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-rf . . (c n nn n nnn n o ' M otnl Dim 1F ieirmsiinis say iruop:r youuo Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight . " . "" IIIIIIIWglilgailiiSiMlllllila ' W and Wednesday. 1 1 1 I H 1 1 il I i ; j H.jl j: , tji mi,' ) J ' te ourf Wallow Covaftti " ' ' - ' ESTABLISHED 1896 Churchill Hints New Peace Emissary Confirms Proposal LONDON, May 1 (UP) Count Koike Bernadotte, Swedish emissary reputed to be negotiating with nazi lead ers for Germany's surrender, confirmed today that he had conferred with Heinrieh Him niler 10 days ago. A Swedish foreign office spokesman insisted, however, that Bernadotte had not Drought uhck any new peace message irom iiimmier to ue i. ;j i i 4.- ii.. .. l i : iiaiiMiuiLuu iu uiej allies through the Stockholm gov ernment. Prime Minister Churchill, meanwhile, hinted in commons that an official statement clarify ing the entire situation might be expected soon. , Churchill said he would inform commons immediately of any ma- IUi UlVUlllUlllUlllb dllU 111':: ...... .1 r.,:,:..u s home ministry said the prime minister will m.lkn the iinnnnnrp- i ment of the end of hostilities in Europe. Earlier Prime Minister Chur chill hinted in commons that re ports of a German surrender of fer mignt bo expected shortly. Bernadotte partially lifted the secrecy covering his recent activ ities during a -press conference late today in the Swedish foreign office iii Stockholm. Details Declined He refused to give details of any of his discussions with Him mlcr, beyond the fact that they had met 10 days ago in the Baltic port of Luebeck obviously to discuss I lie allied demand that Germany surrender uncondition ally to the United Stales, Britain and Russia, Bernadotte and the foreign of fice spokesman emphasized that no new reply from Himmlrr had been transmitted to the allies through the Swedish government today a statement which did not preclude the possibility of Bernadotte's c o m in u n i c tiling direct with the allied embassies in Stockholm. Bernadotte had no immediate word on the persistent reports that the Germans were with drawing from Copenhagen and possibly all Denmark as a pre lude to their surrender. Churchill's statement c a m c amidst repoits from Sweden that' German troops were withdrawing from Copenhagen and possibly all Denmark in what may be the first step in Heinrieh Hinimli-r's plan to make peace with the al lies. Germany's few remaining :adk. stalions warned the German peo ple that momentous news was expected and that they must be "prepared for anything." ' Plain Box in Potter's Field Is Resting Place of II Duce MILAN. May 1 (UP) Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Pclacci. were buried secretly in unmarked graves in the Potters' field of tho Maggiore cemetery late yesterday. Former Fascist Party Secretary Achille Starace, who was ex ecuted yesterday, was interred a short distance away in the same plot of ground. The only witnesses to the igno minious burials were 15 members of th-i licir.ctcry staff who were sworn to secrecy to prevent mobs from IcaiViing the graves' loca tion and possibly exhuming the remains of the former dictator. The three bodies were in rough, unpainted pine coffins, the tops of which were screwed on. A military chaplain offered a brief Catholic benediction for nil three as they were lowered into the ground. An Italian I!el Cross Mink Iransported the Ibree bodies from the morgue to the burial -ti'.e under some fir lice's. Vittorio Vertova, cemetery' di lector who supervised the buiials. said Mussolini' s(l rain had been removed and criminologists were examining it. ..The body of the "snwcluM See POMP . . . Page 5 Americans Close : 1 9b I IE m '0 V f;ItTr I a .-,., vCf r&l NEW BANK OPENS F. B. Emery, president, and Jesse Crum, vice-president , are shown opening the doors of the Elgin State bank for business. Beforo press time today, the new financial organization had reached deposits of more than $200,000 with a list of more than 60 depositors. The bank opened with F. E. Chambers, for more than 25 years with banking institutions at Monmouth, as cashier-manager. George H. Wahlor, appointed cashier-manager, has been taken ill and was unable to serve. First depositor was Tom Burton of Elgin, station agent there. Flowers and good wishes were received from all sections of the county and Oregon points, including Portland. Many visitors made the opening an auspicious event. Former Hungarian Regent Is Captured i WITH U. S. SEVENTH ARMY, Germany, May 1 (UP) Admir al Nicholas Horlhy, former re cent of Hungary, and two Ger man field marshals were re vealed today to he in tin? hands of American seventh army for ces. The field marshals captured by 1,1. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's army were Wilhelin Hitler von I.ceb and Wilhelin List. Both commanded large German forces in the Polish, French and Rus sian campaigns. Ilorlhy was found at Weiihcim , in southwest Germany. He was I ,ji.ii.i.u in iJ.oiiei.ivu e- u s I. u y. Troops of the 3Bth division found him at Waldbiehl castle on the northern fringe of the Austrian Tyrol. He was reported in good health. Sugar Rations Are Reduced Sharply WASHINGTON, May 1 (UP) Sugar available to ration book holders and home canncrs will e about one-third less than the amount alloted last year, it was announced today by ihe OPA. WFA and OWI. The new suiir ration is fixed at 15 poundsoannually for each individual eonipnred In 21 pounds last year. Home raiini-rs will receive alto gether 'inly 70 per cent as much sugar tr.is season as they received last year. Local ration b'jards will limit the amount of suRar for such purpescs to 15 pounds for each individual compared U 20 pounds last year. The maximum amount available to any f.'iiuil(i):is Ihe Washington slate prison at will be 120 pounds. I LA GRANDE, Advancement Is Conferred Upon 20 Boy Scouts Fifty-four merit badge awards were presented at the Boy Seoul Court of Honor for the Mt. Emily district held last night in the high school auditorium at Union. Fourteen boys were present to receive the badge of their rank of second class Scout, and two oth ers will receive the badge from their scoutmasters. Three boys were awarded Ihe badge of first class Scout. One was advanced to Star Seoul and two were ad- vanned In I. if., qmnk A highlight of the program was . , nresenliil nn t Ihn n,.u, ni,n. j cil trophy which each troop will I display in its meeting room. Troop I No. !)!) of Imblcr, Hen Jordan, scoutmaster, made 100 percent I advancement and is the only troop eligible In display the tro-Se-e ADVANCEMENT . . , Pge 5 Murder Indictment To Be Sought for Officer's Slayer ONTARIO. Ore, May 1 (UP) District Attorney E. Otis Smith today announced he will summon I the Malheur county grand jury Friday to ask a first degree mur der indictment against Kenneth Bailey, 2(i-year-old Portland gun man held after a Sunday gun t.atlie on' the Idaho-Oregon bor der in which two men were kill ed. Victims of the shooting were Sgl. Ted Chambers of the Ore goo state police' in Ontario and formerly of La Grande, and Wil liam R. Duffey, 22, B.'i.iey s part ner in e-rime. Smith said a cheek of their criminal rcnrds indicated both came from Klamath Falls and they met 10 years ago at the Oregon state training school at Woodbuin. Both served leims in the Oregon penitentiary and were released only lecently from the federal penitentiary at McNeil's Island, Wa.-h. A draft raid in Duffey's pocket gave his address Walla Walla. OREGON TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1945 in On Defenses! Slashed By Armor PAULS, May 1 (UP) Armored columns of the American third army rolled up to the outskirts of Brau nau, birthplace of Adolf Hit ler, today m a spectacular 25 mile sweep that carried to the Inn river only -13 miles from Berchlesgaden. Meanwhile advices from Co penhagen said the Germans had withdrawn from several towns in Denmark, leaving them under control of Danish police, and the British radio quoted a Hamburg hroadcasty as saying that Ameri can airborne troops had landed beside the British second army on the north German plain. Race Into Redoubt Along a 100-mile front stretch ing eastward from the Munich area to the Bohemian plateau, Gen. Georte S. Patton's third army veterans were advancing into the Bavarian redoubt witji terrific speed and power. "V They reached the Inn. river, main communications line of the redoubt, opposite Braunau, in full view of the Austrian town where Hitler was born 50 years ago. U. S. seventh army troops to the southwest sent a half-dozen armored and infantry columns racing through the Austrian Ty rol at the center of the redoubt, driving within nine miles of Innsbruck, northern exit of the Brenner Pass. In the far north, British second army troops plunged half way across the base of the Danish peninsula, pushing out from their Elbe river bridgehead within 10 miles of the Baltic port of Lue beck. Unemployment Aid Payments Increase SALEM, Ore., May 1 (UP) Unemployment benefits paid out during April were higher than for any month during the past two years. Tho stale unemployment com pensation commission reported today the payments totalled $41,- 518 as compared to $40,802 for March. An average of 700 persons drew e c k 1 y payments averaging SD.00. Shipyard workers had the largest total of unemployed dur ing April than at any time since 1041. Lee Miller Column on Yanks at War Starts Today in Observer A new daily feature column by Lee Miller, war correspond ent and most intimate friend of the late Ernie Pyle, starts today in the Ln Grande Eve ning Observer. It will be found on page 3. Both Miller and Pyle were born in Indiana, Miller in Sey mour and Pyle In Dana. Miller, born in 1002, was a child prod igy, entering Harvard Univer sity when 15 years old and graduating in 1D2I. He worked on several Indiana newspapers jjining the Scripps Howard group in 1923, and was transferred the same year to the Washington Daily News, where he soon became manag ing editor. In 10:i2 he became managing editor of the Seripps Howard Newspaper ,,lliance, in which one of his jobs was man aging Ernie Pyle. In the course of the years the task grew to such prorations that (0 was jok(n);ly referred to as "vice president in charge of Ernie Pyle." Last January, Miller started for the Pacific area as a war correspondent, leaving one day ahead of Pylj and they met Bavarian FUEHRER'S DEATH REPORTED Adolph Hitler, dictator of Germany, who is reported today by Hamburg sources to have been killed while personally directing tho defenso of Berlin against the Russian armies. Borneo Is Invaded Under Huge Naval Bombardment By United Press Allied troops have invaded Borneo, oil and rubber rich island in the Dutch East Indies, Australian government officials announced in Canberra today. Australian Treasurer ,1. !!. Chifley said Australian troops partici pated in the landing, indicating that American forces also were in volved. There was no immediate confirmation of the report from Gen. Douglas Mae-Arthur's headquarters. GETS L'FE TERM OREGON CITY, May I (UP) A life imprisonment sentence is to be imposed tomorrow on Wil mer Carl Brinkhoff, 20, who pleaded guilty to the poisoning of his wife last July. He was ai rested last month in Stockton. Calif., on a forgery charge-. UK'iin in Honolulu. The news rf I'yle'.s death reached Miller in an army camp in the Philippines, and he re turned lo Manila and there ac cepted the assignment to wnlc a daily column to. replace that no lonji written by his friend Ernie Pyle. Loo G. Miller FIVE CENTS Offer Fortress Earlier, Hadio Tokyo said al- lied invasion forces landed last n.ght on the Hoineo coast and wire engaged in "fierce combat" with the Japanese garrison. The Japanese broadcast said the troops went ashore last night under cover of a naval bombard ment in the Tarakan area, 175 miles southwest of American buses at the southern end of the Sulu archipelago. The Tarakan area is one of the l;ugest oil centers in thu Kfist In dies. Tarakan itself, however, is a comparatively small island in the Celebes sea several miles off the east coast of Borneo. MacArthur meantime disclosed liiat troops of the 24th division i'dvanced 10 miles northward pom Digos on the western coast f Davao gulf on Mindanao and reached within 17 miles of the big port of Davao. While the troops were pushing steadily Inward Davao against only disorganized resistance, Fil ipino guerrillas seized Talikud island, nine mil.-s raithcasl of the poll. The combined opera lions virtually cut off all escape routes for the Japanese garrison at Davao. Tin Salvage In Oregon Declines POKTJ.ANI), May I (UP) The chairman of Ihe Oiegou sal vage comnull e, Claude Ser ;.;uious, said today Oregon is lag- .ng in pi (Ml i icing salvaged i in. the Datum's tin stockpile, likewise has dropped to its low e.st Ii vel .since Pearl Harbor. April tonnage fiom Oregon reached only tons on a month ly quota of 212 tons. Total Ore gon shipments for the first four months of l!H5 212 tons, or 27 pi rcei it of khV state quota. P- M Si 1 Hamburg Radio Says Fuehrer Died as Her Led Capital Defense LONDON, Mtiy 1 (UP) The German radio at Hamburg I tonight broadcast an announcement that Adolf Hitler is dead; ! There wan no immediate confirmation from any allied source. The Geimnn radio said that Hitler "fell fighting for Ger-i, many till his last breath." ' f" The radio said Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. commander of the German navy, had succeeded Hitler. ' Ihe nazi announcement was broadcast as from "the fueh rer's headquarters."' Doenitz himself announced the death of Hitler, the enemy' broadcast said. . The German radio said Doenitz, in announcing Hitler's death, said he was taking over the leadership of the Ger man people to "try to save them front Bolshevism." - Apparently the Germans, bcaten'to their knees by the Rus sians and the western allies, plan to go on fighting for ..a while. Doenitz called on the nation to continue resistance There was a mournful dirge of music on the Hamburg, radio tonight and then tho announcer said: ; v;,,,' "It is announced that our fuehrer, Adolf Hitler, this after; noon at his command post in the reichschancellory, fighting': till his last breath against Uolshevism, fell for Germany." There wast no immediate reaction or confirmation from, allied capitals, but 'p'oenitss made ,it clear that the Russian,'. Americans and Krilish still had some fighting ahead of them- I...,- i i.i- ;i. uuune u-L'i inaii.v wuuiu.ijiui. If, us the Gcimiins said, Hit) died fighting at n commiind post in blazing Berlin, the di'tiiils of his death probably will come from the Russians. The Red army was swarming through Berlin in an attempt to reduc-3 the city in lime for the great Soviet holiday of May day, and it seemed rea sonable that some Russian sol dier soon would learn tho details of Hitler's death. Trick Suspected There has boon pcrsitstcnt biondcasts on the German radio for days that Hitter was in the center of Berlin, determined to die in an attempt to save his capital from his most - hated enemies the Russians. But observers, suspecting nazi propa- j ganda tricks, were inclined lo De skeptical and many of them be - lieved Hitler lacked the physical courage. Lven nH?v the uorman radio aniitounecmijnt tonight, there were tome who withheld comment until the news of-Hitler's death could bo obtained from a more reliable source than his own propagandists. The nazi announcement of Hit ler 'a death was broadcast after three quarters of an hour of pre liminary buildup. The Hamburg radio warned the Germans to stand by for an announcement See HAMBURG . . . Pago 3 Bowman Indicted On Charge He Murdered Father An indictment charging Albert l-ori-r.sl Bowman, 28, with first degree murder was relumed to day by the Union county grand jury in connection with the duith of his father, Albert F. Bowman, fill, at the family ranch near Norlh Powder a week ago. Shortly after the indictment was returned Bowman was taken before Circuit Judge H. J. Green, where he made application for release tin bail pending trial, (uili.e Green granted his request set the bail at $7,0(1(1. At the time the Evening Obser ver, went to press' bail arrange ments were still fending. The request for bail was opposed by District Attorney C. R. Eberhard. It was announced that Bowman will inter a plea on the murder charge tomorrow. Food Crisis for Millions Seen As Aftermath of War in Europe WASHINGTON, May 1 (UP) Americans were told today they face a new battle ugainsl hunger on which the future peace of the' world may well depend. , A bleak picture of the starvation facing Europe and the lcanM fare awaiting this nation was coupled with an appeal for more proV (luelion and a united front on the new world economic crisis that has arisen with the approach of the end of tho European war.' Here are the developments " ' ' thai brought out the full nature .f the seriousness of the world food situation: Judge Samuel I. Hosenman, who made a tour of liberated areas of northwest Europe at the direction of the late President Roosevelt, told President Truman the economic problems of those areas are "extremely serious." Lowor U. S. Rations Seen He said a "realistic appraisal" indicated that the U. S. will have t lie task of providing a "substan tia! share" of most civilian sup plies including food, line! urged n widespread campaign to acquaint the pi'oplc with the gravity of I he situation and the need for re duced food rations here to meet our "responsibilities." American, Canadian and Brit iih feiod officials, who have been conferring here, declared unilerd nations requirements rue higher See STARVATION . . . Page 5 Italian Fascist Army Surrenders To General Clark ROME, May 1 (UP) Marshal Rndolfo Graziiini unconditionally surrendered the Gorman-controlled Italian Ligurian army to the allies today, whil New Zealand troops of the 15th army group) made contact with Marshal Tito!4' Jugoslavian forces 16 miles north., west of Venice. ' ' Graziani told German and Ital ian troops of the Ligurian army, that "further resistance would be useless" and ordered his troops lo lay down their arms. The second New Zealand divi-. ' "ion crossed the Isonzo river ih i ,:' " uici wun iiius lurces in lira Mnnfalcono area. The fascist Liguriun army had been fighting alongside tho Gor. mans in northern Italy under the command of Graziani, who ire11 portedly was a prisoner of Nie: allies, .- 1 . Vv; Graziani signed the uncondi tional surrender proclamation. : ',' General Mark W. Clark's allied armies in northern Italy, con tinued to slash through broken enemy ranks. Fifteenth ormj': group forces wore within 139 miles of the seventh American army on the north and 2214 milps from the French on tho wost.i-,, Guidance Is Held r Paramount Need r Of War Veterans v Proper guidance for returning servicemen, that thoir latent tal ents may be directed into the proper channels, and they should be given tho opportunity to try different typesi of employment until they find that which they, can do best. la This was the substance of n statement by Robert Webb,' who served as a lieutenant in the south Pacific for two years, who spoko last night at a meeting of tftp Union county veterans employ ment committee. ''. YVcbb said many of the boys who were employed before they went into the service will have See GUIDANCE . . . Page 5 Baseball Results ; - Amorlcan Loaguo R. H. E. Washington 100 001 020 4 4 0 Boston 120 002 OOx 5 10 1 Niggeling, Pierctll (8) and Gu-' e rra; O'Neill, Woods (8) and Gar hark, Holm. Chicago 000 400 010 5,6 10 Detroit 000 000 000 0 1 '0 Huynes and Tresh; Wilson. Mueller (6) and Swift. ; Philadelphia ul New York posj poneel, rain. . ' ' National Ltagu St. Louis at Pittsburgh post poned, cold. New York at Philadelphia, postponed, rain. v
