Allied Knockout Offensive From the West Underway
Berlin reports the American Ninth Army began a great offensive against the Cologne plain after a three hour artillery barrage along the Roer. American infantry and tanks crossed the Roer at multiple points near Linnich and Dueren as German defenses buckled under heavy air and ground pressure.
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Paris
U.P
4Berlin
Ninth Army
Cologne
Roer
Linnich
Dueren
Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Italy
Linnich-Dueren
Aachen
Transocean
Niederau
Krezau
Indiana appoints mileage administrator to track state fuel
Governor Gates named E. E. Jones assistant director of the Indiana Office of Civilian Defense to monitor mileage on state cars. Department chiefs must report all motor fuel received and keep daily logs of trips on state business. He warned that past gasoline use has been abused and could harm the war effort.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Gates
E. E. Jones
Indiana Office of Civilian Defense
License plates deadline looms for Hoosier motorists
Rue J. Alexander secretary of state urged Hoosier motorists to buy 1945 automobile license plates and operators licenses with only four buying days left before the February 28 deadline. He warned no extension is allowed past midnight of the last day of February.
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Rue J. Alexander
Alexander
Stettinius Speaks as U S Vows Peace Plan at Inter-American Meet
Mexico City reports describe U S Secretary Stettinius outlining five point foreign policy at the inter American conference. He pledges to sponsor measures to raise living standards and to pursue world peace with action to defeat the axis and prevent future war.
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Mexico City
U.P
United States
Western Hemisphere
Ezequiel Padilla
U. S
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Padilla
United Nations
Germans Hit by Massive Allied Air Bombardment
London Feb 23 UPI Nearly 2000 planes of the Eighth Air Force struck southeastern Germany for a second day, bombing rail yards from Leipzig toward Nuernberg. More than 1250 bombers and 650 fighters supported raids on rail yards at Craisheim Kitzingen Ansbach Neumarkt and Treuchlingen as RAF Mosquitoes raided Berlin Bremen and Erfurt. Allied officials called the operation large scale and aimed at crippling German communications for some time.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Leipzig
Neurnberg
Craisheim
Kitzingen
Ansbach
Neumarkt
Treuchlingen
Nuernberg
RAF
Berlin
Bremen
Erfurt
Austria
Italy
Yugoslavia
Holland
Denmark
Paris
Western Front
Solsberry Boy Killed in Action in Luxembourg
Solsberry residents the Koontz family learn their son Sgt Winfred J. Koontz has been killed in action on Christmas day in Luxembourg. He was 20, overseas since May, trained in field artillery before transferring to infantry. Survived by parents, three sisters Isabelle Esther Norma, and five brothers Lawrence James Wayne Keith Howard Ray.
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Clyde Koontz
Solsberry
United States War Department
Winfred J. Koontz
Luxembourg
Koontz
Infantry
Isabelle
Esther Koontz
Bloomington
Youth Entitled to Tax Rebate
Thousands of school children who worked last summer can claim a full rebate on taxed wages if they file withholding forms by March 15. Parents may deduct the child as a dependent if he earned no more than 500 dollars. Those in non withholding jobs with income under 500 need not file.
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Washington
U.P
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Two More Greene County Soldiers Wounded in Germany
Reports from local authorities confirm two Greene County soldiers were wounded in action on Feb 6 in Germany. Pfc Vernon D Chambers of Newberry and Pfc George Carnegie of Bloomfield Route 2 both served two years and had been overseas since mid 2023. Chambers is in a base hospital in France while Carnegie’s injury extent was not disclosed.
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Greene County
Vernon D. Chambers
Newberry
George Carnegie
Bloomfield
Quince Chambers
Germany
France
George J. Carnegie
Bloomfield Route 2
War Department
Carnegie
Army
Sister of Greencastle Woman Undergoes Major Operation
Mrs. Alice Farr of Greencastle recently submitted to a major operation in the Coleman hospital at Indianapolis. Her sister Mrs. Charles Holmes has received word of the procedure.
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Charles Holmes
Alice Farr
Greencastle
Coleman Hospital
Indianapolis
Jasonville Lyons and Linton win sectional openers
Jasonville Yellow Jackets beat Solsberry 26 20 in the opening game. Lyons blow past Owensburg 51 28 with Ault leading the attack. Miners defeat Midland 44 19 as play continues today in the sectional tourney.
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Jasonville
Lyons
Linton
Solsberry
Owensburg
Miners
Midland
Jasonville Yellow Jackets
Yellow Jackets
Ault
American Airlines Plane Believed Crashed Near Bristol
An American Airlines flight with 19 passengers and a crew of three was feared to have crashed near White Top mountain in Virginia after radio contact was lost at 2 05 a m CWT. Witnesses in Chilhowie reported hearing the plane at 1 25 a m in a heavy rainstorm, with one motor possibly failing while the craft attempted to reach an emergency field at Chilhowie or Bristol. The flight was en route from New York to Los Angeles and had not completed expected ground checks.
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Bristol
U.R
American Airlines
White Top Mountain
Here
Virginia State Patrol
Chilhowie
New York
Los Angeles
Pulaski
Army Offers Special Tests for ASTRP Selection
War Department announces a qualifying test for Army Specialized Training Reserve selection in high schools on April 12. Eligible male graduates born between Sept 30, 1927 and Sept 1, 1928 may take the exam without enlisting in the ER. Successful applicants will receive two to four terms of college training.
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Washington
War Department
Hay fever victims told it s the wind
Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Vlado A. Getting told a state legislative committee that ragweed pollen found in the stratosphere and 100 miles at sea means hay fever sufferers cannot be fully protected by destroying ragweed. Even with a statewide cleanup, windborne pollen from neighboring states would persist.
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Boston
U.P
Massachusetts
Vlado A. Getting
Getting
OWI Takes Over Consolidated Casualty List Distribution
The Office of War Information will take over distribution of consolidated armed services casualty lists to newspapers and radio stations. Lists will begin by March 15 and be mailed six days weekly from Washington. Groups of 18 state regions will match each outlet to relevant casualty data.
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U.R
Office of War Information
Armed Services
OWI
War Department
Army
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
War and Navy Departments
California
Maine
Alabama
Advanc
Bureau of Public Relations
Office of Public Relations of
OWL
Local resident Anne Klink publishes poem in Prairie Wings
Anne Klink of near Linton has a poem in the February Prairie Wings publication. Additional poems are expected to appear in Wildfire Poets Magazine and other papers, officials said.
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Anne Klink
Linton
The
Prairie Wings
Poets Magazine
Wildfire Poets
British Women Rise in Secret War Gas Plants
Women formerly clerks and shop girls now perform much of Britain's secret war gas production. The Ministry of Supply touts quality while enforcing strict safety, with workers undressing for protective uniforms, donning respirators, and following rest and decontamination routines to handle dangerous chemicals and store war goods.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Supply
Churchill
Commons
Germany
Hitler
Turkey declares war against Axis in World War II
Ankara announced by radio that the Turkish Assembly approved a declaration of war on Germany and Japan effective next Thursday. The vote was reported at 401 in favor with no noted opposition. The decision followed a note from the Big Three linking entry by March I to peace conference seating. Cairo cited goals to keep the Dardanelles Turkish and to secure Dodecanese islands for coast defense. In the same period, Boston’s 1849 Poultry Show drew 6,000 exhibits from 34 states.
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Ankara
Germany
Japan
Turkey
Cairo
Dardanelles
Sally Campbell Campbell Called By Death
Sally Campbell, 78, lifelong Greene County resident, died at her home near Worthington after a two month illness. She was born January 30, 1867 in Taylor township, married James A. Campbell in 1888, and lived in Fairplay and Jefferson townships. Survived by husband James, son Closs, sisters Nora Bland and Lizzie Boruff. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Worthington Methodist Church. Interment Worthington Cemetery.
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Sally Moore Campbell
Greene County
Worthington
Taylor Township
Columbus
Elida Moore
James A. Campbell
Fairplay Township
Jefferson Township
Worthington Methodist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Closs
Nora Bland
Linton
Lizzie Boruff
Dugger
Myers Funeral Home
R. J. Stevens
Worthington Cemetery
Republican Women to Meet Tuesday at Switz City Gym
Members of the Greene County Women's Republican Club will meet at the Switz City high school gymnasium Tuesday evening at seven o'clock for a covered dish supper. Lyons members will act as hostesses. A guest speaker will be present and an interesting program is being arranged.
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Greene County Women's Republican Club
Switz City High School
Lyons
Red Army Clears 60 Mile Stretch Of The Neisae River
Red Army forces complete a 60 mile advance along the Neisae River corridor, securing crossings and pushing back enemy units ahead of spring operations. Command reports steady progress, logistics hold, and growing control of key river towns.
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Red Army
Neisae River
Red Army closes on Berlin as Neisse battles roll on
Soviet forces push toward Berlin along the Neisse river frontier in a broad, multi-army advance. Konev's Second Ukrainian Army seizes towns southeast of Guben and nears the Neisse, while Zhukov's First White Russian Army eyes an Oder River crossing as Koenigsberg holds a shrinking corridor to Pillau. Stalin lauds near victory and notes massive German losses.
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London
Red Army
Neisse
Berlin
Stalin
Ivan S. Konev
Niesse
Moscow
Konev
Dresden
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder
Spree River
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Guben
Strega
West Bank
Forst
Cottbus
Saerchen
Nisse
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Wierzwyce
Gniew
Danzig
Births and school history noted in local item
A baby boy born to Mrs Lawrence Reason of Linton Route 4 weighs 8 pounds 3 ounces. Raymond Dale Mowery of Linton Route 2 was dismissed Thursday. The Boston Latin School, the first American secondary school, was founded in 1635, 15 years after the Mayflower landing.
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Lawrence Reason
Linton
Raymond Dale Mowery
Boston Latin School
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