Unified Allied Drive Near Berlin Part of Final European Battle
Allied reports detail coordinated Soviet and Western advances across Germany. Zhukov’s forces threaten Berlin while American Ninth Army crosses the Elbe toward Magdeburg, and British units push toward Hamburg. Berlin braces as Vienna nears Soviet occupation and German defenses weaken along multiple fronts.
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Berlin
Red Army
Oder
Marshal Zhukov
Ninth Army
Elbe River
Paris
Brandenburg
Europe
Elbe
Germany
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Wiliam H. Simpson
Brandenburg Gate
Liep
New Okinawa Hazard Adds Chaos as Leper and Insane Release
Allied advances on Okinawa press on with 24th Army Corps repelling four Nipponese counterattacks. Reports claim Japanese releases of thousands of lepers and insane add danger to American troops, alongside ongoing heavy raids on Sumatra and Tokyo suburbs.
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Formosa
Tokyo Radio Today
Okinawa
Japan
U. S. 24Th Army Corps
Philippines
Luzon
Negros Island
Thazi
Burma
Sichwan
China
Shensi Province
Chungking
Koriyama
Tokyo
Richelieu
Sabang
MacArthur
China Sea
Indo-China
Business Leader Claimed by Death in Amarillo
R. Garner pioneer of cattle feed and livestock interests died at St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo at 6:50 AM aged 68 after months of ill health. A native of Waco born May 31, 1877, he led C. R. Garner and Company and Ware, Ware, & Garner with oil gas ranch and farming holdings. Survived by widow Ann Garner a son Lt C R Garner Jr and two daughters Mrs John Anderson and Mrs Ingerton Jr. multiple relatives. Funeral arrangements to be announced from Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel.
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R. Garner
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Panhandle
Blackburn - Shaw Memorial Chapel
Mr. Garner
Amarillo
Blair- Hughes Wholesale Grocery Company
Dick Ware
C. R. Garner and Company
Garner
Ware
van Buren
Ann Garner
Georgia Maddox
Dallas
C. R. Garner, Jr
Topeka
Kan
Army Air Forces
John Anderson
Costilla
N. M
Ingerton, Jr
Nelle Atkins
Hitler to Lead Last Stand in Leipzig Armageddon
Stockholm sources quote Berlin military officials that Adolf Hitler and Nazi leaders plan a final climactic battle at Leipzig. They allegedly intend to die with Germany, using all resources and possibly poison gas as Allied forces close in. Nazi broadcasts urge citizens to spy for the army amid chaos.
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London
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Leipzig
Stockholm Tidningen
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Allied Armies Drive Deep in Italy as Carrara Falls
Italian Eighth Army breaches a second German barrier at the Santerno River while American troops with Italian partisans seize Carrara near Massa. General Clark declares the final battles for liberation have begun, as heavy bombardment reduces Cotignola and other towns to rubble.
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Santerra
Carrara
Santerno
Senio
Eighth
Massa
Fifth Army
Italy
Mark W. Clark
Rome
Federal Communications Commission
Cotignola
Allied Air Losses Rise as Thunderbolts Hit Leipzig Airfields
German plane losses in six days climbed to 989 as 11 American Thunderbolt crews strafed two airfields near Leipzig parking 350 gas-free aircraft. They claimed 74 planes destroyed and 18 damaged before exhausting ammo.
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Thunderbolt
Leipzig
Berlin
Beau
Chile Joins Allies in War Against Japan
SANTIAGO Chile April 12 President Rios and his cabinet signed a declaration of war against Japan today. The president announced February 14 that his government recognized a state of belligerency with Japan.
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Chile
Japan
Santiago
Rios
First Ride on Bicycle Proves Fatal to Youth
In Pittsburgh on April 12 Carl Huff Jr. would have turned nine the next day. On the eve of his ninth birthday he received a bicycle from his parents and died last night on his first ride after being struck by a truck.
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Pittsburgh
Carl Huff, Jr
Bethlehem Steel reaches new UAW CIO contract in New York
Dow Jones reports Bethlehem Steel Corp has reached a collective bargaining agreement with the United Steel Workers of America CIO covering wages hours and working conditions. Formal signing is set for this afternoon in New York City.
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New York
Dow. Jones & Co
Bethlehem Steel Corp
United Steel Workers of America, Cio
New York City
Weather Summary Amarillo and Vicinity and West Texas
Fair and warmer this afternoon. Increasing cloudiness tonight. Winds up to 30 mph. West Texas mostly fair today through Friday with fresh to strong winds in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico fair today with scattered showers or snow flurries Friday, cooler in west and north. Temperatures mid 30s to mid 60s with highs near 70 and lows around 38. Real estate and insurance ads follow.
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Amarillo
Riday
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Friday the 13th Returns as Rare Calendar Event
Tomorrow is Friday the 13th marking the first such date this year with the next one in July. The superstition says Friday the 13th is a good day to have bad luck.
Spain Breaks Ties With Japan Over Bayonetting Protest
Madrid reports Spain severed diplomatic relations with Japan in protest of the bayoneting of Spanish nationals in the Philippines by Japanese soldiers. This action reflects rising tension as authorities condemn the incident and demand accountability from Tokyo.
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Spain
Japan
Madrid
Spsein
Philippines
Submarine Scamp and Landing Craft Lost in Pacific
The Navy announced the submarine Scamp reported overdue from patrol and presumed lost in the Pacific. A large support landing craft, LCS (L) (3)-49, was lost in the Philippines due to enemy action. Normal crews are about 65 on a submarine and 45 on the landing craft, with no casualties reported on the latter.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Philippines
Streamlined Shrine Ceremonial Saturday Split Midnight Dance
Khiva Temple plans a streamlined Shrine ceremonial Saturday under war rules. The event aims to set a record full form ceremonial with noon sandwiches and a 5 30 diamond ring presentation for the top candidate. Officials limit candidate activities. theater parties for ladies. a 9 pm dance ends at midnight. About 75 novices may be initiated.
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Khiva
Berlin Reports New Jap Forces Attack Toward Allied Ships
The Berlin radio quoted Tokyo saying a special Japanese attack corps struck Allied ships off Okinawa and sank a cruiser. No confirmation from Allied sources available.
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Berlin
U. S
Okinawa
London
Toky
Westinghouse Sued for International Cartel Links
The justice department filed a civil anti trust suit charging Westinghouse Electrical Co. with maintaining restrictive international cartel agreements with two German firms. Case announced in Washington on April 12 by U P.
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Washington
U.P
Justice Department
Westinghouse Electrical Co
Nazi General Lasch sentenced to hang for surrender
London reports General Lasch who surrendered Koenigsberg to Soviet forces was condemned to death in absentia by a Gestapo decree. Himmler’s order marks the extreme penalty for surrender under the new decree. Lasch was branded a coward by Nazi comrades as the siege ended.
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London
Lasch
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Moscow
Lasck
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Ada Oklahoma Major Plays Dead to Save Life in Germany
U S Army dispatch from Germany reports Ada Oklahoma soldier Major Thomas Bobcat Smith of the 6th Armored Division feigned death after a German shell hit the car he rode in. His driver was killed, Smith crawled into a ditch, was checked by soldiers who failed to search him, and using his knife he attacked two men and escaped.
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6Th Armored Division
Germany
Mag. Thomas
Bobcat” Smith
Ada
Okla
Smith
Early Japanese Collapse Predicted by General
General John L. Hines, former Army chief of staff, predicts Japan may surrender soon after Germany is defeated. He says the Japanese war could end sooner than many expect and would not be surprising if they gave up shortly after Germany's collapse.
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Cincinnati
John L. Hines
Army
Germany
Ship Explosion in Bari Harbor Kills Italians and Allied Servicemen
A munitions ship exploded in Bari Harbor killing about 1,900 Italian civilians and injuring many Allied servicemen. The incident occurred on April 12 amid wartime trade and harbor activity.
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Rome
Bari
Weatherman Hints Possible Rain This Week
The weatherman aims for a slight chance of rain by tonight or Friday though not guaranteed. The forecast calls for fair and warmer weather today with highs near the high 70s, increasing clouds and little temperature change tomorrow. Winds may reach 30 mph this afternoon.
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