Allies close on Munich in last German stronghold
American armies push toward Munich as Seventh and Third armies drive on the Bavarian capital. U S forces seize Augsburg and press toward the Brenner pass while authorities report revolutionary activity in Munich and calls to bomb Kesselring’s posts.
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James M. Long
Paris
Germany
Munich
United States
Russia
Britain
Indiana
Colorado
U. S
Seventh
Third Army
Bavaria
Albert Kesselring
Pullach
Paul Giesler
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Augsburg
Tenth Armored
Fuessen
Innsbruck
Brenner Pass
Italy
Austria
44Th
Berg
10Th Armored
Landsberg
Reds Occupy Reichstag In Berlin Center
London dispatch reports Soviet forces encircled central Berlin trapping a Red army pocket around the Reichstag while other sectors of the city fell to Red troops. Moscow said two miles from the Reichstag as 13,000 Berlin garrison troops surrendered nearby and overall German resistance weakened.
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London
Bern
Red Army
Paris
Reichstag
Berlin
Moscow
Mecklenburg Plains
Rostock
Burg
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Pasewalk
Hitler
Germany
Mos
Iuys
Tiergarten
Pisto
Hitler vetoed peace overtures last October says prisoner
Capt. Lyle A. Silvernail of Lawton Michigan, held at a German camp, says Nazi officers urged peace terms and urged contacting Eisenhower. He recalls discussions in which a German commander allegedly received a report from Captain Barth and debated an armistice.
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Hal Boyle
U. S. First Army
Elbe River
Adolph Hitler
Toy
Lyle A. Silvernail
Lawton
Mich
Germany
Gen. Eisenhower
Silvernail
U S Tank Troops Reach Alps In Northern Italy
American forces led by the first armored division overran Brescia and Bergamo at the foot of the Alps in northwestern Italy trapping German routes to the Brenner pass. Swiss reports claimed Mussolini’s capture and German surrender talks, but unconfirmed. Genoa freed. 6,000 prisoners taken as Allied forces crossed the Adige line and neared the Venetian sector.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Italy
Brescia
Bergamo
Alps
Brenner Pass
Austria
Milan
Como
Lombardy
Piedmont
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Genoa
Rodolfo Graziani
Mussolini
Adige
U. S. First Armored Division
Durham To Get 200 New Family Dwelling Units
Durham announces an H-2 housing program by the National Housing Agency to build 200 family dwellings in Durham North Carolina. Of these 25 units are designated for Negro occupancy with rental ceiling 30 dollars and sale ceiling 3 500 dollars per unit. White occupancy units have rent ceiling 60 dollars and sale ceiling 7 500 dollars.
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Durham
N. C
John B. Blandford, Jr
National Housing Agency
NHA
Robert K. Creighton
Atlana
Egroes
War plants to run full schedule on V E Day
War plants will operate full schedules on V E Day following a War Production Board directive. Chairman J A Krug urged workers to work a full day with brief breaks for thanks, aligning with military instructions and federal agency plans. He said V E Day would be a day of battle in the Pacific while guerrilla warfare continues in Europe.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Krug
Army
Navy
Pacific
Europe
Archdale Man Injured When Tractor Crashes On Road
M. L. Brown, 35, of Archdale was seriously hurt while plowing for a friend about 17 miles from town on the Asheboro road. The tractor reared up and fell back crushing his chest. he was rushed to the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital by ambulance.
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M. L. Brown
Archdale
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Brown
Asheboro
High Point
Baguio Falls To Yanks As Japs Face Gloomy Outlook Throughout Empire
American forces push across the Philippines as Baguio falls and Davao Gulf operations advance. In Okinawa the battle slows amid focus on pillboxes and caves while Japanese raids damage ships. Emperor Hirohito’s birthday is celebrated amid mounting Allied victories and renewed strikes toward Burma and Nippon.
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Baguio
Guio
Philippines
Benguet
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Davao Gulf
Mindanao
Moro Gulf
Davao
Okinawa
Ryukyus
U. S
Hirohito Celeel
Tokyo
Nippon
Asia
Cael
Burma
Ran
Allied Russian meeting shifts war focus to Pacific
The first Allied Russian junction in Germany signals a shift to a one front war for the Allies as American forces advance in the Pacific. Okinawa is pivotal as the likely staging point for renewed attacks on Japan while air power paves the way for future operations.
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Associated Presse
Elbe
Philippines
Okinawa
Pacific
Atlantic
Germany
Japan
Tokyo
Ryukuyu
China Sea
Gibraltar
Formosa
Conquest Of Berlin Now In Final Stage
Berlin nears final collapse as German troops waive surrender amid severe shortages of food and water in a burning capital. Russian forces concentrate searchlights on central districts as the defenders’ will to fight wanes.
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Berlin
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Nazi leaders' whereabouts muddled as Allied reports mount
Reports on Adolf Hitler Hermann Goering Heinrich Himmler Paul Joseph Goebbels Franz von Papen Kurt Dittmar Albert Kesselring and Benito Mussolini vary with Berlin Munich and Moscow sources. Some say Hitler directs Berlin defense others claim Goering is dead or fled. Mussolini reportedly captured or elusive amid partisan activity.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Rechhesgaden
Stockholm
Hitler
Goering
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Moscow
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Hartz Mountains
Britain
United States
Russia
Goebbels
Paul Jo
Seph Goebbels
Franz von Papen
Kurt Dittmar
High Command
Elbe
Albert Kesselring
Munich
U. S. 15th Will Occupy Allied Area of Reich
Supreme Allied Headquarters in Paris announced that General Gerow’s U S Fifteenth Army will occupy the U S sector of Germany, focusing on southern regions. Civilians face a 1 150 calorie daily diet unless food production or imports avert famine as Allies plan to avoid pampering the vanquished while feeding displaced nationals awaiting return home. The contrast with American soldiers’ rations and liberated civilians underlines the strain of occupation planning.
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
Paris
Leonard T. Gerow
U. S. 15Th Army
U. S
Germany
Thomas J. Moroney
Dallas
Tex
G-5
Gerow
United States
Connally Maintains Original Surrender Claim Amid Conflicting Reports
Senator Tom Connally stood by his claim that a surrender offer was made by Himmler to the Allies, despite Moscow and San Francisco reports denying a concrete unconditional proposal. President Truman and Eisenhower officials issued cautious statements denying immediate surrender details as rumors spread globally.
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Moscow
Heinrich
United States
Francisco
Truman
Himmler
San Francisco
Origi
Tom Vonnally
Senate Foreign Trons
United Nations Con
Associated Press
White House
Washi
Paris
Connall
Jonathan Daniels
Eisenhower
Army Per
Stars and Stripes
San Frisco
Stettinius
Stettini
Tass
Britain
Soviet Union
Lena Connally
Hitler
Himm
San Franciso
Washington
Stockholm
Dagende Stocr Nyheter
Har
Count Folke Bernadotte
Swedish Cross
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Oak Street
Reds
Hamburg
By Richard Kasischke
Fedor Lipatkin
Lipatkin
Stalingrad
Radio Rom
U.S
By Ray Cronin
Kesselring
Regensburg
Hermann Mootz
Ninth Army
Reich
Sen. Connally
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