Manila Falls Into Allied Hands as Yanks Enter
American forces push into northern Manila meeting sniper fire as Paratroops seize Tagaytay ridge and close on the city. The Japanese garrison fights to delay demolition of bridges and docks while Manila Bay hosts sunken ships and fires flare across the capital.
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Grace Park
Manila
First Cavalry
37Th
Merce
Pasig
S1ith
11Th Airborne Tiision
Tagaytay Ridge
City
Morneinc
Lth
Manila Bay
Luzon
Battan
Pasig River
National City Bank
Bayview
Rescue of Santo Tomas internees by Allied forces in Manila
War reporter recounts the liberation of Santo Tomas Prison Camp in Manila led by Gen. Chase and Lt. Col. Conner aided by American Rangers and Filipino guerrillas. Internees, many starving, cheered as aides delivered food and medical supplies while captors withdrew.
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Cabanatuan
Manila
Chase
Novaliches
Haskett Conner, Jr
Wakeman
Ind
MacArthur
Santo Tomas
Conner
James Gearhart
Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Mrs. Hewlett
James J. Hurley
Boston
Arthur Feldman
Lucien L. Rock
Feldman
First Cavalry
Briz
William C. Chase
Providence
R. I
Ameri- Fear
Shiraji
Pacific
U.S. First Cavalry
Sith
Philippines
Pasig
Malacanan Palace
Commonwealth
Postwar Navy and War Plans Tangle in 1945 Budget Report
A Senate committee reveals details on veterans aid funds and public works cuts while outlining postwar merchant marine goals. Adm Land sets out scaling for a 50 million ton American fleet and plans to shed 12 million tons to raise Allied tonnage to 1939 levels. Hospital bed expansion of 14 100 beds is proposed through 1947 including neuropsychiatric and tuberculosis wards with new facilities in Canandaigua New York and other sites.
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Maritime Commission
Adm
Emory S. Land
Uncle Sam
Land
Great Lakes
United States
Veterans
Veterans’ Administration
Canandaigua
N. Y
63 Jap Guards Freed Hostages' Lives Saved
Sixty five Japanese soldier guards freed hostages in San Francisco today. Officials say the decisive move saved lives and prevented further bloodshed amid tense wartime negotiations.
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San_ Francisco
Isixty
Fires Roar From Kobe Raid By B 29s
B 29 bombers report returning from the Kobe raid found more than 34 fires in the city. Twelve large blazes lined the Mitsubishi shipyard complex while additional fires appeared in central Kobe and near the waterfront. One B 29 ditched on the return flight. crew rescued. Six Japanese fighters reportedly destroyed or damaged. unconfirmed Tokyo broadcast suggests renewed raid.
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Guam
Kobe
Japan
Mitsubishi Factory
Marianas
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Omega Oil Heals Neck Pain Quickly
An advertising note touts Omega Oil as a fast soothing remedy for stiff neck muscles. It promises deep skin absorption, extra strength without burning, and availability at drug stores for 3.54.
Allied Break Near Colmar Pocket Shrinks German Front
French and American forces push toward the Colmar pocket as the Alsace front closes in. U S 21st and Third Armies advance, capturing Neuf Brisach and nearby rail bridges while Germans withdraw from Cernay and other towns. R A F and Allied air action pounds Bonn to Hannover as troops press toward Euskirchen and the Rhine crossings.
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Cross- Rhine
Strasbourg
Neuf- Brisach
21St Corps
Rhine
Cernay
First Army
Siegfried Line
R.A.F
Bonn
Namm
Cologne
Coblenz
Hannover
Magdeburg
Schnee Forest
Manas
Venlo
Nijmegen
Third Army
Germany
The
Reich
Third
Colmar
Thur
Ensisheim
United States
Neuf Brisach
Hodges
Roer
Alsace
Monschau
Wollseifen
Herhahn
Gemund
Ettelscheid
Schleiden
Hollerath
West Wall
Andenbreth
Mulhouse
Vosges
Berrwiller
U.S
Neufbrisach
Seventh Army
Oberhoffen
Vatican Reports Small Monastery is Hitler Hideout
Vatican sources say Adolf Hitler hides in a small monastery near Salzburg Austria. Three Jesuit priests say they saw Hitler in monastery gardens with a healing scalp wound and a light bandage.
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Vatican
Hitler
Vatican City
Adolf Hitler
Salzburg
Austria
Fuhrer
Automobile designer Cecil Kimber killed in train crash
London officials report Cecil Kimber, noted automobile designer and race car driver, killed at Kings Cross when a train reversed and two coaches collided. One other man died and about 25 people were injured in the wreck last night.
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London
Cecil Kimber
Kings Cross Station
Soviets Reach Oder River on 140 Mile Front
Soviet forces pressed along a 140 mile Oder line from south of Stettin toward the Rhine flank as heavy fighting raged. More than 100 villages fell to the Red Army, with key captures near Kustrin Frankfurt and Konigsberg area as rail lines and supply routes were cut and new gains announced by Marshal Stalin.
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Germany
Hodges
Prum
Siegfried Line
Third Army
Brandscheid
First Army
U. S. 6Th Army
Toer
Cologne
Euskirchen
Supreme Headquarters
First
Erst Lake
Vozekeamp
Hitler
Austria
Frankfurt
Oder River
Berlin
Moscow
Stettin
Breslau
Oder
Kustria
Ivan Konev
Silesia
Brieg
Oppeln
Crottkau
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Samland
Baltic
Barwalde
Kustrin
Neudamm
Soldin
Ziebingen
Marshal Stalin
Lansberg
Bartenstein
Landsberg
Cranz
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Associated Press
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Avenue Rizal
Quezon' City
Cont
Veterans’ Aid Fund
Mitsubishi
Homeland City
ANVEL
OMEGA
Ruhr
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Emera
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Bell-ans
Smith Bros
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Neptune
Coca-Cola Company
Syracuse
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
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Syracuse, New York
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