Okinawa Casualties and North Okinawa Fighting Report
Admiral Nimitz announced American casualties on Okinawa total 2 695 with 2103 wounded and 389 missing as fighting raged across the island. Marines and infantry battled along the southern front while Ninth Army and Third Marine Amphibious units pushed forward on the west coast and north, with heavy artillery and air support.
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Taugen Isler
Nakagusuku Bay
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British Eighth Army Breaks From Senio on Italian Front
British Eighth Army burst from the Senio bridgehead reaching the Santerno River and landed behind German lines at Lake Comacchio in an amphibious operation. American Fifth Army advanced north of Massa and nearer Carrara as Allied forces push across a widening front. German defenses breached on a broad front. about 1200 German prisoners taken on day one.
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Carrara
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Teenagers Wed After Ninety Day Try in Fifteen States
Newark report of 17 year old Mildred Beges from the Bronx and Julian Riv kind, both teens, who after a three month search across 15 states including Arkansas could not secure a marriage license. A rabbi officiated in Newark as Police Judge Ernest Masinix granted an emergency license and dismissed custody charges stemming from a missing persons case raised by their parents.
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Mildred Beges
Bronx
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Arkansas
Polish Issue Seen Splitting Big Three
In Washington a new break within the Big Three is feared as Churchill in London contemplates discussing unhappy Poland. Discontent grows over Russia's attitude and the Yalta framework for a national unity Polish government. Churchill is to speak to Parliament next week, with diplomats warning of renewed strain ahead of the San Francisco UN conference.
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Scheer Sunk Near Kiel in British Raid Blast
The German 30,000 ton pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, sister to the Graf Spee, was bombed and sunk at Kiel navy base in a raid announced by the British Air Ministry. The ship, akin to the Graf Spee, carried six 8-inch guns, a crew of 926, and featured two aircraft, with 609 feet length and 26 knot speed.
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Westbrook Pegler Registers as Democrat in Tucson
Gh Aziz reports Westbrook Pegler, a newspaper columnist, registered as a Democrat in Pima County. Pegler said he would make Tucson his permanent home and keep a farm at Ridgefield, Connecticut, where he lived for several years.
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MacArthur Cleans Up South Luzon War Advances
General MacArthur announced rapid U S advance in southern Luzon as First Cavalry Division moved 14 miles from Luckan to Samnaloc and Mauban east coast sectors. Airborne and regimental units pressed into Atimonan and Legaspi, with artillery and equipment seized. Civil government to be restored amid victories as bombers hit Hong Kong area, China seas, Davao and Formosa. Borneo targeted.
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Russians Hold Nine tents of Vienna in Danube battles
Soviet troops stormed across the Danube in Vienna clearing half the island stronghold between canal and river and freeing more than nine tenths of the city on the south bank. Communiqués reported 2,200 prisoners and advances toward Ling and Munich, with Tolbukhin’s tank spearheads nearing Berchtesgaden. Free Austria listed districts toppled.
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Berlin
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Floridsdor
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Leopold Stadt
Between-meal Snacks Out for Nazi Prisoners
Granite City Nl The Army has stopped giving German prisoners of war in this country between meal snacks and other extras since disclosure of mistreatment of American prisoners Col A H L Brawner of the Sixth Service Command said yesterday His statement answered complaints from 10 and A F af i later leaders that German prisoners of war working at Serracks at Granite City Army engineer depot had been pampered with lavish meals while civilian workers had only three rests daily and were given morning and afternoon rest periods.
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Army
Georgic Salvaged and Rebuilt as Troop Ship
London reports the Cunard White Star liner Georgic, sunk by bombs in the Suez campaign three years ago, has been salvaged and converted into a 27,000-ton troop ship. The Ministry of War Transport announced the rebuilt vessel, after a trial run, features recreation rooms, cinema, and ample sleeping quarters.
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Ministry of War Transport
Britairi
Miners' Raise May Boost Coal Prices
The new soft goal agreement between operators and United Mine Workers edging toward war effort needs War Labor Board approval. A price rise to cover higher production costs is likely, with John L. Lewis signing for the union. The contract sets a $10 daily wage, averages about $1.25 more per day, and includes shift differentials and a $25 vacation-time increase, while a coal price increase around 25 cents per ton is anticipated but not yet fixed.
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UPI
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War Labor Board
John E L. Lewis
United Mine Workers and Owners
Ofice of Price Administration
Lewis
Spain breaks with Japan in fallout from Manila killings
Madrid severs diplomatic relations with Japan amid the Manila killings of a Spanish national. Japanese Minister Yukichiro Suma planned departure for Portugal but Spain may detain him and other diplomats until Tokyo arranges safe exits. Suma confirmed Japan acknowledged Spain's protest dated March 24. Details of the exchange remain undisclosed.
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Spain
Japan
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Manila
Yukichiro Suma
Portugal
Tokive
Suma
Rmarth
Argentina Allows Anti German Films for Public Screening
Buenos Aires reports that Argentina will show anti German movies including The Hitler Gang for the first time tomorrow. The government Theater and Film Board head Sala said the policy covers all previously banned films such as The Dictator Confessions of a Nazi Spy For Whom the Bell Tolls and Mission to Moscow.
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Charles Chaplin
Mostow
Tokyo Raid Reported Again by Japanese Agency
The Tokyo raid was reported by the Japanese Demet news agency as taking place for two hours in the morning, with initial details suggesting the event occurred around 1507 8-795. The report notes repeated incidents and cites official Tokyo time as reference.
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San Francisco
Demet
Tokyo
Hitler Dies Control of Nazi Party Said to Pass to Himmler
British press reports claim Adolf Hitler, in poor health and perhaps dying, has yielded control of the Nazi Party to Heinrich Himmler. A German radio broadcast also said Hitler ordered a new volunteer defense unit the Volunteer Corps Adolf Hitler to oppose the Allies, though details and equipment remain unclear.
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London
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Heinrich Himmler
British Press Association
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Jap Mercy Ship Believed Sunk By U S Torpedo
The State Department said an Allied submarine sank what may be the Japanese relief ship Ava Mart under Allied safe conduct. A survivor named Awa Maziz reported no lights or signals during the midnight April 1 action. The U.S. will notify Japan via Swiss authorities to avoid hindering relief deliveries.
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Japan
Nazi Prisoners Strike Over Cigarettes Shortage
Belle Giede, Fia. Two hundred and sixty German prisoners in a bean cannery staged a two day strike when their allowance of cigarettes didn't arrive on time. The camp is new and no cigarette supply was received for two weeks. An officer said some who refused to work had cigarettes stored away in their quarters. The prisoners are allowed a ration of a half pack of cigarettes a day.
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Belle Giede
Fia
Legislators Readied to Question Monaghan in Albany Probe
George P. Monaghan, in charge of investigating altered crime in Democratic Albany County, will testify before the Assembly Judiciary Committee as part of a study on ouster grounds against Supreme Court Justice Gilbert Vo Schenck. The panel, chaired by Assemblyman Harry Reaux, will meet weekly through May or June, with a possible Friday session.
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Edward McDonald
Albany
George P. Monaghan
Albany County
Thomas E Dewey
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Gilbert Vo Schenck
Harry Reaux
Warrensburg
Disi Auy
Clarence Herlihy
Warren County
Monaghan
Justice Schenck
Reaux
Suzuki Cabinet Adds Noted Jap Militarist
San Francisco reports that Yoshiosato Yasui, a Kwantung army faction member, joined Premier Suzuki’s cabinet as a minister without portfolio. Tomyo Tadie noted the addition as Natao Hokiyema, president of the South Manchuria Railway, was in charge of transport and communications.
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San Francisco
P-She
Fusato Yasui
Powerul
Kpowa
Kwantung Army
Tomyo Tadie
Kaniaro Suzuki
Natao Hokiyema
Manchuria
Head of King Tut’s Mother-in-law Found
Cairo reports that the mummy of King Tutankhamun’s mother in law was among treasures found by an American in the Merkers salt mines in Germany and returned to Egypt requests. A 1934 discovery of Queen Nefertiti’s head in Berlin prompted protests, but the head remains in German hands.
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Cairo
Tutankh- eAmmen
Merkers
Germany
Egypt
Nefertiti
Berlin
Yanks Reach Elbe River After 50 Mile Advance Near Russians
Allied forces pressed toward the Elbe as Ninth Army and linked corps moved past Magdeburg and toward Berlin. American and Allied units swept through the Ruhr and captured Schweinfurt while closing on Leipzig and Erfurt. The advance opened potential junctions with the Red Army, with many German pockets overwhelmed and bridges prepared for rapid crossings.
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Magdeburg
Berlin
U.S. Ninth Army
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