Lean Days Ahead for Home Front
Washington reports warn of lean months after a European victory. Army and War Production Board forecasts suggest munitions output will drop 20 to 33 percent in the years after German defeat, with contractions continuing as contracts cancel. Meat and tire supplies shrink due to rationing, while Selective Service raises deferment limits to keep key workers.
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Europe
Front
Army and War Production Board
Army Service Forces
WPS
War Foods Administration
United States
América
Santa Claus
Britain
OPA
Selective Service
Russians Win Big German Naval Base Kolberg
Soviet forces under Zhu kov's army captured the shell torn Baltic port of Kolberg after a two week siege. Stalin announced the liquidation of the German garrison of 23 370 in the ancient sea port northeast of Stettin. The assault cut the town off from the west as Soviet thrusts reached the coast and completed the citadel capture.
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London
Kolberg
Berlin
Stalin
Zhukov
Tatstand
Imperiied
Stettin
Garison
Ger
Resslins Wey
Local Red Cross Ships Out Utility and Embark Kit Bags
The American Red Cross furnishes survivors of shipwrecks with kits at advance bases and hospitals for servicemen overseas. Last year the local products department mailed 1 155 utility tags and 5 424 embarkation kit bags, while the local Junior Red Cross produced a thousand utility bags.
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Red Cross
Fleet Attacks Kyushu as Japan Hit Again by Carrier Force
Allied naval command reports a massive carrier air strike against Kyushu and surrounding targets in southern Japan. Adm. Nimitz confirms a strong carrier force attacked air bases and installations, with Tokyo radio adding Shikoku and Southern Honshu may also have been raided. observers note this as the third major attack on the homeland within a month.
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Giant
Kyushu
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo Radio
Shikoku
Honshu
Minuitz
Tokyo- Yokohama
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Lend Lease Meat Slash Stuns Britain
London reports a 25 million pound cut in American meat allotments for the next three months versus 200 million this quarter, predicting rationing to under one ounce per person weekly. British housewives face a tightened supply as emergency reserves aid liberated areas, with costs and shortages escalating.
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Washington
United States
Sunday Dispatch
France
Holland
Belgium
Eisenhower
America
Japan Closes All Schools Amid War Mobilization
The cabinet under Premier Kuniaki Koiso ordered the closure of all schools, colleges, and universities in Japan for four years, starting in April, with students and teachers mobilized for war work and food production. Only first grade primary pupils are exempt as seven-year-olds enter Nippon's war effort and air raid defense.
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Radio Tokyo
Kuniaki Koiso
Nippon
Information Board
Nagoya Bombing Raid Marks Fifth Wave Of US Air Power
The Marianas based B-29s dropped incendiaries on Nagoya in a predawn attack aimed at crippling Japan's war industries. More than 7,000 tons of bombs and incendiaries were reported as the 21st Bomber Command pressed a nine day series targeting major cities including Tokyo and Osaka.
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CPI
Xagoys
Japan
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21St Bomber Command
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Nagoya
Osaka
Kobe
New York City Extends Curfew To 1 A.M.
Mayor La Guardia announced a one hour extension of the midnight curfew in New York City due to a transportation jam from closing time. The extra hour aims to provide hundreds more police hours for enforcement while allowing payment of bills. The mayor stated the extension is effective immediately and will be rescinded if abused. Entertainment leaders welcomed the change and began adjusting schedules.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
New York City
Tur
Lewis J. Valentine
Antwerp Adapts After Four Month V Bombardment
Reporters describe Antwerp’s devastation from four months of German V weapons ending January 31, with sections of the ancient city reduced to rubble and most blocks showing many destroyed buildings including intact windows missing in the surrounding streets.
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Antwerp
Berging
London
Patton Advances as German Break Near Mainz Threatens Rhine
American forces under General Patton push toward the Nahe River and Rhine, crossing the Nahe near Bad Kreuznach and entering Bingen as 25 miles of German frontline along the Rhine bend. Third and Seventh Armies drive from the Saar toward the Rhine while air forces hit fleeing German troops on highways.
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U. S. Seventh Army
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Rhine
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Seventh
Arties
Saar
Hitler
Nahe
Fourth Armored
Bad Kruemach
Bingen
Mainz
Georges Patton
Nahe River
Co-' Bienz
Vandenberg Proposes Change to Security Plan
Senator Van denberg of Michigan files with the State Department amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks accord. He warns the San Francisco World Security Conference faces a huge duty to decide if the future peace organization will limit itself to enforcing peace or allow broader powers to pursue peace making and correct errors and injustices.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
State Department
Michigan
San Francisco
New League
Legislature May Burn Midnight Oil
Albany lawmakers face late nights this week to finish the session by Friday or Saturday to avert a long Holy Week lay off. Democratic critic Paul E. Fitzpatrick accuses Gov. Dewey of political maneuvering and urges the legislature to stay in session until the Moore Commission report yields adequate city aid, with municipalities needing urgent relief.
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New York States
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Buffalo
Frank C. Moore
Fitzpatrick
Thomas E. Dewey
Moore
Ity
Dewer
Moore Commission
FBI Nabs Medley in Two Hotel Slayings Case
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of Joseph Duntar Medley in St Louis on charges tied to the Washington Hotel murder of Mrs Nancy Boyer and the New Orleans killing of Miss Laura Fischer. Medley, 43, used alias James H Hannan and was seized with items linked to the crimes.
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FBI
Joseph Duntar’ Medley
New Orleans
St Louis
Edgar Hoover
Federal’ Bureau of Investigation
St. Louis
Medlex
Nancy Boyer
Laura Fischer
Medley
Bis
James H. Hannan
J. Edgar Hoover
Be Ilice
Kessels Hold Reds Back in Berlin Front Drive
Soviet forces plan an allout spring drive from the Oder toward the Elbe to breach central Germany. Kessels stretch from Breslau to Koenigberg as Rokossovsky eyes Danzig and Gdynia, while Soviet defense and weather logistics shape the offensive timeline. Hollywood strike leaders push to resume talks as unions split on continued action amid layoffs and guild votes.
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Moscow
Red Army
Berlin
Germany
Breslau
Koeninggberg
Breslav
Ivan S
Konev
Toay
Lottwaffe
Danzig
Gdynia
Rokossovsky
Oder River
East Prussia
Kessel
Bragnsberg
Heiligenbeil
Hoeningsberg
Samland Peninsula
Weakened Ludendorff Bridge Span Falls Under Fire to Rhine
The central span of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen collapsed while about 200 engineers worked to repair it. Officials say the failure resulted from cumulative stresses on weakened girders damaged by prior demolitions and enemy action is not directly responsible. Some engineers died or were injured as others were saved from the river in shellfire. Investigations continue as traffic aim to resume soon.
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Rhine
Remagen
Trafic
Omar N. Bradley
Rhine Bridge
Berlin Air Raid Puts City in Flames and Fire
Berlin afire after a record air attack as American heavy bombers and 700 fighters strike the Reich capital. The raid dumps 3,000 tons of bombs and fire bombs on rail yards and armament plants, with Allied losses reported as eight Americans and thirteen Nazi interceptors shot down.
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London
Berlin
Reich
Four Germans executed for Remagen bridge failure
London reports the German high command announced the court martial executions of three majors and a lieutenant for cowardice or neglect of duty in failing to defend the Rhine bridge at Remagen. Captain Brathke, commander of the Remagen garrison, was sentenced to death in absentia. The five sapper officers belonged to the sapper regimental headquarters and were cited in a supplement to the regular communiqué.
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London
Remageheer
Rhine
Brathke
Remagen
Re’ Mazen
Eiss
Schelin
Kraft
Batalion
Peters
Twelve Killed in Nazi Air Raid on Britain
A Saturday night air raid by enemy planes dropped fragmentation bombs on a northern English town. Twelve people were killed, many were injured, and servicemen at home on leave were among the victims. Descriptions note only superficial damage to streets and pavements.
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Wenton
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