War Today Ten Days After Germanys Unconditional Surrender
War news analyzes the post surrender period as focus shifts from military victory to occupation and peacetime rebuilding. Plans for governing the U.S. zone, border disputes with France, and the pending Big Three talks are discussed amid Nazi underground fears and the handling of 4 million German prisoners.
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Germany
Europe
Stimson
United States
France
Joint Centre Commission
Connect
Berlin
Yalta
Russia
Trieste
Charles de Gaulles
Churchill
Truman
Moscow
Neuvalt
Priveda
Nui
Hitler
Holkind
Belegimm
Luxembourg
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bund Leader To Be Deported
Frit Kuhn former Bund leader is ordered deported to Germany as an undesirable alien. Departure timing depends on U S military arrangements in Germany and he will be sent with repatriates possibly including prisoners of war. Immigration authorities cite a crime involving moral turpitude within five years of his U S entry.
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Washington
Frit Kuhn
Bund
Germany
Justice Department
Kuhn
U. S
Justice, Department
U.S
Department
Rubi
Nazi Plot Aimed at Eisenhower Revealed in Paris
Allied counterintelligence disclosed a months long plan by German agents to kill General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Paris last December. The inquiry found a vast German infiltration did occur by mid December, though the assassination attempt was never carried out.
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Paris
Dwight 2
Eisenhower
Lo Qlay
Pusaci
Corman
Ardennes
Alhis
Ale Fier
Unite Press
Otto Skorzeny
Stongly
Menito Mussolini
Maly
Skorzeny
Sixth Army
Sbeoup
Lie
Fael
Livestock Arrival at Guam Boosts Military Hospitals
A shipment of 73 cows seven bulls six heifers two Holstein bulls and 43 breeder boars and sows arrived aboard two victory ships as the first U S livestock consignment to a Pacific forward area. California Holsteins and Brown Swiss will supply fresh milk for wounded troops while Brahman cattle from Texas support breeding. Officials from the foreign economic administration and military government planned the transfer at a conference led by Maj. Con Henry L. Larsen.
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Guam
United States
Pacific
Con
Henry L. Larsen
Foreign Eeonomic Administration
Island Command
California
FEA
Texas
Sailor Held in Connection With Multiple Car Thefts
A sailor is under police investigation for involvement in three car thefts and a stolen gasoline coupon book. He was cited in Oakland yesterday while driving Charles Sprulding’s car. Early this morning an officer found a Pontiac coupe linked to a San Jose theft with the sailor inside. Keys and a gasoline book tied to San Jose thefts were found in his possession, and he denied any participation.
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Roval
Oakland
Charles A. Sprulding
South
Ban Iine
Anderson
Castro Street
San Jose
John S. Escaver
North 16Th Street
Maria Lanveth
Rt. 10
Hospital To Expand Capacity In Oakhand
Hospital board chair William Mare Oliver announced immediate expansion of Chili Con's Hospital of the East East on Dever Street. The plan extends the north wing with a two story west wing adding 100 beds and envisions a modern pharmacy, nurse student spaces, and a new 25-bed pediatric ward, with future Children’s Hospital development to follow a community plan. The $400,000 project targets relief of current bed shortages for Alameda and Contra Costa counties while preparing for long term needs.
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Chili
Con
Dever Street
Oakhand
Willian Mare Old Oiiver
Twoestory
Alameda
Contra Costa County
Oliver
Clus
Children’s Hospital
Douglas
Stone
You Mulloy
San Frameisey
Pugey
Britain Hints Veto May Be Abandoned
In San Francisco Britain signals openness to changing the United Nations Security Council voting rules. The Big Five veto power may be questioned as small nations demand reform while Britain, backed by Cadogan, argues the permanent members’ united front is essential to prevent war and guide early UN stages.
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San Francisco
Great Britain
Lochig
Britain
Security Council
Yalta
Baby Arrives as Army Man’s Point Totals Hit 85
In La Junta Calo,A era of wartime humor unfolds as Mister Sgt. Joseph Watt of Burbank California nears discharge after 85 points. A baby born at three minutes to midnight adds 12 points, though post midnight births have no value. the boy is tentatively named Three Minutes to Midnight.
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Sot
Watt
la Junta Army Air Base
Burbank
Remy
Son
Moraga Students Win as Trustees Impugned
Moraga pupils and parents celebrate after Contra Costa District Attorney Francis W. Collins voids the firing of principal Thelma Quinley. He states trustees Daniel Dwyer and Kenneth Kennedy acted without proper written notice to the third board member Everett Roberts, rendering the meeting actions invalid.
Captain Jennie Ellsworth Returns To Stay In San Lorenzo
Eugenia Orellana Guzman Ellsworth known as Captain Jennie Ellsworth of the 44th Hunters division in the Philippines has arrived in the United States to stay with sister-in-law Mrs Wayne D Parker in San Lorenzo. The guerrilla fighter endured two years of battles against Japanese forces, aided an American flyer, organized resistance networks, and eventually linked with the Oakland Red Cross chapter before moving to America.
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Jennie Ellsworth
Sister
San Lorenzo
Philippine Islands
United States
Wayne D. Parker
Paseo Largavista
Eugenia Orellana Guzman Ellsworth
Jennie Ellworth
44Th Hunters
United States-Philippine Island
Towers
Buotaan
Enemgy
Oakland
The
American Red Cris
Ellsworth
Amery Jea
Vote on Budget Expected in Sacramento Assembly
The assembly faced a key vote on passage of a $703,000,000 state budget amid broader war‑time issues. Debate included unemployment insurance changes and a bill targeting private food processors, with Governor Warren backing a total budget of $486,000,000 in fixed constitutional charges.
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Bacramentso
U.P
Assembly
Senate
George J. Hatfield
Merced
Kounty
C.J. Hagerty
Californian Peroration of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Alberts C. Wollenberg
San Francisco
Beyn
House
Warren
Light vote cast to noon in Hayward high school election
Polls open until 7 pm as Hayward Union high school district trustee race draws light turnout by noon. In San Lorenzo district the contest between incumbent Joseph Joseph dy and P J Dex Bernardi for the grammar school post drew heavier interest at four polling places.
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Hayward Union High
San Lorenzo
Joseph Joseph Dy
P. J. Dex Bernardi
Grammar School
San Lorenzo Grammar
Stolen Bicycle Reported By Local Teen
Mengel Luma, 15, of 24562 Sybil, told police yesterday his black single frame bicycle with no fenders was stolen from in front of the State theater the night before.
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Mengel Luma
Sybil
Carrier Hit 60 Miles Off Japan
The USS Franklin, a 27,000 ton Essex class carrier, survived the worst U.S. ship disaster of the war after 18 hours as a burning ruin. Off Japan at 60 miles, she suffered over 1400 casualties, with 34 dead, 43 missing, and many wounded, then returned to Bremerton Navy Yard for repairs and rebuilding.
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Japan
USS Aircraft Cartier Franklin
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Washington
U.P
Big Beths
U.S
Coral Sea
Big Ben
Togsship
Mare Mitschar
Reporter Cited For Contempt By Congress Vote
Washington U P The House World War Veterans committee voted 13 to 5 to cite Albert Deutsch reporter for the New York PM for contempt of Congress for refusing to name veterans administration staffers who supplied him with information for a series on hospital care. Deutsch said the information was given in strict confidence citing professional ethics. Rankin said oath to Congress superseded press ethics as the hearing moved from closed to open sessions.
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Washington
U.P
House World War Veterans Committee
Lunday
Albert Deulsth
New York
Bf Congress
Veterans Administration
Dobn Fh. Rankin
M.ised Lo
Deutsch
Veterans' Hospitals
Joseph McQueen
Veterang Administration
Congress
Rankin
U S Fleet Reported on Raid in Pacific War
A Pacific battle report claims a major clash near Guam with American air and ground forces driving toward key Japanese positions. Front dispatches indicate W's forces engaged in heavy fighting, while allied support details remain unclear.
Bradley urges victory bond support from Seventh War Loan
General Omar N. Bradley, commander of the Sixth Army Group in Belgium, asks citizens to active support for war bonds. He describes patriotic motivation as vital for every soldier and calls the Seventh War Loan the best news from home.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Belgium
U S Forces Strike In Pacific Front Against Shuri Line
War dispatches report American units advancing toward Shuri inland anchor of Japanese defenses, with fighting between Naha and Yomburu. U S planes bomb oil plants, while Japanese artillery gathers heavy support. progress limited to shorts ranges amid fierce resistance.
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Shuri
Midway
Naha
Theeast
Yomburu
Est
Jajpari
Germans Flee From Soviets Exoduses Across Central Germany
Thousands of frightened Germans crowded highways in a mass exodus from heat and rumor of Soviet occupation. Civilians with few belongings moved on make shift carts and wagons as hundreds of weary soldiers hike home. Maj. St M Sherick of Polson Montana said no incidents of trouble had been reported. A group of three German girls traveling from near Dresden expressed fear of occupation while Sgt Felix Liebmann reassured them. A former Wehrmacht trio denounced Hitler, calling the Nazis a wine and cursing his name.
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Kigil Corps
Central
Germany
U.P
Venus
Une
St. M. Sherick
Polson
Mont
Dresden
Felix Liebmann
Morichas
N. Y
Litler
Dey
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Weir
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