Third Army Reaches Danube in Soviet Victory News
Dispatch from Okinawa on April 25 reports Allied forces advancing toward the Danube while detailing personal notes from soldiers. The piece highlights Pfc Dick Trauth, 17, from Albuquerque, and fellow Marines Buzz Vitere and Johnny Martorello, their morale efforts, and a sentimental song written by Johnny for his girl back home.
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Soviet Reach Elbe on 22 Mile Front Amid Berlin Encirclement
Soviet forces reach the Elbe river on a 22 mile front northwest of Dresden as Berlin encirclement tightens. Moscow claims center of Berlin reached by Russians and reports from Hamburg radio confirm Elbe contact with Mulde river nearby. German communique notes nine miles south of Berlin cut, isolating the capital as fighting continues in Babelsberg and Spandau areas.
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Allied forces close on Hitler's Alpine redoubt near Munich
American led troops crossed the Danube and moved within 83 miles of Berchtesgaden as two other Allied armies pierced toward Hitler's final Alpine stronghold encircling Munich in a major maneuver.
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Danube
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Munich
Charles Cannon Named Chairman of American Cotton Manufacturers
Atlanta April 25 Charles Cannon president of Cannon Mills Concord NC was chosen chairman of the board of the American Cotton Manufacturers association during the meeting here today.
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Cannon Mills
Concord
North Carolina
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Yanks Seize High Ground Near Ishin Okinawa
U S Seventh division infantrymen moved to secure high ground near the village of Ishin on Okinawa threatening the eastern flank of the Japanese fortified defense line. Since the all out assault began last Thursday Maj. Gen. John R. Hodges 24th army corps captured up to 800 yards earlier. The fighting has been slow and brutal as troops dig the Japanese from caves pillboxes and blockhouses along a four mile belt south of Naha.
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U. S. Seventh Division
Ishin
Okinawa
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24Th Army Corps
Naha
Roy S. Geiger
Third Amphibious Corps
Baby found murdered in Greensboro well shocks city
A 14 month old boy, whose father is overseas, was found dead in an abandoned well at 821 Pearson Street. Police say the discovery, by a detective under a back porch, is part of a brutal murder inquiry led by Police Chief L L Jarvis. The mother Mrs Cynthia Decastro Hiatt is being questioned for details of the disappearance and the body discovery.
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Cynthia Decastro Hiatt
RAF hits Hitler's Berchtesgaden stronghold with bombs
Bulletin reports RAF Lancasters delivering a direct hit on Hitler's Berchtesgaden chalet using a 12,000 pound earthquake bomb. Mammoth bombs rained on the Kehlstein peak above the chalet as the raid, likely an assassination attempt, is described with the potential for heavier ordnance.
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Bombers Hit Berchtesgaden Rail Lines and Skoda Works
London reports more than 1,050 British based American bombers struck a private rail line within 10 miles of Berchtesgaden and attacked the Skoda armaments works at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia.
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Taft Doubtful on Rapid Postwar Tax Cuts
Senator Taft of Ohio challenged Rep. Doughton’s forecast of tax cuts soon after V E Day. Taft, a top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, warned that wartime needs and a projected postwar cost of government around 75 billion dollars will limit reductions. He favors boosting exemptions before changing rates as postwar budget plans unfold.
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Taft
Ohio
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Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Japan
Germany
Treasury
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White House
Five Negroes Escape From Avery County Prison Camp
North Carolina and Tennessee officers hunt five prisoners who overpowered a guard and fled in a pickup toward the Tennessee line from the Avery county camp. Named are James Armstrong 29 Cleo Hayes 22 Neely Kelly 25 Joseph Smith 27 William Cicero McQueen 26 led the breakout. Armstrong faced 1936 Johnston assault with intent to kill and highway robbery charges.
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Avery County
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Cleo Hayes
Neely Kelly
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William Cicero McQueen
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Peace forged by Big Three as war rages in Berlin
The piece argues that unity among Russia Britain and America signals hope for a postwar peace as Allied forces strike German targets like the Skoda factory at Pilsen. It lauds the allied effort and condemns Nazi brutality while noting the ongoing battle in Berlin and urging a durable peace structure.
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Petain Returns to France Threatened Treason Trial
Paris awaits Marshal Petain as he nears France to stand trial on high treason. A fortress in the Paris suburbs will house him under heavy guard with visitors limited to his defense counsel. France shows deep public division amid calls for his death while Allied troops push toward Munich and Bohemian regions.
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World Organization Opens With Poland Gap At San Francisco
At the opening of the United Nations conference in San Francisco the Polish chair is empty as 46 nations meet to blueprint postwar governance. Secretary Stettinius presides with Truman radioed from Washington, while Molotov Eden and Warren participate as big-power tensions surface over Poland.
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United Nations Conference On International Organization
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California
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Armored Division Advances Near Austrian Border Near Berchtesgaden
The 1st Armored Division pushed 15 miles southeast in Germany today to reach within 1 mile of the Austrian frontier, advancing to a point 79 miles north and slightly east of Berchtesgaden.
Allied Armies Cross Po River in Northern Italy Push
Allied British Eighth and U S Fifth armies pushed across the Po seeking disorganized German forces retreating toward Italy’s northern border. The U S 10th Mountain Division won the first foothold beyond the barrier, facing fierce enemy fire as they crossed a 200 yard wide river. Ferrara fell to the Eighth Army and La Spezia to the Fifth, with about 40,000 prisoners captured and the Fifth accounting for 25,000.
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