Bonnie Wiley Reports Marine Landings at Iwo Jima
Bonnie Wiley, famed Pacific war correspondent, accompanies amphibious forces to Iwo Jima for D day plus one. She describes doctors and Marines amid smoke and shellfire, hearing loudspeakers call for stretcher bearers while wounded Marines share stories of survival and courage aboard the ship.
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Bonnie Wiley
Pacific
Bonnie Ley
U. S. Hospital
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Iwo Jima
Marine Corps
Amibious
San Francisco
Iwo
Americans Drive Deep Into Ruhr Pocket Across Rhine Front
Allied forces push toward Dusseldorf and the Rhine as the 102nd division reports 800 prisoners in 24 hours. American spearheads capture Hottorf and clear Gevenich and nearby villages, with Hodges’ First Army advancing on the Erft river and Rhine. Canadian and British commands press on Calcar Weeze Goch while Patton’s Third Army furthers a wide sweep in the Eifel and Luxembourg salient.
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Glimbach
Tetz
Boslar
Erft River
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Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Yester
Cologne
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Drafting deferment rules for under 30 war workers details
A wartime draft bulletin outlines that men aged 34 to 37 remain deferable for health safety or public interest tasks while a strong demand for combat replacements strains availability. It describes Form 42 A (special revised) for under 30s seeking deferment, with employer certification and designated federal agencies to aid local boards.
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Hitler's Talk Not Convinci Says Lochne
London headline recounts Adolf Hitler commemorating the 25th anniversary of his party founding with a speech that mixed fear tactics and mysticism. The report notes propaganda from Hermann Esser, appeals to Germans’ fears, and predictions about the war, with references to Stalingrad and Soviet and Allied tensions.
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Lochne
London
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Allie Ding
Fuehrer
Hermann Esser
Rescue at Los Banos by 11th Airborne and guerrillas
Col Robert H Soule led 1500 soldiers of the 11th Airborne division and guerrillas in a staged dawn strike to free prisoners at Los Banos camp. Japanese guards and staff were killed as amphibious, airborne, and jungle forces attacked simultaneously.
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Robert H. Soule
11Th Airborne Division
11Th Division
Laguna de Bay
Nichols Field
Manila
5Lth Parachute Regiment
Assassination in Palace Sends Premier to Death
A pistol fire struck the Egyptian premier as he left a speech in a palace chamber. Deputies rushed in while the premier bled in front of a physician who died before aiding him. The premier's daughter fainted in the ensuing hysteria as the king was alerted.
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Aly Irbahim Pasha
Soviets Drive Toward Danzig Border in Wide Baltic Push
Soviet forces report making gains across East Prussia and Pomeranian areas. They encircled Gniew and Grudziadz, with advances toward Starogard and Danzig border towns. Reports claim German resistance around Koenigsberg continues as tanks are destroyed and Russian fronts widen toward Bratislava and Vienna.
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Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
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Forst
Transocean
Germans Tied Down By Allies In North Italy
Allied forces along the Fifth Army front in Italy press to pin down German divisions with continued air attacks from Italian bases. U S infantry and Brazilian troops hold gains around Monte Belvedere near Bologna, while raids target German fortifications south of Bologna and key rail lines to hinder Alpine withdrawal. Kesselring redeploys units by truck in a last effort to regain ground near Bologna as the Adriatic front shows only normal patrols.
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Italy
U. S
Monte Belvedere
Bologna
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Cave
Mount Della Terraccia
Albert Kesselring
Adriatic
Boundary debate echoes Versailles line on Poland
Acheson argued that postwar boundaries should keep populations with their national lines. He claimed the Crimea accord was not the Polish border and that allied officials favored a line at Versailles for ethnic reasons. He asserted the division of peoples remains true today.
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Acheson
Conquest of Nippon doomed with early archipelago clearance
Reported advances show Gen Yamashita doomed as battles unfold across the Pacific. On Corregidor 2309 Japanese dead counted with a thousand more destroyed in tunnels while Marines press toward the central airfield. Nimitz says lines change little as ground is gained slowly. Iwo Jima sees Marines purge cave strongholds atop Mount Suribachi. Japanese claim 17000 troops held during the night. Los Banos rescue proceeds with airborne, amphibious, and guerrilla support. American casualties total four. Chinese forces recapture Enhwa and Namtu as Burma operations advance and Lashio remains the focus of transport routes.
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Lienhwa
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Burma
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Lashio
Football President Talks With ODT in Washington Visit
Elmer Layden chief of the NFL said no definite travel plan for 1945 emerged from his Washington meetings. He declined to comment on details of the ODT visit and noted Col. J. Monroe Johnson asked him to return later. The talks followed baseball leaders pledging a 25 percent cut in team travel mileage.
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Elimer Layden
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Layden
Capes
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ODT
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Ted
Col. Johnson
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Ford Frick
Hopes Japan Will Not Reinforce Iwo Jima
Vice Admiral R S Edwards says Pacific Fleet remains focused on Iwo Jima. He doubts Japan will reinforce, suggesting sinking transports would be cheaper for Japan, and notes Iwo action has slowed awaiting sufficient power. He cites joint decision by Marshal, Arnold, and King to land on the island.
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R. S. Edwards
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Iwo Jima
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Iwo
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Allied bombers hit rail yards and oil refineries in northern Italy and Germany
RAF heavy bombers and Ninth Air Force fighters targeted rail targets across northern Italy and German refineries and U boat yards near Hamburg Bremen Misburg Harburg and U boat yards at Hamburg. Flying Fortresses and escort fighters reported little traffic moving in northwestern Germany as locomotives and rail cars were damaged.
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Klagenfurt
Ferrara
Padua
Udine
Ialy
Ninth Air Force
Germany
Kamen
Dortmund
Misburg
Hamburg
Harburg
Bremen
Red Army
Reporter Creates a Story With Regrets
Wesley Guderian of the Klamath Falls Herald-News rode a driverless car speeding down a hill as its battery died and the door failed. He steered it four blocks past a state highway intersection, leaped from the car before it crashed through a fence, vaulted the canal, and sank.
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Klamath Falls
Wesley Guderian
Klamath Falls Herald-News
Guderian
Curfew Debates Tangle as Gotham Faces New Rules
New York grapples with a nightly curfew amid wartime restrictions. City officials and police coordinate with state and federal authorities to enforce venue closures and regulate servicemen activities, amid economic concerns in the amusement district.
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Dorton
Gotham
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Washington York
Grand Canyon Width and Depth Noted in Description
The Grand Canyon is described as over 300 miles long and about 13 miles wide with the river about a mile from its edge, illustrating the vast scale of the canyon.
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Grand Canyon
Fragmented wartime memo fades with stray lines
The text shows a garbled wartime scene with a person named Guderian at home, a wal and telephone fragments, an editor's instruction about a car, and a terse, uncertain exchange. The readable elements hint at a diary or manuscript fragment rather than a full report.
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