Japanese Cave Defenses Slow Philippine Okinawa Drives
Allied forces press through the Pacific with limited gains against Japanese cave defenses as 24th Corps pivots on Mindanao and Okinawa advances continue. MacArthur reports 10,896 Japanese killed and 353 captured in Philippines actions, while Okinawa preparations accelerate for a broader assault on the Japanese homeland.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Tokyo
U.S. 24Th Corps
Kabacen
Mindanao
MacArthur
Okinawa
Japan
Nimitz
ES Nimitz
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Tokyo Radio
Tyukyu Islands
Nakaguska Bay
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Leyte
Philippines
Burma
Pyinmarin
Léwe
Rangoon
42 Year Old Enlisted Men to Be Discharged on Request
The War Department announced that enlisted men aged 42 and over may be discharged from the Army at their own request. The policy allows older soldiers to leave service upon filing a request with military authorities.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Truman Names Hoss Press Secretary To 1902 Class Hero
Matilda D Brown recalls a call from President Truman in Independence Missouri while visiting the 1902 class at the high school. The President announced Charles G Hoss would be his press secretary as Brown, a former pupil, smiles over the moment.
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Matilda D. Brown
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Charles G. Hoss
Miss Brown
Truman
Ross
Petain Ready To Stand Trial for Surrender in France
The report states Petain will stand trial in France after expressing willingness to surrender. Laval, former Vichy leader, was reportedly denied safe passage by Liechtenstein authorities and still faces a Marseille Court death sentence in absentia for intelligence with the enemy.
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Laval
Vichy
Liechtenstein
Germany
Principality
Marseille
France
Train Auto Crash Kills Wyandot Man at Crossing
Upper Sandusky report: Louis A. Althouse, 63, a Wyandot County farmer, was injured when a Pennsylvania train struck his car at a downtown crossing yesterday. The crossing watchman said Althouse waited for the westbound train to pass before driving onto the tracks into the path of the eastbound freight train.
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Upper Sandusky
Louis A. Althouse
Wyandot County
Pennsylvania
Althhouse
Ohioans Help Assemble Trucks for Russians in Iran
A U S Army plant near Khorramshahr, Iran, has closed after Ohioans contributed to assembling nearly 80,000 trucks for Russian forces over two years. Among those involved were Cpl. Jesse Carey of Moxahala and more Ohio workers than from any other state.
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Teheran
Iran
GPI
U. S. Army
Khorramshahr
Cpl
Jesse “J. Carey
Moxahala
U. S. Warns Nazis Against Mistreatment of Prisoners
Capitol Hill demanded a harsh Nazi peace as leaflets bearing signatures of Truman Churchill and Stalin warned Germany of individual responsibility for mistreatment of Allied prisoners. Up to 65,000 American soldiers remained in Nazi hands as Elmer Davis said Germans would be told of concentration camp horrors for reeducation.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
United States
Reich
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Pri¢e
Congress
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Europe
Fifth Eighth Armies Reach Po River Bank
Allied forces push along the Po river south banks as a blackout covers gains in northern Italy. The Eighth Army nears Ferrara after crossing toward the road and city 30 miles north of Bologna. Ferrara airfield captured. Nazis reportedly seek escape across the Po by raft or boat as four Allied air forces claim 4000 enemy vehicles destroyed in two days.
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Rome
Italy
Ferrara
Bologna
Dispute Looms Over Bill To Up Salaries
In Columbus the Ohio Senate prepared to vote on a bill raising salaries for legislators and top elective state officials. The proposal, authored by Senator William M. Boyd of Cleveland, would increase pay for senators more than for representatives, signaling a potential House Senate clash.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Senate
William M.boyd
Cleveland
Reaffirm Provisions of Tydings Act Draft
Washington reports House passage sent to the White House reaffirming the Tydings Act provisions amid complaints draft boards ignore essential farm worker protections. Victims' boat found near Lorain Vermilion area. Wolski and Eiseman believed drowned in Lake Erie fishing accident. German withdrawal into Denmark suspected after night raids hitting 32 northbound trains.
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Washington
House
White House
Lorain
Harry Wolski
Andrew Eiseman
Vermilion
Lake Erie
Nazi Youth Menace: Hitler Trained Boys Major Problem
HAL BOYLE reports on the Nazi Youth in Saxony with Germany’s lost generation aged 10 to 20. He cites hate in their eyes and questions rebuilding Germany along democratic lines as Allied policy faces youth fed on race doctrine. He notes dangers of 12 to 16 year olds to soldiers and criticizes attempts to treat them as adults, with veteran officers calling for strict discipline.
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Hal Boyle
Saxony
Germany
Fuehrer
Huntington
W. Va
Atlot Hitler
Himmler
Goringen
Jeast
Goebbels
Dinary
Richard J. Conrad
Brooklyn
69Th
Wheeling Steel Wins $4.5 Million Plant Expansion Contract
Portsmouth dispatch reports Wheeling Steel Corp awarded a 4.5 million contract to expand its Portsmouth plant and double bomb output. Cincinnati ordnance district says plant rehabilitation and equipment installation begin immediately. plant has produced bombs for over a year.
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Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corp
Fortsmouth
Cincinnati Ordnance District
Methodists Pledge Allegiance to Truman
Chicago report says the Methodist Church sent an official greeting to President Harry S. Truman, the first such message since Washington. Bishop H Lester Smith of Columbus, D and church bishops conference adopted a resolution welcoming the president to his high office and pledging allegiance.
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Chicago
Methodist Church
Harry S. Truman
George Washington
H. Lester Smith
Columbus
Council of Bishops Conference
Truman
WLB Approves Coal Contract Amid Wartime Policy Test
War Labor Board backed John L. Lewis soft coal agreement with no shift in wage policy. The decision refs OPA and Stabilization Director William H. Davis for price hike rulings. OPA to decide if coal prices rise. Davis to make final call, with findings expected soon.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
OPA
William H. Davis
Davis
Next Move in Polish Crisis Up to Stalin
Anxious delegates looked toward Moscow for any chance of Big Three unity on Poland before the United Nations conference. Washington reported talks among Secretary Stettinius, Eden, and Molotov ended as they headed to the conference city. The trio has arranged for control of the conference but seeks unity on Poland's government amid a key rift.
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San Francisco
Poland
Stalin
Moscow
Washington
Stetttinius
Eden
Patton closes on final German Alps hideout and Danube reach
American forces push toward Berchtesgaden and Salzburg as Patton's Third Army nears Cham and Regensburg. Eisenhower's western front reports over 1,015,000 prisoners in April with 2,345,000 since D-Day. British siege Bremen and Hamburg arc tightens, while Munich looms.
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Paris
Patton
Alps
Berchtesgaden
Salzburg
Linz
Germany
Stalin
Elbe l
Muehlberg
First Army
Leipiz
Cham
Regensburg
Eisenhower
Bremen
Hamburg
Harburg
Elbe
Danube
Valahalla
Munich
Argentina Presses War Declarations and Berlin Fall
Soviet forces inch toward central Berlin amid brutal street fighting as Argentine authorities signal full cooperation with the Allies. American troops cross the Upper Danube for the first time, aided by heavy Allied offensives around Ulm Augsburg and the Black Forest as Axis defenses collapse.
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Munich
Ulm
Black Forest
Austria
Augsburg
Hitler
Upper Danube
United States
Berlin
Canfina
Maas
Utrecht
Avro Warren
Buenos Aires
Allied Drives Reach Po River From Italy Front
American and British forces moved within 20 to 35 miles of the Po River in under 48 hours. The British Eighth Army neared Ferrara airfield, three miles south of the river, while the U S Fifth Army pressed toward Modena. News from the area was blackout.
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Bologna
Eighth Arms
Ferrera
Fifth Army
Modena
Princess Mafalda Die? Nazi Camp Brothel Section
Paris reports Christian Ozanne, Havas News Agency correspondent, said Princess Mafalda of Hesse died in a Buchenwald camp section used as a brothel. The princess, daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele III, had been interned at the request of her husband Prince Philip of Hesse, who denounced her as not enthusiastic enough about the Hitler regime.
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Mafalda
Paris
Christian Ozanne
Havas
Mafalda of Hesse
Buchenwald
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Prince Philip of Hesse
Goodrich Workers Vote To Return to Plants
Workers at five of six B F Goodrich Co divisions voted to comply with the Labor Board back to work order, CIO United Rubber Workers officials announced. Other items note Patton’s third army advances toward Regensburg and frost damage in Lake County, with wheat prices at a 20 year high amid wartime demand.
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Akron—Upi
B. F. Goodrich Co
Labor Board
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Painesville
Lake County
Supreme Court Denies Review for Objectors in Ohio Camp Case
The Supreme Court refused to review the conviction and five year prison terms of six conscientious objectors who left a civilian public service camp in Sherrodville Ohio without permission. They cited denied weekend leaves to attend a Chicago social workers meeting. Names listed: Milton M. Kramer Wallace Floyd Nelson John Eli Hiott McGraw Loren Elmer Testdel Joseph Guinn James Werner Bristah.
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Washington
UPI
U. S. Supreme Court
Sherrodville
Ohio
Chicago
Milton M. Kramer
Wallace Floyd Nelson
John Eli
Hiott McGraw
Loren Elmer Test del
Joseph Guinn
James Wer
Atrocities reported as Nazis face advancing Allies near Berlin
Western Front dispatches describe mass forced marches of American and British prisoners to a Hitler stronghold while Soviet forces breach Berlin outskirts. Reports claim a children’s camp and slave labor on German estates. Red tanks push toward the Elbe as battles rage through the city perimeters and surrounding towns.
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London
Western Front
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Fromm
Moscow
Red
Cas Works
Alexanderplatz
Unter Deo Tina
Would Permit Vets To Decide
Congress was asked to let fighting men choose civilian life after victory with 30 day leave and discharge options. The plan allows veterans to decide between civilian life and more service, while components of the plan include fare home and a time to reflect before discharge. Red army and Polish troops have pushed toward Berlin, establishing traffic control and directing trucks in and around the city. Soviet forces have advanced to within ten miles of Berchtesgaden, with heavy bombing and destruction evident across Berlin.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Reich
Washington
Congress
McGregor
Alexander J. Baker
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Enidian
Red Army
Austria
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Brandenburg
Potsdam
Weissensee
Ret
Izvestia
Jannow Bridge
Termpiehof
Franklin County Republican Chairman Seeks Party Conventions
COLUMBUS William Schneider Franklin County Republican chairman urged passage of legislation to authorize political party conventions to endorse primary candidates. He argued delegates to such conventions would be more qualified to select suitable public officials than the average voter.
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Columbus
Senate Elections Committee
William Schneider
Franklin County
Schneider
Soldiers Under 19 to Stay Home in Policy
Gen. George C. Marshall told Congress that the Army will ship overseas only soldiers aged 19 or older as soon as military conditions permit. This policy aims to keep younger servicemen at home until allowed by operational needs.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
County Officials To Select Roads For Postwar Work
Ohio county engineers and commissioners were tasked with choosing harm to market feeder roads for a federal aid secondary highway program. About 28 million dollars is to be spent in the first three postwar years, with the state planning 120.6 million for road improvements and 20 million yearly from federal funds. The plan links selected routes with Federal-aid roads to form an integrated network and evenly divides aid between counties and the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Perry T. For
Highway Department
Yesteriday
Ford
County Engineers Association of
Coumies
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