Japanese Resistance and Allied Advances Reported in Asia
Reports from Rangoon and Southeast Asia describe large Japanese desertions and heavy Allied air and ground pressure. Allied forces claim over 30,000 Japanese trapped in Central Burma as operations push toward Shimbu Line defenses on Luzon and Mindanao with multiple air bases captured or threatened.
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Rangoon
Japan
Burma
Toku
Yomiuri-Hochi Seido
iaki-Koiso
Wener
Man Stabs Woman After Alleged Hex Claim
In XOUNGETOWN a 46 year old mother of eight was hospitalized after a man knifed her claiming she hexed him. Chief John B. Thomas said Mrs. Charles D. Snyder was attacked yesterday while walking with friends. The suspect is in police custody.
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John B. Thomas
Charles D. Snyder
Fourth Fighter Group Tops Nazi Losses in Luftwaffe Credits
The Fourth Fighter Group led by Col. Everett Stewart of Abilene Kansas became the top scoring unit as the Eighth Air Force destroyed nine enemy planes on a field in northwestern Germany. The Mustang Soup tally reached 856 German planes, with 520 in combat, marking a major air war milestone. A separate credit notes the Comptroller of the Currency asking for a bank condition statement as of the close of business each Tuesday starting March 2.
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Rank Cael
Washington
Russian advances pressure German fronts near Danzig
Reports describe heavy storms and fierce fighting along the Berlin front as Marshals Zhukov and Konev push from the northeast to southeast. Soviet forces threaten the Sieg ed Breslau area while Rokossovsky pins southern defenses and closes on Danzig’s approaches, aiming to sever the Gdynia coastal road with advances near Gross Katz and five miles from the target.
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Jaeit
Vasilevsky
Henry- Lenbeil
Berlin
iMarshals Zhukov
Konev
Breslau
Rokéssovs
Denzig
Danzig Gdynia
Gross
Katz
Gdynia
Snow Storms Hit Ohio Regions Causing Power Loss
Frigid weather battered Northern and Eastern Ohio last night with freak snow and high winds. Reports say 8 to 17 inches fell near Youngstown area and roads became impassable. East Liverpool endured one of its worst storms in years with about five inches of snowfall and the river forecast to flood at 33 feet as streams rose rapidly.
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Columbus
Ohio
Daity
Youngsleo
Liverpool
Ohio River
Extension of Liquid Fuel Tax Favored by Committee
Columbus The House Taxation committee recommended extending the one cent a gallon fuel tax for two years. The tax raises about 11 million dollars for the state's general revenue fund. The panel killed a bill diverting the tax proceeds to highway purposes. Youngstown reports barber prices rising to one dollar and sixty cents. Cleveland notes landlords may not accept security deposits from tenants per a federal ruling.
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Columbus
General Revenue
Cleveland
Robert Ne- Wilkin
Combined Far East Air Forces Join Pacific and China War
The United States air forces in the Pacific have joined Gen. Kenney's Far East Air Force and Gen. Chennault's China-based air war. Bombers from both theaters now operate together to tighten the blockade on Japanese shipping along the China coast, according to Brig. Gen. Donald Hutchinson, deputy commander of the Far East Air Force.
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Far East
Donald Hutchinson
Far‘Fast Air Force
OPA Imposes New Hay Price Ceilings Across Regions
The OPA announces ceilings on hay priced per ton with regional differentials. Alfalfa hay faces a $3.50 to $7.00 range, with No. 1 U S graded hay allowed an extra 43 to 50 cents per ton depending on grade and location. The rules set parity targets and reflect price jumps in areas north of the Ohio River and west of the Mississippi.
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Washington
Jeast
Seaboard
Boston
New York City
OPA
Ihan Joose
U. S
U.S. Jin
Ohio Rivers
German Army Retreat Blocked by Refugees in Flight
In a terse Local item, residents at the Csi de Convalescent Home recount how refugees fleeing the front hindered German forces during a retreat. The piece notes a resident’s son, Col. Samuel, a regimental commander in Germany, celebrated with a birthday gift tied to a Saar crossing and the Siegfried Line actions by the Fifth Division.
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van Wert
Frank Conley
Csi de
Col
Samuel
Germany
Saar
Siegfried
Lawrence
Nazis Plight Mirrors Franco-German Flight in 40
London AP reports hundreds of thousands of German civilians flee the Ruhr and areas east of the Rhine hindering Nazi transport as Allied advances push east. Swedish and Swiss sources note flooding roads to Nuernberg and Munich and Hitler preparing a last stand, with food rations cut and coal plans debated in Cambridge Ohio.
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London
Ruhr
Rhine
Nuernberg
Munich
Low Countries
France
Bine
Eisenhower
Stockholm
Svenjska Dagbladet
Essen
Dad‘Smund
Gelsenkirchen
Hochum
Joseph Stock
Reich
Moscow
Free German Committee
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Hitler
German Troops in Palatinate Face Heavy Losses in War Push
Allied forces under Patton and Patch close in on two German armies in the Palatinate as Third and Seventh Armies seize pockets near Ludwigshafen Mannheim and Mainz. Prisoner estimates for the campaign top 88 335 with continued advances toward Speyer and Neustadt as bombers seek to isolate the Ruhr basin.
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Associated Press
Palatinate
Patton
Patch
Hesse
Saarland
Lenin
Third
Ludwigshafen
Great ‘Chemical Center
Mannheim
Rhine
Mainz
Neuntirchen
Steel City
Neustadt
Speyer
Wissembourg
Germany
Oder River
Berlin
Ruhr
Seabland
Neunkirchen
I. G. Farbenindustries
Italy
Reich
Missouri
Hamburg
Dayton Pvk
Axihur C
Bochum
Dort Thompson
Ronnie
Dayton
France
Flood Control Priority Proposals Debated in House
Rep. Whittington of Mississippi on the House Flood Control Committee urged clear project priorities amid wartime material restrictions. He questioned whether priority should go to construction and predicted effects on Louisville and Kentucky markets and production.
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Whittington
House Flood Control Committee
Ohio
Bere Hagton
Louisville
Pai Ky
Fourth flood forecast for Mason County at dawn
Flood forecast predicts crest at 40 to 41 feet at Point Pleasant near the Ohio and Kanawha confluence after heavy rains in the past 36 hours. Crest expected at dawn Saturday with Huntington stage around 35 feet and 28 feet below top of wood wall. Weather officials also project 43 to 44 feet at base for Huntington. Two ships Loyola Victory and Oberlin Victory launched at Permanente Shipyard No 1 in Richmond California as part of war effort.
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W. Va
Ft. Pleasant
sAwe Seott
Stone
Chesapeak
Mason County
Ohio
Kanawha
Point Pleasant
Oberlin
Richmond
Calif
War of Higher Education
Permanente Shipyard
Loyola Victory
Oberlin Victory
Livestock Health Boost Seen Despite Wartime Decline
Ohio livestock and poultry conditions show better health despite population declines due to wartime, according to the State Agriculture Department. Dr. David C. Hyde urges legislative funding of 1 million dollars for animal health, including 700 thousand for Bangs Disease control and continuation of efforts in several counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Agriculture Department
Docks
Hells
Sai
David C. Hyde
Department
Night spots plan curfew despite mayoral grace period
New York night clubs and restaurants say they will close at midnight in a three day curfew stand off with the city. Allied Food and Allied Industries of Greater New York claim their members will ignore the extra hour of tolerance promised by Mayor LaGuardia.
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New York
New York City
Allied Food
Price Ceilings Urged for Tickets and Services
Price Administrator Chester Bowles urged price ceilings on movie tickets and barber and beauty shop services before the Senate Banking Committee. He said these costs affect the average family budget and their exemption has demoralized the retail price control program.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
Keiso Calls Loss of Iwo Biggest Tragedy
Premier Kuniaki Keiso of Japan called the Iwo Jima defeat the war's most unfortunate moment and warned against a US invasion. A separate report notes a Dutch arson case and Queen Wilhelmina’s address as Netherlands and exile matters touch wartime events.
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Keiso
Iwo
Washington
Kuniaki Keiso
Japan
Iwo Jime
United States
Sill Counting Prisoners After Major Allied Breakthrough
AP dispatch from Patton's headquarters reports 11,338 German prisoners yesterday, raising the Third Army total since Feb. 1 to 96,778 with about 11,000 more to process. the Seventh Army adds 30 more awaiting processing. High ranking German prisoner cites the commander’s death in despair.
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Third Army
Trier
Kaiserslautern
Thoburn Wiant
Patton
Seventh Army
Strip Mining Bond Bill Debated in Ohio Senate
Gov. Frank Lausche heard two hours of testimony before the Senate Conservation Committee on a bill requiring coal mine operators to post bonds to guarantee land restoration after strip mining. R. L. Ireland Jr. of Cleveland, president of the Ohio Coal Association, argued the bill burdens industry and hurts eastern Ohio prosperity. Proponents say strip mining devastates acres, harms farming, reduces real estate tax revenues, and pollutes streams.
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Columbus
Frank Lausche
Senate Conservation Committee
R. L. Ireland, Jr
Cleveland
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio
Air Power Presses Japan, Promises Faster Victory
U S Pacific Fleet reports devastating success of aerial attacks on Japan from Guam and carrier task forces. Five incendiary raids on Tokyo Kobe Nagoya Osaka with 300 plus B 28s each demonstrate a strong threat to Japan. Long range P 51 Mustangs may soon accompany bombers on raids over Japan. Admiral Spruance notes damage to Japanese warships reduces naval threat in the Pacific.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Kobe
Nagoya
Osaka
Europe
Philippine Sea
Fifth Fleet
Kyushin
Spruance
Pacific
Nimitz
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Yanka
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Mindanao
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Cambridge
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Joseph Manning
Smelt Lake City Employment Service
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Raymond
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