Midnight curfew assignment under wartime rule
Washington announces that the War Manpower Commission is formally in charge of enforcing a national midnight curfew on entertainment venues. Mobilization Director James J. Byrnes confirms McNutt will enforce the measure with a 48 hour readiness. Officials say the curfew will last as long as the two front war continues and will involve state and local cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Manpower Commission
James J
Paul V. McNutt
Byrnes Amey
Office of War Mobilization of Reconstruction
Labor
Agriculture and Industry
McNutt
Wisconsin assembly backs Camp McCoy training reserve plan
A Wisconsin assembly approved a resolution urging the federal government to establish a permanent military training reservation in the state called Camp McCoy. The plan also floated memorials for World War I veterans and improvements for parks and welfare.
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Madison
Wis
Camp McCoy
Reaffirm Stand Against Farmer Draft
A Washington report notes the Senate military committee amended legislation to reaffirm congressional intent that essential farmers be deterred from military draft. The move signals ongoing efforts to protect farming operations during conscription debates.
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Washington
Senate Military
Berlin Cuts Food Rations During War Effort
A Wednesday night ration cut in Berlin reduces food allowances for Germans. The move is described as an emergency measure to stabilize resources and support a new period of production, aiming to improve morale and supply lines amid wartime strain.
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Sazis
Berlin
Rainy Thursday With Warmer Afternoons Near 25 Degrees
Weather overview notes a rain spell and warmer Thursday with generally fair afternoon and night conditions. Low tonight around 25 degrees, with Thursday highs in the mid twenties.
Ringling Circus Officials Sentenced in Hartford Fire Case
Six Ringling Bros. officers and key men received prison terms ranging from six months to seven years for involuntary manslaughter after the Hartford arena fire that killed 168 people. The circus company faced a $10,000 fine. execution of most sentences was stayed to permit the 1945 show to begin.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling
Madison Square Garden
New York
William E. Hadden
Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr
Edith
Leonard 5 Wate
James A. Haley
Edward R. Versteeg
William Caley
Sarasota
Fla
David W. Blanchfield
Casey
Baseball travel cut eyed to save manpower in 1945
Washington reports after a conference between MLB presidents Frick and Harridge and DDT director Johnson proposing a 25 percent travel cut. Games to be played in home cities only, rosters reduced on trips, world series hinge on conditions, and schedules to be reviewed for further savings. Frick said results were satisfactory and will inform leagues with Byrnes on manpower issues.
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Washington
ODT
Baseball
Ford Frick
Will Harridge
DDT
J. Monroe Johnson
Frick
Harridge
F. Byrnes
Frankfurt Line To Berlin Cut By Red Troops
Red Army forces under Marshal Zhukov reportedly cut the Frankfurt line to Berlin, encircling the fortress city on the Oder as siege operations and constant artillery rain pressed German defenses. Russian advances near Guben and the Neisse river pushed toward Berlin’s eastern perimeter amid heavy counterattacks.
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Frankfurt
Berlin
London
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
The
Transocean
Hans Arntz
Moscow
Pravda
Aoe
Benin
Zhukov
Arntz
Furt-Kuestrin
Konstantine K. Rokossovsky
Czersk
Chojnice
Danzig
Stalin
Russia
Ukraine
Neisse
Guben
Ivan Ss. Konev
Schegeln
Don’t Let Air Raids Quakes Food Shortage Worry You
The Domei agency reported four civil administrators told Emperor Hirohito that despite air raids and quakes there was no need for concern over public peace and order.
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Mikado
Associated Press
Domei
Hirohito
Earth
U S Diplomat Seeks to Soothe De Gaulle Over F R Plans
Paris reports say U S Ambassador Jefferson Caffery will meet General de Gaulle to smooth tensions over Roosevelt's plans. A quick business session in Algiers was proposed to brief France on Crimea conference details and avoid long diplomacy. French leaders publicly cautious about an Algiers invitation and a May state visit.
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U.S
de Gaulle
F. R
Paris
U. S
Jefferson Caffery
Morocco
Yalta
Algiers
Roosevelt
France
Menion
England
San Francisco
French Consultative Assembly
WLEB Approves Wage Hikes Across Textiles and Meat Packing
The War Labor Board lifts substandard pay in cotton and rayon textiles from 50 to 55 cents an hour and orders a five cent general increase for 145000 meat packing workers. It also requires work clothes and better tools, while a major strike threat looms over packing firms as unresolved policy disputes with Economic Stabilizer Vinson drag on. Emil Rieve leads CIO textile workers with 100000 members to potential relief.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Fred M. Vinson
Swift, Armour, Wilson, Cudahy
John Morrell
Emil Rieve
CIO Textile Workers
Yalta Decision Under Attack
Churchill faces questions in the Commons over the Crimea conference and the Atlantic Charter. Opposition presses for a confidence vote amid criticism of the Polish border changes and Ukrainian national concerns, while Churchill defends the agreement with the Big Three and plans a Tuesday-Wednesday report to Parliament.
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Mons
Urchill
Churchill
Commons
Maurice Petherick
Poland
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Douglas Lloyd Savory
Anthony Eden
Curzon
Russia
Big Three
London
Bee
Nazis March Prisoners Without Warm Clothing
Richard F. Allen of the American Red Cross warned Brooklyn members that American POWs in Germany are being marched deeper into the Reich in temperatures as low as 30 degrees below zero without proper clothing. He cautioned that with Germany’s collapse the fate of prisoners may worsen and urged readiness for bad news.
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New York
Richard F. Allen
American National Red Cross
Germany
Reich
Allen
The
Red Cross
Brooklyn
Patton Drives Through German Lines Near Moselle Front
American forces under Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr breach central German defenses in the Moselle Saar triangle and push armor toward Trier. In the north Canadian and Scottish units capture Goch and advance near the Rhine border as German resistance collapses.
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Paris
George S. Patton
Moselle-Saar
Trier
Godh
Rhine
Meuse
Maas
Ruhr
Patton
3Rd
Saarbrucken
Alexander M. Patch
Saar
Forbach
Saarbruecken
Spicheren
Siegfried Line
Harry J. Maloney
94Th
Saarburg
Moselle
Coblenz
Mainz
3Rd Army
Eifel
Pruem
Saar District
Germany
Jap Prisoners Are Rescued and Family Connection Revealed
Telegram from Lerch reports the rescue of Alfred Larsen and Lewis George Larsen, former POWs held at Santo Tomas. Alfred, 48, served in France with the 32nd Division in World War I and later worked as a pilot for South Aviation in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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Market Street
Lerch
Larsen Alfred Larsen
Lewis George Larsen
Santo Tomas
American Prisoner of War Information Bureau
Alfred Larsen
Philippines
Army Air Force
South Aviation Corporation
Shanghai
Hongkong
Lewis
Alfred
Lewis George
France
Army of Occupation
Paraguay Demands Immediate Action at Inter-American Meeting
Paraguay demands immediate consideration of the Argentine issue at the Inter-American conference opening session. The debate centers on urgent regional actions regarding the Argentine matter discussed at Chapultepec Castle and involving Mexico.
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Paraguay
Chapultepec Castle
Mexico
Medieval Siege Tactics Used Against Corregidor Intramuros
Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports 24,000 Japanese casualties in the past week as Manila’s Intramuros and Corregidor are subjected to siege tactics. Allied forces aim to rescue civilians while sealing Japanese positions and denying loot to Tokyo.
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Corregidor
Intramuros
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur Feldman
Blue Network
MacArthur
Luzon
Tokyo
First U S Plane Raid Hits Hitler's Berchtesgaden Hideout
U S 12th air force rockets Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps destroying rail yards and rolling stock. The attack comes under heavy anti aircraft fire as British and French forces join the barrage on the fortress area.
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Rome
U. S
12Th Air Force
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Bavarian Alps
Reich
Precey
Ge Eon
Air Force
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Gambling Bill Nears Final Passage In Wisconsin Assembly
Madison report says opposition failed to halt a Thomson proposal granting treasury agents power to probe gambling devices in taverns, with violations risking liquor license revocation for one year. Debate featured Thomson defending centralization and local aid, as Nuss urged killing the measure.
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Madison
Thomson
Ace
Assembly
Richland Center
Treasury
Nuss
R-Fond du Lac
Austin
R-Columbia
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Tavern League
Bombers Strike Nuernberg Rail Hubs Amid Heavy Air Campaign
More than 1 200 American bombers escorted by 650 fighters hit Nuernberg rail yards and repair shops for the second day. Yesterday 900 Flying Fortresses blasted the Nuernberg yards as authorities speculated on moves from Berlin. Nearby Obersalzberg faced Hitler’s retreat as Thunderbolts damaged a locomotive and eight rail cars.
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Nuernberg
London
U. S
Berlin
Munich
Vienna
Hitler
Obersalzberg
Upper
Salt Mountain
Berchtesgaden
Salzburg
Thunderbolts
Iwo Jima Turning Point Amid Unyielding Japanese Defense
On Iwo Jima the fight rages across the entire five mile island with no fixed front line as Marines push toward Suribachi and Motoyama No. 1. Japanese defenders shelter in pillboxes caves and reinforced foxholes while heavy bombardment and ground assaults continue. The battle remains the toughest in the Pacific with no clear end in sight.
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Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Iwo
Suribachi Yama
Five Mile Long Island
Suribachi
Leathernecks Press Airfield No 2 Advance on Iwo Jima
U S Pacific Fleet reports 3 650 Marines killed or wounded in two days as Marine divisions push toward Motoyama No 2 airfield on Iwo Jima. Nimitz lists 3 500 enlisted and 150 officers as casualties with 3 063 wounded evacuated.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Aim For
Iwo Jima Commander Issues War Day Order
Radio Tokyo quotes the Iwo Jima commander in chief who declares no man should die before he has killed ten enemy soldiers. The order emphasizes aggressive combat expectations in the battle.
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Radio Tokyo Today
Iwo Jima
Marines Inch Up Volcanic Island Defenses At Night
Marines battled to secure a volcanic island where Japanese guns dominated every inch. Nighttime counterattacks, mortar and artillery barrages met by illumined Marine forces from offshore invasion ships. Naval guns, carrier planes, tanks and heavy artillery aided the assault as they climbed slopes toward Moto yama airfield No 2.
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Motoyama No. 1
Iwo
Rock
Pacific
Motoyama No. 2
5Th Marine
Preas
4Th
Motoyama Airfield No. 1
Motoyama Airfield No. 2
Losses at Iwo Jima exceed Tarawa casualties in first 48 hours
The Pacific fleet reports 3,650 Marine losses in the initial 48 hours of the Iwo Jima assault, with 3,063 wounded. Tarawa deaths reached 988 with 2,163 wounded in 1943, while Iwo involved two divisions versus one at Tarawa. The pace still falls short of Soissons WWI bloodiest hour.
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Washington
Iwo Jima
Tarawa
Pacific
Pacific Fleet
Iwo
Soissons
France
Japanese Reports Claim Iwo Jima Counterattacks Rebuffed
A Japanese broadcast claimed Iwo Jima garrison counterattacks pushed marines back and forced an enemy retreat with heavy losses. The Tokyo signal reportedly timed with Admiral Nimitz announcing Marine gains of up to 1,000 yards on the invasion’s third day, contrasting American accounts.
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Iwo Jima
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo Radio
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