Evacuation, Russian Breakthrough Near Baltic in Pomerania
German reports say New Lettin evacuated as Red Army reached Pollnow 12 miles north of Bublitz and 20 miles from the Baltic. Berlin broadcast claimed a dramatic breakthrough toward Koeslin while Soviet vanguards moved close to the Baltic coast near Neustettin and the Stettin rail line.
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London
Newlettin
Perth
Pomerania
Pollnow
Bublitz
Baltic
Danzig
Stettin
Transocean
Berlin
Koeslin
Neustettin
Cross Drive War Budget Opens County Red Cross Campaign
The Red Cross County Chapter launched a drive to raise $30, with dozens of workers and solicitors canvassing the county. General chair Jim Daw led about 12 solicitors and funds from business committees and volunteers aimed to cover the area despite bad weather, as contributions were to be shared among counties and Dale and ee.
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The
Red Cross
Launchabam
Comte
Jim Daw
Busibusiness Committee
Proups
Pourcer
Sreps
Yeneral
Rucker
Jan Personnel
Lovern
Dale
Shre
Senate fights over manpower power bill stalls in debate
In Washington, D C Senatorson argues a majority backs a semi voluntary manpower control bill. Supporters urge tougher measures including work or jail provisions and a two chamber clash looms as House and Senate wrestle to pass the act to mobilize essential war labor.
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Ashington
Son
D-Cole
Senate
Sears
Iig
High Command
V. McNutt
Reed
World fronts report cautious advances in Europe and Asia
The Western Front describes a halted juncture toward Dusseldorf with a bridge capture near Ert and Saar corridor actions as Americans push south. The Russian Front notes 44 miles into Pomerania and the Polish corridor threatening Stettin, while the Italian Front reports a village taken in Umsted. In the Pacific, Marines pressure Iwo Jima as enemy supplies dwindle and last Japanese troops resist.
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Associated Press
Dusseldorf
Ert
Cologne
Third Army
Iner
Saar
Eateway
Rushave
Pomerania
Stettin
Bréstag
Brazil
Umsted
Iwo Jima
Verda Tai
Maj Gen Watson Buried At Arlington In Rainy Ceremony
Maj Gen Edwin M Watson White House secretary and military aide was buried at Arlington National Cemetery as President Roosevelt watched from a distant car. Navy and Army honors included a rifle volley and taps as Supreme Court and cabinet members attended. Watson died of a cerebral hemorrhage after returning from the Crimea conference with Churchill and Stalin.
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Washington (Ap
Edwin M. Watson
White House
Arlington National Cemetery
Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Watson
Duane Brady
St. Matthews Cathedral
Army
Eufaula
Ala
Supreme Court
Churchill
Stalin
Atlantic
Navy
Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Cornell
Officials Named to Serve at City Primary Voting
City Democratic Executive Committee named election officials to operate six voting machines for the March 20 primary to nominate a successor to Commissioner Miles A. Miller who is not seeking reelection. Machines will be at Malone Motor Company City Hall Courthouse and the Curb Market with appointed staff for each box and absentee duties listed by location.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Miles A. Miller
Smith Hall
Malone Motor Company
City Hall
Art
H. N. Cook
Jeff McCarty
F. W. Wilkes
H. Hanahan
John Adkins
Fred
J. ¥. Willams
FDR Returns Hopeful Amid Push to Draft Nurses
Washington AP reports FDR back from conference expresses hope for lasting peace. House leadership moves fast to draft nurses to serve in Army and Navy hospitals. Plan targets all unmarried nurses age 20 to 44, pending final action Friday. Army hospital load swells with 600,000 in care, 1,600 daily battle casualties, and 6,500 daily illnesses or injuries. Navy hospital count about 92,000 in February. Army totals include 2100 hospitalized domestically and 280,000 overseas. sick and wounded return at 1,000 daily. Chairman May expects quick passage after brief debate.
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Washington
Army
Navy
House
Military
Rules Committee
United States
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Roosevelt to report to Congress on Big Three talks
President Roosevelt returns from the Crimea meeting with Churchill and Stalin and will address a joint session of Congress in person tomorrow. The Big Three map a postwar peace framework and a strong machinery to sustain it, with a United Nations opening in San Francisco April 25 and a future audience with world leaders.
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Russia
Roosevelt
Congress
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
FDR
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Dothan
House
Nine Teens Held in Gadsden Tire Black Market
GADSDEN ALA AP Nine teen suspects were arrested in a police sweep that Chief Fay Boman called the breaking up of a tire black market. Authorities say tires were stolen from the Goodyear plant and dozens more possibly stolen over months. One man, 85 Howard C Adama, a former Goodyear employee, is jailed on burglary grand larceny and receiving stolen property charges with others held on related counts.
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Gadsden
Aia
Fay Boman
Boman
Gadaden
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Howard C. Adama
Groodyear
Harmless Explosives Found On Street Here
City police disclosed the discovery of several sticks of dynamite on 400 Crock of South St Andrews street. Officers said the explosives were harmless and probably discarded. A soldier found a stick today. patrolman Odell Hobby believed the dynamite might be from items found days prior. The sticks varied in size and were corroded and harmless due to missing fuses and caps.
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St Andrews
Odell Hobby
Commons Votes Down Protest Or Polish Plan
London AP report says the House of Commons rejected a protest motion 396 to 25 against the Big Three plan for postwar Poland. Foreign Secretary Eden defended the Crimea charter and asserted Britain’s frontiers promises were not guaranteed prewar. He urged unity in the war cabinet policy and noted a later confidence vote will address Polish concerns. A separate Commons call for Russian participation in the war against Japan also surfaced ahead of tonight’s showdown vote.
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London
House of Commons
Poland
Eden
Britain
Foland
Crimea
Yalta
Churchill
United War Cabinet
Japan
27,718 Prisoners Taken In Six Days
Allied forces on the western front report capturing at least twenty five thousand seven hundred eighteen prisoners in six days of the current offensive begun six days ago. Germans streaming to rear areas on the First and Ninth Army fronts join the sixty eight thousand surrendered in February. After crossing the Roer last Friday, U S First Army has taken over six thousand prisoners, Ninth Army six thousand two hundred three, Third Army seven thousand five hundred fifteen, and Canadian First Army over four thousand.
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Prrea
Allied Armas
Western Front
Ninth Army
Rhineland
Ninth
Roer River
U. S. First Army
U.S. Ninth Army
U. & Third Army
First Army
Germany
FDR Traveled by Warship and Plane in Atlantic Route
President Roosevelt split transit to the Crimea conference between warship and aircraft, sailing aboard a cruiser from New York to Yase then flying to Russia and Egypt before returning to the cruiser. En route the fleet crossed Gibraltar amid destroyers and a blimp, with a reported but false periscope sighting and near incidents.
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Atlantic
Roosevelt
Yase
Russia
Egypt
Eyain
Bartic
Straits
Gibraltar
Roosevelt signs George bill clearing Wallace for Commerce post
President Roosevelt signed the George bill at sea, separating large Federal lending agencies from the Commerce Department and restoring permanent control of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to a Federal Loan Administrator. The measure includes annual audits and reports to Congress as Wallace awaits Senate confirmation for Secretary of Commerce.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
White House
Commerce Department
Jonathan Daniels
Senate
Wallace
Tomoorrow
George Mesaure
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Susidiaries
Alan
Congress
Flame Throwers Crack Japanese Strongholds Near Manila
British and American units press the Marikina watershed east of Manila with flamethrowers and thermite charges. Japanese forces retreat from caves and pillboxes as U S divisions push toward Antipolo and Mount Pacawuan. MacArthur reports near-total destruction of the Corregidor garrison and gains in Verde Island approaches.
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Sierra Madre
Mount Ore
Antipolo
Divinen
Douglas MacArthur
Little Verde
Luzon
Mindoro
Corregidor
Verde
Shimou
Verge D. Mudge
Antipola
Manila
Carregidar
George N. [Honce
Garison
Marines Press Jap Lines In Pacific Siege
Marines along a front bisecting two sectors applied heavy pressure to Japanese positions in a sustained effort to seize a water scarce area and deplete enemy ammunition. After a day of reduced fires, Japan resumed tight advances under cover of pillboxes and fortifications as Marines from three divisions pressed north toward the airfield complex amid bombardment from sea air and artillery.
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Leif Erickson
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Guan
Non Stop Allied Aerial Offensive Enters Third Week
Allied air offensive against Germany enters its third week with fresh bombardment along western and southern fronts. Berlin hammered for the eighth straight night while raids target Augsburg Mainz and the Ruhr. Allied air forces continue heavy bombing and losses are reported on both sides.
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Longon
Germany
Hhe
Berlin
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Augsburg
Munich
Mainz
Geletvuen
Ruhr
Plane Crash Kills Ten On Clark Staff
ROME AP Ten persons including three Lt Gen Mark W Clark staff officers were killed when their transport plane crashed after takeoff from an Italian field. The crash killed Lt Col John T Walker of Indiana Washington, Lt Col John Howard Faust of Wie, Maj Donald M Kerr of Portland and Maj William N Mallory of Yale. The plane fell 400 feet. Mallory, an intelligence officer, had been slated for Army release due to age.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
John T. Walker
Abr Lalias
15Th Army Group
Clark
Walker
Washington
Indiana
Mallory
Lombardy
Yale
First Army Breaks to Rhine Edge Near Cologne
Paris AP reports rapid Allied advance as First Army crosses the Erft river close to Cologne and Ninth Army drives across the Rhine plain. Third Army moves toward Trier while German resistance collapses, with German lines retreating toward the Ruhr and Munich Gladbach.
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Paris
Cologne
Erft
Ninth
Duesseldorf
Rhine
Ninth Army
George S. Patton
Third
Ritburg
Third Army
Thier My An
Threst
Flrst
Ninth Armies
Noremandy
First Army
Erft River
Fibine Plain
Heela
Normandy
Ruhr
Muenchen Gladbach
Long Columbia
Efi
Berlin
Germany
Rollen
Reich
Trier
Rhineland
Muenchen Gildbach
Buchholz
Mehrburch
Borachemich
Otzenrath
Peach
Lueratn
Garzweiler
Muenchen Giadbach
Hheydt
Muen‘chen Gladbach
Duenseldorf
Muenchen-Gladbach
Murnehen-Gladbach
Montgomery
Meuse
Roermond
Venlo
George S Patton
Middle Rhine
Hig Tenth Armored
Saar River
Europe
First
Don Whitehead
Courtney H. Hodges
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Malta
Algiers
Farouk
Equiopia
Saudi Arabia
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Capitol
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George Bill
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