Taps Sounded For Former President Taps Sounded For Former President
The Roosevelt burial at his family estate followed a Washington state funeral with Cabinet and officials present. West Point cadets fired a volley as Taps sounded and the flag was presented to Mrs. Roosevelt beneath a cloudless spring sky. President Truman stood nearby as dignitaries and neighbors paid their respects at the end of a long national period of mourning.
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Washington
White House
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Supreme Court
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House
Hudson
Twenty Die In Crash of Big Airliner
The Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport with 17 passengers and three crew members aboard vanished Saturday while en route from Pittsburgh to Birmingham. Wreckage was found on a mountainside in Coopers Rock state forest in Preston County West Virginia after search teams tracked the downed plane through ash underbrush.
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W. Va
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Birmingham
Coopers Rock State Forest
Cheat Mountain Range
Preston County
Memorial Service Draws Thousands At Barker Park
About 3,000 people attended a memorial service at Barker Park for Franklin D Roosevelt. Prayers and religious observances followed the national leader’s death, as businesses closed and bells tolled. Dr Ray Palmer Baker spoke, comparing Roosevelt and Lincoln and praising national unity. Continued on Page Seven.
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Troy
United States
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Baker
Ray Palmer Baker
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Barker Park
Mrs. Roosevelt Remains Steady at Burial Rites
Hyde Park widow of Franklin D. Roosevelt endures the president’s burial service with composure. She bows and smiles to ministers and mourners, accepts the Stars and Stripes, and thanks New York State troopers before boarding the train.
Red Army closes on Berlin as 24 miles from the city
Radio reports from London say Soviet forces breached outer Berlin defenses in a mounting battle with tanks artillery and infantry. The four army front nears 24 miles southeast of Berlin while Moscow notes tanks advancing toward Berchtesgaden and Ling across the Danube valley. Broadcasters differ on scope with some calling it preparatory actions and others the first chapter of a full Soviet push toward Berlin.
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Wriezen
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Austin
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Berchtesgaden
St. Poleten
Ling
Germany
Kaiser's Son Among Noted Nazis Seized
U S Third Army troops captured Prince Wilhelm also known as Aussi and Field Marshal von Mackensen. Nazi propaganda chief Dr Mannfred Zapp, expelled from the U S in 1941, was seized at Bad Berka. Paris reports Franz von Papen prisoners awaiting processing. Nearby, Gen Vittorio Foschini and associates were captured in Bad Blankensburg and are under American guard.
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von Mackensen
Galicia
Bad Berka
Thorurn Wiant
Bad Blankensburg
U Si ‘Stih
Vittorio Foschini
Mussolini
Foschini
Count Ettore
Polomei
Tyrol
Elbe Proof Berlin Will Be Defended
The Ninth Army fought a furious battle along the Elbe as German command vowed to defend Berlin to the last. The Second Armored Division yielded ground and bridgeheads near Magdeburg after two days of hard fighting and fatigue. German forces concentrated against the Second Armored as Berlin defense becomes a strategic priority.
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Roosevelt Son Delayed by Head Winds Reaches Funeral
Col James Roosevelt arrived at Floyd Bennett Field from Manila after a 60 hour flight but reached Hyde Park an hour and a half late for Franklin D Roosevelt’s funeral. He rode to Pennsylvania Station to meet the presidential train returning to Washington with his wife and mother aboard. He blamed head winds for the delay and noted the long journey began when word of his father’s death arrived.
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Truman
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Tal Roosevelt
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Father
New President Addresses Congress Aboard Truman Train
President Truman travels by special train to Washington after Roosevelt burial services. He prepared his first address to a joint session of Congress expected to outline wartime policy and postwar aims. James F. Byrnes advised on the speech while George Allen compiled the draft.
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Fruman
Truman May Change Many Capitol Jobs
Washington reports say President Truman urged early sweeping changes in the Roosevelt Cabinet. Friends expect a shakeup within two months extending to noncabinet agencies as Stettinius may leave after the San Francisco UN conference, with Byrnes favored for Secretary of State. Continued on page eleven.
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Nazis Say Americans Probe Citys Suburbs Reich Virtually Split
Allied forces push toward Czechoslovakia as U S Third and Seventh Armies close on the Mulde River and Dresden area. Canadian First Army seals off western Holland while Bremen Hamburg approaches remain contested. Reported linkup with Soviets unconfirmed. heavy fighting continues on western and southern fronts.
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Leipzig
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Berlin
First Army
Holland
North Sea
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Bremen
Hamburg
Luxembourg
Ruhr
U. & First Ageny
Yanks Repulse Three Attacks On Okinawa
Japanese counterattacks on Okinawa were repulsed as Marines pressed northward to within ten miles of the island’s northern tip. In the Kerama group nearby naval actions included invasion of Kenfu Island and seizure of eight Kerama Islands by the VI Army Division. Japanese air forces struck Allied shipping with nine planes shot down Saturday during a two day Kamikaze bombardment.
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Okinawa
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Japan
Motobu Peninsula
Chester W. Nimitz
Kenfu Island
Keramal
Keramia Islands
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Betan
Roosevelt Funeral at Hyde Park Estate
The coffin of Franklin D. Roosevelt is lowered into a grave at Hyde Park with servicemen bearing an American flag. Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Anna Boettiger, and Col. John Boettiger stand at the front with the four daughters in law. President Truman and his family attend as an armed guard lines the caisson route to the estate grave. Many denied entry attend later services at St James Episcopal Church.
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John Boettiger
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Guard of Honor
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St. James’ Episcopal Church
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