Berlin Front in Climax Battle as Reds Push Toward City
Paris dispatch reports the Red Army advancing toward Berlin with seizure of Seelow and Wriezen outposts. Soviet forces forge a 60 mile siege arc and threaten the capital while German broadcasts claim deep penetrations near Muenchenberg and Buckow.
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Americans Cross Rhine With Heavy Casualties Reported
Washington reports the March Rhine crossing cost U S ground forces 47023 casualties including 6214 killed 35448 wounded and 5366 missing The totals bring U S ground casualties on the Western Front since D Day to 473215 with 79795 killed 334919 wounded and 58501 missing The Allied advance delays German defenses and signals rapid disintegration of the Wehrmacht as Leipzig Halle Nuernberg and Chemnitz fall to American and Allied forces.
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Churchill Expects A Sudden Crack Up In Nazi Regime
Prime Minister Churchill said Germany’s authority may collapse within days and a three power warning signed by Churchill Stalin and Truman will be issued soon to Germany or its successor authority. He declined a V E Day date and noted a parliamentary delegation will probe Nazi atrocities in Weimar and other areas.
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House of Commons
Germany
Marshal Stalin
Truman
General Marshall Rushes To Unscheduled Call
General George C. Marshall rushed to the White House for an unscheduled visit. He moved briskly through the lobby around 10:30 A.M. and was ushered into President Truman's outer office, with a set face as news later listed him as a 10:30 caller in a revised White House schedule.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
White House
Marshall
President Truman
Dutch Lad's Thumb Story Shifts to Flooding Destruction
Nazi forces flood western Holland in wanton destruction as Canadian troops hold the line in the country. The Zuider Zee causeway north of Amsterdam has been blown and salt waters pour across the land, threatening settlements and fields.
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Zuider Zee
Amerstam
Chaplin Ordered to Pay Over 100000 in Child Support
In Los Angeles on April 19, 1930, Charles Chaplin was ordered by the Superior Court to pay $75 weekly for the support of Joan Berry's 18 month old daughter Carol Ann until she is 21, totaling about 76050. A jury found Chaplin is the father of Carol Ann and he must also cover Joan Berry's legal fees totaling $10,000. He has voluntarily paid $75 weekly since last June.
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Los Angeles
Ycharlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Joan
Chaplin
Carol Ann
Bombing Across German Corridor Targets Five Cities
About 1150 American warplanes bombed five primary targets in the German Czechoslovak corridor. The U S Eighth Air Force deployed some 600 bombers and 550 fighters against sites Falkenberg Elsterwerda Pirna Karlsbad and Aussig as part of allied support for Russian and American ground forces. The strike marks the fourth straight day of efforts to hinder German retreat toward the Bavarian Alps.
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Dresden
Elsterwerda
Pirna
Karlsbad
Prague
Aussig
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Tardy Sun Breaks Through This Afternoon
The weatherman predicts clearing skies this afternoon with sun breaking through after lingering clouds. Expect warmer temperatures on a sunny day and a high reaching the 60s tomorrow.
Allied landings reach Okinawa tip and Mindanao coast
American forces reached the northern tip of Okinawa and swept 35 miles along Mindanao coast under Gen R B Woodruff and Col Wendell Fertig. British troops seized towns in Burma while Chinese recaptured Fancheng. Casualties climbed with Navy losses heavy in Ryukyu fighting. Admiral Riggs, son of Judge Newt Riggs, commanded the Mindanao barrage and earned the Navy Cross.
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Aleutians
If American Troops Find Hitler They Will Move Him
War Secretary Stimson said troops would detain Hitler for action by higher authority if encountered and not resist. He noted American forces would do their full duty if such circumstances arose. He also stated the final blows to Germany are being dealt from east south and west.
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Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Message
The forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for clear and warmer conditions this afternoon, with fair skies tonight and Friday. West Texas should see partly cloudy skies and slightly warmer temperatures through tonight and Friday. New Mexico expects fair conditions with a gradual warmup in the northeast and east central portions. Tonight's low 40 to 50 north, 50 to 55 south. Friday highs 70 to 75 north, 80 to 85 south.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Allied Eighth Army Breaks Argenta Gap to Press Toward Bologna
Allied communique reports the Eighth Army penetrating the Argenta Gap and forcing into the Po plain after capturing Boccaleone and Mount Adone. Polish units near Bologna shell the city while American forces take Italian troops for rear duties. Mediterranean Air Forces flew 2700 sorties in further strikes.
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To Fight for Danish Area Until the Last Bullet
In Malmo Sweden on April 19 Col Gen Georg Lindemann German commander in Denmark issued an order of the day to defend the Danish area against any attack until the last bullet and last gasp. A copy of the order distributed to SS units by SS Gen Pancke in Denmark was smuggled to Malmo according to free Danish sources.
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Elbe
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Magdeburg
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Barby
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Sweden
Georg Lindemann
Denmark
Adolf Hitler
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Russia rejects second Warsaw invitation to security conference
The United States refused Russia's second request to invite the Warsaw provisional government to the San Francisco security conference. Washington said Poland must form a new national unity government before the meeting next Wednesday, per the Crimea agreement. The issue remains unsettled as Big Three seek a broader Polish regime.
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National Unity
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Yalta
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Goebbels Calls for Last Stand Behind Hitler
Propaganda Minister Goebbels told Germans they were balancing on the razor edge and must mount a final all out effort to keep the Reich from breaking apart. The speech praised Hitler while rumors swirled about Himmler’s leadership.
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Hitler
Reich
DNB
Fuehrer
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