Allies Break Weser Line Near Hannover and Hamburg
Allied columns push 40 to 60 miles through German defenses crossing the Weser and advancing toward Hannover and Bremen. Reports state U S Third Army nears Eisleben while First and Ninth Armies drive deeper into the Ruhr with Hamm and Dortmund in sight.
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Paris
Weser River
Hannover
Holland
Hamm
Wuerzburg
U. S. Third Army
Martin Luther
Eisleben
Saxony
Berlin
Weser
Elbe
U.S
Second Army
Diepholz
Bremen
Germany
U. S
Ninth Army
First Army
Ruhr
Nuernberg
U. S. Seventh Army
Zuider Zee
Second
U. S Ninth
U. S. First Army
Hessian Gap
Emden
Czech
Sixth Armored
11Th Armored
Fourth Armored
Weimar
Muehlhausen
Gotha
Third Army
Plauen
Fifth Armored
Simpson
U. S. Ninth Army
Second Armored
Hamelin
Minden
Sixth Airborne
First
Coevorden
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Dortmund
Hodges
U. S. Pirst
U. S. Ninth
Muenden
German Wehrmacht split into autonomous army groups
Swiss reports say Germany reorganizes the Wehrmacht under SS control into multiple autonomous army groups for last ditch resistance and guerrilla warfare. The plan, adopted at Hitler headquarters, increases SS led command and expands underground resistance networks as Allied troops advance.
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London
Wehrmacht
Adolf Hitler
Eisenhower
Germany
Invasion fleet under air attack and Okinawa progress
Japanese planes attacked the invasion fleet off the Ryukyus with about 150 shot down by late afternoon as the raid continued. U S ships reported minor damage but remained operational as 1 400 ships formed the Okinawa armada last week. Marines advanced up to 5 000 yards in the north sector amid ongoing ground fighting. A large force of B 29s struck Tokyo and Nagoya on April 7 Japan time.
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Guam
Ryukyus
U. S
Okinawa Island
Okinawa
Menarakan
211Th Airborne
Lucena
Tayabas
158Th
Sorsogon
Manila
Luzon
Bangued
Abra
43Rd
Lumban
Laguna de Bay
14Th Corps
Santa Cruz
Negris
Silay
Alicante
Okinawa Battle Reports Air Losses and Ground Push
Admiral Nimitz announced heavy enemy losses as U S forces seize the Kerama Islands off Okinawa. Japanese air losses total 1 212 planes. Mitscher’s Task Force 58 says 954 enemy planes destroyed or damaged. 244 enemy surface ships have fallen since March 17. Ground troops reach Ishikawa and push toward Naha amid Japanese defenses.
Warplanes Are Last Jap Hope
Admiral Sankichi Takahashi former commander of the Japanese combined fleet says land-based and carrier aircraft now form Japan's main naval power. He notes surface ships may play an auxiliary role and urges air supremacy before all-out activity resumes.
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San Francisco
Sankichi Takahashi
Japan
Takahashi
Domei
FCC
Mainichi
Waite
Egain
Bombers Hit Hong Kong as Third Day of Raids Unfold
Allied Liberators bomb Hong Kong for the third straight day dropping 164 tons of bombs. Direct hits sink or damage several vessels, set oil tanks ablaze, and ignite fires as Philippine ground forces push inland capturing Lucena and advancing in multiple provinces.
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Manila
China Sea
Hong Kong
MacArthur
Suzuki Cabinet Report Alleges Tojo In New Japanese Ministry
A German agency report cited by Singapore radio claimed Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki formed a new Japanese cabinet that included Gen. Hideki Tojo. The lineup reportedly mixed moderates with saboteurs and former premiers, though wartime channels warned the dispatch could be unsubstantiated or garbled.
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London
DNB
Singapore Radio
Kantaro Suzuki
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Suzuki
Japan
Kuniaki Koiso
Fumitaka Konoye
Tojo
Office of War Information
Tokyo
Koiso
Bradley lays U S flag over Ehrenbreitstein to end German illusions
General Bradley formally raises the American flag over Ehrenbreitstein opposite Coblenz and declares no illusions remain about who won the war. The flag, kept in Washington, returns to Germany for Army Day 28 years after the U S entered World War I.
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Ehrenbreitstein
Germany
Bradley
Coblenz
12Th Army Group
Rhine
United States
Secretary of War
Washington
North American Plant Marks 6000th B-25 Bomber
Kansas City announces the production of the 6,000th B-25 Billy Mitchell bomber at the North American Aviation plant. Plant manager B. R. Raynor disclosed the milestone, noting ongoing wartime output from the facility.
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Kansas City
Kan
North American Aviation
B. R. Raynor
V Eskimo Gas Ration Boost Considered After V E Day
Washington April 6 CPA says A card gasoline rations may rise 50 percent after V E Day if government officials’ optimistic forecasts hold. With 200000 extra barrels daily, A drivers could travel about six miles per gallon, with some increases likely for B drivers. Bowles warns no detailed allotments yet. Ickes notes the rise could be temporary as war focus shifts to the Pacific.
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Washington
CPA
Chester Bowles
Petroleum Administration For
Harold L. Ickes
Europe
Pacific
Eastus Out as U.S. Attorney in Texas District
Attorney General Francis Biddle announced Clyde O Eastus of the Northern Texas District has been relieved of his duties amid an ongoing office investigation. Assistant U S Attorney Joe Jones also relieved. Frank B Potter of Fort Worth appointed temporary in charge. Investigation may conclude next week.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
U. S
Clyde O. Eastus
Texas
Joe Jones
Biddle
Frank B. Potter
Fort Worth
U. S. Attorney's Office
Dusky Devastators Triumph In Early German Skirmish
An all Negro platoon of the 14th Timberwolf Division saw action south of Paderborn and defeated or killed 40 SS troops. Led by Staff Sergeant Harvey Moseley they cleared two wooded hills in Hardhausen Forest and asked for more. Soldiers Big Slim Brown and others spoke of their surprise and resolve.
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Timberwolf
Paderborn
Germany
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Harvey Moseley
Mansfield
Hardahausen Forest
Pfe
Bent
Charlestown
W. Va
Big Slim
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
The report notes Saturday and Saturday night as partly cloudy with fresh to strong winds. West Texas shows fair, slightly warmer conditions with Saturday and Sunday partly cloudy and strong winds. Panhandle and South Plains temperatures by hour yesterday show readings up to 71 high and 37 low, with sun up at 7:25 a.m. and sunset at 8:13 p.m. W. J. Morris, Insurance.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Mi Levine
Wee Oh
Hirohito Seeks Reports On Neutrality Talks
Emperor Hirohito received a personal report from Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu on matters within his jurisdiction. The Tokyo radio described the briefing as likely covering Russia's denunciation of the Russo Japanese neutrality pact and Japan’s stance with the Soviet Union despite Moscow’s move to abrogate the treaty.
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San Francisco
Hirohito
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Russia
Tokyo Radio
FFC
Comei
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Moscow
Soviet Drive Encircles Vienna as Yugoslav Victory Reports Reach Sarajevo
Russian forces extend an iron arc around Vienna threatening gas and power supplies while Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian Army pushes from the south. Simultaneously the Yugoslav army claims to have captured Sarajevo. German defenders fight from barricades as air and ground operations intensify.
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London
Vienna
Free Yugoslav
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Sarajevo
Archduke Ferdinand
Austria
Feodor
Tolbukhin
Marchfeld
Wienerberg
Simmering
Graz
Austrian Alps
Minebach
Fehring
Raba
Feldbach
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North German
North Sea
Richard Kasischk
Heinrich Himmler
Wilhelm Keitel
Geneva
Nagoya
War Department
Dis
Ee Europa
Naha
Nimitz
Kerama Islands
Frederick C. Sherman
J. J. Rock’ Clark
Mitscher
Navy
Nippon
10Th Army
Ishikawa Isthmus
Formosa
Toyohara
Mmany
Mitchell
Pescadores Islands
China
Borneo
Sulu Archipel
Eastus Out
U.S. Attorney
Social Security Record Systems
Ruswell Stationery Company
Olver & Wilkins Lbr. Co
W. J Morris
Insurance
Dial
Stalingrad
Budapest
Aspern
Malinovsky
Morava
Rheims
Byron H. Rollins
Associated Press
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