Marines Take Mt Suribachi Iwo Jima Azimuth of Victory
Marines reach Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima as they press the drive for the air field after repulsing Japanese counterattacks. The capture follows 28 hours of brutal uphill fighting with 5372 American casualties reported and the summit now in U S control.
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Guam
Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Japan
Ameriforces
Sland
Leathernecks
Mnery
M. Chester W. Nimitz
8Th Regiment
United States Marines
United States
Mt. Surion Iwo Island
Russians Eager To Pursue Nazis Into Argentina
London dispatch reports Moscow radio claiming the Russian public would pursue Hitler's Army into Argentina if they fled there. The broadcasts note Nazis allegedly escaped to Argentina via Spain, reflecting ongoing pursuit concerns.
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Argentina
London
Moscow
Hitler
Spain
Japs Mopped Up On Capul Island
American forces of the Americal division routed Japanese troops on Capul Island near Luzon after a landing announced by Gen Douglas MacArthur. The offensive aimed to disrupt the Japanese push toward Manila and Leyte, with U S forces advancing in tandem along Lagune De Bay and pressing in Intramuros while Corregidor marines were reported eliminated.
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Manila
Americal
Solomons
Little Capul
Luzon
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Capul
Bernardino Strait
Samar
Imperial Japanese Navy
Leyte
Fred Hampson
City Hall
Intramuros
Iifth Airborne
Lagune de Bay
Muntinlupa
Corregidor
Manila Bay
98 Year-Old Man Acquitted Of Murder Charge
Daniel Phelps aged 98 was acquitted by directed verdict in Elizabeth City Superior Court on a murder charge tied to the death of his son-in-law Joseph E Craddock. The case noted the grand jury had previously filed an indictment but the court accepted a directed verdict. Witnesses included the coroner Dr W White and police chief W H Sample who testified about the shooting at 304 North Street.
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Wizabeth City
Daniel Phelps
Joseph E. Craddock
Brothers of the Deal
W. _ White
Eman Lewis Owens
Phelps Craddock
Ipence
Craddock
Gliff W. L. Thompson
Child Bride Gives Up Work In School
Mary Lou Houdeshell described as almost 14 marries Ralph Houdeshell in Girard Kansas. He is about 50 with 11 children from a previous marriage. Five of the young couple’s children were Mary Lou’s classmates. Mary Lou will quit school to care for the family and start a cook role. Her mother Mrs Maude Brown consented. Houdeshell’s first wife died last June.
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Sheldon
Mary Lou Houndeshell
Ralph Houdeshell
Houdeshell
Mary Lou
Girard
Kas
Maude Brown
Dr Allen McLean Dies In Morganton
Dr Allen McLean 59 longtime state hospital medical staff member died after months of illness. A native of Laurinburg he practiced at Wagram and Bladenboro before Morganton. Survived by widow and two children Lt Stephen Alderman McLean USN and Harriet Percell McLean. After a brief service the body goes to Wagram for burial in Laurinburg.
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Morganton
Allen McLean
State Hospital
McLean
Laurinburg
Wagram
Bladenboro
A. W. McLean
Stephen Alderman McLean
U.S.N
Pacific
German Freight Yards Damaged by Allied Planes
The Allied air offensive concentrates on German rail hubs as 1,900 American planes and 650 fighters attacked 20 freight yards and rail targets. Operations extend across Germany, Austria, and Italy with large formations at low altitudes and thousands of planes involved over the past three days.
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London
Italy
Germany
Reich
Austria
RAF
Berlin
Eighth Air Force
Turks May Declare War on Germany and Japan
Ankara reports suggest a special Turkish national assembly meeting could declare war on both Germany and Japan. Earlier Turkey severed diplomatic and economic ties with Germany. Rumors also placed Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Transjordan and possibly Egypt on the side of the Allies.
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Ankara
Turkish National Assembly
Germany
Japan
Turkey
Middle East
Cairo
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Transjordania
London
Egypt
Bennison Seeks County Superintendent Post
T Bennison, longtime Allen Jay High principal during an eight year tenure that made the school a large consolidated campus in Guilford county, announces candidacy to succeed retiring county superintendent Thomas R Foust. If the board promotes him, he would take over the county post.
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T. Bennison
Allen Jay High School
Guilford County
Thomas R. Foust
Russian Major Talks With Nazi Secretary in Berlin
Moscow reports a Red Army major spoke by phone with a Nazi secretary in Berlin city hall. The dispatch claims striking German outflanking near a small town and a punctual German train crew reacting to orders.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Red Army
Berlin
Reichsminister of Railways
Reds Press Big Push Toward Guben and Berlin
Soviet forces mass 30 to 50 miles southeast of Berlin after an 11 mile encirclement attempt around Guben as Stalin vows near victory. Moscow radio cites heavy German losses since January 12 with 800000 killed and 350000 captured, while final Soviet offensive preparations intensify with Konev and Konev’s forces joining the drive.
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Guben
Berlin
Marshal Stalin
Stalin
Moscow
Red Army
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Gregory
Chiang Kai-Shek Praises Stalin Amid Red Army Gains
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek told Premier Stalin that the Red Army’s leadership and courage earned Chinese admiration. The message marked the 27th anniversary of the Red Army and foresaw Nazi collapse as near due to Soviet advances. Dr Sun Fo wired Stalin hopes for future Sino Soviet cooperation against a shared foe.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Stalin
Red Army
Berlin siege looms as war nears turning point
War correspondent notes Berlin's siege could become the era defining event as the city of 4.35 million faces encirclement. He compares with Leningrad's 17 month bombardment, warns of shortages and typhus, and predicts a brutal defense by Hitler and the German forces with Red Army pressure pressing in.
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London
New York
Tokyo
Jorge Granberg
Berlin
Associated
Hitler the Hun
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Warsaw
Granberg
Hitler
Moscow Radio
Europe
Red Artillery
Bull Terrier Wins Stay Of Execution In Los Angeles
Los Angeles February 28 A Staffordshire bull terrier named Woof received an 11th hour reprieve from execution for a baby’s death last February 13 A temporary restraining order blocks the city animal shelter from destroying the dog in a gas chamber until a March 36 hearing Grady Terry restaurant owner filed the petition Marguerite Derdenger 71 month old daughter of Staff Sergeant and Mrs Charles P Derdenger died when choked by the dog during play The Derden gers and others nationwide urged sparing the dog
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Los Angeles
Woof
William R. McKay
City Animal Shelter
Grady Terry
Marguerite Derdenger
Legislature considers licensing ice cream dealers and board of health action
Raleigh February 23 Rep Edwards Greene moves a bill to license ice cream makers and sellers with state Department of Agriculture. Imported desserts face annual fees. on site makers pay 85 dollars. Rep Stoney Burke seeks health board to coordinate with federal $100 million public council allocations. Rep LeGrand introduces measure to place Carolina Beach under election machinery.
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Raleigh
Rep. Edwards of
Greene
State Department of Agriculture
Ep. Stoney
Burke
State Board of Health
Public Council
Board of Health
Carolina Beach
Rep. LeGrand
Plane Wreckage Found Near Rural Retreat Virginia
A missing American Airlines transcontinental plane with 19 passengers and a crew of three was reported long overdue after leaving LaGuardia for Los Angeles. A radio message later said wreckage was seen four miles southwest of Rural Retreat Virginia with no sign of life. Names of passengers not released. crew included Capt. James E. Stroud First Officer R. M. Brigman and Stewardess Sarah Padgett.
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Kingsport
Tenn
American Airlines
Airlines
Retreat
Virginia
Polit
Rollers Creek
New York
Washington
Nashville
la Guardia Field
Los Angeles
R. S. Damon
Pulaski
James E. Stroud
R. M. Brigman
Sarah Padgett
Escaped convict sought in murder case in Chicago
Chicago authorities hunted Joseph Medley alias J H Gardner a 43 year old escaped convict from Michigan serving 30 to 60 years for kidnaping and armed robbery. Chief Walter Storms said five witnesses identified Medley from photos as the man who rented the hotel room where Blanche Zimmerman was found dead February 18.
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Chicago
Michigan
Blanche Zimmerman
Walter Storms
Storms
Joseph Medley
J. H. Gardner
Medley
Big Offensive Is Believed Under Way Across Rhine Front
German broadcasts reported Eisenhower began a scale offensive from Roer to Dueren with an attack by the Ninth and First Armies on a 35 mile front. Bridgeheads claimed at Dirkendorf Birkenroth Givenich and Selgersdorf as U S forces pressed toward Dueren and Cologne amid heavy artillery.
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Paris
Eisenhower
The
Cologne
Roer
Supreme Headquarters
Roermond
Dueren
Dirkendorf
William H. Simpson
Ninth Army
Birkendorf
Givenich
Selgersdorf
Juelich
U. S
Ro Érmond
Maas
Meuse
Berlin
Goch-Rhine
Battefield
Saar
Saarbruecken
Forbach
George S. Patton
Moselle
Trier
Middle Rhine
Saar River
Saarburg
Americans Take Mt Torraccia On Italian Front
American forces advancing from Belvedere captured Mount Torraccia, 3,500 feet high, after storming German trench systems on the Italian front. Brazilian troops seized Mount Castello on the right flank, enduring heavy mortar fire. Allied casualties totaled about 400.
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Mount Belvedere
Pistoia-Bologna
Terraccia
Domeinating Belvedere
Mount Castello
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