Roosevelt to Address Congress After Yalta Meetings
President Roosevelt returns from a 14 000 mile trip to Russia Malta Egypt and Algiers with Churchill and Stalin. He plans a report to Congress and the nation on postwar plans including weakening Germany and building a peaceful world order. He may speak at a United Nations conference in San Francisco in April and host delegates. He traveled by cruiser and plane and beamed with buoyant hope for enduring peace as submarine activity looms near Gibraltar.
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Roosevelt
Russia
Congress
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
San Francisco
Yalta
Malta
Egypt
Algiers
Farouk
Ethiopia
Saadia
Straits of Gibraltar
First's Tanks And Infantry Break Through Toward Cologne
Paris reports First Army tanks and infantry near Cologne with bridgeheads widened on the Erft river. Ninth Army advances from Duesseldorf push west of the Rhine as Patton’s Third Army moves toward Trier and Bitburg, signaling a major breakthrough and German retreat.
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Cologne
Erft River
Rhine
First Army
Ninth Army
Duesseldorf
Japanese Beaten Back East of Manila Amid Banzai Charge
Nipponese forces attacked behind artillery near Iban and Marikina, 12 miles northeast of Manila. The Japanese mounting a fierce Banzai charge were repulsed with heavy losses as American Sixth and First Cavalry divisions pressed the defense along the Sierra Madre ridges and nearby foothills.
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Iban
Oro
Antipolo
Grim Am
Suisquads
Brazilian Forces Take Seneveglio After Short Fight
Allied reports say Brazilian units of the U.S. 10th Division seized the village of Seneveglio in Italy after a brief clash. The sector remained unusually quiet as Allied artillerists pounded German emplacements and destroyed two Mark tanks near Monte Belvedere and D Ella Torracia.
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Bologna
Seneveglio
Ition
Monte Belvedere
D’ella Torracia
Air Line to Hire 1000 Wounded Vets at Once
Eastern Air Lines president Captain Eddie Rickenbacker announced at Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta that the company can employ 1000 veterans with amputations. He listed roles from reservation clerks to flight engineers and emphasized aiding wounded men in returning to civilian life.
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Eastern Air Lines
Eddie Rickenbacker
EAL
Lawson General Hospital
Rickenbacker
Britain Urges Russia to Join War on Japan Debate in Commons
In London, February 28, MPs pressed toward a decisive vote on the Big Three plan for Poland as Maj. G E P Thorneycroft urged Russia to participate in the war against Japan. He warned of a long costly campaign against Japan and stressed the need for allied effort.
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Britain
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Nazis Claim They Are Unwilling Tools of Hitler
Eighty Nazis lined up at a registration center in occupied Brandenburg and told Vasily Grossman they were unwilling tools of Hitler. Some had long Nazi ties yet claimed coercion and hatred of the regime. Moscow reports describe fast Soviet advances near Neustettin and Danzig Stettin, with heavy fighting and a Baltic approach as Germans try to break toward safety routes.
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Brandenburg
Germany
Hitler
Red Star
Red Army
Vasily Grossman
Nazi Party
Himmler
Grossman
Evacuation Of Neustettin Announced By Germans
London report states the German army announced the evacuation of Neustettin while Russian forces raced 30 miles to the north of Pollnow. Russians were within 15 miles of severing the last German escape route in eastern Pomerania and the Polish corridor as Polinow lies 12 miles north of Bublitz and 20 miles from the Baltic coast.
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Pollnow
Koeslin
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Stettin
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Moscow
Koestin
Danzig
Reuters
Danzig - Stettin
Associated Press
Constantin Rokossovsky
Pomerania
Ishal Gregory
London
Polinow
Bublitz
Russians Capture Neustettin, Pomerania, Stalin Claims
Marshal Stalin announced tonight that Soviet forces have captured Neustettin in Pomerania amid ongoing Eastern Front operations. The report emphasizes a significant territorial gain as Allied and German positions shift.
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London
Neustettin
Pomerania
Stalin
Churchill’s Vision of a New World Peace Alliance
The speech portrays a united front among the Big Three led by Churchill and the United States. It argues for a forceful stand against evil and a shift toward collective security through a League of Nations style consensus. The Arab world and Middle East receive noted U.S. growing interest as global stability is sought.
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Commons Yesterns
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Urchill
United States
New World Security League
Arab World
Theiddle East
Mackenzie praises oratorical skill despite poor speech
The writer notes Dewitt Mackenzie has long admired the subject's debating ability and suggests yesterday's speech was not his best. He believes the defense will still earn the expected vote of confidence from the commons.
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Yesterterday
Commons
Road To Berlin and Rising Powers in Wartime Speak
The column analyzes Churchill's defense of his leadership amid calls for changes in government as Allies push to defeat Germany. It notes Eden as a potential successor and argues Russia, led by Stalin, will dominate Europe and Asia, with the Crimea accord signaling eastward influence and the need for unity among the Big Three.
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Churchill
Anthony Eden
Russia
Chungking
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Asia
Stalin
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Crimea
Anal
Allied armies take nearly a million prisoners since D Day in six weeks
Allied forces report capturing about 14,718 prisoners in six days of a current offensive and 979,711 since D Day. German captives stream back to prisoner cages on the Rhine fronts as U.S. First, Ninth, Third armies and the Canadian First Navy tally several thousand more. Dispatches note hundreds remain uncounted with two thirds, 601,518, of D Day captures held by four American armies.
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Normandy
Associated Press
Ninth Army
Rhineland
Ninth
Roer River
U. S. First Army
U. S. Ninth Army
U.S. Third Army
First Army
Roosevelt signs George bill shaping postwar commerce agency
President Roosevelt signs the George bill at sea, creating a separate agency from the Commerce department. The measure paves the way for Henry A. Wallace to become Secretary of Commerce as the Senate readies his nomination. The White House disclosed the action after the Crimean conference, with no further statement.
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Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
White House
Commerce Department
Jonathan Daniels
Senate
Wallace
War Program For 1945 Will Cost 65 Billions
War Production Board Chairman J A Krug says a 65 billion dollar war production program must be carried out in 1945. He projects 700000 more war workers before July 1 and a peak in production by June or July. The plan calls for a 10 percent monthly production rise and 900000 more armed services personnel in the first half of the year.
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Revenue Bill Reported On House Floor
The $129,000,000 revenue bill was reported to the North Carolina House floor for special consideration tomorrow. It requires three readings in both chambers on separate days and forms the core of a set of appropriations. Additional bills seek $10,000 for legislative drafting and codification and $10,000 for grape cultivation research and experiments.
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Ramsey
Rowan
Rep
Stoney
Burke
Agriculture Department
Ninth Army Near Rheydt and Düsseldorf Area
German radio claimed at noon today that the American Ninth Army reached within two miles of Rheydt, near Muenchen Gladbach, and one mile from Düsseldorf. The report said the forces also crossed the Erft river where German positions are strong. Rheydt, with about 80,000 people, lies in a bombed urban cluster around Düsseldorf’s textile center.
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Associated Press
Ninth Army
Rheydt
Muenchen Gladbach
Dusseldorf
Erft River
Rheyn
Duesseldorf
Allies surge toward Rhine as Ruhr defenses crumble
Allied forces push across the Rhine with rapid advances near Cologne and Trier. American Ninth and Canadian First Armies close in on a Rhineland junction, while Ottawa and American troops widen their reach along the Ruhr front. President Roosevelt’s health holds steady after Crimea talks, with improved color and a restful voyage home.
Pool Hall Owner Wins Case In Supreme Court
The complaint by W. S. Dickey and others alleged Alverson sold wine and beer at The Smoke House causing drunkenness and disorder. The juke box noise disturbed citizens leading to a restraining order and a sheriff order to hold Alverson's personal property.
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W. S. Dickey
H. E. Dickey
Alverson
Marines Press Japanese on Guam Island Defense
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marines pressing a line through Guam’s center as Japanese forces, short of water and ammunition, launch heavy counterattacks. The fighting enters its 10th day with Marine divisions holding high ground near the northern airfield while battleships and dive bombers bombard Jap positions and a tank counterattack is broken up.
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U. S. Pacific
Guam
Leathernecks
Ft Island
Tokyo Bombed in Massive 24th Century Raid Ruins City Districts
Twenty nine million square feet of Tokyo’s factory and trade zones burned in a daylight B 29 raid described as excellent by Maj Gen Curtis LeMay. The operation involved 200 bombers and coordinated carrier air strikes led by Vice Admiral Mitscher, with heavy snow and smoke over the capital.
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