American Carrier Raids Across Luzon and Iwo Jima
General MacArthur's headquarters reports Allied advances in the central Philippines, with 1,409 to 2,176 U.S. deaths and 7,976 wounded through midweek. Nimitz cites a carrier raid wiping out 91 enemy planes on Lugan Island and attacks at Iwo Jima. Japanese losses include about 33,801 dead on Leyte and Samar, thousands drowned, and 18,500 enemy dead inside lines. Doughboys of the 77th advance north from Grmoc toward Leyte’s sea port.
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Philipines
Philippines
Japan
Douglas Macaur
Leyte
Lugan Island
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Amera
77Th
Grmoc
Russian tank units in savage battle along Ipoly river
Moscow dispatches report Russia's Second Ukraine army and Fourth Ukrainian army clashing with an elite SS force along the Ipoly north of the Danube bend. Berlin says Malinovsky may have invaded western Slovakia as he aims to trap German forces and threaten an advance toward Vienna.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Russia
Ipoly
Danube
Bratislava
Rodion Y. Malsky
Ukraine
Ivan Petrov
Slovakia
Malinovsky
Slovaka
Berlin
Thay
Ipolyi
Ital
Vienna
Buddapest
Ule Mal- Snovsky
The Strand and Dixie theatres present select shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites G. H. Welsh of Ross Street to tonight's screenings. At the Strand theatre see Thunder Birds starring Gene Tierney Preston Foster and John Sutton or Carolina Blues with Kay Kyser Miller and Victor Moore. Also at the Dixie theatre is The Mystery of the Hooded Horseman.
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Grafton Sentinel
G. H. Welsh Ross Street
Gene Tierner
Preston Foster
John Sutton
Strand Theatre
Kay Kyser
Miller
Victor Moore
Mystery of the
Hooded Horseman
Dixie Theatre
Churchill Invites Roosevelt Stalin For Britain Conference
Prime Minister Churchill urged a three power meeting with Roosevelt and Stalin to settle Poland's frontiers. He said Britain could host or meet anywhere at any time to finalize a quick agreement. Churchill warned delay would split Polish loyalties and pressed for swift progress with Allied talks.
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Roosevelt
Stalin
Britain
London
Prine Myister Churehill
Germany
Marshal Salin
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Poland
Russia
House of Commons
Traffic Begins To Move Over State Snowbound Highways In Some Sectors
West Virginia reports a cautious resumption of travel after Monday night blizzard. One-way traffic on the worst stretches, buses behind schedule, lines restored by Atlantic Greyhound and West Virginia Transportation, with slick roads and treacherous conditions noted on routes like U S 1921.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
Bluefield
Spencer
Clarksburg
West Virginia Transportation Company
U. S
Beckley
Atlantic Greyhound
U. S. 60
Roanoke
Ansted
Fayette County
Senate Considers Six New State Department Appointments
The Senate, unsettled by foreign relations committee debates, takes up six Roosevelt nominees for assistant secretary of state and related posts led by Joseph Grew. Archibald MacLeish narrowly advances, with five others on the panel approved.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Archibald MacLeish
Joseph C. Grew
Roosevelt
Connally
D.-Tex
Robert Hurley
Connecticut
Edward Heller
Surplus War Property Board
Grew
Wagner
D-N
MacLeish
Julius Holmes
James C. Dunn
Nelson Rockefeller
Senators Say War Needed To End Cigaret Shortage
Senate investigators report the cigarette shortage linkage to the ongoing war. Senator Ferguson notes civilian stocks will not improve until victory arrives, urging bond purchases to support soldiers. Hearings show army and navy take most production, leaf tobacco limits and machinery shortages hinder supply, growers plan a 7 percent 1945 acreage increase.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Senate
Ferguson
R.mich
Mead
D.N.Y
Army
Navy
Predicts Nine European Countries Will Suffer More Casualties
Oklahoma City University historian Dr. Lee Owens predicts nine European countries will incur more war casualties in this conflict than in all prior wars combined over 825 years. His study covers England France Germany Italy Austria Poland Lithuania Denmark and Spain 1901 to 1925 with 35,406,481 casualties among 171,607,600 soldiers. Additional losses in this war could bring totals near 40,000,000.
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Lee Owens
Oklahoma City University History Department
Owens
England
France
Germany
Italy
Austria
Poland
Lithuania
Denmark
Spain
Russia
Army of Occupation
Presidential Action Checks Strike Called By Railway Employes Today
In a move to halt a looming rail strike, President Roosevelt named an emergency mediation board to review the dispute between Seaboard Air Line and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The board has 30 days to report, during which no strike may occur under the railway labor act. The action aims to avoid disruptions across several southern states as unions sought grievances handling rights.
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Seaboard Airline
Roosevelt
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Railway Labor Act
White House
J. C. Wroton
Seaboard
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
D. B. Robertson
Union Presi
Huston ‘Thompson
Washington, D. C
William H. ‘Tschappat
Cas
Three more Greek militiamen drafted as Athens battles
Athens reports three additional classes of Greek militiamen were called up by Premier George Papandreou as the city remained a battleground despite mediation efforts. Only two square miles of Athens and about 20 percent of Piraeus port are under government control. Rain and clouds hindered RAF operations monitoring Elas regrouping in mountain hideouts. Rumors connected former premier Ben Plastiras to a possible new government but no confirmation. Papandreou and Harold MacMillan held talks, signaling a lengthy relief effort ahead with only 18 trucks in operation.
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George
Papanareou
Papandreou
Piraeus
Elas
Ben
Maisht
West Virginia Snow Strikes Toll Rises and Transit Resumes
Huntington reports a 12 year old boy killed after a car struck him while coasting as witnesses say the driver sped away. The loss marked the third snowstorm related death in the state. Charleston notes bus lines resume service on main highways despite large piles of non melting snow. A Flat Top mountain drift finally gave way to road crews. Pennsboro plans to preserve a 150 foot stadium with floodlights funded by Miss L. V. Myles of New York. Charleston also reports a survey showing 1000 West Virginia schools to offer noontime meals for 15 cents by term end led by state superintendent Martha Bonar.
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Huntington
Billy Eugene Swann
West Virginia
Charleston
West Vrginia
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines
Bluefield
Flat Top Mountain
Pennsboro
L. V. Myles
New York
Myles
Martha Bonar
The Greek Contretemps and Atlantic Charter Fears
The War Today notes that Greek tensions and Europe power blocs threaten global order. The Atlantic Charter faces questioned legitimacy as self-determination and bloc alignments shape wartime aims, with public hope pinned on independence and national well being across China and India.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Athens
Europe
Chungking
Middle
Far East
China
India
Nimitz to set up forward headquarters near Japan
The U S Pacific Fleet announces Adm Chester W Nimitz will establish an advanced forward headquarters closer to Japan to control ground sea and air forces as operations converge on the homeland. Pearl Harbor remains main HQ while Gilbert Marshall Mariana Ulithi Palau successes enable the move.
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Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
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Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Palau
Seventh Army Drives Into Bavarian Palatinate Front
Allied forces push across the Rhine frontier toward the Bavarian Palatinate less than miles from Mannheim and Ludwigshafen as the Seventh Army presses into Siegfried Line territory. First and Ninth armies hold Roer positions beyond Aachen while Devers masss near Lauterbourg to encircle the German holdouts. General Balek concentrates efforts to reinforce Colmar pocket. Third Army advances into the Siegfried fortifications and Saarland, with American and French divisions arrayed for the Rhine approach.
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Heast
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Palatinate
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Rhineland
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Roér
Aachen
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Reberg
Eifel
Hermann Balek
Cemander
Fae
Aia 2
Colmar
Comsbourg
Jacob L. Devers
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Devers
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Lauterbourg
U. S
George
Patten
Saarlauterengen
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