Toll Of Japa n Philippines Put At 314,854
Manila AP reports the Japanese dead and captured in the Philippines total 214,854 with Gen Douglas MacArthur adding 6,495 dead and 79 prisoners to the official tally. No new American casualty figure was issued. The communique notes heavy Japanese shipping losses worth hundreds of thousands of tons in early 1945. Ground fighting in the Philippines ends noted by MacArthur.
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Manila
Philippines
Dougls MacArthur
MacArthur
Ameican
South China Sea
Fifth Army Air Force
Launch Bayonet Attack First Okinawa Offensive
Rome AP report says Fifth Army advances along the west coast with Marine and Japanese American units spearheading advances. American troops seized Monte Belvedere and two miles east of Monte Folgorito as they clear pockets northeast of Monte Belvedere and push toward Spezia. Tank-supported forces of the Negra Division operate southeast of Massa and north of Stretia as they drive through enemy positions.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Massa
Mente Belvedere
Aivente
442
Monte Belved
Monte Folgorito
Spezia
Negra
Siinato
Stretia
Americans Retake Okinawa Hill In Bitter Counterattack
Japanese troops driving bayonets in a first counterattack on a dominant Okinawa hill forced U S infantry from the crest as tanks supported by artillery hammered pillboxes and caves. American forces withdrew to regroup and prepare another retake, amid heavy fortifications and a massive artillery duel on the island’s southern sector near Naha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif Erickson
Guam
Okinawa
U. S
1G4th
Japan
Motobu Peninsula
Unten
Yamato
Tokyo
Nagoya
Naha
John R. Hodge
24Th ‘Army Corps
Yonabaru
Nakagasuku
Crippled Children Clinic Planned at Dothan First Presbyterian
At least 100 children are expected to attend a crippled children clinic to be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Dothan on Friday April 13. C I Collins director of the Department of Public Welfare for Beto County announced the event. Dr W C Hannon and Miss Daggett district orthopedic aides from Mobile will staff the examinations with county nurses and public health workers assisting in Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinic
First Presbyterian Mearch
Dothan
C. I. Collins
Apartment of Public Welfare
Beto County
Reva
Geneva
Wnty
W. C. Hannon
Dagcett
Aitae
World War II Fronts Advance Toward Elba and Vienna
The World Today reports Allied offensives across Europe with Ninth Army pushing toward Essen and near Bremen, Seventh and First Armies trapping in the Black Forest, and Soviet forces within a mile of Vienna. In the Pacific, Okinawa airfields and Kyushu airfields targeted while Luzon roads are cut as Sixth Army advances.
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Associated Press
Bremen
Iser River
Elba
Ninth Army
Essen
First
Black Forest
Vienna
Viennese
Kle
Aan
West Coast
Okinamet
Okinawa
Suwes
Kyushu
Sixth Army
Phil
Yabas Province
Luzon
U S Rescue Group Saved From Death at Sea
Six American Airmen from an Eighth Air Force air sea rescue unit were rescued after 109 hours adrift in the North Sea. Their Catalina boat was disabled in rough landings as jet formations attacked. Frostbite and exposure were reported. all would recover. Lt. John V Lapenus and Sgt. William Patson among the crew.
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London
North Sea
Eighth Air Force
Catania
Flood crisis deepens as 30000 families homeless in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS AP The Louisiana flood disaster grows with 30000 homeless as engineers plan the Moragne floodway opening if crest forecasts hold. Brig Gen Max C Tyler MS River Commission says crest may not exceed 1937 level and floodway could open within two weeks under good weather. Soldiers civilians and German POWs boost levee work evacuation efforts as 1,000,000 acres remain underwater and Tyler surveys lower Mississippi levees before moving to central Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Max C. Tyler
Mississippi River Commission
Mississippi
Army
Gulf of Mexico
Tyler
Ouachita
Little
Colfax
Gen. Tyler
UMW Operators Near Agreement on Coal Talks
Washington AP chairman Ezra Van Horn of the miners wage conference said a tentative understanding was reached on all but one of the issues between operators and John L. Lewis. The agreement will go to the mine workers policy committee for an emergency session called by Lewis, with details on the remaining issue not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward Washington
Ezra van Horo
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
Lewis
van Horn
Army To Prepare Dothan Broadcast for Soldiers
Dothan and Houston County servicemen in Europe and the Pacific will hear a shortwave Army broadcast about postwar life in Dothan. The Army News Service asks the Chamber of Commerce to provide a current picture of Dothan for transmission, including landmarks changes since the war began and other features.
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Dothan
Houston County
Army News Service
Chamber of Commerce
Allies Cut Railway Close Trap On Germans In Holland
Allied forces cut a railway line and tightened around German troops in Holland as Moscow reports say Soviet troops closed most escape routes from Vienna’s core to within a mile of the Ring. Street fighting raged in Vienna while Russians overwhelmed depots and stations near the city, threatening a rapid fall of Berlin.
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Holland
Richard Basischer
London
Vienna
Ring
Old City
Moscow
Barth
Berlin
Franz Josef
Czechoslovakia
Cty
James M. Long
Paris
Netherlands
Hannover
Bremen
Elbe
Hamburg
Nagdeburg
Capital
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Seventh Army
Crailsheim
Munich
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Zwolle
North Holland
Meppel
Zuider Zee
Supreme Headquarters
Army Group H
Canadian First Army
Arnhem
Emre
Hamelin
Fuldeschain
Brunswick
William H. Simpson
Essen
Ruhr
Krupp Workg
Reichsmarsher
Hermann Goering
Dortmund
Gelsenkirchen
Sntecl
Germany
Weser
Black Forest
Pforzheim
Craileheim
Third Army
Wehrmacht
Lack Of Troops Bars Nazi Defenses In Germany
AP reports no sign of a capable German defense between the U S Ninth Army and Berlin as morale collapses. Prisoner numbers surge with 21 000 taken in 10 days while Second Armored Division meets only isolated troops, not organized divisions.
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U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
Seine River
Berlin
Second Armored
Sicily
1250 U S Heavy Bombers Hit Nazi Bases and Oil Depot
More than 1 250 American heavy bombers and 750 fighters struck 10 German airfields an underground oil storage depot and a powder plant within 460 miles of Munich as RAF Lancasters and Mosquitos joined in raids on Hamburg Leipzig and Berlin. The mission followed a day of widespread Allied air offensives with heavy losses on the German side.
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Henry 5B
Jameson London
Munich
RAF
Hamburg
North Sea
Blohm-Voss
Lutzekendorf
Leipzig
Air Ministry
Germany
Gill
Exehth Air Force
United States resumes normal diplomatic ties with Argentina
The United States and Argentina restore normal diplomatic relations following Argentina's declaration of war on the Axis and adherence to Inter-American Conference resolutions. Secretary of State Stettinius announces the shift, described as an evolution of policy, with Edward L. Reed delivering the note to Buenos Aires officials.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
Stettinius
Mexico
Cris
Mexico City
Great Britain
France
Canada
Netherlands
Uruguay
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
Stettinus
United Nations
Russia
San Francisco
Cordell Hull
Buenos Aires
Edelmiro Farrell
Edward L. Reed
Cezar Ameghino
Hull
Pedro Ramirez
Farrell
Faiure
Atlanta Sergeant Halts Bridge Blast Heroic Action Near Berlin
U S Army report says a sergeant from the 30th armored unit on a Second Armored tank halted a German bridge blast near Sarstedt south of Berlin. He tore out a burning fuse with his bare hands, saving the structure but losing two fingers as explosions tore the fuse and detonating cap. The Ninth Army spearhead pushed toward Berlin with 130 miles to go, the Second Army and 3rd Infantry Division advancing.
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Wes Gallagher
Germany
Atlanta
Ninth Army
Leine River
Berdin
Second Armored Division
3Rd Infantry Division
Berlin
Sarstedt
Hildesheim
Seine
Jurists Seek World Court Blueprint at San Francisco Meet
Secretary Stettinius told jurists from 38 United Nations that their task is to craft peaceful, just mechanisms to settle disputes. Sir Michael Myers urged compromise, warning that no party can expect total control, as success would aid international harmony and security.
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Flora Lewis Washington
Stettinius
International Jurists
United Nations
Dumbarton Oakes
San Francisco
Stettining
Sir Michael Myers
New Zealand
Jurists
Public Disclosure Of Agreements For Conference Urged
Senator Vandenberg pledges full effort to bring back a usable treaty from the United Nations Conference. He backs an international organization to maintain peace and justice and urges including principles for enlightened self interest. Delegates plan to delay binding agreements until a full American program is ready. The San Francisco conference opens April 25.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
San Francisco
United States
U. S
State Department
Michigan
United Nations
Anto A
World Security Organization
Permanent Court of International Justice
McClellan Polio Now Under Control
At Fort McClellan Alabama military authorities reported no new poliomyelitis cases on the past two days and the 15 remaining patients showed continued improvement while three early victims had died. The outbreak subsided temporarily with several recent cases deemed polio by the public relations office.
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Fort Mcclellan
Ala
Port Public Relations Office
Boys and Girls Called Up To Aid Germans
London reports that the German DNB agency broadcast that 10 year old boys and girls are being called up for the Hiller youth service to help meet manpower problems. Details of duties were not given.
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London
DNB
Hiller
Germany
Dothan Group Off For Draft Examinations
Houston County Selective Service Board One lists 23 registrants for pre induction physicals at Fort McClellan. Names include Milton Cosby Miller Jack Wilmar Sipper Thomas Lovett Merlin Clark Lewie Moates Cody McGowan Coleman Garrett Alonzo Laughon Earl Kirklend Eugene Driskell Victor Sellers Henry Walker David Evans Hubert Henderson John Ayrew Jr Grover Hudson Roland Whidden Robert Hoffman Virgil Henry George Kyser Leon Wilton Bertan Williams Richard Williams.
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Houston County Selective Service
Board One
Ft. McClellan
Milton Cosby Miller
Jack Wilmar Siipper
Thomas James Lovett
Merlin Clark
Lewie Edward Moates
Cody McGowan
Coleman Franklin Garrett
Alonzo Thomas Laughon
Earl Cliffton Kirklend
Eugene Fate Driskell
Victor Osborne Sellers
Henry Calvin Walker
David Franklin Evans
Hubert Ray Henderson
John DO. Ayrew., Jr
Grover Ruben Hudson
Roland Oliver Whidden
Robert Joseph Hoffman
Virgil Wilford Henry
Live Oak
Pls
George O. L. Kyser
Leon Davin Wilton
Columbus
Bertan Elmo Willams
Richard A
Allied push nears Bremen and Hannover as German resistance collapses
Allied forces close to Bremen and Hannover as Ninth Army and British Second Army drive toward the Elbe and Berlin. German pockets remain, but substantial captures include Dortmund, Essen, and Gelsenkirchen. Heavy Allied advances threaten Hamburg, Lübeck, and the Ruhr fortress cities with large-scale surrenders increasing daily.
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Hannover
Bremen
Germany
Hamburg
Brunswick
Luebeck
T Luebeck
Ninth Army
Ruhr
Essen
Krupp
Dortmund
Gelsenkirchen
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Baton Rowe
Catelina
Wiliam F. Patson
Jascer Ala
UMW
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