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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1945
Page
5
United Nations Conference ends deadlock over chairmanship with plan to rotate among four major sponsors. Secretary of State Stettinius to lead the steering committee shaping program and policies, as China aided in compromising to let the conference proceed.
The Soviet delegation in San Francisco faced a deadlock over the United Nations seat matter as Stettinius held late night talks with some Russians. Congressman Vandenberg planned to attend a key committee meeting to seek an early settlement with no compromise in sight.
The House advanced a Senate drafted restriction on combat use of 18 year olds. The Senate ban requires six months of training before any draft inductees under 19 may serve in combat. The House action concludes with support from the Military Committee and clarifications that the rule is not retroactive.
American amphibious forces invaded Negros in a second assault on the Philippine island since March 29. After troops hit Dumaguete on the northern tip, Japanese forces reportedly began destroying the city as the invasion progressed along the coast yesterday.
AP dispatch summarizes rapid advances across multiple fronts: Western Front near Munich and Stettin in Germany, Breslau and Breslau area, Italian theaters near Milan Genoa Verona and Brenner Pass, Pacific operations in Okinawa Davao and Luzon with operations around Burma, Mine divisions press toward strategic objectives.
A broadcast recorded by the FCC today said Gen. Kurt Dittmar, a German radio military commentator, has been taken prisoner. It noted he has not yet commented on the event.
Washington AP Senators seek the National Independent Meat Packers Association chief Wilbur La Roe Jr for views on steps to ease a meat price squeeze. Bowles warns of complaints from profiteers, urges skepticism, and calls for public indignation against price violations as OPA expands controls to distribute meat from approved plants and curb black markets.
US Fifth Army drives within 35 miles of Milan as Allied forces advance toward Alpine defenses. Genoa reported under Allied control, Partisans said to have driven out Germans in the port. Swiss reports suggest Germans retreat toward Munich area, Mussolini’s Blackshirts left to their fate. Verona breach of Adige line places Brenner Pass near reach, Alps nearing blockage for Germans.
April 26 dispatch reports Doughboys of Gen Hodges First Army and Marshal Konev First Ukrainian Army celebrating the Elbe meeting. Troops exchange bear hugs sip champagne, sing and form fast friendships amid ghostly Torgau streets as the 69th Infantry Division makes first contact with Soviet troops, marking a historic Allied joining and defeat of Nazi Germany.
Rome dispatch reports the CNL in northern Italy claimed it has assumed all powers of government in the name of the people and was negotiating with German commands for Nazi surrender. The group said democratic rebirth should be entrusted to those who opposed fascism, while General Clark ordered partisans to keep order and refrain from violence as Allied advances approach.
Soviet forces push toward central Berlin as troops seize Spandau and Potsdam outskirts. Stalin proclaims three key German defense bases near the capital as vulnerable while the inner Berlin line reels under a major encirclement.
Washington AP reports that as VE Day nears the War Production Board notes cutbacks already start. Army and Air Forces curb armament output for Japan as shifts from two fronts to one front are planned without major labor disruption. WPB hints at easing civilian controls but warns against jeopardizing war production.
Admiral Nimitz reports Japan uses rocket-armed aircraft dubbed baka bombs in Okinawa fighting. Small planes launch from bombing aircraft fuselages with pilots in teardrop canopies, carrying explosive warheads toward targets. study ordered.
President of AFL Urges Acceptance Of Monetary Pact Green told the House Banking Committee that Bretton Woods provisions should include labor safeguards. He pressed for consultation with the International Labour Organization before funds use and wage and safety standards guarantees for recipients. He spoke amid pushing a world bank and currency stabilization fund as part of a proposed peace-keeping organization.
Allied forces press the Okinawa invasion with heavy naval gunfire aiding infantry of the 96th Division as they breach southern defenses. New high ground near Na ha secures commanding terrain while patrols push toward Yonabaru airstrip and Machinato area as Japanese fortifications fall.
Marshal Petain, aged 88, arrived in Paris at dawn to face treason charges. His wife and two nurses accompanied him, staying by his side as they were escorted to a modest hotel chamber with two beds, chairs, and a desk.
AP recalls President Roosevelt's dislike of his front row plug tooth and his habit of carrying two spares. The reminiscence covers his move from New York town house to Greenwich Village with Ellen, the couple's apartment plans for one level and elevator access, and the bond amid gossip that their marriage suffered under the White House glare.
Twenty one non farm boys from Dothan will leave Sunday for Baldwin County to aid in harvesting about 14 acres of Irish potatoes under CM Ling. They will be under supervision of employer at the Alabama Extension Service in Auburn and housed at Loxley with a prior group. The boys, students at Dothan High and Young Junior High, will work in grading and packing sheds.
The government announced that another shoe stamp will become valid on August 1 after a nine month lapse. Airplane Stamps 1, 2 and 3 remain valid indefinitely as the Office of Price Administration provides details for consumers to budget their remaining stamps and for shoe brands to plan merchandising.
A London dispatch cites a German announcement claiming Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering resigned over heart trouble and fled by air with his wife and loot valued at 20 million dollars. The report says Hitler opposed his departure, and a newly captured U S general suggested Goering may already be executed.
Allied forces advance toward the Mulde river with U S troops overrunning two prisoner of war camps and hospitals. Amid crowds, freed prisoners hurry home as Army vehicles begin long-delayed evacuee transport and jeeps push east toward the Russian front.
Robert Ramsey announces county War Finance Committee set a 72 000 dollar goal for white schools with a total 72 000 in bonds sold while the Negro school in the city reports 8742 toward a higher statewide target. The drive begins for the Seventh War Loan with participation by students in the White school system.
Allied forces shattered the German defense as the American First Army and Soviet First Ukrainian Army linked near Torgau and Dresden, splitting German forces. Patton’s Third Army pushed toward Munich while others closed in from Vienna and the north, signaling a pivotal siege split and hoped-for German collapse.
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