Big Three outline plan to shorten war in Europe
In a Crimea communique, Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin and Franklin D Roosevelt outline nine measures to end Nazi Germany. They call for unconditional surrender and a three power split of Germany with a possible French fourth zone, disbanding armed forces and a Moscow reparations body. The Poland and Yugoslavia issues are addressed with proposals for unity, borders and allied-backed governments.
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Washington
R Churchill
Stalin
Europe
Britain
Crimea
Yalta
Germany
United States
Berlin
France
Moscow
Poland
Warsaw
National Unity
Molotov
Curzon
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Lubasic
National Liberation Assembly
Stettinius
Eden
Corregidor Under Record Bomb Attacks In Manila
The fortress of Corregidor in Manila harbor, under the heaviest saturation bombing to date, is being softened for an American landing as U S armored forces break Japanese defenses around Fort McKinley and Manila. American tanks and infantry push toward strategic points while the city endures fierce street fighting and mass bombardment.
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Francis McCarthy
Manila
U.P
Fortress of
Corregidor
Manila Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Bataan
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Ft. McKinley
Pandacan
Seveen
McKinley
Manila Bay
Pasig
Nielsen Airfield
Ta Ana
37Th
B 29s Renew Raids On Japs In Asia And At Sea
American B 29 Superfortresses attacked Iwo Jima 750 miles south of Tokyo and a Tokyo broadcast said a small number of planes flew over the Tokyo Yokohoma area in the evening. An earlier dispatch claimed a lone Superfortress was over Tokyo for reconnaissance and shot down.
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Asia
Washington
Iwo
Tokyo
U.S
Tokyo-Yokohama
FCC
Tokyo-Yokohoma
Yokosuka Naval Station
Comei
Downey Attacks Water Treaty In Senate Hearing
Senator Downey of California harshly criticized a proposed United States Mexico water treaty during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. He labeled provisions shocking and weasel worded and challenged witnesses as false or misleading. Chairman Connally cautioned against broad accusations of falsity while Downey warned of possible censure if his allegations proved unfounded.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Downey
D-Calif
United States-Mexico
Colorado
Rio Grande
Connally
D-Tex
British Forces Reach Ruhr Front as Yanks Press West
Canadian first army troops push within 30 miles of the Ruhr capturing Gennep and nearing Kleve. British shock units break toward Goch while air support is grounded by weather. Patton’s third army breaches Pruem, ending with scattered Nazi rear guards. Roer flood buys brief pause before planned Allied offensive.
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Paris
U.P
First Army
Germany
Ruhr
Gennep
Kleve
Reich Forest
Goch
Rhine- Dortmund-Bielefeld
Pederborn
West Front
East Front
Patton
Pruem
George S. Patton
Third Army
West Wall
Preum
Roer
Schwammaneul
Ninth
Aachen
Berlin
High Command
Red Army
Solons Propose Underground Water Code in Arizona
The 17th Arizona legislature hears a bill from the house natural resources committee to create a ground water code. Gov. Sidney P. Osborn backed the measure urging conservation and a single procedure for water rights. The bill defines groundwater and designates the state land and water commissioner as administrator, outlining acquisition and adjudication under the new code.
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Phoenix
House Natural Resources Committee
Sidney P. Osborn
State Land and Water Commissioner
Arizona Lawmakers Propose Federal Social Security Aid
Phoenix February 12 A proposal to federalize financing and administration of old age assistance and social security was presented to the House by Representatives A Berkey and Al Lindsey. They argued federal action would ensure uniform administration and reduce interstate inequalities.
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Phoenix
Roosevelt
Congress
House
A. Berkey
Pima County
al Lindsey
Maricopa
United States
Roosevelt nominates Elliott Roosevelt to brigadier general
The Senate confirmed President Roosevelt's 34 year old son Elliott to the rank of brigadier general in the Army. The vote was 533 to 11 in favor after senators rejected a move by Senator Bushfield to return the nomination to the military committee by 49 to 14.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Elliott
Bushfield
R-Sd
Military Committee
Barkley
White House
Military Affairs Subcommittee
H. L. George
Air Transport Command
Blaze
Hollywood
Memphis
John Boettiger
California
Ray W. Ireland
England
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt urges Bretton Woods push for world economic cooperation
President Roosevelt urged Congress to back the Bretton Woods framework and fast track participation in an international bank and monetary fund. He described the plan as the cornerstone of global economic cooperation to raise production, jobs, and living standards, with specifics on capitalizations and U.S. but fund commitments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bretton Woods
International Bank
International Monetary Fund
White House
United States
World Bank
Monetary Fund
Dumbarton Oaks
Cornerstone
N. H
United Nations
McFarland Seeks Inquiry Into Swastika Truck Incident
Sen. Ernest W. McFarland demands congressional investigation into reports that a truck carrying German prisoners of war passed Chandler Arizona streets flying a swastika flag. He says War Department has been asked but Arizona residents are unsatisfied with the probe.
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Washington
Ernest W. McFarland
Ariz
Congressional
Chandler
Soviets Break Toward Breslau and Dresden Front
Soviet forces under Marshal Konev encircled Breslau and crossed the Bober river, with advances reported 74 miles from Dresden. Berlin said two bridgeheads remained in the Bober sector as German defenses collapsed. Zhukov pushed toward Berlin from the north while Konev’s men neared Dresden, threatening a southern flank.
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London
U.P
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Breslau
Berlin
Bober
Oder
Konev
Germany
Silesia
Bunzlau
Sprottau
Dresden
Sagan
Gregory K. Zhukov
United Press
Henry Shapiro
Zhukov
Baltic
Sté¢ttin
Red Army
Germans May Stay In War Until Hunger Stirs Revolt
The war in Europe nears its end as Allied forces seize Kleve and Pruem while Soviet advances press from the north and south. Despite a collapsing Nazi position Berlin’s defenders show resolve to fight to the finish, even as hunger and air raids intensify.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Germany
United Nations
Kleve
Pruem
Reich
Moscow
Berlin
Tobacco Dealers Told By OPA To Display Cigarettes
New York February 12 Daniel P Woolley regional OPA administrator said after an informal meeting with tobacco dealers and wholesalers that beginning early next week stores will display cigarettes in plain view on their counters. He did not promise sufficiency, estimating 60 to 70 percent of 1943 cigarette consumption would be available this year.
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New York
Daniel P. Woolley
OPA
Woolley
Harding Clark Appeal Denied in Federal Court
Melvin Clark and T. F. Harding state liquor control agent lost a habeas corpus bid in federal court. Judge Albert M. Sames denied the writ and returned the case to superior court where arraignment is set for Saturday Feb 17.
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Melvin Clark
T. F. Harding
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Percy Lewis
C. Wayne Clampitt
J. Mercer Johnson
Pima County
Albert M. Sames
Clark
Harding
Clampitt
Sames
Superior Court
Supreme Court Takes Up Hawaiian Case On Martial Law
The Supreme Court agreed to review the restraint of habeas corpus during martial law in Hawaii. Harry E. White, a Honolulu broker, and Lloyd C. Duncan, a Pearl Harbor yard worker, seek civil trials for alleged offenses not tied to military operations after provost court sentences. The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court ruling on habeas writs, sending the case to the high court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hawaiian Islands
Harry E. White
Honolulu
Lloyd C. Duncan
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
White
Duncan
Delbert Metzger
Hawaii
Brophy Nominated for Indian Commissioner
President Roosevelt nominates William A. Brophy of New Mexico to be commissioner of Indian affairs to succeed John Collier. Brophy has led the Puerto Rico section of the interior department and since 1943, Interior Secretary Ickes praised Collier and called Brophy of high caliber for the role.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William A. Brophy
New Mexico
John Collier
Brophy
Puerto Rico
Interior Department
Division of
Territories
Interior
Ickes
Collier
Office of Indian Affairs
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U. S
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