Churchill Firing Stop Policy Puts Time Limit at Six P.M
President Truman marks his 61st birthday with a wartime proclamation declaring complete victory in Europe and designating Mother’s Day as a day of prayer. He warns that the war with Japan continues, vows unconditional surrender, and urges citizens to stay at their posts until final victory.
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Handful of Nazis Still Holding Out in Europe
AP reports pockets of Nazi resistance lingered in Prague and Moravia Bohemia as others celebrate end of the European war. Czech broadcasts describe shooting burning and looting in embattled Prague while German outlets claim continued resistance to allow remnants to retreat west. General Patton's Third Army advances from Pilsen toward the city outskirts.
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Body of Hitler Found by Reds Reported by Tass
Tass war correspondent Anatoly Pilugin cited a Russian general saying Hitler's body was found in Berlin ruins. Reports placed Soviet and Allied advances near Prague and the Czech capital, with German pockets, mopup operations, and capitulation terms shaping the final days of World War II.
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Plans for Army of Half Million in Peacetime
Congressmen disclosed a peacetime draft plan to build a standing army of about 500,000 with a 4,000,000 reserve. The proposal, discussed behind closed doors by the House Military Committee, would include National Guardsmen and Officers Reserve Corps forces, plus 3.5 million youths trained for one year in the regular army. The program hinges on compulsory peacetime military training enactment.
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German Ships Ordered to Head for Allied Ports
London Allied radios flashed orders to all German and German controlled ships at sea to head for the nearest Allied ports and remain there for further instruction. In Fairfield County near Baltimore Sherman Consolver, 40, pleaded innocent to a charge of attempting to wreck a New York Central train in January. The continuance was granted for consultation with his counsel and court officials as officials seek to have the logging crew lawyer placed in a state institution. aliens told the court Consolver was for low-age mentality.
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Slow Allied Advances Across Pacific Fronts Reported
Allied ground forces report slow steady gains on Pacific fronts including Okinawa Tarakan and Mindanao while China remains erratic. Reports note Japanese air attacks from Tokyo and Jimo bases as Allied strategists weigh Soviet involvement. In Burma British Indian forces push to recapture Singapore as 200000 Japanese are targeted for cleanup. Also a bill to allow year round red fox hunting and bounties in Ohio advances in the Senate.
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Punish the Germans to end evil and honor trials
Dewitt Mackenzie urges a stern but just outcome for Germany, warning against vengeance placed by passion. He calls for public trials and military justice for Hitler's regime, noting German atrocities and the need to remember the crimes as Allied victory nears.
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Controls for Strip Mining Are Proposed
Gov. Frank Lausche drafted a message to the Ohio Legislature urging controls on strip coal mining and warning against fiscal burdens. He plans to send the message this afternoon, citing existing revenues as sufficient and opposing a bill allocating 111 million dollars to schools for two years. He notes costs from higher salaries and prices and reiterates a restoration mandate for mined land.
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Supreme Court Upholds Portal-To-Portal Pay Ruling
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision written by Justice Murphy, upheld portal-to-portal pay for bituminous coal miners as aligned with a 1944 iron ore miners ruling. The Fourth Circuit's decision, appealed by Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation of Virginia, was affirmed as not legally different in substance. Akron news reports Eugene J. Rogers, 74, a tire builder, died when his car hit a freight train at State Street crossing yesterday.
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County Officials To Be Paid Semi Monthly
The House approved bills to pay county officials on a semi monthly basis replacing monthly salaries. The measures authorize using township road and bridge funds to pay for marking streets in unincorporated areas. The House also adopted a resolution urging the return of state employees discharged from the armed services to their former positions.
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Eisenhower's Mother Awaits Home Coming
Paris dispatch reports General Eisenhower told reporters at supreme headquarters that no action could be taken against a news agency or organization for the acts of individual correspondents.
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Truman Reminds Nation Of Remaining Job in East
President Truman announced a day of thanksgiving for Europe’s surrender but warned air blows will continue until Japan surrenders unconditionally. Churchill hailed Germany's surrender while Doenitz urged laydown by 11 p.m. Berlin time. De Gaulle called for restraint and justice, as Moscow radio and allied leaders prepared further statements.
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Surrender by Germany at 0141 hours Central European Time
Allied Allied Expeditionary Force and the Soviet high command accepted Germany's unconditional surrender. The terms become effective 2301 CET May 8. German forces ceased offensive actions and will hold positions until surrender takes full effect.
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Hannegan Approved as Postmaster General
President Truman's nominee Robert E. Hannegan won Senate confirmation by 60 to 2 after a brief debate on hearings. Senator Donnell argued to relegate the vote to the Post Office Committee amid alleged Missouri incidents in the critic’s political career.
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Gets Life Sentence For Slaying Husband
DETROIT Mrs Nina Housden 35 was convicted of first degree murder a week earlier in the December 19 strangling and dismemberment of her husband Charles 32. Circuit Judge Frank B Ferguson sentenced her to life imprisonment after authorities later found the body in the trunk of her car in Toledo.
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Steelworkers Return To Jobs After Walkout
In Cleveland Republic Steel plants resume operations as about 1100 United Steelworkers return to work after a one day walkout. Regional Director W F Donovan announced workers agreed to end the protest over employing an outside contractor to repair an elevator.
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Eisenhower Pledges No Action To Halt News
Mrs. D J Eisenhower, mother of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, said on Monday learning of Germany’s unconditional surrender that she was relieved it is over and hoped Dwight would be home soon. The brief remark came from Abilene Kansas where she spoke amid crowds.
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