Eisenhower Doubtful On Hitler Death Claim
Paris May 2 General Eisenhower authorized a statement reporting Heinrich Himmler told Count Folke Bernadotte at Lübeck on April 24 that Hitler might already be dead and could not live more than two days longer. Schillenberger supported a brain hemorrhage. Doenitz’s hero’s death claim was contradicted. The note notes Allied coordination remains intact and attempts to split Allied forces are ineffective.
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Eisenhower
Heinrich Himmler
Folke Bernadotte
Luebeck
Germany
Hitler
Supreme Headquarters
Hamburg
Himmler
Schillenberger
Admiral Doenitz
Bath
Doeenitz
Wehrmacht
Doenitz
Adolf Hitler
Count
Folke) Bernadotte
International Red Cross
Heinrich Himmiler
Scoviet
May 3 1945 Hitler death report sparks doubt
British and Russian officials questioned the German claim that Adolf Hitler died in Berlin while Doenitz was named successor. Berlin radios broadcast the death as Nazi propaganda while skeptics urged body production after surrender to prove the truth. Moscow dismissed the report as a fascist ruse designed to stage a hidden exit.
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London
Adol Hitler
Doenitz
Hamburg
Hitler
Reichschancellery
Berlin
Fuhrer
Foreign Office
Germany
Moscow
Ada Creates Broadway Paving District Following Petition
Ada city commissioners approve a paving district along Broadway from Twelfth Street to the Highway 99 junction north of the Frisco tracks. Plans are developed, bids will be sought, and work will begin after engineers finalize the project. Mayor Thrash notes 90 percent of property owners along the route signed the petition. Some out of town owners could not be contacted in time.
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Ada
Broadway Avenue
Twelfth Street
Guy Thrash
Break-Ins Reported Here Include Junior High Burglary
City police investigated two break-ins Monday morning then a third burglary later that day at Ade Junior High. Articles missing include Eskimo pies, milk, War stamps, unfinished billiards, and a tennis racket from a student. Police noted the third break-in was the only one with items reported missing.
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Ade
Maud and Stonewall Lead Regional Track Entries
The regional track meet entry list grew with eight Maud athletes and six from Stonewall, both schools in Class B, while Ada entered 17 in Class A. Principal Trice Broadrick urged postmarks by midnight Wednesday and noted entries close tonight.
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Stonewall
Ada
Trice Broadrick
London
Churchill
Commons
Hitler
Ada On One Of New Airlines
P Thirty nine Oklahoma cities will receive feeder airline service once planes are available after a state permit to Central Airlines. The plan calls for two daily round trips on routes including Oklahoma City to Idabel Ada Atoka Hugo and to Frederick Ardmore Purcell Pauls Valley Guthrie Enid Blackwell Elk City via multiple cities. Tulsa and Stillwater are listed among many connections with further pairings.
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Oklahoma Cities
Central Airlines, Inc
State Corporation Commission
Idabel
Ada
Atoka
Hugo
Henryetta
Okmulgee
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Pawhuska
Ponca City
Blackwell
Medford
Alya
Woodward
Enid
Perry
Stillwater
Cushing
Sanatoa
el Reno
Watonga
Durant
Muskogee
McAlester
Tulsa Ministers Changing Plans
Tulsa ministers plan May 13 sermons stressing congenial home life after condemning Mother's Day services as over emotional. About 30 ministers agreed to make an intelligent appeal for fun and unity as the Tulsa council distributes home observance materials.
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Tulsa
Okls
Morrow
Tulsa Council of Churches
Ministerial Alliance
Finai
Ada Airport Seen From Air By Central Airlines Assignment
Reporter views Ada from a Central Airlines Beechcraft flight and notes Ada's air facility readiness for postwar service on a Shreveport Oklahoma City Denver route. Keith Kahle calls Ada a strong aviation asset with a geometrically laid out airport capable of handling B 29s and future air travel thrills.
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Central Airlines
Ada
Central Airlines, Inc
Keith Kahle
Shreveport
Jake Smith
Smith
Central
Beechcraft
Terra Firma
Oklahoma
Hal Newell Recalls Short War Prisoner Experience
Hal Newell, a paratrooper from Sherman Texas, was captured by German forces on April 8 and liberated on April 16. He says he endured hunger but was treated well overall. He is nephew of Chester and Roy Sneed of Ads and his mother is the former Miss Davie Sneed. He fought in the North African campaign before his capture.
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Hal Newell
H. E. Newell
Sherman
Tex
Chester
Roy Sneed
Ads
Davie Sneed
President Urges Large Cut in Ship Construction Funds
President Truman asked Congress to slash more than 7 billion dollars from maritime commission ship construction funds. He seeks repeal of 3.1 billion in appropriations and 4.265 billion in contract authorizations, arguing war progress makes additional tonnage unnecessary for now. The Budget Director notes funds remain for completing the current program and limited future needs.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Maritime Commission
Harold D. Smith
Commission
British win rapid advance cuts off Denmark from pocket
British troops push north of the Elbe to within nine miles of severing Denmark from Germany while Sixth Airborne captures Wismar near Lübeck. In the south, the 26th Texas division sees Field Marshal Rundstedt and Alpine corridors as Patton advances toward Salzburg and Berchtesgaden.
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London
Reuters
21St Army Group
Luebeck
Baltic
Denmark
Germany
Wismar
Sixth Airborne Division
Austin Bealmear
Paris
Elbe River
Schleswig Halstein
Seventh Army
Field Marshal
von, Rundstedt
Tyrol
Innsbruck
Brenner Pass
Alexander Patch
Italy
Patton
Third
Salzburg
Berchtesgaden
Braunau
Hitler
Linz
Amstettin
Czechloslovakia
Hamburg
Elbe
Schleswig-Holstein
Stade
Beserged
Stockholm
Conference Clears Early Hurdles as UN Talks Move Forward
San Francisco May 2 The United Nations conference seems to have passed its worst obstacles to creating a World Security Organization. Key issues remain including veto controls and how regional groups like the Inter-American system fit into the world body. Officials expect amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks plan covering enforcement justice and potential charter revisions. The balance between regional action and council authority remains unresolved.
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San Francisco
United Nations Conference
Dumbarton Oaks
Great Powers
Inner Security Council
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Russia
China
Washington
Security Organization
Security Council
Mexico City
United Nations
World Security Council
Jap Casualties On Okinawa Mounting
Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr's Tenth Army near southern Okinawa cities reports substantial losses for Japan. He estimates about half of the original 60,000 garrison have been killed wounded or captured, reducing enemy resistance by more than half after one month of fighting.
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Guam
Con
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Tenth Army
Okinawa
Buckner
Nearly Million German Forces Surrender in Italy and Austria
Nearly one million German land sea and air troops in Italy and southern western Austria surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. Hostilities ceased at noon GMT as the capitulation was signed in the presence of Allied officers including Russians. The surrender ends a 14 year Italian campaign and allows Allied advance to within 10 miles of Berchtesgaden.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Italy
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Berchestgaden
Alexander
von Vietinghoff
Mediterranean
Nazi split emerges as Doenitz moves to rally fronts
In London Doenitz acts swiftly to control Nazi military and diplomacy after Hitler's death. He dismisses Ribbentrop, names Schwerin-Krosigk, and pledges loyalty from Gen Boehme as Norway fights on. Swiss frontier closes exits to Italy and Germany Swiss links cut as Tito reports Yugoslav gains in northern Italy. The FCC records the broadcast.
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Preas
London
Karl Doenitz
Adolf Hitler
Norway
Hamburg
Hitler
Doenitz
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Luis Schwerinkrosigk
Franz von Papen
von Schleicher
Franz Boehme
Oslo
New York
New Yugoslav Telegraph Service
Tito
Trieste
Gorizza
Manifalcone
Italy
Isoneg River
FCC
Fall of Berlin announced as Germany surrenders in Italy
Premier Stalin announced Berlin's fall amid a mass surrender of nearly one million German and Italian troops. Von Vietinghoff and Wolff signed the capitulation in Ca serata, with Gen. Alexander announcing the terms including unconditional surrender and cessation of hostilities.
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London
Stalin
Berlin
Caserta
Cal
Heinrich von Vietinghoff- Scheel
Southwest
Karl Wolff
Police
Italy
Alexander
Harold L. Alexander
Mediterranean
von Lehr
Trieste
Adriatic
von Vietinghoff
Isonzo River
Vonorlberg
Tyrol
Salzburg
Carinthia
Styria
British Land On South of Rangoon
Calcutta May 2. British warships and ground forces have landed on the Burma coast on both sides of Rangoon after initial parachute landings. Troops moving from the north are within about 34 miles of Rangoon. Southeast Asia command says battleships cruisers and destroyers bombarded air fields at Cap Nicobar and port installations at Port Blair with satisfactory results.
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Burma
Rangoon
Southeast Asia Command
East Indies
Cap Nicobar
Bay of Bengal
Andaman
Nicobar Islands
Port Blair
Pessimist Newt Lark Buys Shorts and Hats
Newt Lark, voiced with humor, bought shorts and hats after a period of not having suitable attire. The report notes three doctors and mentions Uncle Lit Bark who was ill last week but recovered.
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