Allied East Rhine battle lines advance amid heavy resistance
Allied forces advancing along the Saar front report progress with the 70th Trailblazers and 1st Cavalry Group reaching the south bank of the Saar near Saarbrucken. The 63rd Blood and Fire fight in Ensheim, while the 28th Texas clears Haguenau and the 100th men take Schorbach. The 42nd Rainbow climbs the Hardt mountains as the Ward division pushes toward the Wissembourg gap.
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Rom Rage Wuer Schorbach
Bitehe
Sarregue
Habkirchen
Non
42Nd
Rainbow
Bilche
Wissembourg Gap
Ward
Cactus
Iine River
Bilschofen
Syas
Offweiler
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Two Deaths Held Personal Crisis Reports
Verdicts of suicide returned Friday morning by Justice E. H. Talbert. Arthur Price, 84, of 831 Victoria Street, had been ill two weeks and shot himself in the heart with a .32 pistol. Joe Taylor, 24, of 618 Palomac Street, also ill, killed himself between the eyes with a .38 pistol.
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E. H.talbert
Arthur Price
Victoria Street
Joe Taylor
Palomac Street
10000 Japs Die in Central Burma War Update
Allied HQ Calcutta reports heavy Japanese losses in central Burma since January 7 with over 100 field guns captured or destroyed. The Eastern Air Command says 3M Jay Planes were destroyed or damaged in the longest fighter raid of the war toward the Bangkok area. Japanese forces reportedly cut off with slim survival chances amid advancing Allied pressure.
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Ule Associated Press
Abo
Burma
Mth
Calcutta
Lnamy
Eastern Air Command
Bangkok
Thailand
Nhat
Fire Kills Thousands in Tokyo After Major Raid
Moscow dispatches report a devastating air raid on Tokyo causing panics and mass evacuations. The Tokyo Asahi newspaper cites thousands of deaths and hospitals overflowing as officials warn of worsening food and transport shortages.
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Tokyo
Asahi
New Gasoline-Cell M69 Bomb Details Reveal By Navy Official
Whitesides Jr of the New York district chemical warfare procurement division disclosed details on the gasoline-cell M69 incendiary bombs used in B-29 raids. The 6 pound bombs burn at high temperatures, cling to surfaces, and are packed in clusters of 14 or 8 with a trip-wire controlled quick-open feature.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Matels J
Ins)—Co
Whitesides Jr
New York
Chemical Warfare Procurement Division
Whitesides
Extended Mail Delivery to Start on Local Streets
Postmaster Dan Quill announced extended mail delivery to begin next Wednesday for sections of Nacogdoches road 4600 and 4700 blocks of South Hackberry street 200 block of Dauchy road and the 800 block of Cavalley street plus daily curb service to 200 block of Wirert.
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Blor
Nacogdoches Road
South Hackberry Street
Dauchy Road
Cavalley Street
Dan Quill
Seaman Killed Returning From Furlough
Seaman Victor Salamuly Salazar 2nd class in the Navy was killed Wednesday night in a crash of a naval transport plane near San Francisco while returning to duty after a day on leave in San Antonio with his mother Mrs Florinda Salazar. He had served two years on merchant vessels in the Pacific. He left San Antonio Tuesday. mother notified Friday. Survived by three sisters Rosie Celia Yolande Salazar and a brother Wic Salazar, a Richmond shipyard worker. Funeral arrangements pend ing at Morales funeral home. The crash occurred in the rain swept San Carlos hills about 35 miles south of San Francisco amid storm conditions. three crewmen killed and 16 injured survivors unnamed by the 12th naval district.
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Victor Salamuly
Navy
San Francisco
San Antonio
Florinda Salazar
North
Colorado Street
Salpear
Pacific
Rosie
Celia
Yolande Salaze
Zar
Wic Salazar
Richmond
Calif
Morales
San Carlos Hills
Bay Area
Nemes
12Th Naval District
Bulgaria Dooms 83 Pro-Nazis in War Crimes Sentencing
A wartime roundup from Paris and Brussels reports 30 Bulgarian army officers sentenced to death and 3 others jailed for involvement in war crimes against the Allies. Nine generals among the condemned, including former shaft heads, with other trials noting Esteva and Jauneaux for collaboration and anti Allied writings. In Belgium, six men were condemned to death for treason by youth-martial courts, with executions carried out at Antwerp and Charleroi and a Brussels case sentencing Gerard Angement for publishing under German control.
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SUPRA
Bigarian Peoples —Court
Bulgaria
Brussels
Antwerp
Charleroi
Breendonck
Gerard Angement
Stolen Uniforms Worn by Robbers in Paris Raid
Six men were arrested in Paris after police recovered stolen American military police uniforms used during a February 2 robbery. The raid netted $2000 in race receipts and linked several suspects to the crime.
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Paris
Circus At Camp Pendleton Ends As Marines Survive Act
A 1945 Oceanside circus visit at Camp Pendleton ended after a wild show featuring a giraffe, a loose tiger injuring a marine briefly, and a camp MP. Marines joked about the elephant and the fat lady dating soldiers, while girls in Oceanside complained.
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Havy
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
King Fees Syndicate, Inc
Fifth Army Captures Serra and Advances Near Bologna
Rome dispatch reports Fifth Army forces captured the village of Serra and gained positions behind Highway 4 near the German stronghold of Vergato. Vergato, a highway center guarding the southwestern approaches to Bologna, had held out for months. Patrols remained active as the battle lines shift.
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Rome
Serra
Vergato
Bologna
Two Women Injured in Bandera Highway Crash
Mrs. Bo Chipman, 66, and Mrs. Lon Joller, 49, both of Bandera, were injured in an auto collision with a truck on the Bandera road in Bandera County Wednesday night. Both were reported in fair condition Friday. Chipman suffered a fractured skull while Joller had a broken right arm.
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BO. Chipman
Lon Joiier
Bandera
Chipman
Jolee
Bandera County
Liberalized Deferment for Railroads and Transport
Washington reports liberalized draft deferments for railroads airlines and inland waterways to avert a potential transport breakdown. Railroads may defer 5 percent more of current workers ages 18 to 80, airlines 20 percent, and inland waterways 8 to 9 percent, expanding totals to about 40 800 rail workers 4 860 airline workers and 2 400 waterways.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation
Great Lakes
Government Policy Committee
Ak Bee
Lost Flier Reported Safe
LICUL William Priest Kemper was listed as missing in action in December and reportedly returned to Allied lines. A War Department statement said several American soldiers were returned to Allied control in the European Mediterranean theaters, with no details on each man’s escape or capture status.
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William Priest Kemper
War Department
Martha Wagener
Park Drive
Fifth Air Force Base
Mediterranean
Bolter
Fort Worth and San Antonio Lead Sales Hikes
The Fort Worth and San Antonio district tops the weekly sales gains for the week ending March 10, with department store sales in both cities rising 41 percent from 1944 levels. Dallas up 29 percent and Houston about 11 percent.
Houston Post to Exclude Ads for Five Days
Houston Post will publish no advertising for five days in March 1945 to meet the Newsprint Quota fixed by the War Production Board for the first quarter. The front page note states the measure aims to keep the paper within the mandated newsprint allocation.
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Houston
Houston Post
War Production Board
Prediction of Fall of Axis in Mediterranean War Report
A Milan based soldiers’ newspaper dispatch claims with confidence that the Axis collapse in the Mediterranean is imminent. The report, attributed to Fish shel Alexander, notes rapid advances and signals an approaching end to Axis control in the theater.
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Rome
Onby
Fish Shel Alexander
Aled Combidhder
Mediterranean
Tmany
Ttallay
Fatrias
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