B 29s Stage Dual Tokyo Raid Across Empire Lines
Tokyo was hit by a heavy air assault as more than 200 B 29s and 1000 carrier planes struck the city. Fire and destruction spread through central Tokyo including near the imperial palace areas. Bombing targeted Nagoya and areas southeast of Osaka with plans for a second day of action by Vice Admiral Mitscher’s task force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tremaine
Guam
U.P
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
Imperial Household Ministry
Omiya Palace
Europe
NBC
BBC
Blue Network
Radio Tokyo
Marc A. Mitscher
Pacific Fleet
London
Germany
Nagoya
Osaka
Mitscher
Four Armies Rip Nazi Defenses Back Within 10% Miles Of Cologne
Allied air forces raid Berlin in the largest daylight attack of the war, with about 2,000 American planes dropping over 1,250 tons of explosives and 500,000 incendiaries. RAF Lancaster forces and Mustangs support the Berlin strike aimed at rail yards and vital German front communications near Berlin, aiding Red Army progress along the Oder line.
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Cologne
London
U.P
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Germany
Red Army
RAF
Reich
Ruhr
Oder River
Lewis Serves Notice as Coal Strike Looms
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers policy committee served notice under the Smith Connally act of a possible bituminous coal strike in 30 days. The bituminous contract expires March 31 and negotiations with operators begin Thursday as the committee gathers to set a new contract agenda.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Smith- Connally
Supreme Court Rules Mann Act Applies In District Taxi Ride
The Supreme Court divided 6 2 to hold that a 3 1 2 hour DC taxi ride for prostitution violated the Mann act. The decision addressed whether the act covers transportation within the district or must cross state lines, and reversed the appeals court ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Atl
High Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Blame Border Fee On Official Whim
Military dispatch from UNITED PRESS provides distances to Berlin from Allied lines across fronts. Eastern front about 31 miles from Zaeckerick, Western front about 294 miles from Rhine northeast of Kleve, Italy about 530 miles from north of Ravenna.
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United Press
Berlin
Eastern Front
Zaeckerick
Western Front
Rhine
Kleve
Italy
Ravenna
Auto Injury Suit Claims 25 000 Damages
Concepcion Quiroz files against Dan and Jane Doe Mangum of Cochise county seeking 25000 for injuries from a Dec 27 collision on the state highway between here and Casa Grande. She alleges Mangum drove carelessly striking her as she crossed, flinging her six feet and thirty feet from impact. she suffered a fractured right tibia and pelvis and was confined to care.
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Concepcion Quiroz
Dan
Jane Doe Mangum
Cochise County
Mangum
Here
Casa Grande
J Silver
Fain Seeks Right to Work Bill But Fears Death
Senator Norman Fain of Yavapai county urged passage of a right to work bill in the Arizona senate. He warned the measure may die on the calendar with adjournment in two weeks. He noted about 10 percent of the state is unionized and argued leaders of that group should not dominate labor, industry, and the people. He cited communications from across the state in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Norman Fain
Yavapai County
Arizona Senate
Senate
Fain
Arizona
Arizona Motor Transport Association
Woolworth Heiress and Cary Grant Announce Separation
Barbara Hutton and Cary Grant disclosed their separation in Hollywood noting they will live apart for happiness. It is their second separation after a prior breakup and reconciliation. Hutton moved from the Bel Air mansion to Santa Monica while Grant remains at Bel Air.
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Hollywood
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Cary Grant
Miss Hutton
Bel-Air
Santa Monica
Grant
Bel Aly
No Legal Basis For Mexican Duty On Tourists
A U S customs officer explains in Nogales that Mexican border guards charge up to five pesos as a private fee on goods crossing the border. The practice, dating about 20 years, is said to be unofficial and not enforceable by U S authorities. Complaints are directed to Mexico City, not to American agencies.
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U. S
Nogales
Sonora
Mexico
United States
Mexican Border Customs Service
American Customs Service
Mexican Customs Service
Samuel
Mexico City
You
Amado
U. S. Customs Service
Supreme Court Backs Ban on Home Work in Embroidery Wage Rule
The supreme court ruled 7-2 that the wage-hour administrator may include a prohibition on home work in a minimum wage for the embroidery industry. Justice Rutledge led the majority. Justice Roberts dissented with Chief Justice Stone. Justice Frankfurter issued a concurring opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Rutledge
Justice Roberts
Stone
Justice Frankfurter
Nokrashy Becomes Egyptian Premier After Assassination
Cairo reports that Mahmoud Nokrashy Pasha, formerly foreign minister, is set to keep the coalition cabinet of the assassinated Ahmed Maher Pasha. The Saadist party maintains a parliamentary majority as Egypt declares war on the Axis. Essawy, the 28-year-old Axis sympathizer, was held by police.
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Cairo
Mahmoud Nokrashy Pasha
Egypt
Ahmed Maher Pasha
Pasha
Nokrashy
Maher Pasha
Saadist
Chamber of Deputies
Maber Pasha
Mahmoud Essawy
Japs Refuse To Surrender In Old Manila
American forces press an annihilation drive against remaining Japanese in Manila as three government buildings hold out. Units push toward Luzons east coast along Kobayashi line with advances from Laguna Bay to Norzagaray and Montlban aided by fighter bombers.
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Manila
U.P
Sierra Madres
Adm
Iwabuchi
Luzon
Laguna Bay
First Cavalry
Taytay
Norzagaray
11Th Airborne
Juan River
Muntinlupa
Los Banos
Montlban
San Isidro
Marikina
Sames to begin 15th year as U S district judge
Judge Albert M. Sames starts his 15th year on the federal bench for the district of Arizona tomorrow. Appointed in February 1931 by President Hoover, he succeeded Judge Sawtelle. A longtime Arizona resident, he previously served 10 years as a Cochise County jurist and held roles including Douglas city clerk and publisher of the Douglas Dispatch. Born in Rockford Michigan, he turned 72 on February 9.
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U. S
Albert M. Sames
District of Arizona
Herbert Hoover
William H. Sawtelle
Arizona
Sames
Cochise County
Douglas
Douglas Dispatch
Marines seize Motoyama airfield No 2 on Iwo Jima
UPI reports shock troops from three Marine divisions cleared the last yards of Iwo Jima's Motoyama airfield No 2 completing capture of half the island's central airstrip system. The fall gives the third through fifth divisions airstrips within fighter range of Tokyo. Mt Moto and other positions remain in Japanese hands.
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Frank Tremaine
Guam
U.P
Iwo
Fortress
Tokyo
United Press
San Francisco
Motoyama Airfield No. 2
Two Colleges Gain Degree Authority in Arizona
Phoenix February 26 The Arizona House approved a bill to grant liberal arts degrees to Flagstaff and Tempe state teachers colleges. The measure creates a 14 member regents board to govern the colleges and the University of Arizona, with eight university regents, four college board members, and the governor and superintendent of public instruction. The board exists until July 1 1947 when an 11 member board is formed with three from the northern region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Flagstaff
Tempe
Arizona House of Representatives
Board of Regents
University of Arizona
University
Moderate Nazi Resistance On West Front Surprises
The Allies face a surprising level of German resistance in the Rhineland offensive as Eisenhower’s forces press the Cologne plain. Berlin estimates 600,000 enemy troops, with Rundstedt possibly counterattacking after a staged withdrawal would risk exposed retreat to Allied air power.
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West Front
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Rhineland
Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
Rund
Stedt
Berlin
Cologne
Rhine
Margarine and fats see higher ration points
Housewives faced new ration values as margarine lard shortening salad and cooking oils rose from three to five points and two to four points respectively due to a tight supply. Butter remained at 24 points per pound as the office of price administration ordered the increases over the weekend.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
American forces push toward Cologne through Rhineland fights
American mobile forces drive six miles into the Rhineland toward Cologne as first and ninth armies press from the Dueren and Juelich corridors. Patton's third army advances toward the Moselle as Crerar's Canadians threaten the Ruhr. German resistance fades with no major counterattacks.
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Boyd D. Lewis Paris
Cologne
Rhineland
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Dueren
Blatzheim
Long Tom
Juelich
Elsdorf
Ninth Army
Rhine
George S. Patton
Third Army
Moselle
Coblenz
Patton
Ruhr
H. D. G. Crerar
Roer River
Roer
U. S. First Army
Golzheim
Erft River
U. S
Juelich- Cologne
Steinstrass
Rodingen
Spiel Welldorf
Pattern
Muntz
Juelin-Cologne
Hottorf
Ralshofen
Kotteren
Soviet Armored Drive Near Baltic Opens Northern Front
Soviet armored forces pressed toward the Baltic from Pomerania, reaching within 60 miles of the coast and threatening a split of Germany's northern defenses. Red Star reported fierce air battles over bridgeheads with heavy losses for German planes, including 93 shot down in one sector.
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Robert Musel
London
U.P
Baltic
Germany
Pomerania
Danzig-Stettin
Free State of
Danzig
Red Star
Berlin
Death of UA staff Lt. Col. Arthur H. Walker in Italy
Lt. Col. Arthur H. Walker 44 husband of Ina Walker of 934 North Campbell Tucson died in Italy February 15 while serving with the 25th Infantry. He had joined the University of Arizona faculty in 1937 after Montana State College work and Ohio State University and University of Wisconsin degrees. Surviving are wife and three children Eleanor Evelyn age 10 and Richard age 6. He was promoted to colonel in January 1944 and left for overseas duty last fall.
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Tucson
Arthur H. Walker
Ina Walker
North Campbell Avenue
University of Arizona
Walker
War Department
Ft. Huachuca
25Th Infantry
Eleanor
Evelyn
Richard
Montana State College
Agricultural Experiment Station
Montana
Ohio State University
University of Wisconsin
Simga Xi
American Society of Animal Producers
Phi Kappa Phi
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Navy
Emperor's Palace
Leo
Disher
Lewis
Old Manila
William B. Dickinson
Iwo No. 2 Airfield
Beach
Linnich
Duesseldorf
Katzem
Loevenich
Deveren
Houverath
Hetzerath
Granterath
Erkelenz
Muenchen- Gladbach
104Th Timber Wolf
Rath
Ellen
Merzenich
Col. Walker
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