233 Planes Hit Five Vessels Sunk In Pacific Strikes
U S Pacific Fleet reports carrier aircraft under Vice Admiral Mitscher damaged two Japanese aircraft factories and sank five small enemy vessels while destroying or damaging 233 planes in strikes on Tokyo and Hachijo Jima. Nimitz says nine American planes were lost and two fighters damaged. five pilots were saved.
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U. S. Pacific
Guam
Marc A. Mitscher
Hachijo Jima
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Breakthrough For 30 Miles In Pomerania
The Red Army broke through for 30 miles in Pomerania aiming to isolate Danzig and Gdynia, advancing to Bublitz and Rumme. Reports say jets pushed beyond Rumme lburg toward Stolp, with bridgeheads over the Neisse River and continued fighting along a 100 mile front from the Oder to Goerlitz.
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London
Red Army
Pomerania
Danzig
Gdynia
Reich
Bublitz
Rumme
Baltic
Berlin
Rummelsburg
Stolp
Neisse River
Oder-Neisse
Neisse
Guben
Forst
Moscow
Stettin
Kolberg
Kuestrin
Oder
Goerlitz
Silesia
See City
Dres
Transocean Agency
Lvan S
Bowles Seeks 6 to 7 Percent Clothing Price Cut
Price administrator Chester Bowles told Congress he hopes to lower clothing costs by 6 to 7 percent by next August. He testified the clothing sector has driven most living-cost increases, accounting for about 13 percent of total costs, and urged extension of price control through end of 1946. He warned food prices show little relief while fashion prices lag.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Bowles
Cherry backs general hospital bills with budget balance
Raleigh February 27 Governor Cherry endorsed the general principles of the hospital and care bill now before the assembly while urging postponement of several medical care commission proposals. He stressed honoring teachers with contingent salary increases if funds allow and urged budget prudence in wartime context.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Medical Care Commission
Mie
First Armys Troops Near Cologne Reach Rhine Front
Ninth Army tanks advanced five miles toward the Rhine region and pressed to within two and a half miles of Muenchen Gladbach while First Army forces engaged Cologne defenses and bombarded the cathedral city. American armor moved near Berchausen and Berghausen as reports tracked the push toward the outskirts of Cologne and a ravaged city of about 768,000 people.
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Paris
Ninth Army
Muenchen Gladbach
First Army
Cologne
Berchausen
Supreme Hoters
Berghausen
Murmansk convoy saga recalled by Captain Richter
Captain Julius Richter of Oregon recalls the 1942 Murmansk convoy disaster in which 34 vessels were sunk. He survived days in a lifeboat and notes the convoy was north of a location on July 4, 1942, when orders to disperse were issued as Tirpitz and other German ships were believed to approach.
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Ore
Maryland
Murmansk
Julius Richter
Richter
Ip Tirpitz
Ger
Kai-Shek Spurns Twelve 1938 40 Japanese Peace Offers
Generalissimo Kai-Shek reportedly rejected twelve peace offers from Japan between 1938 and 1940. The claims, coming from Wald, his Australian adviser, describe terms including recognition of Manchuria and North China exploitation and political acts to preclude Russian expansion.
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U. S
ITAL
Luzon
P. I
Generalissimo
Kai-Shek
Wald
Philippines
Santo Tomas Los Banos
Donald
Japan
Manchuria
North China
Inner Mongolia
House Approves Large Navy Deficiency Bill in Defense Push
The House appropriations committee approved a $2.453 billion deficiency supply bill, with most funds for the Navy, to cover year ending June 30. It also funds a larger veterans placement program and praises the Office of Price Administration for handling wartime tasks. The bill removes $40,000 for restoring the Philippines high commissioner and blocks CCC capital stock impairment funding pending investigation. Navy funds rise to about $30 billion including contracts.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Germany
House
Office of Price Administration
War Department
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Navy
Allied air raid on Iwo Jima nets heavy losses
One hundred fifty American carrier planes attacked Iwo Jima yesterday, about 170 miles from Japan. Domei said in an unconfirmed broadcast recorded by the FCC. Defenders on the island claimed to shoot down or damage 17 planes.
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Associated Prews
Hachijo Jima Island
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Inu Shichito Group
Nimitz Reports Tokyo Raid Impacts on Key Nakajima Plants
Nimitz gave no exact air force size for Sundays raids but said Tokyo strike targeted Nakajima plants at Ota and Kaizumi. Ota plant 75 percent destroyed, 15 percent of rest damaged. Kaizuma heavily damaged. 158 enemy planes shot, five ships sunk, 19 damaged. two trains destroyed in Tokyo area. Damaging these plants hits Japan's airplane production.
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Nimitz
Tokyo
Nakajima
Ota
Kaizumi
Kaizuma
Japan
Hachija Jima
Izu Island
Capture of Iwo Jima Predicted After Key Hill Win
In a few more days the capture of Iwo Jima was predicted by General Holland M. Smith after his Marines seized a crucial hill in the central plateau during a 400 yard advance amid heavy fire. The forecast came as frontline forces pressed the island with renewed assault and tactical gains noted by headquarters.
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Iwo Jima
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
la. An. Holland M
Howlin’ Mad) Smith
Marines Launch Major assault on Japanese positions
The AP reports U S Marines opened a full scale attack on main Japanese positions on Iwo Jima after heavy naval bombardment. Domei described sanguinary battles as three Marine divisions pushed north with naval and air support while confirming the southern area around Mt Suribachi was lost.
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Domei
Marines Forecast Quick Takeover Of Iwo Jima Island
As American planes depart Iwo Jima’s main airfield the top Pacific Marine commander warns newsmen that heavy fighting lies ahead for the Devil Dogs on northern Iwo. He adds a belief that the island will be seized in a few more days with about half of the five mile long island remaining to clear.
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Iwo
Pacific
A Card Holders Not Likely To Get New Tires
Washington reports that OPA set March quotas for tires and autos, keeping 1 600 000 tires for B and CO drivers while A card holders face no new tire supply as inventories are grossly inadequate for warmer months. Truck and farm quotas stay at February levels, and 2 000 automobiles remain for rationing with about 10 000 new cars left.
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OPA
Osmena Declared Philippines Under Civil Government
Manila reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur proclaimed Manila the capital of restored civil government in the Philippines as rifle fire echoed over the city. The speech marked a transition amid ongoing combat with remaining Japanese forces.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Churchill Praises Eden as Foremost Foreign Secretary
Prime Minister Churchill lauded Anthony Eden today calling his unequalled experience and breadth of view at the Foreign Office a major asset. He credited Eden’s knowledge of foreign affairs and past conferences with earning him a position second to none among the alliance’s foreign secretaries.
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London
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Eden
Foreign Office
Grand Alliance
Shut-In Kept Entertained By Picture Books
Mrs Dan Raveise of Greensboro faced a toddler who locked himself in a bathroom. The grandmother used picture books slid under the door to entertain 18 month old Jack Phillips Jr until firefighters freed him through the window.
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Greensboro
Dan Raveise
Dack Phillips, Jr
Truck Driver Injured When Hit By Train
Joe Peace a 17 year old Sloop Service driver on West Broad street lies in serious condition at High Point Memorial Hospital after his truck was struck at Grimes street crossing by the southbound Southern passenger train No 39. He suffered head and neck lacerations multiple broken ribs and possible internal injuries with 100 stitches for a neck wound and signs of a ruptured liver. Peace was reportedly returning to the station after stopping to fix a motorist tire when the accident occurred as the double headed train pulled away.
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Joe Peace
West Broad Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Grimes Street
Young Peace
Southern
Sloop
Peace
War today on Rhine frontier as Allied forces drive forward
The article notes the Erft river near Duesseldorf and Cologne as a potential flashpoint. It cites Von Rundstedt urging last-stand defense of Ruhr approaches while Ninth and First Armies press center front. A Rhine crossing by the Germans looms as a strategic move.
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von Rundstedt
Ruhr
Hitler
Rhine
Rundstedt
First
Fisenhower
Road To Berlin Front Notes Highlight Rhine Crossing
An analysis of Eastern Western and Italian fronts discusses distances to Berlin and Cologne, German defenses near the Erst river, and Rundstedt's potential retreat. It praises Eisenhower and Patton forces, notes Canadian First Army advances, and expects tough days ahead with Allied air power and heavy artillery poised to strike Ruhr and approaches to Berlin.
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Zellin
Cologne
Reno River
Patton
Rundstedt
Ike
Rhine
Ruhr
Berlin
Western Reich
Hitler
Allied tanks push 8 mile breakthrough toward Erft river
American armor and infantry breached German lines in the Rhine valley driving through to Khoven near Dusseldorf and within a mile of the Erft river in an eight mile advance.
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Paris
Rhine Valley
Khoven
Dusseldorf
Erft River
Allied advance nears Cologne as Rhine fronts tighten
German broadcasts claim Allied forces reached the Erft river while U S Ninth Army tanks strike into Rheindahlen near Duesseldorf and Neuss. Eisenhower forecasts Watch on the Rhine within days as American units push along the Dueren Cologne axis toward the Ruhr.
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Erft
Cologne
Simpson
U. S. Ninth Army
Rheindahlen
Rhine
Duesseldorf
Neuss
Erkelenz
Rhur
Eisenhower
Roer
Ninth Army
Ruhr
First Army
Dueren
Blatzheim
Bergerhausen
Courtney H. Hodges
von Rundstedt
Allies Ready For Collapse Of Germany
Churchill sketches a postwar world at Crimea with a strong Poland border and a world security league to deter future wars. He asserts Allied confidence in Russia’s peace plans and calls for a confidence vote on Crimea decisions. Stalin pledges Poland sovereignty joined by Britain and the United States.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Russia
Crimea
United States
World Security League
Marshal Stalin
Poland
Great Britain
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Mt. Suribachi
Jima Island
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Western Front
Granterath
Roedingen
Golzheim
Gargantua
Jose Tomas
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
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Fla
Eaias
AP Vireoto
Seaman
Erri
Associated Press
Dotmei
Island
Osmena
Dewitt Mackenzie
Ertz
Erst
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