British push toward Mandalay after Burma recapture drives
Allied forces report spearhead progress as 1st Division cuts toward Mandalay with heavy Japanese resistance bypassed. Chinese troops seize New Lashio 130 miles northeast, gaining control of the Lashio railway corridor as Ledo Road links India to China and weakens Japanese supply lines in northern Burma. The fall of Lashio opens path toward Rangoon while pockets of resistance remain along southern routes to Burma, Thailand, and Indo China.
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Dhn
Associated Press
Mandalay
Offivis
Burma
Madaya
New Lashio
Buntia
Lashig
Old Lashin Westerday
Pulure
Lashio
Ledo
India
China
He Town
Rangoon
Laghio
Taailand
Indo-China
Bombers Over Japan Probe Wake, Tokyo Reports
Radio Tokyo on Thursday said four H 29 bombers hit Wake Island but mistook Liberators for larger bombers. B 29 missions over three main Japanese industrial areas were noted, with five Snoop missions over Honshu. A small force bombed southeastern Kaohsiung after noon, while a wallet reward story from Portland dated March 8 appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aesorutes
Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Nagoya
Osaka-Kobe
Kaotfea
Portland
Ore
License Numbers Urged for 1945 Gasoline Ration Records
Bexay county rationing board chair W. W. McAllister urged motorists to write their new 1945 license numbers above 1942 figures on mileage rationing records. He said the new numbers should appear on all gasoline ration renewal applications, which will be returned with the rations to the sale owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pon
W. W. McAllister
Bexay County Tatlon Board
Pay Hike Proposed for Courthouse Staff
L J Burk Gittinger first assistant district attorney said a 10 percent pay rise for all courthouse employees could take effect this fall if a bill passes. He presented the measure to State Representative I M Woods for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. “Burk” Gittinger
Gittinger
I. M. Woods
Americans Drive To Luzons South Shore Invasion Push
U S troops advancing east of Manila reach Balayan Bay as 11th airborne and 158th infantry push toward Balayan and Calatagan in Batangas province. Air and ground assaults pierce Luzon defenses with heavy bombardment and sea strikes. Major bombers rain 900 tons on the Marina watershed while ships and transports are damaged or sunk nearby.
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Manila
U. S
Luzon
Pacific
China
11Th Airborne Division
158Th Infantry
Balayan
Calatagan
Balayan Bay
Batangas
Marikina
503D
Jon Corregidor
Pallippines
Verne D. Mudge
Eqwin T. Barrick
Shimbu
Antipolo
Wawa
Associated Press
Pred Hampson
MacArthur
Shirabu Ling
Formosa Strait
Hong Kong
Formosa
Yanks Pack Jap-Mined Iwo Jima
Marine Corps report from Iwo Jima describes 50 shrine packed beachhead scenes with troops and supply dumps. Tenth Amphibian Tractor Battalion and Fourth Division unload and clear mine fields under heavy danger. Bulldozers strike mines as engineers clear front lines while marines dig in and advance amid exploding mines and buried ordnance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Vincent
Marine
Goron
Iwo Jima
Iwo
Jima
Marine Corps
Tenth Amphisian
Saipan
Nours
Aussies in Rabaul Threat Again in Pacific War
A March report from Manila notes Australian troops have won a strong position in southern Bougainville while further landings on Saposa near Bougainville are reported. Tokyo radio claimed Bougainville garrison near Rabaul would attempt a last charge as supplies dwindle. Also, a South Carolina divorce bill failed in the state house, blocking a rare move toward broader divorce access.
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Manila
Bowningville
Solomons
Companique
MacArthur
Hlue
Melbourne
Saposa
Bougslavnie
Bougainville
Columbia, & G
March
South Carolina
House
Aftey
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Snooperforts
Jap Homeland
PepsiCola Company
Long Feland City
Noy
Sattler
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
San Antonio
Alamo Plazas
Crockait
Ince
Amertican
Mindora
Bay Monet
Cir UN
Sam Sear
Mate Win -Ao
Gibbons
Magiie
Rabaul
Alora
Navy
Chicago
Tui
Dascenzi
Joseph
Great Lakes
Naval Brainiimiter
Isan Antonio Light
Dascent
Sat Quauty
Douglas Saats
Dirglas
Oxolaton
Mass
East
Houston Street
Monre
Douglas Styles
Texas
Fair-Maid
Aking Company
San Antonio, Texas
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