Reds Reach Capital Suburbs
Moscow dispatches say Russian forces are 25 miles from American positions and approaching Berlin from multiple sectors. German and Russian reports describe a violent outskirts battle around the city as Berlin braces for further shelling and anti tank defenses.
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London
Berlin
Juderbop
Germnan High Command
Hernau
Moscow
High Command
Marshal Konev
Puerstenberg-Strausberg- Bernaling
Oder
Schwedt
Stettin
Transocean Agency
Lyeuten
Tie
Tito invasion of Italy feared by Germans, Milan dispatch
London quoted a Milan dispatch saying that northeastern Italy around Trieste and the Hume area was in rare danger of invasion by Marshal Tito's Yugoslav Partisans. A separate Lequesnoy France blurb noted an American airman lost his life avoiding a crowd during a patrol ceremony honoring resistance fighters.
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London
Milan
Jeacers
Trieste- Hume
Italy
Marshal Tito
Lequesnoy
France
Hla
patvioUe
Narlyrs
Peeneh Resistanee
Churchill Warns Japs Come Next
Prime Minister Churchill spoke at Bristol and urged a world organization free and open to all nations, with force to restrain aggression. He outlined a long peace path where even former enemies join, while stating Germans must be conquered and Europe freed from their thrall. He noted alliances with English-speaking nations and presented honors to two war cabinet members, Admiral HV Alexander and Ernest Bevin.
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Bristol
England
Churchill
San Francisco
Britando
Churehill
Europe
World
Japan
University of This
Tol
Pirst
Tard
Admiralty
HV. Alexander
Ernest Bevin
Yanks Smash Into Casalecchio and Bologna Front
Allied Fifth Army troops broke into Casalecchio near Bologna and pushed toward the Po valley hub, with advances along the Bologna Modena highway and into villages southeast of Ferrara. British forces crossed the Idice river near Budrio as German defenses stiffened in the Bologna area.
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Rome
Casalecchio
Po Valley
Bologna
Italy
Fifth Army
Bologia ~ Modene
Lucian K. Truscott
Bologns
Bologne
la Nicola Ferrarese
Ferrari
Budrio
Idice
Muely
Hytis
Zeven
Breen
Inn
Pork
Acul
Zugen
Hamburg
Germany
Elbe
First Army
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Polisianks
Aschendorf
Rauway
Papenburg
NO FESTIVITIES: PUNE PREMIER DECLARES WAR TIME STANCE
The Pune minister states there will be no festivities of thanksgiving until military leaders confirm progress. He affirms support for Japan’s defeat and solidarity with the United States in paying the war debt, noting the distant global impact.
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Pune
Yanks Kill Nazi General on Routine German Patrol
American rankmen on a patrol south of Schmallen berg confronted eight Germans who burst from a house and fired. A German general and two fleeing soldiers were killed as the Americans returned fire with a machine pistol. Three Germans escaped with no other injuries reported.
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Ure
Fitun
Gestapo
U. 5
MIRLY
Germany
U.S
Schmallenberg
Vtavikman
B 29s Strike Nine Jap Airfields in Kyushu Campaign
Allied forces report heavy airfield strikes by B 29s on Kyushu Island targeting nine major airfields from Konoya to Usa while Okinawa operations push inland. Nimitz notes limited U S losses as forces advance in southern Okinawa and Mindanao, with ground gains and counterattacks ongoing.
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Japan
Nimitz
10Th Army
Okinawa
Te Island
MacArtlu
Philippines
Kyushu
Mindanas i
Luzon
U. S
U.S
Halligan
Bush
Calhoun
Pringle
M. L. Abeled
Bramons
Skylark
Dickerson
Hobbs Victory
Logan Victory
Yamata
Yonabaru
Machinato
SS Caravan Raked By i P-38s
In a Luftwaffe convoy raid near Leipzig and Berlin, Ninth Tactical Air Force planes bombed a 200-vehicle SS escort between Lucken and Datune. Eleven P-38s attacked for 30 minutes while four German guards fought alongside four U.S. escort planes. Ground losses included at least 140 SS troops killed, 23 trucks destroyed, 22 damaged, and several armored vehicles damaged. one U.S. ship and one MB-100 were shot down.
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Leipzig
Germany
Ninth Tactical Air Force
Ehught Ald
Lickin
Datune
Berlin
U. S
Thrab’ Forees
Bombs Sink Lutzow and Rumors of German Losses
London reports indicate the battleship Lutzow was sunk by Allied bombs near Swinemunde on the Baltic coast. Russians allegedly captured the Nag and Beyduiz ships, while remaining German units retreat to Copenhagen leaving only small escorts.
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London
R. AP Bomes
Germany
Watpacker
Luezzow
Gnelsenay
Beyduiiz
Air Ministry
Swinemunde
Baltle
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Pring Engen
Ube
Nuersberg
Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas Weather
Forecast notes partly cloudy Saturday afternoon and night with possible thunderstorms later Saturday. Moderate to fresh winds, high near 62 degrees. East Texas expected cloudy Saturday afternoon and night in east and south portions, cooler Saturday night. Sunday will be fair and cooler with fresh to strong winds Saturday.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
East Texas
South
Bizarre Tale of Woman Cat and Casket Emerges
In Wilkingbork Pennsylvania April W Us after Mary Woodward whose mother lay in a casket for 92 years was oddly followed by a cat every day at the funeral home. Edgar Eaton disclosed the strange case noting the cat stayed beside the casket for months as the woman hoped to bury her mother above ground. Health officials ordered removal or burial of the body and the woman sought shipment to Washington for burial. A stuffed animal found in the trunk was linked to the cat in her belief.
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Wilkingborg
Mary B. Woodward
Washington
Edgar
Eaton
Anamal
Awayst
Board’ of Health
Americans Russians Near Elbe Junction In War Push
Allied forces advance toward Pilsen and Prague as Asch falls, with U.S. Seventh and Third Armies driving from the Czech border while Soviet and American units close on the Elbe. Berlin’s approaches spotlight a potential junction where northern and southern pockets may converge within 24 to 48 hours.
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Paris
U. S
Caecho- Slovakia
Asch
Pilsen
Prague
Moscow
Berlin
Supreme Headquarters
Aller
Dresden
U. 5
Third Army
Mudde
Leipaig
Doughhays
Elbe
Alote
Norghen
Bull
Reich
Tg Ue
RAF Delivers 16 Berlin Raids
London reports Mosquito bombers set a record with Bevin bombs as RAF led a day long Berlin blitz. Over 3000 planes attacked, with three raids the most Berlin had ever endured in a single night. American B 17s dropped 61,385,550 pounds of explosives, while 62 Canadians were captured at Dieppe as the U 87th Infantry overran Tambachd.
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London
Bevin
Wei
Be Bienedreich
Ake
Germman Riways
Berl
Mata
Berlin
U.S
Eighth Air Force
U. S. 87Th Infantry Division
Dieppe
Tambadh
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Reds
Tito
Hal Boyle Thekla
Conventration
Erla
Messerschmitt
Weimar
Paints
United States Ninth Armored
Carl Tykal
R.af
Luetzow
Ninth Army
Willenberge
Gortawer Forest
Prezelte
Wittenberge
Lie Elba
Dirsdorf
Abbendorf
Eisenhower
Ems
Asth
Arzberg
Pelden
Erbendorf
Nuernberg
Sixth Army
Proup
Sevgith Army Adt
Oy Wander
Muernbog
Hae U
14Th Armored
Netmarkt
Mauich
Artilery
Nyernberg
Tad
Stuttgart
Wands
RAF
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