Coal Negotiations Seen Nearing Agreement Monday
Operators and United Mine Workers expect a settlement on all disputed points by Monday night with Van Horn as operator and SC Adacas of the UMW reporting cautious optimism. The War Labor Board may decide if the controversy remains unsettled as 20 million tons of coal losses from strikes are tallied in Pennsylvania. a Wednesday extension followed the old contract expiry.
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Wasbington
Sof
Horn
Yaeed
van Horn
S.c. Adacis
UMW
Ian L. Lewis
Lewis
WLB
WLBE
Solid Fuels Moinistration
Pennsylvania
Ickes
Navy Shatters Part Of Japs' Last Sea Force
Navy carrier aircraft smashed a major Japanese naval group including the Yamato in the East China Sea. The Navy reported the loss of six Japanese warships and 391 enemy planes during Friday and Saturday actions. U S Pacific Fleet losses were light, with three destroyers sunk and seven carrier planes destroyed. The attack aimed to disrupt the Okinawa invasion as Japan sought to strike the American amphibious force.
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China Sea
Elmont Waite
Guam
East China Sea
Chester W. Nimit
Washington
Navy
U. S. Pacific
Okinawa
Nippon
Army Meets Heavy Resistance As Okinawa Push Reaches Naha
U S Marines of the Third Amphibious Corps advanced along Okinawa with light resistance on the northern os and the 24th Corps Doughboys faced fortified Japanese elsewhere toward the island capital Naha. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reported troops moving through fortified terrain and pillboxes while a small Japanese aerial attack was repelled with twelve planes downed. British carrier planes supported from 300 miles south struck Ishigaki Miyako and Sakishima airfields and targets.
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Guam
Third Amphibious Corps
Okinawa
24Th Corps
Naha
Ghekiar W. Nimitz
Ishigati
Miyako
Sakishima Islands
Premier Takes Top Posts In New Jap War Cabinet
Federal approval for more housing here is expected soon after Alabama Production Urgency Committee assured the National Housing Agency region at Atlanta that enough manpower will be available for construction in Dothan. A survey by NHA official JT W Anderson indicated need for more homes and recommended building, with military authorities at Spier Field and Camp Fucker favoring action. Local officials say action could occur at the earliest moment as plans move to Washington for certification.
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Dothan
Alabama Production Urgency Committee
Montgomey
National Housing Agency
Atlanta
APAC
NHA
George Andrews
Alabama
Washington
Mirvey
JT. W. Anderson
Anderson
Spier Field
Camp Fucker
Chamber of Comm
Shake-Up In Army Command Reported In Reorganization
SAN FRANCISCO (RP) Premier Baron Kantaro Suzuki formed Japan s third war cabinet as Tokyo endured the largest Superfortress raid in history and fleeing remnants of the Japanese fleet faced a costly clash with U S forces. Domei said Suzuki took Foreign Minister and Great East Asia Minister posts while War Ministry announced a high command shakeup with Sugiyama and Hata named army commanders and Kawabe head of the air force. Koiso s cabinet resigned to make way for a stronger government and Suzuki s leadership was noted for opposing hardliners.
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San Francisco
Kantaro Suzuki
Japan
Tokyo
U. S
Domei
Suzuki
Kuniaki Koiso
Great East Asia
J High Command
War Ministry
Emperor Hirohito
Imperial Palace
Tokyo Radio
Gen
Sugiyama
Kaiso
Shunroku Hata
Masakazu Kawabe
Koiso
Inoderate
Russia
Board to Study Witness Fee Bill in county session
Circuit Clerk Hoy Hill sponsors a local ordinance to abolish the fine and forfeiture fund and shift funds to the general fund to speed witness payments. The Board of Revenue meets tomorrow to consider the proposal and hear remarks from Rep. Alto V. Lee II in May. The sponsor says the amendment costs the county nothing as funds in the fine and forfeiture account would be moved to the general fund.
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Hoy
Hill
Houston County
Alto V. Lee, II
Hitler Decree Opens Path for Nazi Leaders to Flee
London AP reports Adolf Hitler ordered the separation of state and Nazi party offices to allow top Nazi officials to abandon posts as Allied advances crush Germany. The decree, cited by DNB via Martin Bormann, aims to permit freer movement of officials amid chaos and terror as Germans flee to neutral nations.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Stooges
Reich
Hitler
Martin Bormann
DNB
Lisbon
Barcelona
WFA May Relax Meat Inspection To Boost Supply
War Food Administration weighs relaxing Federal meat inspection to ease civilian beef shortages. Aimed to let the Army obtain meat from local slaughterers without reducing quality, reducing dependence on nationwide packers. Marvin Jones notified House committee chair of plans to convene experts during the emergency. A second option discussed is Army takeover of closed packing plants to process beef directly from ranges and feed.
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War Food Administration
Army
War Food
Marvin Jones
Anderson
D-N.m
House
Embezzling Charged To Produce Employees Involved
Two Dothan men James Batchelor and Troy Douglas, employes of W F Powell Co Dothan Produce, were arrested after reporting a robbery south of the city. They allegedly stole 551 79 in currency and checks with Douglas hiding 178 in a shoe and Batchelor 155 under a floor mat. The case was uncovered when discrepancies in their statements emerged and investigators noted they planned to feign a robbery. A warrant charges them with embezzlement.
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Dothan
W. F. Powell and Co
Dothan Produce Concern
J. T. Casey
James Batchelor
Troy Douglas
Casey
Malvern
Auestioning
Clayton Adams
Douglas
Batchelor
Reds Enveloping Burning Vienna Berlin Next
London report by Richard Kasiscake for AP describes Red Army tank columns pushing through Vienna woods west of the city and fording the Morava River to the east as encirclement threats grow. DNB reports crisis with Moedling fallen and forces 125 miles from Berchtesgaden. Tobukhin’s tanks reach St Poelten, cutting Vienna’s western lines.
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Richard Kasiscake
London
Bertin
Vienna
Morava
DNB
Ernst von Hammer
Moedling
Hitler
Berechtesgaden
Bavaria
Feodor I. Tobukhin
von Hammery
St. Poelten
Danube
Tolbukhin
War Agencies Urge Continued Price and Wage Controls
Heads of wartime stabilization agencies urged keeping price and wage controls beyond V E Day to curb inflation and prevent a postwar value collapse. They warned of postwar pressure to lift controls and called for balance with higher wages, lower prices, and continued vigilance until the danger passes. The letter to President Roosevelt noted the need for ongoing restraint after V E Day.
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Washington
W AP
White House
Roosevelt
Fiam H. Davis
Ofiam H. Davis
Chester Bowles
Marvin Jones
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
Organized Labor
OPA
Gavin Mricas
Allies Flank Hannover Push Closer To Bremen
Allied forces push toward Bremen after flanking Hannover as Ninth Army tanks cross the Weser and drive toward Berlin. U S Third Army seizes Thuringia bullion storehouse Merkers with vast gold and currency, while German resistance collapses.
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Hannover
Bremen
Soviet Izvestia brands Japan as old enemy of Russia
Izvestia accuses Japan of strengthening ties with Germany and plotting imperialist aims despite recognizing Nazi defeat. Moscow radio quotes the front page editorial blaming Tokyo for war against the United States and Britain and notes a two decade history of unsatisfactory Soviet-Japanese talks. An accompanying dispatch cites Ambassador Krag to Japan and reflects on past grievances and the broader wartime alliance.
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James F. King
London
Izvestia Avs
Japan
Soviet Union
Germany
Tokyo
United States
England
Russia
Chana
Manchuria
Korea
Tavestia
Jandeq i. Viarkwertok
War toys linger as nation keeps wartime economy
Washington reports that despite some reconversion to civilian goods after Europe’s war ends, the output of American factories must stay geared to war until Japan is defeated. Management pressure and workers drift to non-war jobs raise concerns about long-term civilian supply and job security.
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Elton C. Fay
John M. Hightower
Washington
War and Navy
Japan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hidden Reich treasure found in salt mine by Patton troops
AP reports Allied forces under Gen George Patton discovered a vast stash tied to Adolf Hitler’s regime in a salt mine near Moerke, southwest of Berlin. The cache, claimed by German officials to hold billions in gold and currency, was said moved from Berlin over five weeks.
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Edward Kennedy
Paris
U.S Ninthh
Hannoeve
Seine River
Berlin
TU. S. First Army
Weser
Briffin Second
Hannover
Breen
U. S
Third Army
Reich
Germany
Fort Knox
Thuringis
Muelmausen
George
Patton
Merkers
Gotha
Reichabank
Rhine
First Army
Fromm
North Sea
Siegfried Line
Burk Forest
Decision
Holland
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Bremen
Soest
Hamm
US First Army
Ruhr
Heleh
US Third Army
Czechoslovakia
Seventh Army
Muernberg
Karlsruhe
Bene
Peidav
Elbe
Wener
Second Armored
Dervision
William WW Simmson
A & Ninth Army
Hannover Afer
Elie
Schulenberg
Eighth Armored
Ruhr Bahn
Courtney H. Nodges
Edward D. Rali
U. S. Third Army
Adolf Hitler
Collaiaing Herch
Moerkers
Nags
Palien
Americas
Atalinth
Trapuarl van Dyke
Warer
Tokyo Air Cover Strength Increased
Tokyo air cover strength increased as officials reported more enemy fighters destroyed or damaged and greater Japanese territory loss after air battles. The report cites 129 then 131 Allied air victories with marianas bases amplifying totals, though no detailed breakdown of damaged versus destroyed was provided.
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Marlin Spencer
Guam
Ub BZ
Botibiae
Toler
Cfore
Terse
Japan
Ares
Airforce Communiqie
Washington
Victorion
Wenorts
Marianas
German Prisoners In U S Urge Nazi Surrender
German prisoners of war in the United States broadcast a plea to Reich soldiers and people to lay down weapons. Signed by 13 000 prisoners at Camp Devena, the message urged peace and was forwarded to the camp commander for retransmission.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Reich
War Department
Camp Devena
Trans Reital
City Manager Plan Discussed At Alabama Conference
City of Nathan officials and Alabama municipal leaders met Friday in Mont Montgomery to discuss a draft general bill to establish City Manager form of government. Ayres said the bill would follow recommendations of the State City Managers Association and involve Dothan representatives Clyde Ta Cie and JL Vaughn. Plans depend on state action and hiring a qualified civil engineer trained in city management.
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Mont Homery
Ed Heid
Alabama
Munignahlies
City of
Dothan
Aresotiute
Clyde Ta Cie
JL Vaughn
Read Ageeesand
TegusTatire
Maniger
Camminsinn
Ayres
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Aschaffenburg
Cty
Alsace
Loraine
Frehrer
Signal Corps
Europe
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Pathe
Passtic
Betts
Bill
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