Absence of Hitler Dominates War Outlook Says Editorial
The editorial argues Hitler's fate matters less than war impact of his absence. If alive, surrender would likely come only under pressure, while his demise could demoralize followers. Doenitz’s pledge to continue fighting against Bolshevism is examined, with questions about the true Nazis’ martyr narrative and the stance of Anglo Americans.
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Russia
Karl Doenily
Bolghes Vism
Newfuehrer
Alles
Germany
Strahy
Himmler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Tdoenita
Local Youth Dies of Polio in Paso Robles
Lester Carl Nett, a Kelly Hill native and former Hayward High student, died Monday after poliomyelitis. He spent months in an iron lung in Oakland before home treatment the past two months. Funeral services are planned in Paso Robles at Kurhl Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Saturday. he is survived by his parents and a brother James. Friends may view at Hayward Mortuary until Monday.
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Paso Robles
Lester Carl Nett
Carl Nett
Kelly Hill
Hayward
Oakland
Hayward High School
James
Hayward Mortuary
Castro St
Moog
Kurhl
Supervisors Delay Oro Loma Action
Alameda supervisors delayed action on North Ashland storm drainage resolutions until May 8. Protesters alleged fraud and coercion as several forms of suits were contemplated. Oro Loma board overruled protests and approved the project despite minority objections. An Ashland improvement club meeting formed a committee to investigate North Ashland drainage.
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Nalice
North Ashlod
Qro Loma
Alameda County
Board of Supervisors
Erwin Easton
Easton
Oro Lona Board
Winco Jacobson
Rnority
Ios
Sundowhers
Henry Hopkins
Victor Hubbard
Sanitary
Alameda County Planning Commission
Aterm
Ashland
Ashland Improvement Club
North Ashland
Laval Ordered To Leave Spain
Laval and fellow French collaborators arrived in Barcelona aboard a German Junkers 88. General Franco reportedly ordered the immediate departure of the plane crew and all male passengers, while a woman in the party may have been Laval’s daughter. Norman Armour met Spanish officials amid efforts to decide their fate.
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Madrid
Pierre Laval
Switzerland
Barcelona
Laval
Vichy
Marcel Dent
U.S
Norman Armour
Foreign Office
Francisco Franco
Josette de Chambrun
Astrologist Sees Hitler On Long Trip
Astrologist Helen Panul in New York reports reading of Adolf Hitler's death and ruling out a 30 day forecast. She says the charts indicate Hitler left Germany last week on a long journey, but the destination remains unnamed.
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Hitler
New York
Helen Panul
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Paul
Bret Harte Celebrates May Day with School Pageant
The Tet Harte school held a May Day event featuring a Maypole opening by upper and lower grades under Miss Alberta Puixoto. Prizes were awarded to Joan Anderson and Leroy Ford for best costumes. A 2:15 vaudeville show followed with diverse acts including dances, songs, and comedy. Donald Waorich won a Panda door prize named in honor of Alberta Puixoto.
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Heaual
Alberta Puixoto
Dimoes
Square
Ihe Eschboger
Rhea McIntyre
Esther Pynnycott
Antoinete Birke
Donald Waorich
Alberta
Adberta Peixoto
Molotov May Leave Friday
United States and British officials report that Molotov will depart Friday from the Works Security Conference amid stalled efforts to resolve the Polish dispute. Western powers refuse to sanction any Austrian government until a British U.S. French Soviet control commission is in Vienna. The Polish question remains unresolved as Stalin, Churchill, and Truman reiterate opposition to the current Warsaw provisional government and a broader Polish representation.
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Washington
M. Molotov
San Ven Sco
Moscow
Malotov
Europe
Austria
Control Commission
Vienna
U. S
Truman
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Warsaw
Yalta
Beckley Seated in Berkeley Election
Arthur K. Beckley vice president of Cutter Laboratories unseated councilwoman Bonita Herrick in yesterday's Berkeley election balloting. Complete unofficial totals show Beckley ahead as local voters cast ballots in the Pl. area.
United States plans for Pacific islands postures noted
UPI dispatch from San Francisco reports American plans to claim Pacific Islands as permanent defense outposts and address trusteeship as a core issue at the United Nations Conference. Debate also covered whether amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks plan require simple or two thirds majorities in plenary sessions. British Soviet and Chinese delegates awaited further instructions as the conference neared decisions.
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Lyle C. Wils
United Press
San Francisco
UPI
United Nations Conference
Dumbarton Oaks
China
Milk Subsidy To Be Continued In 1945 Plan
The milk subsidy program is extended to March 1946 per congressional action. Since October 1943 Alameda county dairymen received over 500000 dollars in payments. April payments will be 70 cents per 100 pounds of whole milk with smaller May June sums, rising in July August September, and a final note of Gezaber in March. Butterfat subsidies run 17 cents per pound in April, 10 cents in May June, 13 cents in September, and 17 cents for the rest of the period.
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George Goodale
AAA
Alameda County
Goodale
Tokyo Signals New Borneo Invasion Report
Manila dispatch cites Tokyo radio claiming about 5000 Allied troops landed on Tarakan near Borneo’s east coast in a possible second invasion. The broadcast said troops struck Lingkas on Tarakan early Tuesday, 12 hours after Allied forces were said to have invaded Borneo. General MacArthur did not confirm landings, while Australian sources said troops took part in a landing on Borneo’s east coast.
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Manila
Toreyo Radio
Tarakan
Borneo
Linglas
Galt
Dougal MacArthur
Ward
Rodeo Set for Sunday Here at Rowell Ranch Dublin
Annual Maynard Rodeo will be held Sunday on the Rowell Ranch in Dublin canyon with a portion of gate receipts going to the Servicemen's Sports Equipment Fund. Grand entry at 1 30 p m features bulldozing roping bronco and Brahma bull riding calf roping and special numbers as California rodeo managers meet to discuss a threatened break with cowboy performers amid the Cowboy Turtles Association dissolution.
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Maynard
Rowell Ranch
Dublin Canyon
California
Cowboy Turtles Association
Rodeo Coiwboys Association
Truman Recommends Major War Agency Budget Cuts
President Truman proposed cuts totaling over 7 billion dollars for 10 top war agencies as part of shifting from a two war to a one war basis. He urged Congress to reduce Maritime Commission shipbuilding funds, trim eight defense agencies, and abolish the Office of Civilian Defense by June 30, with a sweeping economy drive across war programs.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Maritime Commission
Office of Civilian Defense
Commission
Burger Bureau
Unconditional Surrender of German Forces in Italy Claimed
President Truman announced the unconditional surrender of all German forces in Italy. He credited Allied commanders Field Marshal Alexander and General Clark for their campaigns and urged Japan to grasp the global implications of the Italian victory, praising Allied officers and troops for their heroic actions amid a long, trying campaign.
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Italy
Pres. Truman
Washington
U.A
Truman
Europe
Harold Alexander
Mark Clark
Germany
Japan
Haly
Alexander and
Clark
Thaly
Yanks Roll Into Last Stretch
United Press dispatch from Paris reports Allied forces pushing toward Berchtesgaden from the north and driving from Mainichtal toward the Brenner pass. The Seventh Army pierced German lines near Mainichtal within 60 miles of Berchtesgaden while an armored spearhead neared Tansbrück to seal the Brenner escape route. Far north, British Second Army and American units closed on Lübeck after advancing beyond Elbe river bridgehead. Canadian First Army captured Bad Zwischenahn and neared Oldenburg as Wilhelmshaven and Einden defenses fell.
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Boyd Lewis
United Press
Paris
URI
Roups
Berthtesgaden
Ling
U. S. Seventh Army
Mainichta
Berchtesgaden
Tansbruck
Awhid
Brenner Pass
Tvaly
Second Army
Baltic
Luebecking
Elbe River
First Army
Wilhelmshaven
Einden
Bad Zwischengrin
Oldenburg
Yanks Capture Von Rundstedt at Bad Tolz Dinner Table
American forces surprised field marshal Von Rundstedt at Bad Tolz near Munich while he dined with his wife and son Hans Gerd. He was captured at 10 p.m. by a tank from Lt. Joseph Burke’s unit, part of the 1st Division's J4tnt regiment. Von Rundstedt had been commanding German armies in the west since D‑Day and had expected surrender the next morning.
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Seventh Army
Germany
W.P
Dankeeres
Field Mayrshaul
Karl Vore Rundstedt
Normandy
Rhine
von Runstedt
Bad Tol
Munich
Hans Gerd
Joseph Burke
Bad Tolz
von Rundstedt
Adolf Hitler
Herman Jobe
Warrensburg
Ind
von Ruhdatedt
Prisoner of
Cape
von Mundatedt
1Éth
Charles’ Owens
Allied forces in Italy accept Nazi capitulation near Naples
The German army in northern Italy and western Austria formally surrendered to the Allies at Caserta near Naples. The action affects more than 500000 soldiers, tying up large forces and signaling a major shift in the European war.
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Italy
Caserta
Naples
Chyna
Austria
Solay
Baim Ewt
British Labor Policy Criticizes Exclusion at UN Conference
Sir Walter Citrine, BTUC secretary, charges Britain’s government with excluding organized labor from the United Nations Conference on International Organization. He warns the forthcoming British Labour Party conference may back Attlee’s stance that the SF Conference is government business, not trade unions. He calls for domestic discussion and notes efforts to alter policy have failed.
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Oakland
Sir Waler Citrine
British
Trade Union Congress
BTUC
World Labor Conference
United Nations Conference On International Organization
Labor Party
Britain
Clement Attlee
San Francisco
Sir Citrine
Reich Falls to Red Armies as Berlin Surrenders
Stalin announced the capture of Berlin after a 12 day siege. Two Russian armies smashed into the city from east and south, taking over Adolf Hitler's Reichskanzlei and reportedly finding no definitive proof of his death. More than 70,000 prisoners were taken as Nazi resistance collapsed and Allied forces advanced across Germany.
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London
WLR
Stalin
Arshal Stalin
Berlin
Red Arm
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Reichsehancellery
Reichsehancellers
Hitler
Red Army
Genel
Joshul Gregory B.zhulkov
Ivan S. Kones
Internees Arrive in Los Angeles From Philippine Camps
Nearly 93,600 former prisoners of the Japanese, one of the largest groups to depart the Philippines, arrived in Los Angeles en route to homes. Almost half were American citizens, the rest British, Filipino and Canadian. Many children saw America for first time. some were penniless, aided by Red Cross. One returnee died near homeland, Mrs Mary J Reynolda of New York.
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Los Angules
Philippines
America
Mary 1. Reynolda
New York
Ralph
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