Army Scores Small Gains On Okinawa
President Truman invites Kenneth D. McKellar to sit in on cabinet meetings in a move signaling stronger cooperation with Congress. McKellar, long Serving president pro tempore of the Senate from Tennessee, attended a cabinet session as de facto presiding officer, marking a historic precedent amid wartime leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
McKellar
Cabinet
Pranes J. Kelly Washington
Congress
White House
Kenneth D. McKellar
Senate
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Three Divisions Engage in Bitter Okinawa Fighting
American infantry divisions the 27th 98th and 7th fought in southern Okinawa making small gains amid elaborate enemy fortifications. Admiral Nimitz reported fierce action with ground changing hands and progress toward Naha. On Te Island the flag was raised signaling the end of a six day campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif Erickson
Guam
Okinawa
Little Te Island
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tih
27Th
Af Naha
Pacific
Yorabaru Field
Machinats
Tokyo Radio
Alabama Legislative Focus on Little Issues in Coming Session
An Alabama administration spokesman warns the upcoming legislature may be torn by small issues like the poll tax and wage hour law, risking clashes between Senate and House and jeopardizing Gov. Chauncey Sparks program while money becomes available for welfare, income tax, and a needed construction program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Thomas Lintgomery
Ala
Saturn
Alabama
Opini
Senate
House
Chaur- Y Sparks
Rss
World security conference seen likely brief despite hurdles
Report from San Francisco notes a behind the scenes session where a small nation urged limiting the first conference largely to organizational issues. Delegates hope heavyweight powers will press a united front on Dumbarton Oaks amendments and agenda to avoid protracted months of talks. Smuts arrived optimistic about the opening next Wednesday and permanent peace, while all eyes turn to Washington for a solid front on Poland representation and voting rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dumbarton Oaks
Jan Christian Smuts
Smuts
Washington
Poland
Parton Oaks
Berlin Flight Follows Panic as Rail Bottlenecks Hit City
German controlled Scandinay Telegraph Bureau said tens of thousands fled Berlin during a panic. Rail stations were overwhelmed as crowds surged toward trains and cars, witnesses reported chaotic scenes and some people were injured or blocked by crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kholm
Scandinay Telegraph Bureau
Stlin
Wid
Registration Set Up For Canning Sugar
The Houston County War Price and Rationing Board announced a canning sugar registration at all county schools Thursday from 9 a m to Sep. Mm. Officials said 16 county schools participate. Dothany residents apply through the War Price and Rationing Board office. Rural residents should register at their nearest school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Baxter
Houston County War Price and Rationing Board
Dothany
War Price and Rationing Board
Boykin Sees George Bankhead Cabinet Posts Open
Atlanta report quotes Rep. Boykin saying Senator George could become Secretary of the Treasury and Senator Bankhead Secretary of Agriculture if they want the jobs. He doubts Bankhead would accept a cabinet post. Boykin predicts cabinet changes by President Truman and cites Georges financial skill and congressional friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Rep. Boykin
Dala
George
Boykin
Truman
Treasury
Alabama
Senate
Congress
Baby Found Alive in Ashpit After Unattended Birth
Police and the sheriff report an unattended birth and the discovery of a baby girl in an ashpit under 4025 St Andrews Street. Officers say the infant was still alive but severely burned and was taken to hospital. the room with the fireplace was occupied by Mary Elizabeth Hale who gave the name Mrs Dunigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriffs Office
Eddie Kelly
St. Andrews Street
Kelly
B. G. Farmer
Wes Herring
Mary Elizabeth Hale
Farmer
Taft Urges End of Price Ceilings to Ease Shortages
Senator Taft argues lifting price ceilings along the supply chain could curb shortages and black markets while keeping rationing. He says removing retail ceilings may not raise consumer prices if rationing remains, with subsidies as an alternative. OPA plans a revised meat price subsidy program pending approval as hearings press on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Peacock
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
OPA
William H. Davis
Senate Banking and Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Committee
Banking Committee
Wagner
D-Ny
Bologna Falls as Allies Sweep Onto Po Plains
Allied forces breached Bologna as U S Fifth and British Eighth Armies closed in on the Po valley. General Clark announced the fall signaled a turning point with German defenses collapsing at the entrance to the Po. Second Polish Corps and American units closed in from east and west as the 10th Mountain Division cut the highway northwest of Bologna.
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Bologna
Lenn
Polsin
Eighth Army
Ferrara
Po Valley
34Th
U. S. 10Th Mountain Division
Zurn Te No. 12
Battle halos near central Germany signal Soviet U S union
Paris dispatch reports that American and Soviet forces may join near Berlin within hours. Wes Gallagher, with the Ninth Army at Magdeburg, notes a major Russian breakthrough into Berlin explains why the Ninth Army paused west of the Elbe since April 11.
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James M. Long
Paris
API
Germany
U. S
Ninth Army
Hister
Red Army
Berlin
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Magdesburg
Elbe
Gallagher
Ninth
U. S. 12Th Army Group
U S Russian Junction Won t Mean V E Day
Paris AP writes that the joint American and Russian advance in Germany will not end the war in Europe. Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith says further hard fighting and heavy casualties lie ahead as Germans retreat to their national redoubt and must be exterminated.
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Edward Kennedy
PARIS
Germany
Europe
Walter Bedell Smith
Eisen
Hower
Supreme Headquarters
Smith
Berlin siege drains millions fear hunger grips city
Manila dispatch reports American troops make new gains in northern Luzon and Mindanao as MacArthur says resistance is broken across the Philippines except in two areas. Advances include a Mandanao river push, capture of Paidu Palanga terminus, and drives toward Davao Gulf with air support blasting Japanese positions. Guerrillas pursue Nipponese, Cebu reportedly cleared, five thousand Japanese dead cited on Cebu.
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Manila
Luzon
Mindanao
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mandano
8Th Division
Ilana Bay
Paidu-Palanga
Calabatq Peninsula
Davao Gulf
Wana Bay
Lanao
Davao
Kapintala
Cagayan Valley
Dan Moroo
South China Sea
Formosa
Mohammedan Moros
MacArthur
Central Islands
Hig
Ecommunique
Cebu
Associated Press
I Russell Briney
Berlin under siege as Goebbels urges defense to the death
Berliners fear hunger and bombardment as three million civilians huddle in basements. Goebbels calls for steadfast defense of the capital using all means, while Nazi propagandists seek to rally the population and hint that Hitler himself may be directing the final defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight L
London
Reich Defense
Goebbels
Berlierk
Hans Fritsche
Berlin
Frische
Hitler
Gorbtrls
Bartiners
Gorbbels
Bertin
Mairest
Probers Clear Vet Hospitals of Mistreatment Charges
Congressional investigators found no evidence to substantiate claims of shocking mistreatment in Veterans Administration hospitals. The probe also heard the VFW criticize VA insurance claim handling as red tape and delays in dependency pensions and survivor benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterana Administration
Veterans of Foreign War
Veterans Administration
Rep. Philbin
D-Mass
Casey Jones
National Service
VFW
Veterans’ Hospital
Rankin
D-Miss
Clothing Collection Depots Set Up Here
Five depart for collection of clothing for the United National Clothing drive will begin in Dothan next Sunday afternoon. Depots are at Lone Motor Co Malone Motors Robert Malone Motors Solomon Motor Co Dathan Buick Co Parham Parts Co Call 4755 to arrange pickup if needed All kinds of used clothing or bedding are needed for people in liberated countries Residents urged to search their attics for usable garments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United National Clothing
Dothan
Chester Param
Cormuune
Malone Motor Co
Robert Malone Motors
Solomon Motor Co
Dathan Buick Co
Parham Parts + Co
Churchill Urges Dar for Victory to Focus on Japan
Prime Minister Churchill urged Britons to delay celebrations over Germany’s defeat and instead push forward to end the war with Japan. He spoke in Bristol predicting Allied victory in Germany would be confirmed soon and emphasized building a world security organization open to all nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Wingleton
Bristol
England
Churchill
Germany
Japan
Baltic
San Francisco
France Seeks German Prison Labor for 3 Million Workers
Finance Minister Rene Pleven announced in a radio broadcast that France will gain about 3,000,000 labor units from Germany as compensation for deported workers and POWs. He described it as payment in kind and said French farmers would get priority in German labor allocations while abroad Pleven urged more shipping for imports, notably meats from South America.
German Capital Braces as Red Army Breaks Toward Berlin
Soviet reports claim Red Army tanks entered Berlin's outskirts with Erkner and several suburbs captured. Moscow and Berlin dispatches describe a sharp push along a broad arc, with Berlin encircled and defenders burning assets as they fight to the core near the cathedral.
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Richard Kasischee
London
Berlin
Moscow
Bertin
Erkner
Ber- UN
Adolf
Hiana Wasé
Hever
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Potzdamer Platz
Fof
Igerogs
Gerrean
Bernau
Alt-Landeberg
ReeCnTe
Stettin
Umita
Sestow
United Nations
Oder
Stalin
Strauaberg
Fuerstenwalde
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Little Margaret
Wash
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Eaten Rapids
Web
NEA Telephoto
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Bankhead
Soviet-U. S
Eisenhower
France
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