Germans Seek Retirement Across East Bank Of Rhine
Major Paul C. Raborg reports Allied forces advance on the Cologne front. The 9th Army takes Muenchen Gladbach and Rheydt near Goebbels birthplace. Units of the 1st Army reach Cologne while the 3rd Army moves into Trier. Germans retreat east of the Rhine with rear guard mutiny fears as Stalin's Soviets push toward the Oder.
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Paul C. Raborg
International
New York
Cologne
9Th
Muenchen-Gladbach
Rheydt
Goebbels
Trier
Moselle
Coblenz
Germany
Rhine
Powerful Ninth Army Crashes Through Rhine Frontlines
American Ninth Army breaches through to the Rhine east of Neuss with heavy armor. US First Army shells Cologne while the Third Army pushes into Trier. Simpson’s 83rd division reportedly reaches the Rhine, splitting German forces on the Cologne plain.
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Paris
INS
Ninth Army
Berlin
Rhine
Neuss
United States First Army
Cologne
George S. Patton
Trier
Germany
Supreme Allied
William H. Simpson
Russian Drive Forces Push Toward Baltic Port Invasion
Berlin reports say Rokossovsky’s Second White Russian Army advanced from Neustettin sweeping eight towns along a 40 mile front toward Koeslin and Danzig. German lines claim fierce battles between Koestin and Stolp as forces threaten Ruegenwalde and Reetz near Stargard.
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Moscow
Baltic
Koeslin
Danzig
East Prussia
Lin
Neustettin
Gdynia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Koestin
Stolp
Rokossovsky
Ruegenwalde
Ihna
Reetz
Stargard
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder
Berlin
Zhrikov
Red Cross War Fund Drive Under Way in PA
PA Newc notes calls for public support as the Red Cross campaign begins. A Pulaski road resident reports a early spring scene with a blooming snowdrop and chirping robins. In an outlying garden carrots left last fall fed moles during winter. The $75,000 federally funded USO center in Riverside Greenville closed as replacement moves to Indiantown Go. Jameson Memorial Hospital reports 63 births in February, fewer than last year, with girls predominating two to one.
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Pa Newe
Pulaski Road
Riverside
Greenville
Indiantown
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather station reports 24 hour period ending 9 a m today with high 50 and low 32 degrees, traces of precipitation, river stage 8.6 feet. Comparisons show last year’s same date high 32 and low 13 with snow flurries.
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United States
Red Cross War Fund Drive Sees Early Solicitations
Sunny weather sparks 1945 Red Cross War Fund campaign as workers begin soliciting local residents. General Chairman J Lepere Matthews says results will take days to appear and urges volunteers to visit prospects immediately to accelerate the drive and finish quickly.
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War Fund
American Red Cross
J. Lepere Matthews
Matthews
Red Cross
MacArthur Raises U S Flag Over Corregidor Return
General Douglas MacArthur returned to Corregidor and directed the re raising of the Stars and Stripes on the island fortress. He praised Col. George Jones and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to Jones and units 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the 151st Infantry.
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Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Col
George Jones
Jones
503Rd Parachute Infantry
151St Infantry Regiment
Australia
Senate committee votes against Williams as rural electrification head
The Senate Agriculture Committee recommended that the Senate reject Aubrey Williams for rural electrification administrator. The vote was 12 to 4.
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Washington
INS
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Aubrey Williams
Y. W. C. A. Campaign Launches With Gatherings
The Y W C A kicks off its membership drive with a Thursday dinner where work cards and plans are discussed. Thirty church and association teams begin canvassing to surpass last year’s tally of 1577 members, with contributions ranging from 1 to 50 dollars. A March 8 first report meeting follows the Lent Bible class led by Mrs J J McIlvaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Moorehead
Cairman
Young Women’s Christian Association
J. J. McIlvaine
Watch On Rhine American Style Reaches Rhine Front
U S Ninth Army advances with the 83rd division crossing the Neuss canal amid rain and cold. Shells overhead bound for inner Germany. Rumors fly of Rhine reach as Germans defend with tanks and self-propelled guns. At least 3,052 prisoners taken yesterday, total 15,576.
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U.S. Ninth Army
83Rd
Rier’s
Germany
Ninth Army
Rhine
Neuss Canal
Venlo
Jap Forces On Iwo Are Facing Annihilation
U.S. Marines pressed the attack on Iwo Jima’s northern airfield complex as Admiral Nimitz reported most of the island in American hands. Task Force 58 naval gunfire and carrier aircraft supported Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith’s force of about 45 000 to 50 000 Marines while Japanese casualties mounted and prisoners rose as defense held on the hostile island.
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Ters
Guam
Iwo
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Marc A. Mitscher
U.S
Holland M. Smith
B-29s Hit Singapore Again In New Allied Raid
Indian based B-29 Superfortresses attacked Singapore for a 90 minute strike, with Tokyo radio claiming 54 bombers took part. Anti aircraft fire damaged three aircraft, one possibly shot down. This raid marks the second in six days and the fifth on the city since June.
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Washington
INS
Singapore
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
FCC
Ration Points Raised for Canned Fruits and Tomatoes
OPA boosts mixed fruit peaches pineapples and pears by 20 points per can starting Sunday. Tomatoes gain 10 points across sizes while applesauce loses 10 blue points. Five blue stamps N2 P2 Q2 R2 S2 add ten points each for processed foods through June 30. Bowles cites limited supplies and conservation until new packs arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Yanks Strike Palawan Island Invasion Boosts Philippines Drive
American forces land virtually unopposed at Puerto Princesa on Palawan, seize the city and two airfields while advancing inland. MacArthur reports light American losses and notes the strategic airfields will aid attacks on Borneo and IndoChina as fighting intensifies on Luzon near Manila with heavy Japanese resistance.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
Palawan Island
Robert Eichelberger
Eighth
Puerto Princesa
Palawan
Indies
South China Sea
Manila
Third Marines Drive Ahead In Iwo Jima Battle
The Third Marine Division under Maj Gen Graves pierced a Japanese line at Iwo Jima center and moved within 2000 yards of Kitano Point. They overran part of No 3 airfield as Hill 362 heights were seized by the Fifth Marine Division for better observation. American artillery rolled, destroying several tanks and artillery pieces as 17 more prisoners were taken, totaling nearly 30.
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Third Marines
Iwo Jima
Fleet Marine Force
Graves
Bobby" Erskine
Third Marine Division
Kitano Point
Third Marine
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Fifth Marine
Allied Airmen Strike Cologne On 8th Straight Day
British and American planes pounded military depots and communications centers behind both fronts. The attack targeted Cologne and surrounding Reich facilities for the eighth consecutive day.
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Cologne
London
Reich
Allied air raid blitz on Cologne and Berlin fronts
British Lancaster and Halifax bombers joined American forces in a daylight assault aimed at Cologne to disrupt German troops and transport links. The 18th straight day of air action hit Berlin and other targets, with Mosquito raids continuing to pound rail hubs such as Erfurt as American and British crews crossed to the continent.
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London
Rhineland
Cologne
Air Ministry
United States
Germany
Berlin
Chemnitz
Dresden
England
Erfurt
Suburbs of Breslau Reported Captured by Red Army
New York March 2 The British radio in a broadcast heard by NBC said the Red Army had camoured two more suburbs and half the factory area of Breslau.
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New York
INS
NBC
Breslau
Death Record for Frank Hasson at 72
Frank Hasson, 72, of 818 Carson Street, is listed in the death record. John A. Jones and KR. D are noted alongside as part of the notice. The item is a brief obituary style public notice from Friday, March 2, 1945.
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Frank Hasson
Carson Street
Home Guard In Germany Fails To Put Up Fight
In Munich Gladbach the 29th Division Doughboys found the Volkssturm unit offered little resistance as home guards and city residents discarded weapons and surrendered en masse. Pvt. John McNamara of Chicago recalled the force avoided combat, even with Gestapo scrutiny, and retreated from trenches outside the town.
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Germany
SN. S
U.S
Ninth Army
Muenchen -Gladbach
29Th Division
Volkssturm
Pvt
John McNamara
Chicago
Gestapo
Bombers Hit Austrian Oil Refinery and Rail Targets
U S heavy bombers escorted by fighters dropped nearly 900 tons of bombs on the Moosbierbaum oil refinery in Austria. Allied air forces reported strikes on rail targets in Austria Yugoslavia and north and northeast Italy with fires and explosions and six enemy aircraft destroyed. Seven Allied planes are missing. Fifth and Eighth Army patrol actions followed with engagements near Monte Cuni and along the Senio in Italy.
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BOME
INS
U. S
Moosbierbaum Oi
Austria
Yugoslavia
Italy
Fifth Army
Monte Runici
Eighth Army
Senio
Fusignano
Vallidi
Comacchio
Airborne Landing Report on Eastern Front
The Stockholm radio said a telegram from Moscow reported a great airborne landing operation on the eastern front at an unspecified place. Details were not provided.
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New York
INS
Stockholm Radio
Moscow
FCC
Allied Ninth Army Reaches Rhine Near Duesseldorf Frontier
A powerful Allied drive piercing toward the Rhine nears Duesseldorf as German opposition collapses under heavy bombardment. Field Marshal Montgomery confirms Rhine contact near Neuss and Duesseldorf suburbs, with about 1900 Allied tanks in action and multiple armored and infantry divisions engaged.
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Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Duesseldorf
Neuss
Remembering better days and the weather's thirty five
The speaker, Arthur Mometer, recalls past plenty and freedom to travel as current conditions, including a thirty five degree weather note, contrasts with present constraints. The voice laments changing times and longs for the return of those days.
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Reason
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East Bank of Rhine
Hitler
Stalin
Oder River
Natalia Rene
I. N.S
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Mt. Serrasiccia
OWI
Clark Lee
An. S. Staff
Willams
Y. W
Pacific Island
Joseph A. Bors
Pacific Fleet
Headquar
Strategic Island
Frank Robertson
Borneo
French Indo- China
Bulletin
Joseph Thomas
John A. Jones
Parade
Merle Stone
New Castle
Frank Conniff
Citizen's Army
James L. Kilgallen
N.S
Arthur Mometer
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