Yamashita Hideout Blasted and Basilan Occupied
Manila reports a major Allied air assault on Japanese positions around Baguio and in Formosa theaters with 337 tons of bombs. MacArthur also announced Basilan Island occupied by Eighth Army as Luzon campaign totals reach 282,000 Japanese killed or captured with American losses at 16,579. Congress plans an Easter recess opposed by Senate Leader Barkley.
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Yamashita
Formosa
New Guinea
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Heito
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Tabhuku
Sierra Madre Mountains
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Lurgan
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Basilan
Inala
Robert Blenell
Beteers Eighth
Basilan Island
Philippines
Basilon
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Generel MacArthur
Jap Tasusilies
Luzon
Si Ib
MacArthur'sroye Oa
Lauton
Congress
Washington
Senate
Barkley
D.-Ky
20-Ton Bombs Slated to Drop Out Japan
New York dispatch reports that 20 ton bombs will drop on Japan from B 20 bombers before war’s end. Max Hill of the Associated Press notes prior 11 ton bombs used over Northwestern Germany by British Lancasters, smaller than the Superforts. He cautions a 20 ton bomb could kill people two and a half miles from detonation.
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New York
Max Hill
Germany
Nagoya Bombardment Report Shows Heavy B29 Raids
Guam dispatch describes carrier aircraft pounding Nagoya with about 350 B 29 sorties producing heavy fires over 2500 tons of incendiaries. Pilot accounts note fires spreading across the city’s industrial area as Japanese claims admit substantial damage. The strikes, part of a three-week carrier offensive, keep Tokyo’s defenses under pressure as Kyushu and Shikoku also faced raids.
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Nagoya
Allies gain mastery as German oil limits hamper war effort
London dispatch reports Germany operates only one of 20 synthetic oil plants and 12 of 78 coke ovens. Allies claim German shortages curb mobility of Hitler's tanks and air power. Captured documents show one tank unit ordered to defer fueling and battles over Berlin, the Ruhr, and Hanau continue with heavy Allied air attacks. American bombers support by striking rail yards while fighters engage Soviet jets near the Oder.
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Germany
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Western Front
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UV. S
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Duisburg
Ruhr Valley
Hanau
Preinkfurt-Am-Main
Oder River
WU. Ss. Strategeir
Big Berlin Arms Plant Hit in Raid
The Rheinmetall-Borsig armament works near Berlin was set ablaze by a daylight raid by 40 Liberators from the U S strategic air forces. They bombed and then strafed the plant area killing buildings and reveals. The plant employed about 25 600 workers producing tanks munitions boats and torpedoes. The attack caused major damage near Berlin's central rail hubs with heavy bomb pours across 25 blocks. This daylight raid marked the largest loss in the three major Berlin attacks this year with 25 bombers and five fighters lost.
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Rheinmetal-Borslh Armament Works
Berlin
U. 8
Strategic Air Forces
Notary Laprend
Cap
Tiny
Marines General Warns Japs Tougher to Crack Mille Island
Honolulu report quotes Lieut. Gen. Holland M. Smith after capture of Iwo Jima, noting Japan is learning from mistakes and growing harder to defeat. He cites stronger defenses and evolving tactics, including stopping early Banzai charges as forces adapt.
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Holland MM. Smith
Two Jima
Crant
Mille Island
Grand Forces
Smith
Reds Within 98 Miles of Vienna in World War II Drive
From London a report on March 19 describes a Russian offensive pushing toward Vienna and Budapest. Soviet forces under Zhukov wheel west from the Baltic coast toward Stettin while advancing from Neisse to Neustadt near the Czechoslovak border. Germany reports gains by First Ukrainian Army in southern Slovakia as German lines collapse near western Hungary. Pockets remain at Danzig Bay and along the Baltic coast with Königsberg still holding out.
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Nimitz
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Unday
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Shikoku Island
Honshu
Admirel Milseler
Pacific
Rabaul
Tokyo
Hatter
Philippines
London
Hungary
Mar
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Vienna
Silesia
Konev Apy
Neustadt
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Zhukov
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Oder
Wollin
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Proussia
Braunsberg
Helligenbell
Slovakia
Tatroa
Zvolen
Lake
Balaton
Darelg
Gdynia
Danzig Bay
Braunsaere
Heiligbeil
Kevnigsberg
Elde
George Barber
Montebello
Cautr
Argentine Reversal Toward Axis Seen
Reports from Buenos Aires indicate Argentina will shift toward Axis alignment. Sources claim the government will declare adherence to the United Nations pact, aligning with Germany and Japan, while signaling changes after the Mexico City conference.
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Buenos Aires
Germany
Japan
Mexico City
Subs Take Heavy Jap Toll
Submarine patrols report heavy Japanese losses with 16 more enemy vessels sunk in recent patrols. They destroyed three Japanese destroyers two escort ships and 30 larger vessels including a tanker and cargo ship, bringing total sunk by American subs to 1072 ships. British Far Eastern fleet submarines added 274 ships sunk in eight months. Tokyo radio notes many others were damaged or driven ashore. Allied subs move from Indo China waters toward China seas to sever Japan’s supply lines.
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Rey
Far Eastern
Tokyo Radio
Indo-China
China
Japan
Fallen Rhine Span To Be Repaired
The Ludendorff bridge spanning the Rhine near the 1200-foot railroad section may be repaired and back in operation, say U S Army officials, who stress that the temporary loss will not stop First Army from holding the bridgehead. About 203 engineers battled the river as the central span collapsed, with many rescued and others lost.
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Europe
B.S
Pinluet
Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Forecast shows partly cloudy to Tuesday with occasional showers or thundershowers Monday afternoon and night. Strong winds possible, minimum 66 degrees Tuesday morning. East Texas expects partial cloudiness with scattered rain and thunder showers, stronger winds Monday into Monday night, and partly cloudy Tuesday in the east. Not much change in temperature. more details on Page 2-4.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Dying Baby's Father Arrives After Navy Leave
Claude Miller, aboard a Navy plane, reaches the bedside of his 1 1/2 month old daughter Vesta Ann Miller in her final hours. He was granted temporary leave after Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy cited the request to the commanding officer. The baby suffers from a congenital heart disease with only weeks to live.
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Claude Ann Miller
Vesta Ann Miller
Navy
Miller
Alysonstreet
Ynid
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Mullet
Carrier Named For Valley Forge
PHILADELPHIA March 1984 The Fourth Naval District announced the aircraft carrier now under construction at the Philadelphia Navy Yard will be named the Valley Forge The ship of the Essex class is over 889 feet long designed to carry about 84 planes and capable of speeds beyond 30 knots The Navy provided the details in a brief statement
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Philadelphia Navy Yard
Valley Forge
Fourth Naval District
Yanks Turn Saar Into Death Trap
Allied forces push German units toward the Rhine in a daylight retreat described as a rout along the Saar and Palatinate, with Patton and Patch armies advancing within 14 to 42 miles of key Rhine towns. The encirclement plan aims to trap German forces in the Saar region as Hodges’ First Army nears the Ruhr, while momentum continues toward Mainz, Frankfurt, and Mannheim.
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Saarland
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Zweibruecken
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Palatinate
Mainz
Patton
Third
Rhine Valley
Frankfurt
Main
Welsbaden
Gudwigshafen
Mannheim
Hig
St. Wendel
Saar
Patch
Pateh
Seventh Army
Baatbruecken
Wissembourg
East Rhine
Remagen
Hodges
Ruhr
Webhruecken
Saarbruecken
Gaar
Whisky bottle poison kills Norman Keller in California
A bottle labeled whisky contained moth exterminator, causing Norman Keller 41 and his wife Julia to drink a lethal mix Sunday. Norman died at Santa Rosa hospital after 7 p.m. Sunday, Julia hospitalized then released Monday morning. Aunt Ameta Kellty and Corpus Christi man J N Haigier recalled the fatal dose and mistaken bottle label. Police had no record of the death at the time of reporting.
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van Ness Street
Julia Keller
Keller
Santa Rosa Hospital
J. N. Haigier
Corpus Christi
Kellers
Ameta Kellty
Haigier
Xester
Kelly Felg
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