Marines Break Through Central Plateau In Iwo Jima Fight
U S forces seize Motoyama airfields and push along a two mile front in the central plateau. Third Division Marines, supported by artillery and naval gunfire, advance beyond Motoyama as Marine units reach Motoyama No 1 airfield and press toward the second airfield. Supplies parachuted to the southern bomber field ease logistics for a potentially decisive operation in present-day ground combat.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Rocky Little Iwo Jima
Graves B. Erskine
Motoyama
Motoyama No
Pacific
Associated Press
Jim Lindsley
U. S
Clifton B. Cates
Chester WW. Nimits
Jima
Army and Navy Total War Casualties Announced
The Army reports 11,870 total casualties with 10,? wounded and other losses while the Navy lists land forces casualties and thousands more wounded and prisoners. A stream of items follows about war news, gifts, and local scenes along Market Road with scattered fragments of rhetoric and personal anecdotes.
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Stimson Fave
Navy
Land
Isoners
Tokyo Says U S Troops Invade Palawan Island
Tokyo radio reported a possible invasion of Palawan by a U S regiment, claiming a violent battle underway on the 259 mile southwest island. MacArthur announced major destruction at Corregidor, with 4,215 Japanese dead and American losses at 677, amid ongoing Luzon fighting and renewed Japanese resistance near Antipolo to Wawa.
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Palawan
Philippines
South China Sea
Tokyo Radio
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Manila
MacArthur
Sulu
South China Seas
Corregidor
Parachute
Twenty-Fourth
Luzon
Antipolo
Wawa
Nueva Heija
Caraballo Mountains
Nazis Push Eighth From Some Areas
Allied headquarters announced that German raiding parties moved across the Senio River south of the Ruggi Luge road about 17 miles inland. The Eighth Army was driven from some positions but counterattacked and took prisoners. part of the enemy remained on the east bank. Two additional enemy patrols crossed the Senio south of the Faenza Bologna highway at night and attacked but were repelled.
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Rome
Senio
Rugsi-Luge
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Faenz-Bologna
Road To Berlin Front Distances Reported
Fragmentary wartime distance report lists fronts with figures such as 2 miles from Zellin 2 West of Cologne 203 miles and 544 miles from Reno River. The text is incomplete and ends abruptly. No clear event or outcome is stated.
Roosevelt Reports on Yalta Big Three Talks Turning Point
President Roosevelt addressed a joint session reporting on the Yalta Crimea talks with Churchill and Stalin. He warned there is no middle ground on world peace and linked the fate of the United States to postwar settlements at Dumbarton Oaks, urging Congress and the public to back revisions for lasting peace. The House backed Churchill with unanimous support for the war decisions, 413 to 0, as roving crowds gathered to hear the historic briefing.
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Wastungon
Roosevelt
Breas
Crimea
London
House of Commons
Churchill
Yalta
Senate
House
Stalin
United States
Dumbarton Oaks
American Congress
Afr
SEO
Crawda
White House
Camera Rampa
Germany
Leo Roosevelt
Congress Debates Peacetime Youth Military Training
Congress faces a heated debate over a peacetime military training program for youth. The House passed work-or-fight legislation while a Senate delay and Roosevelt Crimea Conference coverage stall action. Critics call the substitute a “wait and see” bill aiming to control manpower ceilings and hiring.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
American Legion
Woodrum
Cwa
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Henry A. Walllace
Bailey
War Manpower Commission
Negotiations Open as Coal Operators Meet John L Lewis
Washington talks begin between coal operators and John L Lewis of the United Mine Workers aiming to avert a strike before the March 31 contract expiry. Operators emphasize speed and fairness while the miners’ journal cites concern over public prejudice against the union amid wage talks.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UN National Labor Relations Board
UMWA
Mine Workers' Journal
Out Today
Burrocrats
Red Cross Drives 1945 Campaign In Kingsport
Red Cross workers launched the 1945 drive to fund medical aid, service personnel support, and home comforts for troops abroad, aiming for a $25,800 quota in Kingsport. Teams organized by industry and downtown districts mobilize through March 10, with daily progress reports from drive chairman A. D. Brockman and team captains at firms such as Tennessee Eastman, Holston Ordnance, Mead, and Kingsport Press.
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Red Cross War Bund
Kingsport
Red Cross
A. D. Brockman
Frank Meredith
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Philip Farnham
Holston Ordnance Works
D'w. Burgan
Blue Ridge Glass
Borgen Mills
J. BE. Peppers
General Shale
Glen Bruce
W. M. Monprode
Penn-Dixie Cement
Sidney Macbeth
Mead Corporation
Walter Smith
Kingsport Press
C EB. Britton
Holliston Mills
Nathaniel Wootten
Kingsport Foundry
W. H. Snuggs
Southern Oxygen
Ray Bennett
Smokey Mountain Hosiery Mill
Willard Addington
Homer Compton
Capitain
F. W. Isley
P. J. Basinger
C. Adams
Maurice Sabel
E. B
Wd. Meauliffe
L. J. Popper
J. H. Modlin
J. Bingham
Tommy Templeton
A. Johnson
M. H. Gutter
Henry Lipman
Beasley
D. A. Jared
Broughton Hutchins
Roy Belz
H. W. Horsely
J. A. Clarix
HE. McAmis
T. R. Rameey
Raleigh Hampton
Happy Houndell
A. E. King
Bill Mathewson
Luther Munson
Dick Walsh
BR. Pecktal
E. Armitage
Allen Dryden
Clarence Bryan
W. B. Free
Senate Advances Wallace Nomination as Commerce Secretary
The Senate began consideration of Henry A. Wallace for Commerce Secretary amid limited GOP and some Democratic opposition. A final confirmation margin appeared likely after Roosevelt signed the George Bill, divorcing RFC lending from the Commerce Department and reshaping cabinet control.
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Washington
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
Department
Jesse Fones
Wallace
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Jones
Commerce Post
Byrd
D-Va
Joint Economy Committee
Republican
Careful Driver Award Given to Local Resident
The Kingsport Safety Council honored C. H. Ben Reid of Jonesboro Route 4 with the daily courteous driver award for cautious driving. The citation noted he stopped courteously for a couple pushing a baby carriage at an intersection. He has been mailed two theater tickets.
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Kingsport Safety Council
C.H. Ben- Reid
Jonesboro
Benfield
Germans Claim Reds Across the Ihna River
London dispatch says the Red Army crossed the Ihna River east of Stettin in a Baltic offensive. Moscow reports claim German defenses were broken and Danzig could be cut from Germany as Soviet tank forces spearhead a vigorous advance across a split front.
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U.S
Ninth Army
Koraces
Rhine
Signal Corps
NEA
London
Ibna
Stettin
Baltic
Moscow
Pomerania
A. K. Sokolsky
Artilery
Danzig-Stettin
Danzig
Germany
Ihina
Esat
Cosets Frentane
Gregory ‘“Hukov
Ihna
Allies Launch Twin Raid Over Germany in February Onslaught
Allied air forces hit Germany from west and south for the 17th time in 18 days with more than 100000 sorties. Berlin suffered a ninth straight night strike by RAF Mosquitos dropping two ton bombs. Two thousand Allied planes conducted six daylight raids targeting rail and oil facilities as U S Eighth Air Force reported three bombers and four fighters lost.
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London
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Vienna
U.S. Eighth Air Force
House Votes Down Request to Make Money Bill Public
Nashville report notes House Speaker George Woods and Rep. George Freeman clashed over copies of the miscellaneous appropriation bill. Freeman urged delaying final passage until members had copies, citing prior resolutions and Senate denial of access. The administration bill covers legislative salaries and related appropriations.
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Nashville
House of Representatives
George Woods
D-Me- Minn
Senate
House
George Freeman
D-Lincoln
Freeman
Tennessee Legislative Service
Woods
McAllen
Yanks Raid Ryukyu Isles Reported By Japanese HQ
Japanese Imperial headquarters says a large carrier air attack began at 7 30 a m Tokyo time on the Ryukyu Islands between Japan and Formosa. The broadcast claimed both sides remained in combat six hours later with 31 Japanese raiders down and Mitscher’s force striking again at Okinawa and nearby islands earlier.
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The
Associates Press
Ryukyu Islands
Formosa
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Imperial
Marc A. Mitscher
Ryukyus
Okinawa
New Red Point Values Confront U. S. With War Food Plan
The OPA introduces a stiff red-point food program the toughest since rationing began. Higher values on cheaper beef and pork cuts offset by reductions for choice beef steaks and roasts. Some items stay unchanged, others rise sharply to reflect military needs and lighter hog market estimates. The changes take effect Sunday and run through June 30 for many products.
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U. S
Washington
OPA
Chester Howlea
Gosirloin Rosst
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