Big Three Demand German Surrender at Yalta Meet
The Big Three leaders Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin issued a nine point plan to crush Nazism and secure a lasting peace after the Yalta Conference. The plan covers military occupation zones reparations and a future world organization with continued Allied consultation and Poland's borders aligned to the Curzon Line.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Yalta
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Japan
Londo
Moscow
United States
Britain
Rosela
United” States
Russia
France
Curzen
Hussia
Poland
Pojet
Curzon
Posland
Rusia
Old Poland
Vilna
Lwow
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Biz
Mare Thal Tita
Dr. Subasle
London
Meir
Organization Amt
United Nations
San Francisco
Earspe
Europe
Umbarton Oaks
Winston S. Churchill
Franklin DB. Roosevelt
J. Stalin
Konev’s Advance Presses German Front Across Oder
Russian forces under Konev push toward Silesia and Saxony as they split German lines and seize hundreds of localities along the Oder front. Reports describe advances toward Breslau and opposition near Glogau, with airfields and rail centers captured in Stettin corridor and Pomerania.
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Koneyr
Silesia
Spraus
Oder River
Siclnau
Bunzlau
Moscow
Naumburg
Boher
Glesmannedorf
Sprottau
Lnk Insterral
Germany
Ceecho- Slovakia
Danube Valley
St. Jedia
Pomerania
Schneidemucht
Southland Storm Claims Lives Near Montgomery
A late February tornado battered Montgomery and York Alabama causing multiple deaths and injuries. Reported casualties include at least three killed and a dozen wounded in western Montgomery as debris disrupted streets and power failed. York and Live Oak suffered fatalities and several injuries amid wrecked warehouses and halted traffic along the Southn railway line to Meridian.
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Ala
York
Sanln
State Highway Patrol
Maxwell
Bia
Sim Adams
Advertiser-Journal
Que Near
Nesmes
Witia
Flasman
Livingston
Meridlan
Allied Armies Capture Kleve and Prüm in Western Front
Paris dispatch reports Kleve, a northern Rhine anchor, fell to Allied forces as Canadian and British units advanced 115 miles apart. Prüm fell to the American army, securing the highway network east of the Siegfried Line. Heavy fighting and armored redeployments followed near the Rhine and Wesel.
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Kleve
Pruem
Germany
Klege
Rhine
Wesel
Ruhr
Thik
Mhine
Eifel Mountains
U.S
Canada
Kleyve
Mantzamere
Nother
Martin Flays Bureaucracy in Lincoln Day Speech
Massachusetts Rep Joseph W Martin Jr denounces a bloated bureaucracy at a Charleston Lincoln Day dinner. He urges practical taxes to aid individuals and business and a postwar plan to aid service members and defense workers. He questions Henry Wallace as Commerce Sec and vows to curb bureaucratic power while campaigning for Republicans.
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Joseph W. Martin
Mustachuetts
Charleston
Union
Union League of
Kanawhs County
National
Wallace
Cliet
Henry Wallace
Fammnerce
Fea Martin
George Wildiveres
Commerce Department
Waller
George
Martin
George Bii
Ation
Hallanan
Republican Party
Wellman
Marti
Hranden
Pariy
Public Hearing Tonight On Virginia Street Bridge Bond
Engineers from the Charlesian chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers sponsor a public hearing tonight in Charleston City Council chamber to explain the Virginia Street bridge bond issue. The plan calls for 150000 for bridge construction over Elkelvey Hustle with opposition to other proposals, including 130000 for recreations expansion and 300 for acquiring rights to widen Sixth Street between Lee and Washington. The group says details are needed for informed voting and no decisions will be made tonight.
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West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Virginia St Bride
I. G. Menderson
Boyock
Ecity Council Chamber
Virginia St
Elkelvey Hustel
al- Whouah
Marc Detailes
Engineers
Charleston
Chartester
Rec Rt
Procerr Linga
Labor Seat at Peace Parley Demanded by Wikman
Sidney Wikman urged immediate creation of a new world labor organization including the American Federation of Labor and the CIO to represent both. CIO leaders and members of the International Federation of Trade Unions debated joining, while the APL and the WUC tensions rose. The AF of L has argued the WUC is diminished and did not participate.
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London
Sidiney
Anne Sowiet
AFI
WUC
Moseme
Nazis Conscript Women and Girls for Volkssturm
London reports Nazi decree conscripts all men and women for the Volkssturm with Himmler ordering women to aid military efforts. Rallies and radio broadcasts claim raw materials hoarded will sustain the Reich while unrest and calls for worker strife surge in Berlin and beyond.
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London
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Papi Zandisis
Mosraw
Reich
ONT
Mimmler
Moscow
Berlin
Wichita
Andere Sround
Governor Seeks Two Year Study On School Costs
West Virginia lawmakers consider Meadows plan to fund education more efficiently through a two year study of school costs covering elementary to college levels. The measure would create an independent commission to assess financial methods, alongside a proposal to expand workmen's compensation benefits and a revised publicity commission. Senate action followed debates over property reassessment and health service funding.
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Istanire
Meadows
West Virginia
Lateran
Senate
Arnold Vickers
Vickers
Hoesay
Vicus Miashin
West Virginty
Thantimie Votre
Zenate
Sibel
Kilgore Pushes milder labor act in senate
In Washington on February 12 a senate committee favors registering the war work and expanding the War Manpower Commission to ease labor shortages. Senator Kilgore and colleagues signal readiness to close gaps with a bill designed to reinforce manpower probes while assuring eligible men are used where needed. In China, reports say Chinese troops repaired a railway knee near Namyung, east of Kowungland, amid supply line concerns.
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Senate
Ininipedio
Kilgore D.vand
Toe
Fe Putin
Laat
Commission
Rattrots
Jonathan Danielk
Prestedentia
Piesa
Aafemerdt
Daniels
Bond Issue Rally Sparks Attention in Charlestown
The Gazelle reports on a bond issue rally urging Charlestonians to participate. The event highlights were to air a historical discussion on Pare and the budget's impact, with organizers inviting residents to attend Thursday meeting in the city.
Manila Crisis Deepens As U.S. Forces Encircle Japs
MacArthur reports fierce fighting as American units join near Manila. 1st Cavalry and 37th Infantry push south of the Pasig River, encircling enemy positions and destroying artillery and supplies amid costly but measured operations. Tanks reach east of Magsaysay, with patrols halting counterattacks.
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Manila
Infantery Aut
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
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Tartualiys Sors
Alun
Ah Infantry
Tasiz River
Pacu
Americap Polo Club
Maila Bay
Pasig Civer
Pagne
Niecy
Peale Hay
Bongabon
Tagan Plain
Faun Ghigayen Gulf
Divie
Caratalte Aio
Italy
Boothitte
Rosario
Baul
Idheralur
Aton Bay
Senate Confirms Elliott a General
Washington February 12 The Senate confirmed Elliott's promotion to general after a 41 to 0 party vote following debate. The chamber also approved seven other promotions to brigadier general as part of a broader Army officer slate amid party criticisms of conduct and leadership.
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Wassington
Senate
Miattoi
Sen
Bushflett
Australian Troops Gain Ground in Pacific Theater
Australians push back Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific. News from the Western front describes Allied troops consolidating positions, driving back enemy lines, and securing key routes as operations continue across multiple islands.
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Iesses
Banguinville
San Francisco
Attra Radia Hall
Muetine Westeen
Monguinvdd
South Pacific
Austratlans
Sowth
Mackie
Allies Propose End to German War Machine Plan
A seven point program from the Big Three aims to permanently disarm Germany. It calls for destroying military equipment, disbanding Nazi institutions, and removing Nazi influences from public life and economy, with Allied zones of occupation and a joint command to enforce safeguards until Germany is deemed peaceful.
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Germany
Czarist Palace Housed Meeting
Washington reports uneasy calm as major powers gather at a czarist palace in the Black Sea region. The area draws global focus amid indications of a high level rendezvous and elite hospitality for dignitaries.
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Yalta
Black Sea
Crimean
Big 3
Washington
Lleol Palace
Cust
Superforts Bombard Iwo Jima in Third Major Raid
American B 29s struck Iwo Jima in a daylight operation, the third major raid by the 20th Air Force in several days. Japanese radio claimed fire and demoralization from the skies and noted a new heavy salvo against Tokyo and surrounding areas. Page 9, column 3.
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Iwo Jima
Aly Athick
Tokyo
Frente
Siwo Ia
Saipan Ave
Lakeway
Toksa
Roosevelt and Churchill meet Stalin in Malta to discuss war
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill held a late night conference with Marshal Stalin at a Mediterranean site near Avachia Malta to discuss allied strategy. The White House described continuous talks from Feb two to Feb four as they planned forthcoming operations and coordination with Allied leaders.
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Roosevelt
Melme Min Churchil
Mediterranean
Marshal Stalin
White House
Edward J
New York
Toesevelt
Avacie
Nicholas II
Yalta
Actiat
Rooevelt
Malta
Churchill
Secrestary
Stefanus
Averell Harriman
George C. Marshall
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Kater
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Mits Hoosevelt
Army
Stall Leadehlet
Aval
Pater Dlaner
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