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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1945
Page
1
Hazy reports from Philadelphia describe a giant meteor seen near 3 45 am with tremors felt across the city. Franklin Institute director Dr. Marshall explains the meteor could weigh up to 1000 tons and break into fragments, its path and final landing location undetermined.
Moscow dispatches say a large Wehrmacht unit surrendered on the Russian front as weary troops expect a general capitulation. About 145 000 prisoners were counted this morning with hundreds more reported hourly. In Berlin Russians rush to restore Berlin utilities and aid refugees as engineers and technicians are dispatched to the capital.
British forces advance into Denmark and move toward Norway as German resistance collapses. Reports say 61000 surrendered city of Copenhagen area negotiations failed while Soviet patrols close on the Third Army. Allied action sinks and disables many ships and vehicles as Patton’s forces push toward Linz and Bohemia, with widespread German retreat through Schleswig Holstein and Denmark’s northwest. The front features heavy aerial thrusts, armored advances, and rapid town by town surrender.
An unusual report notes Captain Bray of Atlanta operating a Special Serve lens radio station daily with Varn Monroe's swing version of On the Road to Mandalay aboard a Mandalay bound route. Tokyo Race did not help, and the Japs in Mandalay were said to be ineffective.
May 4. CINB: A jubilant message from General Eisenhower to Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander praises his triumph in Italy. The note lauds Alexander and his command as key to the Allied effort, and hints at a future joining of forces against the enemy, signed by TRE.
Three Independent candidates at a Denver rally denounced current governance as remote controlled and urged voters to stay home next Tuesday. They blasted the mayor, urged defense of democracy, and criticized park policies blaming shortages on the administration.
Rita Hayworth and Janet Blair star in Tonight and Every Night at the Palace starting Friday as a London theatre company endures bombing raids. Charles Starrett and Dub Taylor return in Rough Riding Justice headlining Saturday at the State, with A Girl a Gained a Pal featuring Lynn Merrick Teed Donaldson and Ross Hunter also shown.
Berlin reports describe the Chancellery fire with bodies not yet recovered amid ruined Unter Den Linden. Soviet and French embassies fly red flags as the Reichstag remains damaged and the academy of art district shows further ruin. Reports detail Nazi registration in Borin and evidence from the German general staff underground, while bombs continue to explode near the crumbling capital.
An incoherent dialogue fragment depicts a tense battlefield scene. The speaker claims to be in full uniform with a machine gun, notes a radio contact breakdown, and mentions Prague and German influence as chaos and danger rise amid disjointed lines and urgent pleas.
War correspondent Edward W. Beattle Jr. reported captured by German forces in France last September, with San Antonio residents publicly supporting war efforts and daily pleas for news and aid.
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