Big Three meet looms as Germany crisis deepens
War analyst Mackenzie notes Nazi leadership faces a grave test as Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin weigh a joint call for surrender. He highlights Manila's defense as Japan's weak point, with Luzon crucial to Japan's lifeline and potential hard fighting ahead. MacArthur's leadership and allied naval strength underpin Allied success. An Associated Press report recalls a Filipino colonel kissing American hands as troops enter Manila.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Reich
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Hitler
Japan
Manila
Philippine
Luzon
Formosa
Gibraltar
Orient
Ican
Yamashta
MacArthur
Pacific
Philippines
Fred Hampson
Manila liberated as paratroopers reach near city center
Manila shows signs of liberation amid reports of the 51st Paratroop Regiment landing on Tagaytay Ridge and advancing toward the city. Reports from AP correspondents describe road blocks, cheers from crowds, and the American forces pressing past Pasig River defenses.
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Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Cavite
Manila Bay
Manila
C. Yates McDaniel
Pasig
Hampson
Japan
Roosevelt
Sergio Osemna
White House
Pa- Sig
Grace Park
McDaniel
MacArthur
Corregidor Fortress
Cavite Naval Base
Formosa
Manila Falls Recalls Fire Damage and Distant Flames
The account notes Manila’s scene scarred by flames with extensive damage in parts of the city yet asserts that much of Manila escaped heavy destruction. The witness describes distant, massive flames visible in the distance.
Imprisoned internees freed after campus siege
Civilians in the besieged building urged with shouts from windows as 221 internees were released unharmed under a truce. Japanese force of 65 under Colonel Hayashi allowed to leave the university area unmolested. Internees cheered arrival of American troops lifting them onto their shoulders.
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Hewlett
Hayashi
Russian gains push to Berlin route from the Oder
Soviet war bulletin reports new advances north and northwest of Konigsberg in East Prussia and German resistance ending in Barwalde and Neudamm as Russians threaten a spring offensive toward Berlin from the Oder. Large German forces reportedly surrendered after resisting SS officers.
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Oder
Silesia
Berlin
Oppeln
Breslau
Grottkau
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Samland
Baltic
Barwalde
Kustrin
Stettin
Neudamm
Soldin
Schwedt
Znukov
Pyritz
Stalin
Patrol frees Crabb and family from Manila jail
Former United Press staff member Robert Crabb along with his wife and two children were released after captivity in Manila. The report notes Crabb as part of a group freed through a negotiated settlement, with details about the circumstances and timing extending the relief to other detainees.
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Robert Crabb
United Press
Manila
Yanks Bypass Japs Left on Pacific Isles
Forces report Japanese troops still manning unoccupied Pacific islands, especially in the Marshalls and Marianas. Despite large numbers and good conditions, the garrisons pose no threat and are destined for eventual capture or starvation as Allied campaigns continue.
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Pacific Isles
Hamilton W. Faron
Guam
Central Pacific
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
Marshalls
Marianas
Rota
Guam-Saipan
Afircab
Judge Lemley Endorses Boy Scout Drive
Municipal Judge W Kendall Lemley expresses wholehearted approval of the Boy Scouts of America. He praises the organization’s service on the home front and congratulates leaders and scouts from Cub to high ranks, hoping for greater future attainments. Dated February 5, 1945.
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Weers
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
W. Kendall Lemley
Hope, Ark
Biblical Bread From Heaven Cited In Exodus Verse
A paraphrase recalls Exodus 16 4 with a warning about daily manna to test obedience. A Byron quote notes happiness tied to dinner as a moral theme reflecting human history and appetite since Eve.
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Moses
Eve
Bryon
Alaskan sourdough leads B 29 raid on Kobe Kansai plant
First Lieutenant Clyde H. Smith of Vashon Washington, a B 29 navigator based on Saipan, guided a formation to the Akashi plant of the Kawasaki Aircraft Company near Kobe. Lt Col Frank W. Davis of Tampa Florida praises Smith for precise course plotting despite clouds. Bombardier First Lieutenant Keith W. Duffield of Browns Valley Minnesota is credited with pinpointing the target.
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Alaska
Japan
Clyde H. Smith
Vashon
Wash
Akashi
Kawsaki Airplane Company
Kobe
Frank W. Davis
Tampa
Fla
Smith
Saipan
Davis
Keith W. Duffield
Browns Valley
Minn
First Army advances past Siegfried Line in major push
The First Army pushed beyond the Siegfried Line into the Erst lake area and near Vogel camp, breaching western fortifications with four divisions driving along a 12 mile front. RAF bombers battered targets while British Canadian patrols cover the Maas front as the Third Army penetrates the Reich on a 13 mile front. The French First Army reports 2,200 prisoners taken and notes the Colmar pocket collapse as the US 21st Corps breaches Neuf Brisach.
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First
Erst Lake
Vogel Camp
Hitler
First Army
Schnee Forest
Maas
Venlo
Nijmegen
Third Army
Germany
The
Reich
Siegfried Line
Colmar
Thur
Cernay
Ensisheim
United States
Neuf Brisach
Sgt James H. Miller Completes Pacific Mission Tour
S/Sgt James H. Miller 24 of Hope Arkansas has arrived at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No 2 in Miami Beach for reassignment processing after completing a tour of duty outside the continental United States.
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Army
Miami Beach
Fla
James H. Miller
Hope
Ark
Army Air Forces
Sgt Julius Hatfield Killed in Action
Sgt Julius C Hatfield gunner on a Superfortress was killed on January 1 near Ceram northwest of New Guinea. The Department notified his parents Mr and Mrs F E Hatfield of Nashington Route One. Hatfield served overseas since July after training at Seymour Johnson Field and Fort Myers. He is survived by six brothers Glen John Merrill Dale Carl and Ralph and by one sister Mrs Horace Alford of neg Hope.
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Julius C. Hatfield
Ceram
New Guinea
F. E. Hatfield
Nashington
Hatfield
Seymour Johnson Field
Fort Myers
Fla
Glen
John
Merrill
Dale
Carl
Ralph
Washington
Horace Alford
Neg
Hope
Whitehead Takes Over Local Employment Office Post
Herbert M. Whitehead has been named local office manager of the U S Employment Service announced by D Palmer Patterson director Whitehead succeeds Miss Wimberly who left for a Department post Prior to Hope he led the USES office at Blytheville Ark and earlier assisted at Jonesboro He is son of L J Miller of Hope Also noted a local airman Sergeant Miller earned the Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters after 68 missions in the Asia Pacific theater
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Herbert M. Whitehead
D. Palmer Patterson
Whitehead
Wyt Ble Wimberly
Washington, D. C
Hope
Blytheville
Ark
Jonesboro
Ted States
Miller
L. J. Miller
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the Star
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Hempstead
Nevada
Howard, Miller and
Lafayette
National Advertising Representative
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Sterick
Chicago
North
Michigan Avenue
New York City
Madison Ave
Detroit
Mich
W. Grand Blvd
Oklahoma City
Terminal
New Orleans
Union St
Ith Airborne
Tagaytay Ridge
Batangas
51Th
Tan- Zatay
Cazedero
Mexico
San Juan de Los Lagos
NEA Telephotos
Manila Falls
Hall’s Hat Shop
East Second Street
Solo Elmore Auto Supply
Forver Service
Wylie Motor Company
Charles
Landsberg
Bartenstein
Lemley
21St Bomber Command
RAF
Hamm
Cologne
Coblenz
Hannover
Magdeburg
Sgt
Jas. H. Miller
Julius Hatfield
Theo Long
Hope, Arkansas
KODAK
Shipley
Hope 216 _S
Studio Hope, Ark
Nunn-Mc Dowell
Chrysler & Plymouth
Chrysler
Plymouth
Bill Bryan
Louis Sutton
Ray E. McDowell
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