Hgttitergott Satly Bispatcly
THIRTY SECOND YEAR
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Tin·; ASSi M'lATKIJ I'HKSS.
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2. IMF
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FIVE CENTS COPY
GERMANS IN ITALY QUIT
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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,<mbi ιrg. The
I bridgehead was 30 miles wide and
: lit! deep at its exl: emes.
Su..m mu· la .di| a ' rs announced
■ tin· capture m April ol 1,500,001)
Germans, including ISO generals and
i admirals.
Field Alar.· i. Von l.'und tedt . ne
' <>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 \var<hio :t.. · ί Ai: ed forces
, ashore .«il ! t on both
j sides ο Γ I ί ·ά :ng initial
I
j paraehuîe . . . · 1 1 . . Ha* irea. tne
I southeast A a : announced
I today.
KKI'OR I Kl) I)ΚΑΙ) IN BKRI.IN
λDOi.F iiiTi.J ::
Offered Surrendei
THE SWEDISH FOREIGN OFFICE hns
confirmed iv; ' .*t Count Folks
Bernadette ι . . « ·, nephew of
King Gu. \ . ' ; \ ice-chairman
of the Swv,' Ιί 11·-d Cross, took
Ilinmiler's <·.■«■: surrender to
Stockh u.!; ι ·,· ι i.-si«>n 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 <!.e island
resistance centrrnig a:<;nnd the
Reichs* Chancellory and the great
> 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!
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