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and
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ilow all the longacccpica
if". .' u
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lone who h watched
him
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pro-
mi
i it German are atlll shoot-
I Riwlann. . .
bt iml Uiu British arc more
Indltlon-rlddcn. We Jut
tto make ourselves icei.tnai
AMENITIES have been com-
U with. Hence all thl
mbo-Jumbo om v-t uy.
P' Edward Kennedy's irtory
ywterday (most or wnicn
nem up oy cciiaurrumn u,n
to have Been sinctiy true,
ni nrlntlni It todny on an.
i(r. page, and wa think you
agree mai ii i one m mc
(. most vivid atorle to
he out of thl war. Certainly
lontilned Information that the
lrlcn people were entitled
lira WHEN IT HAPPENED.
He didn't sneak hla tory
bugh, having announced In
nct what he was going to
H make It nlaln today that
roiulders the censorship "thai
It it up as POLITICAL. In Its
aire, ana mis writer agree
Bi him.
' no stretch of the Imnuln'
can It be regarded a new
living military security, a
German went on tho air a
u they had signed and told
ibout it. In the censored
of yesterday. It appeared
lible that something might
!s been put over on the Rus
', but ft Is made plain this
nlng that RUSSIAN OF-
&HS were present at the
mj, ma- so everything was
, 1 '
pHAPS tho term "political"
Icniorshlp- should bo ex-
IIM here. It rinesn't moan
poilcan censorship or Dcmo-
c wnsorsnip, But refcra to
kind of new censoring by
rnmenta which smack of
I the public know only
It ought to be PERMITTED
now.
It Is what honest nw-
men feel that they must
gainst In tho la it hrnclh
fjhllng political consorhlp
JY form, sincere newspaper
"! mat tncy arc defending
i mo urst principles of
ucmocrauc government.
IS Writer hftllntfA iUmt Van.
I an honest rcportor who
rylni to dn hi.
L I.Tki. " - """"
r i tun spunK, '
.
IhU critical moment In hl.
Sin' 'rirl""0"1 PcPlo must
rr nuAjBsr the feeling
Pat the German war la all
" up ana i niahnH
""ML shooting I
i u t DUl lne magnitude
JOB Hint IIpji nllonrl nf
rape Is literally stupendous.
h .ucp 'llh with those
wa, the nazl war crlm
murt be PUNISHED
tri.1 ,lcrny- The war
nais mustn'i h n..i.j
generate Into the travesty
E..,,hnl w ce so often
pr trial, wlth American
n? .i?"11 ourselvca to
f the P.nmnR . -
ia i '-infill wr Ma B
ls all buttoned up, and
3.'f wr hands and forget
, ' e 8b"ll betray future
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the last w, .J".'"
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inlsnV unhamedly glad
Ml wagv0t i" 0er,ma.ny
w VJ in There la In-
wndency to be too soft at
llvn il ,V "nrt " equally
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Solving Of Problems
Following V-E
Day Seen
By JOHN M. HIOHTOWER
Associated Pros Diplomatic
News Editor
8AN FRANCISCO, Mny 8 (I1)
A meeting of President Truman,
Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Stalin la expected by
United Nation diplomats U be
arranged soon after V-E Day.
These gatherings believe Hint
only a gathering of the Big
Three probably aomcwhero in
the European area can solve
some of the urgent problem
now arising from the total de
feat of Germany and lay the
basic plans for restoring civil
order and real peace to Eu
rope. .
These are regarded as prob
lems linked closely to the job,
being rushed forward by tho
United Nation conference, of
creating a permanent organiza
tion to maintain peace and se
curity throughout the world.
Reinforce Demand
Tho Immediate impact of the
onding of tho European war is
to reinforce demands of Secre
tary Steltlnlus, Foreign Minis
ter Eden, Russian Commissar
Molotov and other leaders that
the conference lose "no time In
finishing lu task.
This I now considered a
little less than half done with
two to three week of work
ahead. Unanimous agreement
among tho big powers on the
(Continued on Page Three)
FUTURE UNCERTAIN
LONDON, May 8 (P) Liber
atod by American troops after
Jive years of nar.l imprisonment,
King Leopold III of Belgium to
day faced a future beset with
uncertainty,
Tho 43-ycar-old monarch and
hla queen a commoner whom
he married while a prisoner
were rescued by U. S. seventh
army doughboys who overpow
ered German SS (elite guard)
troop guarding the royal party
at Strobl, eight miles cast of
Salzburg In Austria.
Children Accompany.
With the king and queen
were 18 members of their staff
and their four children, three of
tho latter by his first wife,
Queen Astrld, who died In an
automobile accident in Switzer
land In 193S.
. A- group of civilians had tip
ped tho doughboys off to the
whorcabouts of the royal en
tourage, and their liberation fol
lowed quickly.
Mixed Reactions
Roports from Belgium have
Indicated that the king's homo
coming would be received with
(Continued on Page Three)
00
Eisenhower Refuses To Suspend Filing
Privileges Of
PARIS. May 8 UP) Gen. El
senhower informed correspon
dents at supreme headquarters
today that no action could be
taken against a news agency or
organization for the act of any
individual correspondent or cor
respondents. Elsenhower replied by tele
phone through his deputy chief
of staff, MaJ. Gen. Sir Freder
ick E. Morgan, to a letter signed
by 54 correspondents at SHAEF
which asked that all Associated
Proas correspondents In this
theater bo suspended until 24
hours after the official announce
ment of Germany's surrender.
' 'Unauthorised" Story
Tho eorrcsDondonts made tho
request as a result of what su
nreme hcadouartors described as
an ,Junauthorlzed" transmission
of AP Correspondent Edward
Kennedy's story yesterday oi mo
Reims surrender.
For nearly seven hours yester
day afternoon, after the surren
der story was published, all As
sociated Press filing facilities
from tho European theater-.were
suspended, but later this was
lifted for all the AP staff ex
in The Shattla-Comrade Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 194S
Jap Suicide Plane Wreckage On U. S.
5 f
w
Army nurses view wreckag of Jap auicide plane on the USS Comfort, nary hospital ship,
which the anamy plana crashed into off Okinawa. Left to. right: Lt. Mary L. Carpenter, Le An
gelm Lt. Gertrude J. Weiss, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Lt. lerme Jacoby, San Diego, Calif.,- Lt.
Frances M. Lajavic, Cannonburgh. Pa.; Lt. Dorit Gardner, Kenosha, Wis.! Lt. Mary Rodden.
Waukesha, Wis. The Jap plane killed 29 aboard the resseL injured 33 other and on person I
mixing. (AP wlrephoto from nary).
'Cease-Fire' Order Issued
By Czech-Nazi Agreement
" LONDON, Mny 8 P) The .'
Czech -controlled radio an
nounced tonight that a "cease
fire" order had been Issued In
Prague and it ' vicinity upon
agreement between the Czech
and German commander.
Marshal Stalin announced the
capture of Dresden, capital of
Axony, a the dying German
grip slowly relaxed on the south
ern Gcrmnn pocket while allied
Europe celebmlcd V-E Day.
The Czech broadcast said the
conso. fire order was Issued at
7:25 p. m. 3 0.25 a. m. (PWT.)
Olmuets Falls
Shortly before, Marshal Stalin
announced the fall of Olmuctz,
a rail center 128 miles cast of the
Czechoslovak capital.
Tho Bclgrado radio also an
nounced that Marshal Tito's
Yugoslav partisan had captured
Zagreb, capital of puppet Croa
tia and last major Yugoslav city
that had been held by the Ger
mans. Still Fighting
. Only a handful of nazl hold
outs were reported still fighting
at noon in Prague, largest Euro
pean city still :n the hands -of
defiant German forces.
The Czech broadcast said who
ever did not obey the order to
censo fire would be court
martlnlcd. The Prague broadcast said a
similar order had been transmit
ted to German troops by the
chief of the International Red
Cross i:i Prague "in the name of
t!it German commander ",
' Delegation Leave
It added that a Czech delega
tion was leaving Prague for
Ccske Budcjovlce (Budweise) in
southern Bohemia territory
which apparently is controlled
by Gon. Patton's U. S. third
army "to negotiate the uncon-
AP At Request
cept Kennedy himself. Kennedy
is chief of the AP's western front
staff.
Also Suspended
' This afternoon the suspension
order was Imposed also on Mor
ton ludebrod, member of The
Associated Press Paris Eta ft
whose assignment is to super
vise the distribution of AP serv
ice to the French press. This
service supplied Kennedy's story
to Paris newspapers with the ap
proval of French censorship.
The AP was informed that
Gudebrod was suspended, as In
the case of Kennedy, pending
the outcome of supremo head
quarters' investigatldn.
Ordered Action
Brig. Gen, Frank A. Allen Jr.,
director of supreme headquar
ters' public relations division,
told a meeting summoned by cor
respondents that the original
suspension was Imposed at his
own order "so that I might check
SHAEF communications to de
termine If there had been any
violation by The Associated
Press of transmission involving
security."
He said he lifted the suspen-
'".
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(3
diiional surrender of the German
commandor Raimann." .
Fighting has been going on in
PraRue since Saturday.
Stalin said Dresden, last large
German city In the hands of ths
fighting German ' forces, was
taken after two days fighting.
William DeCew
Reported Missing
Mrs. William DeCew. (Thirza
Anderson), today was ' advised
by the war department, Wash
ington, D. C of details concern
ing her husband, SSgt. William
DeCew, missing since March 2,
over uormany.
The message stated that Dc
Cow was flying over Gicsser.
Germany, when he and other
planes In the formation encoun
tered heavy anti-aircraft fire
and enemy planes; When last
seen,- DeCew's ship was going
down unoor control. Mrs. Lie
Cew is a member of office per
sonnel at Hillside Hospital
Vivid Account Of
Surrender, Page 8
On Pago 8 of today's paper
will be found the detailed
story of 4 the conference on
Monday morning when Nazi
Germany's representatives
signed tile papers of surren
dcr. This story is based on
AP Correspondent Edward
Kennedy s original dispatch,
which was. cut short by the
question cf premature release.
Don't miss this spontaneous,
vivid account of one of the
great events of history. Page
8-
Of Newsmen
sion order on all but Kennedy
on recommendation of his inves
tigating committee.
Allen emphasized that "the
investigation is being continued.
It is not yet complete."
Not Punishment
The AP's transmission facili
ties, he added, "were' stopped to
investigate, not to punish. There
coul t be no punishment until
the Investigation is completed."
Kennedy remained under sus
pension pending outcome of the
Investigation of any violation of
SHAEF censorship or violation of
confidence, he said.
In reply to demands that com
plete suspension be . Imposed
again at once, Allen declared,
:t Is my firm conviction that
I lack the authority to punish
The Associated Press as an or
ganization for the act of one cor
respondent." -Refuse
to Sign
Two correspondents present
refused to sign the letter to Ei
senhower on the grounds it was
action before investigation had
disclosed the facts, and that
they were opposed to cutting off
(Continued on . Page Three)
Numlwr 10460
Mercy Ship
-
FEW CELEBRATE
E
It was: business as usual in
Klamath Falls today, V-E ' Day.
As far as state police were
concerned, Monday, the day of
surrender, was "more like a
Sunday" than a day of celebra
tion. There were no arrests of
a major character and although
patrols ranged throughout
Klamath county, It was exceed
ingly quiet.
Only minor accidents, such
as fender dents were reported
to tne snerlii s odice.
The city police reported a lit
tle excitement above the Fre
mont bridge at about 10 o'clock
Monday morning. Two officers
were on patrol when they saw
someone floundering in the wa
ters of Upper Klamath lake
near a log boom. They ran out
on the boom and pulled in a
young Klamath Union high
school student who had enjoyed
part of his holiday from school
playing around the lake.. Two
other companions were on the
hlllS above the lake. The boy
was sopping wet but other than
that, little the worse for wear.
City officers arrested three
teen-age drivers who were cele
brating a little unwisely when
they allegedly drove their cars
in . excess of the speed limit.
Two of the cars were stopped in
Moore park, another in town.
The youngsters were turned
over to Klamath County Juve
nilo Officer Harold Hendrlckson
and he has taken the cases un
der consideration. The boys
gave V-E Day as an excuse for
their, exuberance.
" A couple of Klamath restau
rants reported they ran out of
food as their doors .were
stormed by residents who were
caught on a Monday with little
left after a weekend of plentiful
meals.
All in all, it was a pretty
quiet celebration and the busiest
place was the bond booth of the
7th War Loan on Main street
where Mrs. Rose Poole said
sales were going thick and fast
right up until 10 o'clock Mon
day night.
Bond Sales Hit
$65,000 'Monday
Seventh War Loan sales In
Klamath county rose rapidly
today following the opening of
headquarters at 739 Main street.
Monday's sales hit $65,000,
and bonds were going rapidly
again today. .
From ; April 9 to April 30,
inclusive, Klamath E bond sales
amounted to $105,770, . or 6.9
per cent of the quota of $1,
538,000. Sales since May 1
have pushed the total up rapid
ly. .
While current sales go into
the quota, the real 'campaign
will start on May 14 with a
kickoff breakfast, according- to
Rose Poole, general chairman
for the. women's groups in
charge of the drive. ... ,.
Guns Fall Silenf
n Western; Frorrt.
By The Associated Pre
LONDON, May 8 The guns fell silent on the western front tonight and President Tru
man and Prime Minister Churchill proclaimed the victory to the world.
All hostilities were ordered ended by 3:01 p. m., PWT. The cease fire orders had come
out earlier from supreme headquarters. The U. S. third army, it was disclosed, had been
ordered to hold its fire at 11 p. m., PWT, Sunday, six hours after Germany's representatives
had acknowledged their defeat to Gen. Eisenhower. ; . ,
Premier Stalin hot yet to proclaim full victory, but he announced two triumphs by his
red army virtually eliminating the last resistance on the Russian sector. These were the
capture of Dresden in Germany and Olmuetz in Czechoslovakia.
: - Churchill announced Russia's Marshal Gregory Zhukov and other allied representatives
were ratifying and confirming the peace at Berlin today.
. Eisenhower said his victory had been made possible by "teamwork not only among all
the allies participating, but among all the services, land, sea and air."
Bath Churchill and Truman summoned their nations to a battle to the finish against
Allies Gain Slowly
In Pacific Theater
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Pre War Editor
With the promise of huge reinforcements in men and
material from Europe, allied ' around forces reported slow but
steady gain on every Pacific front today except on erratic
Chine battleground.
Allied commander righting Japan generally greeted V-E
Day with quiet satisfaction, while Tokyo' worries over possible
entrance of 'the Soviet Union into the Pacific war were
heightened. Gen. Jiro Minami, head of Japan's totalitarian
party, told the Nipponese that defeat of Germany left them
nothing "to think about but how to win."
Tokyo reported Iwo Jima based Mustang fighter raided
the Tokyo airfield today as about SO Superfort. continued
neutralising, raid on auicide air baes in southern Japan. Bomb
ers ranging down the China coast and up to Tokyo sank five
sizable Japanese ships and
damaged six others,
. U. S. third army forces made
general - advances on Okinawa
where they have killed 36,535
enemy, soldiers . since they in
vaded the stepping stone island
325 miles south of Japan April 1.
Use Field
Allied planes began operating
from the captured 4600-foot air
field on.Tarakan; bringing every
. corner of oil rich Borneo with-
in- their range. Australian uv
fantrymen and Dutch colonials
came within a mile and a half
of completing their drive across
Tarakan island first step in the
reconquest of Borneo.
In . the strangest battle in the
Philippines the; U.- S. 41st di
vision annihilated 800 ground
ed Japanese airmen trapped on
the Zamboanga peninsula of
Mindanao.. They had fled .from
New Guinea where Australians
were reported closing in on We
wak. 31st Gain
On the western flank of Min-
danoa the 31st gained eight miles
while the 24th won a clash with
the enemy near Davao. The
25th edged up Balete pass on
Luzon in the northern Philip
pines as other Yanks developed
an enveloping move toward an
other entrance to fertile Cagayan
valley. . .
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Germans Start
Homeward M arch
COPENHAGEN, Denmark,
May 8 (P) Nearly 300,000 Ger
man troops today started me
homeward march from all Den
mark in miles-long columns
along: the main roads.
The Germans transported
their luggage on wheel barrows,
perambulators and other make
shift vehicles.
Before their . departure they
burned official uaoers and blew
up- all hand grenades. All their
weapons are being icn at tne
border. . .
Troop Return
Slated Soon
LONDON, May 8 (fl5) Return
of army combat, personnel to
the United States by air on a
large scale will start in a few
months, Brig.-Gen. Earl S. Hoag,
air - transport command chief,
said today. .
His organization expects to
increase its trans-Atlantic and
inter-theater operations of four
engined aircraft by about 300 per
cent to carry out its share of
the redeployment program, he
added. Hoag said 2000 wounded
Americans had been evacuated
by air to the United States since
D-Day.
Swiss Sever
Relations
LONDON, May 8 (fl5) Switz
erland severed relations with
surrendered Germany ' today.-
Sweden, Spain and' Portugal
had made similar moves in the
past 48 hours.
The Swiss radio said the nazl
party in that Alpine country
had been dissolved and its lead
er, Wllhelm Staengel, was de
ported to Germany, The Ger
man legation and - consulates
were closed.
Perhaps the only remaining
neutral maintaining relations
witn Germany is Eire (Ireland)
PLANNED FOR PEACE
By WILLIAM F.5 'XRBORGAST
WASHINGTON, May 8 (P)-r-r
'Congressmen,; today disclosed
war - department plans, for '-tr
peacetime' standing army of
about 500,000 men backed up by
an active reserve oi 4,uuu,uuu.
Outlined behind closed dvors
to the house military commit
tee, the program contemplates,
the committee members said.
that congress will enact a com
pulsory peacetime draft to pro
vide tne reserve strengta.
A standing, or professional,
postwar army of 500,000 men
would compare witn- an esti
mated .325,000 in 1940.
The 4,000,000 reserves,, com
mittee members said, would in
elude an estimated 400,000 to
500,000 national guardsmen and
officers reserve corps members
and 3,500,000 youths trained for
one' year in the regular army
and assigned to ' active reserve
status.
Committeemen estimated that
about 500,000 would be trained
each year and the reserve built
up to its peak strength over a
period of years.
They emphasized that the pro
gram is tentative and contin
gent on enactment of compul
sory peacetime military train
ing.
Girl Born Here
On V-E Day
One V-E Day baby was re
ported born at Klamath Valley
Hospital today. May a, and her
birthday came on probably the
most important day thus far in
world history.
A daughter, weighing. 6 pounds
13 ounces, was born to Mr. and
Mrs; L; B. Brown of 1304 Wor
den, at 1:56 a. m. today. Her
name is Clelleen Daye. Father
Brown is serving with the
United States navy and at the
present time is stationed at San
Diego.
No More Heils
For Nazi Forces
By The Associated Press
A communloue issued bv the
German high command today
and broadcast over the radio
identifying itself as Flensburg
announced that henceforth the
greeting "Hoil Hitler" would be
banned within the German
armed forces.
The broadcast communique
was reported by .the FCC.
Mop-Up Follows Surrender
The day of surrender, observed Monday by Klamathites,
will probably go down In history as one of the biggest clean-up
days In the annals of the town. '. '.' '-':.
When residents awoke to the news that Germany had
capitulated, they grabbed another 40 winks and then manned
the rake and shovel. Cars proceeded throughout the day in a
steady stream to -the city dump where hundreds of folks de
posited the winter's collection of boxes, cans,-garden refuse
and everything else they found in yards and attics. . ; V-; .
; At noon, 15 cars were counted at the dumpground and . the
custodian of the yard said that there weri from 15 to 20 per
sons there at alt times during tho day making the most of a
holiday away from the office. -
yjapan.
Eisenhower observed:
'The victory bells of Eurone
are sounding Japan's doom."
Supreme allied headquarters
in a special communique said
"allied expeditionary forces
have been ordered to cease of
fensive operations, but will
maintain their present position
until the surrender becomes ef
fective." -
Signed Sunday
Germany's unconditional ca
pitulation to the western allies
and Russia was signed at 2:41
a. m., French time Monday
(5:41 p. m., PWT, Sunday) this
communique announced.
Supreme headquarters an- -nounced
the Germans agreed to:
uroer all resistance halted;
Yield all ships and aircraft
unscuttled and undamaged;
Ensure compliance with all
further orders from the allied
supreme commander and the
soviet high command.
.. The surrender document
specified that nothing it con
tained limited or restricted any
terms which might later be im
posed on the reich. :;
- "In -the event of the German
high command or any- of the
forces under, their control fail
ing to act in accordance with
this act of surrender," it
warned, phe supreme comman
der . ? and the soviet high
command will . take such puni
tive -or v other action as they
deem -appropriate." 'r"'' -
Thus was effected the uncom
promising dictate of uncondi
tional surrender laid down by
Churchill and the late Presi
dent Roosevelt at ' Casablanca.
Ratification Set
' "Today, said Churchill, "this
agreement will be ratified and
confirmed at Berlin, where Air
Chief Marshal (Sir Arthur) Ted
der, .deputy supreme comman
der of the allied expeditionary
force,- and Gen. (Jean de Lattre
de) Tassigny will- sign, on be
half' of Gen. 'Eisenhower. Gen;
Zhukov, (first White Russian
army commander) will sign on
behalf of the soviet high com
mand. The German representa
tives will be Field Marshal
Keitel, chief of the high, com
mand, and commanders in chief
of the German army, navy and
air forces.
Allied radios ordered all Ger
man and German - controlled
ships into the nearest ports;
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz
told the German people that all
arms would be laid down at 11
p. m. German time.
Thanksgiving Slated
President Truman in. Wash
ington, announcing "a solemn
but a glorious hour," set next'
Sunday as a day of thanksgiv
ing but .reminded "our blows
will continue until the Japa
nese lay down ' their arms in
unconditional surrender."
Prime Minister Churchill told
the world the Germans had
signed the unconditional sur
render of all their land, sea and
air forces in Europe at 2:41 a,
m. yesterday.
Red General
Says Body Found
WITH THE BRITISH SEC
OND ARMY, May 8 (P) Col.
Anotoly Pilugin, war correspon
dent of Tass, official soviet news
agency has said a Russian gen
eral had stated that the body oi
a man identified as Adolf Hitler
had been found in the ruins oi
Berlin.
The Russian general was not
named. - .
During a meeting . two days
ago between Marshal Sir Ber
nard L. Montgomery and - Mar
shal Konstantln Rokoss -sky oi
the - conci White Russian army,
Russian officers asked Pilugin,
who; is attached to the British
second army as a war correspon
dent, whether the British be
lieved Hitler was dead or alive