Frankfurt on Oder Under Siege by Russian Forces
A German military commentator says Soviet troops under Marshal Zhukov have encircled the fortress city of Frankfurt on Oder, 38 miles east of Berlin, and are temporarily cutting the town’s lifelines to the capital as Russian artillery and bombers hammer the area.
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London
Gregory Zhukov
Frankfurt
Oder
Berlin
Czersk
Chojnice
Danzig
Stalin
Danzig- Stettin
Konstantine Kossovsky
Hans Arntz
Moscow
Pravda
Benin
Acenkov
Arntz
Patton Drives Through German Front in Moselle-Sarr
American forces led by General Patton break through central German lines in the Moselle-Sarr area. Armored divisions push toward Trier while other Allied units advance near Saarbrucken and Forbach. British and Canadian troops widen the breach as German positions crumble along the Siegfried line.
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Paris
George S. Patton, Jr
Moselle-Sarr
Trier
God
Rhine
Meuse
Maas
Ruhr
Patton
U. S. 7Th Army
Saarbrucken
Alexander M. Patche
Saar
Forbach
Saarbruecken
Spiecheren
Siegfried Line
van Patton
Eifel
Moselle
Vane Guards
Saar District
R and
Rmany
Goch
Kleve
Nijmegen
Henry Crerar
Conmand
Buchholz
Halverboom
Cakar
War Today: Allies Unite in Real Battle moral and might
The piece portrays propaganda from Goebbels praising German resolve while Western Allies display unity across fronts. It notes poor weather hindering air operations and ground conditions turning to mud as Allied forces including Canadians Scots Britons French and Americans endure difficult conditions in ongoing campaigns.
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le Joe Goebbels
Herv Hit
Germany
Joe
Berlin
Munich
Ringling circus leaders sentenced in Hartford fire case
Judge William J. Sheate sentenced three Ringling Brothers officials and three circus crew to prison terms ranging from six months to seven years for involuntary manslaughter in the fire that killed 168 at Hartford last July. Executives Haley and Versteeg received one to five years and two to seven years for other defendants, with George Smith and Leonard Wellsworth among those jailed. The operation pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and the judge noted the case as an equivalent plea.
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Hartford
Conn
William J. Sheate
Superior Court
Barnum and Bailey Circus
George Smith
Sarasota
Fla
Leonard
Lesworth
S A. Haley
Sident
Saraa
R. Versteeg
Willey
David W. Blanchfield
Shea
Ringling Brothers
Barm and Bailey
Berchtesgaden Raid Opens Allied War Attacks
U S 12th Air Force rocket strikes hit Hitler’s Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps from Italian bases. The raid targeted rail yards, cars, locomotives, and nearby facilities as part of a wider 2400 Allied sorties today aimed at enemy communications from Italy into southern Germany.
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RCME
U. S. 12Th Air Force
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Bavarian Alps
Reich
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Nuernberg
Munich
Italy
Germany
Mark Clark
Bombers and fighters strike Nürnberg rail yards
More than 1,200 American bombers escorted by 650 fighters attacked Nürnberg for a second straight day hitting rail and industrial targets. The previous day over 900 U S Flying Fortresses struck the Nürnberg yards, believed to hold trains and possibly German government records and effects.
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London
Nuernberg
U. S
Women’s college cancels spring holiday and reschedules commencement
In Greensboro on February 21, the faculty voted to cancel the spring holidays at Woman’s College, with students approving. The Easter weekend was removed from the schedule, pushing commencement from June 2 3 4 to May 26 27 28. Summer session opens June 7.
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Greensboro
Woman's College
Marine Losses On Iwo Jima Exceed Tarawa
A Washington dispatch reports Marine casualties in the first 48 hours of the Iwo Jima assault totaling about 3,650 officers and men wounded and killed, exceeding Tarawa’s toll of 988 dead and 2,163 wounded in 76 hours. Two divisions attacked Iwo Jima versus one at Tarawa, with Soissons WWI still the bloodiest single hour.
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Washington
Iwo Jima
Tarawa
Pacific
Pacific Fleet
Iwo
Soissons
France
Senate Appropriations Bill Clears House Passage
Raleigh dated report notes the Senate quickly approved the House backed general appropriations bill totaling 232 799 787 dollars with no debate. Leaders expect the finance bill to be reported to the House soon with minor amendments to the permanent money raising act.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Twenty Five Japanese Ships Sunk By Submarines
United States submarines have sunk twenty five more Japanese vessels in the far east, including three combatant ships an escort aircraft carrier a destroyer and a large converted cruiser. Non combatant losses include multiple cargo and transport vessels bringing total Japanese ships sunk to 1045 since the war began.
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Washington
Far Eastern
United States
Heart Attack Fatal To R. T. Fountain
Rocky Mount, Feb. 21 Richard T. Fountain 60 prominent local attorney and former lieutenant governor of North Carolina from 1929 to 1932 died at his home after a heart attack. He practiced law since 1907 and served five terms in the state legislature starting in 1918, becoming speaker in 1927. He ran for governor in 1932 and for the U S Senate in 1936. He was a former trustee of the University of North Carolina and chaired its Eastern board of trustees.
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Richard T
Dick) Fountain
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
Richard T. Fountain
Gardner
Fountain
United States Senate
University of North Carolina
The
Eastern
Baseball Asked To Curtail Its Travel In 1945
Washington 21 Feb The ODT urged baseball to cut 1945 travel by 25 percent affecting exhibition games squads and possibly the world series. Games to be played only in home city venues and no exhibitions except at Army and Navy bases. Rosters to be reduced and World Series plans to depend on transport and war conditions. Frick Harridge and Johnson said results were satisfactory and awaited league reports. They met with War Mobilizer Byrnes on baseball manpower.
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Washington
ODT
Baseball
Ford Frick
Will Harridge
DDT
J. Monroe Johnson
Army
Navy
Frick
Iold
War Mobil
James F. Byrnes
Battle of Iwo Jima: 3650 Casualties Reported by Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet announces about 3,650 Marines killed or wounded in the first 48 hours on Iwo Jima. Casualties include roughly 3,300 enlisted men and 150 officers, with 3,063 wounded evacuated. Marines advance toward Motoyama airfield No. 2 and Suribachi with heavy enemy fire and mined terrain.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Nimitz
Motoyama No. 2
Fifth Marine
Motoyama Airfield No. 1
Tokyo
Suribachi
Curfew Length Tied to War as Two Front Conflict Prolongs
A Washington official said the nationwide midnight curfew for entertainment venues will likely stay in effect as long as the two front war lasts. Exemptions for swing shift workers appear unlikely and the War Manpower Commission will administer and enforce the curfew.
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Washington
Hitler
War Manpower Commission
Old Tactics Used Against Jap Garrisons
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced the past week’s fighting cost the Nipponese 24,000 casualties. Medieval siege tactics in modern guise were used against trap ped garrisons in Manila’s intramuros and on Corregidor as cannon and howitzers gnawed at the 40 foot thick outer defenses.
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Manila
Intramuros
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
Chaplin Defends Against Deportation Talk as Political Persecution
Hollywood Feb 21 Charles Chaplin denounces a proposed Senate inquiry into his potential deportation as political persecution. Senator Langer introduced the bill Feb. 15 directing an inquiry into the English born actor. Chaplin cites anti Nazi and anti war criticism, Press attacks, and a 1944 Mann Act case acquittal as context.
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Hollywood
Charles Chaplin
Langer
R-N.dak
Senate Immigration Committee
Chaplin
Washington
Clark
Nye
Pearl Harbor
Russia
Belvedere Taken By American Troops In Italy
Allied forces captured Monte Belvedere and nearby villages west of the Pistoia Bologna road after a night assault. German counterattacks were repulsed as heavy artillery and mortar fire subsided under Allied air and artillery support.
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Belvedere
Italy
Rome
Monte Belvedere
Pistoia-Bologna
Polla
Valpiana
Monte Gongolesco
Fifth Army
Ines
Monte Mancinello
Pizzo di Campino
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Mt. Suribachi
Frankfurt On Oder
Roosevelt
Ibn Saud
Top
Saudi Arabia
Great Bitter Lake
Cairo
Egypt
Haile Selassie
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Suez Canal
Army Signal Corps
R. T. Fountain
Joan Barry
Miss Barry
Berry
New York
Miss Berry
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