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Volume Llll
Doenitz Offers
elm
Inoccupation
London,' May 8 UPi Grand Ad
miral Karl Doenitz, appointed by
Adolf Hitler to succeed him- as
fuehrer of Germany, offered to
day to remain at the helm of the
government during allied, occupa
tion of the reich.
"When Germany is occupied,"
he told the German people in a
broadcast over the Flensburg
radio, "control will be in the
hunds of the occupying powers.
"It rests with them whether or
L not I and the reich government
, appointed by me can be in office.
Should I be able to be of use and
assistance to my ' fatherland by
continuing in office there, I shall
remain in office." . ;
Doenitz Skeptical
He recalled that he had prom
ised he would try "in the coming
times of distress" to provide tol
erable living conditions for Ger
man men, women and children,
but added:
"I don't know whether I shall
be able to help you in these hard
days." - ,
Doenitz told the Germans they
must face the fact that the foun
dations on which Hitler's third
reich were built had collapsed.
"Unity of. the state and (nazi)
party no longer exists," he said.
"The party has left the scene of
its activities."
Doenitz said he ordered the
-German high command to surren-
To Keep H
A fighting forces in all theaters of
war in order to "save the lives of
the German people.".- - - J
"On May 8 at 11 p. m. (3 p. m.
PWT)," he said, "hostilities will
cease. '
Dead Honored .
"Soldiers of the German armed
forces who proved their mettle in
countless battles will set out on
the bitter road to captivity, thus
making a last sacrifice for the
lives of women and children and
for the future of our nation.
"We bow in reverence before
the thousand-fold proven gallant
ry and sacrifice of our dead and
prisoners."
Doenitiz has not revealed the
personnel of his entire cabinet.
He did announce that Count Lud
wig Schwerin von Krosigk had
replaced Joachim van Ribbentrop
as foreign minister, however.
Is Allied Prisoner
The allies probably will treat
Doenitz as. a defeated command-
er in chief.
J London sources said it was al
most certain that he would not
be tried as a war criminal since
he had been a naval commander
without political power through
out the war until its final days.
Valley Authority,
Move Is Opposed
Washington, May 8 IP The
senate commerce committee today
voted against the Missouri valley
. authority bill sponsored by Sen.
James E. Murray, D., Mont.
The bill now will go to the
senate irrigation and reclamation
committee for further considera
tion. It also will be studied by
the senate agriculture committee.
The commerce committee was
supposed to consider only the
navigation and flood control pro
visions of the measure. The com
kmittee report written by Sen.
JJohn H. Overtnn D T.n cnlH
however, that all phases of the
proposal were studied and con
cluded: Bright Lights Go
On in America
Washington, "May 8 IP Bright
lights can be turned on tonight
throughout the nation with the
blessing of the war production
board.
Edward Falck, director of the
office of war utilities, revoked the
brownout order which had dark
ened shop windows, theater mar
quees and outdoor advertising
Jiens in most of the nation for
the past three months.
I IKOOPS ARE THANKED
London. May 8
Gen.
flight n Ficr,h,.,- i o v.FSment in tne case.
day order of thP dav. thanked the!
roen and women of the allied ex
peditionary force and said they
had "taken In stride the military
tasks so difficult as to be classed
by many doubters as impossible."
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He's the American fighter. The
soioier, ine sanor, ine marine,
the Wave, the Spar and the "lady marine" yet, it Is the spirit too
the war in Europe over, this typical American fighter turns his
End of Struggle in Europe
Announced by Churchill
London, May 8 (U.E) Prime Minister Churchill today proclaimed the end of the war in
Europe and pledged that Britain now would concentrate all her forces against Japan.
Britain may allow herself a "brief moment of enjoyment," he told his countrymen in a
brief radio speech, but added:
"Japan with all her treachery and greed remains unsubdued. Her despicable cruelties
call lor justice ana retribution. We must now concentrate all forces for the task ahead.
"Long live the cause of freedom! God save the king!"
Churchill broadcast from the cabinet room at his official residence, 10 Downing street,
at 3 p.m. (6 a.m. PWT), then proceeded to commons.
The house gave him an uproarious welcome. When the cheers had died down, he read
to ; the members the s a m e
Nazi Ships Get
Allied Orders
London, May 8 Ui The ad
miralty announced today that all
German and German - controlled
shlps o every type were being
ordered to report their positions
to the nearest allied wireless sta
tion, receive orders to proceed to
port and await further orders.
The orders were being issued
under terms of the German fleet
surrender, the admiralty said.
"All warships, auxiliaries, mer
chant ships and other craft in
harbor are bfing ordered to re
main in harbor," the announce
ment said.
U-boats at sea are being or-
dered to surface, to fly a black
nag or pennant, ana 10 report ,
their position in p ain language
to the nearest wireless telegraph ;
station. They will then proceed on
tne sunace to sum yun as ""'y
may be directed."
Adams, McMickle
Case Remanded
Salem, Ore., May 8 up
The
state supreme court today
re-
manded to the Deschutes county;
circuit court the case of E. O.
Adams vs. B. H. McMickle, after i
vacating the lower court's Judge-:
The suit was for a decree re
quiring McMickle to accept the
value of personal property award
ed him. Justice Percy Kelley
wrote the decision, and the case
returns for further proceedings.
THE BEND. BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES
spirit in his face is the spirit that
tne coast guardsman, tne liier, of
speech he had broadcast a
half-hour earlier.
Surrender Reviewed
He reviewed briefly the
signing of the original uncon
ditional surrender pact of
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
headquarters at Reims yester-
day and the arrangements for
its ratification in Berlin to-
day.
Despite the capitulation, he
said, the Germans in some
places still were resisting the
red army.
"Should they continue to do so
after midnight tonight," he said.
"they will of course deprive them
selves of the laws of war and will
be attacked from all quarters by
allied troops.
Releases News
"It Is not surprising that on
such long fronts and in the exist
ing disorder of the enemy, the
commands of the German high
command should not jn evory
Nevertheless, he said, it did not
seem best to withhold loneer the
news of Germany s capitulation
"nor should it prevent us from
celebrating today and tomorrow
as victory in Europe days."
"Today, perhaps, we shall think
mostly of ourselves," he said.
"Tomorrow, we shall Dav nartinti.
nar tribute to our Russian corn-
rartcs whose prowess in the field
has been
one of the grand con
tributions to general victory.
"The German war, therefore, Is
at an end."
SOVTKTS SKIZK TIRFSnRV
London, May 8 IP Soviet!
troops have captured Dresden I
oner a iwu-uay name, t-remicr
Stalin announced In an order of
the day today.
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
wins battles. It Is the snlrit of the
tne army and navy nurse, the Wac,
of the hom& front. And now, with
eyes westward to the broad Pacific.
Snell Proclaims
1945 Fire Season
Contending that the fire hazard
is great In the timberlands now,
Gov. Earl Snell today proclaimed
a closed fire season in Oregon,
advancing the closure one week
from May 15, when the season Is
usually declared, according to a
telegram received by officials of
the Deschutes national forest. Un
less otherwise lifted by the gov
ernor, the closed season will con
tinue until December 31, It was
stated.
Under the terms of the gover
nor's order, no slash or debris
may be burned without a permit
from state foresters or rangers,
it was said. The proclamation
places the Oregon state fire law
into effect, and provides for the
arrest of persons starting fires
without permits, or whose fires
spread and cause loss of life or
property damage.
Ralph W. Crawford, supervisor
of the Deschutes forest, said,
however, that campflre permits
are not necessary in national for
ests until July 1, but he urged
extreme caution In the handling
of any flrei.
German U-Boars May
Be Used in Jap War
Washington, May 8 IP) Ger
man U-boats soon mav he ulnklncf
1 Japanese ships.
Germany s surrender should
make available 200 to 300 submar-
ines WH clt the All on ....
iln the war against JaDan a re
'liable source said todav '
BULL!
COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1945
War
on
President Warns All Nation
t'v By Merriam Smith -s, ' a
(Ilmttd PnM Bwtf CorrwpgndcnO
.. ..Wa1f!hinfton Mfy 8, (U.P.) President Truman today proclaimed victory in Europe but told the nation '
its fighting job would be finished only "when the last Japanese division has surrendered unconditionally."
He said "our victory is only half-won." He gave this counsel for the months to come:
: - "Work, work, work." -
t He gave this advice to the Japanese: surrender. . " ' :
; Surrounded by his government leaders, Truman issued his proclamation of victory and his statement of :
the work yet to do at a historic news conference in the White House. Then he broadcast them to the nation.
;s Outside, while the president spoke, a chill rain, fell. :
; "This," the president said, "is a solemn but glorious hour." . ,
He voiced the thought of millions by adding: ; ; v.;
"How I wish Franklin Roosevelt had lived to see this day." V j
; The president reminded the nation in its flush of victory that it had not been fighting alone. And he pro
claimed Sunday, May 13, a day of prayer. , ' . '
"I call upon all the people of the United States, whatever their'faith. to unite in offering iovful thanka
Roar of Guns
Not Yet Silent
In All Europe
By Virgil Pinkley
(United Press Wsr Correspondent)
Paris, May 8 ui The bloodiest
war. n Europe's history ended of
fieWly at 3.01, p.m. PWT today,
with the unconditional surrender
of Germany scheduled to be rati
fied in the ruins of the relch'8
capital city of Berlin. 1
Guns are blazing and men are
still dying in some parts of Eur
ope, but the cease-fire order has
gone down from the high com
mand of the western allies.
The end of the war was pro
claimed by President Truman,
Prime Minister Churchill and
Gen. Charles Dp-Gaulle of France.
Premier Stalin waited presum
ably until Gregory K. Zhukov,
conqueror of Berlin, sits down In
the reich capital and exacts as
surance from German leaders
that their troops will quit fight
ing the' red army. Such fighting
still was going on briskly in cen
tral Europe.
Ships On Move
British warships steamed up
the roadstead toward Oslo to ac
cept the surrender of some 250,
000 German troops in Norway.
What Is left of the German
navy received specific orders
from the allies on how to sur
render. German warships were or
dered to remove the breech locks
from their guns and unload tor
pedo tubes. The U-boats, once the
terror of the Atlantic, were or
dered to surface immediately if
they still were at sea, hoist black
flags and report their position in
plain language to the nearest ra
dio station.
Gen. George S. Patton's Third I
army, the last American force
fighting in Europe, was brought
to a standstill by a cease fire or
der at 8 a.m. Front reports in
dicated the army's last shot was
fired In the Austrian mountains
southwest of Linz,
War Loan Drive
Gets Good Start
In the opening week of the
seventh war loan drive Deschutes
county bond purchases are mov
ing at an encouraging rate, ac
cording to the office of A. L. O.
Schueler, chairman of the drive,
with the announcement that
$92,934 has been subscribed to
ward the $1,141,000 goal.
The amount of "E" bonds pur
chased in the county totals $74,
460, compared with the $654,000
quota. Although 8.1 of the total
established goul has been sub
scribed, "E" bonds, which are be
ing emphasized in the 7th drive,
account for a substantial per
centage of the purchases, It is
pointed out. $18,474 has been In
vested in bonds other than "E"
type.
Differing from former drives,
the seventh loan will continue in
drive intensity over a longer
period, extending through July.
Only one more drive, the eighth,
is planned for the year, It was
said.
to God for the victory we have
support us to the end of our
into to the way of peace. -
"I also call upon my countrymen' to dedicate this day of
prayer to the memory of those who have given their lives to
make possible our victory." ' .: 5
The president sent his ' congratulations and thanks to
Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Premier Joseph Stalin,!
anrl Hon Phnlaa TVif! n 1 1 11.. '
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Ike Congratulated
To Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, he said :
"All of us owe to you and to your men of many nations a
debt beyond appraisal for their high contribution to thg con
quest of nazusm." '
, , Truman counted the cost of victory. He did not forget "the
terrible price we have paid to rid the world of Hitlcrlmcj his
evinbandrH .j.; -I ,i 4- d -i-.
: tsut neiso soimqea a note
"United, the peace-lovintr
onstrated in the west that
than the might of dictators or
tnat once called us soit ana weahv .
"The power of our peoples to defend themselves against
all enemies will be proved in
proved in Europe."
Peace Is Goal
And with victory, the president said, "we must work to
bind up the wounds of a suffering world to build an abiding
peace, a peace rooted in justice and in law."
For the Japanese, he said, the choice is between uncondi
tional surrender and "utter
war production, to its shipping, and to everything that sup
ports its military activity."
He gave Japan this promise, this invitation to survival:
"Unconditional surrender does not mean the extermina
tion or enslavement of the Japanese people."
He spelled out patiently the choice which is Japan's.
"The longer the war lasts,"
the suffering and hardships
undergo all in vain.
lap Come Next
"Our blows will not cease until the Japanese military and
naval forces lay down their arms in unconditional surrender.
Just what does unconditional surrender ot the armed
forces mean for the Japanese
It means the end of the war.
"It means the termination of the influence of the military
leaders who have brought Japan to the present brink of
disaster.
"It means provision for the
to their families, their farms,
"It means not prolonging
of the Japanese in the vain hope
Gen. George C. Marshall,
tary of War Henry L. Stimson
voices to observance of V-E day.
Team Complimented
Marshall told the men in Europe that they had composed,
with their allies, the greatest
he did not forget the men who have been fighting so long in
the Pacific. They will be getting help soon, he said, and rest.
To veterans throughout the world Marshall said :
"Those veterans who have been long overseas and suffered
hazards and hardships of many battles should be spared
further sacrifices, but others
flood to the Pacific to bring that war to the earliest possible
conclusion as well as to relieve the war weary veterans in that
theater."
Stimson said the German leaders had been shattered but
added :
"They must be watched lest they again poison civilization."
United Nations
Observe Victory
San Francisco, May 8 MP)
United nations leaders with Rus
sia notably absent today paid
tribute to victory In Europe.
Representatives of the United
States, Britain, France and China
gathered In the San Francisco
memorial opera house for a brief
ceremony marking Germany's
unconditional surrender.
A Russian spokesman said that
the Soviet abstained from the
ceremony because, so far as they
knew officially, hostilities were
still in process and blood was still
being shed.
' -' . I .
ons Still
won and to pray that he will?
present .struggle and guide us
'
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or irtumpij ana nope. ,.
nations," Be said, "ha W dem
their, arms are -stronger by far
the tyranny of military cliques
the Pacific war as it has been
destruction to Japan's industrial
he said, "the greater will be
which the people of Japan will
people?
return of soldiers and sailors
their jobs.
the present agony and suffering
of victory.
army chief of staff, and Secre
and many others added their
military team in history. But
must move in an overwhelming
Work to Resume
At Mill May 9
Work will be resumed In the
plant and logging operations of
The Shevlin-IIIxon Company at
8 a.m. tomorrow, it was Jointly
announced today by company of
ficials and members of the Inter
national Woodworkers of Ameri
ca (CIO).
ai me piani it was statea mat thought his wife loved more than
"our differences had been settled , him.
and that the workmen who had Pleading guilty to second de
been idle since last Wednesday, gree arson yesterday, McWhorter
would return to their posts with asald that since his marriage last
the day shift tomorrow. Opera
tions of the plant had been halted
because of a disagreement over
the conduct of the dry chain.
Weather Forecast
Fair today, tonight and Wed
nesday. Slightly wanner in east
ern portion, i ..
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Allied Troops ;
Will Disarm
Norway Nazis ;
London, May 8 U" Crown
Tl..! rr.,T AMMnnjAH I klA '
9f Norwegian forces, disclosed to.
-day that allied troops will be gent
to Norway 'to disarm thtf ciplltt-"
lated foroo of 250,000 Gertnans "
there. ' '
Olav, in a broadcast to Norway,
called for calm and urged his
countrymen not to take matters -in
their own hands In punishing ;
traitors and Germans.
"Even : though the Germans
have capitulated that does not end .
the stale of war," he said. "Until
all enemy forces have been dis
armed the determining factor will .
be the military operations which
must be undertaken in order to
carry out terms of the capitula
tion." Will Give Aid
The crown prince said he had
put Norwegian air, land, and
naval units in Britain and Sweden
at the disposal of the supreme '
allied command to help allied
forces in disarming the Germans.
An earlier broadcast notified
the German high command that
two planes would carry allied
plenipotentiaries to Norway today
to accept the German surrender.
The BBC European service
radioed the German command
that two white-painted planes, a
Catalina and a Sunderland, would
carry the envoys. It asked con
firmation of safe conduct for the
aircraft.
The planes will land at Oslo air
port. Underground leaders were re
ported taking control of Norway
pending the arrival of an advance
detachment of five members of
King Haakon's government from
London.
1,1st Prepared
The underground was under
stood to have prepared a list of
possibly as many as 30,000 col
laborationists for trial as traitors.
Under a law passed by the Nor
wegian exile government In Lon
don, all members of puppet Pre
mier Vidkun Quisling's national
samling party are subject to pub
lic trial for treason.
Quisling himself will be tried
as an arch traitor at the earliest
possible moment, Norwegian
sources said. If convicted, he will
be sentenced to death.-
King Haason and the bulk of
his government will return to
Norway from London as soon as
the military situation permits.
Once re established at Oslo, the
government will resign to permit ,
formation of a new government
including members of the resist
ance movement.
Wife's Love for House
Causes Fire t.i Spokane
Spokane, Wash.. Mav 8 (IP)
John McWhorler, 43, started a
10 -year prison term today for
netttner flrn in n hnusa urhlnh ho
summer, his bride had shown
more affection for the house she
was buying than for him, so he
set fire to It last Saturday.
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