Allied Forces Reach Rhine Front Near Goch After Reichswald Breakthrough
British and Canadian troops push along a 12 mile front within three miles of Goch's west wall after clearing the Reichswald forest. U.S., British, and Canadian armies prepare for a general Roer river offensive toward the Cologne plain as street fighting continues in Kleve and Gennep.
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Jack Fleischer
Paris
U.P
Reichs Forest
Walion
Goch
Rhineland
Wack
Reichswald Forest
Rhine
Roer
Cologne
Aachen
U. S
George S. Patton
Siegfried Line
Kleve
Spey Canal
Hau
Kessel
Niers
Ekkens
GOTH
Capitol Acclaims Charter Of Yalta
The Roosevelt Stalin Churchill conference report wins strong congressional praise for postwar unity as a sacred obligation. The nations plan a World security treaty draft in San Francisco and a Crimean talks framework on Germany and Europe with aims of free elections and universal suffrage. France is urged into first rank in postwar peace machinery.
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U.P
United Nations
San Francisco
Dumbarton Oaks
Black Sea
Administration
Senate
Yalta
Crimean
Germany
Europe
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Pacific
Japan
Golden Gate
Russia
China
Crimea
France
London Poles Reject Crimea Conference Decision
London Polish government rejects the Crimea conference decision calling it illegal to Polish sovereignty. It argues Soviet occupation invalidates any governing authority and asserts it remains the sole legal government of Poland despite Allied diplomats. The cabinet statement maintains Poland cannot be bound by the Big Three plan.
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London
Poland
24 Perish As Navy Transport Crashes
Twenty four passengers and crew were killed when a two engine Navy transport crashed into the bay near Alameda landing after departing Alameda airport. The crash occurred twelve minutes after takeoff at the foot of Chestnut street, San Francisco bay, shaking nearby homes. Some witnesses said the engines stopped seconds before the impact.
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San Francisco
Navy
Chestnut Street
Alameda
San Francisco Bay
Bay
Morgan Named To Tribunal By Governor
Governor Osborn appointed Prescott attorney Joseph H. Morgan to the Arizona supreme court to fill the late Chief Justice Henry D. Ross’s seat. Morgan will serve the remainder of Ross’s term, through January 1947, and resigns from the University of Arizona board of regents. Briscoe becomes UA regent. Stanford becomes chief justice with LaPrade as the other member.
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Joseph H. Morgan
Prescott
Gov. Osborn
State Supreme Court
Henry D. Ross
Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
Democratic State Central Committee
Arizona Supreme Court
Morgan
High Tribunal
Briscoe
U. A
Board of Regents
University of Arizona
James W. Briscoe
Willcox
University
Supreme Court
Justice Ross
Osborn
Arizona Democratic Committee
Nebraska Law College
F. Ronstadt Hardware Company
Tucson
Stanford
R. C. Stanford
Arthur T. LaPrade
Building And Loan Tax Passes House
PHOENIX Feb 13 Legislation to levy a five percent tax on the net income of building and loan associations was approved for passage by the Arizona house of representatives. The bill was supported as a measure to equalize taxation on financial institutions.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
House Committee of the Whole
Frank Wamshorpe
Cochise
Greeks Sign Treaty Ending Civil Strife
In Athens on February 13 the Greek government and the leftist EAM Elas signed a peace treaty to end the civil war. The agreement calls for general elections a plebiscite on King George's return EAM excluded from government until after elections and disarmament of the Elas military arm by March 165.
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Athens
Eamelas
George
EAM
Elas
Japs Cornered Into Pocket By Manila Yanks
Three American divisions linked up inside southern Manila and blasted the Japanese garrison back into the burning waterfront in the deadliest close in fighting of the Pacific war. MacArthur reported heavy bombardment on Corregidor and Bataan and said the fortifications were under major assault.
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Bataan
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Army
Marine Corps
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Pasig
MacArthur
First Cavalry
37Th Infantry
Paco Railway Station
11Th
U S To Fly Ashes Of Oumansky Home
A U S Army plane sets out from San Francisco to Moscow carrying the ashes of Constantin Oumansky the Soviet ambassador to Mexico his wife and three aides all five killed in a January 25 crash near Mexico City en route to Costa Rica The urns arrived in the U S last week and were kept on display at the Russian consulate for three days.
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San Francisco
Moscow
Constantin Oumansky
Mexico
Mexico City
Costa Rica
Germany Doomed By Big Three Parley
London reports Adolf Hitler facing a four front war as the Big Three unite more solidly than ever. Observers cite Crimea conference decisions and possible Allied landings in Norway and Denmark while Soviet and Western fronts brace for intensified moves. Soviet praise follows the Crimean declaration as Polish, British, and American officials assess postwar implications.
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London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Europe
Moscow
Italy
Hungary
Reich
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Landlord Contempt Charge Brought In OPA Action
Criminal proceedings against Warren landlord Allen Fergen were filed in federal court by the OPA for contempt of a rent control order. An order requiring $507.50 in refunds to seven tenants was not fulfilled, with Fergen having admitted noncompliance to an OPA investigator. He is to appear February 26 to answer why he should not be cited for contempt.
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Warren
OPA
Allen Fergen
Cole Avenue
Ft. Huachuca Rent Control Area
Albert M. Sames
Fergen
Sames
Emmett R. Feighner
Leland Glazier
92nd Makes Stand In Italy After Retreat
Regiments of the 92nd infantry division consolidating positions in the fifth army west coastal sector after forced retreat. They had to yield ground to German counterattacks and have fallen back to Feb 8 lines. Casualties and tank losses described as relatively high amid continued Serchio valley attacks.
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Rome
U.P
92Nd
Fifth Army
Ft. Huachuca
Ariz
Serchio
Big Three Reach Accord for War's End and Peace
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie says Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin have forged an unprecedented eight day Crimean parley. He highlights two impressions: surprising accord among the Big Three and real hope for a successful outcome. He argues durable peace depends on continued unity and broader international cooperation.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Man
Europe
German Radio Hails Big Three Crime Yet With No Home Broadcasts
The report says Nazi propagandists cried foul abroad claiming the Big Three committed the greatest political crime while Goebbels held back at home. Nazi radio for foreign audiences claimed the Crimea communique proved a hate plan against Germany and relief for liberated nations faced mockery.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Germany
Reich
Crimea
United States
Europe
Berlin Admits Red Conquest Of Budapest
Berlin radio said Budapest was evacuated by the German Hungarian garrison after a dawn breakout toward Soviet lines. The siege of 1,217,000 in the capital ended with claims of continued fighting in the open and doubt over safe escape for remaining German forces.
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London
Berlin
Budapest
Danube
Reds Capture Budapest After Six Week Siege
London reports the Red army seized Budapest ending a six week siege. Soviet forces destroyed the defenses and took about 110000 German soldiers prisoner. Communiques tallied 49000 defenders killed during the street fighting in the capital of 1.5 million residents.
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London
U.P
Red Army
Budapest
Marshal Stalin
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