New Zealand Forces Move To Junction With Tito
Allied reports describe New Zealand troops advancing toward a junction with Marshal Tito’s partisans near Trieste, driving beyond the Piave river. In northern Italy the drive pushes toward the Brenner pass as German forces attempt to regroup. heavy prisoner captures and urban actions accompany the advance. Mussolini’s villa is reported seized at Gargnano, with Italian city Turin falling to American infantry.
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Rome
New Zealand
Tito'e
Clark
Italy
21Th Lancers
Eighth Army
Lance
Meslo
Treviso
Piave
Alcve
Nergera
Austria
U.S. Farst
Turin
Mussolini
William O. Darby
Assis
Io Mountain Division
Gargnano
Garda
Mussalini
Alersine
Ernest Stadelma
United States
Stadelman
Luftwhadfe
Udine
U. S. 1Th Air Force
Saburg
Lichter
Thaly
Penalty and officer reduced after crash conviction
Donald J. Marthy of Orionville, Man, convicted of failing to stay at the scene of a Christmas Eve accident near Ada, Oklahoma, was fined $500 under a general order from headquarters. The original sentence had called for dismissal, $2,000 fine, and confinement at Ward Tabor until payment.
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Ardmorsg
Okia
INS
Tivet Grent
Donald J. Marthy
Orionville
Man
Src
Ward Tabor
Ada
Oali
Graziani in Allied Hands Prisoner of War in Allied Hands
May 1 Rome report states Marshal Rodolfo Graziani is a prisoner of war in Allied hands. An authoritative officer said Graziani, commander in chief of the Peshal forces, was allowed to speak via a radio station in northern Italy, but confirmation was unavailable locally. Previous reports described his capture and possible execution for alleged acts.
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Rome
Redolfo Graziani
Thalia
Ginsiani
Qusteron
Waly
Ofttere
Wai
Alt Cnenadafte
Bond Set On Check Charge Involving forged federal check
A 26 year old man, O G Alravkey of Yale Street, faced arraignment on a charge involving depositing a $10 federal check to a private account. Secret service agent Ed Tyrell filed the complaint, alleging the check was payable to Manuel Dimas and dated April 16. Bond set at $2500.
Mussolini Death in Milan Crowd Honors and Aftermath
Reports from Milan describe Mussolini and his companion Claqueta Petacci executed as crowds cheered and leftist groups organized across the city. Partisans and communist brigades, estimated around 15,600 strong, paraded memorials and protested the monarchy while officials halted further summary executions.
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Moclam
Minsellrtty
Milan
Parisans
Patrio Pusrds
Avibald
Convnviunist
Brsgades
Herall
Margun
Eohuster
Mussolini
Garibidi Brignie No. 38
Duce
Petweed
Crimina Duce
Coneniend
Uberty Volunteer Corps
Messaling
Petacei
Pretacel
Shrer
Muscolini
Petacel
Production Force in Dallas Reduced
Dallas war production staff in the city has been cut from 78,000 in August 1944 to 48,000 now. North American Aviation, with 34,500 on the August payroll, plans to reduce to 20,000 by year end 1945. Firestone and Industriak products plant trimmed about 1,200 since fall 1944, officials said.
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Dallas
Dallas Jeounty
War Manpower Commission
North American Aviation
Firestone Andustriak Products
Aged Texas A and M Organizer Dies in Bryar May
Mrs. Manele Wilkes Hull Barry, 82, longtime Texas A and M organizer since 1918, died in Bryar hospital last night. She was noted for mobilizing women workers to assist legal and college extension programs, shaping advocacy and paid legislation.
Olmos Sewer Row Flares City Dispute Over Water Meter
Olmos Park faces sewer and meter disputes as city officials threaten suit after alleged contract issues. J Croswell Hall, president of the Olmos Park water district, denies meter problems and calls for inspection amid accusations of neglect and information requests.
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J. Croswell Hall
Olmos Park
Aide Describes Mussolini’s Character and Death Foreseen
New York May 4 report recounts Sergio, once Mussolini’s English interpreter, now a New York radio commentator, portraying the dictator’s vanity and craving for power. The piece cites how crowds empowered him on Rome’s balcony, his cowardice when isolated, and his reliance on spectacle to mask weakness. It notes Mussolini’s ties to Hitler and Austria, his disdain for the “paperhanger,” and forecasts of a violent end by a Roman fortune teller’s prophecy.
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Col. FR Aide
Uso Sergio
Mussolini
New York City
New York
Ptime
Venice
Mussolin
Pli
Hitler
Reichstag
der Fuehrer
Napoleon
Stra
Austria
Rome
Tisie
Germany
Tyrrhenian
Venice Welcomes Allied Troops After War Gains
Venice in a jubilant mood as British New Zealand forces enter the city, while Italian partisans sweep through Fascist hideouts. German garrison fled, harbor damaged by past blasts, but the city walls and canals remain intact. Local Venetians celebrate with soldiers, greet aid workers, and share food for pigeons near San Marco.
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Georg Vrnigh
Grun-V
Venice
Tuoning
W Palmer
San Marco
Grande Canal
Hotel Daniell
Four Vets Arrive At Brooke Hospital for Observation
Four San Antonio combat veterans recently returned from overseas have arrived at Brooke hospital center for observation and treatment. Frank M. Vicenty, 33, nephew of Albert Schwartz, wounded on D day plus one in Normandy. Tech Sgt James L. Warrington, 22, wounded in the back near St Lo while directing mortar fire with the 8th Infantry. Pvt Philip A. Aguilar, 28, wounded in October 1944 at Maafuti Bay New Guinea with the 1st World Infantry Nord division. Joe Garela, 25, machine gunner in New Guinea, wounded at Blak in June 1944.
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San Antonio
Brooke Hospital Center
Albert Schwartz
King Willam Street
Ninth Infantry
James L. Warrington
Mary Louise Warrington
Richard
Teskie
St. Anthony Street
St. Lo
A8th
Philip A. Aguilar
Rosa Aguilar
Matagorda Street
Maffin Bay
New Guinea
Iword
Nord
Pie
Joe Garela
Helminta Garcia
St. Bernado Street
Mari M. Garcia
South Feces Street
Hollandis
jSlon
Holandia
Blak
Boy 7 Injured by Hit and Run Driver
State highway patrol investigated a hit and run incident Monday on the Austin highway. Richard Ayala, seven, was found by Texas Ranger Dud Naylor lying by the roadside and transported to Rose Hospital with a skull fracture and fatal injuries. He is the son of Ayala, who lives with his mother on Route 2.
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Richard Ayala
Austin
Texas
Dud Naylor
Sot Rose Hospital
Ayala
Worker injured after fall from garbage truck in Houston
Sam Sauteda, 47, of 9217 Tem plea street, a city employee, fell from a garbage truck early Tuesday at Houston and St. Marys streets. He died at Robert Green hospital with a fractured left leg.
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Sam Sauteda
Templea Street
Robert #. Green hospital
Houston
St. Mary's
Unclear Health Note on Foot Itch Treatments
Fragmentary text mentions foot itch relief and various medical preparations. References names and places are garbled, with unclear actions and outcomes. Contains multiple nonsensical phrases and potential misspellings, limiting concrete facts.
Vague prophecy ends in tragedy on the island
A veiled prophecy foretells a grim fate for a woman who confides it to her confidant. She keeps warning signs from It j Duce who dislikes bad news. In 1938, once she reached age to reveal what she saw in the stars, she is reportedly arrested and dies on the island.
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Will Reyer
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