Russians advance near Berlin as Poznan siege ends
Soviet forces push toward Berlin with a widening encirclement and capture of Poznan’s surroundings. Dispatches report gains around Breslau and Danzig, with advances on Cottbus and Guben as Hitler’s forces suffer heavy losses.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Reich
Ehisack
Wormditt
Danzig
Breslau
Silesian
Queis
Tschirners
USCHA
Silesia
Jauscha
Dresden
Goerlitz
Neisse
Shatfred
Berlin
Moscow
Redmy
Cottse
Guben
Koenigsberg
Bal
Komarom
Danube
Dapest
Poznan
Ria
Hzi
Del
Warsaw-Berlin
Ber
First Army Breaks German Line Near Rohrbach and Goch
Canadian First Army advances two miles breaching Siegfried Line to Rohrbach while British troops push toward Goch 16 miles from the Ruhr. U.S. 80th Division hits west wall and captures Rohrbach as more than 1,300 prisoners fall into Allied hands. Allied momentum tightens rear communications for German forces near Uedem and Calcar.
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Edward Kennedy Paris
Canadian First Army
Siegfried Bation
U. S
Thes
Rohrbach
Esternach
Ruhr
Goch
Uedem
Third
Kleve
Pruem
Aachen-Monschau
Goch-Calear
Westwall
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Calcar
Asperdem
Hassam
Maas River
Afferden
Gennep
Venlo
Death Rains On Iwo Jima Tokyo Jittery
Allied forces press heavy air and sea assaults across Corregidor and Iwo Jima as MacArthur reports rapid advances on Corregidor with paratroop landings and naval bombardment. Nimitz confirms Fifth Fleet attacks around Tokyo Yokohama with carrier planes involved. Radio Tokyo warns of life underground as battles continue in Manila Bay and southern Manila.
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NAVY
Tokyo
U. SS. Navy
Iwo Jima (A
Volcano Islands
Luzon
Philippines
Manila
Ray Cronin
Manila Bay
America
Pacific
Corregidor Island
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Fifth Fleet
Iwo Jma
Iwo
Tokyo-Yokohama
Honshu
Nippon Air Defense General Headquarters
Corregidor Forteress
Bataan
MacArthur
China Sea
Corregidor
Radio Tokyo
Rock Fortress
Cold Wave Hits South Texas to Ohio and Maryland
A powerful cold mass moved southeast from Montana driving rain sleet and thunderstorms across the region. Temperatures plunged from the 60s in Texas and Missouri to the 20s and 30s as far east as Pennsylvania and Maryland with snow reported in Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio and Maryland.
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Associated Press
Texas
Louisiana
Asylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Tral Missouri
Southernylvania
Maryland
Westarillo
Tex
Ft. Worth
Shreveport
Vicksburg
Miss
Chicago
Montana
Tas
Corn Belt
Co. Mo
German Withdrawal From Italy Likely Says Clark
Lt. Gen. Mark Clark said a German withdrawal from Italy was increasingly likely and warned Italians in northern provinces to avoid critical targets. He urged partisans to attack communications to aid aerial blows and noted German patrols remained aggressive along the front with strong resistance near Bologna.
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Rome
Mark Clark
Italy
Reich
Eisenhower
Alsace
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Europe
Clark
Bologna
Ely
Hawaiian Can't Figure It Out Pines For Home
ASHEVILLE Feb 17 At the army redistribution station a Hawaiian soldier T 3 Elmer F Akau waits for reassignment and laments being farther from home than ever before He lists Honolulu as home and says Asheville feels like a long unfamiliar stop after Guadalcanal and hospital care in New Caledonia San Francisco Letterman Woodrow Wilson Hospital Staunton and a North Carolina natn station are noted in his long journey back to duty
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Asheville
Elmer F. Akau
Southwest Pacific
Honolulu
States
Elmer
Guadalcanal
New Caledonia
San Francisco
Letterman General Hospital
Woodrow Wilson Hospital
Staunton
Natn
Charlotte Teachers Stick To Demands
Four hundred members of the Charlotte Teachers Association voted to stick to a $200 maximum salary for an A-9 teacher and to dispatch a delegation to Raleigh Monday to push their proposal. They rejected the budget committee plan and opposed a $10 monthly war bonus at year end if funds are available.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Teachers Association
Raleigh
Harris Endorsed For U S District Judge Post
Wake County Bar Association endorsed Superior Court Judge W C Harris of Raleigh for appointment as United States district judge for the eastern district of North Carolina in a unanimously adopted resolution. The group sent a copy of the resolution to President Roosevelt who will name a successor to Judge Isaac M Meekins who announced his retirement.
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Raleigh
Superior Court
W. C. Harris
United States
District of
North Carolina
Wake County Bar Association
Roosevelt
Isaac M. Meekins
Elizabeth City
Stettinius Heads to Mexico Conference from Brazil
U. S. Secretary of State Stettinius arrived in Rio de Janeiro for talks with President Vargas before traveling to Mexico City for the inter American conference. He was greeted at Santa Cruz field by Brazilian officials as a Marine band played both nations anthems. He then proceeded to Petropolis for further discussions.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
U. 8
Stettinius
Vargas
Mexico City
Crimea
Moscow
Santa Cruz Field
Rio
Santos Dumont Field
Pedro Leno Velloso
United States
Petropollis
Allied Strategy In West Lets Nazis Use Reserves To Best Advantage
Allied observers note German forces in the west have reorganized after Ardennes retreats and use terrain, the Roer river, and flooding to wage delaying actions. The Luftwaffe’s pressure remains high, but the front is not held in great strength. A major Allied drive is anticipated, though tougher than weeks ago, as Germany redeploys units and resumes a balanced line.
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West
Germany
Strat
Belgium
France
Roer
Rhine
Ardennes
Western Front
Eastern Front Holds Firm as Spring Thaws Loom
The war in Europe shows Red armies near the Elbe and Berlin while Allied forces press a 20 mile Rhine arc. Nazi plans for a longer resistance appear vanishing as spring floods threaten a collapse after the winter offensive. The map favors the Soviets from the Sudeten to the Baltic with Germany's transport web now in Red hands.
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Europe
Elbe
Germany
Berlin
Tenacles
Lower Rhine
Red Army
Poland
Silesia
Rhine
Roer
Maas
Oder
Sudeten Mountains
Baltic
Argentina Protest Against Germany Escalates Over Diplomats
Buenos Aires reports the government issued its sharpest note since the war began accusing Germany of trying to hold Argentine diplomats in Sweden. Acting Foreign Minister Cesar Ameghino said the note warns such action would be a hostile act and vows measures to defend sovereignty and citizens.
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Buenos Aires
Germany
Sweden
Cesar Ameghino
Former Chief Rabbi Zolli Converts to Catholicism in Rome
Israelo Zolli, former chief rabbi of Rome, publicly affirmed his conversion to Catholicism at the Gregorian University, saying the move was internal and that he would always love the Jews. He and his wife were baptized, and he will take the name Eugenio Maria in tribute to Pope Pius XII.
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George Bria
Rome
Israelo Zolli
Gregorian University
Zolli
Eugenio Maria
Poland
Zoller
Florence University
Trieste
Padua University
Fascist Party
Local Firms Charged With Ignoring War Labor Board Directives
In Atlanta on February 17 a joint statement by regional War Labor Board members and AFL CIO representatives accuses 47 Southern companies of defying WLB orders. They urge release of local unions from no strike pledges if noncompliance continues, warning of morale decline and potential harm to war production. Attendees include Frank McAllister CIO, Emmett Quinn AFL, George Googe AFL, W. M. Alexander AFL, R. R. Lawrence Textile Workers Union CIO, and Charles H. Gillman CIO regional.
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Atlanta
Fourth Regional
War Labor Board
AFL
CIO
WLB
Frank McAllister
Emmett Quinn
George Googe
AFL Southern
W. M. Alexander
R. R. Lawrence
Textile Workers Union of America
Charles H. Gillman
Love Letters Studied In Epes Probe
Sheriff T. Alex Heise studied about 40 letters written by Lt. S. C. Epes to a blonde Louisiana war worker as authorities probe the death of Epes wife Mary Lee Epes. Epes, jailed on a murder warrant, buried his wife in a foxhole near Fort Jackson after an overdose claim.
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Columbia
T. Alex Heise
S. C. Epes
Epes
Richmond
State Penitentiary
Pretty Mary Lee Epes
Jacksonville
Fla
Fort Jackson
Rnir
Heise
Lake Charles
Henry A. Reid, Jr
Reid
Mary Lee
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