Big Three solidarity may avert new world upheaval
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie discusses postwar superpower relations in Moscow amid V E Day observances. He weighs Russia and Anglo American partnership, potential tensions, and the chance for continued friendship as the big three shape Europe and Asia, stressing cautious balance and the absence of inevitability in conflict.
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Associated Press
Moscow
United States
America
Truman
Roosevelt
Iimey
Russia
Germany
Europe
Orient
Demobilization plan details officers’ faster release and processing
The War Department outlines a release plan where officers face tougher criteria due to training and leadership roles, with a faster early release for ground troops. Surplus overseas personnel move to 22 reception stations for screening, and nonessential cases shift to a 48 hour processing center before returning home as civilians. Enlisted men over 42 will continue to be released.
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War Department
Department
Kesselring puzzled by unused tunnels near Salzburg
Saalfelden Austria May 10 Field Marshal Albert Kesselring says he is “absolutely certain” Hitler is dead and expresses surprise that Hiller did not lead his forces into fortified tunnels near the Salzburger Berchtesgaden area. He notes Hitler’s reluctance to surrender alive and reflects on Hitler’s genius in operations while criticizing the burden that weighed on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cowan
Saalfelden
Austria
Albert Kesselring
Hiller
Salzbutg-Berchtesgaden
Kesselring
U. S
Tyrolean
Alps
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Berlin
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Reichsmarshal Goering
von Rundstedt
Sixth Air Army
Dhvr Fuchrer
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
America
Germany
End of Europe's War Sparks Massive Displacements and Revelations
Allied and Soviet forces celebrate Prague's liberation as German resistance collapses. Nazi retreats flow toward American lines amid mass civilian displacements across Europe. British planners prepare relief with UN agencies to feed and shelter millions. surrender of Dunserque marks final Nazi pocket in France. Baltic to Tyrolean fronts report large captures as Weygand and Borotra are arrested or freed from camps.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
Austria
Karl Doenste
Anary
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Commission
Germany
Luxembourg
Dun’ Serque
France
Red Army
Baltic Sea
Tyrolean Alps
Paris
Maxime Weygand
Republic
Jean Borotra
Cuss Toy
Alps
Open House At H C For Inspection At School Shop
Superintendent Perry has secured hundreds of dollars of free tools furniture and materials. Two additional shops are planned including Mine Machinery Repair and possibly Arto Tractor and Airplane Motor Repair. Free equipment already obtained includes eight large compressors vises benches and two airplane motors. The display Friday night showcases shop products from under a year of operation. Public invited to view the well run vocational program ranked highly by administrators. The shop is at Fifth and School streets behind Horace Mann Elementary School. The beaver is the largest member of the rodent family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Operaton
Horace Mann Elementary Schoo
Second Ward
Fifth
School Streets
Record Attack On Honshu Targets Key Fuel Centers
United air forces carried out a heavy strike on Honshu hitting the Tokuyama naval fueling station and a major synthetic fuel factory, with pilots reporting large smoke plumes and flames. Gen Giles, new Pacific Army Air Forces commander, predicted further mass bombing before any invasion.
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Army
Pacific
Japan
Tokuyama
Kure
Otake
Oshima
Kyushu
Rankin Family Informed Of Wounded Sons In War
Mr and Mrs Harry C Rankin of 50 North Ninth Street were told by Major D Routh that their son Sgt Harry Perry Rankin USMC was wounded by shrapnel in the arm April 18 1945 during action on Okinawa Ryukyu Islands. Rankin enlisted November 1942 and has served in the Pacific 16 months. His brother Cpl Richard H Rankin US Rangers is hospitalized at Valley Forge General with wounds from action January 1 1945 in Germany.
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Harry C. Rankin
North Ninth Street
D. Routh
Harry Perry Rankin
Okinawa
Ruyikyu Islands
Sgt
Rankin
Erie
Pacific
Cpl
Richard H. Rankin
U.S. Rangers
Valley Forge General Hospital
Germany
Allied Forces Advance Across Mindanao and Tarakan
All Pacific reports describe unopposed American invasion of Samar Island near Davao City as fighting rages on Mindanao. Australian Dutch troops near Tarakan City seized Api Hil oil area while closing on Djodo field. Major Gen Woodruff’s 24th Division secured a bridgehead and pushed toward Japanese forces. separate actions on Luzon near Balete Pass. CHINA reports a Chinese counter-offensive crumbling Japanese lines in Western Hunan near Chihkiang.
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Manila
Samar Island
Davao City
Mindanao
Tarakan Island
Borneo
Tarakan City
API Hil
Djoda
Tokyo
Tarakan
Rogere Woodruff
24Th Infantry Division
Davao Gulf
24Th Division
Tolomo River
U. S
Philippines
Luzon
Balete
Villa Verde
Ipo Dam
Labuan Island
Fifth Air Force
Yangtze River
Swatow
Doris Duke Cromwell avoids $18 million New Jersey tax ruling
In Philadelphia on May 10, the Third U S District Court of Appeals upheld lower court decisions nullifying $13,804,795 in taxes assessed by Hills borough New Jersey against Mrs Doris Duke Cromwell and the Duke endowment fund. Assessments of $3,735,385 against Cromwell and $10,069,409 against the fund were levied for 1940 and 1941 at $3.12 per $100, without notice, while Cromwell claimed residency in Hawaii prior to 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Doris Duke Cromwell
Hillsborough
N. J
U. S. District Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
New Jersey
Cromwell
Duke
Duke Farms
James B. Duke
Hawaii
Smaller Nations Seek Wider Voice in United Nations Council
At the San Francisco conference on world security a Cuban proposal to enlarge the Security Council from 11 to 14 or 15 nations drew focus. Delegates debated regional versus world security control as Latin Americans push for Western Hemisphere authority, while U S officials worry about world blocs. A committee approved an amendment to empower the assembly to probe trouble spots, and discussions continue on membership rules and treaty powers.
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V— Hy
John M. Highutower
Associated Fresh
San Francisco
Security Council
United States
World Organization
Western Hemisphere
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Assembly of Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
Russia
Molotov
General Assembly
United Nations
Assembly
Harold Stassen
Vandenberg and Connally
Texas
United States Senate
Washington
House
Reconversion Picture By Fred Vinson
Moderate manufacture of washing machines and refrigerators continues along with more electric irons stoves in the three to six months ahead. Unemployment may rise to about 1.5 million. manpower controls persist. forty eight hour week remains in war plants and will be phased out gradually elsewhere. Draft calls stay large. women’s services recruiting continues. merchant fleet needs seamen and officers persist. war production expected to match 1943 levels for six months. Small business will get first reconversion chances where possible. war bonds purchases stay strong. clothing should become more plentiful though general scarcity persists. Building 250000 to 400000 new homes next year. Wages and salvage programs remain in force including the Little Steel formula.
U Boat Sinks American Collier Black Point
A U-boat sank the 5558 ton American collier Black Point off Point Judith Rhode Island on May 5 as World War II in Europe neared its end. Twelve crew members were reported missing and an official of the owning company noted a partial victory in their broader fight. A search for fuel sources and a conference on synthesizing gasoline from carbohydrates was mentioned by Molotov.
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Boston
UPI
Black Point
Point Judith
R. 1
World Trade Union Congress
Molotov
Nazis Flee Prague as Reds Enter City
Prague crowds celebrate as American troops capture Konrad Henlein and Karl Frank amid German retreats toward American lines. Soviet forces race in from the northwest at dawn, ending a brutal three day battle that Czech officials say left 5,000 dead or wounded. Russians and Czech civilians mingle in relief while fleeing German units stream toward Pilsen.
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Ial Boyle
Prague
Konrad Henlein
Sudetenland
Karl Frank
Czechoslovakia
Henlein
Hitler
Vaclav Capek
Czech National Committee
Daniel Boones
Red Army
Europe
Pilsen
Iss
Censorship and Dispatches in Allied News Release
The narrative describes wartime censorship by Allied authorities and censors passing a dispatch from Reims before later rescinding approval. It notes promises of first announcements by governments, plans altered, and tensions with press centers over timing. It references Roosevelt assurances and Allied officials about military security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaef
Paris
Allen
Reims
BBC
Richard ‘Merrick
Roosevelt
Europe
Pacific
Obituary for Barbara Csipke Gordish and Violet May Lewis
Barbara Csipke Gordish dies in Indiana Hospital after eight weeks illness and will be buried May 11 with services at Holy Cross Church Iselin and interment at Iselin Cemetery. Violet May Lewis of Cloe dies after several weeks illness at home born September 14 1898 in Juneau Pa and married to John F Lewis in 1915. Surviving husband, children, sisters, brothers, and six grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Morrison's Funeral Home Punxsutawney with burial at Pine Grove Cemetery Rochester Mills Pa.
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Barbara (Csipke) Gordish
Indiana Hospital
Holy Cross Church
Isolin
Walter E. Swanislet
Iselin
Violet May Lewis
Cloe
Juneau
Sarah
Michael Airgood
John F. Lewis
Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Aid of
Ducane Weaver
Robert Jacobs
Clog
Elmer
Germany
Marion
France
Garland
James
Jordidean
Donna Mace
Verda White
Pitcairn
Merle Airgaod
Samuel Airgaod
Big Run
Isaac
Airgaod
Morrison
Punxsutawney
H. J. Gearhart
Pine Grove Cemetery
Rochester Mills
Pinkets Thank Yets and Others
Mrs. Levina Pickett and family of Voral express deep appreciation for the American Legions of Indiana Blairsville New Alexandria and the United Mine Workers of Graceton along with friends at the burial of First Class Private Robert B Pinkett last Monday. Pfc Pinkett contracted tuberculosis while serving in Belgium and died at Fitzsimmons General Hospital Denver Cal. He is buried in New Alexandria Cemetery. He served in Europe and had been in England France and Belgium.
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Levina Pickett
Voral
Indiana
Blairsville
New Alexandria
United Mine Workers of
Graceton
Friends
Robert B. Pinkett
Pfc
Pinkett
United States Army
Belgium
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Cal
New
Alex Landiig
Pic
England
France
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Eisenhower
Rhelms
Gustav Jodl
Jodl
Admi. von Friedeberg
Maj
Wilhelm Oxenius
Salzburg
H.C
Honshu
H.C. Rankin
All Pacific
Chungking
Hunan
Chihkiang
High Command
Doris
Fred Vinson
Czech
Reds
Biotonype
Boris
Arthur Gesmyer
Buffalo
N. Y
G. G. Gesmayer
Los Angeles
Supreme Command
Alien Rand
Mediterranean
Kennedy
Wen Gallagher
Gallagher
Western Front
Pinkets
Yets
Cinacad
Widmann Toah and
Miller's Brug
Botany Soc
Caroff
Moorhead
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