Manila Trapped as Allied Pincers Close on Luzon
Allied forces trap Manila with a northern push toward Tagaytay ridge and a southern landing at Nasugbu, sealing off Japanese forces. Gen. MacArthur reports a swift Batangas invasion and a rapidly tightening noose around the capital as 8th and 6th Armies converge from Subic Bay and San Fernando.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Manila
U. S. 8Th
Philippines
Batangas Province
6Th Army
11Th Airborne Division
Batangas Beach
Energy
Tagaytay
Cavite
Manila Bay
Douglas MacArthur
8Th Army
J. M. Swing
11Th Division
Nasugbu
Zambales
Robert Eichelberger
Batangas Foray
Tagaytay Ridge
San Fernando
Bataan
Debates on War Winners and Propaganda Across Allies
A British magazine accuses Russia of falsifying casualty figures claiming 9 000 000 killed or captured 20 000 wounded while Western allies face criticism over war delays and missteps. The piece notes Russian retreat figures and political interference and suggests propaganda affects home front morale.
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Russia
Britain
Hitler
Red
America
Ted States
Amn
Two Tar Heels Rescued From Prison Camp
Soldiers Herman Keller of Pineola and Travis Flowers of Scranton were among Americans freed in a Luzon raid on a Japanese POW camp. Flowers’ mother called the rescue the most exciting moment of her life. Ranger S Sgt Cletus Norton of Etowah, Henderson County, helped in the assault, approaching a guard tower within five feet and silencing 30 to 40 Japanese in the barracks.
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Charlotte
Luzon
Herman
Keller
Pineola
Avery County
Travis W. Flowers
Scranton
Hyde County
Flowers
Clark Field
Cletus George Norton
Etowah
Henderson County
Norton
Cabu
Luzon Island
Philippines
Bataan and
Corregidor
Olongapo
Subic Bay
Calumpit
Manila
Casualties For America Near 737 342 Mark
United States combat deaths and wounds near three quarters of a million as of early February. Army losses reached 650 420 while Navy totals stood at 86 922, with 737 342 total combat casualties. Breakdown shows year over year shifts and a January 21 accounting.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Army
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Ardennes
Patterson
Navy
Graham In Plea For Education
Dr. Frank Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, testifies before the Senate Education Committee urging federal aid to public education. He cites that the South is 28 percent of the population, 8 percent of national income, yet educates 32 percent of children, and argues the war effort and school losses require federal support. He compares Civilian Conservation Corps scope to nationwide school needs.
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Washington
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina ‘At Chapel
Senate Education Committee
Graham
Civilian Conservation Corps
Boy Orchestrates 11000 Dollar Burglary Run To New York
Eleven year old Donald Edelstein left Augusta Georgia with a borrowed bankroll totaling eleven thousand five hundred eighty four dollars. He took a cab to Aiken South Carolina a Pullman to New York and bought a fifty dollar war bond before appearing at Rabbi Gewirtzs synagogue as police hunted him.
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Bradley Beach
N. J
Donald Jay Edelstein
Augusta
Donald
Aiken
S. C
New York
Travelers Aid Society
Rabbi Gewirtz
Colmar Falls as German Fronts Recede under Allied Drive
Allied forces broke into Colmar from the north, a major Alsace city, while American and French troops pushed deeper into the Siegfried line. German resistance weakened as sieges and raids continued near Neufbrisach, Biesheim, and Oberhoffen, with bridges and railyards targeted by Allied air power.
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Paris
Colmar
Con
Siegfried Line
Eifel Mountains
Ardennes Bulge
Scania
Rhine
Strasbourg
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Moder
Oberhoffen
Haguenau
Schweighouse
10 More Vessels Are Sunk By Yank Subs
United States submarines sank 10 more enemy ships in far eastern waters including two medium transports two medium tankers three small cargo vessels one large transport one medium transport and one small tanker. Total Japanese ships sunk by submarines reaches 989 with 104 combatant and 885 noncombatant. Since the year began submarine losses total 36 from all causes.
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Washington
United States
Navy
U. S
Road To Berlin Distances by Front Accounts
Eastern Front distances 39 miles per German account from Kustria area and 59 miles from Duringshof per Russian account. Western Front stretches 310 miles from Linnich Julen Durich area. Italian Front logged 544 miles from Reno River.
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Associated Press
Kustria
Duringshof
Linnich-Julen- Durich
Reno River
County Fight Develops In Legislature
In Raleigh on February 2 1945 Rep Pritchett a Democrat representing Caldwell introduced a bill to annex part of Wilkes county to Caldwell county. The measure prompted a heated exchange as party lines surfaced and debate began in the legislature.
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Raleigh
Pritchett
Wilkes County
Caldwell County
Caldwell
T. E. Story
Wilks
North Carolina Senate Grants Women Equal Rights Bill
The Senate passed a bill to am end the state constitution replacing men with persons to ensure women’s equal rights and remove exclusion from jury service. The measure, introduced early in the session, extends voting and other fundamental rights to women in the state.
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Raleigh
Senate
North Carolina
General Assembly
Delegation Presents Bill Despite No Party Fight
A delegation of about 2 000 people introduced the bill. The story noted no party fight and said the measure was unnecessary. After sending up the bill Pritch ett told newsmen that a delegation visited his last Saturday.
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Story
Pritchett
Quarryville Groundhog Sees Shadow Forecasts Winter
Quarryville, Pa. Feb. 2 The groundhog saw its shadow today signaling six more weeks of winter. Members of the Slumbering Lodge of Groundhogs in nightgowns and silk hats watched from the lodge hole as the animal emerged glanced around and retired. Lodge secretary William A Hensel announced Hull membership and Roosevelt nomination but voting failed.
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Quarryville
William A. Hensel
Cordell Hull
Col. Elliott Roosevelt
Service Bill Now Facing New Troubles
The Limited National Service Bill, approved by 246 to 165 in the House, would compel 18 to 45 year olds to fill essential jobs and face induction, fines, or imprisonment for leaving or refusing assignments as directed by local draft boards. New Senate indications suggest further hurdles ahead.
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Washington
House
Senate
Press Chief Daniels Struggles With White House Censorship
Jonathan Daniels, administrative assistant to President Roosevelt, complains of quiet reporting in the White House press room while European reports talk of a potential Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting. He cannot confirm or relax censorship and must deny or avoid official details on Hopkins and travel.
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Washington
Jonathan Daniels
Roosevelt
White House
Daniels
London
Churchill
Stalin
Stettinius
Russia
Harry L. Hopkins
Paris
Rome
Europe
Hopkins
Zhukov drives toward Oder amid Berlin defense reports
Soviet forces push toward the Oder with tanks near Frankfurt and Kustrin. Moscow says heavy artillery and bombardments support the advance while Berlin notes German defenses tightening near the frontier and in East Prussia.
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London
Oder
Berlin
Austria
Gregory Zhukov
Frankfurt
East Prussia
Moscow
Zhukov
Kustrin
Stalin
Volkssturmers
Volkssturm Grenadiers
Stettin
Hitler
Little Activity on Italian Front Amid Quiet Weather
Cold weather kept fighting light along the Italian front with minor skirmishes on the Senio line. Allied air forces intensified raids, with U S 15th Air Force bombing the Moosbiergut refinery area near Vienna and Austrian rail targets at Graz and Klagenfurt. Airborne losses were minimal as a Luftwaffe counter threat remained low. Lt. Alfred C Hearne led a formation that damaged locomotives and railroad cars between Villach and Klagenfurt.
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Rome
Eighth Armies
Eighth Army
Senie
Italy
Tossignano
U. S
15Th Air Force
Mooscierbaun
Vienna
Liberators
Graz
Klagenfurt
Thunderbolts
12Th Jair
Austria
Alfred C. Hearne
Booker, Okla
Villach
Churchill urges early action on Germany at big three talks
London reports indicate Churchill will push for immediate plans to rule the Reich at the forthcoming three power meeting. A reliable London source says disintegration of northern Germany may occur soon, though a quick Nazi surrender is not expected.
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London
Germany
Churchill
Reich
Roosevelt
Stalin
Berlin
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von Rundstedt
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High Point Enterprise
Pacific
Pyle
Georgia
Rhine River
Shukov
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