Double Ten Chinese Revolution Tale Explores Secret Backers
Carl Glick’s new book Double Ten traces the 1911 Chinese revolution from its California roots to Sun Yat sen’s rise, focusing on Captain Ansel O Banion and Homer Lea with Henry Pu Yi as the puppet emperor. It links Japanese influence and American supporters to the fall of the Manchu dynasty.
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Carl Glick
Whittlesey House
New York
New Yor Chinatown
China
Republic
Glick
California
Ansel O'Banion
Philippines
Spain
America
Our
Captain O’banion
Homer Lea
Japan
Asia
United States
O'Banion
Brea
Lea
O’banion
Sun Yat-sen
Henry Pu Yi
Manchuria
Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping
Britain Again Pledges Aid in Jap War
Roosevelt met Churchill in Alexandria after the Yalta talks and pledged full US support in the war against Japan. The White House described conferences with de Gaulle and other leaders in the Middle East and North Africa as entirely satisfactory, with Churchill stressing full wartime effort against Japan after Germany falls.
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White House
Stettinius
Moscow
Liberia
Africa
Brazil
Mexico City
Alexandria
Molotov
John G. Winant
Middle East
London
Jefferson Caffery
Paris
Alexander Kirk
Rome
Pacific
Russia
Churchill
Germany
Reds Open New Holes in German Line
London reports Russian forces breached German defenses along a 65 mile front near Berlin and Dresden. Konev resumed the push despite German counterattacks as breaches appeared at Guben Sorau and Lauban with advances toward Goerlitz and Rothwasser briefly captured before retaken.
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Berlin
Dresden
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Koney
Guben
Sorau
Lauban
Konev
Goerlitz
Neisse River
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Rothwasser
Transocean
Bober
Neisse
Somerfeld
Sagan
Moscow
Fatl
Red Army
Oder-Spreeling
Gregory Zhukov
Ex-Masonic Leader C E Pierce Dies At 66 In Hot Springs
Charles E. Pierce 66 a prominent Arkansas civil engineer and contractor and head of the Knights Templar state Masons died at Hotel Barlow in Hot Springs He lived there with wife Grace and their two daughters Mrs Hairston and Mrs Harry Musgrove The funeral will be at Greenwood Cemetery Hot Springs at 2 p m Wednesday with Masons in charge
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Arkansas
Knights Templar State Organization of Masons
Hotel Barlow
Mrs. Pierce
Clay Hairston
Hairston
Grace Pierce
Harry Musgrove
Hannibal, Mo
Pierce
Fayetteville
Hot Springs
Greenwood Cemetery
Masons
Navy Liberator Flight Ends With Heroic Return
Lt. Elvin A. Petersen of Newton Utah and Corpus Christi Texas captained a Liberator back to base after eight hours at sea and a deadly hit that killed co-pilot Wallace R. Robinson. Petersen was blinded in one eye by shrapnel but kept control, landed safely, leaving an enemy freighter ablaze after a masthead strafing run. Navigator Ens. Ferdinand G. Jaussi and plane captain Aviation Machinist's Mate 2-C Ashley D. Martin aided the return flight.
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Courtenay Moore
Washington
Elvin A. Petersen
Newton
Utah
Corpus Christi
Tex
Tokyo
Petersen
Liberator
Wallace R. Robinson
England
Ark
Robinson
Ens
Ferdinand G. Jaussi
Paris
Ida
Aviation
Ashley D. Martin
Santa Monica Calif
Jaussi
Churchill reports smoother affairs after Yalta Big Three meeting
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that affairs abroad are smoother after the Yalta conference. He promised a full Crimea report next week while answering quips about goats, sharks, and British daylight saving. Churchill noted congestion at home as nursing numbers stood at about 42,000 in the US Army.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Alexandria
Egypt
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Germany
Yalta
Black Sea
White House
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Morocco
de Gaulle
France
United States
Livadia
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Sevastopol
Great Bitter Lake
Suez Canal
Farouk
Halie Selassi I
Ethiopia
Ivbn Saud
Saudi Arabia
London
House of Commons
Commons
Athens
Cairo
Anthony Eden
Eden
Senate Turns to Voluntary Service Act
The Senate Military Committee opened drafting a voluntary manpower bill as President Roosevelt urges House backed compulsory labor controls. Senator O Mahoney proposed a substitute to direct war contracts to areas with surplus labor, and empower McNutt to ensure advance notice on contracts and investigate labor hoarding in war plants.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
James F. Brynes
Paul V. McNutt
Byrnes
Army
Navy
War at a Glance: Fronts See Mixed Progress Across Theaters
On the western front Canadian forces cleared Siegfried line at Goch and repelled counterblows near Calais while Americans widened the Eifel front and pressed in the Saar basin near Saarbrucken. Russians counterattacked east of Berlin as a potential new drive looms. Koenigsberg and Breslau sieges tighten with Nowe seized. In the Pacific Marines push on Iwo Jima and Manila. Fort William McKinley and Corregidor come under focus as work continues against remaining strongpoints.
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Associated Press
Goch
Calear
Eifel
Saar Basin
Ook Auersmacher
Saarbruecken
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Breslau
Nowe
Danzig
Canadians Close on Goch as Allied Grin Widens Front
On February 20 the Canadian First Army cleared the ruins of Goch and repelled five counterattacks as American Seventh Army pushed into Saarland, capturing five towns within 3.5 miles of Saarbrucken. Patton’s Third Army crossed into Germany near Winderingen while units near Linz seized four towns. The Roer falls steadily and Allied plans target Cologne and the Ruhr. Canadian troops entered Goch after 24 hours of house-to-house fighting, completing the northern reduction of the town.
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Associated Press
Paris
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Goch
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Saarbruecken
Seventh
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Oberlueken
Kesslingen
Fahn
Munzingen
Linz
Germany
Merzig
Roer
Rhine
Meuse
Ood
America
Cologne
Rhineland
Ruhr
Linnich
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Marines Break Surface on Iwo Jima Beachhead Push Inland
Admiral Nimitz reported U S Marines drove inland from the initial Iwo Jima beachhead with tanks and artillery as heavy fighting raged around Suribachi and the northern airfield. Radio Tokyo claimed a second landing on the rocky north coast with fierce resistance.
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William F. Tyree
Nimitz
Guam
U. S
Radio Tokyo
Iwo
Chester W. Nimitz
Suribachi
Tokyo
Iwa
Veterans in First Fight for Company B in German Snow
In Rocherath the 2nd Infantry Division’s Company B, with 40 veterans and 100 new men, attacked German positions amid snow. The firefight saw captains and sergeants urging rookies as they moved yard by yard, suffering five casualties while 55 Germans lay dead, ending with the unit’s veterans triumphant.
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Hal Boyle
Germany
Company B
Rocherath
Estel Elkins
Tacoma Wash
John Wogan
Grand St
St Louis
Lloyd L. Crusius
Bloomington
Ill
Everett B. Thurston
Canton
N. Y
Wogan
Vogan
Onat
Charles , Hodge
Apollo
Zed Jenkins
DeWitt
Sfudge
Jenkins
Manila Pocket of Japs Left as Final Assault Presses
American forces tightened surrounding the 1-square-mile Japanese pocket in Intramuros and Ermita Manila, with heavy artillery tearing gaps in the 16th century wall. Gen MacArthur toured front lines as 37th Division, 11th Airborne cleared remnants on Bataan and Corregidor, while ships and bombers hit Cebu and Formosa targets.
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Manila
Pasig
37Th
Fort McKinley
Corregidor
Bataan
Charter City
Ermit
Santa Theresa College
Intramuros
Fort Santigago
Douglas MacArthur
Wallace Field
Manhattan
MacArthur
Hagonoy
Tagig
Laguna Bay
Philippines
China Sea
Manila Bay
Cebu
Formosa
Takao
China
Will Rogers Jr Promoted and Awarded Bronze Star
London reports former congressman Will Rogers Jr. has been promoted to first lieutenant and awarded the Bronze Star for heroic action in the Battle of the Bulge. He led an infantry patrol in a tank destroyer battalion of the Seventh armored division to prevent an enemy from cutting off part of an armored withdrawal from St. Vith.
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London
Will Rogers, Jr
Belgium
Exchange Telegraph
Rogers
Seventh Armored Division
St. Vith
Seamen Graduations Milestone at Maritime Training Posts
More than 100000 sailors have graduated from United States Maritime Service training stations. The Thirty Years War in Germany ended in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia, concluding prolonged Catholic and Protestant conflict.
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Germany
Westphalia
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