New Trap Threatens Germans in Holland Yanks Split Okinawa Defense
American infantry patrols bisected Okinawa ten days ahead of schedule probing north and south for contact with the main defending force. Japanese resistance grew in central hills while U S and Australian bombers wrecked 34 Japanese freighters along the China coast and Dutch East Indies.
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Draft deferments rise again despite 30 percent limit
Washington reports the 30 per cent draft deferment cap has been breached again. An estimated 10,000 additional workers under 30 will keep deferments in place instead of entering induction, mainly affecting army and Navy programs centered on aircraft. No official notice was issued, likely to avoid triggering demands from other industries.
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Hitler plans to kill captives alleged by German agency
Stockholm report via AP quotes the Free German Press Agency as saying Hitler intends the mass murder of Allied prisoners of war hostages from occupied lands and remaining Jews if his peace proposals are rejected. The Stockholm AP bureau cautions it cannot verify the agency’s reliability or authority for the claim.
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Reams Plans To Probe Escape of Trusties
Welfare Director Frazier Reams opened an investigation into the escape of 12 Ohio Reformatory trusties from the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home. State troopers Erie County sheriff deputies and city police hunted suspects. six were captured within 12 hours after dormitory doors were breached.
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After Victory in Europe Ends, Many Soldiers Stay Short Visits Ahead
The plan outlines that most Americans will not return home immediately after VE Day. Visitors or short-term stays of two to four weeks are expected before soldiers head to Tokyo or the Philippines. The AP reports on high command expectations for winding down the war and the likely protracted transition to peace.
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John M. Hightower
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Mississippi at flood stage along 1554 mile course
Army engineers seal gaps in the Mississippi flood defense as tributaries crest record highs. The river runs at or above flood stage across a 1,554 mile stretch from Iowa to the Gulf. Morganza Floodway could divert 640000 cubic feet per second to the Gulf, while Bonnet Carre Spillway routes 200000 plus cfs. Dewitt Pyburn warned the flood may be the worst since 1927. Governor Davis seeks $100000 for emergency flood work.
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Fewer Crops Seen Due To Labor Crisis
Ohio farm groups told State Selective Service officials that manpower shortages will idle much acreage this year. They warned crops needing more labor like vegetables and tomatoes may be eliminated. Officials noted no change in drafting rules unless Washington acts. Representing farmers were the Farm Bureau Federation the Ohio Grange and the Agricultural Adjustment Agency. Col. C. W. Goble led draft officials.
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Pennsylvania Joins Pollution Fight In Ohio River Basin
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania is ready to join an interstate pact to control stream pollution in the Ohio River basin. Governor Martin has signed a ratifying measure with reservations for the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact. The pact is already adopted by Illinois Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and New York. Pennsylvania's participation awaits ratification by New York Ohio and West Virginia.
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Farmer Rites Set for Dr Alfred Farmer in Athens and Dayton
Dr Alfred Farmer 64 a Dayton physician died Monday in a Dayton hospital after a stroke. He served in Panama on the canal medical staff for over a decade and was post surgeon at Wright Field. Survived by wife Minnie and daughter Peggy Weeks. Funeral Thursday at two at the Dayton home with burial in Athens W Union Street Cemetery.
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Largest Banking Job in U S Is Vacant Again
Washington Capitol Hill awaited the appointment of the third man in as many months to hold the nation s biggest banking job. The nomination of Fred M Vinson to succeed James F Byrnes as director of war mobilization and reconversion left Vinson s post as administrator of the 40,000,000,000 RFC financing and lending agencies.
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Enrollment Drops In County Schools
Hillsboro rural schools show enrollment fall from 2723 in 1942 to 2239 in early 1945 as families move to wartime industrial areas. County school superintendent cites relocation as the primary cause and notes ongoing need to file reports.
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Objective Konabaru Airfield on Okinawa
Navy photo shows Konabaru Airfield under construction on Okinawa. It sits across the island from Naha near Wakagusuku Bay with drainage ditches and a parallel hard surfaced road beside the runway. Sugar cane still grows around the site.
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Russians Reach Area South of Vienna as Nazis Prep Defense
German High Command reports Russian spearheads near Baden about ten miles south of Vienna while Third Ukrainian Army units clash in Werner Neustadt, twenty five miles from the Austrian capital. Vienna is described as now in the fighting zone and the Nazis promise a last stand.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Resistance Stiffens on Entire Front
British American and Canadian tanks and infantry push to within 25 miles of the Zuder Zee and 60 of the North Sea forming a trap for German Army Group H1 in Holland. U S First and Ninth Armies tighten the Ruhr pocket around up to 110 000 Nazis. General Eisenhower says the Ruhr captives are ripe for annihilation.
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Roosevelt advisers in London amid war news
Two top Roosevelt aides Bernard Baruch and Edward Flynn were seen in a London hotel fueling speculation on Germany’s potential collapse. In Europe Soviets push toward Bratislava and Vienna as German defenses tighten, while U S officials discuss wartime food allocations and possible civilian ration reductions.
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Rioting Reported as Vienna Faces Nazi Threat
European dispatches describe anti Nazi unrest in Vienna amid fears of turning the city into a battleground. Unconfirmed reports say Free Austrian units operate behind German lines while Hitler mobilizes Vienna. Russian forces push toward Semmering Pass as Moscow seals news from fighting near Vienna.
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Werewolves Threaten Bernard Baruch's Life
A German broadcast claimed the Werewolf group, linked to Nazi resistance, would assassinate Bernard M Baruch if Roosevelt’s envoy traveled to Germany from London. Vernon Stouffer, Cleveland restaurant owner, bought a 57 foot yacht once used by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on trips around the Bahamas. Greene County coroner H C Shick investigates the death of Denzil Patrick 25 Spimerfield fatally wounded when a deputy sheriff tried to arrest him on a traffic warrant.
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Return of World War II Dead to U.S. Cemeteries Plan
The War Department seeks a 122.9 million dollar appropriation to repatriate American World War II dead for burial in 72 proposed national cemeteries. A Senate study notes a policy to return bodies when 7 percent or more of nearest kin request it, otherwise individuals will be honored and remaining remains buried in theater cemeteries.
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Legislature Opens Under Eastern War Time In Ohio
The Ohio legislature, unable to continue with the prescribed medicine for the late day, convened today on Eastern War Time. Two years ago it enacted a law fixing Central War Time as official Ohio time, now adjusted.
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Sufficient Support To Reenact Ross Act
In Columbus the Ross Act reportedly has enough backing to be reenacted, with proponents confident. The act, after expiration, removes the 45 hour work limit for women, allowing longer workweeks and thereby restoring wartime labor powers.
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Hitler Tops the List of Axis War Criminals
London up Adolf Hitler heads the roster of war criminals. Chiefs of state will have no immunity from prosecution, the United Nations War Crimes Commission disclosed in announcing the listing of five lists of Axis teachers who will be brought to trial. Other names were withheld to prevent forewarning suspects and avert reprisals under enemy control.
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Adolf Hitler
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Desperate Nazis Push Fictitious Allied Atrocities
In Pern Switzerland Nazi propagandists spread false atrocity tales to rally support as Allied advances wane. Headlines in Voelkischer Beobachter claim brutal crimes by Americans and a coordinated deception, including fabricated accounts of German maltreatment and Allied deception operations behind lines.
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Aachen Burgomes
General Maurice Rose Killed by Nazi Tank Gun Near Paderborn
General Maurice Rose, commander of the Third Armored Division, was shot near Paderborn on March 30 after ordering arms surrender while captured. The Allied advance across Germany continued as American and British forces tightened grip on Ruhr, with Major actions across Thuringia, Saxony, and northern fronts.
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