Scots Take Goch Patton Opens Drive
The report says Goch in the Siegfried Line fell to Scottish troops with Canadian forces, as empire troops pushed deeper into Nazi defenses. The U S Third Army advanced along a 50 mile sector in the Eifel Mountains, gaining up to five miles and capturing 11 German towns while Scottish units moved toward Uedem and Canadian forces retreated.
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Associated Press
Goch
Siegfried Line
First Army
Nasi
Calear
U. S. Third Army
Eifel
Garmim
Uedem
Allied Push Seizes Territory Across Central Europe
Soviet and American forces advance near Guben and Breslau as Zhukov and Konev join efforts against German defenses. American troops reach near Saarbrucken and Forbach while Bomber Command strikes Dortmund and Berlin targets in the ninth straight day of raids. About 10,000 prisoners taken in the western drive.
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Patton
Moselle
Saar
Berlin
Brandenburg
Guben
Forst
Moscow
Marshal Konev
Konev
Breslau
Glogau
Italy
Monte Belveder
Pistoia-Bologna
Monte Bevedere
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Zvornik
Belgrade
Yank Fliers and Seamen Return Home From German Camps
Dozens of American aviators previously shot down over Germany and infantrymen wounded in battle along with seamen from torpedoed ships were returning to the United States. They travel on the Gripshelm, completing the sixth exchange voyage with 1,206 patriates, including 463 American officers and men and merchant seamen, plus 1,623 civilians and 78 Canadian military personnel aboard.
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Jersey City
Germany
Fear Small Children Drowned in Rivers
Firemen continued dragging the Mahoning River for the bodies of two children believed to have drowned. Shirley Ann, 4, and Richard, 3, were last seen playing in the snow with their dog near Warren. Their mother, Mrs Lavern R Remalia, reported the kids vanished after tracks led to the river.
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Warren
Mahoning River
Shirley Ann
Richard
Paren Ze
Lavern R. Remalia
OPA Orders Cut in Sugar for Canning
OPA sets 20 pounds per person for home canning this year with 25 pounds for families, no limit on recipients, through local rationing boards. Bowles notes 700,000 tons of sugar expected for home use, marking the lowest stocks since war began. Coupons issuance dates to be announced. applications not accepted after October 31.
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Chester Bowles
Bowles
OPA
Substandard War Le Xe Changes Pay Rules for Textile and Meat Packing
The War Labor Board threatened the no-strike pledge by boosting substandard pay in textile plants and standardizing wages for 145,000 meat packing workers. A previous 50 to 55 cent rise in textiles and a 5 cent general increase were disputed, tied to job and geographic differences. The board also required work clothes and sharpened tools, pending outcomes of talks with Economic Stabilizer Fred M Vinson over fringe policy.
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Fred M. Vinson
Twins to Be Ordained as Catholic Priests in Columbus
Twins Bernard Paul and Charles Willard-Jones will be ordained as priests in Columbus, the first such twin ordination in the Columbus Diocese and a historic event in U.S. Catholicism. They will be ordained by Rev. Michael J. Ready and celebrate their first masses Sunday at St Francis Desales Church in Newark.
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Columbus
United States
Bernard Paul
Charles Willard-Jones
Michael J. Ready
St. Francis “Desales
Newark
Curfew on Nightlife Likely To Last a While
A national midnight curfew for entertainment venues is expected to stay in effect for some time, according to an unnamed official. The measure targets late night venues and aims to curb disturbances as authorities assess ongoing conditions.
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Washington
Subs Sink 25 Japanese Ships in Far Eastern Waters
Twenty five more Japanese vessels, including three combatant ships, were sunk in Far Eastern waters by United States submarines. The Navy said the fighting ships included an escort aircraft carrier an air destroyer and a large converted cruiser. The total Japanese ships sunk by American subs rose to 1045 since the war began with 110 combatant and 935 non combatant craft. The converted cruiser may be the enemy’s pre war 18000 ton luxury merchant vessel.
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Washington
Far
United States
Hin
Manila
Intraruros
Corregidor
MacArthur
Intramuros
Arthur Feldman
Blue Network
General MacArthur
Guam
San Francisco
Navy
NEA
MacArthury
Luzon
Tokyo
Fort William McKinley
Nichols Field
11Th Airborne
Formosa
Indo-China
Bus Drivers Strike Cripples Steubenville Transport
Hundreds of war workers in Steubenville were forced to walk or hitchhike as the city’s only transport system, the Ohio Valley Motor Transit Co, was crippled by a bus drivers strike.
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Steubenville
Ohio Valley Motor ‘Transit Co
Disorders in Munich Reported by Reds
Moscow radio reported disorders in Munich that escalated into a pitched street battle. Tank supported SS Elite Guard units intervened after Munich police refused to fire on civilian crowds.
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London
Moscow Radio Today
Munich
Berchtesgaden Area Attacked by Yank Fliers
Allied air forces carried out the first air attack on Berchtesgaden and surrounding areas. Thunderbolts faced heavy fire and rockets hit rail yards while destroying locomotives and cars. About 2400 sorties were flown from Italy in an all out effort against enemy communications.
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Berchtesgaden
Rome
UPI
U_S lath
Adolf
Hitler
Italy
Germany
Munich
Muzi Hierarch
Moscow
Bern
Tank Led Marines Drive on Iwo Jima Central Airfield
Marine forces pushed toward Iwo Jima central airfield with 3 650 casualties reported in two days and gains up to 1 000 yards. The battle features rugged terrain, heavy Japanese defenses, and air support from battleships and carrier planes as Nimitz reports thousands of Japanese casualties and Marine advances across Suribachi Yama.
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Associated Press
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Suripachi Yama
Nimitz
Eves
Motoyama Airfield No. 1
Motoyama
Foxhole
Clifton B. Gates
Hamilton W. Faron
Fourth
Faron
Mt. Suribachi
Iwo
James 8. Lindsley
Sutthachi
Navy Buzz
Hellcats
Meldivers
Avengers
Ringling Circus Officials Sentenced in Fire Case
In Hartford Connecticut Judge William J Shea sentenced three Ringling Brothers executives to prison terms and jailed three others for involuntary manslaughter in the July circus fire that killed 168. Leonard S Aylesworth James Haley and George W Smith received prison terms while the Ringling company paid a 10000 fine.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
William J. Shea
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Sarasota
Fla
S. Aylesworth
Aman
James A. Haley
Shea
Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Inc
Shene
Jobs Program Will Be Urged
Washington report outlines a House Banking Committee plan to authorize the Federal Reserve to guarantee up to 90 percent of financing risks for business loans. Henry A. Wallace promotes a major postwar jobs program affecting 60 million workers. Chairman Spence plans public hearings on the bill amid ongoing party debates with Senator Taft weighing monetary powers limits.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Spence
House Banking Committee
Federal Reserve System
Jesson
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Assault on Suribachi Volcano Island Rages For Marines
The report describes Iwo Jima fighting across the volcanic island as Marines push toward Suribachi. Japanese defenses include pill boxes, caves, blockhouses, foxholes, and four underground tunnels on the north, with attacks met by Marines using flares from the invasion fleet.
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Morrie Landsberg
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Navy
Suri‘bachi Yama
Ang Shel Tern
Five Mile Long
Suribachi
U S Heavies Again Smash Reich Cities
London reports American heavy bombers hammering Germany with 750 aircraft striking Dortmund a key western front center. Berlin and Mannheim were hit while two oil refineries south of Düsseldorf endured raids. overall air war continues with night fighters intruder aircraft supporting the missions and 21 heavy planes lost.
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London
Germany
Thuringia
Franconia
Reich
RAF
Dortmund
Berlin
Mannheim
Duesseldorf
Rhine
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
Chaplin Raps Solons Deportation Proposal
Hollywood satire notes Chaplin condemns a proposed bipartisan inquiry into his possible deportation as political persecution. Senator Langer introduced the measure February 15 directing an attorney general inquiry into the 55-year-old actor-producer amid recent sensational charges.
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Hollywood
Charles Chaplin
Langer
R-Nd
Senate Immigration Committee
Lawmaker Blasts Government Sloppiness Causing Job Loss
Rep. Earl Wilson accuses Washington workers of yardiness and long lunch breaks costing taxpayers millions. He labels coffee hours and lax hours as wasting manpower and claims a forty percent loss of efficiency among government staff.
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Washington
Earl Wilson
Indiana
Republian
Lausche backs tax on horse race betting proposal
Governor Frank Lausche supports a bill by Senator Theodore Gray to impose a three percent tax on all horse race betting. He cites dissatisfaction with the state tax income from racing and projects about 605009 dollars extra annually.
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Lausche
Columbus
Frank T. Lausche
Theodore M. Gray
Piqua
Strong Allied Fleets Urged In Postwar Report
Navy Secretary Forrestal told the President the United States and allies should keep fleets capable of controlling the world's oceans and prepared to fight for a world order in which our way of life endures. He urged building more ships in the next three years to forearm against heavier losses as we approach Japan and to maintain the present tremendous margin of power.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
United States
U.S. Navy
Japan
New Superintendent Named for Lancaster Boys' Industrial School
Welfare Director Frazier Reams appointed Major-Inspector Ralph W. Alvis of the State Highway Patrol as acting superintendent of the Lancaster Boys' Industrial School. The move comes after Gov. Lausche asked for action to cut escapes, which reached about 300 last year.
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Columbus
LPI
Frazier Reams
Ralph W. Alvis
State Highway Patrol
Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School
Frank J. Lausche
Youth shoots girl and dies after moving target claim
In Cleveland a 16 year old youth confessed to shooting at a girl described as a moving target. Carmen Ventriglio died from a wound police called self-inflicted. The event links to a prior fire at Union Stockyards that killed two firefighters last March. The youth had been ordered to an institution for feeble mindedness on Jan 6 1944 but remained uncommitted due to no vacancies.
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Cleveland Yard
Cleveland
Carmen
Charles
Cleveland Union Stnckyards
Conners
16 Year Old Confesses Shot Miss Ventriglio
Police report a 16 year old youth confessed firing at Miss Ventriglio on Saturday night. The incident marks a violent attack with a youth taking responsibility. Further investigation is ongoing as authorities review evidence and motive.
Legislature Seeks Ten Million for Road Repairs Funding
Ohio lawmakers face tapping the General Revenue Fund for ten million dollars to cover a revenue shortfall in the State Highway Department due to lower gas tax and license yields. Gov. Lausche and Highway Director Ford warn repairs and maintenance risk delay if funds are not found, while schools and local governments seek additional aid. Budget planning continues with a March 15 deadline.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Revenue Fund
Frank J. Lausche
Perry T. Ford
Hal Sours
Highway Department
Admantstration
Finance Department
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