Smash 65 Planes Near Rhine Must Drive Germans Out
Major Paul C Raborg argues that securing a Rhine bridgehead requires driving German forces back beyond artillery range. He cites American field artillery reach, notes 75 mm guns at about 3 to 6 miles, and says the main objective is building a supply base beyond enemy fire. Continued on Page Two.
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Rhine
Paul C. Raborg
International News Service
New York
Ludendorff
Coblenz
Cologne
Yanks Push Through Mindanao Hills During Invasion
American tanks and infantry swept Mindanao’s Zamboanga peninsula, taking four more communities as Japanese resistance stiffened. MacArthur’s forces now hold nine Mindanao towns including Canelar Santa Maria Sinonog and Pitogo near Zamboanga after capturing the provincial capital a day earlier. Pursuit continues with tank support as the enemy withdraws north of San Roque and Wolfe airstrips.
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Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Mindanao
Zamboanga
San Roque
Wolfe
Canelar
Santa Maria
Sinonog
Pitogo
Sign of spring draws crowd to auto show with tent and orderly displays
The PA NEWC notes spring signs as an auto show features a tented display and a showcased dem onstration. It observes fishermen urged not to take suckers from trout streams as trout have just been stocked. One man is spotted with an electric fan amid warm weather. Several motorists ignore stop signs at marked intersections. The piece hints the coming weeks will be crucial for victory gardeners as war effort concerns rise.
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am report a maximum temperature of 57 and a minimum of 25 with heavy fog and a river stage of 6.7 feet. Year ago figures show a high of 39 and a low of 22 with no precipitation.
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United States
Iwo Jima Takes Serious Turn In Japanese Report
London dispatch notes Tokyo radio quoting Domei that Japanese forces on Iwo Jima face an extremely serious turn. The broadcast says American marines press Jap positions with daring counter attacks and strong opposition.
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London
Iwo Jima
Tokyo Radio
Domei Agency
U S Forces Take Two Iwo Islets Kama and Kongaku
Advanced Pacific Fleet reports amphibious landings on two islets Kama and Kongaku off Iwo Jima. Lieut Gen Holland Smith’s Marines push back Japanese remnants near Kitano Point while mopping up continues in Third and Fourth Marine Division sectors. Continued on Page Two.
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Pacific Fleet
Guam
U. S
Iwo
Holland M. Smith
Kama
Kongaku
Qkwa
Kitano Point
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Fourth Marine Division
Ground Crews Get Plenty Of Credit
Ground crews earned praise for sustaining 36 hour shifts to support three B 29 raids on Osaka Tokyo and Nagoya within a week. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bremer noted crews sacrificed food sleep and recreation to enable the missions from Guam. Saipan aircraft refueled with one million gallons of gasoline and 32 000 quarts of oil for Osaka.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
INS
Japan
Osaka
Tokyo
Nagoya
Robert Bremer
Marianas
Standard Steel Spring workers praised for Army Navy E award
Executives and 600 employees of the Standard Steel Spring plant gathered in a factory building to receive the Army Navy E pennant and E pins for outstanding war material production. Judge Braham hosted as Col Downie presented the award to Thomas C. Mc, with officials praising the plant’s location, labor relations, and workers’ efforts.
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Standard Steel Spring Company
Army and Navy
Army
Navy
Judge Braham
W. Walter Braham
America
Joseph F. Replogle
William Richards
New Castle
Robert C. Downie
Pittsburgh Ordnance District
Thomas C
Phillips Petroleum chairman cuts salary to one dollar
New York March 14. Stockholders reported that Board Chairman Frank Phillips has voluntarily reduced his annual pay to 1 dollar. He said he saw no reason for the company to pay him 50 000 dollars a year when state and federal taxes left him only 309.36 dollars.
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New York
INS
Phillips Petroleum Company
Frank Phillips
Ninth Army Probes Rhine Crossing North Of Cologne
United States Ninth Army patrols probed across the Rhine in the area north of Cologne, according to the London Evening News. German forces replied with heavy machine gun fire and grenades as the dispatch noted no date.
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London
INS
United States
Ninth Army
Cologne
London Evening News
Fires Blaze in Osaka After Night Raid
Fires still burned in Osaka after a three hour air raid by 90 Superfortresses. Imperial HQ said 11 were shot down and 66 damaged by Japanese fighters as fighters responded in the city’s industrial area.
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London
Osaka
Imperial
Tokyo
Allied Bombers Strike Rail Yards in Regensburg and Italy
Allied press dispatch reports heavy bomber raids concentrated on Regensburg rail yards in southern Germany with escorts targeting Munich Regensburg and Werner Neustadt rail areas. RAF bombed Reviso yards in northeastern Italy. Brenner corridor rail targets and bridges hit. Ground clashes around Vergata and San Martino with patrol skirmishes near the Reno. Six Allied aircraft are missing from 2000 sorties.
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Rome
INS
Regensburg
Germany
Munich
Werner Neustadt
RAF
Reviso
Italy
Tactical Air Force
Brenner
Lake Gardan
Balkan
Vergata
Fifth Army
San Martino
Reno River
Mount Termine
League of Nations Mandate System Will Be Scrapped
Washington March 14 The United States and allies plan dismantling the League of Nations mandate system in favor of international trusteeship of strategic areas. High level talks at Yalta and before the San Francisco conference indicate joint power control over dependent regions of strategic importance. Japan’s Pacific island defense buildup under mandate oversight is cited as a motive for change.
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Washington
INS
League of Nations
San Francisco
Yalta
Japan
Pacific Islands
Osaka Fire Raid Turns Second City Into Inferno
American B 29 crews hit Osaka with 300 Superfortresses dropping over 2000 tons of incendiaries. The blaze spread over about five square miles of the metropolis as fires raged in the port and heavy industry districts. Fires were visible from 120 miles away as the raid ended.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
America
Japan
Osaka
Tokyo
Nagoya
Mayoyo Captured by Allied Forces Near Mandalay
British 19th Division troops led by Welsh and Indian units seized Mayoyo, cutting the Japanese escape route to the sea. Mandalay fighting continued with bunker to bunker and pagoda to pagoda clashes as Fort Dufferin remained in enemy hands. The 19th also established two air fields at Anisaken, six miles southwest of Mayoyo.
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Burma
INS
Daivision
Mayoyo
Mandalay
Fort Dufferin
Anisaken
Eighth Air Force Resumes Raids On Nazi Targets
London March 14 The United States Eighth Air Force resumed assaults over the Reich after a one day lull as part of a 20 straight day campaign. German warnings named Hannover and Kassel as targets while headquarters did not list specific targets. Warnings noted bomber formations over Austria and north of Kiel.
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London
INS
United States
Eighth Air Force
Reich
Hannover
Kassel
U. S
Strategic Air Forces
Austria
Kiel
Indo China clash reported by Tokyo papers
Fighting continued in northern Indo China as Japanese and French forces battled over disarmament efforts, according to Tokyo newspaper reports cited by the Transocean news agency dispatch.
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London
Indo-China
Tokyo
Transocean
Ageny
Rumors of German Armistice Effort Reach Washington
Observers in Washington say Field Marshal Von Rundstedt sought an armistice with General Eisenhower but was met with unconditional surrender terms from the Big Three. The conjecture holds Rundstedt offered to order eastern German forces to lay down arms if the western front quit, while Eisenhower reportedly demanded surrender of all German forces.
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Washington
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Dwight D. Fisenhower
von Rundstein
Rhine
Eisenhower
East
Germans Report New Red Drive
London dispatch says Soviet forces in East Prussia launched a major attack using seven infantry armies and numerous tank formations after artillery prep. The German high command claims heavy Red Army losses in the Gadwy nia Danzig region, minor breaches near Stettin, and Russian advances into Altsohl in Slovakia were repelled.
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London
East Prussia
Communiqte
Gadwynia-Danzig
Stettin
Slovakai
Altsohl
Zwolen
Schwarzwasser
Strumien
Bombing Raids Hit Berlin for 22nd Night
Berlin was bombed by RAF Mosquito bombers for the 22nd night in succession. Two-ton blockbuster bombs were dropped on the capital while other British war planes attacked targets in the Ruhr during night operations.
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London
Berlin
British
Air Ministry
Gary janitors strike halts 20000 pupils in Gary schools
The Gary public schools strike entered its second week with 130 janitors off the job. No settlement appeared near as the walkout began after the school board, advised by the Indiana attorney general, refused a written contract granting wage increases.
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Gary
Ind
Gary Public Schools
Indiana
Formosa Bombed by Philippines-based American Planes
Seventy Philippines-based American planes mostly B-24 bombers struck Formosa again yesterday targeting multiple sites. Tokyo radio reported damage was very slight, according to a recording broadcast by the FCC.
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New York
INS
Formosa
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
FCC
Red Army tightens hold on Baltic areas
Moscow reports the Red Army under Marshal Zhukov advancing from northwest of Gdynia toward Hel peninsula with towns such as Hallerowo retaken. The Dan zig Gdynia sector sees renewed fighting including the Reda railway junction as German casualties reach about 3 000 killed or wounded.
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Red Army
Baltic Areas
Moscow
Danzig
Gdynia
Baltic Sea
Oder River
Gregory Khukov
Hallerowe
Hel Peninsula
Bay of
Danzig-Gdynia
Reda
Grynia
Spectacular Air Exploit Prevents Attack On Yanks
American tanks and infantry push five miles east of the Rhine to seize a major Nazi ammunition dump at Kalenborn while Allied aircraft strike a Luftwaffe airfield southeast of Cologne destroying or damaging 65 planes. Third Army advances near the Saar, repels 11 Nazi counter-attacks, and captures towns as waves of fighters bombers disrupt enemy air operations.
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Paris
Rhine
Kalenborn
Remagen
Cologne
Third
Saar
Mosele
Trier
Ninth Air Force
Limburg
Red Cross War Drive Reports Strong Employee Giving
Thursday afternoon at 4 o clock the Red Cross War Fund Drive will hear captains report at the chapter house. General Chairman J Lepere Matthews said promising contributions are coming in from industry groups. EF I DuPont de Nemours reports 786 50 dollars in gifts averaging 13 dollars per employee. Aluminum Company of America reports 3250 dollars total and 410 per employee. New Castle Lime and Stone Company reports 204 dollars and 827 per employee. Ferati Brick Company reports 51 50 dollars at 570 per employee. The drive aims for a 102 000 dollar goal and Matthews urged workers to expand territory by Thursday.
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Red Cross War Fund
J. Lepere Matthews
I Dupept de Nemours Company
Aluminum Company of America
New Castle Lime and Stone Company
Ferati Brick Company
Matthews
Mussolini Hides East of Milan
The Swiss Libera Stampa reports Mussolini and his fascist cabinet have taken residence in a villa at Monza northeast of Milan. Surrounding villas evacuated and highway traffic halted to the headquarters with strong Italian SS guards deployed.
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New York
Benito Mussolini
Monza
Milan
Italy
Libera Stampa
The
Yanks Storm Into Kalenborn East Of Rhine
American First Army forces east of the Rhine stormed into Kalenborn five miles east of the river in a dawn attack backed by tanks. They advanced across rough timbered country and targeted one of the Rhineland’s largest ammunition dumps, with combat continuing inside the town.
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First Army
Rhine
Kalenborn
Rhineland
Butter Shortage Warns of Hard Times Ahead
The note describes widespread shortages as prices rise and supplies shrink. It mentions butter steaks gas and clothing items like nylon rose shoes and hats as examples while noting persistent bad weather and a lingering economic strain.
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Hohenzollern
U.S
MacArthur
PA Newc
Pa Newe
Aellioy Street
Daily Weather Report
Joseph A. Bors
By Howard Handleman
I. N.S
Arthur F. Hermann
von Rundsted
Oder
By Natalia Kene
Nazi
By James L. Kilgallen
Saar Region
J. Lepore Matthews
Mussolini
S. Steff Correspondent
Honnef
Remasen
Kalen
Arthur Mometer
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