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  3. BRITISH REACH ELBE AT SEVERAL POINTS

    LONDON, Thursday.—British Second Army forces to-day reached the Elbe River at several points, after capturing Luneburg, the last big city that the Germans held west of the river. The Seventh Armored Division cut the main autobahn (motor ...

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  4. U.S. ARMY CHIEFS

    LINE-UP OF WESTERN FRONT LEADERS. U.S. Generals commanding armies battling on the Western Front are (left to right): Lieut.-General William H. Simpson (Ninth U.S. Army). Lieut-GeneralCourtney U. Hodges (First U.S.). Lieut.-General Omar N. Bradley (12th Army Group), Lieut-General GeorgeS. patton, (Third U.S.). Lieut.-General Leonard T. Gerow (15th U.S.). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. ITALIAN OFFENSIVE 8TH ARMY SMASHES STRONG POSITIONS

    LONDON, Thursday.—Eighth Army forces have smashed clean through heavily fortified German positions guarding the approaches to Ferrara and the Po River, and they are thus gaining conrtol of one of the enemy's main escape routes, the ...

    Article : 483 words
  6. RUSSIANS REPORTED ONLY 40 MILES FROM WESTERN ALLIES

    LONDON, Thursday.—The German Overseas Newsagency says that Marshal Koniev's tanks have broken through the main German defensive system west of the Neisse and reached the area of Finsterwalde, 45 miles west of the river. If the German ...

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  7. Never Such Dangers, Says Goebbels

    LONDON, Thursday.—Goebbels, in a speech last night for Hitler's birthday anniversary, said Hitler and the Germans faced their last and most severe test, ...

    Article : 307 words
  8. NAZIS HOLDING SPECIAL ALLIED PRISONERS

    LONDON, Thursday.—A correspondent who was made prisoner in the commando raid on St. Nazaire, and who was among those released from a prison camp on ...

    Article : 118 words
  9. EXCUSE FOR FIGHTING BRITISH IN SYRIA

    PARIS, Thursday.—General Dentz, former Vichy commander in Syria, spoke for five hours in his own defence when brought up for trial on ...

    Article : 194 words
  10. Canadian Cabinet Changes

    OTTAWA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King) announced the resignation of five Cabinet members and the appointment of seven new Ministers. ...

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  11. HITLER'S EMPTY WORDS REBROADCAST TO GERMAN PEOPLE

    LONDON, Thursday.—Gramophone records of Hitler's voice making vainglorious promises and empty threats are the B.B.C.'s most effective weapon ...

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  12. 1000 Bombers Pound Heligoland

    LONDON, Thursday.—Nearly 1000 R.A.F. bombers, escorted by Mustangs and Spifires,yesterday afternoon bombed Heligoland and an airfield on ...

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  13. TRUMAN SWORN IN

    The new President of the United States of America, Harry S. Truman, taking the oath as he is sworn in by Chief Justice Harlan Stone.— (Beam Wireless.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. Bombing of Japan Exceeding Expectations

    WASHINGTON, Thursday. — Leading air war planners believe that the complete blockby-blook destruction of all ...

    Article : 159 words
  15. U.S. War Correspondent Killed in Action

    WASHINGTON, Thursday. — Ernie Pyle, the well-known war correspondent, has been killed by a Japanese machinegun on a little island of Okinawa. His ...

    Article : 102 words
  16. STATEMENT ON RUSSO-POLISH NEGOTIATIONS

    LONDON, Thursday:—Mr. Richard Law, Minister of State, answering questions on Poland on behalf of the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden), made a ...

    Article : 146 words
  17. Pope Asks for Special Prayers for Peace

    LONDON, Thursday.—Vatican Radio broadcast an encyclical from the Pope addressed to the episcopacy throughout the world asking for special prayers in May, ...

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  18. Absurd Japanese Claims

    NEW YORK, Thursday.—Tokio Radio claims that suicide air attacks have sunk or damaged 393 enemy warships near Okinawa since March 2,. including 21 ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. OILFIELD TOWN TAKEN IN BURMA

    BOMBAY, Thursday.—Chauk, an oilfield town on the cast bank of the Irrawaddy, 35 miles south-west of Pakokku, has been captured, after an encircling ...

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  20. CHALLENGE TO CHURCH AND NATION

    LONDON, Thursday.—The Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Fisher), in a sermon at his enthronement, said there was a demon-ri-dden world to be reordered, and the Church and nation had been challenged to stand together in a Christian faith which was unashamed to be definite, explicit and binding. There were stresses within the Church, but it was the Church of ...

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