Reds Gain In Baltic Push Against Nazis Near Hammerstein
AP dispatch reports the Second White Russian Army penetrating toward the Baltic, reaching Hammerstein near the sea, threatening to split a 25 mile coastal corridor held by Germans from Stettin to Elbing. Berlin claimed over 54,000 Soviet troops in action with heavy German casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kasischee
London
Congtastin Hokossovaky
Baltic
Hammerstein
Stettin
Elbing
East Prussia
Neusteitir
Arnswalde
Berlin
Starogard
Reetz
Neustettin
Pomerania
Erkenfeld
Preussich-Friedland
Moscow
Berlin-Danzig
Chojnice
Bischofswalde
Berlin-Stettin-Danzig
Committees Poised at Red Cross Drive in Houston County
Committees organized to coast the annual Red Cross drive in the Houston County Chapter open the drive with a goal of $20,000. Clyde Levern, general chair, says volunteers will solicit contributions for 1945, aiming to raise funds by March. War efforts boost urgency for larger gifts. The Negro group plans a meeting at the Negro Baptist Church on West North Street tonight at eight. Perry is noted as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gorkers
F. H. Guardia
Ee Wet
USO
Byrnes
WMC
Red Cross
Houston County
Teuesday
Clyde Levern
Chaii
the Red Cross
Negro Baptist Church
Westorth Street
Perry
World War II Fronts Update Across Europe and Pacific
The Western Front reports advances toward Cologne and Duesseldorf with river crossings and northward attacks. The Eastern Front sees Soviet forces drive toward Pomerania and Danzig while Breslau siege ends. Italian Front notes consolidation near Cologne amid German losses. Pacific Front states Iwo Jima secured, second airfield captured, and additional strikes toward Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomerania
Danzig
Breslau
Oeareness
Heads Of Interim Committees Discuss Plans For 1945 Session
Gov Chauncey Sparks will convene a conference of committee chairmen to map a program for the 1945 regular session. Six legislative interim committees will meet as a committee of the whole for the final seven days of their 30 day allotment. Welfare closes in three days while other panels have seven to 11 days left. The highways aviation panel returns today and welfare agriculture appropriations finance and state county municipal government resume tomorrow. Constitution and Legislative Procedure is in recess until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
Welfare
Draft, Floods, UMW Threats Face War Production Drive
Washington AP reports the war production push risks delays from new draft demands, labor mood shifts, and coal miners wage questions led by John L. Lewis. Selective Service boards are ordered to include men up to age 33 in the industrial work category while considering occupational deferments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Selective Service Boards
Seizure of Iwo Jima airfield nears completion
U S Pacific Fleet reports three Marine divisions pressing north on Iwo Jima as Devildogs hold the southern Motoyama No 2 airfield and two thirds of the central runway. Carrier planes and Liberators support the advance while 2,827 Japanese dead are tallied by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 5 Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Igand
Tokyo
Imjin
Iwo
Adm
Chester W. ‘Nimitz
Yeémer
U. S. Bombers Pound Berlin In Record Raid
London AP reports the largest air attack on Berlin with 1,200 American heavy bombers dropping 3,000 tons of explosives and fire bombs into the city noon today. Over 500,000 incendiaries hit a refugee crowded capital targeting Schlesischer Alexanderplatz and Berlin North rail stations near the Air Ministry. The raid involved 700 long range fighters guarding the bombers as they hit through clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Schlesagscher
Alexanderplatz
Air Ministry
U. S. Strategicir Force
Marines guard Mt Suribachi flag through night after climb
U S Marines who placed the flag on Mt Suribachi guarded it through the night. Platoon Sergeant Ernest I Thomas of Tallahassee Florida said they kept the flag in place and repelled attempts by Japanese divers to reach it. He credited his men for the accomplishment and expressed pride in their team. The capture of Suribachi was announced three days earlier and greeted by cheers aboard ships and on shore. Thomas emphasized the brothers in arms rather than personal credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Tionary
Tioanry
Iwo Jima
U. S
Mt. Suribachi
Ernest I Thomas
Tallahassee
Fiz
Thomas
Iwo
Bet. Thomas
United States
Lewis Policy Committee Sets 30 Day Coal Strike Notice
Washington AP John L Lewis and his United Mine Workers policy committee warned of a possible coal strike within 30 days under the Smith Connally Act. The bituminous contract ends March 31 with talks set to start Thursday. Lewis sent a Labor Department notice declaring a dispute between UMWA and bituminous operators, pledging diligence to avoid production interruptions during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Lewis
Perkins
United Mine Workers of America
Smith Connally
Hungry Italians crave outside news in liberated towns
In post liberation Italy crowds line up for news over bread, as American press crews report widespread hunger for information under totalitarian control. The piece notes Italians lack a clear record of the past quarter century, with underground and foreign broadcasts their rare sources amid pervasive censorship.
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Rome
Psychological Warfere Department
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Europe
Italy
Press Association
Yease
France
Belgium
British Broadcasting Company
Germany
Paris
The
Herald Tribune
No Trace Found Of Convict Trio Escaped From Atmore
Sheriff reports no clues to the three escaped convicts Elvie Lockart Henry Lee Dykes and Roy Crawford with rumors proved false. They are believed to have left southeast Alabama likely toward Florida. Lockart 25 year second degree murder escapee formerly Cottonwood Grangerburg area. Dykes 10 years for second degree murder from Geneva County. Crawford 75 years for robbery from Cullman County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shentt B .G. Farmer
Houston County
Asaheriff
Elvie Lockart
Henry Lee Dykes
Roy Crawford
Alabama
Florida
Lockart
Cottonwood
Grangerburg
Atmore
Dykens
Geneva County
Crawford
Cullman
Clean-Up Of Manila Underway As Cannon Blasts Jap Pockets
Manila battles continue as American artillery targets pockets of Japanese resistance in two buildings. Corregidor underground blasts disrupt defenses at the bay entrance. General MacArthur reports advances capturing San Isidro and Montalban, with Sixth Division Doughboys aiding the push east of Manila and towards Baguio.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Tmvision
San Isidro
Montalban
Formosa
New Guinea
Rosana
Baguio
32Nd
Villa Verde
Ele Fuente
Santo Tomes
Artipolo
Milles
Ban Isidro
Edwin D. Patricks
Doughboys
House Group Predicts Record U S Food Surplus After War Ends
The House Appropriations Committee heard testimony from Ralph W. Olmatead of the Commodity Credit Corporation predicting a vast postwar glut as liberated Europe underproduces demand. Chairman Cannon noted falling U S demand with veterans returning and European markets weak. The witness said average farmer income remains high while domestic labor shifts and army surplus pressure loom.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Europe
Ralph W. Olmatead
Commodity Credit Corporation
France
Belgium
Italy
Poland
Romania
Cannon
D-Mo
Histary
B 29s Join Carrier Planes In Pounding Of Tokyo And Area
In a major aerial offensive over Tokyo and surrounding Honshu, B 29s and carrier aircraft struck from the sea and air. Reports say thousands of planes participated, targeting airfields, installations, and transportation hubs, with fires caused in multiple districts and heavy snowfall noted. Tokyo radio and Japanese sources describe the raid and its aftermath, including government reactions and enemy losses.
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Tokyo
Pacific Fleet
Guam
Japan
Honshu
Chester W. Niraliz
Smaahngeiner
Radio Tokyo
Glante
War Department
Maore
Redia Tokyo
Omiya Palace
Sadaka
Imperial Stables
Kuniaki Koiso
Aaroline
Angels Of Bataan Nurses Reach U S Home
Sixty eight Angels of Bataan and Corregidor arrive at Let Terman general hospital aboard an Air Transport Command plane. Nurses technicians and Red Cross workers, captured in 1942, are joyfully greeted by Maj Gen Raymond Bliss and awaiting relatives. Many express relief and hope to visit homes soon.
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Norman Bell
San Francisco
Cult
APO
Angels
Bataan
Corregidor
Army
Letterman General Hospital
Hed Cross
Air Transport Command
Philippines
Maude Davidson
Home Sweet Home
ATC
Beng
America
Japan
Santo Tomas
United States First Cavalry
Raymond W. Bliss
iHemulton Field
Ann Willams
Harrisburg
Gayety
American Tanks and Infantry Reach Near Cologne Front
Allied forces push toward Cologne as First and Ninth Armies breach defenses along the Rhine. Canadian units advance north while Americans seize towns, drive toward the Ruhr, and tighten cordons around Erkelenz and Dusseldorf amid heavy fighting and rapid armored assaults.
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James M. Long Pale
U. 5
First Army
Cologne
Maine
Don ‘Whitehead
Rhine
Hochwald
Maes
Lf Itjie
Rhur
Marshal Montgomery
U. S. Ninth Army
Muenchen Gledbach
Ruhr
Courtney Hodges
Cortonge
Dusseldorf
Cologne Plain
Nims
Bitburg
Tver
Saar
Saarburg
Ninth Army
Erkelenz
Kaulhausen
Muenchen Gladbach
Winnich
Birkelenz
Courtney H. Hodger
Rhineland
Morchenick
Geolzheim
Girblerath
Rommelshm
Duren
Erti River
Roer
Ninth
First Armies
William H. Simpson
Rube Induatelal
Meunchen Gladbach
NHA Housing Survey Planned for Dothan in March
Congressman George Andrewe announced a March survey by the National Housing Agency regional office in Atlanta to assess new housing facilities in Dothan. He noted relaxed regulations may accelerate construction and ensure building materials for new homes, as housing shortages persist since Camp Rucker and Napier Field era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
George Andrewe
National Housing Agency
Atlanta
Andrewa
Camp, Rucker
Napier Field
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Eyres
Red Cross Drive
Preas
Duesseldorf
Pruem River
Iwao Jima
Second Airfield
S03rd Parachute Infantry
Clyde Bates
Evansville
Wis
Arnige
East Chicago
And
Aince
Island Fortress
Signal Corps
Dueren
Rhine Front
Marines
UMW
Marines Guard
Lewis’ Policy Committee
Fred Hamson
Mamie
Manila Bay
Corregidor Fortress
Robert &. Beightler
Mila
Richard K. Bishop
East Brady
Takahasm
O. W. Griswold
14Th Corp
Malinta
503D
Q4th Reggiment
Malinta Hill
U.S
Ander
Bewi Tne
oWer
BELG
Mar
H Aachen
Mit
Edbach
eRbardt
Sabch
Sailes
Oberhausenofan
Cologn
US 5
Moser
Defengen
Linnich
Angels of
NHA
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