Allied Forces Break German Front as They Advance Across Europe
Allied troops surge across Western Europe in a major push toward Berlin. American and British units report significant gains. Third and Ninth Armies drive toward the Weser and Czechoslovakian frontier while Canadian and British forces seize Dutch towns and push toward Osnabrueck and Enschede. Prisoners and captures mount as fronts shift.
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Austin Bealmederis
Ruhr
Holland
North Sea
Netherands
Berlin
U. S. Ninth Army
Weser River
Hamelin
3SU
UGU Tekod
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Third Army
First Army
Winterberg
Warburg
Ninth Army
U. S. Third Army
Werra River
Eisenach
Leipzig
Germany
Reich
Fulda
Seventh Army
Rhine
Reds advance toward Bratislava and Vienna amid Austrian war reports
Soviet assault forces ripped 11 miles through shattered defenses and moved within 2.5 miles of Bratislava as Berlin said Vienna faced a last-ditch defense. Moscow reported continued offensives west of Lake Neusiedl and claimed Red Army progress into Austria including Semmering Pass.
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Romney Whee
Associated Press
London
Bratislava
Slovakia
Berlin
Vienna
Sepp Dietrich
Hitler
Moscow
Red Army
Neusiedlersee
Flood losses reach millions as Sabine river surges
Oil firms and stockmen counted millions in losses as the Sabine rose at least four feet above its record, inundating Gladewater and Gregg County. Jefferson’s business district flooded waist deep, homes evacuated, and schools extended Easter holidays. Power and rail service were disrupted while pumping equipment and livestock were damaged or lost.
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Sabine River
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Arkansas-Louisiana
Cypress
Sabine
Jefferson
J. J. Traughber
Winona
Smith County
Big Sandy
Texas and Pacific
Soldier Drowns in Flooded Camp Bowie Bayou
Pvt. Thomas J. Meyer 36 of Company C 1298th Engineer battalion drowned when a truck he rode in plunged into Pecan Bayou on Camp Bowie reservation. Two other soldiers escaped through the cab window.
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Brownwood
Thomas J. Meyer
Comany C
Battalon
Pecan Bayou
Camp Bowie Reservation
Hopes Rise Britain May End V-Bomb Attacks
London reports a break in V-bomb terror with no weapons landing in England since last Thursday night. Nazi troops are retreating from northern Holland where V-bomb launch sites were located.
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London
Great Britain
England
Holland
Grover Sellers names Frnka as tax assistant
Attorney General Grover Sellers announced the appointment of Joseph V. Frnka of Columbus as an assistant in the taxation division on April 2.
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E Sellers
Aide Austin
Grover Sellers
Joseph V. Frnka
Columbus
House Discharges Lobby Probe Group in April Vote
The Texas House committee reported no state law violations after investigating alleged lobbying tied to anti closed shop legislation. Rep. Carlton Moore led the discharge motion to end the matter and let lawmakers move on. The panel sought broader authority to probe related issues, citing high pressure tactics and racial tension amid labor and capital conflicts.
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Carlton Moore
Houston
W. A. Williamson
San Antonio
House
Williamson
Senate
Solons Yet Far Short Of Deficit
Austin April 2 The Texas legislature can appropriate 96 344 497 from the general fund for the 1945 47 biennium before facing deficit financing Comp troller George H Sheppard estimates based on prospective revenues He notes 49th legislature has already appropriated 4 249 990 and can appropriate 92 094 507 more without disturbing present tax structures The margin may exceed current expenditures by about 21 344 497 but major allocations for rural school aid departmental college judiciary and eleemosynary systems will determine the final margin Officials in the Senate and House discuss financing after Easter with Gov Stevenson warning of deficit risk if spending continues without new taxes The governor says potential increases in appropriations total about 20 000 000 in the new biennium The House revenue and taxation committee chair notes debate on a tax remission page 11 column 7
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Austin
George H. Sheppard
Sheppard
House
Senate
R. C. Lanning
Jacksboro
Coke R. Stevenson
W. R. Chambers
Important Revenue and Taxation Committee
Texan assumed island command of Iwo Jima
Major General James E. Chaney USA from Wichita Falls Texas took duty as island commander of Iwo Jima. He served in World War I and led Mitchell Field New York from 1938 to 1940 and commanded U S forces in the British Isles in 1942 before assisting Harriman on the Moscow supply mission and later serving as ambassador to the Soviet Union.
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Texan
Iwo Guam
U.P
James E. Chaney
USA
Wichita Falls
Tex
Chaney
Iwo Jima
Mitchell Field
N. Y
U. S
British Isles
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Soviet Union
Twenty die as Brazilian air transport crashes in Rio airdrome
A Brazilian Air Force transport plane crashed at Barreirags airdrome in Rio de Janeiro. All twenty occupants were killed, according to the Meridional News agency.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U.P
Woman Charged In Death Of Husband
Sulphur Springs April 2 Mrs Anna Foster held in Hopkins county jail on murder charge with strychnine poison in the 1944 death of her husband J G Blann Also held is her present husband Governor Young Foster charged as accomplice in Blann death and with murder in the death of his first wife Mrs Nannie Foster earlier
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Sulphur Springs
Anna Foster
Hopkins County
J. G. Blann
Young Foster
Blann
Nannie Foster
Nazis Claim Werewolf Group Perpertrates Honor of Party
Nazi broadcasts claim the Werewolf underground carried out the Aachen and Meschede mayoral executions to defend national honor. Berlin disavows formal ties while praising the group's role in resisting Allied forces. British observers doubt the claim, noting it could shield officials and extend violence.
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Iondon
Aachen
Meschede
Berlin
Frankfurt
Heidelberg
DNB
Sen
Party
Towns In Area To Vote Today
Citizens of at least nine South Plains towns go to the polls today to elect city officials. A hot mayoral race unfolds in Slaton among F. B. King, W. B. Hestand and L. B. Wootton. Incumbents face no announced opposition in several towns.
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South Plains
Slaton
F. B. King
W. B. Hestand
L. B. Wootton
Littlefield
R. W. Badger
Beeman Phillips
L. C. Campbell
E. J. Foust
Abernathy
Byrnes Quits Post as Winson to Take Over
President Roosevelt accepts James F. Byrnes resignation as director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Fred M. Vinson is named his successor. Byrnes agreed to stay until Nazi Germany’s defeat and V E Day nears.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Federal
Office of War Mobilization
Rhine
Reich
Supreme Court
Texans Earn Medals for B-29 Flight Crews
At India and western China bases of the 20th Bomber Command five Air Medals with Bronze Oak Leaf clusters are awarded to crewmen including William F. Taylor Crockett Texas LaVerne Fowler Wichita Falls Alfred C. Pivey Brownwood Wylie Beaty Carthage and Thomas E. Sample Jr Houston and Herbert B. Walker Texarkana for meritorious combat flight service.
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20Th Bomber Command
India
China
Tech
Seret
William F. Taylor
Crockett
Tex
Perier A. Koenig
Denton
LaVerne P. Fowler
Wichita Falls
Alfred C. Pivey
Brownwood
Wylie R. Beaty
Carthage
Thomas E. Sample, Jr
Houston
Herbert B. Walker
Texarkana
Okinawa Drive Reaches Tobara Early Ten Days Ahead
Allied forces on Okinawa cut the island in two by reaching Tobara on the east coast nearly ten days ahead of schedule. Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge's 24th corps advanced across the waist of the island while facing only light resistance. The push continued toward Katsuren bay as the island’s rugged terrain and reported cave defenses constrained some units.
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Okinawa
Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
UAM
Tenth Army
24Th
Tobara
John R. Hodge
Katsuren Bay
Nakagusuku Bay
Ryukyu Chain
Roy S. Geiger
Third Marine Amphibious Corps
Zampa Cape
Naha
Kerama Islands
Simon Bol
War Casualties Official Reports Many Killed in Pacific and European Theaters
Official casualty releases list multiple soldiers with home towns including Slaton Mea dow Plainview Hale Center Lorenzo and O'Donnell. Names include Pvt Lucien A Rogers Pic Estanislado Reyna Pfc Virgil B Beaty 1st Lt Virgil V Bryant Pvt Willie P Pierce T 5 H T Rounsaville III Otis Grey John E Nelson Sgt Robert L Brown and details of their status and origins.
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Lucien A. Rogers
USMC
Slaton
Pic
Estanislado Reyna
Carmen Reyna
Route 1
Meadow
Virgil B. Beaty
Cleo B. Beaty
Plainview
Virgil V. Bryant
Jessie L. Bryant
Willie P. Pierce
Wilma O. Pierce
Star Route
Hale Center
H. T. Rounsaville, III
H. T. Rounsaville, Jr
Lorenzo
Otis Grey
G. W. Grey
John E. Nelson
John Nelson
Rt. 2
Post
Budget Office Bill Favorably Reported
A Senate committee in Austin April 2 reported favorably a bill by Rep. Joe Humphrey creating the office of state budget director. The panel rejected the House amended version and restored the original form assigning the director to the state auditor.
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Austin
Senate
Joe C. Humphrey
AbijJene
Senate Committee On Civil
Connally predicts San Francisco conference to open April 25
Senator Connally said the San Francisco international conference will begin on schedule April 25 and be an acceptable international peace body to the American people. He spoke after a meeting with Secretary Stettinius and Acheson and cited unofficial reports of possible delays due to Allied policy differences since Yalta. The State Department announced Stettinius will hold a news conference tomorrow to address questions on the conference and the Russian three-vote demand.
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Washington
San Francisco
Connally
D-Tex
Stettinius
Dean Acheson
London
Yalta
State Department
Warsaw
Poland
General Assembly
United States
International Organization For Peace
United States Senate
Seven Navy Airmen Rescued From Ocean
Seven Navy airmen and their dog were rescued at Alameda Naval Air Station after bailing out of a Martin Mariner forced down near San Francisco. They rode life rafts for three hours before a rescue boat retrieved them. The crew credited the pilot with saving lives during the water landing.
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San Francisco
Navy
Alameda Naval Air Station
Martin Mariner
Hawaii
Armi c
The
Dallas News
Barrow
Brazil and Russia restore relations after 25 years
Brazil and Russia resume diplomatic ties after an exchange of notes by their ambassadors in Washington ending over a quarter century of silence between the two nations.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Russia
Washington
Germans urged to stay on farms to avert famine
ARIS reports a Berlin broadcast from General Eisenhower urging Western German farmers to remain at their posts to prevent a predicted famine this year. The directive invites evacuees to assist, forbids joining volkssturm service, and demands preserving livestock and farm stocks as Germany relies on own food resources.
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ARIS
Germany
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Westerngermany
Eisenhower
Volkssturm
Allied forces seize Legaspi in southeast Luzon amid new landing
Brig Gen Ha Nider's 158th Regiment seized Legaspi city and the surrounding air fields as Sixth Army pushed ashore on Luzon's east coast. MacArthur said American losses were light and the encirclement of enemy forces tightened, with further advances and air strikes across the Philippines.
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James Hutcheson
Associated Press
Anila
Sixth Army
Ha‘ Nider
Legaspi
Luzon
Qly
Douglas MacArthy
MacArthur
Philippines
China Sea
Kizon
Bicol
Balete Pass
Baguio
Infanta
Negros
Americas
Celety
Plaintive Pen Of Jap Speaks Out
San Francisco dispatch quotes Japanese poet Kotaro Takamura praising Ryukyus defense and urging Japanese to resist invasion. The broadcast, captured by the FCC, frames Okinawa as pivotal to Japan's fate and calls for steadfast resistance and mobilization.
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San Francisco
Kotaro Takamura
Okinawa
Takamura
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Vienna Defense Set to Last Amid Broadcast
Berlin reports that Vienna will be defended to the last with every means at the garrison's disposal, as Reich Defense Commissioner Baldur von Schirach proclaimed tonight in a broadcast indicating steadfast defense for the city.
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Vienna
London
Reich
Baldur von Schirach
Weather Notes for West Texas and New Mexico
Cloudy stretch with cooler air across West Texas and New Mexico. Tuesday and Wednesday bring partial rains and a drizzle in the northeast, with cooler conditions in the southern areas Tuesday night. Panhandle ends up warmer briefly as winds remain fresh to strong across the region.
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Panhandlé
New Mexico
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