Americans Pour Across the Rhine B 29s Turn Tokyo Into an Inferno
A record force of more than 300 B 29 Superfortresses bombed Tokyo in a night raid from Saipan Tinian and other Marianas bases. About 1,300 tons of incendiary bombs were dropped on central industrial areas igniting 10 square miles of fires. Maj Gen Curtis Le May declared the attack grim for the enemy and Tokyo radio confirmed fires burning.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
America
Tokyo
Marianas
Saipan
Tinian
Japan
Curtis le May
21St
Bomber Command
London
Berlin
Japanese
Capiital
Fleets of 1 000 Superforts Will Hit Japan
Brig. Gen. Lauris Norstad said fleets of 1000 or more B 29s may be needed to end the war with Japan. He noted expansion of Superfortress operations from Saipan Tinian and Guam as the largest force yet, targeting Tokyo. The number depends on Japan's internal conditions.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
U.P
Japan
Lauris Norstad
20Th Air Force
Norstad
Washington
Saipan
Tinian
Tokyo
First Bomb Load on Tokyo Lights Up the Town
Guam March 10 Saturday report from Col. Carl R. Storrie says the first flight of bombs in a 300 plus Superfortress raid on Tokyo lit up the town as planes arrived. He adds the target was hit on the nose and smoke rose high as the attack began.
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Guam
Tokyo
Carl R. Storrie
Denton
Texas
Thousands of Japanese Buried in Mindanao Cave Network
Gen Douglas MacArthur reports that thousands of Japanese suffocated in a cave maze 14 miles east of Manila as Allied forces seal off Shimbu line tunnels. He describes heavy bombardments and flamethrower use, with the line crumbling and Japanese forces likely to be split into small parties in a drawn out campaign.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Zamboanga
Tokyo
MacArthur
Shimbu Line
Russians Reach Outskirts of Stettin Danzig
London dispatches report Red army troops reached the outskirts of Stettin and Danzig as the second phase of Russia's Baltic offensive continued along the Oder and Neisse fronts. Berlin claimed a Soviet siege on Stettin while forces moved toward Danzig with multiple armored columns converging on the city.
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London
U.P
Stettin
Danzig
Moscow
Oder
Kuestrin
Berlin
Neisse
Russia
Pomerania
Stolp
Schlawe
Ruegenwalde
Baltic
Rheinfeld
Berlin Front
Adolf Hitler
Jap Troops Flee From Mandalay
Allied reporters describe Indian 19th division crossing the Mandalay canal east of the ruined city to press Japanese retreating forces. Bearded Punjabis push toward Mandalay hill while Japanese reportedly hold a monastery stronghold above Fort Dufferin and amid scorched quarters and the railway station.
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Calcutta
U.P
19Th
Mandalay Canal
Mandalay
Mandalay Hill
Dufferin
Fort Dufferin
Burma
B. B.C
Southern Asia Command Com
New 15th Army Identified as Eighth American Force
Washington reports the new 15th Army is the eighth American army in action. Five armies including the Seventh Third First 15th and Ninth face Germans on the western front. Sixth and Eighth guard the Philippines while Fifth is in Italy. The First Allied airborne division commands on the western front under Lt Gen Lewis H Brereton.
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Washington
15Th
Philippines
Italy
Lewis H. Brereton
Weekend Weather Outlook for Montana West of Divide
Weather forecast indicates low Friday night 20 to 30 with rising temperatures through the weekend. East of divide expects partly cloudy Saturday with scattered showers or snow flurries and strong winds in western sections. Colder northwest Saturday and overall cooler Sunday with temperatures climbing later.
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Montana
Divide
Mosquitos Bomb Berlin After Kassel Raid
London reports the RAF Mosquito force delivering over 1,000 tons of explosives on Berlin Friday night following daylight bombing of Kassel by 1,000 US heavy bombers. The 18th straight Berlin raid. Eighth Air Force losses included 10 bombers and five escorts. Italian heavy bombers targeted Grazia's communications.
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London
Berlin
U. S
Kassel
Brandenburg
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Italy
Grazia
Ex Butte Mayor William T. Stodden Dies at 78
Former Butte mayor and pioneer resident William T. Stodden died Thursday at his daughter’s home in Tuscar Montana after six months of failing health. Born July 22 1866 in Cornwall England he came to the United States at 18 and settled in Meader.
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William T. Stodden
Edward Rieser
Tuscar
Mont
Mr. Stodden
Butte
Montana
Cornwall
England
Meader
Yankees Land on Mindanao In World War II Invasion
Tokyo reports say American forces landed at Zamboanga on Mindanao with air and naval bombardment. About 140 warplanes attacked as naval gunfire from two battleships three cruisers and twenty destroyers supported the landing amid heavy fighting.
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Washington
U.P
Mindanao
Philippines
Zamboanga
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
United Press
San Francisco
Butte Flyer Survives Two Close Deaths in Philippines
Marine Sgt. Donald M. Morris of Butte Montana, radio gunner on a dive bomber, escaped a bomb explosion that ripped off his plane’s tail and later survived a wheels-up landing after engine failure during dive bombing near Manila. He is a 1941 Butte High graduate, son of Mrs. Clara Norris, with two brothers in the service.
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Luzon
Philippine Islands
Donald M. Morris
Butte
Mont
Manila
Butte High School
Clara Norris
Colorado
Western states oppose Columbia Valley authority plan
Representatives from Washington Idaho Oregon Montana and Wyoming reclamation associations on Friday adopted a resolution against establishing a Columbia Valley authority. They argue it would infringe on states rights and delay development of the Columbia basin.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
Columbia Valley Authority
Columbia Basin
First Army Drives Five Miles East of Rhine
Allied forces push five miles east of the Rhine bridgehead at Remagen as German counterattacks halt at the crossing. Bonn falls to the First Army north of the bridgehead while Coblenz remains four miles away as the 15th Army prepares on the western front.
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Paris
U. S. First Army
Rhine
Germans Order All Men 16 to 62 to Register for Defense
German authorities issued a nationwide decree ordering every male from 16 to 62 to register with military authorities for active defense. The measure aims to mobilize manpower, deter deserters, and ensure ration and pension eligibility only for those properly registered. The decree underscores wartime confusion as Allied offensives continue.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Germany
Reich
DNB
Rhine
Hitler
Berlin
Oder
Charge Faces Pair In Express Money Order Ring
Two men from San Francisco Earl Penstrom 30 and Chauncey Ewart Lake 31 admitted to police they prepared thousands of dollars in stolen American Express money orders and checks. They were arrested in Butte and jailed for questioning after Lake was nabbed on the street and Penstrom in a hotel.
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American Express Company Express
Butte
Jack Duggan
Earl Penstrom
Chauncey Ewart Lake, Jr
San Francisco
Express
Lake
Ed O'Keefe
Penstrom
Duggan
O’keefe
Alex Cuthill
Japs Move to Seize Military Control of Indo China
Japanese forces claim full military control of French Indo China citing cooperation with U S forces and Taigin airfield operations near Hanoi. French resistance and ongoing fighting are reported, with strategic harbors at Cam Ranh Bay and Saigon noted amid efforts to cut Nipponese supply lines to the East Indies.
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Indo-China
U.S
United Press
Indo- China
U. S
Tokyo
Nippon
U. S. Air Force
Taigin
Hanoi
East Indies
Far East
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
China Sea
Saigon
San Francisco
Federal Communications Commission
Pronc
U. S. Army Air Force
China
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