Von Runstedt Captured by Americans in Germany
The Seventh Army captured Field Marshal von Rundstedt and several other German generals at Bad Teck while he dined with his wife and son Heng Gerd. Also taken were Wilhelm Ritter Von Lee, Wilhelm List, Adm Horthy, and multiple lieutenant and major generals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh
Germany
Sure Hundsteds
Normandy
von Rundstedt
Bad Tek
Blu- Nich
Heng Gerd
Joseph Burke
Uakeows
Bad Telx
Howsa
Adolf Hitler
Hekt
von Riuthstder
Ardennes
Breuse
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Family Time
Valley Falls Mrs Fanny Buckley returns home after a stay in New York. New Market NH guests Mrs Frank Langlois and daughter visit Mrs Leighton Boom. Lt and Mrs James Lobnes and Nancy host at Lohnes home. Lt Loones returns from Pacific duty. Mrs John Ryan stays in Brooklyn with daughter Mrs John Geran and family. Granddaughter Kathleen Geran returns home with grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Buckley
New York
Frank Langlois
New Market
Leighton Boom
James Lobnes
Nancy
Lansinghurs
C. W. Lohnes
Loones
Pacific
John Ryan
Brooklyn
John Geran
Kathleen Geran
Truman orders broad wartime budget cuts and agency reforms
President Truman proposes sweeping economy measures cutting funds across eight agencies including the Maritime Commission and the Office of Civil Defense. He calls for rescinding 369000 in OCD requests, shrinking War Information and War Production Board budgets, and boosting federal aid for the elderly and dependent children. He praises volunteers in Civil Defense and notes OCD programs remain under review as war conditions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Maritime Commission
OCD
Activites Eed
Sterp
White House
Mr. Truman
Congress
Office of War Information
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Petroleum Administration For
Incresse Recontinentéa
Federal Security Agency
Office of Education
War Manpower Commission
General Administration
Citizens’ Defense Corps
Ech
William N. Haskell
U.S
Area Officer Wounded On Okinawa
Richard Wy Hoffay of West Sand Lake New York, a member of the 105th Infantry, was shot in the right hand and wrist on Okinawa. He reports being evacuated for hospital care in the United States and says he may be treated there. He had been commissioned a second lieutenant before deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
10Th Folicery
Okinawa
Richard Wy. Hoffay
Combeoy A
Som
Withen
Hoffay
West Sand Lake
Ig 2
Jewenast
105Th Infanter
Satpas
Ruth Hoffay
Mildred Hoffay
German Surrender Signed by German Plenipotentiaries
German plenipotentiaries signed surrender documents with Allied representatives in the Palace of Alexander in Italy. The signing occurred in a large Italian Renaissance room with Allied officers and press present. After twenty minutes the German envoys returned by plane to Von Vietinghoff's headquarters in the Alps while radio stations broadcast the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casteria
W. D. Morgan
Allied
von Vietinghoff
Ton Vietinghoff
Alps
Alexander
Ltaly
Vienna
Italy
von Vietingnoff
Local social notes from Averill Park and area
Averill Park notes list Jane Roberts ill and confined to bed, Albert Flaxmyer at Ballston Lake camp, Mrs Esther Gundrim visiting Sche nectady relatives, and Charles Wilkins family guest in Philadelphia. Central High School FFA plans a roast beef supper at the school auditorium this afternoon. Sand Lake Republican Club meets at Odd Fellows Hall with a covered dish supper at 7 pm before the session. Methodist Church hosts a reception for Rev and Mrs Jasper A Steele this evening and the Women’s Society for Christian Service meets tomorrow at 8 pm with Mrs Edward Nash leading a discussion on The Sanctity of the Christian Home. refreshments follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Roberts
Albert Flaxmyer
Ballston Lake
Esther Gundrim
Schenectady
George, Kirchner
Charles Wil’ Kin
Philadelphia
Charles Wilkins
Farmers of America
Central High School
Republican Club
Sand Lake
Odd Fellows
Methodist Church
Jasper A. Steele
Women’s Society For ‘Christian Service
Methodist
Edward Nash
Harmonic Circle
Co- Bees High School
Aliss Ruth Kingsbury
North Tror
Locs
Garment Workers Union
Mills 1
Fuld and Hatch Keatting Co
F. W. Hall
Remsen Street
Cohoes Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Remsen Streek
David Mayer
Cohoes Lodge
Loral Order of Moosa
Spm
Ontaris Streetz
Arthur Shannon
Roland Peltier
Clifford Hicks
John Nelly
John Wenton
Joseph Brackiey
Louis Hebert
Andrew Brackiey
Harold McGowan
Louis Tessier
Herold Wood
George Cox
Francis Massey
Walter Barton
Doenitz Seizes Power After Hitler Death Fallout
The piece details Doenitz's rise as Germany bands around a new leadership while Hitler’s death is questioned. It notes new government moves replacing Ribbentrop with Seawer, military shifts in Norway, and mixed Allied reactions to Hitler’s demise and Doenitz’s authority.
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Dosnitz
Third Reich
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Doenitz
Bitler
Himmler
Goering
Orst
Foachim von Ribbentrop
Count Lutz Seawerin Hrosigk
France
Brant von Papen
von Schleicher
Hitler
Frang Porhme
Oslo
Sgat
London
Otto Cillas
Cillas
Adelfrat “Kranke
Boehme
Eisenhower
Hamburg
Heinrich
Hiramler
Folke Bernadotte
Supreme Headquarters
Schilenberger
Mostow
Baltic
Hostock
Senwerin-Krosigk
Yon Ribbentrop
Slayer of Maine Child Ends Life
Ernest Michaud, 38, confessed to abducting and murdering Betty McArthur a year old girl near Augusta. He slashed his throat in jail after police found the body in Tolmen Pond. Michaud had a prior two year term for attacking young girls and was captured after a state wide search and blood marked car discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Ernest Miehand
Betty McArhur
Augusta General Hospital
Charles A. Watts
Michaud
Hennebee
Henry Heselton
Berlin Falls in Final Soviet Assaults Before Surrender
The narrative recalls the fall of Berlin as Soviet forces tightened the noose around Hitler’s capital. It notes Berlin’s prewar population of 4,335,000, the deteriorating defense, and Stalin’s reports of the collapse of German resistance as 70,000 troops were taken, marking the city’s final hours in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Hamburg
Berlin
Stalin
Tiergarten
Churches in Cohoes Plan Victory Day Services
Churches in Cohoes schedule multiple Victory Day observances with joint services at Sisman Memorial Presbyterian and First Baptist, plus St James Methodist and St Johns Episcopal, led by area pastors. If timing allows, all gatherings occur the same day with planned communion and return-date services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presidentt Truman
Sisman Memorial Presbyterian’ Church
The
Reformed Church
First Baptist Church
Participatines
Francis L. McCauley
Victor J. Blekkink
George F. McElrain
St James’ Methodist
First Methodism
Earl ©. Fryer
St James’ Church
Donald R. Lewis
First Methodist Church
Federal Council of Churches of Christ Is America
Surrender At Last To Red Army After Wartime Struggle
The passage recalls a vast ongoing conflict from ground to tunnels as Nazi forces killed those who spoke of surrender. Eventually they surrendered to Red Army units fighting 1,580 miles from Stalingrad’s ruins where the Nazi advance began in January 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mans
Stalingrad
Velga Sity
Cohoes Girl Struck by Auto Injured in Local Incident
A seven year old Cohoes girl, Jase Naomec of Kosciusko, was injured when she ran into a car on Ontario Street near 153 Ontario while crossing the street. Ann Bindewald, 72 Breslin Avenue, took her to Dr. Breauk’s office for treatment of facial and knee bruises and friction burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jase Naomec
Kosciuskoye
Cohoes
Guber
C. Bindewald
Breslin Avenue
Ann Bindewald
Gr. A. M. Breauk
Fire Damages Residence In Cohoes
Fire originating in a shed near the Cohoes brick dwelling at 3 Wik mer Avenue caused extensive damage Tuesday night. Fire crews arrived by 7 74 pm and prevented the spread to adjoining structures. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eire
Wikmer Avenue
Cohoes
Fial Beurgeois
Clide Sredecor
Sremin
Manor Avenue
Firemen at Cohoes Plan Horse Show
Cohoes Firemen plan a horse show for Sunday July 2 at Fondas on Baker Avenue. Harold Grogan is head of the program with James Pender as ticket chair. Committees for publicity and refreshments were named. further details to follow.
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Cohoea Pac
Firemen's Association
Fonda's
Baker Avenoue
Harold Grogan
Elig James Pender
John Smith
Feld
Henry la Ball
James Coleman
Tafeeshrents
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von Puhlstedt
Bitter
von Frundstedt
Cracow
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Meuse
Semyon Budenny
Ukraine
Valley Falls
Tae Patra Ue
Bausch & Lamb
Remsen ST
N. Y
Gray
Eedae Eaeare
Wotet
Canton
Richard W. Hofpay
Troy
Averill Park
United National Clothing Campaign
Gerald Keeler
Frank §. Adjer
Edna Keeler
Ethel Mr. Brown
John Palka
Fire Department
Maine
Berlin Falls
Wilfred BL LaMarche
South Portland
New England Shipbuilding Corp
Bangor
Lewis O. Haruman
Emilien Vertifeuille
Sargent Street
Cohoea
Vertifeuille
Company B
105Th Infantry
Philippines
Pic
Eiilien Vertifeuille
Sixth Avenue
Army Air Force
Jackson
Miss
Caribbean
Madeline Ziegler
Beverly
Charles Vertifeuille
First Army
Health Department
Hans D. Weiss
Sally Cummings
Airs
Mary Lynch
G A. R
Remsen
Walter Bailey
Cosmanites
Mary
Margaret Hames Richard
Nelson Richard
Asa
Michael J. Hogan
Willow Street
St Agniss* Church
Rémion Street
Bullock
Benson Realty Corp
Ooners
Walter
Juliette Eisner
Eisner
Juliette
Gilbert Robert
Robert and
Lalofde
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Oneida Street
Glenn Miller
Deitcher
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