Reinforcements Swing Pacific War Gains and Europe Talks
Allied ground forces report steady gains across Pacific fronts with reinforcements promised from Europe. U S Tenth Army advances on Okinawa while Tarakan airfield expands range in Borneo as forces close on Mindanao. In Europe talks, Stettinius and leaders push for a rapid UN framework and Big Three summit to secure postwar peace.
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Leonard Milliman
Europe
Pacific
China
Japan
Tokyo
Soviet Union
Jiro Minami
Germany
Tarakan
Borneo
Tarakean Island
Philippines
Zamboanga
Mindanao
New Guinea
Fallout From 1934 Marseilles Bomb Went Global
In San Francisco on October 9, 1934 the assassination by a Croatian saboteur is linked to King Alexander of Jugoslavia. The piece notes shifts in European alignment and criticizes lax security at a world conference, where two men and two USC students breached barriers with four typewriters in a test.
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Security Council
Molotov
United States
Russia
China
Britain
Dumbarton Oaks
World Organization
San Francisco
Marseilles
Alexander
Jugoslavia
France
Veterans’ Building
University of Southern California
German Surrender Ceremony Floors German Delegation at Reims
German Army Chief of Staff General Jodl signed surrender documents at Eisenhower headquarters in Reims. Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith led Allied talks while Generals Eisenhower, Jodl, and others observed a stark room setting and austere ceremony marking five years of war.
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Marshall’ Yarrow
Associated Press
Reims
France
Eisenhower
Walter Bedell Smith
Gustaf Jodi
Jodl
Gen. Eisenhower
Ras
Industrial College of
Bell theft tied to wreck on Delaware and Hudson line
Railroad police seek a suspect described as the collector who stole a 75 pound bronze locomotive bell and a 160 pound wrought iron bracket from the wreck site on the Delaware and Hudson line near Central Bridge.
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Central Bridge
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
King George crowns victory as Europe ends hostilities
In a V E Day broadcast from Buckingham Palace King George VI urges British people to give thanks for victory and prepare for postwar tasks. Western Front ceasefire ordered as Germany surrenders. Eisenhower and Churchill hail teamwork and pledge continued fight against Japan. Stalin asserts Red Army trophies as Prague radio confirms ceasefire orders.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Peeper
Europe
Germany
Allurope
Tome
Far East
Sapmerenti
Truman
Churchill
U. S. Third Army
Ger
Eisenhower
Surrender Ups Hopes of Series
Major league baseball faces a delayed World Series with World War II affecting rosters and returns. Most of about 500 players on defense lists are overseas, shifting expectations for 1945 pennants and possible all star games. Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, and Detroit Tigers are highlighted as early-season contenders amid wartime constraints.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
G.I
National Defense Service
Pacific
War Department
Dick Wakefield
Detroit Tigers
New York Giants
Chicago White Sox
Chicago
Cleveland J
Philadelphia Athletics
Cincinnati
Giants
Polo Grounds
A. B
Chandler
Ford Frick
Will Harridge
ODT Chieftains
Stock Quotations from New York May 8
Closing quotes show Alaska Juneau mine at 6 percent, American Can 38, Anaconda 34, Curtiss-Wright 5, International Harvester 907, Kennecott 38, New York Central 26, Northern Pacific 2714, U S Steel 68, Sales 1 580 000. Dow Jones averages: Industrials 166.40 rails 66.42 utilities 90.85.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Dow, Jones
Truman Proclaims May 13 as National Day of Prayer After Victory
President Truman issues a proclamation declaring Sunday May 13 1945 a day of prayer thanking God for the Allied victory in Europe and urging national unity and dedication to peace. He calls upon Americans and their communities to honor those who sacrificed for victory and to seek guidance for the postwar era.
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Washington
Presiaan Truman
United States
Germany
West
Pacific
Europe
Harry S. Truman
Ana Saint Fie
United States of America
Four Million Warned to Cease Hostilities in Moscow Broadcast
A CBS recorded Moscow broadcast urged German forces to stop fighting the Red Army at once. The report warned Hitler's regime is collapsing while asserting the German people and state will endure. The piece referenced Oswiecim camp horrors and Nazi mass killings as detailed by an Extraordinary State Commission.
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Moscow
Germany
Red Army
CBS
New York
Hitler
Himmlers
Hitlers
Goerings
Europe
Oswiecim
Poland
State Commission
Bela Fabian
Hungarian Independent Democratic Party
Erfurt
Russia
France
Belgium
Holland
Czechoslovakia
Flomania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Pranece
War cost totals across U S conflicts reach billions
Treasury figures show the 1944 total cost of World War II and earlier wars to be 275.803 billion dollars through May 6. Other wars include Civil War, War of 1812, Mexican War, and World War I costs with pensions and interest. Kathryn Dunn of Concrete, Washington, guest at Baranof Hotel.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Spain
Kathryn Dunn
Concrete
Baranof Hotel
President designates prayer day and VE surrender note
President Truman announced the unconditional victory in Europe at 9 a.m. and set a day of prayer for the coming Sunday Mother's Day. Churchill said Germany's surrender would be ratified in Berlin as work to finish Japan continues. Kennedy later confirmed Germany signed capitulation at Eisenhower’s HQ.
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Stalin
Red
Dresden
Germany
Olmuetz
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Churchill
Russia
Zhukov
Berlin
Eisenhower
Truman
Japan
Nazi Germany
Europe
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Supreme Headquarters
Reich
Roosevelt
Tin
United Nations
London
Winston Churchill
Tedder
Allied Expeditionary Force
Tassigny
Hisenhower
United States
Britannia
King
Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Reims
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Hebert
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Veterans
Crab
North Africa
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Asia
White House
Ido
Amercan
Axis
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