Invasion of Iwo Jima Opens Major Pacific Assault
Allied forces land on Iwo Jima as Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt leads the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions in a rugged mountainous assault. Tokyo prefecture administers the island while U S Navy reports from Adm. Nimitz and Spruance describe heavy air and sea power against Japanese defenses.
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Japan
Dome
Domei
5Th Marine Corps
Harry Schmidt
Tokyo
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Adm
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5Th Fleet
Tokyo-Yokohama
Nimitz
Yokohama
Iwo Jima
Ei‘mont Waite
Pacific Fleet
Waite
Honshu
Marianas
Raymond A. Spruance
Suribachi Yama
Moto Yama
Suribachi
Bonin Islands
Chi Chi Jima
Haka Jima
Haka
Chichi
Bonins
Yanks Free Hostages at Corregidor and Manila
Allied forces continued the push in Manila as the Philippine hospital area was liberated after three days of fierce fighting. At least 400 patients including 50 Americans were freed, many civilians and refugees escaping the Intramuros area. General Griswold warned that Japanese strongholds must be dealt with, even if it means razing them to end civilian suffering.
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Seventh Fleet
Bataan Peninsula
Manila Bay
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Orion
MacArthur
Bataan and
Corregidor
Japan
Australia
Philippine
Manila
Santo Tomas
Intramuros
Ermite
Paco
Pasig River
Griswold
14Th Corps
Russians Drive Toward Dresden In World War II Dispatch
Soviet forces pushed toward Dresden with Simultaneous advances across eastern Prussia and Silesia. Guben and Naumburg were reported under heavy attack as Konev and Zhukov commands tightened the noose around German defenses near the Spree and Oder rivers.
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Cottbus
Guben
Moscow
Zhukov
Oder
Berlin
Ivan
Konev
Ukraine
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Dresden
Sagan
Danzig
Vistula
Grudziadz
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E. Prussia
Ivan PD. Cherniakhovsky
Rev Fr Conway to Speak at Rotary Forum in Hagerstown
Rev Fr Edward A Conway PhD will headline a Rotary Club forum on February 21 joining speakers from Hagerstown High School and St Marys Catholic High School. A noted advocate of the Pattern for Peace he has led efforts across Catholic Jewish and Protestant groups to promote a just peace. He has lectured widely while serving with the National Catholic Welfare Council and the Church Peace Union.
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Rotary Club
Hagerstown High School
St. Mary's Catholic High School
Edw. A. Conway
United States
Father Conway
Regis College
Denver
Colo
Washington, D.C
Social Action Department
National Catholic Welfare Council
Milwaukee
Wis
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Mass
University of Wisconsin
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
St. Louis University
Gregorian University
Rome
Rocky Mountain Radio Council
Defense Council
Adult Education Council
Citizens For Victory
Rocky Mountain
Toronto
Chicago
Boston
Toledo
Detroit
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Richmond
Baltimore
Washington
Kansas City
Cleveland
Niagara Falls
Brookline
Waterbury
Eau Claire
Cincinnati
Dayton
Church Peace Union
Council
Win the
Peace Planning Voice Joins National Advisory Board
A member of the commission to study the organization of peace joins the National Advisory Board of the United Nations Association. His authority on peace progress stems from this work and his widely syndicated column Days of Decision seen in 25 newspapers. He co edits Pattern's Progress with Rev Richard Fagley and Rabbi Aaron Opher, promoting the tri faith pattern for peace.
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Organization of Peace
United Nations Association
United States
Richard Fagley
Federal Council
Aaron Opher
Synagogue Council of
Massacre at college after Japanese siege
Father Cosgrave described Japanese forces storming a college area near Rizal stadium, killing priests and refugees during a brutal assault. Survivors hid in a chapel after a violent massacre that left blood and death channels across floors and walls. Cosgrove, bayoneted, escaped by hiding under an altar.
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College
Father Cosgrave
Cosgrove
Massacre at Manila College Killing Japanese Occupation Cripples Hope
Brother Xavier and 70 occupants at a two story La Salle college in Manila were killed or wounded as Japanese forces torched and shelled the building. Survivors include eight or ten of the 70. The attack left many women and children dead and bayonet wounds reported. American artillery had targeted the campus earlier while Cosgrove recounted the carnage.
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Manila
de la Salle Order
Cosgrove
Brother Xavier
Brother Leo
la Salle Academy
New York
Hearings Planned On Dam Projects In Potomac Basin
A War Department Engineers Board plan details a long range reservoir system in the Potomac River valley with proposals for Pinesburg and Karper's Ferry. The $235,000,060 program aims to curb floods and droughts, generate hydroelectric power, improve navigation, and allow pleasure craft from Harpers Ferry to Washington. Public hearings will be scheduled with advance notices.
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Potomac River
Pinesburg
Karper’s Ferry
War Department Board of Engineers
Potomac
Harper's Ferry
Washington, D. C
Warper
Scots Drive To Goch Surges In Heavy 12 Day Campaign
Front dispatches describe the battle for Goch as the heaviest of the 12 day campaign. Scots advance from northeast and northwest through outer bulwarks amid machinegun and mortar fire. Canadian First Army faces anti tank ditch lines north of Venlo toward the Meuse as Wesel area bombardments shake the Ruhr valley. Patton’s forces push through the Siegfried Line while German divisions sustain heavy casualties and American losses remain light.
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Goch
Biijenbeek
Venlo
Meuse
Ruhr
Wesel
Empire
Patton
Téth
5Th
Echernach
Riverbend project to lead 14 reservoirs over twenty years
A district report proposes constructing 14 reservoirs beginning with Riverbend near Washington within about twenty years as requirements grow. It favors the Savage River dam for Cumberland industries and notes local protection works lack immediate economic justification at Hanrock and Williamsport. The plan targets hydroelectric energy, flood control, pollution abatement, better water supply, reduced dredging costs, and new recreation, while recommending abandoning Harper’s Ferry flood control.
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Riverbend
Washington
Savage River
Cumberland
Hanrock
Williamsport
Washington Harbor
Harper's Ferry
Record In Plane Production Made in 1944 War Output
The Eastern District within the Western District of Air Technical Service Command reports a 1944 record of four billion dollars in aircraft and equipment produced by 2,000 AAF prime contractors and about 25,000 subcontractors across 11 Northeastern states. Last year’s monthly average exceeded $200 million, versus $250.9 million in 1943, with 1945 targets a 33 percent output rise and 19 percent cost cut. About 40 percent of total material delivered to the AAF came from this district. Renegotiation of 1,015 contracts in 1944 returned $214,768,125.90 to the U.S. war fund.
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AAF
Air Technical Service Command
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Kenneth Collins
AAP
United States War Fund
New Landing Made Below Mandalay In Burma Drive
Reuters dispatch from Burma reports the British 14th Army crossed the Irrawaddy river 50 miles below Mandalay and a new landing on Burma’s west coast aimed at severing Japanese retreat. The Irrawaddy bridgehead remained secure despite fierce but uncoordinated Japanese counterattacks.
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London
Reuters
Burma
Irrawaddy River
Mandalay
Irrawaddy
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