Iwo Jima Casualties Highlight Difficult Battle
Navy Secretary Forrestal said 4,050 Marines were killed at Iwo Jima and about 12,900 Japanese fatalities were counted. He called the fight highly successful and vital as a sea and air gate, noting Japanese defense was tougher than expected and many enemy bodies were removed. Forrestal led a three week trip to the Pacific meeting Gen. Douglas MacArthur and voiced regret over Lt Gen Harman's loss.
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Navy
Forrestal
Iwo Jima
Pacific
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Iwo
Japant
Japan
United States
MacArthur
Philippines
Douglas Macarthur
Philppines
Millard Harmen
Army Air Forces
Strikers Get 1-A Status in Lebanon District
Lebanon Pa. All Reading Street Railway Co operators under 33 in the jurisdiction of local Draft Board No. 1 have been classified 1-A the board said yesterday. Nineteen operators are registered, but the number of deferred men was not disclosed. The board discussed reclassification but did not reach a decision as transportation remains tied up by a work stoppage.
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Lebanon
Reading Street Railway Co
Ciaft
Keating-Lebanon
Nurses' Aids Provide Huge Service During Wartime
In 1940 about 250 008 nurses served in hospitals nationwide while the Red Cross trained over 150 000 nurses' aides to ease wartime shortages. Rensselaer County Chapter had 236 aides last year totaling 25 206 hours, and since 1941 a total of 327 aides earned certificates and contributed 53 389 hours.
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Red Cross
Rensselaer County
Japs Lost 215 000 in Philippines
Manila reports that about 215 000 Japanese troops on Luzon and Leyte have been killed or destroyed as Allied forces press ground and air assaults. MacArthur notes Yamashita’s divided forces on Luzon remain critical while guerrillas drive losses in Zambales and nearby areas.
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Manila
Luzon
Leyte
E Mpire
Douglas Macarthur
Tomoyuki Yamashite
MacArthur
Sigces Norte
RW. Volckmaan
Batile
1Th Corps
Antipolo-Wawa
Marakina
Yamashita
RAF Strikes Rail City Near Russian Front
RAF bombers attacked targets in Germany amid continued air raids over the Reich. More than 400 Flying Fortresses and Liberators escorted by fighters hit Harburg refinery yards near Chemnitz, with 230 Lancasters raiding Ruhrpenzel Plant near Gelsenkirchen amid weather challenges. Four bombers and three fighters were lost.
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London
Germany
Chem
Chemnitz
Czechoslovakia
Eighth
Ruhrpenzel
Gelsenkirchen
RAF
Bron
U. S
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Soldiers Move to Backlog London Docks Amid Strike
British troops augmented London docks to unload priority cargoes as a general strike surged with 3,000 soldiers now on site. Hundreds more joined the action as Scottish miners extended a stoppage, with Abe Moffat estimating tens of thousands out and nightly disruption over tonnage and absenteeism.
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London
Britain
Abe Moffat
Miners’ Union, Scottish District
U S Marines Repel Infiltration Attempts On Iwo Jima
Admiral Nimitz reported repeated Japanese attempts to infiltrate U S Marine lines on Iwo Jima were broken up with no substantial change in positions after a 15 day battle. He noted heavy small arms and artillery fire but said all attacks failed, with continued fighting near cliffs in the north and northwest.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
U.S
Iwo. Jima
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Tokyo
Ninitz
Iwo
Nimita
Vinson Named New Federal Loan Chief
President Roosevelt nominated Fred M. Vinson to head the federal loan administration after Henry Wallace was blocked by the Senate. Vinson, 34, formerly Economic Stabilization Director, would take over the Reconstruction Finance Corp division once run by Jesse Jones, with Jones ousted to make room for Wallace.
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Roosevelt
Fred M. Vinson
Eronomic Stabilization
Federal Loan Administration
Senate
Henry Wallace
Jesse Jones
Houston
Tex
Wallace
Jones
Office of Price Administration
War Labor Board
White House
Vinson
Loan Post
Kentucky
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Derich
House of Representatives
Allied Planes Raid Amoy Chinese City
Gokyo radio quoted by Japanese sources says Allied planes bombed Amoy in Fukien province yesterday between 1 and 4 20 p m Japanese time. The Federal Communications Commission recorded the broadcast which claimed machine gun fire and bombs at several points but mentioned no damage or aircraft losses.
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Gokyo Radio
Amoy
Fukien
Federal Communications Commmission
Ives-Quinn Antidiscrimination Bill Passes in Legislature
New York’s Ives Quinn bill to ban employment discrimination was approved by the Senate 49 to 6 after lower house passage. Governor Dewey signaled approval, calling it an historic step toward equality of opportunity for all regardless of race creed color or national origin.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Ives Quinn
New York State
New York
Gilbert T. Seeke
Rensselaer - Saratoga
Ninth Army Seizes 17 Carloads of Rockets
The U S Ninth Army captured 17 carloads of German rocket weapons at a rail siding near Rheardt Germany. The rockets are four feet long with a powerful warhead and long range. They were initially used against American troops in the Ardennes and have since been proposed as mobile artillery substitutes.
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Rheardt
Germany
Doughneys
U. S
Ninth Army
35Th Infantcy
Air Raid Alerts Prompt Housewife Meal Prep in London
London housewives anticipate air raid alerts as electricity powers warning sirens. The German radio reported last night that alerts enable cece and chance to cook meals, reflecting wartime shelter routines and homefront drills.
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Hausfraus
London
Bertin
Cece
Russians Capture Stargard Forts and Advance Near Stettin
Russian forces seized outer defenses of Stargard east of Stettin and advanced through 350 localities along Nazi lines in Pomerania. They pressed suburbs of Stettin, crossed the Oder near Alt-Dacun, and moved toward Berlin from a front near the Baltic. Additional gains northeast took eighty localities including Wiesenthal and Gross-Tychow while Kolberg remained contested. It was unclear if any American prisoners were freed.
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London
Stettin
Stargard
Pomeradia
Stettin Bay
Berlin
Alt-Dacun
East Bank
Oder
Fallen Stargard
Wiesenthal
Schiawe
Danzig
Gross-Tychow
Koeslin
Moscow
Baltic
Kolberg
Bundéy Hight
Naugard
Rioting Fascists Alarm Bucharest Amid Crisis
Tass dispatch cites Romanian paper Momentul saying fascist bands aided by Radescu’s interior ministry roam Bucharest in cars, fire on democratic leaders’ homes, incite panic as Romania’s government collapses after prime minister resignation. A Budapest AP note mentions Groza forming a new government. Prison break frees 174 inmates raising fear of anti Semitic unrest.
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Moscow
Tass
Bucharest
United Nations
Strom
Leapital
Radescu
Momentul Sain
The
Inerior
Associated Press
Budapest
Minaj
Petre Grow
Radesen
Groza
National Democratic Front Tasseni
Ware den
Nations debate veto rights at San Francisco conference
The United States invites 39 nations to the San Francisco World Security Conference opening April 25 to form a world organization and enforce peace. The Yalta voting formula would allow any great power to veto force, while smaller nations press to curb big power authority. France declines sponsorship, seeking changes to Dumbarton Oaks plan. other nations push to empower the less powerful. Continued on Page Eleven.
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UPI
United Nations
Poland
San Francisco
State Department
Yalta
France
Alhough
World Organization
United States
First Lady Receives Symbolic Mink Coat Gift
Franklin D. Roosevelt received a mink coat from the Quebec Fur Breeds Cooperative Association on behalf of all American women. Dr E La Forest said the coat symbolizes economic cooperation and world peace, aligning with a new trade alliance with New York mfgs. A second coat with Quebec crest was given to the Army and Navy relief effort to raise 25 000 dollars.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Quebec Fur Breeds Cooperative Association
Drs 3
E. la Forest
Quebec
New York
Furi House
Roosevelt
Army
Allies Enter Cologne as Germans Abandon City in Retreat
U S First Army tanks penetrated Cologne and seized over a fifth of the city in assaults from three sides. The Germans blew the Hohenzollern Bridge and began shelling from the east, with many fleeing across the Rhine. Canadian and American forces pressed the advance while civilians hid in cellars and bridges at Duisburg Bonn and Wesel.
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Cologne
Rhine
Hobenzollern
Hohenzollern
James L. Cronin
Troy
Manufacturers National Bank
American Legion
Paris
U.S
Cty
Reich
Hohenzollzen
Third Armored
104Th Infantry
Eighth
Tooth
Water
Stalingrad
Cologné
Rhenish
Prussia
Duesseldorf
Duisberg
U.S. Ninth Army
Homberg
Rheinbergen
Bonn
Wesel
Rheinberg
Canadian First Army
Rees
Ruhr
Ints
Orsey
Canadian First
U.S. Ninth
Us First Army
Congress Hones In On Fertility Report Publication
A House subcommittee led by Rep. Boren investigates the government 265 page fertility study on women and children after a newspaper account. The inquiry questions paper production and whether the work misleads readers with statistical methods and misinterpreted wording.
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Washington
Congress
Rep. Boren
D-Okla
House Interstate Commerce
Brava
Robio
Brown
Gerry Riattz
Washington Post Ie
Census Bureau
Yanks Reach Cologne Amid Street Fights and Civilians
American Timberwolves of the 114th Division attacked Cologne at 9 am yesterday and entered the city 33 minutes later facing German antiaircraft fire and artillery. Civilians remain in western Cologne as troops take quarters and signal centers while families evacuate with children amid the advancing infantry.
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Cologne
Cancer Aid To Be Unified
New national organization to coordinate cancer research in the United States was announced by the American Cancer Society. The plan aims to unify researchers, physicians, chemists, and other scientists under a council led by Rear Admiral Charles S. Stephenson, retired, with cooperation from doctors, scientists, farmers, and government entities.
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New York
United States
American Cancer Society
Farmien and Goverment
Adm
Charles 5. Stephenson
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