Westbrook Pegler Recalls Wallace Highway Proposal
Westbrook Pegler describes a conversation with Henry Wallace in Washington about a proposed eight lane concrete highway from New York to Paris via Alaska and Siberia. Pegler notes Wallace called the idea fantastical but cites other trade and tourism aims linking the United States with Europe and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Washington
Roosvelt
RFC
Wallace
Paris
United States
Pich
Buenos Aires
Eria
Europe
Feedey
China
India
Dowries for 31 West Baton Rouge brides planned
In Allen Louisiana on February 23 the West Baton Rouge parish will allocate over ten dollars per bride from the Julien Poydras fund created in 1824 by Louisiana's noted poet and wealthiest man. The fund supports brides along the Mississippi west bank, with monies originally tied to his plantations and Pointe Coupee holdings. No official documents remain.
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Allen
West Batone Parish
Mississippi River
Julien Poydrasty
Will Pydies
Louisiana
Mance
West Baton Rouge Parish
Pointe Coupee
West Baton Rouge
WOUNDED IN ACTION LIST FOR LOUISIANA MEN
The War Department released today a list of Louisiana soldiers wounded in action in the European theater. Names include Pfc. Johnny F Dop ather from West Monroe Route 1, Cpl. Samuel L Jr of Iville, Sgt. John D from Jena, and Sgt. Vincent P of West Monroe, among others, with parent or spouse addresses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny F
Oscar Dopather
West Monroewood
James E
George A. Vr
Coleman Avenue
Monroe
Samuel L. Jr
Sam. Hartman Sr
Iville
John J. Jr
Wiley Hitt
Winnsboro
Styre
John D
Ephoyre
Jena
Ent
Olan
Doris M. J
Gray
Russians Massing For Final Stroke
Stalin claims final victory near as Russian forces mass along an arc 30 to 50 miles east and southeast of Berlin. Moscow radio cites German losses of 1,150,000 killed or captured and urges Germans to stop the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Fedens Eee
Gubern
Marshal Stalin
Stalin
Moscow
Red Army
Woman Freed In Child Case In Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas February 23 The McGills reconciled with their two month old daughter Milly after a court tangle. District Attorney A Clyde plans to prosecute a state dependency petition that could revoke custody and the 18 month old half brother. Hearing set March 1. Branson acquitted on kidnapping Milly and the McGills filed to dismiss divorce petition seeking Milly custody for Branson. Milly was taken from the hotel January 9 and left at a San Antonio bus station the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
C. A. McGill
Milly
A. Clyde
McGills
Melba Branson
Laredo
McGill
Hit and run victim Dyson dies in Louisiana city
William Wayman Dyson of 317 Louis ville avenue died at St Francis Sanitarium at 11 55 p m after a truck struck him in the 700 block of Louisville. Two witnesses named a license number that matched Lt Stewart Lunn of Shreveport whose car involved is charged as negligent homicide. Dyson, a McCain Richards employee, was en route home from work when the accident occurred. Funeral services are set for Montgomery church in Montgomery Louisiana with Davis Lawhead in charge of interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wayman Dyson
Louisville Avenue
St. Francis Sanitarium
Dyson
Louisville
Mulhearn
McCain- Richards, Inc
Lunn
Monroe
Montgomery
Davis-Lawhead
United States flag raised on Mt Suribachi Iwo Jima
U S forces raised the stars and stripes atop Mt Suribachi on Iwo Jima 97 hours after invasion as Marine units claim the summit. Casualties reach 5372 with 644 dead in three days amid intense fighting to secure the south air base. Navy communique notes gradual advance and ferocious Japanese resistance.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Stars and Stripes
Mt. Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Navy
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Marines
United States
Iwo Island
Fourth Marine Division
Clifton B. Cates
Nimitz
Iwo
Planes blast 20 freight yards in massive Allied attack
London report says 1,900 American planes attacked Germany smashing 20 freight yards and rail targets to cripple the transport system. Fortresses Liberators and fighters dispersed at 6,000 to 12,000 feet, part of a broader Allied air offensive across the western and eastern fronts with thousands of aircraft involved over three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Italy
Germany
Reich
Land Appraisers for Vets Named in Three States
New Orleans Feb 23 K L Thompson president of the federal land bank announced the appointment of farm land appraisers to assist returning war veterans from Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama in applying for farm loans under the GT bill of rights. Appraisers and offices listed include P D Houston Bay Springs Mississippi C B Whitehead Newton MS R Lee Stamps Brookhaven MS H H McLeod Columbia MS J O Williams Lumberton MS Ward H Baker Tupelo MS D R Bowen Cleveland MS A C Ransom Monroe LA James S Green Lake Providence LA G Lyman Gladney Arcadia LA O C Neill Natchitoches LA H H Starnes Hammond LA H G Swindle Lafayette AL Jack Movers Cullman AL T A Bowles Huntsville AL R C McMillan Monroeville AL George Jester Cla nton AL C W Frederick Hackleburg AL N E Coleman Whatley AL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
K. L. Thompson
Federal Land Bank
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
P. D
Houston
Bay Springs
C. B. Whitehead
Newton
R. Lee Stamps
Brookhaven
H. H. McLeod
Columbia
J. O. Williams
Lumberton
Ward H. Baker
Tupelo
D. R. Bowen
Cleveland
A. C. Ransom
Monroe
James S. Green
Lake Providence
G Lyman Gladney
Arcadia
O. C. Neill
Natchitoches
H. H. Starnes
Hammond
H. G. Swindle
Lafayette
Alaba
Ina
Jack Movers
Cullman
T. A. Bowles
Huntsville
R. C. McMillan
Monroeville
George Jester
Clanton
C. W. Frederick
Hackleburg
N. E. Coleman
Whatley
Aims of Crimean conference shape hemispheric policy
In Mexico City delegates from 19 nations pursue a three point program from the Crimean talks. Stettinius and Padilla affirm a fight against Naziism and fascism, support for an Atlantic Charter peace, and a plan to assure living standards. The U S calls for Axis defeat and a new international security system. Continued on Eighth Page.
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Mexico City
U. S
Edward R. Stettinius
Ezequiel Padilla
Stettinius
Yalta
United States
Roosevelt
Japan
Germany
Europe
Turks Vote War On Axis To Qualify As Associated Nation
Ankara reported the Turkish assembly unanimously voted to declare war on Germany and Japan to qualify as an associated nation under the Big Three plan. The body also pledged to adhere to the United Nations declaration as part of San Francisco negotiations.
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London
Ankara
Turkish Assembly
Germany
Japan
San Francisco
Coxe cites five reasons for Jackson firing
Baton Rouge Feb 23 State Education Supt John E Coxe listed five reasons for dismissing S M Jackson as state supervisor of vocational agriculture disloyalty insubordination lack of cooperation lack of administrative ability and political activities He said neither teacher tenure nor civil service was involved and the state board of education would meet March 3 to consider the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
John E. Coxe
S. M. Jackson
State Board of Education
Coxe
Jackson
Young Men's Busines’s Club
New Orleans
Frank Godchaux
Eyewitness account of Berlin bombing by AP correspondent
Swedish correspondent Jerje Granberg reports from Stockholm on Berlin under Nazi rule facing Allied bombings and the Russian advance. He describes Berliners’ endurance, barricades, and the February 3 attack, recalling shelter crowds in underground tunnels as bombs fall and lights fail. Continued on eighth pages.
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Jerje Granberg
Stockholm
Berlin
Associated Press
Convict sought in hotel death of Mrs Zimmerman
Chicago police identified 43 year old Joseph Medley alias J H Gardner as an escaped convict from Michigan serving 30 to 60 years for kidnapping and armed robbery. Five witnesses positively identified his picture as the man who rented the hotel room where Mrs Zimmerman’s body was found. Autopsy ruled out usual poisons and further organ tests were ordered while detectives probe links to another Christmas Eve death in New Orleans.
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Chicago
Michigan
Branche Zimmerman
Walter Storms
Storms
Joseph Medley
J. H. Gardner
Medley
Thomas Duffy
Philip Breitzke
Homicide
New Orleans
Blood saves many on Iwo in Pacific battle claims surgeon
Com. R S Silvis, Fourth Marine Division surgeon, says whole blood transfusions sent from the United States have saved hundreds of lives in the Iwo Jima fight. Plasma helps in shock but cannot replace cells. Blood was flown iced from San Francisco to Guam and delivered daily to the frontline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwo
Volcano Islands
Navy
United States
Com
R. S. Silvis
Fourth Marine Division
San Francisco
Guam
Tokyo
Silvis
Germans Say Roer River Is Crossed In Major Offensive
Paris February 23 AP Germans claim Eisenhower launched grand offensive toward Ruhr and Cologne with crossings on the Roer and rapid advance east of the river. They cite bridgeheads at Birkendorf Gevenich and Selgersdorf and say Ninth and First American armies spearheaded the attack over a 35 mile front from Roermond to Dueren. Ally reports show mixed progress as Third and Canadian First armies gain north and south of the Boer sector and Patton's Third reaches near Trier while Saar crossings and Siegfried line fighting proceed.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Cologne
Roer River
Supreme Headquarters
Roermond
Dueren
Birkendorf
William H. Simpson
Ninth Army
Gevenich
Roer
Linnich
Muchen Gladbach
Selgersdorf
Juelich
Seventh
Saar
Saarbruecken
Forbach
George S. Patton
Moselle
Trier
Middle Rhine
Saar River
Saarburg
Americans land on Capus in Philippines
Manila dispatch reports Doughboys of the Americal division clearing Capui Island off Luzon after a new invasion aimed at securing a shipping lane to Manila. MacArthur announced the caper with light Japanese opposition and noted Capul as a strategic cap in San Bernardino strait. Meanwhile 37th Division infantry seized key buildings in Manila Hotel city hall and post office after a room to room fight beginning from the shattered capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Americal
Solomons
Little Capui
Luzon
United State
Douglas MacArthur
Capul
Eighth Army
San Bernardino Strait
Samar Island
Imperial Japanese Navy
Leyte
A. P
Fred Hampson
General Post Office
Soviet Major in Berlin Call Highlights Wary Front Embassy Talk
Moscow dispatch cites a Red Army major who phoned Berlin city hall via a Nazi secretary. The exchange reveals tense claims of town outflanking Germans and rapid Soviet advances, with a secretary posing as burgomaster Salzbach and a wary, joking reply about reporting to Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kzvestia
Red Army
Berlin
Reichsminister of Railways
Sergeive
Salzbach
Hitler
Mount Torraccia Seized Near Rome in Fast Advance
American forces exploited Mount Belvedere’s capture west of the Pistoia Bologna highway to storm German trench lines and seize Mount Torraccia after a two mile advance. The victory came as troops pushed to secure high ground south of the front.
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Mount Torraccia
Rome
Mount Belvedere
Pistoia
Bologna
Weather Brings Flood Evacuations Across Six States
A forecast of fair weather brightens the outlook in six southern states where rivers swollen by early thaws and heavy rains have inundated lowlands and forced more than twenty families from homes. Meanwhile floods in the Midwest subside with evacuations in Cleveland Cincinnati and Tennessee towns.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Chagrin
Rocky
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Little Miami
Ohio
Alabama
Kellyton
Alexander City
Red Oak
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Middle Tennessee
Cumberland
Nashville
Town Creek
Rock Creek
Lewisburg
Tenn
98 Year Old Man Freed of Murder in N C
Elizabeth City North Carolina February 23 Daniel Phelps aged 98 was acquitted of murdering his son in law Joseph E Craddock 42 who was shot dead at the home last month Judge Burgwyn directed a verdict of acquittal after Phelps testified he fired out of fear Craddock would attack him He hobbled to the stand with two canes and cried during his testimony
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Daniel Phelps
Superior Court
Joseph E. Craddock
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Phelps
Craddock
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Pegler
Siberia
Ishington
James
Hens
Webster K.—Christo
Stephens
Wisner
Elmer
Mary Ward
Box
Oak Grove
Vincent P
Mar Zagone
Natchitoches West Monroe
Texas
Strategic Air Base
Leathernecks
U.S
Iwo Jima Island
Joe Rosenthal
Sig
Hunt
Zimmerman
United Nations
Patton
Capus
Philippines
Little Island
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