Patton Severs Routes Into Hitler Hideout
Allied forces push into southern Germany as Patton’s 3rd Army drives toward Regensburg and Linz while the 6th Army Group closes around the Bavarian redoubt. British advances threaten Bremen and Hamburg as Dempsey’s tanks reach the Elbe. Canadians siege Emden amid Holland fighting. pockets form near the Swiss border and toward Prague and Karlsbad.
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Danube
Bremen
Hamburg
Germany
Sir Miles C. Dempsey
Elbe
Emden
Holland
Grebbe- Eem
Jacob L Dever
Austria
Patton
Regensburg
Berchtesgaden
Pilsen
Prague
Linz
3Rd
Thunderbolt
11Th Armored
Schwarzenfeld
Naburg
Czechoslovakia
Trower
Eger
Karlsbad
Tireschenreuth
Texas and
Oklahoma
Allied forces close on German heartland amid rising prisoner totals
Supreme headquarters reported 37,275 prisoners taken on Saturday, bringing April’s total to 963,200 and the month’s to 2,292,995 since D-Day. German defenses crumble toward Dessau and Ulm as Stuttgart and Freiburg fall. Constance allegedly declared open city amid claims of thousands of wounded POWs near the Swiss frontier.
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Supreme Headquarters
Harz
Switzerland
Berlin
Dessau
Bitterfeld
Russiaa
Crailsheim
7Th Army
Devers
Sigmaringen
Petain
Laval
Ulm
Napoleon
Seissen
Stuttgart
Germany
Wurttemberg
Frieburg
Hitler
Hamburg
Breslau
Bremen
Chemnitz
Stettin
Potsdam
Harburg
Munich
Dresden
Kiel
Augsburg
Luebeck
Rostock
Constance
Lake Constance
Bergdoll Home to Be Sold After Mother's Death
The Bergdoll home is set for sale following the death of his aged mother Emma C Bergdoll in December. Bergdoll himself was captured after eluding guards during a dig for buried gold with companions in this county and later returned to the United States after years abroad.
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Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Germany
Emma C. Bergdoll
Sclons Shocked By Evidence Of Nazi Atrocities
Reports describe a truck with 60 more bodies bearing tattooed numbers and a crematory complex at Buchenwald. Congressmen view hooks and piles of ashes as emaciated prisoners, including many children, await care after liberation by American forces eleven days earlier.
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Sclons
Buchenwald
May Be Last Plane To Leave Berlin
A Lufthansa commercial plane arrived as scheduled from Berlin but Swedish authorities believed it was likely the last plane from Berlin. The craft carried three passengers and departed from a field northwest of Berlin, with Warnemunde on the Baltic as the return destination, not Berlin.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Lufthansa
Aftenbladet
Warnemunde
Baltic
Curley Too Ill To Go On Trial
Representative James M. Curley of Massachusetts and six others facing a 11 count indictment for using the mails to defraud were delayed as Curley fell ill. The case centers on Engineers Group Inc, a war contracts firm alleged to misrepresent qualifications to win contracts between 1941 and 1942.
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Washington
James M. Curley
Dmass
Curley
William E. Leahy
T. Alan Goldsborough
Engineers Group, Inc
Massachusetts
Russians Close in on Berlin Reich Capital Fight
The battle around Berlin intensifies as Red Army forces push toward the Brandenburger Tor and Unter den Linden. Reports from Paris and Swiss sources claim workers seized key rail hubs, with battles near Warschauer Brücke and Anhalter station. Berlin casualties and prisoner numbers rise amid Soviet advances toward Elsterwerde and Dres den.
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den Linden
Brandenburger Tor
Berlin
Paris
Warschauer Bruecke
Unter den, Linden
Zimmerstrasse
Unter den Linden
Anhalter
Nenkoelln
Anhalter Station
Brandenburg
Elsterwerde
Dresden
Flynn Introduces Bride To Filmdom
Hollywood reports Errol Flynn has formally introduced his 20 year old bride Nora Eddington to Hollywood with a Mulholland Drive reception. Guests included Gary Cooper Gene Fowler Fred Astaire Mary Pickford Ida Lupino and other top figures. Nora had said she might sue for divorce and if granted would seek support for their infant daughter while she plans to work.
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Hollywood
Errol Vignn
Nora Eddington
Flynns
Mulholland Drive
Gary Coopers
David Butlers
Gene Fowler
Fred Astaire
Mary Pickford
Ida Lupino
David O. Selznicks
Sir Charles Mendl
Helmut Dantine
Bruce Cabot
Nora
Governor Signs Two More Bills Today
Governor O Conor signs two bills and eleven resolutions in Annapolis. The second injury fund for the State Industrial Accident Commission pays total disability from a second injury. Courts gain wider habeas corpus writ discretion. A commission study for a state constitutional convention is authorized. A Potomac river Chesapeake Bay problems talks group with Virginia is created.
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Annapolis
O’conor
General Assembly
State
Industrial Accident Commission
Virginia
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Germans Know They're Licked
The piece assesses Joachim von Ribbentrop’s political collapse, citing his armistice bid through Fritz Hesse in Stockholm and Finland’s shift away from the Axis. It notes Ribbentrop’s failed attempts to salvage prestige, including a Finland visit and a pledge via Ryti that ended with Finland abandoning the Axis.
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Ribbentrop
Fritz Hesse
London
Stockholm
Finland
Paul Schmidt
Risto Ryti
Scouts Collect Much Clothing in Hagerstown Drive
The Boy Scouts of Hagerstown gathered about 8 250 pounds of used clothing from a house to house drive. Officials said donations must increase next week to reach a county goal of 300 000 pounds. Elks card party will admit only clothing. Civil Air Patrol will drop leaflets citywide. Boxes for deposits are placed in schools, fire halls, banks and offices.
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Boy Scouts of
Hagerstown
Elks
Civil Air Patrol
Fairchild To Be Unaffected by War’s End
Air shipping firms and major industrial groups show strong interest in Fairchild’s aircraft. The plane is expected to stay in full production for many years beyond the Japanese war, according to military leaders.
Fairchild Plans Peace Time Airplane Production Boost
The company expects to resume civilian aircraft manufacturing for private owners and outlines a post war distribution plan with contracted distributors. No workers will be released until military needs are satisfied, and additional military planes of a confidential nature are in design. About a thousand more workers are to be hired as Packet production scales up, marking a substantial postwar expansion. The note references the first lighthouse built in 1716 at Boston Harbor.
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Fairchild
Boutelle
America
Boston Harbor
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