Jap Commander In Old Manila Spurns Truce
American tanks and guns renewed the assault on Manila as Japanese defenders refused Maj. Gen. Oscar Griswold's offer of honorable surrender. Bataan encirclement widened while Corregidor came under bombardment as U S forces closed in on the city and surrounding fortifications.
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Old
Manila
Oscar Griswold
Griswold
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor
Tokyo
Mariveles
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Veles
Edwin Patrick
Lamao
William C. Chase
To Tomas
Seventh Fleet
Arthur Treble
Olonga
Penins
Manila Bay
14Th Corps
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Intramuros
11Th Airborne
First Cavalry
Ft. William McKinley
Eleventh Division
Russian Army closes on Berlin front in East Prussia and Silesia
Soviet forces capture Mehlsak and Wormditt in East Prussia as German resistance in the province collapses. In the south, Russians break into Breslau and press toward Cottbus and Guben while near Berlin Konev’s armored units threaten the capital. Berlin battles intensify with heavy air and ground assaults.
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London
U.P
East Prussia
Red
Mehlsak
Wormditt
Breslau
Silesia
Guben
Berlin
Cottbus
Spree
Moscow
Ivan Konev
Neisse
Forst
Red Star
Konev
High Command
Poznan
Poland
Gregory Zhukov
Crossen
Oder
Spree Forest
Brandenburg
Zhukov
Oder River
Stalingrad
Dresden
Saxony
French police chief lynched after protest over trial
Paris dispatch from Dijon reports former Vichy police commissioner Jacques Marsac was hanged by a crowd after a protest against delaying his trial on collaboration charges. The body was dragged through streets and tied to a railing at the town hall.
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Paris
Dijon
Jacques Marsac
Dicourt
Marsac
Stettinius in Brazil for talks with Vargas on Crimea visit
Secretary of State Stettinius arrived in Rio de Janeiro to confer with President Getulio Vargas. He is en route home from the Crimea conference of the Big Three.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Stettinius
Getulio Vargas
Crimea
Phoenix Jurist Sought To Try Harding, Clark
In Judge William G. Hall's courtroom Cecil Clampitt U S commissioner defending T F Harding suspended liquor agent and Melvin Clark Indian agent faced triple felony charges. Clark objected to Hall hearing the case claiming newspaper and radio notoriety. Judge Eva De Concini assigned to arraignment. Judge Speakman to decide on outside judge availability.
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William G. Hall
Cecil Wayne Clampitt
U. S
T. F. Harding
Melvin Clark
Clark
Eva de Concini
Percy Lewis
Dee
Eve de Concini
Harding
de Concini
Speakman
Clampitt
J. Mercer Johnson
Howard Speakman
Maricopa County
Johnson
Hall
Judge de Concini
Uncle Sam's Housing Taxes Baffle Study in Tucson
In Tucson officials debated whether Uncle Sam should pay state county and city taxes for housing projects. Auditors reported mixed figures from January on lieu of tax payments. city and county tallied about 9 186 dollars split among government levels.
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Uncle Sam
Sam
Tucson
J. D. Manders
Fred Goodell
Manders
Goodell
Wildcats to Play in Douglas After 24 Years
The University of Arizona Wildcats varsity basketball team will travel to Douglas Army airbase next Tuesday for a return game, extending the season by one contest after tonight's Bear Down gym matchup. Arizona previously beat a Douglas YMCA team 67 30 in 1921. tonight's game starts at 8 p.m.
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University of Arizona
Douglas
Douglas Army Airbase
Bear Down Gymnasium
Arizona
Lieutenant Believed To Have Killed Wife
In Columbia South Carolina police examined letters Lt Samuel C Epes wrote to a 20 year old war worker as they probe the death of his wife Mary Lee Epes aged 26 who was killed on January 27 Epes is charged with her murder and investigators note he sent 30 to 45 letters to the young woman he met during Louisiana maneuvers last year Sheriff T Alex Heise said a recent letter claimed the wife was still missing and urged her not to write under the circumstances.
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Columbia
S. C
Samuel C. Epes
Epes
Mary Lee Epes
Louisiana
T. Alex Heise
Germans Warn Civilians Face Death For War Efforts
DEWITT MACKENZIE argues Nazi calls to kill and poison enemies reflect Hit ler mentality and that wartime civilian penalties are harsh. He notes Germany declares martial law and Threats of death for cowardice as Allied forces prepare to respond to civilian obstruction seen in September across Wallendorf and nearby villages.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Nazi Foreign Office
Reich
Wallendorf
Iwo Landing Nears Tokyo On Strategic Push
The Iwo Jima invasion places American ground forces 750 miles from Tokyo, marking the closest approach to Japan. It creates a new eastern flank for U S air power, bases heavy bombers and fighters on the island, and shortens distances to Formosa, Port Lloyd, and Bonin islands.
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Ralper
Heppe
Iwo Jima
Japan
Tokyo
Bahamas
Florida
Washington, D. C
Iwo
Volcano Islands
Nippon
United States
Formosa
Empire
Mariana
Haha Jima
Bonins
Port Lloyd
Pearl Harbor
Haha
Chichi Jima
Two fugitives captured after wild Phoenix chase
In Phoenix a pre dawn pursuit ended with the arrest of Arkansas escapees who robbed a service station and abducted Carolyn Meltzer and Ralph Diamond. Officers Brady and Murphy detained the suspects Woodrow Abery and Jimmy Rohman after a lengthy gunfire exchange and pursuit through downtown.
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Phoenix
Arkansas
Carolyn Meltzer
Joe T. Meltzer
Ralph Diamond
Isaac Diamond
U. of A
University of Arizona
Gilbert Brady
Charles Murphy
Woodrow Abery
Jimmy Rohman
Diamond
Miss Meltzer
St. Mary's
Meltzer
South Moon
Jews in Western Europe Face Severe Plight, Schwartz Says
Paris report by United Press describes Joseph Schwartz of the American Joint Distribution Committee detailing a four month survey of Jews in France Holland and Belgium. He says Nazi terror has killed or deported over half the region's Jews and survivors face dire conditions needing a full generation to rehabilitate.
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Paris
U.P
Europe
Joseph Schwartz
New York City
American Joint Distribution Committee
Schwartz
France
Holland
Belgium
United Press
Ten Die As Tacoma Apartment Fire Breaks Out
Fire trapped screaming tenants at jammed windows and fire escapes of the Mayfair five story building in Tacoma. The toll was estimated at 10 with at least eight trapped and hospitals reporting many burn victims. Rescue was hampered by intense heat and a basement candy factory explosion.
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Tacoma
Wash
UPR
Charles J. Eisenbacher
Treble damage suit over OPA rental violations filed
The OPA filed a federal treble damage action against Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Lieberman for renting housing at 175 a month when the OPA ceiling was 100. A $450 judgment and a final injunction are sought. Darrell Parker and Emmett R. Fieghner lead the enforcement suit.
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D. K. Lieberman
Indian School Road
OPA
Darrell Parker
Emmett R Fieghner
Liebermans
Aaron
Ann Ziegman
Tokyo Press Now Fears Homeland Thrust
Tokyo reports say American invasion forces struck Iwo Jima en route to Tokyo as the Fifth Fleet attacked the capital and southern approaches. Japanese outlets warned of possible homeland landings while Tokyo radio urged total defense and government unity. naval exchanges and bombardments continued with U S carrier actions and Iwo Jima shelling cited as pivotal in the ongoing operations.
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U. S. Pacific
Guam
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Fifth Fleet
Asahi
Mainichi
Japan
Boso Peninsula
Tokyo Bay
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Radio Tokyo
U. S
Nimitz
Raymond A. Spruance
Marc A. Mitscher
Fifth
Yokohama
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Hervorst
Mommersum and
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Ruhr
Calecar
Wesel
Crerar
Uedem
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Afferden
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Pruem
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