviet forces will launch massive simultaneous offensives into the heart of Germany. It notes the Remagen bridgehead weakens Nazi defenses by drawing troops north, forecasting tough battles on both western and eastern fronts as rivers Rhine and Oder become key fronts. It warns a final Bavarian stand may be unlikely if Rhine crossing succeeds.
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Ruhr
Saar
Rhine
Bavaria
Austria
Alps
Reich
Germany
Goebbels
Oder
Hitler
Himmler
Goering
Res T
Remagen
Free City War Draws German Setbacks and Eastern Front Fights
Soviet reports say Nazi counteroffensive paused in western Hungary after heavy German losses, with four panzer divisions likely knocked out. Fierce house to house battles continue at Kolberg Breslau Glogau and other eastern front fortresses as the war narrows to stubborn fighting and encirclement risks. The United States remains the top prewar cacao importer.
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Free City
Hungary
Danube
Budapest
Patton drives deep into Saar basin in major Allied push
Allied troops under Lt Gen George S Patton Jr press toward the Saar triangle between the Moselle and Rhine. German forces flee toward the Rhine as Patton's Third Army expands from the west and First Army advances on the Rhine bridgehead. Reports say Coblenz may be targeted to avoid destruction while German defenses crumble in the pocket.
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U. S
Seventh Army
Eiefgried
Saar
Moselle
Rhine
London
George S. Patton, Jr
Saarland Triangle
George S. Patton
Simmern
Coblenz
Bitche
Berlin
Saarbruecken
San Om
Enth Army
Third Army
Paris
Mainz
First Army
Siegfried Line
Patton
Neustadt
Kaiserslautern
Ettlingen
Ludwigshafen
Third
Bingen
Lower Vosges
American First Army
Frankfurt
Ruhr
Hoenningen
Heeg
Reiffert
Bremscheid
Hohen
Koenigswinter
15TH
15Th Army
Ruhr- Frankfurt
Drachen Fels
U. S. 15Th Army
Allied bombers hit German rail yards and oil targets
London reports 1300 plus 750 USAAF aircraft attacked German rail networks and oil facilities near Bohlen Leipzig Ruhland Moblis Muenster and Hannover with RAF strikes on Nuernberg and Wuerzburg. In Burma Rangoon storage areas were bombed by 40 planes from Ramey’s command after Kobe raids.
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London
U. S
Eighth Air Forces
Reich
Atta
Bohlen
Leipzig
Ruhland
Dresden
Moblis
Muenster
Hannover
Italy
Austria
Vienna
Britain
Germany
Nuernberg
Wuerzburg
Berlin
Washington
Rangoon
Burma
Roger M. Ramey
20Th Bomber Command
India
Kobe
Weather and vernal equinox mark seasonal shift
Mercury reads 64 degrees with hot conditions anticipated later. The March 20 vernal equinox marks spring with 12 hours 2 minutes daylight and official start at 7 38 a m Eastern War Time.
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Weather Bureau
Earth
Weather North Carolina: unseasonably warm with late showers
Partly cloudy and unseasonably warm today and tonight then showers and thunderstorms and cooler Sunday. Showers begin in extreme west late tonight.
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North Carolina
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