Germans Caught Abed as Invaders Overrun Goch
Paris report says Scottish infantry and tanks mopped up two thirds of GochSie geb Siegfried Line hub after a surprise attack trapped the German commander and staff in bed. Patton’s Third Army pushed on a 32 mile front between Ettringen and Prüm, breaking Siegfried Line near Brzen Cruchten, while Seventh Army drove into Saarland near Saarbrucken.
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Paris
Siegfried Line
Goch
Patton
S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Germany
Etchig
Pruem
Sure
Luxembourg
Brnzen
Cruchten
U. S. Seventh Army
Saarland
Alsace
Saarbrucken
Raleigh teachers press for higher salaries amid state debate
In Raleigh on February 19, teachers statewide voiced continued dissatisfaction with proposed biennial salaries. Governor Cherry defended a pay raise plan while local groups in Charlotte Greensboro and Raleigh criticized it. Delegations and ballots signaled strong support for higher salaries and teacher morale concerns.
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Raleigh
Charlotte
Greensboro
Cherry
Ers
Carolina Congress of Par
Charette
Wake County
Leigh
Bridges Pushes Public Release of Italian Surrender Terms
Representative Bridges cafe a demand that Allied authorities publish the Italian surrender terms. He cites a Geneva International Law Review copy calling for a hard peace and 2,000,000 Italians to work in Allied countries, plus frontier revisions and Istria shifts. Officials note postwar borders are decided by the peace conference, not armistice terms.
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Washington
Nater Bridges
R-Nh
International Law Review
Geneva
France
Britain
Yugoslavia
Istria
Recce
Fiume
Italy
Postoffice Surplus Tops 265 Million. War Boosts Mail
The Postoffice Department, aided by wartime mail volume and higher rates, may end next year with a surplus exceeding 265 million. Testimony to the House Appropriations Committee shows 1948 ended with a revenue surplus and 1949 expected to exceed 117 million, while the service handles 7.7 million mail pieces yearly for service members. Philatelists had a strong year with new stamps honoring countries overrun by Nazi invaders, marking the best issuance since 1935.
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Washington
Postoffice
House
Post Office Department
Philatelic Agency
Youth Confesses to Killing Mother With Frying Pan
In Detroit on February 19 prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien said 16 year old Elvin Kent confessed to beating his mother Ida Kent 43 to death with a frying pan after a rebuke. O'Brien planned to seek a first degree murder warrant and noted the youth termed his act an act of God.
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Detroit
Gerald K. O'Brien
Wayne County
Elvin Kent
Ida Kent
O'Brien
Elvin
Meadows Tells Of His Loans To College
Dr. Leon R. Meadows testifies in Greenville on Feb. 19 that he stored building materials on the East Carolina Teachers College campus and sent 80 bags of cement to the college that were not fully returned. He discusses 40 fund items handled during his presidency while witnesses Mrs. Charles M. Johnson and Mrs. O. K. Joyner testify about his character.
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Greenville
Leon R. Meadows
East Carolina Teachers College
Charles M. Johnson
O. K. Joyner
Raleigh
Halsey says Japanese fleet will not come out to fight
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr predicts the Japanese fleet will be forced out rather than meeting in battle. He notes Tokyo and Iwo Jima operations show a deteriorating ex-Japanese navy and says he is in Washington on orders of Admiral King.
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Washington
William F. Halsey, Jr
Pacific
Third Fleet
Halsey
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Admiral King
Japs Deploy Up To 50 Divisions Against Possible American Landing
Gen Ho Yin Chin, China's chief of staff, says Japan is deploying up to 50 divisions on the Chinese mainland to stop a potential American landing on the coast. He notes a new troop disposition and plans for an effective offensive with Allied movements toward victory. The border region of Hunan and Kwangtung sees continued efforts to seal the Canton Hankow railway gap.
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Chungking
Central
Ho Yin Chin
China
Kunming
Hunan
Kwangtung
Canton-Hankow
Tokyo Bombarded by 150 Superfortresses In Tokyo Raid
U.S. Air Force reports about 150 Superfortresses from the Marianas pounded Tokyo for the eighth time with precision strikes on industrial plants. Earlier, about 60 B 29s hit Kuala Lumpur rail yards and repair shops as part of missions to disrupt combat routes in the region.
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Washington
Tokyo
Kuala
Malay
20Th Air Force
Marianas
Indo-China
Burma
Okyo
Marines Storm Iwo Jima In Major Pacific Assault
The United States Marines launched a decisive assault on Iwo Jima after a prolonged bombardment, meeting fierce resistance from a Japanese garrison possibly exceeding 10,000. The island, though small at eight square miles, serves as a strategic air base for operations toward Tokyo and the Japanese mainland invasion.
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Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Jima
Island
Pacific
Road To Berlin Covers Eastern Western Front Distances
The report lists distances to key fronts: 32 miles from Zellin on the Eastern Front, 296 miles from the Rhine at Emmerich on the Western Front, and 544 miles from Reno River on the Italian Front. It notes the amphibious invasion as a large scale operation due to the strong Japanese garrison and defenses, with Marines landing in hundreds.
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Wrath Parennessy Ca
Zellin
West Bank
Rhine
Emmerich
Reno River
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima Operation Aims to Tighten Tokyo’s Noose
Dewitt Mackenzie reports on a major carrier and land based air and naval bombardment for the Iwo Jima landing. The plan uses two airfields on Iwo to base aircraft including bombers and fighters, reducing Japanese raids from the Marianas and enabling direct attacks on the mainland. The operation, paired with Luzon reclamation, would tighten the Allied air and naval blockade around Tokyo.
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Iwo
Iwo Jima
Marianas
Japan
Luzon
Philippines
Tokyo
Pacific
United Nations
Reds Battle Resistance Of Germans
The Red Army fought sharp German counterattacks across the ice covered eastern front while pushing toward Dresden and Berlin's southeastern flank. Moscow reports say the counterattacks were led by German regulars and Himmler’s Home Army units in large numbers, especially in Pomerania and Silesia with dug in artillery. Despite the German effort, Marshal Ivan Konev's First Ukrainian Army continued to press forward, forcing strong engagement from German forces.
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Associated Press
London
Red Army
Dresden
Berlin
Moscow
Heinrich Himmler
Pomerania
Silesia
Ivan Konev
Argentina’s Stand Is Being Watched
Reports say Argentina plans to declare war on Germany to mend ties with Western Hemisphere nations. The note to Berlin protests a threat to deny safe conduct to Argentine diplomats. Debate grows as Inter-American Conference opens in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Argentina
Germany
Buenos Aires
Berlin
Aventine
United Nations
Moonshining In 1944 Shows Large Increase Across States
The 1944 war year saw a rise in moonshining with 6,801 stills seized by federal agents, up from 5,653 in 1943. Production included 7,427,649 gallons of mash, an increase of 727,248 over the prior year, concentrated mainly in the South with Georgia at 1,465 stills, though down 15 from 1943. North Carolina recorded 1,072 and South Carolina 906, each rising significantly from 1943.
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Washington
Treasury
South
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Graham Voices Support for University Reform
Raleigh February 19. President Frank P. Graham of the Greater University of North Carolina expressed approval of changes to the university system. He outlined his views on governance and expansion during a public statement in Raleigh.
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Graham
Raleigh
Frank P. Graham
Greater
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina to rename deans as chancellors
A UNC special committee recommended that the Deans of Administration at the three units be renamed to Chancellors and Vice Presidents while the head remains President. The move follows President Graham's statement that deans should receive appropriate titles. Former Governor Max Gardner led the committee, with UNC's 1931 consolidation in view.
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Raleigh
Greater University of North Carolina
Greater University
Max Gardner
Frank P. Graham
Deans of Administration at UNC Three Units
A university official discussed the titles of deans at the three units of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill Raleigh and Greensboro. He described the role as administration heads across the campuses and outlined potential naming conventions.
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University At
Chapel Hill
Raleigh
Greensboro
Marines Push 600 Yards Up Iwo Beachhead Invasion
United States Marines landed on Iwo Jima and advanced about 600 yards up rugged slopes from the beachhead to reach the island’s bomber airstrip. Japanese defense was stiff with heavy artillery and machine gun fire as Fifth Fleet ships blasted positions. casualties were described as considerable but overall progress was satisfactory according to Lt. Gen. Holland Smith and Vice Adm. Turner.
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Iwo Jima
Navy
Iwo
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Futatsuna Beach
Kamigami
U. S. Navy Air Force Photo
International
United States Pacific Fleet
United States
Fifth Fleet
Richmond Kelly Turner
Porkchop Sha
Standay
Guam
Mertens
Fifth Corps
America
Fourth Marine Division
Fifth Division
Holland M. Smith
Turners
Hell's Acre
Turner
United States Fifth Fleet
Eeeee
Fifth Fleet Air Arm
Nevada
Pearce
Normandy
Webley Edwards
Saipan
Allied Planes Smash Targets Of Germans
A thousand one hundred American heavy bombers hit twelve western German rail centers and Ruhr industrial targets including Muenster Osnabrueck Rheine and Siegen. Liberators Fortresses bombed Austrian railyards in Vienna Graz Klagenfurt and naval sites at Pola Fiume. RAF Mosquito attacks hit Berlin Mannheim and Bremen. About 250 Lancasters attacked Wesel, targeting bridges for Rhine crossing amid pressure from Canadian troops.
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London
Germany
Muenster
Osnabrueck
Rheine
Siegen
Ruhr
Italy
15Th Air Force
Vienna
Graz
Klagenfurt
Austria
Pola
Fiume
Adriatic
West
Berlin
Rhine
Manila Bay Free of Japanese Control as Civilians Liberated
American forces report Manila Bay nearly in Allied hands with 7000 civilians including 100 Americans released under fire during a hospital area rescue. Japanese still hold intramuros while Corregidor and Malinta hill fall to mopping up. MacArthur hails stand at Bataan and Corregidor as a decisive delay to Japan and P observers note Hospitality hospital refugees rescued amid fierce urban combat.
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Manila
Maneila Bay
Intramuros
Core Regidor
Hy General Hospital
Intramuros Wale
Oscar W
14Th Corps
A de LaSalle College
Malate
Navy
Seventh Fleet
Cavite
Douglas MacArthur
Corregi Hill
Bay
Malinta Hill
Corregidor
Bataan
Manila Bay
Orion
MacArthur
Americas
Philippines
Japan
Australia
Philippine Hospital
Stimson Criticized by Sen O Mahoney Over Manpower View
Senator O Mahoney charged War Secretary Stimson with an unbalanced account of manpower in his critique of Congress for delaying modified National Service legislation. He said the broadcast misleads soldiers and families and praised voluntary home front effort as ample, stressing that soldiers have not been let down by the people.
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Washington
Stimson
O’maehoney
D-Wye
O'Mahoney
United States
Wyoming
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