Russians Threaten Five Points Along Czechoslovak Line
London AP reports Marshal Ivan Konev’s First Ukrainian army pushes 25 miles on an 80 mile front toward Silesian fortress cities Frankenstein Neisse Ziegenhals Leobschuetz and Ratisbor with heavy tank and infantry assaults. Zhukov attacks to the east while Moscow claims victory and possible Berlin advance.
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London
Ivan Konev
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Konev
Frankenstein
Neisse
Ziegenhals
Leobschuetz
Ratisbor
Moravian
Berlin
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Kuestrin
Stockholm
Moscow
Hitler
Upper Silesia
Bohemian
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Lake Balaton
Danube
Neustadt
Danzig
Baltic
Heilegenbeil
Koenigsberg
Stettin
Stephansdorf
Tillowitz
Schelitz
Oppeln
Hron
Banska Bystrica
Hungary
Allied Force Ready to Storm Rhine
General Omar N. Bradley states Allied forces can cross the Rhine almost anytime and that the Remagen bridgehead need not be kept small. He notes rapid Rhineland clearance, counting 203000 German captures between Feb 8 and Mar 22, plus 51381 in the north, with U.S. and British forces involved and implied low American casualties to date.
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12Th Army Group
Rhine
Omar N. Bradley
Remagen
Rhineland
Bradley
Moselle
D-day
Friendly Race For Berlin Between Allies And Soviets
The article frames a race of forces toward Berlin with Soviet advance from the east and Western Allies moving through the Ruhr region under Montgomery. It notes shifting odds as Rhine victories boost Allied prospects, while Nazis fear retribution and uncertainties about exact arrival times remain.
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Berlin
Rhineland
Eisenhower
Oder
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Ruhr
Bremen
Measure Provides Fees to Bowen Estate
The House passed a bill sending to the Senate to appropriation seventy eight dollars and seventy five cents to the estate of the late U.S. Commissioner Clyde Bowen of Pocatello. The sum represents statutory fees owed Bowen at his death.
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Washington
House
Senate
U.S
Clyde Bowen
Pocatello
Bowen
McAvoy Executed for Slaying of Sutton Farm Girl
Joseph T. McAvoy 25 a former Brooklyn sergeant was electrocuted at Nebraska penitentiary for killing 16 year old Anna Milroy of Sutton. Milroy’s body was found near a country lane two days after she disappeared. McAvoy had served with Harvard army airfield guard squadron.
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Lincoln, Nebr
Joseph T. McAvoy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nebraska Penitentiary
Harvard
Nebr
Anna Milroy
Sutton
Road to Berlin Report From AP Front Lines
AP dispatch from the Front describes advances 32 miles from Were Front and 265 miles from Front with 644 miles marked from Reno as forces press toward Berlin.
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Associated Pressee
Were
Reno
Mayor's Brother Shot Dead in Gary Suburb Murder
Gary Indiana police say Lawrence E. Finerty brother of Gary mayor Joseph E. Pinerty was shot to death at the rear of his Highland home after returning from a walk. Marshal Walter Swet called it an out and out gangland murder. Mrs Finerty reported two shots from a sawed off shotgun. Finerty lived in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor and held interests in an automobile supply business and a beer concern.
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Gary, Ind
Lawrence E. Finerty
Joseph E. Pinerty
Gary
Highland
Walter Swet
Virginia Finerty
Pinerty
Chicago
Ind
Indiana Harbor
Confused Jap Listens to Wild Reports
The article reports on Japanese reactions to war broadcasts intercepted by the United States. Premier Koiso claims Japan will counterattack toward Iwo Jima Saipan and Guadalcanal and invade the homeland while Tokyo reports heavy losses for the U S fleet and substantial air casualties. It notes Japanese training in Singapore and public doubt amid a doubled listening tax.
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Associated Press
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Guadalcanal
Kuniako Koiso
Koiso
Marc A. Mitscher
U.S
Mans
Singapore
Patrols Battle on Fifth and Eighth Army Fronts in Italy
Allied forces clash with German and Italian defenders on the Fifth and Eighth army fronts near San Anzano and Cotignola. American patrols suffer light casualties at San Anzano while a 15 man enemy patrol is repelled. Artillery targets groups behind German lines as ships bombard Franco Italian frontier targets and the Gulf of Genoa.
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Rome
San Ansano
Bologna Road
Eighth Army
Cotignola
Gulf of Genoa
Twin Marines Die Together on Iwo Jima
Marine Pfc Loyd A. Lewis, 19, recounts how his twin Boyd Lewis, also a Marine, made the supreme sacrifice on Iwo Jima February 25. Loyd shares Boyd’s letter to their father Merlin Lewis urging care for their mother and noting they enlisted together in January 1944.
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Preston
Marine Pfc
Loyd A. Lewis
Pfc
Boyd Lewis
Iwo Jima
Boyd
Merlin Lewis
Tam
Loyd Wr
Ruhr Aflame As Flyers Push Attacks
British Lancasters armed with 22 000 pound Volcano bombs attacked a Bremen railway bridge this morning as two way air offensive across Germany continued. German radio warned of four bomber formations over the Reich by 10 a.m. Berlin faced its 31st consecutive RAF Mosquito raid with follow up strikes on troop movements across the Rhine.
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London
RAF
Bremen
Germany
Reich
Italy
Berlin
Rhine
Indians Name Aids SALT LAKE CITY
Five western Indian reservations will name specialists to aid veterans in using the G I bill of rights. Ralph Gelvin, Carson Nevada superintendent and four state group chairman, said postwar irrigation and housing improvements will be pursued. Attendants include Carl Beck Fort Hall Idaho E J Diehl Western Shoshone Nevada H A Mathiesen Wind River Wyoming and Forest Stone Uintah and Ouray Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Ralph Gelvin
Carson, Nev
Carl W. Beck
Fort Hall
Idaho
E. J. Diehl
Western Shoshone
Nevada
H. A. Mathiesen
Wind River, Wyo
Reservation
Forest Stone
Uintah and Ouray Reservation
Utah
House Grants Easter Vacation For Members In March Recess
Members of the House received permission to take an Easter recess from March 28 to April 10 with no legislative business. Majority Leader McCormack of Massachusetts announced that an official recess will not be taken, while Senators will continue working.
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Washington
House
McCormack
D-Mass
Allied Bombing Runs Hit Germany Hard in Major Aerial Offensive
Allied bombers average 274 tons of explosives per hour as they target Ruhr industry and Rhine plains. Since the campaign began three weeks ago, about 92 000 flights have flown over the Reich, with 145 000 tons of bombs dropped by US and Allied forces. Berlin and major cities show extensive destruction, while oil refineries and factories face sustained strikes in preparation for a Rhine cross.
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London
Germany
Reich
England
Berlin
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Rhine
U.S
U.S. Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
RAF Bomber Command
Second Tactical Air Force
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Hamburg
Bremen
Essen
Dortmund
Dresden
Chemnitz
Frankfurt
Sweden
Switzerland
Japs Launch New Central China Offensive in 194* Era
Japanese forces with 60 000 troops and tank support opened a campaign in central China. Premier Koiso pledged an offensive toward recapturing Iwo Jima Saipan and Guadalcanal. The move follows new Allied advances and ongoing Pacific war actions across multiple fronts.
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Associated Press
China
Kuniaki Koiso
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Guadalcanal
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch East Indies
Texans Trail Messiah Family Reaches Brownsville Camp
The Denhams of Independence Missouri known as the Nameless Fourteen abandon homes and a farm to follow 14 year old Daniel and his sister Angelia. They camp along the Rio Grande near Brownsville awaiting their proclaimed promised land and a visit by “the people.” Police took Floyd E. Denham and his three sons to Brownsville for questioning after a Missouri investigation into their desertion and claims of divine messages.
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Brownsville
Texas
Independence
Rio Grande
Denhams
Voice of God
Daniel
God
Angelia
Missouri
Floyd E. Denham
Yankees Near Baguio and Luzon Fronts Share Progress
Maj. General Perry W. Clarkson's 33rd division moved within 10 miles of Baguio on Luzon as the advance from Lingayen gulf continued with light opposition. Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider's 158th RCT reached Cuenca outskirts southwest of Lake Taal amid minimal resistance. Australian forces near Bougainville advanced along the northwest coast landing a mile and a half from the Soraken peninsula on Matchday.
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Associated Press
Luzon
Perry W. Clarkson
Baguio
Philippines
Lingayen Gulf
Hanford MacNider
Cuenca
Lake Taal
Bougainville
Solomons
Command Closes Farragut Training Center
Commodore Frank H. Kelley in a published order discontinues the recruit training command at Farragut as of March 14 and sets April 30 for the service schools command. Final recruits completed training March 10 and last classes will finish in mid April per the Navy order decommissioning Farragut.
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Farragut
Frank H. Kelley
Farragut Naval Training Center
Recruit Training Command
Service Schools
Navy Department
War fronts show German push and Allied advances across Europe
On the western front German artillery pounded across the Rhine as reports said crossing operations began. Allied forces widened the Remagen bridgehead and cleared Mainz and Landau while air raids intensified. On the Russian front the Red Army neared major cities in Silesia and pressed toward Gdynia as Stettin was hit by air assault. The Italian front remained quiet, and on the Pacific front Allied forces moved on Luzon and Bougainville with actions in the Philippines, while Japan opened a new offensive near Hankow.
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Rhine
U.S. Third Army
Mainz
Ludwigshafen
Neustadt
Landau
Permasen
Seventh Army
Neuweid
Remagen
Lower Rhine
Bradley
Neuwied
Saar- Palatinate
Reich
Czechoslovak
Upper Silesia
Red Army
Gdynia
Baltic
Stettin
Troops landing on Guimaras Island in Philippines campaign
Allied forces announced the seizure of Guimaras Island across the Iloilo Strait as heavy bombers intensified attacks on Cebu. The 25 mile island hosts a harbor and seaplane base aiding shipping lanes. Japanese craft and submarines were sunk, with several small vessels sunk in the China Sea during the wider operations.
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Manila
Guimaras
Iloilo
Panay
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Onle
Cebu City
Midway
Navy
China Sea
British Pin Japs Around Mandalay
British 14th army troops advanced south of Mandalay in Burma pinning Japanese forces between our spearheads from Meiktila. Pindale and Windwin were captured after stiff resistance. Meiktila bases fell to advances toward Myingyan and its airfield. American and RAF bombers hit enemy lines in Burma and Thailand destroying 27 locomotives and six bridges.
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14Th Army
Mandalay
Burma
Meiktila
Pindale
Windwin
Myingyan
Irrawaddy
Thailand
Oneida County Quarantined for Rabies
Oneida County is placed under a countywide dog quarantine effective March 28 after six rabies cases were reported in the year. Dogs must be restrained at all times or they will be killed. the move expands a Corlew Valley quarantine to the entire county following two dogs sent elsewhere for inspection.
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Boise
Oneida
A. P. Schneider
Animal Industry
Corlew Valley
Ene
Schneider
Allied Cross Rhine Near Mainz In Patton Drive
Allied forces under General Bradley report crossing the Rhine at multiple points with Patton’s Third Army using assault craft and amphibious tanks. Berlin and Paris broadcasts note heavy air power, advancing ground forces, and continued German resistance as Mainz, Ludwigshafen, Landau fall and the Ruhr region comes under intensified Allied pressure.
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London
Rhine
Oppenheim
Mainz
George 8
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