Third Army near Czechoslovakia as Berlin threat grows
Allied advances push Third Army within seven miles of Czechoslovakia and split German forces. Reports claim Elbe bridgeheads near Magdeburg, Ruhr pocket shrinking, and advances toward Nuernberg and Berchtesgaden with Berlin looming. German front reorganized under Busch and Kesselring amid heavy Allied pressure.
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Third Army
Germany
Patton
Czechoslovakia
Bulletin
Havelberg
Berlin
Elbe
Magdeburg
Ninth Army
Elbe River
Barby
Brandenburg
Ruhr
Omar Bradley
12Th Army Group
Panzer Lehr
First Armored
Lehr
Leipzig
Talle
Dessau
North Sea
Emden
Harz
Chemnitz
Nuernberg
Am Seventh Army
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Munich
Ernst Busch
Albert Kesselring
Wuppertal
U. S
Hell On Wheels
2Nd Armored
Supreme Headquarters
Dresden
Tokyo Burns Under Constant Yank Fire
Tokyo endures another incendiary blow as 400 B 29s strike, leaving large sections of the arsenal and industrial districts ablaze. Ground forces push toward Baguio in the Philippines while Okinawa battles continue. Japanese losses rise as Allied ships and aircraft intensify the campaign.
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Tokyo
Leonard Mifkman
Associated Press
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Baguio
U. S
Italian Spring Offensive Begins In European Theater
Allied command announces the Italian spring offensive has begun with U S Fifth and British Eighth armies rolling into central and western fronts. The Fifth followed a day after 1233 heavy bombers of the U S Fifteenth Air Force bombed German targets south of Bologna as part of a broad push to break out of the mountains and drive toward strategic objectives.
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U. S. Fifth
Eighth Armies
Eighth Army
Fifth
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Bologna
Lt Col Matthew Legler Returns After Belgium Wounding
Lt Col Matthew Legler wounded in Belgium arrives in the United States and is reported by relatives to be in New York. The telephone message notes his action in Belgium and his recognition for the battle there.
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Matthew Legler
Belgium
States
Anna Legler
New York
the Belgi
Russian forces capture Seelow Heights near Berlin in major offensive
London AP bulletin reports Russians captured Seelow Heights 23 miles east of Berlin and linked bridgeheads near Kruestrin. German high command confirms a large east front offensive from near Neisse to Oderbruch, with fighting across a 60 mile front and breaches toward Seelow. Hitler proclaims Bolshevist arch enemy must perish in front of Berlin as German and American forces press toward strategic positions.
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London
Seelow Heights
Berlin
Kruestrin
High Command
Neisse
Oderbruch
Iet
Seelow
A Trin
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Eastern Front
Germany
Siberia
Asia
Cean
Fuerstenberg
Oder
Beeskow
Capital
Can
Wriezen
Ninth Army
Elbe
Tangermuende
Strongsov
Roosevelt Laid to Rest in Hyde Park Garden
Franklin D Roosevelt was laid to rest in the Hyde Park garden beside his family estate in a simple burial ceremony attended by President Truman, Mrs Roosevelt, and dignitaries. The gun salute and military honors accompanied the ceremony, with cadets from West Point present and a flag-draped casket carried to the graveside. The funeral followed his death from a cerebral hemorrhage earlier in the week as the nation mourned.
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Roosevelt
White House
Delaware Avenue
Capitol
Washington, D.C
President Truman
Pres. Roosevelt
Hyde Park Garden
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin de Jano Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Washington
Truman
Hyde
Supreme Court
Visungursheu
MacKenzie King
Canada
Alfred Clay
Warren G. Harding
Hudson River
Krum Elbow
West Point
Signs Point to Firm Cooperation Between Big Three
Washington notes indicate improving relations among the big three after the Yalta rift. Stalin names Molotov to head the Russian delegation for the United Nations meeting, signaling a possible smoother alliance. Moscow radio confirms Molotov’s San Francisco trip as part of premeeting diplomacy. Mikolajczyk’s call to include Poles in talks on a new regime shows tension remains.
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Washington
Yalta
San Francisco
Marshal Stalin
Truman
Molotov
United Nation
Frisco
Stalin
Moscow
Ai Day
White House
Roosevelt
London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
United States
Britain
Russia
Mikolajczyk
County Board Meets Tomorrow Spring Session Opens
The Green county board is due to meet tomorrow morning for the spring session, with four new members Jordan Monroe Mt. Pleasant and Albany village to be introduced. The session starts at 9 o clock, continues at 1 30 with committee nominations and memorial resolutions.
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Green County Board
Jordan
Monroe
Mt. Pleasant
Village of Albany
Two Cars Collide on City Intersection
Mrs. Donald Alston of Monroe route 2 drives one car and J. F. Zinser of 2427 10th Street drives the other. The collision at the intersection of 12th Street and 21st Avenue caused extensive damage to both vehicles late Saturday afternoon.
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Donald Alston
Monroe
J. F. Zinser
10Th Street
12Th Street
21St Avenue
Ing
Fire Levels Meier Cheese Factory near South Wayne
A blaze at the Meier Cheese factory about 50 miles southeast of South Wayne leveled the building around 9:45 p m. Mr and Mrs Joe Marty and three children were away visiting when the fire signal rang. They returned to find their home ablaze and helped neighbors move valuables to safety as power failed.
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Meier
South Wayne
Joe Marty
James Moe
Maritn
James
Scott
German Prisoner Escaped From Camp McCoy Captured
Col Horace I. Rogers reported the capture of Paul Nagorski a 25 year old Nazi prisoner who escaped Friday from Camp McCoy He was turned over to the FBI for return to authorities Nagorski said he rode a freight train from Sparta to Portage but failed to catch it when it departed
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Horace I. Rogers
Camp McCoy
Paul Nagorski
Rogers
Nagorski
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sparta
Portage
Truman Promises Unchanged Grand War Strategy
President Truman told a joint session of Congress that the grand strategy of the war would remain unchanged and undhampered despite his ascendancy. He pledged to punish those guilty for starting the war and to press forward with Allied efforts to secure lasting peace under leaders like Leahy Marshall King Nimitz Eisenhower Arnold MacArthur, paying tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt as he urged continuation of the nation’s wartime direction.
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Washingon
Truman
Congress
Hitler
Germany
Tokyo
United Nations
Leahy
Marshall
King
Arnold
Eisenhower
Nimitz
MacArthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Mr. Truman
Capito
April Showers Drench This Area
Green county reports 127 inches of rain over the weekend as chief engineer Fred W Musselman told The Times. Farmers need rain to aid oats and newly planted fields while thunderstorms and high winds threaten trees and wires, with no damage reported.
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Green County
Water Department
Fred W. Musselman
the Times Today
Harold Dooley Awarded Bronze Star Medal
Harold Dooley son of Mrs Merens Monroe receives Bronze Star Medal for serving with the Ninth Army spearheading the Rhine crossing. He participated in three major engagements in France and Germany.
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Aawara
Pfc
Harold Dooley
Michael Merens
Monroe
Merens
Ninth Army
Rhine River
Dooley
France
Germany
Road to Berlin and Front Distances Reported
Eastern front distances show 24 miles from Wriezen in a German report, while the western front lists 45 miles from Tangermünde and the Italian front 530 miles from Menate. The AP summarizes the measured fronts with these proximity figures reflecting World War II theater mapping.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Eastern Front
Wriezen
Western Front
Tangermuende
Menate
Pvt Paul Baltzer Wounded in Germany to Receive Purple Heart
Pvt. Paul Baltzer of Monroe is reported wounded in action in Germany while serving with the Seventh army’s infantry division and the 12th Armored division. Letters to his parents dated March 27 and April 7 describe bombing, loss of belongings, and that he will soon receive the Purple Heart.
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Cavalle
Caus A. Sommes
Paul 'Baltzer
Monroe
Baltzer
Seventh Army
Germany
12Th Armored Division
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Kawasaki
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Nagoya
Osaka
Kobe
Mitsubishi
Nakajima Masahino
Douglas MacArthur
96Th
Cagraray
Rapu
Wats
Legaspi Harbor
Luzon
Clark
Meier Cheese Factory
Pvt
Paul Baltzer
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