VICTORY!
THE KIDS all know where the
schoolhouse is, but just the same
the school bell rings. Many people
know where your business is; ad
vertising is the bell you ring.
VOL. LXIV. J. W. NOKLL, EDITOR ROXBOKO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, MAY 7, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 45
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It was Adolf Hitler's inability to attain these goals that cost him the war, for Germany's chances for winning
lessened with each failure. Early victories over small, unprepared nations strengthened the myth that the Nazis
were unbeatable, Allied opposition in Britain, Russia and North Africa, as well as on the diplomatic
front, spotlighted their weaknesses. *
End Os War Brings Many Conflicting Reports
Many Guesses
As To When The
War Was To End
Practially Every Year Had |
Its Prophets And Recent
ly Every Month And
Day. . •
The war has ended. Since the i
war started there have been a lew 1
hundred million and some guesses :
as to when it would end. The war i
started December 7, 1941, and Irom i
that day to now people have spec
ulated as to when it would end.
Some put the date sometime in 42
and then they moved It to 43, then
to 44 and so on until they began 1
guessing at the day of the month 1
and- finally they said tomorrow or 1
Sunday or whatever day they had 1
in mind. 1
The largest guessing period, or
rather the time in which everyone '
thought it would ned and newspa
pers were getting ready to pr ! nt the
news was last fall when the Allies
started going through the German :
line. A large number of people
thought it ould end and newspu
over and began making their plans '
that way. Factories were ready to i
convert to peacetime activities and ■
things looked favorablet. Then the
m
GERNANY QUITS!
| According to an Associated Press :
flash from France this morning the
surrender terms, unonditional, were
signed last night in a little red
school house in Rheims, Fiance.
The signer fer the Germans was
General Yodel, Chief of Staff of the
German Army. The report further
stated that General "Ike" was not ;
present at the signing, but a later j
meeting was held at Supreme Allied
Headquarters. The story released,
! further stated that General Yodel j
| asked permission to speak, after the]
signatures were affixed to the sur
render document, and he is report
ed as having said “he was delivering
the German people and army into
the hands of the Allies for better
or worse.
Other conflicting reports from
Europe this morning Indicated that
Admiral Doenitz, who is accepted j
by the Allies as the only man left '
in Germany to sue for peace, has
ordered the Nazi submarine fleet to '
cease operations at once. Doenitz is i
1 the "self-appointed" new fuherer of
German drive started and the Allies
were thrown back and it looked like :
the end was a long time off. Then
we started again to make gains
and the Russions—you knowSHRD.
the rest!, the Russiins and the
Americans and the British along
with the French and the Canadians(
really started taking city- after city j
—then the fall of Betll.i and the
end of the war.
®lie Courier=®ime?
: 1 Germany.
Although official confirmation of
the surrender report has not been
confirmed—it has not been denied
by any Allied government and
throughout the world from the
South Pacific and other parts of the
I war-torn world, celebration of V-E
Day is underway. In New York, re- I
| ports state that the streets of the I
city have been flooded with waste ]
| paper and other forms of paper '
ribbon. Mayor LaGuardia has urg
ed New Yorkers to refrain from the
i procedure, as all the waste paper
• was still in great demand in the war
effort, and that a large labor bat
talion would be necessary to clean
the streets after the celebration.
A stil later report reveals that
Associated Press has been suspend
ed from filing any news stories from
| their Paris ofrice by the French
government, evidently because of
the premature release of the sur
render story by Edward Kennedy,
veteran Associated Press reporter
and chief of that bureau in Europe
since the beginning of the European
War.
Although United Press and other
major news services have failed to
j issue reports, it is partly under
i standable. Associated Press startl
ed the world last week with a pre
! mature announcement and United
: Press during the last days of the
I first World War released a story of
the surrender of the German Army
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
with a False Armistice.
The essence of all broadcasts news
commentators was that the war had
ended but when and why the an
nouncement was being held up was
not known, but it is conceded gen
erally that it is all over in Europe.
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jWm. T. Jordan
]At Augusta, Ga.
William T. Jordan, of R. F. D. Nc.
One. Roxboro, has been promoted to
Technician Fifth Grade at th(
Army’s Oliver General Hospital.
Augusta, Ga. A ward attendant, he
performs Important duties in the
care of wounded veterans returned,
from overseas.
■ AUuuf Way m
Emory Foushee, Robert Dixon. I
have a mule. They paid $15.00 for
They bought the mule with the i
was to take care of it. How old tl
body cares as long as he will pull a
ever that is the point. These fell
and something should be done aboi
time trying to find something to ei
or loose he is giving gardens a "fit"
a mule and make him work they si
them to turn him loose on the w]
right for them to starve the animal
If there was a Society For The I
in Roxboro, I would report them a
The war in Europe, except for sporadic fighting in Czechoslovakia, is over,
according to an Associated Press news flash from Rhiems, France, which
broke by radio this morning at 9:35 Eastern Standard War Time. The re
port, however, is still unofficial, pending an expected announcement later
in the day —about three o'clock —from President Truman, reports say
”V-E- D A Y "
PROCLAMATION
V-E Day is here! The Armed Forces of Germany have capitu
lated. Let us make this day a day of sober celebration. The war in
Europe is over. Thankful, of course we are, that the fighting has
ceased in the European theatre, but remember that hard fighting
lies ahead in the Pacific Area. So as Prime Minister Churchill has
ordered, keep our church doors open, assemble for prayer and thanks
giving. Yes, to our churches we should go to offer a praver of
gratitude.
VICTORY is ours—acoept it in the spirit of meekness and then
move forward in a determined effort to win speedily the battle of
the Pacific,
God of our fathers we thank Thee that freedom of worship
is still our privilege. May we worship Thee in the spirit of hu
mility. Accept our prayer for a lasting and enduring peace.
S. G. WINSTEAD—MAYOR.
Mrg. Cole Dies
This Morning
Mrs. Ralph Cole, 65, prominent |
Roxboro woman and for many I
years president of Person Chapter '
United Daughters of the Ccnfed
eraey, died this morning at 9:45
o'clock at her Lamar Street home
after an illness lasting many j
months. Funeral will be held j
Wednesday at 4 P. M. at her
church.
Surviving are a son, Clyde Cole, j
of Yaneeyvillc, two daughters,
Mrs. H. C. Kynoch, of Roxboro. I
and Mrs. Henry N. Brown, of Lake
Charles, La., and several grand- j
children.
She was a member of Edgar
Long Memorial Methodist church
and was interested in church and
civic affairs. Her husband died
about two years ago. A native of
Person County, she was a daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam (Billy) Long, of Ceffo.
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J. E. Duncan
Now At Norfolk
James E. Duncan, 18. seaman;
second class, USNR, of Roxocrd,
recently arrived at the Nivel
Training Station, Norfolk, Va.. to
undergo training for duties aboard
a new destroyer of the Atlantic
Fleet. He has completed a course
of recruit training at the Naval 1
Training Center, Bainbridg ', Md.
Duncan is the son of Benjamin j
H. Duncan of Roxboro. He attend
ed Mount Tirzah High School.
Rufus Harris and Arthur Rimmer (
the mule and prize it very highly,
understanding that Robert Dixon
he mule is nobody knows and no- ‘
i plow and not eijt so much. How- 1
Hows are not feeding the animal
mt it. He stays out about all the
eat and as a result of staying out
". If these boys are going to keep c
ihould feed him. It's not right for ,
vhole neighborhood. Neither is it .
1 td death.
Prevention Os Cruelty To Animals 1
all. a
1$ Hitler Dead
Or Is He Alive,
Question Asked
Many Relieve That He Is
Alive With Plenty of
Money.
! What about Hitler?—has been one
j of the questions asked frequently in j
] this county since his reported!
j death several weeks ago. "Is he
j dead or is. he alive"? Thi s queS
j tion even at the time of the fall
of Germany is still being asked;
| and is getting many different kinds;
of answers.
1 Some say that Hitler is very much
alive and that he 'has hid his!
face lifted to tile extent the no one !
(call recognize him and that he lias ;
(plenty of money and is living in
Germany. Others say that he is |
'dead and buried in Germany but j
; that only a very few know where.
(They «p«y (that pit ; burial spot i
will not be told Until many years
from now and that it may then!
1 become a shrine.
Others claim that he mav be:
alive and in Germany or Spain and ]
that he will be forced to give him
self up at. some later date.
I All who believe that lie is alive]
] believe that he has plenty of money I
'and that he will not.suffer as far]
las money goes.
Still another theory is that he is]
dead and that his body has been]
cremated and the ashes thrown to ]
j the winds to keep it from tailing j
in the hands of his enemies.
Dead or alive he is evidently out j
of the way of the Allies foi' some
time to come. He hah his day end j
caused more than his part of suf- j
sering.
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1
Twenty-four Negro farmers re- |
cently organized an open-air curb j
market on a vacant lot in Washing
ton, Beaufort County. Returns for
the first two sales days were $349.81
and $510.30.
Any V-E Day celebration here, in Roxboro,
as far as the closing of stores is concerned, will
wait on the official announcement from Presi
ded Truman, Chamber of Commerce head
quarters said this morning.
Peoples Bank will be open for the sale of
War Bonds all during any observance of V-E
Day, according to Gordon C. Hunter, district
chanrman for the Seventh War Loan, who this
morning issued a pointed reminder that the
War with Japan is not over and that the obli
gation to buy bonds is as deep as it has ever
been.
, Public schools, both in the coun
ty and city, will not close, accord
ing to Superintendent R. B. Grif
fin. "Patsy Strings Along," senior
play at Roxboro high school will
be given today and Tuesday night
as scheduled.
Radio reports indicate that the
(war in Europe ended Sunday night
at 8:40 o’clock, Eastern Standard
Time, by the signing of terms of
unconditional surrender, ending five
years, eight months and six days
of fighting on the European con
tinent.
; Up to noon today the Associated 1
Press flash remained the only state-
Second Report
Follows First,
Proves Official
] The first reported surrender of
; Germany came Saturday night
(about nine o'clock, April 28Ui. in
Roxboro but the duration of the
! surrender was short lived as Pres
j ident Truman soon announced that
the report was a false one. Now
i the official report is with us and
people of this city and county are
i very happy with the news. Every
jone is rejoicing and many, if not
all are in silent prayer of thanks.
The Saturday night report did
(not live long enough for ail peo
ple to hear about it and those who
; did were not too sure. Telephones
j were ringing around the city as 1
one neighbor told another and peo- 1
j pie were standing in their front 1
: .vords to see if others were ready
for the celebration. The news 1
i spread fairly fast but. so did the <
1 denial and there was no blowing of 1
j whistles or honking of auto horns. <
j Everyone, it seemed was waiting j 1
j for some one lese to say it was: I
] the absolute truth.
! Many people remembered t.he last <
world war when a false report 1
started people to celebrate and these '
i people wanted to be a little more 1
I certain this time. \ i
Hitler’s reported death did make i
all people surer that victory was jr
not far away and they have been i
waiting for the word with a more j l
certain look in their eye. Now 'i
we have the news. It is truly great, e
1 Fatal Highway
Accident
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945
HELP KEEP IT THAT WAY
DRIVE CAREFULLY!
merit by a major news association.
No reports have been received from
United Press or from International
News Service.
In London, however, and in many
parts of Europe celebration of V-E
Day is on, without waiting from
confirmatory statements from
Prime Minister Churchill, or from
Stalin. The surrender, according
to the AP flash, was made to the
United States, Great Britain and
Russia, at headquarters of General
What seems to be an official
announcement coming over the
radio at 1:50 P. M. today stated
that the official announcement
of V-E Day would come at 3:00
P. M. tomorrow. May Bth, in Eng
land. summer time, and at 9:00
A. M. Roxboro time.
President Truman, Prime Minis
ter Churchill and Premier, Stalin
will make an announcement at
the same time to the people of
their countries.
It appears that the Big Three
had previously agreed to this fact
and that the agreement will be
carried out tomorrow, not before.
All available information, how
ever. points to the fact that today
is V-E Day.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, where the
terms were officially received by
him. General Eisenhower said this
morning that he would hold a re
porters conference this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
In the meantime, there is a radio
report that the body of Goebbels
has been found. No trace of Hitler’s
has been seen.
If and when President Truman
makes announcement of V-E day,
churches in Roxboro will ring their
bells and churches will remain
open for services of meditation and
prayer, according to reports received
frem ministers here:
At twelve-thirty this afternoon, -i
news commentators said that Prime »|
Minister Churchill and President
Truman were ready to make an of- . ?
ficial announcement of V-E Day at (
noon today, but have deferred an» .*
ncuncement, possibly until tommy- ,((.
row. because of objections by Stalin.
It has also been reported via radio |
by INS that the Pans office of AP v
is under suspension because of the . *
early morning flash. V JpliwH