Army Ban on Communists Dropped in Directive
Chicago Tribune reported a War Department directive countermanding earlier confidential orders excluding Communists from officer training and other sensitive posts. The policy now bars action against members only if loyalty to the Party does not override duty to the United States. Minneapolis man Wilson Gary, 37, father of six, inducted after quitting a war job. wife Alice and five children shown. seventh child expected.
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Chicago Tribune
Washington
War Department
the Tribune
Communist Party
United States
Wilson Gary
Minneapolis Minn
Aoother
Alice Gary
Gary
NEA
Two Jima Invasion Battle Rages as Americans Free 7000 Civilians
Manila Bay nears full American control as troops enter Intramuros and Corregidor. About 7000 civilians, including 100 Americans, are freed under fire near the Philippine General Hospital amid ongoing street fighting. Seaborne bombardment, hospital wreckage, and a reported massacre at De La Salle College are noted.
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Corresidor
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Australia
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Marines Establish Beachhead On Iwo Jima In Major Siege
Marines of Americas oldest amphibious force stormed Iwo Jima establishing a mile long beachhead 750 miles south of Tokyo. Fifth Fleet aircraft blasted 509 Japanese planes and 14 ships while heavy fighting raged as Marines pushed inland toward the airbase. Admiral Nimitz said Japanese resistance was increasing as 100 Superforts bombed Tokyo and carrier planes vowed to return.
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All-Out Push On Western Front Near Goch and Beyond
Allied forces push toward the Ruhr as Canadian First Army enters Goch while Montgomery vows a knockout blow from multiple directions. U.S. Third and Seventh Armies widen fronts in Germany seizing towns near Vinaden and Saarbruecken as Berlin reports looming massive assaults from east and west amid heavy fighting along the Oder and near Breslau.
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Argentina Expected To Declare War on Nazis
Reports say Argentina plans to declare war on Germany as it seeks to repair ties with Western Hemisphere partners. The note protests a German threat to deny safe conduct to Argentine diplomats returning home from Germany ahead of the Inter-American Conference opening in Mexico City. In San Diego, T Sgt James William Niles of Hamilton Ohio was among eight Marines killed in a coastal flight incident.
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High School Boy Killed by Home Made Rocket
A Cleveland incident killed 16 year old William Snell of Lakewood High School after a home made rocket exploded. Police said Snell and 17 year old Charles Sherman built the device from an empty carbon dioxide cartridge and chemicals. Sherman was burned in the blast.
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Upi
William Snell
Lakewood High School
Emmett Frank
Snell
Charles Sherman
Sherman
Ohio fugitive nabbed after seven-year search
Harold G. Jones age 40 of Coshocton was recaptured by Coshocton police and returned to London Prison Farm where he escaped August 19 1938. He had used the alias Robert Evans Jenkins and said he married since escaping with a child, living much of the time in Seattle and Portland.
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London
Harold G. Jones
Coshocton
Packing House Workers May Go on Strike
The CIO packing house workers union representing 125000 employees of Swift Armour Wilson Cudahy and John Morrell threatened a strike today if the Wage Stabilization Board does not release a long delayed wage decision before noon. Local counsel Tilford E Dudley said the strike call was postponed last week after a resolution to release a decision on the union’s demands would be presented to the board this morning. The board’s terms announcement, tied to the CIO Textile Workers case, has been delayed by policy rulings from Economic Stabilizer Fred M Vinson.
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Washington
CIO Packing House Workers
WLB
Tilford E. Dudley
Swift, Armour, Wilson, Cudahy
John Morrell
Dudley
Cio-Textile Workers
Fred M. Vinson
Great Lakes Seamen Returning to Jobs
Washington reports that thousands of Great Lakes seamen who joined last fall to bolster merchant ships are being recalled for the spring lake movement. Capt Edward Macauley deputy war shipping administrator commends their vital contribution in keeping offshore cargoes moving after the lake season closed.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Edward Macauley
Lakes
iBoy 4 Dies After Hours in Snowbank near Farm Home
Four year old Leroy Randy of Shiloh died of exposure after eight hours missing since noon. His father found him in a snowbank near their farm home late Saturday night in Mansfield P. East Liverpool police also intensified a search for suspects in the death of Steve Phillips, a 44 year old tavern operator who died yesterday from skull injuries after a beating last Thursday.
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Mansfield
Leroy Randy
Shiloh
East Liverpool
Steve Phillips
Counterfeiters Shift From Gas Coupons to Food Scams
The Office of War Information reports gas coupon counterfeiters have largely ceased, turning to food counterfeiting. Black markets for meat and sugar resurface, while liquor theft has declined. Cigarette fraud remains minimal with petty chiseling, and food stamp counterfeiting surges with institutional buyers as major patrons.
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Office of Price Administration
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Alcohol Tax Unit
Treasury Department
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OWT
New Jap Atrocities Against Manila Civilians Revealed
Reports from Manila detail a massacre at De La Salle College in Malate where Japanese soldiers fatally attacked nearly 70 people including priests, refugees, and women and children. Only eight survived. Rev. Francis J. Cosgrave of Sydney, wounded, describes a brutal afternoon and mass executions by bayonet and gunfire.
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de LaSalle College
Malate
Francis J. Cosgrave
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Hershey and Jones Called In For Farm Draft Hearing
Washington The House Rules Committee summoned Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones to a hearing probing a farm draft. A resolution by Rep Lemke aims to form a joint Senate House committee to determine if draft officials evade law and strip farms of workers.
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House Rules Committee
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Marvin Jones
Rep
Lemke
R-Nd
Senate
House
WLB Attorney Banned On Policy Matters
Cleveland report says John J. Brown, a War Labor Board enforcement attorney, was barred from policy matters due to union membership raising impartiality concerns. The piece notes his role with Local 317 oil, CIO United Federal Workers Union. Washington dispatch adds that bituminous coal production reached 12.185 million tons in the week ended Feb. 10, marking a peak since November, boosted by Southern Appalachian mines operating Sunday Feb. 4.
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War Labor Board
Merritt A. Vickery
WLB
Brown
CIO
United Federal Workers Union of America
Washington
Solid Fuel Administration
Southern Appalachian
Detroit Teen Confesses to Frying Pan Killing of Mother
Detroit 16 year old Elvin Kent confessed to beating his mother Ida Kent 43 to death with a frying pan. Wayne County Prosecutor Gerald O'Brien said he would seek a first degree murder warrant. Kent blamed the act on what he called an act of God. Mrs Kent was a war worker's wife and Bible class teacher.
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Detroit
Gerald K. O'Brien
Wayne ‘County
Elvin Kent
Ida Kent
O'Brien
Elvin
Churchill Returns to England From Parley
Prime Minister Churchill returned to England today from the Crimea conference with stops at Athens and Cairo, resuming duties after the wartime talks.
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England
London
Crimea
Athens
Cairo
Admiral Halsey predicts Japanese fleet will hide
Washington dispatch quotes Admiral Halsey predicting the remnants of the Japanese fleet will not come out to fight in the Pacific. Tokyo reports shelling the island. Nimitz praises Mitscher’s air raids that claimed heavy enemy losses and tactical surprise. Invasion of Iwo Jima looms as the war effort tightens.
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Washington
William J. Halsey, Jr
Pacific
Jenkins Forecasts Food Shortages Due to Bureaucrats
Rep Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton said in Washington that incompetence and misjudgment by Washington bureaucrats make ethical shortages of many foods inevitable in the coming months. He chairs an unofficial House Republican committee to investigate food shortages.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Republican
Jenkins
House Republicans
Chandler Pioneer in Auto Business Dies in Cleveland
Frederick Co. Chandler, 7, president of Chandler Products Co. and a pioneer in the automobile industry, died yesterday. He helped found the Chandler Motor Car Co. and the Cleveland Automobile Co., which merged into Chandler-Cleveland Motor Corp. The firm, later bought by Hupmobile, produced the Chandler Seven touring car and the Chandler Six. Also noted is a wage increase at American Ship Building Co to 58 hours to boost mine sweeper production.
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Frederick Co. Chandler
Chandler Products Co
Chandler Motor Car Co
Cleveland Automobile Co
Chandler-Cleveland Motor Corp
Hupmobile
Detroit
Loram
American Ship Building Co
Over Iwo Jima
A war correspondent describes the Iwo Jima invasion scene with Marines ashore from an 800-ship armada. From 1,009 feet above the beach, bombardment by battleships and aircraft accompanies frantic Marine action, with no Japanese planes visible and heavy fighting anticipated on Tokyo’s doorstep.
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Abcart
Iwo Jima
Navy
Towa Jima
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