Greatest Military Debacle In History Now In Progress
A NORTHERN Sun war column reports the collapse of Nazi defenses as Allied forces press from the Ruhr to Bavaria. Soviet advances shorten Germany’s fate, with American Third Army thrusts toward Frankfurt and Pforzheim while Berlin comes under looming Allied and Soviet pressure.
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Carthage
Rome
Napoleonic Empire
Nazi Germany
Ruhr
Frankfurt
Bavaria
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Hungary
Germany
Pulde
Breaking Of Rhine Defense Line Dooms Northern Germany
Allied forces push across the Rhine as Lieut. Gen. Hodges in Limburg and Patton in Frankfurt and Aschaffenburg gain major river crossings. The Rhine line is collapsing from Mannheim to Cologne, forcing Nazi retreat toward the south with additional threats from Strasbourg and Karlsruhe.
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Rhine
Germany
John H. Craige
International News Service
Courtne Hodges
Limburg
Patton
Frankfort
Aschaffenburg
Mannheim
Cologne
Karlsruhe
Strassburg
Nimitz Silent On Invasion Reports In Ryukyu Chain
Guam March 27 American warships and carrier planes bombarded Okinawa as Japanese radio claimed Yank landings were prevented and air and ground units intercepted the task force. Fleet Adm Nimitz issued a regular communique noting a fourth straight day of action against Okinawa with carrier planes hitting air fields and fast battleships shelling shore installations.
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Nimitz
Ryukyu
Pacific Fleet
Guam
Ryukyu Archipelago
Okinawa Islands
U.S
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Okinawa Group
Ryukyu Enain
Okinawa
Paris Reports German resistance collapse as Allied drives surge
Reports from Paris and Allied headquarters portray Germany unable to halt advancing American and British forces in western Germany. Eisenhower calls the German army whipped as First Army pushes 33 miles east and Third Army armor nears Nuremberg, signaling a potential rapid breakthrough.
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Supreme Headquarters
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Germany
Reich
United States First Army
21St Army Group
France Soir
Wehrmacht
Third Army
Fulda
Patton
Wurtzburg
Sair
High Command
Western Front
First Army Rolls East at Fast Speed
First Army forces under Lieut. Gen. Courtney Hodges push 35 miles toward Limburg and Heckholzhausen eight miles northeast of Limburg while reaching Hublingen and Hachenburg eight miles east of Altenkirchen. The rapid advance breaches German defenses as prisoners flow to the rear and resistance dissolves along the Lahr river region.
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U.S. First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Limburg
Heckholzhausen
Hublingen
Hachenburg
Altenkirchen
First Army
France
Lahr
PA Newc Sees Early Season Observations
The item notes a man seen on the East Side in a straw hat and mentions dog owners seeking standard holes in dog tags. It describes hyacinths near the Kurtz property at Croton and Washington streets and an inspection tour of a new city bus with the mayor aboard. It also reports a 1945 victory garden plan for Pennsylvania with 1,500,000 plots and a Civilian Defense update.
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Ste
Pa Newe
The
State Defense Council
Pennsylvania
Walter Spofford
Daily Weather Report United States Metrics
The 24 hour period ending at 1 9 m shows a maximum temperature of 83 and a minimum of 49 with no measurable precipitation. River stage stands at 8.1 feet. A year ago the maximum reached 68 and the minimum was BR with 0.33 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Japanese Say Yanks Landing On Cebu Island
Four engine heavy bombers and attack planes dropped 250 tons of high explosives on key Japanese defenses on Cebu Island in the Central Philippines, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced. The Tokyo radio reported U S amphibious forces began landings at Talisay shortly after.
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I. N.S
Manila
Cebu Island
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Tokyo Radio
U.S
Talisay
Heavy Allied Bombing Intensifies Over Germany and Navy Yards
London reports daytime raids by 11 ton bombs hitting U-boat pens oil plants and benzol refineries at Navi Farge Koenigsdorn and Sachsen amid Bremen assault hints. RAF Mosquitos continue Berlin night raids for the 35th straight time while 300 American heavies and 450 Mustangs attack Plauen Zeitz and Chemnitz area industrial targets.
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London
Tinsaaf
Bremen
Farge
Vegesack
Koenigsdorn
Sachsen
Air Ministry
Bremer
Berlin
Tottering
Reich
Plauen
Chemnitz
Zeitz
Leipzig
Last Of City Men In March Call Leave
Last of the men from New Castle summoned for duty in the armed forces left for induction this morning via the Pennsylvania Railroad. They were addressed by Charles E. Allen of the American Legion and the invocation was given by Lt. Mary Verner of the Salvation Army. City Board One had sent the next group yesterday for pre induction physicals in Pittsburgh.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad
City Board One
Charles E. Allen
American Legion
Mary Verner
Salvation Army
Pittsburgh
Hard Coal Strike Move By Lewis
UMW President John L Lewis filed a strike notice with the government covering the Pennsylvania anthracite field. The tri-district scale committee approved the action in Washington to set wage demands for the mines to be presented to operators in New York on April 4.
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Washington
INS
UMW
John L Lewis
Pennnsylvania
Tri-District Scale Committee
New York
Yanks Reach Area of Lohr in Bavaria Bulletin
An American motorized force advanced to the Lohr area nineteen miles east of Aschaffenburg in Bavaria, as reported by the DNB news agency from London. The German radio hinted that Allied planes possibly attacked the North Sea Port of Bremen with Fortress and Liberator bombers.
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London
INS
Lohr
Aschaffenburg
Bavaria
DNB
North Sea
Bremen
Russian Forces Near Austrian Border in Danube Drive
Soviet Third Ukrainian army units closed to 27 miles from the Austrian border after capturing Papa northwest of Lake Balaton and pushing beyond. A spearhead neared Vienna as another Ukrainian column moved along the Danube into Slovakia capturing Banska Bystrica and breaking German defenses toward Bratislava. Northern forces reported a crushing Nazi defeat as Third White Army columns crossed the Banau river.
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Moscow
Papa
Lake Balaton
Red Army
Vienna
Danube
Slovakia
Banska-Bystrica
Hron
Bratislava
Baltic
Banau
Five Senators Plan Early Europe Trip for War Probe
A five senator special committee plans an early Europe trip to inspect military equipment use after Germany’s defeat and study transfer methods from Europe to the Pacific. Senators Chandler Evy Hill Maybank Bridges Russell serve on the military affairs and appropriations panels.
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Washington
Europe
Berlin
Sens
Chandler
Evy
Hill
Ala
Maybank
S. C
Bridges
N. H
Russell
Germany
Pacific
Robert P. Patterson
War Production Board
Marines Return From Iwo Jima With Wounds and Stories
Nearly 700 wounded Marines arrived at the U S Naval Receiving Hospital in San Francisco after returning from Iwo Jima. Veterans described the battle as the worst they had ever seen with many carrying memories of brutal combat. One corpsman from the Fifth Marine Division, George L Cleaver Jr of Revloc Pennsylvania spoke of the harrowing experience and wounds suffered on day two.
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San Francisco
INS
Iwo Jima
U. S. Naval Receiving Hospital
Marine Corps
Pacific
Iwo
Navy
Fifth Marine Division
George L Cleaver, Jr
Cambria St. Revloc. Pa
Cleaver
Progress In War Against Japanese Exceeds Forecasts
Washington March 27 In a Navy briefing Admiral King said Japan advances in the past year have outpaced expectations and warned a swift Pacific victory cannot be taken for granted even after the European war ends. He stressed no demobilization of naval forces is planned and emphasized continued effort with available means.
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Washington
INS
Ernest J. King
James V. Forrestal
King
Nazi Radio Warns German Public of Grim Front News
A Nazi commentator broadcasting on Hilversian radio warned listeners that the war situation is acute and more bad news from the front is expected. A second German spokesman conceded that little material possession remains and what is left may soon be reduced to rubble and ashes.
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London
INS
Hilversian Radio
B 29s Attack Kyushu Airfields In Major Allied Raid
More than 200 B 24s and B 29s launched a major assault on Kyushu targeting Tachiarai and Orta airfields and the Omura aircraft plant. Official reports say bombs were dropped in the morning Japan time, following carrier strikes by Task Force 58 a week earlier.
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21St Bomber Command
Quam
Kyushu
Task Force 58
Guam
Japan
Americans Land In Keramas Claim
London dispatch reports by Tokyo radio that American forces landed on three Kerama Islands about 400 miles south of Kyushu. Japanese sources say the move is a preliminary invasion step and may lead to an attack on Okinawa within days.
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London
Tokyo Tradio
Kerama
Kyushu
Tokyo
Okinawa
Von Rundstedt Reported Arrested or Under House Arrest
Soviet Tass cited Paris and Stockholm reports claiming Nazi Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt was arrested after his dismissal as western front commander. The Stockholm source said he was under house arrest at Kassel, ill, with his son held at Ingolstadt fortress.
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London
INS
Na l Gerd von Rundstedt
Geman
Tass
Paris
von Rundstedt
Stockholm
Kassel
Ingolstadt
Bombers Based In Italy Aid Reds Attack In East
German supply centers feeding the eastern front were wrecked in Mediterranean air force raids. The communique says land actions on the fifth and eighth army fronts were limited to patrols. Heavy bombers hit Hungary Czechoslovakia and Austria rail yards bridges and rights of way. light bombers targeted rail and river routes in the Po valley. Five enemy planes were destroyed and 12 Allied aircraft were lost.
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Rome
Mediterranean Air Force
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Nuremberg Threatened By Allied Tank Movement
New York March 27 reports from a blue network correspondent say returning fighter pilots report tanks of the American third army menacing Nuremberg, shrine of Nazidom, about 60 miles southeast of Aschaffenburg, and extending at least a hundred miles into Germany.
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Nurenberg
Blue Network
Third Army
Aschaffenburg
Germany
New York
INS
Nuremberg
U S Liberator Bombers Hit Marcus Island Raid
United States Army air force bombers attacked Marcus Island about 900 miles southeast of Saipan in daylight yesterday, according to Japanese Domel agency reports. The FCC recorded the announcement noting the raid involved around ten B 24s.
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New York
Marcus Island
Saipan
Jap Domel
Joney
FCC
Death Record for Mrs Marry A Spencer and Infant Fleeger
Obituary notices list Mrs Marry A Spencer aged 83 of 305 Winter Avenue and infant Fleeger located at 107 North Liberty Street with death details from the Tuesday March 27 1945 record.
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Marry A. Spencer
Winter Avenue
North Liberty Street
Roosevelt orders cabinet alert for possible Europe victory
President Roosevelt directs cabinet officers to stay at posts and avoid San Francisco travel as Europe may yield a rapid Allied victory. He also keeps advisers close in the aluminum compact group to minimize travel during the crisis. In London, a separate report cites Dutch casualties from RAP raids on Nazi rocket bases with thousands displaced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
White House
Germany
San Francisco
London
INS
Netherlands
The
Hague
Ambitious rookie stars spark spring baseball drills
Arthur Mometer notes rookies sharpening skills as veterans warn the season will be tough. A promising hitter shows Class B power with fast curves and strong bat speed while veterans remind him the season has yet to start. Weather and rough play hover over camp progress.
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Goring
Babe Ruth
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