Red Army advances squeeze Berlin from Luttin to Stettin
Soviet forces drive a rapid advance within 45 miles of Berlin’s Baltic port Luttin while other spearheads push toward Stettin and cross the Oder. Reports say Berlin and Stettin now fear a sudden Russian move that could isolate either city as heavy fighting rages along the Oder line and in East Prussia with captures near Kreuzburg and a strike across Pomerania.
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London
Red Army
Berlin
Baltic
Luttin
Oder River
Reich
Pomerania
Stettin
Oder
East Prussia
Kreuzburg
Hoenigsburg
Moscow
Bloscow
Oder Line
H Kuestrin
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Dutch Cabinet Stirs World Security Talks With Big Three
The Netherlands questions big powers authority to judge smaller nations as the Big Three discuss proposed world security reforms. Dutch objections to a Soviet proposal trigger tense debate among Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin as talks loom. A 6000 word Dutch note to the Big Three hints at hesitation over joining a global security body if the Russian plan prevails.
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London
Security Council
Roosevelt
Church
Stalin
Black Sea Area
Netherlands
Admiral Hart Named to U S Senate Seat in Connecticut
Adm. Thomas C. Hart, 67, nominated by Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin to fill the late Sen. Francis T. Maloney’s seat. Hart would serve until after the 1936 election to complete Maloney’s term ending January 1937, and the full six-year term. He will resign from the Navy after formal notification and return to Connecticut. He is a Sharon resident.
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Hartford
Reymond E. Baldwin
Thomas C. Hart
Navy
General Board
United States Asiatic Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Francis T Maloney
Hart
Sharon
Conn
Maloney
Connecticut
French Upset Over Snub by Big Three in German Talks
Paris officials expressed astonishment and disappointment that the Big Three discussed Germany's fate without France. The Quai d Orsay demanded a predominant role in occupation plans and said advance notice of the conference was not given. The Rhineland remained the key issue driving French distrust.
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Paris
Germany
France
t the Quai @Orsey
Reich
Wedrnesday
Black Sea
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Foreign Office
Rhineland
England
Cal
Free German
Wreck May Be Army Planes Strike At Iwo Jima Fate
Adm Nimitz announced fighter activity around Iwo Jima as Army, Marine and Navy planes attacked bases in Palau and Marshall Islands. Reports noted a possible wreckage at Pacific Beach tied to Richard Halliburton missing since February 2, with a marine surveyor suggesting the junk built in pre Orient, tied to Halliburton’s planned voyage to the San Francisco World Fair.
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Cine
Iwo Jima
Pacific Fleet
Army
Tokyo
Adm
Chester’ty
Nimitz
Iwo
Saipan
Pawa
Okura
Haha Jima
Borin Islands
Marine
Navy
Caro- Noe
Palau
Marshall Islands
Rota
Marianas
Alas
San Diego
Cel
Pacific Beach
Richard Halliburton
Klom. Walker
Halliburton
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Walker
Hallburton
Hissink
Franco Plans Western Alliance Against Russia Rejected
The article reports that Francisco Franco proposed a Western European alliance against the Soviet Union, which Winston Churchill rejected. Churchill clarified Britain would cooperate with Russia and the United States toward peace and final victory, sending copies of the correspondence to President Roosevelt. The piece notes Madrid's regime drew little warmth from Britain and Washington, with Franco seeking to salvage his political future after Nazi Europe.
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Washington
Pri
Inister
Churchill
Fussia
Francisco Franco
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Roosevelt
Stalin
Franco
Hitler
Maube
Europe
Spain
Madrid
Spy Scared Of Companion Witness Testimony
A witness at the military trial testified that William Curtis Colepaugh, a 26 year old American accused as a Nazi spy, feared German associates Erich Gimpel or Green. Edmund Mulcahy, 28, of Jamaica X, described Colepaugh saying he had returned from Germany and feared his supposed handlers, and that he admired the German army over the government.
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New York
William Curtis Colepaugh
Erich Gimpei
Germany
Edmund F. Mulcahy
Jamaica
shoe sales_ mart
Colepaugh
Admiral Farragut Academy
Toms River
J. 4A
Governors Island
Gimpel
Green
Thomas J. Donegan
FLBL
Austria
América
Churchill Acknowledges Birthday Tribute From Syracuse Chapter
Britain's Prime Minister acknowledged a birthday tribute sent by the Syracuse chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. In a letter to chapter secretary Joseph Harvey Schaeffer, Churchill recalled three possible ancestors who fought for the Continental side in the American Revolution.
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Syracuse
Britain
Cy 1
Joseph Harvey Schaeffer
Churchill
Schaeffer
Onondaga County
New York
Maj
Lébbens Ball
Reuben Murray
Samuel Jerome
Dewey Urges Daily U S Role in World Conference Plans
The New York Governor and 1943 Republican nominee says Big Three talks are insufficient and the United States must be in every day discussions with Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. He criticizes "false liberalism" in postwar plans while pledging GOP support and stressing continued U S leadership in shaping lasting peace.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Presidentasevelt
Dewey
Roosevelt
Churchill
Great Briain
Stalin
Russia
Pavia
Brass Hats Blamed for Labor Crisis in Senate Speech
Senator Brooks charged military leaders including General George C. Marshall and Admiral Ernest J. King with mismanaging manpower and provoking public overconfidence. He faulted administration messaging and selective service debates while citing overproduction of war material and shortages as signs of broader missteps.
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Washington
Brooks
R-Ci
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Senate
Tydings
Marshall
Hing
New del
America
Nazis Admit Berlin Hit in U S Raid
A German news agency report describes Berlin as heavily hit by a U S air raid. It says the Berlin State Opera House and the Castle were damaged or burned, claiming the attack caused significant cultural loss and vowing to respond.
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Berlin
U.S
London
DXB
Nelsons file for marriage license in District Court
An application for a marriage license was filed in the District Court by Donald M. Nelson 56 and Marguerite Coulbourne 26. The filing occurred late yesterday.
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Nelson
Washington Pt
Donald M. Nelson
Marguerite Coulbourn
Lewis Return To A F L Strikes Snag
The 13 member A F L executive council discussed terms for readmitting John L Lewis and the 600,000 United Mine Workers. TJobin supporters push to violate conditions while William Hutcheson and Willan Green weigh stakes. No conclusion reached as talks extend into next week.
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Miami
Fia
John L. Lewis
Ifl Lk
Américan Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Daniel J. ‘Tobin
I the Teamsters
Coutrch
Norwegian security chief slain in ambush near Oslo
Oslo reported that Norway’s state security police chief Karl Marthinser, appointed by Premier Vidkun Quisling, was killed in an ambush while driving to his office yesterday morning. Officials announced the death in Oslo last night.
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Stockholm
Karl Marthinser
Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Oslo
Thaw Ahead Through Snowy Midwest After Storm
A major snowstorm dumped six inches in the Troy area and left deep drifts as a thaw moves eastward. A colossal low pressure system and warm temperatures threaten widespread rain and possible flooding though officials see no immediate food danger. The thaw spreads across the Dakotas and Midwest, with highs in the forties and flood warnings forming as the pattern shifts.
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Weaer Baresi
Troy
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Mid-West Plains
Allies Brace for Prolonged Nazi Resistance in Southern Germany
Allies and military planners expect Nazi forces to continue fighting in southern Germany despite pressure from Red Army advances. The Joint Chiefs of Staff consider Western offensives unlikely to alter plans significantly, with remnants of the German army urged to resist from fortified inner lines as supply lines hold out for months.
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Lex
Germany
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Germam
Palace Cold Report From Buckingham Palace
A London observer reports Queen Elizabeth inspecting a kitchen exhibit and noting the cold in Buckingham Palace. The queen comments on fuel shortages and the lack of coal, describing the palace as cold.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Allies Strike Toward German Rhine from Nijmegen Front
Allied forces led by Field Marshal Montgomery pushed from Nijmegen into Germany as the Western Front opened a major advance toward the Rhine. British and Canadian divisions breached the German line, penetrating two miles with plans to skirt the Roer defenses and threaten Ruhr cities.
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Paris
Rhineland
Berlin
Germany
Bernard L. Montgomery
Hollands
Perch
Montgomery
Hlevetamet
Rhine
Klece
Ruhr and
Enmerich
Wesel
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Roer
First Army
Ukewise
Nijmegen Basle
Aseault
Ruhr
Silesia
Nazis Seize Grain as Food Crisis Deepens in Reich
The German regime decreed immediate surrender of all wheat barley and rye for bread production. Peasants must hand over grain even if livestock starves. The move follows losses of eastern lands and a surge of refugees into Germany.
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London
Reich
Heinrich Himmler
Berlin
Ministry of Agriculture
Food and Transportaion
Minister of Food and Agriculture
Vada
No Freight Embargo This Week End Declared
The Office of Defense Transportation announced no embargoes this weekend despite weather conditions. Officials noted past embargoes occurred in regions with severe weather harming railroad lines. No new embargoes are expected, according to DDT.
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Willan
Office of Defense Transportation
Foxtering
Soap Production for Civilians to Be Cut by War Food Admin
Washington reports the War Food Administration orders manufacturers to limit civilian soap output due to material shortages. Officials say supplies will meet normal requirements if buyers purchase only as needed.
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Washington (P
War Feod Administration
Yanks Enter Enemy Held Manila Area
American forces in amphibious craft push into Manila’s Pasig River zone seizing the docks near Malacanan while fires burn in Intramuros. Japanese suicide squads resist as MacArthur’s Sixth Army advances across central Luzon towns enabling heavy enemy losses and Allied material captures including tanks and artillery.
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Manila
Yankee
Robers Beightler
Pasig
Malacanan Palace
Ittrameros
Manil
Tatramuraga
Iith Airborne Division
Ares
Joseph ML Swing
Pasesc
Intramuros
Orimos
Arthur Freidman
Malacanan
Panda¢an
Rocky Corregidor Island
Bay
Luzon
MacArthur
Sixth Army
Munoz
Rizel
Luyac
Fvestar
Munoz Zione
British Troops Compare Nazis to Elas in Debate
A British press report notes soldiers alleging Nazis were gentler than Elas while addressing conditions. The Trades Union Congress delegation faced questions amid claims of Communist influence in the ELA and comments about German conduct during the conflict.
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London
Trades Union Congress
Greeer
ELA. M-Edss
Bush Tom
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