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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1945
Page
1
The readable parts describe a tense wartime scene with Russian and American soldiers, patrols, and a president mentioning a juncture. Names like Trumah and Robertson appear distorted, and specific events or dates are not coherently presented.
The House unanimously adopted a draft extension bill with a provision to use 18 year olds in combat after six months of training. The Senate drafted amendment, approved unanimously in closed session, ends May 10, 1846 for the war period.
Report describes Third and Seventh Armies pressing south eastward crossing Danube bridges while forces seize Verona. German resistance appears to slacken as Berlin is surrounded and Western Allied and Russian forces advance, with German troops retreating toward Maly.
Washington reports Endy prisonera of World War are guarded under strict rules. Brig. Gen. Bryan states American camps in Hawaii hold German Italians and Japanese prisoners, with about 47,000 U S troops guarding 50,902 Italians 3,280 Japanese and 7,000 more in service. He testifies before the House Military Affairs Committee that prisoners are fed under Geneva Convention standards with no coddling, and work is required. He notes costs per prisoner and limits on tobacco and dances, denying any prisoner attendance at dances or nonwork activities unless authorized.
A 14 passenger commercial plane overshot a runway at Washington National Airport and crashed into a ravine bursting into flames. Police recovered 12 bodies with two more believed aboard. later reports revised to eight aboard with two killed and two severely burned. The chartered ship was believed to be owned by Paige Airways of Rochester New York.
The Rev W Myron Glick will preach his farewell sermon at Lake Avenue Community Church this Sunday morning April 29. He has accepted a call from The First Congregational Church of South Amherst to pastor, succeeding Rev Harry Dodge who moved to Clear Creek New York. Glick came to the Lake Avenue church on January 18 1844 after beginning studies at Oberlin Graduate School of Theology and now completes his middle year there and is to graduate in June. The Lake Avenue pulpit will be supplied by Rev J C Trimble of Oberlin.
American Third Army troops crossed the Austrian frontier into the Bavarian redoubt while radio contact with a Russian force suggested proximity to a joint thrust. The advance neared Vienna as Patton’s units moved toward Berchtesgaden and approached the Bavarian border, with reports of a possible link with Marshal Tolbukhin’s Second Ukrainian Army and a push toward Munich.
Washington reports a potential second juncture near Ling aiin as Gen. Patton's Third Army advances into Aris ka, with Russian forces moving west from Vienna and aiming to cut Germany into pockets from the North Sea to Bavaria. A separate item notes a farm laborer killed by a train near Winchester Ohio. A Mussolini arrest rumor circulated from London, claiming guards detained him by Lake Como.
United Press reports a late night line by line review of the Dumbarton Oaks Agreement as the basis for the proposed World Security Organization. Key issue centers on how to establish trusteeships over territory seized from the enemy with military areas under absolute control while cultural and economic regions face international oversight. Senator Connally and Senator Vandenberg push amendments aligning postwar policy with governance and security arrangements.
Ruth Davis 24 of 34 South Maple St died in Elyria after an automobile pedestrian crash injuring Leroy Bryant. Davis, from Saluda South Carolina, worked for General Industries Co and belonged to Saluda Baptist Church. Survived by husband, mother, two visitors and three brothers. Body to Finley Mortuary for shipment to Saluda.
Prof Earl Willmott and his wife, long time educational missionaries in West China, will guest speak at the Youth vesper service at Lake Avenue Church Sunday at 4 am. He returns from China after years at West China Union University Chengtu and will discuss China at war and its implications. The service is sponsored by the Senior Youth Fellowship and open to the public.
American doughboys of the 24th division pressed toward central Baguio in the Philippine highlands as Japanese resistance stiffened. Mindanao forces advanced on Davao, with quick progress along highway one. In the Baguio drive, US units breached defenses atop Mount Mirador and pushed beyond the Asing road, routing front line Japanese amid heavy combat.
German prisoners said Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, Germany’s last Western front commander, may have been in Regensburg when it was captured by the American Third Army. A German officer said the train carrying him was en route to Regensburg to deliver him, but there was no confirmation he remained there.
Ohio Agriculture Director Hodson advised Gov Lausche to veto the Revinson bill that would recognize Ohio improved Chester swine as a separate breed from the Chester White. The measure passed both houses and awaits the governor, Hodson said breeders know the O C breed is a branch of the Chester White.
Fragmentary report from World War II era describes the 69th Infantry making a first juncture with Soviet troops near Berit, about 15 miles south of a major objective. Commanded by General Hodges, the force aided by allied units under General Elfo Reinhardt supported the advance of the First Army.
A garbled dispatch notes an American soldier shaking hands with a Kazan trooper near the Elbe, while multiple local coroner verdicts describe accidental deaths. Other items mention protests over land grants, a veteran's death, a fatal railroad accident, and wartime actions around Berchtesgaden and Pilsen.
Local court actions include Darlene Yost aged 10 suing for 10000 for personal injuries after an April 27 collision on West Street. Dorothy A. Smith-Lagrange seeks band contract cancelation and return of property. M B Wilford seeks divorce from Minnie Wilford filed. Louise Martin granted divorce from Henry Martin, restoring name Zavedsky. Several injury claims arise from Route 29 traffic collision near Oberlin. Haghton Bell held in county jail after disturbance report.
London dispatch states Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering shot his five daughters and then himself after being sentenced to death by the Nazis and ordered to carry out his own execution.
Plum Brook ordnance plant announced the opening of a 20th TNT production line at Sandusky. The Trojan Powder Co operates the plant and said the new line will add workers to sustain a 24 hour day seven day week schedule.
The article reports on a disputed chairmanship within a conference, with Soret Minster Becquiel Padilla of Mexico and Fortean Minnister Anthony Aden of Great Britain offering proposals. It notes rough consensus among the Big Four on two points for conference approval, including security council membership terms and Soviet representation, while Molotov remains unmoved.
In San Francisco G I representative Alfred Balienthal of New York on 30 day leave from Camp Dickets Va urged U S and Allied officials to press for lasting peace. He described weighing questions of trust and ably portrayed average GI views while highlighting the need for wartime diplomacy and machinery for lasting peace. He urged delegates to settle differences and push peace machinery, meeting with Harold K Stassen and Charles Eaton alongside AVG officials.
Mort Cooper, famed St. Louis Cardinal battery with brother catcher, did not join the team as it departed. Attorney Lee J Havenet says Cooper will depart with the team, amid salary dispute with owner Sam Breadon. Cooper has stayed home awaiting induction into military service at Jefferson barracks. In Tokyo, AP reports invasion updates from Okinawa show Allied advances near Naha faltering, with airfields Machinate and Yonaburu contested and Seventh Division troops close to Gusukuma Packet, while Yonabru field remains a focal point.
The State Public Utilities Commission opened inquiries into several trucking companies suspected of fraud. Officials say tax cards issued to certify state regulatory compliance were forged, with two firms named Canton and Urbana Trophey cited as examples. The Governor announced the probe will expand and two suspects will be summoned before the Public Utilities Commission.
Donald E Bronson, formerly of the Army Air Transport Command, was honorably discharged medically on April 21 at Vaughn General Hospital Hikes after returning from India January 12. A Elyria school alumnus, he served three years and contracted malaria in India May 19. He visits his wife in St Louis this week and will stay with his mother Edna Bronson in Hopill before taking a traffic department job with Southern Airlines in Chicago.
Service visitors at the Elyria War Price and Rationing Board list marching orders and furlough lengths for armed forces members. Entries include Pvt Wade M Wilford of Ayms North Ridgeville 11 days and Sgt Robert Forgmans of 44 Oakwood Street seven days, among others with varying addresses and service branches.
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