Victor H Hanson dies. Birmingham News magnate
Victor Beary Hanson at 9, owner of The Birmingham News and Age-Herald, died after a heart attack in Miami Beach. A prominent southern publisher and philanthropist, he built a Birmingham media empire including WSGN and The Humble? wire. Survived by Ruth Lawson Smith Hanson and siblings. services at Independent Presbyterian Church.
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Victor H. Hanson
Birmingham
Victor Beary Hanson
Birmingham News and Age- Herald
Miami Beach
Fla
Benson
Macon
Columbus
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham News
Birmingham Age-Herald
Combinafon
Alabama
Alabama College
Montevallo
Huntingdon College
Weenopa White Hanson
Mary Madama
Hanson
Ruth Lawson Smith
Humswire
Times
WSGN
First National Bank of Birmingham
the Protective Life Insurance Co
Independent Presbyterian Church
Hanson T
Albert
C. B. Lanson
Maj
Clarence BB. Ranson
U.S. Army
Hen P. Johnston
Birmingam News
Miss Hope Hanson
Los Angeles
Barnesville
Henry Clay
Anna Bloodworth Hanson
Macon Telegraph
Cobus
Enquirer-Sun
Georgia
Fronts Press On As Allies Tighten Around Rhine
The World Today reports Allied forces in the west pushing near the Rhine with first and third armies closing on Bonn and Coblenz while German bridgeheads shrink. Soviet forces move toward Mecklenburg near Berlin as Italian and Pacific fronts advance with U S troops pushing in the Pennines near Bologna and Marines renewing heavy assaults.
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Associated Press
U. 5
Third
Rhine
Cobi
Bonn
Saar
Mecklenburg
Berlin
Danzig
U. S
Pennines
Bologna
Ieee Pacific Front
Luan Pempagin
Reang
Draft Exempts Married Nurses From Induction
The House exempted married nurses prior to March 15 from the draft while requiring all nurses aged 24 to 44 to register. Unmarried nurses under 20 or over 44 face induction, with exemptions for those with dependent children or marriage before next week’s Thursday. The vote marked a major hurdle for the first women’s draft proposal in Congress.
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Washington
Wasce
House
Congress
Senate
Bolton
Ohio
Kilday
DsTex
Labor Opposes Plan To Increase Senate
Montgomery Alabama AP labor leaders attacked a Senate reapportionment plan proposed by E C Boswell arguing it would give small counties, including Jefferson, parity with larger counties. CIO regional director Haigler favored population based Senate realignment and cautioned against changing current balance without population data from the 1940 census. A separate county municipal reform panel urged district based county commissioner elections, repeal of the city manager model, and higher local tax and license thresholds to qualify for state funding.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Carey Hargier
Birmingham
CIO
E. C. Boswell
Geneva
Haigler
Senate
House
Boswell
Jefferson
J Morrow
Baldwin
W. C. Beebe
Flood disrupts war production in Ohio Valley.
Massive Ohio River flood threatens plants and homes in Ohio and Kentucky as river levels rise toward earlier records. Thousands of refugees evacuate, Red Cross and Army relief mobilize blankets and supplies, while bridges close and transportation suspends in Cincinnati and Bellaire, Ohio.
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Jowland
Ohio Valley
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Cincinnati
American Red Cross
Army
Fifth Service Command
Columbus
Coast Guard
Kentucky
Bellaire
Reds Open Drive On Berlin First Army Advances On Bonn
President Roosevelt reshuffled top wage labor policy makers. William H. Davis becomes Economic Stabilization Director replacing Vinson as Davis and Taylor move up to chair and vice chair of the War Labor Board. Vinson to manage RFC loans and lending agencies. Davis seeks rest. Taylor to return to University of Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Fred M. Vinson Vinson
RFC
Usted
Jesse Jones
George W Taylor
Little Steel
Davis
Vinson
Taylor
WLB
Pennsylvania
Cologne Victors Push Toward South Near Bonn Front
The American First Army advanced toward the Rhine frontier with Bonn in sight as Thad Ang closed within four miles of the middle Rhine and 20 miles from Coblenz. A blackout hindered precise gains amid heavy German resistance to rescue roughly 20,000 troops trapped in a pocket eight by four to five miles. The Ninth Army cleared pockets south of Orsoy, securing footing along the Rhine from Cologne to east of Rheinberg.
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M. Long Parisaps
Rhine
Bonn
Thad Ang
Middle Rie
Jess
Coblenz
First Army
Bruhl
Cologne
Colonne
Wesel
Lower Rhine
Ninth
Orsov
Great Barrier
Rheinbergumn
All Out Offensive Launched To Exterminate Japs On Iwo
All-out push against the 6,000 to 30 Japanese holding Iwo Jima’s rocky northern end begins with heavy artillery and air support. Marines press from the west and center while Navy and Marine forces face fierce resistance, with 14,456 Japanese dead reported and 2,050 American fatalities.
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Iwo
Ween Haugland
U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Guam
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Adm
Chester W. Nirmatz
Keller E. Rockey
Clifton B. Cates
Graves Bo Erskine
James V. Forrestal
Nimutz
Bill to Draft Men for Essential Jobs Moves in Senate
WASHINGTON AP Leaders push a Senate vote on forcing draft age men into essential war work. Senator Bailey proposes jail or fines for noncompliance unless men 18 to 45 are in lawful occupation or performing essential duties under Revercomb’s manpower bill. Turn to page 2 for more.
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Washington
Senate
Bailey
D-Nc
Revercomb
D-Wva
Disorders In Rome Flare Across City During Crisis
In Rome disorders flared with riots at Regina Coeli prison and scattered bomb explosions as Italy's political crisis deepened. A Communist demonstrator was killed in clashes before the Royal Palace amid releases of Fascist prisoners, while authorities fought fires and fought to contain unrest. The cabinet convened in an extraordinary session to consider a left wing demand for its resignation following the Roatta escape during his trial.
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Rome
Regina Coeli
Italy
Royal Palace
Carabinieri
Mario Roatta
Voting Machines Put In Readiness for City Primary
Voting machines to be used in the March 20 City primary to nominate a City commissioner for a three year term are being placed in readiness. election officials appointed for the primary will be instructed in machine operation Thursday March 15 at 10 am at the county courthouse. The school of instruction will be conducted by Probate Judge Saxon P. Poyner. Machines will be installed at the courthouse City Hall Robert Malone Motor Co and the Curb Market.
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Saxon P. Poyner
Robert Malone Motor Co
Officer Acquitted in Mercy Death of Trapped Flier
An officer at a forward American air base was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter for firing two mercy bullets into a trapped flier in a wrecked B-25 during a January crash. A general court of seven colonels heard testimony from 10 witnesses about the rescue attempt amid flames and entangled limbs. The verdict closes a high profile wartime incident that divided witnesses over duty, mercy, and battlefield danger.
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Clyde A. Farnsworth Runming
DR. Layed
Vicetim
Kune
Hitler Looks Like Mussolini Says War Correspondent
BY HAL BOYLE WITH THE AMERICAN NINTH ARMY IN GERMANY Hitler appears increasingly like Mussolini as American forces push through the Rhine region. The German army retreats and reorganizes, but never before has a German leader suffered such a home ground beating. The mood mirrors Italy after Mussolini's fall, with war-weariness spreading in areas within range of Allied artillery.
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Hal Boyle
Ninth Army
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolitoi
Rhineland
Wehrmacht
Normandy
Brittany
Sicily
Benito
Esenhower
MacArthur declares campaign for Luzon in final phase
Gen Douglas MacArthur says Luzon operation is entering its final phase after five months of fighting. With Manila liberated and Corregidor retaken, U S Sixth and Eighth Army divisions regroup to pursue scattered Nipponese in the mountains.
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Richard Abergholz
Manila
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Corregidor
Luvot Plain
U.S Sixth and Eighth Armes
Manila Bank
Yankh
403Rd Parachute Regiment
Shimabu
Ma Kuna
Qgbung
Campagn
Manila Bay
Wit Aarharne Tivision
America
Laguna de Bay
Belay Mandehaeve
Balan Buy
Minimum Of 50 Set For Crop Insurance
County AAA chairman DF Snedl says at least 50 farms in Tinuata County are required before the Federal Crop Insurance program can be made available. He notes Congress limits participation to those counties meeting this minimum and explains coverage is commodity based with payouts tied to production and prices. Application may be filed at the county AAA office or through local agents before the March 24 deadline.
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Tinuata
Srewern
DF Snedl
Piregram
Congress
Miami
Houston County
Sueli
Bombers Hit Dortmund and Major German Rail Hubs
More than 900 U.S. heavy bombers struck Dortmund oil plants, a large Bielefeld viaduct, and rail yards at Soest and Siegen in a 23rd straight day of coordinated aerial attacks. RAF bombers hit Berlin with blockbusters while Mosquitos targeted the Baltic island of Ruegen. A German counterstrike near Düsseldorf prompted a quick Allied response as Lancasters and Mosquitos shadowed the North Sea.
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Henney
B. Jameson
London
Dortmund
Bielefeld
Soest
Siegen
Wese
Eighth Air Force
Bielfield
Wantel
Germany
Sriand Banen
Brunswick
Hannover
Juhr
Wrenel
Naal
Rhine
Saasnyitzan
Baltic
Rueges
East Prussia
Berlin
North Sea
Wesel
Geprabn
sHlack Avains
Red Cross Shortfall Reported for 1945 County Campaign
The 1945 Red Cross drive in Haurton County was reported as $9,000 short of its goal by an announcer Chipman Clyde Lavern. A list of donors including Baxter Fine Store Green Furniture Co and others shows 160 percent contributors. Local businesses banks and shops are named along with offices of Dr Blakey and others. Page 2 item.
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Red Cross
Haurton
Egal
Chipman Qlyde Lavern
Buemnesa Nerang
Faun
Baxter Fhne
Green Furniture Go
Bure-Skipper Furniture Co
Farmera Supply
Hineell'x Lunch
State Abc
South St Andrews Street
Dothan Fork Co
Motor Bearaga and Supply
Diana Shop
Houston Batters Co
Dothan Eagle
First National Bank
Porter Hardware
Francis James
Dothan Sik
USO
Traveler's Aid
Cash Plug
Tr. G
Russians Drive Toward Berlin From Two Fronts
London based Nazi radio reported Soviet forces opened major assaults along the Oder east of Berlin and near Kuestrin and Stettin. Reports say Zhukov’s advance aimed to breach defenses at Kuestrin and push toward Berlin, with Willin and Wollin captured as troops push from the Oder delta toward Danzig and Stettin.
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London
Berlin
Kutetrin
Oder
Reich
Besaulling Zenden
East Bank
Kuestrin
Stettin
Gregory Drekov
Zehden
Zhukov
Augsiang
Kuestin
Moscow
Germany
Rhine
Herlin-Oder
Wollin
Stettin Bay
Willin
Bass
Echrerrwenda
Scklenburg Pravee
Berligy
Transocean
Mareha Gregory Zhukov
Keustrin
Frankfurt
Biettin
Wallin Island
Wallin
Usedum Imend
Winemuende
Danzig
Pierrot Aperd
Red Army
Pomeranian
Hailic
Kolberg
Red
Altdamm
Dammacher See
Gollnaw
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Prom Valley
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