Reds Press Front Along Neisse in Race to Berlin
Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan S. Konev advanced along a 60 mile front southeast of Berlin crossing the Neisse and Oder rivers. Capture of Kuschern and near Guben set stage for a frontal assault on Berlin as Rokossovsky’s second White Russian army pushed toward Nieponie and Danzig corridor.
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London
Ivan S. Konev
Neisse
Berlin
Spree River
Konev
Oder River
Kuschern
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder
Guben
Pfoerten
Cottbus
Leippa
Goerlitz
East Bank
Dresden
Zhukov
Danzig
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Berlin- Stettin-Danzig
Nieponie
Danzig Free State
Gdynia
Arizona Senate Adopts Air Zoning Measure
The Arizona Senate approved the air zoning bill 18 to 1 with Sen. W. H. Hathaway dissenting. The measure now goes to the House. The session also sent a $29,386 appropriation to the state hospital for the insane and considered multiple bills on livestock notification to railroad owners, trespass land, and livestock sanitary board use amid cattlemen railroads conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Senate
Arizona
W. H. Hathaway
Santa Cruz County
Senate
House
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Jap Prison Ship Sunk Killing 800 Prisoners
Washington reports a third sinking of a Japanese prison ship. More than 800 Americans died as 1,600 prisoners were held at rifle point and sunk by American planes on December 15. Only two escapees, Lt. George Pritz, and an Army private, survived.
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Washington
U.P
Rifle Point
George K. Petritz
Navy Department
Bloom Defends Washington Against Gallup Poll
UPR Rep Sol Bloom of New York criticized Gallup for a poll that showed 42 percent ranking Abraham Lincoln greater than George Washington. Bloom called Washington the only non-controversial figure in history and condemned releasing the poll near Washington's birthday.
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Washington
UPR
Sol Bloom
New York
George Washington
George Gallup
Gallup
Abraham Lincoln
Bloom
Tucson Badgers Defeat Nogales in District Play
The Tucson Badgers overwhelmed Nogales 36 to 18 in the southern district high school basketball finals first round. Leading 24 to 5 at halftime, Tucson used substitutes in the second half as the state school for the deaf and blind at Tucson beat Patagonia 40 to 17.
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Bisbee
Tucson Badgers
Nogales
Tucson
State School For the Deaf and Blind
Patagonia
Manpower Control Aimed at Employers in Senate Report
Washington Feb 22 The senate military committee reported favorably a manpower control bill targeting employers with heavy jail and fine penalties. The measure, unlike the house work or jail bill, would not penalize workers who refuse to take essential jobs, chairman Thomas said.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Thomas
Utah
Parliament to Debate Crimea Declaration Pledges
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced in the commons that the government will seek a vote of confidence on its Crimean declaration commitments. The debate in the House is set for next Tuesday and Wednesday over the motion approving joint policy agreed by the three great powers at the Crimea conference.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons
House
Connally Seeks Senate Action on US-Mexico Water Treaty
Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to decide tomorrow on ratification after a month of hearings. Chairman Connally aims to report affirmative action before his trip to Mexico City for an inter American conference. Dean Acheson says ratification would bolster US standing at the UN conference in San Francisco in April by showing amicable settlement of the water dispute.
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Morris Cleavenger
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Mexico City
Dean Acheson
United States
United Nation
San Francisco
Mexico
War Bond Sales in Pima County Reach 300000
Bond sales in Pima County totalled 300000 at close of business last night, with about 65000 still needed to hit February’s quota in five days. Fred Dragonnette, war finance chairman, credited steady sales and no special promotions. Richard Blakeman, a 12 year old 4H student from Kenilworth School Coolidge, won a war stamp prize and plans to buy more bonds with earnings from calf projects.
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Pima County
Fred Dragonnette
War Finance
Richard Blakeman
Kenilworth School
Coolidge
Arrest in Courtroom by Sheriff Ends Custody Bid
Sheriff Ed Echols interrupted a custody hearing led by Judge Eva De Concini to announce a warrant for the arrest of W. J. MacDonald on an aggravated battery charge. MacDonald remains jailed on a 1000 bond as the court ordered temporary custody to juvenile authorities. The alleged assault involved his wife and occurred Tuesday with Mrs. MacDonald hospitalized.
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Eva de Concini
Superior Court
W. J. MacDonald
MacDonald
Ed Echols
John Higgins
Sheriff Echols
de Concini
Sheriff's Office
St. Mary’s Hospital
Two Congressmen in Fracas on House Floor
On February 22 in Washington, Rep. Hook of Michigan called Rep. Rankin of Mississippi a dirty liar. Rankin, with white hair, dashed across the aisle to seize Hook, and the pair struggled for nearly a minute before colleagues intervened. Ramspeck ordered the remark stricken from the record as Rankin supporters moved to pursue disciplinary action.
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Washington
Rep
Hook
D-Mich
Rankin
D-Miss
Rep. Ramspeck
D-Ga
Seven Thousand Allied Bombers Strike Germany in Major Raid
London reports a massive Allied air assault using about 7,000 planes across Germany. The operation targets the communications network and rail hubs, with 100 tons of explosives dropped per minute and formations of US Fortresses Liberators and fighters striking from Hanover to Berlin and Nuremberg to Lübeck.
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London
Germany
Reich
U. S
Indiana
Hannover
Berlin
Nuernberg
Luebeck Bay
Patton's Third Army breaks German lines in Saar Moselle drive
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton launch a major offensive in the Saar Moselle triangle, overrun dozens of towns, clear Saarburg, and push toward Konz and Trier as Canadian and British forces advance along the Maas Rhine corridor. The report notes heavy RAF air raids and substantial German resistance collapsing in several sectors. In Tucson, La Fiesta de Los Vaqueros rosters a record 176 contestants for a four day rodeo beginning today with an Arizona day ceremony featuring Gov. Sidney Osborn.
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Paris
U.P
George S. Patton
Germany
Saar Basin
Saar-Moselle
Patton
Saar and
Moselle
Saarburg
Konz
Saar
Trier
First Army
Maas
Rhine
Goch-Calcar
Goch
Calcar
Third Army
Moselle- Saar
Tucson
South Sixth Avenue
Arizona
Sidney Osborn
Phoenix
Earl Thode
Rodeo
Arena
Louis Brooks
Sweetwater
Tex
Tommy Rhodes
Sombrero Butte
Ariz
Homer Pettigrew
New Mexico
Buckshot Sorrels
Houston
Linderman Brothers
Bud
Bill
Rivers Harbors Bill Advances to White House
The House approved a postwar rivers and harbors bill costing nearly 500 million dollars by voice vote, sending it to the White House. An amendment adding the Tennessee Tombigbee waterway was withdrawn, reducing immediate controversy. Major projects include Alabama-Coosa waterway 60 million, Trinity River 15 million, Missouri River channeling 6 million, Illinois waterway 25 million, and Snake River development 58.625 million.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Rankin
D-Miss
Alabama-Coosa
Trinity River
Tex
Missouri River
Sioux City
Illinois
Snake River
France Must Rise Again by Her Own Efforts
DeGaulle resists the Crimean conference exclusion, seeking equality with the Big Three. The Associated Press analysis cites pride and push for France to be treated as a major power. The gesture signals personal hurt and a call for balance among allies.
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France
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Gen
DeGaulle
Roosevelt
Europe
Paris
Iwo Jima Battle Rages As U S Slugs At Suribachi
U S fleet units near Iwo Jima report damage from Japanese air attacks and 4 553 U S Marine casualties in the island assault. Tokyo radio foresees American invasion of China as prelude to homeland invasion. Marines push north and south with seven enemy planes downed and heavy naval bombardment supporting the advance.
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Iwo Jima
Iwo
Mt. Suribachi
U. S
AL Dopking
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Navy
United States
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Nimitz
United Press
Tokyo Radio
Japan
China
San Francisco
America
U. S. Third Marine Division
Bougainville
Graves B. Erskine
Motoyama Airfield
Flood Damage Trial Recesses Over Holiday
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in flood damage suits against the city rested their case as the session began yesterday. The defense opened and court recessed until tomorrow. Several claims were withdrawn reducing damages by about 5,077 dollars, bringing total sought to roughly 6,000 dollars less than the original 54,796 dollars. A. F. Harter continued testimony on culvert construction with maps and diagrams. City Attorney Elliott questioned which hydraulic formula would be used. Harter said any accepted formula could be obtained from textbooks. The motion to dismiss was denied. City Clerk Carl M. Hitt identified documents granting property owners rights to build over the culvert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Darnell
G. L. Gibson Trucking Service
Washing Machine Service, Inc
A. F. Harter
Harter
Thomas Elliott
Elliott
Phelps
Carl M. Hitt
Hitt
Leonard W. Jubb
Fay, Spafford and Thorndike
Engl
Freed Seaman Claims British Escort Abandoned Convoy
Walter Stankiewicz, a 28 year old seaman from Baltimore aboard the Carlton, says British escort ships left a Murmansk bound convoy in the North Atlantic in July 1942, allowing German forces to attack. He cites 34 ships sunk, including the Carlton, and notes attacks by submarines and torpedo bombers. Navy public relations offered no verification of his account.
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New York
Gripsholm
North Atlantic
Walter Stankiewicz
Baltimore
Berlin
Vichy
Stankiewicz
Carlton
United States
Washington
Summarines
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Rai
U. S. Marines
Reds
By Robert Musel
Allied Air Chiefs
By Boyd D. Lewis
Saar River
U.S
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