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March 18, 1945

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PATTON SWEEPS ON; PLACING THE COLORS OVER A CAPTURED FORTRESS TOWN

By Drew Middleton By Wireless To the New York Times.the New York Times (U. S. SIGNAL CORPS RADIOTELEPHOTO)

3d Army captures Coblenz; clears Rhine from Boppard to St Goar; 4th Armored Div reaches Nahe River south of Bad Kreuznach; other units gain southeast of Trier and east of Saarburg; Patton shoves 10th and 11th Armored Divs into fight west of Moselle; several thousand Ger troops trapped in Moselle quadrilateral; Bradley congratulates Maj Gen Gaffey, 4th Armored Div comdr, on achievements; US 7th Army continues mopping up west of Saarbruecken; loosens Ger grip south of Wissembourg Gap; nears Niederbronn and Schweyen; cuts Bitche-Haguenau rd; clears Haguenau; 1st Army expands Remagen bridgehead; crosses Autobahn at several points; Gers rushing up reserves; Amers stand at edge of Ruhr plain at Huescheid; drive through Koenigswinter; take Strodt and clear Hoeningen; US planes blast Ger columns withdrawing toward Rhine crossings from Worms to Karlsruhe; maps

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ABROAD; Russia and Rumania London's Reaction Britain's Conservatives The Future Economy The Windsors

By Unknown Author

In the Crimea Charter signed last month, the Big Three pledged to "consult together" when "conditions in any European liberated state or any former Axis satellite state in Europe" made political intervention by one or more of the big powers necessary. Last week that consultative machinery, regarded by many as the rock on which future peace rests, met its first test.

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Notable Births

Hiroh Kikai

1945Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer (died 2020)[†]

Hiroh Kikai was a Japanese photographer best known within Japan for four series of monochrome photographs: scenes of buildings in and close to Tokyo, portraits of people in the Asakusa area of Tokyo, and rural and town life in India and Turkey. He pursued each of these for over two decades, and each led to one or more book-length collections.

Michael Reagan

1945Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host[†]

Michael Edward Reagan is an American conservative political commentator, Republican strategist, and former radio talk show host. He is the adopted son of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman. He works as a columnist for Newsmax.

Susan Tyrrell

1945Susan Tyrrell, American actress (died 2012)[†]

Susan Tyrrell was an American character actress. Tyrrell's career began in theater in New York City in the 1960s in Broadway and off Broadway productions. Her first film was Shoot Out (1971). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Oma in John Huston's Fat City (1972). In 1978, Tyrrell received the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Andy Warhol's Bad (1977). Her New York Times obituary described her as "a whiskey-voiced character actress (with) talent for playing the downtrodden, outré, and grotesque."

Eric Woolfson

1945Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2009)[†]

Eric Norman Woolfson was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of the band the Alan Parsons Project, who sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Woolfson also pursued a career in musical theatre.

Historical Events

Tigbauan

194540th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 185th US Infantry Regiment, landed unopposed in Tigbauan forcing the Japanese forces to surrender and General Macario Peralta and Gen. Gen. Eichelberger to declare the Liberation of Panay, Romblon and Guimaras.[†]

Tigbauan, officially the Municipality of Tigbauan, is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,245 people.