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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1945
Page
1
German broadcasts report Marshal Zhukov has broken across the Oder River northwest of Kustrin and established a bridgehead on the west bank less than 38 miles from Berlin, signaling an alternate route toward the capital.
Russian forces under Marshal Konev push from a bridgehead on the Oder toward Breslau and Brieg as heavy fighting rages in Silesia. Zhukov’s troops deepen assaults on Frankfurt and Kustrin while Berlin braces for a potential wraparound attack.
American first army troops cracked into the second Siegfried line below Aachen as Allied forces press toward Berlin. The drive seen with fronts along the Roer and Maas fronts, and gains reported up to five miles against light German resistance.
A list of 33 civilian internees last known to be in Philippine camps was issued at the University of Arizona alumni office after the American entry into Manila and the Santo Tomas capture. Names include Leonardo A. Antony, Ottey Manley Bishop, Lee R. Blessing, and others with roles in mining, engineering, education, and geology.
The Pima county board of supervisors approved higher budgets for Amphitheatre high and elementary schools and Flowing Wells school to cover expanding teaching and student bodies. Allocations were Amphitheatre elementary 10500 Flowing Wells 6000 and the high school 1000. A dispute over hospitalization for indigents and low income groups arose with county attorney J Mercer Johnson citing state law while chairman R H Martin and board member G T Alley pushed for broader access or full-rate charges. Elisabeth Steelsmith and Dr Harold Fink were named to decide hospital policy.
Filipino leaders in Washington urged countrymen to pray at noon as Manila fell. Crowds gathered on New York street corners reading papers and listening to radio. Capt Mari ano Sulit, retired, praised American troops and General MacArthur as a symbol of freedom.
The House appropriations committee recommended 2 707 119 250 dollars for the Veterans Administration for 1946, a 113 percent rise amid swelling costs for veterans care. Net federal agency funding totals 3 218 808 497 dollars, with overall cuts from requests and prior year. The VA gains cover life insurance pensions GI Bill benefits and hospital construction to add 18 new hospitals and 14 100 beds, as maritime funding is trimmed.
Eviction action against George Patrick Reaver and his wife Catherine, both veterans, after relocation requests by landlord James V Bonnelly. Reaver, 53, a former Seventh Cavalry and Marine Corps veteran, is critically ill in a veterans hospital in Tucson. The couple faced eviction days after Catherine was served with eviction notices following Bonnelly’s offer to move to a larger nearby house. The case unfolds amid long delays and red tape in government agencies.
Lt. Daniel A. Rice 20 and others died after a Flying Fortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Yuma Field. Lt. Peter K. Guillem died from burns. C. L. Cooke earned praise for heroic rescue of Guillem. The victims included George K. Myers and Donovan U. Oseth.
Manila stands as Japan's vital Luzon base threatening its lifeline to East Indian supplies. The article notes Manila and Luzon as crucial to Japan's war effort, with Nagging fear of Allied convergence and potential German surrender calls shaping a pivotal moment in the Pacific theater.
United Press dispatch describes the rescue of internees at Santo Tomas camp in Manila. Correspondent Frank Hewlett reunites with his wife Virginia, a nurse, after joining General MacArthur’s forces and entering the camp during the road back from Australia.
About 3,700 Allied civilians, 2,500 Americans, cheered liberating American troops at Santo Tomas university internment camp in Manila. Virginia Hewlett, a nurse, was among evacuees. she had suffered a nervous breakdown but regained spirits as relief arrived. Japanese defenders remained in the camp's education building with nearly 300 internees nearby. Military units surrounded the area but avoided direct fire to spare civilians.
PHOENIX Feb 5 The 17th Arizona legislature enters its fifth week as the senate passes ten bills Among measures sent to the house is a constitutional amendment proposing four year terms for state officials A companion proposal would grant four year terms to county officials The senate also recommends passage of a bill to abolish the Arizona corporation commission and lists bills covering livestock inspectors loss of livestock in railroad accidents and licensing of livestock sales rings
Avenging troops cut to half of Manila from east and north and freed 3700 American and British internees at Santo Tomas. The First Cavalry and 37th Infantry moved toward Malacanan palace and Grace Park, while Japanese blows aimed at docks and bridges in the south as MacArthur awaits entry.
On the eastern front the Red army drives toward Berlin with reported advances 32 miles northeast of the capital as Germans admit lost territory 32 miles away. The Oder river is crossed along an 190 mile front while Western Allies prepare an offensive to support the Soviet pace. In the Pacific American forces seize the north half of Manila, freeing 3 700 imprisoned civilians. The Fifth Army reoccupies Gallicano on the west coast sector.
U P report from Guam states that 34 fires erupted in Kobe Japan a major seaport during the first raid by B 29 Superfortresses. Photographs and Tokyo broadcasts note two waves of planes with some bombs dropped though initial claims spoke of no damage. Fires spread toward Kobe s heart as industrial plants and shipyards burned. About 100 bombers took part with several fighters shot down or damaged while no American planes were lost.
Rep. James Ewing of Pima county introduced a memorial in the Arizona house urging Congress to propose a constitutional amendment limiting the U S president to two consecutive terms. The measure mirrors a recently adopted Indiana memorial but the house took no action.
The first Stilwell Burma road convoy of 100 trucks arrived at Kunming with Chinese army supplies after a 79 mile final leg from Ledo India. The group crossed Wanting Jan 28 and faced Japanese air threats during the Kunming ceremony attended by Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanetz.
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