British Chase Nazi Remnants in Norway Bound Flight
Reports say German forces fled toward Norway from Denmark as Allied bombers sank ships and Allied troops moved rapidly. British officers claim Norway stores two years of supplies and SS factions dominate. German pockets in Linz and Kiel opened. Patton’s forces push toward central Europe.
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Pilsex
Denmark
Norway
Sweder
Kattegat
Skagerrak
Aabenraa
Aarus
Supreme Headquarters
Kiel
Flensburg
Patton
Eward von Hleist
Linz
Allied Push Across Central Europe In War Update
Troops move in Bohemia and Schleswig, German lines collapse near Linz. Canadian forces aid Dutch civilians while American armor joins British units in the north. Rockets attack ships off Flensburg Kiel and Lübeck. French army advances toward Feldkirch. Soviet generals Vishnyakov and Tonkagonov liberated.
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Srde
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
Pilser
Linz
Canailian
Oldersum
North Sea
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Holland
Denmark
Schleswig-Holstein
Dempsey
Neumiuenster
Hambur
Kiel Canal
Neumuenster
Sth
Flensburg
Kiel
Luebeck
Eckernfoerde
Feldkirch
Girtnelly
Free State of
Liechtenstein
7Th Army
Vishnvievsky
Smolensk
Dachau
Tonkagonov
Russians Fail To Find Hitler's Body and Chancellery Burn
A Red Star dispatch from Moscow reports the Chancellery building in Wilhelmstrasse burning with no body of Hitler found. Soviet troops entered the ruined offices and found dead German machine gunners. the fire threatened to collapse floors as smoke rose.
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Hitler
Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Third Reich
Wilhelmstrasse
Red Star
Fuehrer
Goebbels
Germans Surrender Intensifies As Allied Forces Push East
Washington reports note Britain unable to house more German prisoners due to full camps and food strain. The US hesitates to take more prisoners to speed home surplus troops. Gallagher cites German generals waiting in line to surrender and Russian forces pressing toward the Elbe driving many into icy waters.
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The
Express
U. S
America
Gallagher
Hibs
Ninth Army
Geman
Elbe
SS Cilite Guardsen
Wehrmach
Regular Army
Berlin Capitulation Began May 1 With Offer Of Surrender
Russian correspondents in Berlin report that the German capital began capitulating at dawn May 1 when a German colonel with a white flag asked to discuss terms. The Soviet response was affirmative and fighting persisted in spots like the Academy of Arts as surrender actions unfolded. German vehicles on Leipzigerstrasse fired then halted as white flags rose. SS remnants were disarmed and made to march on foot.
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Moscow
Berlin
Stalin
Academy of Arts
Leipzigerstrasse
O Conor Signs Library Support Measure
Governor O'Conor announced approval of SB543 creating a statewide library program. The act establishes a Division of Library Extension in the Department of Education to supervise libraries and provide state aid with matching funds of two cents on the tax rate to qualifying subdivisions.
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Annapolis
O’conor
State Department of Education
Lifeboat Baby Story Captures NYC Birthday
The Mohorovichc family in New York recalls Jesse Roper Mohorovichc who turns three after his birth at sea aboard an open lifeboat when the vessel carrying his mother and Dr. Leonard H. Conly of Brooklyn was torpedoed by a U boat off the Atlantic coast.
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Sheeren
Jesse Roper Mohorovichc
New York City
Joseph and
Desanka Mohorovichc
Jesse
Atlantic
Leonard H. Conly
Brooklyn
N. x
OPA Tightens Used Car Price Ceilings Rules
The OPA requires used car ads to show price and that it is within ceiling. Beginning May 9 ads must include make model year and body type. Applies to private owners and dealers. Exempts cars of model year 1925 or earlier.
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Washington
OPA
Striking Miners Await Lewis Word In PA Coal Fields
Wilkes Barre May 4 The Pennsylvania anthracite strike remains unchanged as President Truman seized operations last night while 72 000 miners wait for John L Lewis head of the United Mine Workers to issue orders. Darance local leader John Girlock says miners will wait for Lewis or scale committees action. If Lewis orders a return to work they will comply.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John Girlock
Darrance
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lewis
Australians breach Tarakan beachhead amid fierce Japanese defense
Australian veterans met bitter Japanese resistance on Tarakan island off northeast Borneo as they widened the beachhead on the second day of invasion. The Nipponese mined the highway delaying Aussie tanks while infantry cleared bunkers to reach the airstrip and assess the island's main city.
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Manila
Tarakan
Borneo
Volunteer Defense Asked To Continue
Maryland Civilian Defense agencies were asked by Governor O’Conor to maintain reduced volunteer staffing indefinitely. Activities will be sharply cut but skeleton organizations will stay to guard civilians until all war dangers are over. The governor praised Marylanders for their wartime response and noted the state was an early model in civilian defense.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Civiian
O’conor
Editor appeals for clothing aids for Nazi Europe refugees
Michael Kozik calls Daily Mail readers to donate cast-off clothes for millions of European refugees and Nazi victims lacking food and basic items. He cites shortages of gas coupons and ration points, urges a generous Saturday drive, and notes The Nifty Store on Potomac Street donated 25 percent of stock.
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Daily Mail
Europe
O.P.A
Human Brotherhood
Potomac Street
Michael Kozik
County To Buy Gateway Inn
The county plans to purchase the Gateway Inn for use linked to Bellevue almshouse needs amid potential legal objections from Nicodemus heirs who hold hereditary rights. They oppose selling lots and other plan aspects, with court litigation reportedly likely. The move comes despite state hospitals postwar plans, which do not remove county almshouse duties.
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Nicodemus
Bellevue
Reich Ends? Speer Claims Surrender Near. Doenitz News Gathers
The report sketches a swirl of surrender rumors as Reich minister Albert Speer declares the Reich whipped. Doenitz and aides reportedly flit between Kiel Copenhagen and Denmark while Paris and BBC sources debate where a final surrender or meeting with Allies might occur.
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Commons
British Press Association
Churchill
Germany
Truman
Paris
Reich
Fuehrer
Karl Doenitz
Kiel
Stockholm
Count Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk
Werner Best
Denmark
Josef Terboven
Norway
Doenitz
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Best
Terboven
George Lindemann
Reuters
BBC
Copnhagen
Luxembourg
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Britain
Russia
United States
Speer
Laval’s Papers Seized by Spanish Authorities
Barcelona May 4 Spanish authorities seized two large suitcases of political and Vichy government papers from Pierre Laval and sent them to Madrid for examination. Laval, prisoner awaiting Allied disposition, kept French francs and jewelry from his bombers flight while confined at Monffour citadel with five companions as he sought reaction in Allied nations.
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Barcelona
Spain
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Madrid
Bolzano
Italy
Monffuich
Laval
Dispatch in Stockholm Signals Impending German Capitulation
A Stockholm dispatch interpreted as a signal that general capitulation of Germany can be expected very soon after discussions on post war options and Germany’s defeat, suggesting a shift toward surrender terms and peace arrangements.
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Stockholm
Flash Of Light May Be Meteor Across Mid Atlantic
Reports from Philadelphia to Maryland and New Jersey described a blue ribbon of light flashing across the sky. Some witnesses felt shock or were thrown from beds while authorities found no confirmed damage. Captain H B E Axery of the Maryland Pilots Association reported drifting fragments and a bright light lighting the sky over Chesapeake Bay.
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Philadelphia
Maryland
Chester
Delaware Counties
New Jersey
H. BE. Axery
Maryl and Pilots Association
Chesapeake Bay
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