Russia denounces neutrality pact and eyes Pacific role
London April 5 AP Moscow denounced the 1941 neutrality pact with Japan calling it meaningless as Japan aided Germany and fights the U S and Britain. Molotov delivered the note to Sato amid Tokyo's new crisis and possible peace cabinet talks. The move leaves Soviet entry into the Pacific war possible during the San Francisco conference era.
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Russia
Tokyo
Japan
Germany
Moscow
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Vyacheslav Molotov
Naoteko Sato
Kuniaki Koisso
Hirohito
Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Privy Council
Suzuki
Aldos
Okinawa
Molotov
Uniess
Sato
Bulgaria
Europe
United Nations
San Francisco
Stalin
Pacific
British Press Association
H. V. Evatt
Evatt
West
Ussr
U.S.A
Loss of Landing Craft At Iwo Jima Announced
The Navy announced that landing craft Gunboat 474 was lost at Iwo Jima due to enemy action, increasing total naval losses to 279 since the war began. It marks the second vessel reported lost in the Iwo Jima area after the escort carrier Bismarck Sea was disclosed last week.
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Washington
Iwo Jima
Bismarck Sea
Okinawa Advance Report From Pacific Front
Navy head Admiral Nimitz said the Okinawa assault pushed inland on both north and south fronts with significant gains and rising resistance. Casualties through Wednesday stood at 175 dead and 798 wounded on land and air sorties destroyed 65 Japanese aircraft in five days. The Ishikawa isthmus fell to Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger's Third Marine Amphibious Corps and Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce's 77th Division pushed toward Naha while naval gunfire and carrier planes supplied heavy support. About 9,000 Japanese civilians surrendered and enemy stockpiles were seized as Allied forces prepared for the next advance.
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Okinawa
Nimitz
Roy S. Geiger
Third Marine Amphibious Corps
Ishikawa Isthmus
Andrew D. Bruce
77Th Division
Naha
Pacific
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Paris
U. S
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Weser
Berlin
Bremen
Ninth
Hameline
Hannover
Thuringia
Reich
Bavaria
Uelsen
North Sea
Elbe River
Mongomery
Strolzenau
Rhine
Minden
Diepholtz
Ruhr
Albert Kesselring
Hamm
Dortmund
Jap Shipping Takes Beating
Philippines based heavy bombers attacked Hong Kong waterfront dropping 16% tons of bombs and sinking nine merchant ships. Two other merchantmen and a destroyer were damaged. oil storage tanks burned as General MacArthur reported the strike.
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Manila
Hong Kong
China Sea
MacArthur
Indo-China
Formosa
Indo- China
Liberators
Borneo
Sulu
Miri
Allied Commands Reorganize Pacific War Effort
General MacArthur will command all Army forces in the Pacific theater and Admiral Nimitz all naval forces there, with joint chiefs directing strategic operations. The new setup assigns land campaigns to MacArthur and sea campaigns to Nimitz, while Arnold continues leading the 20th Air Force.
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MacArthur
Pacific
Nimitz
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
20Th
Admiral Nimitz
General MacArthur
Japan
Europe
Southwest Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Army
Navy
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Germans Report 5th Army Attack
The DNB dispatch cited by the FCC said the United States Fifth Army opened an attack along the Ligurian coast in Italy early today. American artillery delivered heavy barrage for hours before ground forces moved.
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DNB
United States
Fifth Army
Ligurian
Italy
Federal Communications Commission
Jap Peace Moves In China Noted
T Z Koo adviser to China's delegation at San Francisco says Japan floods Chungking with emissaries trying to patch peace with China. He recalls capture on December 7 1941 and escape to Shanghai. Emissaries visited in 1942 43 and 44 with varying attitudes amid a critical Pacific war stage.
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N. Y
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China
San Francisco
Japan
Chungking
Colgate University Weekly Assembly
Koo
Hong Kong
America
Shanghai
Pacific
Nazi Fanatics See the Light
Stockhol m April 5 das Schwarze Korps the Nazi organ says Germany is days or weeks from absolute collapse. The article warns the world while predicting defeat and likens the war to a football match with the Americans and British urged not to score against themselves.
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Das Schwarze Korps
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Berlin
Gagens Nyheter
Schwarze Korps
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook With Light Rain Possible
Forecast calls for fair conditions in Amarillo and surrounding areas with little temperature change Friday and Friday night. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies Friday and Saturday with scattered light rain mainly Del Rio Eagle Pass east of the Pecos River. New Mexico remains fair and warmer with highs from 60 to 75, plus hourly readings and sunset times noted.
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del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos
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Worley Visits European Front on Postwar Tour
Reps Walter of Pennsylvania and Worley of Texas travel to Europe to inspect war goods for a House postwar planning committee. They plan England France Italy and possibly Germany to study maritime issues and U S tonnage reserve for merchant fleets and world trade.
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Washington
Walter
Pennsylvania
Worley
Texas
Europe
England
France
Italy
Germany
United States
Germans say situation serious as enemy must be stopped
London dispatch reports a German radio broadcast declaring the situation serious and asserting the enemy must be halted from advancing into their country. Includes reference to Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co and Russell Stationery Co with contact details.
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London
War Production Board Boosts Nonrationed Shoe Output
The War Production Board moved to increase production of non rationed shoes to meet essential civilian needs.
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Washington
War Production Board
Red Army Pushes Toward Vienna Across Major Defenses
Russian shock troops breached three southern river lines and captured Ober Laa and Unter Laa as they closed in on Vienna. Tolbukhin and Malinovsky federate to sever rail links, encircle the city, and push through Slovakia and Eastern Hungary toward Bratislava and Moravian routes.
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Unter-Laa
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Yugoslavia
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Austria
Slovakia
Berlin
Oder River
Reich
Free Austria Radio
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Lax
Stalin
Malinovsky
Bruck
Leitha
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Neusiedler See
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Morava River
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Morava
Moravska-Ostrava
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Saxony
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