Republicans Target Key Senate Seats in 1948 Campaigns
The GOP plans to focus on seven Democratic seats up in 1948 amid a shift in party strength. Only five of the 20 party seats face Solid South, contrasting with ten southern seats in 1948, giving Republicans a realistic chance to flip seats held by Briggs Missouri Guffey Pennsylvania Kilgore West Virginia Mead New York Radcliffe Maryland Tunnell Delaware and Walsh Massachusetts.
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Briggs
Missouri
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Kilgore
West Virginia
Mead
New York
Radcliffe
Maryland
Tunnell
Delaware
Walsh
Massachusetts
Allied Forces Break German Rhine Defenses On Route To Berlin
Allied forces breach the Rhine with multiple crossings as British Canadian and American armies push toward Berlin. Montgomery declares Germany cornered while Patton’s third army drives toward Frankfurt Darmstadt and beyond with river crossings and armored advances.
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Normandy
Berlin
Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
Viéttain
Montgomery
Second Army
Wes
Noutt
U.S. Ninth Army
First Airborne Army
The
Reich
Canadian First Army
Rhine
Hitler
Basel
Karlsruhe
U. S
Third Army
Worms
Mainz
Patton
Frankfurt
Darmstadt
Fourth Armored
Massive Rhine assault unfolds under moonlit skies
Report describes a large over the water operation amid heavy traffic of trucks and vehicles to supply men for the German front. The movement, rehearsed for months and seen as Normandy scale, proceeded smoother than expected with conveyances stretching for miles up river roads and into moonlit fields.
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Normandy
Rhineland
Rhine
Intense Ryukyus Air Attacks Reported in War Communique
A Friday-Saturday barrage in the Ryukyus destroyed 50 enemy aircraft in one phase at a cost of three American fighters. Targets included Okinawa's main naval air base at Minami Daito east of Okinawa and Kerama to the west. Shima to the west of Okinawa was another target. New raids were listed on the Bonin Islands north of Iwo Jima, other Palau islands, Wake Island, and the Marshalls.
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Ryukyus
Okinawa
Minami Daito
Kerama
Shima
Bonin Islands
Iwo
Palau
Wake
Marshalls
Sector Operations Through Balete Pass and Villa Verde
In the Balete pass and Villa Verde corridors the 25th and 32nd divisions were reducing enemy strong points, conducting operational advances to tighten control and clear resistance in the sector.
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Balete Pass
Villa Verde
Transportation woes plague Slab Fork students
Delegates from Slab Fork protest chronic bus service to Sophia High School citing about ten days lost since Christmas, unsafe buses, and repeated breakdowns causing widespread absences. They report buses arrive late, cutting half days. A reconditioned bus and a new driver were promised to start tomorrow afternoon. President Ballard urged action, stating the transportation system is in very bad condition.
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Sophia High School
Slab Fork
Rim
Ballard
British Commandos Support Wesel Breakthrough In Night Assault
At 2 a.m. the front roared as guns fired and plaster rained from walls. British commandos crossed the river at 10 p.m., slipping through defenses to a point 1,500 yards from Wesel. Lancasters circled overhead, aiming to strike the town without harming the commandos, as reports from the cellar command post noted high prisoner intake.
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Wesel
Miners Prepare Ballot Vote On Wartime Strike Question
District 29 UMWA officials announce meetings across Raleigh and Fayette counties to explain the ballot question on interrupting wartime production. The text asks voters if they wish to permit such an interruption and local leaders from Memorial Building, Mullens, and Layland will address members at 2 p.m. with field reps Gibson and Olson guiding discussions.
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Raleigh
N.I.R.B
District 29
U.M.W.A
George J. Tiller
Raleigh County
Fayette County
Tiller
Larkin Philpott
Ben Dunmin School
Mullens
Layland
Laurel Creek
Harry Gibson
C. C. Walson
Soviet Forces Push Front After German Counter Attacks
Marshal Stalin announced that Veszprem and over 350 towns and villages were swept up as Toibukhin's troops launched an offensive. They shattered counter-attacks by 11 German tank divisions, which had recently retaken some territory west of Budapest lost last December.
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Veszprem
Stalin
Toibukhin
Budapest
Board Hears Repairs and School Requests
The board discussed bus maintenance and capacity, planning to buy five buses after July 1 and noting six already ordered for use next September. Community delegates urged fire escapes and improved facilities at local schools, while superintendents study accommodations and a Hamlet School closure decision was postponed due to remaining term.
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Slab Fork
Toaluirs
Ballard
Peterson's Ointment: quick relief for piles
Forty years ago a Buffalo druggist created an ointment for relief from the fretting and smarting of piles. It spread fame nationwide and became a favorite in thousands of homes. Ask your druggist for Peterson's Ointment today. Money back if not satisfied.
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Buffalo
Peterson
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Burnside
Flatt
Superin
Hamlet School
New River
Keith Bobbitt
RB. W. Chambers
S. Oakwood Ave
Beckley
W. Va
MacArthur, W. Va
Leo Preat
Coats
Department of Boys’ Clothing
Children’s Dept
Neville St
Simart
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