Tanks Nearing Czech Border Ninth Halted Nearing Czech Front
American and Allied forces advanced toward Berlin and the Czech frontier as the Ninth armored division lifted from the Leipzig siege and pushed toward Chemnitz. Third army units neared Bayreuth while RAF bombers hit Berlin and Potsdam. Berlin was described as a front line city amid looming Soviet and American pressure.
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Paris
U. S
Leipzig
Berlin
Chemnitz
Ivan S. Konev
Silesia
Czech
Germany
Ninth Armored
Bavaria
Austria
Eleventh Armored Division
Bayreuth
Munich
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Gerlin
First Army
President Roosevelt Buried in Family Garden at Hyde Park
President Roosevelt is laid to rest in his Hyde Park family garden after a nation living in mourning saw a day of solemn rites at the White House. Mourners, officials, and international figures followed the funeral procession as the body was transported from Washington to New York for private burial tomorrow at 10 a.m. The voyage featured honor guards, naval bands, and a final salute to a leader who served 12 years as president.
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Truman
America
White House
Barney H. Giles
Army Air Force Staff
Harry L. Stimson
George C. Marshall
International Soundphoto
Reedy
Washington
Umlin D. Roosevelt
Hudson River
Cahen
Hyde Park
N. Y
Union Station
Mr. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
U. S. Navy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lafayette Park
United States
East
Formosa Blasted By U. S. and British Carrier Planes
Allied air forces pummeled Formosa and nearby islands injuring airfields and towns. U S and British carriers damaged enemy planes on the ground and hit hangars, barracks, and trains while ground fighting in Okinawa showed no decisive advantage.
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Formosa
U. S
Associated Press
Okinawa
Japan
9Th Division
Philippines
Fort Drum
Manila Bay
Bombers Hit Berlin Again as Allied Front Tightens
Allied air power pounded Berlin with reports from German radio as the RAF and US bombers carried out a renewed assault. In France, 1,150 Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked Bordeaux and a German garrison, with five bombers missing and French forces conducting a limited coast attack.
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Berlin
Reich
RAF
Bordeaux
Fortien
France
Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Hopkins and Truman Talk in Washington
Hopkins, Roosevelt aide, meets with President Truman in Washington after attending the Roosevelt funeral. He says he would help, but has no formal role in the new administration and plans to return to Mayo Clinic before visiting Truman again with any Roosevelt-era information.
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Hopkins
Truman
Washington
Harry S. Hopkins
Mt Truman
Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
White House
Hugh Fulton
Truman Investigation Committee
Senate
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Two U. S. Negro Soldiers To Be Hanged For Rape
Three American Negro soldiers were convicted of rape by a court martial in Tauberbischofsheim Germany. Two were sentenced to hang and one to life imprisonment. The verdict was read in the presence of German complainants. The sentences are subject to review by General Eisenhower.
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Tauberbischofsheim
Germany
Hitler
Eisenhower
Von Papen Captured in Ruhr Pocket by U S Ninth Army
Paris April 14 Franz Von Papen a longtime Nazi diplomat and former German chancellor was captured April 11 in the Ruhr pocket. He was seized near Stockhausen along with his son and son in law by Lt Thomas McKinley and seven soldiers at a hunting lodge.
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Paris
Franz von Pappen
Gray Fox
United States
Ruhr
U. S. Ninth Army
German Republic
Councellor
Hitler
Austria
Turkey
Stockhausen
Hamm
Burlington
Iowa
Jesse H. Leonard
Lexington
N. C
Den
Soviets Poised For All-Out Offensive Against Berlin
British dispatches report a massive Soviet thrust within 30 miles of Berlin after two armies opened preparatory operations to link with American forces. Berlin claimed a huge four-army attack aimed to engulf the capital, with diversions along the Oder and lines near Guben and Kuestrin.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Uv —Panitky
Berlin
Benin
Neisse
S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Moscow
Vienna
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Linz
Czechoslovakia
Bruenn
Brno
Red Army
Guben
Oder River
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Kues
War Today Reconstruction And Remagen Bridgehead Pattern
The piece notes a shifting pattern in Allied war plans after the Remagen bridgehead. It questions V E day timing and the likely German resistance. Rumors of a Bavarian Alps Nazi holdout loom amid uncertain postwar cleanup expectations and limited concrete evidence.
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Germany
Bavarian Alps
Hodges
Remagen
Eisenhower
Bishops Warn Of Spread Of Marxian Idea
A committee of Catholic bishops declared two incompatible life paths will divide loyalties in the political world of tomorrow, contrasting democracy with Marxian totalitarianism. They criticized world peace plans and stressed human dignity and God given rights in their international affairs pronouncement. The statement was issued by the archbishops and bishops of the National Catholic Welfare Conference.
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Washington
Velt
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Molotov Chosen to Represent Russia at UN Conference
President Truman proposed Foreign Minister Molotov as Russia’s delegate to the United Nations conference. Stalin confirmed Molotov would attend, signaling cooperation in forming the new international organization per Roosevelt and Yalta plans.
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Washington
Marshal Stalin
Truman
Molotov
Russia
White House
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Roosevelt
Yalta
Stalin
Fighting On Continent May Continue Into Winter
Paris reports that European fighting may persist into winter if guerrilla resistance grows in Norway and southern Germany. American divisions could remain in Europe to constant danger, with V E Day pending broader German collapse and a joint Stalin Eisenhower proclamation.
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James M. Long
Paris
Alli
Germany
Norway
Marshal Stalin
Burial Rites To Be Brief And Simple
Hyde Park residents prepared for a brief interment of Franklin D. Roosevelt as the funeral train returns his body to the estate garden at 10 a m. The committal follows a short Episcopal service with President Truman and senior officials in attendance. A memorial service will be held at St James Episcopal Church at 11 a m. with the Hyde Park squire as senior warden.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt Crum Elbow
New York Central
Episcopal Church
Harry S. Truman
Army
Navy
Anthony Eden
Soil From Twenty Nations On Roosevelt Grave
Earth from 20 American republics was flown to Hyde Park New York to scatter on Franklin D Roosevelt's grave. The soil honors Roosevelts good neighbor policy and came from Havana's Pan American tree planting in Cuba. The memorial was organized by Havana diplomatic representatives and Cuban government, delivered by Pan American Airways and Eastern Airlines.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fraternity Park
Havana
Cuba
Americas
Havana, and Presented By the Consular Association
Pan American Airways
J. M. Nouel
Dominican Republic
Eastern Airlines
Episcopal Burial Rite Planned For Roosevelt Grave
In Hyde Park New York the Rev George W Anthony announced he would conduct tomorrow the Episcopal burial service at President Roosevelt s grave The service includes passages from scripture and the creed that the body returns to earth with hope of resurrection and eternal life continued on page two
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N. Y
George W. Anthony
President Roosevelt
Jesus
Jesus Christ
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