Kobe Fire Hits Kobe in Fourth Major U S Air Raid
Three hundred B twenty nine bombers burned out 12 square miles of Kobe Japan a key seaport and shipbuilding center in a two hour incineration raid. Maj Gen Curtis LeMay said one nine square mile area was reduced to ashes and the damage followed other late week strikes on Tokyo Nagoya and Osaka.
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Associated Press
UAM
Kobe
Japan
Curtis E. Le May
U.S. 21st Bomber Command
W. H. Blanchard
Le May
Tokyo
Nagoya
Osaka
industnes
Marianas
Paday
CD.T
commandg Sa d
Washington
29th Air Force
Left Hand Corner Commentary on German Leftists and Public Mood
A fragment from a Newsweek piece discusses German leftists as a minority-driven force prone to agitation. It contrasts their activity with the passive, fatigued majority and notes resentment toward governments abroad while home life remains in German gloom. The piece mentions Time Magazine commentary on invective and recalls Ed Crump in Tennessee clashing with Nashville press over Memphis labeling and poll tax debates.
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Germany
lefissis
Raysma and Moley
Newsweek
exiie
London
WANDEROO
RELIC
Time Magazine
Tennessee
Memphis
Ed Crump
Nashville
St Patrick Day Celebrations In Dublin Go Dry
Dublin celebrated St Patrick Day with a sober mood as all saloons stayed closed. Citizens relied on private supplies to mark the day while flags flew the national colors. Military parades and games framed the festivities.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Dublin
Battle for Stettin Erupts as Russian Forces Press Bridgehead
Moscow reports tanks and infantry of the 1st White Russian Army advancing toward Stettin, 11 miles south of the Oder, while pontoon gear is buried along a three mile stretch near Grieshagen. The 3rd White Russian Army Group closes on Brandenburg as Rokossovsky’s 2nd Army presses to split the Danzig Gdynia strip amid stiff eastern Pomeranian resistance.
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MOSCOW
Stettin
Berli
Oder
Grieshagen
Altdamm
Dammscher See
Berlin
Kuestrin
Brunsberg
Brandenburg
Koenigsberg
middle Oder
Benin
K. K. Rokossovsky
Danzig- Gdynia
Pomerania
British Ships Operate In Skagerrak Claim
Berlin radio reported British warships in the Skagerrak clearing waters of fishing boats and seizing six Swedish vessels towed to Britain. Stockholm officials denied information confirming the action while noting Sweden’s protest over German blockade zone warnings.
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LONDON
C.P
Berlin
Skagerrak
Denmark
Norway
transocean
Stockholm
Royal Navy
Britain
tne
foreign office
Skaggerak
Goteborg Posten
Tidningen
Road to Berlin distances reported from fronts
Eastern Front 32 miles from Fellin Western Front 269 miles from E Remagen bridgehead Italian Front 544 miles from Reno rivet.
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Fellin
ERemagen
Reno rivet
Allied unit sets up govt across Rhine at Remagen head
Paris dispatch reports an A.M.G. unit crossing the Rhine at the Remagen bridge head and establishing Allied civil government control east of the river for the first time. The move marks a new phase in postwar administration as troops secure territories along the western bank.
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A.M.G
Govt. Across
Rhine
PARIS
Remagen
Mop Up Japs At Mandalay
British Indian forces mop up bands of Japanese south of Fort Dufferin Mandalay virtually enclosing the moat ring. Elements of the 2nd and 318th Divisions clash near the southern outskirts with the 20th Indian Division driving east to trap about 50,000 Japanese in the Mandalay area. Eastern Air Command reports 33 Japanese planes destroyed in Thai Don Muang raid. one Allied plane missing. Fighter pilots logged a 1500 mile round trip.
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MANDALAY
Dufferin
ery
Eastern Air Command
Calcutta
Bangkok
Thailand
Don Muang
Alberta Legislature Debates RCMP 255000 Policing Vote
Alberta lawmakers debate a 255 000 annual RCMP payment covering the Dominion government’s policing support and five extra officers. Attorney General Lucien Maynard faces questions as he explains the arrangement with Drumheller and the scope of local municipal policing under RCMP jurisdiction. The opposition and Social Credit push for a unified province wide force, while Drumheller’s experience prompts calls to consider a separate Alberta police service.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Royal Carmadian Mounted Police
Dominion
Social Credit
Lucien Maynard
Maynard
Fir
A. J. E. Liesemer
CCF
Calgary
Gordon
primhellers
secs
RCMP
Drumheller
Duke
Andrew Davison
Legislators in the dark on Alberta estimates
Alberta legislators faced two blackouts in the Edmonton assembly during the committee of supply as estimates for 1945 46 were reviewed. A fuse blew shortly after adjournment causing six minutes of semi darkness and a later outage lasted three minutes due to heavy electrical load while Premier Manning explained executive council items to clarify doubts.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
assembly
committee of supply
E. C. Manning
executive council
Parliament Sets Short Session Money Vote Fore Police Affairs
Ottawa March 17 Parliament to meet Monday for a short four week session focused on money votes and foreign affairs. Bills will cover five twelfths of non war estimates and the war appropriation for 1945 46 ending August. An August or September election could push a new Parliament to handle finances then. No full budget will be presented this session.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
the commons
mminister of finance
Sergeant runs mock government in German suburbs
An American sergeant seized control of three German suburbs near Muenchen Gladbach, issuing passes and housing officers. He appointed a nurse as head of health, pressed civilians to work at home, and enjoyed a self styled rule until Lt. Palegrin exposed the ruse. He now faces charges for impersonating an officer and related offences.
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ROBERT BUNSON
Associated Press
MUENCHEN GLADBACH
Germany
James Mallen
Rheydt
Plase
Willich
pepple
Charles Palegrin
Newark
N.J
Yafe
Pillegri
iim
Wiliams
eau Eulegrin
Allied Bombers Hit German Targets In Night Raids
London reports 350 aircraft in daylight operations and 1 900 British planes targeting Nuernberg Wuerzburg and Berlin during a ninth straight night raid. Nine German planes shot down as fighters pump up the defense. Missed Italian planes include six heavy bombers. several refineries in Vienna area damaged.
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LONDON
Britain
Germany
Nuernberg
Wuerzburg
R.A.F. Mesquite
Berlin
air ministry
Nurenberg
VIENNA
Calgary youth charged with murder in brickburn blaze
Lawrence Ross Barrs, 18, of Bowness, held by RCMP on theft charges, was charged with the murder of Frank Bishop Thomas, 62, a Calgary jeweler and watchmaker whose burned body was found in his cottage ruins after a February fire. Barrs to appear in city police court, in custody without bail on the murder count after prior theft charges.
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CALGARY
Lawrence Ross Barrs
Bowness
RCMLP
Frank Bishop Thomas
Brickburn
St. Valentine’s day
Barrs
Thomas
R.CM.P
D. C. Sinclair
Salvaro Battle Reported Near Bologna Verge of Withdrawal
Allied forces of the U S 1st Armored Division broke into Salvaro near the Bologna Pistoia highway but were compelled to withdraw after casualties. Vergato remains contested as German defense resolutely holds. British 8th Army patrols probe near the Adriatic.
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ROME
U.S. 1st armored
Salvaro
Bologna
Pistoia
Vergato
Serra
8th Army
Adriatic
US Third Army Thrusts Across Rhine Front In Major Offensive
United States forces push deep into the Coblenz area and advance 10 miles southeast of the Rhine city. Patton’s armor penetrates toward Saarbrucken while the 1st Army expands the Rhine bridgehead and nears the Ruhr, with house to house fighting in Hoenningen and renewed patrols along the Moselle and Rhine.
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LONDON
Reuters
DNB
United States
Paris
Coblenzr
Cobiens
ARIS
3rd Army
Coblenz
Rhine
Mainz
Saarland
Bern
Nahe
Bad Kreuznach
87th
Moselle
A.P
Thorburn Niliant cai
U.S. 7th Army
Gerhad
Bitche
aoath
1st Army
Frankfurt
Ruhr
Hoenningen
Heer
Reiffert
Bremscheid
Hiehen
U.S
Sth
great Ruhr
21st army group
1st
Allied forces push in German lines along Rhine and Saar
Across the western front Allied patrols intensify on the lower Rhine as U S troops push toward the Rhine front. In the Remagen area bridgehead expands seven miles deep, with German resistance stiffening before an open plain to inner Germany. The Saar sector sees Coblenz isolated and Mainz threatened as the Third and Seventh Armies drive northeastward, menacing two German armies and threatening to sever the industrial Saarland.
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Alles
lower Rhine
REMAGEN
U.S
Ruhr
Germany
SAAR
Third Army
Coblenz
Rhine
Mainz
7th Army
Saarland
War talk as Spaniards discuss Japan openly in Madrid
In Madrid today Foreign Minister Jose Lequerica hurried back from southern Andalusia to confer with U.S. Ambassador Norman Armour as Spaniards publicly spoke of war with Japan. Amid the whirlwind news, government officials and observers weighed the possibilities and strategic implications of a potential conflict.
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JAPAN
MADRID
A.P
Jose Lequerica
Andalusia
United States
Norman Armoras
PRINCESS ALICE
WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Earl of Athlone
Canada
NEW YORK
Fifth Avenue
RED CROSS
ORONTO
Red Cross Society
MOSCOW
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Hosice
London
Baku
WINCO
LAC
BRANTFORD
Ont
Cmpr. C. L. Ingles
Vancouver
George Duthie
Foronte
Phillips
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department of health
Lieut
Pillegrin
Pillegrim
United States 1st Army
Koenigswinter
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Sieegried Line
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Simmern
Entche
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