Germans Quit In Droves As Allied Advance Surges Ahead
Allied forces pushed into Bavaria and Baden as German resistance collapsed. Patton's Third Army seized Regen and 13,000 prisoners. Seventh and French First Armies moved toward Ulm and Augsburg, trapping tens of thousands in pockets. By month’s end, over two million Germans had surrendered or been captured across the front.
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Yesterger
SA Supreme Headquarters
Omar Brad Isy
42Th Army Group
Wig
Bradley
George
Patton
Regensburg
Danube
11Th Armored
Regen
Linz
Salzburg
Austria
Hisenerz
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Third Army
Texas
Oklahoma
Eslarn
Pilsen
Prague
Supreme Headquarters
Bavaria
Wurttemberg
Baden
Ulm
Lake Constance
Howard Cowan
Black Forest
Stutt’ Bart
Augsburg
Suitzburg
Cap
Tured
Arsten
52Nd Lowlanders
Hastedt
Guards
Zeven
Bremen-Hamburg
51St Highlanders
Bremen
Rhine
Bre
Hamburg
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Iler Canal
Seventh Army
Tiger
10Th Armored
Stuttgart
Eringen
Hulben
Maunsingen
Alexander M. Patch
Cactus
Local G I Says All Are Scared
A first person recount of Allied landings on a Japanese island. Marines describe fear before the beach landings, repeated Japanese air attacks, and successful inland push with little opposition. They note caves and pillboxes were mostly empty and Marines had a field day against Nip planes. The message ends with concern over the President’s death and hope for a quicker end to the war. Snyder is identified as the son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Snyder of 112 Bester Street.
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Marine Corsairs
Iook
Europe
Snyder
Edgar Snyder
Bester Street
Meats Cut From Prisoner Diet Rationed In War
Baltimore April 28 The Service Command announced due to critical food shortages all meats including sausages kidneys fatback and hocks are removed from the diet of about 20 100 German prisoners of war held at fort Maryland and other stations under Third Service Commander jurisdiction in Maryland and Virginia Tennessee and Pennsylvania is noted.
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Baltimore
L Bervice Command
Critheal
Maryland
Tennsylvania
Two Russian Armies Meet Inside Berlin
Soviet first and 1st Ukrainians forces closed in on Berlin as the two armies linked around the city. They cut lines north and east of the Schlessischer station, reached near Unter den Linden, and advanced to within miles of Potsdam while encircling German defenses.
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Berlin
Schlessischer
Silesian
Unter den Linden
Gregory K. Zhukov
Berlin-Hamburg
Berlin-Hannover
Ivan S. Koney
Potsdam
Red Army
Moscow
Oder
Neisse
Fuerstenberg
Guben
Grossenhain
Dresden
Hitler Chalet Is Plastered
Allied air forces attacked a jet base outside Pilsen and a railway target in southern Germany. Bombers flew a 1200 mile round trip for the Pilsen strike. Luxembourg radio warned Skoda workers to take cover, issued by Gen. Eisenhower to spare civilians. The warning marked a first direct appeal to residents of a target city.
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U. S. Sthir
Europe
Pilsen
Germany
Luxembourg
Skoda
Eisenhower
Restaurants get more meat via adjusted ration points
The ration system sets fixed points per meal for restaurants based on December 1942 averages. Every two months restaurants report meals served and food volume to the Ration Board, which adjusts allotments. Average restaurant meals rose about 25 percent, some up 100 percent, with a 20 percent cut in red points per meal since January 10 to balance home consumer cuts. For diners, eating out can still yield more meat because restaurants receive 16.8 red points for 28 meals versus 12.5 red points for home meals.
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Ration Board
Ration Office
President Truman To Speak Tonight At UN Conference Opening
President Truman met with Cordell Hull at Bethesda Naval Medical Center as plans firmed for his 10 minute White House address to formally open the United Nations Conference in San Francisco. The program runs from 7:30 to 8 p.m. Eastern wartime. Stettinius Warren and Lapham are named as other speakers for the event.
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Washington
Truman
Cordell Hall
Dethesda
Naval Medical Center
Hall
White House
San Francisco
State Stettinius
Earl Warren
California
Fred D. Lapham
United Nations
Poland's Chair Empty At Meet
Poland's chair remained vacant as nation after nation weighed the Dumbarton Oaks plan for a new world organization. Debates focused on an international assembly, a five member security council, and guarantees of justice. Russia and Britain signaled support for Chinese proposals, while Attlee backed Soviet representation, hinting at broader Western restraint.
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United Nations
Assembly of All Nations
Security Council
Russia
America
China
Britain
France
Vesireday
Stettinius
United States
San Francisco
Warsaw
Yalta
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
John Foster Dulles
Cordell Hull
Clement Attlee
Ukraine
India
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Canada
State Department
Dumbarton Oaks
France Demands Petain Death As War News Dominates
Paris newspapers trumpet harsh verdicts on Petain after his arrival in Switzerland and anticipated return. Terms like Traitor and Hitler's Valet fill the pages while editors argue the Germans aimed to sow chaos and place him atop a French underground. A minority defends his WWI record and claims German manipulation.
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France
Paris
Petain
Switzerland
Hitler
Fifth Column
Franc Tireur
Germany
Depeche de Paris
le Populaire
Republic
Pierre Laval
Lt Goetz May Fly In B 29 Over City
Lt Samuel L Goetz 21 son of Mrs Ras Goetz Concord St may fly over Hagerstown in a B 29 if weather allows. He is a bombardier at Langley Field and may be en route to McCook Field Neb to pick up the bomber. He has served nearly two years in the Army Air Forces and recently returned from six weeks in the West Indies.
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Samuel L. Goetz
Ras Goetz
Concord Street
Hagerstown
Goetz
Langley Field
McCook Field
Neb
Army Air Forces
West Indies
United States
Goets
Air Cadets
Yanks Threatening Jap Eastern Flank On Okinawa Island
U S Seventh Division infantrymen seized high ground near Ishin on southern Okinawa and threatened the eastern flank of the fortified Japanese defense belt. The advance marks the first significant shift since the initial assault, as Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge's 24th Army Corps pushed toward Naha amid heavy cave and pillbox fighting. Marines of Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger's Third Amphibious Corps also landed on offshore islands Yaguchi Heanza and Kouri to complete the cleanup of surrounding islets.
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Guam
U. S. Seventh Division
Ishin
Okinawa
John R. Hodge
24Th Army Corps
Naha
Roy 8. Geiger
Third Amphibious Corps
Yaguchi
Heanza
Kouri
Link Up Of Russians Yanks Unlikely Today
New York April 25 CBS correspondent Howard K Smith reports no sign of Red Army vanguards south of Berlin. U S Ninth Army troops awaiting them say a link-up cannot be expected on this front today.
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New York
Berlin
CBS
Howard K. Smith
Germany
Black Market In Poultry Rampant Says OPA Official
Baltimore officials report black market poultry dealers paying $900 to $1,800 above ceiling prices, with New York buyers paying up to $2,500 per load. A state OPA official says surplus chickens reach black market traders inside and outside Maryland. Baltimore dealer J Raymond Buffington Jr, also a Maryland General Assembly member, says demand is far below normal and calls for black market sales.
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Baltimore
OPA
War Food Administration
J. Raymond Buffington, Jr
Maryland General Assembly
War Loan Drive Plans Formed in Washington County
Plans for launching the Seventh War Loan in Washington County were set for Thursday evening April 26 at the Nicodemus National Bank. County Bond Chairman John D. Hollyday will preside with Robert Mc Cauley, outlining various bond sales plans and showing the Treasury Department film Mr. and Mrs. America. Representatives from industries, banks, stores, theatres, schools, and clubs will attend. The drive launches May 14, with a donutmobile tour May 24 25 and 26 to encourage purchases. leaflets will be distributed in schools with aid from Superintendent Benjamin Wills and teachers. Boy Scouts will help distribute materials. optimism runs high despite workload concerns.
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Washington County War Bond Committee
Nicodemus National Bank
John D. Hollyday
Robert McCauley
Bard
America
Treasury Department
Hollyday
Hagerstown
State War Finance Committee
Benjamin Wills
Boy Scouts
Washington county goals set with general and individual targets
Chairman Hollyday indicated at the meeting that he would welcome any attendees whether representing an organization or as private individuals. The overarching aims include a countywide goal of 2,950,000 with individual buying 1,850,000 and a series target of 1,350,000.
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Washington County
Hollyday
Berlin Subways Used In Defense
Berlin defends itself as power stations are damaged and wires down. Trud correspondent Boris Afanasiev reports German anti tank guns and machine guns firing from basement windows and wall embrasures. Soldiers with grenades lie in ambush for Soviet tanks. Enemies shoot from barricades roofs and windows as Berlin streets are mined.
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Boris Afanasiev
Trud
Berlin
Board Meeting Set by Washington County Society
The board of directors of the Washington County Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow afternoon in City Hall at 4 o'clock.
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The
Washington County Historical Society
City Hall
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