Soviets Cut Danzig Off From German Contact In Pomerania
Soviet Second White Russian army advanced to the Stettin Danzig highway seven miles from the Baltic coast, isolating Danzig and a 250 mile coastal belt in eastern Pomerania and northwestern Poland. Berlin reported a major push near Arnswalde and Koenigsberg, while Soviet dispatches said fighting remained fluid in a 15 mile lake plain between Bublitz and Rummelsburg as Rokossovsky probing southwest toward Belgard. An order quoted by Moscow described German deserters roaming rear areas as the Red Army pressed the Pomeranian front and claimed 7000 Germans killed and 400 captured in one sector.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Stettin-Danzig
Koeslin
Schlawe
Pomerania
Baltic
High Command
Bublitz
Danzig
Germany
Poland
Gulf of Dandie
Moscow
Lake-Datced
Rummelsburg
Rokossovsky
Neustettin
Belgard
Gross-Tychow
Tavestin
Pomeranian
East Prussia
Silesi
Sigantic
Gregory Zhukov
Berlin
Oder
Red Army
Rokossovaty
Martinia
Weiss
Jongnes
Searr
Rhine
Krefeld
Duisburg
Rhineland
Duesseldorf
Hiler
Rhine Plain
Venlo
Zuelzich
Cologne
Bonn
Neuss
Roer
Uluesseldorf
Roermand
Gustav von Zangen
Gath
Muenchen Gladbach
Rhedyr
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Roosevelt backs use of German ex-soldiers for Soviet repairs
President Roosevelt at his first news conference after Crimea endorsed the idea of employing German ex-soldiers to repair war damage in the Soviet Union. He noted there would be several treaties to submit to the Senate, including a world security charter to be drafted at the San Francisco conference. He rejected the notion of German slavery and cautioned that details about labor roles in other countries were uncertain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Crimea
Soviet Union
Senate
San Francisco
Yalta
Congress
United States
Germany
Poland
France
Heavy Fog Lifts In Lawton Area
After a week of stormy weather fog largely cleared by noon amid partial sun. Total precipitation measured .10 inch over 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today with light amounts statewide. Thermometer readings edged up from 35 to 43 degrees, while Lawton area reports higher than Thursday’s low.
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A. m
McAieeter
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Hlk City
Tulsa
Mercury
U. S
Ganton
Marines Break Through Iwo Defenses On 1200 Yard Advance
United Press reports U S Marines breached the main Japanese defense belt on Iwo Jima advancing toward the north coast in the campaign's final phase. The Third Marine Division led a center breakthrough through the airfield area, with Western and Eastern flanks still in progress as Fifth and Fourth divisions push toward northern beaches.
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Frank Tremaine
United Press
Guam
U. S
Iwo
United Press War
Mac R. Johnson
Japan
Two
Spi
Keller F. Rotkey
Greaves B. Erskine
Taird
Holland M. Smyth
Richmond K. Turner
Delvin Bilyeu Killed in Action in Germany
Pvt Delvin A Bilyeu 23 son of Mr and Mrs El Al Bilyeu was killed in action February 9 in Germany a War department telegram to his mother confirmed He enlisted May 15 in Lae service trained in Massachusetts and at Camp Wheeler Ga He was home on furlough last November after which he went overseas He attended Fletcher school and had lived here most of his life Survived by parents a brother Delmer and a sister Helen both at home maternal grandparents also reside in Fletcher
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Fletcher
Delvin A. Bilyeu
EL al Bilyeu
Germany
War Department
Bilyeu
Ind
Massachusetts
Camp Wheeler
Fletcher School
Delmer Bilyeu
Helen Bilyeu
Brophy Nomination Sees Senate Indian Affairs Favor
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee approved William A. Brophy of Albuquerque to be Indian commissioner after John Collier's resignation. The vote was unanimous and the nomination advances to the full Senate. Brophy formerly served as a government attorney for the Pueblo Indians and led the Interior Department's Puerto Rican division. Some Indian groups from Oklahoma Montana Wisconsin and a few from New Mexico opposed the choice preferring an Indian nominee.
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Brophy
Washington
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
William A. Brophy
Albuquerque
M. M
Roosevelt
John Collier
Sen
Hatch
D-Nm
Senate
New Mexico
Interior Department
Oklahoma
Montana
Wisconsin
Russian Military Mission Tours Western Front
The first important Russian military mission visited the U. S. Ninth Army on February 23 in the Thinth army area. Maj. Gen. V. Dragowa and Suslaporov expressed interest in American traffic control methods after a breakthrough and requested to view American tanks and armor in action.
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Red
Western Front
U. S
Ninth Army
Thinth Army
V. Dragowa
Suslaporov
Workers Busy In Fund Drive In 1945 Red Cross Campaign
The 1945 Red Cross war fund drive to raise 49000 for Coman county gains pace with lapel badges signaling donor support. George Page reports most chairmen have collected supplies at chamber of commerce headquarters while Negro district efforts led by Henry I Shegog aim to raise 1000. Residential canvassing starts Monday. business district work began today.
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American Red Cross
Shegog
Sheger
Tom Tipler
King Brown
T. F E. Stewart
Palawan Invasion Slices Stolen Empire of Japan
American troops landed unopposed on Palawan island in the Philippines and seized Puerto Princesa and three airfields, cutting Japan’s empire in two. The operation, led by Brig. Gen. Harold J. Haney, opened air and naval blockade routes to the south and set the stage for a two way aerial assault on Malaya. MacArthur’s communique praised the seizure as a major step in isolating enemy gains to the south.
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HD. Quigg
United Press
Manila
Palawan Island
Philippines
Japan
Long
Island
Puerto Princesa
Wast
Malaya
Burma
India
Douglas MacArthur
Harold J. Haney
Brazil
Ind
Duesseldorf Suburb Captured in Rhine Offensive
American Ninth army seized the western Ruhr sector including Neuss near Duesseldorf, as part of the vast all American offensive on the Rhine. Trier fell to the Third army opening the Moselle valley toward Koblenz Mainz and Frankfurt, with Venlo and Roermond also captured.
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James M. Long
Paris
Ninth Army
Rhine
Ruhr
Krefeld
Neuss
Duesseldorf
Germany
Trier
Third Army
Moselle
Middle Rhine
Coblenz
Mainz
Frankfort
Cologne
Rhineland
Kansas
Metropolis
Berlin
Bonn
Kuskirchen
Brittany
Venlo
Roermond
Maas
Meuse
Youth Dies at Capital Today
Clyde Hulsey Jr. aged 14 died at 2 4 p m in an Oklahoma City hospital from rheumatic fever complications. Born January 12 1991 in Lawton he attended Lincoln School and St Marys. Survivors include mother Pauline Brown sister Rita Jo Hurley maternal grandparents W O Farley Mineral Wells Tex paternal grandmother Eliza Hurley Lawton great grandmother Anna Reynolds 405 Columbia and other relatives. Arrangements by Lawton Funeral Home.
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Clyde Hulsey Jr
St. Mar Demy
Jommy
Oklahoma City
Clyde
Lawton
Lincoln School
St. Mary's
Jais
Pauline Brown
Rita Jo Hurley
Drese
W. O. Farley
Mineral Wells
Tex
Eliza Hurley
Anna Reynolds
Columbia
Air Drive Continues as Allies Hit German Targets
London dispatch reports near 2,500 heavy bombers from Italy and Britain struck Cologne Dresden and more in Germany ahead of American and Russian advances. RAF and US air fleets pounded rail yards Krupp works oil facilities and transport hubs as February totals show about 1,000 tons of bombs dropped by British and American crews in a sustained offensive across the Reich.
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Henry B. Jameson
London
Italy
Britain
Cologne
Dresden
Germany
RAF
U.S. First Army
Chemnitz
Silesia
Linz
Austria
Reich
Berlin
Red Army
Krupp
Madgeburg
Bohlen
Rositz
Leipzig
Rhine
Rhine Crossings Were Under Strafeless
Old
Eighth Air Force
Tonnare
France
Rhine River as a Major Natural Barrier in Europe
Allied forces face the Rhine as a key barrier with depths of 40 to 75 feet and widths around 410 to 433 yards. Cologne and Düsseldorf remain focal targets with several bridges usable or intact, while many others were destroyed. Some permanent bridges survive, including two rail-capable spans at Cologne and a Neuss highway link at Düsseldorf, amid numerous temporary pontoon bridges.
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Breva
Europe
Cologne
Talestair
Duesseldorf
Neuss
Rhine
Coal mine talks spark added fuel bill fears
Washington March 7 deferential to United Mine Workers demands would raise the nation s annual fuel bill by more than 400 million operators led by Charles A O Neill president of the Central Pennsylvania Operators Association rejected the strike period s demands presented by John Le Lewis which called for a 10 cent per ton coal rise In Detroit March 2 4 The National War Labor Board ordered Chrysler Corp recruiters to explain why they did not comply with a return to work directive Manila March 2 American troops in a second amphibious landing on the western Philippines seized Lubang island opening the southwestern approach to Manila Bay
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Charles A. O'Neill
Central Pennsylvania Operators Association
John le Lewis
Manila
Philippines
Lubang
Manila Bay
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Sudeten Mountains
Koenigsberg
Old South Cafeteria
One Bloc’ North Midland Hotel
U. S. Ninth Army
Ninth
Iwo Jap
Erskine
Saipan
Delvin Bilyeu
Earl
Dourass Senoal
Rej
Frank Kitch
Palawan
JIM Gaskins Motor CO
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Security Bank & Trust CO
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