Japan's Rise From Manchuria to World Power Revealed
AP Features writer recalls 1905 Russo Japanese War milestones. Port Arthur siege, Mukden battle, Togo's fleet victory reshape Asia. Roosevelt's peace push at Portsmouth ends conflict with Russia yielding Manchuria and Port Arthur lease. Japan emerges as a major power.
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Russia
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Nippon
Britain
China
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Mukden
Sea of Japan
Togo
Marshal Oyama
Gen- Nogi
Teddy Roosevelt
Barney Oldfield
Rosevelt
Portsmouth
N. H
Arthur
Sakhalin
Korea
Little Nippon
Hitler's Appeal Fails as Allies Brace for Strong War Push
The piece notes Hitler's anniversary speech as a desperate bid to split the Allied powers and aid from Bolshevism. It contrasts his warnings with Allied air raids on Brunswick and Hanover and Red Army advances toward Germany, highlighting growing Allied fury at Nazi and Japanese brutality against prisoners.
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America
England
Nan Enia
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Reich
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Royal Air Force
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Europe
New Tank Buster Is Brought Out
The British information services disclosed that the shoulder fired Piat, a new Allied anti tank weapon, can shoot a two and three quarter pound bomb through heavy armor. It weighs 33 pounds and is lighter than the old rifle, enabling one man to carry it.
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New York
Italy
Wanted by couple for small apartment with private bath
Classified notices list several want ads including a couple seeking a private bath apartment at a good location with phone contact, a 2 waitress call at Grayhound Grill, and a homeowner seeking a house with garden by March 1. Also entries for housework positions and a desk top request.
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Admiralty Islands Raid Could Block Japanese Supply Lines
The report notes a doubling of U S bomber raids on the Admiralty Islands now a major Jap supply and shipping center. Seizure of the group could form a barrier against Japs on New Guinea and New Britain, trapping forces and severing supply lines from Truk, potentially prompting an early invasion.
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Admiralty Islands
Admiralty Group
New Guinea
New Britain
Truk
International
District Board Urged To Stand Ground By Byrd
Senator Byrd assures District Commissioner Mason of backing as the commission refuses to grant Senator Guffey’s demand for Dr. Eugene de Savitsch’s hospital assignment. Byrd denounces Guffey’s threats to remove District Health Officer Ruhland and raises questions about using political power to seek experiments on indigent patients.
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Washington
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D-Va
Guy Mason
Commission
Guffey
Dpa
Eugene de Savitsch
Senate
District Health Department
House
Democratic Campaign Committee
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George C. Ruhland
Savitsch
Mason
United States
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Paying Tribute To Fellow Editor
Henry J. Haskell of the Kansas City Star will address the funeral of William Allert White a noted author and former Emporia Gazette editor. A private home service precedes a public service at the Emporia College Chapel with readings from the Bible. A Welsh choir will sing at Maplewood Cemetery as six Gazette employees serve as pallbearers.
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Kas
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Kansas City Star
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White
The
Star
Emporia Gazette
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First Congregational Church
First Corinithians
Maplewood Cemetery
the Gazette
Football Star Tanks Germans South of Rome
American forces near the Beachhead expand their control to 85 square miles as Lt. Col. Louis A. Hammock, former West Point guard, commands tank units to destroy German armor. Hammock's platoon, led by Lt. Gordon West, reportedly kills 125 Germans. other leaders knock out additional tanks and gun positions. Hammock calls it a world record.
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ACTIC
Rome
Louis A. Hammock
West Point
Hammock
Blackstone
Robert Moloney
Covington
More Aluminum For Civilians
Washington reports aluminum firms closing three more plants at Massena New York bringing total closures to fifteen and a fourteen percent drop in output. War production satisfactory and civilian aluminum may rise to support steel and other metals. A contract with the Aluminum Company of Canada extends through mid-1945 supplying over half a billion pounds annually.
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Auminum
War Production Board
Massena
N. Y
Shipshaw
Aluminum Company of Canada
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