Buta voices of Nagoya raid and Tokyo fire aftermath
U P reports three hundred B‑29s dropped about 2000 tons of incendiaries on Nagoya in a low altitude attack, as Tokyo smolders from massive fires. Maj. Gen. LeMay says the aim is total destruction of Japan’s war industry. casualties are feared in tens of thousands in Hokyo and surrounding districts.
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21St Bomber Command Headquarters
Guam
U.P
Navy
Nagoya
Japan
Tokyo
Curtis LeMay
LeMay
Hokyo
Yanks land on Mindanao capture four western towns
General MacArthur announced American troops landed on Mindanao on the Zamboanga peninsula driving Japanese back to the hills. Four western villages San Mateo San Jose Calaran and San Roque were seized as U. S. forces reached Wolfeairdrome near Zamboanga as part of a larger operation across Mindanao within reach of Davao.
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Manila
U.P
Mindanao
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Zamboanga
Philippine Islands
MacArthur
South China Sea
San Mateo
San Jose
Calaran
San Roque
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S. Eighth Army
Big
Sulu Sea
Palawan
Borneo
Wolfe
Japan
Davao Gulf
Davao City
Leyte
Luzon
Wolfe Field
Davao
Invasion of Japan Seen as Army's Task by Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester W Nim itz stated that an invasion of Japan would be an Army job and that future Pacific commands will be directed by the joint chiefs of staff. He noted the Navy cannot defeat Japan's army size and that the Navy would transport the Army and maintain supply lines to Japan.
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San Francisco
U.p.—Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Pacific
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Mary Christen
Bethlehem Shipyards
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nimitz
Pacific Ocean Areas
Philippines
Challenge to NLBR ruling on miners strike vote unlikely to pause
Southern coal operators say they will pursue court action after the National Labor Relations board rejects their bid to halt a nationwide miners strike vote. Operators awaited formal notice before announcing next steps.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Southern Coal Operations
Japanese Premier Koiso Urges Nippon to Renew Confidence
Japanese Prime Minister Koiso told the imperial diet that Nippon must brace for battle as the sacred homeland could become a battleground. He warned the war is serious, urged confidence in victory, and cited intensified moves in French Indochina while noting growing American air raids on Japan.
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Associated Press
Kuniaki Koiso
Imperial Diet
Nippon
Domei
FCC
Koiso
Indo-China
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Weather outlook for Butte and western Montana
Butte region expects partly cloudy to cloudy conditions Monday and Monday night with a high near 45. Sunday records show a 48 degree high and 27 degree low. West of the divide, showers possible Monday with little temperature change. east of the divide, fair and warmer with 50 to 60 degree highs and few showers in the northwest mountains Monday.
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Butte
Montana
Divide
Marines Take Most of East Coast of Iwo Jima
U P report states Marines crushed through Japanese lines on Iwo Jima to control nearly all of the island’s east coast. Fifth division pressures in the north, Fourth division drives along the coast, while Third and Fourth divisions clear beaches. A small eastern pocket remains near Tachiiwa point as fighting continues. Army aircraft bomb Chichi Jima in the Bonins with heavy support from artillery and naval gunfire.
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Frank Tremaine
Guam
U.P
Iwo Jima
Fleet Headquarters
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Iwo Island
Iwo
Returning Flyers Report Massive Nagoya Fires
Guam based Brig. Gen. Power praised crews after a 300 plane low altitude incendiary raid on Nagoya. Capt. Chandler said fires burned in target area as bombs dropped, with growing fires and light anti aircraft and searchlights. Weather was clear and mission deemed sweep.
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Guam
U.P
Thomas Power
Nagoya
W. L. Chandler
Everett
Wash
Chandler
Tokyo
Frank Hermes
Cincin
Hitler Warns Allies Drunk By Victory in Manifesto
Adolf Hitler denounces the Allies as drunk by their orgy of victory and vows continued resistance. The 10th anniversary of conscription is marked with a Berlin broadcast declaring Germany will wear down enemies until they are broken, with guerrilla fighting possible if needed.
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Hitler
Russell Landstrom
London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Berlin Hit for 20th Straight Night
London reports a 20th consecutive night of RAF bomber raids on Berlin with 4 000 pound bombs. The daylight strike against Essen targeted Krupp works and rail hubs while U S bombers hit Kiel Bremen and Hamburg submarine plants. Allied forces continued air and ground operations across Germany with heavy fighter cover.
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London
Berlin
Reich
Essen
U. S. Ninth Army
U. S
Germany
Ruhr
Giessen
Ninth
Rhine
Remagen
Ninth Army
Duisburg
Five Montanans Wounded in Action
Washington dispatch lists 2,223 American service members wounded in action in European, Mediterranean, and Southwest Pacific theaters. Among them are five Montanans: Felix L. Brisbois of Harlowton, Harry G. Farrington of Glasgow, Edward M. Reardon of Joliet, Earl L. Sorsdahl of Scobey, and Elmer J. Hill of Crow Agency, with next of kin noted.
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Washington
Mary J. Cook
Joliet
Earl L. Sorsdahl
Kathleen B. Lorsdahl
Scobey
Southwest Pacific
Elmer J. Hill
Josephine Hill
Crow Indian Agency
Russians Advance to Within Eight Miles of Danzig Bay
Soviet forces push ten miles east of Danzig closing to eight miles of the bay to split German defenses around Danzig Gdynia and Gdynia while reporting captures of Koelln Liessau and progress near Stettin and Dantzig suburb strong points Zhukov’s troops urged a bridgehead move as German countermeasures mount across the Vistula and Oder fronts.
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Danzig Bay
Romney Wheeler
London
Danzig
Bay of Danzig
Poland
Gdynia
Koelln
Vistula
Liessau
Moscow
Stettin
Baltic
Berlin
Leba
Lauenburg
Zhukov
Kolberg
Hungary
Volkssturm
Heinrich Himmler
Warsaw
Budapest
Artil
G. K. Zhukov
Ernst von Hammer
Frankfurt
Kuestrin
Red Army
von Hammer
Kartuzy
Karthaus
Zuckau
Vis
U S 14th Air Force Attacks Tsanghsien Center
U S 14th Air Force fighters and bombers struck the Tsanghsien railroad center near Tientsin in North China on Saturday, setting fires in railroad yards and warehouses as part of the raid against Jap-held targets.
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Tsanghsien Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Tsanghsien
North China
Tientsin
European Peace Jitters Across Washington Amid Uncertain Rumors
Amid rumors of an imminent German surrender, officials caution that peace moves are unlikely and any settlement would be piece by piece. Analysts note possible military and diplomatic breakups, with no official peace overtures recognized and unconditional surrender remaining unacceptable.
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John Hightower
Washington
State Department
War Department
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Cials
Rhine
Berlin
Rhine bridgehead widens as U S forces seize seven German towns
Paris dispatch reports the U S First Army has captured seven German towns since crossing the Rhine. The Remagen bridgehead is now about 11 miles wide and three miles deep, with heavy fighting continuing. Patton's Third Army gains 18 miles along the Moselle and Coblenz area, while overall Allied prisoners reached 63,173 in 17 days.
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Jack Fleischer
Paris
U.P
U. S. First Army
Rhine
Berlin
Remagen
Allied Supreme Headquarters
First Army
U. S
Honnef
Hoenningen
Courtney H. Hodges
George S. Patton
Third Army
Moselle
Coblenz
United Press
John B. McDermott
Gere
Linz
U.S. First
Ninth
Rhineland
Ninth Army
Unkel
Rheinbreitbach
Breackhausen
Tenberg
Ohlenberg
Erpel
Ex Prisoners of Nazis in Odessa Await Repatriation
Pravda reports nearly 10,000 Allied ex prisoners in Odessa awaiting repatriation. Last week 3,413 sailed home. 969 U S soldiers and 227 officers left with 1,391 Britons and 826 French nationals aboard. Odessa serves as a transit camp for liberated Allied nationals from Poland and eastern Germany.
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Moscow
Odessa
Pravda
U. S
Black Sea
Poland
Germany
Red Army
Germans Step Up Defense Tempo Near Vergato
Rome march 11 German forces redoubled their defense of Vergato in central Italy, while the Fifth Army pressed from east and west along the Bologna Pistoia highway. U S Tenth Mountain division captured Monte Belvedere and Monte Valbura three miles southwest of Vergato, as patrols on Fornaci northeast of Vergato met fierce resistance.
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Rome
Vergato
Italy
Bologna
Fifth Army
Bologna-Pistoia
Albert Kesselring
U.S. Tenth Mountain Division
Monte Belvedere
Monte Valbura
Fornaci
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Blast
By E. G. Valens
Mindanao Island
Gen. MacArthur
Eduard Benes
England
Kosice
Czechoslovakia
Lingayen Gulf
Corregidori
Mindoro
North
Lubang
Pana
Negros
Sulu Archipelago
Philippine
Islands
Iao
Celebes Sea
SAMAR
Adm
Marines
North End of
Isle
Kiel
Bremen
Hamburg
Charles Chamberlain
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