Allies drive into Germany and liberate many fronts
Chronicle lists major World War II milestones from early 1945 including Third Army advances near Bastogne and Oberhausen, Luzon invasion, Warsaw fall to Russians, Tokyo raids, Yalta decisions, and Germany's unconditional surrender formalities. It highlights Mussolini execution, Okinawa end, and Japan’s surrender culminating in Missouri signing.
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Bastogne
Belgium
France
U. S
Italy
Pacific
Laezon
Negros Islands
Philippines
MacArthur
Luzon
Warsaw
Oder River
U. S. First Army
St. Vith
Aachen
Germany
Berlin
Oberhausen
First U. S. Cavalry
Manila
Boer River
Japan
Guam
Tokyo
Yalta
Russia
Budapest
Bataan
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Okinawa
Vienna
Austria
Leipzig
Nuremberg
Bremen
Stettin
Baltic
Elbe River
Torgau
Gegenbach
Kurt Dittmar
Magdeburg
Benito Mussolini
Congo
Munich
Venice
Milan
U. S. Fifth Army
Reichstag
Stalin
Caserta
Zhukov
Konev
Borneo
Netherlands
Denmark
Helgoland
Frisian
Montgomery
Devers
Swinemuende
Third Army
Czechoslovakia
Pilsen
Karlsbad
Gustav Jodi
Reims
Europe
S—U. S. War and Navy
Nanning
Congress reconvenes and Roosevelt era ends in 1945
A sweeping wartime to peacetime transition timeline marks Roosevelt’s death at Warm Springs and Truman’s oath, with Congress reconvening, the 1946 budget, draftrules, UN charter actions, and decontrol steps across industry. It notes Patton Doolittle Bradley and others returning, and key cabinet reshuffles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sam Rayburn
House
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Senate
War Production Board
George Patton
James Doolittle
U. S
Omar Bradley
Randolph Co
James F. Byrnes
Washington
Bermuda
Rose Bowl triumph caps Southern California season victory
Southern California University wins the Rose Bowl with a 25 point margin amid a slew of results across major sports. Sammy Snead tops Los Angeles golf, while notable pro football, boxing, and track champs are crowned in New York and Chicago events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California
Reacea Dake Ae
Alabama
Miami
Georgia Tech
San Francisco
West
Thenast
Southwestern U. Anal U. of Mexico
Sammy Snead
Los Angeles
York Yankees
Larry McPhail
Byron Nelson
Jay McSpaden
New York
Army
Navy
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
Chicago
Major U S Weather Disasters Mark 31-Day Calamity Run
A review of catastrophic events from a 31 day period reports a Auburn Maine nursery fire killing sixteen children and one woman, a Meridian to Montgomery tornado, a record high Ohio River flood, a devastating Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri Illinois tornado, a Milton Pennsylvania train collision with nineteen dead, a B 25 crash into the Empire State Building killing three, a crack train collision near Michigan, Texas hurricane coastal damage, Miami inland hurricane injuries and sixty million in damage, a Chelan Washington school bus drowning, a northeastern snowstorm with thirty three dead, and a Chicago troop train clash injuring many sailors.
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Michigan
Texas
Celebrities and War News Highlight 1940s Era
Notes on wartime decisions and pet consignments mix with lists of marriages, awards, and chart hits. Notable items include a mastiff gifted to Col. Elliott Roosevelt, various film and music honors, and significant deaths and public events across the United States and Mexico.
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MacArthur
Prince Nashimoto
U. S
France
S—Jap
Tomoyuki Imashita
Tiger of
Manila
Russia
Manchuria
Syria
The
Levant
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Moscow
Truman
Robert H. Zackson
U. S. Supreme Court
Allied War Crimes Tribunal
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Straster
Surank Walker
War Stimson
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye
Hollywood
Calif
England
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Chaling
Hunan
Cologne
Mindanao
London
Holland
Coblenz
U. S. Third Army
Ludwigshafen
Rhine River
U. S. Third Fleet
Admiral Halsey
Osaka
Apan
Philippine Islands
Maca
Gapen
Beet
Ank
Hiroshiroshima
Rey
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Emperor Hirohito
Hirohito
Potsdam
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Truk
Rota
Yap
Jaluit
Yamashita
Jonathan Wainwright
Mukden
China
Chungking
New Grand Hotel
Yokoama
U. S. Eighth Army
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Hideki Tojo
Britain
Bavaria
Pierre Laval
Vidkun Quisling
Lebanon
Egypt
Palestine
Shanhaikwan
Java
Iran
Nuernberg
Teheran
Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
William Davis
Fred Vinson
McNarney
Bradley
Krueger
Somervell
Spaatz
Kenney
Clark
Handy
Thomas Clark
Francis Biddle
Lewis Schwellenbach
Frances Perkins
Clinton Anderson
Claude Wickard
Agriculture
Agriculture Department
OPA
Newark
N. J
Bretton Woods International
Aerate
United Nations Chater
Petroleum Administration
United Nations
Vega
WMC
Churches
Commission
Western Union Telegraph Co
Attlee
Pearl Harbor
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Montgomery, Ward and Co
Fleet
Karl Hoffin
Robert Storz
Ida Grove
Owa
Governor Green
Illinois
Republican National Committee
Earl Wilson
Sugar Branch
George Carshall
Far East
James Rafferty
Gunder Haege
Melio Bettina
Jimny Bivins
Joe Baksi
Lou Nova
Ohioa
Ann Arbor
Mich
Frank Sinkwich
Detroit Lions
Ann Curtis
Toronto Maple Leafs
Red Wings
Albert
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Kenesaw M. Landis
Hoop Jr
Eddie Arcaro
Sammy Byrd
Detroit
Welby van Horn
Tommy Holmes
Boston Braves
Charles Beaudry
Marquette U
Milwaukee
Bloomfield
Hambletonian
Titan Hanover
Harry Pownall
Goshen
N. Y
Michigan State College
Robert Feller
Cleveland Indians
Green Bay Packers
Sarah Cooke
Boston
Pauline Betz
Forest Hills
Frank Hunker
Forest Park
Chicago Cubs
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Louisville Colonels
American Association
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Louisville
Joe Louis
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Phil Cavarretta
Hal Newhouser
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Miss
Ala
Ohio
Oklahoma
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Iilinois
Antlers
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Milton
Empire State Building
New York City
Lake Chelan
Chelan
Wash
Department of Commerce
Variety
Greer Garson
Gallup
Booth Tarkington
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Bing Crosby
Ingrid Bergman
Gloria Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Leopold Stokowski
Mexico
Candy
Leland S
Larry) MacPhail
N. Y. Yankees
Jean B. Wanamaker
Baltimore
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
Mansfield
Deanna Durbin
Felix Jackson
Las Vegas
Merle Oberon
Lucien Ballard
Juarez
Idaho
Montana
Canada
Virginia
Ginny) Simms
Hyatt R. Dehn
Beverly Hills
Billboard Theatrical Magazine
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Betty Hutton
Theodore Briskin
Shirley Temple
Sgt
John Agar
Lake Forest
Glouesters
Billboard Magazine
Atchison, Topeka and
U. S. Navy
Honolulu
Wright Field
Dayton
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Judy Hack
Seattle
Baby
Carole Landis
W. Horace Schmidlapp
George S. Patton Jr
Navy Hospital
Vallejo
Francis T. Maloney
Conn
Meriden
Onn
William E
Pussyfoot
Johnson
Binghamton, N. Y
Charles W. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Alfred V. Forest
Franklin D. Foosevelt
Ernie Pyle
Ie Island
Quisling
Patek
Heber J. Grant
Lateer Day Saints
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Hiram W. Johnson
Washington, D. C
John
Dublin
Eir
John Thomas
Alexander Arch
Enth Army
Pourtke
San An Antonio
Tex
Davis
Calvin
Western
Union
Mac
Woods Remnants
Dept. W
Bedford, Penna
Vitalix, Inc
Canton
So. Dakota
Kathryn Fison
California
Omaha
Nebr
ACM LLC
OCI Trust
Dr. Caldwell
St. Joseph Asapiri
Pworld
ATR
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
WNU
Pauls
Idoans
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