Tokyo Torch Attack by Superfortress Rains Fire on Tokyo
A force of about 400 heavy bombers launched a midnight attack on Tokyo, the 15th and largest B 29 strike on the capital, with fires and explosions over a five mile square target area. Allied forces destroyed 256 Nippon planes on southern approaches to Japan, while Luzon progress tightens with forces closing in on southern and northern objectives. reports place Japanese commander Samashita fleeing toward Japan and mechanized units moving from Shanghai toward Manchuria amid Moscow’s Russo Japanese neutrality pact denunciation.
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Jess
Tokyo
Japan
Nippon Radio Tokyo
Okinawa
Luzon
11Th Airborne Division
158Th
Baguio
Philippines
Tomoyuki Samashita
Shanghai
Manchuria
Moscow
Runaway Truck Frolic on Friday the 13th
A runaway truck on Tenth Street yesterday, driven by Otto Albert Buer sisser after a delivery, struck a curb and light post breaking a globe, then collided with a car owned by Chester Frautschy. The incident began when the driver briefly left the vehicle to deliver a package.
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Anon Kiel
Otto Albert Buersisser
Tenth Street
Frisco Conference Up To Stettinius
Washington reports President Truman will not attend the United Nations meeting as he assumes duties during Roosevelt funeral as Stettinius leads the delegation. The article notes the San Francisco conference handling and possible early three nation talks. Truman studies background with Byrnes and Stettinius while Eisenhower’s Germany advance may prompt another heads of state meeting soon.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Europe
United Nations
Stettinius
Stalin
Churchill
James F. Brynes
Yalta
Byrnes
Germany
Dwight. D. Eisenhower
Falls Asleep While Smoking In Ludlow Hotel
A guest at the Ludlow hotel, an employee noticing smoke from his room, fell asleep with a lit cigarette and was overcome by smoke. Fire caused severe damage to a bed, mattress, and linens, with smoke damage extending to an upstairs hallway and extensive hotel room damage.
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J. L. Craige and Son
Ludlow
Young Ostrander
Allied forces breach Elbe defenses and advance toward Berlin
American Ninth Army crosses the Elbe while Third and First Armies push toward Leipzig Bayreuth and Dresden. German defenses fray as Patton’s corps move into Bayreuth and approach Chemnitz. Ruhr pocket largely eliminated as forces press toward Prague and Czechoslovakia frontier. Canadian, British, and French units push in multiple avenues amid a widening Allied advance.
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Paris
Ninth
Elbe
Berlin
Leipzig
Bayreuth
Saxony
Chemnitz
Dresden
Germany
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Republic
Omar Bradley
Ruhr
Ninth Army
Brandenburg
Third Army
George S. Patton
Patton
Skoda
Pilsen
Prague
Groeningen
Arnhem
Appeldorn
Zwolle
Magdeburg
Dortmund
Beyreuth
Gera
Freezing Tonight Forecast by Wisconsin Meteorologist
A killing frost was predicted for Wisconsin tonight and tomorrow by Howard J. Thompson of the U S Weather Bureau in Milwaukee. Temperatures were forecast to fall to as low as 15 degrees upstate and 28 in southern Wisconsin with readings ranging from 18 at Land O Lakes to 34 at Madison and Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
U. S. Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Thompson
Upstate
Wiscnsin
Land O ° Lakes
Superior
Park Falls
Wausau
Green Bay
LaCrosse
Madison
Three Katy Line Cars Fall Into Elk Creek Near Muskogee
Three cars of a northbound Katy passenger train plunged into flooded Little Elk Creek sixteen miles south of Muskogee. Officials report no casualties as the locomotive and cars settled with only one end of the coach submerged. The engine crew and all aboard are safe, per Katy officials and Army engineers who surveyed the scene.
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Muskogee
Little Elk Creek
Tee Times-Democrat
Phoenix
Katy
Roosevelt Carried Wisconsin In Four Presidential Votes
The Wisconsin presidential results show Roosevelt winning in 1932 1936 and 1940 but losing in 1944. Key figures include Roosevelt with 707 410 in 1932 802 984 in 1936 704 821 in 1940 and 647 472 in 1944 against Hoover Landon Willkie and Dewey with 347 741 380 828 679 206 and 671 860 respectively.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Wiscon
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Alfred M. Landon
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Colleague Pens Warm Tribute to President Truman
Senator James M. Tunnell writes for the Associated Press praising Harry S. Truman for guiding the Truman committee, noting its bipartisan makeup and impact on government savings, while highlighting Truman’s liberal voting record balanced by careful reasoning and loyalty to both labor and business.
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Truman
Associated Press
Tunnell
Senate
James M. Tunnell
United States
Delaware
Washington
Senate of
Harry S. Truman
Truman Committee
U. S
Mead
New York
Mmittee
World Court
Florida Ship Canal
Tornado Death Toll Reaches 112 Across Three States
The death toll from Thursday's tornadoes in Oklahoma Arkansas and Missouri rose to 112 with 15 missing and hundreds injured. Arkansas reported 21 deaths with five missing while Missouri had six deaths. Oklahoma totals stood at 85 with 63 killed at Antlers as soldiers used bulldozers to search rubble for 10 more missing.
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Wumianvina City
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
War's End Coming Piecemeal VE Day By Proclamation
Paris dispatch predicts V E day will arrive by allied proclamation between the eastern collapse and western cleanup. Eisenhower says Nazis may fight to last inch. joint proclamation with Stalin likely, not a German surrender. Northern and southern Nazi pockets form, Berlin arc to clear, Hamburg and Lübeck targeted.
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James M. Long
Supreme
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Reich
Europe
Eisenhower
Marshal Stalin
Baltic Sea
Berlin
Germany
Austria
Lake Constance
Berchtesgaden
Hamburg
Luebeck
Holland
Denmark
Kill Americans Cruelly Battle Instruction to Japs
MacArthur headquarters reported a captured Japanese document from Batangas dated March 8 1945 instructing troops to kill American soldiers and to shoot guerrillas. It states even women and children who oppose the emperor will be killed and cautions against killing with one stroke.
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Douglas MacArthur
14Th Corps
Batangas Province
Rumors and Mixups Rise Over Berlin Advance
War bulletins from Okinawa and Europe describe garbled reports sparking premature celebrations. Rumor traced to a misinterpreted message about German resistance, with ships and radios spreading false claims. Ninth Army nears Berlin with reports of 45 miles remaining and imminent entry, amid tension in the city.
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Okinawa
Ameen
Pla
Ashor
London
Absie
Europe
U. S
Ninth Army
Berlin
Howev
Associated Press
Road to Berlin Front Line Distances
Maps show distances from key fronts: Eastern front 32 miles from Zellin, Western front 45 miles from Tangermuende, Italian front 530 miles from Nenate. Figures reflect advancing Allied positions and supply routes across three theaters.
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Eres
Zellin
Tangermuende
Nenate
Solemn farewell as Roosevelt body returns to White House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's funeral cortege enters Washington after arrival at Union Station at 10 14 am crowds estimated 300 000 to 400 000 mob scenes line Constitution Avenue and the White House. President Truman and cabinet members join the procession with famed officials and family members aboard the funeral train followed by a Marine guard and military bands.
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White House
Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Court House
Draft Board
St. Victor's
Truman
Union Station
Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
John Boettiger
William D. Leahy
Bernard Baruch
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Supreme Court
Marine
Metropolitan Police
Mr. Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
William D. Hassett
Jonathan Daniels
Samuel Rosenman
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Hudson Valley
Roosevelts
Armes
Constitution Avenue
Wac
Union Station Plaza
Franklin Delano Roose
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