Night Before Okinawa Invasion Marine Transport Echoes Fear
Navy radio dispatch from aboard an assault transport heading to Okinawa describes nerves and resolve before the planned invasion. The APA veteran ship carries Marines, some veterans of Guadalcanal, all facing what may be a deadly bombardment and the biggest Pacific battle yet.
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Okinawa
Navy
Pacific
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
France
Guadalcanal
Reed Taylor
Kensington
The
Bob Hope
Bob Casey
Bob
Third Ukrainian Units Fighting In Neustadt
Front dispatches report third Ukrainian Army units battling in Wiener Neustadt and outlying lines south of Vienna as Russians push toward Bratislava and Breslau. German reports claim halting the Red Army near the Austrian capital while new drives threaten Berchtesgaden and Bratislava area.
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Vienna
Wiener Neu
Baden
Wiener Neustadt
London
Messerschmidt
Stalin
Nda
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Cee Tie Tal
Vakia
Bruenn
Czechoslovakia
Malinovsky
Bratislava
Transocean
Breslau
Silesia
Jehne
Berlin
Oderne
Reich
Semmering Pass
Austrian Alps
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Okinawa Advance Closes In On Naha Area
Guam dispatch reports 24th corps infantrymen reaching Tōbara on Okinawa as forces pierce south central Okinawa. The push severs Naha and its airfield from northern ports while two airfields Katena and Yontan fall under control. A 100000-strong American force under Buckner's Tenth Army advances with Marines and Army units support.
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Guam
24Th Corps
Okinawa
Katena
Yontan
Ryukyu Island
Japan
John R. Hodge
To‘bara
Katsuren Bay
Nakagusuku Bay
Naha
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr
Tenth Army
United States Drops Bid for Extra Votes at San Francisco
Secretary of State Stettinius announced that the United States will not seek additional votes at the world assembly to be proposed at the San Francisco conference. The reversal ends a prior White House position that Britain and Russia agreed to support two extra votes for the U.S. government.
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Washington
T Roosevelt
United States
World Assembly
San Francisco
Stettinius
Yalta
Russia
White House
Britain
Nazis Use Extreme Propaganda in Final Nazi Push
From Bern on April 3 Nazi propagandists push exaggerated tales of Allied atrocities to rally resistance. German papers feature sensational headlines from Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter while real war news moves to inner pages.
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Bern
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Cologne
German Vessels Damaged by Allies at Wilhelmshaven
The U S Eighth air force attacked the Wilhelmshaven naval dockyards on March 30 setting afire the German light cruiser Koln and four other vessels. A 370 foot motor ship was sunk, two submarines were set afire, and major workshops, slipways, and repair yards were severely battered with heavy damage to Bremen and Hamburg submarine facilities.
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London
Koln
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Wilhelmshavn
Eighth Air Force
Bremen
Hamburg
Umstead Appointed To Hospital Board
Governor Cherry announced the new State hospitals board of control with twelve district representatives and three at large members. Appointees include J M Umstead of Chapel Hill from the sixth district for two years and other members serving four year terms. The board will choose successors for two former superintendents at Morganton and Raleigh after approval by the last assembly.
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Raleigh
Cherry
New State Hospitals Board of Control
R. P. Richardson
Reidsville
J. M. Umstead
Chapel Hill
T. V. Goode
Statesville
Francis A. Whiteside
Gastonig
Leonard L. Oettinger
Kinston
Andrew Blair
Charlotte
J. Dwight Barber
Clayton
Rivers D. Johnson
Kenansville
J. R. Saunders
State Hospital
Morganton
Sedgefield Inn to Host CAB Hearing on Airline Franchises
The Civil Aeronautics Board selects Sedgefield Inn for hearings on southeastern airline franchises starting May 28. About 40 to 50 airlines and CAB officials will attend, with coordination backed by North Carolina governors and Greensboro High Point Winston-Salem mayors and airport commission officials. The event aims at applicants from 46 states east of the Mississippi and south of Washington.
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Sedgefield Inn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frank Sizemore
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Ceasar Cone
High Point-Greensboro
Cone
Sizemore
Sedgefield
CAB
North Carolina
High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
High-Point- Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce
Winston Bonds Sell For 1.391 Per Cent
The Raleigh local government commission reports the sale of 198000 Winston-Salem refinancing bonds with a 26 year average maturity to B J Van Ingen and Kirchofer and Arnold for an average yield of 1.391 percent. It also notes 12000 Southern Pines recreational facilities bonds with a 7 year average maturity sold to 8 Dickson and company for an average yield of 1.238 percent.
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Raleigh
Local Government Commission
Winston-Salem
B. J. van Ingen and Company
New York
Kirchofer and Arnold
Southern Pines Recreational Facilities
Dickson and Company
Charlotte
Hitler faces rapid defeat as Allied drive seals Bavarian trap
The article asserts time is short for Adolf Hitler and his Nazi forces as Allied advances penetrate northern Germany. It describes planned Nazi resistance in the Bavarian Alps and predicts their collapse as Allied forces encircle and cut off German troops and resources.
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Hitler
Bavarian Alps
Germany
Road to Berlin Distances From Key Fronts
Eastern front S miles from Zellin Western front 155 miles from Werra near Fise nach Italian front 544 miles from Reno river Reported by Associated Press with brief front-line distances.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Eastern Front
Zellin
Western Front
Werra River
Fisenach
Reno River
Allied advances tighten hold on Ruhr and surround German forces
Allied offensives press toward Germany from the west and east as the Ruhr bulwark tightens. Canadian and British units push into Holland while Patton’s Third Army drives east toward a junction with the Russians. Red armies threaten Vienna from Hungary and Czechoslovakia as American Seventh and First French forces head toward Munich and Vienna.
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Germany
Ruhr
U. S
Lippstadt
Fulda
Eisenach
Vienna
Austria
Bratislava
Glogau
Great
Holland
Reich
Patton
Third
Hitler
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Rhineland
Mysterious Death Of Wealthy Raleigh Clubwoman
Police investigate the death of 71 year old Mrs John V Higham found in her Hayes Barton home with a charred body and fractured skull. Coroner Roy M Banks calls the case very mysterious and will not hold an inquest until police finish their inquiry. Fire partially burned the bedroom and stole a jewel box. two diamonds wore were missing.
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Raleigh
Roy M. Banks
John V. Higham
Banks
Air Attacks Resume on Nazi Germany Fronts
London reports daylight raids resumed with 5th Air Force Lightning fighters and Italian bomber units targeting the Tinnach Stein rail bridge near Klagenfurt Austria. 12th Air Force fighters sweep Yugoslavia and southeast Austria striking German transports as Russians advance. Kiel and other bases attacked. navy vessels seen in Kiel harbor amid repeated strikes on the port.
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London
Germany
Italy
Tinnach-Stein
Klagenfurt
Austria
Reich
Flagenfurt
Drava
Fifteenth Airforce
12Th
Yugoslavia
Kiel
Britain
Bremen
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
U. S. Army Airforce
Kiel Harbor
England
North Holland
8th Army Lands Behind German Lines in Italy
Allied forces of the Eighth Army landed behind German lines on a narrow Adriatic coastal strip between the Valli Di Comacchio and the Po Di Primaro. They captured more than 200 enemy soldiers and advanced along a three pronged thrust, securing a small island in the Po Di Primaro amid heavy shelling.
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Rome
P—Eighth Army
Valli di Comacchio
Adriatic
Solmnethal
Po di Primaro
Split
Industrial City Scene Of Street Battles In Kassel
The Third Army's Fourth Armored Division advances toward Kassel Germany nine miles east of Paris. The 80th Division fights house by house to reach the Hessian city as German defenders try to hold it. Kassel's factories reportedly keep operating amid artillery fire.
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Paris
Third Army
Fourth Armored
Revolsteep
Kassel
Germany
Berlin
Hessen-Nassau
General Maurice Rose Killed Near Paderborn
With the U S S First Army on April 3, Gen Maurice Rose commander of the Third Armored Division leading the First Army drive from the Rhine was shot dead near Paderborn on March 30. A German tankman fired as he handed his pistol to a German escort while a tank turret machine pistol covered him from American lines south of Paderborn.
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U. S.S
Maurice Rose
Third Armored
Rhine River
Germany
Paderborn
Allied push nears Zuider Zee as German front buckles
Paris dispatch reports British and Canadian troops within striking distance of the Zuider Zee and North Sea as American forces press toward the Weser river. The Western front prisoner tally reaches 12,466 with the Third Army advancing deep into central Germany.
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Paris
Zuider Zee
North Sea
Olland
Weser
Ruhr
Third
Germany
Reich
Thurinegian
George S. Patton
Bob Hope Tops Radio List With Steady Lead
New York April 3 Bob Hope remains number one with radio listeners in the Hooper ratings for the season. The latest March 30 check places him first for seven bi monthly reports, with Fibber McGee and Molly second and Jack Benny slipping to seventh. Bing Crosby rises to eighth, radio theater moves to third, with Screen Guild and Walter Winchell at fifth.
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New York
Radio Theater
Screen Guild
Walter Winchell
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