Superfortresses Meet Test Of Battle In Pacific Skies
Exclusive dispatch from Seattle notes B 29s face tougher Japanese air defenses. New enemy fighters such as the Frank Jack George and Irving press the bombers at high altitude. Despite hits and heavy damage, B 29s return from missions, underscoring their ruggedness and ability to endure severe punishment.
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Wash
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Dick Stearns
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Leo Hunt
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Loot From German Gold Reserve Stashed In Salt Mine Seized
Allied troops captured Nazi officials and a vast treasure including art by Raphael and Durer plus 120 Goethe manuscripts. Patton’s forces cornered the salt mine, forcing a hurried German retreat with gold and currency. Loot to be impounded and routed to UN and restitution bodies, with remaining assets under Allied bodies or reparations rules.
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Raphael
van Dyke Durer
Goethe
90Th Infantry Division
Reichsbank
Fritz Wieck
P. O. Rabe
German State Museum
Berlin
Wieck
Patton
Golden Salt
Washington
United Nations Commission
Allied Control Commission
Allied Reparations Commission
Gery
Reich Bank
Agents Abroad Reported Selling Art to Fund Nazi Activity
Washington April 7 agents of Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goering were disclosed tonight as abroad attempting to sell works of art and other valuables. One possibility is that they seek to finance postwar Nazi activities globally.
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Washington
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Goering
Wartime price data and Nazi endgame hints in state report
Officials describe inflation pressures shifting to deflation risks as wartime controls adapt to postwar needs. They note rising clothing prices, stable wages, and plans to roll back essentials, with mass-market policies and high productivity. Separately, a State Department broadcast cites Himmler and Goering seeking funds for possible escape, linked to captures of gold in a central German salt mine.
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Goering
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Europe
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Nazi Party
Julius C. Holmes
Okinawa siege and Tokyo air offensive roundup
U S carrier planes lost seven aircraft and sank a light cruiser while destroying 391 Japanese planes in two days. Naval losses included a heavy US ship slightly damaged. British and US planes hit Ishigaki Miyako and sunk four small Ryukyu cargo vessels. MacArthur reported renewed air sorties in the Philippines Formosa and China seas as ground forces advance in Okinawa and Mindanao. Japanese cabinet reshuffled with Suzu ki as premier amid renewed artillery and ground combat across China.
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Ishigaki
Miyako
Sakishima
Ryukyus
Okinawa
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Naga Town
Ora Bay
24Th Army Corps
Naha
Superfor
Tokyo
Nagoya
Luzon
Negros
Cebu
MacArthur
Zamboanga
Mindanao
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Kantaro Suzuki
Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Frost Hits Carolina Crops Across Regions
Weather records show frost in South Carolina and North Carolina areas with prospects of major losses for apple growers near Asheville and Buncombe County. Reports indicate substantial damage to tobacco and truck crops while fruit may recover if thinning occurs naturally.
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Asheville
Waynesville
Buncombe County
W. Riley Palmer
Winston-Salem
R. W. Pou Popes
War Leaders Named For Pacific Action In World War Two
The War Today notes MacArthur and Nimitz as co leaders for ongoing operations. German front disintegration keeps hope of defeat alive while Japan’s cabinet shift suggests possible diplomacy yet no path to peace short of unconditional surrender.
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Nimitz
Argo
Azl
Japan
Nippon
Tokyo
Baron Suzuki
Fire arson charges loom in Higham death case
Police say Mrs. Higham was killed by a blow from a candlestick before a fire to cover the crime. Harry C. Harrison, a distant cousin, is jailed on murder and arson charges. Autopsy shows skull fracture as the cause. seized jewelry tied to the case. Harrison faces May trial. both offenses carry the death penalty.
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Allies claim vast prisoner haul amid German collapse
Allied forces press across Germany as prisoner counts rise to 309 258 and beyond. U S Third and First armies push toward Thuringia and Berlin while Seventh Army nears Nuernberg and French forces advance along the Siegfried Line.
Vienna Under Siege as Red Army Drives In
Moscow announced major Red Army advances into Vienna with Tolbukhin’s forces breaking through to the Danube and encircling the city. Berlin reported fierce street fighting in Favoriten and Simmering while troops crossed the Morava river, threatening linkups toward Linz and Bavaria.
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Ling
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Liesing
DNB
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Morava
Malinovsky
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Leity
Marchfeld
Floridsdorf
Red Star
Carpathian Mountains
Stettin
Transocean
Heinrich Kurschat
Volkssturmers
Allied Pressures and German Hold near Bologna Front
The Yank sector around Strettoia and Monte Fol Gorito saw scattered moves as American forces withdrew slightly from newly won positions. Heavy German shelling pressed the area while a counter attack northwest of Strettoia was repulsed. In the center, German troops remained entrenched around Bologna, with Allied patrols probing at every opportunity.
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Strettoia
Monte Folgorito
Bologna
Allied tanks seal off Zuider Zee retreat lanes amid German pursuit
Allied air and ground forces pressed a wide encirclement around Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with British Second Army advancing up to 35 miles and approaching Bremen and the North Sea naval bases. The U S Ninth Army outflanked Hannover and broke into the Ruhr pocket, taking Soest after trapping 125,000 Germans.
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North Sea
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England
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