Russians Break German Lines in Pomerania Across Danzig Corridor
Allied dispatches report Second White Russian Army tanks severing Danzig Stettin communications and driving wedges into eastern Pomerania toward the Baltic. Russian spearheads advance near Koeslin and Dramburg while storm units assault Breslau in Silesia as German resistance stiffens.
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Danzig
Stettin
Pomerania
Berlin
Baltic
Moscow
Eddy Gilmore
Rum- Dastebies
Bublitz
Koeslins
Danzig - Stettin
Koeslin
Rokossovsky
Volksstrom
Dramburg
Rummelsburg
Koenigsberg
Zinten
Silesia
Breslau
Senator Moses of North Dakota Dies After Illness
United States Senator John Moses of North Dakota died in Rochester Minnesota at age after a long illness including pleurisy. His wife and son Lt James Moses were at his bedside. another son John is an army lieutenant recovering from a wound. a daughter Mary Jean serves in the Nurse Cadet Corps and a third son Robert survives. Moses had been the first Democrat to represent North Dakota in Congress and served three terms as governor.
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Rochester
Minn
United States
John Moses
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
Sen
Moses
James Moses
John
France
Mary Jean
U. S. Nurses Cadet Corps
Robert
Congress
Inter-American Pact Aims to Secure Hemisphere Integrity
The inter-American conference in Mexico City approves the Chapultepec act to guarantee territorial integrity and independence of American republics. It binds states to joint action against aggression and aligns with the Dumbarton Oaks plan, allowing a permanent treaty later for U S war powers and national dispute settlements.
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inter-American Conference
United States
Colombia
Uruguay
Brazil
Commission On inter-American Affairs
Senate
U. S
Dumbarton Oaks
Marines Reach Last Japanese Pillbox Line On Iwo Jima
Marines press toward Iwo Jima northern end with only about 600 yards to the connecting pillbox line. The advance crosses rugged terrain and a sheer cliff that likely marks the final Japanese defense.
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Leif Erickson
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
U. S
Iwo Island
Rhine Front Fire Flares As 9th and Canadian Armies Press
German forces retreat under pressure as U S Ninth Army and Canadian First Army close in along the Rhine. Bridges at Neuss are destroyed to slow the advance while fighting rages around Düsseldorf and Cologne and von Rundstedt withdraws.
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1St Army
Reich Citadel
U. S
Gladbach
Krefeld
Dusseldorf
Uedem
Berlin
Neuss
Rhine
Forthwest
Ninth Army
First Army
Duisburg
Ruhr
Germany
von Rundstedt
U. S. Ninth Army
Geldern
U. S. First Army
Lt Col Smoak Receives Legion of Merit for Guam Action
Marine Lt Col Eustace R. Smoak of High Point North Carolina earned the Legion of Merit for leading his infantry battalion in two Guam attacks. His men seized vital terrain and repelled counterattacks, with 250 enemy killed during a drive to seize commanding ground. He enlisted in 1929 and has served overseas since 1943 including Bougainville.
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Pacific
Guam
Eustace R. Smoak
High Point
N. C
Smoak
Bougainville
Harmon Purchases Kings Mountain Paper
Martin L. Harmon, World War II veteran and former Albemarle chamber and merchants secretary, has bought the Kings Mountain Herald from Haywood E. Lynch. The weekly paper will be operated by the new owner starting immediately.
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Kings Mountain
Martin L. Harmon
MacArthur reports Lubang Island seizure and Luzon advance
General MacArthur announced the latest invasion success as forces seized Lubang Island and opened a 300 mile sea route to Manila. In Luzon east of Manila, Mudges First Cavalry and Patrick's Sixth Division push enemy positions while air units drop heavy bombs on key targets. Far north in Nueva Ecija and the Caraballo range Yanks attack enemy positions, and Mindanao operations include 200 ton bombing and shipping strikes near Formosa Okinawa and the China coast.
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Douglas MacArthur
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Manila Bay
Philippines
Luzon
Asia
24Th Division
Lubang
Marakina
Verne D. Mudges
Edwin D. Patrick
Nueva Ecija
Caraballo
Balete Pass
Davao-Zamboanga
Mindanao
Formosa
Okinawa
China
Okanawa
Hongkong
How Tar Heel Senators Voted On Recent Acts
The record shows North Carolina Senators Bailey and Hoey voting on key measures. On the insurance bill conference report, the roll call favored the measure 68 to 8, with Bailey and Hoey opposing. On the Wallace nomination for secretary of commerce, the confirmation stood 56 to 32, with Bailey and Hoey voting in favor.
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Washington
North Carolina
House
Senate
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Henry A. Wallace
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Hoey
FBI Captures Two Notorious Desperadoes
In Boston on March 3 two infamous fugitives surrendered to the FBI without a shot fired and were taken to Boston for federal court arraignment. Edgar William Cook, 31, a Boston native, and George William Stubblefield, 37, of Oklahoma, escaped from Nebraska prison last November and a subsequent escape from a council Bluffs jail. Both were heavily armed when nabbed in Concord New Hampshire and were blocked by federal and local officers as Cook attempted to draw a weapon.
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FBI
Concord
Edgar William Cook
George William Stubblefield
Clais Giles
Oklahoma
Nebraska Penitentiary
Ye Oo Bluffs
New Hampshire
New England
E. A. Soucy
Cook
Soucy
Stubblefield
Adjourment Expected Later As Tax Amendment Delays
Raleigh March 3 Four legislative leaders predicted the assembly would not adjourn before March 17 and blamed a finance bill amendment adding a tax of $1 a gallon on all wines. The day focused on local matters aside from a compromise education committee. names included Reps Evans of Herford Bladen Taylor of Wayne and Senators Hodges Buncombe Blythe. The Senate rejected House amendments for attendance officers in eight education districts and for executive sessions by the state board of education.
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Raleigh
Evans
Herford
Bladen
Taylor
Ayne
Hodges
Buncombe
Blythe
Mecklenburg
Senate
State Board of Education
Inter American talks push for Western hemisphere security bloc
The Mexico City conference seeks hemisphere solidarity to back a future world security body and to stifle aggression within the Americas. Observers note the Chapultepec act may frame a regional peace bloc while avoiding US-led isolation, aligning with Churchill’s regional unit idea.
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United Nations
San Francisco
Chapultepec
Americas
World Security Organization
Pan American peace and a Trinidad air base idea
Dewitt Mackenzie argues that a western hemisphere pact needs strong enforcement and suggests the United States could use Trinidad in the Gulf of Paria as a centralized air and naval base. He notes its strategic location could deter aggression and raise US influence if Pan American nations cooperate. He adds a postscript urging Britain to allow a permanent US possession of Trinidad.
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Chapultepec
Uncle Sam
United States Air-Naval Base
Washington
Trinidad
Gulf of Paria
Panama Canal
South America
North America
West Indies
England
US Carrier Planes Sweep Ryukyus Destroys Ships Planes
American carrier planes attacked the Ryukyu islands destroying or damaging 55 Japanese ships and 91 planes. Nimitz announced a night bombardment of Okino Daito and other targets 350 miles south of Japan. In two days aircrews reported 41 enemy planes destroyed and numerous ground targets hit as U S forces pushed toward Okinawa and southern Japan.
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Elmont Waite
U. S. Pacific
Guam
Ryukyu Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Ace
Fifth Fleet
Okino Daito
Ryukyu Chain
Japan
China
Closeeip
Nimitz
Tokyo
Okinawa
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Seventh War Loan Seeks 14 Billion Dollar Drive
The Treasury launches the Seventh War Loan asking individuals to buy bonds from May 14 to June 9 totaling 7 billion dollars with a longer sales period than before. Corporate quotas match prior levels and peak individual sales reached 6.351 billion.
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Washington
Magreh
Treasury
President to Submit Six Separate Pacts to Senate
President Roosevelt plans to submit six or more treaties to the Senate to shape and preserve postwar peace. Key accords include the United Nations charter establishing a world security organization, plus additional pacts for liquidating European and Pacific wars and related postwar aims.
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Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
World Security Organization
Congress
Yalta
United Nations
United States
Road To Berlin Distances On Fronts
Eastern front at 32 miles from Zellin. Western front 235 miles from the Rhine opposite Duesseldorf. Italian front 544 miles from the Reno river.
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Berlin
The
Associated Press
Eastern Front
Zellin
Western Front
Rhine
Duesseldorf
Reno River
4-H Clubs Hear Governor Praise Their Efforts
Governor Cherry praised North Carolina 4-H Club boys and girls for shaping the state's agricultural life during National 4-H Club Week. He noted the 4-H program builds citizen skills, commended their wartime effort, and cited that NC members produced enough food to feed 25 soldiers for a year.
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Raleigh
Cherry
North Carolina
Wilmington
American Legion
Jefferson Day Dinners chair named for NC party event
State Senator Joe Blythe of Charlotte was appointed chairman of the North Carolina Jefferson Day Dinners committee. The Jefferson Day dinners on April 13 will replace the Jackson Day dinner with multiple local and county gatherings to reduce travel. Funds contributed will aid financing the 1946 elections.
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Charlotte
Joe Blythe
North Carolina
Pinehurst Postmaster Nomination Sent to Senate
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Byron U. Richardson of Pinehurst, North Carolina, for postmastership in Pinehurst.
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Washington
Senate
North Carolina
Byron U. Richardson
Pinehurst
N. C
Williams Not To Give Up REA Fight
Washington March 3 A talk with Vice President Truman failed to convince Aubrey Williams he can win Senate approval as Rural Electrification Administration head. Truman indicated likely adverse action, but Williams says he will not withdraw and remains hopeful despite signals.
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Rea
Washington
Truman
Aubrey Williams
Senate
National Youth Administration
NYA
Truman Intervenes As Williams Faces Likely Rejection
Vice President Truman met with Aubrey Williams to discuss his bid for rural electrification administrator amid signals of Senate opposition. The meeting followed Williams' apparent rejection of a White House proposal and suggests possible withdrawal to avoid a drawn out fight.
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