Reds Prepare Final Drive Against Berlin
Soviet forces press twin thrusts toward Berlin from the Baltic and Oder fronts. In East Prussia they seize Lank and Vogelsang near Braunsberg as 13 Soviet armies close on Koenigsberg. On the Oder front German defenses east of Berlin crumble along an 18 mile stretch from Kuestrin to Frankfurt while Slovakian front sees the Second Ukrainian army seize the Zvolen railway junction northeast of Budapest.
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Moscow
Red Army
Baltic
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Lank
Danzig-Gdynia
Vogelsang
Braunsberg
Oder
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Kammin
Stettin
East Prussia
Danzig
Gdynia
Slovakia
Zvolen
Hron River
Budapest
Churchill predicts end of European war by late summer
In London, March 15, Prime Minister Winston Churchill told a Conservative conference that Europe may see the guns fall quiet by summer. He said Britain would then shift full fighting strength to Japan and warned hardships would continue until Japan is defeated. He pledged a general election once Europe ends.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Japan
Europe
Germany
Early spring hints seen as PA NEWC notes season shift
As spring nears, PA NEWC reports first park bench turnout of the year with about eighteen to twenty people on city square benches. Nearby farms show early plowing activity while two girls enjoy a porch swing. Pittsburgh Automobile Club requires car inspections by midnight after a 45 day February 1 extension.
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Tghteen
Pittsburgh Automobile Club
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 a.m. today show a maximum of 68 and minimum of 30 with precipitation at five stage 63 feet. Year ago this date records a maximum of 47, minimum 37 and trace precipitation.
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United States
More Towns In Mindanao Are Taken By Yanks
Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters reports five more Mindanao towns captured as U S spearheads advance into southwestern hills. Other units mount amphibious landings in the Sibuyan sea while 41st Division tanks push on from Zamboanga, securing Masilay Harlow Tumaga Mercedes Recodo and nearby airfields.
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Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Sibuyan Sea
Zamboanga
Masilay
Harlow
Tumaga
Mercedes
Recodo
Caldera Point
San Roque
Seven Killed In Naval Plane Crash West Of San Carlos
Seven people died and 16 were seriously injured when a naval air transport plane crash landed in the hills west of San Carlos, 20 miles south of San Francisco. The aircraft carried 20 passengers and a crew of three on a flight from San Pedro to Oakland. Navy officials said all casualties were navy or marine personnel and names were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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San Francisco
INS
Naval Air Transport
San Carlos
Navy
Twelfth Naval District
Marine Corps
San Pedro
Oakland
Army Dog Training Center
Nazi Raider in Atlantic Sunk by Destroyer Escorts
The Navy disclosed four destroyer escorts trapped and sank a German raider in mid-Atlantic. Led by Cmdr. Jack F. Bowling of Washington, D C, the group tracked the submarine as it zigzagged and finally blew it apart, leaving only an oil slick and debris.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Atlantic
Cmdr
Jack F. Bowling
Washington, D. C
Battle for Iwo Jima Wins U S Flag Raising
Advanced Pacific Fleet headquarters reports Iwo Jima formally occupied by U S forces. About 20 000 Japanese casualties alleged as battle rages on northern tip. Nimitz proclaims military governor and suspends Japanese authority over the island chain. The U S flag is formally raised over Iwo Jima.
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Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
U. S
Iwo
Chester W. Nimitz
Volcano Islands
Nimitz
Islands
U.S
British Fleet Ready for Action, Tokyo Report Says
Tokyo radio quoted by Reuter said an Australian-based British fleet was steaming into action. The report did not specify the fleet's objective.
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London
INS
Tokyo Radio
Reuter
Joint Allied Soviet Bombings Reported In Italy
In Rome on March 15 Allied and German patrols clashed along Italy s Fifth and Eighth army fronts while observers weighed the meaning of a joint aerial strike against Nazi targets by American and Soviet bombers. The Mediterranean Air Force said at least 2400 sorties targeted German communications and oil refineries with Russian participation. One Luftwaffe victory was a downed plane attacking a Red A 20 squadron. Ground positions remained unchanged.
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Rome
INS
Italy
Mediterranean
Swedish Report Claims German Peace Offer Rejected
Svenska Dagbladet quotes reliable sources that Germany sent a peace offer to the allies via Swedish intermediaries. Hitler reportedly consented after a Berchtesgaden conference, urging evacuation of occupied lands while allowing the Nazi regime to remain in Germany. No confirmation from allies or Germans is shown. The offer allegedly arrived earlier this month.
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London
INS
Svenska Dagbladet
Germany
Reuter
Sotckholm
Dagbladet
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
City School Term Extended to End Early June
New Castle officials approve a revised term to recover snow and coal losses. Easter break shortened to March 28 to April 3, term ends in June. Saturday classes rejected due to pupil absence. Mary Jane Wyland to audit two days at up to 100 dollars. Beginning 1945 46, west side elementary pupils move from Oak Street to Thaddeus Stevens School to relieve crowding.
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New Castle
Frank L. Burton
Board of Directors
Burton
Oak Street
Thaddeus Stevens
Japanese Spy Hanged on Luzon After Trial
Manila reports that Private First Class Ichiro Hongo, a Japanese soldier captured in civilian clothes behind American lines on Luzon, was hanged yesterday after a military commission trial. He is noted as the first Japanese spy tried in the Southwest Pacific area.
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Manila
INS
Luzon
Pfc
Ichiro Hongo
Southwest Pacific
Battleship Deutschland Sunk Report
Paris radio report states the German battleship Deutschland was sunk in the Baltic Sea by a mine. The broadcast was heard by the Evening News in London on March 15.
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London
INS
Paris
Baltic
Evening News
Osaka Arsenal Blown Up Say Airmen Report
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay claims the Osaka arsenal near Japan's second city was destroyed by a B 29 incendiary raid. Two planes reported a huge explosion as they flew at 7000 feet, with pilots unable to regain control until dropping to 2000 feet.
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Howard Handleman
U.S
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Osaka
Japan
Curtis E. Lemay
Lemay
Stanley C. Block
Helena
Mont
J. J. Catton
Los Angeles
Retiring Browne Thacker Led George Washington Junior High
Browne K. Thacker after 34 years with New Castle schools resigns as principal of George Washington junior high. He opened the campus in 1928 and will retire from active service at the end of the school year. Thacker, a Waukegan native, trained in industrial arts and joined New Castle in 1911 to organize industrial arts.
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George Washington Junior High School
New Castle
Browne K. Thacker
George Washington
Thacker
Waukegan
Illinois
Western State Teachers College of
Kalamazoo
Mich
Geneva College
University of Chicago
University of Pittsburgh
Teachers College of Columbia University
Final Day To File Income Tax Returns 1944
Tax deadline looms with no extension in sight as March 15 arrives. Local Deputy Collector William Kummer notes crowds thinning after a busy day with the New Castle office open until midnight to accommodate late filers.
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Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue Department
William Kummer
New Castle
Death Notices: Mrs Roberta Wetzel and Others
Death notices list Mrs Roberta Wetzel 62 of New Bedford and J Dale Mollenkopf 65 of Petersburg along with O Charles W McWilliams 63 and Norman Williams 23 of Norman Avenue locations. The terse record notes ages and addresses with no further details.
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Roberta Wetzel
New Bedford
Charles W. McWilliams
Jackson Avenue
Norman Williams
Highland Avenue
German troop concentrations heavily bombed near Saarbrucken
RAF heavy bombers struck German troop concentrations at Zweibrucken and Homburg about 15 miles east of Saarbrucken during the night. British heavies also attacked the Lutzkendorf synthetic oil plant near Halle, while Mosquito bombers dropped Blockbusters on Berlin for the 23rd straight night.
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London
INS
Zweibrucken
Homburg
Saarbrucken
British
Air Ministry
Lutzkendorf
Halle
Berlin
War in Europe Reaches Critical Stage Says Stimson
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson describes a very critical stage on all fronts as Allied forces press the February 23 offensive. He cites about 140,000 prisoners taken and releases a report showing captured weapons by an American corps as evidence of the ongoing desperate situation.
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Washington
Europe
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Nazis May Plan Counter Thrust Across Moselle Front
Paris dispatch reports U S First Army advances east of the Rhine while Gen. Patton's Third Army pushes across the Moselle establishing two bridge heads. Eisenhower officials note a nine mile wide beach head near Coblenz and a southeast assault near Trier amid possible command changes in the German high command.
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Paris
U. S. First Army
Cologne-Frankfurt
Rhine
George S. Patton
Third Army
Moselle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coblenz
Trier
Changes in Dumbarton Oaks Plan Suggested
Washington officials say Senator Arthur Vantienberg of Michigan, a member of the American delegation to the San Francisco conference, submitted a memorandum proposing changes to the Dumbarton Oaks plan. The note was given to Secretary of State Stettinius after a meeting with the six delegation members, signaling initial disagreement within the American group.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Arthur H. Vantienberg
Mich
San Francisco
Dumbarton Oaks
Stettinnius
Roosevelt
Snow Costs State Six Million For Clearing Of Roads
The Pennsylvania State Highway Department reported 6,508,459 spent on snow clearing during 14 weeks of severe winter weather. Normal annual costs were about 4 million, with Crawford County hardest hit at 132 inches total snowfall.
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State
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
State Highway Department
John A. Shroyer
Pennsylvania
Shrover
Crawford County
Romulo Aims to Indict Japan in Congress for Atrocities
Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo, resident commissioner of the Philippines, declared in San Francisco that he will seek indictments of Japanese authorities in Congress for wartime atrocities in the Philippines. He arrives from the islands with his family, who endured three years of hiding on Luzon. He said he possesses Japanese orders from Tokyo corroborating the charges.
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San Francisco
American Congress
Philippines
Carlos Romulo
Romulo
Luzon
Congress
Tokyo
Tax Day Blues in a Summer of War and Weather
A humorous reflection on income tax day with Uncle Sam as the stern taskmaster. The narrator sighs over earnings and dependents while noting the war era burden, the sunny fifty four degree weather, and the contrast between taxpayers and children at war.
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Sam
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Rheinbreitbach
Churchill
Charles A. Smith
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
By Frank Robertson
I. N.S
Battle For Two
Joseph A. Bors
Deutschland
Osaka Arsenal
B.K. Thacker
Industrial
J. Dale Mollenkopf
Petersburg
John A. Reichmann
First Army Across
James L. Kilgallen
N.S
First
Cologne
Remagen
Karl von Rundstedt
Walter von Model
Patton
Edward W. Koehler
U. N.S
Arthur Mometer
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