Victory in Europe Sealed by Kennedy Dispatch From Reims
The Associated Press announces that Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union, with Edward Kennedy of the AP Paris bureau delivering the decisive dispatch from Reims. The news triggered suspension of AP filing in Europe for all but Kennedy as Allied officials prepared formal proclamations.
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Associated Press
Germany
Edward Kennedy
Western Front
United States
Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Kennedy
Reims
France
London
EWT
Ministry of Information
Chureki
George
Europe
Washington
Moscow
Truman
Russia
Little Red Schoolhouse
Eisenhower
AEW
Russell Landstrom
Landstrom
Lewis Hawkins
Hawkins
Morten Gudebred
Paris Ste
Gudebred
Sey
Ed Kennedy
James F. King
New York
Churchill
King George
British Press Association
the Press Association
Edward Murrow
Columbia Broadcasting System
Stalin
Flensburg
Schleswig
Holstein
Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk
Karl Doenitz
Hitler
Fuhrer
American Broadcasting Station In
ABSIE
Ottawa
New York Foreign Desk
Relman Morin
Austin
Realmesr
Cossacks Free 28,000 Prisoners at Elbe Camp With Cavalry
HAL BOYLE recounts how Mounted Cossacks breached a prison camp east of the Elbe freeing 28,000 inmates. Cavalry tore down fences, fed prisoners, and shared food. American captain Silvernail led 2,600 troops and noted Russians also provided cattle and maps for safe access. An error in no man’s land caused 14 Americans to die before a Russian apology arrived.
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Hal Boyle
Elbe
Lyle A. “Sulvernail
Lawtown
Mich
Silvernail
No Man's Land
German Navy Surrenders In Upper Adriatic Region
Allied Command announced the capitulation of a German Navy unit in the Upper Adriatic. The surrender involved 22 ships, one small submarine, and 200 sailors at Ancona. Genoa and nearby Adriatic ports were being cleared of mines and channels opened by captured vessels.
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Ancona
Genoa
T ‘He
Adriatic
OPA to Hold Meetings on New Rationing Order in Akron
Office of Price Administration officials will hold the first of four meetings with Northeastern Ohio Class 2 slaughterers to explain the agency's new laughter control order tonight in Akron.
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OPA
Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Akron
Hungarian Crown Jewels In Custody By American Forces
The Hungarian crown jewels are in American hands today after capture at Fraham near Salzburg, guarded by Hungarian troops. Ferenc Szalasi, Hungary's former Nazi premier, was captured as the 86th Blackhawk Division secured Matsee, a small town in Austria.
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Seventh Army
Fraham
Salzburg
Ferenc Szalasi
Hungary
Admiral Horthy
86Th
Blackhawk
Matsee
Austria
Lusitania Surrender Anniversary Marks WWI Sympathy Shift
New York reports marked the 30th anniversary of the Lusitania sinking by a U boat. The event, linked to Britain’s Empress of the Seas and the loss of 1,980 lives including 124 Americans, intensified neutral nations' distrust of Germany and helped sway public opinion during World War I.
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New York
Germany
Britain
WAVES Recruitment Expanded to Meet Hospital Work Needs
The navy raises WAVES monthly recruitment quotas from 850 to 2090 to satisfy current needs. Many recruits will be assigned to hospital duties.
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Washington
Navy
Protests Over AP Suspension Baffles White House
The Associated Press suspension of filing facilities in Europe after Edward Kennedy's German surrender report drew swift protests from editors and publishers nationwide. Leaders urged President Truman to restore access, praising AP's public service while condemning censorship and press restrictions.
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White House
Associated Press
American Press
Europe
Edward Kennedy
Germany
Kennedy
Roy W. Howard
Scripps- Howard
Truman
Howard
United Press
H. C. Yingling
Sayre
Penna
Evening Times
Wired
American Free Press
Jonathan Daniels
Josephus Daniels
News and Observer
Raleigh
N.C
Navy
New York World-Telegram
Ted O. Thackrey
Edward P. Flynn
New York Fest
Ted Cannon
Salt Lake Desert
Logan Social Notes and Bridge Club Highlights
Logan society notes record Mrs Kari Poling hosting Chummy Bridge on N Market St with high scores by Mrs William Clapp and Mrs Lew Graham Others include Mrs Ross Adcock Mrs Charles Huffman Mrs Henry Dague and more As well as a birthday dinner for Mrs Ella Guess and hostess duties by Mrs Marion Allen at East Hunter Street Activities list local bridge games and visiting guests N Allen D Garry Hawkins and families mentioned with various brief updates from Logan community events
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Ibridge Club
Kari Poling
N .Market St
William Clapp
Lew Graham
Ross Adcock
Charles Huffman
Henry Dague
Elder Martin
Darley Kitchen
Kitchen
Marion Allen
Army and Navy
East Hunter Street
Harold Thrush
Jack Jones
Wayne Todd
Richard Briandt
Cyril Sherlock
Jeff Spalsbury
Albert Mogg
Logan High Students Win Special Awards
Logan High School students received certificates of award at the Ohio University science day on May 3. Recipients include Jeanette Green for insects, Leroy Lindsey for train brake system poster, Harold Haas for larborogenation poster, Robert Armstrong for jet propulsion engine, Philip Pond for refrigeration, Louis Greene for converter, Nancy Pond for silicon carbide furnace, Robert Judy for pottery paper, Janice Mason for Ratrarame paper, Lawrence Schaad for rocks or minerals exhibit, Bob Showalter for Tesla coil demonstration, Ned Krieg for cathode tube demonstration, and Luther Brimner for electric arc furnace demonstration.
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Logan
Logan High School
Ohio University
Jeanette Green
Superior
Leroy Lindsey
Good
Harold Haas
Robert Armstrong
Jet Propulsion Engine
Philip Pond
Louis Greene
Nancy Pond
Robert Judy
Pottery
Janice Mason
Ratrarame
Lawrence Schaad
Bob Showalter
Tesla Coil
Ned Krieg
Luther Brimner
Hocking Health Group Meets in Logan
Logan meeting of township trustees mayors and county health board members ends with dinner and a five year advisory council term for Dr T Grattidge Laurelville. telegram to Stanton Pond reports sister Helen Pond prisoner of the Japanese at Los Banos en route to Logan.
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Logan
Los Angeles
B. G. Southard
John R. McLain
Jacob Gleason
Gladys Webb
da Hufford
Paul F. Armstrong
Central Grade
Charles R. Ogle
Ray Snider
Derr
Amon Pritchard
Ad Sanborne
Clendeli Reid
Hitler’s Dream of an Empire Ends War Ruin for Germany
Carl C. Cranmer reports that with Germany prostrate and torn by war, the European conflict ends yesterday as the Nazi dream of empire collapses, bringing ruin to the nation and broad devastation across the continent.
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Hitler
Germany
Carl C. Cranmer
Washington
CGP
Europe
Court actions and World War II end noted in Nelsonville area
Court records show affidavits withdrawn and costs paid after a disturbance near Pritts Place in Nelsonville. Separate cases include Mike Kovach and Fred Pritts facing proposed charges. one motor vehicle in intoxication talks with fines. The article then recounts the collapse of Hitler's regime, Mussolini’s end, and Roosevelt’s wartime role, marking the war's turning point amid Allied advances and the Rhine crossing.
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Nelsonville
Miles Howe
Pritts
Fred Pritts
Mike Kovach
Hollister
Sand Phil E. Banik
Glouster
Charg‘jing
Kevak
Banik
John Chilcote
Kimberly
Patrolmar Everett Hewlett
Fourth Land Chestnut Sts
Chauncey Hostetter
Jack Hanning
Robert McNeal
Deanville
Army Alley
Alles
Russia
Adolf Hitler
France
Hitler
Germany
Mussolini
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mussolinni
Junker
Mussolinii
Taly
Rhine
Stalingrad
Berlin
Swollen Balloon Rue To Gas Man Promotes ERB-HELP
A local man claims relief after using ERB-HELP to stop gas and bloating. He says prior threats caused swelling and discomfort, but after taking the medicine his digestion improved and he can eat freely. The ad promotes Betts Cut Rate in Nelsonville for the product.
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Betts
Nelsonville
Argentina Hit by Reds as Pro German Claim
Moscow Radio charged that the Farrell Person military clique ruling Argentina is Hitler's reserve brigade. It said Argentina's hasty invitation to the San Francisco Conference cannot evoke anything but anxiety.
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London
Moscow
Argentina
Hitler
San Francisco
British and Red Chiefs Meet in Battle Area
New York report says BBC broadcast last night that Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and Marshal Rokossovsky met Monday for the first time at Grabow, the junction of the British Second and Soviet Second White Russian Armies.
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New York
British Broadcasting Corporation
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Marshal Rokossovsky
Grabow
AP Writer Wins Pulitzer for War Front Reporting
Harold V. Hal Boyle, Associated Press war correspondent, won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished reporting for his day by day account of American foot soldiers in the European battle. Boyle’s work captured the frontline experiences and realities of combat, earning wide acclaim in journalism.
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New York
Harold V.hal Boyle
Associated Press
Europe
Corres
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