Five Vicious Counterblows Repulsed by Allied Forces
Allied forces report multiple repulsed counterattacks as Canadian First Army clears the God line and advances in the Saarland. American units push into Germany near Lanxweiler and Saarbrucken while the 94th Division seizes towns along the Saar Trier front. Roer waters recede as momentum builds toward Cologne and the Ruhr.
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Associated Press
Paris
Canadian First Army
God
Line Road
Tth
Saarland
Saarbruecken
George 5. Patton
U.S. 3Rd Army
Germany
Winderingen
Lanwxembourg
Trier
Roer
Rhine
Meuse
Roermond
Cologne
Rhineland
Ruhr
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Marines Seize Southern Iwo Jima Airfield
United States forces reported by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz seized the southern airfield on Iwo Jima after a night counterattack by Japanese troops. Marines supported by naval and air units pushed a path across the island, weathering Japanese plane attempts.
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United States Pactfic Fleet Headquarters
Iwo Jima
Chester W. Nimitz
Roosevelt Seeks Unity With Allies in War Effort
President Roosevelt met Churchill at Alexandria and conferred with Allied leaders in North Africa and Spain en route to home. In the Crimea talks he assured full support against Japan after Germany’s defeat and outlined readiness of French leaders and ambassadors to coordinate in wartime strategy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Alexiia
Egypt
Japan
Germany
Yalta
Charles de Gaulle
al- French
Morocco
de Gaulle
Algiers
France
Red States
Livadia
Jimea
Black Sea
Sevastopol
United States
Great Bitterarie
Suezal
Farouk of I
Halie Selassie I
White House
Stettinius
Moscow
Liberia
Africa
Brazil
Mexico City
Alexandria
Molotov
Ambasaador
John G. Winant
Jefferson Laffery
Paris
Alexander Kirk
Rome
Mr. Roosevelt
Crimea
Americans Bombard Intramuros To Free Manila Civilians
American heavy howitzers blasted the thick walls of Manila’s Intramuros as 37th Division and airborne units assault the fortress city. Troops crossed the Pasig with pontoon bridges to shell the walls while encircling Fort William McKinley and pressing toward a possible civilian liberation.
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Manila
Intramuros
1Lth
First Cavalry
Fort William McKinley
Reds Punch Into Nazis Defenses Near Berlin and Dresden
London reports Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan Konev breached German lines along a mile front within 50 to 60 miles of Berlin and Dresden. The High Command says the advance resumed after repelling counterattacks that Berlin claimed had pushed back into four towns near Guben Sorau and Lauban as the push continued toward the two cities.
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London
Berlin
Dresden
Es High Command
Ivan Konev
Konev
Guben
Sorau
Lauban
Gloria Vanderbilt De Cicco Comes Into Five Million Trust
Gloria Vanderbilt De Cicco marked her 21st birthday and gained control of about 5 million dollars in trust from Reginald Vandebilt. She also received a pearl and diamond bracelet and all memorabilia from her father under her aunt Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's will, as she ceases to be a state ward.
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New York
Gloria Vanderbilt de Ciceco
Pat de Cicco
Reginald C.vandebilt
War and weather shape Western Allied push in Rhineland
Field Marshal Montgomery calls a final offensive phase as Eisenhower presses a move toward the Rhine crossing. Weather and floods threaten momentum while Rundstedt may be forced to choose between standing on the plain or retreating across the river. air power is hampered by conditions.
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Montgomery
Goch
Rhineland
Eisenhower
Ike
Siegfried
von Rundstedt
Cologne
Rundtsedt
Belgium
Rhine
Rundstedt
Hitler
Third Reich
Europe
Germany
Rhinland
World War Front Distances and Distinct Front Lines
Road distances to major fronts are listed: Eastern Front 32 miles from Zellin, Western Front 296 miles from the Rhine at Emmerich, and Italian Front 544 miles from the Reno River. This briefing maps proximity of key theaters for strategic planning.
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The
Associated Press
Zellin
West Bank
Rhine
Emmerich
Reno River
Churchill back from Big Three conference improves world affairs
Prime Minister Churchill said affairs abroad are rather smoother after the Big Three crime conference. He returned to London from Athens and Cairo and was greeted by a cheer in the House of Commons. Eden said debate on the conference will be held Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
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U. S. Navy
London
Churchill
Athens
Cairo
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Eden
Crimea
Stassen Accepts Appointment To Conference
Commander Harold E. Stassen announced he would attend the San Francisco United Nations conference despite calling the appointment a political liability. He said he will go in civilian clothes, speak freely, and report to Fleet Admiral King after being granted navy leave.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Stassen
William F. Halsey
Halsey
Ernest J. King
Fleet
Naval Operations
British 14th Army expands bridgehead near Mandalay
British 14th Army troops widen a bridgehead across the Irrawaddy river 35 miles below Mandalay in Burma despite Japanese counterattacks and artillery fire. Other units move toward Sin Gu Bridge head 40 miles north of Mandalay, forming a pincers threat to Mandalay.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Irrawaddy River
Mandalay
Burma
Sin Gu
Irrawaddy
Lend lease aid totals and impacts outlined to Congress
Washington reports to Congress that lend lease aid reached 35.38 billion dollars with 15.4 billion in 1944 under Leo T. Crowley. He says shortages at home were overstated by rumors. Most munitions stayed for U.S. forces. aid rose in 1944 and again in December to 1.319 billion.
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Washington
Congress
Leo T. Crowley
Roosevelt
U.S
U. S
Lend Lease
Normandy
Europe
Pacific
Rail Facilities Of Nazis Bombed By Allied Forces
Allied air forces struck Nazi rail yards and locomotive shops at Nuernberg and other targets across Germany in a multi wave operation. The eighth straight day of bombing involved 900 bombers escorted by 700 fighters with additional attacks on Bohlen Efurt Hannover Bremen and Brunswick. Two bombers were missing.
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London
Nuernberg
Munich
Reich
Eighth Air Force
Italy
Germany
Bohlen
Leipzig
Efurt
Hannover
Bremen
Brunswick
North Carolina Finance Bill Cleared for Senate Passage
The $232 million general appropriations bill, the largest in state history, advanced to the Senate after a House third reading in Raleigh. Two small amendments passed, replacing "war bonus" with "emergency salary" and formalizing Governor Cherry's agreement with educators on monthly contingent emergency pay for teachers.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Cherry
Caveness
Guilford
North Carolina airmen receive air medal clusters during WWII
At an India based ceremony, two North Carolinians earned air medals or oak leaf clusters for meritorious combat service with Col Kalberers Hellbird group. Dock Waller Jr. of Durham and Julius W. Childers of Bryson City received oak leaf clusters, supporting staff Maj William H. Ellerbee of Bennettsville also noted with an oak leaf cluster.
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20Th Bomber Command
India
A. E. Kalberer
Japan
Asia
North Carolina
Waller, Jr
Ellerbe St
Durham
Julius W. Childers
Bryson City
South Carolina
William H. Ellerbee
West Main St
Bennettsville
U S Task Force 58 Sighting Near Bonin Islands
A news agency reports U S Task Force 58 appeared yesterday in waters near the Bonin islands north of Iwo Jima. The broadcast notes the enemy roams waters about 650 miles from Japan and may attempt another air raid with carrier planes after licking its wounds.
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Associated Press
U. S
Bonin Islands
Iwo
Domel
Territorial Front Notes Geographic Reach on Island
Description outlines a territory extending from the northern slopes of Suribachi volcano at the island’s southern tip, separated from northern defenders, highlighting a strategic territorial boundary in the region.
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Suribachi Volcano
North Carolina budget outlined with 232 million appropriation
Raleigh reports recommended appropriations for the next biennium totaling 232 million dollars. The general fund is projected to gather about 66.64 million in year one and 63.64 million in year two. Agriculture, highways, and other departments show varying surpluses and requested allocations for 1945-46 and 1946-47. The general fund is expected to near a 20 million dollar end-year surplus earmarked for postwar use.
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Raleigh
Agriculture Department
Highway Department
Liberated US Officers Escape Nazi Camps in Russia
Major General Deane reports rapid Allied advances freed American officers from Nazi camps. About 200 to 400 officers are said to be among those freed, with several reaching Moscow and others sheltered in Praga. Capt Gruenberg Lt Colley and Lt Demling identify recent escapes and aid from Poles and Russians.
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Moscow
United States
J. Russell Deane
U. S
Lublin
Praga
Poland
Pent
Russia
Est M. Gruenberg
New York City
101St Airborne Division
Frank H. Colley
Washington, Ga
17Th Field Artillery
John N. Demling, Jr
Oakland Ave
Winston-Salem
30Th Infantry
Gruenberg
Normandy
Colley
Tunisia
Demling
Anzio
Wright Bryan
Atlanta Journal
France
Bryan
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington
D. C
Germany
Dunkelberg
Alabama
321St
Deane
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