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March 20, 1945

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FOE IN DISORDER; 1,000 Tanks Rip Through Germans, Springing One Trap Near the Nahe 7TH CUTS WESTWALL 1st Army Enters Ruhr Plain--Ninth Orders Rhine Path Cleared First Reaches Ruhr Plain French Clear Soil of Foe RHINE RIVER BRIDGE AT REMAGEN AFTER IT HAD COLLAPSED U.S. Tanks Closing Traps Around Saar Basin Tanks Push on Kaiserslautern 80th Clears St. Wendel

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

1st and 9th Tactical Air Forces take heavy toll of Ger mil vehicles from Saar Basin to Ruhr

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CLOTHING PRICES FROZEN BY THE OPA; Textiles, Furniture and Household Furnishings Also Are Included in Order

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

freezes furnishings retailers mark-ups at Mar 19, '45 levels; exceptions; Admr Bowles comments; articles affected listed

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Japan's Chief Naval Base Hit in Second Day of Strike; CARRIER FLIERS HIT AT KOBE AND KURE Kobe Densely Populated Submarines Aid, Says Domei

By Robert Trumbull By Wireless To the New York Times

US carrier planes hit Kobe, Japan's largest port, and Kure, Japan's chief naval base; Tokyo radio says carrier strikes went into 3d straight day; Domei claims US submarines aiding US task force southeast of Kyushu

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M'ARTHUR INVADES CENTRAL ISLANDS; Wide Beachhead Established Within 7 Miles of Iloilo, the Capital of Panay M'ARTHUR INVADES CENTRAL ISLANDS

By Lindesay Parrott By Wireless To the New York Times

US 40th Div lands on Panay, establishing wide beachhead within 7 mi of Iloilo; pushes inland to Cordova and Oton; importance of Iloilo noted; 40th commanded by Maj Gen R Brush; 41st Div seizes Malamaui Is off Zamboanga; Amers on Mindanao push inland with tank support, advancing above San Roque and Pasonanca; fighting continues on Luzon north and south of central plain; Amers enter Tanay, penetrate within 1 mi of Pantay and repel Jap counterattack southwest of Mt Baytangan; push toward Balete Pass despite increased Jap opposition; Jap losses, Zambales Mts sector, noted; map

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BROAD INQUIRIES ON FOOD SHORTAGE VOTED BY CONGRESS; Three House Resolutions and One in Senate Pass Amid Widespread Concern GEN. HERSHEY CRITICIZED Representatives Say Draft of Young Farmers 'Nullifies' the Will of Congress Farmer Draft Is Assailed INQUIRIES ON FOOD VOTED BY CONGRESS Jones Urges 'Hitch in Belt"

By William S. White Special To the New York Times

On US lend-lease shipments

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Notable Births

1945Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (died 2015)^[†]

Flight leader Lieutenant Henry Adams "Black Bart" Bartholomay was a United States Naval Aviator. He was a recipient of the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

1945Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author^[†]

Jay Ingram CM is a Canadian author, broadcaster and science communicator. He was host of the television show Daily Planet, which aired on Discovery Channel Canada, since the channel's inception in 1995. Ingram's last episode of Daily Planet aired on June 5, 2011. Ingram announced his retirement but stated he will make guest appearances on Daily Planet. He was succeeded by Dan Riskin. His book The End of Memory: A Natural History of Aging and Alzheimer's was published by St. Martin's Press in 2015.

1945Pat Riley, American basketball player, coach and executive^[†]

Patrick James Riley is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also served as the team's head coach from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2008.

1945Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health^[†]

Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of South Suffolk between the 1983 United Kingdom general election and that of 2015, when he was deselected by his constituency party.

Notable Deaths

1945Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (born 1883)^[†]

Dorothy Lee Campbell was a Scottish amateur golfer. Campbell was the first woman to win the American, British and Canadian Women's Amateurs.

1945Maria Lacerda de Moura, Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (born 1887)^[†]

Maria Lacerda de Moura was a Brazilian teacher, writer and anarcha-feminist. The daughter of spiritist and anti-clerical parents, she grew up in the city of Barbacena, in the interior of Minas Gerais, where she graduated as a teacher at the Escola Normal Municipal de Barbacena and participated in official efforts to tackle social inequality through national literacy campaigns and educational reforms.