U S Tanks Clearing Manila In Heavy Burma Jap Actions
Allied air and ground forces push through Manila as U S tanks and artillery assault Japanese positions. B-29s hit Tokyo and Rangoon targets while British and Allied units advance in Burma. Casualties mount amid intense street fighting. civilian suffering reported. MacArthur notes morale remains high.
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Manila
Iwo Jima
Japan
Nakajima
Tokyo
Rangoon
Burma
20Th Bomber Command
Sidal
Mandalay
Myitson
Mandalas
Yokosuka Naval Station
Minilang
Parig
Neilson Ale
Trim
Ermita
Intranturns
Fred Hampson
Macarthur
Mgbost
Maleesinan
Cruregidor
Manila Bay
Aimos
RSTH
Emmy
Reay Adams
Tetsutaro Teil
Luzon Island
U. S
Exony
Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas Weather
Forecast notes showers and thundershowers in San Antonio Monday afternoon and night and Thursday with warmer temperatures Monday night. East Texas expectations cloudy with rain and thundershowers cooler Tuesday with winds and regional warming in south and east portions. additional details on page 2-a4.
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San Antonio
Claudy
Texas
Trial of Red Berry Ends in Closing Arguments and Jury Charge
The defense and prosecution delivered stirring appeals as Judge McGrory instructed the jury on Berry’s alleged control of the third floor of the Turf Club used for gambling. Witnesses testified, with State Senator Jesse Martin urging acquittal for Berry and Benton Davies pushing for conviction. The jury was asked to consider circumstantial evidence and Berry’s silence as factors, with a verdict expected by late Monday.
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W. EB
Red” Berry
Turf Club
W. W. McGrory
Aftor
Than &T
Brown
McCrory
Sany
Berry
Sears
Berry Knownely
Wilfs
Gulty
Davies
Red Pipkin
Ranger Dixon
Herry
Dixon
Chicago
Planes Halt Nazi Supply Efforts Near Ruhr Front
Allied air power disrupted Nazi supply moves near Kleve and Ruhr, destroying equipment and trains. British and American planes braved poor weather to strike 1300 plus enemy assets, with 201 locomotives and 951 freight cars damaged or destroyed, and a sole ME-262 jet shot down.
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London
Ree
Marshal Montgomery
Kleve
Heazacdous
Iweather
Ruhr
Urey Tate
Sloconsoliyes
D. G. Falr
Banks
Ithaca
N.Y. R.A
Dulmen
Munster
Germany
Midwinter Heat Wave Spreads Across the U S
The mid winter heat wave widens from the central plains to the eastern seaboard with warmer readings forecast for Monday while northern states face continued snow flurries and cold blankets. Albany predicts upper 20s to 30s as Fort Worth records 65 and Philadelphia 46 in a day of mixed temperatures.
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Central Plains
Seaboard
U. S
Chicago
Minnesota
New England
Albany Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
Texas
Omaha
Pes Moines
Piadsiphia
Coumbla
Charlotte
D. C
More Rain Seen For San Antonio Weather Forecast
Rain expected for San Antonio by Weatherman J H Jarhoc after a 24 hour period ending with 1.43 inches in Gan Ania and 1.24 inches previously. Central and South Texas saw ranges from a trace to 2.67 inches with Galveston 2.67, Coroua Christi 1.01, Austin 1.65, Port Arthur 1.02, and Larndo 0.43 inches amid a thunderstorm.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarhoc
Wregand
Gan Ania
South Texas
Brownsville
Galveston
Central
Met
Panhandle
South Plains
Larndo
Coroua Christi
Austin
Port Arthur
Jatokdnhay
Kleve Falls to Canadians in Rhine River Valley Push
Canadian and British forces under Gen Henry Crerar crossed toward the Rhine after driving through the Reichswald and seizing Gen ne p. US First Army mopped up Roer defenses while Seventh Army cleared near the Rhine and French armies pressed the Colmar area. The fighting moved amid widespread flooding and heavy German resistance, with Gen Rundstedt’s forces attempting counteractions near Kleve and Emmerich.
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Paris
First Army
Siegfried
Kleve
U. & Fourth Division
Prem
Germany
Koblenz
Gennep
Niers
Vans
Kessel
Rhine
Qimaost
Wesel
Tunr
Maas River
Aachen-Venlo
U. S. First Army
Helmbech
Marshal von Rundstedt
Ardennes Bulge
Dotis
Prien
U. S
Allsace
Qherhoffen
Bhedor
Dewehrmacht
Drusenheim
Heguenal Forest
Colmar
Alr
Naz
Telchawald
Braun
Emmerich
Alsace
Alem
Dresden Nearer Red Army
Soviet forces under Konev pushed toward Breslau and Berlin while Zhukov advanced near Stettin and the Oder. German reports claimed breakthroughs at Sagan and Silesian towns, with pressure along the Berlin front and near the Baltic port as facilities and rail links fell under Soviet control.
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London
Marshal Konev
Breslau
Silesia
Bober River
Dresden
Germian
Konev
Burzlau
Bower
Sagan
Berlin
Marshal Zhukov
Oder
Fuerstenberg
Zhukov
Stettin
Madtie See
Pyrus
Stargerd
Stet‘tin
RAW
Sagan Menseed
Sarau
Koney
Moscow
Bunulay
Lower Silesian
Czechoslovakia
Mostow
Miurshalzhuxov
Bore
Deutsch Krone
Pomerania
Stetting
Baltic
Danzig
Steliin
Stalin
Ukraine
Saxony
Oder River
Yseril
Herlin
Breslan
Elbing
Polish Silesia
Moravaka Ostrava
Pittsburgh
Silesian
Kenth
Kurtsch
Hrosinu
Alty
Prucnern Tong
Budapest
Stalin Jap Break Expected in Paris
Stalin expected to announce a Soviet-Japanese break after the Big Three conference, per a London Daily Mail radio report. Washington circles discuss a possible $10 billion Soviet postwar credit to sustain ally relations, with terms likely long.
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Paris
Ay Govetntiem
Stalin
Parle
London Daily Mail
United States
Washington
Bovint
Cal
M.tolchenov
Que
Allied caution grows over Nazi death claim reports
London reports skepticism on German death notices for Nazi leaders and others. Officials consider thorough verification before accepting such claims as Berlin hints and Freisler seeks executions. The era may see fake funerals or staged deaths to pressure authorities and alter Germany’s fate.
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London
Kertly
Berlin
Ramid Freislnr
People’s Court
Preisler
Hitlerlein
Freisler
Germany
Nazis Crazed By U.S. Artillery Fire
Chicago dispatch reports Col Dan A Hardt of the production urgency information committee says American artillery power is driving German troops to distraction. Overseas combat notes say prisoners in Russia Africa and Italy expect Western Europe to be tougher. A German officer with twenty years service calls US fire the hardest thing the Nazis faced.
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Chicago
INS
Dan A. Hardt
Hardt
Russia
Africa
Italy
West
Europe
Tio
Clive Service
Reich Too Tired To Revolt Swiss Refugees Report
Swiss refugees repatriated from Germany say Germans are too exhausted to mount a revolution but foreign workers show signs of unrest. A group of 140 returned from Berlin Elbing and Koenigsberg report bombardments and air raids still affect Berlin city life. Officials warn civilians remain in shelters as military personnel fill stations.
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UPI
Germany
Berlin
Elbing
Koenigsberg
Irrhey
Saia
Sure Tel
Berlig
Gjyillang
Bonin
Svacustad
Hey
Allies Form Joint Command for Final German Drive
Reports from the Black Sea summit say Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin authorize a shared command to direct the final assault on Germany with equal initiative for the United States Britain and the Soviet Union. Vasilevsky and Marshall cited as key planners while synchronized offensives bolster morale and counter Nazi disinformation about unity.
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Ofstreicher
Eon. S
Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Black Sea
Laison
Britain
Rustia
Kleve
Siegfried Line
Pruem
Berlin
Bober River
Bonion
Hiller-Himler-Goering
United Nations
Landon
United States
General Marshall
Alan Brooke
Paris Hold Up Nets $440000 on Enenlen Race Course
Parts Feb 12. Twelve men held up a life outskirts of Paria yesterday and fled with 440,900 receipts from the Enenlen race course. Two of the men wore uniforms of Americas MPa.
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Paria
Aoc
Enenlen Race Coure
Americas Mpa
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Nansing
China
LO End
2 Pranklin’ Spears
Conchide
L. J
Buck!" Gillinger
Adae
Evivench
Kleve Falls
Canadian First Army
Richned L Bong
Marjorie Vattendahl
America
Superior
Wise
California
Red Army
Ioan
Marshal Stalin
Reich
New York
Stockholm
Geman
Natl
Snion Wie
Marsiil
Alexander Mikhailovitch
Vasilevsky
Vaslevsky
Pinland
Zinikov
Stalingrad
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