Roosevelt urges world peace effort before Congress
President Roosevelt told a joint session that the United States must assume responsibility for world collaboration to secure lasting peace. He warned there can be no middle ground, stressed unconditional surrender for Germany and Japan, and linked Dumbarton Oaks plans to Senate ratification.
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House
Roosevelt
Germany
Yalta
Japan
Yelt
Congress
Russians Cross Inha River Defense Line East Of Stettin
Allied fronts report Red Army forces crossing the Ihna river defense line east of Stettin as part of a Baltic drive. Moscow dispatches claim Danzig is cut off by land with Eastern Pomerania isolated. Rokossovsky advances south of Bublitz as a broad push along the Stettin Danzig railway continues.
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Stettin
Baltic
London
Moscow
Pomerania
A. K. Sokolsky
Danzig-Stettin
Eddy Gilmore
Gregory Zhukov
Danzig
Germany
Ihna
AP Moscow
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Bublitz
Gilmore
Kolberg
Koeslin
Schlawe
Stettin- Danzig
Artil
Rokossovsky
Red Air Force
Volksstrom
Berlin
Ferce Anes See
Neisse
East Wall
Bubliitz
Allied Air Blitz Pounds German Reich In 28th Day
Allied air forces carried out a massive assault for the 28th straight day with more than 1,800 heavy bombers striking at least 10 targets across the Reich. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes hit rail centers and cities in Western Germany while American formations attacked eight railway hubs in the Southern Reich. The Ninth Air Force supported the drive with nearly 1,000 sorties, hitting Neuss and Rhine lines ahead of advances by the Third Army. Red Air fleets conducted February sorties totaling over 100,000 with low losses, and Berlin faced additional RAF Mosquito strikes as well.
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U. S
Reich
Germany
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Blazin
Neuss
Coblenz
Berlin
17 Prisoners At Large In This State
State Penal Director H H ycatt reports six escapees from Jackson county prison camp captured, leaving 17 still at large from Jackson and Craggy camps. Names include Jamin O Kelly Charlie Moon ey Vasco Robinson Lloyd Buckner James Vaught Thomas Willis Fred Martin and Richard Hollingsworth nabbed nearby. Remaining fugitives listed with last names truncated due to text.
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Raleigh
Iting
H. H. Ycatt
Jackson County
Jackson
Craggy
Waynesville
Jamin O'Kelly
Charlie Mooney
Vasco Robinson
Lloyd Buckner
Honeycutt
James Vaught
Thomas Willis
Asheville
Fred Martin
Chard Hollingsworth
Martin
Hollingsworth
Homer Banner
Char
Wayne Austin
Marvin James R. Ward
Fredd
William Raines
James Sr
Charles Odom
the Jackson
Ock
Floyd Bore
LeRoy Cook
Hallie Seely
Robert Sergeant
Daniel Ley
Frei McCoy
Bynum Rob
John Dobbins
Man Arrested For Cruelty Killing A Dog
Antonio Fradet 46 appeared in police court on cruelty to an animal a misdemeanor. A new felony arrest followed for cruelly killing a dog after beating a 7 week old German Shepherd pup Lassie jumping on it until death and then burning the body. Assistant State's Attorney Crowley said the misdemeanor case would be continued and referred to felony court for trial.
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Chicago
Antonio Fradet
Charlies
Frader
Lassie
Fradet
Wilbert F. Crowley
Grand Jury
Marines Reach Central Plateau on Iwo Jima Drive
U S Pacific Fleet reports all but the northern third of Iwo Jima in American hands as the Third Division Marines push down the central plateau. Maj Gen Graves Erskine says the operation is decisive after Motoyama village and Motoyama No 3 airfield are overrun.
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Guam
Rocky Little Iwo Jima
Graves’ B. Erskine
Motoyama
Motoyama No. 3
Eighth Army Driven From Positions by German Raids
German raiding parties along the Senio river south of the Russi Luga road 17 miles inland from the Adriatic coast forced Eighth Army troops from several positions. Allied counterattacks recaptured some ground and took prisoners, but German forces remained on the east bank.
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Rome
Senio
Russi-Luga
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Chairmen Named By Brewers of North Carolina
North Carolina United States Brewers Foundation district chairmen for 1945 were elected: District one J. O. Angel Asheville. district three T. E. Cunningham Charlotte. district five W. F. Little Salisbury. district six M. B. Thomas Winston Salem. district seven H. G. Wright Greensboro. district eight L. T. Harris Durham. district ten Charles F. Smithson Jr. Fayetteville. district 13 George S. Edwards Rocky Mount. district 14 Albert H. Handley Goldsboro. Other district meetings set for March and April in Hickory Wadesboro Samford Wilmington Raleigh Elizabeth City and Kinston.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Committee
United, States Brewers
J. O. Angel
Asheville
T. E. Cunningham
Charlotte
W. F. Little
Salisbury
M. B. Thomas
Winston-Salem
H. G. Wright
Greensboro
L. T. Harris
Durham
Charles F. Smithson, Jr
Fayetteville
George S. Edwards
Rocky Mount
Albert H. Handley
Goldsboro
Hickory
Wadesboro
Samford
Iran Declares War on Japan in World War II
Teheran announced Iran is at war with Japan and that the state of belligerency takes effect from February. The declaration signals a broader alliance shift in the regional theater of World War II.
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Iran
Churchill Wins Unanimous Confidence Vote in Commons
The British House of Commons backed Prime Minister Churchill 413 to 0 in a swift confidence vote following three days of debate on Big Three decisions at Yalta. Deputy PM Atlee suggested possible German land cessions to aid Dutch and Polish population shifts, aligning Britain with Allied plans.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
Yalta
Britain
Big Three
Clement Atlee
Commons
Germany
Holland
East Prussia
Danzig
Upper Silesia
Poland
Frisco Meeting Can Remove War Causes Says FOR
President Roosevelt believes the United Nations conference at San Francisco can remove the political economic and social causes of war in a letter to eight members of the American delegation. The White House released the dated invitation naming Stettinius Hull Connally Vandenberg Bloom Eaton Stassen and Dean Virginia Gildersleeve among invitees for the April 25 opening.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
White House
Stettinius
Hull
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Rmich
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eaton
R-Nj
Harold Stassen
Virginia Gildersleeve
Barnard College
Air War Intensifies Across Fronts With Global Focus
The air offensive against Germany and Japan grows fiercer as Allied advances press toward knockouts. Goebbels calls it inhuman while Hitlerites show no quit mindset. In the Pacific, aerial assaults intensify as the globe’s major capitals become central to the campaign.
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Germany
Pra Nda
Goebbels
Japan
London
New York
Tokyo
Battlefront distances and cities under heavy air raids in Europe
Report details long range bombing of Berlin and other targets. Berlin suffers fiercest air attacks as 5,500,000 residents brace wartime bombardment. The Nipponese government worries as explosives fall near the Royal Palace. London and Allies continue strategic bombing campaign.
Ninth Army advances across Rhine front with bridgeheads
American forces push into the Rhineland as Ninth Army spearheads seize at least five bridgeheads across the Erft and press toward Cologne and Duesseldorf. Tenth Armored Division reaches Trier while Third Army breaches Trier defenses, with ongoing heavy German resistance and encirclement risk around the historic fortress city. Canadian and British units participate in broader push.
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U. S. First Army
Cologne
Germany
U. S. Ninth Army
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
First
Erft
First Army
Uedem
Ninth Army
Rhine
East River
Paris
le Valley
Coblenz
Boston
Erft River
Ptt
15Th Army
New Orleans
Tenth Armored
George S. Patton
Trier
France
Saarburg
William H. Morris, Jr
Invasion Report Tied Palawan Island by Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio reported an American invasion plan for Palawan Island to cut off Japanese holdings in the Southern Philippines from access to the South China Sea. General MacArthur did not reference such an operation in his Thursday communique amid news of the Corregidor garrison’s destruction.
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Manila
Mar
Palawan Island
Philippines
South China Sea
Tokyo Radio
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Allied air forces reinforce in Asia war broadcast
A Tokyo radio broadcast cited by the Blue network said Allied ships massing at Akyab on the west Burma coast and reported heavy reinforcement of the 14th American Airforce in China and the Chinese Airforce.
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San Francisco
Blue Network
Tokyo
Rumored Palawan Landing Report From Pacific War Front
An enemy radio claim speaks of a 3000 man regiment landing at Palawan at 11 a m Wednesday near Manila in a violent battle in progress. If true this would mark the 16th Philippine island invasion by MacArthur’s forces extending U S lines along the South China Sea.
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Palawan
Manila
MacArthur
Philippines
Sulu
South China Seas
United States
South China Sea
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Ceiling Fixed On Ice Boxes Made Of Steel
The first steel ice boxes since the war began will sell at retail price ceilings from 37.50 to 67.50. The OPA announced ceilings for 19 non mechanical refrigerators as part of war production board allocations. Production of 75 000 boxes is planned in the first three months, with steel making a portion. An OPA spokesman called ceilings higher than pre war boxes but of superior quality.
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Washington
OPA
War Production Board
Finance Bill Clears Second Reading In North Carolina House
Raleigh March 1 The biennial finance bill backed by Chairman John H Kerr Jr passed the House on second reading 107 to 0 after nine clarifying amendments The measure would raise 129 675 028 for the next two years with 66 340 014 the first year and 63 335 014 the second giving a balanced budget barring an emergency war sale expenditure The vote and provisions drew remark from Vogler of Mecklenburg and a related constitutional amendment granting equal rights including jury service to women also passed 82 to 2 The Senate committee approved vaccination and health inspection bills while judiciary measures aimed at removing habitual drunkenness and narcotics use in interior courts moved forward
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John H. Kerr, Jr
Fiance
House
Kerr
Balan
Howev
Vogler
Meckslenburg
Senate Public Health Committee
Senate Judiciary
Currituck County
Department of Conservation and Development
Senate Committee On
Curre
Durham
Senate
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