Soviets Seize Neustettin Rail Hub in Pomerania Offensive
Soviet forces captured Neustettin in Pomerania after a combined assault, killing about 3,000 garrison troops and taking 600 prisoners while freeing 1,500 from slave labor. The advance aimed to sever German links to the Baltic coast and the Danzig corridor as Tank spearheads push toward coastal routes. The fall prompted Stalin to announce the victory in a day order.
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London
Neustettin
Pomerania
Baltic
Danzig
Moscow
Bublitz
Drawehn
Schwerngatz
Choknice
Stalin
Stettin
Steitzig
Neustettin’s
Butte Flyer Believed Dead Amid Pacific War Loss
Telegram to Mr and Mrs Silas H Boston confirms Navy belief that Gordon LaVerne Boston 19 AR 2/c Navy died in a Pacific theater plane crash on April 30 1944. Parents receive notice after initial search and review of all available facts.
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Gordon LaVerne Boston
Navy
Silas H. Boston
Wharton
Navy Department
Demands U S Turn to Allies in Latin America
Senator Revercomb calls for the United States to seek more combat troops from Latin American allies for Europe. He cites a Brazilian division that has performed well and suggests other Central and South American nations are willing to participate. He says the War Department policy could tap these manpower reserves.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Revercomb
R-Va
War Department
F D R to Tell Nation of Hopes for Peace
President Roosevelt returns from Yalta to report on victory and peace aims to Congress. He seeks a secure postwar world and envisions eventual reconciliation with Germany and Japan. The address will reference Big Three talks and secret understandings from the Crimea trip.
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Roosevelt
Yalta
Germany
Japan
Congress
Crimea
Churchill
Stalin
Black Sea
Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
White House
Five Montanans Wounded in Action War dept reports casualties
Five Montanans were among 2,100 U S soldiers wounded in action in the European and southwest Pacific theaters, the War Department announced on Wednesday. Next of kin have been notified. In Europe these include Pfc Frank J. Krsul and Pvt Guy A Montague from Montana communities. in the Southwest Pacific Capt William D. Coey of Avon and Priv Ralph S. Daley, Priv Claude Jacobson of Havre and Shelby.
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Washington
United States
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Frank J. Krsul
Stefanis Krsul
Black Eagle
Guy A. Montague
Elizabeth Swan
Lewistown
Southwest Pacific Area
William D. Coey
Marjorie A. Coey
Avon
Ralph S. Daley
Lena Daley
Shelby
Claude Jacobson
Esther L. Jacobson
Havre
Strikers Defy Chrysler Dodge Plant Union Actions
Detroit February report shows 13 500 production workers halted for fourth day as at Dodge main plant strikers ignore government orders and union guidance. Windsor Canada plant and Detroit truck unit also idled amid parts shortages and layoffs. Local No 3 faces possible discipline after vote against returning to work.
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Dodge Plant
Detroit
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
International Executive Board
United Automobile Workers
Tional
Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation of Canada
Windsor
Ontario
Detroit Dodge
Most of Iwo's Central Plateau Taken
Marines seized the bulk of Iwo Island's central plateau aided by parachuted gear. Three divisions pressed toward Motoyama and the north tip as 4,784 enemy dead were counted and over half the island neared Marine control.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Island
Marianas
Associated Press
James Lindsley
Hell
Iwo
Morrie Landsberg
Motoyama
Pacific
Holland M. Smith
Graves B. Erksine
Solons Express Appreciation to Armed Forces
The 29th Montana Legislature expressed formal appreciation for Montanans in the armed forces. A joint memorial praised service members for devotion to republic and state, while the session also advanced an industrial accident act amendment to define burial costs up to 250 dollars and separate medical expenses. Legislation awaits final conference approval as the session nears adjournment.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
Montana Legislative Assembly
Senate
House
Senate Compensation Committee
Sen
Wallace
R-Lake
Japanese Report U S Landing on Palawan Isle
Tokyo radio said a regiment of American troops invaded Palawan island, with no Allied confirmation. The broadcast claimed a violent battle at the Japanese garrison, and a separate report noted air attacks near Iwo Jima.
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Iwo Beach
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Palawan
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
Bonin Islands
France and Italy to Resume Direct Contact in Diplomacy
Paris officials say France and Italy will soon renew direct contact to restore normal diplomatic relations. The French representative to Italy will not be an ambassador, signaling a step toward normal ties.
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France
Italy
Paris
Compromise Plan Offered by U S for Hemisphere Frontiers
The United States proposed a two part compromise to the inter American conference to guard Western Hemisphere frontiers during the war. It would delay peacetime use of U S forces until a world security organization is formed and authorize the president to act without Congress if war related disturbances threaten the UN war effort.
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Mexico City
U.P
United States
inter-American Conference
Americas
World Security Organization
U. S
Chapultepec
United Nations
Roosevelt
Telegraphic Mail Delays Spark War Propaganda
German radio, captured by the BBC, claimed front-line mail delays show disrupted transportation systems. It said the journey of a letter becomes an obstacle race.
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London
Red Cross Drive Opens Nationwide Campaign Today
The National American Red Cross annual drive to raise funds for service to servicemen, veterans, families, and civilians begins today with a national goal of 200 million dollars. In Butte the chapter will take contributions at 62 West Broadway, but local solicitation starts mid month as organizer A. J. Davis Jr. builds a campaign unit for Mining City and Silver Bow county.
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National American Red Cross
Butte
The
Red Cross
West Broadway
A. J. Davis, Jr
Mosquitos Hit Berlin for the Ninth Night
Berlin endured a ninth consecutive night of RAF Mosquito bombing as two ton blockbusters struck the capital. On the same day 2,000 Allied planes targeted rail and oil facilities in western Germany, with heavy American air power joining the raids.
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London
Berlin
R. A. F. Mosquito
Air Ministry
Germany
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Achtung
Brandenburg
Reich
U.S. Air Force
Rhine
Britain
Western Reich
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Mutiny in Denmark Sends 300 Nazi Troops to Fall
Stockholm dispatch reports in Copenhagen bars three outbreaks of deadly clashes as 300 German soldiers Gestapo agents and SS troopers die. Danish and Swedish sources say mutineers were executed by order of Col General Georg Lindermann, the new Nazi commander in Denmark.
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Stockholm
Gestapo
Copenhagen
Norway
Sydsvenska Dagbladet
Georg Lindermann
Denmark
Nazis Build Defenses as Allies Close on Cologne
Allied tanks and infantry crossed the Erft river at three points and pressed toward Cologne while civilians franticly dig trenches along a fortified wall. Reports say 100000 residents are reinforcing Cologne’s defenses as Ninth Army fronts push toward the great city and nearby Duesseldorf and Xanten feel shellfire.
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Paris
U.P
Erft
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Rhineland
Ninth Army
Ruhr
Muenchen-Gladbach
Xanten
George &. Patton
Third Army
Trier
OWI
Radio Luxembourg
Second American
Ninth Tactical Air Forces
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William H. Simpson
Rhine
Max Krull
Simpson
Dueren- Cologne
Modrath
Courtney H. Hodges
Malmedy
Erft Canal
Goebbels Calls for Relentless Fight to Endure Defeat
German Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels urged the nation to resist at any cost and turn disaster into victory in a radio speech. He warned of confusion as bread and fat rations are cut amid refugee flows and Allied air raids. He cited a Russian offensive as shifting the war to Germanys detriment and urged steadfast determination at front and home.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Germany
Nazi Party
Confidence Vote Upholds Churchill Coalition in Commons
The House of Commons defeated an amendment by rebel conservatives 396 to 25 over the Crimea conference stance on Poland. The ballot served as a de facto confidence vote for Prime Minister Churchill’s coalition government amid internal party revolt and shifting debate order on Crimea decisions. Foreign Secretary Eden spoke, with Churchill to close the debate.
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London
U.P
House of Commons
Poland
Churchill
Crimea
Weather Forecast For Butte And Surrounding Areas
Butte Fair expects little temperature change Thursday and Thursday night with a high near 38 and a low around 5. Wednesday records show a 38 degree high and a -3 degree low. West of the continental divide: partly cloudy Thursday and Friday with occasional showers or snow flurries and little change, high 40 to 45. East of the divide: cloudy Thursday turning colder with snow flurries in northern and eastern portions.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
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