Reds Close On Berlin From Southeast Front
Soviet forces under Konev and Zhukov push toward Berlin from the southeast as Guben and Cottbus areas near the capital come under heavy bombardment. Breslau encirclement tightens while Breslau and Crossen regions near the Oder and Spree lines report advances and siege. Capture of towns along the Neisse and Bober rivers is announced as Red Army units press to breach Berlin’s eastern defenses.
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London
Guben
Berlin
Hanuered
Cotthus
Peteway
Spree River
Moscow
Koney
Germany
Neisse
Ainder
Berlitz
Cottbus
Forst
Helese
Konev
Cotthua
Sagan
Bober River
Breslau
Silesian
Poman
Poland
Tiphling
Marshal Kanev
First Ukraine
Marshal Zhukov
Grossen
Cotliers
Honey
Lower Silesian
Dresden
Ruscort
Ome
Cressen
Deutsch Bayar
Bober
Céer
Crossen
Fuerstenberg
Zhekov
Rothenburg
Oder
Kilar
Kéniy
Giant Air Drive Advances Into Fourth Day Over Germany
London reports the massive Allied air offensive pressing into its fourth day against Germany from the west and Med region. About 2700 heavy bombers including Italian bases hit Regensburg and other targets. U S bombers joined aerial strikes on Neuburg, Landsberg, and other Ruhr area sites as total tonnage and city bombardment surged.
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London
Germany
Reich
Berith
Coblens
Rhine
Regensburg
Mediterranean
Battle of Elements Rages Across U S
A weather battle between two air masses traced along the Ohio River and moving east. The clash brought rain, snow, sleet, and thunderstorms from the Midwest to the Northeast with temperatures plunging in many areas and heavy snowfall in Missouri and surrounding states.
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U.S
Ohio
New England
New York City
Midwest
Yank’s Lusty Lungs Cassino Ruins to Net 3 Prisoners
In Cassino Italy two thirds of the ruined town will be left as a shrine to World War I while the rest is to be rebuilt as a model housing project. Only mine clearing and roped off paths will be done in the devastated areas.
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Yank
Cassino
Shrine
Rome
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity weather update
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity with cloudy periods Sunday morning 34 or lower in parts. Showers and possible thunderstorms in northeast and upper coast with clouds across the south portion. Saturday night colder in northwest central areas with 26 degrees. Sunday fair and colder in the far south with strong winds Saturday night and Sunday night.
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San Antonio
de- Rees
Asti
Texas
Sacked Japanese Education Minister Dies in Exile
Japanese cabinet figure Harushige Ninomiya, removed from the education post, died Saturday after a nine month illness for gall stones. The Domel News Agency reported the minister’s death and noted his dismissal preceded his illness.
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Pree
Harushige Ninomiya
Jip Domel
Domel
Flier Names Chief In Annulment Suit
HAN FRANCISCO Feb 17 On Lent Clyda Monaghan 60 year old navy air service pilot today had a suit on file in superior court to annul a marriage he says was forced by his commanding officer and the officer's wife The petition filed yesterday says Monaghan had a houseguest at the officer's Avant Ga home In November 1943 Nancy identified as the girl demanded marriage under threat of court martial The officer allegedly backed the demand and other officers refused to sign transfer papers Monaghan married the girl and took her to Washington DC but did not retire with her He also asserts he is not the flyer at her side.
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Han Francisco
Clyda Monaghan
Navy Air Service
Fe Fh
Monaghan
Avant
Aspith
Nancy
Monaghan Aakeil
Ner
Washington, D.C
Canadians Inch Toward Goch and Calcar Front
Allied Canadian First Army troops pressed within about one to two miles of Goch and Calcar as Britons Scots and Canadians advanced behind bombardment. They entered Asperden and Mervorst while halting German resistance near Wesel and the Ruhr gate. More than 1000 German prisoners were captured in 24 hours, bringing the total to about 6990 as operations continued with air support and river crossings.
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U.S
Air Force
Neuburg
Munich
Landsburg Field
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Wesel
Ruhr
Canadian First Army
Baltic
Goch
Keve
Crerar
Third Road
Strong
Priday
Goch-Gabar
Sprare
Greyman
16Th Panzer
Asd
Grene Adler
Siegiled
Tran Kover Goch
Hale Yenhai
Mass River
Afferden
U. S
Echtermach-Triel
Prem River
Schankweiler
Roer
Aled
Mne
Australia to Aid UN Relief With Buffalo and Fish
Reports at the Far Eastern committee session say Australia will contribute wild water buffalo to UNRRA in the Northern Territory and large quantities of canned dried fish. Separately, Oxford Ohio reports university president Alfred H. Upham died after a heart attack at his home.
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Sydney
Australia
Northern Territory
United Nations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Oxford
Ohio
Alfred H. Upham
Mitel University
Anly
Hla
WAC Held for Too Many Allotments Case
New York and Tempting details unfold as Pearl Davis Steele of Hopewell Wisconsin and a one year old WAG faced arrest over illegal allotments. FBI notes trace the case to a front of a funeral chapel service in a city, with multiple marriages and a possible four year prison term. The murder victim was Hersol H. Gray shot by an assassin near a street address. The memorial service featured Rev Albert P. Kirkey and a large turnout.
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New York
Juna
Pearl Davis Steele
Hopewell
Wag
Aines
Porter Loring
Hersol H. Gray
G. x. Conroy
FBI
Nazis Hold 300000 French Women
Paris reports that about 200000 French women are among prisoners and deportees in Germany. A reception camp has been planned to process women repatriated after Germany's defeat.
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London
Germany
Paris
Mandalay Area Hit by U S Planes
US medium and heavy fighter bombers attacked villages south and west of Mandalay with heavy aerial support yesterday. Ground troops pressed in western Burma near Kongaw and Singu, while air strikes targeted posts, stores, and runways in central Burma. Indian division troops widened a bridgehead at Singu as operations continued in the Arakan area and northern combat zone.
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ASTA
Kandy
Crylan
Feh
Ith
Singu
Borger Flier Bags 2 German Tanks in Sweeps
Borger, Texas Captain Kent Geyer led fighter bomber sweeps with the Third Army, destroying two German tanks southwest of Ritvwig yesterday. The Borger flier's actions occurred during operations supporting the Third Army on February 17, 1944.
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Watie
Third Army
Kent
Geyer
Borger
Texas
Ritvwig
Swiss Release 480 Americans Leave Switzerland
In Bern on February 17 four hundred eighty Americans and 33 British left Interwestern Switzerland for Marseille en route home. Nearly all the Americans are men and the party included most remaining British internees. About 40 Americans remain. most are due to depart within three weeks. The plan also includes around 3002 German internees, many border guards who sought refuge during the Allied drive in France.
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Bern
Switzerland
Marseille
Merl Fromer
Switszerland
France
Weather advisory shifts winds to northwest coast
The U.S. weather service issued an advisory at 4 a.m. announcing fresh southerly winds shifting to northwest along the upper Texas and western Louisiana coast this afternoon and turning eastward to Mobile and southward to Brownsville tonight.
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New Orleans
U.S
Texas
Louisiana
Mobile
Brownsville
Boy Beaten by Ruffian Gang at Highland Theater
Charles Cooperland fourteen suffered severe beating by a juvenile gang in the Highland theater lounge on South Wackberry Street. He remained conscious after the attack and was hospitalized. Police arrested five juveniles who later faced preliminary detention for car adapter theft near Horlandale High School.
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Attackeany & Gang
Charles Cooperland
Hammond Street
Green Heapital
Cooperland
Highland Theater
South Wackberry Street
Chester Crouch
Montana Street
Horlandale High School
Mitts Crouch
South Florea Strut
Poice
1500 Planes Hit Tokyo Area In U S Pacific Assault
Allied forces landed on Corregidor and Iwo Jima while 1500 carrier planes bombed the Tokyo area. Tokyo broadcasts claimed ships sunk and waves of landings repulsed, but reports lacked confirmation. Bataan operations advanced with light losses as American forces push to reopen Manila Bay for further actions.
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Ary Utg
Associated -Prean
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Iwo-Island
Tokyo
U. S
Okyo
Radio Tokyo
Bataan
MacArthur
Witchsley Island
Japan
Inneractensene
Nimite
Lwo
Mene
Voleemid Islands
Ratda
Japay
Cheempevae
Heh Conan
Ttalr Pratt
Radio Rokso
Cartier
Vicenda
Marc A. Mierder
Tas
Haehije Jims
Plcts
Yokohama
Washington
Pacific
Jay Home
Mitscher
Reymond A. Spruance
Aataan Penthesila
Thomas O. Kykald
Seventh Fleet
Sorces
Eleventh Corps
Mariveles
Ullmaned Jap
Tir
Ho Niles
Mantapay
Peningula
Lamao
Manila
Carregidor
Maria Bay
Padifia
Delersea
Frati Fort
McKinley
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Uwe
Goch, Calcar
Hersel Gray
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Ton Alecle
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Tor
Travis Park Methodist
Laken
Shirkey
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