Firing Line Honors Third Armored Leader in Germany
Tribute to Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, commander of the Third Armored Division, praised as an ideal professional soldier. Highlights include his rapid rise from private, combat leadership in Tunisia Italy and Western Europe, saving Churchill from a bazooka moment, and his relentless front line courage ending in Germany during World War II.
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Third Armored
Germany
Maurice Rose
Rom
Rose
Ernie Harmon
Second Armored Division
Harmon
First National Bank
First Armored
Tunisia
Italy
Europe
Churchill
England
Welk
Palermo
Sicily
Russians Closing on Vienna and Pressing to Linz and Munich
Soviet forces drive toward Prague and Munich from Vienna as Third Ukrainian and Tolbukhin units push west. Russian reports say Vienna may fall soon with crossing near Tulln and Nussdorf, while Koenigsberg falls to Baltic troops. Inland fronts claim Prater overrun and Ringstrasse seized.
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London
Vienna
Munich
Prague
Moscow
Baltic
Koenigsberg
Feodor IL. Kukhin
Linz
Tolbukhin
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Danube
Nuzsdorf
Tulln
Tulma Tly
Berlin
TER Prater
Americans Press Southern Okinawa With Heavy Artillery Fire
On southern Okinawa American forces under Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge grind forward amid a heavy artillery duel as Japanese defenders on Katena Ko and near Naha mount local counterattacks. To the north Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger’s corps advances along the western shore, with Nimitz reporting scattered opposition and a major garrison estimated over 60,000. Navy bombers strike Japanese shipping, sinking destroyers and damaging freighters as Luzon trench warfare continues against trapped Nipponese.
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Guam
Inawa
John R. Hodge
42Th
U. S. Army Corps
Naha
Roy S. Gieger
Third Marine Amphibious Corps
Katena Ko
Chester W. Nimitz
Okinawa
Manila
Swatow
China
Nn MacArthur
Will
Netherlands East Indies
Luzon Island
Wheeler says OPA rife with crooks over meat black market
Senator Wheeler accuses OPA enforcement chief Thomas Emerson of underreporting and says the agency must act against a thriving meat black market. The exchange cites Emerson calling reports of widespread black market activity “grossly exaggerated” while Wheeler presses for hard facts.
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Washington
Senator Wheeler
D-Mont
OPA
Thomas I. Emerson
Enforcement
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
Trial of Lt. Epes May Faces Immediate Arraignment
Solicitor T. Pau Taylor said he will seek immediate arraignment for Lt. S. C. Epes, indicted by the Richland grand jury for the murder of his wife Mrs. Mary Lee Willi Epes on January 28. A postponement by the defense is possible as Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell, defense attorney and president pro tem of the state senate, is in a Columbia hospital for treatment and is also attending the legislature.
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Columbia
S&s. C
T. Pau Taylor
Lt. S. C. Epes
Richland Grand Jury
Mary Lee Willi Epes
Taylor
Edgar A. Brown
Barnwell
Brown
State Senate
War Today on Hitler Threat to Kill Captives Inches Toward Immunity
An Associated Press column questions whether Allied leaders would accept immunity for Hitler and his aides to avert threat to kill prisoners. It notes failed punishment after prior aggressions, cites Mussolini and Japan as precedents, and argues punishment for war guilt is essential to deter future wars.
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Hitler
Yernau
Eduard da
An Aire
Brandsons
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Japan
Manchuria
League of Nations
Italy
Austria
Europe
Reds Hold Key In Argentina Situation
The United States and allies depend on Soviet Russia for Argentina’s participation in the San Francisco UN conference opening April 25. Moscow has leverage to approve or block Argentina’s first step, shaping whether a delegation is seated at the conference.
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Washington
Russia
Argentina
San Francisco
Buenos Aires
Moscow
Britain
United States
Warsaw
Poland
National Unity
Yanks To Keep Up Search For German Gold
Washington reports the search for Nazi gold will continue after Merkers salt mine seizure. Some experts believe Germany hid far more than the $100 million found. others think the Merkers find was the bulk. Prewar holdings and seizures in Czechoslovakia Poland and Belgium are cited as context.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Merkers
Treasury Department
State
Department
Foreign Economic Administration
Fedral Reserve Board
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Bank of France
German gold hoard attachment filed in Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph Mo April 10 An affidavit in attachment for the 100 million dollar German gold hoard seized by the Yanks in a German salt mine has been sued by Justice of the Peace A M Olmstead He issued the writ on application of Dr Frank Luckinbill of Lt Joseph a dentist who claims Germany owes him 5000 for a World War I wound The justice said he would send a registered letter to General Eisenhower to inform him of the action
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Saint Joseph
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Olmstead
Olmstead
Frank Luckinbill
Joseph
Germany
Gen
Eisenhower
Lull Closes On Italian Frontier
Rome April 10 British Eighth army with heavy air support crossed the Senio river as part of a push to prevent German withdrawal into southern Alps. Allied assault hit from Lugo area on a broad front, using 1 000 bombers and heavy guns. The move signals a major step in breaking winter stalemate and forecasts tougher fighting ahead. Field Marshal Kesselring absent. von Viettinghoff believed to have taken command for German western front.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Eighth Army
Italy
Senio
Germany
Bri
Lugo
Albert Kesselring
Western Front
Freidrich von Viettighoff
Cassino
Ireland To Be No Haven For Criminals
London April 10 Prime Minister Churchill said he would ensure no war criminals find sanctuary in neutral Eire The question came from Dr James Little a Belfast Presbyterian minister who asked if Churchill would act to bar sanctuaries in any country within the British commonwealth His written reply was Yes sir.
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London
Churchill
Eire
James Little
Belfast
Tanks And Infantry Push Into Hannover As First Army Advances
Allied forces drive from the Thuringian plain toward the Harz mountains with Ninth army tanks reaching near Hannover and First army armor moving 24 miles toward the Elbe. British forces strike toward Hamburg as Ruhr pockets shrink with Gelsenkirchen and Essen falling amid heavy fighting and thousands of prisoners.
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Hannover
Harz Mountains
Paris
Ninth Army
Berlin
First Army
Hart Mountains
Elbe River
Nordhausen
Courtney H. Hodges
Germany
Aea
Try
Ruhr
Hamburg
Thuringian Plain
Third Army
Northeim
Harz
Supreme Headquarters
Holland
Field Marshal
Montgomery
North Sea
Canadian First Army
Dollart Bay
Emden
Netherlands
Gelsenkirchen
Essen
Geremany
Siegburg
Bonn
First
Mt. Olpe
Kobberode
Bremen
Weser
Hoya
Cut
Omar Bradley
Thuringian
Don Whitehead
Jena
Napoleon
12Th
Erfurt
Czechoslovakia
Tar Heel Held On Charge Of Having 4 Wives
A 28-year-old bus driver Ernest Setzer was jailed in Fort Smith Arkansas on four counts of bigamy and related charges after four women said they had married him. Prosecutor Floyd Barhan said warrants from North Carolina accuse him of bigamy child abandonment and non support. Setzer said he married Lois Setzer in Lenoir and one Charleston S. C. woman but denied other marriages. He is to be transported to Le noir North Carolina.
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FT. Smith
Ark
Floyd Barhan
Barhan
Ernest Setzer
Lenoir
N. C
North Carolina
Lois Setzer
Setzer
Claudia Setzer
Jeanette Setzer
North Charleston
Ss. C
Enid Setzer
Compton Calif
Navy
Charleston Navy Yard
Fort Smith
Jet Takeoff Blitz Hits Berlin Area Air Bases
More than 2,150 U S bombers and fighters struck seven jet plane bases south and west of Berlin in a fourth straight day of aerial assaults. The daylight force included over 1,300 heavy bombers and 850 fighters. Earlier RAF action at Kiel hit submarine yards and ordnance depots in northern Germany.
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London
U. S
Berlin
Germany
Kiel
Time Needed Before Income Tax Refunds Can Be Sent Out
Washington opinion piece explains that 18 to 20 million Americans await refunds. May distribution of up to 800 million dollars is hoped, with December finish possible. Notices of address changes are crucial as many refunds were returned last year. Do not ask collectors about delays. update address promptly.
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Washington
Sam
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Americans Mistreated By Germans
Goettingen Germany April 10 British imperial prisoners freed from two German camps say American soldiers captured during von Rundstedt's Ardennes offensive were starved and mistreated. A South African gun sergeant recalled Red Cross parcels failing to arrive and food shrinking to watery soup and one inch sausage. He noted American units such as the 106th 99th and 28th infantry divisions suffered harsher treatment than his group then.
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Goettingen
Germany
Marshal von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Tobruk
Duderstadt
Red Cross
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Prater
Kom River
Danube Canal
Ringstrasse
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
France
Jeerlin
Associated Press
Ellin
Brunswick
United Nations
Reds
Ireland
Tar Heel
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