Marines On Iwo Fight To Air Strip
United States marines landed on Iwo Jima pushing 600 yards inland toward the airstrip as fierce Japanese resistance from fortified positions slowed the advance. Fifth Fleet warships bombarded fortifications while air strikes aimed to prepare the crucial objective for American bombers and fighters based on Saipan and in Tokyo's reach.
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Iwo
United States Pacific Fleet
Guam
United States
Tokyo
America
Fifth Fleet
Vics Adm
Richmond Kelly- Turner
Fifth Corps
Fourth Marine Division
Fifth Division
Holland M. Smith
Chester W. Nimitz
Fifth Fleet Air Arm
Nevada
Pearl Harbor
Normandy
Calrer
Webley Edwards
Saipan
U. S
Japan
Domei
Jima
Associated Press
Elmont Waite
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Intramuros Section of Manila Still in Hands of the Japanese
Manila dispatch reports American forces nearing the Intramuros district while large civilian releases continue from the city. About 7,000 people including 100 Americans were freed under fire as U S troops entered the ruins near the Philippine General Hospital. MacArthur praises the Bataan Corregidor stand as pivotal in delaying Japan’s southward push.
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Intramuros
Manila
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Philippine General Hospital
Oscar W. Griswold
14Th Corps
Navy
Seventh Fleet
Cavite
Douglas MacArthur
Bay Entrance
Majinta
Corregidor Tunnel
Bataan
Orion
MacArthur
Sen
Japan
Australia
Philippine
H. W. Radcliffe
37Th Infantry Division
Huge supply bill dominated by debt interest in House
Washington report on a 9.16 billion dollar supply measure for Treasury and Post Office operations for next fiscal year. Includes 4.5 billion for interest on the national debt, with debt projected at 292 billion by June 30, 1946. Direct appropriations total about 31.3 billion, rest as permanent or indefinite. Post Office direct funds about 1.06 billion. overtime pay not yet extended.
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Washington
Treasury
Post Office Departments
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Congress
House
Varied February Weather in Kansas and Death of Hubert Weise
Unsettled February weather parades across Kansas with freezing rain in Phillipsburg and Goodland, light snow in Dodge City, and forecast snow for the northwestern region. Moisture totals small, with 0.01 inch in Concordia and Philipsburg, other towns reporting traces. Temperatures ranged from 19 to 38, with forecasts of 25 to 38 tonight and tomorrow. Separately, former air chief Hubert Weise reportedly killed himself in Berlin, after being scapegoated for Reich air defense collapse.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Flora
Dodge City
Concordia
Philipsburg
Goodlaind
Wichita
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Coffeyville
London
Col
Sen
Hubert Weise
Germany
Berlin
Weise
Reich
Tuesda
War Casualty: Pfc William Way Dies in Belgium
Mr and Mrs W W Way Route D receive war department telegram that their son Pfc William Edward Bill Way died in action in Belgium December 18 1944 He would have turned 20 January 10 He graduated Liberty Memorial High School in 1943 and joined the service July that year He saw combat in France Belgium and Germany after D Day and was wounded in France He is survived by his parents a sister Mrs Frank Dickey and maternal grandfather Ed Launer Brownsville Texas The family had learned he had been missing since December 18 and heard nothing since then
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W. W. Way
War Department
Pfc
William Edward Bill Way
Belgium
Way
Pfc. Way
C. Way
Liberty Memorial High School
France
England
Germany
Frank Dickey
Momm
Dickey
Navy
Pacific
Katheryn LaVay
Ed Launer
Brownsville
Tex
Alexander seeks reelection to city treasurer ticket
City Treasurer E. E. Alexander filed for re election on the Republican ticket this afternoon. Primary is March 6 and general election April 3. Stock market index shows averages around 61 with a new high for 1945. Saturday's reading was 61.4.
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E. E. Alexander
Surprise Attack by Scots Captures Goch Half
Allied forces report a surprise Scottish infantry and armor assault that breached the Siegfried line near Goch, catching German commands in bed. Casualties are heavy on both sides as Scot troops push toward Calcar and Moyland woods, with U S Third Army advancing along a broad western front.
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Paris
Siegfried Line
Goch
Kleve-Goch
Great
Ruhr Valley
Duisburg
Wesel
Ruhr
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Coney
Echternach
Pruem
Sure
Luxembourg
Siezfried
Ernzen
Cruchten
U. S. Seventh Army
Saarland
Alsace
Saarbruecken
Paul “Matussek
Capeure
Calcar
Moyland Woods
George S. Patton, Jr
Germany
Eifel Mountains
Bitburg
Saar Basin
Italians Report Evacuation Ordered by Hitler
Bern via Chiasso reports Der Bund stating Hitler ordered Kesselring to evacuate northern Italy. Four divisions already leaving by Brenner Pass, some motorized others by foot. Heavy matériel is sent by train to Graz, Austria. Italian fascists seek mediating safety.
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Bern
Switzerland
der Bund
Chiasso
Adolf Hitler
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Brenner Pass
Graz
Austria
KU graduate dies after heart attack in Kansas City
Fay R. Moulton, 68, a 1900 KU graduate and former track captain, died Sunday in Kansas City Missouri after a heart attack. He sprinted for Kensan City Athletic Club in the 1906 Olympic Games while Yale law student. Survived by wife and two daughters. burial in Marion Kansas. Hurley leaves Chungking for Washington to report to President Roosevelt on China situation.
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Fay R. Moulton
University of Kansas
Kansas City
K. U
Yale School of Law
Kensan City
Marion
Kan
Hurley
Chungking
CPI
Patrick J. Hurley
Washington
Roosevelt
China
Patrols Check on Nazi Retirement Threat to German Front
Rome reports large Allied patrols on the Italian front to gauge German strength in Hitler's last defense in southern Germany. Allied communique says operations along northern Fifthland routes, dense fox mist hampers the patrols with sharp clashes. Medium bombers hit the Brenner rail line into Germany and Linz, Austria. British motor torpedo boats attacked Karlobag in Yugoslavia, firing two torpedoes and shelling the harbor with minimal damage from shore batteries.
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Rome
Hitler
Aouthern
Germany
Brenner
Linz
Austria
Vienna
Karlobag
Fiume
Tog
Peace and world order argued by Boothby at KU
Robert Boothby, MP and Young Conservatives leader, spoke at Kansas University on Peace is Our Business. He argued a three power underwritten regional bloc base could form a world council, with Western Europe led by Britain, Eastern Europe by Russia, and America and China as economic units guiding a postwar order. He warned any council not underwritten by Russia would fail, and recalled appeasement debates and a visit with Hitler, highlighting the era’s fragile balance of power.
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England
United States
Russia
Robert Boothby
Conservatives
K. U
Europe
America
China
World Council
Boothby
Prief
House of Parliament
Germany
J. Boothby
Hiter
Hitler
Fuhrer
Call For 20 Men To Fort Leavenworth Induction
The Douglas county selective service office received from Topeka a request to send 20 white men for induction to Fort Leavenworth on Monday March 5. One colored man is also to report March 2 for induction. The county already has orders for two white men to be inducted on February 26 and three white men for pre induction examinations in February.
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Douglas County
Fort Leavenworth
Armed Forces
Selective Service
Topeka
Moonshining boost. federal seizures rise in 1944 year
Washington reports 1944 saw 6,301 stills seized by federal agents versus 5,653 in 1943 and mash production up by 727,243 gallons. Most stills uncovered in the South, with Georgia at 1,466, down 15 from 1943. Arkansas 52, Oklahoma 142. Also: strike call at five meat packing firms postponed until tomorrow night per C.I.O. leader Lewis J. Clark.
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Washington
Treasury
Georgia
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Lewis J. Clark
Reds Fight Thru Firm Nazi Stand Toward Dresden
Red Army battles strong German counterattacks across the eastern front while advancing toward Dresden and Berlin's southeastern flank. Moscow reports pressure remains on German lines from Pomerania to Silesia as Konev and Zhukov push toward Guben and the Oder. Berlin notes Soviet bridgeheads near the Oder and advances toward Naumburg Grudziadz and Grun landmarks.
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London
Red Army
Dresden
Berlin
Moscow
Heinrich Himmler
Pomerania
Silestia
Ivan Koney
Czech
Oder
Konev
Lauban
Queis
Gregory Zhukov
Presen
Konevy
Zhukov
Guben
Neisse
Crossen
DNB
Cottbus
Beeson
Beeskow
Sagan
Ivan S. Koney
Ukraine
Naumberg
Saxony
Danzig
Vistula River
Grudziadz
Red General Cherniakovsky Dies From Wounds
London reports General Ivan Cherniakovsky Russia's youngest general died from battlefield wounds suffered in East Prussia. He led tank forces and conquered Minsk Wilno Kaunas and much of East Prussia. Moscow said a hero's funeral would be held in Wilno. Washington’s birthday prompted a bank holiday.
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London
Ivan Cherniakovsky
Russia
East Prussia
Moscow
Minsk
Wilno
Kaunas
Stimson Accused Of Biased Manpower View By Senator O Mahoney
Senator O Mahoney charged Secretary Stimson presented an unbalanced picture of the manpower situation in criticizing delay on modified national service legislation. He argued soldiers and families should hear that the home front and voluntary efforts have not failed them. Krug and Stimson advocated stricter manpower controls during radio broadcasts.
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Washington
Stimson
O’mahoney
D-Wye
O'Mahoney
Senate
United States
J. B. Krug
Overi
British Cross Irrawaddy Bridgehead Placed in Burma
British Imperial troops and Indian Gurkhas crossed the Irrawaddy River near Mandalay on February 13 creating a bridgehead that widened to about ten miles as they withstood heavy Japanese fire. Casualties were heavy on both sides, and the crossing marked a major obstacle overcome in the Burmese campaign.
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Calcutta
Irrawaddy
Burma
Mandalay
14Th
Koata
14Th Army
Myinma
Mrs. G. HACKMAN DIES AT 90 IN LAWRENCE
Mrs. George W. Hackman longtime Lawrence resident since 1879 died at her Tennessee street home after a heart attack. Survived by daughter Mary. sons Clayton and Robert. brothers M W Mc Farland and David F McFarland. sisters Mrs W B Brown and Mrs W A Patterson. five grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 3:30 at Funk's chapel with Rev C Fosberg Hughes. burial private. family requests no flowers.
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George W. Hackman
Tennessee Street
Lawrence
W. B. Brown
W. A. Patterson
Roberta Hackman Yoder
Betty Hackman
Kansas City
George
Philin
Janice Readie
Ithaca
N. Y
Innes, Bullene and Hackman
Tney Hackman Readers
Funk’s Chapel
Freight yards hit as axis targets bombed in Germany
London reports 1100 American heavy bombers struck rail centers and industrial sites in western Germany including Muenster Osnabrueck Rheins and Siegen. Other targets unnamed largely in the Ruhr valley. Italian air forces bombed railyards at Vienna Graz Klagenfurt and naval sites at Pola and Fiume along the Adriatic coast. Lt Col Mark Alexander departs Fort Benning for airborne troops school staff assignment after leave from the front.
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London
Germany
Muenster
Osnabrueck
Rheins
Siegen
Ruki
Italy
15Th Air Force
Vienna
Graz
Klagenfurt
Austria
Pola
Fiume
Adriatic
Fort Benning
Mark Alexander
France
Stadiu m Bond Sale Campaign to Launch Tomorrow
Lawrence kickoff for sale of series F bonds to retire Memorial Stadium debt at University of Kansas set for tomorrow morning breakfast at Hotel Eldridge. Quigley says campaign began December 9 with $18,700 raised. goal $100 bond until December 1, 1945. Seeks broad support across Kansas counties and Missouri.
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Memorial Stadium
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Hotel Eldridge
E. C. Quigley
Athletics
Grivel
Quigley
Glenn Charlton
Riley Burcham
George Docking
H. B. Ober
Charles Radcliffe
C. G. Hesse
Simon Hurwitz
Art Weaver
Dick Wagstaff
Owen Carl
Junius Underwood
Mika Getto
John Brand
Armin Woestameyer
Ben Carman
Dick Williams
George Hedrick
Fritz Meyn
The
Athletic Association
Oligerou
Sas Counties
Atahiro
Brown
Crawford
Mitchell
Cloud
Aabslie
Ellis
Saline
Sumer
W. ‘Ilson
Neosho
Sedgwick
Dickinson
Ottawa
Coffey
Lyons
Shawnee
Checks in Mail Soon? Treasury Hopes to Ship Refunding Checks
Washington reports the treasury aims to mail all outstanding 1943 income tax refunds by March 15, even if audits are bypassed to verify legitimacy. About 6,000,000 individuals await checks as officials acknowledge refunds caused by withholding misunderstandings. The issue was raised during House appropriations hearings on treasury funding. Also noted, Japanese forces retook Pingshek in China, a 165 mile distance north of Canton, as part of ongoing Canton Hakow railroad actions.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
House
China
Chungking
Canton-Hakow
Kwangtung Province
Pingshek
Canton
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Lookout Island
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Dale M. Bryant
Kansas Hospital’ Association
Pace Pease
J. F. C. Beelman
Health Board
J. L. Lattimore
Ray T. Wright
Supreme Court
Kangss
Billie Way
Eek Alexander
Aska
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Auersmacher
Supreme Headquarters
Patch
Roer River
Cologne
Bonn
Duesseldorf
Aachen
University
Brtish M. P
American Record
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