Powerful Columns Race Toward Manila in Luzon
General MacArthur's forces push toward Manila as U S units break through central Luzon. The 1st Cavalry and 37th divisions advance from north and east, with the 11th Airborne moving from the south toward Batangas. Minimal Japanese resistance so far, shells and destroyers seen offshore.
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MacArthur
Luzon
U. S
Manila
Glas MacArthur
37Th Division
Angat
Malolos
T Communications Center
Batangas
Eleventh Airborne Division
Teday
Arc
Ted Press
Rd Bergholz
Mystery of Three Leaders Conference Amid Blackout Rumors
The Associated Press reports a security blackout on movements of Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin as rumors spread that the Big Three met in Romania. Dispatches cite Constanta Bucharest and near Soviet borders, with censorship and conflicting claims from Rome London and Madrid about where the talks occur and Germany’s fate being decided.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Romania
Bartown
Chiasso
Geneva Per la Suisse
Italy
Black Sea
Constanta
Bucharest
Transocean
London
Rome
Soviet Union
Germany
la Linea
Gibraltar
Madrid
Bride-To-Be Loses Trousseau On Way To Wed
Miss Jean Jakob of Dallas Texas loses her traveling bag en route to Camp Lejeune North Carolina to marry Pte Co R Anderson of Dallas. Police search for the luggage as she continues to the Marine base with only a few items. The bag held her trousseau four pairs of shoes ration books war bonds and all marriage papers and certificates.
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Memphis
Jean Jakob
Dallas
Texas
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Pte. Co. R. Anderson
Marine Base
Red Army closes on Stettin and Danzig rail corridors
The war unfolds with the Red Army within artillery range of Stettin and pressing toward Koslin and Neustettin. German left flank holds vast defenses as Moscow aims to sever major rail lines from Danzig to Berlin while the fleet withdrawal at Gdansk limits German sea retreat. Berlin’s fall looms as the critical hub, its loss signaling a potential war endgame.
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Red
Stettin
Danzig
Pomorze
Prussia
Stalin
The
Oder
Hitler
Baltic
Berlin
Neustettin
Koslin
Twe
East Prussia
Gdngia
Denmark
Czechoslovkia
Frankfurt
Germany
Trinity Man Killed While Sawing Wood
Henry Briles aged 65 died yesterday afternoon while sawing wood at his Trinity Rt. 1 home. Survived by wife Eunice Pierce Briles, one son Luther, three daughters Ruby Edith Lila, two brothers Flake and Raymond of Lawrenburg, four sisters Mesdames Bunting Asheboro Ridge Jackson Creek Wood and a Summer Trinity. Funeral at Pierce Chapel Methodist Church Sunday at 3 o clock, burial in church cemetery, Rev. B H Farrington of Colfax conducting.
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Henry Briles
Wood
Trinity
Rt. 1
Eunice Pierce Briles
Luther
Ruby
Edith
Lila
Flake
Raymond Briles
Lawrenburg
Mesdames
Herbert Bunting
Asheboro
Turner Ridge
Jackson Creek
Ida Wood
Pierce Chapel Methodist Church
Church
B. H. Farrington
Colfax
Yank Divisions Break Through Siegfried Line Near Bonn
Allied forces push two thirds of the Siegfried belt at a wide point crossing open country toward the Rhine area with Bonn in reach. German resistance stiffens as reinforcements flood the line and Allied armor nears Colmar and Cross-Rhine pockets. Air activity and artillery fire intensify along the Roer and in Holland as an Allied offensive looms.
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Paris
Holland
Roer River
Germany
von Rundstedt
Siegfried Belt
Rhine
Bonn
Colmar
Cross-Rhine
Siegfried Line
Ardennes
Prison Sentences For Defendants In Ticket Case
Four railroad employees faced prison terms and fines in federal court in Miami for trafficking in scarce train reservations. Stanley Hewitt James Dewhurst Flora Post Lee and Terrence O Rourke were convicted of conspiring to violate the Interstate Commerce Commission law by selling tickets at inflated prices. O Rourke received 18 months on eight counts with concurrent sentences and a $1,000 fine.
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Miami
Fla
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida East Coast Railway Passenger Department
John W. Holland
Stanley G. Hewitt
James F. Dewhurst
Flora Post Lee
Terrence P. O'Rourke
O’rourke
Failure Of Hitler To Have Strategic Air Force Cost Him World War No. 2
Rome report cites Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker stating Hitler lost the Second World War for failing to build a strategic air force and for lagging in technological development. Eaker argues Allied air superiority doomed Nazi defense after bomber strikes cut oil supplies. He asserts German jets lagged American models and long range bombers would have changed North Africa and Europe campaigns. Fairbanks honored with British Distinguished Service Cross for operations in Sicily Salerno Elba and southern France.
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Hitler
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Ira C
Mediterranean
North Africa
Italy
France
Stalingrad
Eaker
Germany
Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
H. K. Hewitt
Sicily
Salerno
Elba
Road To Berlin Distances Reported On Front Lines
The Associated Press lists Eastern front lines 51 miles from Drossen by official Soviet notice and 38 miles by German report. Western front distances reach 310 miles from Linnich Julich Duren area and Italian front 544 miles from the Reno river.
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Associated Press
Drossen
Linnich-Julich-Duren
Reno River
U. S. Ordnance Rated Better Than Rivals
Major General Levin H. Campbell after a tour of ordnance inspection in the European and Mediterranean theaters tells critics that American arms are superior to enemy equipment. He cites assurances from generals and enlisted men that the United States leads all rivals.
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Washington
Army Chief of Ordnance
Mediterranean
Levin H. Camp
Allied Patrols Hit German Positions
Allied patrols probing German defenses along the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts inflicted casualties at several points. A number of Silesian Poles from the 148th division deserted to Fifth Army lines. Medium bombers hit rail bridges on the Brenner route into Germany and bridges in north Italy.
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RCME
Fifth Army
Allied
Brenner
Germany
Italy
Berlin Bombardment by 1000 Planes Threatens City
London dispatch reports more than 1,000 American B-24s dropped nearly 3,000 tons of bombs on central Berlin. The attack targeted military and communications facilities as Soviet forces neared. 400 Liberators hit Magdeburg outskirts while 900 fighters shielded the raid. The bombardment, lasting about 45 minutes, marked the heaviest weight of explosives on Berlin to date.
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London
Berlin
Magdeburg
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Eighth Air Force
North Carolina soldiers cited for airbase construction work
Thirty six men from North Carolina among B 29 ground specialists praised by Brig Gen H S Hansell Jr XXI Bomber Command for taking on airbase construction in addition to regular duties. The commendation names Cpl Marvin R Bryant High Point M S Charles T Parker High Point Pte Arnold Y Haney Kernersville Pvt William B Petty Thomasville among those honored.
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XXI Bomber Command
Guam
North Carolina
H. 58
Hansell, Jr
Cpl
Marvin R. Bryant
English St
High Point
Charles T. Parker
Emerywood Ct
Apts
Arnold Y. Haney
Rt. 1
Kernersville
William B. Petty
Highland Ave
Thomasville
Nazis Fire Long Range Rockets On Third Army Front
Reported at the Belgian German frontier the Germans began using long range rockets against U S Third Army rear areas. The rockets are described as heavy and less destructive than Nebelwerfer and Wurfkoerper rockets, with limited accuracy and several slang names. No decisive damage confirmed.
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U. S
Third Army
Ardennes
High Point Boy Dies In Airplane Crash
Ensign Charles Norwood Coleman 21 of High Point North Carolina was killed in a small naval plane crash during takeoff at Pasco Washington. His wife resides at Pasco and his father William H Coleman lives in Roanoke Virginia.
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Seattle
Wash
13Th Naval District
Charles Norwood Coleman
Morris Street
High Point
N. C
Pasco
William H. Coleman
Roanoke
Special Delivery Carrier Bond Set In Gastonia Letter Theft
U S Commissioner Nat C White announced Martie R Cook a 25 year old special delivery carrier for the Gastonia post office was placed under 1000 bond on charges of taking 4 from a special delivery letter The hearing was held yesterday and trial is set for the April 2 term of federal court here in Charlotte.
Oder River Skirmish Vital One
German high command said attacks on the Oder river were repulsed as American air fleets dropped 4000 tons of bombs to aid Soviet troops massed along the river 40 miles east of Berlin. A Berlin broadcast claimed Zhukov’s troops won then lost a bridgehead near Kustrin. Moscow radio reported advances toward Stettin and Danzig corridor.
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Moscow
Oder River
Kustrin
Berlin
London
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Zhukov
Stettin
Germany
Danzig
Mysterious London Broadcast About Berlin Declaring City Status
A London broadcast claimed the German high command planned to declare Berlin an city, while the German army denied such action. The Associated Press listening post could not trace the broadcast’s origin.
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London
Berlin
Associated Press
Eastern Front Battles Intensify Near Oder and Frankfurt
Reporting from the Oder front, heavy combat rages east of Berlin with bombardment by U S forces near the Kundersdorf area south of the city. Zhukov presses toward Stettin as German units rush reinforcements to the river line amid a broader northern approach to Berlin.
Senate Military Committee Delays Action on Service Measure
The Senate military committee deferred a decision on a limited national service bill until Monday. Senator O Mahoney voiced objections to the bill as amended, notably control of the manpower program by James F Byrnes Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. He cited government missteps, including a gas conservation order and a costly searchlight purchase, as cautionary examples.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
James F. Byrnes
House
Senate
Byrnes
Detroit
Snowbound Crises Spur Rail Embargoes and Coal Shortage
Snow blankets halt rail freight and curb coal supplies across Ohio New York and neighboring states. Gov Lausche orders state buildings closed while Grange Federation mobilizes 140 trucks to aid western New York farms.
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Midwest
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Lausche
Albany
Buffalo
Charles H. Sells
Grange
Grange League Federation Exchange
New York Harbor
Third Naval District
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
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Mez
Frankfurt' Andenburg
Baltic Sea
Stele
Lithuania
Svedice
Bialystok
Poland
Varoslae
Oward City
Trousseau
U. S. Ordnance
Kustria
Kundersdorf
Frederick the Great
Stal
Ernst von
Associated Press Transportation and Fuel Services
U. S&s. Weather Bureau
Chicago
New York State
Hio
New Jersey
Delaware
War Production Board
WPB
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi
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