Russians Close on Pskov as Ukraine Drive Advances
Soviet forces battled near Pskov consolidating gains along the Baltic corridor. The Moscow bulletin claimed 60 towns liberated, heavy German losses, and a Krivoi Rog push seizing 70 towns along the Ingulets River while reporting bridgeheads and advancing columns across Lake Peipus.
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Pskov
Helsinki
Stockholm
Peipus
Gueway
Malkova
Polotsk
Pskov- Pelotsk
Moscow
Ukraine
Krivoi Roz
Ingulets
Nikolaeviza
Shirokoye
Krivol Rog
Ber
Red Army
Bulgaria Seeks Armistice Terms as Finland Peace Nears
Reports from London claim Bulgaria is asking the United States and Britain for armistice terms as a Soviet Finnish settlement appears imminent. Sofia officials allegedly move to present their case to Allied sources while Bulgarian delegates travel to Turkey.
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London
Hritain
Finland
Soviet Union
Europe
Une
United States
Britain
Bulass
America
Sofia
Alves
Turkey
Sevov
Cyril
Serov
Times of London
Ankara
Times
Moscow
Roosevelt Returns to Capital After Week of Rest
President Roosevelt resumes duties in Washington after a week of rest and opens a series of military focused conferences. Attendees include Vinson, Wedemeyer, and top Army Navy leadership with Marshall, Arnold, King and Leahy on the afternoon schedule. The White House asked reporters to omit mention of the retreat.
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Washington
Chairman Vinson
D-Gad
House Naval Committee
Alpert C. Wedemeyer
Louis Mountbatten
South-East Asia
High Command
United States’ Army
Navy
American Chiefs of Staff
George C. Marshall
H. H. Arnold
Ernest J. King
William D. Leahy
White House
Mine Subsidence Damages 20 Homes in Plymouth Township
A mild mine subsidence in Plymouth Township near Wilkes-Barre halted work after snapping a water main and cracking floors. It jammed doors and windows of two homes, with the event occurring several miles from Wilkes-Barre, where a cavern swallowed a child last month in nearby Piston.
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Plymouth Township
Piston
Jule Anz! Fulmer
Dewey Warns No Paper Peace Amid War Fund Drive
Governor Thomas E. Dewey joined Eleanor Roosevelt in New York to urge a lasting peace not based on dictation or personal conferences. He spoke at the American Red Cross war fund campaign launching for 200 million dollars, calling the drive the living proof of the human bond needed to found a true peace.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ray
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Democrats Keep NY City House Seat
In New York's 71st District a close special election kept the seat for Democrats Torrens 11,707 votes to Bennet 10,156 with ALP 3,226. Torrens' win sparks debate on Roosevelt era sentiment as Tammany and GOP leaders offer contrasting readouts and calls for November.
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Wendell L. Wilkie
Gav Torrens
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Bennett
ALP
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Harlem
Joseph A. Gavagan
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Harrison Spangler
Republican National
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Tammany Organization
New
Yugoslavs Face German Drive on Austrian Border
Tito announces heavy fighting along the Yugoslav Austrian frontier as German forces press Partisan troops. A battle rages in the Petrinja Glina sector near Zagreb with Allied air strikes reported in support.
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Austria
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Petrinja-Glina
Croatia
Zagreb
Keatinge Wins Close Bury St Edmunds By election
Maj E M Keatinge National Conservative won the Bury St Edmunds by election by 2391 votes. Keatinge received 11906 votes while Mrs Corbett Ashby Independent Liberal polled 9121. The contest followed the West Derbyshire result as the first test vote after a bitter campaign.
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London
E. M. Keatinge
Bury St. Edesmunds
Corbett
Ashby
Keatinge
West Derbyshire
Churchill
Sweden to Fire on Foreign Military Planes Over Its Territory
Stockholm officials announce Sweden will fire on foreign military planes flying over Swedish territory unless clearly in distress. The move follows the February 22 bombing of Stockholm by planes that reportedly fired distress flares before dropping their payloads.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Prices for Spring Strawberry Crop Will Be Discussed
Washington reports representatives from main strawberry producing states meet with War Food Administration and OPA officials to set spring crop prices. Congressman Mille argues strawberries are a luxury and ceilings unnecessary. Discussion to include WFA official W. G. Meal and OPA head John Gismond.
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War, Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Mille
D-Ark
Berry Crowers Advisory Council
W. G. Meal
WFA
John Gismond
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Division
RAF Bombs Germany as Month of Aerial Records Ends
British Mosquito bombers struck targets in Germany while U S Fortresses raided Brunswick and a Liberator unit hit Pas de Calais. Allied losses peaked with 632 enemy planes destroyed and 215 American bombers plus 61 fighters lost, marking a record month of air warfare amid heavy weather and ongoing Berlin bombing efforts. The raid sequence underscored rising Allied airpower and German defense through February.
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Brunswick
Pas-de- Calais
France
London
Eighth Air Force
Pas-de-Calais
RIA
Leipzig
R.A.F
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Regensburg
Britain
Italy
Berlin
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Bralfl
Sinclair
R. A. Fu
Greek Guerrillas Wreck Train Near Mt Olympus
Greek Andartes led by a British officer derailed a German troop train on Feb 22 near Mt Olympus, killing about 400 German soldiers including a Nazi general and staff. The first 11 cars plunged into the Pinios River after mines exploded under track as a heavy snowstorm raged. Survivors were reported in an armored car behind the locomotive. many killed, with hundreds wounded evacuated by German troops. The train carried officials to a Berlin conference.
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Berlin
Tv.z
Yanks Seize Jap Airdrome After Admiralties Landing
American forces landed on the Admiralties near Los Negros and Manus getting an airfield base and advancing inland. Gen. MacArthur announced the operation as 30,000 enemy troops trapped in the Bismarck archipelago with larger goals toward New Guinea and the Philippines. Casualties were described as minor on the beach, with additional Japanese losses from bombardment and combat.
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New Britain
Truk
Alo
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Philippines
Labouts
Lorengau
Manus
Douglas Macarthur
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Pacific
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Solomons
Rooke Island
Bismarck Archipelago
Wiliam B. Dickinson
United Press
MacArthur
Japanese Suffer 4500 Casualties In Burma Battle
New Delhi March 1. Adm Lord Louis Mountbatten announced Allied forces have killed or wounded 43,500 Japanese since Feb 4 in rout ing an enemy force about 25,000 strong that tried to encircle the Fifth and Seventh Indian Divisions in Western Burma. Mopping up remnants continues as the enemy retreats south toward Aksab.
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Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Aksab
Where to Find It KEVKO MARGARINE
KEVKO Margarine advertised with two for today’s shopping list. Sales offer details vary by store. Check local grocery flyers for participating outlets and current prices.
Meat Ration Relaxation Rumors Signal Postwar Supply Push
Canada suspends meat rationing and cuts pork and beef point costs amid surplus and shipping shortages. U S and Allied officials anticipate possible belt tightening. Bowles notes higher point values may come next month.
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CPA
Itme
OPA
Ouasa
Food Board
United Nations
Chester Bowles
Lowies
House GOP Call for Prolonging Price Control Act
House Republican Leader Martin urges speedy action to extend the price control act as the Office of Price Administration threatens to lapse June 30. He asks the House banking committee to begin hearings at once, criticizing bureaucratic delay and urging renewal to maintain price controls. Representative Wolcott signals potential rider to block consumer food subsidies in the extension.
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G.O.P
Washington
Martin
Massachusetts
House Banking Committee
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Wolcott
Rmich
Banking Committee
OPA
Not a Party Elsa Maxwell Named in Pasadena Warrant
Pasadena police issued a warrant today for Elsa Maxwell, the New York party creator, after she failed to answer a citation for jaywalking. She was named in the warrant during the March 1 dispatch.
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Elsa Maxwell
New York
Death of Gen Oswald Lutz Reported in Munich
Berlin broadcast cited by U S Government monitors said Gen Oswald Lutz a German armored forces leader died in Munich last Saturday The cause described as an illness attributed to his intense efforts regardless of health status.
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Oswald Lutz
Munich
New York
Berlin
Army Forces Fail to Rally To Col. Duco
Buenos Aires denies stories of clashes as revolters led by Col Duco press for restoration of Farrell and a transfer of power to the Argentine Supreme Court. Government forces defend the capital with infantry artillery and naval units reportedly moving from Puerto Belgrano as duelling reports from Montevideo circulate.
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Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Lomas de Zamora
Campo de Mayo
Navy
Duco
Rarmi
Farrell
Puerto Belgrano
Moentévideo
Pace
Allies Tighten Pacific War Drive to Crush Japan
The war column reports widening Allied gains in the southwest Pacific and Southeast Asia as preparations mount for a full assault on Japan. General Douglas MacArthur wins a key victory at Momote Airstrip in the Adak island group, directing bombardment from a warship before leading troops ashore despite Japanese sniper fire.
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Fess
U. 8
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Dewitt MacKenzie
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Asia
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Pelago
Burma
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
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