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With tlie wildest battles of the Pacific ears, was reported already | whole resistance movement, put-, troops in northwest Germany thege two exceptions—on war, Japanese hurled ainphibious forming a new government: ^lug an estimated 300.000 it^n and Njizi-trodden Holland, Fancy Jaf of MustarcLI !fer o r F a b r ic provisions for reviewing in­ forces, th* first major tankled , * . • ' under arms in the capital alone, ternational relations and ‘ fitting m today with a View-to-taking a .^hey appeared everywhere, carry* arid Denmark surrendered; <lar C Be Used Aa a'Sugar ar RaHah Bool. regional defense arrangements in­ counters'sinu^ of - the Okinawa X; place among the - United Na- mif tommy guns and other .arms, unconditionally today, with X to the proposed world security campaign, suicide boats, plames lions. Moving swiftly after mostly of Briti.sh and American 8.i-Blarce ■' - council—the United SUtes, Rus­ shd pilot-guided flying bombs- at ceasefire orders climaxing a sia. China and BriUln were re­ miles south of Japan. ' .the unconditional surrender , of week of Nazi collapse. Half a X ported In full accord on 15 or 2Q Spaghetti with'Tojitato Every attack was broket) up, but inillioii Germans quit today X amendment* to the Dumbarton ^ h S ‘ "74Ta?-old?K^ whicTwM on this Zlat Arm y group front. A$ A ve ligh t U^ S. ships w e rt^ sufik tian JC v^s saw by the Danish l*--^?b* waa sj:h>dujfd ■ ^ ........................... and others damaged. ■ mahy~more BisaTgrven’Tlp to Bit;- ' in. Pouch or Envelope Styles. X . 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