Patton Patch lead Ruhr invasion risk rises in Saar-Palatinate
Allied forces under Patton and Patch advance through Saar-Palatinate reducing German hold west of the Rhine to a bridgehead. The move threatens Ruhr invasion, as German defenses crumble and Mussovite drives in Hungary and Czechoslovakia threaten Austria. The Ruhr and Silesia loom, while German resources dwindle amid air bombardment and artillery.
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Scotland
Palatinate
U. S
Patton
Patch
Ruhr
Cologne
Allied
Rhine
Montgomery
Saar-Palatinate
Jast
Reich
Saar
Tre Ruhr
Silesia
Bavaria
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Aleady Aled
Eisenhower
Saarland
U S Pressing Reds For New Polish Gov
Washington on March 22 reports the United States and Britain push to speed Polish talks for a unified government. They want Stanislaus Mikolajczyk included in discussions. Lublin Poles resist. Moscow talks resumed after near two months stalled post Yalta.
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Washington
United States
Poland
San Francisco
Moscow
Stanislaus Mikolajczyk
London
Britain
Mikolajczyk
Lublin
Queen Wilhelm Returns to homeland amid wartime ruins
Queen Wilhelmina, 64, makes first visit to the Netherlands since fleeing the Germans nearly five years ago. She is greeted with loud acclaim as she tours the frontier village and Zeeland coastal area, accompanied by U.S. Army Sgt. Steve Fischer.
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Tom Yarbrough
Panay Falls to Allied Forces as Resistance Collapses
Manila reports the end of organized Japanese resistance on Panay Island, with the 40th Division and guerrillas capturing Santa Barbara airfield and nearby towns. On Luzon, American divisions advance past the Shumbu Line near Antipolo and Wawa, taking numerous vehicles, artillery, mortars, rocket launchers, and assorted gear, while air forces sink ships off Amoy and damage others.
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Manila
Panay
Philippines
Luzon
Amoy
China
Fhve
Loilo
Uollo
Santa Barbara
Gaulo
Habucan
San Sebastian
Pavia
Antipolo
Wawa
Shumbu Line
MacArthur
Third Army Ends War's Mightiest Allied Conquest
Allied forces, led by Patton and Hodges, crushed German defenses across the Saarland Palatinate and Moselle regions. German resistance collapsed as Third and Seventh Armies advanced toward the Ruhr, capturing Neustadt and Neunkirchen and pushing deep inside Germany amid mass prisoner processing.
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Third Army
Patch
Palatinate
Saarland
Hesse
Rhine
Fatch
Patton
Moselle
Coblenz
Ruhr
Eisenhower
Speyer
Landau
Wissembourg
Mainz
Neustadt
Germany
Mulheim
Courtney H. Hodges
Bulsdorf
Sieg
Rott
Soven
Westerhauser
Planey
Valhalla
Upper Rhine
Trier
Kaiserslautern
Thoburn Wiant
Wehrmacht
Neunkirchen
B-29s Raid Rangoon for Fourth Time in Week
A sizable 20th Bomber Command force of B-29 Superforts bombed Rangoon targets including Lake Victoria dumps and Mingaladon airfield on March 22. All planes returned safely with good to excellent results and five explosions observed in dumps. Prior raid by India-based Superforts followed the same week against a large Japanese supply base.
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20Th Bomber Command
India
Rangoon
Lake Victoria
Mingaladon
2Bth Air Force
Roger M. Ramey
20Th Air Force
Free Philippines resumes war era newspaper publishment
Manila March 22 The OWI resumed publication of its newspaper Free Philippines after a two day suspension The revival was free and advertising supported An editorial cited a protest wave after the closure and said private publications could not adequately disseminate news The paper pledged to close when OWI deems it unnecessary
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Manila
Owi
Philippinas
Free Philippines
Why So Many Promotions At Marshall Inquiry
The Senate Military Committee summoned Gen. George C. Marshall to Capitol Hill for a secret session on Army promotion policy. The probe follows nine lieutenant generals being elevated to four star ranks and four other generals achieving five star status by special legislation, with more lieutenant generals eyed for promotion. Senator Chandler urged freedom for military promotions, suggesting the army could promote officers as often as needed.
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Washington
Senate Miliary Committee
George C. Marshall
Capitol HI
Chhief
Marshall
Chandler
D.ky
Army
Conference At Frisco May Be World's Last Chance
Glasgow dispatch reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden at the Scottish Conservative Party conference calling the San Francisco world security conference a potential last chance to shape postwar order. He suggested Britain may push for European power balance ink or a unified British empire voice at the talks, while opposing domination of Europe by any one power and urging consensus among sovereign states.
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Glasgow
Forign
Anthony Eden
Conservative Party
San Francisco
Britain
Golden Gate
Europe
Eden
London
United Nations
Joe Louis Wife Seeks Divorce in Chicago Suit
A divorce suit was filed in Chicago Superior Court by Marva Trotter Barrow 27 against Joe Louis Barrow 30 world heavyweight boxing champion now in the Army. The action marks the second filing by Mrs Louis against the famed Negro heavyweight in four years, detailing marital grievances and asserting grounds for dissolution.
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Chicago
Marva Trotter Barrow
Joe Louis Barrow
Louis
Istic King
Price Ceilings Sought for Beauty Shop Services
Washington March 22 Price Administrator Chester Bowles urged price ceilings on movie tickets and barber and beauty shop services for their psychological effect He testified before the Senate Banking Committee that these costs are important to the average family budget and that excluding them harms the price control program He noted war related rationing details about nickel use and magnesium bombs.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
Ear of corn claimed 129 years old in Maine
An ear of corn owned by John K. Forham of Canton Maine is said to be 129 years old. It is described as yellow with eight rows of kernels and reportedly grown in 1416 during a season of very cold weather.
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John K. Forham
Can’ton
Maine
Fifty Women Respond to Wary Wife Wanted Ad
Basil Anthony Trasker, 47, of Stoneham Massachusetts, divorced and jobless to care for three children, advertised for a wife. About fifty replies arrived from a range of women including grandmothers teachers and a Back Bay divorcee with two cars and two estates. He has not decided yet.
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Stoneham
Mass
Basil Anthony “Trasker
Trasker
Boston Back Bay
Key Figure In Murder Trial Is Dead
Philadelphia March 22. Mrs Rose Allen Thomson central to the 1931 murder trial of her brother Edward H M Allen died March 12. Probate disclosed her entire estate of 48000 goes to three sons Ronald Coolbaugh Richard Thomson and another Thomson son from two marriages. The coroner cites sleeping potion overdose. Allen was acquitted in the Donaldson shooting. Thomson was last survivor of the family.
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Philadelphia
Rose Allen Thomson
Francis A. Donaldson
Horace
Donald Son
Allen
Thomson
Mrs. Thomson
Edward
William
Van Wie Bigamy Trial Nears End
San Francisco report says Francis Van Wie the marrying trolleyman nears verdict as Judge Kaufman begins jury instructions. Four women testified to marrying him including Sadie Levin Van Wie who said she was his seventh wife and that he deserted her in 1942 while she was pregnant. Madame de Pompadour noted as born Jeanne Passon in Paris in 1721.
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San Francisco
Francis van Wie
H. C. Kaufman
Romeo
van Wie
Sadie Levin van Wie
Studio Union Head Ignores WLB Mandate
Hollywood reports Herbert K. Sorrell says the 14 000 worker strike will continue until a clear victory is won. WLB Chairman George W. Taylor orders termination, Sorrell counters producers defiantly refuse to bargain, citing election win and multiple appeals.
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WLB
Hollywood
Labor Board
Herbert K. Sorrell
Conference of
Studio Unions
George W. Taylor
Sorrell
Washington
Taylor
NLRB
Cne
Gambler and racketeer Moran shot to death in Reading club
Anthony Mirenna known as Tony Moran was killed by four bullets during a dice game in a crowded Reading downtown club. Police pursue John Wittig, Moran’s former lieutenant, for questioning. Moran had served prison time on lottery charges and recently ran a novelty shop. His wife, at St Joseph's Hospital, cried as last rites were given.
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Reading
Tony Moran
John Wittig
Moran
Leon Grossman
Grossman
Harold “Tiny” Hoffner
Wittig
Anthony Mirenna
St. Joseph's Hospital
Pope Receives Ed Flynn During Vatican Audience
Pope Pius XII met Edward J. Flynn Roosevelt's emissary for an hour long audience in Vatican City. Flynn, former Democratic national chairman, traveled from Moscow with Myron C. Taylor as the President's liaison to the Vatican amid Rome's anti Russian reporting. He had accompanied Roosevelt to the Yalta conference and met Russian Orthodox Church head Alexei in Moscow.
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Vatican City
Edward J. Flynn
Roosevelt
Pius XII
Democratic Party
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Flynn
Italy
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Rome
Yalta
Alexei
Revival Services At Starford Methodist Church
Revival meetings continue at Starford Methodist Church through April 1 led by Rev. Smith Harvey a well known evangelist in Indlang County. Evening services feature stirring messages urging salvation through Jesus Christ and the Cross. A warm Christian welcome invites all who love God to attend these two weeks of mountain top experiences.
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Starford Methodist Church
Smith Harvey
Indlang County
Harvey
Jesus Christ
Calvary
Obituary notes for Gertrude Walbeck and Garner death
Mrs Gertrude Murdick Walbeck of Homer City dies at home at 4 40 AM. Born February 7 1875 in East Wheatfield Township she married R C Walbeck in 1904 and lived in Mechanicsburg before moving to Homer City in 1909. Survived by husband two sons Corporal Jay E Walbeck and R E Walbeck and two grandchildren. Funeral at Trinity Lutheran Homer City with interment Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery. Also reported: Thomas Lloyd Garner 47 formerly of Cherry Tree dies suddenly in Pahokee Florida from heart attack. Born January 3 1898 in Belalang Mills Clearfield County. Survived by parents Houston Wu Garner and Ella Krise Garner and siblings Dora McNiel James Eugene Ralph Alice Grace Margaret and others. Burial at Hillcrest Cemetery Clearfield after services at Stiffle Town Evangelical Church Cherry Tree.
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Gertrude M
Murdick) Walbeck
Juniper Street
Homer City
Chambers
Rebecca (Coup) Murdick
East Wheatfield Township
Brush’ Valley
R. C. Walbeck
Heshbon
R. E. Walbeck
Jay E. Walbeck
Armed Forces
Cpl. Walbeck
Furs Rough
Germany
Charles Shindlex
Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery
Thomas Lloyd Garner
Cherry Tree
Pahokee
Fla
Houston Wu
Ella
Krise) Garner
Belsang Mills
Clearfield Co
Dora McNiel
Greenbelt
James
Youngstown
Eugene
Obituaries for Mrs Ida Waddle and Blanche Miller
Mrs Ida Waddle widow of Samuel Waddle died suddenly at home in Tunnellon this morning. Blanche Mae Miller wife of Calvin M Miller died suddenly in Saltsburg yesterday at 10:00 AM. Miller born in Iffingham Kansas Nov 8 1889 moved to Saltsburg 34 years ago and was active in church and local societies. Surviving are husband six children two brothers six grandchildren and a large ecclesiastical and civic circle. Funeral services will be conducted at Saltsburg United Presbyterian Church Saturday at 3:00 PM with interment in Saltsburg Edgewood Cemetery.
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Blanche Mae Miller
Calvin M. Miller
Saltsburg
Iffingham
Kansas
William
Sarah Ann (Rosborough) McPhillimy
Covemaugh
Saltsbure
John M. McPhilimy
Salisburg
Harry S. McPhilimy
Indiana
Robinson Funeral Home
Salisbury
D, D. Dodds
Saltsbury Edgewood
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Netherlands
Zeelands
Steve Fischer
Grest Falls
Mont
Asiven
Pryne
New York
Fiotello
LaGuardia
James F. Byrnes
New York City
Byrnes
FE. R. Weaver
Stillwater
Okla
West
Cemark
Frisco
Joe Louis
Gazette
Madame de Pompadour
Jeanne Passon
Paris
Barry Fitzgerald
Ingrid Bergman
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Fitzgerald
May Bergman
Pope
Starford
Ida Waddle
Samuel Waddle
Tunnellon
Goodyear
Rising Bros
Phila
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