Russians Win Koenigsberg and Reach Vienna Center
Russians push toward Vienna center as Koenigsberg falls after a brutal siege. Soviet forces overran key landmarks along the Ringstrasse and captured the central police, telegraph, post offices, and the Central European Bank as German resistance collapsed in the final stage of battles for the Austrian capital. Koenigsberg capitulated at 9 30 pm after a concentrated assault that began Sunday, with 27000 prisoners taken and General Lasch captured. The advance signals the endgame of the Baltic and Alpine fronts in the broader Soviet push toward Vienna.
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Red Army
Lasch
Vasilevsky
Yanks Close Luzon Trap in rapid advance
Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported the northern end of a Luzon trap was sealed as 4th Corps seized Tayabas and Lucban, cutting the Bicol Peninsula route. The 8th Regimental Combat Team landed at Legaspi and pressed the southern flank while Malus’s 23rd Division fought toward Balete Pass, likened to Cassino in Italy.
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Charles L. Malus
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Wile Sidetracked for Toy Trains, Judge Told
Los Angeles director Lew Landers ripped three rooms of the house and part of the garage to lay baths for his miniature electric trains, Mrs Carmen Landers testified yesterday in obtaining a divorce decree. He always wanted to play with his trains, not go out with me. Her attorney said a property settlement was arranged out of court.
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Carmen Landers
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Cassino Air Battle and Italian Front Bombardment
Allied air power pounded Italy with a massive saturation raid by the 15th and 8th Air Forces targeting Lugo near the Senio River. Lugo, a crucial Ravenna Bologna railway station near Ferrara, faced intense explosions as American planes dropped high explosives. On the ground, Fifth Army troops neared Malva while German resistance weakened on the western road toward La Spezia.
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Mani
Malva
la Spezia
Werewolf Werewolves Fear: Nazi Guerrilla Tactics Rise
Allied reports describe Nazi werewolves as a terror tool in Hamelin and other German areas. They warn these agents may use murder and sabotage to deter civilian resistance, though actual impact remains uncertain and depends on German public response.
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Adolf Hitler
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Society of Werewolves
Hitler
Europe
Ischia
Gains Made In Soft Coal Wage Dispute
Washington reports tentative understandings reached between John J. Lewis and coal operators on most points. Ezra Van Horn announced at the Wage conference close that talks resume at 11 am Eastern War Time. A meeting of the United Mine Workers policy committee and operators group was prepared to review the accord, with optimism returning after recent gloom.
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John J. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
United 3Ine Workers Airman Policy Committee
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Aépe
War Labor
Parliament in Session Today
Parliament reconvenes after Easter recess amid signs of a rift with Prime Minister Churchill. The Laborite and coalition factions pressure Churchill as Bevin attacks Conservative failure to prepare national defense and calls for sweeping nationalizations in power, gas, and transport.
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Germany
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House of Commons
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New Stamp to Honor San Francisco Parley
Washington announces a 2 cent United States Dosage stamp to commemorate the San Francisco United Nations conference. Postmaster General Walker said requests for such a stamp had been received from many quarters. A description and denomination will be announced later.
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United States
San Francisco
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Rej
Okinawa Artillery Duel Reaches Pacific Peak Of Firepower
Amid the heaviest Pacific artillery duel to date, Okinawa fronts saw the 24th Army Corps and Marines pressed along the Motobu Peninsula while Japanese guns and counterfire pounded positions near Machinato and Neha. Nimitz and Hodge reported limited gains as American fleets and bombers battered cave defenses and emplaced guns.
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Ron S. Geiger
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Fonabara
British Wives Of Gas Get Free Passage to U.S.
The British wives of American soldiers receive free transport to the United States with about 20 000 eligible. Maj. G R McLaughlin of the U S Army says some 250 have crossed already and that roughly 22 000 meet eligibility for departure with expenses mostly covered to the doorstep. Children travel free and crews provide nurses and baby care aboard ships.
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United States
G. R. McLaughlin
Return of Dependens
U.S Army
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Dusbactis
Germans Expect Soviets To Meet Allies Near Leipzig
Berlin dispatches report Germans expect the Red Army and western Allies to meet in the Halle Leipzig area. The two Berlin reports to Dagens Nyheter said yesterday.
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Stockholm
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Berlin
Dagens Nyheter
United States and 19 Nations Normalize Argentina Ties
Argentina is welcomed back into the American family of nations after 13 months of exclusion due to Axis cooperation. The United States and 19 republics resume normal diplomacy as Argentina declares war on Germany and Japan and aligns with hemispheric security pacts. Recognition of General Edelmiro Farrell’s regime follows, with plans for a new ambassador to Buenos Aires and questions on Argentina’s UN status and attendance at the San Francisco world organization conference.
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Conference On World Organization
San Francisco
Russia
Brazil Captures Nazi Spy Ring Leader in Rio Arrest
Brazilian authorities announced the capture of German engineer Georg Konrad Friedrich Blass, 33, linked to a South American sabotage ring. The case ties to recent arrests in Chile. Blass allegedly organized units across Venezuela, Colombia, and Peru with agents in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. A Dutch Guiana accomplice, William Merens Baarn, was acquitted. another German, Wilhelm Kopf, received 25 years for Axis espionage.
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Wilhelm Heinrich Kopf
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U-Boat Losses On Decrease
Washington reports German U boats sank fewer Allied ships in March than February on the monthly Anglo American statement. The undersea raiders press their effort though casualties on them remain heavy. The note cites bombing and mine chasing delaying new U boats and links Danzig’s Soviet capture to curbing the evil source. No figures were given for shipping losses or sinkings.
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Fleas Force Grammar School to Close Doors
In Uma Georgia fleas drove a grammar school to shut after an unexpected infestation. Ten pupils and three teachers were affected as eviction efforts and sect tensions sparked the closure. The plan features spraying creosote and possible consolidation with Coffee School if the outbreak persists.
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Russo Japanese War Not in Prospect Declared by Tokyo
Tokyo's Domei agency stated there is no immediate prospect of war between Japan and Russia. The dispatch quotes concerns that Anglo American pressure could provoke misunderstandings and that neutrality efforts by Nippon aim to counter enemy attempts to draw the Soviet Union into Pacific conflict.
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Blitz on Nazi Airfields Nets 159 Planes
Allied bombers and fighters hit ten German airfields and two depots around Munich and Hamburg. The day left at least 159 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground or in air battles, with the Eighth Air Force escorting 1,350 heavy bombers.
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Japs Renew China Push in Henan and Shensi
Japanese forces push during renewed offensives in Henan and Shensi provinces aiming at Shensi and Sian, while Chinese high command reports counterattacks northwest of Seisiang and a attempt to crush threats along the Lo River. Heavy fighting continues as the 4th American Air Force evacuates from an important bomber base.
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Sweden to send back German refugees amid round trip plan
Swedish Justice Minister announced that German civilians who fled to Sweden will be sent back immediately. The decision by the Royal Council excludes military deserters and those in quarantine. More than 100 German refugees, mostly from the Baltic ports of Kan ting and Gdynia, reached Sweden in the past ten days.
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Allies Race For Elbe River Line
Allied armies pressed toward the Elbe as German defenses buckled. Soviet and western forces advanced across northern Germany, with U S First and Third Armies driving east and north toward Berlin while British Ninth and Second Armies pushed into Brunswick and near the Elbe. Air and ground actions disrupted German supply lines as Canadian forces reached Beckhusen and threats to Holland increased.
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Fifty Red Cross Men Working on Okinawa
A Red Cross report says more than half of its workers are attached to American forces invading Okinawa Island. The majority are presumed to be with the 10th Army headquarters in the Japanese campaign.
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