Roosevelt returns from Yalta talks plans postwar world role
President Roosevelt lands in the United States after a 10 day cruise near enemy submarines and reports to Congress on the Yalta progress. He outlines plans for a three nation alliance to dismantle the German war machine and to form a lasting international organization to prevent future wars. He favors a future UN and says Germany and Japan must prove restraint before joining the world body. The trip covered 14 000 miles with talks with Stalin Farouk Haile Selassie Ibn Saud and Churchill.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Imea
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Japan
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Gibraltar
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Crimea
Peritol Hill
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Black Sea
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Sand Stalin
Farouk
Egypt
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Yalta
Great Bitter Lake
Suez Canal
Press Association
United States
England
Russia
China
France
Assembly of United Nations
United Nations
Two Divisions Push Back Japs Outside Manila
Japanese forces fall back along a ten mile front in the Marikina watershed east of Manila under an American offensive. Gen. MacArthur reports destruction of Japanese on Verde Island and near Corregidor. Sixth Infantry Division advances toward Luzon east coast capturing Mt Mataba. First Cavalry Division meets stiff resistance at Antipolo as operations extend from Manila.
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William B. Dickinson
Manila
U.P
Marakina
Douglas MacArthur
Verde Island
Luzon
Corregidor
Formosa
Indo- China
Clark Field
Comet Agency
Leyte
Sixth Infantry Division
Mt. Mataba
Kobayashi
Mt. Pawagan
Sixth Division
Manialban-Wawa
First Cavalry
Antipolo
House Sees Brief Revolt Over Pensions
In Phoenix on February 28 the Arizona House faced a filibuster as lawmakers debated returning authority to set old age assistance funding from the state local security and welfare board to the legislature. Rep Norton of Maricopa opposed the bill, which was tabled after a brief appeal for a 24 hour hold.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
Superforts Wreck Big Tokyo Station in Raid
US air force reports 240 blocks of Tokyo industrial area burned after a Sunday raid centered on Ueno station and freight yards. More than 200 B-29s dropped over 1000 tons of bombs from 25,000 feet, with no bombers lost.
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Lloyd Tupling
Guam
U.P
Tokyo
Ueno
Emperor Hirohito
Radio Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
Roosevelt Aide Buried In Arlington Cemetery
Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Watson military aide and secretary to President Roosevelt was buried under an old hickory tree in Arlington National Cemetery. He died at sea on February 20 while returning from the Yalta conference with the President. The ceremony drew the President Mrs. Roosevelt cabinet members and high ranking officers amid heavy rain and sleet.
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Washington
Edwin M. Watson
Roosevelt
Arlington National Cemetery
Watson
Yalta
Army
Navy
Frances Nash
White House
OPA Rent Cleanup at Ft Huachuca Targets Fry Family
An $11,293.50 treble damage suit was filed against Raymond Fry and his parents for alleged OPA rental violations at Ft Huachuca. The action follows an OPA probe that forced most area landlords to lower rents after uncovering extensive overcharges and unregistered properties. over 40 tenants, primarily Negro soldiers and their families, were affected by high rents prior to the cleanup.
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Fry
Ft. Huachuca
OPA
Raymond Fry
Marie E. Fry
Oliver Fry
Minnie Fry
Raymond
Frys
Leland Glazier
German War Prisoner Escapes From Hospital
The Federal Bureau of Investigation sought Willi Unger a 23 year old German prisoner of war who fled from the psychopathic ward at the Florence internment camp yesterday. Camp officials described him as not dangerous though he suffered from delusions.
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Phoenix
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Willi Unger
Florence
Unger
Police After Slot Machines In Negro Club
City police moved to remove four slot machines from the Cosmopolitan club at 134 South Meyer Street after reports that nonmembers entered freely. Assistant Chief J Forrest Ingle said the machines were ordered out due to open doors and unrestrained patronage, though other private clubs were not targeted. He noted no complaints about other venues, while one resident argued the move reflected discrimination against the club’s Negro patrons.
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Cosmopolitan Club
South Meyer Street
J. Forrest Ingle
Ingle
American Legion
Pennington Street
VFW
East Broadway
Roosevelt Signs Bill To Give Wallace Job
President Roosevelt signed the George bill to create a Wallace cabinet post, moving the vast federal lending agencies out of the commerce department. The White House said the signing occurred at sea last Saturday and no further statement followed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
White House
Commerce Department
Jonathan Daniels
Senate
Commerce
Big Three Unity Key to Upheld World Peace Says Churchill
Associated Press War Analyst notes Churchill’s image of a united Big Three ready to use force to outlaw war. He marks unity as essential, warns against internal quarrels, and cites the United States as playing a vital role in a new world security league prepared to act.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Churchill
Commons
League of Nations
United States
New World Security League
American Forces Break Erft River Barrier Near Cologne
American tanks and troops crossed the Erft river at three points near Cologne and pressed toward Modrath. American first army divisions breached the river and canal while advancing toward Dueren and Duesseldorf. Canadian forces also broke through at the Siegfried line, with 5100 prisoners captured and more surrendering as towns near Cologne and Duesseldorf fell.
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Paris
U.R
Erft River
Rhine
Modrath
Cologne
United Press
John McDermott
Erft Front
First Army
Erft
Dueren
U. S. Ninth Army
Ruhr
Duesseldorf
Ninth Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Erft Canal
Roosevelt May Visit London In Spring Reports Say
British news agencies report President Roosevelt plans to visit London in spring or early summer with possible invitation to Marshal Stalin. The notices cite Roosevelt's remark about meeting Prime Minister Churchill after the San Francisco conference as partial confirmation.
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London
U.P
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
England
British Press Association
Exchange Telegraph
United States
Churchill
San Francisco
Iwo Marines Plan Assault Against Jap Fortifications
Marines on Iwo Jima prepare for a general assault toward the rugged north coast as they tighten lines on the central plateau. Tokyo reports claim Japanese defenders hold their positions with heavy fortifications including numerous pillboxes and deep two story blockhouses.
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Guam
U.P
U. S
Iwo
Tokyo
Australian Information Department
Farm Co op Organized For PW Negotiation
Santa Cruz Valley Producers' association forms as a nonprofit cooperative to negotiate prisoner of war labor for planting and processing crops in Sahuarita. T. K. Shoenhair says the group will supply farm labor amid wartime manpower drain. officers elected January 23 in Sahuarita. Army officials reportedly prepared to deal with a farmers' group in the area.
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Santa Cruz
Russian Drive Gains Ground In Baltic Area
London reports German defense anchor Neustettin fallen to a Russian offensive threatening to trap troops northeast. Rokossovsky's White Russian army nears the Baltic sea about 25 miles northwest of Neustettin, potentially sealing off eastern Pomerania, the Danzig free State, and the northern Polish corridor. Tanks and self-propelled guns push through flooded Pomeranian plains toward the coast.
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U.p
Germany
Neustettin
Pomerania
Pomeranian
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Baltic
Rokossovsky
Baltic Sea
Danzig Free State
Moscow
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