Marines Break Through Japanese Fortifications On Iwo Jima
United States Marines drove two salient advances into the north end of Iwo Jima as three divisions renewed the invasion. Heavy Japanese resistance persisted with small arms and machine gun fire while heavy bombardment and carrier air strikes targeted Chichi and Haha. The west side showed the biggest gains as Marine divisions pressed to split the garrison, with a record naval artillery barrage signaling intensified operations.
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U. 3
Pacific Fleet
United States
Iwo
Adm
Chester W. Ninite
Keller E. Rockey
Fitch! Marine
Graves
B. Erskine
Baring
Clifton B. Gates
Fourth Marine
Bonins
Chichi
Haha
Marine Landsberg
Expeditionary Force
Landsberg
Pacific
Japan
Looting breaks out in Cologne after Nazi rule ends
German crowds celebrate liberation by looting food stores liquor warehouses and clothing floors in Cologne as occupation troops struggle to maintain order. nine citizens raid damaged sites near the Rhine while locals offer wine to American soldiers amid jubilant chaos and drunken revelry.
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Cologne
Germany
Reich
Alstade
Old City
Walter H. Stevens
Salt Lake City
Rhine
Flood Sufferers Aid From Red Cross
The American Red Cross provides disaster relief for floods epidemics tornadoes train wrecks and earthquakes supplying shelter clothing food medical care and assistance to reestablish homes. In the last year the Red Cross aided victims of more than 250 catastrophes. The Rensselaer County Chapter has a disaster committee handling emergencies and has given clothing bedding and emergency care to Bre victims.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Rensselaer County
Maar Atea famBieg
Bre
Two Area Men Rescued by MacArthur
George Moore of Troy and Rev. Frederick E Julien of Watervliet were freed from Los Banos internment camp on Luzon by American forces. Julien, a missionary priest, had been captive since the fall of the Philippines and later celebrated his first Mass in Watervliet after ordination in Albany. Moore, a former Navy veteran and civilian worker in the Quartermaster Corps, had been interned since May 1942 and had lived in the Philippines for two decades.
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Troy
George Moore
Watervliet
Frederick E. Julien
Luzon
Philippines
Mondus
Washington, D. C
Los Banos
Julien
Frederick A Julien
Fourth Avenue
Pearl Berber
Akyab
Burma
Santo Tomas
Pacific
Father Julien
Albany
St Bridget’s Church
LaSalle Institute
Pvt
Theodore F. Julien
Air Corps
Mississippi
Marian Belanger
Watervliet Arsenal
Moore
Jacob ‘Moore
40 Spring Avenue
Quarterminster Corps
Jacob Moore, Jr
Manpower Bill Faces Senate Vote After Two Rejections
The Senate rejected two compulsory manpower control proposals and prepared to vote on a milder bill from the military affairs committee. A Bailey work or fight plan for 18 to 25 year olds failed 60 to 23, and Revercomb's substitute to authorize War Manpower Commission ceilings and work draft for 38 to 45 nonessential workers failed 54 to 27. Advocates urged voluntary cooperation as the best path.
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Washington
Senate
Bailey
DNC
Senator Revercomb
R-W. Va
War Manpower Commission
Revercomb
Patton Praised For Swimming by Wife in Massachusetts
Mrs. George S. Patton lauded her husband General Patton as a superb swimmer and swift in the water. She recalled his wartime feats with the Third Army and noted his earlier Olympic placement in 1922, where he finished third in a swimming event.
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Hamilton
Mass
George &. Patton
Patton
Argentina Bid To Enter United Nations
Mexican and American republics held a secret session and endorsed inviting Argentina to join the new hemisphere system and the United Nations. The move signals broad regional support for Argentina’s UN membership.
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Argentina
United Nations
Mexico City
Reds Launch Battle For Berlin Front
Soviet forces reportedly opened a major offensive toward Berlin from bridgeheads on the Oder river. Zhukov’s First White Rose Army Group led the assault after a lengthy artillery barrage into the west bank fortress near Küstrin. German and Allied reports note massive tank support and large scouting operations as the push began.
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Londoe
Berlin
Kuestrin
West Bank
Oder River
Zhukov
Associated Press
Eday Gilmore
Moscow
Berlina
Oder
Pomerania
Baltic
Davis Moves To Settle Old Wage Dispute
President Roosevelt appoints 63 year old Davis to head the Office of Economic Stabilization as Vinson takes the lodn post. Davis says fringe wage demands will be settled using Vinson guidance but will render his own decisions. Taylor named to chair the labor board replacing Davis.
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Washington Gpi
William Davis
Fred ML. Vinson
Warine Board
Davis
Vinson
Office of Price Administration
Office of
Roosevelt
George W. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Labor Board
Four Churchmen Arrigned for Charity Fraud in New York
Four churchmen were arrested and arraigned on 12 counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy. They allegedly used the Church as a pretense to raise about 100000 dollars a year for 13 years through the American Catholic Orthodox Church Inc and its Community Mission. They canvassed in west Manhattan collecting 1.33 to 2.50 donations for nonexistent charitable operations.
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New York
Clit
Frank S Hogan
Hogeo
American Catholic Orthodox Church, Inc
West
Manhattan
Cabinet Gives Bonomi Vote Of Confidence
Rome premier Ivance Bonomi weathered a second political crisis in three months as the cabinet, in an extraordinary session after unrest at the Royal Palace, reaffirmed confidence and pledged swift Fascist purge. The ministers, guarded by tanks, said there is no reason to break the coalition despite opposition calls for overthrow.
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Rome
Ivance Bonjomi
Rovel
Confciente
Theriminale
Bonomi
Frst
Jaly
Sonomi
Britain Vows Full Naval Aid Against Japs
Lord of the Admiralty told the House of Commons Britain will align its Navy with U S forces in the Pacific to defeat Japan. He said forces are being massed for the Far West with the fleet and supply ships to sustain operations. He cited battleships Queen Elizabeth and Valiant and the battlecruiser Renown as ready for action.
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London
Britain
U.S
Pacific
Ay. Alexander
Admiralty
House ‘of Commons
Atlantic
Alexander
Far West
East Indies
Japan
Valiant
Sathong
MacArthur Forces Push South of Manila
General MacArthur announced in a communique that Allied forces have penetrated below Manila toward the south coast on Luzon. Allied units reportedly sunk two enemy warships and damaged sixteen freighters used as transports in the advance toward the Asiatic mainland.
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MacArthur
Manila
Luzon
Slaney
Douglas MacArthur
Connecticut College to stay in residence for spring vacation
New London Connecticut College will keep girls in residence over spring vacation for the first time in its history. President Dorothy Schafter said the move is to comply with a suggestion that colleges cooperate on lightening transportation during the Easter holidays.
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New London
Ohio Valley Floods Rise To Historic Crest Amid Snowy Weather
Flood warnings spread across the Ohio Valley as the Ohio River crested near 69.2 feet in Cincinnati and 33 to 34 feet at Pittsburgh, with eight lives lost and millions in damage reported. Western Pennsylvania faced its worst flood in eight years while towns like Portsmouth held back rising waters with sandbags and concrete. Forecasters warned crests 15 to 20 feet above flood stage would arrive as colder weather ended heavy rain.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Ameghen
Pittsburg
Portsmouth
Osio
Damocles
First Lady Receives Gold Crown and Harem Costume
Report describes Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt showered with a jeweled crown a gold harem costume and a Canadian mink coat during a White House reception. The King of Arabia visited aboard a U S destroyer delivering gifts but the President must seek Congress approval to accept foreign gifts.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Westerday
Arabia
United States
Red Sea
Roosevelt
Roosevel
Republic
Congress
King of Arabia
Roosevelts
John Boetiger
Near East
White collar worker term mocked in wartime exchange
Senator McFarland urges dropping the phrase white collar worker as outdated during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. Chairman William H. Davis jokes about laundry labor shortages and suggests calling workers dirty collar workers instead.
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Washington
McFarland
D-Ariz
WLB
William H. Davis
Semmte Banking Committee
House Passes Bill Drafting War Nurses
The House approved a military bill to recruit Army and Navy nurses, widening eligibility to men and women ages 18 to 44. It requires offered commissions before induction, preserves a ban on grafting, and excludes married nurses under certain conditions. The measure, sent to the Senate, faced and resolved disputes over married status and deferment rules.
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Washington
House
House Military Committee
Army
Navy
Senate
D-Ky
Military Committee
Bolton
Ohio
American Paratrooper to Die in British Court Hangs Today
Pvt Karl Gustav Husten U S Army paratrooper faces execution in Pentonville after transfer from Wormwood Scrubs. He is the first American soldier executed by British civil authorities in wartime. Mrs Elizabeth Jones involved in the redbery and ying of two London taxi drivers reportedly received a reprieve not yet communicated to him.
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London
Karl Gustav Husten
Peanavilla
Husten
Wormwood Serbs
Pentonville
Elizabeth Jones
Redbery
Suta
Hulton
Allied Prisoner Bag Tops Million Mark
Supreme Headquarters reports Allied prisoner totals on the Western Front reach 1,002,908. American forces contribute 283,140 from the First Army and 199,086 from the Third Army, with others listed for Seventh and Ninth Armies and allied units including Canadian First Army, British Second Army, French First Army, and French Forces of the Interior reaching substantial counts.
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Allied Expeditionary Forces
Paris
U. S
Hest
First
Interior
Allied Breakthrough Drives Deep Into Reich With Rhine Cross
Allied forces push across the Rhine into Germany with rapid advances. The Fourth Armored Division reaches the river near Coblenz after a 29 mile advance in 32 hours, while the Third Army drives 65 miles westward in 58 hours. Bonn proximity nears as columns flood German towns and thousands of prisoners are captured. Western Front totals pass one million Allied prisoners as German resistance collapses.
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Raine
Bonn
Codienz
Div
Fourth Armored
Cobleng
Normandy
Third Army
the Reich
George S
Packer
U. S. First Army
Rhine
Cologne
Aad
St Lo
Patian
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
Cliviliana
Thodura Wiant
Coblenz
Moselle
Bail
Rhine Termed Last Barrier of Nazis in West
Allied armies crossed the Rhine and the German defense was described as the final barrier in the west. Military officials said once a bridgehead was secure the Allies would push into Germany, cutting the western front and destroying pockets of resistance as they advance.
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Rhine
West
Washington
Ore Authority
Rhinese East
Germany
Goebbels Hit by Allied Propaganda Bomb Dropped Leaflets
A GP A bomb laden with Allied leaflets landed in the yard of Joseph Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry in Berch During, according to a report received by the Free Danish Press Service. The story says the propaganda chief would wade through it to get to work.
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Seckhorn
Paul
Joseph Goebbels
Bers ‘Lim
Floods Force Woman Out for 58th Time in Carnegie
Mrs. Anna Kennedy, 73, evacuated her Carnegie home yesterday for the 58th time since arriving as a bride. Chartiers Creek flooded again and Kennedy, aided by her policeman son, was carried through waist deep water to safety.
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Carnegie Pa
Anna Kennedy
Chartiers Creek Gove
Patton’s river swim inspires troops at Bettendorf
Staff Sergeant Thomas J. Deibaugh of Cumberland recounts General George S Patton’s January 1945 river crossing into the Sure River near Luxembourg. Patton swam across and back to show it could be done, drawing thousands of troops to press the assault on Bettendorf and secure a crucial foothold overlooking Germany. The Fourth Infantry Division led the effort to relieve Bastogne forces amid the German counter offensive.
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Baltimore
George
Patton
Germany
Thomas J. Deibaugh
Cumberland
Ome
Patton Ackods
Mee Ag
Luxembourg
Bettendorf
Detbaugh
Fourth Infantry
Bastogne
Wowim
Toops
Deibauzk
Penicillin Goes to Civilian Market After War Board Order
The War Production Board announced penicillin will enter regular drug trade channels starting March 1 and be sold only in parenteral vial forms. The drug will be accessible to hospitals physicians and drugstores, with distribution centralized in Chicago to supply hospitals unable to obtain supplies elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington US
War Production Board
Yeaterday
Chicazo
Chicago
Typhus Cases Reported in Cologne Hospital Basements
Typhus cases were discovered in the basements of Lindenberg Hospital after bombing. Authorities estimate about thirty additional cases and widespread contamination across wrecked Cologne areas amid postwar health concerns.
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Colorseum
Lindenberg
Dermar
Cologne
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