Shukov's Army is Wheeling Westward
British and American dispatches report Soviet forces under Marshal Zhukov closing on Stettin and pressing toward the Oder. Red Army artillery bombards Stettin as German lines retreat from Stargard to Griefenberg with Zhukov’s First White Army reported along a 40 mile front toward the Baltic coast.
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London
Stettin
Oder
Griefenhapp
Escow
Stettin Bay
Swinemuende
Berlin
Greifenhagen
Gregory Zhukov
War Today Describes Allied Push to Final Victory
Nazi propagandist Dr Adolf Semmler laments Germany’s grave, isolated position as Allied advances press from the West to breach the Rhine and from the East approach Berlin’s northern flank near Stettin, signaling an end of the German regime.
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Germany
Adolf Semmier
Reich
Rhine
Berlin
Stettin
Road to Berlin Fighting Across Rhine Looms
The article notes Allied plans to cross the Rhine toward Berlin with Ike likely to deploy across multiple bridgeheads. German forces under Von Rundstedt are sacrificing third-class troops for a front that could still yield heavy resistance as Cologne nears fall and the Hohenzollern bridge looms.
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al- Mes
Cor
von Rundstedt Apears
Rhine
Straoe
Eisenhower
Berlin
Ike
Supreme Headquarters
Cologne
Hohenzollern
Rundstedt
Old City
Hohen
Non-Explosives Turn Up As Yanks Battle Japanese
Manila report details an Istious division foxhole incident on Luzon where Sgt. Thomas Thompson and two other soldiers from Fort Lauderdale and Sheboygan failed to fire their rifles as a Japanese grenade then landed in the position. The grenade did not explode.
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Manila
Thomas Thompson
Fort Lauderdale
Amons
Istious
Luzon Island
Thompson
C. Donald Otten
Sheboygan
Wis
Eugene Wold
Duluth
Internal Revenue Agent Coddington Ends Life
C B Coddington 35 an internal revenue agent assigned to the local office in the Post Office building died this morning en route to a hospital from a throat wound believed self inflicted Police Chief John A Lowdermilk said He had been living with internal revenue collector A Lee Gibson at 116 Oakwood Court and was found by Mr Gibson in a pool of blood after a noise in his room A note was not found though correspondence suggested he was low in spirits over an unknown matter
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C. B. Coddington
Internal Revenue
John A. Lowdermilk
Coddington
High Point Revenue Office
Hickory
A. Lee Gibson
Internal Revenue Collector
Oakwood Court
Gibson
Sth Captures Bisopra on Italian Front
U S Fifth Army forces captured the hamlet of Pra about four miles southwest of Bologna, advancing along both sides of the Pistoia Bologna highway. Allied headquarters cited Hill 375 and Hill 476 as dominating the area, with the 10th Mountain Division and Brazilian troops active west of the highway and Eighth Army patrols probing the Valli di Comacchio lagoon area.
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Rome
U. S. Fifth Army
Pra
Bologna
Sina
Pistoia- Bologna
Bologna-Pistoia
Florence-Bologne
U. S. 10Th Mountain Division
Eighth Army
Valli di Comacchio Lagoon
Adri
Need 15 Years Before Manila Can Be Rebuilt
Manila planners and engineers estimate rebuilding may take 10 to 15 years or more. Veteran builder George E. Koster says about 2,000 square blocks, bridges, waterfronts and power systems are destroyed with losses around 1.5 to 2.5 billion pesos. Only six major north bank buildings can be repaired.
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Manila
George E. Koster
Koster
Pasig River
Six Japanese Divisions Destroyed on Luzon
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced the destruction of six of Luzon’s ten Japanese divisions. He said remaining troops are bottled up in the mountains and under continuous attack, with the position described as critical. He noted about 100 000 men in those six divisions and cited heavy Allied gains on all fronts including Formosa and the China coast.
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Manila
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
MacArthur
Formosa
China
Soviet forces seal Grudziadz encirclement in Polish corridor
Marshal Stalin announced victory at Grudziadz on the Vistula as Rokossovsky’s Second White Russian army cleared the city block by block. About 5,000 prisoners were taken, including the commander ordered to hold at all costs. The fall open communications feeding troops toward Danzig.
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London
Stalin
Grudziadz
Vistula
Grudiadz
Danzig
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Red Army push halts near Gollnow and Stargard positions
Soviet forces reportedly stopped a Zhukov spearhead 13 miles from Stettin Bay northeast of Gollnow, with Gollnow northwest of Stargard and Naupet captured the prior day. Berlin radio claimed five infantry and two tank armies massed for a central westward advance while the Second White Russian army breached local lines on the Baltic coast.
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Zhukov
Gollnow
Stettin Bay
Stargard
Naupet
Berlin
Oscow
Stettin
Naugard
Baltic
Pol
House approves tax hike on synthetic and pure wines
Raleigh March 6 The house voted 58 to 53 to amend the continuing revenue bill to impose a new tax of 1 on synthetic wines and 30 cents on pure fermented wines. The change would raise the synthetic wine tax to 1.20 per gallon and the total tax on pure wines to 50 cents.
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Raleigh
House
House OKs Revenue Bill With Wine Tax Hikes
Raleigh March 6 House unanimously passed a 129 million revenue bill. It was amended to raise taxes on pure fermented wines to 50 cents and on synthetic or imitation wines to 1.20 dollars.
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Raleigh
Amendment not ruled material in tax cut bill move
The amendment was not ruled material since it is a tax reduction and the house already adopted an amendment to raise the wine tax by $1 a gallon. Therefore the bill will not need to go back on first reading. Rep Currie of Moore introduced a bill to provide elections in Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
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Rep. Currie of
Moore
Southern Pines
Pinehurst
One Strong Heave Will Win The War Churchill Tells Troops
Prime Minister Churchill speaks to frontline Scottish troops of the 51st Highland Division in Germany. He urges that one strong heave will win the war and drive the enemy across the Rhine. He vows Britain will bring down tyranny and home return, with Montgomery Brooke and Crerar accompanying him on the Canadian sector tour.
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Churchill
Germany
Lng
Europe
51St Highland Division
Canadian First Army
Rhine
Church
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Crerar
U. S
Ninth Army
William Simpson
Siegfried Line
Middle Rhine
Cologne
Bonn
Rome Palace Attack Echoes War Crimes Crisis
Thousands of Romans protested at the Quirinal after a mass meeting at Colosseum Square demanding the return of Gen. Mario Roatta who fled during war crimes trial proceedings. Carabinieri fired on the crowd, killing at least one person as the unrest raised a political crisis.
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Rome
Royal Palace
Carabinieri
Quirinal
Colosseum Square
Mario Roatta
Roatta
Sub Zero Cold Grips Seven States As Warm Spell Fades
A frigid belt stretched from northeast Wyoming to northwest Iowa with subzero readings in Montana the Dakotas Minnesota and Northeast Nebraska Bemidji Minnesota hit 19 below zero. Forecasters warned below freezing conditions would move east with cooler weather predicted tomorrow. Rainfall soaked the Ohio valley and southeast Illinois with over two inches in Lawrenceville Illinois. Thunderstorms occurred in parts of Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma while Gulf states posted 80s and eastern states mid 60s in a swing between deep cold and warmer interludes.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Midwest
Wyoming
Iowa
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Bemidji
Minn
Jacksonville
Fla
Chicago
Lower
Michigan
Missouri
Texas
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Illinois
Lawrenceville
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf States
East Central States
Vinson Receives Unanimous Senate Backing for Loan Post
President Roosevelt's nominee Fred M. Vinson for federal loan administrator won unanimous approval from the Senate Banking Committee. The panel acted without hearings and Chairman Wagner stated the nomination was approved enthusiastically.
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Vinson
Washington
Roosevelt
Fred M. Vinson
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
DNY
Clincher Blow For Two Ready For Delivery
At Guam March 6, the clincher blow in the Iwo Jima battle nears with heavy Marine casualties and continued enemy losses. Supplies pour ashore on both coasts as Leathers fortify the rocky north end for a grand assault. Navy officials disclose 2,050 Marines killed and 12,500 Japanese dead, with thousands wounded or missing, as the fight tightens.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Little Iwo
Leathers
Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Apan
Orrestal
Ce Ga
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Iwo Island
Turner Given Life Sentence for Greensboro Robbery Kidnapping
Judge J. Ham Clement sentenced Elmer C. Turner, 35, to life for the robbery and kidnapping of Greensboro author W. Jennings Freeman on February 23. Turner had earlier received a 15 year term in Forsyth county on three armed robbery charges after pleas of guilty in Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
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Greensboro
J. Ham Clement
Walkertown
Elmer C. Turner
W. Jennings Freeman
Authtor
Turner
Forsyth County
Winston-Salem
RAF Bombers Attack Germany in Daylight Raid
RAF heavy bombers mounted a daylight strike on the Salzbergen oil refinery near Muenster after an earlier 1100-bomber raid on Chemnitz Berlin and other targets. The Allied campaign pressed into Saxony and Ruhr with heavy losses reported among the raiders and continued air pressure on German industry and rail infrastructure.
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London
RAF
Salzbergen
Muenster
Chemnitz
Berlin
U. S
Bohlen
Leipzig
Mannheim
Gelsen Kirchen
Saxony
Air Ministry
Germany
Age Factor Shapes Eastern North Carolina Judgeship
A U.S. district judge seat for Eastern North Carolina faces selection amid age considerations. The retiring judge I. M. Meekins is replaced by a candidate 60 or younger, with Rep. J. Bayard Clark among leading contenders. Senators Bailey and Hoey plan to confer with Attorney General Biddle on age before submitting recommendations.
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Washington
U. S
North Carolina
I. M.meekins
Biddle
Defenders Return to Old City in Paris Front
Allied forces broke into central Paris area driving German defenders back into the old city around the devastated metropolis. Three divisions reached Ringstrasse amid light opposition while Lt Gen Simpson's Ninth Army and Canadian units cleared pockets along the Rhine toward Neuss and the Wesel pocket south of Duesseldorf.
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Paris
Americom Net
Third Armored
Eighth
Ringstrasse
Cologne
Germany
William H. Simpson
Rhine
Duesseldorf
Neuss
We‘sel
Allied forces push into Cologne as Rhine advance nears
American troops fight inside Cologne near the cathedral as the Third Army closes on the Rhine. The Fourth Armored Division broke out from Bibberg, advancing about 25 miles in 30 hours, with over 1,500 Germans captured amid bad road conditions and fading resistance.
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Cologne
Rhine
U. S
Fourth Armored
George S. Patton
Third Army
Bibberg
York Loses City Elections Board Seat in Reorganization
Ben L. Herman and L. H. Baker, both Democrats, were reelected to the York city board of elections while D. Stanton Cecil, a Republican, won the seat to succeed Walter York. Fisher opposed York’s reelection, citing prior criticisms of election machinery. The county elections board in Greensboro named the new city board this morning. Herman, the current chairman, is set to continue as chair.
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Ben L. Herman
L. H. Baker
City Board of Elections
D. Stanton Cecil
Walter York
Louis J. Fisher, Jr
County Elections Board
York
City Elections Board
Greensboro
Fisher
Leslie Abbott
Martin Douglas
Herman
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Holland
U. S. First Army
U. S. Ninth Army
Homberg
Shukov
United States
Rhine River
The
Zellin
Logne
Reno River
Internal Revenue Agent
Ends Life
B. Coddington
Sth
Bisopra
Elmer Turner
Kyll River
Coblenz
Kyllburg
Patton
Rhineland
Ruhr
Wesel
Americans Held the Whole West Bank of the Rhine
Coelogne
Rhein
Meekins
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