Soviets 137 Miles From Berlin in Major Advance
The Soviet 1st Army units reported driving toward Berlin as forces smashed into the enemy at Stettin and other fronts. Meanwhile Kodak announces changes in leadership with Wilcox elected to fill a board vacancy, reflecting ongoing corporate governance adjustments.
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Berlin Dispatch Reports Ardennes Rout and Poznan Break In
Berlin dispatches say Russians break into Poznan while Nazis retreat from the Ardennes salient. First Army fights house to house in St Vith as Seventh Armored Division enters dawn. U S air forces destroy hundreds of German vehicles and launch further strikes. Patton’s Third Army closes on the Siegfried Line as Allied momentum continues despite stubborn pockets around Strasbourg.
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Superforts Bomb Japanese Home Island Targets
War bulletin reports B-24 missions by Far East Air Forces striking industrial areas on Honshu including Kawasaki and Akashi plants. Details to follow. Japanese homeland warned of further attacks. Publisher Arthur Kasher described as crusader behind an independent expose issued earlier.
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Yanks Urge Public Aid as Manila Coal Shortages Persist
Kingsport coal dealers under the Solid Fuels Administration for War call on residents to conserve coal and avoid wasteful use. They urge lowering building temperatures, banking fires at night, closing unused rooms, and minimizing hot water use to prevent stringent future controls. Meanwhile General MacArthur’s forces push across Luzon toward Manila, with the 14th Army Corps advancing rapidly via Capas and Santa Monica and nearing Clark Field as battles rage near Lingayen Gulf and Tarlac.
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Flying Forts Bomb Neuss Rail Yards in Ruhr Assault
Allied air forces blitz Neuss rail yards near the Ruhr hub in a follow up to a large night raid. American bombers joined the attack, destroying and damaging cars, with heavy losses reported to German targets including a Duisburg oil plant.
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Street Scene Hazards Reported By Servicemen And Pedestrians
Fragments describe servicemen at a bus depot hearing exchanges about routes and safety. A wary canine hesitates at a busy street crossing, wandering between curb sides as the front walk is swept by in a housecoat amid indecision and danger.
Finland Faces Postwar Woes Amid Allied Presence
The article details Finland's postwar turmoil under armistice terms. It notes an Allied Commission in Helsinki, a Soviet naval base at Porkala nearby, and Finns reporting no clashes with Russian troops. Severe material shortages, closed textile factories, and a housing crisis from 400,000 evacuees shape a nation trying to rebuild while reconciling with Germany and Russia.
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State Draft Call To Jump In March
Tennessee Selective Service director Brig. Gen. T. A. Fraizier says the March quota will rise by about 50 percent from this month and next, and 100 percent from December. Local boards will target the 30 through 37 age group and those not in essential activities, plus some 4-Bs and job hoppers, to fill the expanded quota. He notes that job hoppers are comparatively few in Tennessee.
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Louis Fischer to Speak in Kingsport Lecture Series
Louis Fischer famed for a week long Gandhi visit and binds with leaders like Lenin Stalin Gandhi Churchill. author of The Soviets in World Affairs and Men and Politics. He has long been a foreign correspondent for The Nation and ran an international syndicate. His Kingsport talk Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium is open at the door with season memberships available.
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Government Allows Farmers Near Holston Ordnance Works
Army Engineer Corps representatives will meet farmers on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss leasing 165 acres of Holston Ordnance Works land previously restricted for war plant use. Col. C L Hall announced the War Department aims to convert nonessential acreage into food production.
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New Controls Aimed at Textile Costs and Shortages
Washington officials from the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board announced broad new textile controls to curb rising apparel costs and dwindling supplies. A joint news conference with WPB Chairman Crug and Price Administrator Chester Bowles followed preliminary talks with manufacturers and dealers. Officials signaled price actions to slow living-cost increases while urging retailers and wholesalers to absorb some cost rises rather than pass them to consumers.
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Red Army Captures Bydgoszcz Driving Toward Berlin
Soviet forces captured Bydgoszcz at the entrance to the Polish corridor seven miles below Danzig, cutting a major rail highway into East Prussia. Zhukov’s drive from Warsaw pushed toward Berlin as Poznan reported street fighting and German reserves redeployed.
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London Russians reach near East Prussia in blitz
Bullets report Soviet forces close to Elbing Bay of Danzig as the war widens in East Prussia. Stalin said troops took Orteileburg Honigsberg and Willenberg in a second major push northward. Washington unveils a six to seven percent textiles plan to cut consumer costs and boost essentials. A Big Three conference in London is expected to decide Germany's political and economic future.
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