Red Siege Guns Pound Nazis Across Oder Front
AP dispatches report Soviet forces crossing the Oder near Berlin and punching bridgeheads at multiple points east of the city. Berlin and Moscow broadcasts describe intense fighting to widen or contest bridgeheads from Frankfort to Furstenberg, with Zhukov and Zhukov led artillery in heavy night battles.
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Oder
Gregory Zhukov
Moscow
Frankfort
Berlin
Reich
Austria
Anname
World War Fronts In Four Theaters Rapid Advances Reported
The Western Front reports U S S troops breaking through the Siegfried Line amid new offensives with French and American forces pressing a German retreat from the bridgehead. On the Soviet front Soviet forces mass along the Oder River ready to seize river towns as bridgeheads appear on the west bank. In Italy Fifth Army advances wipe out December gains as they seize three towns near the Serbia River on a six mile front. In the Pacific MacArthur’s forces free over 5,000 detainees from Manila after a southward airborne push and a Pasig River crossing signals core city entry.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Oder River
Steinau
Lexio
Gregory Zhujans Torr
Frankfurt
Kostrin
Furstenberg
Oder
West Bank
Transocean
Austria
Moscow
Hrestau
Ivan Konev
Silesia
Sieinau
Breslau
Zellin
Damvorst
Frank
U. S S
Siegfried Line
Rmoy
Serbia
Alleged Saboteurs Face Trial Today Before Commission
A U S military commission behind locked doors began a spy trial for William Curtis Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel, accused of landing near Hancock Point Maine to engage in espionage and sabotage for Germany. The seven judges will announce progress. reporters are barred. a death penalty could be mandatory if found guilty on the second charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Blackman
NEW York
U. S
William Curtis Colepaugh
Niantic
Conn
Erich Gimpel
Maine
Hancock Point
Cassle Williams
Governors Island
Clinton J. Harrold
Washington
U-Baat
Colepaugh
Gimpel
FBI
Berlin
Dresden
Hague
German Reich
Dothan Adopts Plan For Compensation
The Dothan city commission adopted a workman's compensation plan affecting about 135 city employees with an annual cost of 1920.61 dollars and a 2 percent year end dividend. The policy covers all government and corporate city workers including policemen and Gromen. The commission had discussed the measure for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
City Commission
Mass Allied raid hits Leipzig Magdeburg and Chemnitz
London AP reports about 2 20 American bombers and escort aircraft attacking central Germany. The raid targeted industries and communications in Leipzig Magdeburg and Chemnitz near the Czech border while British Mosquitoes attacked Berlin and other centers. The force included 83 Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters. one plane is missing.
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London
Germany
Leipzig
Magdeburg
Chemnitz
Berlin
Cheranitz
Dresden
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Mediterranean
Italy
Brenner Fass
Drafting Of Nurses Legislation Up For House Deliberation
Washington AP report shows the House Military Committee debating a bill to draft nurses. Surgeon General Thomas Parran testified as the first witness during public hearings. A final verdict was expected by week’s end.
Southern Democrats Shying From Republican Coalition
Washington AP worded report notes Southern Democrats showing signs of shying away from an anti Wallace coalition with House Republicans. The shift favors Senator George Ga and his Senate approved bill seen as sufficient to resolve the Wallace nomination to Commerce. Rankin Miss seeks committee move to force Senate vote on Wallace.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
House
George
D.-Ga
Wallace
House Banking Committee
RFC
Commerce Department
Roosevelt
Hep
Rankin
Miss
Banking Committee
George Brill
Senate
Governor Holds Fate Of Condemned Youths
In Birmingham two youths, Joseph H. Hockenberry 20 and Daniel F. Reedy 19, remain on death row for rape in Jefferson County. Attorneys say they may seek clemency from Gov. Chauncey Sparks, who must review all capital punishment cases. Execution date set for March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Segal
Joseph H. Nockenberry
Daniel F Reedy
Jefferson County
WE. Brabston
Reedy
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Reedy and Hockenberry
State Supreme Court
De Gaulle Sets Postwar Peace Plan For Europe
General Charles De Gaulle outlined a three point program for Europe after the war. He urged occupation of the Rhine, separation of the Ruhr from Germany, and independence for Poland Austria Czechoslovakia and Balkan states. He called for mutual security with Belgium Luxembourg and Holland and for a world peace organization led by the United States with guarantees of each nation's life and development.
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Ruhr
Germany
Europe
de Gaullle
Reich
Rhineland
Poland
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Balkan
Spain
de Gaulle
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Holland
Italy
United States of America
Two County Groups Leave For Induction
Two Houston County Selective Service boards sent registrants to Fort McClellan for pre induction physicals. Board Two listed 28 men including William Vinson James Moore and Noah Baxley. Board Three listed Electoux Creek Clifton Womack Daughty and others.
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Houston County Selective Service
Fort McClellan
Wiliam Edgar Vinson
Willie Wilbur Branton
James Manccil Bullock, Sr
Donald Bacor Mure Phy
Abe Phillip Lamb
Hosea Ernest Smuth
Joseph Lautiva Whitehurst
John Edwin Sellera
Clyde Skipper
Lynox Howell
Ere
John I. Brigg
James Gaston Moore
Lynon Branwell
William Arthur Payne
James Edward Marchman
Ted Jytinson
Aris Mixon
Carlton Lewis Bratt
Harold Maxwell Wartzog
Alto
Aon McNeil
Floyd Rachel Walford
Leon Bruner
John Alphus Weeker
Malcom Carmichael
Noah Eugene Baxley
Plant City
Fla
Electoux Creek
Clifton Lafayette James Horace Daughty Womack
Manuel Miner
Albert Randolph Granger
Walter Lee Watson
Jack Hatcher
Hubert Uarrold Harper
Steadman
Henry Watford
Roy Lerch
Johne Weean Brown
Shinholster
Marion Robert Kain
Quinn Kelly
Grady Herring
Virgil Massey
Marian Theodore Killingsworth
Arthur Leroy Crosby
William Loyd Shiver
Warren Owens
Billy Tae Stewert
JG. Moore
Dimald Raver
King
Howard Adam Alton
Ture
French Army Gains In Alsace Area
Allied forces advance in Alsace and along the Siegfried Line as First and Third Armies push toward Gemund and Schleiden, with two dams captured and Habneheid taken. German counterattacks recaptured Brandscheid while American divisions reach near Prum and encircle Colmar’s pocket, narrowing the siege in the Alsace and Rhineland regions.
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Alsace
Paris
First Army
Geriman Fortifes Tionais
Gemund
Schleiden
Seigfried
Tésh
Schmidt
Reer
Third
Germany
Habneheid
Prum
Brandscheid
Siegfried Line
Walter M. Robinson
Louis A. Craig
Gem Und
Mad Schieiden
Bilibid Prison Freed as Americans Liberate Manila Camp
The 37th Division opened Bilibid Prison to free about 800 prisoners of war and 500 civilian internees, including women and children, after the Japanese fled. At Santo Tomas University about 3,700 internees were liberated by the First Cavalry Division amid prior fighting. Prisoners faced torture chambers, malnutrition, and disease, with many returning as broken shells of themselves.
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Russell Brines
Bilidid
Manila
Bilibid
Santo Tomas University
Prioe
First Cavalry Division
Colomel Mayneh
Billbid
Santo Tomas
Billhid
Japan
Tokyo
MacArthur
97Th
Tazon
Lingayen Gulf
Philippines
Leytendland
Fabbid
27Th Infantry
Robert §. Beightler
Columbus
Verne D. Mudge
Amercan
Santa Taormas
Priain
First Cavalry
Bataan
Manila Bay
San Fernando
Zambalen
Draft Board Three Readies With New Officials
Ruston County Selective Service Board New Taree yet to function again with two new members Patrick B Jones and Sam J Hall replacing B M Tellows and Curtis Owens. Alex D Wood remains on the board as third member while Col James T Johnson discusses reinstatement. Inductions occurred amid a split over 50 cases, with 2-C deferrals and 1-A inductions sent to the district appeal board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston County
Ee Oraee
James T. Johnson
State Selective Service Ee
Wood
Fellows
Owens
Distret Appeal Board
Col
Johnsen
Appeal Board
Fred
Man Confesses in Brunswick Child Murder Case
The Brunswick News reports a white man, described as a Virginia resident, confessed to the killing of two and a half year old Bettie Lou Fraser. The body was found in a palmetto swamp near her home. Coroner Baldwin said the child was smothered and badly bruised. A drunken- man sighting near the road was noted, and an initially questioned woman was released.
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Brunswick
Brunswick News
Alayage
Bettie Lou Fraser
Orole
Virginia
Baldwin
Favian
Baldwire
Inet
Grady Tucks
Reid Tyre
High School
Atudent
Tara
Slocomb Man Freed From Jap Prison
Karl Carroll of Slocomb, son of Mr and Mrs L D Carroll, was among thousands of civilians freed when American forces seized the Japanese internment camp at Santa Tomas near Manila in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Carroll
Stocomb
L. D. Carroll
Santa Tomas
Manita
Manila Falls as American Forces Liberate Prisoners
Gen Douglas MacArthur proclaimed the liberation of Manila and freeing more than 5,000 prisoners from three years of Japanese subjugation. Paratroopers of the 11th Airborne Division struck from the north while units crossed the Pasig River. Additional prisoners were freed from Bilibid and Santo Tomas camps as American troops moved to clear the area and seal off the defenders.
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MacArthur
Manila
Airborne
City
T Lo
Dash Ag
Pasig River
Tity
Bataan
Werth
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Lth Airborne Divison
First Cavalry
37Th Divison
Pasig
Manila Bay
Carcegider
Banan Peninsula
Remy
Fifth Army Advances Steadily in Italy Front
Fifth Army troops moved up the Serchia Haver Valley gaining three towns in light opposition. Al-Diana and Castel Vecchio were occupied with Loma Di Sotto recaptured, restoring much of the pre December line. An Allied patrol crossed into enemy territory southeast of Bologna while minor patrol clashes left lines unchanged on the Eighth Army front.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Serchia Haver
al- Diana
Castel Vecchio
Loma di Sotto
Bologna
Eighth Army
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Yellin
The
NEA Telephoto
Central
Siegfried
Preas
Zeitia
Julich -Duren
Kens Ever
Schewren
Hecelscheid
Colmar
Munster
Ensisheim
Neufbrisach
George S. Patton
Supreme Headquarters
Rhine
Siezfried
Schlerden
Third Army
Brandaheid
Patton
Third Arty
Mabaihend
Prog
Schlausnbach
Uiree
Pruni
Strathbourg
Calmar
Neufortrach
Watur
Arezen
Stren
Omar N Bradley
Tore
Theodore Winship
Hrilo
Winship
Rt Division
George Thoman Folater
NBC
Bert Ber
Besna
Draft Board
Slocomb Man
Manila Falls
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