Iwo Jima Battle Report From Pacific Front
Japanese resistance stiff on Iwo Jima as American infantry and Marines push inland from west and south. Admiral Nimitz notes 24,000+ Japanese casualties and Marine losses near 4,189 dead, 15,308 wounded, 441 missing through last Saturday. Tokyo Radio claims invasion of Men tia Islet with airfield.
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Jim- Navon
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Okthens
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Gart
Tokyo
Men- Tia
Menna
Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Tokyo raid summary fragment on air losses and claims
Fragmentary report notes a Tokyo raid with B 29 gunners solo shooting down or damaging vehicles. Mentions escorts from Iwo Jima and Superfortress losses. Claims 136 aircraft and escort fighters were affected with 37 0 Sn.
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Iwo: Jima
Tokyo
French Deny Rhineland Annexation Promise at Conference
Paris reports France will tell the World Security Conference in San Francisco that Paris has no plan to annex the Rhineland. Foreign Minister Bidault left for the United States to present France’s peace proposals, collective security, and bilateral pacts. He may back joint Allied control over Ruhr economic exploitation.
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Bidault
San Francisco
France
Rhineland
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Rhine
Germany
United States
Frances
Ruhr
Ithe
Akron Union Case Upheld by Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court affirms Summit County convictions of three Akron union members for stealing a Salina ballot box. Court ruled that as owners of the box they could be convicted of robbery though not in possession or control at the time.
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Salina
Ohio Supreme ‘Court
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Newsprint Use Curbs Expanded by WPB in War Effort
The War Production Board tightens control over newsprint distribution and use as part of conservation measures. A Clark County farmer and others face rulings and hearings on wartime production and draft processes, with government agencies citing needs to preserve available material for essential communications.
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Army
Columbus
Mello -Underwood
Fidige Underwood
Clark County
Ohio Governor denies clemency in 1943 McCoy farm killings
Governor Lausche refused executive clemency in the triple murder of Elmer McCoy his wife and daughter Mildred on a Fayette County farm. Collett, condemned for the killings, had his death sentence upheld by the Supreme Court and received a 30 day reprieve to allow a commutation hearing.
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Lausche
Elmer McCoy
EE Mn
Forrest McCoy
Mildred McCoy
Collett
McCoy
Fayette County
Supreme Court
Payette County
Common Pleas Court
Predict Heavy Frost Tonight in Central Ohio
Columbus forecast calls for lows near 34 degrees with possible freezing in central Ohio and heavy frost ahead. The weather bureau notes frost could be milder than the April 6 crop-killing siege, which devastated peaches and other fruit crops. Eighteen men were reported killed or missing in two Florida plane crashes, one a B-29, in Jacksonville yesterday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Germans Claim Eastern Berlin Battle Near Climax
AP reports German broadcasts say the eastern approach to Berlin has reached its climax with Russians breaching defenses only 18 to 20 miles from the capital. They claim nine Russian armies push toward Berlin, with offensives south of Stettin aiming to link with Western Allies. Moscow dispatches cite Konev’s forces near the Oder line and a drive toward Bruenn, while other columns advance along the Erlauf and toward Vienna.
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Auster
Report cites Jap atrocities in defense of Manila
Washington dispatch cites Gen MacArthur saying the War Department documented barbarous acts by Japanese in Manila defense. The report alleges babies stabbed and slashed with bayonets, women and girls violated, victims bound and soaked in gasoline, and survivors mocked. Gen Romulo testified before the House recounting grisly Philippines killings.
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Truman Faces Two Battles Over Congress and Tariffs
Washington AP reports President Truman heads into a sharp congressional clash on tariffs and trade policy. Republican members push for lower duties while Truman vows to support trade agreements and a broader Bretton Woods framework. He opened a news conference promising to push both issues and extend reciprocal trade authority with a potential 50 percent duty cut under 1945 rates.
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Bombers and Fighters Hit Railways and Airfields in Europe
Allied air forces struck Western Czechoslovakia and southern Germany rail hubs and airfields with over 750 bombers and 600 fighter escorts. Halifax aircraft hit Helgoland, while Berlin endured a coordinated British Soviet air assault. Germany faced continued pressure as Luftwaffe losses mounted and fuel shortages grounded many planes.
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Czechoslovakia
Germany
Helgoland
North Sea
Emden
Bremen
Hamburg
Berlin
Wife Sentenced For Leaving Children In Service
LISBON Mrs. Anna Som mers Bernard, 27, whose husband is overseas with the armed forces, was sentenced to one to three years in Marysville women's penitentiary after pleading guilty to abandonment of two small children. Taken into custody March 4 in Baltimore, she left the children Feb. 9 to accompany another man to that city. The court placed the children in the custody of their grandparents. KILLED ON FARM Fremont August Pref lette, 79, was killed today when a team he was driving bolted and threw him from a piece of farm machinery.
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Marysville
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Bernard
Fremont
August Preflette
Here
Begin Shifting War Materials
Washington U F first steps to transfer the country’s full military might against Japan are under way with aims four months earlier than planned. Officials say redeployment will not begin until Allied efforts in Europe are satisfied. Some equipment labeled for Europe has moved to the Pacific. Small specialist personnel shifts are underway now.
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Washington
Japan
Europe
Pacific
Bandit robs dry cleaner then kisses victim and escapes
A bandit with a blue steel revolver forced Miss Blanche Carroll, manager of a dry cleaning office, into a side room yesterday. He tied her up and rifled the cash box of $25, then returned to the side room, kissed Miss Carroll, and departed.
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Truman asserts independence in early decisions
President Truman in a Washington briefing signaled he will run his own show while accepting advice from friends. He overruled military rank decisions, elevating Patton and Hodges to four star positions, and named John Snyder as Federal Loan Administrator. He outlined plans to push Bretton Woods and reciprocal trade, and invited talks with De Gaulle. He also ordered seizure of a Lake Charles refinery and addressed armed forces.
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John W. Snyder
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Harold D. Smith
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Bretton Woods
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Third Army Cuts Germany In Half Across Front
Allied forces drive split through Germany as Patton's Third Army invades Czechoslovakia and First Army nears Leipzig center while Seventh Army advances on Nuernberg. Eisenhower's forces prepare final drive east toward the Russians amid massive prisoner captures and ongoing fighting.
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War correspondent Ernie Pyle dies in Okinawa area
President Truman issued condolences after the loss of Ernie Pyle a renowned Scripps-Howard war correspondent who reported from North Africa Italy Britain France and the Pacific He was 44 and had covered multiple theaters including Okinawa before his death in the Pacific theater
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France
Allied push across German cities nears major targets
The Third Army entered Zwickau as the British moved within 29 miles of Hamburg. The Seventh Army closed to 85 miles of Munich and 340 of Hit Jets home at Berchtesgaden while Chemnitz faced frontal assault. Canadians freed northeast Holland. prisoners for April topped 875,000 with total since D Day at 2,055,575. American Ninth Army tanks cleared last sniper nests west of Magdeburg near the Elbe.
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Nelsonville Auditor E F DeVore Dies at 41
E F DeVore Nelsonville city auditor for 12 years died at University Hospital at 4 AM after illness since December. Survived by wife Helen and mother Effie. Funeral plans not announced. DeVore born and raised at 205 Adams St. He was reelected two years ago for another four-year term. He was a member of the Elks and Eagles and a founder of the Phi Club.
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Ellsworth F. DeVore
University Hospital
Columbus
DeVore
Adams St
Elks and Eagles Lodges
Phi Club
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Effie DeVore
Earl DeVore
Truman Picks Men To Fill Key Positions
Washington dispatch reports President Truman selected two young men to fill major White House staff roles. Matthew J. Connelly, 37, longtime investigator and recent executive secretary, becomes secretary in charge of congressional appointments. James Lennard Einsch, 36, a radio executive from Atlanta, is named secretary in charge of press and radio relations.
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Truman
White House
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James Lennard “Einsch
Alianta
Indict Meat Firms for Black Market Deals
Federal indictments charge a two year black market scheme in meat against U S Packing Company of Kansas City and J Spevak and Company of Baltimore, plus a Baltimore wholesaler, alleging price ceiling violations totaling 88717 05 dollars in four months and naming officers previously fined in New Jersey in 1943 for meat overcharges.
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Kansas City
U. S. Packing Company
Inet
Kans
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J. Spevak and Company
Southeastern Ohio War Prisoners Arrive Home
Ohioans released from prison camps enjoy a 21 day furlough before reporting to an Army redistribution center at Miami Beach Florida. Included are Priv James E Batstoweu Crooksville Sergeant Lenest Nicholson Rutland Staff Sergeant George A Simmons Gallipolis.
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Fifth Service Command
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Crooksville
Lenest
Nicholson
Rutsland
George A. Simmons
Gallipolis
Continue Search for Ohio Pilot and Plane
Harlingen Texas and Cleveland report ongoing search for Lt Jack Bestty a 23 year old Canton native missing since April 12 after departing San Antonio for Harlingen Army air field. Parents Mr and Mrs Clar ng have joined the search as Civil Air Patrol and local volunteers extend efforts aided by ranchers and Letter Carriers. Aims to secure a $400 annual increase through a public safety drive tied to the case.
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Jack Bestty
Canton
San Antonio
Harlingen Army Air Field
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Clarng
Forest City
wTanch
National Association Civil Air Patrol
Department of Public
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