Soviet and German Forces Clash Around Vienna Blitz
Reports say Soviet and Ukrainian armies ring Vienna from the west east and south with tank spearheads and infantry battling in inner suburbs. Berlin notes fierce street fighting as German defenses crumble around Liesing and Simmering while Red Army and allied units push toward the Danube and Morava junctions.
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Feodor I. Tolbukhin
von Hammer
Vienna Woods
St. Poelten
Vienna-St. Poel
Tolin
Vienna
Vienne
Usly
Tolbukhin
Berlin
Favoriten
Simmering
Liesing
DNB
Rodion Y. Mali
Morava
Danube
Malinovsky
Red Banner
Danube-Morava
Local Weather Forecast Delivers Mild Sunday
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with mild Sunday weather. Temperatures peak around 66 degrees in Bermoon with similar conditions overnight and into Sunday night.
Leaders Urge Continuance Of Controls On Prices And Wages
A White House statement urges extending price and wage controls past V E Day to curb inflation and avert postwar value collapse. Signers include William H. Davis Chester Bowles Marvin Jones and George W. Taylor. A bill to extend controls beyond June 30 gains Senate committee approval. outcome uncertain after VE Day.
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White House
Roosevelt
William H. Davis
Office of Economic Stabilization
Chester Bowles
Marvin Jones
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
Organized Labor
OPA
Senate Banking Committee
MacArthur reports heavy Philippine progress and air raids
General Douglas MacArthur announced the 41st division has virtually completed the conquest of southern Mindanao and that the 40th division advanced 30 miles on Negros island, capturing two airfields. Far Eastern Air Forces bombed Formosa and Hong Kong targets while reports claim a damaged Japanese light cruiser in Soemba strait.
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Manila
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Negros Island
40Th Division
Far Eastern Air Force
Formosa
Kiirun
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Soemba Strait
MacArthur
Macassar Straits
Celebes
Stilwell Says Japanese Stronger Now Than At War Start
General Stilwell warned at the Army Day dinner that Japan is stronger today than at the war’s start. He predicted greater Japanese force on the Asiatic mainland and urged a relentless, manpower-heavy effort. He said victory in Europe frees resources for the Pacific drive.
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New York
Joseph W. Stilwell
Army Ground Forces
Stilwell
Military Order of the World Wars
Europe
Pacific
Fort Knoxs Of Reich Captured In Berlin Drive
U S forces close in on Berlin as the 9th army outflanks Hannover and the 3rd army seizes Germanys Fort Knox in Thuringia containing gold and art treasures. British and Canadian units push toward Bremen and the North Sea with air and ground advances shaping the final phase of the campaign.
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Fort Knox
Reich
Hannover
Paris
U. S. 9Th Army
Leine
City
Berlin
Weser
2Nd Army
Bremen
Woman Charged With Slaying Child Using Rubber Hose
New Orleans police say 26 year old Mrs. Irene Bonneval admitted beating her daughter Clementine seven with a home made cat-o-nine-tails from rubber. She faces murder aggravated batter cruelty and delinquency charges for beating two other children Neal six and Genevieve four and for contributing to juvenile delinquency after confessing to several days of abuse over theft from a neighbor.
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New Orleans
William M. Dwyer
Ine Bonneval
Clementine
Okinawa fighting hardens as Japanese resist in south
U S Navy reports 3rd amphibious corps advances 3000 yards north along both Okinawa coasts with negligible enemy fire while 24th corps meets stiff entrenched resistance toward Naha. Air strikes hit Ishigaki Miyako and Ryukyus targets as carrier pilots sweep the region.
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Guam
3Rd Amphibious Corps
Okinawa
24Th Corps
Naha
Chester W. Nimitz
Ishigati
Miyako
Sakishima Islands
Ryukyus
Nimitz
Ishikawa
Naga Town
Ora Bay
Destroy 417 Jap Planes
U S naval forces shattered a major Japanese naval force in the East China Sea during April 6 7 actions. The combat wounded several ships and aircraft while claiming 417 enemy planes destroyed and losses for the Japanese fleet. U S Pacific losses included three destroyers sunk and carrier planes downed. The battle aimed to hinder the Okinawa invasion as Japanese air power attacked invasion ships and shore positions.
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Guam
U. S. Navy
East China Sea
Chester W. Nimitz
Washington
Navy
Nimitz
Okinawa Island
Nippon
Okinawa
U. S
New Class Of Super Carriers Signpost To Close In On Japan
Washington reports the Midway class carrier as the Navy's future Pacific weapon. Rear Admiral Cassady says encirclement and strangulation of Japan will dominate, with bases and carrier aviation softening targets before land forces. The Midway features armored flight decks and greater firepower.
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Navy
Pacific
Washington
Midway
Newport News
Coral Sea
John H. Cassady
Nimitz
Japan
Cassady
Nt Wne
173 Nip Planes Hit In Air Battle Over Japan
American B 29s and P 51 escorts destroyed or damaged 173 Japanese fighters in a 300 plane raid on Tokyo and Nagoya. The 20th Air Force said 136 fighters were downed or damaged by Superforts, with 37 interceptors by P 51s. Five B 29s and two Mustangs were lost amid heavy anti aircraft and fighter opposition.
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Guam
20Th Air Force
Washington
Marianas
Tokyo
Nagoya
Tokyo-Nagoya
Corp Downey Dies On Iwo In World War II
William E. Downey 20 son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Downey of 918 South 10th street died of wounds from Iwo Jima. Born La Crosse June 24 1924 and a 1941 Central high school graduate he enlisted January 1942 and served in Bougainville and Guam. He leaves two sisters Mary Louise of Rockford and Betty at home and a brother Gerald. Requiem high Mass scheduled at St. Wenceslaus church Tuesday at 9 a.m.
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Corp
William E. Downey
G. D. Downey
South 10Th Street
Iwo Jima
War Department
Bougainville
Guam
Mary Louise
Rockford
Ill
Betty
Gerald
St. Wenceslaus Church
British Supply Large Share Of Medical Needs Of Doughboys
A ministry of production report shows that from July 1942 to July 1944 Britain supplied three quarters of the American army total medical needs. Items ranged from plastic artificial eyes to 78 tons of bicarbonate of soda, blood transfusion sets, bandages, aspirin tablets, and delicate surgical instruments.
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London
Britain
England
Ministry of Production
Norwegians Urge Sweden to Break Neutrality
The Norwegian government urged Sweden to drop neutrality and aid Norway amid a Nazi 200000 strong threat. A royal statement says Norwegians feel wartime neutrality is useless and Sweden should take moral responsibility to help save what can be saved. A Swedish note mentioned a Volunteer association authorized to train 200 volunteers at Swedish bases.
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London
Norway
Sweden
Germans Urged To End Fighting
The War Department published a peace appeal from 1,391 German POWs at Camp Devens urging German soldiers and people to lay down weapons immediately. Signed by prisoners from Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Normandy, they identify as husbands, brothers, sons and fathers.
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Washington
United States
Reich
War Department
Camp Devens
Mass
War Partment
Hitler
America
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
British Destroy Jap 15th Army in Burma
Calcutta report states the shattered Japanese 15th Army in central Burma is no longer an effective fighting force. The 27th and 28th Armies were badly mauled while attempting to rush relief, and no organized Japanese forces remain in the Mandalay Meiktila pocket according to a Southeast Asia communique.
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Calcutta
Burma
Southeast Asia
Mandalay-Meiktila
Yankees Battle 87 German Planes in Major Aerial Clash
American airmen claimed 87 German planes down in a vast three month high aerial battle as 1,300 heavy bombers pressed toward North Sea ports. Allied losses reached 25 planes with 63 enemy planes shot down by fighters and 24 by bomber gunners. RAF conducted a daylight raid@ Ijmuiden targeting a submarine works and power plant.
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North Sea
Siegfried Line
Black Forest
Holland
Zuider Zee
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Bremen
Germany
London
Europe
Marshal Montgomery
RAF
8Th Air Force
Rhine
Ijmuiden
North Holland
Germany's Gold Reserve Found In A Salt Mine
General Patton's 90th Infantry Division captured a vast Nazi treasure in a Merkers salt mine 140 miles from Berlin. The haul includes 100 tons of gold bullion and currencies totaling billions, plus art by Raphael and Durer and Koethe manuscripts. Nobler figures include three Reichsbank officials identified as Wieck and Rabe. The loot is to be impounded and handled by Allied authorities with restitution for paintings. The find followed a German attempt to move assets amid fighting, aided by a tank ring around the mine.
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U. S
Tottering
Reich
Germany
Fort Knox
Thuringia
3Rd
Berlin
Muehlhausen
Rhine
U. S. 3Rd Army
Adolf Hitler
George S. Patton
Merkers
Patton
Raphael
van Dyke
Durer
Koethe
90Th Infantry Division
Reichsbank
Fritz Wieck
Bank
P. O. Rabe
Wieck
Washington
United Nations Commission
Allied Control Commission
Allied Reparations Commission
Reich Bank
Czechoslovakia
Poland
European
Werks
Kaiseroda
3Rd Army
Dr. Wieck
Dr. Rabe
Golden Salt
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Berbe
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Transocean
Carpathi
Stettin
Btockholm
STB
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Budapest
Red Army
Vifamedring
Koenigsberg
Cieszyn
Teschen
Macehoslovakia
Jens A. Doe
41St Division
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Simpson
By Edward Kennedy
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Adolf
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Mitscher
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