New York discrimination board fuels partisan clash in debate
The piece rails at a state anti discrimination board for alleged bias and political manipulation. It argues like minded groups carve hiring preferences by creed and origin, accusing Republicans of exploiting anti discrimination efforts for electoral gain and predicting broader political favoritism.
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New York
Dewey
Hamburg
Munich
United States
Soviet Russia
America
Nti-Discrimination Board
Nower
Washington
Jewey
Roosevelt
Primple
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Goebbels claims new Nazi air war cover Spain report
Madrid Feb 27 Das Reich, the Nazi weekly, says Goebbels boasts of leveling fires in Europe and describes infinitely long trains of refugees arriving in Germany. It asserts Germans evacuated after Allied air raids and that hundreds of thousands of innocent Germans walk toward secure German fortifications.
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Madrid
Das Reich
Goebbels
Europe
Tach
Spain
Astec
Germany
Saven
Army to release 200000 to 250000 men monthly after war ends
Washington reports War Department plans a monthly discharge rate of 200000 to 250000 after Europe peace. Brig. Gen. Frank Hines told House appropriations that about half of post German collapse releases will be disabled veterans. He cited 90,000 current monthly rate and noted large needed employment service offices.
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Washington
P-War Department
Europe
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Hines
War Department
Cannon
Missouri
Japan
Paul V. McNutt
Germany
Ludlow
Indiana
Pacific
McNutt
United States
Navy
Office of Price Administration
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
War Manpower Commission
Federal Works Agency
Halsey Says Japanese Fleet Is Licked At Iwo Jima
Admiral William Halsey Jr while vacationing near Thomasville Georgia states the Japanese fleet will not come out because it is already defeated. He praises General MacArthur as a brilliant leader and describes the Philippine campaign as advancing beyond expectations.
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Thomasville
William Halsey Jr
Third Fleet
John Hay Whitney
Iwo Jima Island
Atlanta Constitution
Halsey
General MacArthur
War Department lists 2365 U S soldiers wounded in action
Washington February 27 War Department announced the names of 2 365 U S soldiers wounded in action in the European and southwest Pacific areas Included are Canterbury S Sgt Reginald Mrs Jessie Canterbury mother Route Simsboro Hoenke First Lt Alfred E Mrs Dorothy C Hoenke wife Box 113 Gibsland
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Washington
War Department
U.S
Southwest Pacific
Canterbury
Reginald
Jessie Canterbury
Simsboro
Hoenke
Alfred E
Dorothy C. Hoenke
I Gibsland
Planes and ships blasted in Pacific strikes near Tokyo
U S Pacific Fleet announced carrier aircraft under Vice Adm Mitscher damaged two Japanese aircraft plants near Tokyo and at Ota and Kaizumi, destroyed or damaged 233 planes, sank five small ships, and damaged airfields over two days. Five downed American pilots saved as weather hampered operations.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Marc A. Mitscher
Hachijo Jima
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Tokyo
Nakajima
Ota
Kaizumi
Japan
Hachija Jima
Izu Island
Soviets Reach 30-Mmile Pomeranian Breakthrough
Soviet forces push through Pomerania leaving a 30 mile gap as they threaten Danzig and Gdynia. Berlin says bridgeheads over the Neisse near Guben and Forst persist while fighting along the Oder Neisse front indicates potential moves toward Berlin. Moscow silent on Berlin approaches.
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London
Red Army
Pomerania
Danzig
Gdynia
Reich
Bublitz
Rummelsburg
Baltic
Berlin
Stolp
Neisse
Oder-Neisse
Guben
Forst
Moscow
Stettin
Kolberg
Twenty Injured When Bus Leaves Road Near Shreveport
Twenty plant workers injured when a Louisiana Ordnance Plant bus plunged into a ditch two miles east of the plant on U S Highway 80 after being side swiped by a transport truck attempting to pass a parked car. Most victims lived in Minden, nine miles away, and were treated at the plant hospital.
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Shreveport
Louisiana Ordnance Plant
Minden
Halifax Lays Defiance Promise in Big Three Act
Lord Halifax spoke in Jackson Mississippi denying Britain seeks Greece gains and urging friendship with the United States and the British commonwealth as vital to victory. He praised the Crimean conference and warned Nazis cannot divide opponents. He noted a brief Atlantic storm but expected no lasting ill will and urged realities of partnership.
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Jackson
Miss
Lord Halifax
United States
Britain
Greece
Poland
Russia
Art
Crimea
Crimean
Atlantic
Great Britain
Churchill declares allies ready for German collapse and peace
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament Allied powers are prepared for Germany's collapse and backed the Polish frontier as fair. He pledged steps to make German aggression impossible for generations and urged Germany to surrender. He cited Russia's good faith and predicted the US will play a key role in a new world security league.
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James F. King
London
Ip—Prime Minster
Churchill
Germany
Russia
Crimea
United States
World Security League
Manila's MacArthur Declares City Democracy's Citadel in East
General Douglas MacArthur named Manila democracy's citadel in the east during a Malacanang ceremony marking the reestablishment of the commonwealth government. He spoke of liberating areas from military rule as Japanese brutality was described with solemn resolve.
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James Hutcheson
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Malacanan Palace
United States
MacArthur
Asia
Orient
Senora Osmena
Commonwealth
Bataan
Corregidor
Sergio Osmena
Family of Free Nations
Frederick A. Irving
Verde Island
Midway
Luzon
Midnight closing spreads across amusement venues nationwide
War Mobilizer Byrnes orders all non exempt establishments to stop liquor sales at midnight and end operations for pre dawn raillery. Only all night restaurants serving food, and certain non profits for service members, survive beyond midnight under strict surveillance by 300 area directors and local police. Violators face asset seizures, power withdrawal, rationing penalties, and possible shutdown.
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Washington
Byrnes
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Office of Defense Transportation
Berlin Casualties Reported at 25000 to 30000
The 1200 bomber raid by the U S Air Force reportedly left Berlin with 25000 to 30000 casualties. Stockholms-Tidningen said Berlin central and northern sections were hardest hit with thousands of freight cars destroyed. A new incendiary bomb allegedly caused fires of unprecedented extent.
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Associated Press
Berlin
U. S. Air Force
Stockholms-Tidningen
OWI
Allies speed to Ruhr area
U S Ninth army infantry rode trucks to breach German defenses west of the Ruhr, driving 10 miles toward Konigshoven and pushing toward Munchen Gladbach. First army forces neared Cologne as Canadian units reached Uedem and Calcar, while siege and river lines tightened along the Rhine.
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James M. Long
Paris
U. S
Ninth Army
Ruhr
Rhine Valley
Konigshoven
Duesseldorf
Erft River
Ruhr Basin
Munchen Gladbach
Cologne
Dueren
Berghausen
William H
Texas Bill) Simpson
U. S. Ninth Army
Rheindahelen
Rhine
Neuss
Rheindahlen
Erkelenz
Eisenhower
Roer
First Army
Blatzheim
Bergerhausen
Erft
Courtney H. Hodges
von Rundstedt
Duesseledorf
Third Army
Middle Rhine
Coblenz
Normandy
France
Coslogne Plain
Uedem
Calear
Hochwald
Marines seize hill 382 as Iwo campaign rages
On Iwo Jima Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine’s Third Marines capture Hill 382 east of the central airfield in a pivotal advance amid heavy fire. Lt Gen Holland Smith says the island could fall in a few days as Americans push toward Motoyama airfields and establish observation over northern Japanese defenses.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Holland M
Howlin' Mad) Smith
Iwo
Pacific
Smith
Motoyama
Tokyo
Graves B. Erskine
Third Marines
Mt. Suribachi
Little Island
Motoyama No. 2
Non burial of five bodies probed in New York
Police probe motive after five bodies found in an abandoned Binghamton funeral home where children opened a casket. Victims include Mrs Hattie Harding 82 identified by her son Oscar, Mrs Edna Schoolcraft 79, Mrs Flossie Gray 56, Edward Oshelt 71, and a newborn Smith. Ackley, former operator, had left the site months earlier and allegedly planned another undertaking in California.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Otto J. Krause
Oscar Harding
Hattie J. Harding
Krause
Donald Collins Ackley
Edward Oshelt
Smith
Striking Ingalls Shipyard Workers Placed 1 A
In Pascagoula Mississippi draft boards classify Ingalls Shipbuilding as 1-A while shipyards sit idle. About 10 000 workers affected as 18 000 ton vessels for the government await power. Company president Lanier cites electricians shutdown. union officials differ on authorization to end the strike.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Ingalls Shipbuilding Company
Metal Trades Council
Monroe B. Lanier
Ingalls Company
War Labor Board
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