Latins Plan Cries for Argentina Split at UN Parley
Latins push for Argentina invitation to join the United Nations Conference provoking a potential deadlock as Moscow may concede to include Argentina if Poland’s delegation is also invited. Britain and the United States oppose the Polish gambit while Latin American leaders press for action ahead of plenary sessions.
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Francisco
Argentina
Molotov
Stettinius
United States
Eden
Britain
Soong
China
Warsaw
Poland
Ching
Chile
Brazil
Russia
World Organization
Anthony Eden
General Assembly
Security Council
World Court
Washington
London
Last German Soldiers Depart From Finland
London reporting Helsinki radio said all Germans have been driven from Finland and fighting everywhere has ceased. German rearguards in the north retreated into Norway as the broad fast noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Helsinki
Finland
Norway
Broadfast
Japanese Pilot Crashes Plane Into U S Hospital Ship
Japanese pilot attacked the unarmed USS Comfort, a loaded U S Navy hospital ship, killing and wounding crew and medical staff near Okinawa. The ship, identifiable by Red Cross markings, zigzagged under anti-aircraft fire but continued toward port with repairs by crew.
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U. S
Guam
Okinawa
Us.s. Comfort
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Haugland
Comfort
Mercy
State To Plan Postwar Study At Ohio State University
Ohio State University will overhaul courses to meet postwar needs. President Howard L. Bevis cites surveys guiding new offerings from Russian language and literature to poultry disease research. The College of Veterinary Medicine plans poultry disease work, while the College of Agriculture seeks a sheep specialist as Ohio becomes the leading sheep-raising state east of the Mississippi.
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Columbus —I
Ohio State University
Howard L. Bevis
College of Veterinary Medicine
College of Agriculture
Ohio
Mississippi
Japs Disapprove Plans for Peace Conference
A Tokyo radio report quoted by a Japanese press association said the Japanese disapproved of the San Francisco conference plan. It described the plan as forcing all smaller powers to submit to the great powers.
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San Francisco
Calif
Tokyo Radio
British airmen drop food to Hollanders
RAF Lancasters flew over the German occupied Netherlands on Sunday without escort and dropped food supplies to Dutch civilians. The aid operation underscored ongoing relief efforts by Britain amid the occupation and war conditions.
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London
Holland
Germany
Netherlands
FIFO Plan For Discharges Urged By Senator Johnson
Washington hearings discuss a First-In-First-Out discharge proposal urged by Senator Johnson. He argues the Army time-based plan is too complex and unfair, proposing demobilization in the same order troops were inducted to reduce paperwork and ensure fairness. Johnson has not committed to adoption and seeks legislative action to simplify the process.
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Washington
Senator Johnson
D-Cole
Depa Johnson
Army
Coloradoan
Johnson
Bilieve
G. I
Allies push through Burma toward Rangoon as Philippines battles widen
British armored forces pace in Burma driving 26 miles toward Rangoon within 36 miles. American infantry seize Baguio and push toward Davao as Okinawa and Philippine fighting intensifies with high Allied casualties and heavy Japanese losses. Tokyo reports self-destructive Japanese attacks on shipping while U S forces advance on Naha and Machinato airstrip reveals mines. Admiral Nimitz cites ground losses to date in Okinawa and the Philippines with thousands killed or wounded.
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Baguio
Rangoon
Associated Press
Burma
Philippines
Davao
Machinato
Okinawa
Tokyo
Okinawas
Japan
Luzon
Naha
Nimitz
U. S
Three Major Italian Cities Fall to Allies
Allied forces capture Milan Venice and Genoa as Fifth and Eighth Armies push across northern Italy. Mussolini and 17 fascist leaders’ bodies reportedly found in Milan, Genoa port liberated, Venice fell to British troops, and Trieste port activity noted. Prisoner totals rise beyond 100,000 since the April 9 offensive as German forces fight on near the Brenner Pass.
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Rome
Italy
Milan
Venice
Genoa
Benito Mussolini
Belgrate
Trieste
Lake Garda
Brenner Pass
Alps
Tiergarten
Hitler
Berlin
Oslo
seeteoWk Idah
Xound
U. S. Seventh Army
Munich
Mulan
Dachau
Third Army
Isar
Berecstesgaden
Patch
Seventh Army
Fussen
Bergamo
Fifth
Canal
Elbe
Hamburg
Luebeck
Denmark
Stet« Fin
Ninth
Zerbst
Ems
Leda
Leer
Emden
Stockholm
Folke Bernadotte
Rend Cross
Heinrich Himmler
Moscow
Saat
Baus
Oberamgau
Innsbruck
Pateway
Alexander Patchs
Menica
Mumps Ends Pilot Longstreths Return Home
Longstreth, a B-24 pilot with 35 missions over Germany, contracted mumps after returning to the United States and was quarantined at Camp Atterbury Indiana. He phoned his parents to say he would not be home for weeks. In Columbus a 53 year old man faces the electric chair for the murder of Moses Terry.
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Wilmington
Jim
Longstreth
Germany
United States
Rose Sell Longstreth
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Columbus
Fider Jiohnson
Ross Cuckler Last of Meigs Family Dies at Kingsbury
Ross Cuckler, last survivor of a large Meigs County family, died this morning at his Kingsbury home. Survived by his wife, he will be honored at a Wednesday service at 10 a.m. at Harrisonville Methodist Church with interment at Wells Cemetery. Friends may call at Finsterval Funeral Home.
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Pomeroy
Ross Cuckler
Meigs County
Kingsbury
Harrisonville Methodist Church
Wells Cemetery
Finsterwald
New York Woman Is Named 1945 Mother of the Year
Mrs. Harper Sibley of Rochester New York, a religious leader serving as unofficial observer at the San Francisco conference, has been chosen as The American Mother of 1945 by the Golden Rule Foundation.
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New York
Harper Sibley
Rochester
San Francisco
The
Golden Rule Foundation
Churchill Prepares Commons Statement on May Day
London reports Churchill preparing a Commons address for tomorrow as Britain and allies near a German surrender. Himmler is said to have sent a surrender offer to the Allies while officials pace developments toward V E Day amid calm, provisional notes.
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London
Churchill
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Commons
Stalin notes Himmler surrender offer amid war rush
The BBC said Stalin sent Churchill a note on Himmler’s unconditional surrender to Britain and the United States. NBC monitored the broadcast noting no contents. Armistice moves were said to be swift as Allied forces close in.
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New York
British Broadcasting Company
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Himmler
Great Britain
United States
National Broadcasting Company
Government Will Aid Fight on Chinch Bugs
The Federal Government will aid Ohio corn growers against chinch bugs this summer. Extension entomologist T. H. Parks urges farmers who notice rain numbers to report to county agricultural agents for control measures, with creosote provided in carload jets shipped to Ohio points where control is deemed needed by Parks and county agents.
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Columbus
Ohio
T. H. Parks
Ohio State University Extension
Parks
Mussolini’s body displayed by Italian partisans in Milan
In Milan and nearby Como areas, Benito Mussolini his mistress Claretta Petacci and 17 Fascist leaders were executed by Italian patriots after attempts to flee to Switzerland. The bodies were dragged to Milan hung in the Piazza Quindici Martiri and subjected to taunts and violence by angry crowds as Graziani was captured and later surrendered.
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Milan
Benito Mussolini
Claretta Petacci
Guilano de Mezzergere
Como
Mussolini
Rodolfo Graziani
Switzerland
Graziani
Piazza Quindici ‘Martiri
St Druce
San Domingo
Goodyear plants return to near normal after walkout
Akron operations move toward normal with about 75 percent of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co workers back at their jobs while appeal proceeds on a National Labor Relations Board strike vote. At the rim plant less than a tenth of second shift reported for work, spokesmen said. Youth on trial in Columbus opens with jury selection in the first degree murder case of 17 year old Harry Byers Jr. over his father’s Jan 5 rifle slaying.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
National Labor Relations Board
Rim
Columbus
Harry Byers, Jr
Fast
Ohio 37th Takes Part in Baguio Assault
American and Philippines flags raised in Baguio as the 129th and 148th Regiments of Maj. Gen. Robert Beightler’s 37th Infantry Division push north from the summer capital. Civilians watch amid war's ruin as the last major Luzon city falls to American forces. An election order by the National Labor Relations Board calls a bargaining vote within 30 days at Wilson Athletic Goods Manufacturing Co. in Ironton, Ohio.
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Baguio
Luzon
Hirohito
Philippines
Robert Beightler
37Th
Trinidad
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Wilson Athletie Goods Manufacturing Co
Ironton
World hears false reports of Nazi surrender Saturday
Reports from Britain and the United States claimed Heinrich Himmler sought an unconditional surrender to the United States, Britain, and Russia. Churchill denied any offer would be considered without a joint British American Russian approach. Truman and Eisenhower dismissed surrender rumors as unfounded after consultations.
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World
Associated Press
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
United States
Britain
Himmler
Gestapo
Hitler
Stockholm
Churchill
Brita
Russia
J Security Conference
San Francisco
Connally
Truman
Washington
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Svenska Dagbladet
London
Windsors Leave Bahamas in Farewell Message
The Duchess of Windsor and Duke Bernadotte bid farewell in the Bahamas after returning from Germany. Stockholm reports say Himmler’s offer was relayed through a private Swedish citizen. The Duke described the departure as the end of a “happy chapter.”
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Stockhall
Himmler
Stockholm
Dagens
Gav- Nyheter
Denmark
Stock
London
Patricia John
Whitehall
Stan
Hitler
Resistance in Berlin Diminishes As Soviets Press Advance
Soviet forces seal the fall of Berlin with the Red Army advancing through the rubble near the Reichskanzlei while allied units enter Munich Milan Genoa and Venice. Mussolini is dead in Milan as Moscow signals hostilities may end within days amid a southern German collapse.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Munich
Milan
Genoa
Venice
Maly
Germany
Mussolini
Supreme Headquarters
Europe
Moscow
Red Army
Reichschancellery
Red Army advances as Berlin crisis looms ahead
Allied forces push toward Berlin with Ninth Army near Zerbst Elbe while Seventh Army frees Dachau prisoners. Allies report vast captures tallying over 2.6 million. Russians advance near Stettin as Second Army eyes Hamburg. Bernadotte reportedly in contact with Himmler about peace prospects. Local battles extend from Munich to Genoa and Venice as Axis positions crumble.
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Emil F. Reinhardt
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Meigs
Okinawa Island
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Stalin
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British Press Association
Heinrich Himmier
Magdeburg
Red
Leipzig-Dresden
Ling
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Herlin
Duce
Patriots
Rand
Windsors
Bahamas
REDS
U.S. Ninth Army
Ninth Army
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