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February 16, 1945

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Headlines from February 16, 1945

FIRST GREAT BLOW; Powerful Carrier Force Smashes at Air Bases In and Near Tokyo FIERCE SKY FIGHTS ON Fastest U.S. Battleships With 200-Mile Armada Off Honshu Coast A Full-Scale Attack TEXT OF COMMUNIQUE First Big Carrier Blow Hits Tokyo Major Moves Indicated Leader of Task Force 58 Fierce Air Battles Reported Formosa Bombed Again Boso Bases Hit, Says Tokyo

By Warren Moscow By Wireless To the New York Times

estimated 1,200 US carrier planes attack Tokyo from task force close to Jap mainland, hitting airfields, planes and other mil targets

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Canadian Rhine Hold Wider; U.S. 3d and 7th Push Foe; Canadian Army and U.S. 3d and 7th Push Gains German Defenses Strong Third Army Is Not Stopping

By Clifton Daniel By Wireless To the New York Times

Canadian troops, hampered by Rhine floods, enter Hurendeich; take Kessel and start bldg Niers River bridge there; occupy Hommersum; Ger resistance grows; 51st Highland Div revealed in Canadian lines; Roer River level drops; 3d Army expands Sauer River bridgehead above Echternach; Allied planes hit communications lines in Ger opposite battle areas; map

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NAGOYA FIRES SET IN BIG B-29 STRIKE; 'Superforts' Fly From New Tinian Base and Saipan-- Foe Lists 60 Attackers NAGOYA FIRES SET IN BIG B-29 STRIKE Foe Estimates 60 Attackers Stimson Cites Enemy Fears

By Unknown Author

on Jap fears of B-29 attacks

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NEW SOVIET THREAT; Koneff Smashes Toward Twin Bastions Guarding Berlin on South KEY RAIL POINTS FALL Junction With Zhukoff Reported--Drive for Danzig Also Gains Koneff Reaches the Neisse NEW SOVIET THREAT IS AIMED AT BERLIN

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link with Zhukoff units reptd

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Our Guns in Range of Corregidor; Tokyo Reports U.S. Ships Off Bay; U.S.GUNS IN RANGE TO HIT CORREGIDOR Corregidor's Position Critical Stiff Fighting at Fort Manila Naval Attack Reported Worth of Manila Discounted

By George E. Jones By Wireless To the New York Times

11th Corps secures Balanga-Pilar area within artillery range of Corregidor; Domei repts US naval force bombarded Corregidor while 20 minesweepers swept Manila Bay entrance, with 10 transports following, for apparent sea-borne thrust at Manila; US planes raid Corregidor; hard fighting continues, Manila; US troops reptd trying to isolate Harrison Pk; 1st Cavalry meets stiff resistance, Ft McKinley; Jap Maj Gen Ito discounts Manila's worth; map

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1945World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.^[†]

The Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor, which occurred from 16 to 26 February 1945, pitted American forces against the defending Japanese garrison on the island fortress. The Japanese had captured the bastion from the United States Army Forces in the Far East during their 1942 invasion.

1945The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law.^[†]

In the history of discrimination in the United States, the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945 was the first state or territorial anti-discrimination law enacted in the United States in the 20th century. The law, signed on February 16, 1945, prevents and criminalizes discrimination against individuals in public areas based on race. The law came about after Alaska Natives fought against segregation and other forms of discrimination in Alaska.

Headlines from February 16, 1945

Canadian Rhine Hold Wider; U.S. 3d and 7th Push Foe; Canadian Army and U.S. 3d and 7th Push Gains German Defenses Strong Third Army Is Not Stopping

NAGOYA FIRES SET IN BIG B-29 STRIKE; 'Superforts' Fly From New Tinian Base and Saipan-- Foe Lists 60 Attackers NAGOYA FIRES SET IN BIG B-29 STRIKE Foe Estimates 60 Attackers Stimson Cites Enemy Fears

NEW SOVIET THREAT; Koneff Smashes Toward Twin Bastions Guarding Berlin on South KEY RAIL POINTS FALL Junction With Zhukoff Reported--Drive for Danzig Also Gains Koneff Reaches the Neisse NEW SOVIET THREAT IS AIMED AT BERLIN

Our Guns in Range of Corregidor; Tokyo Reports U.S. Ships Off Bay; U.S.GUNS IN RANGE TO HIT CORREGIDOR Corregidor's Position Critical Stiff Fighting at Fort Manila Naval Attack Reported Worth of Manila Discounted

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