Eisenhower condemns friendly enemy treatment of Nazi leaders
General Eisenhower orders termination of lenient handling of captured Nazi and German officials after Allied criticism of Goering’s reception. He emphasizes there is no friendly enemy concept in this war and supports destroying Prussian militarism and Naziism. Allied leaders vow to dismantle German military power and its leadership for good.
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Eisenhower
Reichsmarshal
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Yalta
Doenitf
Reich
Germany
President Truman backs repeal of Johnson Act on private loans
President Truman told a news conference he supported repealing the Johnson Act which limits private loans to nations in default on World War I obligations. He cited Roosevelt in saying repeal is needed for adequate trade flow and expressed hope for a meeting of the Big Three with Churchill and Stalin to discuss a peace program, noting it would not be immediate.
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Washington
Truman
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
San Francisco
Oil City hosts Gabreski celebration after release
Oil City, Pa. expects a Gabreski homecoming celebration for Lt Col Francis Gabreski, the WWII ace who shot down 28 Nazis before being shot down and held as a prisoner near Berlin. He has returned to England and plans were arranged last year for his homecoming. Also, Lt Robert K. Smith, another Oil City flyer, is due home June 1 on a 45 day leave after bailing out February 22 and being freed from an Aust in interment camp.
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Oil City
Francis Gabreski
Germany
Berlin
England
Gabby
Robert K. Smith
Austin
Nazis Learn War Is Over as U S Troops Take Control in Bolzano
In Bolzano Italy May 14 Nazis learned the war’s end and a German defeat. Col C Fry of the 88th Division, new commandant, halted German boasting and ordered locals and Germans to respect control. Wolff and key staff confined. Germans banned from streets without Fry signed passes. fraternizing with civilians stopped. A German hospital raid found 1,400 troops and weapons. nearby explosions wounded 22.
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Bolzano
Italy
S. S
Germany
U. S. 88Th Division
Col. C. Fry
Washington, D. C
88Th
Fry
Omna - Thera
Ialy
Karl Wolff
Gestapo
Heinrich Tinmiler
Heinrich von Vietinghoff-Scheel
Aly
Hitler
Fuehrer
Horst Wessel
Milton Weingart
New York City
Gestaps
Colle Isyreo
Cornpany
Bressanone
Truman Opposed To Tax Reduction
President Truman said at a news conference that there can be no tax reduction until after Japan is defeated and the whole war is over. He argued 85,000,000 bond holders must be protected, and that continued high taxation is the only safeguard during the war.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
German Sub Surrenders to U S Forces at Fort Miles
Officers and crew of the first German submarine to surrender to American forces since Germany's fall were interned at Fort Miles. The U-858, claiming 16 Allied ships sunk, was accepted for surrender off Cape May by Cmdr. J. P. Norfleet for Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel. The 58 captured crewmen, aged about 27 on average, underwent searches and processing before confinement.
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Fort Miles
Del
Germany
Cape May
N. J
Cmdr
J. P. Norfleet
Bertie County
N. C
Milo F. Draemel
Fouth Naval District
Navy Auxiliary
Chile Bode
Bavaria
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Cane May
Fathers of Over Three Children to Be Discharged Move
Washington May 15 A House move to discharge all Army service men with more than three children was unveiled by Representative Engel Michigan as part of the War Department appropriation bill. If the committee rejects the measure Engel will bring it to the full House. Army leaders oppose, citing trust in Army judgment.
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Washington
Army
Capitol Hill
Representative Engel
R - Mich
War Department
Appropriations
Engel
House
May
D-Ky
Ruth and Cobb to coach rival teams in Esquire event
Chicago dated May 15 reports Babe Ruth aged 50 and Ty Cobb will coach east and west All American Boys teams at a Polo Grounds clash sponsored by Esquire Magazine on August 28. James Crossett says Ruth will lead the east during training. Cobb to handle the west.
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Chicago
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Esquire Magazine
Polo Grounds
New York
James Crossett
Rugh
Cobb
Uwanmtad Pawtadaw
Trusteeship policy clash at San Francisco talks
Moscow and American trusteeship views clash at the United Nations Conference with disagreements over postwar strategic areas and whether to delay decisions until the peace table or the new international organization. American and Russian positions diverge on dual trusteeship and U S control, while a ballet program by Marina Svetlova intrigues at the college.
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San Francisco
Moscow
Stalin
International Organization
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Iwo Jima
Bho Queke
Mare “Inely
Marina Svetlova
Metropolitan Opera Association
Miss Svetlova Debuts as Prima Ballerina at Met Opera
Miss Svetlova, renowned from Europe Australia and North America, stars at the Metropolitan Opera as prima ballerina for the first time in ten years. She is joined by Alexie Dolinoff, leading male dancer, in a program beginning at 8:15 with admission priced at $1.80 including tax.
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Miss Svetlova
Europe
Australia
North America
Ballet de Paris
Ballet Russe
Metropolitan Opera
Prima Abllerina
Alexie Dolinoff
Prisoners in German zones to be moved by air planes
SHAEF announced plans to remove about 138,400 American and British POWs from German zones within weeks by air. Soviet approval would be needed, with direct evacuation possibly moving prisoners from forward positions rather than Odessa routes. By May 10, thousands had already returned, and total Allied recoveries included hundreds of thousands with air moves accelerating.
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Reims
Shaef Advance Hdq
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
SHAEF
Odessa
United States
United Kingdom
Obituaries From Indiana Area May Died List
Obituaries and notices list numerous local residents with May death dates. Among them are Sanes J. Stuchell aged 74 from Five Points and Mrs T Edgar Walker of Indiana, along with W H Hawkins at McCall Funeral Home awaiting services May 18 and interment in Woods Cemetery. Also noted are Catherine Mae Witzel 59 Burnside, Andrew Olson 72 Indiana, and other surviving relatives with services in Burnside Johnstown and Indiana funeral homes.
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Sanes J. Stuchell
Hig
Hace
Delhi
N. Y
T. Edgar Walker
School Street
Indiana
Ae W. Hawkins
Orch Hospital
McCall Funeral Home
Dathi
Catherine Mae Witzel
William Wetzel
Burnside
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Wiliams
Emilia Wallace
Holsapple
Samuel Wall
Ince
Ellwood Clty
Edwin Wallace
Coalport
Frances Epling
Clover
W. Va
McCardell
Church of God
Dorothy Belle Weaver
Charles R. Weaver
Franklin Street
Johnstown
Robinson Funeral Home
Jas. K. Leitch
Oakland Cemetery
Emma Brickell
Water St
Bell Fueral
W. H. Miller
Indiana Church of God
Andrew Olson
Philadelphia St
Sweden
New York Central Railroad
Mahaffey
Clearfield
Zion Lutheran Church
Coalport Lodge
Williamsport
Jaffa
Arthur J. Pfohl
D. D
Mahaffey Cemetery
George J. Hellman
George J. Helman
Marion Center
R. D
Dunkard
Ruffner
Thomas Funeral Home
Rayne Two
Josiah
Margaret Helman
Anna Snead
Government To Take Over If Necessary
President Truman said the government would take any steps needed to end the anthracite mine work stoppage in its third week. With dwindling coal stocks, new delivery controls were issued as 72,000 idle miners confront a contract deadlock. Ickes banned deliveries in 12 eastern states to users with more than five days of solid fuel on hand. Negotiations between John L. Lewis and Pennsylvania operators stalled over underground travel pay, while WIB and others consider options to end the impasse.
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Waskington
Truman
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Economic Stabiizer
Wiliam H. Davis
WIB
Lewis
New England
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Fairfax
Arlington Counties
Virginia
Alexandria
China Paper Advocates Asia Meeting for Top Allied Strategy
The Chinese Herald urged a meeting in Asia among President Truman Prime Minister Church and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to address Far Eastern issues and possibly form a combined Allies chiefs of staff. Chinese troops battle in Foochow while twin columns close on Paoching as the Hunan counteroffensive makes progress. One enemy force is wiped out and another split into five pockets.
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Chungking
Chinese Herald
Foreign Office
Asia
Truman
Church
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
China
Foochow
Formosa
Hunan
Paoching
Chih- Kiang
Units earmarked for Pacific before redeployment day
Paris May 15 Some American Army units were set to go directly to the Pacific before May 12 redeployment day, Col Hay said. These units, chosen for military necessity, would not be discharged in the United States and ship to Pacific theaters without US tabulation. The War Department plans final critical score on June 27.
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Austin Bealmear
Paris
Japan
Pacific
Cal
W. C. Hay
United States
Col
Hay
Levistad
War Department
Food shortage hits Camden grocers in wartime push
Camden mayor George E Brunner warned that hundreds of food retailers lack widgets to aid war workers and the public. A telegram to Price Administrator Chester Bowles and officials in Newark urged immediate action as meat shortages threaten war production.
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Camden
N. J
George E. Brunner
Chester Bowles Yester
Brunner
Willis Morgan
War Food Administration
Newark
Daniel Woolley
OPA
President Hopes For Big 3 Meet
President Truman said he hoped to meet soon with Prime Minister Church and Premier Stalin to discuss the future peace program. He noted a discussion with British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden but no definite decision was made and a meeting around a table was hoped for but not immediate.
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Washington
Truman
Church
Stalin
Anthony Eden
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