Third Army Tanks Reach Gotha Far From Czech Frontier
Third Army armor moved toward Gotha with artillery support as Allied forces press toward the Czech border. On Okinawa, Americans again advanced on the east coast and Nakagusuku Bay, with Seventh Division and 24th Corps troops reporting gains amid negligible resistance.
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Gotha
Czech Frontier
Cramp
Third Amphibious Corps
Okinawa
Seventh Division
Nakagasuke Bay
Navy
Archibald VL Arnold
Ryukyu Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Roy
Geiger
Katchin Peninsula
Gem ‘John R- Hodges
24Th Corps
Katstren Bay
Nakagusuk Harbor
Legislators Plan to Study Schenck Case In Albany
Members of the New York Assembly Judiciary Committee led by Harry A. Reaux will meet in Albany to map a study of recommendations by the State Bar Association on possible ethical or ouster action against Supreme Court Justice Gilbert V. Schenck. The inquiry follows affidavits tied to an Albany County investigation ordered by Gov. Dewey, linking Schenck to discussions with Democratic leader Daniel P. OConnell and alleged election law violations. The panel will likely hire staff, may recess for record review, and has a $15,000 appropriation. findings could lead to charges for removal at a May or June special session connected to Moore Commission debates on state aid.
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Albany
Judiciary Committee
Harry A. Reaux
Warren County
New York States Bar Association
Supreme Court
Gilbert V. Schenck
Bar Association
Albany County
Thomas B. Dewey
Justice Schenck
Daniel P. O’'Connell
William J. Shea
Cobees
Albans
Dewey
Moore Commission
Italian purge arrests over two hundred twenty in Rome
The Traian government announced the purge of Italian Fascists, reporting 220 arrests and investigations into 7,816 others with no final action yet. The statement outlined ongoing steps in consolidating authority following the regime's crackdown.
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Rome
Traian
Civilian Goods to Near Normal Year After V E Day
WPB chairman J A Krug forecasts within a year after Germany’s collapse US plants will resume producing substantial civilian goods. He says total munitions output will drop about 35 percent in the year after V E Day, allowing civilian output to approach 1939 levels, with autos and appliances to enter the market, textile limits noted as a constraint. Krug outlines a reconversion plan and discusses shifts from war to peace production with Detroit talks planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Washington
J. A. Krug
Germany
U. S
Krog
Krug
AVPS
Detroit
Flying Forts Attack Kiel U-Boat Pens
Allied heavy bombers conducted coordinated strikes on Kiel Germany targeting Deutsche Werke Krupp Germania Werft and Kriegsmarine Werft while other formations hit Nordhausen and Berlin areas. Aerial actions extended into night with scattered bomb impacts on ships in Kiel harbor despite cloud cover. Anti aircraft fire rose as raiders suffered losses but German defenses failed to challenge over Kiel.
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Zonden
Kiel
Germany
Nord ‘Hausén
Kassel
Berlin
Magdeburg
Riel J
Deutsche Werke
Krupp Germania Werft
Kriegsmarine Werft
North Sea
Ison
Biel
Elemenite
13Th
Arnold Sees Eisenhower in Paris Conference
General Henry H. Arnold commander of the U S Army Air Forces arrived in France Monday night and conferred with General Eisenhower yesterday regarding ongoing Allied air operations in the European theater.
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Arnold
Eisenhower
Paris
Gen
HH. Arnold
Ui. S. Army Air Forces
France
Army Orders Residents Out Of Floodway In Louisiana
Col George H Hudson announced the Mor ganza Floodway will open within ten days to divert Mississippi flood waters. About 109 people in Bayou Cheney must move livestock and homes outside levees as crews fortify barriers, with forecast high water through mid May resembling 1837 and 1927 events.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
George H. Hudson
Mors
Bayou Cheney
St Mast Parish
Flower Foodseay
Tut
Mississippi
Red River
Stephen T. Lichtblau
Bonnet Carre
Russians Reach Vicinity of Vienna as War Pushes South
Red Army forces advance toward Vienna from the south and east, capturing Wiener Neustadt and Eisenstadt while encircling the Austrian capital. Berlin reports heavy bombardments as Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian Army nears Vienna and Bratislava lies within two dozen miles of the capital.
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London
U—Russies
Wiener Neustadt
Wieens
Leithe
Vienna
Tolbukhin
Greater Vienna
Yelm
Hitler
Wiener Neustads
Europe
Vienne
Transocean
Sepp Dietrich
Hieler
Second
Malinovsky
Berlin
Puter
Bratislava
Tolovichin
Eisenstadt
Leitha Mountains
Gn & Svi
Roosevelt Won’t Seek Three Votes for U S at San Francisco
President Roosevelt reversed an earlier agreement and decided not to pursue three votes for the United States in the world assembly to be created in San Francisco. State Department announced the change amid questions over Stalin’s separate regional votes and the broader plan for the postwar world body.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
World Assembly
San Francisco
Stelin
Church
Yalta
State Department
Russia
Stertinias
Stalin
U. S&s
British Girl Jailed for Helping Yank Sentry
Irene May Mitchell, 24, of Nottingham, formerly with the Auxiliary Territorial Service, was jailed for six weeks for being on a restricted air base area while aiding an American sentry during a base tour. A captain testified he found two entries where only one should have been.
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London
Irene May
Mitchell
Nottingham
Axillary Territorial Service
Canada Britain Food Agreement Signed By Officials
Canada and Britain sealed a food accord in Ottawa with Col. J. 3. Llewellyn and Canadian Agriculture Minister Gardiner. Britain will take all beef bacon ham and eggs Canada can supply through 196 end of year.
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Ottawa
Col
J. 3. Llewellyn
Gardiner
Britain
Canada
Food Shortages Widen as War Drives On
Washington reports serious shortages in meats fats oils dairy and sugar as Allied supply needs grow while military demands rise. War Food Administration official Olmstead told Senate on dwindling civilian rations. Army requests 20 percent more than last year amid no large meat imports from Canada.
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Washington
Berlin
War Food Administration
R. W. Olmstead
WEA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Olmstead
Wer
Army
United States
Canada
Anderson
House
Briton Sinks Jap Ship With Captured U Boat
Lt Com Peter Marriott, British commander of the captured German submarine U-570, earns the Distinguished Service Cross for sinking a Japanese vessel inside a harbor after a 25 hour stalk. The U-570 was captured on Sept 19 following damage by a British plane. Time and place of the action were not disclosed.
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London
Peter Marriott
HW. Af. & Graph
I . Ain
Catm. Marriott
Zori
Patton's Tanks Outrun Allied Air Forces
London dispatch reports Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army armored units outrunning Allied air forces as they advance in Germany. Airmen were briefed on a mission that was canceled after Patton's columns reached the objective.
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Patton
London
George
Third Army
Germany
Senate Rejects Labor Draft Bill in 46 to 28 Vote
The Senate defeated the administration bill to freeze workers in war jobs and extend manpower controls by 46 to 28. Leaders signaled delayed action and a possible later conference with the House as opposition grew and key sponsors abandoned the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Barkiey
Lecter
O'Mahoney
D-tro
House
Efort
Johnson
D-Col
James F. Bymes
Byrnes
Hatch
D-N.m
Lucas
Hil
Germany
Harry Bridges Fate Up to Supreme Court
The case centers on state actions to deport Harry Bridges to Australia. Attorney General Biddle accused Bridges of Communist Party membership and alleged advocacy of violent overthrow. Bridges has contested the federal order since its issuance, with the matter now before the Supreme Court.
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Harry Bridges
Supreme Court
Washington
Australia
Ik Supreme Court
Snall
Biddie
C. EO
Communist Party
Biddle
United States
Bridges
Yanks Invade Near Tawitawi in Sulu Archipelago
General MacArthur reported the 41st Division landed near Tawitawi in the Sulu archipelago, seizing Sanga Sanga Bongao and two airfields within striking distance of Borneo. Guerrilla help aided the operation as heavy bombing preceded the leapfrog landing. The 41st Division, with three years overseas, has seen extensive Pacific combat.
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Manila
Jens A. Doe
Tawitawi
Sulu
Eithe Borneo
Zamiduzaga
Mindanao
Eighth Army
Tawi
Sahgasanga
Bongao
Borneo
Tmperis Jap
Douglas MacArthur
Sanga Sanga Ang Bongao
Dist
Pacific
Psiavan
Ine
Zamboanka
Zamboansa
Tvo
S1st
Family of Boy Prophet Leaves Promised Land Stownsville Tex
The Deazam family of 14, labeled as boy prophet followers, left their Texas border camp at the edge of a highway seeking religious messages. They traveled from their farm in Missouri to pursue a claimed direct message from God. Local authorities describe their departure as a retreat from their Our Mission group.
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Stownsville
Tex
Upi
Flos
Deazam
Texas
Deermush
Daniel’ Denham
Four-fifths of GIs Have No Jobs Waiting
New York reports eighty per cent of service members have no civilian jobs awaiting them. Lt Victor Snyder, director of reconditioning at Hal Jordan General Hospital, said many veterans lack suitable civilian work and others prefer training acquired in service over previous occupations.
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New York
Victor 4. Snyder
Haljoran General Hospital
Patton Push Nears Prague as Allied Drive Continues
Allied forces pressed toward Czechoslovakia with Patton’s corps within 168 miles of Prague and 40 miles from Nuernberg. German resistance centered on Kassel as city battles raged while Eisenhower urged surrender and Allied armies closed on the Ruhr and Zuider Zee fronts.
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Czechoslovakia
Othe Aschat Pare
Shush
Netz Nouemberg
Amy
Wuerzburg
Leipzig
Prague
Kassel
Besse-Sassau
Rassel
Serba
Parton
Germany
Holland
Zuideree
North Sea
Berlin
Weserver
Ruhr
Eisenhower
Zuider Zee
Teenie Catal
Ite
GI in Germany Solves Baby's Pinup Problem
One-year-old Susan Wexler at a military base in Homestead Florida faced pinup issues when her mother couldn't obtain ordnance to address family needs. Irvine Fal xbe, a fourth grader, reportedly hung Susan's photos in Caracas and North Africa, while Ragity's outfit captured a German team with a safety faction. Susan received L1H cards of diaper fasteners from an admirer.
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Bukaio
Susan Wexler
Saie
Wexler
Avian Army Air Transport Base
Homestead
Fia
Nical
Irvine Fal
Sussn Bar
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Mojey
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