Resistance Is Light as Germans Strive to Hold Rhine East Bank
Allied forces push through Cologne area amid light resistance as U S and Canadian troops tighten the noose along the Rhine on the west bank. American First Army drives toward Bonn while Seventh Army nears Saarbrucken and Coblenz. German counteractions focus on rearguard actions and fortress fortifications.
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Rhine East Bank
Associated Press
First Army
Ringstrasse
Cologne
Germany
Reich
Rhineland
U.S
the Rhine
Rheinberg
Wesel
Neuss
Hohenzollern
Canadian First
Ninth Army
Rhine
U. S. Seventh Army
Saarbruecken
Saarland
For- Hach
Saar
Patton
Third
Uow
Ger
Churchill Visits Ruined German City in Postwar Call
Prime Minister Churchill crossed into Germany through the shattered Siegfried Line and toured a fortress city ruined since war. He declared there will be no unemployment in the area after the war, noting the city’s complete destruction and defiant silence from Hitler.
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Sublich
Germany
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Siegfried Line
Hitler
London
St. Lo
Battle fronts blaze as Germans report heavy losses west of Rhine
Allied and Soviet offensives push across western and eastern fronts. British vanguards breach Bonninghardt Forest toward Wesel amid Nazi suicide squads. RAF raids strike Duisburg and Wesel bridges, Chemnitz, Leipzig, and Berlin as Zhukov presses Stettin, Stargard, and the Oder line with vast gains.
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Rhine
Bonninghardt Forest
Wesel
Suicife
RAF
Reich
Chemnitz
U. S
Leipzig
Berlin
Stettin
Baltic
Japs Burma position threatened by 85 mile Allied push
Allied 85 mile advance seizes airfields and supply points threatening Japanese lines between Mandalay and Rangoon. Aerial and ground fighting disrupts communications as 1,600 Japanese soldiers are reported killed and a broad pattern of momentum shifts across Burma emerges.
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Associated Press
Burma
Mandalay
Rangoon
MacArthur
Luzon Island
Philippines
Iwo Island
Navy
James Forrestal
U.S. Chaualty
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Nimitz
Itz
Tokyo
Honshu
Japan
Hiss
Amiy
China
Chungking
U. S
Suichwan
Midway
Hong Kong
Hankow
Kiangsi
U. S.adivaneth
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Luzon
Upheaval Threatened In Italian Government
Rome reports a political crisis after Gen Mario Roatta escaped from a military hospital during his war crimes trial. The escape threatens Premier Ivanoe Bonomi's government and could lift Count Carlo Sforza to premiership as leftist and opposition groups schedule mass protests.
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Rome
Mario Reatta
Ivanhoe Bonomi
Carlo Sforza
Roatta
Prejudice Bill Wins Approval in Senate Vote
The legislation described as the most drastic measure in U S history passed the Senate 49 to 6. It targets labor unions employment agencies and employers with misdemeanor penalties including fines up to 500 dollars or one year in jail. Exemptions apply to small employers fewer than six workers and to religious charitable social and fraternal groups.
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United States
Senate
Nazi Oil Production Believed Wiped Out
London reports Air Secretary Sir Archibald Sinclair told Parliament Allied air forces have reduced German oil production to the point that reserves are exhausted. He cited RAF and U.S. bomber losses over Europe dropping from 41 percent in 1942 to 1.7 percent last year and 1.1 percent in early 1945.
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London
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Ibald
House of Us
U.S
Europe
Truck Operators Must Sign for Gas Rations
The Office of Price Administration orders all truck and commercial vehicle operators to appear at the local ration board to sign for the second quarter. Take Certificate of War Necessity to compare gas allotments with office records. First quarter coupons expire March 31. to ensure April 1 ration, visit the board by March 15. Also reports Joseph Morton, AP war correspondent, captured by Germans on December 26.
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Office of ‘Price
Rome
Joseph Morton
Associated Press
Precipitation Heaviest in Five Years Drives Ohio Flood Fear
Ohio Valley communities brace as the Ohio River rises past 64 feet after heavy rain. Pittsburgh forecasters warn of a crest near 27 feet by early tomorrow, with flood stage at 25 feet and potential for major property damage.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
W. S. Brotaman
Census Bureau publication on Fertility of Women condemned
Representative Brown criticizes the 265 page Census Bureau report on Fertility of Women calling it silly and outrageous. He demands a halt to wartime spending and asks the Budget Bureau to identify officials who approved the publication.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Census Bureau
Brown
Ohio
Pomeroy Schools Reopen March 12 Amid Flood Warnings
State Special report details Pomeroy city schools closed due to high water in the Monongahela watershed and flood concerns across the Ohio Valley. Rainfall totals reach 1.50 inches in spots, with Cincinnati and Reading facing major floods and naval militia on alert as Ohio River stages threaten records.
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Pomeroy City
Monongahela
Allegheny Basin
Ohio Valley
Hamilton
Yton
Columbus
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Mill Creek
Miami
Reading
Elmwood
Wright Aeronautical "Corp
Lockland
Adj
Donald F. Pancoast
Marietta
Naval Militia
Southeastern
Ohio
Japanese Plane Plant Wrecked by Air Raiders
Admiral Mitscher reported substantial damage from raids near Tokyo including destruction or damage to the Ota Aircraft assembly plant and four pre assembled plants. He cited wrecked enemy planes, several naval and coastal vessels, damaged airfields and facilities, with American losses at 15.
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Admiral Mitscher
Ota
Tokyo
Emmett Brickles Dies At Chester After Stroke
Emmett Brickles aged 67 died Monday at his son Wayne Brickles home near Chester from a stroke. He leaves son Homer Brickles stationed Camp Hood Texas and daughters Aurelia Bing Hemlock Grove and Jack Stanley Athens. Wife predeceased him. Funeral Friday at two for burial in Midkiff Cemetery.
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Emmett Brickles
Chester
Wayne
Homer Brickles
Camp ‘Hood
Tex
Aurelia Bing
Hemlock Grove
Jack Stanley
Athens
Midkiff Cemetery
Sub-zero Wave Grips Northwest and Midwest Regions
A frigid belt stretches from Northeast Wyoming to Northwest Town with readings below freezing across Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Northeast Nebraska. Federal forecasters place the cold front through central and lower Michigan into Chicago and south to North Texas as warmer air may return later. Cooler weather is expected tomorrow while parts of the East report mild conditions.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Midwest
Wyoming
Town
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Chicago
Michigan
Central
Missouri
Texas
Ohio
England May Blackout Again
London reports the return of German night air raiders after a year as possible propaganda raids. No sign of widespread enemy activity. Southern England under attack in the Accourt period ending at 7 am today.
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London
England
Five Day Ban on Easter Shipments Across East
Winter rail traffic jams trigger a five day embargo on all less-than-carload freight in and out of the eastern half of the nation effective at midnight. Ending Sunday midnight, the move aims to ease the buildup of small shipments from the rail tie up.
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Washington—C
Agreement on Voting Method May Assure of U. S. Postwar Cooperation
Washington Senator say Big Three voting plan for an international league could ease U S participation in a postwar world body. Democrats and Republicans see it as practical though not perfect, needing all five permanent members to approve force actions, with veto power central to avoiding major power war.
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U. S
Washington
San Francisco
Senate
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Yalta
Great Britain
Russia
China
France
International Council
Bail
R-Minn
Actress Una Merkel suffers shock after mother’s suicide
New York report states stage and screen actress Una Merkel is in fair condition after gas fumes killed her mother Betsey Merkel, 70, who turned on stove jets in their apartment. Police said precautions failed to stop the leak as gas spread to Merkel’s bedroom.
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New York
Una Merkel
Betsey Merkel
Wright Field Crash Kills 8 Injures 14 in Hangar
Investigators probe a Wright Field hangar crash where eight people were killed and 14 injured when a twin engine C 60 cargo plane smashed into a hangar during takeoff for a test flight. Seven other aircraft in the hangar were destroyed by the explosion and fire. The victims include five crew members of the plane. Search for bodies of Maj Billy Southworth Jr and three other Army personnel has been abandoned.
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Dayton
Upi
Wright Field
New York
Billy South
Worth, Jr
Columbus, C
Minear
Ces
Flushing Bay
Promotion Only Way To Get Pay Raises
Columbus report on Gov. Frank J. Lausche stating the only pay raises for state employees in the current biennium come from promotions or statutory raises for classified and unclassified staff. He announced no further increases will be granted, aside from mandated 3 penny and classification changes.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Baby Dies From Peanut Lodged In Windpipe
Henry Richard Krauss aged 20 months died at St. Vincent's Hospital after a peanut became lodged in his windpipe. Coroner Frank G. Kreft ruled suffocation as the cause. Fleming of Marietta named to state board of tax appeals.
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Toledo
Henry Richard Krauss
H. Richard Krauss
St. Vincent's Hospital
Cor Joner
Frank G. Kreft
Name
Fleming
Columbus
Frank F. Fleming
Fof
Marietta
State Board of Tax Appeals
General Hale Assumes U S Army Air Forces Pacific Command
Maj Gen Willis H Hale takes command of U S Army Air Forces in the Pacific regions and becomes deputy commander of the 20th Air Force. He succeeds Lt Gen Willard F Harmon, reported missing on a flight to Hawaii.
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Willis H. Hale
San Francisco
U. S. Army Air Forces
Pacific
20Th
Air Force
Willard F. Harmon
Hawaii
Vinson Nomination Acclaimed in Senate Hearing
President Roosevelt nominated Fred M. Vinson as loan administrator of the RFC and allied lending agencies. The banking committee may rush to the Senate for confirmation after praise of his record for saying no. The scene focused on Vinson’s qualifications for government banking and handling large federal credit programs.
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Washington
Senate
Fred M. Vinson
Roosevelt
Vinson
Jesse Jones
RFC
Banking Committee
Transfer OPA Powers on Livestock Proposed
New York seven says transfer of some OPA livestock price powers to the War Food Administration would require funding to ensure live animals reach the slaughterer at a price allowing a reasonable profit at ceiling prices. London reports Churchill back from the Allied front after talks with Eisenhower and Montgomery.
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OPA
New York
War Food Administration
National Meat Industry Council
WFA
Council
Allied Front
London
Churchill
Front
Eisenhower I
Field
Montgomery
Mechem Moves to Repeal Sales Tax Bill Proposed in Legislature
Senator C Stanley Mechem of Nelsonville threatens to push repeal of Ohio's three percent sales tax amid Metzenbaum's tightening bill. Mechem contends vendors keep $10 million yearly, while Metzenbaum argues reforms would boost revenue by ensuring full collection and separate pricing. Mechem warns small retailers face heavy record keeping and possible erosion of enforcement. Frank Day introduces a separate bill to remove the tax from municipal recreation venues.
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Metzenbaum
C. Stanley Mechlem
Nelsonville
Mechem
James Melzenbaum
Cleveland
Jor
Department of Taxlation
Sho
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Mezenbaum
Frank Day
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