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March 1, 1945

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1945Dirk Benedict, American actor and director^[†]

Dirk Benedict is an American actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series and Templeton "Face" Peck in The A-Team television series. He is the author of Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy and And Then We Went Fishing.

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Headlines from March 1, 1945

Brazil to Set Poll Date in 90 Days; To Pick President by Direct Vote; BRAZIL ANNOUNCES DIRECT ELECTIONS Assumed Power in 1930

By Frank M. Garcia By Wireless To the New York Times

Vargas says natl econ will be conducted by Natl Econ Council under Fed Govt control

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LEND-LEASE SIGNED FOR AID TO FRANCE NOW AND AFTER WAR; Agreement Provides for Combat Epuipment at Once,Civilian Goods LaterREVERSE HELP IS INCLUDED$2,575,000,000 Top Is Set onNon-Military Phase--RussiaAlso Asks Assistance Reason for the Agreement LEND-LEASE SIGNED FOR AID TO FRANCE

By Bertram D. Hulen Special To the New York Times

House Foreign Affairs Com Repubs seek legis curb on lend-lease act extension to bar aid for post-war foreign rehabilitation

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RUSSIANS CAPTURE HUB IN POMERANIA; Neustettin Stormed by Forces Wedging Toward Baltic to Cut Off Danzig Area RUSSIANS CAPTURE HUB IN POMERANIA RED ARMY TIDE SURGES TOWARD TIE BALTIC COAST

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Many volunteers reptd joining Gen Svoboda's Army Corps, Slovakia

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Anti-Bias Bill Is Passed, 109-32, By Assembly Without Amendment; ASSEMBLY PASSES ANTI-BIAS MEASURE Bill Not a Party Measure Senate Leaders Encouraged Blames Pressure Minorities Arguments of Advocates

By Leo Egan Special To the New York Times

Assembly bars Ives-Quinn anti-discrimination bill amendment for referendum

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War News Summarized

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3 LINES OVER RIVER; HODGES' WARRIORS SMASH BARRIER TO RHINE CITY Three Lines Thrown Across the Erft 56,000 Prisoners in Month Our Losses Are Light Calcar Is Surrendered German "Jig Up" West of Rhine PAYING OFF THE ENEMY

By Clifton Daniel By Wireless To the New York Times

RHINE FRONT: US 1st Army crosses Erft River to within 7 mi of Cologne; enters Moedrath; takes several towns below Dueren and near Schleiden to make new crack in Siegfried Line; US 9th Army, under news blackout, continues attack around Muenchen-Gladbach as US planes hit points in area; infantry last reptd at Waldniel; 1 Ger div reptd nearly wiped out, with forward commands disorganized; Canadian 1st Army takes Calcar; some Ger units withdraw under attack around Weeze, Uedem and Hochwald; Gers thought pulling back to form Ruhr basin defense; Allied rocket-firing planes support Canadians; US 3d Army clears last Gers from Bitburg; enters Pellingen, increasing threat to Trier; extends Saar bridgehead south of Saarburg; some units reach Kyll River; map

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CHURCHILL UPHELD ON POLISH DECISION; Conservative Rebels Defeated 396 to 25 in Move to Modify Commons Vote on Yalta CHURCHILL UPHELD ON POLISH DECISION

By Raymond Daniell By Wireless To the New York Times

Brit Commons approves Crimea Conf decisions despite Conservative opposition; debate described

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IWO PUSH REACHES NORTHERN AIRFIELD; Center Strip Is Wholly Won and Main Village Is Passed as Marines Quicken Pace IWO PUSH REACHES NORTHERN AIR FIELD Pillboxes Like Mushrooms Vegetation Disappears

By Warren Moscow By Wireless To the New York Times

GUAM, Thursday, March 1--The Japanese defenders in Iwo Island are being pushed back at a faster rate and the clean-up of the island is now in sight, but there is no indication of a lessening of the toll of American lives that will be sacrificed before the island bastion on the road to Tokyo has fallen.

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First U.S. Freighter Enters Manila Harbor Amid Sniping; FIRST SUPPLY SHIP IN MANILA HARBOR HUNGRY MOUTHS AND EAGER HANDS IN MANILA

By George E. Jones By Wireless To the New York Times.the New York Times (U.S. SIGNAL CORPS)

JAP LOSSES: US repts, Corregidor

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PROPHECY OF PEACE; President Hopeful for Future, Thinks Arms Cuts May Come Later HAILS YALTA PLANS But Says Some of These Are Secret Now--To Attend World Parley ROOSEVELT BACK, WILL SPEAK TODAY Legislation Had Been Slowed President Looks to Arms Cuts President Recalls History

By John H. Crider Special To the New York Times

CRIMEA CONF: Roosevelt returns to US

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U.S. PROJECT BACKS AMERICAS' SECURITY; Wartime Aim Assures Nations Fearing Argentina--Treaty After War Up to Senate U.S. Project Supports Americas In War and Post-War Security Policy Urged by Others on U.S. Plan Meets Two Problems Pan American Union to Be Revised Proposals for Pan American Union

By James B. Reston Special To the New York Times

Arrives, Mex City; to study proposed Declaration of Chapultepec

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Red Cross Today Will Open Its 1945 War Fund Drive; Ceremony in Midtown at Noon to Be Signal for 100,000 Volunteers in City to Make Appeal for $21,187,000 DRIVE OF RED CROSS WILL OPEN AT NOON 1,500 at Pre-Drive Rally AN APPEAL TO ALL AMERICANS

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The Red Cross 1945 War Fund drive in New York City, with a quota of $21,187,000--more than 10 per cent of the $200,000,000 national goal--will be opened formally at noon today by the chairman, Walter L. (Red) Barber in front of a giant three-dimensional red cross erected in Rockefeller Center between the British Empire and French Buildings.

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