Eisenhower Launches Grand Offensive Toward Ruhr and Cologne
German broadcasts claimed Eisenhower opened a grand offensive toward the Ruhr and Cologne. They said Roer bridges were crossed with a 35 mile front from Roermond to Dueren and U.S. Ninth Army units pushed toward Dueren while the British and Canadian forces were active in the Roer and Maas region.
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Eisenhower
Ruhr
Cologne
Paris
Roer
Birkendorf
Dueren
William H. Simpson
Ninth Army
Gevenich
Linnich
Muchen Gladbach
Selgersdorf
Juelich
Roermond
U. S
9Th Army
Maas
Meuse
Berlin
Goch-Rhine
Marines Scale Suribachi as Iwo Jima Fighting Intensifies
Marines reach the summit of Suribachi volcano on Iwo Jima amid heavy action. Japanese forces retreating from crater rim as U S forces mop up pockets with flame throwers. Casualties rise across the island with estimates and strategic moves reported by Adm Nimitz and Gen MacArthur.
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Suribachi Volcano
Iwo Jima
Bougainville
Capul Island
Little
Luzon
San Bernardino Strait
Manila
Pacific
United States
Iwo
Douglas MacArthur
Soviet Push Toward Berlin Deepens World War II Front
Soviet First and Second Ukrainian Armies cross the Neisse River south of Berlin driving toward Dresden and forcing German troops back across the river. Stalin promises near victory as Rokossovsky and Zhukov prepare for broader offensives while Allied air forces pile on with mass raids across Germany and Austria.
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Neisse
Berlin
Spree
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Ernst von Hammer
DNB
Konev
Dresden
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder River
Schenkendorf
Guben
Strega
West Bank
Forst
Cottbus
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Wierzwyce
Gniew
Danzig
Danzig - Stettin - Berlin
Koenigsberg
Pillau
Zinten
Stalin
Amarillo readies one day Red Cross drive on March 2
Charley Lambie campaign chair reports a bold plan to raise 154000 in a single day. Banks will become Red Cross banks and open for contributions while many businesses close briefly. Public booths, advance checks, and mail delivery of donations support a citywide effort to surpass last year’s total.
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Charley Lambie
Red Cross
Mr. Lambie
Amarillo
Southwestern Public Service Company
Lambie
Senate panel approves disputed U S Mexican Water Treaty
The Senate foreign relations committee voted 18 to 4 to approve the contested U S Mexican Water Treaty. The panel backed the pact amid debate over irrigation rights and cross border water management.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
oGay
U. S
Plea to Roosevelt for Father to Visit Dying Baby
Mrs. Claude Miller, a 19 year old mother in San Antonio, pleads for President Roosevelt to bring home her husband, an electrician's mate first class, as their 15 month old daughter Vesta Ann suffers a congenital heart condition with only two months to live. Doctors say one heart valve is too small and no operation is possible. The child has grown weaker since the father left, unable to hold her head or smile.
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San Antonio
U.P
Claude Miller
Roosevelt
Vesta Ann
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer today with little temperature change tonight and Saturday. West Texas fair this afternoon and tonight not so cold tonight. Saturday fair and warmer. New Mexico fair today tonight and Saturday. warmer this afternoon and tonight. Low tonight 25 to 35, high Saturday 50 to 70. Data from Weather Bureau observations. W J Morris Insurance and Russell Stationery noted.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Chivalry Not Dead in Denver Cafe Knife Attack
Patrolman Mike Carroll reports a 21 year old Dallas woman was slashed in the neck by a shabby man who drew a knife in a cafe. He fled after shouting I thought you were my wife. The incident occurred in Denver on February 23.
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Denver
Mike Carroll
Dallas
Bomb Blitz Is Continued
In London on February 23, Allied air power pressed the massive effort to ruin German transport by hitting freight yards and rail targets. A force of over 1,900 American aircraft including Fortresses Liberators and fighters followed yesterday’s pattern, spreading out in small formations to disrupt the eastern and western fronts.
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Italy
15Th Air Force
Germany
Immenstadt
Memmingen
Kempten
Rosenheim
Landshut
Piattling
Grazing
London
Lest
Turkey Joins Allied War Effort In World War II
The Ankara radio announced Turkey declared war on Germany and Japan, bringing hundreds of thousands of troops to the Allies. Turkish forces coordinate with British and American advisers, with a new air force base network and a pro Allied stance among soldiers and leadership.
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Turkey
Germany
Japan
Ankara Radio
Allied Fifth Army advances in Italy seize peaks and village
Brazilian and American troops of the Allied Fifth Army captured Mount Castello and Abetala near the Pistoia Bologna highway, while American forces took Mount Della Terraccia despite German counterattacks. Casualties being evacuated from Mount Belvedere by a cable tramway, with supply runs continued. Patrols remained active on the Adriatic coast.
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Rome
U.P
Fifth Army
Apennine
Mount Belvedere
Mount Castello
Abetala
Pistoia-Bologna
Mount
Della Terraccia
Eighth Army
Adriatic
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Holland
Belgium
France
Associated Press
Tokyo
Tarawa
Saipan
Marianas Islands
24Th
Negro) Regiment
Guam
War Ministry
Nimitz
Ryuku Islands
Indo-China
MacArthur
Muntinlupa
Corregidor
UUPR
Neisse River
von Hammer
Red Army
Ivan S. Konev
Gross Saerchen
Reich
Austria
RAF
Eighth Air Force
Leipzig
Nuernberg
Crailsheim
Kitzingen
Wurzburg
Ansbach
Neumarket
Tretuchtlingen
Whirlwind Red Cross Campaign
E A Rees Co
S Weather Bureau
W. J. Morris
Insurance
Dial
Russell Stationery Company
William B. King
Ankara
San Francisco
John Maynard Lor. Co
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