MacArthur Wins Capital of Panay
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced that Panay Island’s capital was captured two days after the invasion. Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush’s Fortieth Infantry Division seized the port city of Iloilo on Panay’s southeast coast with guerrilla support aiding the advance. The Doilo airdrome and surrounding harbor area were being brought into use as American forces tightened control and pursued remaining Japanese pockets.
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Panay Island
Doilo
Philippines
Tivilo
Panay
Toile
Douglas MacArthur
Col
Macaric Peralta
Ted
Manila
Luzon
San Fernando
U S Names New Rubber Czar Collyer Takes Lead
Dedebe B L Collyer, president of B F Goodrich Co, named rubber czar by War Production Board chief J A Krug. He gains broad powers to coordinate synthetic and natural rubber, aiming to speed materials and plant production for wartime needs in a three month mandate reporting to Krug with full presidential support.
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B. L. Collyer
Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Co
William Jeffers
Perl
Pri
Jeffers
Sar Merily
Dodger
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
I Ea
Krug
Pork dangers drop as illness linked to tainted meat
Commissioner Ernest Lk Stebbins warned yesterday about trichinosis risk from pork products. He cited reports from Manhattan and Brooklyn indicating illness traced to contaminated meat and urged careful inspection and processing controls.
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Sioner
Ernest Lk. Stebbins
Manhatt
Brooklyn
Hadatrichen
Ingore
Pietely
Albany Bills Clash Over Merit Rating in Legislature
Albany and Northeastern New York face a flurry of activity as the Legislature nears adjournment. Labor shows tentative agreement on a merit rating reform while several bills seek juvenile delinquency programs veteran affairs expansion and a temporary board to oversee applied arts sciences agronautics and retail business management.
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New York
Organized Labor
Dewey
Hanae Te
Veterans’ Affairs
Ate
Vistifigs
Bombers Hit Bonin Islands Pounding Chichi Jima
Allied air forces attacked Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands with two based bombers and fighters. Mustangs operated as dive bombers against barracks and installations while Liberators pounded an airfield. Other targets in the Marshalls and Wake Island area were raided as part of ongoing March campaigns.
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Guam
Shichi Jima
Bonin Islands
Chester J
Nimfiz
Ites
Nimflcs
Willis Hale
Chichi Jima
Chichi
Belding
Yanks Capture Massive Rail Equipment in Rhine Operation
Allied forces report a large haul of railroad gear after a breakthrough south of the Rhine. The 768th Railroad Operating Battalion notes 2500 freight cars and 40 locomotives, with 2000 more cars and 40 engines to be repaired, plus shops and tools. The prize includes locomotives, rails, and repair facilities, boosting supply capacity for ongoing operations.
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Rhine
T . Ae
sveraPane Anil
Ane Tar Manufacturitlant Cand
Wn Saunlad Garalries
Ieee
Bittalion
Toria
Othey ‘Purpoean
Nazis Report New Russian Drive Along Oder River
Russian troops pressed along the Oder with a spearhead drive six miles southwest of Danzig as Soviet formations moved west from the pocket near Stettin. Berlin claimed nine towns seized and 800 German troops captured while other units reached the Passarge River mouth and Grunau near Helligenbeil. Far southeast Soviet forces threatened Komárno and approached Budapest, with Bulgarian reports of German bridgehead losses on the Drava near Siklóss.
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Dazzig
Oder
Bratislav
Vienna
Berila
Szekefeherver
Budapest
Drava
Siklox
Kienitz
Kuestrin
Berlin
Churchill Defends Food Stocks Amid War Strain
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons Britain’s food stocks are sufficient but being stretched by Allied operations. He rejected US rumors of shortages and warned stock levels could fall by June due to aid to liberated countries. Britain pledges belt tightening if needed while officials urge shared responsibility among liberated nations.
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Washington Post
Britain
Churchill
Jon Tewellia
Honal Prysé
Nazis Raise White Flags as Third Army Advances
Fragmentary wartime note reports German forces in the Rhine east of Coblenz displaying white flags. As U S Third Army units reach Coblenz and Sowen, buildings around the eastern Rhine suburbs show surrender gestures amid expectations of a rapid American advance.
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U. S
Third
Seventh Army
Rhine
Saarbruccken
Kaiserslauterp
Worms
Coblenz
U. 8 Third Army Cpy
Coblens
Oss
Sollens
Bayentultt
New York Nightlife Chooses Midnight Closing After Curfew
New York City venues including Leon and Eddie's 21 Club Versailles Cafe Ignazio and Jack Dempsey's restaurant join a citywide shutdown at 12 o'clock amid Army and war mobilization orders. Some nonmembers like Stork Club and Cafe Society also adopt midnight closing as hotels report 1 a.m. hours. The Hotel Belmont Piazz notes a shift to 1 a.m. closing despite earlier tolerance.
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New York
New York City
LaGuanila
Greater New York
James F. Byrnes
Association
Ight
Leon and Eidie
21 Club
the Versailles
Cafe Ignziber
Jack Dempsey
Patriots Fight Nazis in Italy amid partisan clashes
Reports say Italian partisans and patriots clashed with German and Fascist forces in northern Tuscany and Liguria, diverting front line troops. One Fascist commander was killed near Crosio della Velva while Allied patrols, including Signthamy, improved positions northwest of Ravena and took prisoners.
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ATEF
Tisiy
Comingaique
Liguria
Front
Varese
Crosio ‘Della Velie
Ravena
Correspondents Told to Leave Berlin for Southern Germany
Press correspondents in Berlin were instructed to prepare for departure toward the Strigg border in southern Germany if they wish to cover time work. The report suggests the government or the Forein Office and Premier Department may evacuate Berlin.
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Stockholm
Gpi
Germany
Strigg
Festerby & Se Suvce
Forwin
Prem Department
Fortress Berchtesgaden Death 7000 Allied Stand Report
Swiss reports claim Hitler prepared a last stand at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian mountains with plans to delay Allied victory. They describe a vast fortification network around the salt mines and a postwar chaos scenario.
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Western Front
London
Adolf Hitler
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Europe
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Berlin
Jnbad
Bavaria
Herchiesgadens
Hitler
Germain
Reinrich Himmer
Waffen
Wil Scorex
Qhersalzberge
Als Berchtesgaden
Berchtesg
Aden
Japanese General Kuribayashi Fatally Wounded at Iwo Jima
Reports from Domei and other agencies state General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of the Japanese garrison at Iwo Jima, was fatally wounded on March 17 after sending a final communique to the Emperor. The broadcast noted he vowed to lead a decisive last stand as shortages of ammunition and water strained his forces. A prior Navy communique said mortar fire disrupted a regrouping 150-strong Japanese force in the island’s northern sector.
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SPIA
Denice
Disputch-Broady
Tokyo
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Kwo Jima
FCC
Hollaveen
German People Told to Expect Vegetarian Diet
German announcers warned yesterday of food shortages and a shift to a vegetarian diet as rationing deepens. Officials said meat would be reduced and border-area stock redistributed to bridge the gap until the next harvest.
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London
Jothe Reich
Russia seeks free Dardanelles in new Turkish pact shift
Soviet dispatches indicate Russia aims for a full alliance with Turkey and a free passage through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, replacing the 1925 friendship treaty. London speculation ties the move to the San Francisco conference and potential Allied support for modifying the Montreux Convention.
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Russia
Turkey
London
Soviet Information Bureau
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Britain
France
Investit
Plein
San Francisco
Briain
United States
Clare Boothe Luce Inherits Daughter Estate
A probate notice states Clare Brohaw daughter of Clare Boothe Luce inherits her late daughter’s estate. The will names Clare Brohaw as sole heir with the estate valued around 1.341 million dollars and an estate tax appraisal filed yesterday in Palo Alto California.
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Clare Luce
New York
Ann Clare Brohaw
Clare Boothe Luce
Palo’ Alto
Cal
al ‘University
Aasta
WLB Orders Film Workers To End Strike
The War Labor Board directed Hollywood studio workers to end a week long strike that halted motion picture production. Chairman George W Taylor cited violation of the no strike pledge and urged immediate resumption of work while notifying the board. Sorrell stated about fourteen hundred workers were picketing around eight major studios in an AFL jurisdictional dispute.
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Washington
Lajor Board
Hollywood Hunt Studio
WLS
George W. Taylor
Herbert Sérrel
Conference of Studio Unions
National War Later Board
Ite Suike
Railroads Plan Junior Club Car For Youngsters
Railroads plan a junior club car for youngsters as postwar development in railroad car design. The playroom car would occupy about a quarter of a car and include a puppet show, a tiny piano, games, a blackboard, a sofa, and a stewardess area for windwindier youths. Construction would begin when permits are issued.
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Chicago
Atest
Actu Hily
Ig Ghatse
Tars
Nazi Saar Losses Hit 100000 in Rhine Campaign
Allied forces across the Rhine push deeper into western Germany. Patton's Third Army advances toward Ludwigshafen, Mainz, and Neustadt while Hodges' First Army and Seventh Army press along the Siegfried Line. Prisoners and battlefield gains mount as air forces hammer targets.
Guatemala Assembly Votes on Relations with Russia
Guatemala City reports the assembly voted 22 to establish relations with Russia amid tensions. Foreign policy moves reflect a shift in regional alignments as government officials outline potential diplomatic steps.
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Guatemala
Cty de Guatemalas Assembly
Russia
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