Truman asserts independent leadership as orders shape postwar policy
President Truman states he will run his own show, taking advice but making decisions. He overrules army heads on Patton and Hodges four star promotions, picks John Snyder as loan administrator, eyes Bretton Woods and reciprocal trade plans, and orders the Lake Charles refinery seizure amid broader postwar policy moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Army
George Smith Patton, Jr
Courtney Hicks Hodges
John W. Snyder
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Harold D. Smith
Molotov
Russia
United States
Bretton Woods
Congress
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Algiers
Lake Chalves
George C. Marshall
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Patton
Hodges
Ernie Pyle, Noted War Reporter, Is Killed
Ernie Pyle, famed GI columnist, was killed on Ie Jima by a Japanese machine gun while observing the 10th Army advance. Navy and President Truman paid tribute, noting his reporting of ordinary American soldiers and his work across North Africa, Sicily and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Jn Pacific
Guam
Gi’s
Ie Jima
Okinawa
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Pyle
10Th Army
Hit
Truman
Washington
Ernie Yle
Bombers Batter Rail Targets In Czechoslovakia
Allied air forces hammer rail targets in western Czechoslovakia and southern Germany with over 750 U S heavy bombers and 600 fighter escorts as Russian bombers join the assault on Berlin. Helgoland and northern German approaches to Bremen Emden and Hamburg are attacked by Canadian Halifax bombers while a coordinated Berlin strike by British and Russian planes accompanies night raids on escape routes and airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Jameson
London
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Helgoland
North Sea
Bremen
Emden
Hamburg
Berlin
Bombing Attacks Pound Kyushu From Marianas Air Bases
Guam April 18 reports say about 150 B 29s from Marianas bases bombed six Kyushu airfields on the Japanese mainland. The assaults, spaced 17 hours apart, followed carrier strikes against Kyushu and Tokyo fire raids. Tokyo urban areas suffered large fires in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Kyushu
Marianas
Okinawa
Tokyo
Kawasaki
Truman Sets Brisk Pace for Newsmen
President Truman walked to work with secret service and reporters from Blair House to the White House. He left Blair House at 8 45 a m and crossed Pennsylvania Avenue at a brisk pace as crowds applauded and reporters struggled to keep up.
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Washington
Truman
Secret Service
Blair House
Old House
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Horror Camp Freed as Allies Liberate Belsen Prisoners
British Second Army forces liberated the Belsen concentration camp in Germany on Sunday. A senior medical officer described horrific conditions with 39,000 still alive, extensive disease, mass graves, and 500 children among the inmates. Families moved to nearby barracks as the site faces destruction.
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Second Army
Germany
Belsen
Miles C. Dempsey
2280 Japs Planes Blasted In Month By Allied Forces
Allied forces claim destruction of 2280 Japanese planes in the month ending April 17 amid Okinawa operations. Nimitz reports 1600 shot down by carrier air, 600 by land-based and escort forces, and 80 by British carriers. Additional losses include 136 shot down or damaged by B 29 gunners in a Tokyo raid.
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Okinawa
U. S
Ryukyus
Vice
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Fast Carrier
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Americans Fight Inside Baguio in Philippines Rescue Mission
American forces under Gen. MacArthur announced the rescue of more than 7,000 civilians from Baguio as Maj. Gen. Percy Clarkson’s 33rd Division pressed toward the Japanese stronghold. Igorot guides evacuated evacuees along secret routes amid heavy rain and mounting resistance.
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Manila
Baguio
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Doughboys
Percy W. Clarkson
Trau
Sugar to processing plants for canning apples
The OPA told Senator Byrd sugar will be available to processing plants for canning apples sauce and apple butter if plants file an application at the Roanoke office and state the quantity of apples to be processed. Byrd noted Virginia stored apples not marketable as fresh fruit could be salvaged by processors with sufficient sugar. The OPA guarantees sugar, with advance for apple butter against next season allocations.
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OPA
Byrd
Roanoke
Bur1
Virginia
May Defer Talks With Allied Heads
President Truman faces urged postponement of a meeting with major Allied leaders until the San Francisco Conference acts on a world peace keeping organization. Washington debates whether a concurrent summit would impede UN efforts as eight American delegates under Stettinius may approve changes to Dumbarton Oaks, permitting the international assembly to recommend postwar treaty revisions based on justice.
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Washington
Truman
San Francisco
United Nations
George
D-Ga
Mr. Truman
Dumbarton Oaks
International Assembly
Wday
Battle For Berlin Eastern Approaches Reaches Climax
German broadcasts claim the eastern approaches to Berlin have reached their climax with Soviet forces breaching defense lines 18 to 20 miles from Berlin. Reports describe nine Russian armies driving toward the city and a third offensive along the Oder front south of Stettin linking with Western Allies, while Moscow has not confirmed any drives.
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London
Berlin
Stettin
Moscow
Stalin
Oder
Baltic
Ivan Konev
Neisse
Germany
Forst
Rothenburg
Reich
Neisse River
Cottbus
Spree River
Ernst von Hammer
Soviet Troops Report Near Berlin as Fire Roars
Red Army dispatches from the Oder front say troops are within eyesight of burning Berlin though no direct move toward the capital is confirmed. Divisions near Berlin carry victory banners to be raised on Stalin's orders as fronts report Soviet units sighting Austerlitz en route to Bruenn and Prague.
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Moscow
Red Army
Oder
Berlin
Red Star
Stalin
Czechoslovakia
Austerlitz
Bruenn
Prague
Berlin Front
Xx’ Guard
Winchester Clothing Drive Needs Far More Than Half Target
Franklin D Roosevelt urged Americans to donate clothing for war-ravaged nations. Henry J Kaiser chairs the national drive, while local head Ralph G Hengeveld reports progress but well short of the 50 000 goal for Winchester and Frederick county. Residents are urged to bundle usable clothing and take it to listed local depots. Dr Allen T Hawthorne will speak tomorrow at 6 30 about the National Clothing Collection drive on WINC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Henry J. Kaiser
United Clothing Collection Drive
Winchester
Ralph G. Hengeveld
Frederick County
Mr. Hengeveld
Gray and Eddy
Pennys
Leggetts Dept
Smith's Pontiac
Boyer’s Grocery
Virginia Woolen
O'Sullivan’ Rubber
National Fruit
Allen T. Hawthorne
National Clothing Collection
Winc
Seventh War Bond Drive Opens In Virginia
Dr. Francis P. Gaines of Lexington led Virginia’s seventh war loan conference in Richmond calling every bond purchase a stone in the wall against inflation. Governor Darden opened the drive with a brief speech as delegates from across the state gathered for planning sessions May 14 to June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Francis P. Gaines
Lexington
Virginia War Finance Committee
War Finance Committee
Gaines
Episcopal Rites Held Yesterday For Mr Fuller
Final rites were held at Christ Episcopal Church for Hogan D Puller a longtime vestryman and junior warden. Rev R B Nelson officiated as favorite hymns and scripture readings accompanied the service. Attendees included bankers business and civic leaders in Winchester as the town mourned a prominent citizen who died Sunday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan D. Puller
Christ Episcopal Church
R. B. Nelson
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Germany Battles on as Third Army Pushes Into Czechoslovakia
Paris dispatch reports the Third Army crossing into Czechoslovakia while Patton’s First Army nears Leipzig and the Seventh Army clears half of Nuernberg. Ruhr campaign expands into a major victory with hundreds of thousands captured, as Magdeburg and Elbe front advances continue.
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Germany
Leipzig
Nuernberg
Ruhr
World at War highlights advance on multiple fronts
Ninth Army widened Elbe bridgehead as First Army fought in Leipzig and Third Army pressed Chemnitz. Russians claimed offensives aimed at outflanking Berlin with forces 18 to 20 miles from the city and others crossing the Neisse toward American positions. Zistersdorf captured. Russians moved toward Brno. Polish and British troops in the Po Valley broke toward Bologna as Americans neared from the south, with 1,000 Germans reported captured. In the Pacific, Luzon battles intensified around Baguio while Okinawa artillery duels continued and Britons bombed Kyushu airfields. Burma operations noted Yenang Yuang and Chaung fields within 26 miles.
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James M. Long
Paris
Germany
Czechoslovakia
George S. Patton
Leipzig
Nuernberg
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Stalingrad
Ninth
Magdeburg
Elbe
Berlin
Hell On Wheels
Second Armored
Hamburg
Harburg
Gre
Lower
Luneburg
Plauen
Bruenn
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxem Germany
Monaco
Maritime
Alps
Halle
Duesseldorf
Dessau
Bre
Seventh
Munich
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Chemnitz
Ede
Ninth Army
Elbe River
Et I
Barby
Rothis Horn
Bes
Gerfmans
Erzettin
Neisse River
Zistersdorf
Brno
Po Valley
Bollogna
City
Baguio
Luzon
Okinawa
Kyushu
Burma
Yenangyuang-Chauk
May 1 Deadline For Filing Consumer Coal Declaration
W. B. Snider, a local coal dealer, said this morning that the government has changed the filing deadline for consumer coal declarations for next winter from May 15 to May 1.
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W. B. Snider
For Sale Two Almost New Kitchen Cabinets With Tops
Item listing from J. W. Grove Furniture Co. 123 S. Loudoun St. McDowell and Hoosier brand cabinets with porcelain tops for sale. Includes contact and date notation 4-18. Ip-11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell
Hooiser
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun
Illness Keeps Dr. Herman Pifer Out Indefinitely
Dr. Herman Pifer will be out of his office indefinitely due to illness. The notice cites no return date and provides no additional details.
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Herman
Pifer
City Cab Announces 24 Hour Service
A local taxi firm advertises 24 hour service from W Cork with contact number Dial 3602. The notice emphasizes round the clock availability for city rides and special pickups.
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City Cab
W. Cork
Dial 3602
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