Escape Route Cut Off In Holland Nazi Troops
Allied forces pressed toward Berlin as 80 000 German troops trapped in Holland were cut off from their escape route. British Second Army with the Seventh Armored Division closed gains near Bremen and Hannover as Eisenhower officials reported British forces within 15 miles of Bremen and Americans about 10 miles from Hannover.
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Paris
Holland
Europe
Second Army
Seventh Armored
Desert Rats
Bremen
Queen Port
North Sea
Berlin
Hannover
Ber
Forspera
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Miles C. Dempsey
Sir Bernard Lt. Montgomery
Quarte
Hong Kong Bombed for Third Straight Day
Gen. Douglas MacArthur disclosed a third consecutive bombing of Hong Kong by Japanese forces and said fourteen Japanese ships and many small craft were sunk in wide ranging air strikes. American paratroopers of the 11th Airborne Division pushed a ground operation in Luzon as Philippine air bases maintained a blockade of shipping lanes in the China Sea and southwest Pacific theater.
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Manila
Japheld
Hong Kong
South China
Douglas MacArthur
China Sea
Southwest Pacific
Luzon
11 Airborne Division
Russian Forces Drive To Encircle City Of Vienna
Soviet Second Ukrainian Army crossed the Morava river racing to encircle Vienna from the north while the southern wing joined battles reaching the Austrian capital outskirts. Reports say Red Army entered from the south amid heavy bombardment with house to house fighting near Moedling and Rothensiedl as St Poelten nears.
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Vienna
Second
Morava River
Moscow
Russia
Morava
Danube
Red Army
St. Poelten
Rothensiedl
Moedling
Japs Lose Again In Naval Battle With U. S. Fleet
Bulletin from advance fleet headquarters Guam reports the destruction of the Japanese 45 000 ton super-dreadnought Yamato in a sea air battle 50 miles off the Japanese coast during the last 24 hours. Three U S destroyers lost by the fleet are noted in the same bulletin.
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Guam
INS
Frost by Magnolia Trees Ends City Flower Display
Frost Thursday night and Friday morning blackened hundreds of magnolia blooms in the city. A light frost also touched the county, with temperatures around 30 degrees. Governor Edward Martin called for state recognition of Pan American Day on April 14.
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Edward Martin
Daily Weather Report for United States
Daily weather report for the 24 hour period ending 9 am notes maximum 56 and minimum 30. River stage 8.8 feet. Comparable date last year shows max 56, min 34 with no precipitation.
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United States
Canadians In Big Advance In Holland and Germany
Canadian First Army forces drove 15 miles in 24 hours reaching near Deventer, about 17 miles south of Zwolle. Northeastern spearheads moved into Germany to clear Menen on the Dortmund Ems canal while another thrust from Goworden reached Delen. West of Almelo troops reached Wereen but faced heavy fire as they moved along the Schipbeek canal toward Deventer.
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Holland
Ins
Deventer
Zwolle
Germany
Menen
Dortmunf-Ems Canal
Meppen
Goworden
Delen
Almelo
Air Raid Blitz Hits German Air Fields and Depots
A force of about 2150 American bombers and fighters struck four German air fields Kohlenbissen Wesen dorf Parchim Kaltenkirchen and damaged oil depots at Kitzacker and depots at Gastrow Duneburg Krummer plus railway yards Luneburg Neumunster during another Allied air offensive.
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Paris
INS
Germany
U.S. Strategic Air Force
Kohlenbissen
Wesendorf
Parchim
Kaltenkirchen
Kitzacker
Gastrow
Duneburg
Krummer
Luneburg
Neumunster
Germans abandon Bremen and Hannover suggest new defense line
Indications that the Germans are abandoning Bremen and Hannover reach the 21st Army Group Headquarters. A Reuters dispatch says Berlin is forming a new front along the central German plain before Eveline Hamburg and Magdeburg, possibly to shield those cities.
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London
INS
Bremen
Hannover
21St Army Group
Bernard L. Montgomery
Reuter
Eveline
Hamburg
Magdeburg
Allied Armies Gain In Italy
Allied troops advance in Italy as the British Fifth Army pushes along the coast and clears the Comacchio lagoon area. The Second British Commando Brigade seizes an eight mile front between the Adriatic and Valli di Comacchio, with nearly 1000 prisoners taken. American forces report progress as Monte Fragolito falls and a northern advance continues.
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Rome
INS
Fighth Army
Comacchio Lagoon
Reno River
San Alberto
Adriatic
Valli di Comacchio
Plan Resurfacing For Washington Moravia Streets This Summer
Ed win O Reed highway superintendent announced resurfacing may start early summer on parts of US Route 422 Route 18 in Washington street section between Croton avenue and the concrete road, Route 168 Moravia street from Long avenue to the city line. State Highway department bids open April 24 at 10 a.m.
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Ohio State Line
Edwin O. Reed
Washington Street
Croton Avenue
Moravia Street
Long Avenue
State Highway Department
Vinson Sworn In as OWM Reconversion Director
Fred M. Vinson was sworn in today as director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, succeeding James F. Byrnes. The White House said the private ceremony occurred in the former Byrnes office with no advance notice.
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Washington
INS
Fred M. Vinson
Office of War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
White House
Byrnes
Fleeing Germans Abandon Hospitals in Paris Area
Allied headquarters reports the U S Seventh Army captured eleven German hospitals in three days near Paris. More than 2300 patients were left behind as German retreat rapidity increased.
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Paris
INS
U.S. Seventh Army
Seventh War Bond Drive Schedules Start April 9
Lawrence county announces the Seventh War Bond Drive beginning April 9 with a county quota of 3 680 000 in total bond purchases. Individual targets total 3 680 000 while payroll savings and corporate drives run through May 14 and June 30 with emphasis on personal sales and continued campaign momentum.
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Lawrence County
W.W. Walter Braham
Braham
iIn
V E Day May Bring Increase in Gas Ration
Washington April 7 The Office of Price Administration and Petroleum Administration of War anticipate a possible 50 percent rise in gasoline allotments for civilian motorists after V E day. PAW estimates 100 000 to 200 000 extra barrels daily may be available. If top levels hold, A cardholders could get 50 percent more gas and B cardholders receive limited increases, though unlimited driving remains unlikely.
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Washington
INS
Office of Price Administration
Petroleum Adminition of War
OPA
Mother and Son Die In Harrisburg Fire Tragedy
Harrisburg April 7. A mother and her four year old son died trapped in a bedroom fire at a Dauphin County residence. Four other children escaped. one boy was seriously burned. Mrs George Clifford 40 and her son Paul perished before firefighters arrived. Joan Clifford 9 sustained serious first degree burns.
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Harrisburg
Jins
Dauphin
George Clifford
Paul
Joan Clifford
New Japanese Cabinet Men Are Selected
Japanese Premier Designate Adm. Baron Kantaro Suzuki completed his cabinet in two days and will hold three posts as premier foreign minister and minister of Greater East Asia. Gen Korechika Anami becomes minister of war with Adm Mitsumasa Yonai remaining navy minister.
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New York
INS
Adm
Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Domei Agency
FCC
Suzuki
Greater East Asia
Gen Korechika Anami
Army Aviation Headquarters
Mitsumasa Yonai
Navy
Domei
Hirohitoto
Pittsburghers Footing Tax Bill On U S Projects
Pittsburgh residents bear the local tax burden for government owned housing projects and industrial plants. Congressman Howard E. Campbell says federal in lieu payments cover only about four and a half percent of local assessments, costing homeowners about $500,000 annually. He has introduced a bill to require the federal government to pay local taxes like individuals.
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Pittsburgh
JINS
Public Lands Committee
Few Jap Planes Fail to Hit U S Warships Off Okinawa
Aboard Admiral Turner’s flagship off Okinawa April 7 1945 American and Japanese air battles dominated a day of fighting. The Japanese hurled many aircraft at U S ships and bases in Japan China and Formosa but few reached their targets and those that did caused little damage. More than 150 enemy planes were shot down by carrier air patrols and at least nine were downed Thursday night.
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Admiral Turner
Okinawa
Pacific
United States
Tenth Army
Japan
China
Formosa
Richmond Kelly Turner
Amphibious Forces
Pacific Fleet
Ryusou Group
Admiral Spruances
Allied Breakthroughs Push to German Border
Western Front dispatch reports Desert Rats lead an 80 mile advance in 48 hours bringing troops within 12 miles of Bremen. Canadian forces seize Coevorden, closing to 40 miles from Emden. U S units close on Hannover, Paderborn and Teul. Seventh Army ends Nazi resistance at Würzburg and advances.
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iBy International
Desert Rats
Germany
Bremen
Coevorden
Groeningen
Zwolle
Holland
Emden
U.S. Ninth Army
Hannover
Hamm
Ruhr
U. S. First Army
Pader
U. S. Third Army
Teula
Berlin
Struth
U.S. Seventh Army
Wuerzburg
Mustangs Escort B-29 Raid Destroys Japanese Air Force
American Mustang fighters accompanied 300 B 29 Superfortresses on a takeoff from Guam to strike Tokyo and Nagoya. They reportedly destroyed 91 enemy fighters and damaged ten more while losing two US aircraft. Brig. Gen. Ernest Moore praised the mission as a culmination of months of training.
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Bomber Command
Guam
United States
Tokyo
Nagoya
Japan
Iwo Jima
Ernest Moore
Washington, D. C
Seventh Fighter Command
Moore
Showers Tonight Foretold By Weather Bureau
Extended forecast from the Weather Bureau Harrisburg shows possible frosts tonight and Sunday in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. Showers are possible tonight and Wednesday with temperatures near normal. Warmer conditions expected Tuesday and Wednesday.
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U S. Weather Bureau
Harrisbore
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Death of Mrs Thomas FE Cowles at 63
Mrs Thomas FE Cowles aged 63 died at 324 East North Street. Services and details follow in the obituary notice.
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Thomas FE. Cowles
East North Street
Lawrence County Foresters Plant 25000 Evergreens
A group led by Judge W Walter Braham County Controller Andrew M Dodds and Boy Scout Executive Thomas G Allen plants about 30 men and boys on the old Lehigh Portland Cement property to reforest thousands of acres. The Lawrence Conservators supplied the trees and some loss is expected while thousands flourish.
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Lehigh Portland Cement
W. Walter Braham
Andrew M. Dodds
Thomas G. Allen
Lawrence Conservators
Lawrence County
Commander of Kassel Garrison Surrenders Quickly
Von Erxleben, commander of the Kassel garrison, capitulated within an hour after an ultimatum from the U S Third Army. The 80th Infantry Division of Col George W Smythe and Lieut Col Augustus Elegar delivered the demand. The Kassel operation yielded 14 433 prisoners in seven days and a reconnaissance platoon captured 2 500 Germans in 24 hours.
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Third Army
Germany
INS
von Erxieben
Kassell
80Th Infantry
George W. Smythe
Arlington
Augustus Elegar
Tulsa
Oklo
von Erxleben
Sinking of Yamato Ships End Japanese Fleet Hope
The Yamato, a 49000-ton battleship, was sunk off Japan as Fifth Fleet planes destroyed 391 enemy aircraft in a 24 hour period. Admiral Spruance led the carrier air offensive, routing five other warships and aiding Okinawa garrison relief efforts with decisive blows.
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Guam
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Fifth Fleet
Raymond Spruance
Kyushu
Goodyear Plant Hit By Strike In Akron
About 300 key workers at the Goodyear Tir and Rubber Co plant in Akron resumed a strike that halted production of war materials. Union negotiators and company representatives had met, but after the union rejected a company proposal, the operators walked out again, with first shift workers joining this morning.
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Akron. O
Goodyear Tir & Rubber Company
Akron
Banbury
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Goodyear
Arthur Mometer Anticipates Baseball Season Start
A devoted fan awaits the opening of the season as leagues prepare to resume play. He scans sport news daily and resists chores, eagerly watching for teams to scrap into action. The weather turns bright as spring approaches.
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Rhine
U. S. Seventh Army
Hockenheim
Neckar
Stuttgart
U. S. Army Signal Corps
U. S. Fleet
Nimitz
U.S
PA Newc
Telport
Winter Avenue
Daily Weather Report
Italy
North
Fifth Army
Monte Fragolito
Washington, Moravia
Vinson Sworn IN
SOS
Weatherman
International News Service
Old East Side Cement Co
Kassel
Allegheny County
Allegheny General Hospital
Joseph A. Bors
Arthur Mometer
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