Deathlock Tightens On Gasping Nazis Reds Knifing Desperation Into Austria
Russian tanks push 11 miles inside Austria south of Vienna and 12 miles from Wiener Neustadt as Red Army advances along a 300 mile front from Silesia to the Yugoslav border. Tolbukhin’s forces break toward Graz and Bratislava reports say Soviets seize Ratibor and Bieskau while American bombers target Vienna rail lines.
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Austria
Richard Kasischke
Associated Press
Ondon
Vienna
Wiener Neustadt
Moscow
Red Army
Hungary
Graz
Italy
German Silesia
Slovakia
Bratislava
Vah
Stalin
Upper Silesia
Ratibor
Bieskau
Moravian
Adolf Hitler
DNB
Burgenland
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Emy
Tolbukhin
Koszeg
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Sopron
United States and Britain Reject Soviet Push on Warsaw Poles
The United States and Britain refused Moscow’s demand to include Poland’s Warsaw government in the San Francisco United Nations conference. Diplomats view the move as an attempt to push the Moscow regime into the talks, widening rifts among the Big Three ahead of the April 25 opening.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Britain
Poland
Warsaw
San Francisco
Moscow
London
Russia
Crimea
Yalta
White House
World Organization
J. Tass
Priority Targets Bashed From Air
Five thousand Allied planes attacked targets from the Austrian Alps to the Baltic coast, part of a record month with an estimated 165000 tons of bombs dropped on the Reich. Eighth Air Force losses included six bombers and three fighters, while German jet fighters claimed several Allied planes. British Lancaster and Halifax crews hit Hamburg submarine yards, as 11 heavy bombers went missing. Heavy raids also targeted Linz Villach and Treviso as Austrian and Italian targets were hit.
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London
Austrian Alps
Baltic
Germany
Reich
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Halle
Blohm-Voss
Hamburg
15Th Air Force
Linz
Villach
Treviso
Venice
British Artist Killed in France Mine Incident
Captain Albert Richards, 25, youngest official British war artist, was killed by a mine in France. The loss was announced on March 31.
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London
Albert Richards
France
Jap Resistance In Burma Crumbling
Calcutta March 31 Allied forces tighten cordons in central Burma as Kyaukse 24 miles south of Mandalay falls after a two week battle. Japanese commanders regroup while 20 000 to 30 000 enemy troops may be liquidated once operations tighten.
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Calcutta
Burma
Kyaukse
Mandalay
Thazi
Fury Mounts as Allied Fleet Rains On Okinawa
The Pacific war surge reaches new intensity as U S and British forces push toward Okinawa. Tokyo radio claims a large invasion armada moving on the island while U S warships and planes shell shore defenses and bridges at close range amid heavy smoke and ongoing combat.
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Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Guam
Ryukyu Island
Japan
Tokyo
Key
Okinawa
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
U. S
Pele
Hamilton Faron
Faron
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Bacolod Falls to U.S. Forces in Negros Invasion
Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush’s 40th Division infantry seized Bacolod, capital of Negros, as Gen. MacArthur’s land based planes hit 14 ships in the Chinese coast blockade. Bridges were mined but not detonated. one Japanese demolitionist was killed trying to blow a bridge.
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Dean Schedler
Associated Press
Manila
Rapp Brush
40Th
Bacolod
Nevros Island
Douglas MacArthur
Negros
Philippines
Baguio
Legaspi
Luzon
Davao
Mindanao
First Corps
Naguibian
Mac
Thousands of Soldiers Join Rome's Easter Fete
Thousands of United Nations fighting men were welcomed by Pope Pius XII in a general audience as Rome rang its bells for Easter. Allied soldiers will attend the Easter mass at St. Peter's, celebrated by a cardinal, with the pope blessing the population and traditional liturgical rites observed. The Holy Saturday procession and revived Good Friday rites drew huge crowds amid warm sun and bustling flower stands on the Spanish Steps.
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United Nations
Pius XII
St. Peter's
Rome
Piazza di Spagna
Leonard
Constantine's Basilica
St. Bonaventure’s
Palatine Hill
Byrnes Outlines Postwar Reconversion Plans
James F. Byrnes told the American people that U S factories could produce nearly a third more civilian goods within nine months after Germany falls. He urged unifying military services under a single department after the war and said price wage and rationing controls would continue after VE day. He warned Americans to expect less food in 1945 and to share with armed forces and liberated peoples.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Japan
Europe
Byrnes
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Department of National Defense
Roosevelt
War Casualties and Wounds in World War II
Notices report the death of Juan Barrientos 24 in Northern Italy on Feb 27 after his unit faced German artillery and mortar fire. Burial with full military honors followed at an American cemetery in Northern Italy. Barrientos entered service Sept 1942. Also listed is Pvt. Wm. E. Creel wounded in action on Iwo Jima and evacuated to a hospital ship. his family details are given. 8-Sgt. William F. Brown, 19, is reported wounded in action in the European theater. parents informed.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Lubbock Army Air Field
Europe
Dewitt T. Tipton
Kress
L. C. Tipton
Germany
Ruth P. Coleman
Friona Route 2
James R. Coleman
Olive M. Mitchell
Loop
Claude H. Mitchell
AAF
Joseph M. Burleson
Meadow
James M. Burleson
J. B. Jenkins
Floydada
Daniel W. Jenkins
Margaret E. Plemons
Avenue K
James C. Plemons
Plemons
James C., Jr
Charles E. Hobgood
Twenty-second Street
John F. Hobgood
W. H. Donley
Petersburg
James K. Donley
RAF
William E. Owens
Littlefield
Alton L. Owens
Chemical Warfare Service
Myrtle L. Evetts
Slaton
William N. Evetts
Katie M. Moore
Crosbyton
W. R. Moore
Infantry
Homer P. Teston
Ralls
Route 1
Welton P. Teston
John H. Overman
William R. Overman
Juan Barrientos
Italy
War Department
Joe Barrientos
Pose
Barrientos
W. E. Creel
Pvt
Wm. E. Creel
USMC
Iwo Jima
Pvt. Creel
Fifth Marine Division
Creel
Ave. M
S. EF. Creel
Kenosha
Wis
Lubbock High School
The
Santa Fe Railway
William F. Brown
W. F. Brown
Hitler
Oder
Bertin
Iter
Berlin
Eisenhower urges German troops to surrender in message
General Eisenhower calls on individual soldiers to lay down arms as Allied advances penetrate deep into Germany. He says the German government lacks control over areas and the high command over many units. Soldiers are advised to surrender orderly with white flags and follow signs to Allied units.
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London
Eisenhower
Germany
Bbc
Luxembourg
Hitler and Nazis Barricade in Bavarian Mountains
AEF dispatch traces German force dispositions as Hitler and key leaders reportedly retreat to Berchtesgaden. Allies push toward Austria and central Germany while southern fronts mount stubborn defenses and plan a last stand in the Bavarian mountains.
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James M. Long
Associated Press
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Paris
Hitler
Italy
Bavarian Mountains
Berchtesgaden
Reich
War Secretary Stimson Deplores Bloodstained Shirt Incident
War Secretary Stimson called the sending of a bloodstained shirt to a dead Army captain’s family in Indianapolis deplorable. He expressed distress, pledged action to prevent repeats, and asked Rep Ludlow to convey his personal and departmental regret. The captain’s name was deleted in Ludlow’s public release.
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Washington
Stimson
Indianapolis
Ludlow
D-Ind
War Department
Fifteenth Army Enters Line as Allied Break Thrusts Grow
Allied attack east of the Rhine intensifies as the new Fifteenth Army under Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow enters action. The measure adds to German losses while the Twelfth Army Group components push deeper into Germany, leaving pockets of resistance behind the spearheads.
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Nhe Tury
Rhine
Fifteenth Army
Leonard T. Gerow
Wehrmacht
Lne
Twelfth Army
Germany
Fifteenth
Gerow
Coal Miners Accept War Labor Board Order to Work
Washington reports soft coal operators and John L. Lewis accepting a WLB order to continue production under the present contract. Lewis seeks written assurance of retroactive pay once a new contract is signed, with miners ready to work while awaiting written guarantees. If operators refuse, the matter may go to the WLB or another agency.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Lewis
WLB
UMW
K. C. Adams
Weather Outlook for West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms, Del Rio to San Angelo and El Dorado area. Sunday to Monday mostly cloudy with little temperature change. New Mexico fair Sunday, increasing clouds Sunday night, Monday partly cloudy with showers or snow flurries in northeast and west. Warm southward. Readings logged by Weet Teans Gee Lombardy. Temperatures range from 34 to 87.
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del Rio
Eagle Pay
San Angelo
el Dorado
New Mexico
Divide
Lombardy
Wwe
Sou
Mn Foe
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