Thousands of First Army Troops Surge Across Rhine in Germany
Tokyo radio reported U S forces bombarded Zamboanga Mindanao in what Japanese called a prelude to a landing on Mindanao second largest Philippines island The broadcast cited a naval bombardment since Thursday and described Mindanao as a target as MacArthur drives toward Luzon with Davao bypassed
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First Army
Rhine
Germany
Tokyo Radio
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Philippines
United Press
San Francisco
Davao
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Luzon
Mindanao Island
Basilan Strait
Sulu Sea
Moro Gulf
Senate OKs voluntary manpower bill with penalties for hoarding
The Senate passed a voluntary manpower bill with penalties for employers who hoard surplus war workers, while workers face no penalties. The 63 to 16 vote split included 39 Democrats and 23 Republicans plus one Progressive for. 9 Republicans and 7 Democrats against. The move contrasts with a House compulsory version, signaling a future compromise. An amendment on appeal rights to War Mobilization director Byrnes passed 40 to 36 amid barbed debates.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Joseph H. Ball
R-Minn
James F. Byrnes
Sen
Wayne Morse
R-Ore
Richard Mackey Wounded in Germany Action
Pvt. Richard V. Mackey, 30, was wounded in action February 7 in Germany and is being treated in a French hospital. Information was relayed to his wife Mrs. Signe Mackey of 2105 Silver Bow Boulevard by a War Department telegram noting the wound as slight.
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Richard V. Mackey
Germany
France
Signe Mackey
Silver Bow Boulevard
War Department
Goebbels Claims War Reaches Climax Then Ends Swiftly
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels urged Germans that the war had peaked and would collapse in a sudden final phase. He predicted German morale would carry victory, likening war to a hurricane that ends as abruptly as it erupts. He argued fronts remain fluid and not yet stabilized.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Goebbels
Das Reich
Flood Appears to Be Diminishing in Ohio Valley
Portsmouth battles Ohio River flood with sandbag dikes and a 62 foot wall as crest nears the Mississippi. Rain fed floods have claimed at least 10 lives and displaced about 150000. authorities expect Mississippi controls to prevail downstream.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Aar
Mississippi
Scioto
Vinson Reverses Position on Fringe Wages
In a late act as economic stabilizer, Fred M. Vinson accepted War Labor Board fringe wage standards and overruled OPA veto power. He ordered WLB approval of wage adjustments to take effect with authorization of the stabilizer, under Davis's leadership, ending a dispute over vacation and shift differentials and other adjustments.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
War Labor Board
OPA
Vinson
WLB
William H. Davis
Davis
House Opens Bid for Share in Writing Peace Terms
The House began a bid to influence postwar peace terms as the rules committee set two days of general debate on a constitutional amendment to remove the Senate two thirds vote requirement for treaties. The Senate judiciary committee will not act on constitutional amendments until after the war ends.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rules Committee
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Russian Tanks 25 Miles From Berlin
Russian tanks closed to within 25 miles of Greater Berlin as the second day of the offensive began. Soviet forces moved into Danzig territory within 12 miles of the Free City, with advances toward Stettin and Gdynia. The First and Second White Russian armies reportedly captured 360 towns and villages.
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London
Greater
Berlin
Moscow
Danzig
Free City
Oder
Rhine
Seelow
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Russia
Stettin
K. K. Rokossovsky
Marienburg
Mandalay's Fall Said Imminent
British and Indian troops pushed into Mandalay's northern suburbs after a 14 mile night advance through collapsing Japanese resistance. The capture of Mandalay, a city of 135000, would seal retreat routes and complete a major Burma campaign move toward Rangoon.
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Calcutta
Mandalay
Burma
Scond
Obo
Madaya
Irrawaddy River
Nimitz Drops Hint On Pacific Command Shift
Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz said staff discussions consider a new Pacific command setup and hinted an Army leader may direct the invasion of Japan. He noted bases beyond the Pacific coast could be needed and suggested China or Russia might host supply points as the war moves toward Iwo Jima and Tokyo.
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Washington
U.P
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Manila
Tokyo
George C. Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marshall
Nimitz
Pacific Ocean
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Fleet Adm
Ernest J. King
U. S. Fleet
Adm
William F. Halsey, Jr
Third Fleet
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
China
U. S. Navy
Russia
Iwo Jima
Crossing Rhine Boosts War Effort Across Europe
Paris reports United States First Army forces crossed the Rhine at Remagen and seizing a bridgehead four miles east, signaling a potential hastening of the European war’s end. Across Cologne, preliminary crossings at Remagen created a dramatic shift in the western front and prompted Allied leaders to press advance toward the Ruhr.
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Paris
First Army
Rhine
Cologne
Germany
Europe
Normandy
Brussels
Remagen
London
Ludendorff
Supreme Headquarters
Courtney H. Hodges
East Bank
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Berlin
Howard Cowan
Ruhr
Wes Gallagher
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Reich
Americans Seize Aringay and Push in Luzon Front
American forces of the 33rd division seized Aringay on Luzon's west coast and the 25th division probed toward the Balete pass as Yanks advance along the south coast near Lemery. The 11th Airborne and 158th regiment reached Balayan bay while MacArthur reported heavy air and sea bombardment against Japanese positions.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Manila
Luzon
Aringay
Baguio
Balayan Bay
Lemery
Digdig
Carranglan
Balete Pass
Cagayan
Marikina
Shimbu
Antipolo
Wawa
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
China Sea
Philippines
Formosa
Mindanao
MacArthur
Saposa Island
Matchin Bay
Bougainville
Surprise Rhine Crossing Marks First Army Breakthrough
On the east bank of the Rhine in inner Germany the American Army crossed into Hitler's inner fortress as a single infantry company led by Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges breached the river at 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday. The crossing happened at a weak point and opened a broad advance into the green hills beyond with German shelling continuing. Second Lt. Burroughs and First Lt. Carl Timmerman helped identify a passage while the story continues on page 12.
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Rhine
Germany
U.P
Berlin
Gibraltar
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Adolf Hitler
Burroughs
Carl Timmerman
West Point
Neb
Butte Weather Forecast Friday Snow Showers Likely
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions in Butte with occasional snow showers Friday and Friday night. Expected high near 38. Montana region west of the Continental Divide sees mainly fair weather Friday and Saturday with scattered showers or snow flurries in mountains and little temperature change. East of the divide expected clear to partly cloudy and warmer with highs 40 to 50 and scattered western mountain flurries.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Marines Score Advances on Iwo Jima
U S Pacific Fleet dispatches report the Third Marine division near cliff tops east of Iwo Jima beaches and the Fifth Marine division pushing 1,000 yards up the northwest shore. Tanks aided the advance as carrier planes bombed positions and warships shelled the island.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Third Marine
Iwo
Fifth Marine Division
Navy
Graves B. Erskine
Kitano Point
Keller E. Rockey
Fifth Marine
Rockey
Fourth Marine
Clifton B. Cates
United States
Fifth Fleet
Heavy Bombers Hit Ruhr Valley in 24th Day of War
Nearly 1,700 U S Eighth Air Force heavy bombers and fighters hit rail yards and motor fuel plants in the Ruhr as the 24th day of the sustained air campaign continued. Only one bomber was reported missing amid minimal anti aircraft fire and no German air resistance.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Ruhr
Rhine
Ted Menpaulos
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Mustang
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U.S
Puerto Princesa
Palawan
By James C. Austin
Richard Mackey
R. V. Mackey
By Romney Wheeler
Frank L. Martin
Allied Supreme Headquarters
C. R. Cunningham
By Austin Bealmear
North
Island
Vancouver
B. C
Greenfield Park
Inner
Marines
Verne Haugland
Ruhr Valley
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