Allies Break Through in Western and Baltic Push to Rhine
Allied forces press toward Cologne and the Ruhr as First and Ninth Armies widen bridgeheads. Soviet and Polish Front advances reach toward the Baltic, with Rokossovsky’s Second Army pushing through mud and counterattacks to trap German forces in eastern Pomerania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Neustettin
Pollnow
Rae
Bublitz
Baltic
Danzig
Stettin
Transocean
Berlin
Koeslin
Red Fleet
Moscow
Pomerania
Gre
Eden Wins Big Commons Vote on Poland Policy
In London the House of Commons defeated a protest motion 396 to 25 over the big three plan for postwar Poland. Foreign Secretary Eden defended the Crimea charter decisions and denied Britain guaranteed prewar Polish frontiers, urging unity in Churchill's coalition cabinet. A later vote on a Conservative amendment to a confidence motion loomed. A separate proposal urged a second Palestine in Libya for Jewish refugees.
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London
House of Commons
Poland
Eden
Britain
Crimea
Yalta
Churchill
United War Cabinet
Japan
Commons
Maj
G. E. P. Thorneycroft
House
Russia
Libya
Photos Show 240 Blocks In Heart Of Tokyo Burned
The 21st Bomber Command reports 240 city blocks in Tokyo’s congested industrial and business district were destroyed in a Sunday Superfortress raid. Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay calls the results excellent and notes 29,074,000 square feet of factory and trade areas burned out.
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Leif Erickson
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Tokyo
Curtis
le May
The
Sky Mammoths
Roosevelt returns from Big Three talks in Crimea
President Roosevelt came back from the Crimea conference with hopes for ending the war and limiting armaments. He plans a full in person report to Congress and the nation, a United Nations address in San Francisco, and further meetings with Churchill after the Paris talks. He sailed via cruiser and plane, landing on the East Coast and heading to Washington with Maj. Gen. Watson buried today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Aglas B. Cornell
W. Gton
Russia
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
San Francisco
London
Yalta
Malta
Algiers
Egypt
Farouk
Ethiopia
Saudi Arabia
Straits of Gibraltar
Arlington National Cemetery
Edwin M. Watson
Watson
Capitol
Virginia State Guard seeks new recruits for Company 115
V S G members are notified to report to the armory Thursday at 7 30 p m. Those named Pitcock Derflinger Fogle Orndorff and John W Ritter are requested to attend and any others interested in joining Company 115 Capt W A Baker oversees the call.
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Company 115
Armory
Pitcock
Derflinger
Fogle
Orndorff
John W. Ritter
Virginia State Guard
W. A. Baker
Twelve Dining Chairs Sold By J. W. Grove Co
Just received twelve new dining room chairs from J. W. Grove Furniture Co. Call 6472 for details. February 28 notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Soldier Boys Vote Through Constitutional Convention
The call urges giving soldiers a vote in state elections by voting affirmative at the March 6 special election to call a Constitutional Convention. It proposes securing voting rights for every soldier while outlining the purpose of the election.
Marines Press Iwo Offensive Near Fighter Airfield
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marine units probing Iwo Jima on day ten, advancing along the island center and northern high ground. Maj. Gen. Graves Erskine’s Third Division pushes north and west from the fighter base while Maj. Gen. Clifton Cates’ Fourth Division grows its line around hill 382. forces on the left flank under Maj. Gen. Keller Rockey are not noted as making gains. The Japanese dig in, using pillboxes and tanks amid intense shelling from sea and air.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo
Leathernecks
Graves B. Erskine
Clifton B. Cates
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Keller E Rockey
Fifth Marine
Low Temperatures Seen For Local Area
Weather forecast for February 28 to March 4 shows below normal temperatures in Zone 4 with cooling at the start and finish and a mid period rise. The south experiences moderate to heavy rain while the north sees snow or rain in the middle and end. Zone 5 expects near to slightly below normal temperatures with a slow rise and moderate to heavy snow or rain around the middle and end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Wanted Nurse for Child at Star Office
A help wanted note seeks a nurse to care for a child at Star Office location. Postings indicate application details appear in the Star Office address area and specify working conditions and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Office
Real Estate Office Moves to Larger Quarters
Notice states B M Sullivan relocates his real estate office after March to 34 Rouss Ave with larger quarters, maintaining the same telephone number and service. The notice is dated February 24.
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Rouss Ave
B. M Sullivan
Liquid Fire Used By Troops To Oust Japanese Forces
American infantry sprayed flame and grenades on Manila's shattered legislative buildings as 148th Infantry tried to reclaim the structure. Japanese defenders held the second floor with machine guns, while cavalry units pressed sieges on agriculture and finance buildings. McArthur announced the destruction of the enemy on Vede Island and the Corregidor garrison near Luzon.
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Manila
Intramuros
148Th Infantry
Navy
Agriculture and Finance
Douglas McArthur
Little Vede Island
Luzon
Mindoro
Verde
Verde Island
Frederick A. Irving
Roosevelt gifts wheeled chair to King Ibn Saud
On a presidential cruiser in the Mediterranean February 18, President Roosevelt presented a wheeled chair to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. The Arab ruler, wounded in battle, admired the chair and noted it would ease his steps at home. Roosevelt also gave a spare chair with flourish.
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Mediterranean
Roosevelt
King Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Bywaters Appoints Renner Deputy
Henry Renner of Kernstown has been appointed deputy sheriff of Frederick County by Sheriff John B. Bywaters. Renner will begin his duties immediately.
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Henry Renner
Kernstown
Frederick County
John B. Bywaters
Renner
Final Wind Up Dress Sale at Lovett's Dress Shop
Final wind up sale offers two lot dresses at 3 0 and 5.00, with quick disposal prices up to 29.50. Come early for bargains. All sales final. Lovett's Dress Shop 156 158 N Loudoun.
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Lovett
Loudoun
Miners' Wage Demands Formed Ahead of Talks
John L. Lewis and 31 district presidents drafted tentative wage demands and sought policy committee approval for table placement. The United Mine Workers scale committee, including John O Leary and Thomas Kennedy, weighs proposals ahead of start of bituminous contract talks tomorrow. A 30‑day cooling off period began Monday under the Smith Connally act, with a strike vote possible by end of March among 400,000 members.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers District
Lewis
John O'Leary
Thomas Kennedy
Smith- Connally
UMWA
National Labor Relations Board
Japanese Resist In Burma Area
British 14th Army troops driving from the Myinma bridgehead east of the Irrawaddy killed about 500 Japanese and cleared Talingon in 56 hours of fighting. In the north, Chinese First Army troops made slight progress along the Burma road toward Laskio amid stiff resistance.
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Kandy
Ceylon
14Th Army
Burma
Mandalay
Myinma
Irrawaddy
Talingon
Laskio
Sgt Frank L Boersig Paratrooper Dies Of Wounds
Mrs Ada Nichols of Berryville learns her son Sgt Frank L Boersig of the 82nd Airborne Division died of wounds suffered in Germany. He was wounded February 2 and died three days later in Belgium after 22 months overseas. A Berryville native, he served in Sicily Italy Holland France Belgium and Germany. He worked for Moore and Dorsey before enlistment and is survived by his mother and two Berryville sisters Mrs Owen Ruffner and Mrs Mary Longerbeam.
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Ada Nichols
Berryville
Frank L. Boersig
82Nd Airborne Division
Germany
Belgium
Winchester National Guard Company
Boersig
Sicily
Italy
Holnd
France
Moore and Dorsey
Set. Boersig
Owen Ruffner
Mary Longerbeam
Smooth War Plans Sought by Japs
Premier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso conducted a weekly conference with three senior cabinet officials to effect a smooth running program to cope with the critical war situation Tokyo radio reported. The officials named were Sotaro Ishiwata Taketora Ogata and Tetsuzo Ueda.
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Associated Press
Kuniaki Koiso
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Sotaro Ishiwata
Taketora Ogata
Board of Information
Tetsuzo Ueda
General Planning Bureau
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular meeting on Thursday evening March 1 at 8 o'clock in the company Hall. Miss Gregory of the local Recreation Council will outline the proposed project for Rouss Park. All members are urged to attend. A. Ryland Combs, Captain.
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Friendship Fire Company
Gregory
Rouss Park
A. Ryland Combs
Watson Buried At Arlington National Cemetery
Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Watson 61 Presidential Secretary and military aide died at sea February 20. His body returned to Washington in a flag covered coffin as President Roosevelt prepared to attend burial at Arlington at noon. A memorial Mass follows tomorrow at St Matthew's Cathedral.
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Washington
Edwin M. Watson
Roosevelt
Arlington National Cemetery
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Watson
Churchill
Premie Stalin
Atlantic
White House
55 Cents Set For Minimum Wage
The War Labor Board declares 55 cents as the minimum hourly wage to meet wartime living standards. Regional boards may approve up to 55 cents if employers and unions request the increase. About 4,000,000 workers in textiles services trades and some lumbering and turpentine work earn under 55 cents.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
William H. Davis
Weers
Highlights Of World At War Fronts Across Global Theater
Western Front reports show Canadians and U S Ninth Army pressing toward Duesseldorf and near Cologne while the First Army seizes a bridge over the Erst. In the Saar region gateway fights intensify as Third Army holds bridgehead and Americans advance in the south. On the Russian Front Russians push 44 miles into Pomerania threatening German escape routes. Breslau advance continues. Italian front notes a village capture amid patrols. In the Pacific, Marines press on Iwo Jima and Japanese forces are described as collapsing in Manila with Verde Island destroyed.
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Paris
First Army
Cologne
Erft
Ninth
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Rhine
George S. Patton
Bitburg
Bastogne
Germany
Third Army
Trier
Normandy
Una le
Don Whitehead
Spig Ninth
Muenchen Gladbach
Ural
Rhineland
Supreme Headquarters
Duesseldorf
Ruhr Alang
Oaad Gladbach
Ninth Army
Erst
Saar
Pomerania
East Pomerania
Danzig
Stettin
Breslau
Iwo Jima
Manila
Verde Island
Clearance Coats and Skirts at Lovett's Dress Shop
Coats sold up to 59.50 and 10.00. Lot of wool skirts available for 3.00. All sales final. Lovett's Dress Shop at 156 158 N Loudoun Street. February 27? notice format in old classified style.
Public Auction of Shenandoah Nat Bank Stock
Lat 2 1945 block sale at 12 noon at the County Court House. Dunn & Duvall, auctioneers. Auction notice dated February 26 and March 2, indicating sale terms and location.
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Shenandoah
County Court House
Dunn & Duvall
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Mies
Red Army
Rhine Plain
James M. Long
U. S
Roer
Signal Corps Radiophoto
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Omparison
New York
Rockefeller City
Emperor Hirohito
Marc A. Mitscher
President
Bulletin
Attention V. S. G
Marines
Volcanic Island
By Leif Erickson
Fred Hampson
Bywaters
Sgt
F. L. Boersig
Arlington
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