450 Giant Bombers Blast Kobe In Fire Raid Anniversary
About 450 B 29 superfortresses battled through snow and fog to strike Kobe Japan, dropping 3000 tons of incendiaries and lighting a new blaze over the citys industrial center. The raid marked the third incendiary strike on Kobe and caused extensive damage to rail stations steel works shipyards and docks.
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Robbin Coons
Guam
Kobe
Japan
20Th Air Force
Washington
Yokohama
Nippon
Tokyo
Mikagemachi
Ashiya
Osaka Bay
Osaka
Domei
Curtis HE. LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Columbus Ledger to Print Drunken Driver Names
The Columbus Ledger will publicly name anyone convicted of drunken driving on the front page as a deterrent. The policy cites rising traffic accidents with more gasoline and older cars, warning of dire outcomes for reckless driving when intoxicated.
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Columbus
Columbus Ledger
Ledger
Chinese Gains Along Coastline Revive Amphibious Landing Talk
AP analysis notes that Chinese advances along a 75 mile coast from Foochow to Siapu revive discussion of American amphibious operations there. Invasion of Japan remains decisive but air base limits and carrier strength complicate plans, making Formosa and coastal China options worth considering as the Pacific war unfolds.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
AP Foreign Affairs
Foochow
Siapu
Heaviy
Formosa
Japan
China
England
Italy
Okinawa
Iwo
Saipan
Pacific
Normandy
Honshu
Manchuria
Germany
Berlin
Britain transfers ships to Russia from Italian fleet
Prime Minister Churchill said Britain met Russian demands by turning over eight former American destroyers and additional ships. The United States also sent ships, mostly merchant vessels, and the Milwaukee cruiser. The transfer followed Italy's surrender and Teheran talks, with Mediterranean ships remaining in service for the Allied cause.
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London
Churchill
Britain
United States
U. S
Milwaukee
Commons
Italy
Russia
Teheran
Mediterranean
Red Navy
Hale
Royal Sovereign
More Explorations for Oil to Meet War Demands
Deputy petroleum administrator Ralph K. Davies urged the highest possible level of oil exploration to sustain wartime needs. He noted over 400,000 barrels per day of crude come from fields found since the war began and said demands will require operating at or above maximum efficient rates to offset dwindling reserves.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
Pearl Harbor
Davies
Europe
Mississippi Governor backs Georgia market plan
Governor Thomas L Bailey of Mississippi toured Georgia's large state farmers market in Gainesville with Agriculture Commissioner Si Corley and former Governor Hugh L White. He announced plans to push for a regional market in Mississippi after inspecting the poultry and farmers market facilities. Tom Linder accompanied the delegation.
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Atlanta
Thomas L. Bailey
Mississippi
Georgia
Si Corley
Hugh L. White
Magnolia State
Gainesville
Tom Linder
Chinese Move to Envelope Japs at Liuchow
Chinese high command reports enveloping operations against Japanese at Liuchow and Ishan, with severe fighting near Szelo on the route to French Indochina. Recaptured Kweihsien, a key west river port, and sent columns toward Muson while pursuing remnants northeast of Foochow.
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Spencer Moosa
Liuchow
Kweihsien
West River
Muson
Fukien
Foochow
Children Played With Jap Bombs Dropped In USA
Spokane report recalls balloons from Japan dropping incendiary and fragmentation bombs. Woodsmen found one weapon and a fragment. children damaged arming devices while authorities delayed reporting for 10 days. Five at Lakeview were killed by a balloon explosion earlier. planes intercepted or shot down some balloons.
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USA
Spokane
Wash
United States
The
Chronicle
Lakeview
Ore
Yanks Seize Naha Airdrome In Okinawa Drive
American forces push across southern Okinawa and seize Naha airdrome as Marines and sailors advance to split Japanese defenses. Casualties light despite mortar fire and mines. operations aided by heavy rains and rapid supply drops.
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Guam
Naha
Okinawa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Sixth Marine Division
Naha Harbor
Oroku Peninsula
Ryukyu
Associated Press
al Copking
Fourth Marine Regiment
Pedro A. del Valle
Weather Forecast For Georgia And Northwest Florida
Georgia forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and cooler tonight. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and mild across the region, while extreme northwest Florida stays partly cloudy and warmer into the middle of the week.
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Georgia
Florida
Four Power Allied Control Council Meets in Shattered Berlin
Gen Eisenhower arrived in Berlin to join the four power allied control council for Germany. The leaders of Britain Russia and France also attend as plans are laid for a joint declaration declaring Germany's defeat and four victor powers assume supreme authority. Four occupation zones are established for the U S United Kingdom France and the Soviet Union with greater Berlin placed under inter allied administration.
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Allied Control Council For
Germany
Shattered City
Berlin
Eisenhower
United States
Great Britain
Bernard L. Montgomery
Russia
Gregory Zhukov
France
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Britain
Reich
Washington
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslova
Moscow
London
Paris
Futre
Renner
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
Prague
New York
Gregory K. Zhukov
Allied Control Commission
Commission
Templehof
Zhukov
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Greater Berlin
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Neties
Damascus
Syria
Cairo
Marlin Spencer
L. D. McGregor
McGregor
Annapolis
the Chronicle
Office of Censorship
Norn
Joseph Grigg
Combined American Press
Gen. Bradley
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Air Transport Command
LaGuardia Field
Mary Bradley
Moberly
Bradley
Carl ‘A. Spartz
Philadelphia
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