Soviets Reach Highway Near Baltic Coast in Pomerania
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky advance on the Stettin Danzig highway, seven miles from the Baltic shore, cutting Danzig from Germany and isolating a 150 mile coastal belt. Berlin reports Russians also breach lines north of Arnswalde near the Ihna river as Cossack and Siberian units push ahead.
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London
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Stettin-Danzig
Koeslin
Schlawe
Pomerania
Baltic
Bublitz
Danzig
Germany
Poland
Gulf of Danzig
Stettin
Stargard
Stettiner Haff
Oder
Moscow
Rokossovsky
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Pomer
Yankees Take Palawan Island as Pacific Push Advances
General MacArthur announced American forces seized Palawan, landing at Puerto Princesa with minimal resistance after shelling and air bombardment. Maj. Gen. Jens A. Doe’s infantry moved ashore, securing the capital and two airfields as ships unloaded cargoes. Palawan lies near Borneo and will help control South China Sea routes to Japanese-held territories.
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Manila
Philippine
Palawan
Japan
East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Puerto Princesa
Jens A. Doe
MacArthur
Borneo
South China Sea
Thailand
Indo-China
Malaya
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Wyoming Senator Seeks Bill to Nullify Jackson Hole Monument
Senator Robertson of Wyoming introduced a measure to amend the Antiquities Act. The bill would retroactively invalidate the Jackson Hole national monument, require state and local notices before proclamations, and abolish the 220000 acre reserve.
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Wyoming
Bill
Washington
Robertson
Wyo
Jackson Hole National Monument
Jackson Hole
Federal Register
Allied Air Offensive Strikes Deep Into Germany
About 2,500 heavy bombers from Italy and Britain hit German and Austrian targets including Cologne and Dresden. The German air force fought back in strength for the 19th day of the campaign, with at least 62 enemy planes shot down and twenty more destroyed on the ground.
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London
Italy
Britain
Cologne
Dresden
Germany
The Road to Berlin Map Distances
The report lists fronts with distances: Eastern front 32 miles from Zellin, Western front 291 miles west of Cologne, Italian front 644 miles from the river.
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Associated Press
Zellin
Cologne
Forces push Japanese near Manila water supply hub
American Sixth Division infantry under Maj. Gen. Edwin Patrick repulsed three Japanese counterattacks east of Manila on the Marikina watershed. In Manila, Gen. Robert Beightler’s 37th Infantry secured the Agriculture Building after a basement fight while the Finance Building remained held by Japanese forces. Farther afield, heavy air strikes hit North Borneo and Tarakan Jesselton airfields, Formosa area, and coastal ships near Hong Kong, sinking eleven ships and damaging fifteen.
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Associated Press
Manila
Marikina
Sixth
Edwin Patrick
Robert 8. Beightler
37Th
North Borneo
Palawan
Tarakan
Jesselton
Takao
Formosa
Hong Kong
China
Allied raid drives off German positions near Bologna
Fifth Army troops carried out a large scale raid east of the Castiglione Sasso Bolognese highways south of Bologna and silenced several enemy machineguns in a two hour fight. Patrols limited activity elsewhere with prisoners taken along the Senior river area and a raiding party dispersed southeast of Biancanigo.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Contignola
Gossett appoints James Bell director of weights and measures
Gov. C. C. Gossett appoints James Bell of Ru pert to director of weights and measures in the state department of agriculture.
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Boise
James Bell
Rupert
C. C. Gossett
State Department of Agriculture
Stars Stripes Rise Again At Corregidor
Gen Douglas MacArthur returned to Corregidor aboard a PT boat and ordered the stars and stripes raised at the peak of the flagstaff. Eleven staff members joined him from three years prior as a color-guarded ceremony unfolded with Col George Jones of Memphis receiving the Distinguishing Cross for the paratroopers. MacArthur declared the flag’s peak hoist a symbol that no enemy will haul it down, recalling the devastation and the march from Corregidor to Australia on March 11, 1942.
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Dean Schedler
Gen. MacArthur
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
503Rd Parachute Infantry Regiment
George Jones
Memphis
Tenn
MacArthur
Jones
Australia
Malinta
Japs Still Using American Scrap
A Bat tle Memorial Institute study for the army and navy reports Japanese use of U.S. scrap metal in their munitions. Metrology via spectroscope shows trace residuals in American scrap that could only come from U.S. exports before the war.
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New York
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Army
Navy Ordnance Departments
Office of Scientific Research and Development
United States
Japan
Senate panel votes to reject Aubrey Williams as REA chief
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 12 to 8 to oppose nominating Aubrey Williams to be rural electrification administrator. Chairman Thomas said he will confer with Majority Leader Barkley and other leaders before sending the action to the full Senate, delaying a committee report until next week.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aubrey Williams
Senate
Thomas
D- Okla
Barkley
Kentucky
Books Return At Fort Lewis From Guardhouse
Fort Lewis, Washington, guards recovered long missing library volumes from a guardhouse. The recovered titles include Heaven and The Devil and were returned to the Fort Lewis library.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
War fronts report broad advances across Europe and Pacific
On the Western Front the Ninth army captured Venlo and Neuss and approached Duesseldorf across the Rhine. Duesseldorf shelled and Cole faced heavy RAF bombing. Trier and Krefeld also fell. On the Russian Front Soviet forces pushed toward Koeslin and near the Stettin Danzig highway. a drive toward Prague was claimed. Patrol activity on the Italian Front persists. In the Pacific, the US advances in the Philippines seize Palawan and press toward the East Indies while North Borneo and Singapore suffer bombardment and heavy air strikes.
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Associated Press
Ninth Army
Venlo
Holland
Neuss
Rhine
Duesseldorf
First Army
Trier
Krefeld
Koeslin
Stettin-Danzig
Baltic Sea
Prague
Pacific
Island
Philippines
Palawan
East Indies
Manila
North Borneo
Singapore
Duisburg
Rhineland
Ruhr
Rhine Plain
Zuelpich
Cologne
Bonn
Berlin
Roer
Roermond
Gustav von Zangen
15Th
Germany
Muenchen Gladbach
Rheydt
Eisenhower
Tmme
Japs Regroup For Final Stand on Iwo Jima
U S Marines pressed the assault on Iwo Jima driving toward the island’s northern ridge to trap the Japanese garrison. Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine and Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey led tank and infantry thrusts as air and naval bombardment preceded landings. United States general headquarters reported Japanese defenses narrowing to fortified hills as troops fought stubbornly and shells traded offshore.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
U.S
Iwo Jima
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Mallee
Tokyo
Iwo
Graves B. Erskine
Motoyama
Devil Dogs
Keller E. Rockey
Morrie Landsberg
Chester W. Nimitz
Atkack
Six Detroit Area War Plants Closed as Strike Spreads
Six war plants in the Detroit area shut down today with 29,000 idle workers as a weeklong strike expands. Chrysler Dodge main and Dodge plants and four Briggs manufacturing facilities were closed, with three more Briggs units affected after union officers’ pleas to return to work were rejected.
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Detroit
Chrysler Dodge
Dodge
Brigg Manufacturing Company
Briggs
International United Automobile Workers
CIO
Idaho Senate Exposes Rift Over School Reorganization Bill
Senate leaders clash over a proposed school reorganization and funding plan. Chairman Gillette withdraws the measure, citing likely defeat, while Ambrose blasts the state board of education and advocates consolidating Albion and Lewiston into regional universities. A $3,025,000 public school income fund appropriation advances to aid equalization.
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Boise
F. C. Gillette
Teton
Senate Education Committee
Senate
Gillette
State Grange
State Board of Education
Grange
Stat Board
Teton County
Ambrose
Albion
Lewiston
University of Idaho Southern At
Pocatello
Lewiston Normal
University At Moscow
Idaho Southern
Board of Education
Senate Finance Committee
Gossett
House
Speakeasy Boom Emerges in New York After Cinderella Curfew
Daily News reporter David Charnay details a three day-old curfew triggering a spate of speakeasies across Manhattan. He notes post midnight access via cold introductions or written credentials, with drink prices from $1 to $20 per bottle of Scotch as liquor flows despite the restriction.
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New York
New York City
Daily News
David Charnay
Manhattan
Charnay
Weather summary for Pocatello area March 2
U S weather bureau reports for Pocatello Municipal Airport show low 18, high 42, mean 30 with 0.07 inch normal month-to-date. Snow tonight and Saturday, warmer statewide. Nearby stations include Idaho Falls 40/15, Dubois 33/6, Burley 46/24 trace.
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Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Uae
Wiltiansese
Burley
Idaho Senate considers aviation bill to form state commission
A proposed Idaho legislation endorsed by the State Aeronautics association would create a four member state aeronautics commission with four year terms and gubernatorial appointment. The bill aims to coordinate with federal agencies, allow contracts for airports, and requires swift passage before adjournment.
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Boise
State Aeronautics Association
State Aeronautics Commission
Senate
Idaho
State Affairs Committee
Leverett P. Davis
Civil Air Patrol
The
Aeronautics Association
A. W. Davis
Power
Taylor Gives First Talk in Senate
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho delivers a floor speech praising Henry Wallace as secretary of commerce. He commends Wallace for postwar analysis and a bold practical program and urges confirmation on the Senate floor.
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Washington
Senate
Henry Wallace
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
Wallace
Girls Digitally Guarded Roads By Young Russian Gunners
A group of U S naval officers and enlisted men returned from Yalta recounting how Russian girl machine gunners, some 17 or 18, helped guard roads near the big three conference site.
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U. S. Naval Forces IN
Europe
Yalta
Roosevelt
Indian commissioner nomination approved for Brophy
The Indian Affairs Committee approved today the nomination of William A. Brophy of Albuquerque New Mexico to be Indian commissioner.
Ninth Army Reaches Rhine Front and Ruhr End
American Ninth Army secured a Rhine stand and captured western Ruhr towns including Krefeld and Neuss while Third Army took Trier relieving the Moselle valley. Venlo and Roermond fell to Ninth and Canadian forces as fighting neared Cologne Bonn and Duesseldorf with heavy bombardment and planned Rhine crossing.
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Paris
Ninth Army
Rhine
Ruhr
Krefeld
Neuss
Duesseldorf
Germany
Trier
Third Army
Moselle
Middle Rhine
Coblenz
Mainz
Frankfort
Cologne
Rhineland
Plains
Kansas
Metropolis
Berlin
Bistline Seeks County Boundary Vote Over Power County
Idaho House passes a bill for a vote on annexing a 50 square mile Power county area to Bannock county. The district includes the Pocatello army air base, municipal airport and the 30 night club. Bistline says the change would place two airfields in Bannock.
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Boise
Idaho House
Bannock County
Power County
Pocatello Army Air Base
Francis Bistline
D-Bannock
Bannock
Ndenee
Bistline
Army Airfield
Idaho
House
Franklin County
Indian Complaints Stir Senate Over Indian Commissioner Nomination
Descina Clair Cheschillige told the senate Indian affairs committee that current policy teaches Indians to be better Indians not better Americans. He testified against President Roosevelt's nomination of William A Brophy of Albuquerque as Indian commissioner, with some Indians arguing the job should go to an Indian.
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Indian Bureau
Descina Clair Cheschillige
Senate
Indian Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
William A. Brophey
Albuquerque
Water Men Confer on Policy for Columbia Valley Authority
Idaho Reclamation association directors will determine policy on proposed Columbia Valley Authority at a March 6 meeting in Twin Falls. Three options exist endorsement protest or hands off said secretary William E Welsh. Opposing groups include the National Reclamation Association Northwest Associated General Contractors Idaho chamber of commerce.
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Boise
Columbia Valley Authority
Idaho Reclamation Association
Twin Falls
William E. Welsh
The
Nations al Reclamation Association
Northwest Associated General
Idaho Pra Chamber
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Speakeasy Returns
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Dewey Dupre
Opelousas
Lingayen Gulf
San Francisco
Navy
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
William A. Brophy
N. M
Rhine River
Earn
Euskirchen
Brittany
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Meuse
83Rd
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