Lincoln Birthday Reflected as World Seeks Enduring Peace
An essay and dispatch discuss Abraham Lincoln as a model of lasting peace amid World War II. The piece contrasts Lincoln’s leadership and wartime faith with Washington’s legacy, noting how Lincoln’s vision influenced postwar ideals and global striving for justice. It also covers Allied diplomacy with Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin, Italy’s status shifts, and Yugoslav concerns over Italy aid.
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Philault
London
Germany
Black Sea
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Reich
London Daily Mirror
Italy
Marshal Tito
Ivan Subasi
Yugoslavia
The
Mirror
Moscow
Pravda
Arkansas House Eyes End of Liquor Wholesale Monopoly
Arkansas lawmakers return to session with plans to move a Senate bill letting retail liquor dealers buy from out of state, ending seven wholesale dealers’ monopoly since 1935. Wholesalers pledge stiff House opposition. The week may also see action on a controversial livestock show bill with district shows debated and ownership of show lands under state title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas House of Representatives
Senate
Clyde E. Byrd
Florado
Kemp Toney
Jefferson County
Heartsill
Sebastian County
Paul van Dalsem
Perry County
Iwo Isle and Tokyo Hit by Superforts
American B 29 Superfortresses raided Iwo Jima 750 miles south of Tokyo as Tokyo reported a small number of planes over the Tokyo Yokohama area between 7 and 7 30 p m Japanese claims said no bombs were confirmed and no shoots down. Earlier a lone Superfortress over Tokyo was reported. The raids followed a weekend of heavy attacks on the homeland and Burma. A remark on snapping turtles follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Scherff
Washington
Iwo
Tokyo
U. S
Tokyo - Yokohama
FCC
Tokyo-Yokohama
Yokosuka Naval Station
Comei
Burma
Laney to Call in Part of State's Debt
Arkansas lawmakers hear a plan to retire most bonded debt in four years or less and cut the ad valorem tax. The bill consolidates 100 treasury funds into a general fund, funds state operations by minimum apportionments, and earmarks excess revenues for prorated distribution. A companion bill would create a 150000 emergency fund under a new fiscal control board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Treasury
Fiscal Control Board
Scenes of Horror as Manila Battles Rage Under Cross Fire
War dispatch from Manila recounts street fighting between American and Japanese forces. Mortar shells disrupt crowds near bridges as civilians suffer, with scenes of a burned baby, wounded and dead civilians, and displaced residents amid ongoing shelling and demolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Treaty Ends Civil War in Greece
In Athens a peace treaty ends the Greek civil war after an all night talks. The EAM-ELAS accepts elections and a plebiscite on King George's return, but is excluded from government until after the polls. ELAS disarms by March 15 and officials who fought or cooperated with Germans face discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E.roper
Athens
Eam-Elas
Eamelas
George
Greece
EAM
National Liberation Front
ELAS
Varkiza
Ronald Scobie
Harold MacMillan
Mediterranean
Reginald Leeper
High Court Reverses Sebastian Case Involving Insurance Commissions
The Arkansas Supreme Court, in a five to two ruling, reversed a Sebastian circuit court verdict for D. T. Sutton owner of Fort Smith Realty. Bailey had claimed commissions from Sutton after failing to secure insurance for the Southern Hotel Building in Fort Smith. The high court also affirmed convictions for Ulysses Brown and Hershel Bryant in separate cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Supreme Court
Sebastian
D. T. Sutton
Fort Smith
Sutton
Bailey
High Court
Conway
Ulysses Brown
Bertha
Brown
George bill passage likely to proceed in House this week
Congressional leaders express confidence the House will pass the George bill this week to enable Henry Wallace's confirmation as secretary of commerce. A compromise allows a vote on Rep. Jesse Wolcott's amendment removing the Export-Import Bank from the secretary’s board, aiming to avert floor fights over related Wallace proposals. The measure would remove Reconstruction Finance Corp. and allied agencies from the Commerce Department. The first test comes Wednesday as the Rules Committee, hostile to Wallace, decides routing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lahr
Washington
House
George Bill
Henry Wallace
Jesse Wolcott
Mich
Secretary of Commerce
Export-Import Bank
Wallace
Wicott
George
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Commerce Department
House Rules Committee
Fifth Army Retires in West Italy
Rome reports German counter-attacks forced the Fifth Army to withdraw about a half mile in the Strettoia and Fiume La Foce areas on the west coast front. An American push four days old reached within 2.5 miles of Massa as Gothic Line remnants guard La Spezia.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Strettoia
Fiume la Foce
Massa
la Spezia
Italy
Mediterranean
AFL on Eve of Reunion With Lewis
The AFL executive council in Miami awaits a written concessions offer from United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis for a possible AFL charter. The council also debates jurisdictional issues among Pacific coast cannery workers and the Teamsters and between machinists and engineers. A housing program aims to create jobs for 19 million in housing and allied industries and provide homes for 15 million families.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
AFL
William Green
UMW
John L. Lewis
Teamsters’ Union
Joseph A. Padway
Tramp Steamer Goes to Sails After Engine Failure
The tramp steamer H M S Duncton, after engines failed 500 miles from the Atlantic’s edge, used improvised sails made from washing and blankets. Lt Comdr John S Burgess ordered plain sails and the ship inched ahead at three knots to reach safety.
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London
H.M.S. Duncton
Atlantic
John S. Burgess
Lancashire
Breslau Surrounded as Soviet Offensives Reach Silesia
London reports unofficially that Marshal Konev encircled Breslau while Berlin said his troops crossed the Bober River 35 miles beyond the Oder. Nazi accounts claim a 20 mile Bober push with two bridgeheads and skirmishes near Bunzlau and Sagan as Zhukov presses toward Berlin from the north and east.
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Robert Musel
London
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Breslau
Berlin
Bober
Oder
Konev
Germany
Silesia
Bunzlau
Sprottau
Dresden
Sagan
Gregory K. Zhukov
United Press
Henry Shapiro
Zhukov
Baltic
Stettin
Shapiro
Allied Forces Break German Resistance in Kleve and Pruem
Allied armies crush remaining German resistance in Kleve and Pruem, clearing Kleve after a 36 hour battle and pushing beyond toward the Rhine. Canadians reach Hall near Kleve. Americans seize a ridge beyond Pruem as flooding from the Schwammenauer dam disrupts rivers. Prisoner tally rises to 4,000 as Reichswald advances continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fleischer
Paris
Kleve
Pruem
Siegfried Line
Westwall
Rhineland
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
H.D.G. Creatar
Hall
Goch
Reichswald
Hekken
Griethausen
James M. Long
First Army
U. S. Fourth Division
Germany
Koblenz
Schwammenauer
U. S
Second
Roer
Tampag
Henry Cr
Daisy Mae milk boost from Army shelter tale
Grateful Daisy Mae, Europe's noted cow, increases milk output from four to ten quarts daily after soldiers built her a foxhole shelter. Stories trace contrasting wartime valor as GIs and officers recount escapes, captures, and improvised bravado across battles in Belgium and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Mae
Army
First Army
Europe
Second Infantry
Joseph A. Mongelluzzo
Pittsburgh
Corregidor Bombardment Marks Pacific War Pivot Point
U S bombardment of Corregidor intensifies as American air and ground forces press into Manila defenses. First Cavalry and 11th Airborne units cross Pasig River and push toward Fort McKinley and Intramuros while Sixth Armored divisions threaten avenues to Baler and Dingalan bays. Japanese pockets shrink as airpower and artillery target entrenched positions along Manila and Zambales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis McCarthy
Manila
Fortress of
Corregidor
Manila Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Bataan
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Pasig River
Fort McKinley
37Th Infantry Division
Pandacan
Manila Bay
Pasig
Nielsen Airfield
Santa Ana
37Th
Intramuros
U. S. 11Th Airborne Division
Baclaran
11Th Airborne
Nichols Field
Sixth Armored
Luzon
Laur
Bongabon
Baler
Dingalan
Zambales
Fort Stotsenburg
Buck deer shed antlers in winter and regrow in spring
Bucks shed their antlers during the cold months and begin regrowth in spring, a seasonal cycle driven by hormonal changes. The temporary headgear aids mating displays and escapes predators before new growth hardens.
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Metzy
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Essen
Pouesseldort
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Dortmund
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Colmar
Western Front
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Venlo
Schmidt
Wallendorf
Colmer
NEA Telemap
Laney
Fred Hampson
P. IL
Jockey Club
Cpl
Sumner Platten
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Platten
Santa Cruz Bridge
Jones Bridge
Sair
Hershel Bryant
Hot Spring
Bryant
Malvern
West
Lewis
Y Hal Boyle
William Young
Young
California
Billy Ryan
Roy G. McCracken
Pueblo, Co
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Raymond L. Savage
Leeds
Ala
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Savage
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Tyler
Tex
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Stephens
U.S
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