B-29s reduce heart of Tokyo to shambles
Large fires burning hours after attack
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Marines smash to Iwo beaches
Japs caught in 3 small pockets
GUAM (UP) – U.S. Marines on Iwo Island drove forward Saturday against decreasing Jap resistance. The victorious end of the bloody campaign seemed near as the 3rd and 4th Divisions smashed to the eastern beaches at several points.
The Jap holdings were reduced to three small pockets, the largest of which is about a half square mile in area.
The 4th Division, whose progress had been limited to gains of only a few yards for days, suddenly swept forward for gains up to 500 yards on the east coast. One patrol reached the water’s edge at Tachiiwa Point, easternmost tip of the island.
3 divisions close in
Three Marine divisions closed in on the trapped enemy troops.
The Japs still held tenaciously to pillboxes and their snipers fought back viciously. But their terrific mortar fire and counterattacks, which have cost the lives of well over 2,000 Americans, were definitely slackening.
One last frantic counterattack was staged Thursday night and Friday when the Jap forces attempted to infiltrate the Marine lines “on a large scale.” The Americans hurled them back and the 4th Marine Division killed 564.
Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine’s 3rd Division drove to the northeast coast of the craggy bastion Friday and today widened positions along the shore.
All units advance
A general advance of up to several hundred yards was made by all units. The 5th Marine Division had driven to within 1,000 yards of Kitano Point, northern tip of the island.
An estimated 20,000 Jap troops were on Iwo when the Marines landed 20 days ago and it was believed that at least three-fourths had been killed or severely wounded.
The communiqué disclosed that a small group of enemy planes approached Iwo early Friday but retired without attacking.
Raymond Ickes, Secretary’s son, wounded on Iwo
Saturday, March 10, 1945
WASHINGTON (UP) – Lt. Raymond Wilmarth Ickes, 32, son of Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, was wounded on Iwo Jima where he was serving with the 3rd Marine Division, the Navy reported today.
Secretary Ickes’ office reported that Lt. Ickes suffered serious chest wounds last Wednesday when he was struck by shrapnel fragments. Lt. Ickes is reportedly still on Iwo Jima receiving emergency treatment.
His wife, Miralotta L. Ickes, lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Lt. Ickes joined the Marines as an enlisted man May 27, 1943. After boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he attended Officers’ Training School at Quantico, Virginia, where he received his commission February 9, 1944. Four months later, he went overseas with a replacement battalion.
Hero Mitchell Paige’s wife granted divorce in Reno
Action is taken to free Medal of Honor winner to marry another, friends say
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Senator finds men loafing on war jobs
One worker asleep on assembly line
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Bars ordered to post prices
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In Washington –
Rhine crossing may kill bill on labor draft
Yanks advance aids Senate’s views
By Phelps Adams, North American Newspaper Alliance
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Early victory over Nazis may mean collapse of WLB
Both AFL and CIO are expected to quit panel – Vinson increases feeling
By Fred W. Perkins, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
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18 German generals killed, 43 captured
Saturday, March 10, 1945
PARIS, France (UP) – Eighteen German generals have been killed and 43 captured by the allies since D-Day, it was announced today by Allied Headquarters.
Fatalities were headed by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and Field Marshal von Kluge – the latter a suicide – and included three generals, eight lieutenant generals, four major generals and one SS Gruppenfuehrer.