Three Nazi Armies Break Across the Rhine
Broken remnants flee across the Rhine as Allied forces press across Western Europe. In the Pacific, U.S. B-29s hit Tokyo and surrounding areas for the eleventh time, with targets including Yokohama Nagoya and Shizuoka as forces advance from the Mariana bases under Maj. Gen. Lemay.
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Washington
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Federal Communications Commission
Yokohama
Nagoya
Shizuoka
Marianas Island
21St Bomber Command
Curtis E. Lemay
Two More Islands in Philippines Seized by Americans
American forces announced the seizure of two additional islands in the Philippines, extending control after gains in the archipelago. James Hutcheson reports on the new acquisitions and strategic implications for the region.
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Philippines
MacArthur Opens Legaspi Push with New Invasions
General Douglas MacArthur announces fresh Allied landings on the Legaspi area in southeastern Luzon. American divisions seize Ticao and Burias in the Sibuyan Sea to pressure the Bicol peninsula while advancing from Capu and capturing a major air field at Iba on Luzon’s west coast.
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Sibuyan Sea
Luzon
Bicol
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Legaspi
Philippines
Ticao
Burias
Sibuyan
San Bernadino Strait
Verde Passage
United States
Aspi
MacArthur
South Luzon
Solomons
Robert Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Williams Fights Roosevelt Nomination for REA Post
Aubrey Williams defiantly refuses to withdraw his nomination as rural electrification administrator. A Senate poll shows doubt about his confirmation, while Williams vows to carry the fight forward.
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Williams
REA Post
Associated Press
Washington
Aubrey Williams
Roosevelt
Senate
Flying Bombs Hit Britain Daylight Raid Draws RAF Response
London reports daylight V bomb attack on Britain for first time since autumn. RAF fighters hit launching sites in the Netherlands as the coast watch noted bombs shot down at sea and a transport strafed in the zone. Nazi Goebbels urged a last stand as attacks were set to intensify.
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London
Britain
Spitfire
Netherlands
England
Air Ministry
Goebbels
Three Montanans Wounded in Action Reported
The War department announced three Montana servicemen wounded in action in Europe. Next of kin have been notified. Names include Pvt. Billie G. Carr of Bozeman, Pvt. Robert J. White of Roundup, and Pfc. Gerald J. Wines of Lewis.
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Washington
War Department
Billie G. Carr
Fern Carr
Bozeman
Robert J. White
Lida E. White
Roundup
Gerald J. Wines
John Wines
Lewis
Chinese Troops Retake Yungsin After Three-Way Advance
Chinese forces advance from three directions and recapture Yungsin 120 miles east of Hengyang, cutting Japanese contact with Suichwan and Kanhsien in Kwangsi, according to the Chinese high command announced Saturday night.
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Chungking
Yungsin
Hengyang
Kwangsi Province
Suichwan
Kanhsien
Strongholds Toppled in Pomerania
Red army forces toppled the Pomeranian strongholds of Poltnow and Rummelsburg as part of a Baltic break through. Soviet advances aimed at Stettin and Labes threatened Kolberg and Swinemunde, with Moscow not confirming moves. Stalin announced Poltnow and Rummelsburg’s fall in an order of the day.
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London
Red Army
Poltnow
Rummelsburg
Baltic
Berlin
Koeslin
Stettin
Oder River
Pyritz
Danzig
Labes
Kolberg
Pomerania
Swinemuende
Stettiner Haff
Moscow
Stalin
Pollnow
Massacre of 150 Americans Reported by MacArthur
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced that 150 American war prisoners were killed by the Japanese at Puerto Princesa Palawan. A special release cited evidence the Japanese poured gasoline on the captives, ignited it, and machine-gunned them, with at least five escaping to Allied lines.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Puerto Princesa
Palawan Island
Douglas MacArthur
Yankeist Infantry Division
Puerto Princess
Americas Agree on Mutual Security Plan
The United States and Western Hemisphere nations agreed to use diplomatic and economic sanctions, and armed forces if needed, to prevent aggression in the hemisphere. The pact, called the act of Chapultepec, anchors a new inter American security system guiding the move toward a world organization.
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Mexico City
U.P
United States
San Francisco
Tom Connally
Texas
U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
World Organization
Con
U S Warships Hit Near Nip Homeland in Okinawa Raid
U S warships and carrier planes raided the Ryukyu chain with Okino Daito bombed 350 miles south of Japan. Nimitz said 55 enemy ships and 91 aircraft were destroyed or damaged, with eight American flyers lost. Okinawa and Formosa anchor a key military corridor as forces press toward Iwo Jima.
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Pacific Fleet
Guam
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Okino Daito
Nippon Mainland
Ryukyu
Chester W. Nimitz
Ryukyus
Iwo Jima
U. S
Nimitz
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Iwo
Okinawa
Philippines
Formosa
Native Butte Youth Wounded Again in France
First Lt. James H. Dickson Jr., native Butte youth decorated by France and the United States, has been wounded in action in France for the second time and is being treated for leg injuries at an Army hospital. Previously wounded in December, he earned the Croix de Guerre with bronze star, the Silver Star, the Purple Heart, and was promoted to first lieutenant.
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James H. Dickson, Jr
Butte
France
James H. Dickson
Bozeman
Mary Mills
Reno Sales
Dickson
U. S
McKinley
Boze
Draft Deferment Deadline Set
Helena March 3 The War Production Board district manager Oscar A Baarson announced March 10 as the deadline for draft deferment requests for essential workers. Employers must have certification from an authorized agency for 18 to 29 year olds in 2 A or 2 B as of Jan 1 to aid local draft boards in war effort decisions. Deferment requests should go through the Army Navy WPB Wartime Commission Petroleum Administration for War and other agencies.
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Helena
Montana
War Production Board
Oscar A. Baarson
Baarson
WPB
War Manpower Commission
Army, Navy
Wartime Commission
Petroleum Administration For War
ODT
War Food Administration
Rubber
Solid Fuels Administration
Weather Outlook West of Divide Takes Snow and Cold
West of divide snow and much colder with a cold wave in the north portion followed by snow flurries and even colder Sunday temperatures from 5 to 15 above zero. Monday brings partly cloudy skies and a slow rise in temps. East of divide a cold wave to the south and east brings light to moderate snow and strong winds with temperatures dipping to zero to five below north and zero to 10 above south by Sunday morning. Partly cloudy with few flurries Sunday afternoon, then clearing and very cold Sunday night. Monday looks generally fair with gradually rising temperatures northwest.
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Divide
Marines Push Nips Back Slowly on Iwo
U S Pacific Fleet report details marine progress on Iwo Jima as Maj. Gen Graves B Erskines Third Division drives to within 300 yards of the cliff edge in the northeast sector. Advances reach 200 to 400 yards on the west as heavy fire from mortars and small arms slows gains near Motoyama town and Minami pockets. Supply ships unload on eastern beaches to speed operations while Fifth and Fourth divisions grapple with left and right flank progress.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Graves B. Erskine
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Minami
Motoyama
Iwo
Kitano Point
Keller E. Rockey
Erskine
Leathernecks
Clifton B. Cates
Missoula Man Dies in Crash Near Jackson Hole
Forest service announced it intercepted a radio report that two of three men aboard a private plane missing since Friday afternoon were killed in a crash 30 miles south of Jackson. Jackson deputy game warden Bob Brown, aboard the plane, reported the others’ deaths as he walked out of Moose Creek in Gray's River country.
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Jackson
Wyo
Forest Service
Jackson Hole
Bob Brown
Wyoming
Moose Creek
Gray's River
Dick Johnson
Mis
Chaos at Approaches to Wesel Bridges Amid Rhine Breakout
Allied forces pressed the German retreat as the Ninth and Canadian First armies linked to crush remnants of the First parachute army and 15th army. Germans blew bridges and retreated toward the Rhine while western front actions pushed toward Cologne and Bonn.
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Paris
Rhine
First Parachute Army
15Th Army
Wesel
Fifth Panzer
Duisburg
U. S. First Army
Germany
Cologne
First Army
Bonn
Eisenhower
Ninth Army
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
U. S. Third Army
Eifel
Duessedorf
Second Armored
Seven Nazi Oil Plants Are Heavily Blasted
American air forces blasted seven oil plants in Germany in a major strike. The 200 mile long bomber stream of 1100 aircraft and 700 fighters targeted Brunswick and Chemnitz rail yards while others hit front line targets along the Rhine and toward Berlin. The operation continued for a 19th straight day with heavy casualties and widespread damage.
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London
U.P
Germany
Brunswick
Chemnitz
Berlin
Hannover
Ruhland
Dresden
Reich
Rhine
Chinese Doctor Treating Doolittle Airmen Returns for Training
Dr. Shen-Yen Chen who aided Capt. Ted Lawson and four other airmen after the 1942 Doolittle raid is en route to the United States for two years of surgical training funded by the government. He supplied vital medical care after the crash in China.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Tokyo
Shen-Yen Chen
Ted Lawson
Lawson
China
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Kanto
Tokyo - Yokohama
Tokai
Iwo Island
Emperor's Palace
By James Hutcheson
F.D.R
By Richard Kalischke
Palawan
Americas
Hemisphere
R. H. Shackford
Shell Okino Daito
By Elmonte Waite
By Leif Erickson
Missoula
Allied Headquarters
Enemy
1St Parachute Army
By Austin Bealmear
Dougald Werner
U.S
Joe Rosenthal
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