Allies Close On Kleve As Ruhr Assault Bites Deep
Montgomery launches a major offensive toward the Ruhr with the Canadian First Army advancing into the Reichswald near Kleve. Allied paratroops reportedly in the forest as American Ninth and British Second Armies push along the Roer toward the Ruhr. More than 1,200 Germans surrender and several towns, including Frasselt and Leuth, fall.
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Kleve
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Reichswald
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Waal
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Frasselt
Leuth
Tuthees
Kranenburg
Zandpol
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Breedeweg
Pincer
and Steel
Roer River
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Schwam‘menauel
Cologne
Third
Russians and Allies Press New Drive Toward Berlin
The article reports Marshal Ivan Konev and Soviet forces advancing from the Oder bridgehead toward Breslau and Liegnitz while Zhukov shells Berlin front. It notes a likely Big Three call to surrender or desert Hitlerism as Allied pressure grows from east and west.
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Western Front
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Churchill
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London
Stettin
Breslau
Gregory Zhukov
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Kurtsch
Moscow
Konev
Saxony
Reetz
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Reuters
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Infantrymen Drive For Manila Dock Section
Yank soldiers in amphibious tanks pushed toward Manila’s dock area as Japanese demolition charges erupted in Intramuros. The 37th Infantry Division crossed the Pasig near Malacanang to clear South Manila, with Gen. MacArthur saying the unit aided the 11th Airborne in the push toward harbor facilities.
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Pasig
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Intramuros
George Thomas Forster
37Th
Malacanan Palace
Douglas MacArthur
11Th Airborne Division
Joseph M. Swing
Nichols
Des
Nazis Launch Counterattack on Serchio Valley Front
Allied reports say German forces mounted a company strength counterblow against Fifth Army positions in the Serchio valley north of Galliano Burca. Fighting continued near Burca as well as in other Fifth Army sectors with limited large scale action.
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Fifth Army
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Gallicano
Burca
Castelnuovo
Senio
Koenigsberg Mayor Hanged By Germans
London reports the mayor of Koenigsberg was hanged for deserting the besieged East Prussian capital after neglecting evacuation orders. It marks the third civilian execution on the eastern front, following the Breslau deputy mayor and the Bydgoszcz police president and officials execution for cowardice.
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London
Koenigsberg
Breslau
Bydgoszcz
Bromberg
Poznan
American Bomber Offensive Hits German Oil and Rail Hubs
About 1,300 American heavy bombers with 850 fighters attacked German oil supplies and railways, focusing on the Lutzkendorf synthetic oil plant near Leipzig and targets at Weimar Magdeburg and other undisclosed sites. RAF and US forces also hit Politz refinery near Stettin.
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London
Lutzkendorf
Leipzig
Weimar
Germany
Magdeburg
Politz
Stettin
Berlin
RAF
British Saved Many Lives By Stand In Greece
A British Trades Union Congress delegation led by Sir Walter Citrine said British intervention averted a wholesale massacre in Athens by ELAS forces. The report labeled EAM ELAS as Communist dominated and quoted ordinary British soldiers describing ELAS fighters as the worst they encountered. Estimates from the regent suggested at least 10 000 people were murdered.
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Athens
ELAS
British
Trades Union Congress
Greece
Walter Citrine
Congress
Eam-Elas
Defense Attacks Auditor Over Credits in Meadows Case
In Greenville on February 9 the defense questioned M. L. Widenhouse of the state auditor's office about credits in Dr. Leon Meadows memo books. Widenhouse said a $7.50 item should have been charged to Meadows. A total of 75 items were cited as references. Judge Clawson L. Williams was expected to recess until Monday as the defense aims to spend about ten days outlining its case.
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Greenville
M. L. Widenhouse
State Auditor
Leon Meadows
Meadows
Widenhouse
Clawson L. Williams
Road To Berlin Distances From Front Lines
Eastern Front distances listed as 32 miles from Zellin by official announcement and 310 miles from Linnich Julich region. Italian Front shows 544 miles from Reno River.
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Associated Press
Eastern Front
Zellin
Ee Front
Linnich-Julichren
Reno River
President urged to establish central intelligence service
Chicago dispatch reports President Roosevelt received a draft order and proposal to create a central intelligence service to coordinate postwar intelligence, superseding federal police agencies. Brig. Gen. Donovan presented the confidential memorandum. the plan would have no police power and would consolidate military, naval, FBI, Secret Service, internal revenue, and FCC activities. Only 15 copies were made, each sealed with secrecy injunctions.
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Chicago Tribune Today
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Washington
Walter Trohan
William J. Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
the Tribune
General Intelligence Service
Federal Police
Military Intelligence
Naval Intelligence
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Secret Service
Internal Revenue Agents
Federal Communications Commission
Wallace Cabinet Confirmation Blocked by House Rules
In Washington on February 9, legislation to assure Henry A Wallace's cabinet confirmation stalled in the House Rules Committee after a heated debate with charges of horse trading. The panel did not decide whether to send the Senate bill to separate the RFC from the Commerce department to the House floor before the Senate votes on Wallace's nomination as commerce secretary. Representative Cox accused a horse trade between Senate and White House delaying action until March 1.
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Henry A. Wallace
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
George Bill
RFC
Commerce Department
Wallace
Commerce
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Rules
White House
Chatman Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Victory Girl problem sparks Kansas debate in Kansas City area
Kansas legislators confront urban sex crime issues tied to military camps and defense plants. Bills would tighten statutes against prostitution and deem pandering a felony while noting venereal disease disruptions in train and absentee reports. Representative Shanahan cites cases near camps and a 20 000 resident city.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Paul R. Shanahan
Salina
House of Representatives
Shanahan
Kansas City
Assault Case Verdict Due Late Today
Pvt. Joseph Micucci of Midland Pennsylvania faced a Guilford Superior Court jury over a fatal assault charge. The defense argued for acquittal or a non death penalty verdict as the jury prepared to deliberate after three days of testimony and closing arguments.
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Greensboro
Joseph Micucci
Midland
Guilford
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Woodland
Micucci
J. R. Murphy
City Police
Mary Mildred Braswell
Dilton
Oklo
Miss Braswell
West Smith Street
Gas Station Reports Theft of Coupons
Thomasville police hold 16 year old Eugene Gray, a filling station employee, for questioning in a break in at Penny Profit station on National Highway. Police report coupons worth 700 gallons of gasoline were stolen.
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Thomasville
Eugene Gray
Albert Paul Hunt
Penny Junk Bill Amended By Judiciary Body
In Raleigh on February 9 the senate judiciary two committee amended Senator Penny of Guilford’s junk dealer records bill. The measure would exempt batches of junk weighing 200 pounds or more. Action on the bill was deferred. The committee also deferred Senator Wallace’s divorce bill and approved sending youths 16 or younger in motor vehicle violations to juvenile and domestic courts.
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Penny
Guilford
Senate
Judiciary Two
Vogler
Mecklenberg
Wallace of
Johnston
Mental Bills Before Legislature Prompt Aid for Mentally Ill
In Raleigh on February 6 the legislature heard proposals to expand aid for the mentally ill. Senator O Berry of Wayne sponsors measures creating a nine member hospital board of directors to oversee a spastic paralytic hospital and appointment terms. Senator Mitchell of Sredell seeks to liberalize commitment rules with two physicians required and 30 day observation plus possible indefinite confinement.
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Mether O'Berry
Hospital Board of Control
Mitchell
Sredell
Seven Deaths From New England Snowfall Drives Widespread Curb
Snow blanketed New England with up to 25 inches crippling transport and power. Boston logged 18 inches, Syracuse 25, Hartford 24, Portland 12, as trains halted and highways clogged. Southern states saw rising temperatures toward freezing while relief appeared in the Great Plains and Midwest.
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Alabama
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