Americans Hold In Rome? Two Scots Battle Into Goch
American and British forces pressed into German positions along the Siegfried line and Ruhr front. In western Germany near Echternach and Pruem, U S Third Army advanced toward the Sure and Our rivers. Farther south, Seventh Army pushed into Saarland near Saarbrucken, while British and Canadian troops neared Calais in stiff fighting. Casualties were heavy on both sides as dense combat raged across multiple fronts.
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Paris
Siegfried Line
Goch
Kleve-Goch
Ruhr Valley
Duisburg
Wesel
Ruhr
George S. Patton
U. S Third Army
Echternach
Pruen
Luxembourg
Brnzen
U. S. Seventh Army
Saarland
Alsace
Saarbruecken
Calear
Moy Land Woods
Montgomery
Inten
WESTBROOK PEGLER ON ROOSEVELT QUESTIONING GIFT TAX ISSUE
Westbrook Pegler critiques a question in Eleanor Roosevelt's Ladies Home Journal interview about the Hyde Park gift to the government and estate tax implications. He accuses rigged questions and accuses Harold Ickes of lax scrutiny, arguing the gift reduces the Roosevelt heirs estate tax burden and preserves occupancy rights.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Ladies Home
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Sevelt
Harold Is
Department of the Inor
Try
Ouachita Parish School Board to Sell Timber in 3 Township Areas
Elections slated for Ouachita Parish to seek official approval of timber sale on school land. Timber to be sold to highest cash bidder with minimum diameters set for pine and hardwood, logging to occur in three specified townships and ranges, leaving some young timber for future harvest.
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Ouachita Parish
Russians Continue Drive On Dresden
Vilma Suberly, 28, jailed in Portland, Oregon awaiting Sacramento indictment hearing. She allegedly married five sailors, one soldier, and two civilians to obtain $4,600 independent allotments. She denied the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilma Suberly
Portland
Ore
Sacramento
Calif
Italian Terms Revealed In Postwar Surrender Demands
Washington reports Senator Bridges demands Allied public release of Italian surrender terms. A Geneva source outlines a hard peace including 2,000,000 Italians for postwar work and redrawn borders with Italy losing Istria cities Fiume and Zara. Officials say final boundaries to be set by the peace conference, not surrender terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bridges
Republican
New Hampshire
International Law Review
Geneva
France
Britain
Greece
Yugoslavia
Istria
Fiume
Zara
Italy
Autopsy Awaited in Epes Death Case in South Carolina
Police await autopsy results from Fort McPherson Georgia in the death of 6 year old Mrs Mary Lee Epes in which her husband Lt S C Epes is jailed on murder charges A missing gray cloth pocket book is sought as key evidence Sheriff T Alex Heise has offered a 50 dollar reward for its return The husband contends he planted the purse to mislead the investigation after reporting his wife missing The body was found in a fox hole near Fort Jackson following his admission he buried her after she died from sedatives in a panic driven cover up
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Mary Lee Epes
Fort McPherson
Epes
T. Alex Heise
S. C Epes
Heise
Richmond
Ft. Jackson
Hesse
Slaughter at De LaSalle College In Manila Described
Reuters report from Manila details the massacre at De LaSalle College where Japanese forces killed at least 60 priests refugees and women and children. Only eight of about 70 trapped inside survived as US forces captured the area.
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Russell Brines
Manila
de LaSalle College
Malate
Francis J. Cosgrave
Sydney
Australia
Father Cosgrave
Santo Tomas
United States 148Th Infantry Regiment
College Area
Red Army Presses Toward Dresden and Berlin Fronts
The Red Army fights sharp German counterattacks across the eastern front while advancing toward Dresden and toward Berlin’s southeast flank. Konev’s First Ukrainian Army pushes past Lauban toward the Queis river, nine miles from Czechoslovakia, as Zhukov’s forces drive a bridgehead near Crossen and press toward Guben on the Neisse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Red Army
Dresden
Berlin
Moscow
Heinrich Himmler
Pomerania
Silesia
Ivan Konev
Czech
Oder
Konev
Lauban
Queis River
Naumburg
Goerliz
Neisse
Czechoslovakia
Konevy
Gregory Zhukov
Crossen
Zhukov
Guben
Coxe Fires Jackson in Louisiana Education Shakeup
State Education Supt. John E. Coxe informed officials that he discharged D. N. Jackson, longtime state supervisor of vocational agriculture, and named D. C. Lavergne as acting supervisor and director of the food production war training program. The move ends a clash with the state board of education over authority. Jackson served about 14 years. Lavergne about five. Coxe gave no reasons beyond noting “they’re pretty well known.” The board had proposed an independent vocational supervisor role prior to Coxe’s action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
John E. Coxe
D. N. Jackson
D. C. Lavergne
Jackson
Coxe
State Board of Education
State Department
Lavergne
Mrs T H McMillan Succumbs Sunday
Mrs Thomas H McMillan 70 prominent in church life died after long illness at 618 North Fourth Street Sunday at 10 p m A short service will be held Tuesday at 845 a m followed by a high requiem mass at St Matthew s Catholic Church at 9 am Interment with Peters Funeral Service Inc in Catholic Cemetery She was born in Kansas and lived most of her life in Louisiana active in St Matthew s Church Altar Society Catholic Daughters Third Order of St Francis She is survived by her husband two sons two sisters and two brothers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. McMillan
North Fourth Street
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Peters Funeral Service, Inc
Louisiana
St. Matthew's
Altar Society
Catholic Daughters of America
Third Order of St. Francis
Harold T. McMillan
Eunice
J. B. McMillan
R. M. Gray Sr
Alexandria
M. R. Kelly
Emmett McNaspy
Shreveport
C. W. McNaspy
Lafayette
Youth says he killed mother in Michigan case
Detroit February 19 16 year old Elvin Kent confessed to beating his mother Ida Kent 43 to death with a frying pan after resentful rebuke. Prosecutor Gerald O'Brien said he would seek a first degree murder warrant and noted Elvin claimed an act of God as motive. The boy gave the confession after his brother Arvin returned from Army duty and a family pastor joined the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gerald K. O'Brien
Wayne County
Elvin Kent
Ida Kent
O'Brien
Elvin
Pvt
Arvin Kent
Mississippi
Kent
John Zoller
Zoller Tabernacle
Strange kidnapping trial opens in Fort Worth
Mrs. Melba Branson faces trial on kidnapping charges for taking the two month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McGill. The baby was taken from a Fort Worth hotel and later abandoned in a San Antonio bus station. Mrs. McGill plans to testify in her favor amid custody disputes. the father opposes giving the child to Lt. and Mrs. Branson as a grand jury investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Melba Branson
C. A. McGill
Death toll rises to 16 in Tacoma Macfair Apartments fire
In Tacoma Washington the Macfair Apartments fire has killed 16 people with six unidentified. Nine missing are listed by the Red Cross prompting a minimum of three more bodies believed trapped in rubble. Five more bodies were recovered overnight from the buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Macfair Apartments
Red Cross
All of Manila Bay reseized by American forces
Manila Bay was nearly back in American hands as 7,000 civilians were liberated under fire in Intramuros while Japanese troops clung to the walled district. U S troops expanded control on Corregidor, uncovered the massacre of 60 Red Cross shelterers at a De La Salle college, and reported mopping up progress with the Cavite shore bombarded by Seventh Fleet ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hampson
Manila
Manila Bay
Intramuros
Corregidor
Philippine General Hospital
Francis J. Cosgrave
Sydney
Australia
Navy
Seventh Fleet
Cavite
Douglas. MacArthur
Bay Entrance
Malinta Hill
Ration crooks shift to food as gasoline controls tighten
The Office of War Information reports counterfeit rationers, once active in gasoline, have moved into food. With gasoline controls stiffened, peddlers of stolen stamps complain profits fall short of risk. Meat and sugar black markets reappear, relying on counterfeit ration currency. No organized cigarette black market per OPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of War Information
Office of Price Administration
Secret Service
Alcohol Tax Unit
Treasury Department
OPA
Marines Strike Iwo Jima Airstrip As Bombardment Helps Push In
U S Marines storm Iwo Jima from the south and east, advancing 600 yards to reach the key bomber airstrip amid fierce Japanese resistance. V A Turner and Lt Gen Holland M Smith report heavy casualties but progress is satisfactory as Fifth Fleet bombardment continues.
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Pacific Fleet
Guam
United States
Tokyo
Iwo
America
Fifth Fleet
Adm
Richmond Kelly Turner
Holland M. Smith
Fifth Corps
Turner
Hell's Acre
United States Fifth Fleet
Halsey Makes Surprise Visit Predicts Fading Japanese Fleet
Washington report quotes Adm. William F. Halsey Jr saying Japanese forces have little left to fight and will not come out. He notes Tokyo and Iwo Jima actions show a deteriorating navy and calls the Philippines invasion plan shift based on downed pilot intelligence. Halsey mentions orders from Adm. King and contrasts Iwo Jima with Tarawa in expected difficulty.
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Washington
William F. Halsey Jr
Pacific
Halsey
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Admiral King
Philippines
Nimitz
MacArthur
Leyte
Tarawa
Tre
Iwo Jima Invasion Opens With Fiery Assaults From Marines
Aboard a Navy Liberator over Iwo Jima on February 19, Allied forces launched a massive invasion with some 800 ships. Marines stormed ashore under heavy fire as battleships and aircraft supported from offshore. Mount Suribachi loomed as Japanese gunfire and antiaircraft bursts peppered the island. Carrier planes strafed and bombed while small craft ferried more Marines toward the beachhead. The island remained engulfed in smoke and combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Tyree
Associated Press
Iwo Jima
Navy
Hun
Iwo Jima Expected to Cut B-29 Losses and Boost Bomb Loads
Feb 19. American capture of Iwo Jima 1750 miles south of Tokyo could halve Superfortress losses and increase bomb loads by providing a fueling stop. In American hands Iwo will accelerate warfare against the Nipponese empire and its shipping lanes.
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Guam
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Iwo
Nimitz Announces Invasion Progress At Island Beachhead
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reported the invasion proceeding satisfactorily with heavier Japanese guns mostly cleared. Casualties were moderate, while the beachhead stretched nearly two and a half miles north from the southern tip. He credited B 29s and submarines for preparing the way and noted heavy naval bombardment including Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester W. Nimitz
Come Murnique
Nimitz
Tokyo
Fifth Fleet Air Arm
Nevada
Pearl Harbor
Noremandy
Committee OKays Big Supply Bill
Washington report says the House appropriations committee approved a 12 month supply bill totaling 9.163 billion for treasury and post office operations starting July 1. It includes 4.5 billion for interest on the national debt and 1.057 billion for direct post office funds, with most of the total being permanent and indefinite appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Post Office Departments
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Wilmington robbery report details teen gunpoint theft
In Wilmington on February 19 a man described being robbed at gunpoint by a thief who demanded cigarettes after declining the wallet. George Lawson told police he offered his wallet but the assailant took a pack of cigarettes and left.
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Wilmington
Del
George Lawson
Lawson
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Tomas Z. Arciszewski
Yalta
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Stalin
Russia
Poland
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Soldier Brother
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