Advances Disclose Air Damage to Germany
Cologne and other Rhine industrial centers show extended destruction from Allied air raids. Photographs and estimates claim Cologne 60 to 80 percent destroyed, with 76,000 to 100,000 displaced and factories like Humbold Motor Works out of action since last September. The report notes resilient German repair systems, rivalling a total wartime disruption of rail traffic and bridges, and compares devastation to Manhattan in rubble.
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Neuss
Dusseldore
Cologne
Tresig
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Rube
Manhattan
Betantis
Tiplee
Bors
Vonaniitae
Nona
Wologne
Humbaldt Deuts Motor Works
Whieh
Destruction and Repair in Cologne and Ruhr Cities 1942 1949
The report describes Allied bombing of Cologne in 1942 and sustained damage through 1949. Repairs kept pace early but heavier raids and manpower loss to the army depleted crews. Gestapo efforts, record fires, and forced labor hindered recovery as essential industries barely operated and large areas lay dead.
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Ruhr
Cologne
Torres
Ralix
Doula
HINO
Kassel Bomb Targets Hit by Allied Air Raids
London reports Kassel, a German city recently bombed, subjected to a major raid by 1000 bombers of the U S Fourth and British air forces. Simultaneous Allied strikes hit rail yards and factories at Osnabruck Muenster Rheine Frankfurt and Cologne while warning of anticipated German retaliation and extensive postwar reconstruction estimates for Hamburg and Cologne.
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London
Kassel
RAP
Traeeble
U.S
Righth
Hamburg
Berlin
Fifteenth Air Force
Ganham
Hungary
Komaroim
Ines
Hesveshas Jam
Komarom
Italy
Karbel
Eighth Air Force
Alreaty
Tans
Cologne
Berlin Bombers Hit Hamburg and Berlin in Seventeenth Night
Reports say Allied Mosquito planes bombed Berlin for the seventeenth consecutive night while targeting Blohm Voss submarine yards at Hamburg. Earlier raids damaged industrial sites including aircraft and locomotive works, with fighters and medium bombers in action over the continent and German positions harried from Wesel to Coblenz.
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Hamburg
Blohm-Vasa
Berlin
Rofara
Wesel
Coblenz
Tre Agemcny
Eighth Air
Huhe
Nitherto
Tak
Nazi Blunder Aids Crossing Of River Rhine
Dramatic World War II scene describes Allied troops at a river crossing with artillery, shellfire, and relentless movement. Doughboys advance in double columns toward the far bank while river currents and hills frame the perilous assault. A soldier signals progress as tiny men and machines push across under fire toward victory.
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Hilla
Highcliff
Magniciennt
Siver
Berlin
Alte
Balow
Abel
Gantryman ‘Cannoh
Tes
Terwald
Ione
Steffler Plans Equipment Purchase To Boost Budget
Steffler seeks to advertise for bids to buy about 100000 dollars worth of machinery and maintenance gear for next year’s budget beginning June 1. The items include four gas-powered engines, twelve-ton units, a dragline shovel, two heavy trucks, and related equipment.
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Steffler
Paul Teller
Bila
Eauipment
Roosevelt Dodges Prophesy In War question at White House
President Roosevelt dodged a crystal ball style war prophecy at a news conference while fielding questions on Europe and the Far East. He discussed potential posts in a German control commission and speculated on successors, noting possible roles for Patterson and other officers. He also met with leaders including Stilwell Halsey Hurley and Wedemeyer as plans for the United Nations Conference and an international security organization were outlined in San Francisco.
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Merche
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German Control Commission
Robert B. Patterson
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Nhower
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China
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Third Fleet
Patrick J. Hurley
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Alfred Wedemeyer
Ataff
Ohiang Kui-Shek
Tovan
Roosevelt
San Pratidisco
W. L. MicKenzie King
White House
Roosevelt “House
Hyde Park
N.Y
Wenestay’ of
Coundy
Harold E. Staessen
San Francisco
Glassen
First Army Crosses Rhine in Bold Bridgehead Drive
Allied forces report a rapid Rhine crossing by the First and Third armies creating a secure bridgehead east of the Rhine near Cologne and Coblenz. German forces faced heavy bombardment and counterattacks as bombardment and infantry advanced, with optimism that further crossings and a push toward the Ruhr are possible. General Bradley praised the achievement amid reports of strong American gains and German disarray.
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Bad Godenberg
Bradley
12Th
Marshal von Rundstedt
Roer
Cologne
Hodges
Patton
Air Supreme Headquarters
Rhina
Fonthold
Fezhen
E Rhine
Herhapa
Uniia
Rhine
Extahllah
Kisar~ Hower
Commanique
Lin Rhine
Lght
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Enat
Oologne
Coblenz
Hilix
Workn Kountry
Vela
Nice
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Allium
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Beek
Yan Dake
Wess
Netwerk
Borin
Ruhr
Dieremang
Ganarel Blaentove
Priles
Boyle
Eros
Gernant
Etsanhoway
Jap Atrocities In Indies Told
Melbourne dispatch reports Japanese forces in the Indies committing mass murder torture and rape as they lose control. April 1944 killings in Dijen Borneo included 13 rulers and civil leaders. Underground Indonesian groups sparked retaliations as June revealed mass murders among railway staff. Jap brutality extended to starvation and executions amid prisoner camps.
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Indies
Dileh Borneo
Waco
Tata
Dapa
Japheld
Dutch New Guinea
German Born Yank Believed First Across Rhine
West Point graduate Lieut Karl Timmermann may have been the first American soldier to cross the Rhine during World War II. His mother, Mrs John Timmermann, reports he crossed with dispatches among the first, and notes five uncles in the German army and an uncle in a Nazi concentration camp. Timmermann, 22, was born near Frankfurt and came to the United States at age eighteen. His family says he recently became a father, with a baby girl born prematurely. His brother Pvt Fred Timmermann and sister Pvt Barry Bowerts are also serving nearby.
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West Point
Rhine
Karl Timmermann
Hne
Reich
John Timmermann
X Naw
Karl
Frankfurt
Great Lakes Blue-Jackets to Meet Spartans in East Lansing
Great Lakes Blue-Jackets will clash with Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing next fall, announced by athletic officials at the naval training facility. The teaser notes the matchup as part of the fall football schedule reveal.
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Great Lakes
Spartans
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