Eisenhower Says Himmler Report Casts Doubt On Hitler Death
General Eisenhower authorized a statement discrediting Admiral Doenitz claim that Hitler died heroically. Himmler told Count Bernadotte on April 24 that Hitler was gravely ill and could not live more than two days. General Schillenberger corroborated a brain hemorrhage but Doenitz preserved his claim of a hero's death.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Heinrich Himmler
Folke Bernadotte
Luebeck
Germany
Hitler
Supreme Headquarters
Hamburg
Himmler
Schillenberger
Doenitz
Admiral Doenitz
Wehrmacht
Adolf Hitler
Hitler Death Rumors Stir World as Doenitz Succeeds
London reports Adolf Hitler consigned to twilight of the gods amid Wagnerian rhetoric. Hamburg radio cites Berlin Reich Chancellery death, Doenitz pledge of wartime loyalty. Skepticism grows. British, Russian officials seek proof including body production after surrender. Moscow calls German broadcast a fascist trick.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Doenitz
Hamburg
Hitler
Reichschancellery
Berlin
Fuehrer
Foreign Office
Germany
Moscow
No Place For Nazis To Go Captured In Baltic Push
A Reuters dispatch from 21st Army Group HQ reports British forces captured Lübeck on the Baltic, sealing off Denmark and splitting the German pocket in northern Germany. Wismar on the Baltic, 30 miles east of Lübeck, was also captured by the Sixth Airborne Division.
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London
Reuters
21Rst Army Group
Luebeck
Baltic
Denmark
Germany
Wismar
Sixth Airborne Division
Nearly Million German Troops Surrender in Italy
Rome May 2 AP Nearly one million German land sea and air forces in Italy and southern western Austria surrendered unconditionally to the Allies today. The capitulation was signed with Allied officers present and hostilities ordered to cease at 12 noon GMT. The move ends over a year of brutal campaigning and allows Allied advances toward Berchtesgaden in Austria.
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Austria
Rome
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Berchestgaden
Caserta
Heinrich von Vietinghoff- Scheel
Obergruppenfuehrer
Karl Wolff
Police
Alexander
Harold L. Alexander
Mediterranean
von Lehr
Trieste
Adriatic
von Vietinghoff
Isonzo River
Vonarlberg
Tyrol
Salzburg
Carinthia
Styria
Farm Level Program for County 4-H and FFA Youth
A group of 32 farm youth from seven schools attended a farm level program in the county agent's office. Five from Maxwell, fourteen from Vaness, three from Parish Chapel, two from Center, four from Union Hill, three from Summers Chapel and one from Pleasant Hill joined the sessions. Morning covered farm level principles and problem solving, while afternoon paired youths practiced in the field using the level and related equipment.
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FFA
Maxwell
Vaness
Parish Chapel
Center
Union Hill
Summers Chapel
Pleasant Hill
Fox Hole Fox Gives GI Proof for Tall Tales
Atlanta May 1. An Atlanta GI in a fox hole found a fox and sent the skin to his mother. Lt. Jack C. Bradford of the Third Army is the serviceman. Mrs. J. A. Bradford will have the fox mounted to back up post war stories with proof.
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Atlanta
Jack C. Bradford
Third Army
G. I
J. A. Bradford
Paving District Created in Ada on Broadway North
Ada city commissioners passed a resolution to form a paving district along Broadway from Twelfth Street to the Highway 99 start north of the Frisco tracks. Plans will be drawn, bids advertised, and work begun after engineer studies. Mayor Thrash said 90 percent of propOwners along the site signed the petition.
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Ada
Broadway Avenue
Twelfth Street
Guy Thrash
Break-Ins Reported Here In Ada Junior High
City police investigated two break-ins Monday morning and a third later that day. The Ada Junior High burglary saw a broken window entry with Eskimo pies milk War stamps and unfinished billfolds missing along with a tennis racket from a locker.
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Ada Junior High School
Maud and Stonewall Lead in Regional Track Entries
The regional track meet entries include eight from Maud and six from Stonewall in Class B, with Ada submitting 17 men in Class A. Principal Trice Broadrick oversees the meet for the state high school association and notes entries must be postmarked by tonight.
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Maud
Stonewall
Ada
Trice Broadrick
State High School Athletic Association
Churchill appears in Commons as Hitler death not raised
London report states Prime Minister Churchill appeared briefly in the House of Commons and did not address the German announcement of Adolf Hitler's death.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Hitler
Feeder airline plans two daily round trips state wide
Central Airlines has a permit to operate two daily Beechcraft round trips on routes from Oklahoma City to 11 cities including Idabel Ada Atoka Hugo Duncan Lawton Ardmore Pauls Valley Enid Blackwell Woodward Perry Stillwater and more. The total network spans 1864 miles with a mix of Oklahoma City to Tulsa and other city pairs.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Cities
Central Airlines, Inc
State Corporation Commission
Idabel
Ada
Atoka
Hugo
Henryetta
Okmulgee
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Pawhuska
Ponca City
Blackwell
Medford
Alva
Woodward
Enid
Perry
Stillwater
Cushing
Sapulpa
el Reno
Watonga
Durant
Muskogee
McAlester
Tulsa Ministers Change Plans for Mother's Day Services
Tulsa ministers shifted plans to May 13 sermons praising congenial home life after a note they called overly emotional in Mother's Day services. About 30 ministers agreed to offer an intelligent appeal for family unity and distribute home based services with prayer and beatitudes for the family. Fort Sill note recalls Capt John E Kennedy praising Truman as outstanding law student and justice mind with strong grasp of the science of justice.
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Tulsa
Okla
Morrow
Tulsa Council of Churches
Ministerial Alliance
Fort Sill
John E. Kennedy
Kansas City
President Truman
Kansas City University Law School
Kennedy
Ada Airport Shown From Air As Key Future Asset
Reporter highlights Ada as a growing air hub with Central Airlines planning postwar Beechcraft service on the Shreveport Oklahoma City Denver route. The airport is praised for its layout capable of handling B 29s while offering a panoramic view of the green Oklahoma plains and local landmarks.
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Ada
Central Airlines, Inc
Keith Kahle
Shreveport
Jake Smith
Central Airlines
Smith
Central
Beechcraft
Terra Firma
Oklahoma
East Central
Hal Newell Frees Time as POW in German Capture
Hal Newell, a paratrooper from Sherman Texas, was captured April 8 and liberated April 16, describing a brief POW experience with hunger as his main hardship. He writes that he was treated well aside from the hunger and mentions his family ties to Ada and Sherman. He fought in the North African campaign before capture.
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Sgt
Hal Newell
H. E. Newell
Sherman
Tex
Chester
Roy Sneed
Ada
Davie Sneed
Burrows Receives Gold Star for Gallantry Aboard Submarine
Commander Albert Collins Burrows of Shawnee Oklahoma is awarded Gold Star in lieu of the third Silver Star for gallantry in action as commanding officer of a submarine. The citation notes his leadership and bravery during combat operations.
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Washington
Albert Collins Burrows
Shawnee
Okla
President Urges Ship Funds Slash
President Truman asked Congress to cut over 7 billion dollars from maritime commission ship construction funding. He sought repeal of 3.1 billion and 4.265 billion in contract authorizations, citing war progress and no current need for new tonnage. Budget Director Smith adds funds remain for the present program and minimal future work.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Maritime Commission
Harold D. Smith
Commission
UN conference advances toward world security charter
The United Nations conference appears past its worst obstacles to creating a World Security organization though key issues remain. Debates focus on veto controls for the inner security council and how regional inter American arrangements fit in.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
United Nations Conference
Dumbarton Oaks
Great Powers
Inner Security Council
United States
Russia
China
Washington
Security Organization
Security Council
Mexico City
United Nations
World Security Council
Doenitz Moves to Consolidate Nazi Authority Amid Foreign Fronts
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz acted quickly to reshape the Nazi leadership after Hitler's death, dismissing Joachim von Ribbentrop and appointing Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk as foreign minister while pledging loyalty from Germany’s top ranks. In Norway, Gen. Franz Boehme urged continued resistance as Norwegian officials reported Doenitz’s efforts.
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Associated Press
London
Karl Doenitz
Adolf Hitler
Norway
Hamburg
Hitler
Doenitz
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Lutz Schwerinkrosigk
Franz von Papen
von Schleicher
Whic
Hitle
Franz Boehme
Oslo
British and American Forces Close on German Heartland
London and Paris report rapid Allied advances as British troops near Lubeck and Hamburg cut north German lines while American divisions push toward Innsbruck Salzburg and Linz. Von Rundstedt reportedly captured by the Texas 36th as Patton’s Third Army nears Braunau and Berchtesgaden.
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Austin Bealmear
Paris
Elbe River
Denmark
Schleswig Holstein
Luebeck
Texas
Seventh Army
Field Marshal
von Rundstedt
Tyrol
Innsbruck
Brenner Pass
Alps
Alexander Patch
Italy
Patton
Third
Salzburg
Berchtesgaden
Braunau
Hitler
Linz
Amstettin
Jap Casualties On Okinawa Mounting
Lt. Gen. Buckner says one half of Okinawa's 60,000 strong Japanese garrison have been killed wounded or captured as U S forces reach rifle range of the island's three main cities in the one month of combat Buckner notes Japan's resistance has more than halved and about 30 000 would have been eliminated in action by then
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Guam
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Tenth Army
Okinawa
Buckner
Premier Stalin Announces Berlin Fall
Berlin falls as announced by Premier Stalin in London on May 2 in a reported AP dispatch. The remark confirms a pivotal shift in World War II hostilities.
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London
Stalin
Berlin
British Land On South of Rangoon Amid Burma Push
British warships have landed Allied forces on the Burma coast around Rangoon after early parachute drops. Forces from the north approach Rangoon within 36 miles as East Indies fleet bombards Cap Nicobar air fields and Port Blair installations. Communique says attacks were satisfactory.
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Calcutta
Burma
Rangoon
Southeast Asia Command
Southeast Asia
East Indies
Cap Nicobar
Bay of Bengal
Andaman
Nicobar Islands
Port Blair
Swiss closes frontier exits to Italy and cuts Germany links
Bern reports all Swiss frontier exits to Italy are closed until further notice preventing fugitives from returning. The government also announces telephone connections between Switzerland and Germany have been broken, in the latest wartime measures.
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Bern
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Tito quotes partisan gains in northern Italy advance
The Yugoslav telegraph service quoted Marshal Tito declaring partisan troops had occupied Trieste Gorizia and Monfalcone in northern Italy and reached the Isonzo river on a broad front. The FCC recorded the broadcast.
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New York
New Yugoslav Telegraph Service
Tito
Trieste
Gorizza
Monffalcone
Italy
Isonzo
FCC
Three Doctors Helped Uncle Liz Bark Survive Illness
report notes that Uncle Liz Bark faced a serious health issue last week but pulled through with the aid of three doctors. uncertainty remains about specifics, but recovery is described as positive.
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Onniel Cca
Uncle Liz Bark
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