Truman's political stance and New Deal roots in focus
Article surveys President Truman as a New Deal Democrat with origins in the Missouri small region. It contrasts his self portrayal as a practical American with critics who say he favors established programs over bold new ideas. Notes his Senate record on key 1930s laws and the growth of federal agencies since 1933.
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Truman
Roecevell
National Jabor Relations Board
Social Seamity
Tennessee Valley
Rowevelt
Roosevelt's Funeral Cortege Heads To Hyde Park Home
Thousands line streets in silence as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s funeral train departs Washington for Hyde Park. The President died in action during his fourth term campaign, and his body travels under honor guard with mourners from across the nation and world. The train leaves Union Station at 11 p.m. Eastern War Time for burial at 10 a.m. today in a private garden at Hyde Park.
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Tom Reedy
Washington
Franklin BD
Roosevelt
Hudson River
White House
United States
Rooseveltt
Hyde Park
Union Station
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Memorial Service Held At Courthouse Lawn
Crowds gathered on the courthouse lawn in Dothan for a memorial service honoring late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The service, led by local pastors and civic leaders, included prayers, readings, and a military tribute with taps, as life paused for the nation’s World War II president.
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Dothan
Roosevelt
Tourthouse
Warm Springs
A.E. Gilda
Foster Street
Aoe
A. J. Jitkinson
Bret Baptist Church
J. N. Muller
Saxon P. Poyner
Poyner
America
Childs
Dickinson
Mullins
Armed Forces
Mother Point
All Nations Named to Represent by Top Foreign Experts
Washington AP reports Stalin, at Truman's suggestion, will send Foreign Secretary Molotov to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco. Harriman in Moscow told to convey Molotov welcome as a sign of earnest cooperation for building a postwar world order. Molotov attendance eases tensions and improves prospects for a peace keeping organization charter.
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Washington
Marshal Stalin
Truman
Molotov
Roosevelt
Yalta
Stalin
White House
NSSR
Russia
Andrei Gromyko Ag
San Francisco
Stemmins
Great Brifian
Fen
Sinttinins
Warship movements and garbled reports spark celebration
AP reports confusion as American warships patrol the Pacific and carrier activity out at sea prompts premature celebrations. A garbled news message and fragmented radio traffic lead to speculation before clarifying details emerge about German resistance and ongoing operations.
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Ormawa
Armis- Heremaey
War Manpower centers to aid veterans in Alabama
Senator Hill announced War Manpower Commission authorization for 16 new veteran support offices in Alabama. Centers will open by June 3 in Athens Bay Minette Butler Clanton Enterprise Florence Fort Payne Geneva Hamilton Monroeville Oneonta Ozark Phenix City Russell Getesanee and Hegee.
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Washington
Lister Hill
D-Ala
War Manpower Commission
Alabama
Hill
Athens
Bay Minette
Butler Clanton
Enterprise
Fiorence
Fort Payne
Geneva
Hamilton
Monroeville
Oneonta
Ozark
Phenix City
Ruscmt
Getesanee
Hegee
Fulton Seen as Top Influence in White House
Washington AP Hugh Alfred Fulton, 36, a 230 pound lawyer born in Ohio, is viewed as a leading inner-circle figure for President Truman. A quiet behind the scenes operator, Fulton is praised for devotion to Truman and deep government knowledge. His future role could include attorney general, though he says he does not know the president’s plans. Fulton rose from a stellar Michigan record to a noted prosecutor and helped spearhead the defense investigations under the Senate committee. His work ethic was legendary, often starting late and ending near dawn as he compiled volumes of evidence.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington
Jayge
Truman
Hugh Alfred Fulton
Fulton
University of Michigan
Howard Hopkins
Associated Gas & Electric Company
Robert H Jackson
Supreme Court
Senate War Investigating Committee
Jackson
Mbc
Germans Emulate Japs With Horror March For Captives
Allied prisoners of war describe a brutal "horror march" under Nazi guards as they were forced to march from eastern camps toward the west. Doughboys, Britons, and Americans suffered beatings, exposure, and near-starvation conditions, with many left to die in snow. some were taken in cars only to be abandoned if unable to continue. The reports cite Danzig origins and widespread mistreatment across fronts as Soviet advance frees more captives.
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Wes Gallagher Wefenbuttle
Germany
Philippines
Second Armored
Ttalian
Danzig
Ardennes
First Marne Division Advances Near Okinawa North Tip
Sth Division troops beat off a Japanese counter-attack on the southern front as the First Marne Division moved to within 10 miles of Okinawa's northern tip, about 325 miles south of Japan. The Sixth Army Infantry Division repelled the attackers on the south while the Sixth Marine Division neared consolidation of Motobu peninsula. Air attacks diminished with a three-day toll of over 265 Japanese aircraft destroyed.
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Marlin Spencer
Guam
Marne
Okinawa
Japan
6Th Army
Sixth Marine Divison
Motobu Peninsula
Leathernecks
United States
Kaiena
Ryukyus
Yeland
Naha
Yonabaru
Ryukyu Islands
U. S
Erith Pacific
Long Pending Squeeze Drive On Nazi Capital Underway
Soviet and Allied forces press toward Berlin as two Red Army groups drive from the Oder and a massive offensive unfolds. Reports claim near-Berlin battles, southern thrusts toward Linz and Dresden, and heavy artillery as Soviet units advance amid German broadcasts of a looming major strike.
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Richard Kasiscke
London
Berlin
Red Army
Von Papen Seized In Ruhr by U S Ninth Army
Paris AP reports Franz von Papen the former German chancellor and Nazi diplomat was captured April 11 in the Ruhr pocket near Stockhausen, along with his son Friedrich Fraiz and son in law Baron Max von Stockhausen. Lt. Thomas McKinley and seven soldiers made the arrest near Hamm. Additional details note Papen’s noted escape and notorious career.
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Paris
Franz von Papen
United States
Ruhr
U. S
Ninth Army
German Republic
Hitler
Inter
Austria
Turkey
Stockhausen
Noutheast
Hamm
Lexington
Nenj Wer M. Terrill
Bunker
Anthony L. Gilinti
Chicago
von Papen
Ture
Americans Seize Two Isles Off Legaspi Harbor
AP dispatch reports Maj Gen Curtis E Lemay praising air power while warning more B 29s are needed as a massive raid on Tokyo by the 71st Bomber Command fires vast industrial targets. Japanese claims say arson damaged palaces and the Grand Shrine, with 1 plane missing from the raid.
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Leif Brickrron
Guam
Curtis E. Lemay
Tokyo
71St
Japan
Presen
Imperial Palace
Grand Meigsi Shrine
Washington
20Th Air Forct
Tokyo Radio
Fkantaro Suzuki
Fmpreux
Tura
Sea Approaches To South Luzon Now Protected
American infantrymen seized two large islands off Legaspi and cleared the Japanese garrison, as Gen Douglas MacArthur reported. In northern Luzon, Donghboys of the First Army Corps pressed toward Baguio, with 540 tons of bombs dropping on targets including railways and harbors. Mindanao and other areas suffered bombing as U S forces intensified operations across the Pacific.
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Fred Hampson
Manila
Legaspi
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Ace
Legano
Donghboys
First Army Corps
Bamilio Philppine
Benguet
Baguio
Dan
Ching Sea
Indo- China
Formoca
Coant
Borneo
Het
Brune Bay
Davao
Mindanao
Laberatore
Fort Drumon
Matuti Bay
V E Day Proclamation May Not End All Fighting
James M. Long reports that a European victory proclamation by the Allies would not immediately end fighting. Guerrilla warfare could continue into winter in Norway and southern Germany, with American divisions potentially remaining in action and casualties ongoing despite celebration.
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James M. Long Parisiap
Germany
Norway
Brake Inspection To Begin Today Nationwide program starts in Alabama
A brake inspection campaign begins today nationwide and in Alabama with police from state and local agencies. Vehicles involved in crashes or with suspected faulty brakes will be checked using a wooden block test. brakes will be deemed inadequate if they fail to stop before striking the block. The program runs through June 1 and priorities repair work during the period.
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International Association of Chiefs of Police
Allied Heavies Hit Berlin In Probable Softening Up Raids
Allied Air Forces hammered Berlin and Potsdam in a reported softening up operation as RAF heavy bombers attacked the German capital after a first three wave raid since April 12. In France, French and American troops pressed a ground offensive against a German garrison near Bordeaux while a Kiel raid hit the great naval base and ships, including the Admiral Hipper and Emden, were reported damaged.
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RAF
Berlin
Auburban
Pottsdam
Gardai
Bordeaux
Kiel
Gironde Keluary
French
Dunkerque
Aurdeaux
Cnaatuatearner
Kattegate
Nazis Capture and Lose Merry Go Rounder Army Report
AP moved by censor reports Col Robert Allen former co author with Drew Pearson was captured south of Obrdorf on April 7 then liberated when the U S Third Army entered Erfurt. Allen riding in a jeep was ambushed from the rear by German civilians after hitting a lightly manned roadblock.
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U. S. Third Army
Robert §. Allen
Drew Pearson
Washington
Germany
Obrdruf
Erfurt
Allen
George
Patton
American Push Nearing Berlin as Link Up Looms
Allied forces drive deep into central Germany with First and Third Army tanks within 85 miles of the Russians and Berlin under threat from both western and Soviet fronts. Berlin braces as US Ninth and other units press toward the Elbe while Ruhr and Dortmund face offensive pressure. Canadian and French units advance in the north and south.
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Third Army
Leipzig
Berlin
Chemnitz
Ivan S. Konev
Silesia
Elbe River
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Pkflicl
Germany
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Austria
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Warnesan
Bayreuth
Munich
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Jiselt
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Jnb
Berkin Card
Oder
Nejse
Reich
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Ruhe
Dortmund
Ruhr
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Uelzen
Hamburg
Holland
Canadian First Army
Yutech
Groeningen
North Sea
Emden
Arnhem
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Apeldoorn
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Kehl
Rhine
Strasbourg
Seventh Army
Black Forest
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