Leaders Took Lives Before Capital Fell Amid Berlin Claims
Soviet communique quotes two Nazi leaders claiming Hitler Goebbels and General Krebs died by their own hand as Berlin fell. Fritsche allegedly confirmed the deaths during interrogation. SHA E Headquarters cited a different account of Hitler dying from a brain hemorrhage after a meeting in Lubeck. End of war outlook split opinions in London on Doenitz’s ability to prolong resistance.
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ODPS
Bans Fritsche
Goebbels
Flick
Reinrich Dorsch
Dr Fritsche
Hitler
Krebs
Bkortia
Aioscow
Bitler
Deenite
Wasi Party
Germany
Hemburg
Fuehrer
Paris
SHAE
Luebeck
Count Follfe Bernadotte
Pied Cross
Gestapo
Heinrich Biminter
Admiral Doentty
Rundstedt
Kurt Dittmar
Doewitz
Highrst Day
London
Doenitz
Anparentis
Butler
Baseball Scoreboard Report From National American Leagues
National League results show New York and Philadelphia 3 all tied with Boston 3 and Brooklyn 1. St Louis 4 beat Pittsburgh 2, Pittsburgh 11 St Louis 1. Cincinnati at Chicago postponed due to rain. American League Detroit 2 Chicago 1. New York 6 Philadelphia 4. Boston 4. St Louis 1 in 13 innings. Eastern League notes Albany 6 Hartford 4. Utica 34 and other standings incomplete.
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Westerday
New York & Philadelpha
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Philadelphia
Washington D. Cleveland
St Louis
Hitler Death Confirmed By Truman
President Truman said he had best authority that Adolf Hitler is dead and that, if true, Hitler would not face trial. He affirmed the Hamburg radio report, declined further comment on Germany, and rejected plans for an early national radio address on V-E Day.
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Washington GP
Trevman
Adolf Hitler
White House
Hitler
Truman
Benito Mussolini
Hamburg
Germany
Laval Jailed After Refusing To Quit Spain
Laval and Bonnard, Vichy officials, fled to Spain seeking sanctuary from France. Franco ordered their internment at Montjuich Fortress near Barcelona after they refused to leave. The two were transported with a German crew aboard a Junkers plane, while Laval’s wife was allowed to remain on humanitarian grounds.
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Madrid
Pierre Laval
Abel Bonnard
Spain
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Germany
France
Montjuich
Franco
Marcél Deat
Laval
Vichy
United States
Norman Armour
Armour
Junkers
Bonnard
Measles Outbreak Affects United Nations Conference
Measles spreads among delegates at the United Nations Conference in San Francisco. Government and health officials monitor the situation as quarantine fears rise. A representative from the Cantaie delegation at the St Francis Hotel reports exposure among about 22 delegations staying in the hotel quarters.
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San Francisco
St Francis Hotel
Postmaster Job Given To Hannegan
President Truman announces Robert E. Hannegan to succeed Frank C. Walker as Postmaster General with Walker to retire June 30. Hannegan, 41, would also become Democratic National Chairman if Senate confirms July 1. Lilienthal to begin ninth TVA chairmanship May 78 for another nine year term.
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Roosevelt
Truman
Frank C. Walker
Robert E. Hannegan
Walker
New York
Hannegan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
James J. Farley
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
Tennessee
Hannegak
Lilienthal
Leslie Biffle
Mine Dispute Heads Toward White House
The coal mining shutdown nears the White House as the War Labor Board sends the dispute to William E. Davis for referral to President Roosevelt. Possible federal seizure looms if workers do not return to eastern Pennsylvania mines under orders.
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Washington
White House
War Labor Board
Wiliam E. Davis
Davis
Pranan
Pennsylvania
Ickes
Salil
Roosevelt
Regulis
Reynaud to Be Star Witness Against Petain
Paris reports Paul Reynaud former French premier who resigned in 1940 will testify for the State against Marshal Henri Philippe Petain. Reynaud, freed from a German prison, is believed to be in Switzerland awaiting return to France as a key witness. Petain stands accused of collusion and will be tried before a tribunal.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
France
Siater
Henri Philippe
Petain
Reynaud
Switzerland
Madame
Ats
Dresden Air Raid Fallout Reported by Police
Dresden police report a massive air raid near the German city in February 1943. Claims say hundreds of thousands perished and American troops were involved in the operation with prisoners of war returning through the lines.
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Dredden
Dresden
Emi
Capital Falls as Berlin Captured by Allied Forces
Berlin fell to Soviet forces after 12 days of heavy fighting as German troops surrendered. Stalin announced the victory from Moscow with 120,000 Germans killed or captured since April 22 and Rostock captured in an advance by the Second White Russian Army. The battle ended Hitler’s empire and marked a decisive turn in the war in Europe.
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London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Stalin
Moscow
Germany
Baltic
Rostock
GK. Zhukov
Ivan S. Konev
Ofer
Hitler
Beelev Faels
Rome
von Vietinghoff
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Alexander
Gan. von Vietinghoff
Alexasdes
Tarry
United Nations
Geemans
Allies Crush Nazi Redoubt in Italy as Surrender Spreads
Allied forces report the last Nazi southern redoubt fell with a capitulation in northern Italy and western Austria. Eisenhower orders continued pursuit into Bavaria and Tyrol while British and American units trap and push toward Rostock, Elbe, and the Baltic, signaling near end of fighting.
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Paris
Italy
Eisenhower
Baltic
Lusbeck
Himmiler
Elbe
Berlin
Austria
Bavaria
Supreme Headquarters
Tyrol
Salzburg
Tthe
Luebeck
Denmark
Germany
Wismar
Rostock
BEC
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Ton Theigh
Domitz
Alliea
von Lehr
Trieste
Yugoslavia
New Zealand
Eighth Army
Marshal Tito
Givni
Joseph T. McNarney
Mediterranean
Japan
Truman Proposes 20 Percent War Budget Cut and Shipbuilding Backlog
President Truman recommended a 20 percent reduction in war spending and further economies as the war improves. He proposed a $7.365 billion shipbuilding plus a $96 million cut across eight war agencies and abolished the Office of Civilian Defense. The plan targets the 1946 budget with total war expenditures near $70.6 billion and normal functions at about $13.1 billion, drawing praise from Senator Butler and support from Senator McKellar.
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Washington
UPI
Truman
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Butler
Rneb
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Allied HQ Cuts Rations by 16 Percent for Light Duties
The Supreme Allied Headquarters announced a 16 percent cut in basic rations for American troops assigned to light duties in the European theater due to the global food shortage. Those performing hard labor will retain their basic rations.
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Paris
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Allied Headquarters
Pot of Chicken Soup At Suffolk Home Nets 2500
Residents of Suffolk County Home enjoyed a 2500 pot of chicken soup yesterday. Justice of the Peace W Royden Klein supervised seizure of police raid game cocks valued at 100 to 200 dollars each.
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Yaphank
Suffolk County
Justice of the Peace
Royden Klein
No Doubt Hitler is Dead Says German Commentator
Gen Kurt Dittmar, who surrendered to American forces, told reporters he has no doubt Hitler is dead and warned the war could end in days. He speculated that Doenitz may have killed Himmler before proclaiming himself Fuhrer and predicted Germans would refuse to continue fighting.
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Usith Army Group
Kurt Dittmar
Hitler
Karl Doenitz
Fuehrer
Heinrich Himmler
Dittmar
Australian and Dutch Force Invade Tarakan to Sever Japanese Holds
Australian troops aided by Dutch units land on Tarakan Island near Lingkas in two beachheads as the assault begins. MacArthur states the operation virtually severs enemy holdings in the south, isolating the eastern Netherlands East Indies. U S Seventh Fleet and Allied ships support the invasion. minimal initial Japanese resistance is reported.
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Dutch East Indies
Tarakan Island
Berbeo
Douglas Macarthur
Philippines
U. S
Mindanao
Davao City
Seventh Fleet
Lingkas
Tarakan
Arma Dre
Australia
New Guineas
Middle East
Macarthur
Netherlands East Indies
Eire and Portugal Mourn Hitler's Death
Eire and Portugal express condolences over Hitler's death as Prime Minister De Valera and German minister Eduard Heimelfare send regards at Dublin. The BBC Europe broadcast notes two days of mourning ordered by Berlin. Both nations had already expressed sorrow at President Roosevelt's death.
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Eiter
Amen de Valera
Eiré
Eduard Heimple
Dublin
Absiz
Europe
Porta
Gal
Puehrer
Roosevelt
Alpine Redoubt Surrender Ends War in Europe
Nearly one million German and Italian Fascist troops surrendered unconditionally in the Alpine redoubt. Von Vietinghoff-Scheer planned to surrender with his staff to Allied leaders. The capitulation ends the Italian campaign, shifting the war’s southern front toward Berchtesgaden.
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Rome
Europe
Alps
Heinrich von Vietinghoff-Scheer
Harold Alexander
Mark Clark
15Th
Italy
Austria
Pri
Salzburg
Fis
Maine
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Bavana
Eisenhower
Paris
U.S
Yanks Break Through on Okinawa Gulf Island Front
U S Army troops opened an intensified drive on southern Okinawa. Seventh Division under Maj Gen Geo Archibald V Arnold drove a 140 yard salient into strong Japanese positions on the east coast. The breakthrough, the strongest since the garrison’s stand, pushed about 2400 yards since April 29 as Maj Gen Andrew D Bruce’s Ninth Army and Maj Gen Pedro del Valle’s First Marine Division pressed the central and right sectors near Yonabaru.
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Guam
Okinawa
Geo
Archibald V. Arnold
lSeventh
Tat Hae
Pacific Ocean Areas
Yonabaru Town
Yonabaru
Tith Infantry Division
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