U S Troops In Austria Push to Seal Off Czechoslovakia
Allied forces on the Austrian front break new ground as the U S Third Army reaches Regensburg and drives toward within 85 miles of Russian lines west of Vienna. French and British units push toward Munich and Bremerhaven while Canadian troops close on Oldenburg. Memmingen falls as Third Army advances toward Munich with armored divisions.
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Germany Sliced In Two By Juncture At Torgau
United States 1st Army and Russian forces linked up on the Elbe at Torgau, meeting patrols the day before, cutting Germany in two. Churchill framed the victory as the destruction of Nazi power and subjugation of the Hitler Reich.
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Historic Meeting on Elbe River Declares Axis Split
President Truman announced at White House that Anglo American and Soviet forces met at Torgau on the Elbe, 68 miles south of Berlin, confirming Germany is cut in two. The 89th Division under Maj. Gen. Emil F. Reinhardt led the American unit. The event marks a strong step toward postwar peace, though not final victory in Europe.
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Berlin Defenders Cracked As Soviet Forces Surge In
Marshal Stalin announced Soviet troops captured Spandau on Berlin western outskirts and Rathenow to the west while Potsdam remained German headquarters. Zhukov’s forces pushed into Moabit and Tiergarten as Konev’s army secured Tempelhof. Continued on Page Three.
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The Burial of Ernie Pyle and Other Headlines
The article itemizes diverse notes including the burial of Ernie Pyle, an entry titled The Left Hand Corner, and references to notable figures such as America’s No. 1 Indian Chief now aged 85, reflecting a mosaic of contemporary icons and events.
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Ernie Pyle's Grave Marked On Ie Shima Beach Cemetery
White Cross marks the grave of Ernie Pyle on Ie Shima near Okinawa in a simple combat cemetery. Five enlisted men are buried in a common grave with Pyle, who was killed by Japanese machine gun fire. Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce led the burial as mortar fire briefly interrupted ceremonies. A crude wooden coffin and a wreath were used, and taps was not blown during the 35 minute service. Memorial services drew about 60 officers and men, with limited press attendance.
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Not Inconsiderable Damage As War Bombing Report
London dispatch reports the Japanese Damei agency saying American air attacks have demolished a substantial portion of the US capital area. The broadcast cites 510,000 houses destroyed and 2,100,000 citizens afflicted, claiming figures equal a quarter of all households in the capital.
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Victory Loan drive tops weekly sales in Canada
Ottawa April 27 Substantial purchases push Thursday's Victory Loan sales to 876 243 950 and lift four day total to 279 423 850 national headquarters reports. Individual and organizational buyers drive gains with forces leading at 87 percent, Kiwanis Richmond and Kinsmen Vancouver notable buys, Alberta shows solid progress with Morinville at 99 percent and Lethbridge at 745 percent of its objective.
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Americans Report Troops Across Elbe Near Tangermünde
The German high command said American forces had crossed the Elbe River on both sides of Tangermünde, 15 miles southwest of Rathenow, with earlier German reports of Russian attacks in the area.
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Three Nominating Rallies Today Amid Federal Election Push
EDMONTON April 27 three nominating conventions are scheduled to select candidates for the June 11 federal general election. The C C-F party will nominate a Jasper Edson riding candidate as FO Harry Irvine, previously chosen, remains reported missing on active overseas. The Progressive Conservative party sets a nominating convention for Peace River riding at McLennan on May 10.
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Baseball Scores From The Nationals And American Leagues
National League action shows New York 5 versus Brooklyn with Pittsburgh 7 and Chicago 7, St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 1 at end of the sixth. American League games have Washington 6 over New York 4 and Boston 3 against Philadelphia 4 at end of the seventh.
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Americans Meet Russians on the Elbe in Historic Junction
On April 26 and 27 at Torgau on the Elbe, U S Army 1st Army and Marshal Ivan Xonev s 1st Ukrainian Army met in a historic junction signaling the defeat of Nazi Germany. Troops hugged, sang, and drank champagne as Allies celebrated the first face to face contact and began crossing language barriers to form friendships amid war s end.
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Jeep Patrol Overruns 11 Allied POW Camps East of Mulde
An April 7 report says a Jeep patrol broke through disorganized German lines and overran 11 Allied prisoner of war camps and hospitals east of the Mulde River. One camp alone freed more than 50,000 prisoners, with Maj. Fred Craig remarking he could not estimate totals for the others. The patrol also found two Russian Cossacks dead in a nearby town.
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Eden urges four week UN work deadline at San Francisco
Foreign Secretary Eden closed a day of talks demanding the United Nations finish its world peace machinery in four weeks. He stressed speed and said leaders like Eden and Molotov may not commit to more than four weeks for the task at the conference in San Francisco on April 21.
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Allies Enter Genoa Port
Allied forces push through northern Italy with Fifth Army entering Genoa as the front advances toward the Alpine redoubt. American units reach within 35 miles of Milan and British Sixth Army conducts a renewed pursuit while Italian partisans clear Genoa from German garrison. Germans reportedly withdraw toward Bavarian border as Verona falls, placing Brenner Pass access near blockade.
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Molotov Names Conference Chairman Clash at UN talks
In San Francisco April 2 1945 Soviet Commissar Molotov said the Poland dispute would be settled but the United Nations Security Conference would not participate. He backed four chairmen, one for Britain Russia the United States and China, blocking Stettinius. A compromise lets Big Four chiefs preside in turn at plenary sessions.
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China
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Stettinius
German General Dittmar Surrenders to U S Forces in Germany
Lt Gen Kurt Dittmar a top Nazi military analyst surrendered to the American 3rd Army in Magdeburg after crossing the Elbe in a rowboat with a White flag He told captors the war would end in days and that Hitler would die in Berlin He suggested Goering may already have been executed Other dispatches report Soviet capture of Wittenberg and liberation of Lester Martin a British bound POW Also UN Security Conference ends deadlock with chairmanship details and nations listed plus a Labour Board ruling in Canada and a London note on premature announcements
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