Allied Air and Sea Power Hits Jap Empire In Pacific
Allied air and sea forces pounded Japanese positions across the Pacific in a broad assault. Bombers dropped hundreds of tons on targets in New Guinea New Britain and the Marshalls while Catalina missions and ship bombardments hit Madang Wewak and other key points. Western allies plan joint British Australian and American operations in the Southwest Pacific before Europe’s war ends.
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Navy Lays Jap Strategy in Pacific Offense
Secretary Knox outlined a saber stroke plan to isolate and collapse Japanese forces in the Pacific. He said Kwajalein in the Marshalls signals broader moves to sever supply lines, with Bougainville and Paramushiro cited as targets. Submarine sinkings total 584 Japanese ships or damaged vessels since Pearl Harbor, supporting the offensive strategy.
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Russia ready to strike Finnish ports on Gulf of Finland
Moscow reports Russians prepared to launch concentrated blows on every major Finnish port along the Gulf of Finland after a powerful air assault on Kolwa. Indications suggest raids aim to sever Finnish communications with Germany and will continue.
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U S Heavies Rain Bombs On Coast
London dispatch reports American Liberators and RAF strikes along the Pas-de-Calais coast and over Western and Central Germany. Allied air forces claim 37 German planes downed, with U S escorts accounting for 130 of 177 German planes destroyed in six recent major operations. London suffers night raids as German targets, including industrial centers, are photographed for damage assessment.
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Yanks Move Ahead at Cassino
Allied Fifth Army troops aided by naval bombardment repelled a German assault on the Cassino beachhead near Rome. American and British forces pushed forward in the Cassino area amid rain and gale conditions while Carnival weather hampered supply unloading and front-line operations.
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Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity weather update
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity shows Saturday afternoon and night with increasing cloudiness. Sunday will be somewhat warmer with higher temperatures and the lowest Sunday night around 36 to 40 degrees.
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Victim of Sneak Attack Battleship Oklahoma Floats Again
Reports from Allied and Vatican sources describe Germans occupying Castel Gandolfo near Rome and squarely within the Pope's summer residence area. The papal palace grounds are cited as a bombing target while Vatican property has been struck. Across the Pacific, the U S battleship Oklahoma floats again after decades sunk at Pearl Harbor with a repaired hull and efforts continuing to restore power aboard.
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Reds Blast at Gates of Korsun
Moscow report says Soviet forces press toward Korsun in the upper Dnieper bend as German resistance collapses. Vatutin’s Ukrainian army consolidates a 200 mile front from Lutsk to Uman while rail links are mended and the Odessa Warsaw line severed to trap German remnants.
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Resignations Shake Bolivian Government Officials
Three Bolivian officials resigned in a shakeup of the revolutionary regime. Lieut. Col. Alfredo Pacheco, viewed as pro Allied, was named interior minister. Finance Minister Victor Pazos was quoted from Buenos Aires noting changes aim to gain wider recognition by the United States and 18 other American nations.
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Nurses Die in Nazi Shelling at Anzio Beachhead
Feb 12 report from Italy details two U S nurses killed during German shelling at Anzio. Attacks struck hospital tents, with nurses and patients evacuated as 30 were killed or wounded overall. Maj James Mason of Birmingham, Ala, was about to operate when the attack occurred.
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