Nimitz Sets Up Military Government On Iwo Jima
The Associated Press reports American forces end Japanese rule on Iwo Jima and establish a military government. Twenty-fourth Division infantry seize Rombion and Simara Islands in night landings as Manila notes broader Philippine control, with Tokyo evacuations and civilian defense preparations accelerating amid heavy air raids and casualties. Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay says Osaka Arsenal likely destroyed in a major 300-ship raid.
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Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Osaka Arsenal
Associated Press
Philippine Islands
Rombion
Simara Islands
Philippines
Americas R
Iwo
Japan
Ninutz
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
Curtis LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Empire
Allies tighten grip as Hodges and Patton push toward Ruhr
Churchill signaled possible early end to the war as Hodges infantry breach east of the Rhine and Patton’s Third Army forges a nine mile Moselle bridgehead. First Army drives toward Ruhr road. Saar activity and Ruhr bombardment expand, with Allied air forces deploying widespread strikes.
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Associated Press
U. S
First Army
Ruhr
Moselle
Coblenz
Churchill
Europe
Rhine
Cologne
Commons
Germany
Courtney H. Hodges
George S. Patton
Third
Saar
Rhineland
Tudendorff
Great River
Honnef
Indict Labor Leaders In New York City Court
Joseph S. Fay and James Bove AFL officials described by a trial justice as two of the nation’s most powerful labor leaders were convicted on one count of extortion and one of conspiracy to extort money from contractors on New York City’s 30,009,000 Delaware water project. They face up to three years on the conspiracy count and seven and a half to 15 years on the extortion conviction.
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New York
Joseph S. Fay
James Bove
AFL
New York City
Delaware
Italian Based Yanks Join Russian Fliers In War Actions
Rome reports U.S. 15th Air Force fighters and bombers conducted coordinated attacks with Russian air units. Targets were in Austria Hungary and Yugoslavia as the first raid of the day unfolded.
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Rome
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Union Political Spending Ban Urged by GOP
Senate campaign investigators split over a Republican plan to bar future political spending by unions and corporations in federal elections. They found no clear violation by CIO PAC in 1944, but opposed revisions from Ferguson and Bail, warning of speech and press freedom limits. The report accompanies the 1944 campaign filing.
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Washington
Senate
CIO
Political Action Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Bail
Minn
Green
D-Ri
Stewart
D-Tenn
Tunnell
D-Del
Yanks Die in Germany Buried in Belgium Cemetery
In Belgium near Henri Chapelle the largest western front American graveyard holds thousands of dead. No service on German soil. bodies moved 40 to 50 miles from Aachen area. Services by Catholic, Protestant and Jewish chaplains. most bodies identified by Lt. Nicholas Sloane and Graves Registration unit.
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Hal Boyle
Henri Chapelle
Belgium
Aachen
Nicholas Sloane
607Th
ArmyNeeds Youths to Replace Losses in Three Months
The Army will induct almost all men under 21 for three months to replace combat losses. Navy assignments for this age group will be limited to specialized programs, while Navy manpower will be drawn from ages 21 to 23. Navy policy of enlisting 17-year-olds reportedly remains unchanged. About 80,000 youths turn 18 monthly.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Bumper Farm Crop Outlook For Ohio In 1945
Ohio anticipates a bumper crop in 1945 due to ideal weather and favorable conditions though a shrinking labor supply may limit production. Ray T. Kelsey, editor of Ohio Farmer, notes excellent climatic outlook. John Hodson and H. C. Ramsower of Ohio extension services, and Dr. J. Falkner of Ohio State University concur. Falkner cites 23 percent fewer hogs on Ohio farms at the start of 1945 than last year.
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Ray T. Kelsey
Onto Farmer
John Hodson
H. C. Ramsower
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
J. Falkner
Ohio State University College of Agriculture
Kelsey
Rescue on Lake Erie Ends for Four Fishermen
Four fishermen marooned five hours on slushy Lake Erie ice two miles offshore were rescued by Coastguardsmen and a Bell Aircraft helicopter. The helicopter plucked Waller Gillion, 39, and Arthur Johnson, 47, from an ice cake near Wanakah, while Coastguardsmen in an ice boat saved Joseph Gordon, 65, and his grandson Clifford Bruge, 11, after a three hour struggle. Fire rafts dropped by a Curtiss-Wright C-46 transported the men to shore, and all appeared none the worse for the ordeal.
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Wanakah
N. Y
Lake Erie
Bell Aircraft
Waller Gillion
Arthur Johnson
Olean
Joseph Gordon
Clifford Bruge
Senate postpones bill to consolidate wildlife activities
In Columbus, the Senate Conservation Subcommittee referred a bill to a three member subcommittee for further study after weeks of public hearings. Prospects for early action on consolidating all state conservation and wildlife activities into one department were dimmed.
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Columbus
Senate
Charges Biddle With Coddling Communists
Rep. Robert F. Jones of Lima Ohio accuses Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle of being soft on Communists. He says the Justice Department is lax on war fraud and war claims cases and on the naturalization of Mrs Earl Brewder in a recent House speech.
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Washington
Robert F. Jones
Lima
Francis Biddle
Ohio Republican
Justice Department
Earl Brewder
New 11 Ton Bomb Used By British
Allied air forces pressed a 31st day of sustained bombing as RAF crews unveiled an 11-ton super bomb credited with destroying six to eight spans of the Berlin Ruhr railway viaduct at Bielefeld and damaging another at Arnsburg. US Ninth Air Force fighters supported Ramagen, shooting down 60 German planes and damaging 55 more while losses included three fighter bombers.
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Seventh Army
Saar River
Saarbruecken
Siegfried Line
Saar
Lower Rhine
21St Army Group
Arnsburg
Ruhr
Cologne
Krefeld
Muenchen Gladbach
Rhine
Germany
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukev
Moscow
Oder
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
London
Reich
Berlin-Ruhr
Bielefeld
Zweibruecken
Hompare
RAF
Air Ministry
Dortmund
Tirpitz
French
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Ramagen
Coblenz
Eighth
Hanover
Ijmuiden
Reiards
Weser
Vlotho
Bad Oegenhausen
Last of Meigs Pioneer Family Dies Today
John Dayton Roush aged 83 the last member of the Roush pioneer clan in Letart Falls died at his home born in the same room. He was one of 11 children of John and Hettie Roush survived by his wife Addie Bett and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Letart Falls Methodist Church Sunday at 2 PM (EWT) with Rev. W. Soyle officiating, burial in Palis Cemetery Letart.
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Meigs
Letart Falls
John Dayton Roush
Roush
Ohio Territory
John
Hettie Roush
Addie Bett Roush
Vetart Falls Methodist Church
Two O'Eldck
EWT
Rev
W. ©. Soyle
Letart
Palis Cemetery
Hummel Fails In Power Bid
In Columbus the bid by Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel to gain control of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles was rejected by the Ohio Legislature. A House committee killed a bill to transfer the bureau after testimony from Hummels assistant Leland S. Dougan calling it a political move. The committee indefinitely postponed further action on the measure introduced by Rep. Benjamin F. Turner of Meigs County.
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Columbus
LPI
Edward J. Hummel
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ohio
House Committee On Organization of State Government
Bill Extends Soldier Voting to All Elections
In Columbus the senate unanimously approved a bill granting armed forces members the right to vote in municipal township special and primary elections. Soldiers had previously voted only in state wide general elections. The senate rejected an amendment to allow general distribution of absentee ballot applications.
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Columbus
Senate
Maurice W. Lipscher
Youngstown
Boards of Elections
Five Thousand Dollar Jones Donation Revealed
Washington reports the Senate campaign expenditures committee disclosed that Jesse Jones contributed 35,000 to aid the candidate who later replaced him as Commerce Secretary and Federal Loan Administrator. A family contribution table shows $5,000 each from Jones and Mrs. Jones to the Democratic National Committee.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Jesse Jones
Commerce
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Davis for Retention of Wage Price Control
Washington reports William H. Davis, new economic stabilization director, urged officials that now is no time to relax the wage and price controls under the stabilization act. He emphasized maintaining current controls to stabilize the economy.
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Washington
William H. Davis
Allies Scoff at Hun Peace Move
Allied officials dismissed a German approach to discuss an armistice as a propaganda scheme to sow distrust. LeMay reported massive B 29 raids on Osaka Arsenal while Japanese defenses claimed Formosa impregnable. Mindanao and Luzon operations continued with U S divisions advancing, and Chennault said US air forces would back French and Vietnamese against Indo China aggression.
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Stockholm
LeMay
Josie
Formosa
24Th
Manila- Unites States
Dist
Mindanao
Zamboanga
London
Tokyo
MacArthur Wash
Seventh Fleet
43Rd
Luzon
Marikina
Manila
Antipolo
Shimbu
Claire L. Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Jway
Indo-China
Chennault
Fareither
Yank Casualty List Grows on Western Front
Secretary of War Stimson announced updated World War II casualty figures for the Western Front from D-Day to March 1. Total Western Front casualties reached 425,007 with February losses at 34,468, including 4,145 killed, 26,435 wounded, and 3,887 missing.
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Washington
Western Front
D-Day
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Santo Tomas Internees Gift Cup to Ohio 37th Division
Cincinnati report says internees freed from Santo Tomas in the Philippines presented a silver cup to Ohio's Thirty-Seventh Division for aiding their liberation. War correspondent Milton Chase noted the cup was meant for athletic use on the islands but remained hidden from the Japanese for three years.
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Cincinnati
UFI
Santo Tomas
Philippines
Ohio
Milton Chase
Slaton Wlw
Lausche Proposes Flood Protection Spending Plan
Columbus Governor Lausche recommends Ohio spend 3,058,000 over two years to fight floods. Two million would go to the Conservation Department and 1,058,1000 to reforestation as flood protection measures.
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Lausche
Ohio
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Conservation Department
Liquor Ration Is Unchanged In Ohio Here
Ohio liquor ration remains one quart one fifth or two pints for the next period from March 19 to April 14. Permit holders keep 75 percent of their average weekly bottle purchases for early 1942. Other spirits stay unrationed. Delays due to the Ohio River flood affect shipments this month and prospects for later increases are discouraged.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert Sohngen
Sohngen
Breakup of Nazi Japs Train Children Spy Ring at Tehran
London reports the arrest of 170 suspected Iranian collaborators tied to a Nazi sabotage ring in Tehran before the 1943 Big Three meeting. The dispatch cites spies flown from Berlin and a plan to threaten Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin. Tokyo radio claims Japanese children in elementary grades are being trained in bayonet charges for homeland defense.
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Tehran
London
Associated Press
Charles Grumich
Berlin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Washington
Jpl
Tokyo Radia
Income Tax Boosts War Revenue to New High
Washington reports 1944 income tax payments push wartime revenue beyond 100 billion dollars. Tax experts estimate 1944 revenue at 43.0 billion, far above prewar levels. About 30.9 million filers under 5,000 dollars relieved by simplification. no immediate postwar tax cut expected. debate over broader withholding advances.
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Washington
America
Ptteys
Test Pilot Killed In Experimental Glider Crash
Alfred Reither, 35, test pilot and VP of research for Snartan Aircraft Co. of Wichita, was killed when an experimental glider crashed on a farm near Wilmington. Reither, flying for the Army Air Forces, died yesterday. his home is Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Wilmington
Alfred Reitherman
Snartan Aircraft Co
Wichita
Kan
Reithermen
Army Air Forces
Here
Tulsa
Oila
Investigation of Food Supply Urged in Senate
Washington urged a hurry up probe into the American meat supply as an American Meat Institute spokesman warned the meat shortage will grow worse. G L Childress of Houston Packing Co blamed government price controls for limiting stock while Cincinnati officials pressed Washington for action to relieve the shortage.
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Washington
Senate
American Meat Institute
G L. Childress
Hinuston, (Tex
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Munich
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Prague
Poznan
Miowae
Czechoslovakia
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Poland
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U. S. First Army
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Hummel
Lynette Millick
Coast Guard
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Pacific
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Tarawa
Ely
Nevada
George W. Hunt
Weymouth
Mass
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