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EIGHT HERALD AND NEWS Tuesday. Mtr I. IMS Germans Sign Surrender Terms; Jodl Pleads For Allied Mercy irnn r,.. M. 7 malevedt fP Through u iron-faced Prunian general, speaking after he had finished signing the un conditional surrender 01 me mw. 7 . V mercy ior the German people. On the wall behind hit back wa Huge cnari isouiaung w.u ...,,,.... He wai Col. Gen. Gustaf Jodl, chiei of italf of the German """ill .i.ndino In room of a red school houie In Reims, where Gen. Eisenhower had his advanced headquarters. On a big wooden table in rront ot nun lay lour mtnucw gminm which he had just affixed his signature. .,''' j There was one each for the United States, Britain, Franca and Russia. Each bore the words Iirst written oy rrtnoini no relt and Prime Minister Churchill at Casablanca: "Unconditional surrender." CORRESPONDENTS PRESENT Seventeen correspondents including Edward Kennedy of the Associated Press were present at the signing and heard Jodl's P'After he had signed the four instruments of surrender and after the military representatives of the four powers had signed them, Jodl asked for permission to speak. He was told he might. j... , He held himself stiffly erect, conforming to the traditions of Prussian military correctness. His voice was low and soft and D Vwttji this signature, the German people and armed forces x i rinlivrd into the victors' hands. - '"In this war which has lasted more than five years, both have achieved and suffered more than perhaps any other people in the world. In this hour, I can only express the hope that tne victor will treat generously with them." PvnrKcionlKi Faces His lace was expressionless and so were the faces of the American, British, Russian and French generals who represent ed the allies. AU had seen German murder camps and all knew the furious cruelty of German occupying forces. Jodl finished speaking and sat down. The sound of his voice was quickly absorbed by the beaver board covering the room's walls. A moment passed in dead si lence and then the German rep resentatives were taken down the hall to meet Gen. Eisen hower. Eisenhower and his deputy. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, were waiting. They stood behind Eisenhower's small desk. Jodl entered first, followed by Gen. Admiral Hans G e o r g Friedeburg and then by Col. Pc- leck, a supply expert. Faces Allies Poleck glanced once at the al lied officers and then studied the floor. Friedeburg looked out the windows. Only Jodl, his bald head gleaming beneath naked electric light bulbs, looked the American and British com manders in the face. Another Silence Again there was a moment of heavy silence. Then Eisenhower spoke. He was brief and terse as always. His voice was cold and-stern. His steel blue eyes were hard. In a few clipped 'sentences, he mrde it plain that Germany was a defeated nation and that henceforth orders to the German people would come- from the al lies.. He said they - would be obeyed. Then the Germans filed out. It was over. . - Nazi Germany has ceased to exist. The war had ended. " : ' : : -: The signatures of the docu ment of surrender climaxed twn days of negotiations in the cathe dral city, scene of many drama tic events in European historv. Possibly what was born here to- -tnittrr romiv mmrr niHnm rmwee mi mi men I iuyuiUM say: "De Kingflsh don' win no arguments wid us since we been listemn to de Richfield ReDorter. We fades all his points wid a world of facts from de Richfield Reporter." 1 I ft ;s.Sr7 i day will be known as the "Peace of rteims. Doom Sealed The doom of the Ulird reich was sealed in the war room of the allied supreme command's advanced headquarters in the big brick ecole professionelle, which in peacetime was a co-eaucauon-al industrial school. The signatories sat at a wood en table 20 feet long, and 10 feet wide, with its top painted DiacK. The war room itself is L-shaped, about 30 feet long and 30 wide on the outer sides of the "L". Its walls are nile green bea- verboard covered with battle maps, their red lines marking what were the fronts, and etch ing the plight of the Wehrmacht which once had almost the entire continent under its heel. Attend Surrender Also seated with the signator ies were Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morgan, SHAEF deputy chief of staff, Capt. Harry E. Butch er, Eisenhower's naval aide; Ad miral Sir Harry Burroughs, commander of allied naval forces: Lt. Ivan Cberieff of the red army; Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, commander of the United States strategic air forces in Eu rope; Air Marshal Sir James M. Robb, chief of the SHAEF air staff; Maj. Gen. H. R. Bull, as sistant chief of staff; and Col. Ivan Zenovitch, of the red army. The allied representatives sat along the side of the table near est the wall and along its right end. Facing them across the black table were Jodl and Friedeburg and Maj. William Oxenius, Jodl's aide. Behind the Germans stood Maj. Gen. K. W. D. Strong, chief of SHAEF intel ligence, who acted as interpreter. Correspondents were ushered into the war room upon receiv ing word of the agreement upon final terms. Most of the allied officers en tered the room at 2:29 a. m. Lt. Gen. Bedell Smith followed five minutes later. The strain of the climactic months of the war was evident in his serious counte nance. Jodl Arrives : There was another wait of five minutes. Then Jodl, in a grey- green uniform and silver trim of a Wehrmacht officer, strode In with the blue-clad Friedeburg- Jodl wore his Knight of the. Iron Cross decoration, rTriccie burg's highest military decora tions were imewise on aispiny, Neither seemed crestfallen They moved slowly but resolute ly to the table, mere standing at attention. The allied officers bowed stiffly. Everyone's visage ally or en emy was rigid. Not a trace of a smile appeared on any face. "There are four copies," pen. Smith remarked dryly,' "to be sicned." Gen. Jodl was the first to put his name on the quadruplicate document at 2:41 a. m. Copies were rjassed across to ba signed by Generals Ivan Susloparov of the red army. Smith of Shaef and Francois Sevez of France in that order. . The terms of the naval agree ment which were signed by Ad miral Burroughs and the terms of the land and air disarmament were signed by Smith and pre sented to the Germans to be carried out. It was 2:45 a. m. The ink of the signatures still was damp. Then Jodl spoke, beseeching "generosity" of the allied con-auerors. Chairs scraped and the Ger mans rose stiffly to stand at at tention. The allies got to their feet and bowed formally and the Germans walked out of the room at 2:47 a. m. Jodl Not Happy Jodl, his greying blond hair almost bald at the top, looked glummer than ever and seemed a little unsteady. Friedeburg was solemn and behind his bushy eyebrows, he appeared not at all happy, ' They were escorted down the hall to meet Gen. Eisenhower for the first time. Until now, the supreme commander had spoken to them only through messages relayed by his chief of staff. In his own small office, the allied commander with his dep uty. Air Chief Marshal Sir Ar thur Tedder.- beside him, re ceived the beaten enemy. He stood behind his desk. The Ger mans faced him. Even the cares of the leader of millions of allied fighting men for many months could not hide Eisenhower's look of rug ged good health and concen trated energy. His face was stern as he made it plain to the envoys of Grand Admiral Doenitz that the Ger mans must obey allied orders. On their departure, Eisenhow er summoned all allied officers who had participated in the cere mony of surrender. His mouth broke into a big victory smile. His eyes, a mo ment before stern and cold, sparkled with joy. sir Arthur clasped his hand. then Eisenhower greeted Smith warmly, thanking him for his spectacular work of the past two War Gives Way To Sports On Zamboanga Peninsula MANILA. May 8 UP) War has given way to sports on the Zamboanga peninsula of south east Mindanao cleansed of Jap anese by the veteran RQST di vision of the Pacific northwest and the Filipinos like it. The reason: Thev can mix il with Yank soldiers and when they win, lank referees give them the credit It wasn t like that when Jap anese occupied the island. At first there was srjorts comoeti- tion between the two national ities m boxing and wrestling- dui rinpmos never won. That was because the Japanese couldn't acknowledge inferiority in any activity. ' Japanese referees alwavs eavp me noa to meir countrymen but mey couian t explain away black eyes and mauled torsos, so the competition was dropped. Aeainsi usi envision men, tne General Paints Imperial Wallpaper S13 Main St. Phone 3829 RUPTURED THE IMPROVED PATENTED DOBBS TRUSS IS DIFFERENT New Neoprene Composition-Non-Irritating-Washable -NO STRAPS, BELTS NOR BULBS 1,8016 " CANNOT SLIP Holds muscles together with a soft concave MvmptUre igh,ly closed at 811 while working lifting, walking or swimming. Lightweight WDrlnS, Reason should teach you not to place a bulb or ball in open mg of rupture, thereby spreading muscles apart Free Demonstration No Obligation- -. for Men, Women and Children 1 THuSa?y Voy,r? 1 ' w. THURSDAY, May -10 9 A.M. t0 8 p M HOTEL WILLARD PHONE 4161 Ask for Mr. Dobbt Filipino sluggers take nearly half the decisions in weekly bouts. Kid Leyte, Sulu Archi pelago and southern Philippines welterweight champ before the war, has won all bouts against Yank boxers. The Filipinos still are weak on baseball and basketball, but they're - learning. PFC. Fred Sanford, former St. Louis Brown pitcher, conducts a Sunday morning baseball school for youngsters. There's a tennis tourney un derway, too, and one bracket always plays to a packed gallery. That's the mixed doubles.-. days. Ho thanked all of these present and held up the foun tain pens with which the sur render was signed making a V-sign Willi them for camera men. Announces Victory ' He left his office at 3:39 a. m. for the war room, where he made a brief victory speech into uewsreel microphones. "Just a few minutes ago, Ger many surrendered all her re maining forces on land and sea," he said. "They have been thoroughly whipped and the sur render is unconditional. "In January, 1943, the late President Roosevelt ' and Prime Minister Churchill met in Casa blanca. There they pronounced a formula of unconditional sur render for the axis powers. In Europe, that has been fulfilled. The allied forces which landed on the continent on June 6, 1944, have utterly defeated the Germans on land, sea and in the air." Eisenhower remarked that it was "particularly fitting," that tne surrender was signed "in the heart ot France," a country which had contributed in large measure to the common victory. "This unconditional surrender was achieved by teamwork, not only among the allies but by all the services of the land, sea and air," he said. Eisenhower's voice was filled with emotion. He said he owed "a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid" to all his aides and all the men who- had fought under his command. "The only payment is the last ing gratitude of all free citizens of all the United Nations," the commander-in-chief added. Began Thursday Negotiations for the full sur render grew out of the confer ence between Friedeburg and Field Marshal Montgomery last Thursday. After agreeing to sur render ot uerman forces in Hol land, Denmark, northwest Ger many, the Frisian islands and Helgoland at that meeting, the German delegates indicated that the reich leadership wished to discuss the larger question of complete surrender of all armed forces. tisenhower accordingly ao- proved a conference at Reims for Saturday and transportation was furnished by bringing Friede burg and Col. Fritz Poleck of the uerman supreme command. They left Montgomerv's head quarters at Lueneberg by plane at a a. m. Saturday, escorted by Lt. Col. Viscount Bury and Maj. F. J. Lawrence of Montgomery's stair. They changed Planes at Vorst Bad weather prevented them from continuing past Brussels. While waiting for an automobile. the party had lunch at an RAF snack bar. They ate sandwiches and drank "scotch ale" brewed in Brussels. PRODUCTION OF PEACETIME MM!..m me MEAT SAUCE WITH THE T-BONi TANGf omrsr IH TEE "64?" eO'i WE WASHED WINDOWS THE MESSY WAY...1. ZZJBot Today J riccin M 18 Avoid dirty hands and ruined nails. Use Clearex Glass Cleaner. Just spray if on . , . wipe il off. Leaves no oily film. Takes seconds and costs less than a penny a window. If perfumed, too. For windows, mirrors and pictures . . . get Clearex ot your store today. CLEAREX GLASS CLEANER A Wileo Product ' GOODS SLATED By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON, May 8 W) Most peacetime goods will bo back on tho market within six months of today's momentous victory in Europe, although quantities of sonic will be limited. Within a year, by official war traduction board estimate, lac ories will be making consum er goods at the 1939 rate or higher. But shortages ot textiles, lum ber and some other things will persist. One official wos not be ing facetious when he said, "II may be easier to buy a refriger ator next fall than a shirt." Immediately. It is promised, the "brown-out," the midnight curfew and the horse racing ban will be lifted. Gasoline rations will be ' in creased within 30 to 90 days, on the word of Interior Secre tary Ickes. A jump from four to six miles of driving daily for A-card motorists is foreseen by Ickes, but OPA says the incrcao may be less. B-card drivers will get some increase also. Other rationing programs will remain in force, with food sup- Slies generally getting leaner More they are fatter. More tires may bo expected. but tire rationing will continue indefinitely. Stoves may come off ration ing rather soon, passenger cars not until production hits a vol ume of about .100,000 a month. Months probably will puss. officials warn, before the effect is felt in appreciable replenish ing of retail shelves and show rooms with electrical appli ances, washing machines, radios and other goods by which Americans gauge their standard of living. They have been pro hibited for three years. Almost every industry In cluding the big ones like re frigerators and automobiles is expected to get the green light from Washington within tour to five months. But the physical task of reconverting the auto mobile and some other indus tries may be prolonged,- and even for simpler products It will require some time to fill up the distribution pipeline from factory to distributor to consumer. Shoes and clothing, lumber, pulp and paper, some chemicals and other items will remain scarce probably as long as Japan resists, WPB predicts. In garments and textiles, as in food, the shortages are likely to be worse before they are better. Flashes of Life FAME LOS ANGKLES, May 8 (Tl "Golly, they've spluttered my, name all over the front pages, exclaimed a Los Angeles girl on seeing the big headlines about V-E Day, , , ,, Her name Is Virginia tllia bcth Day. ... PLAGUE . SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 8 (j)Gov. Earl Warren has sign ed a senate bill clumping a lot r .iri..ti.,. th tukintf of catfish, which used to be a free ami easy sport In Caiiiornia. Backers of the mcumira ex- ...ni.. l,i Ihn i,iiirl.li nnmtllltiml has decreased us war workers fron Missouri, Arkansas and points south and. east have In creased. LIFE BEGINS MANILA, May 8 (Tl A Japa nese corporal mil-rendered meek ly to a 4 1st division patrol in the Zamboanga campaign. "After four years in the Im perial army, I decided there- was no itiiurc ior iiiu, " plained. "And the land looked .... .......i r l,n,,tfl,l I'H iii-rnHfr and settle down on one of these forms." 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