Russians Push Two New Offensives Near Stettin
Russians shell suburbs east of the Oder and advance toward Stettin after taking Stargard. Zhukov’s First White Russian Army and Rokossovsky’s Second Army drive 62 miles, cutting German land routes and poised near the Baltic port. The fall of Stargard signals a major eastern front encirclement.
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London
Ae Gregory Mgr
Stettin
Oder
Moscow
Berlin
Stara Fortress
Baltic
Stargard
Stettin Bay
Kolberg
Koeslin
Schlawe
Gregory Zhukov
Ure
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Volksstrum
Pomerania
Danzig
Eddy Gilmore
Rokossovsky
Gilmore
Mother of film actress ends life by gas in New York
In an apparent mother daughter tragedy Mrs Arna Merkel 70 was found dead by gas in a 16th floor Central Park South apartment while her daughter Ana Merkel Burla 41 an actress was rescued from a bed room fall to unconsciousness. Police say the mother killed herself with a note mentioning illness and forgiveness.
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New York
Arna Merkel
Ana Merkel Burla
Central Park South
Roosevelt Hospital
West 54Th Street
Tokyo students organize full time fire brigades across schools
Radios report that Tokyo has moved to full time student fire brigades as higher and lower grades in Formosa and Tokyo schools face suspensions due to intensified air raids. Primary and high schools close in Formosa while girls middle schools halt sessions.
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Associated Press
Formosa
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Marines Make Limited Gains on Iwo Jima
U S Pacific Fleet reports minor advances by Marines in northern Iwo Jima on Sunday as Maj. Gen. Clifton B. Cates Fourth Division pushes forward in hard fought terrain. Nimitz cites 12 864 troops holdout of 20 000 garrison with heavy Japanese counterattack casualties. A B 29 returns from Tokyo mission and resumes flight after fuel-line repairs.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
U. S
Iwo Jima
Fleet Adm
Ter W. Nimitz
Clifton B. Cates
Nimitz
Tokyo
Marianas
Vandenberg Accepts Roosevelt Invite for World Security Conference
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan announced he will be a delegate to the World Security Conference in San Francisco. He said the decision followed cordial letters with the President and aims to foster a practical system of collective security as a basis for peace. He cautioned that the Dumbarton Oaks plan omits a stated objective of justice beyond its world court chapter.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Michigan
Frank
Night Clubs Thrive Despite New Curfew
Night clubs in Times Square and Chicago Loop drew large crowds last weekend as the Byrnes curfew eased. Servicemen and civilians crowded into venues for floor shows and drinks amid a disorderly conduct crackdown resulting in fines for 15 people.
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Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
New York City
Times Square
Chicago
Loop
New York
Vinson Nominated to Lead Federal Loan Administration
President Roosevelt names Fred M. Vinson to be federal loan administrator succeeding Jesse Jones. Vinson, 55, veteran Kentucky congressman and former U S circuit court judge, has been economic stabilization director. Senate action awaited. Vinson's appointment may precede a new stabilization chief.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Roosevelt
Vinson
Jesse Jones
Commerce Department
Henry A. Wallace
Senate
Wallace
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
White House
Jones
House of Representatives
Circuit Court
House
Ways and Means
Louisa
Kentucky Normal College
Centre College
Lae
Congress
U. S. Emergency Court of
Office of Economic Stabilization
Kentucky
Ashland
Rundstedt's Last Stand Delays Rhine Crossing at Cologne
The article notes Nazi Field Marshal von Rundstedt directing a grim rear-guard fight west of the Rhine as Allied forces press an offensive toward Cologne. It discusses potential withdrawal, possible pauses, and the weather hindering operations with fog aiding the German defense.
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Cologne
von Rundstedt
Rundstedt
Hitler
Eisenhower
Marshal von Rundstedt
Rhine
Rund Stedt
Road to Berlin and Rhine Crossing Deliberations
The piece discusses Allied plans to cross the Rhine and reach the Ruhr region, noting German defenses and German industry at Essen. It highlights Eisenhower's likely need for time to supply and prepare, with speculation about airborne disruption behind German lines.
Raleigh Girl Weds Motion Picture Actor
Screen Actor Robert Cummings aged 36 and Mary Elliott 23 were married Saturday night in Riverside California by the actor’s mother the Rev Ruth K Cummings. Cummings is an army instructor on leave to make a picture and hails from Joplin Missouri. His bride is from Raleigh North Carolina. They will detour their honeymoon due to his screen commitment.
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Riverside
Calif
Robert Cummings
Mary Elliott
Ruth K. Cummings
Cummings
Joplin
Ra‘leigh, N. C
Doughboys Push Deeper Into Northern Luzon Campaign
American forces pushed deeper into the mountains of northern Luzon as Gen. MacArthur reported Filipino guerrillas cleared an entire northern province of Japanese troops. The 25th and 32nd divisions made early gains along the Balette Pass road, Villa Verde trail, and Ambayabang river. Manila and surrounding areas faced further American advances to secure water supplies and islands.
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Manila
Luzon
Oes Ohog
Toi Yamashita
Douglas MacArthur
Lipino
Lippine
MacArthur
P. Swift
Southaew Mountains
Balette Pass
Villa Verde Trail
Ambayabang River
Baguio
Philippine
American Fifth Army Seizes Monte Della Croce on Italian Front
American Fifth Army troops captured Monte Della Croce and advanced west of the Bologna Pistoia highway. Eighth Army units cleared forests south of the Po Di Primaro river taking about 200 prisoners. Southwest of Bologna US forces moved near Monte Belvedere, taken earlier by the 10th Mountain Division.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Della Croce
Bologna-Pistoia
Toda
Eighth Army
Po di Primaro
Takae
Bologna
Monte Belvedere
U. S. 10Th Mountains Division
Tanks And Infantry Storm Into Rhineland Metropolis Köln
American forces drive into Cologne in a major Rhineland assault from the Roer line. Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose's Third Armored Division reaches the city outskirts as house to house fighting erupts and German resistance collapses. Homberg falls to Ninth Army, with two Rhine bridges secured and large German surrenders reported as authorities impose partial blackout ahead of Coblenz.
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Paris
Cologne
Rhineland
Geremany
Maurice Rose
Bockelemuend
Don Whitehead
Roer River
Homberg
Ninth
West Bank
Duisburg
William H. Simpson
Rhine
West Banks
Coblenz
Middle Rhine
Seventh Army
Siegfried Line
Saar
Saarbruecken
Germans Blow Rhine Bridges as 84th Division Advances
German forces in Homberg surrender after midnight as the 84th Division fights to seize two Rhine bridges north and south of town. Retreating Nazis are flushed from basements in house to house searches. Col. Charlies E. Hoy and the 334th Infantry Regiment capture Homberg. The north bridge is a railroad span 20 feet wide and the south bridge carries rail and road traffic.
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Homberg
Germany
Rhine
Duisburg
Here
Charlies E. Hoy
Chicago
334Th
Cathedral Tower Sparks Amid Cologne Firestorms
Smoke and explosions from bursting American shells rise over Cologne as doughboys flash through the pall near the 13th century cathedral’s slender 512 foot tower. Lt Col John Welborn’s troops push at Longerich northern Cologne railway yards, facing light resistance from remnants of six divisions.
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Cologne
Germany
Berlin
Hambu
Munich
John Welborn
Southern Pines
N. C
Longerich
Europe
Important Measures To Come Before Assembly This Week
Raleigh March 5 the 1945 biennial session faces a busy week with 57 public bills and many local measures on the calendar. The house will consider the revenue act amendments including a wine tax and reductions in seed feed and insecticides while the senate meets for three readings on the tax bill.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Senate
St Lee
Joint Finance Committee
Oscar Richardson
Board of Education
State Hospitals Board
State Board of Education
Poland Not Invited To Conference
Washington reports that all United Nations members except Poland are invited to attend the world security conference in San Francisco. If all accept, 44 nations will attend, with France abstaining and later possibly joining. Officials hope a Polish provisional union may be created to gain an invitation, potentially bringing the total to 45.
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Washington
United Nations
Poland
San Francisco
France
United States
Russia
China
Britain
Dumbarton
Yalta
Dumbarton Oaks
World Security Council
Daring Landing Is Made On Iwo By Fortress
A Navy radio relay recounts B 29 crew from Guam guiding to Iwo Jima for a safe emergency landing. Pilot Lt Raymond Malo navigates a 3000 foot skidding touchdown on the strip before Marines, after a low fuel emergency from a Sune ya Tokyo raid.
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Iwo
Twenty-First Bomber Command
Guam
Navy
Iwo Jima
James G. Cox
Merriam, Kans
Sune Ya
Tokyo
Cox
Roger
Raymond F. Malo
East Bluff St
Danville
Amesia
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Reds
Peard
Fortress of Stargard
International
Federal Loan Administration
Fred Vinson
Zellin
Reno River
Krupp Armament Works
Essen
American First Army
Ike
Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
the Times
Elizabeth Maude Jones
Karl Gustav Hulton
Cambridge
Mass
North
Sth
First Army
Bickendorf
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