Northern Face of Nazi Redoubt Broken by American Tank forces
American Third army tanks crossed 25 miles into southern Germany reaching the Inn river near Braunau and radioed in with Russian forces advancing from Vienna. The drive, led by General Patton’s units, pushed toward Salzburg and Perchtesgaden while General Patch’s Seventh army neared Innsbruck as Munich fell. Eisenhower praised Munich’s seizure and the Allies faced reports of Dachau’s liberation nearby.
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Robert Eunson
Paris
Third Army
Germany
Inn River
Hitler
Braunau
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Munich
13Th Armored
Salzburg
Perchtesgaden
Patton
Eccenfeld
Geisberg
Birthlace
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Innsbruck
Austria
Brenner Pass
Alps
Bavaria
Eisenhower
Dachau
Supreme Headquarters
Allies Demand Hitler's Body Proof After Surrender
British radio said Allies would demand proof Hitler is dead after surrender. German radio claimed Hitler killed in Berlin chancellery and Doenitz taking over, while promises to fight Bolsheviks and Anglo Americans continued. Reports describe Soviet advances around Berlin and Stralsund as the battle intensifies across Germany.
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Hitler
Nazi
Hamburg
Adolf Hitler
Adm
Karl Doenitz
der Fuehrer
Doenitz
American Forces Flank Jap Airfield On Okinawa Front
Advance elements of Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Arnold's Seventh Infantry division entered Kahuzu near Yonabaru to flank the Yonabaru airfield as the 10th army drive pushes toward southeastern Okinawa. The Machinato airfield already is in American hands and 96th Division nears Shuri. Carrier planes bombed the Sakishima islands while air and sea actions continued around Tokyo and over the East China Sea.
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Guam
Archibald V. Arnold
Seventh Infantry
Kahuzu
Yonabaru
Okinawa
10Th Army
Machinato
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Seventh Division
96Th
Shuri
Sakishima Islands
Okanawa
Seventh Army Air Force
Iwo Jima
Tachikawa Army Air Arsenal
Tokyo
Fleet
East China Sea
Allies invade Dutch Borneo in push toward oil ports
Allied invasion of Dutch Borneo is reported by Australian sources as troops move on Tara kan and oil port areas. MacArthur notes progress near Davao City on Mindanao as Maj. Gen. Roscoe Woodruff’s 24th Infantry Division overran Darong airstrip and nears Dalao airfield within six miles of the city.
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Manila
Dutch Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Davao City
Mindanao
Philippines
Canberra
Joseph B. Chiefley
Borneo
East Indies
Tarakan
MacArthur
Roscoe Woodruff
Darong
Dalao
Allies drive toward Berchtesgaden as Trieste siege tightens
New Zealand troops push 50 miles beyond the Piave and join Tito’s Partisans northwest of Trieste while British tanks reach 105 miles from Berchtesgaden. Graziani surrenders five divisions, about 50,000 men, and offers unconditional capitulation as Allied forces claim nearly 200,000 Italian Fascist prisoners in 23 days.
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Rome
U.P
New Zealand
Piave River
Marshal Tito
Trieste
Alps
Berchtesgaden
Monfalcone
Istrian
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army Group
Italy
Rodolfo Graziani
Graziani
A L Heffern Wounded in Pacific Action
Pvt. A L Heffern husband of Mrs. Arthur Heffern and son of Mr. and Mrs. John Heffern was wounded in action on Cebu island in the Pacific theater on April 13. He has been overseas since January and received the Purple Heart. Heffern is evacuated to the United States and is father to a two year old son Arthur Jr. His brother Pfc Jack Heffern is missing in action in Germany. Heffern is a Garfield school alumnus and a former miner.
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A. L. Heffern
Arthur Heffern
Maryland Avenue
John Heffern
South Main
Cebu Island
War Department
Butte
Pvt. Heffern
Arthur, Jr
Pfc
Jack Heffern
Germany
Garfield
Butte High School
Small Nations Take Key Roles in UN Charter Drafting
The United Nations conference in San Francisco assigned Belgium, South Africa, Norway and Venezuela to head four major commissions to draft the world body charter. Small nations gained top spots as the executive and steering committees approved the lineup and committee placements, while voting rules remain undecided. Molotov favored a two thirds rule for amendments, Evatt warned against blocking changes, and Stettinius suggested returning to the executive committee to classify amendments. Smuts urged big powers retain rights, amid reports Hitler is dead and dictator concerns voiced at a plenary session. Work shifts to the commissions and committees Wednesday and Thursday.
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San Francisco
Belgium
South Africa
Norway
Venezuela
Australia
Herbert Evatt
Molotov
Russia
Dumbarton Oaks
Evatt
America
Stettinius
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Adolf Hitler
China
T. V. Soong
Doenitz Urges Wolf Pack Tactics to Kill All
London May 1. Grand Adm Karl Doenitz, 53, head of the German submarine fleet, told his crews to “kill, kill, kill” before leaving port. Once a convoy commander, he rose with Hitler, guiding ruthless U boat warfare and declaring “Humanity means weakness.”
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Grand Adm
Karl Doenitz
Navy
Fuehrer
Karl Doentz
Doenitz
Germany
Erich Raeder
Jap Yacht Docks in Swedish Port
A Japanese flagged yacht named Nihon Maru carrying seven Japanese naval officers and 11 Germans with women and children entered Ystad in Sweden on Tuesday. The vessel sailed from Warnemuende near Rostock at 7 a.m. and reached 4 15 p.m. Central News reports the party includes the Japanese secretary to the naval attaché and several Germans.
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Stockholm
Ystad
Sweden
Berlin
Warnemuende
Baltic
Rostock
Dobeck Receives Bronze Star in Denver Hospital Ceremony
Corporal Ver non L. Dobeck of Plevna Montana was awarded the Bronze Star by Brigadier General Omar H. Quade at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver in a Monday ceremony.
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Denver
Corp
Vernon L. Dobeck
Plevna
Mont
Omar H. Quade
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana midweek
Butte expects fair weather Wednesday and night with mild conditions. Maximum around 65 degrees. Montana forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Wednesday high projected at 65 to 76 degrees.
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Butte
Montana
Soong says Japan sent peace overtures to China
San Francisco May 1 Foreign Minister T V Soong said Japan has made peace overtures to China by the bushel. He said China will not talk to Japan alone and will turn to the United Nations for negotiations. Soong backed by the Chinese delegation said China will not seek a separate peace. He noted Russia's possible entry and joked about Hirohito's fate while expressing hope Japan reforms.
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San Francisco
T. V. Soong
Japan
China
Soong
United Nations
Chi
Nese
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Hirohito
Hitler
World Peace Organization
Missouri
White House Aide Vows Sleep After Peace Jitters
White House secretary Jonathan Daniels said he will sleep well after leaving the White House on Tuesday night and will notify reporters if any big news develops. He spoke amid ongoing peace jitters and said no urgent announcements were planned.
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Washington
White House
Jonathan Daniels
Censorship Lifted on Royal Family News in Britain
London reports censorship ended Tuesday night lifting all restrictions on news stories about the movements of the royal family and the prime minister within the country.
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London
Churchill Indicates Possible Peace Announcement This Week
In the House of Commons Churchill suggested he might reveal important information before Saturday but avoided a direct peace declaration. The timing followed Bernadotte’s return from Denmark amid reports of new negotiations, with cautious notes from the Swedish foreign office.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Europe
Foreign Office
Commons
Count Folke Bernadotte
Henrich Himmler
Stockholm
Denmark
Himmler
Count Bernadotte
British Press Association
Important Dates in Hitler Rise and Fall
A concise AP chronology lists key events from Hitler birth on April 20, 1889 through his reported death on May 1, 1945. It covers the Beer Hall Putsch, Nazi rise to power, remilitarization, invasions of Europe, major battles, and the meeting of American and Russian forces at Elbe.
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Adolf Hitler
Associated Press
Hitler
Munich
Germany
Reichstag
Rhineland
Austria
Britain
France
Italy
Poland
Great Britain
United States
Thhe
West
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Skocov
Carpathian
Demmin
Grimmen
Malchin
Waren
Wessenberg
Marshal Montgomery
Lower
Elbe
Stralsund
Rueeger
Red Army
Jap Held
U. S
By Leif Erickson
Herbert G. King
Cebu
By Douglas B. Cornell
Creed
Admiral Doenitz
Dougald Werner
Jap Yacht Docks
England
Stalingrad
French North Africa
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Mussolini
Rhine
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