Alabama claims full county quotas met in war bond drive
AMINGHAM Ala AP Leigh McMillan chairman State War Finance Committee announced that Alabama counties have exceeded quotas in every war loan drive. The Seventh War campaign planned to begin May 14 with tentative district plans. Frank famine associate State chair and Maj. Bert Bank shared experiences from Japanese imprisonment in the Philippines, including the Death March.
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Frank Famine
Bert Bank
Tuswho
St Philinénes
Move Designed To Increase Supply For Consumers
Washington AP reports the Senate Food Investigating Committee pursued the dwindling beef supply amid a new 34,000,000 packer subsidy plan. The panel will trace meat consignments from big packers to distributors and corner butchers to uncover distribution and black market activity. The administration program aims to spread supplies via slaughter quotas and expanded enforcement, countering shortages as projected.
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Washington
Senate Food Investigating Committee
Thomas
D-Okla
OPA
Edlender
Ellender
William H. Davi
Davis
War Food Administration
War Department
Cotter Ozark Doctor Dies After Long Illness
A native of Dale County Ozark physician A Cotter died in a Dale County hospital today at age sixty four after a long illness. He practiced medicine in Ozark and was active until retirement. Survived by wife and daughter Ethel Cotter of Ozark and a son William R. Cotter in the Pacific area. Arrangements in charge of the Ozark home.
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A. Cotter
Ozark
Dale Coun
Jere
Hines
Daughary
Ethel Cotter
William R. Cotter
Louis
Francis
Francis 3. Cotter, In the Pacific, and E. Cotter, Washington, D.C
World War II fronts span Europe and Pacific theater
A scrambled World Today dispatch notes shifting fronts across Europe from Slovakia to the Elbe and Stettin, with references to Italy near Bologna and Ferrara, and ongoing Okinawa and Mindanao operations. The fragmentary text mentions German, Soviet, British, and American actions and casualties across multiple theaters.
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Slovakia
Téach
Lake Constance
Black Forest
Ber- Maree
Tin
Elbe
Berlin
Stettin Asante
Bologna
Vehiver
Eig
Ferrara
Northmbecea
Okinawa
Mindanao
Big Three foreign ministers resume talks in Washington
In Washington the Soviet Union’s Molotov and Britain’s Eden joined U S secretary of state and other senior officials to begin the second round of discussions among the Big Three. Casual statements were not issued as the talks continued with Gromyko Harriman Cadogan Clark Kerr and Grew present.
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Washington
San Francisco
Russia
Molotov
Stettinus
Anthony Eden
State Department
Andre: Gromyko
W. Averell Harnman
Alexander Cadogan
Archibald Clark-Kerr
Moscow
U. S
James D. White
Ninth Army Nearing Junction With Soviets In World War II News
In the Paris dispatch James M. Long reports Patton's Third Army driving 28 miles toward Munich as British forces press Bremen and the Russians anticipate a statement. Dessau falls leaving 14 German cities under Nazi control. Ninth Army reaches the Elbe west bank and blocks bridgeheads while SS resistance stiffens.
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James M. Long
George Patton
Hiver
Jprang
Danube
Munich
Bremen
Dessau
Berlin
Patton
Third
Naab River
Regensburg
Third Army
Ninth Army
Dannenburg
Hamburg
Elbe River
Dan Newburg
Barby
Elbe
Japs Re take Kakazu Town On Okinawa
Japanese forces recaptured Kakazu Town on western Okinawa as American advances slowed by fierce enemy resistance. Admiral Nimitz reported no major line changes by 5 p.m. and noted ongoing heavy naval, air, and artillery support, with Japanese casualties totaling over 11,738 killed in the campaign.
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Guam
Kakazu
Okinawa
U.S. 71Th Division
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Honshu
Ryukyus
John R. Hodge
24Th Army
Fort Te Ne
24th Division Captures Pikit Moves Toward Davao
In the Philippines, the 24th Division Yanks seize Pikit 42 miles from Davao city. The 32nd Division fights in Balete Pass as MacArthur’s air forces shift targets from Mindanao to Borneo with heavy bombers and fighters.
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Davis Manila
Pikit
Mindanao
Davao
Philippines
Balete Pass
Caraballo Mountains
Luzon
Borneo
Aviay- MacArthur
Formosa
Saigon
Indo-China
Lugon
U.S
Democratic Senators Meet With Truman To Pledge Support
In a 15 minute White House session 38 Democratic Senators pledged full party support to President Truman. Senator Hill of Alabama noted all Democratic Senators present. the meeting showed party loyalty with both Roosevelt supporters and critics present. Several lawmakers described the gathering as a demonstration of unity amid differing views of the Roosevelt era.
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Washington
API
Truman
Senate
White House
Senator Hill
Alabama
Barkley
Kentucky
Europe
Hill
Missouri
Rep. Cannon
Walsh
Massachusetts
Bailey
North Carolina
Byrd
Virginia
O'Daniel
Texas
Gerry
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Peaper
Florida
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Hil
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Murray
Montana
Chavex
New Mexico
Taylor
Idaho
Harry
Innate Graciousness Key To Roosevelt s Popularity
Washington AP dispatch outlines ten years of reporting on Franklin D Roosevelt revealing his appeal. It notes crowds, emotional scenes, and the president’s travels during drought and other events. The piece promises anecdotes from journeys that shaped impressions of his character.
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Roosevelt
Bill To Restrict Combat For Youths Approaches Climax
A Senate clash over restricting 18 year olds from frontline combat neared a climax as key opponents Barkley and Thomas were among lawmakers set for a Europe trip to study German atrocities. Other members on the mission include George Wherry Brooks Saltonstall. Debate highlighted amendments limiting combat for inductees under 18 or 20, opposed by Army and Navy for disrupting training and wartime operations.
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Francis J. Kelly Washington
Senate
Barkley
Military Committee
Thomas
Utah
Europe
George
D-Ga
Wherry
R-Neb
Brooks
R-Ill
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Hill
Dale
Johnson
D-Cole
Army
Navyeigh Command
Stewart
Dtenn
Revercomb
R-Wval
Wilson
R-Towar
O’daniel
D-Tex
High Command
Navy
Nazi Radio Declares Hitler in Berlin to Bolster Morale
A Hamburg radio broadcast claimed Adolf Hitler remained in Berlin to steady German resolve as rumors spread that Berlin could fall. Propaganda Minister Goebbels was said to be in the capital, with Hitler urging troops to wage guerrilla warfare and strike at Allied lines where possible.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hamburg
Reich
Fuehrer
Paul Goebbels
Hitler
Fifth Army Nears Po River After Rapid Bologna Breakthrough
Allied forces of the U S Fifth Army drive about 35 miles north and northwest of Bologna, reaching toward the Po River as German defenses crumble. British Eighth Army besieges Ferrara, while air forces tally 1,700 Nazi vehicles destroyed yesterday.
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Rome
APJ
Fifth Army
Trospa
Bologna
Po River
Italy
CBS
Eighth Army
Ferrara
Mofter
U S Trade Plan Urged to Preserve Jobs and Peace
Commerce Secretary Henry Wallace urged continued and broadened reciprocal trade powers before the House Ways and Means Committee. He argued extending the act could sustain production and about 60 million jobs postwar, with exports near 10 billion annually supporting up to 5 million workers. The proposal, backed by Roosevelt and Truman, would extend the act three years and allow 50 percent duty cuts under current rates.
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Washington
Commerce
Henry Wallace
Wallace
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Commerce Secretary
Roosevelt
Truman
Plan Under Study For Presentation At Frisco Parley
United States would retain control of strategic Pacific bases after the war under a compromise trusteeship plan under study for presentation to the United Nations Conference. The plan, alongside a “community of the Pacific” modeled after the Pan American Union, draws pre conference interest amid the Polish question and the upcoming conference opening. Senators Vandenberg and Hart weigh the trusteeship and U.S. influence on Pacific islands, while Stassen predicts the world peace organization will form.
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W. Davis
San Francisco
United States
United Nations Conference
Washington
Vandenberg
R Michi
Harold Stassen
Goveror
Minnesota
World Organization For Peace
U. S
Conference Commission
World Security Council
Hart
R-Conn
Sid
Washingt An
Suc
Marshall Caratine
Marianas
Congress
U.S
Applications Filed In Housing Program In Dothan
The National Housing Agency approved a new housing program to build 25 homes. Applications for approval and priority can be filed through the Chamber of Commerce and will go to the State NSA office in Birmingham. Owner occupants get preference. rentals may be less favored.
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Dothan
National Housing Agency
Washington
Arthur Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
NSA
Birmingham
Johnson
NHA
Horrors of Buchenwald Move US British Delegations
Paris and London reports describe French journalists estimates of 150000 to 200000 deaths at Buchenwald. American Congressmen and British MPs toured the camp and witnessed emaciated inmates, mass burials, and executions, prompting urgent calls for a formal inquiry and protection against such atrocities.
American Troops Reached Berlin Suburb Then Withdrawn
U S forces reportedly reached Potsdam suburb of Berlin and crossed toward the city before a withdrawal to the Elbe was ordered. Eisenhower’s headquarters and allied commands denied penetration to Berlin itself, citing Russian cooperation and strategic pause amid the Elbe line stance.
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Pearson Washington
Omar Bradley
Atmercenatrmen
Elbe River
Roosevelt
Potsdam
Berlin
Bronx
New York City
Brussels
London
HAEF
PARIA
United States
Poladam
Eisenhower
U.S. Ninth Army
Elbe
Atrest
Reich
Fourth of Wrecked Nazi Capital Held, Escape Corridor Reduced
London dispatch reports Stalin announcing Red Army entry into Berlin. Moscow said Frankfurt on the Oder fell and troops neared Berlin core, with Pankow Oranienburg Friedrichsfelde-Berlin suburbs captured. Zhukov’s forces reached birkenwerder and henningdorf, while a narrowing escape corridor flashed two miles wide.
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London
API
Marshell
Stalin
Red Army
Elbe Tiver
Elbe
Eost Bank
Berlin
Richard Rasischke
Frankfurt
Oder
Pankow
Orsramenburg
Coepenth
Freiderithsfelde
Amat
Gregory Zhukov
Birkenwerder
Henniigsdorf
Havel
Lake Tegel
Wandiitz
Kariahoff Jale
Moscow
Poplawski
Friedricksfelde
Oranienburg Iz
Greater Berlin
Coepenik
Karlshorst
Oranienburg
Frankfurt-on-the Oder Way
Marshal Zhukov
Altdamm
Stettin
Dispatchea
Wilhelmatresse
Unter den Tanden
Tiergarten
Spanden
Reich
Coepenick
Beeliz
Trebbin Tetlow
Dahlwitz
Prenglauer Allee
Potsdam Platz
Die
Spandau
Charlottenburg
Seitler
Fuehrer
Goebbels
Iran
Truman Calls Top Officials to War Cabinet Meeting
President Truman summoned Secretary of State War and Navy and senior military leaders for a 2 p.m. Eastern War Time conference. Attending were military adviser William D Leahy Army Chief of Staff George C Marshall and Admiral Ernest J King.
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Washington
Truman
War
Navy
White House
William D. Leahy
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
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