Offensive is Opened By Chinese
A Chinese counteroffensive aims to blunt a four pronged U S threat as Chihkiang airbase clash shifts momentum. Japanese reverses spread across fronts with Premier Suzuki facing criticism in Tokyo papers. Allied forces report gains in Rangoon and Davao City, while Okinawa casualties surge as paratroop actions and naval losses mount.
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Chihkiang
Ieto
Baron Adm
Iantaro Suzuki
Tokyo
U. S. 14Th Air Force Base
Chungking
Naha Line
Okinawa
U .S
Iwo, Jima
Jenkins Authors Twenty One Bills in Ohio House Session
Ohio lawmaker Tom Jenkins of Ironton has authored 21 of the roughly 80 measures offered by House members this session. Other named lawmakers Walter Brehm Logan Ed Mc Cowen Scioto Fred Smith Marion Bill Thom Canton and Mike Kirwan Youngstown have not introduced bills.
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Washington
Tom Jenkins
Ironton
Ohio
Walter Brehm
Logan
Ed McCowen
Scioto County
Fred Smith
Marion
Bill Thom
Canton
Mike Kirwan
Youngs+ town
Quarters Needed for Tubercular Insane at Athens State Hospital
Welfare Director Frazier Reams said the Athens State Hospital needs facilities for tubercular insane patients. With 45 vacancies in a 260 staff and 1790 patients versus a 1553 capacity, overcrowding would be eased by a postwar $630,000 expansion project.
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Columbus
Frazier Reams
Say
Athem State Hospital
Reams
FBI Plans Meeting on Law Enforcement Here
The FBI with the Athel Police Department will conduct a law enforcement conference at Athens High School on May 17. J. B. Grogan, police chief, announced the event with F. C. Holiman, in charge for the Cincinnati Field Division.
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FBI
Athel
Athens High School
J. B. Grogan
F. C. Holiman
Cincinnati
Truman Wins First Battle In Congress
Washington reports President Truman secured a 57 vote margin in his first congressional clash by veto upholding a bill to keep more farm workers out of the draft. The override failed by 57 votes as 185 to 177 in the House with 154 Republicans and 30 Democrats and one Progressive voting to override, while 164 Democrats 12 Republicans and one American Labor member voted to sustain.
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Washington
Truman
House
Chaim Ian Flannagan
D-Va
The
Agriculture Committee
Europe
Fifth Army Casualties In Italy Total 109,163
Secretary of War Stimson announced that from the Allied landing in September 1943 through April 28 the American Fifth Army sustained 109,163 casualties. The toll includes 21,577 killed, 77,248 wounded and 10,338 missing, reflecting the Italian campaign's human cost.
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Washington
Italy
Fifth Army
Stimson
Capacity Audience Sought For Servicemen's Program
Athens County plans a large servicemen’s program at Ohio University Memorial Auditorium tomorrow. Officials and editors promote the event as first of its kind with national attention and two sessions featuring speakers motion pictures and radio recordings. Attendance aims to show community support for veterans and to inform the world about local efforts.
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Athens County
Ojo University Memorial
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
V E Day Induction Cuts Blocked by Army Shortage
Gen George C Marshall told House Military Committee chief May that the Army cannot meet May and June replacement demands under the current program and that shortages may grow by about 50 000 men in the next three months. He said Eisenhower losses average 2000 daily with no immediate reduction in June needs and urged rapid release and a pool of replacements for the Pacific theater.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
May
House Military Committee
Germany
Marshall
Eisen- Hower
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Pacific Ocean
Federal Mine Seizure Holds In East Today
Washington reports President Truman ordered the seizure of 363Pennsylvania anthracite mines and three Carter Coal Company bituminous mines in West Virginia as strikes by United Mine Workers halt. Interior Secretary Ickes designated federal operators to keep plants running while wage talks in New York continue. The action follows a War Labor Board directive on extending the old contract amid wartime needs.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Moriday
Ickes
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Carter Coal Company
West Virginia
Land Fuels Administration
Three Raines
Truman
Million Foot Per Hour Gas Well Reported
A gas well near Homeworth south of Alliance reportedly produced about 1,000,000 cubic feet per hour. Edward Overmiler of North Canton, owner, has sold gas rights to East Ohio Gas Co which is building a pipeline to tap this and future wells.
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Youngstown
Homeworth
Alliance
Edward Overmiler
North Canton
East Ohio Gas Co
Urges Official Status Malone Rites Will Be For Ohio Flag
COLUMBUS Rep Craig D Slagle introduced a bill to grant official status to the governor s flag used for 30 years The plan describes a white star in each corner on a scarlet background with the State Seal and 13 white stars in the center In Middletown Eva Swink 77 dies from burns after her bed ignites Funeral services for Horton Malone 49 will be Monday at 2 pm at Finsterwald Funeral Home with interment at Minersville Cemetery Survivors include his mother Bessie Stanley
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Ohio
Columbus
Craig D. Slagle
Gallia
Pomeroy
Horton Malone
Jacob Boetzel
Karrs Run
Finsterwald
Minersville Cemetery
Malone
Bessie Stanley
Nazis Treasure Hoard Estimated at 200 Tons of Gold
A find at the Merkers mine in Thuringia is now estimated to contain about 200 tons of gold double the earlier Patton era estimate. The treasure hoard allegedly hid in various locations across Thuringia prompted the new appraisal.
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Paris
Merkers
Jbank
Wader
Thuringian
Patton
Four Powers Near Agreement on Dumbarton Oaks Plan
The Ex Four inch toward major changes in the Dumbarton Oaks Plan to form a world peace organization. Officials from the 46 United Nations see the accord as easing deadlocks, with talks involving Molotov, Eden, and Soong aimed at amending the charter while preserving a security council with armed forces. Regional defense pacts may be recognized to aid attacked nations during review. The United States seeks to retain control of Pacific military bases.
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Ppr
Dumbarton Oaks
United Nations
Molotov
Moscow
Stettinius
Eden
Britain
Soong
China
Big Four
Pacific Islands
Japan
Hyes
German Breakthrough Commander Surrenders to 26th Infantry Division
Field Marshal Edward Von Kleist, noted for the 1940 French breakthrough, surrendered to the U S Third Army's 26th Infantry Division, as announced today.
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26Th Infantry Division
Edward von Kleist
France
U. S. Third Army
Butter Not Spoiling Says Butter Not Spoiling
In Cleveland, CPI reports butter piling up with high red point value but district OPA director Clinton M. Fiske says no such reports exist. He notes merchants may reduce point values of rationed foods without consulting OPA, and if butter risks rancidity a dealer with stock can sell it at zero points by halving prices.
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Cleveland
CPI
Clinton M. Fiske
OPA
Fiske
Colorado Soldier Receives Medal for Heroic Japs Stand
The War Department announced a posthumous Medal of Honor for Pvt. Elmer E. Fryar of Denver Colorado for singlehandedly destroying 27 Japanese soldiers before he was killed while helping and evacuating a wounded comrade. The tale was recounted by Army Pvt. Neal A. Roth of near Wadsworth who was rescued.
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Washington
Department Today
Colorado
Elmer E. Fryar
Denver
Colo
Neal A. Rotherferd
Wadsworth
Death Comes as Woman Learns Grandson Safe
Norwalk resident Mrs. Amnle Doughty, 79, died today. Moments earlier she learned that her grandson, Sgt. Frank Doughty, had been captured by Germans in February 1943 but was safe and well at last.
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Norwalk
Amnle Doughty
Sgt
Frank Doughty
London Prison Farm Short of Manpower
London prison farm faces a manpower shortage with about 500 inmates fewer than normal at the 3000 acre institution. Supt W F Amrine said the wartime production remains high despite the shortfall. A separate report from Rome notes a violent clash as Italian soldiers and students fought a crowd over Venezia Giulia, with many people beaten.
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London
W. F. Amrine
Rome
Italy
Venezia Giulia
Rig and Reel Dispute Goes Before U. S. Conciliator
A federal labor conciliator from the U S Department of Labor will visit Pomeroy to review the walk out by about 140 workers at the Parkersburg Rig & Reel Company over draft deferment for a worker and an apprentice. Company officials say the plant is heavily engaged in defense work and available for statements. The workers claim many have been drafted without deferment requests.
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Pomeroy
U. S. Department of Labor
Parkersburg Rig & Reel Company
Big & Real
Wheeler faults radio chains for propaganda
Senator Wheeler of Montana accused large radio chains of pushing onesided propaganda on international and national issues. He said he may introduce legislation to require balanced coverage if voluntary efforts fail. He backed Senator Taft’s criticism of State Department Propaganda aimed at Congress over the Dumbarton Oaks pact.
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Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Taft
Ohio
Senate
State Department
Congress
Welfare bill to boost care of mental cases in Senate
COLUMBUS Ohio. The State Welfare Department plans to raise care for mental unfortunates from the bottom rung to the top with legislation expected for early Senate action Sen James Metzenbaum of Cuyahoga deserted today He urged urgent measures citing specialists claim that about 80 per cent of mental cases can be cured with quick adequate treatment 415 available Westerville Dr J Gorton Howard of Dayton editor of Sunday School literature of the United Brethren Church named new president of Otterbein College
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State Welfare Department
Senate
James Metzenbaum
Cuyahogad
Metzenbaum
Otterbein
Westerville
J. Gorton Howard
Dayton
The
United Brethren Church
Otterhemn College
Chaotic Conditions May Eliminate Formal Surrender Talks
Aftensidningen reports capitulation talks between Doenitz and Montgomery possibly under way at Flensburg amid chaos. In London, Nazi Germany nears collapse with Speer declaring defeat and Allied forces closing on Austria and Czechoslovakia as rumors of general surrender spread. Churchill absent from Cambon, sparking speculation about his whereabouts.
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Aftestid=ningen
Doenitz
Bernard L. Montgomery
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Albert Speer
Pennsylvania
Reich
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Holland
Denmark
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Cambions
British Press Association
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Failure to Find Hitler Body Amid Burning Reich Chancellery
A Red Star dispatch from Moscow reports the Chancellery in Berlin ablaze and no body of Hitler found, raising questions about his fate alongside Goebbels. Paris Radio meanwhile says German army surrender is near and Churchill may travel to the Reich for final surrender.
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Hitler
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Reich
Doenitz Fled to Kiel as Allies Close In
Stockholm dispatch says Doenitz, Schwerin Von Krosick, Best, Terboven, and Lindemann met or planned in Kiel or Denmark with reports from Reuters and BBC of movement to Copenhagen. Paris radio notes Himmler offered surrender. Allies tighten grip as Kiel and Flensburg near capture and capitulation seems imminent.
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Germany
Karl Doenitz
Kiel
Stockholm
Ludwig Schwerin von Krosick
Werner Best
Denmark
Josef Terbaven
Norway
Doennz
Marshal Montgomery
Kel
Best
Terboven
George Lindemann
Reuters
BBC
Doenitz
Copenhagen
Doeniz
Paris
Henrich Himmler
Gestapo
Alles
Brita
Russia
United States
Elbe Auer
Magdeburg
Schleswig Holstein
Flensburg
Kiel Canal
Luxembourg
Speer
Russians Collapse German Pocket in North Central Germany
Russians and British forces closed the last major Nazi pocket between Rostock and Hamburg as Berlin fresh reports spoke of widespread collapse across occupied Europe. Isolated clashes persisted near Brenner Pass while Western Austria and Bohemia Moravia held tenuous positions as Allied offensives pushed toward Ling and Berchtesgaden.
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Germany
Baltic Sea
Rostock
Hamburg
Brenner Pass
U. S. Tenth Mountain Division
Italy
Austria
Albert Kesselring
Ling
Berchtesgaden
Bohemia-Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Holland
Denmark
London
Norway
Fnrce
Britain
Tandon
Meigs Man Nominated For Brigadier General
Washington Truman today nominated colonels to be brigadier generals. The list includes William L Roberts from Letart Falls Ohio, with promotion sent to the Senate for approval.
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Meigs Man
Washington
Truman
Senate
Wiliam L Roberts
Letart Falls
Ohig
Mounting Bag of Prisoners Creates Serious Problem for Allied Armies
German soldiers surrendering to American and British forces by the thousands create a crisis for Allied authorities to feed and house them. Front dispatches say German officers and men race to American lines along the Elbe to avoid Russians. Over 3,000,000 Germans taken prisoner since D-Day. Britain asks the U.S. to take more, while the U.S. delays to keep troops home and shipping free for supplies.
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Britain
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Ninth Army
Elbe River
The
Express
UU. S
America
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