Mussolini Pursuit and Execution Told by Three Witnesses
A dramatic recounting by Giovanbattista Magnoli di Cesare and others details the final hours of Mussolini and Clara Petacci. The report traces the pursuit from Milan to Congo and Germasino, the roles of Col onel Valerio and Partisans, and the fates of key figures including Pedro and Bill as they tracked the Duce to his death.
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Duce
The
Globe
Mussolini
Clara Petacci
Times
Giovanbattista Magnoli di Cesare
Valerio
Italian Volunteers of Liberty
Milan
Lake Como
Congo
Garibaldi
Paola Porta
Germasino
Pedro
Count Bellinci Dalle Stelle
Bofelli
Move To Curb Fascist or Coup After Duce's Body Stolen
Italian police blocked all roads into Milan to prevent a Fascist march sparked by Mussolini's body theft. A manifesto by the Fascist Democratic Party urged fighting red violence, while police sealed a grave site circle and investigated the graveside note and torn clothing found near the empty tomb.
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Milan
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Democratic Party
Mussolini
Duce
Liged
United Press
McNarney Orders Crackdown on Discipline in European Troops
Gen Joseph T McNarney in Frankfurt issued a theater wide order to tighten discipline among American forces in Europe. He cited demobilization and frequent unit changes as weakening unit pride and outlined issues from black market activity to high AWOL rates and poor appearance and courtesy.
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Frankfort
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
Europe
Chamber urges end to price controls except rent ceilings
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to end all subsidies and price controls by Oct 31, except rent ceilings. Dr. Emerson P. Schmidt told the Senate Banking Committee that current policies mix wage hikes with subsidies, hindering decontrol and worsening inflation. He called for a coordinated decontrol program across prices, wages, fiscal policy and foreign lending. He could not testify in person due to a committee plan change, but his prepared remarks were released.
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Washington
UPK
U. S. Chamber of Commerce Today
Congress
Emerson P. Schmidt
Chamber
Senate Banking Committee
House
Schmidt
Chamber of Commerce
Turmoil at War Crimes Trial Over Threats and Plotting
Witness Hans Gisevius testified that threats were made against him while waiting to testify. Prosecutor noted a plot among Hermann Goering Rudolf Dix Otto Stahmer to protect mutual interests, with Goering reacting angrily in court.
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Mernberg
Robert H. Jackson
Hans Bernd Gisevius
Interior Ministry
Gisevius
Otto Stahmer
Rudolf Dix
Hermann Goering
Hjialmar Schacht
Goering
Schacht
Stahmer
Dix
Jackson
U. S
Goering Long
Wilhelm Frick
Byrnes Arrives as Soviets Lead Largest Paris Ministerial Team
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes arrives for the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Paris as the Soviet Union chairs its strongest delegation yet led by V. M. Molotov with aides Andrei Vishinsky and V. G. Dekanozov. About 200 Soviet specialists accompany the group, far surpassing American and British contingents, signaling Moscow’s emphasis on the deliberations.
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Paris
U.P
James F. Byrnes
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Office
Andrei Vishinsky
V. G. Dekanozov
Governor Says He Needs Time To Think It Over
Governor Coke Stevenson said he was grateful for friends filing to run as his candidate for governor but he needs more time to think it over before deciding on seeking re election. He spoke after Upsher County Democratic Executive Committee paid the $100 fee and applied for a ballot place. He said he did not consider himself a candidate yet.
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
Upsher County
Democratic Executive Committee
W. A. McIntosh
State Executive Committee
Stevenson
Nine-man committee named to push Nueces livestock coliseum
A nine-member committee was authorized by the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce agriculture group and county supporters to promote a livestock and agricultural coliseum in Nueces County. Initial cost estimate stood at 75000 dollars. The panel includes three members from Corpus Christi, Robstown, and Bishop, with site location decisions to be made by the committee.
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Amarillo
Nueces County
Agriculture Committee
Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce
Corpus Christi
Robstown
Bishop
Picket Lines Form in Front of Sayles Restaurant
Pioneering picket lines formed in Amarillo as Culinary Workers and Bartenders Union members protested in front of Sayles Restaurant at 114 East Third after owner Fred Sayles refused to sign a union contract. Local 441, among Amarillo’s first to establish a line, has 143 members with Bob Houtchens as president. photo includes C. E. McDuffy Malcolm E. Gascho and D. A. Hiltbrunner.
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Amarillo
Culinary Workers and Bartenders Union
Sayles
East Third
Fred Sayles
Palace of Sweets
Polk Street
Bob Houtchens
American Federation of Labor
C. E. McDuffy
Malcolm E. Gascho
D. A. Hiltbrunner
General Clark Protests Red Plane Attacks on Transport
General Mark W. Clark protested to Soviet officials in Vienna about four Russian fighter planes attacking a European Transport Service C-47 near Vienna on April 21. The same day another four fighters struck a transport over Tulln airport, near Vienna.
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Clark
Vienna
Mark W. Clark
European Transport Service
Tulln
People Want Plain Language From United Nations
James Marlow critiques UN diplomacy, arguing officials talk in jargon that distances the public. He notes the Iran and Russia issue, the Security Council calendar, and a committee report that omits direct references, urging clearer, people-centered language.
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Washington
Fellers
Security Council
New York
Iran
United Nations
Russia
Chiang Kai-shek postpones first national assembly meeting
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek announced the indefinite postponement of China's National Assembly first meeting. Reports say the government may forfeit Harbin to Communist troops after the Communists and Democratic League did not present their delegates by the May 5 deadline.
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Chiang Kai-shek
National Assembly
Chungking
U.P
China
Harbin
Chiang
Communists
The
Democratic League
K. C. Wu
Fritz Kuhn To Be Released From German Camp
Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Volksbund will be released by the U S Army from a German internment camp tomorrow morning. He is described as chastened by confinement and ill with a heart condition and is not deemed a threat to American occupation forces. He plans to go to Munich to join his wife and two children in a bomb damaged home.
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Frankfurt
Fritz Kuhn
Fuehrer
Volksbund
Kuhn
Germany
Munich
Pampering Won't Get The Job Done Hagy Says
Lt. Col. Lawrence Hagy, Amarillo oil operator and adviser in Hungary, argues that soft diplomacy fails with Russia and urges decisive force. He recalls Soviet cooperation, refinery rebuilds, and fuel logistics shaping early postwar Hungary during Allied control.
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Hagy
David Rasco
Russia
Lawrence Hagy
Amarillo Gas and Oil
Hungary
Amarillo Weather Outlook Through Thursday
The forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with variable highs and thin cloudiness through Thursday. It remains cool this afternoon and tonight with a warmer period Thursday afternoon. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with little temperature change, while New Mexico expects scattered showers this afternoon and early evening followed by fair conditions tonight and Thursday. The prior 24 hours recorded a high of 71 and a low of 40 with noon at 68.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Top prices paid for used cars by Jack SoRelle
Advertisement listing top prices paid for used cars. Location given as 10th and Fillmore. Includes references to asphalt slate shingles and roofing and a real estate and loans firm John Maynard Lumber Co at 800 W. South East. and E. A. Regal Co.
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Jack SoRelle
10Th
Fillmore
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. Sth
E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
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