Solons Report Nazi Atrocities Planned Extermination
A congressional delegation spent two weeks in Europe visiting Dachau Buchenwald and Nordhausen camps. They described a calculated program of torture starvation and extermination against prisoners and urged justice while noting Allied efforts already addressing war crimes.
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Nordhausen
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Japs Frantically Shake Up Navy Commandin Tokyo
Tokyo dispatches report another Japanese naval shake-up as the fleet seeks to bolster its flagging power. Vice Admiral Takao Tada becomes Naval Affairs chief and vice minister of the navy, replacing Shigeyoshi Taohive promoted to full admiral. Vice Admiral Ryoze Pukida moves to command the Ching seas fleet, succeeding Nobitake Konda appointed to supreme war reigncil.
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Takao Tada
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Fwl
Jon
Ryoze Pukida
Takao Naval Station
Ching Seas
Nobitake Konda
King George Ready To Join Last Fight
London report says King George VI trained daily with a rifle and tommy gun in Buckingham Palace garden. Churchill told Parliament the monarchy would have joined men on the firing line in a last stand scenario. In London home remedy costs show Americans spent about 300,000,000 on medicine cabinets.
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Texan recalls Nazi gas plot during interrogation
Pvt. Walter H. Sudduth of the 17th Division recounted Nazi officers pressing for details on American gas masks and frontline protections during his capture on January 7, 1945. He described a week of questioning at the war department personnel center and noted the Nazis’ persistent search for gas defense specifics.
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Walter H. Sudduth
Née
War Department
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Sudduth
C.J. Sudduth
Third Army
Naz
Truman Promises Action To End Coal Strike
President Truman declared the government would take whatever steps are necessary to end the coal miners strike in its third week. He said the coal must be gotten and will be gotten, but did not elaborate on specifics.
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Washington
UTI
Truman
172 Points Start Gunner Texas Bound
Esquidal of Brooksfield heads to San Antonio with 172 discharge points, double the required 85, for a war mobilization under the Army plan. He is a tail gunner on a Marauder in the European theater, with 50 points for 56 months service, 14 overseas, 12 for a child, 75 for Air Medal, 14 for oak leaf clusters, and 10 for two battle stars.
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San Antonio
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Goodwin Street
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Paris
Stamey G.farr
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Farr
North Hoosick
Algeria
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Moracca
Tihisia
Sictis
Italy
Normandy
France
Germany
Fat
ATC Keeps Supplies Flowing Into China
The Air Transport Command moves about 50,000 tons of supplies into China each month and had flown 650 million miles by March, according to Lieut. Gen. Harold L. George ATC commanding general.
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China
New York
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Harold L. George
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Todayy
Channel Islands surrender yields vast German materiel
At Jersey and the Channel Islands the unconditional surrender of German forces yielded vast materiel. Dumps filled with coastal guns, anti aircraft weapons, and other equipment will take weeks to count and dismantle. Several small vessels and two heavily armed airships were noted, with skeleton German crews remaining aboard some ships.
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