First Army Crosses Rhine Near Cologne in Major Breakthrough
The American First Army crossed the Rhine south of Cologne and established a firm bridgehead on the east bank. Units advanced toward Bonn and Bad Godesberg as Patton’s Third Army moved toward Koblenz, with thousands of German POWs streaming west. The Ninth Army pushed at the Wesel pocket, while heavy fighting continued near the Rhine corner of the Ruhr.
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Ernie Pyle
Yi Kingsport
Kingsport
Tenn
Cologne
Faris
First
Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Wes Gallagher
Bonn
Bad Godesberg
Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Firs
Coblenz
Don Whiterhead
Georges 5
Patton
Saar
Seventh
Uo Coblenz
Pws
Kyll
Ninth
Wesel
Ruhr
West- Rhine
Eifel Mountains
Berlin Says Reds Near Berlin With 25 Mile Advance
Report out of Berlin describes Soviet forces pushing toward Berlin from the east and north, with bridges and defenses already in place along the Oder and Neisse rivers. Broadcasts claim German defenses hold in the south while forces mass for a grand assault on the capital.
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Bere
Oder
Veck
Stettin Rov
Berlin
Eeclo
Wasian Bridgseen Kuitestrin
Ernst von Hamtin
Trin
Crossen
Kuentrin
Danzig
Maran Kon
Neisse
Seltie
Hher
Catherine
Scene of students and chicks near school bell
A noisy morning scene shows students, a cleaner, and a rector near a table with a box of baby chicks. In a busy eating place a ticket to tonight’s game is mentioned as a possible prize or incentive, with chatter and clucking shaping the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trammar
Army Aids Fight In Flooded Areas
Army engineers prepare to fly 24,000 empty sand bags to flood city to bolster a 62 foot wall against the Ohio River surge. 850 Ohio State Guardsmen and civilians raced to lay bags overnight. 500 evacuees moved to higher ground as more bags are rushed from Cincinnati.
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Partsmouth
Ohio
Army Engineers
Cincinnati
Clinton County
Wilmington
Kenneth Brown
Hugh Graft
Ohio State
Chillicothe
Nurse Draft Bill Clears House Aims to Draft Nurses
A historic first women draft bill passed the House by a wide margin and goes to the Senate. It would require nurses ages 20 to 44 to register and accept commissions or induction, with benefits and possible area assignments, while cadet and noncadet nurses gain equal footing. The bill excludes delaying provisions despite Republican opposition and pending recruitment trends.
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Washington
Congress
House
Lisbie
Army
Navy
Military Committee
Raids Hit Reich Rails and Oil Plants Across Ruhr Route
London reports German rail and oil targets attacked as American bombers join RAF forces in a two-pronged assault. Fifteen hundred fifty Americans and twelve hundred fifty RAF planes struck seven oil plants and five switching yards guiding traffic to Ruhr battlefields. A boiler room explosion sank the Liberty Ship Benjamin R. Milan at Locust Point, killing one and wounding four with one missing.
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London
RAF
Ruhr
Baltimore
Benjamin R. Milan
Locust Point
Kingsport Men On Casualty List
Fifteen East Tennesseans and Virginian soldiers, including two from Kingsport, were listed as wounded in action in the European and Southwest Pacific theaters. Next of kin have been notified or informed by the War Department. Wounded in Europe include Pvt John M. Ketron and Lt John R. Crockett Jr among others. Virginians and others noted with hometowns such as Jenesville, Sneedville, Norton, and Greeneville. Southwest Pacific casualties list Lt Bart Aldridge and Pfc Donald Fuller among Greeneville and Haymarket connections.
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Kingsport
Tennessee
Wer Department
War Department
John M. Ketron
Susan Ketron
Pfe
Richard L. Price
Mary B. Price
John R. Crockett, Jr
Evelyn Jd. Crockett
Elizabethton
Pelham E. Dewitt
Lillian W. Dewitt
Greeneville
Haskel B. Dastep
Mary R.eastep
Limestone
Simoa P. Purkey
Tenn
Pfc
Donald Fuller
Eura Fuller
Hayat
Burma Burma Burma and Pacific Air Strikes Escalate War News
Britain moves toward Mandalay as tanks push into Japanese lines in Burma while Filipino and Pacific air forces strike enemy ships and ports. US bombers rain on Tokyo Nagoya Osaka Kobe areas as MacArthur reaches Luzon shores and strategic targets in Formosa Inflicting damage across shipping lanes and coastal defenses.
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Mandalay
Burma
Japan
Asiatic
Tokyo
Nagoya
Osake-Kobe
U. S. Pacific
Baan Hinso
Douglas Macarthur
Philippines
Luzon Island
Latrong
Marikina
Manna
South Pacific
Bougainsville
Salomoens
Sapose
New Britain
Rabaul
Tokyo Radio
Hong Kong
Indo-China
Formosa
Bonin Islands
Road To Berlin Front Distances Reported by Allied and Axis
Eastern front measures 32 miles per Russian announcements from Zellin and 29 miles per German account from Nieserwutzen. Western front 283 miles reported from Coblenzares. Italian front totals 544 miles cited from Renpb River.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Zellin
Nieserwutzen
Coblenzares
Renpb River
Red Cross fund officers urge late campaign push
Red Cross workers appeal to solicitors and patrons as the 1945 drive nears its deadline. By Thursday noon contributions reached 12 000 toward a 25 800 city quota of 200 060 060 national goal. Argabright urged ready contributions when solicitors call and noted theater collections nightly through next Wednesday. Pilot Club and Business and Professional Women's Club volunteers will assist through the weekend and into midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross War Iuia Vrive
W. S. Argabright
Kingsport
Argabright
Red Cross
A. D. Brockman
First National
Pilot Club
Business and Professional Women's Club
TVA Sets Formula for ELTPC Sale Price
Tennessee Valley Authority announced a formula to determine the price for East Tennessee Light and Power Company properties and estimated the purchase by towns and TVA would not exceed 2.75 million dollars. Power Manager G O Wessenauer, in a letter to mayors, said a March 3 agreement with Cities Service Power and Light and ETLP representatives codified the formula and further studies would allocate properties and set prices among communities.
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Knoxville
Lenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
East Tennessee Light and Power Company
TVA
G. O. Wessenauer
Povrer and Light Company
ETLP
TVA Purchase
Ickes Predicts No Coal Miner Strike Amid Negotiations
Washington Solid Fuels chief Ickes said no walkout by bituminous coal miners is likely as operators oppose John L. Lewis 11 cent per ton royalty. He warned Washington officials to choose between steel supply and drafted miners, noting the need to fund rehabilitation and medical aid for miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P—Solid Fuels
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Lye
Lewis
Warlers' Fund
War Labor Board
Careful Driver Dr. T D Pruitt Receives Safe Driving Award
Kingsport Safety Council honors Dr. T D Pruitt of 1016 Watauga Street with two theater tickets for careful driving in the business district. He reportedly stopped at all intersections and used proper signaling, earning recognition in the city’s safe driver program.
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T.D. Pruitt
Watauge Street
Kingsport Safety Council
Dr. Pruitt
One Dead in Knox Hotel Fire in Knoxville
A downtown hotel fire in Knoxville early today claimed one life and injured nine others. Firemen found the body of Henry M. Aus, 55, Oak Ridge war worker formerly for Albermarte. Two other men reportedly in the hotel are unaccounted for as crews search the ruins of the three-story building. Fire damage was put at 225000. Several seriously injured were Mrs Ann Payne Chattanooga Bertin Weal Wills Point Texas. Others less seriously hurt included Eddie Payne Chattanooga Miss Ann Reed Dayton and Mrs Vera Yoakley Columbia.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Henry M. Aus 55
Oak Ridge
Albermarte
M. Johnson
Mai Street
Ann Payne
Chattanongs
Bertin Weal
Wills Point
Texas
Eddie Payne
Chattanooga
Ann Reed
Dayton
Vera Yoakley
Columbia
Rare Photos Show How Chinese Communists Fight Japs
NEA exclusive photographs by Harrison Forman reveal how the Chinese Communist Party operates in the Bor der Region a 94 000 square kilometer zone where one third of elective posts are held by Communists and a broader alliance with Chiang Kai-shek targets Japan. Forman spent six months studying Communist life and methods, presenting a graphic story of their wartime strategy and militia numbers said to exceed two million men.
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Harrison Forman
NEA
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Raye
Iles
Senate
Okeh
Reich
Red Cross Fund
Knox Hotel
Chinces Communist Party
Red China
Tive Democracy
Kungchantang
Border Region
Kuomintang
Chiang -Hai-shek
Kangchantang
Japa
Mao Tze-Tung
Communist Party
Len Ping
Shanghai
Comeisi
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