Victorious Moscow Celebrates War End Across Red Square
Thousands of Russians in Red Square celebrate Germany’s surrender while American GIs join the crowds near Moscow’s factories and U S embassy. Uri Levitan announces the end of the war as planes buzz the city and flags wave. The crowd sings Soviet anthems alongside the Star Spangled Banner and God Save the King.
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Moscow
Red Square
Stalin
G.i.s
U. S
Dynamo
Red Army
Berlin
Eisenhower
Uri Levitan
Russia
Japan
Levitan
Germany
Britain
United States
Churchill
London
U.S
John Karlis
Raymond
Wash
Nimitz says Japan sacrifices to stop Okinawa push
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz told reporters that despite Japanese air assaults off Okinawa more than 3,000 enemy aircraft have been destroyed since March 18 and that Japan lacks ships to mount a major fleet action. He noted Okinawa is the key rung toward Japan and that American gains continue with limited Japanese counterattacks.
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Guam
U U. S
Ryukyus
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Okinawa
Japan
Nimitz
Third Marine Amphibious Corps
24Th Army Corps
Sixth Marine
Idaho Quiet After Victory Celebration
Idaho stores remained closed after V E Day as residents turned to church services. Idaho Falls Nampa Blackfoot Shelley and Lewiston staged Monday observances following Germany's surrender reported by the Associated Press. Gov Gossett and officials marked the moment at Gowen Field Boise after Truman's proclamation.
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Idaho
Gem State
President Truman
Admiral Nimitz invites Japan to quit as signs mount
Admiral Nimitz told reporters today to read the handwriting on the wall and warned Japan to surrender or face full force from land and sea power. He cited Germany’s devastation as a possible fate for Japan if signs are ignored and noted alleged Japanese propagandist claims of ship sinkings near Okinawa. Brae yesterday carrier damaged two American ships.
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Guam
Nimitz
Japan
Nippon
Germany
Okinawa
Autos Coming In 6 Months
Washington announces wartime controls will continue until Japan is defeated with some reconversion to begin immediately. Vinson outlines five points: suspend horse and dog racing ban and curfew tonight. release materials and labor for a few new autos within six to nine months. potential early gasoline allowance increases. no early food supply improvements. no general tax cuts until final victory.
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Washington
Japan
White House
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Truman Praises OPA At White House Conference
President Truman congratulated regional OPA administrators for their work on price and rationing. Chester Bowles led the group to the White House for a handshake and noted the president’s praise and warning of further hard work ahead. Bowles anticipated a Friday news conference to discuss reconversion price policies.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Chester Bowles
White House
Bowles
Idaho Treasurer Reports May General Fund Balance
State Treasurer Ruth Mann reported a general fund cash balance of 5,279,605.53 dollars on May 1. The total balance across all state funds stood at 12,360,968.31 dollars.
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Boise
Ruth Ma@n
Idaho General Fund
Quisling Goes To Oslo Jail
Vidkun Quisling, infamous wartime Nazi leader, was taken to Oslo jail from his estate and will face public arraignment under Norwegian law. He arrived in a bullet proof car with six cabinet members as 400 Quislings were rounded up in Oslo.
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Oslo
Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Quisling
Gimle
R. Hilton
Allied Control Commission
Holte
Moellegatan 19
Germany
Aftenposten
Officials Cancel Midnight Curfew and Racing Ban
Washington announces immediate lifting of the midnight entertainment curfew and the ban on horse and dog racing. Fred M. Vinson says action is effective today and notes racing’s triple crown events will be held this spring and summer with the Kentucky Derby likely June 2 or 9, followed by the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
House May Probe Bootleg Whiskey
Chairman Anderson said the house food investigating committee will probe an unusually large diversion of sugar into bootleg whiskey and will question internal revenue bureau officials. He announced plans to summon OPA witnesses after testimony that the country consumed 700000 to 800000 tons more sugar last year than allocated by the war food administration.
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Washington
Anderson
N.M
House Food Investigating Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
OPA
War Food Administration
Celebration Riots Cause Over 1 Million Dollars in Damage
In Halifax and two other Nova Scotia towns a sudden riot last night left more than $1,000,000 in damage. Two buildings burned, the business district smashed and looted, and dozens were injured.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
German Forces Ban Heil Hitler Greeting
A German communique broadcast by the Associated Press identifies Flensburg and announces the ban on the greeting Heil Hitler within the armed forces, effective immediately.
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Associated Presa
High Co
Flensburg
Japs Isolate Mindanao Battalion in Davao Fight
Japanese troops pressed American lines near Davao city Mindanao isolating a Yank battalion after seizing Mintal village two miles west of the city. US reinforcements reached the area while MacArthur reports Mindanao resistance tightens as 31st division advances toward Valencia air center.
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Mindanao
Davao City
Mintal
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Libby Airfield
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Moro Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Clarence Martin
Valencia
Tarakan Island
Borneo
Tarakan
Djoeata
MacArthur
Robert S. Beightler
37Th
Balete Pass
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Formosa
Keelung
Koshun
Law Extends Draft Act to May 1946 or War End
President Truman signed legislation extending the selective service act for a year from May 15 1945 or until victory over Japan, with six months of training required before 18 year olds may serve in combat. The war and navy departments opposed that restriction. An automatic end occurs if Japan surrenders. another extension would be needed if the war continues past May 15 1946.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
War
Navy Departments
Congress
War and Navy Departments
House
Senate
Pacific
Japanese Growers At Tyhee Face Suit for 21739
Boise dispatch reports the Office of Price Administration seeks a penalty of 21 739.50 against Kaneko brothers of Tyhee Idaho for alleged potato overcharges totaling 1 397 265 pounds sold above the ceiling price. The action asks three times the overcharge. A second federal suit seeks 164.03 from Idaho Livestock Exchange Inc Bannock County for using three cows pledged to the government via a chattel mortgage by Harold R Hawkes and Ethel Hawkes.
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Kaneko Brothers
Tyhee
Idaho
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Federal District
Idaho Livestock Exchange, Inc
Bannock County
Harold R. Hawkes
Ethel Hawkes
Goering Captured by U S Seventh Army Near Beising
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering and Field Marshal Albert Kesselring have been taken into U S custody. Goering described as Hitler's would be successor and noted loss of many decorations. The capture followed a mass surrender of Waffen SS near Beising with Lt. Gen. Berger captured by the 101st Airborne.
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Herman Goering
Seventh Army
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Berchen
Berlin
Albert Kesselring
Ritten von Epp
Munich
Bavaria
36Th
101St Airborne Division
Berger
Beising
Goering
Robert Stack
Texas
von Rundstedt
Kitzbuhel
Emmy Sonnemann
Stack
Schenectady
N. Y
Hermann Goering
Germany
Berchtesgaden
Paris
U.S
Kesselring
Italy
Fuehrer
Reichstag
Reich
Opera
German Academy of Aviation
Kissane Competes For Scholarship Finalists Named
Nineteen high school science pupils from ten states and the District of Columbia will report to the University of Rochester May 18 and 19 for tests and interviews to determine five winners in the second annual Bausch and Lomb Scholarship contest. Finalists include John Kissane of Pocatello.
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Rochester
N. Y
States
District of Columbia
University of Rochester
The
Bausch and Lomb Optical Company
John Kissane
Pocatello
Kissane to be valedictorian with strong academic record
Kissane, son of Mr and Mrs Donald Kissane of 255 South Tenth, carries a 10 grade average through four years of high school and will be valedictorian this year. He also played basketball track and baseball.
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Kissane
Donald Kissane
South Tenth
Open talk of invasion as U S commanders forecast Japan assault
U S commanders spoke openly of invading Japan as pilots report a crippled Nipponese air force failing to contest raids on Kyushu and lines from the home islands to the Indo China border. Navy planes would fly over Japan if carrier strength were greater.
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U.S
Japan
Indo-China
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Europe
Nimitz
Mikado
Okinawa
Germany is Completely Destroyed as Stalin Declares Victory
OSLO reports say Josef Terboven and an SS General committed suicide. Stalin declared Germany's unconditional surrender and ordered a 30 gun salute from Moscow guns. He described Berlin as a true capitulation and proclaimed victory for the Soviet Union and its allies.
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Oslo
Josef Terboven
Norway
Redress
London
Stalin
Red Army
Germany
Moscow
Berlin
Molotov Goes Home as U S Seeks Global Bases
In San Francisco, Molotov leaves the United Nations conference with Russia, Britain, and the United States debating postwar base rights and the Pan American security role. The talks center on lands seized in two world wars and integrating regional security into a world body.
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San Francisco
United States
V. M. Molotov
Mexico City
Security Council
World Organization
Truman
Molotov
Poland
Russia
Ukraine
Argentina
Washington
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Germany
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Archibald Clark ‘Kerr
Warsaw
Dog Outguesses All at V E Day Contest in Kodiak
A Scotty dog from Boise named Andrew won the Mirror contest but editors ruled only a person could win and awarded the war bond to local woman who underguessed by 50 minutes. Owner Gertrude Raumaker of Boise, a former Kodiak resident, connected to the dog.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Boise
Idaho
Weekly Mirror
Andrew
Gertrude Raumaker
Force Makes Stand in Czech Capital
Stalin announced Prague was liberated at 4 a m by the First Ukrainian front after a swift night maneuver. The German surrender continued with Dunkerque and three French ports, while Berlin formalized the capitulation.
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Prague
Marshal Stalin
Czechoslovak
Republic
Stalin
Czechoslovakia
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Europe
Lorient
St. Nazaire
la Rochelle
Dunkerque
Russia
Germany
Truman
Churchill
Eisenhower
Reims
France
Berlin
Czechslovakia
Melnik
Kralupy
Terezin
Wilhelm Keitel
Sir Arthur Tedder
Britain
Carl Spaatz
United States
Gregory K. Zhukov
Soviet Russia
de Tassigny
Tedder
Spaatz
U. S.S
Zhukov
Rhine
Reich
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