Japs Fight To Last Man In Manila And Iwo Fronts
American forces press hard in Iwo Jima driving toward the center of the island while in Manila Japanese troops fight a last stand in Intramuros with heavy artillery and flamethrowers. Casualties climb as MacArthur reports 92 000 enemy losses in six weeks and 2 676 Americans killed.
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William PF. Tyree
Nimitz
Guam
Iwo
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz Sremaine
Japan
Tarawa
Marshall Tinian
Saipan
Mt. Suribachi
Suribachi
Manila
William B. Dickinson
U.P
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Intramuros
Pasig River
University Medical School
Bay Front
Glso
Manila Hotel
11Th Airborne
Batangas
Corregidor
Malinta Hill
Malinta
Another Sector of Siegfried Line Collapses
Berlin radio announced a 12 to 14 percent cut in German food rations as an emergency measure. Farmers were urged to boost deliveries to bridge the gap between ration periods and prepare for a new period starting in April.
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London
Berlin
Five Miners Die In Blaze At Bunkhouse
Five men perished in a fire that razed the Mammoth St Anthony Ltd bunkhouse at Tiger Arizona at 10 30 last night. John A Richards general manager said the blaze likely started from an overheated stove or burning bedding and spread in a high wind. The bodies were taken to Bring funeral home awaiting kin notification. Names include Roy B Servise Eduardo Chavez Carther Musgrove James T Stuart and Lloyd Williamson all of Tiger. The 32 man bunkhouse housed 20 at the time. adjoining homes were saved by sheet iron and water stream. Men housed elsewhere and production continued with slight interruption.
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Mammoth St. Anthony Ltd
Tiger
Ariz
John A. Richards
Bring Funeral Home
Roy B. Servise
Eduardo Chavez
Carther Musgrove
James T. Stuart
Lloyd Williamson
Red Spearhead Enters Guben In Nazi Fortress Breakthrough
Red army tanks and infantry breached suburbs of Guben, a key fortress guarding Berlin's southern approaches. Rokossovsky's White Russians near Danzig, while Konev's Ukrainian army pushed past the lower Oder toward Guben, with heavy losses reported for German forces.
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Guben
Nazi
Robert Musel
London
U.P
Berlin
Bober
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Danzig
Ivan S. Konev
Oder
Schegeln
Artill
Ober
Konev
Bombing of Berchtesgaden by U S 12th Air Force
Thunderbolts from U S 12th Air Force attacked Hitler's Berchtesgaden fortress in the Bavarian Alps, targeting rail yards and locomotives while facing heavy flak. The raid, launched from Italian bases, may aim at moving top priority personnel and supplies.
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Associated Press
Rome
U. S. 12Th Air Force
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Bavarian Alps
Senate committee adds jail or fine penalties to manpower bill
The Senate military committee voted to include mandatory penalties in the manpower legislation, aligning the bill with the House measure. Chairman Thomas announced the move, noting it removes voluntary features and strengthens the war manpower commission in labor distribution enforcement.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Thomas
Utah
War Manpower Commission
Austin
R-Vi
Axis. Sources Forecast U. S. Blow In China
London reports say an army of 30 000 American troops and 90 Chinese divisions massed in southwestern China to support a landing on the China coast. Transocean quotes Tokyo dispatches that an allied overland drive may follow an amphibious assault with Chinese troops in Yunnan and Burma transfers.
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London
China
Transocean
Tokyo
Yunnan
Burma
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Central Pacific
Flood suit in Tucson features maps and engineer testimony
Six firms sue the city of Tucson over flood damage as A F Harder, a civilian engineer, testifies about a survey of the arroyo culvert. Plaintiffs introduce maps drawn from Harder's investigation outlining the culvert path and original arroyo channel based on a 1880 city map.
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Tucson
A. F. Harder
Harder
Arroyo
Thomas Elliott
Duncan Ruling Awaited On Tucson Liquor Permit
State liquor department head John Duncan postponed any decision on transfers for the El Dor Rey club and Mandalay bar. He held hearings in Tucson with protests and supporters, noting potential public convenience of nearby licenses as both taverns planned moves to new sites in the city.
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Tucson
John Duncan
State
Duncan
el Dor Rey
Mandalay
Tucson Rodeo Opening Day Signals Western Week Finale
Tucson prepares for La Fiesta de los Vaqueros as the 20th Tucson Rodeo opens with Grand Entry Parade at 1 45 p m tomorrow. Gov Osborn will lead Arizona day guests. Top cowhands including Louis Brooks and Tommy Rhodes expected to compete for over 5 000 prize list across five events. Sorrels may join after 9 p m tonight entrace deadline. Houston rodeo winners Kenney and Yard also listed.
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Tucson
Old Pueblo
Buckin’ Sons of the Plains
Rodeo Field
South Sixth Avenue
Arizona
Sidney Osborn
Phoenix
Ajo
Pioneers
Armed Service
Vigilanes
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer
Brooks
Louis Brooks
Sweetwater
Tex
Rodeo Committee
Tommy Rhodes
Sombrero Butte
Ariz
Toots Mansfield
Big Spring
Dick Griffith
Scottsdale
Bud
Bill Linderman
Red Lodge
Mont
Paul Gould
Deming
N. M
Jackie Cooper
Newhall
Calif
Doff Aber
Chandler
Sorrels
Houston
Jim Kenney
Comstock
George Yard
Argentina Weighs In As Paraguay Demands Immediate Consideration
In Chapultepec Castle Mexico on February 21 the Inter American conference began with Paraguay urging immediate attention to the Argentine issue. Paraguay’s Dr Celso Velazques pressed the point as the agenda opened. Argentina will be discussed after other items, a plan favoring orderly proceedings.
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Chapultepec Castle
Mexico
Paraguay
Celso R. Velazques
Bolivia
Ezequiel Padilla
U. S
Stettinius
Padilla
Argentina
Manuel Avilamacho
Edward
25 Jap Ships Sunk By Subs In Far East
A Navy statement reports 25 more Japanese vessels sunk in Far Eastern waters by U S submarines. The ships include an escort aircraft carrier a destroyer and a large converted cruiser among combatants and several cargo and transport vessels among noncombatants. Total Japanese ships sunk since the war began reaches 1 045 with 110 combatant and 935 noncombatant craft. Sinkings announced since Jan 1 total 121. The converted cruiser may be one of the prewar 18 000 ton luxury merchant vessels.
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Washington
Far
United States
Navy
Senate Approves Budget Waiver For Municipal Utilities
Arizona senate passed a bill to waive the 10 percent budget increase cap for municipally owned utilities and for election expenses. The measure, designed to aid Tucson’s light and power plant operations, carried 10 to 9 after a reconsideration. The bill includes an emergency clause but needs House approval and could face a referendum.
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Phoenix
Arizona Senate
Senate
H. H. d’Autremont
Pima County
Tucson
d’Autremont
Bert Colter
Apache County
Paul C. Keefe
House
Nazis Surrender In Wholesale Numbers
Paris reports Lt. Gen. George Patton's Third Army advancing along a 50 mile front has captured 16 towns and entered four more including Saarburg. The front saw mass German surrenders with nearly 7,000 prisoners taken in four days amid mud hindering pursuit.
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Paris
George S. Patton
Saarburg
U.P
U. S
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Patton
Pruem
Moselle-Saar
Troo
Wehrmacht
Western Front Fighting Through Fog and Mud
Allied forces press toward engagement on the Western Front as heavy fog and mud hamper operations. Dewitt Mackenzie notes united Allied effort across fronts, with the Big Three coordinating actions and tactical air support frequently suspended by weather.
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Western Front
OPA Tightens Sugar Allotments For Home Canning
The Office of Price Administration reduced 1945 sugar allotments for home canning. Families may obtain up to 20 pounds per person, up to eight members, with no limit on recipients. Allotments now require local rationing boards and sugar stamp No. 40 is no longer sufficient.
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Washington
OPA
Circus Heads Sent To Jail For Fire Toll
Six men and the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. were sentenced by Superior Court Judge William J. Shea for manslaughter counts tied to a fatal circus fire that killed 168 people last July. Jail terms range from six months to five years with sentences concurrent. The corporation was fined $10,000.
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Hartford
Conn
U.P
Superior Court
William J. Shea
Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc
James A. Haley
George W. Smith
Leonard S. Aylesworth
David W. Blanchfield
Edward R. Versteeg
William Caley
Shea
Uruguayan House Approves War Declaration Against Axis
Montevideo February twenty first. the Uruguayan House of Representatives approved a formal declaration of war against the Axis powers marking Uruguay's entry into the global conflict alongside allied nations. The vote followed a government push to align with wartime allies and support for international efforts.
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Daos
Montevideo
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