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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1945
Page
1
The piece notes intensified Western Allied and Soviet coordination as the Red Army drives on Berlin and Eisenhower advances across the Rhine. It references Patton, Dessau bombing, and past Hitler-Chamberlain meetings at Godesberg as context for growing war momentum.
Harold Widdowson and James Woods, seniors from Indiana High, have entered State College under the war time program allowing high school seniors who have completed half the year’s work to enroll. Widdowson joins the School of Commerce and Finance, Woods on Electrical Engineering, Rolston in Chemical Engineering. The photographed trio is shown before departure for State.
Minnesota statesman Harold Stassen, on leave from naval duties, urged at a University of Minnesota broadcast that the United States join allies at the San Francisco United Nations Conference to build a definite world organization based on justice and law. He warned that inaction risks worldwide depressions and another major war, and called for a higher global government with worldwide jurisdiction and police powers for the allied nations. He credited Yalta as showing joint action is possible and emphasized stripping aggressor nations of war tools while keeping democracies strong, plus freedom of information as essential to peace.
Soviet dispatches indicate the offensive is imminent with patrols on Wollin and preparations to storm it. Across the Baltic, up to 200000 Germans encircled in Pomerania Danzig and the Polish corridor. Stalin's order says Zhukov tightened control of the outer port area near Stettin after captures including Stepenitz Gollan and Massow.
In the Wesel area north of Duesseldorf the Canadian First Army launched two dawn attacks into a 40 square mile pocket where about 20 000 German troops were reported fighting resolutely. Eisenhower's seven armies lined up for a Rhine crossing as the Third Army breakthrough shattered Seventh and 15th Army forces. American tanks swept forward past abandoned German dumps as captives and slave laborers moved toward freedom. Bonn siege tightened while Coblenz remained a major rail and river hub with strong fortifications on the east bank awaiting the Allied thrust.
Marine photographers tell the background of the famous Suribachi flag raising on Iwo Jima. Joe Rosenthal describes the climb, the setting, and the moment the flagpole was raised as Marines battled to take the volcano peak during the early days of the invasion.
Baltimore jurors heard prosecutor Thomas N. Biddison describe Henry F. Eberle as a phantom burglar who claimed about 700000 in burglaries over ten years. He pleaded guilty to 21 downtown break ins in six nights and was arrested February 26 after disguises and a month of police surveillance. Eberle, once known as The Sashweight Burglar in Philadelphia, left a sashweight or screwdriver at scenes. He hid in Pittsburgh between Baltimore jobs and watched police alarms via contacts in the city government.
US troops pressed from Luzon’s southern shores and the Marikina watershed as heavy air strikes pummeled Japanese positions. In Balayan Bay, American units captured Balayan and Calatagan with scattered resistance, while bombers conducted 75 sorties and dropped over 900 tons in support of ground action north of Manila.
British 19th Division spearheads pushed into Mandalay suburbs as Allied lines advance toward Burma's second city. Indian troops bypass several Japanese units while Chinese forces seize New Lashio and its railway, linking Lashio to Kunming and disrupting Japanese rear communications.
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters reports fierce hand to hand fighting on Iwo Jima as three Marine divisions press the breakthrough into pillboxes and blocked houses. Maj Gen Keller Rockey, Maj Gen Graves Erskine, and Maj Gen Clifton Cates push gains of 200 to 500 yards amid stubborn Japanese resistance and strong air and naval support.
Boston march 8 a legislative recess commission recommendation would charge a two dollar annual personal liquor license fee and fund a state hospital to treat early stages of alcoholism licenses could be revoked for abuse the proposal aims to curb drinking.
Washington reports the House exempted married women nurses from a proposed draft but required registration for those aged 20 to 44, with exemptions for those with dependent children or under 18. Amendments reworked the bill, including officer commissioning and anti discrimination provisions, while cadet corps graduates faced draft priority. Tungell additive noted for paint and brake linings.
Obituaries detail the death of Martin Luther McQuown at 70 in Clymer with survivors across Ohio and Pennsylvania, burial in Best cemetery, and services planned. Additional notices include Kenneth DuPlack, Roy Hill, Lottie Baylor Lowry, Margaret Elizabeth Lockard, Rose Stauffer, and others with family connections, birthplaces, and service details. Funeral arrangements span Indiana and Clearfield counties with church services, interment, and residence information.
Staff Sgt. Junior Spurrier of Riggs Kentucky received the Medal of Honor for a solo eight hour action in Adain Lorraine last November. He killed 25 Germans and captured 20 more while moving house to house, earning praise from Ninth Army commander Lt. Gen. Simpson at a ceremony attended by several generals.
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