Japan loses last major fleet units in East China Sea bat tle
American carrier airmen, protected by Iwo Jima fighters, bombed Tokyo and Nagoya aircraft plants with 300 plus B-29s in the largest land based strike of the war against Nippon. Japanese losses include 173 fighter planes and the 45 000 ton battleship Yamato.
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Japan
East China Sea
Nippon
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Nagoya
Okinawa
Nippon Home Islands
Mitscher
Kyushu
Niese
Vnc
Yamato
Washington
Nazi Leaders Flee City as Red Army Tightens Vienna
Soviet columns seal western Vienna with a 14 mile sweep while German garrison fights rubble streets. Cars and trains show an escape gap shrinking to the north as Soviet cavalry cross the Morava river and threaten retreat routes. Allies push west toward Berchtesgaden and press advances in Poland and Czechoslovakia. High Nazi officials reportedly flee along remaining roads.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Vienna
Danube
Berlin
Morava
Vienna Woods
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Poland
Cieszyn
Teschen
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Italy
Zagreb
Moscow
Okinawa Landing Inside a crowded LCVP on Love Day morning
A first person account recalls the Okinawa landings aboard an LCVP, describing crowded decks, wet sailors, reef transfers, amphibious tractors, and a near calm bombardment before the first contact. The narrator notes the warm sun, the sudden calm, and a jarring return to combat on Japanese soil with a wary mix of relief and awe.
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Okinawa
Navy
Oime
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Coral Reef
Frosts Hit Sandhills Peach Belt But Apples Suffer
North Carolina agriculture agents report light frosts in the Sandhills spared most young peaches while some damage appeared in Wallace Chadbourn strawberry belts and western NC apples. Frosts chilled berries not yet mature and slowed peach growth, with heavier impact on apples near Asheville.
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Raleigh
State Department of Agriculture
Sandhills
Peach Belt
Wallace and
Chadbourn
North Carolina
D. S. Matheson
Sand Hills
Matheson
Asheville
Mrs Herring Reelected Head of State AAUW
Mrs R A Herring of High Point was reelected president for two years of the North Carolina division of the American Association of University Women at a Carolina Inn session. A followup discussion covered the national AAUW grants and exchange scholarships to aid war-affected member scholars, a program promoted by the International Federation of University Women.
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Chapel Hill
R. A. Herring
High Point
American Association of University Women
Carolina Inn
North Carolina
National
AAUW
International Federation of University Women
The
Yanks Near La Spezia Base After Italian Front Push
American Fifth Army troops advance to near La Spezia after seizing Monte Folgorito, 19 miles from the naval base. British destroyers Marne and Lookout, with American air forces, supported shelling German positions. Eighth Army crosses Reno River near San Alberto, expanding sea flank holds and pushing into Valli Di Comacchio area. over 2,000 prisoners taken so far.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Folgorito
Massa
la Spezia
Marne
Lookout
Mark W
Eighth Army
Reno River
San Alberto
Valli-Di Comacchio
Clark
Valli di Comacchio
Adriatic
Comacchio
Monte Fol
Spikes Elected Chairman of North Carolina Textbook Commission
Dr. L F Spikes of Burlington was elected chairman of the new 12 member state textbook commission at an organizational meeting after the oath of office. Spikes, superintendent of Burlington city schools, was the sole veteran member of previous commissions to join the new body.
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Raleigh
L. FE. Spikes
Burlington
New State Textbook Commission
Spikes
Burlington City
Rious Textbook Commissions
Allies Capture 309 258 Nazis In Fortnight
Paris reports in a dramatic two weeks the German losses include more than 309 258 captured and about 18 000 square miles lost east of the Rhine. The American first and ninth armies closed the Ruhr trapping the German army group and fortifications, signaling an end to sustained organized resistance.
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James M. Long
Paris
Eisenhowser
Rhine
Ruhr
Germany
Wehrmacht
Eisenhower
Price And Wage Controls Urged Beyond V E Day
Four heads of wartime stabilization agencies urged continued price and wage controls after V E day to curb inflation. The letter to President Roosevelt warned against a deceptive price sag and said postwar adjustments, including high wages and low prices, are needed to avoid a repeat of postwar inflation.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
William H. Davis
Office of Economic Stabilization
Chester Bowles
Marvin Jones
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
OPA
Senate Banking Committee
Davis
Bowles
Jones
Taylor
War fronts show Allied advance despite German and Japanese setbacks
Allied forces press across the Reich while German resistance fractures into isolated groups and loses swell in prisoners and casualties. Japanese fleet suffers heavy damage after Okinawa landing as Moscow condemns Russia's neutrality pact with Japan amid waning prospects for the Pacific war.
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Orient
Imperial
Japan
Okinawa
Moscow
Russia
Washington
Clues Grow in Higham Case Fire Scene Evidence Found
Raleigh police disclosed new clues in the Higham murder case. Investigators report finding dried leaves and wood shavings at the Hayes Barton home site where Mrs. John V. Higham’s charred body was found after the Easter Monday fire. Chief W P Whitley noted the materials were placed around the body before the blaze.
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Raleigh
John V. Higham
W. P. Whitley
City County Identification Bureau
Gold Loot Seized by Allied Third Army in Merkers Mine
Allied forces led by the U.S. Third Army uncovered an enormous cache at Merkers salt mine containing about 100 tons of gold bullion and vast currencies and art works. The haul, described as possibly worth billions, could disrupt German payrolls and financing.
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Edward D. Ball
Wade Werner
U. S
Third Army
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Merkers
Hersfeld
Reichsbank
Germany
Muhlhausen
90Th Infantry Division
Switzerland
Sweden
90Th
Fritz Wieck
P. O. Rabe
Hamelin Takes Pied After 30th Division Enters
Yanks of the 30th division entered Hamelin Germany on April 7 and found many residents drunk or looting. Allied wounded and German soldiers filled several hospitals while a few diehards fought on. The advance followed heavy artillery and a rapid German retreat as civilians denounced Nazis and called for peace. Captain William W. Drucker of Oak Harbor Ohio described civilians crying and cheering as Americans arrived.
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Hamelin
Germany
Second Armored
Hell On Wheels
Bad Prymont
William W. Drucker
Oak Harbor
Ohio
Tanks Now On Direct Road To Berlin
Allied forces push toward Berlin with Ninth Army outflanking Hannover in an 18 mile advance across the Leine river and toward the German capital. U S and British units drive on Weser and coast toward Bremen as Third Army seizes Germanys gold store at Merkers and cuts deeper toward Muelhausen.
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Edward Kennedy
Paris
Ninth Army
Hannover
Leine
Berlin
U. S. First Army
Weser
Second Army
Bremen
U. S
Third Army
Tottering
Reich
Germany
Fort Knox
Thuringia
Third
Muelhausen
George S. Patton
Merkers
Gotha
Port Escudos
Reichsbank
Rhine
Hlmn
North Sea
Siegfried Line
Black Forest
Decision
Holland
Eugene Idol Chosen Guilford County Schools Superintendent
Eugene D. Idol, Jamestown high school principal, elected Guilford county schools superintendent to succeed 41-year veteran Thomas R. Foust. Board vote moved from 3 to 5 to unanimous after a five hour session. Idol to take office July 1. Idol, born in Deep River Township, educated at Park College and UNC, among 18 applicants. five board members plus Foust attended.
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Greensboro
Eugene D. Idol
Jamestown High School
Guilford County
Thomas R. Foust
Idol
Foust
Oak Ridge
Supreme Court
J. H. Joyner
Whitsett
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Doris Duke
United Seaman's Service
Cairo
Rench
U. S. Seventh Army
Hockenheim
Neckar
Stuttgart
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Pacific Islands
Yanks
la Spezia Naval Base
New Textbook Commission
Associated Press
Higham
Eugene Idol
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