Soviets Break Berlin Front In Major Advance
Soviet forces push toward Berlin cutting the See low Alt Friedland road within 20 miles east of Berlin and probing deep defensives. German reports say the Red Army is approaching Dresden and has breached Berlin’s outer lines, with signs of a critical, rapidly changing front as Moscow has yet to confirm the Berlin drive.
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Seelow-Alt Friedland
Berlin
Neisse River
United States
Dresden
Moscow
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Stettin
Reich
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Elbe
Robert Wilson
Bremen
sun
Elbehrir
Barby
Geremans
tata
9th Army
Brandenburg
Sudeten Germans fate debated after Munich
Dr. Hubert Ripka argues Sudeten Germans will not remain in Czechoslovakia after Munich. The London Spectator notes Czechoslovakia would accept democratic Germans as ordinary citizens but rejects a federal state with Sudeten Germans as a semi autonomous region. The piece contrasts post war realities with German claims and notes Britain’s stance on citizenship.
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Czechoslovakia
Hubert Ripka
Hitler
Munich
Germany
Ripka
German Reich
London Spectator
Marquis CHS
France
Junction Made Expose Sparks Paris News Extra
Paris April 11. An extra edition of Liberation Soir flashed across the city with the headline Junction Made claiming a meeting between Russian and American forces. Allied supreme headquarters had no confirmation of the report, creating a flare of excitement and speculation.
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PARIS
Liberation Soir
Allied supreme headquarters
Superforts On Rampage Over Japan in Record Raids
United States air forces launched broad B-29 incendiary strikes against Kyushu and Tokyo on successive days. About 150 Superfortresses and 400 B-29s attacked air fields and urban targets, aiming to cripple production and strike Tokyo, with several bombers missing on Monday's raid.
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Kyushu
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21st Bomber Command
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Okinawa
Kyoghu
Tokyo
Japan
GUAM
Tokyo radio
Mongay
Funasaki
Radio Tokyo
United States
navy
Iwo Jima
Twentieth Air Force
Baseball scores from major leagues today
American League games include Boston 4 and New York Washington 11 with Philadelphia 3 at end of 6th. Detroit leads St. Louis 1 at end of 5th. Chicago 6 Cleveland 0 at end of 5 innings. National League play has Philadelphia 2 against Brooklyn and St Louis tied 2 at multiple points, Chicago 3 New York 7, Boston 2 at end of 7. Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 6 at end of 6th.
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New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Brooklyn & St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cabinet Changes And Senate Appointments Are Awaited
Ottawa reports dated April 17 say the cabinet will meet this afternoon and Mackenzie King will announce changes in the cabinet and senate appointments. Rumors place Navy Minister Macdonald returning to Nova Scotia's premiership while A. S. MacMillan would retire to the senate. Lionel Chevrier could become national revenue minister and J A Glen to Crerar's post. Douglas Abbott may become navy minister and C J McCann eyed to head health and welfare, with Brooke Claxton possibly staying in a revised health department. Laurence McLaren may join cabinet to represent New Brunswick as Michaud moves to the appeal court.
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Lionel Chevrier
Stormont
Ontario
Munitions
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national revenue
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Crerar
Douglas Abbott
Defence
McBevennne
navy
C. J. McCann
per
Renfrew South
department of
health and welfare
Brooke Claxton
health
joard
Laurence McLaren
Saint John
New Brunswick
Michaud
appeal court
Shuffle In Cabinet Soon Shuffle In Cabinet Soon
OTTAWA April 17 dissolution of parliament on Monday Prime Minister King is expected to reshuffle his cabinet and fill 18 senate vacancies before heading to the San Francisco conference. Crerar Macdonald and McLarty will not seek re election with Crerar McLarty rumored for senate posts Michaud rumored for a bench seat and revenue post vacant since Gibson’s appointment. Abbott Martin Glen named as possible cabinet figures and parliamentary aides.
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revenue
Colin Gibson
air
G. Power
Douglas Abbott
Defence
McNaughton
Paul Martin
Labor
Mitchell
J. A. Glen
Abbott
Finance
Lisley
Germans open gates holding Zuider Zee
The Germans flood the area south of the Zuider Zee by opening sluice gates near Utrecht and Amsterdam as Canadian armored units press west toward the Grebbe line and fort Holland. The unexpected Canadian tank advance northwest from Arnhem disrupted German plans, prompting earlier flooding to strengthen fortress Holland defenses including Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Rotterdam and Hilversum.
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C.P. Cable
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Amsterdam
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Amterdam
Hol
Arnhem
1st
ewemy
Hunger riots sweep Berlin as famine grows
Swedish correspondent Olle Ollen reports daily hunger riots in northern and eastern Berlin as 90 percent of residents long for relief. Hungry mothers storm bread shops near Alexanderplatz, defying S A guards. the population fears insurrection unless Allied relief kitchens provide food.
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OLLE OLLEN
Associated Preas
STOCKHOLM
Berlin
Alexanderplatz
S.A
Heavy Going On Italy Front
British 8th Army reports 6000 prisoners since opening offensive by crossing the Senio river on April 9. McCreery’s forces push toward the Argenta Gap amid opposition as Allied troops join from the south. Truscott’s ranks advance 1,000 to 2,509 yards but face interlaced German defenses and heavy fire near Bologna.
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McCreery
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Ferrera
Sth
Bologna
Truscott
Harold Spree Named Governor of 116th Rotary District
Winnipeg April 17 Harold Spree of Red Deer Alberta was elected governor of the 116th Rotary District at the annual conference here last night.
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Harold Spree
Red Deer
Alta
Rotary
PlauenCaptor Leipzig Drive In Allied Advance
Allied forces push toward Berlin as Soviet and American units strike across Saxony and Thuringia. German defenses collapse along the Czechoslovak border and around Leipzig, with Plauen captured and Elbe bridgeheads strengthened. British and Canadian troops advance toward Hamburg as daylong bombardment and ground assaults reshape eastern Germany.
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Leipzig
ITH
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ARIS
A.P
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9th Army
Elbe
Berlin
Saxony
Plauen
Germany
Eisenhower says total Nazi collapse needed for final victory
General Eisenhower told U S radio correspondents that World War II likely ends only after Allied forces fully occupy Germany and eliminate all pockets of resistance. He warned against any V E Day announcement until western front pockets are wiped out and noted Soviet pressure from the east may begin when ground conditions permit. He emphasized destroying German arms rather than capturing geography and cast doubt on Berlin entry being tied to a fixed location. A Madrid dispatched report says German capitulation was expected Sunday with German consulate staff remaining at their posts in Barcelona.
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JULES B. GRAD
Stars and Stripes
Europe
Germany
Eisenhower
United States
Berlin
NEW YORK
Apo
Agence Prancalse De Prense
Madrid
federal communications commission
Barcelona
U S and Soviet Flyers Meet Over Front Line
American and Russian planes met over central German battle zone on Monday. Four fighters represented the American side in the first joining of east and west air fronts. The pilots, led by Lieut. Robert L Freeman of Chattanooga, Tennessee, initially did not recognize each other, but once identity was established exchanged friendly wing waggles before departing to their fields.
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U.S
Truman Ready to Meet Allied Leaders Soon
President Truman said at a news conference he would be happy to meet the leaders of the Big Five Allied powers, including Churchill, Stalin, Chiang Kai-Shek, and possibly de Gaulle, as soon as feasible. He outlined policy goals and backed the U N conference in San Francisco, though he did not expect to attend.
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Truman
Hranalin
Roosevelt
Koorchill
Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Gen. de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
oval
United States
San Francisco
hele
Smash 1 116 Nazi Planes in One Day
Allied air forces claim 1 116 German planes destroyed in a single day as 1000 US heavy bombers hit Dresden and the Czechoslovak frontier. A 16 day April total tops 3 809 planes destroyed, with 4435 shot down in air combat.
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Associated Press
ONDON
United States
Dresden
Czechoslovak
Mosquitos Blast Gestapo HQ in Denmark and Other War Updates
Reports from April 17 describe RAF Mosquito bombers targeting the Gestapo headquarters at Oderse on Fyn in Denmark, the third such raid in recent months. Stalin announced Russian forces captured Zitersdorf, north of Vienna. Paris fronts push 12 miles east toward the main Russian lines as the Allies close in. Ottawa announces a new parliament to meet August 16. German sailors ordered to report to base as air losses mount, with the Luftwaffe hitting a new low in aircraft destroyed. Chaplin ruled father of Carol Berry’s child in Los Angeles. Howe and Gardiner fly to Washington to discuss increasing overseas food shipments with the Combined Food Board.
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ZITERSDORE
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Vienna
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PARIS
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Leipsig
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Berlin
CHAPLIN
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LOS ANGELES
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
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GARDINER
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