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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1945
Page
5
The article describes Camp Rocket as a key wartime training installation rapidly expanding after the nation's entry into the war. It emphasizes its vast 65,000 acre site, comprehensive facilities, and the effort to mobilize a highly equipped force, marking a major administrative and physical build as part of the war program.
U S 42nd and 45th Divisions captured Dachau Prison in Germany and freed about 32,000 inmates. Allied troops with infantry, tanks, bulldozers, and artillery rolled in after lunch, overwhelming German guards. Dozens of SS men were killed or captured as Poles, Frenchmen, and Russians aided outside the camp.
Milan reports Mussolini and key fascist leaders were executed after capture near Como while crowds mocked the bodies in Milan Piazzas. Across London and Washington, reports suggest Germany nears collapse with Himmler offering surrender terms and Allies preparing for potential VE Day announcements.
A group of battle seasoned infantrymen and two officers, veterans from the Philippines, Germany, France and beyond, will perform Your Infantry Show on May 16 at Wiregrass Metal Stadium to spur interest in purchasing War Bonds. The unit, drawn from returned service personnel, will demonstrate equipment and share frontline experiences to support manpower and battle equipment needs abroad.
The report details Soviet forces nearing Berlin from the Elbe area and advancing through Tiergarten, with German resistance diminishing near Hamburg and Genoa facing Allied pressures. In the Pacific, American actions push toward Luzon and Rangoon, while the 10th Army moves on Machina airstrips as Japanese defenses erode.
Reports from a closed executive committee meeting say invitations were approved for Argentina, White Russia, and Ukraine to join the United Nations Conference. The talks centered on Poland’s Warsaw government and whether it should also send a delegation, with major powers divided but leaning toward a broader invitation strategy.
Alabama's Capitol readies for the biennial legislature session under a 1939 constitutional change. Senators and House members arrive. the full body meets tonight and tomorrow. Governor Sparks will address a joint session after organization, with a new speaker to replace the late George O Myer.
American infantrymen pushed into Davao city from the south and east aided by planes from a freshly seized airfield 30 miles south of the port city. The 24th Infantry Division reached 23 road miles from Davao. Padada airfield was captured without a fight and put into operation. Gen MacArthur announced 8,501 Japanese dead and 218 prisoners in the Philippines over the past week, with American losses of 517 killed and 1,365 wounded.
The Aled nations await the end of the war with Germany as it is announced that V E Day will be observed without celebrations under a Chamber of Commerce regulation. The day will be set aside for thanksgiving and prayer with a renewal of devotion.
AP dispatch describes a Nazi forced burial at a nearby camp near Landsberg where thousands of Jews were slain. Col Edward Seiler led German civilians to dig mass graves and witnessed burning hovels, charred remains, and naked emaciated bodies as he condemned those responsible.
London AP reports Soviet tanks seized Tiergarten Berlin central park and battles roared through Unter den Linden. Pravda claimed Russians fighting in central Berlin ruins as Moscow said fall of the capital nears. Zhukov and Stonev pressed with maximum artillery and air power toward May Day victory.
A new Allied junction was announced east of Appliendorf in the Dresden-Leipzig region where the American First Army fleet met Russian forces. The report notes the historic meeting and the rapid postwar planning.
American Ninth Army linked with Russians three miles west of Wittenberg forming a small new pocket between northern and southern German positions as fighting raged. Seventh Army pressed toward Munich and the Tyrolean Alps with advances toward Innsbruck and the Brenner Pass. Brigades moved on Garmisch-Partenkirchen while British forces seized Lauenburg and expanded Elbe bridgehead near Hamburg. Page 2.
Gen Clark says the Italian campaign is nearly finished as Allied forces press the offensive on multiple fronts. The report notes depleted German resistance and advancing units in key sectors, with briefings indicating momentum toward a declared end to major combat operations in Italy.
General Mark Clark declares the German armies in Italy have been virtually eliminated in the 22 day offensive by the Fifth Army and British forces. Allied advances include Milan, Genoa, Mestre, and Venice as operations push toward the Brenner pass and Trieste. Mussolini bodies recovered near Milan. Italian patriots see subdued German resistance on several fronts.
German underground forces step up activity in Germany as guerrillas ambush two U.S. Army trucks on a forest road. A steel cable trap damages a vehicle, machine gun fire injures and kills soldiers, while Germans loot the trucks and vanish before patrols arrive. One wounded, one killed, another escapes to report the incident to base. Turn to No. 4 on Page 7.
Free Danish press reports say Count Folke Bernadotte met Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler at Aabegraa on the Danish coast. Swedish officials say there is no confirmation and the delegation to join Bernadotte for a peace mission remains unverified.
Weather allowed yesterday afternoon clothing collection for foreign relief in Dothan. Chester Parham, committee worker, called the drive a very successful one though packing and weighing were not yet done. Estimated total ranged from 15,000 to 29,000 units.
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