Allied forces drive to Saarbrucken and Goch in major push
Allied armies press toward Saarbrucken and Goch as Canadian forces clear Goch after fierce house to house fighting. American Seventh Army widens its Saarland advance capturing five towns near the industrial region and nearing Saarbrucken. Third Army enters Germany near Luxembourg, while Rhine and Roer rivers recede enabling future offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
First Army
Goch
Siegfried Line Road
Seventh Army
Saarland
Saarbruecken
George S. Patton
United States Third Army
Germany
Winderingen
Luxembourg City
Saarburg
94Th
Trier
Karl Marx
Roer
Rhine
Meuse
Roermond
Cologne
Rhineland
Ruhr
Linnich
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Roosevelt Confronts White House Press Censorship Clash
In a heated critique, Westbrook Pegler argues press censorship under Roosevelt undermines transparency. He warns reporters may withdraw from conferences or face exclusion, urging independence and fact checking while condemning the president’s propagandist tactics and personal access dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
White House
White Houses
Harry Pkins
Torrow
Herbert Hoover
Ice
Hop
Ed Stettinius
Ed Stettinius Wed and Photographed Fhington
Stalin
Interin
Europe
Hopkins
Ety
Stettinius
Britain Addresses Shark Policy And Double Summer Time
Britain debates ocean safety and seamen protection with a proposed shark chasing initiative. Officials say the government opposes sharks while discussing double summer time and food production amid longstanding arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Prme
Eve
Russians Free Many Yankees From Nazi Camps
Moscow reports rapid Soviet advances freed many United States officers and men from Nazi prison camps as German evacuations accelerated. Maj. Gen. Deane said groups are sheltered in Lub lin Praga and beyond, with 260 to 400 officers among the Americans now in Polish and Russian care. Capt. Gruenberg Lt Colley and Lt Demling among those reached Moscow, while Wright Bryan of the Atlanta Journal is among the liberated, suffering a minor foot injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United States
J. Russell Deane
U. S
Lublin
Praga
Stalig Oflag 64
Szubin
Bolygosez
Poland
Russia
Ernest M. Gruenberg
New York City
101St Airborne Division
Frank H. Colley
Washington, Ga
11Th Field Artillery
John N. Demling, Jr
Oakland Avenue
Winston Salem
N. C
30Th Infantry
Gruenberg
Normandy
Colley
Tunisia
Demling
Anzio
Wright Bryan
Atlanta Journal
France
Bryan
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington, D. C
Holes Torn in Manila Walls as U S Forces Close In
American heavy howitzers breached Manila Intramuros outer walls to clear paths for tanks and infantry aiming to seize the last Japanese strongpoint and free 7,000 hostages. 11th Airborne and First Cavalry enter Fort William McKinley while 37th Division shelling paves the Pasig river approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Intramuros
11Th Airborne
First Cavalry
Fort William McKinley
37Th Division
Pasig
Intramurog
Oscar W. Griswold
Sith
Joliet Fire Destroys Five Warehouses in Million-Dollar Blaze
Joliet, Feb 2. A fire in Joliet's industrial heart destroyed five warehouses owned by Joliet Properties Co Inc. and valued at about 1 million dollars. Losses were estimated at 100000 for buildings and 900000 for contents, with insurers expected to partially cover the damage. Contents included roofing materials from Rubberaid, cork from Hutchinson Cork, and wallpaper from United Wallpaper Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Joliet Properties Company, Inc
H. J. Brubaker
Rubberaid Company
Cork
Hutchinson Cork Company
United Wallpaper Company
Nurses Draft Bill Approved By House Military Committee
The bill drafts unmarried graduate nurses aged 20 to 44 for immediate army and navy service, deferments for Veterans Administration nurses, and War Manpower Commission power to order civilian nursing deferments. It requires draft of graduate cadet nurses before non cadets, with cadet deferrals possible by dependency, family ties, or disability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Veterans Administration
War Manpower Commission
Lloyd George Suffering Ill Health in London
David Lloyd George elderly statesman and new earl was reported to have influenza earlier this month and is now seen as seriously ill, causing concern among friends in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
David Lloyd George
Britain
900 Planes Bomb Nuernberg Rail Yards In Strike
London reports 900 Flying Fortresses blasted Nuernberg rail yards and repair shops nine miles north of Munich. Escorts included 700 Mustangs and Thunderbolts flying from British and French bases. It marks the eighth straight day of aerial offensives aiming to disrupt German transport to the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nuernberg
Munich
Eighth Air Force
Italy
Germany
Konev resumes Berlin drive in fierce front push
Russian forces again breach German lines along a 65 mile front within reach of Berlin and Dresden as Konev resumes push toward these cities after heavy counterattacks. German reports claim gains at Guben Sorau and Lauban while fighting rages between the Bober and Neisse rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Dresden
Ivan Konev
Konev
Guben
Sorau
Lauban
Bober
Neisse
Transocean
Sommerfeld
Sagan
Oder-Spree Line
Moscow
Gregory Zhukov
Stra
Churchill and F D R Confer After Big Three Meet
President Roosevelt conferred with Prime Minister Churchill in Alexandria after the Big Three meeting and renewed Japan war support post Germany defeat. He invited Gen. Charles de Gaulle to Algiers. de Gaulle could not attend. Roosevelt traveled from the Crimea to Sevastopol and spent a night on an American navy ship, with Farouk and Haile Selassie I in attendance on a conference ship near the Suez Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Alexandria
Egypt
Japan
Germany
Yalta
Black Sea
White House
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
French
Morocco
de Gaulle
France
United States
Livadia
Crimea
Sevastopol
Great Bitter Lake
Suez Canal
Farouk
Haile Selassie I
Ethiopia
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Stettinius
Moscow
Liberia
Africa
Brazil
Mexico City
Lend-Lease Aid Totals Reach New High in 1944 Report
Washington reports to Congress that lend-lease aid totaled 15.4 billion in 1944 with civilian shortages misrepresented by rumors. Leo Crowley says munitions stayed largely for U. S. forces while non munitions nearly doubled. December shipments rose to 1.519 billion. Soviet front received 362k motor vehicles and 12k planes by December 1944. Britain received fewer assigned units.
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Washington
Congress
Leo T. Crowley
Roosevelt
U. S
Normandy
Europe
Pacific
Britain
Wilhelm Gustloff disaster reported 7700 dead
Svenska Dagbladet quoting Gdynia reports 950 rescued from the 25,000 ton liner Wilhelm Gustloff after torpedoing near Gdynia. Finnish radio adds ship sank while evacuating refugees and sailors from Dangiz, giving a death toll of 7700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Gdynia
Wilhelm Gustloff
Danzig
Memphis Gas Case Docketed in Court
The Memphis Natural Gas Company seeks to augment gas flow from the Lisbon field in north Louisiana and the Fifth Circuit will hear the case on March 6. Louisiana conservation grounds led to a review of the FPC order, with Tennessee and Memphis backing the plant but later agreeing to trial. A temporary restraining order stops construction of the additional pipeline pending review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Memphis Natural Gas Company
Lisbon
Louisiana
Federal Appellate Court
United States Fifth Circu Court of Appeals
Federal Power Commission
Memphis Company
FPC
State of Tennessee
Memphis
Himmler Replaces Ribbentrop as Foreign Minister
The Gazette de Lausanne reports Heinrich Himmler has taken over direction of the German foreign ministry after a dispute with Joachim von Ribbentrop. The dispatch is dated February 20 and notes the frontier origin of the source.
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Himmler
Ribbentrop
Bern
Gazette de Lausanne
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Foreign Ministry
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Senate panel threads a milder work or jail bill
The Senate military committee began drafting its own voluntary manpower measure after President Roosevelt urged speedier enactment of compulsory labor controls. Senator O Mahoney proposed a substitute to empower War Mobilization Director Byrnes to redirect war contracts from labor scarce areas to regions with surplus labor, with McNutt guiding manpower actions under Byrnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Kilgore
West Virginia
Wagner
New York
Ferguson
Michigan
Ball
Minnesota
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
James F. Byrnes
Paul V. McNutt
Byrnes
Army and Navy
Superforts Knock Out 66 Jap Planes in Tokyo Raid
UPI reports from Guam say Superfortresses in their biggest Tokyo raid destroyed 68 Japanese planes and hit the Nakajima Musashina factory with heavy fires across Tokyo. Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May notes three bombers lost, 21 fighters shot down, with 25 damaged, despite overcast conditions.
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U. S. Pacific
Guam
UPI
Tokyo
Nakajima Musashina
Curtis LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Path Across Isle Cut By Americans
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marines seized the southern airfield on Iwo Jima after breaking Japanese defenses. The advance extends a wedge from east coast to the west, with territory reaching Suribachi to Motoyama airfield No 1. Casualties were light on the beach, heavier on the northern flank, and thousands more Marines poured ashore to press the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Suribachi
Motoyama
27Th Marine Regiment
U. S
Pacific Fleet
Tokyo
Fifth Marine Corps
Nine Mile Square Island
Nimitz
Holland M. Smith
Marine Corps
Associated Press
Morerie Landsberg
Landsberg
Volecanic
Curfew Imposed on Amusements by War Director Byrnes
War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes orders a midnight curfew on all places of entertainment from bars to theaters effective February 26. The move aims to save coal and energy while aiding transportation and manpower. Officials warn of enforcement via wartime agencies and potential return of speakeasy culture amid industry protests.
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Associated Press
James F. Byrnes
New York
Byrnes
Washington
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Price Administration
ODT
WPB
OPA
Noah L. Braunstein
Cafe Owners’ Guild
Richmond
Philadelphia
William Hopkins
Cafe Owners’ Association
National Tavern Association
Michael Hannigan
Two Indicted for Manslaughter in New Orleans
An Orleans Parish grand jury returned true bills in two manslaughter cases. William H. Mallini, former prize fighter, charged with fatally shooting John R. Wolfe Jr. at a December party, held on $5,000 bond after murder reduced to manslaughter. Albert G. Murphy faces similar action for the fatal beating of Louise Berridge on February 4. Patrolman Lentz was cleared after testifying he shot Carroll Richardson, a merchant seaman, when Richardson knocked him through a door during a street fight following an attempted arrest.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
William H
Buster) Mallini
John R. Wolfe Jr
Mallini
Albert G. Murphy
Louise Berridge
Lentz
Carroll Richardson
Richardson
Bomb load dumped on Tokyo by B 29 raid from Tinian
A two day carrier strike report from Tinian details a record B 29 bombing of Tokyo. Despite cloud cover a fire and oil storage area smoke were seen along the waterfront. Fifth fleet says over 509 enemy planes were destroyed and 150 damaged. Maj Cyrus B Lewis notes accuracy in dropping 50 pound bombs. T/Sgt Elmo Glocker credited among crews with confirmed fighter kills.
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Tinian
Marianas
Japan
Marc A. Mitscher
Tokyo
Fifth Fleet
Saipan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Cyrus B. Lewis
Dothan
Ala
Precision
Elmo Glocker
Covington
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Goch Ruins
U. S. Seventh Army
Westbrook
Pegler
Surchill
U. S. First Army
A. P
Signal Corps
Lloyd George
Senate
Stimson
Isle
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