First and 19th Nazi Armies Surrenderto Devers as Seventh Holds On
Paris May 5 surrender reports say First and 19th German armies in the south capitulated unconditionally to General Devers and his Sixth Army. The Seventh Army reportedly surrendered later, leaving only scattered resistance as Patton’s Third Army drives toward Czechoslovakia. Army Group G comprised 200,000 to 400,000 men.
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Devers
Seventh
Paris
Eisenhower
Patton
Czechoslovakia
Jacob L. Devers
Sixth Army
Opeenent
Seventh Army
General Schulz
Army Group G
U. S. i First Third Armies
Chemnitz
Linz
Supreme Headquarters
American sergeant reunites with Jewish mother in Barnau border town
In Barnau May 3 a delayed report describes American sergeant Harry Grier returning to his German Jewish mother, now living in Barnau. Relatives and townspeople cry with joy as Grier revisits his childhood home and reconnects with his family and former neighbors.
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Barnau
Meade
Dan Riddle
Marksville
Harry Grier
Pvt
Kearns
Hartford
Conn
Sgt
Alden
Pelham
N. Y
Bagpay
Burg
Pardow
United Tes
Bernau
Airport Thermometer Registers 37 Degrees
Temperature at the airport dropped to 37 degrees this morning with a low of five above freezing. Weather officials forecast a fair and warmer day Sunday, noting that cold weather is rare in the area at this time of year.
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U. Weather Bureau
Ther
V E Day and its meaning for America
The piece reflects on V E Day as a moment of relief and thanksgiving while urging restraint. It notes that many expect the war’s end to bring quick celebration but warns unfinished tasks remain, notably defeating Japan, and calls for continued resolve.
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America
Two Changes Sought in Dumbarton Oaks Plan
In San Francisco on May 5 Molotov pressed Stalin for guidance on two major amendments to the Dumbarton plan. The talks centered on reviews of international relations and regional defense within the world security council, with the Big Four— United States Britain Russia and China—reportedly in broad agreement on 15 to 20 amendments.
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San Francisco
Molotov
Stalin
World Security Council
United States
Russia
China
Britain
Washington
Stetinius
Doves of Peace Spark Frisco Show Window Battle
In San Francisco on May 5 a Market Street shoe store displayed two white doves to symbolize peace. The birds began fighting inside the window, drawing attention from passersby.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Market Street
Right idea which should be put r FE Day in the last war Armis
The phrase appears to reference FE Day and Armistice concepts from late war contexts. Context suggests discussion of plans or ideas for commemorations or arms cessation. No clear event, person, or organization is identifiable in the fragments.
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Armis
Montgomery Rejects Nazi Surrender Offer to Allies
Field Marshal Montgomery announced that he refused a German offer to surrender three armies facing the Russians. He disclosed that Northwest Germany Holland and Denmark had completed surrender talks with the Allies, while northern fronts remained under negotiation.
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Montgomery
21St Army Group
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Guenther Blumentritt
Baltic
Weser
Monroe
Third Tank
AFL protests at United Nations over forced German labor policy
President William Kor and AFL officials protested a Russian plan to use forced German labor for postwar repair. The AFL executive council met informally and backed a constitution for a new world federation of trade unions while rejecting Russian demands for direct world labor policy powers.
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San Francisco
William Kor
AFL
World Federation of Trade Unions
Supers Hit Japanese Air Plant In Second Kyushu Raid
A force of B-29s bombed three southern Kyushu airfields in the third raid on the Japanese homeland. Major Gen. Curtis E. Lemay said the strike hit Kanoya naval air station and Shiran and Ibusuki airfields, with Shiran and Ibusuki struck for the first time, part of a wider offensive on southern Honshu and Kyushu targets.
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Guam
Kyushu
Hiro
Kure
Honshu
Curtis E. Lemay
21St Bomber Command
Japan
Kanoya Naval Air Station
Shiran
Ibusuki
Okinawa
Yank Found Alive After War Death Declared
PORTSMOUTH Ohio May 5 AP six months after the war department listed him dead and four months after his wife remarried Lieut Harold Kake cso is alive in a goon hospital his stepmother reported last night The 67 year old flier listed as dead Oct 31 1944 vanished when his bombing plane went down 65 miles from ey British forces captured the city this week Mrs Harry Goad said she learned the news from the Adjutant who said Helen MacDowell now wife of Ensign Robert A MacDowell of Saugerties NY on duty at Pearl Harbor was en route to Portsmouth for a visit
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Kearns
Rncan
Alden
Barnau
J. Grier
Major Riddle
Ying
Harry
Hans
Junge
Strets
Rose Marie
Sweden
Ore
Nurenburg
Gestapo
Lator
Har
Portsmouth
War Department
Harold Kake Cso
Harry Goad
Helen
Robert A. MacDowell
Saugerties
N. Y
Pearl Harbor
German Field Marshal Admits German Defeat
General Karl von Rundstedt acknowledges Germany's military collapse describing fuel shortages and rail destruction as key factors. He cites loss of raw materials, air attacks on resource regions, and Germany's demise while noting Hitler is dead by his own hand.
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Karl von Rundstedt
Reich
von Rundstedt
Germany
Romania
Silesia
Saxony
Corvets
Hitler
Suras
France
Ardennes
Patton
Nazi Submarine Bases Exposed To The Allies
Eleven Nazi U Boat lairs once blocking convoys to Northern Russia lay exposed to Allied occupation. Bas es include Stettin Swinemunde Rostock Lubeck Kiel Flensburg Cuxhaven Bremerhaven Wilhelmshaven Bremen Hamburg and more on Baltic and North Sea. Some bases in Norway remain for possible last ditch action. Danzig and Gdynia already fell to Russians.
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Washington
Russia
Karl Doenitz
Stettin
Swinemunde
Rostock
Lubeck
Kiel
Flensburg
Baltic
Cuxhaven
Bre
Merhaven
Wilhelmshaven
North Sea
Bremen
Weser
Hamburg
Elbe
Norway
Danzig
Gdyni
Reds Launch New Attack In Austria
Soviet forces liberated Slovakia and pushed armor west of Vienna aiming to join with American troops. A major tank battle occurred near Olomouc as Malinovsky and Yeremenko advance into eastern Moravia, freeing Slovakia from German control.
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London
Slovakia
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Olbuetz
Olomouc
Moravian
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Moravia
Unmasked Bandit Robs Winston Filling Station
In Winston-Salem on May 5 an unmasked bandit robbed an East Fifth Street filling station at 7 39 am. Operator L O Leonard was forced into a rest room as a car with two men arrived. The robber demanded gas and the safe, then fled with 50 dollars and gas coupons after ordering Leonard into the restroom.
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Winston-Salem
East Fifth Street
L. O. Leonard
Leonard
Reports of German capitulation in Norway circulate
Reports from Stockholm claim Norway surrender has occurred though Sweden calls it premature. The Swedish foreign office rejects premature capitulation reports while BBC's broadcast via Blue Network is cited. Danish border crossings by British forces are reported with a British commander reaching Copenhagen.
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New York
Stockholm
Norway
BBC
Blue
Seventh Army Seen as Last Organized Resistance in Europe
The Seventh Army is portrayed as the sole organized resistance to Ike's forces with Norway and French pockets left to clear. Norway's status is doubtful as Norwegian and Russian troops push north. a German capitulation in Norway is predicted by the Nordic telegraph bureau but met with caution by Sweden and Quisling urging obedience.
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Seventh Army
Eisenhower
Norway
France
Vidkun Quisling
Holland
Denmark
Germany
Denmark Freed From Nazi Rule Heralds New Government
Jubilant Danes celebrate as Germany surrenders and King Christian X designs former Prime Minister Orla Buhl to head a new government. Danish resistance mobilizes 300,000 in Copenhagen. a 6,000 strong police brigade sails from Sweden. Crowds storm Nazi offices while the king, ill but moved, asks Patience as Amalienborg is praised and Danes seek UN admission.
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Stockholm
Denmark
United Nations
Little Kingdom
Christian X
Orla Buhl
Dagens Nyheter
Sweden
Buhi
Copenhagen
Christian
Gestapo
St. Anne Palace
Werner Best
Dagmarhus
Raadhus Plads
Field Mar
Marine Learns Of His Death By Opening Message
Private William D. Dennis of the U S Marines learned yesterday that he is in the battle of Iwo Jima. While on furlough his mother Mrs John Dennis read a telegram confirming his death in action on Iwo Jima with burial details and grave number. His last assignment was in the Philippines.
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Vicksburg
Miss
William D. Dennis
U.S. Marines
Iwo Jima
Pacific
Dennis
John Dennis
Pvt
Iwo Dima
Iwo
Philippines
Doenitz In Surrender Agreement
London May 5 The German high command announced that capitulation in Denmark Holland and northwest Coonan was agreed upon by Admiral Doenitz after a speech on Flensburg Germany’s home service. The radio read a proclamation in which Doenitz, Hitler’s successor, called for continued resistance.
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London
High Command
Denmark
Holland
Coonan
Admi Doenitz
Flensburg
Doenitz
Hitler
Editors See Real Horrors Of German Camps After Liberation
A group of 18 editors visiting France and Germany say reports of German concentration camps were not exaggerated but understated. They describe Buchenwald after liberation and Dachau at the time of liberation as scenes of severe overcrowding disease and death.
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Ben McKelway
Washington Bening Star
Paris
United States
France
Germany
Weimar
Dachau
Munich
Buchenwald
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