Top Nazis Fail to Support Doenitz in Italy Switch
The Lethbridge Herald reports Allied forces announce hostilities cease in Italy and imminent Nazi capitulation in Holland. Field Marshal von Rundstedt is captured in a Bavarian hospital by the U.S. Seventh Army, while Allied plans say some 14 million German personnel will be turned over as Germany’s empire unravels amid surrender notices.
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DOENITZ
Lethbridge
ITALY
HOLLAND
Berlin
Marshal Stalin
ERMANY
Austria
Hitler Successor Doenitz Fires Ribbentrop Fronts Ready for Last Stand
Doenitz moved quickly to solidify his grip as Hitler’s successor, dismissing Joachim von Ribbentrop and naming Count Lutz Schwerin-Krosigk as foreign minister. The Nordfront saw Boehme pledge loyalty from Oslo while German forces in Norway were urged to continue the fight. Norway and Berlin reports tie the shakeup to a possible final resistance.
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ONDON
Grard
Karl Doenitz
Adolf Hitler
Norway
Hamburg
Hitler
Doenitz
fuehrer
RIBBENTROP
Joachim von Nibbentrop
Lutz Schwerin-Krosigk
von Papen
von Schleicher
Franz Boehme
Oslo
London
Doeritz
Otto Ciliax
Petain Writes Hitler as He Returns to France
The 89 year old Marshal Petain sent a letter to Hitler from Sigmaringen stating he will defend himself on French soil and that only in France can he justify his acts. He denied fleeing to evade responsibilities and said he must explain his actions as France’s wartime leader.
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Henri Philippe Petain
France
Sempers
Hitler
Sigmaring
Thomas F. Hawkins
Associated Press
Marshal Petain
Petain
mtia
High Court of Justice
National Assembly
genera gent
Bordeaux
Vichy
Hitler Met Hero's Death Contradicted by Himmler Report
Paris May 2 AP Eisenhower authorized a statement that Heinrich Himmler told Swedish Count Folke Bernadotte at a Lübeck meeting April 24 that Germany was finished and Hitler was so ill he might already be dead. The statement said Hitler could not be expected to live more than two days longer and that Doenitz’s claim Hitler died a hero at his post contradicted those facts.
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PARIS
AP en. Eisenhower
Heinrich Himmler
Folke Bernadotte
Luebeck
Germany
Hitler
Hamburg
Himmler
Schillenberger
Admiral Doenitz
Gen. Schillenberger
Joy and doubt greet Hitler death report worldwide
A German Hamburg radio claim that Adolf Hitler died at his Berlin command post sparked mixed responses worldwide. Americans, Europeans, and officials weighed the rumor with joy, skepticism, and questions about whether he is truly dead or alive, and what it means for Nazi leadership.
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Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Hiller
North America
Europe
New York
Hamburg
Paris
Washington
San Francisco
United Nations’ security conference
Hitler
Mussolini
Earl of Halifax
United States
T. V. Soong
Germany
Berlin
Hit
Laval Won't Leave Spain in Franco Order
Pierre Laval Marcel Dent and Vichy education minister Abel Bonnard arrived in Barcelona and refused Franco orders to depart Spain immediately. They will face internment at Montjuich fortress while the Spanish government decides their fate.
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MADRID
Pierre Laval
Marcel Beat
Abel Bonnard
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Spain
Montjuich
ADRID
Marcel Dent
Franco
representa
Loan Ahead of 7th Drive OTTAWA May 2
The Eighth Victory Loan moved ahead of the Seventh drive with subscriptions reaching $577,092,150 by Tuesday, surpassing last year’s figure. Tuesday’s sales totaled $77,039,000, with individuals buying $40,170,200. Alberta reports 33.4 percent of quota with $25,283,900 raised across 16 units. British Columbia-Yukon investments reach $37,156,660.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Royal Canadian Navy
Atlantic Command
ALBERTA
New Gllasgow
N.S
Three Rivers
Que
Vancouver
New Westminster
B.C
Victoria
Bantt
Holdenbruce
British Columbia-Yukon publicc
North Burrard Drydock
North Vancouver
Boeing
Sea Island
Senseless To Fight Longer Says Rundstedt
Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, once German commander on the western front, declared it senseless for Germany to fight any longer. He was captured in a hospital at Bad Tölz, 25 miles south of Munich, while making the remark to an American command post.
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U.S
Kurl
Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Bad Toelz
Munich
36th Infantry Division
Albert Kesselring
Willer
Von Rumdstedt
Rundstedt
Ardennes
7th ARMY
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Germany
Normandy
Bad Torlz
Flo
RUNDSTEDYT
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Apne
Von Rand- Aledt wis
CS. 7th Army
Ifiller
Vbert Kesselring
Rhine
Eisenhower
Alpine
Brenner
Italy
Fall of Berlin Reported by Stalin Frontline News
Premier Stalin announced the fall of Berlin with the German garrison surrendering at 3 p.m. after a battle that began April 21. Moscow said 70,000 Germans were captured in the cleanup, with Rostock seized and the German 9th army destroyed. Soviet advances continued near the Wilhelmstrasse and the Reichskanzlei as the Red Army pressed toward Rostock and Neuropyin.
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LONDON
C.P
Stalin
Berlin
Moscow radio
Rostock
Baltic
Marshal Zhukov
Konev
Moscow
Webling
Preiderichstrasse
DoNene
old town
Hitler
Paris
Luebeck and Rostock Taken by Allies in Spring Offensive
Allied forces announced rapid advances across northern Germany and Denmark. Luebeck on the Baltic was captured by the British 2nd Army, Rostock fell to the Red Army, and Allied units pressed toward Elbe and Salzburg. The drive included the 7th Army near Munich and rapid advances toward the Brenner Pass, signaling a collapse of German defensive positions.
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ARMY GROUP HEADQUARTERS
Reuters
Luebeck
Baltic Sea
2nd Army
ROSTOCK
ONDON
C.P
Baltic
Red army
Stalin
PARIS
Elbe
Denmark
Schleswig -Molstein
United States
Alpine passa
Tyrol
Innabrugk
Breoner Pans
Czechoslovakia
Haymburg
Allied Forces Land Near Rangoon In Burma Drive
British warships have landed Allied troops along the Rangoon river as initial parachute drops reach the area. Troops advancing from the north are reported within 36 miles of Rangoon, while airfields on Car Nicobar and Port Blair were bombarded successfully by East Indies fleet units.
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ALCUTTA
Burma
Rangoon river
southeast Asia command
Rangoon
Southeast Asia
Torsday
East Indies
Car Nicobar
Bay of Bengal
Me Andaman
far islands
Port Blair
PaMmuniqne
Gulf of MM
Airec
Indies
Rangoun
Monbitin
Peg
Frisco United Nations conference opens with cordial mood
May 2 San Francisco United Nations securing conference enters work after day and night plenary sessions. Delegates set up commissions and board leaders while foreign secretaries of the Big Four show evident friendship at dinner hosted by Eden. Molotov applauded as Fraser of New Zealand spoke. calls for international rules of conduct. Delegates to the conference adjourned with goodwill.
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SAN FRANCISCO
United Nations
Whit
Eden
Britain
T. ¥. Soang
China
Mulaov
Russia
Stoltinius
United States
Molotov
Petr Fraser
New Zealand
Ray shazis
ilsy
progr CANADAWS
Will Hays Office Withholds Film Of Atrocities
May 2 New York. Teddy Shara, producer of the documentary Atrocities, says the Hays office banned the film from theatres. A spokesman denied a ban but said the film’s code was withheld for too many scenes. Shapiro plans to distribute to 12,000 independent theatres nationwide.
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td Trsiy Shara
Piesches
din Unitytees ofice
Willis
hid
Hays office
Shapiro
United States
Holland too
The Luxembourg radio reported Allied controlled broadcasts that a German capitulation in Holland was imminent with armistice negotiations underway for over 24 hours. Concurrently Free Norwegian circles claimed the Quisling government had resigned while awaiting a new Norwegian government.
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ONDON
Luxembourg
Holland
Quisling
ROME
Heinrich Von
Hitler Dead Said By Truman On Authority
News wires report May 2 that President Truman asserted he had strong authority indicating Adolf Hitler is dead. Another item claims Hitler was assassinated after a quarrel on April 21 22 in Berlin. Reports also note Himmler offered surrender but was not accepted by Allies and that Doenitz ordered troops to withdraw to oppose the Russians.
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WINGTON
Truman
Adolf Hitler
LOSDON
Paris
Hiller
Berlin
GREW
HIMMLER
WASHINGTON
ihr
United States
Joseph C. Ghew
Kirmrich Himmler
Himer
Russia
Britain
SAVES
FUE
LONDON
C.P
Marshal Stalin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Baltic
Rostock
Denmark
TRUM
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