Capture Or Death Of Hitler Termed Shortest Road To Victory
The Associated Press reports in Washington that military leaders favor ending the war in Europe by either Hitler’s capture or death. The Joint Chiefs of Staff choose MacArthur and Nimitz to lead the final offensives against Japan, while Marshall notes Hitler’s fate could collapse the Nazi war machine. Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Tokyo pact are also debated amid move toward the United Nations Conference in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Europe
Hitler
Capitol Hil
Moscow
Pacific
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
George C. Marshall
Army
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Stalin
Yalta
San Francisco
Joint Staff
War and
Navy Departments
United States
Lewis Operator Talks Collapse In War Bond Drive
Nine division chairmen including Ling Flowers and Bennett were named to lead Houston County’s Mighty Seventh War Loan drive. The campaign runs May 14 to June 30 with a county quota of 1 817 000 and a separate E bond target of 693 000. County War Finance offices move to City Hall third floor. bonds bought April 9 to July 7 credit to the county.
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Houston County
Robert Ramsey
Executive County
CM. Ling
F. A. Flowers
Betts Slingluff
C. C. Bennett
Horace Hall
Clyde Lovem
G. H. Jordan
Leon Hervard
E. Brown
Remsey
County War Finance Committee
Ramsey
War Labor Board To Get Notice Of Stalemate
Washington AP reports wage talks between soft coal operators and John L. Lewis collapsed into stalemate. The operators planned to report stalemate to the War Labor Board while Lewis pressed to keep talks alive. If terms fail, the War Labor Board may seize the mines, with a final decision looming after five weeks of bargaining.
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War Labor Board
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ezra van Horn
John O'Leary
World War II fronts surge as allies press eastward
The Western Front reports the American First Army driving toward the Weser and pushing into the Ruhr trap while Ninth Army advances across the Weser toward Hannover and Bremen. The Russian front sees heavy house to house fighting near Vienna with Red Army threatening encirclement. In Italy and the Pacific, Allied forces push west of the German frontier and tighten control around Okinawa and Luzon as offensives unfold.
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Associated Press
Weser
Ruhr
Ninth Army
Hannover
Bremen
Ninth
Neder Rhine
U. S
Berlin
City Officials Discuss City Manager Plan in Montgomery
Three Dothan city officials met in Montgomery with Ed Reid of the Alabama League of Municipalities to explore local bills creating a City Manager and a merit system for city employees. They favor a City Manager if the general bill fails at the May legislature session. Ayres, recently named to a partial term, promotes the manager plan in his platform.
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Dothan
Montgomery
Ed Reid
Alabama League of Municipalities
City Commission
John D. Ayres
Clyde L. Coe
J. L. Vaughn
Ayres
Miller and Coe
Rawlins McKinney
Philippines Bombers Hit Hong Kong in Heaviest Strike Yet
Manila AP reports nearly 50 Philippines based heavy bombers with escort struck Hongkong for a second day, sinking nine Japanese ships including a 7,000 tonner, damaging a destroyer and two merchants, with 168 tons of hazardous devices and burning oil tanks. MacArthur forces push toward est coast and Negros troops advance along Imbang river against resistance.
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Manila
South China Sea
Hongkong
China Sea
Formosa
Michels
Boston
Kagi
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Laguna Debray
Negros
40Th Division
Imbang
Silay
Bombers Hit Key Nazi Rail Yards in Allied Raid
About 650 American heavy bombers with 600 fighters attacked Halle and Leipzig railway yards, key hubs on Allied supply routes. Allied aircraft also struck other German targets and pounded northern Italy Verona rail facilities, as weather hindered further missions over Berlin.
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London
Halle
Leipzig
Germany
Reich
Magdeburg
Dessau
Chemnitz
Uv. S
Italy
Verona
Verona-Parona
Brenner Pass
Berlin
Soviet Refusal of Peace Pact Blows to Japan
Moscow reports say Russia denounced its five year non aggression pact with Japan, signaling a major shift in Soviet Japanese relations. Tokyo notes emphasize neutrality remains for a year, while observers speculate the move aims to deter a two front war and reflects changing war dynamics.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
IAP
Somer
Russia
Japan
Postyaut
E.ing
Soviet Union
Adolf Hiller
Germany
U.ssr
Tokyo
Hitler
Vyacheslav Molotov
Naotake Sato
Flood Threatens Louisiana Town Amid Red River Flood
The Red Cross says 25 000 Louisiana families affected and up to 50 000 refugees possible as backwaters and levee breaks inundate half a million acres. Crews sandbag levees along the Mississippi tributaries while towns face evacuation and rescue efforts continue from Cairo to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Red Cross
Red River
Louisiana
Raymond H. Fleming
Lousiana State Guard
Mississippi
Cairo
Lake Providence
Yazoo
Red
Natechitoches
Armaistead
Texas and Pacific
Northwestern State College Stadium
Armistead
Lake End
Starling
Atkins
Shreveport
Barksdale Field
East Point
Coast Guard
Natchitoches
L. McClung
U S Faces Debates On Youth Roles In War Draft
Congress opened talks on restricting youths under nineteen from combat and a nurse draft program. Senator Johnson expressed possibility that the Selective Service Act could expire May 14 while Hill urged continuing efforts for the act or nurse induction as long as peace does not arrive. Assistant action on House measures and the U S Mexico water treaty delayed final decisions.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
D-Cole
Hill
D-Ala
U. S Mexico
House
Stewart D-Tenn
Tank Units Five Miles Past River British Close In Hannover
Allied forces push toward Hannover with American Ninth Army crossing Weser and Hamm amid Ruhr advances. British and Canadian formations close on Bremen and Hol and near the Weser, while German resistance collapses along key rail routes and toward Berlin.
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Hannover
James M. Long Parish
Seconds Armoured
Weser
Maitnin
Sevroth
DNB
Ersleben
Berlin
Third Army
Schlotheim
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Nineteen German ships sunk in RAF and US raids
Allied air raids on Bremen Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven sank at least 21 German warships and merchant vessels. A light cruiser Köln was listed as sunk in Wilhelmshaven. Seven submarines, including a 3200 ton U-boat, were sunk at Bremen and Hamburg, with up to 1400 aircraft involved in the raids.
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London
Bremen
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
U. S
Strategic Air Force Headquarters
Koeln
Hamsburg
Soviets reach near Vienna as forces push toward city
Russian armies drive through Nazi defenses along an 83 mile front and move within four and a half miles of central Vienna. Units deploy from Tulln toward the Danube and Danube rail lines, threatening Vienna's western communications. Tolbukhin's Third Ukrainian Army presses the city’s southern approaches as Allied observers note advancing tanks and infantry in the Austrian capital region.
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London
Vienna
Himite
Danube
Tulln
Tutin
Main Battle For Okinawa Shapes Up On Southern End
SAN FRANCISCO AP Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki, named Premier designate, failed to complete his cabinet today. He secured army and navy cooperation and plans to finalize ministerial posts including war and navy portfolios tomorrow. Suzuki visited former premiers for support as Japanese press urged a strong war cabinet.
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San Francisco
Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Thiristera
Hirohito
Kuniak
Koist
Domei
Suzuki
Army
Navy
Koisu
Japs Increasing Resistance From Caves and Gullies
Japanese planes launched the heaviest air assault on American invasion ships since April 1 landings at Okinawa. Attacks persisted from morning into late afternoon as heavy naval gunfire backed ground advances. Rain and cave defenses slowed U S progress in the southern island sector near Naha. Navy and Army officials cited ongoing combat with reported U S casualties at 325 dead? but no Japanese figures released.
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Okinawa
11Th Army
Gramaly
Naha
Fleet
Adm Cheater
W. Nimitz
Asualtien
Japan
Jobeth Tiedge
Cory
Autter
Stettinius To Lead Frisco Conference
President Roosevelt designated Secretary of State Stettinius as temporary chairman of the United Nations Conference opening in San Francisco. Alger Hiss was named permanent secretary-general and will handle arrangements. Stettinius may preside at the opening and serve until a permanent president is chosen by delegates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stettinius
San Franeisc
Alger Hise
Ins
Army Aims to Move 70 Percent of European Equipment
The Army plans to remove about 70 percent of equipment left in Europe after Germany’s defeat, with the remainder either written off or kept for postwar use. Officials frame this as a planning target subject to change, guiding long-range U.S. production after VE Day as Western Pacific troops receive fresh weapons from the United States.
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Europe
Elton C. Fay
John M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
Western Pacific
United States
Army
McClellan Polio Cases Reach 18
At McClellan Alabama a new poliomyelitis case was diagnosed bringing the total reported cases to 18. The outbreak remains mild with four earlier cases improving, no artificial breathing required, and a limited quarantine restricting civilian children under 14 entering or leaving the ramp while troops at the Infantry Replacement Training Center continue examinations and inductions.
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FT McClellan
Ala
Cal Charlen
Dermener
Gerlared
Col Bemmer
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Fifth Army gains in attacks on Italian coast
American Fifth Army troops push through mountains near the Titian west coast and north of Azzana advancing two miles as fighting rages. Allied headquarters report limited gains amid German mortar and counterattacks, with night advances and captured terrain features along the Adriatic–Ferrara area.
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Agome
Fifth Army
Titian
Azzana
Porta
Stettuia
Sanc
Strelinta
Riuden
la Sper
Kad
Hirettola
Arvana
Korio
Valli
Comarchio Lagoon
Adriatic
Valetta Canal
Porte Ganwaldt
Cenport
Ferrara
Lack Of Coal Closes TCI Blast Furnace
Brimmingham AP report notes Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company halted one Fairfield blast furnace as coal production collapsed in Alabama mines this week. The furnace had been scheduled for de firing between April 15 and May 1 to permit Tepaka to be made. Despite mine stoppage, UMW district office says about 1,500 more miners returned to work than yesterday.
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Brimingham
Alabama
Tenessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Fairfield
United Mine Workers District
No Change Seen In Temperatures
Alabama crops were not harmed by the recent cold snap and some areas gained from rains. Some sections will face wet soil delaying work, while moisture was needed in others. Rain began last night in the south and was to continue northward. frost was anticipated in north Alabama but clouds prevented it. Temperatures remained near 34 to 48 across Huntsville Gadsden Birmingham Mobile and Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Hall
North Alabama
Huntsville
Gadsden
Birmingham
Muscle Shoals
Mobile
Dothan
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Matneitle
Naittance
Malta
U.S
Zethin
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Reno
Ardstadt
Hamelin
Muehthmisen
Eisleben
U.S. Ninth Army
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First Army
Kaged
Bresmen
Duenmmer
Canadian First Army
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Holland
Zwalle-Grewningen
Thane
Bertin
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