Germans surrender as Berlin lies in ruins after battle
Moscow dispatch reports thousands of surrendering Germans at Brandenburg Gate amid smoking streets and white flags. Soviet eyewitness describes capitulation near Tiergarten with Berlin's ruinous center and officials noting Hitler and Goebbels fate unclear.
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Pravda
Jacob Macarenko
Tiergarten
Berlin
Victory Avenue
Brandenburg Gate
Templehof
Macarenko
Ivan Terekhin
Stalingrad
Staraya Russa
Terekhin
Leningrad
Kaluga
Paris
Wilhelmstrasse
Heinrich Schultz
6Th Air Fleet
Ritter von Grein
Perkins May Be Next to Quit Cabinet
Democratic leaders weigh Labour and Attorney General vacancies as President Truman reshapes his early cabinet. The likely candidates include Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach for labor or attorney general, with Sen. McKellar silent on Lilienthal’s TVA stance. Frank C. Walker resigns as postmaster general after nine years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Robert E. Hannegan
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
Sen. McKellar
Tenn
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Washington State
Frances Perkins
Francis Biddle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank C. Walker
Pennsylvania
New York
Hanegan
Hanenegan
Lilienthal
Tennessee, Valley Authority
McKellar
Senate
Walker
Scranton
Man hurt in post office run in Hagerstown
John W. Taylor rushed to mail a letter in Hagerstown Maryland parked illegally and hit a sign, breaking his glasses and cutting his face. He fainted and was treated at a hospital then outside due to busy doctors. On returning to his car he found a no parking ticket.
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Hagerstown
John W. Taylor
Japanese forces suffer heavy blows near Chihkiang
The Chinese high command said Japanese troops advancing about 70 miles from the American air base at Chihkiang in Hunan province took heavy blows from Chinese forces. The report underscored Chinese resistance in the region amid ongoing conflict.
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Chungking
Chihkiang
Hunan
V E Day View as War Winds Down and Moral Victory Grown
J M Roberts Jr argues that V E day is not a simple milestone but a moral verdict on Germany. He notes Allied progress, the ongoing mop up, and the surrender of Nazi forces in Italy among a global coalition. The piece reflects on Germany's downfall and the broader Allied victory.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
England
Russia
Stalingrad
el Alamein
Normandy
Germany
Hamburg
Prague
Munich
Berlin
Stettin
Vienna
Bremen
Italy
India
New Orleans
Africa
Hawaii
Latin-America
Hitler Death At Berlin Confirmed By Allied Reports
Soviet and Allied diplomatic briefings report Adolf Hitler died in Berlin by his own action in the ruins, with Propaganda Minister Goebbels and General Krebs named among those present. The claims contradict Nazi claims of a last stand defense. Washington cites high authority confirming Hitler is dead but not the method.
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Nikolai Tikhonov
Pravda
Hitler
Berlin
London
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Krebs
Hene Fritsche
Goebbels
Miter
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Fuehrer
Supreme Allied Command
Luebeck
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Folke Bernadotte
Himmler
Schillenburg
Hamburg
Goerlitz
Linz
Prague
Sudetenland
von Rundstedt
Western Front
Karl Doenits
Washington
Truman
Lilienthal May Stay As Lilienthal May Stay
David Lilienthal's appointment remains unsettled as Washington debates whether he will remain in his post. Reports indicate ongoing discussions among officials about his future role and potential continuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David Lilienthal
Rape Charge Is Dismissed For Marine
Everett H. Reese a 19 year old marine was freed after county prosecutor C M Jeffery moved to dismiss the rape charge based on a 10 to 2 acquittal split and Reese health concerns. Judge Isaac McDougall granted the motion releasing Reese from county jail to naval hospital care in Seattle after malaria illness.
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Everett H. Reese
C. M. Jeffery
Isaac McDougall
Jeffery
Lila L. Hurt
Reese
John Jordan
Ordnance Plant
Naval Hospital
Seattle
South Pacific
Danish general Denies German Surrender Rumors in Denmark
London telegram quotes Col. Gen. Georg Lindemann denying foreign reports of German capitulation or evacuation in Denmark. He says no negotiations or preparations for evacuation have occurred and that his forces will obey orders and fight. He warns the public not to heed irresponsible rumors.
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London
Georg Lindemann
Denmark
Lindemann
France Tells of Brutal Nazi Torture
Supreme Headquarters in Paris describes German occupation as a terror regime in a 13 volume study by Allied officers and French intelligence. The report cites mass executions torture rape and brutal reprisals across villages, including mutilation of 17 resistance members at St Brieuc.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
France
Psychological Warfare Division
United States
Britain
St. Brieuc
Nurse Receives Army Commission in Nurse Corps
Washington reports Myrtle Barns of Downey Idaho has been appointed to second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps by the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Myrtle Barns
Downey
Idaho
Army Nurse Corps
War Department
Hospital ship Comfort survives kamikaze attack near Okinawa
Aboard the hospital ship Comfort off Okinawa a Japanese suicide plane struck the superstructure deck wounding and killing numerous crew. Lt. Evelyn Bacheler and another nurse survived as seven army wounded and many officers and corpsmen were killed or injured in the blast and collapse of the three operating rooms.
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Lief Erickson
Comfort
Western Pacific
Evelyn C. Bacheler
Pocatello
Miss Bacheler
Okinawa
Comdr
A. Tooker
Saybrook
Conn
Tooker
Navy
Trieste Port Gorizia in Allied Hands
New Zealand troops occupied the port of Trieste and the town of Gorizia, with fighting ending in northern Italy west of the Isonzo river. An Allied communique said enemy troops under German Army Group C had surrendered unconditionally.
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Rome
Italy
New Zealand
Austria
Trieste
Isonzo
Gorizia
Wehrmacht
Heinrich von Vietinghoff- Scheel
Marshal Tito
Sir Harold Alexander
Vietinghoff
Big Bombers Hit Kyushu in Five-Week Strike Run
Swooping in at medium height during daylight, 50 to 100 B 29s attacked six Kyushu airfields including Tachiarai Miyazaki Miyakonojo Kanoya Kanoya East and Kokubu. Bombardiers reported good results as Maj Gen Curtis Lemay oversees the Marianas based force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Kyushu
Japan
U.S
Okinawa
Curtis Lemay
Hammatasu
Honshu Island
Tachikawa Air Arsenal
Tokyo
Tachiarai
Miyazaki
Miyakanojo
Kanoya
Kanoya East
Kokubu
Rumors of German Unconditional Surrender Circulate in Moscow
AP dispatch from Moscow reports circulating rumors of Germany's unconditional surrender, though not strictly confirmed. Other dispatches note Doenitz and Schwerin von Krosigk at Kiel with British forces nearby and potential talks with Terboven and Best on a last stand in Norway and Denmark. Workmen prepare a grandstand at Buckingham Palace for V E Day ceremonies with date kept secret. Rep Dingell says Truman demands fulfillment of the Yalta Polish agreement.
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London
Reuters
Moscow
Germany
Stockholm
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk
Kiel
Poenitz
Josef Terboven
Norway
Werner Best
Denmark
Bulckingham Palace
Ministry of Works
War fronts in Europe Asia and Pacific advance across theatre fronts
The Western front sees British and Russians linking near Wismar and near Rostock with Hamburg declared open city. Berlin occupied by Russians as Nazis split north pockets. US Third Army presses toward Pilsen while Seventh nears Innsbruck. Italian front ends fighting as Germans surrender. Trieste occupied. Rangoon falls. Kyushu assault. Mindanao and Okinawa gains.
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Wismar
Rostock
Wittenberge
Hamburg
Great Port
Prague
U.S
Pilsen
Innsbruck
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Austria
New Zealand
Trieste
Pacific
Rangoon
Kyushu
Mindanao
Philippines
Davao
Okinawa
Germany
Lower
Elbe
Blohm and Voss
Deutsche Werke Submarine Works
Deutsche Refiery
Bonus Drive Seeks Billions for Military Compensation
Rep Rankin of Mississippi introduces an amended G I bill measure proposing a 30 dollar weekly payment for a year to all service members with 90 days plus since September 16 1940 who were not dishonorably discharged. Estimated cost would near 11 billion dollars based on 10 million eligible, and would add to existing mustering out pay.
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Represen Rankin
Miss
House Veterans’ Committee
Armed Services
Rankin
War in Europe Near End as German Resistance Crumbles
Allied advances rapid as Hamburg surrenders and German pockets collapse east of Kiel. Stalin reports a 60 mile Baltic to Elbe link with British forces. towns including Barth Doberan Neubrandenburg Warin Wittenberge captured. Heavy snow slows Innsbruck push. Innsbruck garrison ready for surrender.
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Stalin
Kiel
Baltic
Wittenberge
Elbe
Mecklenburg
Barth
Doberan
Neubukow
Warin
Wittenburge
Truman accepts Trimble resignation as solicitor
President Truman approves the resignation of South Trimble Jr as solicitor of the commerce department. Trimble leaves to chair the advisory board of the Inland Waterways Corporation a government agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
South Trimble, Jr
Commerce Department
White House
Trimble
Inland Waterways Corporation
Hopeful signs on German garrison crisis in Denmark Norway
A diplomat said developments clearing up the German garrisons holding out in Denmark and Norway might occur today. Swedish authorities fear a bloodless capitulation could hinge on Doenitz's rump government as German forces pull back from Halden and local German commanders act amid chaotic orders.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Norway
Irarl Doenits
Werner Best
Doenitz
Germany
Berlin
Copen
Nemark
Swedish
Foreign Office
Aftonbladet
Halden
Oslo
Free Danish Press Service
Wehrmacht
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Perkins
Stavare
Nath Seo
Strasbourg
O Frankfurt
Mannhein
Leipzig
Seerlin
Poland
Goering
Evelyn Bacheler
Berchtesgaden
Bulletins
Dingell
D-Mich
The
House Today
Molotov
Yalta
Associated Press
Europe
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