Germans Act To Check U S Drive Russians Locked In Hot Battle
London reports Soviet forces advance on Elbing and Koenigsberg as German defenses crumble. American amphibious tanks join the assault while Breslau, Stettin, and Berlin fronts See heavy fighting. Paris dispatch notes Klove push toward Reichswald and Schwammenauel dam demolitions.
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U. S
London
Baltic
Elbing
Danzig
Koenigsberg
Junkers
Paris
First Army
Klove
Reichswald
Schwammenauel
Roer River
Dueren
U. S. Ninth Army
Bomb Attack After 3-Hour Earthquake Hits Tokyo
Tokyo endured a powerful quake and a massive air raid as B 29s from Guam struck northern Honshu. The earthquake's epicenter was in Aomori prefecture with Tokyo Yokohama area shaken. One Liberator bomber was lost in Iwo Jima operations while other Allied aircraft attacked Karajima Kuriles and Yap islands.
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War Department
Washington
Guam
Japan
Domei
Kanto
Tokyo
Yokohama
Mmsty
Hokkaido
Honshu
Aomori
Monshu
Hachinoro
Tokyo-Yokohama
Central
Meterological Observatory
Advanced Pacific
Iwo Jima
Kataoka
Kuriles
Yapis
Carolines
Marianas
Japanese Earthquake Reported Near Hok kaido
A fairly severe quake centered near Hokkaido in northern Japan was recorded by Fordham University seismographs shortly after 1 a m. today confirming earlier Japanese radio reports that the homeland was shaken both below and above.
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New York
Hokkaido
Japan
Fordham University
Tremors Last Three Hours Reported by Weston Seismology Station
Weston Massachusetts February 10 The Japanese quake measured at the Weston college seismological station lasted about three hours and probably caused considerable damage according to Rev Daniel Linehan 8 J linehan remarks quoted by observers in the U P dispatch.
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U. S
Weston
Mass
U.P
Daniel Linehan
Weston College Seismological Station
U S Bombers Renew Attacks On Germany
American heavy bombers renewed the assault on Germany targeting vital Nazi fuel supplies at Duelmen near the Dutch border. More than 150 eighth air force Flying Fortresses and about 130 may fighters attacked the fuel depots and also struck the submarine pens at Ijmuiden as part of operations aiding Montgomery's 21st army group offensive.
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London
Germany
Duelmen
Holland
Eighth Air Force
Muenster
Ijmuiden
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
Japs Turn On Yank Pursuit In Old Manila
In southern Manila fierce fighting drives Japanese toward the Intramuros walls as U S forces from the 37th division and 11th airborne close in. Tokyo claims a trap while MacArthur reports heavy combat and rapid American advancement toward full liberation.
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Old Manila
Francis McCarthy
Manila
Pandacan
Paco
Pasig
Intramuros
Pasig River
Malacanang Palace
11Th Airborne Division
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Tokyo
Tagatay
11Th
38Th
Bataan
Olongepe
Moron
De Gaulle Likely to Attend Big Three Conference
Paris radio reports Gen Charles De Gaulle will join the Big Three conference if confirmed. American officials seek a Poland settlement formula amid tensions with Moscow and Allied pressure on London to address underground forces. London exiled government forbids home army dissolution and seeks joint handling with Stalin on Polish units.
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London
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Poland
United States
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Warsaw
Krakow
Justice Ross Funeral To Be Held Monday
Final rites for State Supreme Court Chief Justice Henry D. Ross will be held Monday with the body in state at the capitol for two hours before burial. The jurist died yesterday of a stroke six days before his 33rd birthday. Governor Osborn praised his civic leadership and legal mastery and noted the loss to Arizona. He is survived by his widow Margaret Wheeler and two sons Henry D. Jr. and John W. Ross, plus a brother, John W. Ross.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Supreme Court
Henry D. Ross
Capitol
Osborn
High Tribunal
Arizona
Sidney P. Osborn
Judge Ross
Ross
Margaret Wheeler
el Paso
Tex
Henry D., Jr
John W
Tucson
John W. Ross
Cochise County
Hot Springs
N. M
Job-Skippers Called Up For Preinduction
Several Tucson men who quit jobs without permission face preinduction physicals next week as draft boards enforce new work or fight rules. Four or five of the group were reclassified 1A for failing to notify their boards and change positions. Board No 2 announced inductions in about two weeks, with no reclassifications in that group. Both boards operate under January orders requiring registrants to report job status, especially those with 2A or 2B deferments, and the Army has lowered physical standards for these cases.
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Tucson
Selective Service Board No. 1
Board No. 2
Army
Nazis Still Fight Despite Allied Gains In Europe
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes that Allied progress in Europe does not promise quick victory. He cites stubborn German resistance along the Oder and difficult Rhine terrain, warning the war will continue with heavy fighting ahead. Veritas, a British military commentator, discusses the Hitlerite regime and the Gestapo as Himmler consolidates power.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Europe
Oder River
Rhineland
Canadians Break Through German Lines Near Kleve And Roer Dams
Allied forces push forward amid rain and mud driving into Kleve, Nutterden, and Millingen as Crerar’s Canadian first army advances up to eight miles in 48 hours. More than 2,500 German troops taken prisoner as American and British units push toward the Roer dams and Rhine crossings. Patton’s third army breaches Siegfried defenses near Pruem and advances west and north to threaten the German rear.
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Paris
U.P
Krove
Roer
Schwammenauel
Duren
Ruhr
H. D. G. Crerar
Kleve
Germany
Nutterden
Reichswald Forest
Rhine
Millingen
Leuth
Nutterdan
Crerar
Hehr
Niel
Rasselt
Tutthees
78Th
Schwammenauer
Hasenfeld
George S. Patton
Third Army
Pruem
Patton
Olzheim
Neider-Mehren
34 Norwegians Executed In Nazi Reprisal Wave
Stockholm reports a fresh Nazi terror wave in Norway after 34 patriots were executed in reprisal for the assassination of Karl Marthinsen. Marthinsen was killed en route to his Oslo office, triggering mass rounds up and swift executions by Quisling authorities.
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Stockholm
Norway
Quisling Gestapo
Karl Marthinsen
Marthinsen
Oslo
Maj
Vidkun Quisling
Japan cabinet shakeup names Hirose to dual posts
Premier Koiso reshuffles the war cabinet naming Hisatada Hirose as chief secretary of the cabinet and state minister of portfolio, while removing Takeo Tanaka. Hideo Kodama becomes education minister and Katsuro Aikawa rises from vice minister to minister of welfare. Tanaka moves to the house of peers.
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United Press
Kuniaki Koiso
Hisatada Hirose
Takeo Tanaka
Radio Tokyo
San Francisco
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Kodama
Hirose
Count Hideo Kodama
Japanese Board of Information
Burma Troops Score Gain Near Mandalay
Allied forces scored multiple gains in Burma near Mandalay including the capture of the village of Kule and surrounding high ground to widen the Irrawaddy bridgehead. Simultaneously 14th army units moved toward Mandalay clearing the area near the Irrawaddy and Chindwin confluence. Ramree town on Ramree island fell to 15th Indian corps as western forces pressed within seven miles of Kangaw where 25th division troops held a road block.
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Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Kule
Irrawaddy
Mandalay
14Th Army
Chindwin
Nabet
Burma
15Th Indian’ Corps
Ramree
25Th Division
Kangaw
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