Third Army Near Berchtesgaden as Red Armies Press Berlin
Allied forces drive toward Berlin from multiple fronts as Patton closes on Berchtesgaden at 72 miles out and Konev reaches Riesa while Zhukov encircles Berlin. German troops flee Italy and cling to homeland as American bridgeheads push up the Mulde.
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Red Army
Germany
Berlin
Arca
Patton
Munich
Italy
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Marshal Konev
West Bank
Riesa
Elbe
Mulde
Stalin
Onev
Zhukov
Hitler Chalet Destroyed in Bombing Raid Near Berchtesgaden
Italian based RAF Liberatore carried out a follow up bombing destroying Hitler’s chalet near Berchtesgaden with a six ton bomb. Aerial photos show many bombs in the chalet and barracks housing SS guards. Tass Berlin notes refer to the Alexanderplatz in Berlin. Russian assaults reported on the police and Gestapo HQ nearby.
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London
RAF
Liberatore
Freilassing
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Berlin
Alexanderplatz
Gestapo
Unter den Linden
Russia's Three Vote Bid Faces UN Conference Start
At San Francisco the Soviet plan to seat Ukrainian and White Russian Republics with world organization charter status is to be raised in the opening business session of the United Nations Conference. Molotov sent word that the proposal would be presented to the steering committee, while President Truman urged that peace enforcement remains possible through orderly cooperation. Stettinius warned large nations must commit to success, as delegates filled the opera house for the opening ceremony with many lacking English.
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Russia
United States
Forugn
Molétey
United
Truman
Molotov
Marshal Stalin
Stettinius
Eden
Poland
Ssinius
Canada
War - Memorial Operer House
Radid
Washington
Opera House
We World
Organization For the
V E Day May Bring Big Cuts in War Spending
President Truman was told victory in Europe could trigger billions of dollars in reductions across department appropriations. Rep Snyder of Pennsylvania, chair of a subcommittee on Army appropriations, said the cuts would run substantially into the billions.
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Washington
Europe
Truman
Snyder
D-Pa
Snyders
18 Year Old Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter
John Safranek age 18 pleaded guilty in General Sessions Court to first degree manslaughter for strangling his widowed mother Dora 51 last July 24. Police said he killed her after she found him taking $2 from her purse for movie money.
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New York
John Safranek
Geneal Sessions Court
Safranek
Dora
Fifth Army advances toward new Nazi defense line
Allied Headquarters reported the American Fifth Army pushing toward a new Nazi defensive front along the Adige River while the British Eighth Army rolled forward. The German withdrawal left vast equipment behind east of Ferrara as thousands of prisoners fell into Allied hands.
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Rome
Parma
Italy
Adige 4
Ferrara
Fifth Army
Hitler
Ohio House Set to Vote on Biennial Budget Bill
The 96th General Assembly moves toward a vote next week on a $426 20,000 biennial budget bill. Finance chair Paul Ballard says the measure would remove capital expenditure appropriations and place them in a separate bill, with about 36 million dollars for capital improvements. The report also notes unrest in Northern Italy with patriots rising against German forces.
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Columbus
96Th General Assembly
House
Paul H. Ballard
House Finance Committee
Advances Are Registered on Three Fronts
Allied forces report advances on Okinawa and surrounding fronts as U S and Filipino units push toward key towns and airfields. American and Philippine efforts include breaching Kakazu Ridge and moving within distances of objective positions while heavy fighting costs high casualties on both sides.
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Kakazu
Kapap
Okinawa
Japan
24Th Army
Roy S. Gsigér
Marine ‘Third Amphibious Corps
Yamato
Yanabaru
Shoe Scarcity Will Persist After Victory
George L. Smith, president of G. R. Kinney Co., warned at the annual meeting that civilian shoe supply will remain scarce even after the European war ends, due to severe leather and labor shortages. He projected the shortage would last several months.
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New ‘York
George L. Smith
G. R. Kinney Co
Truman’s Pentagon visit signals new abroad developments
President Truman held a high level meeting at the Pentagon with Gen George C. Marshall and top war and naval leaders. Officials offered no details but the session followed a prior encounter between the same officials and hinted at joint American Soviet operations west of Berlin.
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Washington
P.A
Pentagon
Army Merve Center
Truman
War
Department
Europe
Pacific
George C. Marshall
Army
Stimson
Ernest J. King
Senate Passes Pension and Judge Salaries Bills
The Senate approved bills to raise appeals court judges salaries and broaden pensions for teachers and public employees. The measures shift funding to the state, potentially saving counties 34000 yearly, raise pensions from 2000 to 3000, and lift employer and employee contributions from 4 to 5 percent. Minimum pensions rise to 502 monthly for 36 years service if over 60, or 45 if under 60. A state board of education proposal was sent to the House for ratification in November.
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Columbus
Board, of Education
Senate
House
Convicted Attacking Vet Faces Sentencing in Ohio Case
In Columbus a 52 year old Washington D. H. resident, Harry L Riley, awaits sentencing after a federal jury found him guilty of assaulting a mentally ill patient at the Veterans Hospital in Chili. Two co workers testified Riley jumped the patient on March 31 1944 near the hospital resulting in a bladder rupture. The maximum penalty is six months in jail and a 500 dollar fine.
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Columbus
Harry L. Riley
Washington D.H
Chili Nicotice
Riley
Ray O'Donnell
U. S
Delegation Endorses Truman For Second Term
A Pennsylvania Democratic delegation led by Senators Guffey and Myers met at the White House to endorse President Truman for a second term in a show of party unity.
Sees Release Of Industrial Controls Soon
Washington War Production Chief J A Krug told a house committee that nearly a third of WPS industry controls will be released in the next four months. He said all controls should be dropped as soon as possible after Japan’s defeat and noted war procurement contracts will be cut back 15 percent in three to four months with war production falling to about 60 percent within 12 to 15 months. WPE plans to wipe out controls soon and aid industry through essential allotments during the transition.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
House
WPS
Japan
Krug
WPE
Toa
Hero's Brother Passes Preinduction Physical
Richard W. Young 26 of Clyde Ohio brother of Pvt Rodger Young who earned the Medal of Honor posthumously passed his preinduction physical yesterday. The Medal of Honor story inspired the song bearing his name.
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Cleveland
Richard W. Young
Clyde, O
Pvt
Rodger Young
Liquor Office Targets Favoritism in Distribution
In Columbus the manager of the city’s largest retail liquor store was summoned to the state liquor department to explain why only two whiskey brands were displayed though 16 were in stock. Director Robert M. Sohn said the action is part of a wider drive against favoritism in liquor distribution to customers.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Robert M. Sohngén
Unified Food Program Urged After Food Study Findings
The Republican Conference in a special session urged unification of the nation's food program under one agency and immediate classification of food production as an essential war industry. The move follows two years of analysis by the Republican Congressional Food Study Committee led by Thomas A. Jenkins. He cited disorganization from six agencies causing maldistribution shortages and empty shelves and warned no improvement without reform.
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Washington
Republican Conference
House of Representatives
House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Food Study Committee
Would Raise Judges Salary in Ohio Plea Stirs Senate Panel
Probate Juvenile Judge E. C. Motter of Vinton Ohio testifies that his $1715 yearly pay leaves him unable to meet juvenile case costs. The Senate Judiciary Committee hears pleas for raises. action postponed though several members show support. Senator Tom Jones R Middleport authored the measure.
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Columbus
Senate Judiciary Committee
E. C. Motter
Vinton
Ohio
Tom Jones R
Middleport
Corporal Saves German Child Under Fire
A U S First Infantry Division corporal risked his life to rescue a frightened German girl in a shell swept street as town fires raged. He was wounded. his name cannot be released. Debate over fox killing bill continues in the Ohio senate conservation committee after three and a half hours of discussion.
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U. S
New Jersey
Columbus
Senate Conservation Committee
Berlin Battles and Russian Push Toward Hitlers Defended City
Moscow dispatches say Russians close on Berlin with orders to capture Adolf Hitler alive if present as propaganda claims abound Goebbels and Keitel linked to the city. Patton’s forces tighten grip in the south encircling Regensburg and Sulzbach while advancing toward Munich and beyond with strong Seventh Army progress.
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Berlin
Moscow
Hitler
Hamburg
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Wilhelm Kietek
Patton
Passau
Regensburg
Sulzbach
Danube
Czechoslovakia
Cheb
Asch
Patch
Seventh Army
Munich
British Fight in Bremen Amid Broad Allied Push
British troops fought in Bremen with the 52nd Lowland Division pushing toward central Bremen and the Iron Third capturing Chirfield and the Focke Wulf factory area. About 5,000 prisoners taken as Red Army advances threaten Bohemia and Moravia. Third Army closes on Linz with Salzburg within 65 miles as Malinovsky’s forces reach Brno.
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Bremen
Hamburg
Selsingen
Lowland
Iron
Chirfield
Focke Wulf
Weser
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Marshal Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Bruenn
Brno
Hitler
Bohemia
Moravia
Tast
Ruhr
Stalingrad
Pilsen-Prague
Linz
Salzburg
Third Army
Bingo Outlawed by Ohio Senate Committee
The Ohio Senate judiciary committee voted to outlaw bingo. Eagles Elks and Moose Lodges opposed the move, noting their organizations raise thousands of dollars for charity through the game of chance.
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Colmmmbus
Judiciary Committee
Ohio Senate
Eagles, Elks and Moose Lodges
Time confusion hits Cincinnati and Southwestern Ohio
Cincinnati votes to stay on Eastern War Time as neighbors follow different rules. The city council repealed the ordinance that would have shifted clocks this Sunday causing uncertainty for nearby towns and residents unsure whether to adjust.
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Cincinnati
Civilian Meat Supply Rationed Further With Mutton Exceptions
The Office of Price Administration announces new rationing rules cutting civilian meat supply for next month. All meats except mutton will require higher points, with margarine and some cheeses also costing more. Beef is reduced overall by about nine million pounds versus April, while veal lamb and pork are projected to rise in certain cuts. President Truman urges more victory gardens as meat access tightens.
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Washington
OPA
Jabade
Senate Food Investigating Committee
Truman
CP4
Chester O'Bowles
State business not to go to politicians warning from governor
Governor Frank Lausche warned Columbus reporters that firms using conspicuous political figures as salesmen seeking state contracts are making a serious mistake He instructed department heads to watch for such figures in state negotiations The House accepted a Senate amendment to a $50 000 supply bill to fight damage from strip mining in Washington city plans and actions.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
HOUSE
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Two-Time Prisoner Says He Likes U. S
The Big Red 1 reports a German prisoner captured twice by the First Infantry in North Africa more than two years ago said he liked the United States. He remarked the country was nice and praised American ice cream, expressing regret at being included in the prisoner exchange.
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Big Red
Ontfit
North Africa
United States
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