Navy Destroyer Rescued Pilot Jimmy Van Fleet
Report recalls a destroyer crew saving Lieutenant James Van Fleet after his crash in the Western Pacific. He received care aboard and a celebratory “dripping aviator” scroll, later sent ice cream from the carrier. The rescue crew included Franklin Calloway and Melvin Collins who earned stars for the act.
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Western Pacific
Jimmy
Jim
Cerain
James van
Deroyer
Franklin Calloway
Philadelphia
Melvin Collins
North Vine St
Otumwa
Leyten Fall
The War Today And The Quest For Peace
The piece discusses the end of the war in Europe and hints at spring as a symbol of renewal while cautioning against talk of peace to avoid over optimism. The author anticipates letters reflecting sorrow and concern about public mood.
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Europe
ROAD TO BERLIN SUMMARY GUIDES FRONTLINE DISTANCES
AP briefing shows distances on multiple fronts: Eastern Front 32 miles from Zerlin, Western Front 267 miles from Remagen Bridgehead, Italian Front 544 miles from Reno River. Compact update tracks advancing positions and map references.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Zerlin
Remagen
Reno River
Nearing end of European war may prompt peace talks
The writer argues that peace discussions should begin now rather than risk a sudden escalation. He notes that the fighting could continue if Nazi leaders persist with their "battle to a finish" plan and urges recognition of this possibility.
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Himmler
Goebbels
Barber submarine declared overdue and presumed lost
The submarine Barber, under Lt. Comdr. Conde Leroy Raguet, is overdue from patrol and presumed lost with about 65 officers and crew. Next of kin have been notified as the 34th American sub overdue and 40th lost overall in the war. Commander Raguet, son of Capt. Edward C. Raguet, is listed as missing following action.
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Washington
Barber
Navy
Comdr
Conde Leroy Raguet
Raguet
Norfolk
Edward Cook Raguet
U. S. Navy
Husband Keeps Her Barefooted in Domestic Cruelty Suit
Mrs. Elaine Straulin testified that her husband confines her at home to keep her barefoot, citing control of ration books and inability to buy shoes. Judge Sabath granted temporary child support of 65 dollars a month for her son as she seeks separate maintenance after their September 15, 1942 marriage and January separation.
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Chicago
Elaine Straulin
Joseph Sabath
White House panel to study wage guarantee plan
A panel of White House advisers, with presidential blessing, will study whether a guaranteed annual wage should be added to postwar job security. The move follows CIO United Steelworkers demands last fall and prior War Labor Board rejection as financially risky for the steel industry. President Roosevelt directs the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion to assess nationwide wage guarantee plans and advise on practicable steps.
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Washington
White House
CIO
United Steelworkers
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Bridgehead of Enemy Wiped Out near Stettin
Moscow reports the First White Russian army holds the East bank of the Oder from the Baltic to the Neisse confluence and has wiped out the Alt Damm bridgehead at Altdamm. Zhukov’s forces seized Altdamm, advancing toward Stettin as Soviet fronts push on in East Prussia and the Braunsberg pocket yields thousands of prisoners.
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Moscow
Oder
Baltic
Neisse
Stettin
Altdamm
Berlin
Gregory K. Kov
Ivan S. Konev
Breslau
Glogau
Upper Oder
Ukraine
East Prussia
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Red Army
Koenigsberg
Vasilevsky
Kolberge
Izvestia
Hitler
Hertford Tornado Strikes Town Damage Reported
A small tornado hit Hertford around 11 this morning, tearing the grammar school roof, tipping the Negro Masonic lodge, uprooting trees, and damaging homes. No injuries were reported, and tin from the roof hung in trees across the town, with the western district hardest hit.
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Hertford
Commissioners Will Aid In Food Probe
Chairman Thomas says state agriculture commissioners nationwide will join a Senate agriculture subcommittee inquiry into food shortages. He notes the aim is to determine if an overall shortage exists and how shortages can be mitigated by Congress, denying it as muckraking. Roosevelt said he would release a Friday statement on the food situation.
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Washington
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Congress
Roosevelt
Allied Carrier Forces Hit Japanese Fleet At Nippon Home Waters
American carrier planes crippled at least 17 Japanese warships including the Musashi class battleship and several carriers in a bold raid into Nippon home waters. Mitscher’s force pressed the attack as the Fifth Fleet reported light American losses. Simultaneously U S troops pushed into Iloilo on Panay island, with Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush’s 40th Division reaching the city outskirts.
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U. S. Pacific
Amon
Guam
Nippon
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Associated Press
Hamilton W. Faron
Mitscher
Japan
Faron
Leyte Gulf
Philippines
Manila
Iloilo
Panay
Philippine
Douglas MacArthur
Rapp Brush
Japan prepares for invasion as civilian property put under control
London reports Japan announces military control of civilian property and installations in a bid to fortify homeland against a feared American invasion. War Minister Gen Sugiyama says defenses are strong and broader measures will follow, including population civil squads to assist the army.
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London
Japan
Gen
Sugiyama
Tokyo
British Start Offense From Mandalay
British troops launched an operation from Mandalay to mop up Japanese forces in the area between Mandalay and Meiktila. Meiktila’s fall has cut southern escape routes for about 30,000 Japanese troops. Fort Dufferin in Mandalay fell yesterday after defenders fled. Hostages were left behind by the Japanese as the siege continued.
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Calcutta
Mandalay
Meiktila
Burma
Thailand
London Radio
CBS
Fort Dufferin
400000 Hard Hitting Yanks Advancing Rapidly
Paris reports a rapid Allied advance in the Saarland and Palatinate as German defenses collapse. U S First Army pushes north of Bonn and seizes seven miles of the Sieg river bank while Patton's Third Army concentrates on Ludwigshafen Mannheim and encircles German forces, with extensive prisoner captures and heavy air and artillery pressure across the Rhine.
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U. S
Bonn
Rhine
Sieg River
Niederpreis
Supreme Headquarters
George S. Patton, Jr
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Saarland
Palatinate
Saarbruecken
Kaiserslautern
Wortms
Voelkingen
Zweibruecken
Homberg
St. Ingbert
Upper Rhine
Karlsruhe
Ludwigshafen
Valhalla
Pirmasens
Lautersbourg
Neunkirchen
Ruhr
Germany
Lower Rhine
Eisenhower
Patton
Ludwigshafen- Mannheim
Valhalla Line
Reich
Saar Valley
Worms
Hitler
First Army
East Rhine
A. Colney Rodges
Legislature Adjourns Sine Die in 1945 North Carolina Session
Raleigh March 21 The 1945 general assembly adjourned sine die after a protracted fight over a $1,000,000 indigent patient care allocation split between rural hospital construction and patient care. The House accepted a Senate amendment delaying a four year UNC medical school pending a Rockefeller style survey.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
House
University of North Carolina
Rockefeller Foundation
Yanks Bomb Nine German Air Fields and Bremen Oil Refinery
A force of 2,000 American bombers and fighters attacked nine northwestern German air fields and a Plauen tank factory while British planes hit a large Bremen oil refinery. US 15th Air Force over Austria continued railway-line blows between Vienna and Munich. RAF Lancasters targeted the Wesel viaduct and Münster marshalling yards amid victory weather reports.
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London
Germany
Plauen
Bremen
Berlin
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Austria
Vienna
Munich
Zwischenahn
Wittmundhaven
Marx
Messerschmitts
Eighth Army Advances in Adriatic Northwest of Ravenna
Eighth Army troops in the Adriatic sector improved their positions northwest of Ravenna with a local advance in the Mezzano area yesterday. Allied headquarters said front activity elsewhere was limited to patrols. Italian partisans increased activity in German held Northern Italy and a captured officer said the Nazis used a full regiment to counter partisan raids on supply dumps and troop movements.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Ravenna
Mezzano
Italy
15Th Army Group
Food Shortage Tied to War End Delays and Price Controls
The piece discusses expectations of a 1944 war end and how hope of early peacetime cutbacks influenced meat production policies. It notes reduced hog price guarantees, wasted grain due to lack of feed, and forecasts beef output versus tighter pork, lamb, and poultry supplies into 1945.
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WEA
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Kenton
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Yeogen
LUX
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France
Strasbourg
Baden Baden
Rhine River
Third
Trier
Kettig
Coblenz
Fourth Armored Division
U. S. Third Army
Army Signal Corps
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Gardner
Zhukov
Vice Vero
Paris
Ludwigshafen-Mannheim
Mainz
Ovid A. Martin
War Food Administration
WPA
Ger
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