Iwo Jima Life-Saver for Airmen in Superfort Raids
The Associated Press reports that Iwo Jima was secured at the cost of about 4000 Marines and is deemed a life saver for hundreds of B 29 airmen as Superfortress raids on Japan continue. A breakthrough in the Philippines threatened to trap two Japanese battalions as 300 Superforts supported emergency landings.
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Associated Press
Iwo Jima
Japan
Philippines
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoya
Sadao Iguchi
Japanese Board of Information
Iguchi
Roosevelt says no German peace feelers reach US
President Roosevelt told reporters no peace feelers have reached the United States from Germany. The account covers Allied air raids on Tokyo Osaka and Nagoya with Japanese propaganda downplaying industrial targets and civilian casualties. Reports also describe Philippine front advances, Iwo Jima fighting, and mounting Japanese defenses around Shanghai Hangzhou Ningpo and Hong Kong Canton as aid talks stall.
Big Three May Appoint Commission for Romania
The Big Three may form a commission on Romania after a U S call for consultations over a Communist controlled government in Bucharest. The March 6 Groza government faces scrutiny as Britain and the United States seek a joint approach while Russia negotiates for Poland. Vyshinsky’s Bucharest visit and Radescu’s dismissal are noted without advance U S knowledge.
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Washington
Romania
United States
Bucharest
Petru Groza
National Democratic Front
Nicolai Radescu
Russia
Poland
Yalta
Britain
Andrei Vyshinsky
Mihai
Radescu
Bulgaria
More Non-Rationed Shoes Are Planned
The government will increase non rationed fabric and rubber shoes to offset a major leather shortage for civilian footwear. WPB warned cattlehide for civilian uppers would be sharply reduced in April May and June, risking shortages for men’s shoes and juvenile types that rely on leather.
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Washington
WPB
ANPA Reports Drop In Use of Newsprint
New York February newsprint consumption fell to 175062 tons from 182487 tons in 1944 and 219362 tons in February 1941, per reports to the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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ANPA
NEW York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Paris Woman Describes German Camp Horrors
In Cairo port a Paris woman with scarred back recounts three years in a German concentration camp. She says French police in German service beat her group and starved prisoners, with many killed by gas chamber for illness or weakness.
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Cairo
Paris
Middle East
Ishe
Rep Jenkins seeks import ban on American goods sold abroad
Washington reports Rep Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton has introduced legislation to ban the importation into the United States of American made merchandise that is sold abroad. The move targets goods produced outside the domestic market and aims to protect U.S. industry.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Churchill Leads Tory Battle Against Socialist Plan
London reports quote Prime Minister Churchill attacking socialist programs to nationalize all production and exchange as a threat to Britain’s system. He vows to stay as premier into peace, defending free enterprise and warning against communist methods during wartime political shifts.
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Britain
Prisoner of War Camps in Target Areas
The State Department has protested locating prisoner of war camps in target areas. John Cotton of the American Red Cross said about half a dozen Allied POW camps exist in the Osaka area and some may have been hit in recent large scale bombing raids.
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Washington
State Department
John Cotton
American Red Cross
Osaka
Time Change Is Scheduled Next Month in Ohio
Ohio cities will shift from Central Wartime to Eastern Wartime on scheduled dates in April and May. A survey by the Ohio State Council of Retail Merchants lists the cities under each change window and notes districts remaining on EWT or CWT with several decisions still pending.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Council of Retail Merchants
Bellefontaine
Cambridge
Defiance
Delaware
Dennison
Galion
Greenville
Kenton
London
Marietta
Mount Vernon
Newark
New Philadelphia
Portsmouth
Toledo
Urbana
Zanesville
Athens
East Palestine
Caldwell
Alliance
Canton
Chardon
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
Elyria
Lakewood
Norwalk
Oberlin
Painesville
Salem
Sandusky
van Wert
Warren
Youngstown
Dover
Ashtabula
Belslaire
Conneaut
East Liverpool
Gallipolis
Ironton
Jefferson
Steubenville
Willard
Bryan
Celina
Hamilton
Paulding
Akron Circleville
Kent
Troy
Wooster
Roosevelt stands firm on eight delegates to security conference
WASHINGTON UP I Despite pressure from labor and Negro groups Roosevelt remains firm on his selection of eight delegates to the San Francisco security conference led by Secretary of State Stettinius. The meeting will consider future peace keeping plans and machinery for international economic cooperation with four congressional members.
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Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
San Francisco
State Stettinius
Congress
Labor
American Council
Japanese Civilians Hear Tokyo Broadcast From Homeland
In Saipan the 13,000 Japanese civilians under American military government heard their first Tokyo broadcast in eight months. They were stunned as news from Japan, delivered directly from their homeland, contrasted with eight months of war progress relayed by American authorities.
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Saipan
The
Marianas
Tokyo
Japan
Lausche vows liquor license revocations to clean up abuses
Gov. Frank J. Lausche told reporters he will revoke licenses of bars that flout the law to protect decent businesses. He said the liquor control board must begin revoking licenses to remedy abuses, directing Liquor Director Robert Sohngen to enforce standards.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Robert Sohngen
Liquor Control Board
Oscars Awarded To Irish Film Stars
A Hollywood tally praises Going My Way as the outstanding picture of 1944. Ingrid Bergman and Bing Crosby among Irish star honorees as the Academy honors major honors in a star studded ceremony.
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Hollywood
Sweden
Ingrid Bergman
Bing Crosby
Leo McCarey
Barry Fitzgerald
Margaret O'Brien
Paddy's Pig
Miss Bergman
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Movie Capital
Operators' Wage Plan Announced
Washington AP reports bituminous coal operators presented John L. Lewis with counter proposals for a new contract. They estimate average miner earnings up by 1.69 a week. Lewis sought 18 demands totaling 8.33 per day and 63 cents per ton. operators reject 10 of these and offer counters on seven. The main rejected demand was a 10-cent royalty per ton.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Roosevelt urges belt tightening before war effort
President Roosevelt urged Americans to tighten belts to keep others alive, arguing the nation could weather sacrifices better than others. He cited a projected $60 million annual gain for the union and discussed veteran reemployment plans and counter offers on wage terms and conditions in mining disputes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Desperate bid to reach Labrador as search for missing mother widens
Mrs Ethel M Papenhouse left home in Bay Village after drawing 460 from her savings and writing that her two daughters and husband awaited her. Police report says her son Emil M Papenfuse Jr was killed in a plane crash. The mother refused to believe her son’s death and was reported missing.
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Labrador
Ethel M. Papehouse
Bay Village
Cleveland
Set
Emil M. Papenfuse, Jr
Era
Russians Launch Violent Assault In Stettin Area
Russian forces surge against German positions east of the Oder in the Stettin area with tanks and infantry. A seven mile Soviet break through to the Frische Haff coast splits defenders in East Prussia. Germans report evacuations of Stettin’s populace and fortifications across several fronts as Moscow signals preparations for a Berlin front push.
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Oder
Stettin
East Prussia
Frisches Haff
Baltic
Koenigsburg
East Prussian
Berlin
Altdamm
Dievenow
Wollin Island
Stettin Bay
Moscow
Volks Gre- Natiers
Garri‘soi
Kolberg
Klessen
Fallen Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Prussia
Heide-Waldburg
Koenigsberg
Plan Community Chest in City Next October
At a meeting of the Athens Community Welfare Association yester day, members voted to hold the Community Chest Drive next October. This drive will combine all local fund campaigns with the exception of the Red Cross. The participating organizations will present their budgets soon for the calendar year of 1946. Officers elected are: O. C. Bird, president, Oliver Wood, vice president, and Mrs. Nada FE. Bobo, secretary. Other members present were Fred Sands, R. D. Williams, Paul G. Kraus, and Frank Phillips. MAY BREAK SILENCE WASHINGTON - The government is expected to break its silence shortly on reconversion plans to relieve business fears that a German collapse might catch the home economy unprepared.
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Athens Community Welfare Association
Red Cross
O. C. Bird
Oliver Wood
Nada FE. Bobo
Fred Sands
R. D. Williams
Paul G. Kraus
Frank Phillips
Washington
U S Fliers Blast Nazis Berlin Camp and Rhine Breakthroughs
American forces cut the Ruhr Frankfurt highway with machinegun fire from 200 yards as Seventh and Third Armies pressed toward Saarland and the Palatinate. Heavy bombers hit Zossen and other targets, fires spread, and Remagen bridgehead deepened with more divisions in action.
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Associated Press
Rhine
Ruhr- Frankfurt
U. S
Third
Saarland
Palatinate
Hitler
Zossen
Berlin
Saar
Frankfurt
Seventh Army
Saarbruecken
Maginot
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Ninth Army
Duisburg
Moselle
Coblenz
Windsor Quits Bahama Island Governorship
Nassau Bahamas UPI reports the Duke of Windsor resigns as royal governor of Bahama Island effective end of April after serving since August 17 1940. W L Murphy named successor. questions arise about post governorship plans and residence.
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Bahamas
UPI
Ding
Duke of Windsor
Bahama Island
King
England
W. L. Murphy
Bermuda
Windsor Ranch
Canada
France
United States
Deduke
Potato Farmer Kills 26 in 5 Minutes at Luzon
GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS LUZON— Clifford Harmon, a 21 year old former Hagerman Idaho potato farmer, serving in the Army, kills 26 Nipponese in five minutes with a flamethrower. He clubs another with an empty weapon, then eliminates a straggler with a grenade and finishes the day by splitting the 29th with a lommygun.
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Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Clifford Harmon
Hagerman
Idaho
Soldier Killed When Automobile Overturns
Lancaster native Edward Laver Jr, 24, who spent five months in a Romanian prison camp after his plane was downed over Ploesti, was killed when his automobile overturned while en route to a Red Cross War Fund meeting. Debt limit raised details follow in another item.
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Lancaster
Edward Laver, Jr
Ploesti
Red Cross War Fund
Draft deferments expanded for rail, airline, waterway workers
Washington reports a policy committee decision to ease draft deferments for key transportation jobs. Railroads may defer 88 percent of their 18 to 39 year old workers, airlines 90 percent, and inland waterways 80 to 90 percent depending on carrier type, to protect steel and coal production. Local boards will set final limits.
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