Hgttitergott Satly Bispatcly THIRTY SECOND YEAR J Γ V <1 :i » w11· Κ ν I·' I ; ν ι ■ ■!.· , J.. Tin·; ASSi M'lATKIJ I'HKSS. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2. IMF ι ι. Η Li.s H κι > i:\i-.i \ '· I « : Ν ·· ·Ν KXI'KI'T S1 -l'A S FIVE CENTS COPY GERMANS IN ITALY QUIT X ^ 4p ^ X X -l. J- 4 _i_ _i_ -i- -A- X- -X- -±- -±- ^ ^ ^ x DOENITZ STARTS Large Part Of Austria included In Surrender κ. tu ·. .May ~. (AIM- (ieiu rlu ι I 11xl.ty iiiu'imiliι imially su and air i'mres in Italy and smitl" I'nder t lu» terms, hostilitii ( S a. πι.. KW'T ). I'ii id .Marshal Sir Harold L. ι · nilrr was >i." nod at Allied h afternoon. \ ■: Vii'tin.uhnmm'-; cnmniand ιη ' des ill north; πι 11:11 y to the I !■,/ < river in tin· . tnoast. mici An.-' i i.in pri'Mnci1· <>: V>>narnerii, '! . ill. S. : -and p. Tt inns . C";i and Sty π ι. I in· c η e : ι : \ >tul I· a res-, aicl'id : : iu I'.nliat and rear erhel.m tin |is ι ndorcd t ' ι tiii· Λ il ics arc ι■ -1 i— ted In numbi r ne .rly ·>η,· niiiliun π ii." All xatuU i" announced. Fighting troops include renin,τ.ts German and >ix Italian fascist ,1 ·, isii'tls." 1 he following terms were in;ι..■.<■ 1 • ;■ ·orrendor. ending <»ti< and a . : year; el the battle of Italy: ! I'ncnnditi mal surrender hy Vo \ a tinuhofl' r. mniand of .■ I ! 1 aid. . , ;,no ...r 11 η ι to Ciciii :-a I AVx ( '· - -at ι η if all h· >st il .1 a-s on ·: I. and η the air ny enemy : a·' at 1 'J. n.n Ί1, Ci rcc v. ; ai ι 1 e ι h ■ .'i. Immediate immobilization ancj •rai lli'inrich von "\*i«-tiηί·1κ>Γΐ' ιί'( ικΐΐ'π il all (icrman land, sea ι τη and western Austria, s ceased at 12 tuii.ii, G.MT Alexander announced the sur eadquarters at C'aserta Sunday (iiM.rn:: ivosjt i.l enemy forces. Τ < >i ■ i uati.>:> .ir. 1 !·" part "1 ttic Carman commander-in-chief 1. cur ry out any '.lather orders issued by General Alexander, the Allied su preme c< ·:: mander—ui—chief in the Mediterranean. à. I)ι.bedience of the order· or l'a : 11 : re 1 1 .·. unplv with them ! be dealt with in accordance with ac cepted law s .aid usages of war. "The mslr a ent of surrende stip ulates that it ι independent of. with . prejudice !.. and will in· iper seded by any general instrument of . η render imposed by .Ί' or. behalt ..I the U' ited Nations and applicable t,. the German armed forces as a v ii ie." Allied headquarters a Italy annoanci d. The ■ arrender document was . tM presence "I Λ: led cif I ic ι .·. .a lading I!assians. The ,-urrender announeena nt was ace. mpa: ted by this ι rder . -f tin day ! ... Alexander to all \llied tr ops i:i I In- Mediterranean: "Alter nearly two yen:-, of hard. γ ntinuous lighting. which started in Sicily in the summer n! 1!)4.'>. y >11 .-land today as vietnrs of the 11..ii;i 11 campaign. "You have win a victory which has ended in the complete and utter rout of the German armed lorccs i; !;it Mediterranean. By clearing Italy ··' the last Nazi aggrosiir you have !:: crated a c uintrv of over 40.000.000 people. "Today the remnants .1 once pi . i 1 d army had laid down their arms tu you—close on a million men with ill their arms, equipment and im pedimenta," Alexander said in an .1 nouncemi nt to Allied armies. Vim may well be pro-ad "1 this Kie.it and victorious campaign, which will long live in history as one of the greatest and most successful ever raised. "Ν 1 praise is high en" gh for you sailors, soldier.·», airmen and w rkers ■ if th<1 united forces 111 Italy for your magnificent triumph. "My gratitude and admiration is unbounded and equalled o: ly by the pride which is mine in being your ci mmander-in-cliief." Karlier. V S. fifth army headquar ters had announced the -urrender of C'n ι 1 nan (leni r.i 1 .Iain:, c ίο mander f the Lombanly corps of the Ligu nan army, with 2,000 Germans and 11.any Italian fascists. Conference Obstacles Fading Truman In Warning To Remaining Nazis \Y;t liini'loii. [Way '2. ι \i') I'n i < l< · 111 1 ruman today an i i"i 11 κι < I tin· u ι κ* ι > ι κ I i t j > ' 11; 11 surrender of the (ïerman forces in 11:11\. ; : 11 < I said : "Only folly and eliao eaii now delay the jreiieral capitulation everywhere of llie (Îerinan armies." in a statement annMipein·.' he had sent congratulatory nil's ;ips t<> ,\ 11 i · ! I iumma.nder . llie President added. "Le' Japan as well a (!nnran\ understand the meaninc; of t ll' . e e\ flits.* ' (ioveriiniciil Seizure For Anthracite Mines Looms Laval, Et Al Reach Spain Μ.κΐι 1.1. May 2.—(ΛΡ)- Λ Ger 1 '1 · ι π plane hearing Pierre Laval, Marcel Dimi and the Vichy educa tion mm 1er, Abel Bonnard, landed «'f Barcelona today and was ordered personally by Generalissimo Fran cisco Franco to leave Spain imme diately. Stock Prices Are Irregular New YorK, May 2.—(ΛΡ)—Stocks were irregular today at the opening hut a continuation of the previous session's profit-taking whittled frac tional gains in some issues. On the downside were U. S. Steel and Chry sler. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Occasional light rains and cool today, followed by partly cloudy and mild tonight and Thursday, heccming warmer Thursday aft ernoon. Action Is Imminent If Contract Effort Proves Unsuccessful Washington, May 2.— (ΛΡ) -Oov ci'nmonl seizure of idle anthracite mines loomed today if the pits re main ι le a^ the result of stalemated contract negotiations. The War Labor Hoard strongly hinted it would ask presidential in tervention and Interior Secretary Ickes said: "I'm ready to take over." It is urgent that production -Jiould be immediately resumed, WLB told miners and operators at a hearing here yesterday. ""Any sustained in terruption in production of anthra cite coal would adversely effect the prosecution of the war." The board called the hearing to order continued production under an 'extension of thL· hard coal contract which expired Monday midnight, ! with New York negotiators unable to arrive at new wage terms. I Ooerators agreed to a contract ex tension but asked that it be limited i to 30 days to restrict the eventual 1 liability of operators to make retro ! active pay increases. Union repres entatives said the sea If committee I in New York would have to decide ' the U. M. W.'s position. The contract negotiations resumed I there at 2 p. m. EWT today FRENCH CRY HANG PKTAIN. Paris, May I.—-Half a nullioi Paris workers marched today in at orderly May Day parade whose culn \> as broken only by repeated call.·» "Hang Petain." and "Throw Petait u::der the metre (subway)." Several Remain, But Worst Likely Over; New U. S. Proposals (l»\ I lie \ssociati-d I'rpss.) ( liairmcii 11Γ coul cri'iicc com - i.iis-ions met ;tl 10 :.'!0 a. ill., I'WT. Itussiaii 1 nrinai ( onunissar >liil(rti)\ pi t sides over plenary sessions lo licar formal ad dresses, p. m. Sin Francisco, .May 2.—(AP)— ΊΜ United Nation.· conference I'xiaj ;i ι ·; >i - ι π'd -a I ely past its v\ < irst ob le.· '11 > ' ι ι η créai ing a work ••rcaiii/-i!j.in. lint severa , . ι ! gi i ■ · h nl : 'ill lie ahead. I'm 1 > . m i >. 111! ' η ( >ai;s proposa ι that veto powers placed m the hand: \ · ■.·.1 ■.. ι 11!« ' security eounci aln »lv ir ·· Ί n! both at tad· ! and delcse. Ail!·· . ι n · < .· ι -1 · 111 >: Hil "nited State, amendments in tin· Dumbarton Oak: I plan, which this country, Britain ι |{ι·; sia and (Ίι:n.. .·.. rked out las (all at Washing: as a basis to this eon feri-ll··, . ; . d ιο ia the ncx day or so. Officials do-, riUtl those as mainl; ti clinical. ( in. ι ' I t ! ι e ί·!:1. q icstions as ye v. ithout an a1 ··'.v. ι how such re ■-Î i « 11 a 1 organization as the inter 1 American systen: v.- iked out recent ly at Mexico City are to be fittei into the proposed United Nation I system. ' Following an . xtraordinary nigh : session last night, chief delegates ο the -Mi United Nations sought to win J up organization ι the week-end con lerence quickly. The idea is to le the four big commissions and th 12 committees buckle down by th week-end to the real work of re ι vising and completing the Dumbar J ton Oaks plan Chairmen of the fou commissions were summoned to met ι at 10:30 a. m.. PWT, today. Another full conference meetin ; was called for 3:31) p. m. It was th ι expressed hope ot Secretary of Stat ' Stottinius that this sev enth plenar I session would be able to hear the si . delegation chiets who had not yi addressed the e inference. The onl difference of opinion at yesterday (steering committee meeting, who committee chairmen were chose: came on the question of voting i this conference. Deputy Prime Minister Herbe Evat ot Australia objected to a pix posai that important questions, sui as amendments to the Dumbartc Oaks plan, should be decided by two-thirds vote. A showdown was avoided by sem ing the question back to the execi tive committee for further study, ι Commander Harold Stassen of tl U. S. delegation told a radio audien yesterday that despite "a eonside able amount of controversy in t ' (Continued on Page Five.) Rundsteot Is Captured In Hospital Was Among Ablest Of Nazi Generals; Redoubt C rumbling Paris, May 2. (Ai') Willi Field .Marshal Von Kundstedt captured and Hitler reported dead. Allied armies raced south and north today into the last German pockets .u the closing campaigns for victory. Uem ial l'atton s third army : drove down t he last '50 mih's toward Salzburg and the last il toward !!erclit<>.u'aden, alter capturing Hitler's Austrian .birthplace i.f lîn.naii. Others of his troops advanced at least 2·"> .miles into Austria to within 20 miles of Linz and about forty from the Russians west of Vi enna in a maneuver to encircle ( 'zechoslo va k ia. In the north. In·.· iiriti>n bypassed Hamburg. broke (!· man lines north cast ι ι the El':n■ nd ad\anced to with.η !4 mile.- Jvieoi ck. whose capture would spill the north Ger man p-'fkot and seal oil Denmark and Schleswig-Holslein. The Tom mies captured S> idi·. .ι .st west of j οι .--ieyei ί Tambui and 7t) miles : .south ni the in : 1er .if Dc.'.mtirk, J which s η me reports to Stockholm I said the German^ were abandoning. The ni1;, rest I ! ni ish ap| >r iacli to I.iebeck v.. ι ai Saiide.sni den, 40 miles . 'Util > 1 Kiel and 111 northeast ! o: outllanked Hamburg. The Kibe ! bridgehead was expanded westward to within i - li.lie ni 11,I the lalt.-1, . . -ci/.eel by a Τ \.is I d. \ is:· .n of t1.. · · η 111 army at I tad Τ. " ·Ι/., 11~> m ι m it h ol M . an - . in la hospital. Until six weeks aga he I was supreme <·.·· ander ol Gerian : armies in the \\ e-· Hitler repi. ced : him with Field Ala shal Albei1 K. -- I selring after t!i.· Rhine breaUthrouuh. j The Ί ι '·. . ..'ι had capl.ιrea Admir, λ . :. II rthy, f< mer 11 - Hen! ..ill day : .ci r< . H and.· 'ci' 1 , ρ ι haps the inh .-I 1 st rateg: : Ge ma . a · y. 11 is ι were lue ·. ι.■' ■ the 1 il 10 e:ι : paigll .11 t ι ici II ·· al'a. les . 1 ·'■.·. e. ι best in lia pei:. an drive .manist i Russia. I ! I aidstedt ,vh > wa. the architect ' 1 Ardennes i:en . sive last I'll: ' . which carried to with : η three 1 "I the Meus·, river, and menaced Liege and Ant werp r: the : · : e: ι .us German at | tempt in the we-' ' lave oil defeat General Eisenhower's three-arms drive int" the Ai .··.· red.mbt in the ■ ! si.utli carrie.i .·. ' . 100 miles nr les • , of the All: · ■ 'ehing the I'.ren ■ : ner l'as? in Iialv Advances rangée ■ i up to llâ :: x. · here was then ' ' resistance .·. ι . y : the nana·. i j It was app. reat til it the Americal third and -< \ <" :ii and the F: cacl 1 first armies had struck so swilth I' I that Ilk- enemy i ad had no tune t I man and stock the magnificent de· - j tense countrv the smith. t The seventh my at las! report: : was barely ten miles from Inns· .· : bruck. capital Ί the Austrian Ty:..l "land northern e trance to the I'.ren -J ner Pass, whir ι itsell was a d '/ei r · miles away. Allies invade Burma Coasts ! (\ik-ut : 'AIM -1 i ι ' i t i.·· : ι I \varn to the Λιιημί'λ,!! . i ·. ' ί govern ments. "The C .ni : ai.-ο reported 1 ο have ·.· ·· « d again with llimmler in λ' - e ipied Den i mark regard G many's possi® ble sunvr.vi r. ι lawrnatiunal) Last Of Strongholds In Berlin Crumbling; Advances Elsewhere London, .May 2.— (ΛΡ) — r>urniiig Berlin's last - ditch strongholds u ere crumbling to day, the ."Moscow radio an nounced, as Soviet troops bore down on the area of the Heichs < hancellor.\ w here the Hamburg: radio said Hitler had died. Soviet torces hacked their way to tht barricaded < nirancrs ' > tlic Ger man undergo - and Tnr^arten l<»r trcss, and battered at inn-: ranoan t"rtres-' ν η1, winch it reputedly w.> lit. taimeN. .\s X /i resi>,i nee ' .ι· capita! neafed t.»lal ci Uapsc. Λ1. r.-hal K· k< s · ·; ν' set ι»nd Wh.U' Κ . army, continuing a steel-tipped drive oi 2( mi ley a day 'across η >rthern Ger many, captured the Baltic port ol η ry t 1 Main" ». S v. ··. . i, and dr>». · 23 miles ol H st >ek. These M 'Ht^nme; y'. Br.: η h η tni. v. er ICI be. j ι. ■ η η t c r. (Ii" c . Y·.·:·« sr. ι ;<·* u: 'J Γί, iiikiii h ■ ι : it ii in in» >ps hac I .. ; . Mm Mnlillnx sky': : lie Y.il ii.i. ('a.' \ I >ΛΙ I It \ 1. Ml Mill. Ί s UOIi ! \ Τ Λ ΚI \ m \ \\h ! ΙίΟΟΙ'ί· 11 ' S. Ill \rinv AT ay 1.—(ΛΡ J i>r .i>in« Germany'. I ·. . inn redonb ι ι ί !■1 \\* M .mu·; : ■ u-.iy to day A dm. \i ■■ II :iy. ·: · e 111mganan regi'ir. mtuied 'a' German lieid ma . . and sevei Gi'i man gi· ι'ι I The lield marshals—W il h el m Lis' ' Hitler's World War 1 )nc regiments i i minauder, and W c;m Ritter vo: I .eel1 - h ad hi1 : ■ ■ : < 1 a ·\ ι ; ο! . e mmands by ;i ,· \. ... result > I German disa>'a 1'.. · ... m<; ι . > m pi i:î οκτκι ss ι iinisTi \i ι» 1 i;mi γλ i Wi.hiia. Κ.Ίΐ.. "..χ , Λ Pi , bottle >>i water lia la 1 ami 1 I well crashed arn's> 1 :1 ■ i.nse ιΊ ι huge Saperl. 1;: r-. d .\ In spet 1 "Tlii- Fanie Pvle" '. 1 · :1 .r war in tl' Paeitie [ in a brief and simple ceremony 1 thr Hoeing pi ml, the glistening I'.-: was named l'or the l.ttle war ear sDindent killed la>t month mi I Jama. V \/.IS \(.1:1 ! TO I I \\ I ^ \\K> IN ri51SO\ ('AMI ν >' Washington May -I ι.ΛΡ» lie I nite assurances I · · · : m Germany tl' imprisoned Americans will be It - ai German e -mipn lor liberal ■ η > advancing Allied armies havi >e II i i(i\'ed through the Swiss u > ei e mint, the Stale Hid War Deua· i. merits announced today. Half Of Jap Garrison in Okinawa Is Knocked Oui • I .Guam, May —·< AP)—Lt. Gen. Bui-kner. v\ :ι· si· tenth army ir ·ομ.« today l'ont?!".: ·.·. ithin rillo rair-a· ... southern ( >k i ".a λ a'.- three main fines, estimates that one-hall' of the island's riginal #.ιη · ι Japanese garrison lune been killed, wounded or eap t il red. The >ri4.n.i! Japanese garrison was believed : 1 M..i about 60,00(1. More and m :·,· Japanese are >ur rendering. he reported, as artillery, naval guns and air bombings cut communu'iri·"-**. Yonabara. laird largest eitv. eame under immediaV attack after sev I nth di\ s ι il .nits 011 the east e: ci of the line o..'ilanked Japanese de tenders of tile airfield. The tlankini thrust bv Majci General Archibali Ann.Id's di\ > ■' .1 · nul l'ortiliei luijjhts overlooking the masta] air lield and entered Κ mavu towi Arr.oIiiV troops apparently plannei in elear ! I it- heights before seizin the airheld. The ill'.th a ■ \ 1 > 11 η w a> le-- tha h..i! a 1 ile : : ι Ί11 Shun. 1 he hill center ol the i.-lands, about niiilwa lie: w een X .ha. η the west coast all Υ1 mal ia r: ; on lia· east The Japanese were making a de perate staml before tin., central ke t, tlie . liefcn -es of 1 me 1ι· irtll < the i.-la'i.l A ''.'l iean i:a· s w .· iva-ured by ·. blccdj pragres >»··*"-. -·*<♦ i>iew il Mas blight Support Yet & ύί Last-Ditch Struggle In Nor way Looms As One Of Objectives I., . M·,. -1. —(ΛΙ') — Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz mo\> il swift .·. 1 ula\ in lii~ rule of successor to Adolf Hitler to shake up the Nazi military and diplomatic fronts in efforts ap parently directed toward π last uilcii Γίνiit in Norway. π If::: ^ 1 Nazi .:·· : '.in· II., - • aired lli death !"p-.anUing : J.ν ·ine r ί ii ! !· . . !:.·· :"!! til pledge . ι ! Λ U: : Ce ' ■ · I < , ' Ζ .ι 1 liOhrCM". <)!>· <ϋ the ι ;-st . cts cl Dronitz was tu dismiss î ii'i isM .Winislcr .(•mlnm \ tin Kihlienti'np, and re plat ·■ him villi t ount I.utz *·<·Ιι\\ ei in - Kro UK finance min ister in the Iran/ vun Papen and Y<»n Scl'.lrisi l;rr cabinets, which immediatci\ preceded Hitler's lis·· to power. General Franz Boehme, army :·,η;..:ι I ..ι Ν rwa.v, ade ι-' ί : ti:· day over .h C ■ ■' ικιμκ allegiance to Doenitz and calling on German .ii,· .a ! : a :. : ii .ι ! i gilt mi as .i "la atic ο>ir ii.:. inly." Simultaneously^ Norwegian ot'fi ! . ,i ! .ndoti repart· d l>"· nit/, had in · . i · :. ι :. 11 Ott·· C'i lia x. German naval chieftain in Norway since March, 1943, because Ciliax allegedly favored capitulation, and had re placed him With Admiral Kranke, ·■(·.:·. '·:,ι·; ".lie naval staff to ·;·■:.··κ:ί lJi.c:i:..e. i H. (!;··. slightly am an 1.1 ineement , .i the I: .ssijns in's government :; · 1 'in Hunting heavy fisses, ',.·.· f'.ehrer was . .-uecei fled ill d file.- II to the • •1 the in or ring, Goebbels, nana-had lied, r'.ii" L)< e invasion Borneo Te Be Announced . Μ ι·. :: \1 Λ'iicnran M lied j ir.'. <-i 1 ï. peeled to I d. \ . S . ii y -. meel i |1{J sill - . >·. '!..>\ed into v'l \ · . I \ .HI. last big : Philippine city in Japanese hands. ■ I . ..in 11 ,ni ι ier-; reported ■ that 5,000 Allied assault troops, pour . ··,··.· sel . .ind 13 de ll ·ο ' ϋ ::o yesterday '1 morning at Linkas, on Tarakan. nil i '.iirnc1' i's ii >rth ■ i west coast. \ . ..ι";ιΐί! Prime ■ M . > reported a 'e.· \ ■ . iivi - > in. seasoned Λ1 id · Kast battle (fields, \\ .is participating in an inva sion ot Borneo, rich in oil and rubber, ι " > : .! I > ■ . Μ,'π'Λl'thur made I. I· 'day other .·■··.. a·:· attacks. . _, ' Al i.i i Wood π 11 t"s V I 24lh ϋ. : ' ' . ' d s.vit'tly y I northward to within six miles o£ a 1 1 )a\ ao. d! · 11 lie ·ίιιι· ι " -e· Cotton Gains Very Slight Χ ν ν VI., " ■ ΛΓ) Cot "S ' ' ■ e to l':> cents a lia le c π ,-es were I i ve '- to là cents a bale higher. May 22.91, "t July 22.Oil. October 22 1! P\ Close Open >> M;i\ 22.89 22.93 ή .Tu 1 \ . 22.66 2271 η- Οι·:' ο, 22.08 22.13 t- ι December 21.98 22.01 M . c!i ... . 21.91 21.93