Evening War News From Pacific and Asia Fronts
American air and naval forces press toward Manila and Baguio as Japan tightens lines on the Ching coast. Tokyo reports heavy raids on Iwo Jima and Saigon, with Formosa and Ryukyus struck. Nimitz logs advances near Guam while Burma patrols push toward Mandalay amid oil and synthetic fuel efforts.
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Saigon
All Giants
Adm
John 8
MecCnis
Formosa
Ryukyu Islands
Takao
Ching
Canton Radio
Shanghai
Hainan
Japan
Burma
Irrawaddy River
Belaw Mandalay
Irrawaddy
Mare
San Antonio Produce Market History and Reform Struggles
Don Politico reports on San Antonio municipal market origins dating to 260 years ago and the 1920 ordinance limiting sales to actual growers. He details failed rule enforcement, 1939 changes under Mayor Maverick, and the move of a farmers market to Washington Square, foreshadowing broader regulatory battles.
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DON Politico
Haymarket Plaza
San Antonio
Soutimwest Texas
Sam C. Bell
Maury Maverick
Harehet
Washington Square
Halsey’s Third Fleet Sinks 89 Jap Warships in China Sea
In five months Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet reported destroying 89 Japanese warships and 83 merchant and support ships, plus 4,970 enemy aircraft. He credited MacArthur and Filipinos, and stated the fleet aided the reconquest of the Philippines.
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Halsey
China Sea
Western Pacific
William Fy
Malsey
South Ghina Sea
U. & Pacific
Third Fleet
John 8
McGann
McOain
Allies Push Toward Rhineland in Snowbound Advance
Paris dispatch reports veteran First Army divisions pushing northeast of Alzey within a mile of Germany and Siegfried Line defenses. American and French forces moved over two miles toward Colmar canal, near Alsace capital Colmar, while Allied columns widened toward the Ruhr as Eisenhower’s forces traverse toward Germany. The Seventh Army cleared Ardennes-Alsace routes while Patton’s Third Army reached across the Rhine frontier, capturing Binz and pushing German infantry back across the Rhine in a hard, snowbound advance.
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Paris
First Army
Alvith
Germany
Colmar Canal
Colmar
Upper
Alsace
Strasbourg
First
Minth
Roer
Blegtriedne
Ruhr
Rhinelands
Toled Anny
Baerbricken
Ceneral Eisenhower
Siegfried Line
Helland
Arderines
Ameritcan
siMent
Ardennes
Eisenhower
Seventh Army
al~ Sace
Third Army
Patton
Gur River
Coxemtbourg
Wilts
Binz
Baarburg
Forecast for Antonia and East Texas Weather
Considerable cloudiness Monday afternoon through Tuesday with continued cold. Tuesday morning lows around 34 degrees. East Texas section shows 20 to 26 degrees in the northwest, 27 to 42 in the northeast, near 32 in west-central, with colder air in the west and north. More on Page 2.
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Ban Antonia
Texas
Luzon's Forgotten Man S A Sergeant Greets Yank Troops
Luzon Philippines January 29 An American recon party met Willard Bresler a San Antonio resident and former U S Army sergeant described as the most forgotten man in the Philippines He lived since 1943 in a hospital cell and bathroom corners under Japanese guard and Filipino care He recalls being jailed and slipping into a hospital escape from jailers and guards His ulcers improved little due to medicine shortages but his mobility returned Bresler served in the intelligence section and was captured early in the war by Japanese authorities He spoke with visiting troops and expressed gratitude while recounting his years of confinement and treatment by Dr Velasco Jovers and others in the hospital complex
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Tokyo
Hathijo Island
Nip Canta
Sixth Army
Manila
Hassan
Rothko
Luzon
Baguio
Philippines
40Th
Mexico
San Fernando
Arayet
Angeles
Bufaen
Bataan
Iwo Jima
Howard Handleman
International Kaws Service
Pampanqa Provincial Hospital
INS
Willard Brenter
Rod Astor Street
San Antonio
Oy & Woman
EL A. Velasco-Jovers
Bresler
Ataf
Dream Realized As Son Found Safe After War News
The Breslers who lost track of Willard Bresler during the Philippines campaign learned he was found safe in Pampanga hospital Luzon. A father dreamt of his son returning and the wife, a nurse, answered the phone with the news via the Light and I N S correspondent J. Howard Handleman. Willard, 19 when he went to the Philippines in 1940, served in the weather squadron at Kelly Field and endured bombings near Pearl Harbor before reports of his missing in action in May 1942. The family had lived in the Philippines earlier. they later settled in San Antonio after moving from Nebraska.
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W. Breslow
Willard Bresler
War Department
Bataan
Althongi
Brester
Astor Street
Nob
Macarthur
Luzon
Willard
Lear Thant
Willeed
Pampanca Provincial
Bresler
Pampanca
Beesler
Herband
Berama
Philppines
Tiate
Corregidor
Philippine
Laval
Bresser
Nebraska
San Antonin
Air Corps
Kelly Field
Kelly
Muskegor
Oka
Philippines
Nichols Field
Maren
Aclon
Shoe laces swapped to mark daily footwear rule
The Infantry replacement training center requires two pairs of shoes per trainee. On even days troops wear laced over the eyelets and on odd days under the eyelets, allowing morning inspection to identify which shoes were worn the day before.
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Infantry Replacement Training Center
Pinto
Swedes Report Foreign Envoys Leave Nazi Capital
London dispatches relay Swedish eyewitness reports of flashes from Stalin's front and encirclements near Schneidemahl as Russians press toward Berlin. German officials move offices from the threatened capital while diplomats prepare to depart. Encirclement and rail cuts northeast of Berlin, with the front expanding across East Prussia and Silesia, fuel speculation on the war’s trajectory.
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London
Schneidemahl
Geman
Stalin
Berlin
Trans
Beells
Schneidemanl
Bernin- Danaig
Moscow
Zhukov
Brandenburg
Ateliis
Baltic
Prankfurt
Oder
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Alrix
FOC
Brextau
Poznan
Torun
Poland
Dabraws
Silesia
Ziukov
Obre
Breselau
Koney
Ghlau
Breslau
Upper Silesian
Slong & Line
Kreuz
Zissaya
Obra
Fong
Hiltic
Memel
Jeb
Germany
Panto
Bagsyarntun
Pirot
Hopkins Europe Tour Highlights Roosevelt Alpha Visit
Hopkins toured London Paris and Rome on an information tour before the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference. He met Prime Minister Churchall and General De Gaulle, then visited Pope Pius XIt. Diplomats see talks shaping postwar Europe and possible Allied surrender calls at the upcoming summit.
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Lomour
Don
Marty Ly Hopkins
London
Paris
Churchall
General de Gaulle
Rome
Pope Pius
Hopkins
Tanshort
Germany
Berlin Unrest Report From Paris Radio Describe Riots
Paris radio reports Berlin riots spreading through eastern and southern districts with police and SS troops deployed to quell unrest. Brussels radio notes refugees arriving in Haile and Frankfurt on the Oder protest food shortages. Unconfirmed reports from Leipzig claim 80,000 men fired on protesters over Volksturm deployment. Nazareth commentator Rudolf Semmler discusses chaos and mass migration as a historic, unavoidable outcome. Women flee with little, transport is primitive and safety scarce.
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Paris
Atockholnt
Berlin
Reich
Brussels
Haile
Frankfurrt
Oder
Tn Leipag 8
Earta
Brussél
Rudolf Semmler
Nazcoms
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India
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Bachito
S.A
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Rhineland
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Dad T
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Semmlar
Oc Sagi
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