Okinawa Marines Share Small Moments and Letters
Ernie Pyle notes from Okinawa tell of Corporal Charles Bradshaw a 19 year old with a .45 and a photo album, and Pfc Dallas Rhode a former Indianapolis Times writer in the replacements pool. Also mentions Corp Robert Kingan whose daughter Karen Louise was born Feb 25 and letters from home. Marines shown as killers yet sentimental.
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Ernie
Corp
Charles Bradshaw
S. Holmes Ave
Indianapolis
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Brady
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Pfc
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Raymond St
Indianapolis Times
Times
Panama
Robert Kingan
Talbot Ave
Cuyahoga Falls
Karen Louise
Bob
A. H. Morgan
Mrs. Morgan
Soviets Press Nazi Capital From Outer to Center
Soviet forces under Marshal Zukov pushed three miles into Berlin’s northwest sector during the night advancing into Moabit and Tiergarten. The First White Russian Army had broken from Siemanskstadt, with Moscow radio dispatches confirming the advance.
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London
Berlin
Gregory K. Zukov
Moabit
Tiergarten
Siemafistadt
Moscow Radio
Linkup Near Leipzig Shapes German Front in World War II
Paris reports American First Army and Russian forces meeting near Leipzig in central Germany as Marshal Konev’s units link at Torgau. Patton’s Third Army advances into Austria reaching Regensburg and contacting the Russians west of Vienna, threatening Czechoslovakia and three German eastern fronts.
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Germany
Leipzig
Ivan S. Konev
Torgau
Patton
Austria
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Regensburg
Danube
Pate Ton
Valhalla
Red Russia Drives Balkan Breakthrough Amid War Map Scrutiny
The article argues that Red Russia underpins a sweeping shift in the Balkans as Yugoslav and Bulgarian forces push the Germans back toward Austria, with Marshal Tito advancing across Yugoslavia and into the Drava valley as General Patton and Soviet troops penetrate deeper.
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Balkan Peninsula
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Reich
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Yugoslavia
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Austria
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Fifth Army Near Milan After Italian Front Push
U S Fifth Army forces closed to within 35 miles of Milan as Allied forces fortified a front toward the Nazi Alpine redoubt. In the Ligurian west a Free Milan radio report claimed Genoa fell to an allied advance, signaling German retreat and Mussolini’s Blackshirts moving east.
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U. S
Fifth Army
Milan
Italin Front
Ligurian
London
Genoa
Tobacco Prices Up Two Cents A Pound
Senator Burnet Maybank predicts a two cent per pound increase in Maryland tobacco will be echoed in North and South Carolina. He says rising labor and machinery costs justify higher prices for Carolina leaf and has consulted the Office of Economic Stabilization on summer and early fall sale pricing.
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Carolinas
Maryland
OPA
Burnet Maybank
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Palmetto
North
South Carolina
Maybank
Office of Economic Stabilization
Carolina
RAF Rockets Halt German Reinforcement at Hamburg
RAF rocket powered Typhoons split up a German attempt to reinforce Hamburg from the sea. Barges were sunk during two attacks as storms of explosions signaled ammunition on board. Kiel naval base and northern airfields also faced Mosquito raids with several ships set afire and headquarters buildings damaged near Oldenburg.
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Hamburg
RAF
Denmark
Kiel
Oher
Germany
Norway
First Army
Oldenburg
Soviet forces seize Berlin outskirts amid battle for city
Moscow announced that First White Army troops captured Spandau on Berlin’s western edge and reached Potsdam and Rathenow as Soviet forces push from the north and south. Reports said Berlin’s main airport Tempelhof may be threatened, with fierce house to house fighting continuing through the ruins.
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Berlin
U. S
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Tittling
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Regenburg
Elbe
Riesa
Italy
Parma
Mantua
Alps
London
Spandau
Flaming
Potsdam
Rathenow
Marshal Stalin
Marshal Petain Returns to Paris for Treason Trial
Marshal Petain, 89, arrives at Montrouge Fort to stand trial on treason charges. He is accompanied by his wife and two nurses, and requests a photo of de Gaulle to hang in his virtually cell like room. Police guard the former Vichy leader as he begins detention before proceedings.
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Montrouge
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Petain
Gen. de Gaulle
France
Switzerland
Germany
Row Over Chairmanship Breaks UN Conference Deadlock
Delegates meet to break a chairmanship deadlock at the United Nations conference. Molotov blocks Stettinius for chair as 46 nations face timetable disruption. Secret sessions seek a rotating presidency among Stettinius Molotov Eden and Soong to ease tensions.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
Comissar Molotos
Stettinius
United States
Britain
Molotov
Eden
Soong
China
Kesselring's Private Train Captured by Third Army
The report says Marshal Albert Kesselring’s private train was captured near Cham close to the Czechoslovak frontier as Gen. Patton’s Third Army advances toward Regensburg. An officer in charge said the 151-car train was en route to Regensburg to extract Kesselring, with uncertainty over his presence. American forces also seized 50 Messerschmitts at Cham airport after pilots ran out of fuel.
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Third Army
U. & Srd
Austria
Albert Kesselring
Cham
South Germany
Regensburg
Patton
Kesselring
William 4. Scott
Pasadena
Calif
Okinawa Front Breached as U.S. Divisions Puncture Defenses
In southern Okinawa Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley's 96th Division pushed through the first Japanese line with heavy warship support and captured new high ground near Naha. Other units moved on Yonabaru airstrip and Machinato area as reports note light resistance. American forces also landed on Negros in the Philippines, advancing after landing at Dumaguete.
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James L. Bradley
96Th
Okinawa
Naha
Archibald V. Arnold
Yonabaru
George W. Griner
Machinato
Gukuma Village
Manila
Negros
Philippine Island
Dumaguete
Truman Declares Allied Meeting Cuts Germany In Two
President Truman announced at the White House that the meeting of Anglo American and Soviet forces at Torgau marks a pivotal juncture. He stressed it does not mean final victory but signals progress toward peace and a new international security framework led by the United Nations.
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Berlin
Europe
United Nations
Franklin’ Roosevelt
San Francisco
Russia Blocks Stettinius as UN Conference Chair
The Russian government refused to recognize Secretary of State Stettinius as chairman of the United Nations conference triggering mixed reactions among the American delegation. Senators Vandenberg and Connally will attend today's steering committee to resolve the leadership issue amid diplomatic restraint and uncertainty about Soviet intentions.
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Stettinius
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Connally
D-Tex
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Molotov
Stalin
Russia
Sesson
Educators Of State Presses For Federal Aid In Raleigh
A large North Carolina educators delegation led by Mrs. Annie Laurie McDonald will appear before Rep. Barden's education committee in Raleigh to advocate a federal aid for education bill. The proposal would provide $3000000 annually with North Carolina's share about $13.67 million, over seven million to raise teachers salaries.
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House
North Carolina
Annie Laurie McDonald
Hickory
North Carolina Education Association
House Education Committee
Barden
Third Army Drives Into Austria as Russian Forces Link Up
Patton's Third Army enters Austria crossing the border and advancing toward the Danube with Tolbukhin's Russians. Lt. Col. John T. Wingard leads a Thunderbolt task force into Austrian territory at 6 p.m. amid reports of Hitler Youth ambush plots. enemy fires cease as Germans retreat into forests leaving bicycles and motorcycles behind.
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Hitler
Elbe meeting celebrated by Allied forces and Russian troops
Celebrations on the Elbe mark the historic meeting of American Gen Hodges First Army and Marshal Ivan’s First Ukrainian Army. Soldiers from both sides embraced and toasted the alliance as 24 salvoes from 324 guns rang from Moscow. The historic crossing and joint patrols linked American and Russian forces near Torgau.
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Elbe
Hodges
First Army
Ivan
Mier
Stalin
Torgau
Law Extending Draft Sent To White House
Washington April 27. Legislation extending the draft went to the White House after the House approved by voice vote a Senate restriction on combat use of 18 year old inductees. The measure, written by the Senate, prohibits draftees under 19 from fighting until at least six months of training. The House accepted the Senate ban and the military committee supported it by a reportedly unanimous vote. The Senate moved the restrictive amendment this week and emphasized it is not retroactive or applicable to 18 year olds inducted earlier.
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Military Committee
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