Nazi Leaders Reported at Swiss Border Amid Retreat
London reports said Joachim von Ribbentrop and German officials moved toward Lake Constance near the Swiss border with Dr. Ferdinand Baerbi sch and other aides following signs Europe’s war ending. Arberg in Austria and divisions near the border suggested a last stand as Nazis fled toward safety and Allied advances accelerated.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ader Bitter
Perseniz
Alps
Eee
Europe
London News Chronicle
Ger Slany
Exchange
Riebentrop
German Foreign Office
Lake Constance
Ferdinand ‘Baerbisch
Hitler
Astother Exchange
Zurich
Arberg
Austria
Lorton
London News-Chronicle
Botth
Churchill
Rhine
London Daily Mail
London Daily Expréss
Dwight D- Eisenhower
Germany
Stockholm
Swiss
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Volkssturm
Sweden
Alfred van Bohlen
Krupp Arms Works
Essen
Salsourg
Remagen
Krupp Works
Free German Press Bureau
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Nuernberg
le Geo
George
Patton
Third Army
Berchtesgaden
Churchill Praises Lloyd George as Welsh Statesman
Prime Minister Churchill paid tribute to the late David Lloyd George calling him a champion of the weak and the poor and the greatest Welshman since the Tudors. He credited Lloyd George with launching liberal and radical forces into social betterment and security as Parliament honored the memory of the wartime empire trader who died Monday night at age Bt.
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Churchill
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
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Lions Club meeting outlines drives and events in Waterford
Waterford Lions Club met at Connors with presiding officer Van Alstine and guest Paul Toithey of Syracuse Club. A scrap paper drive was set for May 6 under cochairmen Mosley and White, with Harney, Clement, Sorensen and others on the committee. Charter Night is planned for April 10 at Van Schaick Island CC with speaker William E. Morris. A child health project begins May first with Dr Harlan Walter as chairman and a committee including Peckham and Williams. Mayor Walsh announced garden space for residents and urged applications. A brake inspection drive was organized under Chief Harney. Next meeting is April 24. Additional items cover Grace Church service times, Maundy Thursday at First Presbyterian, Easter preparations, and Army testing for the Army Specialized Training Reserve at Waterford High School on April 12 for eligible youths.
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Lions Club
Connor
First Street
William ZX
van Alstine
Paul Toithey
Syracuse Club
Louis Mosley
Raymond L. White
Ar Cochairman
John #. Harney
Albert. Clement
Carl Sorensen
Lewis van Arnum
Raymond Warren
Grover Buchanan
William Ryder
J. Edward Burgess
George McKenna
Stan J. A. Boudreau
Wellington
Bishop
Afair
van Schaick Island Country Club
William E. Morris
Harlan’ Walter
Harold P. Peckham
Ernest Barrett
Joseph Stewart
Roycee L. Williams
John F. Walsh
The
Lions International
John & Harney
James Gillespie
R Gordon Yaxles
Gerald McNamara
John Dudden
Eisenhower to Give Word on Four’s End
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower indicated in Paris on Tuesday that the end of the war in Europe would come with a formal announcement when the proper time arrives. He told United Press Europe manager Boyd Lewis that German resistance on the western front has been broken and he plans to issue the statement then.
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Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western
Boyd Lewis
United Press European
Eisenhower
Paris
Melanson Returns to Dale Mabry Field After Furlough
George J Mélanson returns to base at Dale Mabry Field Tallahassee Florida after spending a day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs John Melanson.
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George J. Mélanson
Dale Mabry Field
Tallahassee, Fla
John Melanson
Must Quit Italy as Russian Drive Threatens Vienna Gap
The article argues a Russian advance jeopardizes the Vienna Gap and Italy front. It contends Alpine passes and the Vienna corridor are key, with Italy’s retreat seen as necessary to redeploy German forces. General Clark’s plan to use air power and reserves aims to forestall a larger disaster.
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Lexe Balatok
Csorna
Sar- Var
Rada
Italy
Germany
Brenner
Halien
Vienna Gap
Clark
Yakta
Vienna
Eden Rules Open Season on Hitler
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden stated Hitler is the major war criminal under the Moscow declaration. He said British soldiers may shoot on sight or capture him alive, with Allied action if captured. Sergeant John F. Leahy of the Third Army earned the Bronze Star for heroism in Europe.
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Anthony Eden
Commons
Adolf Hitler
Eden
Hitler
Moscow
John F. Leahy
295
Eighth Street
George S. Patton
Third Army
Germany
A. Frances Closson
Patrick H. Leahy
365
Fourth Street
Fort Jackson
S. C
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Sergeant Leahy
LaSalle Institute
Albany Business Coliege
Luzerne Man Killed in Collision Near Saratoga Springs
Cloyce Traver 49 of Luzerne died in a crash on Route 9 near Malta when a passenger car veered in fog and hit a two car trailer. Three others in the car were critically injured and hospitalized in Saratoga Springs. The accident is under coroner inquiry with state police aiding.
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Luzerne
Rien
Malta
Saratoge Springs
Saratoga Hospital
Fred Kellar
Palma Chiperho
Grand Avenue
Saratoga Springs
Elmer Dake
Jeferson Street
Saraoga Springs
Frederick W. Eston
Saratoga County
Walter Cruden
State Police
Fred Sayers
Winderballer
Mancelis
Motor Express
Five Men Jailed For Draft Fraud
New York five executives face charges by the FBI for fraudulently obtaining deferred draft classifications. Arrested are Irving Weintraub a Universal Camera Corp. personnel manager Murray Haberman a adult manufacturing plant manager Leslie Aburer Wain a buyer David Harold Sieback an advertising manager and Meret Weiss an attorney and secretary to a toy maker Irven Jerome York of New Rochelle lates manager of the toy concern. All but Haberman reportedly earned 10000 to 20000 yearly with Haberman at about 3500. They allegedly worked for the camera firm briefly earning 20 to 30 weekly while drafts were deferred and kept them after contracts ended in March 1944.
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New York F. B. E
Irving Weintraub
Universal Camera Corp
Murray Haberman
Dult
Leslie Aburrer Wain
David Harold Sieback
Meret Weiss
Irven Jerome York
New Rochelle
W1iss
Conroy
Esberman
Haberman
Camera
Thcat
Cohoes Board Reclassifies Fight Men
Cohoes Selective Service Board 34 reclassified eight registrants yesterday. Six were moved to Class B as ready for military service. Names include Valentine M. Golgs Anthony J. Bartolomeo Henry S. Eighmey J Paul C. Bute James Belley Augusto C. Cereus George N. Jeffcock Andre Rainvite among others. Physical examinations were conducted at the local center the same day.
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Cohoes Selec Service Board
I Mediately
Guailezie
Rese
Valentine M. Golgs
Anthony J. Bartolomeo
Henry S. Eighmey
J. Paul C. Bute
James Belley
Augusto C. Cereus
George N. Jeffcock
Andre Rainvite
SE Tranns
Ayua Iagucuun
War Fund drive in Cohoes falls short of quota
The Cohoes Red Cross War Fund drive needs 52.100 more to reach its 2,200 shortfall with the closing date set for Saturday. Volunteers canvassed homes but many residents have not donated, and those who haven’t subscribed are urged to contribute at the local Mohawk Street headquarters or by mail.
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Wear
Cohoes
Catone
Charles B. Plemley
Dia
Meany
Mohawk Street
Dodgers Sell Wyatt to Phillies After Pennant Run
Wyatt, the Dodgers fastball ace who propelled Brooklyn to the 1921 NL pennant, was sold yesterday to the Philadelphia Phillies for 310,000. The deal ends his run with Brooklyn and shifts a key pitcher to a rival club.
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Bear Mountain
Ryatt
Brooklyn Dodgers
Philadel Dita Phillies
Schroeder Takes Over Tough Job in Germany
George Schroeder, editor in chief of the Nazi DMS Agener and a Goebbels spokesman, assumed the German government’s crisis role yesterday. His task is to keep the German public optimistic about victory amid the crisis.
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Germany
London
ENL
George Schroeder
DMS
Agener
Joseph Goebbels
Department of Miracles
Bertin
Mrs. DeWar Heads Cohoes Auxiliary Of V F W Post
Mrs DeWar named president of the Cohoes Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars holding a third consecutive term. Other officers include Rose Bertolomes Bliss Huth Waterhouse and Mrs Bertha Redfrell among several named assistants at Remsen Street meeting.
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Contes Post Veterans ‘of Foreign Wars
Tuesday Sight
Oer
Remsen
Rose Bertolomes
Sexi
Ritzes Bessette
Roxie Wes
Ehatsa
I. Stae Maxwell
Cohoes Churches Hold Union Holy Week Service
Readings and sermons marked a union Holy Week service at Cohoes monitored by Rev Schuyler D. Jenkins and Rev Arthur Rice with solo by Mrs Barry Glass. The day included a noon service and prayers for God’s guidance as believers contemplate Jesus’s life and trials. A welfare clinic in City Hall served eleven patients with inoculations for whooping cough and diphtheria and health education.
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Jess
Barry Glass
Flew
Schuyler D. Jenkins
St. John’s Episcipal Church
Arthur Rice
Free Church of the Ascension
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Delivar
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Welfare Clinic
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Sealce Commission
Sate Cummings
Mary Eynch
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