Red Armies Seize Poznan In Major Polish Breakthrough
Russian shock troops, including veterans from Leningrad, battered Poznan after a month siege. Moscow announced 23,000 Germans captured, commander and staff taken, and supply routes opened for the Berlin push. Additional Soviet forces reached Breslau suburbs and captured Answalde near Stettin as German divisions were squeezed elsewhere.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Stalingrad
Poznan
Posen
Berlin
Arta
Moscow
Red Army
Theouthern
Breslau
Ilesian
Pomerania
Answalde
Stettin
Arnswalde
East Prussia
Warsaw
Torun
Pozen
Wilson Park
Woodrow Wilson
Ratusz
Marines Hold Tip of Airbase in Central Iwo
U S Marines press the central airfield position on Iwo Jima as three divisions drive toward the fighter field. Urs, Fourth, and Fifth divisions push along sloped terrain to secure the south tip while Japanese forces retreat from pillboxes and counter air raids.
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Iwo
Elmont Waite
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
United States Marine
Mt. Suribachi
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Urs
Third Marine Division
Graves B. Erskine
Solomons
Keller E. Rockey
Pipeline to Monroe Planned Major Gas Project
Sixth Pages reports United Gas Pipeline Company plans a Carthage Monroe pipeline of 140 miles using 24 inch pipe to ease next winter's Appalachian region gas shortage. Line, supported by Tennessee Gas and Transmission, aims to tap the Carthage field with extensive drilling ongoing. Estimated reserves run into trillions of cubic feet, with a large drilling program planned and multiple rigs active.
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Hargrove
Federal Power Commission
Washington
United Gas Pipeline Company
Texas
Tennes- Gas
United
Harre
Carthage-Man
Carthage
Tennessee Gas
Corpus Christi
Tex
Louisiana
Monroe
Union Product Company
Feld
Arkansas-Louisi Gas Company
Tolstoy Author Alexei Tolstoy Dies at 62
Moscow telegram reports the death of author Alexei Tolstoy aged 62. The notice says he died at noon on February 23, following long illness. Tolstoy, celebrated for his literary works, leaves a legacy in Russian writing.
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Moscow
Alexei Tolstoy
Seventeen Die As American Airlines Plane Crashes
A New York to Los Angeles flight crashed in the Blue Ridge near Cedar Springs Virginia killing seventeen people and injuring five. The injured were ferried through rugged terrain to Marion hospital, suffering from cold and exposure. No victims were identified immediately.
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Cedar Springs
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Marion
Long Awaited Allied Offensive Opens on Roer Front
The U S First and Ninth armies have entered action along the Roer river line as part of the winter offensive. Berlin reports place operations between Duren and Roermond, with air attacks targeting German communications. Canadian forces overran Kleve and reached the Rhine opposite Emmerich, suggesting a possible pincer move from Cologne to Emmerich as Eisenhower’s plan unfolds.
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U. S
Roer River
Eisenhower
Berlin
Duren
Roermond
Beer River
Cologne
Kleve
Wayne Johnston Named Illinois Central Head
Wayne A Johnston, 47, general manager in charge of operations, was elected president of the Illinois Central Railroad, succeeding the late John L Beven who died January 3 Johnston promoted to GM last September and described as the youngest president of a major railroad in the United States He began with the Illinois Central in 1919 as an accountant in Champaign and is a native of Flossmoor Illinois.
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Chicago
Wayne A. Johnston
Ilinoi Central Railroad
John L. Beven
Johnston
United States
Congressmen Seek Rebuke in Hook Rankin Clash
Washington February 23 The House battle over Hook of Michigan and Rankin of Mississippi flared anew as Smith of Virginia proposed censuring Hook for calling Rankin a God damned liar. Sabath chairing rules submitted the measure. Rankin’s accuser said Rankin provoked the clash. Leaders planned no immediate hearing as Cox urged apologies and both sides made amends.
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Washington
House
Hook
Michigan
Rankin
Mississippi
Smith
Virginia
Sabath
Ilinois
Representative Cox
Georgia
Turkey declares war on Axis amid Crimea pact urging unity
Turkey moves to war against Germany and Japan after six years of neutrality, saying the Crimea conference dictated belligerent status for United Nations membership. Ankara cites the Big Three and potential Soviet help as reasons, while noting Turkey’s limited military impact despite a sizable army.
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London
Turkey
Germany
Japan
San Francisco
Pacific
Ankara
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
World Organization
Hasan Saka
Crimea
United Nations
Cairo
Middle East
Roosevelt
Churchill
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Transjordan
Russia
Rommel
Libya
France
Bari Island Seized in San Bernardino Straits
American invasion forces captured Bari Island and Capul Island in San Bernardino straits amid two days of fighting near Manila. Troops crossed breach walls of Intramuros after a two week siege while civilians suffered inside. Reports from NBC and Blue Network describe the fall of Bari and the continuing assault on Manila’s ancient walled city.
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Intramuros
129Th Infantry
General Post Office
145Th Regiment
Pasig
Philippines Mint
Manila
San Bernardino Straits
Bari Island
Luzon
Samar
Bari
Capul Island
United States
George Thomas Forster
NBC
Blue Network
Arthur Feldman
Pasig River
Feldman
Dutch cabinet reshuffled to back resistance with Van Kleffens
London report states the Netherlands reformed its cabinet to give the resistance movement a stronger voice in government. E N Van Kleffens remains foreign minister, signaling a front line stance for small nations at the upcoming San Francisco world security conference. Queen Wilhelmina swore in Prof. P S Gerbrandy as premier and war coordinator, with only five ministers retained from the exile cabinet. The new setup aims to press for a security council clause requiring consent from smaller states and to curb veto power by major powers.
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London
Holland
E. N. van Kleffins
San Francisco
Wilhelmina
P. S. Gerbrandy
van Kleffens
Europe
Drastic Food Situation In Berlin Described By Jerje Granberg
Swedish AP correspondent Jerje Granberg reports from Berlin on severe food shortages as the Red Army advances. Households face scarce vegetables and milk, with ration cuts and rising black market prices for butter, bread, coffee, and cigars. Authorities struggle to supply 5.5 million residents amid wartime chaos.
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Jerje Granberg
Stockholm
Berlin
Associated Press
Red Army
US Ninth Army Seizes Juelich Across Roer River
US Ninth Army captures Juelich the ancient fortress city and gains five smaller towns including Glimbach Boslar Gevenich Buruch and Selgersdorf as part of the Roer river crossing. US First Army advances one to two miles across the Roer toward the Rhineland fighting inside Dueren in a renewed offensive.
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Roer River
Germany
United States
Ninth Army
Juelich
Glimbach
Boslar
Gevenich
Buruch
Selgersdorf
Eisenhower drive to Rhine and Roer crossings update
Paris dispatch reports General Eisenhower launching a major U S and Ninth army offensive across the Roer river and into the Ruhr basin near Cologne and Duesseldorf. Allied forces push on with heavy artillery and multiple river crossings, while Germans defend Dueren and other northern bridgeheads as the battle broadens toward the Rhine.
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Austin Bealmear
Paris
Eisenhower
Rhine
U. S. First
Ninth Army
Roer River
Normandy
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Aachen
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
von Rundstedt
First Army
Third Army
Eifel
Third
Saar
Trier
Dueren
Ceremany
Juelich
Linnich
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Courtney H. Hodges
Roer
William H. Simpson
Ninth
First
Adlai Stevenson Named Special Assistant to Secretary of State
Washington Feb. 23. Acting Secretary Grew announced the appointment of Adlai E. Stevenson of Chicago as a special assistant to the secretary of state. Stevenson, previously a special assistant to the late Navy Secretary Knox, will work with Archibald MacLeish on postwar international organization matters. Stevenson, 45, native of Los Angeles, is assigned to tasks in shaping future policy.
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Washington
Actiig
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chicago
Secretary of State
Stevenson
Navy
Knox
Archibald MacLeish
Los Angeles
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Kirke L .Simpson
Wayne Johnston
Illinois Central
William Frye
Poznan Falls
Intramuros Section
By C. Yates McDaniel
Adolf Hitler Platz
Gleisdreieck
Patton
Saar River
Joseph Medley
Walter Storms
New Orleans
J. H. Gardner
Blanche Zimmerman
Atlantic Hotel
Storms
Medley
D. J. Stafford
Nazel
Arkansas
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