Allies Cut Last Dutch Railway as German Losses Reach 500000
Paris reports Allied forces inflicted about 500000 German casualties in ten days and severed the last railway from western Holland. American Ninth and British Second Armies pressed near Hannover and Bremen, within 50 miles of the Elbe and 70 miles of Magdeburg. The Elbe lies 50 miles from Berlin.
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Paris
Holland
Netherlands
Hannover
Bremen
Elbe
Hamburg
Magdeburg
Berlin
Eisenhower
Oder River
Kesselrir
Rhine
Ruhr
Oder
Kesselring
German retreat tightens as bombers narrow in on northern cities
LONDON April 9. Allied advances loom as Ninth Army expected to enter Hannover and press into industrial hubs such as Essen Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen. Casualty estimates from General Bradley put German losses at about 50 000 daily with 45 000 daily prisoners taken. Luftwaffe scrambled as Canadians near the Zuider Zee and Germans blow the dykes to trap retreating forces.
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Ninth Army
Hannover
Issen
Dortmund
Gelsenkirchen
Omar N. Bradley
12Th
Zuider Zef
Zuider Zee
Holland
Dremen
Hambu
Germany
Invasion at Okinawa Impresses Frontline Writer
Ernie Pyle recalls the Okinawa landings with surprise at the near quiet beach and minimal casualties. Marines, including First Sgt. Andy Anderson and Pfc Ben Glover, adapt to beach battles, adopt goats as pets, and share camaraderie while surveying caves and wreckage.
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Okinawa
James Cosby
Pfc
Ben Glover
Baird
Tex
Japanese Admiral Jutaro Takahashi Dies in San Francisco
Rear Adm. Jutaro Takahashi, a member of the Japanese Diet and former naval gunnery school director, died yesterday. He commanded Japan's first submarine squadron and was the 124th Japanese admiral to die since last May.
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San Fraasco
Ane
Jutaro Takahashi
Giycer-ela
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Takahashi
Naval Gunnery
Japan
Young Widow Jailed In Death Of Child
In New Orleans on April 9 a 26 year old widow, Mrs Ernestine Bonneval, admitted fatally beating her 7 year old daughter Clementine with a rubber hose. Police said she beat the two younger children after accusing them of stealing money and food from a neighbor.
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Bonneval
Genevieve
New Orleans
Ernestine Bonneval
Clementine
W. M. Dwyer
William M. Dwyer
Somer
Allied offensive drives toward Elbe amid Berlin push
The article describes Allied advances from the Rhine into Saxony toward the Elbe with Berlin in striking distance. It notes Kesselring's fragile position lacking troops and materiel, and predicts a collapse as Elbe defenses form a narrow corridor between Berlin and the front with the Soviets.
Road to Berlin front lines distances
Eastern Front thirty two miles from Zellin. Western Front one hundred twenty eight miles from west of Brunswick. Italian Front five hundred forty four miles from the Reno river.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Eastern Front
Zellin
Western Front
Brunswick
Reno River
German forces face delays as Hitler Youth mobilization looms
The official German news agency reports Hitler Youth call ups may involve 10 year old boys and girls to shore up manpower. Kesselring hopes to slow Allied progress by strained supply lines and a potential stand along the Elbe River, aiming to delay final collapse of Nazidom.
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London
U?p
DNB
Hitler Youth Service
Germany
Elbever
Nazi Salt Mine Yields Vast Gold Hoard Inventory
In Merkers Germany US officers labored to inventory a captured hoard of gold and money from a salt mine 2100 feet underground. Officials said the treasure represents Germany's entire gold reserve with more than 4000 bags of bullion already counted and a value possibly exceeding 100 million dollars.
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Merkers
Germany
Riechsbank
Werner Wieck
Reichsbank
Erfurt
Toll Of Jap Dead Now Is 314,854
Manila reports 314 854 Japanese killed or captured in the Philippines as Gen. MacArthur adds 6 495 dead and 179 prisoners to the prior total. The update notes heavy air losses for both sides and continuing battles in Luzon, Bicol, Negros, and Cebu with various tonnage sunk or damaged.
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Manila
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Aegee
MacArthur
South China Sea
Fifth Army Air Force
Danao
Balete Pass
Luzon
Cassino
Italy
Charles L. Mullins
25Th Division
Cagayan Valley
14Th Corps
Bicol
Tayabas
Lucban
Thirteenth Air Force
Negros
Cebu
China Sea
Ylin Bay
Hainan Island
Formosa
Rugged Cabinet Debate Over Britain War Readiness
In London on April 9 two cabinet members clashed over Britain's 1939 war preparedness and postwar industry. Brendan Bracken charged Ernest Bevin with pushing a Labor postwar plan toward a totalitarian state while defending Conservatives against prewar unpreparedness. Bracken scolded Bevin for claiming Conservative warnings and said Churchill might have averted much misery if listened to. He attacked Labor plans for sweeping nationalization of industry.
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London
Britain
Brendan Bracken
Ernest Bevin
Labor
Bracken
Bevin
Holborn
Ang
Churchill
Russians seize Vienna rail centers as city walls tighten
Allied dispatches report Russian forces advancing across Kahlenberg toward Vienna's Danube front. They hold Schoenbrunn park and several southern rail hubs while pressing near Ring and the Franz Josef station. Eastern column nears Aspern airport and aims for Prague corridor.
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Vienna
Schoenbrunn Park
Franz Josef
Danube
Schoenbrunn Palace
Versailles
Kahlenberg
Grinzing
Nuzsdorf
Moscow
Klosterneuberg
Marchfeld
Pframa
Aspern
Vmed Gad Bank
Bruenn
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Japs Drive Yank From Hill In Okinawa Clash
Japanese forces with bayonets pushed American troops from a hill on Okinawa as U S Marines and infantry attacked caves and pillboxes below heavy artillery. The battle followed the sinking of Yamato and significant air strikes as Maj Gen John R Hodge's 24th Army Corps faced dug in Japanese defences.
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Guam
Okinawa
184Th Regiment
Japan
Pacific
U. S
Motobu
Unten
Yamato
John R. Hodge
24Th Army Corps
Argentina Restores Normal Diplomatic Ties With U S
The United States resumes normal diplomatic relations with Argentina at noon today as Secretary of State Stettinius announces. The move follows Argentina’s declaration of war against the Axis and adherence to Mexico City conference resolutions, with no discussion of UN membership or San Francisco conference participation.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
Stettinius
Mexico City
United Nations
Russia
San Francisco
RAF Raids Hit German Submarine Yards and Oil Plant
An armada of over 900 RAF heavy bombers attacked the Blohm Voss submarine yards at Hamburg and the Lutzekendorf oil plant near Leipzig last night. The raid followed U.S. Eighth Air Force strikes on 11 targets around Berlin and Nuernberg. The Blohm Voss yard raid was the fifth in a week. the plant employs 17,000 workers and is a key submarine assembly site. German losses included 192 aircraft in 24 hours.
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London
Blohm-Voss
Hamburg
Lutzekendorf
Leipzig
Fleet Uites
Berlin
Germany
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Nuernberg
Blohm Voss
Air Ministry
Stettinius Seeks Peace Court Guidance From Jurists
Secretary of State Stettinius addresses jurists from 30 nations gathering to shape the Dumbarton Oaks design ahead of the San Francisco conference. They will decide whether to keep the permanent court of international justice at The Hague or form a modified system as part of the proposed world organization. Sir Michael Myers cautions give and take in diplomacy as talks anticipate broad consensus on court changes.
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Washington
Stettinius
International Jurists
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Permanent Court of International Justice
Hague
Netherlands
Michael Myers
New
Zealand
Peacekeeping League
Senate
Nazi Prisoners Call for Surrender to End War
In a broadcast from Camp Devens Massachusetts 1391 of 3102 German POWs signed a petition urging comrades to stop fighting. The appeal states the war only destroys Germany and that the nation is not Hitler, urging immediate surrender for a future without him.
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Washington
War Department
Camp Devens
Mass
Reich
Hitler
Lineberger Hospital Board Heads Raleigh Doctor Chosen Chairman
The State hospitals board of control elected Dr. H. O. Lineberger of Raleigh its chairman after Governor Cherry urged a thorough inquiry of four mental hospitals. The group also named W. G. Tarboro as vice chairman and Mrs. Andrew Blair as secretary, with an executive committee including Clark Tom O’Berry and John Umstead among others.
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Raleigh
State Hospitals Board of Control
H. O. Linesberger
State Society of Densists
Cherry
Lineberger
Clark
Tom O'Berry
Goldsboro
John Umstead
Chapel Hill
Blair
Fifth Army Closing In On Italian Front Near Massa
Fifth Army troops pushing along the Italian west coast close in on Massa after capturing Monte Belvedere two miles south. The 442nd and 92nd divisions spearhead the advance with tank support and counterattack relief from British destroyers Maine and Lookout. Prisoners in the Comacchio area total 250 as mop up continues.
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Fifth Army
Massa
Monte Belvedere
Monte Folgorito
la Spezia
92Nd Negro
Porta
Montignoso
Strinato
Strettoia
Maine
Lookout
Eighth Army
Comacchio Lagoon
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