Yanks Drive For Brenner Pass
Russians Seek May Day Death. Blow To Berlin
Conference Ur
By Struggles F
I.onriim. Λΐ.ιν !. AI')—The
HainhuiK radio .ιηπιπιπ-cil to
nUlit lii.it Adolf Hitler m as kill
ed Ibis afternoon in his com
in.mil jiii.it at the Keichs ( lian
ccllory > : ι Her':: .
The (lerman
"lip to his last
h«ilshe\ ism." tiie
said.
\<imira I
mander ni
dii taloi· fought
l:reatli against
announcement
Doenit/..
tier:n in
com
n t -. I .
Karl
till'
lias succeeded liitler. the broad
cast --.lid
The radio broadcast a state
ment lYom D.ieiutz. in v. I.n il lie
said. "Ms first task \'ill lie· to
avc (ιΓ:ΐιι:;ιΐ) from (lie advanc
ing bolsheviks. Only for this do
\\e continue to fight."
"(live me yimr eo'Tfid·. nee."
I>( enit/. appealed to th- tu rm in
people. "Keep calm and be dis
< i| lint d. Only in lli.it was will
we be able to stave oil defeat."
I hp announcement said Hitler
bad appointed D.ienit/. April 1!U
(veste»da.v) as his .successor.
I'ht bioadcast cime ap.-ra\i
m.itcly an hour alter the Ham
burg radio bad told its listener·,
that it would shortly have a
Krave and important announce
ment.
Nu mention was ma.le <11 ncin
i i< li llimmler. (.cslap.i ehi"l w lui
lias lift h dickt ring in an al
I nipt in surrender w ii.it re
iii lined of German* to Britain
and Hie ( niteil States, but \\ .t^
tuned down hecauM' lie did not
include ilussia in I i·. offer.
"(iirman men and women,
so Id i ι rs cf the German aim·.,
our fuehrer, Adoll llitler, lias
lalleii." Doenit/. aiinouneed dra
matically. "With d"epesl sorrow
and reverence, the Oilman peo
ple how-.
Ile lia.I recognized the hur
rihle dangers of In lsh"\ i-.m very
earl> and devoted his existence
tu till· light against it. \i the
end ol his struggle and nl his
straight and unerring road, he
ili"s a hero's death in the capital
el tl'.e (iernian Ueich.
' ' I ! is lil'e was entirely given to
the service of Ocrmany. 11 is
struggle against the holshevist
storm floods was. furthermore,
οι I only lor I tirope. hut for the
t ι.tir;· civili/i d w in Id. The
fuehrer has appointed me to he
his successor, l-'ully c:.»isrious
el the resporsihility. I take over
the leadership of the German
people in this fateful hour."
' M\ first task «ill he to save
the herm.ni people from the ad
vance of the holshevist enemy,"
Doenit/. continued. "For this aim
only, the military struggle eon
tinues. For as long and as far
as the reaching of this aim will
he impeded by the Anglo
Americans. we shall continued
lo defend ourselves against
them, and fight them.
"The Anglo-Americans do not
continue the war for their own
people but solely for the spread
ing of bolshevism in Europe.
What the German people have
achieved fighting this war, and
what they have suffered at the
home front is a historic union."
Doenit/ also addressed an or
der of the day to the German
a ι my,
In addressing the people,
Doenit/ said: "In the coming
times of distress, I shall aim to
give the brave German women,
men and children bearable liv
ing conditions lo the limit of my
powers. For all that I shall need
your assistance.
"Give me your confidence, be
cause your road is my road, too.
Maintain order and discipline in
town and country. Let every
one do his duty at hi- post. On
ly thus shall we be able to
mitigate the suffering which the
coming times will bring to each
one of us. Only thus will we be
able to avoid collapse.
"If we do what is in our power
to do. the Almighty will not
abandon us aft°r so much suf
fering and so many sacrifices."
Molotov Loses Again
Un Argentine Poiish
Debates At Meeting
( l>\ The Associated Press.)
l.xectiUve committee meets
I 0:.'!tl a. in.. I'U I.
i till ι inference meets
1>. in.. ΙΉ I'. Sccremr.v Mct
liηius presiding.
I
Sail Francisco, May 1. ( Λ Γ )
ι —'the sting of a whiplash fight
jover Aiyvntiiia and Poland
drove Uir l'ni ted Nat ions to
, ward a new controver-v ioday
1 o\ er who should control the
critical cimmisr-ions and com
ni it i et. of the world security
J conl ereiicc.
This organizational problem
normally might have gone
w itM unity and Rood feelings on
all si;le>. it appeared likclv,
however, to intensify the strug
gle for leadership between the
I liitcd States and Russia, which
yesterday cost il " Soviet I nion
a defeat on both Argentina ai.d
iàilai'd.
Delegates generally si" in» i * ■
Ui.it liii.-.-.a v.. m Ici n<>t pull «·:
'.lie . ι >n 1 tit.·! ι ci- lor lit: i>r i.ula
! . I , , I."
. » ,.-(> clesji.u· oinsiiiiii sj.n.·»
il her 1 utilre course. The I lu.* ι n. .
:l war learned, are .'ill dir.:. an.
ii h ! ere nee pi : i11 ! the ν, tek- a:. ai,
.'il!* I ic.^simis: : am ut til·.· I ' '
: ;· un.ty among the big power." v.a
a! a new low.
llure was speeiilaticn lit somi
delegates that several o! th·· for
eign .secretaries heading their
delegations may go home around
the 10th to the lâth of this
month, when the real eonlereaee
work should be well under way
and may be left to lesser oiti
eials.
The .-filiation was spotlighted \
tcrday. Foreign Commissar Molotov
at a publie session ol the lull eon
It π nee demanded a delay in in·-, it
ing Argentina. Secretary Stettinius
later insisted ι - immediate and la
vorablo action· on the Argentine bid.
Stettinius won for the I nited
States on two counts: The con
ference vute.1 'i S lo < aga!\<t
delaying action on lut iti.ig Ar
gentina. and 31 to I that the in
vitation be extended imme
diately .
( ).m thL. first (luestion, Norway,
J liew Zealand, Belgium, Czechoslo
Iv.kia. Yugoslavia and Greece voted
1 with Russia for poMponemcnt. On
j tl;e seeontl. only t.V.ecli"."Iovak ia,
' Yugoslavia and (Irctve voted with
I Russia against extending tiie invi
tation.
Ίο some delegates, gloomy over the
ι outlook for regarni.;g the hort-liveu
harmony here, it appeared that the
first outlines of international blocs
1 were clearly discernible.
After the executive and sliering
committee overrode Molntuv's objec
tions to inviting Argentina without
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Executed with Duce
The l'iriir; .·:I ...d λ !,,i ι , 1 fed υ it
the 1 IV ni ι■:< dictât.>. \i - · :.. ai* >
lmik the 1 ; ! e ni 01... " ■ IVtaeci
ι above), hi.·» *iv 1 !):!!).
Πι e ν were ru. iden h m ,i ti'a itors
and iv.ii' ci ini.nal- : \ ι . e .pl> '.s
tribunal aft·':- they ■■.·.■. ι ·. ·. ppe ι in
a cottage in Uongu, in·-. M ia:i, Italy.
In V.national)
.Manila, Μλ\ 1.—( \1»>—Λιι
Allied invasion of oil-ri.h I>or
neo, ί U st reported h\ radii» To
k ν < toda\. was practically eon
iirmc.l tonight h> ollieial Aas
Ualian soukv>.
i'hc .Japanese said Allied ani
j;hii ii us a: sa,iit iorces Hit near
Tarakan, great oil shipping: port,
oil' tli; north? ast < >ast o! DrTi^
Horneo and ihat the Nipponese
garrisru was putting up a heavy
tie, ht.
\t ( anberra. Jest p!i !>. ( hif
lc\, V·: iialian treasury minis
ter, i? id tlie House that a 4,fa
mo us division of Au^.alian
tre.ops, wlerans ot Middle fcast
w aria re, \\ as in action on iior
neo.
No rfii,ial announcement of
the reported invasion has come
Irom (nïieril Dauglas AlacAr
thur's headunailers.
Sweden Hears
Bernadette
Get No Offer
New Yurk. M;n 1.— < Λ I* ) —
The Stockholm radio said the
Swedish foreign office auiiounc
! ed toda> thai Dr. Heriuidotte
"did not liiin^ an.\ new mes
sage lo hand lo the Allies thro
ugh the i:iinistr\." The broad
cast was reported b\ the Fed
eral < oniimini( ations Commis
sion
1 ■ p. u:idi 11 nl sourccs in
Sweden reported Gor:.ian tro »ps al
(CnntiniK'd un l'ane Eight.)
Perkins Terms Rejected
By Hard Coai Operators
New York, May 1.—(AIM- An
thracite coal operators, declaring
that John L. Low ι- had attempted
to shil't from the union to the opera
ors "blame for the hard coal striki
today issued a statement rejecting
proposals by Secretary ot Labor Per
kins for settlement of the industry's
wage dispute.
As operators and miners resumed
their neg'ôtiat'uns at 10:10 a. m.,
EWT, Major William Inglis, chair
man of th<> operators' negotiating
committee issued the statement,
which said:
"The proposal by Secretary Per
kins would require an increase in
the price of each ton of house-heat
ing sizes of anthracite of more than
one dollar. Naturally, we cannot
. ; urée î 1 11 ι y ■ ui'h proposal."
The· statement added that the· tip
erato: · "w.itiï .-ittlemcnt whic·]
will lake ml > .ϋ ΐ··mnt the consumei
and the miner."
n.XXSYi V\\l \ HARD COAL
PKODI'CTIOV is STOPPED
Wilkes-liarre. Pa., May 1 -(AP>
Pennsylvai.:.Γ> anthracite productioi
was at a vi tual standstill today a.
reports disclosed few, it any. of 72,·
OOD Ik.cd c 'a 1 miners at work.
Approximately 4â,000 men i ι dis
trict 'lie. I'nited Mine Workers ο
Amer a-a. ! :Ied to report; Hazletoi
reported about 15,00β men awaj
I , ,m !. m district seven, whili
more than 10,000 miners were idli
in district nine.
Nazis Admit
Battle Lost
Last Assault Is On,
Marshal Stalin Says
In Order Of The Day
London. May !. (AI1)
Vietyj^yJiwJiMl Soviet t coops
made a supreme bill to deal tin·
death Mow tct flaming lierlin on
this Λia\ Day. Ill the words o*
Marshal Stalin, it was the "final
assault. "
A lied victory banner floated
over the smoking ruins of the
Reichstag, where Hitler rose tn
power from the ashes of th.·
Reichstag fire oi' 1ϋllein
rich 11 immler'· mini t ry of thi
interior was in Ru — ian hanus.
lied army troop.-, laid siege to
the fuehrer's underground for
tress in the Tiergarten. Th.
Russians wen· at the lirandeii
burg gate, Ικ'ΐΊιιι s triumpiiai !
arch, and across the Spree ri\er
i'lvm l>erlin's cathedral.
Dit hard German it·· aanls were
compressed in center t>I the
blazing inferno that i Herlai. stab
!>ιktepinu ··rei ' «τ .-sin»;.- un
der a murderi■ ■ er - ! ire. kill ; ng in
the process the ci, ιϋ.ιη pupal.it m
of the eity. a sapplenienta; y Μ>·μ···\\
ci.Miitu] ioii/., ill ι aired.
As a German broadcast con
ceded that the clpvcn-d: ν battl"
lor the gutted capital was as
B'or.cl as ! st. .Marshal Stalin, in a
special ι ι .1er "I th:· day. said
the Kussian pop!· wer·· cele
brating Maj !>a\ "undrr condi
tions of the victorious termina
tion of the «real patriotic war."
Ilis trilti: ; 'il .η! am· im-en ont, di
c!., inn the S ■ a·· !r ...ps I . '
ed thé banner of victory over Bet
lin," said !·:«· G-amai:. had
1 .(Mill. MOO ι ailed and MOII.UI
captured on 'he eastern front in t!
!.. : three : · · :· mil
in
th
'1 ι ·
000 tanks and 23.000 cannon.
I'h" last assault is on." the
Ulissian leader said, as Soviet
troops be^an ripping \a/i dc
lenders it the capital into tu ι
isolated pockets, each less than
nine miles simare.
( ) 11 n · : \ a ' ■ \vi
far to th"· r Γ. «· Ι'·»
ian army
si i/.ed λ!· .··-> >.-) rav
( enter kn 1 .· ·. !:n·
being
mrti: I'i.rai
( :. ■! leral Yen · 10.1 !
n'trah
C'/t eh -l·· : ■ 1
the
I second Ukrainian array plunged ι
thru ij»h tin· M . river · alley t >
| ward a junction that would roll up I
the Gem πι . i" ;i eastern ΛΤο
; ra\'in.
North . ; !!· · i:i. Marsha! I!· U.k
sovsky's second White Russian army
and elements ol Marshal Zhukov's
f'ilst White !! army sped acn ss
I the German on a 1 (10-:. ·!e
! front, shut* · ν ι 'he enemy lines · n
the St ralsii 'hn ra i I road and
I caotured Griosswald and Wolgast,
cutting the last rail and highway
I connections to the island d Ustbon,
I upon will··': ... i 'eated the ;nip"r
! tant I tall a· · base * Ί Swine
muende an.ι Ί'· ι :"aiiende. >nuth ol
the V-bunil) experimental station.
Bol îe nua Seeking
Allied Occupation
Without Simple
The Mlicd-eontrolled I.iixcm
bourr radio said today (lie· pup
pet Czech government of 1 mil
II aeha, president of (lie < 1 <· r -
Tlx· biaadr.ist said negotia
tions won· being carried on ·».%
' Richard Hicnert. Hacha's min
' ister of (lie interior. acting un -
I dor instructions of I)|\ Karl
llcrman I rank, Reich protector
for the area.
The Federal Communications
Commission reported the broad
cast.
FOR VORTII CAROLINA.
Fair and slightly warmer to
day. foll'iw'd by fair and cool
I asa'n teright. Wednesday in
1 creasing cloudiness and warmer.
\e\\ York >la>' 1.— < AIM
created protectorate ot
ι-Moravia, was "try in:;
.ιi ιti. « ;th tlcc I mted
NAZIS AT POWER FEAK AND TODAY
AT PEAK OF POWER GERMANY HELD THOUSANDS OF MILES OF TERRITORY
RUSSIA
AFRICA
NAZI HOLDINGS IN EUROPE 1 ive ! e π chopped away to aim ist nothing
since Germany reached the peak of her power in 1942. The n.ap at top
(black area) shows how Hitler's hordes sprawled over Europe and part
of Africa at that time. Allied victories have succeeded in driving back
t! ■ (;·.·:·!. an a::·, «5 until little regain.- if the once-might;. N" ,:i empire.
Lilac!; area on bottom n»D shows what is left. I Inter national)
Peace By Saturday
H in te dByCh u rch i Π
London, May 1.— (AP)—Prime Minister Churchill hinted
today t ! ι a ' t .unouiicement .· ·(»·«· in K:ir··!·» nr.irht e >>t: ·
before u but tc.ld a | ·.»·!·. ·ί il·· is»· ο!" ( '< ί» 11 ï s · > ns that he
had lie · .· · l at this tint.
11·· answered questions in the House as Swedish Count FoSce
I»en)aiii-t;· ••■•rri'd in StKr;i\ i>"< imam, uih'lt
sec· ret a r; ·' . >· in t lie Swedish I ·; . : « >:ïin·. sfter a quick
!liirht ι · η ■ ■ ι n.
Bernadette refused to tell newsmen whether lu- had brought
a new 1 ■ ■ ι ;. Hi inricli 11 ! it: · 1.1< · Τ! μ v. ·τ< η · si;·'!:
that '.in· S· Red Cr s official had "■ ■ :· a .•■•ntael λ\ itii
Allied π pr< s( ntatives in Stockholm, but such contact most likely
wmdd I»·· ·· > 1 t h roil·.· h the Swedi-li !·■■■·.. ι Office.
Island Near
Davac City
Is Occupied
Ma ni a,
by guerrillas ol Talikud island, nine
miles .·!< I > . .·· . . ν »*«·(. . !
1 id a ν i »V ( \] ; h \;
j κι, ν : 11 ·,■ , 11 11 ι : ι ■ ■
were boUn y I y ira
I gically located amid shipping l nes
dee)) 11 1 ;i ; hr ■
Twuit \
!Uaj ι : ΙΪ ><.·<>» .
es ι if Da
by Sunday and moving swiftly to
I ward the city limits, only three miles
i ahead.
Kne in'. : n.u disorganized re
inn \
fight at Davao, the Yanks overran
positions a: d intact coastal guns
I obviously readied to repel an assault
I ,-n u ill' proper.
I In>tead t; e 2«;h had · e ov. ·
11-, · i lv a -hhcad in M ro guM
'l'Ile 1 di\ ·- η d. ί : ι.ς no: ! :
] in central Mindanao.
On Luzon, meantime, the 3'.t d.
New Austrian
Regime isn't
Gkaved Here
9/
V. -, Λ . Μ Λ ΛΡ Λ Τ
d( ·! ! ' V >·ηη Mda> said
' ■ ■ ·■(·■·. Λ · ' ■. -. ·;ι : ι ! -
> · Kari Tït*!.ιιι·:·.
ν. \ : '
S · Stall* Γ. .
Γ·'.··· S'a;, ()..·! recogn'ze t.H*
Λ . ' ■ ι ; ■ , una! _:■■>!;'! .en'.
. -tortîv ι ' !>\ Ι): - Κιν :ιγ
ι ; 1
, ' λ<·;! ; ' \\ ; : !ι Μι1 Si 'V ι et U· >'.■
eminent, which n >t:tit-ci tliis country
\ . ; 2V :hat Rennet* had pro
posed to form a provisional govern
ment, and that the Soviet govern
or "angement. Grew answering inqu
fivod Ή raf: .·■ .··: -nia·, m >·' :
Rentier government's fmmat on,
\ i-i ii ιoil thr tiuh , aptured l»a
guio and occupied La Trinidat
' ·■.,!, ι·..:, ι c.-istanie. nut the
S.trd di\ ι· ion. thru-ting -outhward
h.. 11 a t .·η h fight l'or a hilltop kn*\vt
as "Topside" at the edge of Bagua'
I hirti Army
ïn 58 Miles
Gi' fiideout
Eisenhower Praises
Capture Of Munich;
Peace Stili ialkcd
l'ai·-. -Ma, 1. ι.ΛΓ) — The
Il i Γι ί . ! c ' : Ί il 11 Wa I'd
" '·'· :'···· ·"»*> !>::'· ·>Γ IÎcrclites
'aden today as J.t. Gen. Alex
nd«-r !'ut : ι,;- ι \ ( nth
rniy from captured .Munich
iiainst inn n-nrk and the
îlflUK'I· l'a--.
The third army entered
irisc'iiK-h it> eluscst ap
>roach tu !!tier's vim-t in the
Alpine redoubt, i he town near
In· h- Ixii'der is ]ij miles
: ' in. ί i lei's birthplace ai
»!'a ί ι. a . π ! IT I'n.ni Salzburg.
: n.nij'. .·; "l the final
\azi hidi away.
l'a·.: f.« tilth armored division
ill fnrcc
' 1 : ι >i · ! ~~ .!·· n«>: t h west
ί 1 a./ .ι y \\ a- thi l!c: ai.in.
y the
V I··!!!;,. A
(.-/.<
..i.i.i tl ' : i1 a "l.i ι ί.1 n · in
i.>hcmi a and M ; .1 i:i.
Reports persisted .it supreme
hea.UiU·" lei th.it 111. (Hermans
might lit c\|;i'< l.d at an> mo
ment to .·.(>·■ at ai.· ! riled Na
tions demand tor uueondilional
surrendei.
I : !'.·■-! ·'.· ·'·. c.ipturcd
5chwar zenbek and reached Salms,
a ... les due east ot Hamburg and
.4 ..<.·.- -ut» 1- 1 at the
;astern base ol tin· Danish penin
U. S. me divi
: ...: .. 1 - e--.:. 1 ;i hridge
; · just up-river
(.··!'; r.il I isc ih.nvi r hailed the
cat ture of Munii h, largest Ger
iii .11 ■ ί 1 ν \ ι ι to tall, ni a terse
order ol the da.\ .
: . ι 1 . 11.' i.i M i' ol tile \1
lied Γ.\ρι dition.irv I '>; »■*·: 'J'lie
·..·, hoi* Λ!·Ί ί on r a 111 la tes the
. \ .·,.ii ... nu οι· tin- sci/ure of
>Iunich, iiii- cradle of the Nazi
beast."
II ' ' 111 - .
-lI ill.- of
η
: ■ \1 unich fell.
! Λ \ : .'ii r Patch, hen ι 11I
ni|ueiiii· oi
ι.; ι many, with
A few i-inpers
1 iv iun
ii \ ..■ i"il in the city.
U. S, Units At
Old Capital
Of Okinawa
-\ ! · > Ί' ■ 11 i of
1 > <;. . -ii :· today
i, Oki
.. .i second
;i : uiiils int >
.. .. . ·■.·.! first
i Λ ! ' (. i -
Doughboys of Major General
2T.U in (.in try
l.l > .111'
.t were
.: tanks to
ν · \ .1 >■ ■ I1)' -iii ni ι pom
v. ι ·· ' ·.· le!t flank.
. Id. Y ma
emed im
inent. sev»
• . ι i>r.I lhr>
fid and
' tared
hills
Id pour
i gunfire onto the runways. The enemy
points
vesterday >t without success.
\ : i ..II»
yards. The 96th division lulled 28Q
j : : r : 1:11 .iti II, L'DO in
SHARP CUTBACK OF
PLANES IS PLANNED
\x ishiii.:toii Max I. — ( \IM —
\ 'one Iront' airplane produc
liun schedule. which max cut
monthlx output of planes l>ν 2,
0(10 l>\ the end nl tliis vear. has
been draltid !>\ the arm> air
loncv. Vbout 7.000 craft arc
now being turned out each
month.