Air Assault Heaviest of Entire War
Snow covered Tokyo endured its heaviest bombardment of the war with as many as 1,000 carrier planes and 200 Superforts, while 750 miles south American Marines pushed toward the Iwo Jima air base. Tokyo radio noted the Japanese fleet kept clear of Vice Admiral Mitscher’s Fifth Fleet, which returned to Japanese waters to resume attacks. In the morning carrier planes, initially tallied as 1,600 then revised to 600, struck Tokyo and the Marianas in the afternoon with heavy bombs and incendiaries.
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Tokyo
Iwo
Adm
Mare A. Mitschers
Fifth Fleet
Nippon
Carerier
Tokyo Ablaze Amid Massive World War II Raids
Tokyo faced widespread fire from American carrier and Superfortress raids as 25 000 square yards of the city burned. Reports say enemy night bombers penetrated Shizuoka Prefecture headed toward Tokyo while B 29s and side raids hit other cities. Marines pushed on Iwo Jima as Japanese casualties climbed to 2837 dead with a garrison of about 20 000. Navy secretary Forrestal warned of prolonged defense and Japanese dug in on Iwo Jima while battles surged around the Philippines and Corregidor.
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London
ABSIE
Europe
Tokyo
Shizuoka Prefecture
Tok
Japan
Imperial Palace
Kojiso
Birohito
Iwo Island
Matoyama
Richmond Kelly Turner
Iwo
Pacific
James V. Forrestal
Guam
Philippines
Manila
Takashi
Robert S. Beightler
UMW Policy Group Drafts Demands for New Coal Contract
Washington notes the United Mine Workers huge policy committee of 250 elected officials begins three day talks on wage concessions for a new bituminous contract with operators led by John L Lewis. The old pact expires next month and a coal shortage heightens fears of a clash with the government stabilization policy, possibly drawing White House intervention.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Junion
White House
Thursda
Lewis
Becomes Hubby and Papa While in Jap Prison
Dayton wartime employee Jesse Wilson at Nichol Airfield Manila married Joan Marie Smith, a British internee, while held by Japanese forces. Milton Chase of WLW reported Wilson wed during captivity and welcomed a five month old daughter upon release.
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Papa
Cincinnati
Philippines
Jesse Wilson
Dayton
Nichol Airfield
Manila
Milton Chase
WLW
Wilson
Joan Marie Smith
Bataan Nurses Return to States After Three Years
Sixty eight nurses and one Red Cross worker evacuated from the Philippines arrive at Letterman General Hospital San Francisco and plan to visit homes soon. They appear in fairly good health after three years of war captivity and will no longer receive net oil rations for large space heaters unless special cases exist.
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San Francisco
Calif
Angels
Bataan and
Corregidor
Army
Letterman General Hospital
Red Cross
Air Transport Command
Philippines
Washington
OPA
Hope For Peak War Production Dimmed
Washington AP reports the push for peak war production by June faces three threats. Draft demands move into the 30 to 33 age group. John L Lewis coal miners seek higher pay as contract nears expiration. Heavy snows threaten floods hurting steel and armament output in key states.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis B. Hershey
Army
Navy
WPB
1,200 U. S. Heavies Stage Biggest Raid on Berlin
More than 1,200 American heavy bombers led by 700 long range fighters attacked Berlin in a 150 mile long formation. The raid targeted railways, with most bombs dropped through clouds. The force exceeded the February 3 assault by about 200 planes as 5,000 allied sorties were flown in a day.
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U. S
Berlin
Lonnon
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Reich
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Austria
Germany
Bremen
Munich
Hitler
Jap workmanship judged mediocre by Battelle Institute
Columbus report from the Memorial Institute of Industrial and Scientific Research states metallurgical tests of captured enemy materiel find Japanese workmanship consistently mediocre, while German craftsmanship remains consistently good. It notes residuals from scrap sold to Japan before the war influence munitions and highlights Japan’s lack of experience in precision manufacture for engine parts.
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Columbus
Battelle! ‘Memorial Institute of Industrial Lea Scientific Research
United States
Japan
Heart Operation Saves Life of Negro Private
Private Edward Crutcher of Cincinnati underwent a delicate pericardium removal procedure at Fletcher General Hospital. Six weeks prior doctors warned he faced a hopeless heart condition with six months to live. Col. Claude S. Beck, surgical consultant for the Fifth Service Command, Columbus, performed the operation.
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Cambridge
Edward Crutcher
Cincinnati
Army
Fletcher General Hospital
Claude S. Beck
Fifth Service Command
Columbus
Crutcher
Worker Shortage Is Reduced Twenty Percent in War Plants
Cleveland fields report a 20 percent drop in the male worker shortage across 172 war plants in the Ohio Michigan Kentucky region over two weeks. Still, over 8,000 workers are required for top priority needs as B L Keenan, regional war manpower commission director, states. In Rome, liberated Italy gains greater self government under the Allied Control Commission program announced by acting president Harold MacMillan.
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Cleveland
Ohio-Michigan- Kentucky
B. L. Keenan
Regional War Manpower Commission
Rome
CPI
Italy
Harold MacMillan
Allied Control Commission
Republicans attack Nutt power bill over hiring rule
Washington United Press International reports Republicans criticized a manpower bill provision granting WMC Chairman Penu V. McNutt power to regulate war worker hiring. Senator Taft warned the bill could enable a form of national service if enacted as drafted.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
WMC
Penu V. McNutt
Taft
Ohio
McNutt
Hunt Funeral Director After Finding Bodies in Abandoned Home
Police continued an investigation into five decomposed bodies found in an abandoned funeral home. Detectives reported death certificates indicate four adults and a child died natural deaths about a year ago. the owner is missing.
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Binghamtom
Otto J. Krauser
Liquor Dealers Comply With Midnight Curfew
Fifty members of the Cuyahoga County Liquor Dealers Association vote to comply with Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes' midnight amusement curfew effective tonight.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
James F. Byrnes
Farmers Face Crisis After War Says Appropriations Panel
Washington H A predicts war end will trigger a farm crisis as a massive surplus floods markets. Liberated Europe undercuts demand for free food, delaying farm production. average farmer incomes now peak higher than past, but farmers earn about half of nonfarmers’ average.
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Washington
Railroaders To Get Pay Boost
Chicago report says more than 800000 railroad workers gain paid vacation under a labor management approved plan. It covers one week for 160 days, two weeks after five years, retroactive to January 1 and lasting to January 1, 1947, pending government review under stabilization program.
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Chicago —l
Carriers Conference Committee
Chicago Tribune
Defends Use Of Youngsters In Combat Policy Row
Senator Hill of Alabama argued the War Department must use 18 year olds in combat with eight months training due to military necessity. He said overseas action followed draining experienced troops. Taft pressed for clarity as he mourned the death of 18 year old Robert R. Pogue of Cincinnati, killed in France after seven months in service.
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Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
War Department
Taft
Ohio
Hill
Senate
Robert R. Pozue
Cinginnali
Pogue
France
Gallia County War Hero Receives Posthumous Silver Star
The War Department awarded a posthumous Silver Star to Second Lt. Charles D. Corwin of Gallia County for actions in France on June 26, 1944. He advanced under heavy fire to enable his platoon to assault new positions and was fatally wounded, leaving widow Mrs. Earnestine Corwin of Route 1 Bidwell.
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Washington
War Department
Charles D. Corwin
Earnestine Corwin
Route 1
Bidwell
Gallia County
O. Corwin
France
Ohio Pilots Bag Seven Jet Planes in Reich Raid
London report says two Ohio pilots in a Mustang group shot down seven enemy jet planes during a raid by the U S Eighth Air Force. The field at Giebselstadt produced seven jets. Lt. Donald Memega of Louisville and Lt. Kenneth Pettit of Newark each claimed a plane. Free Ohio priests update follows.
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Ohio
London
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Giebselstadt
Donald Memega
Louisville, O
Kenneth Pettit
Newark
20 German Towns Taken As Yanks Close On Cologne
American infantry and tanks pushed within sight of Cologne as First and Ninth Armies crossed the Roer and moved toward the Rhine and Ruhr. Twenty towns fell overnight along a 28 mile Cologne Plain sector as Hodges and Patton’s forces advance toward Koblenz and the Erft River with heavy German resistance expected near Erkelenz and Dueren.
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Associatio Press
Cologne
Rhine
Ruhr
First Army
Hodges
Rhineland
Morchenik
Golzheim
Girblerath
Rommelsheim
First
Frauwallsnsheim
Kes
Dueren
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Roer
Ninth
Duesseldorf
Ninth Army
William H. Simpson
Erkeleny
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Germany
Erf River
Cologne Plain
Third
Fourth Armored
Nims
Bitburg
George S. Patton
Koblenz
Saarburg
Trer
Canadians Push Toward Ruhr as Allied Front Advances
Allied forces drive on the Ruhr north of Cologne with Montgomery’s attack behind the Siegfried Line. Canadian First Army nears Calais area within 1,000 yards, 45 miles north of Ninth Army flank, near the Rhine. Seventh Army raids Saar region while Göring defenses crumble on the Cologne Plain. Prisoners total exceed 23,000 as forces advance across German lines.
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Montgomery
Siegfried Line
Calear
Rhine
Ninth Army
Thne Ruhr
Germany
Seventh Army
Saar District
Saar- ‘Bruecken
Red Army Drives Near Berlin and East Prussia
Soviet forces push through Pomerania toward the Baltic, taking Preussisch Friedland and a Berlin Danzig highway segment. Berlin reports 50,000 Soviet attackers in Pomerania while Koenigsberg’s fate looms. Marshal Konyev’s forces press on Breslau as Nazi troops fight to halt the advance.
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Oder-Spree
Red Army
Pomerania
Baltic
Preussicht Friedland
Berlin-Danzig
Eiase
Moscow
Samland
Koenigsberg
Pillau
Marshal Konev
First
Ukraine
Breslau
Silesian
Ber Tin
Dresdet
Meigs and Gallia Civilians Freed in Philippines
The War Department announced names of Ohio civilians released in the Philippines. Among those listed are Everett S. Hatcher of Gallipolis and Frank O'Brien of Flora, Meigs County, along with Clare O'Brien, highlighting the regional acknowledgments.
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Meigs
Gallia
Philippines
War Department
Ohio
Hatcher
Everett S
Gallipolis
Clare
Frank O'Brien
Flora
Meigs County
Baby's Body Found in Mahoning River
Warren reports the body of two year old Richard Remaha son of Mr and Mrs Bermi Remaha was found in the Mahoning River Saturday after he and his sister Shirs ley aged three disappeared Tuesday Her body was recovered the next day Some sentences appear garbled but reference a child death and a related missing child case from the Mahoning River area Also Paris 1942 notes about soldiers convicted in train looting black market cases facing probation or revised service terms.
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Mahoning River Warren
Richard Remaha
Bermi Remaha
Mahoning River
Shirsley
Paris
New Deal Food Subsidy Plan Aimed at Needy Families
Washington reports a government subsidized postwar food program to ensure adequate diets for low income families. Economists propose annual costs over 1 million dollars with food coupons redeemable at regular stores. The plan mirrors earlier food stamp ideas while expanding aid beyond relief cases to stabilize farm product demand.
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New Deal
Washington
High Administration
Agriculture Department
Ex Convict Sought in Slaying of Cleveland Slot Machine King
Cleveland police hunt a 27 year old ex convict in connection with the murder of Nathan Weisenberg described as the citys slot machine king. Authorities sweep northern Ohio locations as they pursue the suspect.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Nathan Weisenberg
Curfew Orders Likely for Nightlife Areas
Washington reports a government request for midnight closing of entertainment venues begins tonight. Observers expect general compliance across the nation as officials urge wee hour curfew enforcement.
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Washington
C L Ross Dies Sunday At Residence In Albany
C L Ross died at his Albany home Sunday afternoon after a brief illness. He leaves a wife, a daughter Mrs Willard Michaels of Columbus, a son Edward with the Navy in the South Pacific, a brother O R Ross of Columbus, three grandchildren, a niece and a nephew. Funeral services will be held at the residence Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. Friends may call at the home any time after Tuesday night.
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Ross
Albany
Willard Michaels
Columbus
Edward
South Pacific
O. R Ross
Turaday Nocin
Congress urged to approve Ohio Erie canal plan
Rep Michael Kirwan Democrat of Ohio urged congressional approval for a Lane Erie Ohio River canal. He said Ohio is missing industrial growth due to lack of federal development support and pressed for a business oriented national policy to back the project.
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Washington
Michael Kirwan
Vountstein
Ohio
Myers
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