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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1945
Page
2
Surrender Talk United High Point Law and Order After News
Premature surrender announcement in High Point triggers swift police action and city officials response. Chief Lowdermilk leads off duty forces to maintain calm. Mayor Koonce and Manager Braden work with the USO on prayer services. If V-E day comes Sunday, city closures and a postwar holiday are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Jon
John Lowdermilk
Arnold J. Koonce
Braden
Koonce
Warfront Push Across Europe Tightens German Surrender
Allied columns close encirclement across Bavaria and Austria as Patton's Third Army and the 11th Armored push toward Munich and Berchtesgaden while Russians advance on Berlin rear areas. U S First Army links with Reds as British drive from Bremen toward the North Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schongau
Munich
Patton
Third
86Th
Hirnkirchen
11Th Armored
Austria
Hitler
Berchtesgau
Ameri
Third Army
Slovakia
Maxhov
Pilsen
Karibach
Czechoslovakia
13Th Armored
Rum
Danube
Alterhofen
Regensburg
U. Ninth Army
Berlin
Red Army
Stuttgart
U. S
Bremen
Cuxhaven
Bremerhaven
Conquest unfolds as armies clash near capital
The report describes heavy artillery and rocket barrages aimed at masses of troops in a capital sector. Soviet forces led by Maj-Gen Gregory Zhukov and Marshal Ivan Lew advance westward from the airport area toward Den Linden and the Tiergarten, pushing from the Moabit region toward Khstag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khstag
Ter den Linden
Tiergarten
Surrender rumors swirl at San Francisco UN conference
United Nations talks in San Francisco buzzed over unconfirmed reports of a German surrender. Delegates including Jan Masaryk and other leaders weighed rumors against the stalled plan for a permanent peace and debated a larger voice for smaller nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United Nations
Jan Masaryk
Douglas B. Cornell
San Francisco
United Nations Conference
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
Jan Masarykin
Stalin
Molotov
China
Dumbarton Oaks
World Security Council
Stettinius
Warsaw
Moscow
World Assembly of Nations
Yalta
Turning tide of Allied victory vows in war across Pacific
The European and Pacific fronts are seen as aligning toward a massive bombing campaign against Japan and an encirclement to isolate Chinese theaters. Allied forces, including Russian and Western troops, are described as steadily reducing German resistance while pledging to renew focus on Japan, with emphasis on turning points in April and omens of renewed drive from east to west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Japan
Germany
China
Elbe
Burma
Russians Break Through Berlin Defensive Lines Near Mitte
Soviet Marshal Zhukov’s forces pushed through Moabit and western Charlottenburg reaching Bismarckstrasse as they advanced toward Unter den Linden. In the south, Schönberg and Tempelhof areas fell under heavy fire while Hallesches Tor neared, with Konev’s units moving from Friedenau to join in the central pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiergarten
Moscow
Zhukov
Moabit
Spree
Charlotten‘burg
Bismarckstrasse
Adolf Hitler
Latz
Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Unter den Linden
Schoeneberg
Hallesches Tor
Reichs-Chancellery
Potsdamer Platz
Friedrichstrasse
Alexander P.tz
Unter den
Ivan S. Konev
Friedenau
Grunewald
Ruhle
Janker
Ninth Army
Elbe
Hamburg
Potsdam
Wizard Needed for Paymaster at Camp Carson Fiji Payrolls
Master Sgt. Daniel B. Eddy recalls the role of paymaster for the U S government in the Fiji Islands. He values a mathematical wizard with endurance to fly thousands of miles delivering payrolls totaling about five hundred thousand dollars to American troops.
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Camp Carson
Colo
INS
United States
Fiji Islands
Daniel B. Eddy
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Eddy
Army Service Forces Convalescent
WPB Relaxes 41 War Controls Amid Reconversion Surge
The War Production Board revoked 41 wartime controls as reconversion accelerates and Germany’s defeat becomes likely. Fifteen more actions may follow with relaxations planned after V-E day, while rationing and material allocation remain in effect. Twelve revocations target steel mills easing size and type limits on rails pipes and reinforcing steel for construction.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
War Production Board
Germany
WPB
Ir ‘Aq
Federal Register
Official Gazette
YPB
Surrender claims swirl as war news speeds worldwide
Reports claim Himmler accepted surrender terms and Japan faced new setbacks as Allied, Soviet, and world reactions varied. Celebrations erupted in San Francisco and Rio while London and Paris awaited official confirmation amid conflicting broadcasts and denials.
Italians Reach Northwestern Border as German Defenses Collapse
Allied reports say Milan and Turin were freed by Italian patriots and French forces, with partisans pushing into the Po valley. Air drops totaling over 5 million pounds of supplies aided uprisings across the northern zone while an American Thunderbolt crippled German convoys. Marshal Graziani was captured by Italian patriots, details scarce.
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Bergamo
Milan
Turin
Alps
Italy
Allied Air Command
Bologna
Po Plain
French Riviera
Marshal Graziani
Libya
Somaliland
North Africa
15Th Army Group
Washington Editor Reports Visit to Buchenwald
Washington editor Ben McKelway recalls touring Buchenwald with Eisenhower party. He describes the crematorium, execution chamber, and wall sign, noting the camp’s brutality and the SS Gestapo as the primary perpetrators. He argues guilt rests on those who supported the Nazi regime.
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Associa Press
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ben McKelway
Washington Star
Paris
Hitler
Germany
Buchenwald
Weimar
Gestapo
Louis Lochner
Associated Press Bureau
Berlin
Lochner
Buchenwal
Senate panel backs removing REA from Agriculture Dept
The Senate agriculture committee voted 13 to 6 to endorse removing REA from the Agriculture Department. Senator Shipstead led a drive to restore REA as an independent agency, attaching his plan to a Lucas bill providing 600 million dollars for REA and loans to farm power cooperatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rea
Agriculture Department
Shipstead
R-Minn
Rural Electrification Administration
Lucas
Weeler
Mont
Bilbo
Miss
Stewart
Tenn
Downey
Alis
Shins Gene
Omas
Okla
Bankhead
Ala
Ellender
Wiuunetenaa
oOy
Truman
Illinois
Roosevelt
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Kpeceen
Arryar
Pre-Flight Defeats Duke 80-46 In Track Meet
North Carolina Pre-Flight topples Duke Blue Devils 80 to 46 as J W Daum wins low hurdles and places high in others. Duke stars Jim LaRue and Frank Irwin lead with two firsts each. McLeary takes javelin. Devils host Cherry Point Marines next Saturday.
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Durham
Carolina
Duke Blue Devils
J. W. Daum
Duke
Jim LaRue
Frank Irwin
Jim McLeary
Leonard Palumbo
Devils
Cherry Point Marines
Dibble
Pokrant
Spear
Bocik
Hutchins
Nordon
Daum
Gregg
Goode
Blackburn
LaRue
Trabue
Buckwork
Hanninger
Lowet
Nordin
Broome
Irwin
Kena
Love
McLeary
Hodosh
Nowers
Nazi Peace Talk Rumors Reach Front Lines
An unsourced claim describes a German commander seeking Hitler’s approval for peace terms via contact with Eisenhower’s headquarters. Hitler allegedly rejected the proposal twice, with the commander then allegedly killing himself. Uncertainty remains about which commander was involved and whether any peace overtures were genuine or a ruse to buy time.
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Western Front
Eisenhower
Hitler
Berlin
Siegfried
Roer
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