War Front and Finance Views on Red Cross and Markets
Hempstead county struggles to meet a Red Cross War Fund goal while a broad discussion on postwar economics and international security unfolds. Urban investors face long horizons and imperfect markets as the nation debates Dum barton Oaks and San Francisco, emphasizing gradual progress and compromise.
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Hempstead
Red Cross
Germany
Japan
Iwo Jima
Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross Fund Tops Five Thousand in Hempstead County
Hempstead county's Red Cross War Fund reached 5003.23 dollars toward a 17500 county quota. New donors include Talbot's Dept. Store 50 dollars Margaret Clingan 3 dollars Opal Seymour 3.50 Mrs. W. A. Chessir 3 dollars and others totaling 88.50.
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Hempstead
Red Cross War Fund
Talbot's Dept. Store
Margaret Clingan
Opal Seymour
W. A. Chessir
Cue McAdams
Lonnie Hargis
Roy Sutton
J. D. Chessir, Jr
Fred Lee
Herbert Burns
Seek Big 3 Commission on Romania
The United States calls for consultations on forming a Big Three commission to address a Communist governed Bucharest. Groza's government started March 6, while Radescu was ousted under Russian pressure. Halifax and Gromyko discussed San Francisco preparations, with no Romanian talks. The Japanese alphabet note appears as a separate aside.
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Flora Lews
Washington
Romania
United States
Bucharest
Petru Groza
National Democratic Front
Nicolai Radescu
Moscow
Groza
Britain
Lord Halifax
Andrei Gromyko
Stettinius
Halifax
San Francisco
Gromyko
Saipan Japs React to Tokyo Broadcasts After Iwo Jima News
In Camp Susupe on Saipan 13 000 Japanese civilians under American military government hear Tokyo admit American landings on Iwo Jima and Philippine losses. Commander G W Schuttle notes their stunned silence after fear of torture proved unfounded and they witness American road building and industry.
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Robbin Coons
Saipan
Marianas
Tokyo
Japan
G. W. Schuttle
Iwo Jima
Philippines
Schuttle
Susupe
Army
Arthur Greg Huston
Marines Crush Last Japanese Pocket on Iwo Jima
Fifth Division forces squeezed the final Japanese holdout on Iwo Jima into a pocket under a quarter square mile on the north coast. American casualties total under 4,000 versus more than 20,000 Japanese killed. airfields are being repaired to convert Iwo into a major base for the invasion of Japan.
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Guam
Iwo
FCC
Holland M. Smith
Fleet Marine Forces
United Press War
Lisle Shoemaker
Smith
Japan
Chichi
Bonin Islands
Non-Rationed Shoes Planned to Offset Leather Cut
Washington reports government aims to release more non rationed fabric and rubber shoes to offset a sharp cut in civilian leather uppers. The WPB notes a likely shortage in April through June while promising a "really good" outdoor shoe from civilian requirements.
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Washington
WPB
Office of Civilian Requirements
Fight Over Draft Law Renewal Sweeps Capitol Hill
Washington March 16 A renewed clash forms on Capitol Hill over extending the draft act. Without renewal draft boards inducting trainees would lapse May 15. House and Senate consider duration extension with changes likely including a 12 month training period before combat, farm-worker restrictions, and possible exemptions for men over 30 with pre war children.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
House
May
Europe
Fifth Army Tightens Vergato Siege in Italy
Fifth Army troops push to tighten the siege around Vergato by advancing to Serra and re occupying nearby territory on the Pistoia Bologna corridor. On the Eighth Army front patrol clashes continue while phosphorous bombardment reports surface and Allied air forces hit rail and road targets in northern Italy.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Vergato
Bologna
Pistoia-Bologna
Salvaro
Serra
Eighth Army
Italy
State Supreme Court Defers Ban on Closed Shop Pact
Florida's high court, in a 4 to 3 vote, refused to void a closed shop contract between Dade County Roofing Co. and United States Tile and Composition Roofers Union. The ruling, without explanation, could set a precedent limiting enforcement of the constitutional ban. The attorney general has suits pending and faces a labor challenge in federal court seeking an injunction.
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Tallahasse
Fla
State Supreme Court
Florida
Atty
Tom Watson
Dade County Roofing Co
Coral Gables
United States Tile and Composition Roofers Union
Attorney General
Organized Labor
Tampa
Four Die in Storm Strikes LeFlore County Plantations
A tornado in LeFlore County Mississippi killed four Black workers and injured about 30 others on six plantations. Winds up to 75 miles per hour caused damage of several thousand dollars as crews cleared wreckage.
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Greenwood
Miss
LeFlore County
Russians Open Double Drive Upon Berlin Fronts
Berlin reports Soviet forces under Konev and Zhukov launched heavy offensives along the Oder toward Stettin and south toward Breslau. At the same time American troops breached the Rhine-Ruhr-Berlin highway near Remagen, threatening the Ruhr as Patton’s Third Army advances into the Saar.
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Patton
3Rd Army
Mosel
Rhine River
Coblenz
1St
Remagen
Berlin
London
Silesia
Stettin
Ivan S. Konev
Breslau
Gregory K. Zhukov
Lower
Oder
Grottkau
Moscow
Baltic
Koenigsberg
Danzig
Gdynia
Zhukov
Konev
Altdamm
Bruce W. Mann
Paris
Rhine
Rhine-Ruhr-Berlin
Ruhr
U. S
Saar
George S. Patton
Moselle
Germany
Doughboys
Hovel
Rhineland
Hoenningen
United Press War
John McDermott
Yank Salient
Third Army
Ninth Army
Duisburg
Seventh Army
Saar Basin
Saarbruecken
Karlsruhe
Bitche
Saarbrueck
RAF pigeon makes world record 1090 mile flight
A young pigeon in the RAF pigeon service is believed to have set a world record by flying 1090 miles. The bird was released from Gibraltar along with others to replenish RAF lofts.
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Gillingham
England
RAF
Gibraltar
Things a Fighting Man Carries Into Battle
In Henri Chapelle Belgium Roy Stinhauer of Fresno California lists dead soldiers effects for forwarding to kin. Soldiers typically carry a photograph a religious item and a one dollar bill. The scene faces Allied cemetery rows with 16 000 Americans buried there and thousands of Allied dead. Graves are dug by hand by German prisoners as guards note the solemnity of the memorials.
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Hal Boyle
Henri Chapelle
Belgium
Roy Stinhauer
Fresno
Calif
Kansas City
Steinhauer
Western Front
Malmedy
von Rundstedt
Hitler
Stars and Stripes
John McKenna
Montclair
N. J
Sam Herman
Jamaica
N. Y
A. H. Herberts
Chester
Yanks Push Inland in Mindanao and Hit Luzon
American forces seal a 28 mile beachhead around Zamboanga Mindanao and press inland beyond five miles. The 41st Division expands from Zamboanga toward the San Ramon and Manicahan rivers as Japanese resistance grows. Co‑ordinated strikes also thwart a Batangas Bay landing and Liberator bombers hit Formosa including the Jitsugetsuh hydroelectric plant.
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Manila
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Luzon
Batangas Bay
Formosa
San Ramon River
Manicahan River
Sacol Island
Pasananca
158Th
11Th Airborne
Bolo
Batangas
Jitsugetsu
Marines Hold Iwo Jima Victory Toll at 4189 Dead
The U S Pacific Fleet reports 4189 Marines killed and 151?08 wounded with 441 missing after the Iwo Jima conquest. The battle began February 19 with the Third and Fourth Marine divisions, later joined by the Fifth. Admiral Nimitz declares the costly invasion won.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Navy
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Iwo
Fifth Marine
Chester W. Nimitz
V-2 Rockets Hit London Amid Grim Casualties
The first disclosure shows hundreds of Londoners killed or wounded by German V-2 rockets. Officials confirm rockets landed in southern England and now the London area with casualties, though exact numbers and hit locations remain tightly guarded.
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London
Bali Village Orchestras Train Dancers in Own Lan Games
Each village on the island trains its own "game lan" orchestra and dancers, forming a unique local performing arts tradition across Bali.
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Bali
Dutch Indies
Island
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Lovett
New York
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Victor
RCA
James Thrasher
Dumbarton Oaks
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Boston
Universities Committee
Interational Organization For Security and Peace
Becaue
Crimea
Roosevelt
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Fay Russell
Corbin Foster
Doyle Reaves
Pauline Bailey
Clyde Coffee
IC. F. Routon
Gertrude Bailey
Roy Perdue
Maggie Arnett
Chas. West
Jess Anderson
Hazel Jordan
Cecil Dennis
Anita Monts
Lena Allen
Vera Williams
Ivan Williams
Marjorie Ringold
Kroger's
Star Publishing Co
A. H. Washburn
Emma G. Thomas
Wanda Ruggles
Lawrence Hazzard
Charles Gough
Jimmy Ponder
Co. R. Lewis
Clarence Weakley
Fern H. Tarpley
Zelma Aaron
Billy Dan Jones
Jimmy Cox
Rephan
Ambrose Robinson
Brint Bobo
Watfrey Bobo
Cecil Momen
Thomas McKee
Ludendorff Bridge
Mulheim
Miles
Keuskirchen
Buchel
Wuellscheid
Sinzig
Loocher Lake
Mayen
Skoisersesch
Waldbrot
Weyerbusch
Hochenburg
Neuwied
Pfalzfeld
Engers
Morsbach
U.S
H. D. Guigg
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