Americans On Okinawa Push Toward Capital Invasion
American forces on Okinawa reached halfway across the island as they pressed toward Naha and its burning capital. Marine and Army units stormed ashore with a 1400-ship armada, securing airfields and advancing seven miles from the western beachhead amid heavy naval gunfire and carrier air support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Island
Okinnawa
Nadat
Capitel
Chester WooNimnitz
Richard W. Kelley
Yeet
Japan
Bez
Tokyo
Aves Inans Aircraft Chine
Philippines
Douklas MacArthur
Melbourne
Anest
Agserline
Kume
Naha
Ryukyu Island
Americas
Pacific
Jhe
10Th Army
Armamada
Nakarusuku Bays
County Land Auction Nets 318760 In Sales
County Auditor Frank Ayres announced the land auction generated 318,760 from 12,565 parcels sold. About 15,000 forfeited parcels remain, with 1,844 unsold, to be offered in a subsequent sale covering Elyria Township Carlisle Sheffield and Ridgeville districts. Distribution of proceeds will occur at mid-summer settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loruip County
Frank Ayres
Ayres
Elyria Township
Carlisle
Sheffield
Ridgeville
Digiribulion A
Uix
Jury list ready for common pleas court service
Clerk of courts H. H. Agale announced the names of about 30 persons summoned for common pleas court jury service beginning April 6. From Elyria and Lorain area: Elyria residents Lillian Myers, Lucy Braegger, Marvin Lee, Marie Epney, Burt Whitney, Margaret Clapp, Margaret Wavach, Maud Mylbewson, Frank Bichler, Ora Gill, Marjorie Cameron, Samuel Goodman, Agnes Jenkins, Blen nbeth Frick, Alfred Kyoney, John Horn, Joseph Shebel, John Mahoney. From other county sections: Jack Walker Maymeane Mester Goodspeed Morris Reev Keplon Kathryn Barrick Marie Crile Elva Sel Welling Mary Kasik Avon Jake Blanch Ready Henry Carter Obeeluit George Edwards Gryffon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Agale
Common Pleas Court
Elyria
Lillian
Myers
Washington Avenue
Lucy Braegger
Venieon Avenue
Marvin Lee
Margaret Wavach
Maud Mylbewson
Frank Bichler
Ora Gill
Marjorie Cameron
Samuel Goodman
Agnes Jenkins
Bille Nbeth Frick
Alfred Kyoney
John Horn
Joseph Shebel
John Mahoney
Jack Walker
Maymeane
Mester Goodspeed
Amherst
Morris Reev
Keplon
Kathryn Barrick
Marie Crile
Elva Sel
Welling
Mary Kasik
Avon Jake
Blanch Ready
Henry Carter
Obeeluit
George Edwards
Gryffon
Timms Father Industrialist Of Elyria Dies
Jon Timms of Elyria dies at Elyria Memorial Hospital after two weeks illness. He lived at 120 Harrison Street and was born in Salford on June 4, 160. Survived by wife Eleanor and seven children, including Jack of Cleveland and W B Timms, president of Timms Spring, plus Richard M Tanmes of Troxel Manufacturing. Funeral services Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Nichols Funeral Home with Rev G Russel Bardgate. interment in Brookdale Cemetery. Family requests no flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Timms
Elyria
Leehisn
Elyria Memorial
Harrison] Street
Tims
Sualford-on- Avon
England
Episcopal Church
Masonic Lodge
Cleveland
Eleanor Timms
Tree Sons
Jack
W. B Timms
Timms Spring Company
Richard M. Tanmes
Troxel Tmanufacturing
Nichols Funeral Home
G. Russel Bardgate
St. Andrew's Church
Offinasing
Frookdale Cemetery
Weather Forecast Fragments From The Mailed Press
Colder tonight with rain and light snow in the north portion. Rain ends in the south. Tuesday appears mostly cloudy and windy with scattered snow flurries in the northern areas. Forecast notes are partly garbled and located on page SI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oulo
Portheus
Planes Over Indo China Report Yanked By U P
United Press reports that Japanese controlled Saigon radio claimed U S bombers including B 29 Superfortresses Liberators and Lightning fighters operated over French Indo China. Attacks were reported near Saigon Chaton and Phanthiet with formations over coastal areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indo-China
United Press
Saigon Radio
Japs Killed, Captured In Philippines
American troops report heavy Japanese casualties and several captures across the Philippines. Gen MacArthur’s communiqué notes advances on Luzon Negros Mindanao and the goal of reclaiming major islands including Bohol. Fifth Air Force bombings hit Legaspi as U.S. forces close on Japanese pockets and push toward Baguio.
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Manila
Philippines
Duouiglis MacArthur
U.S
Spouemain
Bortion
Wichidingie Coy Ial
Munila l
Mijor
Bohol
Luzon
Fifth Air Force
Legaspi
Luxon
Baguio
Former Elyrian's Small Son Drowned
Mr and Mrs Robert Ray of Quirkwood Street and Mr and Mrs William Kaylor of Eastayegun returned from Holbrook Indiana after attending the funeral of Jerry Stephens one year old son of Pyro and Mrs Yareld Stephens The child drowned last Tuesday in Holbrook Lake The father who served over a year in Alaska was contacted by the Red Cross to arrange passage for the funeral Also surviving are two brothers Dickon age one and John age four
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ray
Quirkwood Street
Willam Kaylor
Eastayegun
Holbrook
Indiana
Jerry Stephens
Pyro
Yareld Stephens
Mayfgaret Bay
Elyria
Jerry
Holbrook Lake
Alaska
Red Cross
Tdipling
Tome
Dickon
John
Hope To Restore Unity In Security Meet Delegation
U S Secretary Edward RB Steittius Jr faces unifying the U S delegation for the San Francisco Conference on world security With a meeting set for tomorrow and a near nonstop schedule starting Monday The conference opens April 25 The delegation split over the Yalta secret assembly votes and Vandenberg opposes yielding more than one vote The group aims to operate under a unit rule to reach a consensus before joining others in voting U S officials note postponement talk amid P e rsonal and international tensions remains unsettled
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward RB. Steittius, Jr
U.S
San Francisco
Rute
Roosevelt
United States
Urges Another Big Three Meeting
London observers see growing strain in Big Three ties as Polish issue fuels calls for another high level talk. Vernon Bartlett proposes a fresh summit with Eden and Attlee possibly absent from full San Francisco conference. Molotov will not attend, while Britain seeks stronger stance on Poland and a new government in Russia remains unsettled.
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London
Rocsavels
Churche
Widod Marshal
Sgin
Vernon
Bartlett
News Chronicle
Foreign ‘Office
Asap
Anthony Eden
Clement J. Attlee
San Francisco
Vo Mo Molotov
San Francisc
Mussia
Forein Office
Hie
America
Russia
France
China
The
Daily Herald
Crimea
United States
Colder Weather and Snow Forecast Later
A fragile, partly cloudy sky with a cold snap is expected tonight across the region. Forecasters say temperatures will drop, with scattered flurries possible later, and strong northerly winds may make it feel cooler through the evening.
Will Employ Veterans For Air Service Jobs
Dayton officials announced that the Air Technical Service Command will hire discharged veterans for air service vacancies across the command region. Lt Gen Willian Kusudsen, LAPS director, stated ASC will be the first employer of eligible personnel, offering more than 6,000 job types across the theater for which veterans may qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Adity Air Perce
Age Technical Service Command
Willan S. Kusudsen
ASC. Tat
Ene Persionel
Air Command
Myti
Japs Say 14 More Admirals Are Dead
The Thanes News agency announced that 74 more Japanese admirals have died in action, raising to 108 the number of high ranking naval officers reported dead since May 1944. The dispatch was recorded by the FCG. Lincoln Ady, My Gal Lovesagusic, Sheriff of Cimarron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thanes
FCG
Armored Units Free 1,279 Yanks In Prison Camp
The Sixth Division freed about 5,000 Allied prisoners on Good Friday, with 279 Americans among those liberated near Gera and Friedberg. Prisoners described brutal forced marches from Bastoyen and extant camps as German counteroffensive reduced starving captives to collapse and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Devpec
Sieghain
Olid Geeps
Friedberg
Frankfurt
Imen
Bastoyen
Pen
Mainy
Americas
On Way Home After 5 Years In Hawaii
Miss Whalpin, editor and Navy veteran, returns from five years in Hawaii via San Francisco. She witnessed Pearl Harbor events and met travelers Aldine and Halpin aboard. The party plans a 40 day homeward voyage and Easter visit with Mrs Wright and Cochrane joining in Glendale court vicinity.
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Hawaii
Halpin
Glendale
Cnurt
Gee Aldine
San Francisco
Hawai
Whalpin
Pearl Harbor
Cochrane
I T
Ddulpin
Wright
Woman Receives Husband’s Purple Heart Medal
Mrs Evans of 019 Parkview Road received the Purple Heart awarded to her husband, Mfr. Lew Evans, who was wounded in action and treated at a base hospital. The family, including their 12-year-old, reside in Danghbats and the medal ceremony was solemn and pointed to his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew
Evans
Parkview
War At A Glance Drives Allied Push Across Europe
War updates describe Allied forces advancing into central Germany toward Gaul and Berlin while Red Army fronts close on Vienna and Paris. American offensives claim heavy Japanese casualties in the Philippines and aggressive patrols near Tokyo as air and ground actions intensify across the Pacific and European theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Germany
Berlin
Fastern
Viena
Pariie
Okinawa
Japanese Fomeland
Philippines
Isol Breg
Tokyo
Iglag
Tron
Byrnes Resigns and Vinson Nominated for War Mobilization Post
Justice James Byrnes resigns as War Mobilization Director after serving since May 1943. President Roosevelt nominates Fred M. Vinson, formerly head of federal loan agencies, to replace Byrnes and oversee hom efront mobilization and wartime controls. Byrnes will stay in Washington until duties transfer, then return to Spartanburg for rest.
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Washington
James PL Byynes
Roosevelt
Fred M. Vingon
Joan
Byrnes Suecoshot
Vilisety
Economg
Dense AL Domes
Byrnes
VSR
Denys Dale ‘Byrnes
Vinxon
Vinson
Spartanburg
Eftite
Ghyedralu South
Buckner's Guerrilla War Policy Aims End of War Fast
Dispatch from Guam describes Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr directing the 10th Army to "kill Japs fast to end the war fast." A biased officer paints Buckner as ferocious yet praised for generosity and concern for troops, noting his past command in Alaska and Confederate lineage. The report mixes praise with sensational claims in a wartime clipping.
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Buckner’s
Guam
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Janes
10Th Arpry
Okinawa
Lnem
Buckner
Chese Buckner
Aliska
States
Wisbern
Stiffer Resistance In Ruhr Trap as Allied Forces Advance
Allied forces reported strong resistance in the Ruhr area as American and British units converged on the industrial basin. Patton’s Third Army struck toward Berlin’s outskirts while American Seventh and French First Armies sliced through German escape routes toward the Bavarian mountains. Canadian forces advanced into Holland from the Nijmegen region, driving toward Arnhem as German defenses collapsed along the Rhine and in key cities like Münster and Paderborn.
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Berlin
Elding Almast
Germany
North Sea
Star
Blaenich
Naz Rovernment
Weimar
Hitler
Holland
Ruhr
America
Elyria Brothers Meet In Paris During War Service
Mrs. Edward J. Brosky reports her husband Sergeant Edward Drosky met his brother Private Joe Dombraski in Paris on March 11. They spent a day touring the city and recalling pre service days after 15 months apart since leaving Texas. Dombraski’s wife lives at 645 Cleveland Street. another brother Anthony Pembroski was killed in the Pacific last June.
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Edward J. Brosky
Marseilles Avenue
Set
Edward Drosky
Pre
Joe Dombraski
Paris
Arenes
Texas
Mes. Brosky
Set. Brosky
Marseiles Avenue
Pfe
Dombriski
Cleveland Street
Anthony Pembroski
Brashy
Atlas
Bee
Dembroski
Belgium
Rumors of Hitler Last Peace Proposal Circulate in Stockholm
Rumors from the Free German press bureau in Stockholm claim Adolf Hitler sought a Western truce via Joachim von Ribbentrop, including immediate concessions and joint occupation plans. The report suggests Hitler would quit if Germans favored him, threaten reprisals against Allied officers, and cites a Nazi Werewolf movement in occupied western Europe.
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London
Adolf Hitler
R Callins
Pewe Rumner
Stockholm
Hitler
Joachim Vom Ribbentrop
West Germany
Russia
Hiller
Austria
Reich
Germany
Sicily
West
Vienna Disorders Report Reds App Report
London dispatches describe Red Army advances toward Vienna with tanks and infantry penetrating toward the Leitha mountains and Wiener Neustadt. Heavy bombing and rail disruptions are reported as Moscow radio notes rising unrest in Carinthia and Styria while near Bratislava and Vienna betrayals and Allied air support are cited in fighting along the Danube corridor.
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London
Red Army
Austria
Okni
Adya
U.S
Viennna
Moscow
Wiener
Neustadt
Bratislava
Ger
Slovakia
Stetlin
Mall
Stettin
Germany
Oder
Marshal Fender
Tolbukhin
Vien
Trausersdorf
Frost Dangers Rise Across Midwest Warned by Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau warned frost danger is rising across the Midwest as a warm spell ends. Temperatures are expected to plunge tonight with 15 to 25 above zero in Missouri valleys and hard freezes in Minnesota Wisconsin and northern Illinois Indiana Michigan by Tuesday night. Frost may reach parts of Illinois Indiana and Michigan Tuesday night threatening early crops in southern regions where fruit trees already began developing.
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Chicago
Federal Weather Bureau
Midwest
Missouri Valley
Minnesota
Awa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Mid- West
Alnon
Private soldiers read Old Public Debt figures in Maine news
Two army privates stationed in New Brunswick Maine observe a newspaper note about the public debt totaling 10 204 022 168 70 dollars and a 35 cent per person contribution plan. They reflect on the patriotic gesture amid the war effort and public accounting.
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New Brunswick
Maine
United States
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Gal
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Ady
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Elyria Brothers
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