Truman Spikes Tale Of Nazi Surrender Rumor
Washington officials denied any negotiated Nazi surrender though reports from San Francisco and a Reuters dispatch claimed Himmler offered to quit for the Allies. President Truman said there is no foundation to such a claim and emphasized any surrender would have to be to all the Allies as the war nears end.
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Soviets Reopen Polish Question at UN Conference
Soviet Foreign Commissar Y. M. Molotov pressed to invite the Polish government in Warsaw to UN sessions while arguing Argentina should be admitted only if Poland is invited. The United States and Britain oppose admitting the Polish government as a new constituted authority. The issue to be raised again by the steering committee as Big Four ministers meet to prep the next session.
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Britain
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Russia
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Saong
China
Allies Capture Venice as Fascist Army Surrenders
Allied forces seized Venice and Milan, advancing to the Piave and across the Brenta River as German resistance collapsed in northern Italy. The 148th Infantry Division and thousands of officers and men surrendered to Brazilian troops, with talks under way to surrender Marshal Graziani's Italian Fascist Army.
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Venice
Milan
Genda
Italy
Eighth Army
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Rodolfo Graziani
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Baseball scoreboard highlights from yesterday's games
National League results show Brooklyn 4 New York 3 and Chicago 5 Pittsburg 2 with St Louis 16 Chicago 4 in a high scoring day. American League notes include Detroit 6 Cleveland 6 and St Louis 3 Chicago 2 along with New York 13 Washington 4 across 14 innings.
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Detroit
Hospital ship Comfort attacked near Okinawa
The hospital ship Comfort was attacked and heavily damaged by about fifty Japanese planes fifty miles south of Okinawa on Friday. 29 killed, 33 wounded, one missing among the crew and patients. Despite damage, the ship proceeded to port under its own power. Casualties on Okinawa total 11,413 through April 28, including 7,424 US service members.
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Mrs Roosevelt Names Carrier After Husband in Launch Ceremony
New York reports the 45,000 ton Franklin D Roosevelt super carrier launched amid colorfully solemn rites with Navy Secretary Forrestal dedicating the ship to the late commander in chief. Eleanor Roosevelt attended in mourning and expressed pride that the ship would honor her husband and aid in training and protecting American forces.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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James V. Forrestal
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New York Navy Yard
Allies Shot Down 2,183 Buzz Bombs Target Antwerp Port
Allied anti aircraft gunners intercepted 2,183 buzz bombs aimed at Antwerp, with 212 reaching the port area. The 72,000 American British and Polish gunners prevented loss in a single day, keeping the port functioning for the western front.
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Reds Storm Last Berlin Defense Zone
Soviet forces surge through Berlin as two armies converge across northern Germany toward Rostock and Swinenwende. Zhukov’s troops encircle the capital, seize Moabit blocks, reach near the Reichstag, and push from the Ferpelhot Airdrome toward the Great Anhalter rail depot. About 48,000 Germans killed or captured. 40,000 prisoners in Weider Buchholz area.
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Anhalter
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Patton Frees 27,000 Allied War Prisoners
Allied forces under General Patton liberated about 27,000 prisoners, many American airmen, as the U.S. Seventh Army entered Munich with light resistance. British and Canadian units advanced across northern fronts toward Emden and the Elbe, while German defenses in Munich appeared to collapse. The reports noted no unconditional surrender offers from Germany.
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Dewey Sees High Hopes for Juvenile Delinquency Program
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey voiced high hopes for the state’s new juvenile delinquency program, approved by the Legislature. He warned of administrative challenges but stressed community cooperation, local leadership, and tailored treatment to fit each child, citing a triumph of humane policy over red tape.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
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Brooklyn Jewish Community Council
Dever
Germans Allow Safe Conduct for Food Planes to Dutch aid
German authorities agreed to safe routes and dropping points after negotiations with the International Red Cross. Lancaster Bombers dropped more than 600 tons of food to Dutch civilians behind German lines, with observers at dropping sites and Dutch distributions planned. Planes carried meat, flour, sugar, margarine, powdered milk, cheese, tea, and more.
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Pre War Prices Seen as Gone by Senator Belief
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma said in a Washington interview that no one living will see a return to prewar price levels. He argued prices can be controlled by money and credit volumes and warned that the postwar federal budget will run at least 20 billion dollars annually.
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Oklahoman
Reporter Sees Mussolini Body In Milan After Execution
A Newark paper says a reporter reached Milan amid partisan control to view Benito Mussolini and 12 Fascists shot near Congo. Crowds pressed to spit on the bodies at Piazza Loreto as partisans displayed them on a moving van. The scene included the mistress Clara Petucci and a brutal, chaotic postexecution display.
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Peace envoy Bernadotte linked to new mission in Europe
Stockholm reports Count Folke Bernadotte arrived in Denmark from Germany after a new contact with Heinrich Himmler. As vice chairman of the Swedish Red Cross, he was described as the emissary who carried a possible surrender message from Himmler to the Western Allies. Bernadotte later returned to Germany for Red Cross work, avoiding Allied bombers in a near miss at a Danish airfield. the foreign office said he transmitted an oral message from Himmler to Sweden, shared with the United States and Britain.
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Dagens Nyheter
Folke Bernadotte
Denmark
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Heinrich Himmler
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Gestapo
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Britain
Red Cross
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Nel
Foreign Office
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Birockholm
Himmier
Estelle ‘Manville
Eisenhower
France
Himmler
Sweden
Round-up of Fascists Nets Prominent Briton
Milan radio reported Nazi fascist collaborator John Amery son of Lt 3 Amery British secretary of State for India among recently arrested persons. Amery began collaboration in Vichy after the Nazis occupied northern France, worked in Berlin and Rome, broadcasting from a puppet transmitter in northern Italy before leaving Britain in 1930.
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Milan
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Amery
India
Vichy
Frente
Tater
Berlin
Rome
Asies
Italy
Arberg
Britain
France
Windsors Bid Bahamas Actiew but Vow Return
In a three minute broadcast the Duke and Duchess of Windsor said farewell to Nassau Bahamas, but assured them you have not seen the last of us. The Duke, who resigned the governorship on March 15, called their departure the closing of an interesting and happy chapter of our lives.
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Mussolini Bodies Displayed in Milan Square Amid Crowds
Reports from Rome and Milan describe Mussolini and 16 other Fascists executed near Como and brought to Piazza Loreto in Milan for public display. Eyewitnesses recount the execution, body desecration, and crowds viewing the corpses, with Milan radio confirming the events and naming participants and locations.
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Milan
Mair
Christopher Lumby
London Times
Stephen Barber
London News-Chronicle
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Switzerland
Gustina di Mezzegere
Claretta Petacci
Hitler Reported Dead or Dying In Nazi Capital
The British Broadcasting Co reported an unconfirmed dispatch reaching Stockholm via Munich and Bern that Hitler died at noon in his underground Berlin headquarters with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels at his side. A Stockholm report said Hitler suffered a brain hemorrhage and was an invalid.
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Bern
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Austrian Provisional Government Forms Under Renner
Dr Karl Renner, a Social Democrat, becomes chancellor and foreign minister as Austria forms a provisional government in Vienna. The new coalition aims to restore an independent Austrian republic after Nazi and Soviet era influences. Reimer, 73, former chancellor and constitutional author, is mentioned in context. Moscow conference notes and a Tass dispatch report on the move.
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