War Report: Northern Russian Front Stalled by Spring Mud
United Press reports the northern Russian held east front bogged by thaw and rains through April and May. Russian offensives from Slettin to Forst halted. Zhukov’s First White Army and Rokossovsky’s Second White Army push relieve positions while German command reshapes defense under Col. Gen. Schörner. Supply lines stretch via Baltic routes. Constanta aids Danube fronts. rail and road limits delay armored operations toward Leipzig as Patton’s Third Army nears, leaving the front largely static.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Heinesen
United Press
Tanube
East Front
Oder Fromt
Slettin
Forst
Berlin
Zhukov
Ivan
Koney
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Danalg
Gdynia
Ferdinand Schovner
Hitler
Libou
Windau
Latvian
Moen Tau
Pris Sli
Cor Hny Russ
Leningrad
Vitebsk
Constanta
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Danube Front
Leipzig
Patton
Slone
Scout Exposition Draws Over 7500 To Hayward Event
The two day Scout Exposition in Hayward, sponsored by the Lions Club, drew more than 7800 patrons with a capacity crowd praising Cubs and Scouts. Hayward Troop 2 won best Scout exhibit. Nayward Cub Pack 3 won best Cub exhibit. A juvenile revue and a Boy Scout parade capped the weekend, with Capt Louis Bike and Chief George Porth leading the closing ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayward Area
Hayward Lions Club
Roger Anderson
Lions Club
Secura UK
Emuerui
Exhiiitors
Hayward
Hayward Scout Troop
Nayward
Castro Valley Pack 1
Ward Pack 1
Coralene Dyane
Ben 2
Mor Ns
Bay Area
Orpheum
Los Angeles
Burbank
Paul Moon
Veteran's Memorial Building
B Street
Bull Bank
Grant
Louis Bike
California Highway Patrol
George Porth
P Alice Department
Shot Victim Tells Story in Gun Incident
William C. Booman recounts entering his bathroom on March 27 and hearing a single shot through the door. He says the bullet came from a 45 Colt automatic and turned the cartridge over to the sheriff's office. He warns locals to refrain from questioning him further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Office
William C. Booman
Upper
B St
Beans Looted from Mrs Sullivan’s Ration Books
Mrs. Marion Sullivan reported nine ration books stolen last Friday after finding her purse rifled in her car in the 500 block of Main Street. She left the purse in the glove compartment and returned to find the books missing and the purse ransacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Sullivan
Main St
Six Year Old Struck By Truck on Foothill Boulevard
Six year old Charles Cagnari of 891 Juana Avenue San Leandro sustained minor injuries after running into a trailer on Foothill Boulevard in front of 1700 Foothill. The tractor trailer was driven east by Ernest Leroy Morrow 22 of Lido Hotel Stockton. He was treated at Fairmont Hospital for minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cassari
Juana Avenue
San Leandro
Foothill Boulevard
Ernest’ Leroy Morrow
Lido
Stockton
Foothill
Howevard
Cagnari
Fairmont Hospital
German forces suffer 50,000 daily casualties in ten days
Paris reports that German western armies have sustained an estimated 50,000 casualties daily for the past ten days, including killed, wounded, and captured. The figure was disclosed today, indicating high intensity in the fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Village Home Owners Assn Organized in San Lorenzo
The Village Home Owners Association announced five directors appointed to its board. Named are Marold Bond Duncan Urquhart Cameron Roenald Campbell Walter Baumann and Rita Marshall. They hold civic roles and reside in San Lorenzo Village with ties to local fire service naval base and Greenwich Corp. A preliminary board meeting will set policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Lorenzo Village Homes Association
W. R. Baumann
Travn
Marold C. Bond
Duncan M. Urquhart-Cameron
Roenald Campbell
Walter R. Baumann
Rita W. Marshall
Cameron
US. Naval Air Base
Camerons
Colusa
Oan Archis
Campbell
San Lorenzo Village
Bay Arev Touiaion
Alameda
San Mateo
Baumann
Greenwich Corporation
Togo Named Jap Foreign Minister in Suzuki Cabinet
Shigenori Togo, former Japanese foreign minister, was named foreign minister and minister of greater east Asia affairs in Premier Admiral Baron Kantero Suzuki's cabinet. Installation occurred at the Imperial Palace in Emperor Hirohito's presence. Domei reported Suzuki kept both portfolios. Tokyo later said Togo's appointment may be temporary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shigenori Togo
Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Togo
Suzuki
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Domei
Baynard Area Chamber Meets In Castro Valley
The Baynard Area Chamber of Commerce will meet tomorrow night at Castro Valley school. Reports and discussions will cover transportation in San Lorenzo Village, zoning and building restrictions in unincorporated areas, Hayward water system, and the Charter Night dinner set for April 20 at Burs Bank school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baynard Area Chamber of Commerce
Castro Valley
George Mays
San Lorenzo Village
Val Hollingsworth
B. Paulsen
Hayward
Fred Cox
Burs Bank
Health Bill Moves to Withdraw From Committee
Sacramento reports the Assembly agreed to motions to withdraw compulsory health insurance bills from the publichealth committee. Vincent Thomas seeks to withdraw by 10:30 am, while Al Albert will move to withdraw the governor’s bill. A delay resolution seeks further study, proposing an eight month governor report via a 4 member committee with $15,000 in expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Taday
Yale
Vincent Thomas
San Pedro
CIO Counsil
Alibert
C. Wollenberg
Ernor
Assembly
Sang
Collins
Fullerton
Rules
Alfred W. Robertson
Santa Barbara
Walter J. Fourt
Ventura
Sid
Royal Works
Senate
Senate Water Resttivens Committee
Tot
Corps of Engineers
Paternity Suit Retrial Starts
In Mollywood, Charles Chaplin faces a retrial over paternity with Joan Barry. Dr. Russell Starr testified that Carol Ann Barry is Barry's daughter, with Chaplin denying paternity. The trial opened after a brief dispute over serving Chaplin, who reportedly avoided the process server at his home as investigators pressed for his appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollywood
Charles Chaplin
Sunny
Russell Starr
Carol Ann Barry
Bark
Joan Barry
Miss Barry
Chaplin
Starr
Dunn
Charles E. Millikan
Shoemaker Sailors Lose 20 Dollar Bill After Night Out
Harold W. Magee and two female companions, Asin and Jean, visited a tavern Saturday night leaving a $20 bill on the bar. While they moved on, the bill vanished from sight and disappeared as Ann and Jean reportedly pocketed it. Deputies are documenting the missing money at the Thao ward Substation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iberty
Asin
Jean
Harold W. Magee
Magee
Magea
Ann
Yanks 70 miles from Berlin in new Okinawa drive
Tenth Army troops wedge into the enemy first major defense line before Naha Okinawa as Marine push in central area aids invasion. Casualties mount with Americans yielding three to eighteen Japanese per American killed. Uchitamari and Kaniku taken. control wide now. Carrier air forces continue heavy operations against Kyushu and Amami islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUAM
U.P
Tenth Army
Naha
Okinawa
Iwo
Johnson
24Th Corps
Uchitamari
Kaniku
Americas
Murdorous
Guam
W.A
Japan
Ure Amami Islands
Yamato
Kyushu
Tokyo Domei
FCC
Blin
Okine A
Marianas
Kanoya
Yanks Find Vast Salt Mine Gold Hoard in Germany
In Merkers Germany U S troops uncovered a massive treasure from a salt mine vault 2100 feet underground. The haul includes more than 100 million dollars in gold bullion and foreign currency with art items, counted after a vault breach and initial assessment by Reichsbank officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merkers
Germany
Burglar Steals $35 From San Lorenzo Village Home
A burglar entered the Chester Paul Walls residence at 15708 Via Colusa in San Lorenzo Village on a Saturday and took $34 in cash kept in a jar, plus two Tribune checks belonging to Stanley Walls, the young carrier. The home was unoccupied, access gained through an unlocked bedroom window. nothing else appeared disturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Paul Walls
Colusa
San Lorenzo
Jfile A
Sheriff's Office
Walls
Stanley
Oakland Tribune
The
Tribune
Deputs
Miller Sees SF Postwar Lag
Senator George Miller of California warned that the San Francisco Bay Area may lag other Pacific Coast cities in postwar industrial growth due to limited power. He cited Northwest hydroelectricity from Bonneville and Grand Coulee and Los Angeles Colorado River supplies, urging public power to level prices and boost San Francisco’s prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UWA
Tap
George Miller
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Portland-Seattle
Los Angeles
Miller
Pacific Northwest
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Colorado River
Shasta
Portland
Seattle
VIENNA FALL IMMINENT
Vienna braces for imminent fall as Red Army forces breach into the northern city and threaten St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Soviet reports claim high casualties for German troops and destruction of key landmarks while Vienna residents clash with occupiers and a Dietrich assassination claim circulates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
WRM
Berlin
Vienna
Nazi Brand
Germ High
Feodor J. Talbulshin
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Boviet Isiines
Naai
Free Austria Radio
Wsing
Radio
Moscow
Sepp Dietrich
Buen
Dietrich
Austria
Tolbukhin
Viense
Sheriffs Nab 5 Mail Box Movers
Deputies questioned five youths from the Groom Tract area after complaints of knocked down mail boxes. One boy said he bumped a box and broke it in anger, while a 12 year old girl admitted moving boxes for fun. Parents were warned the mischief must stop and returned mail, where found, to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groom and Groom
East 14Th Street
Paratroop landings reach German lines as armor breaches advance
Allied forces report paratroops in play behind German lines while American armor breaches 25 miles through the Werra river defenses. Reports say tanks push toward Magdeburg and 70 miles southwest of it, with additional columns moving northeast from the Weser. British paratroops join Canadian First Army, sealing off areas along the V bomb coast as German cities burn amid retreat.
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Manila
Toops
Taytaas Bay
Lauzon
Jhe
Laguna Bay
Ips Hong
Lucena
Tayabas
Taugon
Rivul
Paris
Piluy
Mies
Magdeburg
Boris Main Tise
Rihe Riven
Hell Dave
Ines Tarther
Tate Field
Goeitingen
Duicherstadt
Maxdeburg
Berlin
Weser
Northeim
Rinbeck
Northein
Wanburg
Luebeck
Ninth Army
Hannover
Brunswick
Hitler Takes Command In Germany War Leadership
London reports Hitler has assumed full personal command of the German army during the gravest hour. Captured documents indicate all major moves and operations from the Western Front require his prior approval. BBC correspondent Chester Willmot filed from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Adelf Hitler
Germany
Western Front
Ailieg
Hitler
BBC
Chester Willmot
Red Cross Announces New Staff Course
The Red Cross announces a new staff course to be held Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8 to 11. Training totals 10 hours and completes the course. It will be conducted in the Veterans Memorial building with contact through Mrs. Harper at Tay, B72R or by telephone at Hay 4968. Headquarters are in City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Memorial Building
Harper
Tay
Hay
City Hall
Bombers Hit U-Boat Shelters Near Hamburg and Munich
Great fleets of American and British bombers dropped 11 ton bombs on U-boat shelters around Hamburg and Munich area, targeting 10 airfields within about 60 miles of Munich as part of a large evening raid.
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London
Hamburg
Lesser
Miseilee
Munich
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Village Home Owners Assn. Organized
Bond
Volunteer Fire Department
U.S. Army
Air Forces
16030
Via
Binale
Chamber
YANKS
New Drive
Mure A. Museler
Tsk
Japa Id
Salt Mine
U.S
Galt
Wrler Vierk
Reichsbank
Ils
Vleck
Sheriffs
Red Cross
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