Bremen Falls and Resistance Surge in Northern Germany
Allied reporting shows fierce Nazi resistance in Berlin and northern Germany with Bremen and Hamburg as key battle fronts. Italian cities Milan and Genoa face Allied advance as Fifth Army tightens. Patton’s Third Army closes on Passau as Russians push toward the Danube.
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Berlin
Germany
Bremen
Hamburg
Italy
Milan
Genoa
Fifth Army
Tempelhof
Moscow
Stettin
Baltic
Elbe
Mulde
Bavaria
Austria
George S. Patton
Patton
Passau
Berchteseeden
Danube
Berlin Falls Inch by Inch to Soviet Forces Near Hitler Center
Soviet dispatches report Red Army troops breaking through Potsdamer Platz as Berlin buckles under a six day siege. Hitler rumored in the ruined capital amid fierce fighting and pockets crumbling along Tiergarten and Frankfurter Allee.
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Potsdamer Platz
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Ferlin
Moscow
Tempelhof
Hamburg
Tiergarten
Red Star
Elbe
Barri
Frankfurter Allee
Olympic Stadium
Charlottenburg
Patton’s Third Army closes on Passau as Bremen falls
Western forces report Patton's Third Army closing on Passau 67 miles from Berchtesgaden while the British Second Army completes the capture of Bremen. Danube crossings near Regensburg and Ingolstadt push toward Munich as German resistance collapses. Soviets move toward Berlin and Elbe crossings.
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Patton
Passau
Berchtesgaden
Bremen
Fassau
Third Army
Regensburg
Danube
U.S
Munich
Elbe
RAF hits three targets after Berchtesgaden raid
AERIAL LONDON April 26 UP RAF bombers struck three targets along an 800 mile front last night after wrecking Hitler's chalet at Berchtesgaden in daylight yesterday. Bombed were an oil depot at Vallo Oslofjord a transformer near Munich and Kiel naval base. The chalet and SS barracks were severely damaged by 350 Lancasters. Flying Officer W A Taylor of Winnipeg said two 12 000 pound bombs hit the house and the place disappeared in smoke and flame. Eagle's Nest refuge atop Kehlstein Mountain was attacked with six ton bombs.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Vallo
Oslofjord
Munich
Kiel
Air Ministry
Hitler
Allied and German retreat in Italy as forces advance
Fifth Army drives across the Lombard Plain defeating Parma and Reggio while partisan uprisings spread to Verona Turin and Piacenza. Eighth Army crosses the Po toward the Adige line near Venice as Mussolini reportedly flees Milan. Genoa Milan and Turin reportedly fall under partisan control with Allied news blackout on advances beyond the Po.
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U. S
Fifth Army
Parma
Reggio
Italy
Eighth Army
Adige
Venice
Dolomite Alps
Apennine
Verona
Brenner Pass
Switzerland
London
Turin
Piacenza
Genoa
Ligurian
Benito Mussolini
Milan
Ferrara
Air Force
Amarillo Native Named Associate Justice of Seventh Court of Appeals
Maj William Q Boyce of Amarillo has been appointed associate Justice of the Seventh Court of Appeals by Gov Coke Stevenson to fill the vacancy from Judge Clayton Heare’s resignation. The appointment follows Boyce’s return from service in Italy and Africa with the Army Air Corps.
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William Q. Boyce
Amarillo
Seventh Court of Appeals
Coke Stevenson
Major Boyce
East
Italy
Tom Garrard
Tohoka
Garrard
Lubbock
Boyce
Clayton Heare
Virginia
Michigan
Texas
Army
Air Corps Technical Training Command
Wichita Falls
Doolittle
Africa
Geneva Rules to Continue Guiding U S War Prisoner Policy
The War Department told Congress that Geneva convention rules will remain the standard for U S treatment of prisoners of war despite reported mistreatment by Germany and Japan. Brig. Gen. R W Berry testified as the first witness at a House military committee inquiry into POW treatment.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Congress
Germany
Japan
R. W. Berry
House Military Committee
Crack Japan Lines Push in Pacific Fronts On Okinawa
Allied advances report three Pacific battles with gains on Okinawa as U S forces breach the first Japanese line. Bombers hit Shikoku for the first time while Filipino guerrillas seize Vigan and nearby airfields in Luzon.
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Pacific
Okinawa
Shikoku
Japan
Naha
John R. Hodge
George W. Yriner
Southwest Pacific
Vigan
Bantay
Luzon
MacArthur
Ilocos Sur
Ilocos Norte
Baguio
U. S
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Partly cloudy and cool today. Fair tonight and Friday increasing cloudiness and warmth. West Texas partly cloudy with a cooler night, Panhandle warmer today and Friday. New Mexico partly cloudy with scattered showers this afternoon and tonight with cooler Friday winds 20 to 30 mph. temperatures 35-40 north to 50-75 south. High 66, low 35. noon 53.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Hitler Directs Berlin Defense From Underground, Nazi Claims
Nazi sources say Adolf Hitler and Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian personally direct Berlin’s defense from an underground bunker as Soviet forces encircle the city. The reports place Goebbels and Goering in Berlin and describe Hitler reviewing reports, issuing orders, and decorating officers. Allied doubt remains on whether the Führer will stand in Berlin.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Heinz Guderian
Berlin
Guderian
Hitler
Norway
STB
Fuehrer
Red Army
BSB
Stockholm
Tidningen
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Polish tension rises over world conference dispute
Molotov scheduled to address a plenary session as Polish issue dominates talks. Stettinius Eden and Truman clash over admitting the Soviet backed Lublin government while British officials show possible willingness to compromise. The four powers sponsor talks to found a world organization for peace with a series of brief speeches to follow.
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Molotov
Kremlin
Poland
Russia
World Organization
Stettinius
Eden
Washington
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
V. M. Molotov
KGNC
San Francisco
T. V. Soong
U. S
Edward R. Stettinius
Churchill Warns of Cautious Cheers on V E Day Proclamation
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that while he favored great caution in celebrations there would likely be at least a temporary display of jubilation when victory in Europe is officially proclaimed.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Boy of 14 Arrested In Stickup
A 14 year old Clarendon boy is jailed in Potter County awaiting a delinquency hearing on a stickup charge. Police say he pulled a .38 pistol and stole a purse from Virginia Evans on East Fourth Street. A Navy officer ignored his demand to “wait” earlier that day. The youth, known to Amarillo police, has prior visits to the city and is described as small and nonthreatening in appearance.
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Clarendon
Potter County
East Fourth
Virginia Evans
South Failimore
Smith & Wesson
Wagon Wheel Cafe
Taylor
Navy
Walter King
Amarillo
Corporal risks life to save German girl under fire
In Lichtenberg as 16th Regiment Doughboys seized the town a pigtailed German girl was hit by a mortar near a self propelled gun. A New Jersey corporal rushed to her aid despite being wounded in the face and chest. He carried her to safety before collapsing.
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U. S. First Infantry Division
New Jersey
Lichtenberg
16Th Regiment
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Kritsum
Emden
First Army
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
Regal, Real Estate and Loans
THE
Associated Press
Mindanao
Davao
Philippines
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Shikoku Islands
Hokkaido
Nippon Island
Guga
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Morris
Insurance
Dial
High Command
Bendlerstrasse
Autry
Gomel
Ivan S. Konev
Konev
Ruesell Stationery Company
Truman
Hal Boyle
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