TTW MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday. May 9, I94S
ATTEMPTED NAZ
SURRENDER STORY
TDLD TO PUBLIC
Progress of Move to Surren
der Germany to Western
. Allies Bevealed to Public.
Washington, May 3 U.R)
Acting Secretary of State Joseph
C. Grew today unveiled the hour-
to-hour story of Heinrich Himm
ler's unsuccessful attempt to sur
render Germany to the United
States and Great Britain.
Grew revealed that Himmler
was told yesterday by Swedish
Count Folke Bernadotte, after
the Count had returned to Stock
holm, that President tTruman
would accept Germany's uncon
ditional surrender only if It were
made "to the three Allied gov
ernments on all fronts" rather
than Just to the two western Al
lies. Receives No Reply
The American Legation In
Stockholm said Bernadotte re
ported yesterday that he had de
livered the president's message
'but had received no reply'
li'om the Germans.
Grew's chronological account
of the Nazi Gestapo chief s sur
render offer began with a dis
closure that British and Amer
ican representatives were called
to the Swedish Foreign Minister
April 24 at 11 p. m., Swedish
time (5 p. m., EWT) and advised
of Himmler a offer.
At three a. m. Swedish time
the next day, American Minister
Herschel V. Johnson reported
tlie negotiations to the State De
partment.
Himmler In Charge
Grew said his message relayed
these facts:
"Count Bernadotte met Himm
ler at Lubeck at 1 o'clock the
morning of April 24 at Hlmm
ler's request. Himmler said Hit
ler was so HI he might already
be dead and could not live more
than two days. (Gen. Schullen-
burg, Hlmmler's confidential
staff officer, said . Hitler was
suffering from brain hemmorh-
age), and that he, Himmler, was
therefore in a position of full
authority.
"Himmler asked the Swedish
government to arrange for .him
to meet (Gen. Dwlght D.) Elsen
hower In order to arrange to ca
pitulate on the whole western
front (Including Holland).
"Bernadotte asked If Norway
and Denmark were Included ln
the capitulation. Himmler agreed
to order his troops In Norway
and Denmark to surrender to
American, British . or Swedish
troops.
Russians Excluded
"Himmler said he hoped to be
able to continue to fight on the
eastern front and stipulated that
his offer was for the western
Allies only."
On the same day, April 25,
President Truman hurried to the
Pentagon for a meeting with the
Joint chiefs of staff and Grew
and Immediately contacted
Prima Minister Winston Church
111 to "agree upon messages"
which would advise Premier
Josef Stalin of the Himmler otter.
Grew said the president sent
his message to Stalin, "summar
ising the Himmler offer and stat
ing that the British and Amer
ican governments proposed to re
ject it."
The nresldmt added that Brit
ain and the United States would
"inform Himmler that uncondi
tional surrender to the govern
ments of the United States, Great
Britain and the Soviet Union is
the only acceptable offer. ,
Stalin Agrees
At noon the following day, the
Charge d' Affaires of the Russian
Embassy here, Nikolai Novikof,
called on Grew with Stalin's re
ply "thanking th president for
the lnlormation and agreeing to
the proposed message" to be re
layed to Himmler via Stockholm.
Grew took Stalin's reply to
President Truman and one hour
later at 1 p. m April 28 the
president cabled the American
Legation In Stocknulm, advising
the American Minister that the
only acccptuble terms would be
unconditional surrender to the
Big Three "on all fronts."
It pointed out that If the Ger
mans wanted to surrender on
these terms, the German forces
should surrender to local com
manders in the field. It added
that where resistance continues
"the Allied armies will conunur
to press the attack."
TO CLOSE MAY 15
May IS has been announced as
the closing date of the annual
drive for cancer control funds by
the American Cancer society, a
telegram received today by Mrs.
John Day, county chairman,
stated. Originally scheduled to
close May 9, the drive has been
extended due to the fact that it
was later in starting than had
been anticipated according to
David Simpson, Portland state
chairman.
Mrs. Day repeated the fact
that contributions for the control
of cancer, which is responsible
for the death of one out of every
eight Americans, may be left at
either of the Medford banks, at
the Chamber of Commerce, mail
ed to her address, Groveland ave-
e, or put into a stamped en
velope addressed Cancer and put
into the mails,
E
Roosevelt School
Gets Health Honor
Roll Trophy Award
As a result of physical exam
ination of Medford grade school
students climaxing National
Child Health Day, Roosevelt
school was awarded the Health
Honor Roll trophy Tuesday after
82.8 per cent of the pupils quali
fied for the roll. Members of the
roll are students who have no
serious remedial defects or have
had defects corrected. Jackson
school was second with 78.3 per
cent.
The "health Inspection", or
daily health duties award, was
won by Lincoln school with 89.6
ner cent of the pupils passing
Roosevelt school was awarded
second place with 99 plus per
cent.
Tenants Advised
To Get Receipts
Tenants who wish to protest
rent overcharges should show
their receipts or equally satis
factory evidence of the amount of
payment, E. B. McCutchan, rent
attorney for this rent area ad
vised today.
"Tenants are often not aware
of the fact that landlords are re
quired under federal rent regu
lations to give a receipt showing
the amount of rent paid, the pe
riod covered and the living ac
commodations to which it ap
plies," McCutchan explained. He
said that without a receipt it is
sometimes Impossible to estab
lish the. amount of a cash pay
ment and the area rent office In
that event is unable to obtain
a refund for the tenant.
12 CHICKENPOX CASES
REPORTED FOR WEEK
Twelve cases of chickenpox.
reported for various parts of the
county, top this week's list of
communicable diseases reported
to the county health officer last
week. The cases were reported
from Ashland, Prospect, Talent,
Phoenix and Medford.
Also listed were two cases of
scarlet fever In Prospect and
Medford, three cases of measles,
two in Medford and ono in Ash
land and one in Jacksonville.
JUSTICE TO STAY
Washington, Mav 3. U.R
The supreme court's leading dis
senter. Associate Justice Owen
J. Roberts, becomes eligible for
retirement today. He plans to
stick to his Job, friends report.
Kobcrts, celebrating his 70th
birthday, now may retire at any
lime at full salary of S20.000 an
nually,
V
BIRTHS
HOUSTON To Mr. and Mrs.
Lindsey, Gold Hill. May 2. 1945,
a boy, seven pounds, at Com
munity Hospital.
KITTR1DGE To Capt. and
Mrs Geo., Jr., 509 Austin, May 2.
a boy, seven pounds, at Com
munity hospital.
LATHROP To Mr. and Mrs.
James, Williams street. May 1,
a boy, nine pounds, at Commun
ity hospital.
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are Christian, converted by 300
years of missionary work by
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Since sugar for home canning
will be more rigidly controlled
this year than in the past, speci
fic instructions for applying for
the sugar are being issued by the
Medford war price and ration
board.
. Applications for the canning
sugar, Form R341, will be avail
able at grocery sores covered by
the Medford board within the
next several days, it was stated,
and housewives are to obtain the
blanks from their grocers or
from the ration board office.
Issuance of coupons will - start
here about May 15.
The following steps are to be
observed in obtaining the sugar:
Obtain one application per fam
ily from grocer or board, fill out
form completely, attach spare
stamp 13 from war ration book
IV for each member of the fam
ily covered in the application,
submit the form to -the local
OPA, either in person or by
mail. Be sure to apply for sugar
well in advance of the time it is
needed since each application
will be studied by a panel organ
ized for this purpose and imme
diate action will not be possible.
If any part of the form- Is. not
filled out, it will be returned to
the applicant. ... ...
After the application is ap
proved, horns canning . coupons
will be mailed to the applicant.
The coupons will be one-pound
(R-330) and five-pound (K-342)
denominations. The five-pound
coupons must be endorsed by
the applicant or any member of
his family unit listed on the ap
plication before they can be
spent and the serial number of
the endorsers' ration book four
must also be placed on the cou
pons. Expiration, late- for five
pound coupons is November 10,
1945.
Under - the latest order, 15
poifnds of canning sugar per per
son will be available, -or 120
pounds to a single family, even
when the family exceeds eight
persons. Of the 15-pound ration
per person, the housewife may
use up to five pounds for can
ning vegetables or making jams,
jellies, relishes, catsup, etc.
21 ENEMY SHIPS
Washington, May 3. (U.R) i
American submarines in the Far
East have sunk 21 more enemy
vessels, including two warships,
the navy announced today.
In addition to a destroyer and
an esort vessel, the submarines
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NAZIS SEE NO HOPE IN
SAN FRANCISCO MEET
London, May 3. (U.R)
Count Ludwig Schwerin von
Krosick, newly proclaimed Nazi
foreign minister, said today that
Germany failed to see in the
San Francisco Conference any
fulfillment of "what mankind
wants," adding that "we, too,
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Kroslck's first public state,
ment as foreign minister was
broadcast by the German radio.
He observed that he was speak
ing in Germany's "heaviest
hours."
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