Elbe Frontiers and Mixed Contact Between U S and Soviet Armies
The Elbe marks a cautious frontier between American and Soviet forces with strict supervision and limited crossings. Generals Hodges and the Soviet commander have allowed occasional exchanges while preserving restrictions. American and Russian troops show mutual curiosity and respect though contact remains limited. A U S press camp met the Russian camp and answered questions in an open session. A guard, S/Sgt Mia Galivan, boasted of combat by saying she killed 15 Germans before escaping a prison camp, illustrating the grit of frontline women soldiers at the Elbe.
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Antin Simenov
C. Melvin H. Weiss
Punxy
Elbe Bridge
Mia Galivan
Totmiss
Amazons Weiss
Field Marshal Von Kleist Surrenders to U S Troops
Field Marshal Paul Ludwig von Kleist turned himself in to the 26th Infantry Division of the U S Third Army group on April 25 at Mitterfels. His wife and aide accompanied him. captured by American privates, he reportedly asked about Hitler and ate a piece of bread after surrender.
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Paul Ludwig von Kliest
U. S
American crowds hail invading Yanks in Innsbruck
In Innsbruck Austria on May 3 Maj Gen Ansoy See cactus leads the 103rd into the Alpine city amid ovations from residents of Tyrol. Austrian flags fly as German troops in uniform still remain and shout Heil American while people offer flowers and drink to the advancing 7th army.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
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France
Belgium
Greensboro Boosted For Senate Meeting
Senator George T. Penny of Guilford said he would back moves to hold a summer state senate session in Greensboro. He left for Charlotte and Hendersonville to join a five member committee planning the August meeting. Delegates from Wilmington Morehead City Asheville Blowing Rock and Waynesville will push to place the meeting in their cities.
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George T. Penny
Guilford
State Senate
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Hendersonville
Wilmington
Morehead City
Asheville
Blowing Rock
Waynesville
Allied Prisoners Liberated by Russian Armies
MOSCOW May 4 The U S military mission said 1 000 to 3 000 allied prisoners near N Stalag 2 A by Marshal Konstatin Ro drive toward the Baltic and that many more were freed at Barth Camp Stalag Luft 1 near Stralsund The mission believed many Americans were at both camps but had no official word yet.
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Moscow
U. S
Stalag
Big Four Near Agreement On Pact Changes
The Big Four meet to discuss changes to a world charter and statements of principles. Committees handle preamble, general assembly functions, economic and social cooperation, security structure and enforcement, regional arrangements, and the international court of justice with scheduled times.
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General Assembly
International Court of Justice
Girls Sentenced In Theft Of Coupons
Edith Royster and Dorothy Nell Dixon, both 20, former Granville county ration board clerks, were sentenced in federal court to one year and a day in prison for stealing OPA ration stamps. They must begin May 28. probation or delay was denied. Judge Hayes rejected clemency.
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Raleigh
Edith Royster
Dorothy Nell Dixon
Granville County Ration Board
Johnson J. Hayes
Imminent German Fortress Surrender Reported
London reports indicate the fortress of Germany is virtually fallen and rumors of general capitulation spread after a Nazi minister warned the German nation is feared. Fighting persists mainly in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Holland as troops flee by crowded craft. Churchill was absent from Commons with speculation about his role in the surrender.
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Austria
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Noth
Wrecked City of Mindanao Falls to U S Forces
U S 24th Division captured Davao Mindanao after a 150 mile dash across the island. Japanese forces, mostly in hills, left a civilian population and sparse defense as the battle ended with vast destruction and uncertain casualties.
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Philippines
Mindanao
Cows Stricken With Hay Fever Cited By State Veterinarian
Raleigh report says State Veterinarian William Moore notes some cows suffer hay fever like humans. New experiments show 40 percent of a cow group sensitive to ragweed, with pollens blamed for heaves eczema and related conditions in cattle.
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Raleigh
William Moore
Moore
Rangoon Captured Intact By Allies In Burma Drive
Allied forces say Rangoon fell intact after a rapid Burma operation with the port undamaged. The Southeast Asia command reports 97,000 Japanese killed in the Burma campaign over 15 months and notes a Chinese counter-offensive has begun in Hunan to salvage the situation.
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Hunan
Calcutta
India
Burma
Southeast Asia Command
Singapore
Chungking
Hunan Province
Allies Strike From Air At Nazi Shipping
London reports Allied air forces continued attacks on German shipping fleeing toward Denmark and Norway. Overnight and yesterday, at least 53 vessels were sunk and many more damaged. U S Ninth Air Force Thunderbolts aided RAF for the first time, sinking or burning 11 transport and cargo ships. RAF Beau fighters also claimed extensive sinkings and damage while Typhoons and Spitfires added further losses.
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London
Denmark
Norway
North Sea
Baltic
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Thunderbolts
Mysterious Bolide Meteor Report Stir Philly Area
Dr Roy K Marshall of the Fels Planetarium says a bright flash seen around 3 45 am likely a bolide the largest meteor type. He notes speeds 5 to 20 miles per second and a possible 1000 tons to 10 feet diameter with explosive shock waves. Detailing fragmentation and uncertain end, he cautions it may be traced none hours or never if it sinks. Army Navy and FBI gave no report.
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Atlante States
Roy K. Marshall
Fels Planetarium
Franklin Institute
Marshall
Ocean
Army
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Berlin prisoners total about 145000 as capitulation nears
Moscow reports ongoing German surrender along the Russian front. Berlin tallies prisoners at about 145,000 with hundreds more surrendering hourly as officers say they performed their duty to Hitler. Russians repair Berlin's gas, water, light and communications systems and rush engineers to restore services.
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Moscow
Wehrmacht
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germans Fear Surrender To Soviet Troops
German soldiers surrendering to American and British forces in panicked numbers to avoid falling to the Russians strain Allied facilities for prisoners. Reports say Germans race to American lines across the Elbe, using rafts or swimming to surrender and avoid Soviet capture.
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London
Britain
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Ninth Front
Elbe River
Gallagher
Chancellery Ablaze After Hitler Death Report
Soviet Red Star dispatches describe Berlin burning as the Reich Chancellery fails to yield Hitler's body and Goebbels presumed dead. Fire consumes Wilhelmstrasse including Hermann Goering's ministry while Red Army bakers serve civilians and troops clear streets.
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Moscow
Third Reich
Wilhelmstrasse
Red Star
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Diers
Hermann Goering
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Tiergarten
Izvestia
Holland and Denmark Surrender to Montgomery's 21st Army Group
Paris May 4 General Eisenhower announced that all German forces in Holland northwest Germany Denmark including Helgoland and the Frisian islands have surrendered to Montgomery's 21st army group effective 0800 tomorrow. The move clears northern Germany of large German forces leaving only scattered units in Austria Czechoslovakia and Norway. The capitulation follows the earlier Italian Austrian armistices and signals by Montgomery and removes about 500000 German troops in the last 48 hours.
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Eisenhower
Holland
Helgoland
Frisian
Marshal Montgomery
21St Army Group
Montgomery
Germany
Denmark
Frisian Islands
Czechoslovakia
Norway
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Brenner Pass
Innsbruck
France
Disturbances In Rome Leave Many Hurt Amid Protests
In Rome on May 4 a free for all between a pro Venezia Giulia protest crowd and Italian soldiers and students left many injured. Demonstrators chanted Viva Istria and Viva Fiume as police blocked routes to the royal and Viminale palaces while Red Flag songs echoed.
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Italy
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Adriatic
Trieste
Fiume
Istria
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Austria
Belgrade
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New Zealand
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Viminale Palace
Truman Victorious In First Skirmish
President Truman won a 57 vote victory in his first congressional showdown by sustaining his veto against a bill to keep more farm workers out of the draft. The House failed to reach the two thirds threshold, voting 185 to 177 to override.
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House
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