Patton Joins Up With Seventh Sealing Off Two German Armies
Allied forces joined the Seventh Army and Third Army in a junction in the Saarland. They crushed German resistance west of the Rhine, capturing Saarbrucken Zweibruecken and Worms. Mainz was reached by the Phied keme breakthrough. Saarbrucken and Zweibruecken fell as Worms was seized and Mainz approached.
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Patton
Paris
U.S
Saarland
Rhine
Saarbruecken
Zweibruecken
Worms
Kaiserslautern
Seventh Army
Third
Kaiseeslaucéra
Mainz
Saarbruetken
Saar
Alexander Paten
Ludwigshefen-Manohheim
George & Patton
Seartend
Sain
Fourth Armored
6Th Infantry
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Sasrp
Rhine-Mosellé
Bhh
Roye
Haiserslautern
Third Army
France
Tth
Siegfried Line
Malstatt
Sasrbriecken
Westeen Front
Slay Nazis Urges Echo in House Debate
Archbishop of York Cyril Garret urged instant execution for Hitler and Himmler and their aides, arguing mercy must yield to justice in war crimes. He cited brutal acts in Holland and pressed for trials and punishment of German subordinates as well.
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Loudon
York
Hitler
Himacier
House of Lords
War Crimes Commission
Cyril Garrett
Himmler
Kerk
Holeland
Luftwaffe Hits England Headlines Prompt The Night Over
German air activity over southern England reported with bomb drops at a location. The account notes German raids and London air alerts as nightfall proceeds, reflecting wartime tension and civilian disruption.
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Luftwaffe
England
London
Soviets Capture Altdamm as Stettin Outpost Falls
Soviet troops captured the Pomeranian capital’s outpost Altdamm on the Oder river after wiping out German defenses. Moscow cited more than 3,000 German officers and 300 guns captured in East Prussia and flagged new advances toward Braunsberg and other towns while Berlin claimed large troop deployments in Hungary and Czech frontier actions near Moravska Ostrava.
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London
Altdamm
Berlin
Oder
Moscow
Koenigsberg
Braunsberg
East
Prussa
Feodor 1. Totbukhin
Hungary
Vienna
Tata
Komarom
Komarno
Konev
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Moravska-Ostrave
Moravian Gap
Prague
Conquest of Mandalay Completes Allied Victory
Mandalay, Burma's second city, fell yesterday to British 14th Army troops after crushing the last Japanese resistance at Fort Dutterin. King George VI praised the victory as a notable landmark and sent congratulatory messages to Admiral Mountbatten for the Allied campaign in Southeast Asia.
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Sakasta
Mandalay
Burma
George VI
Lord Louis Mount- Datten
Southeast Asia
Dutterin
George
Mountbatten
Royal Navy
Tay
Maranding Moose Clashes With Cars On Highway
A moose in Morose Hodsen causes chaos on Elk Morgan highway, colliding with two cars and two snowplows. One vehicle dented and scratched. A pedestrian rescued after being pelted by snowballs, while moose season remains closed.
Legislature May Reject Canal Plea
Albany telegram reports State Senator Harry Reaux of Warren County saying most legislators want to sidetrack any St. Lawrence Route proposal. Gov Dewey and leaders push a harmonizing unemployment bill while fears grow the canal plan would jeopardize the New York State Barge Canal project from Troy to the Great Lakes. Continued on Page Eight.
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New York State
Harry
Reaux
Warren County
Judiciary Committee
Tower-House
Lepisiacure
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
St. Lawrence
Burge
Troy
Great Lakes
Bolds Crite
Federal Administration
Admittedly & Power
Albany
CANAL
MacArthur Wins Panay Airdrome and Luzon Push
Maj Gen Repp E Brush’s 40th Division infantrymen captured Doilo airdrome on Panay Island and overran coastal towns Janbinay Potatan Barotac Nevo as guerrillas seized San Fernando in La Union. MacArthur says the Yanks exploit enemy confusion while heavy combat torches Holle and Carpenter’s Bridge area.
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Manila
Repp Ebrush
40Th Divisio
Doilo
Panay Island
Buschhesd J
Janbinay
Potatan
Barotac Nevo
Repidls
Dolla
Holle
Philippines
Carpenter's
Berlin workers demand capital be open city
Nearly 2 260 demonstrators marched through Berlin’s working class districts on March 10 demanding that the capital be declared an open city. Most participants were women and the protest occurred near the German Swiss frontier as a state of emergency persisted.
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Berlin
Germans Betwixt Devil and Deep Blue Sea
A Swedish correspondence details Berlin’s ruin from Allied bombing with 4.25 million people displaced, portions evacuated around Bayrischer Platz, and a wall sealing Spittiemarkt amid corpses. Munich lacks light and water while Dresden clears only main streets. 20 million Germans flee bombardment. End of Nazi rule looms as Upper Silesia’s industry is lost, prompting calls for liberation.
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Spittiemarkt
Berg
Munich
Germany
Dresden
Upper Silesia
President Proposes Study Of Guaranteed Annual Wage
President Roosevelt called for a formal study of guaranteed annual wage plans, calling it a major workers' aspiration. The inquiry, led by the War Labor Board advisory panel headed by O Max Gardner, will examine feasibility and transition from a wartime to peacetime economy with input from public, labor, farm, and management representatives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
WLS
Office of War
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Byrness
Wiliam EB. Davis
Bath
Army Won't Rebuild Rhine Bridge as U S fronts advance
Maj. Gen. C F Moore in Paris said the Rhine bridgehead permits not rebuilding the collapsed Ludendgriff Bridge. He noted the rapid expansion of the American bridgehead and enough pontoon bridges to assure success, making a rebuild unnecessary in the European theater.
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Paris GP
C.F. Moore
the Rhine
Ludendgriff
U. S First Army
Coast Guard Rescues Ferry in fog bound New York Bay
In heavy fog the Staten Island to Bay Ridge ferry drifted near the Azores after its propeller fouled a buoy chain, stranding about 200 passengers for nearly three hours. Coast Guards towed it to shore, while other ferries faced delays. mood turned from tension to relief as commuters waited.
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New York
New York Bay
Ebbets Field
Dodgers
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
Azores
Card Gemés
47 Stenographers Needed Overseas in U S Job Drive
New York reports the United States seeks 47 men or women ages 23 to 42 for clerical posts in Africa the Far East Paris and Switzerland. Pay ranges up to 4500 plus allowances including maintenance adult and child dependents and overtime. No contract required and travel provided after one year and a half.
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New York
United States
Clerigal
Africa
Far East
Paris
Switzerland
Richard C. Brockway
Hie
Government May Enter in Mine Dispute
Washington reports of a deadlocked mine contract between soft coal operators and the United Mine Workers with time running out. Officials indicate possible government intervention but no agency has stepped in yet. President Roosevelt offered no clear answer when asked about action. Contract extends to March 31, with press access to talks and no discussion of extending beyond April. Labor Secretary Perkins declines to announce plans, noting prior involvement in crises. Conciliators say they will move in time to prevent a stoppage as talks resume.
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Washington
Charles O'Neill
Jon i Lewis
United Mine Workers
Perkins
Howard Colvin
the & Conciliation Service
O'Neill
Goering and Himmler Send Wives Into Alps
Berns Tagwacht reports Herman Goering and Heinrich Himmler sent their wives to the Austrian Alps. The Berner newspaper also says Maj Waldemar Pabst, early Heimwehr chief of staff, was seen in Switzerland as part of a German economic mission and urged Swiss authorities to confirm his presence and reasons.
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Bern
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Tagwacht
Waldemar Pabst
Heimwehr
Switzerland
Pabst
Imperial Navy Found In Homeland Bases in Bold Sea Raid
Admiral Spruance and Vice Admiral Mitscher led a carrier air strike into the Japanese inland sea damaging multiple battleships and carriers while sinking freighters and blasting ground facilities. Navy officials report no U S ships lost though one vessel was seriously damaged. The raid targets Kyushu Nagasaki and Sasebo with preliminary assessments showing crippling damage to the Japanese fleet.
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U.S
Poe Fizer
Gaiam
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Philippine Seas
U. S
Pacific
Kyushu
A. Spruance
Marc A. Mitscher
Spruance
Honshu
Shikoka
Sasebo
Nagasaki
Japan
Anchorage
Philippines
Leyte
Sizik
Dem
Philippine Sea
Mitchhers
Saipan
Pacific Fleet
Tokyo
Beliroare
Jima
Chichi Jima
Inland Sea Narrow Waterway Linking Honshu and Shikoku
The Inland Sea, about thirty to forty miles long and ten to thirty miles wide, lies between Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It has three entrances with heavy shipping lanes feeding Kobe Osaka, Moji, Shimomoseki, and Wakayama. American carrier planes attacked the enemy fleet in its hideouts Monday as weather kept seas heavy and tidal currents strong.
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Suam Upi
Japan
Honshu
Kyushu
Shihoku
Shikoku
Ween Shikoku
Krusha
Quake Ravages Turkey Causes Casualties and Damage
An Associated Press report states a powerful series of earthquakes struck central and southern Turkey yesterday. At least 14 people were killed and hundreds injured, with extensive property damage reported by Ankara radio.
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Associated Press
Turkey
Ankara Radio
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Stockholm
Renditiows
Jiedariund
Christer Iseberlund
Bayrischer Platz
Zains
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Goering
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