Americans Meet Soviet Troops on Elbe Front
HAL BOYLE reports from Germany with Soviet troops on the Elbe amid the advance toward Austria. American soldiers find Russian private behavior similar to G I norms, with officers handling an inquiry before shooting in a civilian dispute. Civilians fear Soviet repression, but Germans at Torgau show signs of wartime fatigue and acceptance as elements of Goebbels' terror story fade.
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Hal Boyle
Elbe
Ivan
G. I
Gerald BE
Herrnstadt
New York City
Berlin
Torgau
Elve
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Flaming
Baltic
S. S
Charlottenburg
Tempelhof
Alexanderplatz
Halesches Tor
Elbe Front
Halsesches Tor
Unter den Linden
Tiergarten
Compromises By Russians Brighton Parley Program
In San Francisco April 28 1945 the United Nations conference advanced small state representation. Russia showed willingness to compromise as Australia Belgium and Bolivia urged stronger roles for smaller states. A widened executive committee and potential Warsaw government reform were discussed. The steering committee elects four rotating presidents Molotov Soong Eden and Stettinius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United Nations
Australia
Belgium
Bolivia
World Security Council
Dumbarton Oaks
China
France
Security Council
Brazil
Chile
Czechoslovakia
Iran
Mexico
Holland
Yugoslavia
Russia
Warsaw
Britain
United States
Molotov
Soong
Eden
Steainius
Stettinius
Fighting Not Over In Europe VI Allied Meet Paris
Allied officers assess remaining fronts in Europe as fighting continues in Northern and Southern pockets. Berlin advances while Baltic ports and areas in Bavaria and Czechoslovakia remain contested. Discussions in Paris ponder troop shifts and final hits on Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Paris
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Berlin
Baltic
Ark
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Austria
U. S
Ivan
Konev
U. SS. Ninth Army
Elbe
Pacific
Kurt Dittmar
U. S. Ninth Army
Americans From Italian Theater At Swiss Border
American troops reach the Swiss border after crossing the Po Valley and Alps, cutting off northwestern Italy from exits to Germany. The Fifth Army neared Lake Como and captured Bergamo area including Gheddi airport. Allied forces moved into Pontremoli and Genoa while British Eighth Army cleared pockets south of the Adige river.
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Rome
Po Valley
Alps
Italy
Germany
Milan
Bergamo
Brenner Pass
Fifth Army
Lake Como
Gheddi
Ligurian
Pontremol
la Spezia
Parma
Genoa
Free Milan
Eighth Army
Adige
Yanks Close In On Jap Airfields
American forces under Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge's 24th Corps advance in southern Okinawa, nearing Mac Hinato and Yonabaru airfields as Japanese retreat to a second line. Small Japanese air attacks occur amid ongoing Allied air superiority over Kyushu. Capture of three central hills strengthens the push toward the airstrips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Okinawa
John R Hodge
24Th
Machinato
Yonabaru
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S
Kyushu
Kyuthu
Cider Apples At Ridge Fruit Industries
An item from Ridge Fruit Industries lists Ed Cider apples for sale with quantities and dates 4 26 27 28 30 5 1 2 1p 61 indicating a mixed harvest or stock run at the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridge- Fruit Industries
Plumly Employees Vote To Stay On Job On V-E Day
P. W. Plumly, president of Plumly Lumber Corp in Winchester, states all 78 employees voted to remain at work on V E Day. The unanimous decision comes as Navy material needs and war contracts continue, with plant producing boat and airplane components and expanding timber sourcing within a 150 mile radius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumly
P. W. Plumly
Plumly Lumber Corporation
Winchester
Navy
Sterco
Richmond
Plumly Lumber
Germany
U. S. Navy
Germans Five Get Intern
A force of about 1,500 German soldiers fought Italian patriots near the Swiss frontier at Chiasso during the night attempting to cross into neutral Switzerland. The Swiss radio said the army was driven back as the battle raged all night and residents were evacuated.
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London
Switzerland
Chiasso
Brunswick Man Shot To Death In Mysterious Way
Frederick County sheriff Horace M. Alexander reported no clue in the slaying of John R. Lloyd 55 near Brunswick. Lloyd was killed with a .12 gauge shotgun fired through a living room window while he sat by the radio. The only other person in the home, boarder George Babbington, had gone to bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Horace M. Alexander
John R. Lloyd
Brunswick
Alexander
Lloyd
Ella Ruble
John
William Schnauffer
R. W. Baer
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
George Babbington
Babbington
Lloyd’s
Brunswick Point of Rocks
Japanese Claim Ship Sinkings Over Okinawa Dispatch
Tokyo radio claimed without confirmation that Japan sank two U S cruisers including the Savannah and four large transports, damaged a third, in bombing attacks on American naval forces around Okinawa. The report noted transports and battleships supporting operations near Okinawa and mentioned a separate Japanese air raid observed by Fleet Adm. Nimitz with no reported damage.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Savannah
Okinawa
North America
Federal Communications Commission
Aer
Okinawa Island
Naga Bay
Motobu Peninsula
Chester W. Nimitz
Children To Have Own Memorial In London Ward
Britain will honor 17,736 children killed in German air raids with a new children's ward at St. Thomas' Hospital in London. The memorial seeks to provide care spaces and serve as a living tribute to the young victims of the war.
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London
Britain
St. Thomas’ Hospital
Mayor and Priest Put To Death in Regensburg
Allied radio in Luxembourg reports authorities hanged the mayor and a priest publicly in Regensburg the day before the city fell to the U S Third Army. They led a peace demonstration according to the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Luxembourg Radio
Regensburg
Third Army
Hitler Reported Near Death by Swedish Paper
Svenska Dagbladet, quoting reliable circles, reports Hitler suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and is near death inside Berlin. The paper says an immediate death announcement could trigger mass capitulation of many troops.
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Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Hitler
Berlin
Belgian Monarch Not Released
An official Brussels announcement on April 28 denied reports that King Leopold had been freed. Rumors from Switzerland claimed the monarch would cross the border into the neutral country, but the article says there is no foundation to those reports.
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Brussels
Leopold
Switzerland
Nartheld
Tardy response to appeal for blood donors alarms Winchester officials
The 12th Winchester Blood Donor Clinic reports only 64 new volunteers, with 326 appointments made as three days remain before opening. Local donors are urged to continue giving blood and plasma, described as a vital lifesaver for wounded servicemen.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Wm. P. McQuire
Edgar L. Jones
North Africa
Shawnee Filling Station to Close Mondays
Shawnee filling station will be closed on Mondays until further notice.
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Shawnee
Special notice on 10 percent discounts at Grove Furniture
Special notice for Saturday April 28 and Monday April 30 offering 10 percent off any living room suite for cash or 33 1 3 percent down payment. Two days only. J. W. Grove Furniture Co. 125 Loudoun St.
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J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Loudoun St
Russians Break Through Berlin Core as Soviet Push Grows
London reports German high command admits Soviet troops breached Berlin's inner defenses and fought on Alexanderplatz while Nazi relief efforts and air reinforcements arrive. German lines retreat toward Elbe as Russians threaten isolated Nazi ports and streets flood with refugees.
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London
Berlin
Alexanderplatz
Gestapo
Elbe
Handley High Band Helps Sunday Clothing Drive
Members of the Handley High School band under Prof William H Mcllwee assist in a city clothing drive for war relief overseas. A truck tour of Winchester promotes a Sunday collection with house to house canvassing by Scouts and a junior board committee supervising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
William H. Mcllwee
Winchester
Europe
Ralph G. Hengeveld
Winchester Girl and Boy Scouts
Board of Trade
Ben Belchie
Richard Petrie
G. T. Binner, Jr
Lawrence Muler
Robert Dechert
M. D. Weaver
Lions Club
Handley Bana
Donald Sartelie
Hunter Grant
Loring Wright
Teddy Legge
Archie Jones
Eugene Russell
Chris Spanos
Albert Kline
Arthur Stillwell
American Seventh Army Near Munich After Augsburg Fall
Paris April 28 The American Seventh Army closed within 25 miles of Munich as three Allied armies push toward the Bavarian capital. Augsburg fell to Lt General Alexander Patch’s forces and the Danube valley is cleared toward Linz while plans to encircle Germany proceed amid reports of a Bavarian revolt and anti Nazi broadcasts from Munich.
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Paris
Munich
Augsburg
Bavaria
Alexander M. Patch
Fuessen
Brenner Pass
Germany
Patton
Third Army
Danube
Austria
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Landsberg
Linz
Pilsen-Prague
Elbe
Fontand
Danube Valley
Seventh Army
Tiger
10Th Armored
Lake Constance
Black Forest
Stuttgart
Friedrichshafen
Lindau
Ravensburg
Immenstadt
Free Action of Bavaria
Albert Kesselring
Pullach
Himmler Seeks Surrender to Allies Amid Russia Exclusion
NBC commentator Morgan Beatty reports Himmler offered unconditional surrender to Britain and the United States, with Russia possibly excluded. Churchill states the Allies require unconditional surrender from all five powers, including Soviet Russia, before acceptance.
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Himmler
America
Britain
New York
Soviet Russia
Morgan Beatty
NBC
Washington
Beatty
London
Heinrich Himmler
Great Britain
United States
Churchill
Russia
Reuters
Girls Beaten To Death By Nazis
Paris dispatch reports three French girls executed in a German prison camp as 250 American soldiers witnessed. Witnesses say guards stripped, whipped the women with cat o nine tails until they died in about twenty minutes, while prisoners and Americans reportedly cooperated.
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Paris
M. E. Walter
Houstop Chronicle
Walter
Set
William Sandler
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Mauurice Moran
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Hillyards
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Hodge
Red
By Richard Kasischke
Clothing
Third
Austin Bealmear
Ritter von Epp
Epp
Hour of Freedom
Clarence Huebner
Fifth
First Army
Stalingrad
Volga
Bulletin
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