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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-
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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