War in Europe moves swiftly toward closing stages
May 4 1945 reports indicate piecemeal German surrenders along exhausted fronts as Allied forces press in through Brenner Pass toward Italy and Danube theater. Oslo broadcasts claim a Dutch truce with fronts in Amsterdam Rotterdam and The Hague. Paris reports remaining German high command surrendering.
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Europe
Germany
United States
Seventh Army
Brenner Pass
Italy
Gernot
Alout
Nazi Germany
Oslo
Holland
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Hague
Repy
Paris
Soviet Troops Mass for Prague Drive Amid German Holdouts
Soviet forces massed for an assault on Prague after linking with British troops in northern Germany to seal off German garrisons in Denmark. Yeremenko’s Fourth Ukrainian army seized Cieszyn as focus shifts south. six towns fell near Brno.
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Moscow
Prague
Germany
Denmark
Joseph V. Stalin
Fourth
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Cieszyn
Teschen
Berlin
Magdeburg
Elbe
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Bruenn
Seventh Army advances toward Berchtesgaden through Brenner Pass
American Seventh and Fifth Army troops linked forces in northern Italy and pushed through the Brenner Pass after rapid gains. They captured Salzburg and Innsbruck and moved within 10 miles of Berchtesgaden, the Nazi fortress area. Meanwhile the British Second Army moved into Denmark as German forces fled north.
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Paris
Seventh
Fifth Army
Italy
Alexander M. Patch
Brenner Pass
Salzburg
Innsbruck
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Supreme Headquarters
Memorial honor roll work amid court house grounds renovation
PA NEWC notes Cliff James and a custodian plus assistants at the courthouse yard as workers renovate the memorial honor roll. The PA War Finance Committee outlines a B-Day bond drive with days from Mother's Day May 13 to Wind-up Day May 20, including V-E Day if it occurs during the drive.
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Cliff
James
Court House
Pennsylvania War Finance Committee
Midway Victory
Pearl Harbor
Daily Weather Report Summary for United States
The 24 hour period ending at 3 a.m. shows a maximum temperature of 60 and a minimum of 38 inches. Precipitation is 0.26 inches and river stage stands at 5.1 feet. A simplified summer café year reports a maximum of 53 and no precipitation.
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United States
Nazi Field Marshal Ewald Von Kleist Surrenders to U S Forces
Nazi Field Marshal Ewald Von Kleist surrendered to the U S 26th Infantry Division with his wife and aide after driving into American lines. The 63 year old commander, famed for breaking the Maginot Line, said he surrendered to avoid embarrassment later and reportedly showed signs of drug use. His home was Mitterfels. He questioned the reliability of German press reports about Hitler.
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U. S
Ewald von Kleist
Poland
von Kleist
von Seydlitz
Mitterfels
Hitler
Okinawa Battle Report Details U S Drive on Naha Yonabaru Airfield
U S Tenth Army on Southern Okinawa presses the push toward Naha and Yonabaru airfield as fleet communique tallies 5551 Pacific casualties through May 2 including 1131 killed 2816 wounded and 1604 missing. Allied forces from five divisions face entrenched Japanese defenses amid limited gains by the First Marine division on the right flank. In Europe Allied forces under Montgomery report German capitulation in Holland Denmark and northwest Germany effective 8 a m tomorrow ending major resistance in those areas.
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Guam
United States
Tenth Army
Okinawa
Naha
Yonabaru
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
First Marine
Nimitz
International News Service
Allied Forces Advance on Rangoon Front in Burma
Allied lane and sea forces pressed progress on the Rangoon front amid heavy rains in Burma. Southeast Asia Command said stores were rushed ashore from beachheads secured yesterday and major Japanese forces west of Rangoon have been cut off. Aircraft dropped medical supplies to Allied POWs at Rangoon central jail and at Insein jail.
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Kandy
Ceylon
INS
Rangoon
Burma
Southeast Asia Command
Insein
British Forces Rout Rangoon in Burma Port Battle
Burma capital Rangoon fell to a combined operation as British forces announced a decisive defeat of Japanese troops. The southeast Asia command said intense battles left the Japanese unable to defend the port.
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Kandy
Ceylon
INS
Rangoon
Burma
Southeast Asia Command
German High Seas Fleet Surrenders After Signing Positions
Paris reports via Stockholm that the German high seas fleet and most remaining submarines surrendered after signaling positions to the British admiralty. The surrender follows World War II era naval reporting and notes the fleet’s capitulation to the Allied command.
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Paris
INS
France Soir
Stockholm
Russian Troops Search Hitler's Reich Chancellery for Proof
Russian forces in Berlin probed the burning Reich Chancellery for evidence of Hitler's fate as heavy smoke and soot hampered access. The building burned and Soviet units withdrew by a fire escape after a hasty tour through smoke filled rooms. crosses and barricades littered the site as troops reported fires raging.
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Moscow
INS
Berlin
Hitler
Reichstag
Reichchancellery
Yanks Enter Mindanao Capital City Davao
American forces cap two east coast Mindanao airdromes and enter Davao after a 150 mile drive by Maj. Gen. Woodruff's 24th Division. MacArthur reports Australian troops advance on Tarakan as air operations pound Mindanao targets and Japanese freighters.
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Manila
Mindanao
Davao
Douglas MacArthur
Tarakan
Borneo
MacArthur
Big Island
R. B. Woodruff
Parang
Matina
Libby
Italy Accepts International Messages From U S Firms
Pittsburgh May 4 G T Harris Western Union announces that for the first time in five years personal and business international messages may be sent to Italy marking a new cross border service expansion by the company.
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Pittsburgh
G. T. Harris
Western Union Telegram Company Today
Italy
Jap War Correspondent Captured in Pacific
Manila May 4 A Nip correspondent captured in the Pacific theater is in an internment camp at Mahan. He surrendered to American forces in Laguna after escaping Manila the day after U S forces entered the capital. He claims fifteen Nip correspondents have been killed and says Tokyo faced food shortages with evacuation of cities underway.
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Europe
United Nations
Japan
Far Pacific
Borneo
Rangoon
Davao
Mindanao
Philippines
East Indies
Car Nicobar
Andaman Islands
Tarakan
Manila
Pacific Theater
Mahia
American First Cavalry Division
Laguna Province
United States
Philippine
Nip
Comei Agency
Pacific
Tokyo
Domei
City to observe V-E Day with sirens and closing hours
Mayor John F Haven and council announce that authentic V-E Day news will trigger OCD sirens across the city for several minutes. The proclamation, effective April 13, urges respectful observance, keeps churches open for prayers, and requires drinking establishments and clubs to close when news breaks, with closures extending to midnight or the next day.
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John F. Haven
OCD
Explosion Might Have Been Meteor
A possible meteor caused a bright flash and loud explosion across the Middle Atlantic states. Dr Roy K Marshall of the Franklin Institute said the bolide was a large meteor and the noise came from its explosion or air rushing ahead of the fireball.
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Philadelphia
Ins
Middle Atlantic States
Roy K. Marshall
The
Franklin Institute
Marshall
German Radio Reports End of Hostilities in Holland
German radio broadcasts claimed a complete cessation of hostilities in Holland as reports circulated that Karl Doenitz sought a general surrender at Copenhagen. Eisenhower headquarters had no confirmation of a truce ending hostilities in Amsterdam Rotterdam or The Hague.
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Paris
Holland
Karl Doenitz
Copenhagen
Dwight D Eisenhower
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Hague
Truman Wins Chamber Support for Management Labor Charter
President Truman received a pledge of full cooperation from the United States Chamber of Commerce and American business. Eric Johnston, chamber president, and officers conveyed approval of the management-labor charter during talks with the president.
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Washington
INS
Truman
United States Chamber of Commerce
American Business
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber
Death notices list residents including Garity Caldwell Jones Fusco Parkes Baxter
The clustered obituary items record deaths for Robert E. Garity age 36 of Ellwood City at 190 Second Street Margaret Caldwell age 49 of Petersburg Ohio Edward Jones Jr age 1 of 701 West North Street Andrew Fusco age 64 of 554 Fast Long Avenue Mrs David H Parkes age 41 of 08 East Garfield Avenue Elmer H Baxter age 67 of 2102 Hartman Street with addresses across nearby localities.
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Robert E. Garity
Second Street
Ellwood City
Margaret Caldwell
Petersburg
O. Edward Jones, Jr
West North Street
Andrew Fusco
Long Avenue
David H. Parkes
Garfield Avenue
Elmer H. Baxter
Hartman Street
Settlement seen as key to future Polish peace
San Francisco May 4 High level sources at the San Francisco conference express new hopes that the Big Three will announce a Polish settlement within 72 hours to make Poland the fiftieth United Nation The final phase of deliberations raises the stakes for Allied plans to occupy Germany and its satellite nations and tests the pledge for mutually administered Nazi territory.
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San Francisco
Poland
United Nation
Germany
Russia
Britain
United States
Washington
London
Moscow
Innsbruck Surrender Hope Amidst Mixed German Forces
U S Seventh Army reports Innsbruck near surrender talks with a German battalion and 500 civilians inside the city while another German unit remains to fight. American forces press from Zerl toward Innsbruck and Berchtesgaden as a frontal attack is planned.
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U. S. Seventh Army
Innsbruck
Zerl
Third Infantry
Chiemsee
Berchtesgaden
Pattons Forces Close In On Linz From North and West
U S Third Army units under Gen. Patton push toward Linz Austria from two directions. The 1 1th Armored Division sits five miles north of Linz while the 65th Infantry Division nears from the west, about 18 miles away on the south bank of the Danube. The 11th Armored clears Zwettl nine miles north of Linz, 11 miles east of its previous position.
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Third Army
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Linz
L1th Armored
65Th Infantry
Danube River
Ling
Llth Armored
Zwettl
Candidate Running for Votes Amid Odd Tactics
An account describes a dubious political candidate using flamboyant gestures and personal appeals to win support. The passage notes lack of standard campaign signals and hints at unconventional methods to attract voters while referencing a peculiar time and weather cue.
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Montgomery
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