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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
Anti-HitIer PIotter
Is Freed By Yanks

ROME, May 8 GNS)-A Ger
man count who participated in
the attempt on Adolf Hitler's life
last July was among 44 German
political prisoners liberated when
American troops captured the
Dobbiaco prison camp, u. S. Fifth
Army headquarters announced
today.
He is Col. Count Claus Won
Stauffenberg, credited with plant
ing the bomb which blew Hitler
through an open window in an
abortive attempt TO seize power
for the German high command.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09

Mai. Gen. Bennett F.. Meyers,
director of the air technical SeTy-
ice command and associate Of 1t.
Gen. William S. Knudsen. paid a
high V-Day tribute TO Detroit war
industry today. N
Gen. Meyers is a former De-
troiter. A career officer, he was
assigned here in 1920 10 direct the
liquidation of surplus war ma
terial.
"On this great day OF victory
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
C-BOais May Battle
Japan for Allies

WASHINGTON, May 8 (UP)-
German U-boats soon may be
japanese ships.
Germany's surrender should
make available 200 to 300 sub
marines which the Allies could
uSa in the war against japan, q
re' bic source said today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09

BATTLE CREEK, May S-The
10000 legleSs, armlesS and wound
ed American veterans here bowed
solemnly in prayers of thanksgiv-
ing today, grateful that the Euro
pcan war was over and their pals
in that theater have been spared
There was no jubilant display
at the four hospitals and conva-
leScgnt camps.
Those who could walk or be
moved filed this afternoon 10 as
Semhlie1 where officers spoke on
behalf 4 4 thankful government
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
Laval Not 10 Go
Back 10 France

LONDON, May s CINS)-Spain
is willing to turn Pierre Laval,
condemned former Vichy France
premier, over 10 Great Britain or
the United States but not to
France, a diplomatic correspond
ent on the London Daily Mail
said today.
The Spanish attitude, said the
Daily Mail, is that if they turn
Laval over to the French, who
already have condemned him to
death on collaboration charges, il
would be tantamount to becoming
an accessory to his execution.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
Keep Your Shirt On,
Match Box Advice

NEW YORK, May s QNS)-
There's no possibility that CT Joe
will be made homesick by the
new type book matches he finds
in his emergency equipment and
ratios.
Instead of restaurant or head
ache remedy advertising a match
company is printed this health
hint:
'Tf you are in a malaria zone,
keep your shirt on and your
sleeves rolled down."
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
GOebbIes Family
Found Poisoned

LONDON, May 8 QNS)--T The
British Press Association reported
today that il had learned the
bodies of the Reich's propaganda
minister. DR.. Paul Joseph
Goebbles, his wife and children
had been found in the ruins Of
Berlin, dead Of poisoning.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
We Day Observance
In Flint Tonight

FLINT, May S-End Of hostili-
ties in Europe will be observed here
today with an inter-faith service
of Catholics, Protestants and Jews
at 8 D. m. in the INA auditorium.
The principal speaker will be
Arthur II. Sarvis, first chief OF
the Detroit district OPA office.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
EX-DefrOifer. General
Halls City'S WarWOrk

I want to pay a personal tribute
90 every man and woman who
had a hand In creating the might
Of American air power" Gen.
Meyers said.
But our job Is only half done.
The war is far from over. An
other enemy remains 10 be de-
feated and we cannot relax our
efforts until Japan, too, Is
brought finally and fully to her
knees"
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
Mrs. HOusden BEGINS
Serving Life Term

Mrs Nina llouSden. 80. today
was in the House Of Correction 10
start serving a life term for the
Dec l9 Strangling-dissection mur-
der Of her husband. Charles. She
was sentenced by Circuit Court
Judge Frank T. Ferguson after a
jury found her guilty
During her trial. Mrs. HduSden
asserted that her husband had
been unfaiihlli
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
as Usual

WASHINGTON, May 8 CUP)-
All transportation and freight
workers were urged TO stay on the
job We day by Col. J. Monroe
Johnson, director of the office of
defenSe TRANSPORTATION.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09

the surrender and disarmament
orders.
JODL PLEADS
Jodl stood with eyes half shut
leaning slightly forward, and saic
in English:
IL want 10 say few words"
Then he spoke rapidly in Ger
man in a voice which seemed on
the point of cracking once or
twice:
General, with this signature
the German people and the
German armed forces are for
the better or worse delivered
into the victOrs' hands.
"In this war which has lasted
more than five years both have
achieved more and suffered
more perhaps than any other
people in the world.
81 express hope the victor
will treht them with gen
eTosity."
Ten minutes later he was pre-
sented before the supreme COM
mander. Eisenhower stood very
grim at his desk in his cubby-
hole office and asked If Jodl
understood the terms he would
carry out.
Jodl mutered yes to Mai.
Gen. X. W. d. Strong, SHAEF
intelligence officer who was the
interpreter.
NAZIS DEPART
The Germans heels clicked
and they .Strode out. Jodl tripping
on a camera noodlight cable.
The war was ended at a black
topped tah.e 20x6 feet, bathed in
foodlights which heated the tiny
war room" almost insufferably.
Some go spectators. including
Is correspondents representing
world news agencies, radio net
works, newSreelS and still pic
lures ard sound and recording
tcchnIcianS OF the signal corps
officers witnessed the signing.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
MOlOtOV Starting
Home Tomorrow

SAN FRANCISCO, May UNS)-Russia's Foreign Com
mssar " Mooov will leave san Francisco tomorrow for
departure the United Nations conference
originally for last Friday postponed until today and then
definitely for tomorrow
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
BY BOYD ID. LEWIS

REIMS, France May (Delayed) tUP)--Represenatives
Of Allied and vanqushed Germany scawed their
sheet of fooscap mapned 30x30foot room in
European time. TODAY and ended World War ii in
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09

Europe.
In a ceremony 20 minutes long,
Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl, chief OF
staff OF Adm. Doenitz' govern
ment and longtime friend OF
Adolf Hitler, surrendered all Ger
man armed forces.
The surrender is effective one
minute after midnight Wednes-
day, British double summer time
(6:01 p. m. EWT).
A high officer said almost all
firing had ceased on the remain
ing fronts.
FOUR COPIES MADE
The actual signing took five
minutes. There are four copies OF
the surrender document, and in
addition the naval disarmament
order. which was signed by Adm.
Sir Harold Burroughs, Allied
naval chief.
Immediately after signing the
last document with a bold 'Jodl. -
the Nazi arose. bowed and in a
broken voice pleaded for gener-
oSity for the German people,
the German armed forces" who
ne said both have achieved and
suffered more perhaps than any
other people in the world
Gen. Eisenhower, smiling. con-
fident and restrained, sat with
his deputy, Britain's Air Chief
Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder. and
in a three-minute statement later
for newsreels hailed the German
surrender as the conclusion Of
the plan reached by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill az CaSablanca in 1872
unconditional surrender.
EISENHOWER ABSENT
ave have defeated Germany
on land, sea and In the air"
Eisenhower said
He added that the peace was
fittingly signed in France, a coun-
Try which suffered so much al the
hands Of Germany and whose lib
GRAFTON started on D-Day. just Il
months ago yesterday Sunday
Eisenhower did not attend the
actual signing. That was carried
out by generals OF America. Rus
sis, England and France on MS
beha H.
After signing the last sheet
jedi arose and Gen Adm. Hans
Georg Friedeburg and Jodl's aide.
Mai. Wilhelm OxiniuS, jumped UP
with him.
1t. Cen. Walter Bedell Smith
who signed for Anglo American
forces as SHAEF chief of staff
asked JOdl 10 meet him AZ 10
m. Monday 10 arrange Bor Ger
u.an hsison officers 10 cbuy out
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
Custer CaptiVeS
Hear NaZi Doom

BATTLE CREEK May S-With stole silence and lacking
customary aunness 5000 German prisoners of
at attention today hear officially
that their homeland had been beaten.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
Military leaders Of the Allied nations and Germ
Witness depicts
Surrender Scene

egeVtness Of SddYs surrender at RejS
bg Of the American and rodo reporters ho
take place. This story fled at q. Monday q a.
EWT) Nth censorship supreme Allied headquarters Paris
Tor transission Lhe official cmboLgo Llted
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09

SAN FRANCISCO. MAY 8
QNS)-The Big Five were IN ac-
cord today on a charter for world
security, but only after appeasing
Russia at the price of provoking
major revolt among Latin
American nations.
As peace came 10 the western
world on Europe's battlefieldS,
open warfare broke out in the
United Nations conference.
Latin-American spokesm Q n
openly charged the United States
with double dealing and with
abandoning the Monroe Doctrine
after selling il 10 nations below
the Rio Grande.
PROTEST DECISION
The magnitude Of Russia's VIC
tory in the Big Five agreement
on amendments 10 the Dumbarton
oaks formula for world security
was only beginning 10 sink in on
startled delegations.
The Brazilian, Peruvian, Uru-
guayan, Mexican, Cuban and Bo-
livian leaders held indignation
meetings, protesting the American
decision on subordinating the Cha
pultepec regional agreement 10
the new world security order.
Their spokemen threatened
fight in the conference itself to
overthrow this Big Five decision.
The Russians, after days OF
secret negotiations with the
United States and Britain, with
China and France tagging along,
disclosed their great victory at
a news conference held by Foreign
Commissar Molotov. in this VIC
tory, the Russians:
1-Compelled the United
Il States 10 accept a revised
Vandenberg amendment which
merely declares that the gen.
eral assembly may debate the
peaceful adjustments of any
situations which it deems likely
to impair the general welfare
or friendly relations among ma
tions." Originally, the Vanden-
berg amendment was regarded
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09

members of the fame d Afrika
Korps.
Extra military police had been
alerted, but the precaution was
unnecessary for not a whisper fol-
lowed the announcement 10 them
that their government no longer
exists.
GO QUIETLY BACK
The prisoners marched quietly
afterward to their jobs cleaning
Battle Creek streets, working in
the huge army warehouses and
serving the wounded in nearby
hospitals.
The official proclamation was
read to the prisoners in English
by Mai. John NJ. Moore, com
mander, and was repeated in Ger
man by Sgt. John II. Thyen Of
Cincinnati. II follows:
"TO all German prisoners Of
war i'm the United States:
"rhe organized resistance of
the. German forces has ceased.
NO LONGER EXISTS
"The National Socialist gov
eTnment of Germany no longer
exists. Allied occupying authOri-
ties control all power I'm Ger
many.
Members OF the German
armed forces are released from
any obligation entered into with
government which no longer
exists.
"As prisoners Of war you con-
tlnue to be subject to American
law and regulation and must
obey the orders Of persons
placed over you. Correct SOL
dierly conduct is expected OF
you at all times"
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-09
JODL PLEADS

the surrender and disarmament
orders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-06

Two separate maps show West European and Italian fronts at the lett
and the European front at the right Germanhed areas are ed
Arrows show Allied drives into Reich
Eight driving in from the west on map below" starring
at top the Canadian First dOubaow drive the Nmegentnd
hoven The SOUTH shows info Germany OF British
Second Ninth from Holland and Den toward Cologne and
Ruhr Essen ec Below beyond ST. WITH having cleared the bulge
The w. S. First spears into Germany Next comes lett flank OF me
Third northern Luxembourg The Thirds right
flank cutting south Of Luxembourg driving private invasion on the
beams for Trier, Bineen or KobIenz
u S. Seventh pointing northeast drive down the Rhine after
beating back German couneratak south OF Bche goal OF
Colmar
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-06
CIoseups of
Allied Push

Besieging Koniesbere and having
driven 10 The Baltic via EIbing, the Sec
ond and Third White Russian armies
have cut off 100000 Maxi troops in
East Prussia. Further threats Of Russ
gains TO the Baltic coast are develop
ing in drives by way ofMarienburg Us
miles from priced Danziel, Grudziadz,
Torun and Bydgoszcz. Farther south
the First White Russian Army, which
touched of the offensive at Warsaw.
is we'll past Poznan, already at the Ger
man-PoIish border west and northwest
Of Poznan on the road TO Berlin.
Marshal KoneY's Ukrainian armies are
rushing furiousIy westward along the
Oder River and in Siesia, Killers
Eastern Ruhr." Their drives out Of
Warsaw and Krakow, having crossed
the Oder from Steinau, on the north.
TO OppeIn, on the south, have laid siege
TO BresIau, capital Of SiIesis. This put
Russian forces on the road to Berlin.
CzechosIovakia and Vienna west Of the
river which the Germans considered
their ma or defense line in the east.
The river crossing complexities Ger
man defense in center, west of Poznan.
with danger Of fanking from the south.
The capture Of Gleiwitz sent Konev's
forces sliding around the city TO cut off
and capture The heart of mine-snd-
factory-rich Silesia, centerne on the
cities Of Hindenbure, Beuthen, Kato-
vice. Sosnowice and Chrozow.
Other Russ forces battle in Hungary.
Maps BY stan Artist Ray Bannister
Text by Rene CaHenaye
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Indonesian Leaders
Meet Dutch TODAY
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press
BATAVIA, Nov. l7.-Cabinet lead
ers of the unrecognized Indonesian
republic will meet tonight with
Dutch Governor General Hubertus
J. van Nook in a session pledged
to end the bloody fighting in Java,
it was announced officially.
1t. Gen. Sir Philip Christison,
Allied commander in the Neither
lands Indies, will preside at the
meeting, which the Dutch charac-
terized as an attempt to stave off
economic disaster on the island.
Present will be young Premier
Sutan Sjahrir. described as a mod
crate, and his chief lieutenant, Amir
Sjarifuddin.
The announcement came as the
British reported lull in the bloody
fighting at Seorabaja, where the
Indonesians fell back before the
British Indian advance after put
ting the torch to warehouses and
stores.
The official British casualty report
listed IA killed and SO wounded at
Soerabaja from November 10
through IA. Casualties for the Brit
ish since troops landed in Soerabaja
now total 405. Officially it was said
the casualties since Wednesday were
very light"
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Miss Beatrice MuNin,
Social Worker, Dies

Miss Beatrice Mullin. 54, assistant
to the director of the National
Catholic School of Social Service
and director of the Social Service
Department of Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital, died last night at
Georgetown Hospital from a cere-
bral hemorrhage.
Miss Mullin, born in Chateaugay,
N. Y, attended Franklin Academy,
Malone, N. Y, and the st. Laurence
Hospital School of Nursing. Ogdens-
burg, N. Y. She was on the nursing
staff of Johns Hopkins Hospital, but
left nursing to pioneer in the field
of medical social work. In this ca
pacity, she served with the American
Red Gross at Perryville, Md, the
Washington University Clinics at
St. Louis and Georgetown Univer-
sity here.
She was a member of the Amer
lean Association of Social Work, the
American Association of Medical
Social Work, and the American
Association of Psychiatric Social
Workers.
Miss Mullin lived at the National
Catholic School of Social Service
2400 Nineteenth street NV.
She is survived by three sisters
Miss Bernadette Mullin, Baltimore;
Mrs. Mary Wood. Saranac, N. Y,
and Mrs. Winifred Taylor, Malone
N. Y.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Convict on Leave
Sought in Robbery

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. II
Matt Kimes. notorious kid out
law of the 1920s, was sought today
by Federal officers on charges of
robbing a bank while on leave of
absence from the Oklahoma State
Penitentiary.
Kimes, charged with robbin9 the
First State Bank of Morton, Tex,
of 1882 September was termed
"one of the most vigorously sought
fugitives' in the Nation by J. Edgar
Hoover, chief of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, after his al
legged part in the holdup was made
known yesterday
The Texas robbery by three armed
men took place 10 days before the
one time boy bandit last appeared
before the Oklahoma Pardon and
Parole Board to request clemency
He left the State prison at Nc
Alester two months ago with a 60
day leave of absence to collect let
ters and signature on behalf of his
| clemency plea
Kimes had served 18 years on two
life terms when he was granted
leave. He was convicted OF kill
ing Police Chief ". j. McAnnally
during triple bank robbery at
Beggs, Okla, and for the murder
of Sheriff Perry Chuculate of Sc
quoyah County during a bank hold
up at Covington, Okla. Both taking
place in 1927.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
.GI Twins Flying Home
For Mothers Funeral

Twin brothers in the Army who
last saw their mother on Thanks
giving Day, l943, are being flown
home from Japan to attend her
funeral.
The mother, Mrs. Beulah McDan-
iel Cornnell, so, wife of Walter A.
Cornnell, 1905 Van Ness street NV.
died Thursday. Mr.. Cornnell is
transportation manager at Kann's
department store.
The funeral was postponed until 2
pm. Monday so that Sergt. Walter
A. Cornnell and Corpl George w
Cornnell could attend the services.
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Gene
terry.
The boys have top priority, and
Mr. Cornnell believes they will ar
rive in time. They were drafted
trained and served together build
ing airflelds in New Guinea, in the
Philippines and in Japan. A sister
1t. Norma l.. Cornnell of the WAC
is stationed at Fort Dix, N, J.
Born and educated in the District
Mrs. Cornnell was a member of ST
Columbia Episcopal Church. She
met her husband at Kanns, where
she was employed as a girl.
Also surviving are another daugh-
ter, Miss Elmer A. Cornnen, of this
city, and brother. George G. H
Mcdaniel of Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
DR.. Frank Chapman,
0rnitho|ogist,, Dies
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-Dr. Frank
NJ. Chapman, 81, curator of birds at
the American Museum of Natural
History, died Thursday night at st.
Luke's Hospital.
known as the dean of American
ornithologists," DR.. Chapman did
much to popularize the study of
birds.
His Handbook of the Birds of
Eastern North America" published
in 1895 and reprinted many times,
still is considered a standard work.
Other books included Bird Studies
With Camera" Our Winter
Birds" What Bird Is That?" "Au-
photography of a Bird-Lover," MY
Tropical Air Castle" The Warblers
of North America"
Associated with the museum for
more than so years, he served as
director Of the Bureau of Publica-
tions of the American Red Cross
during the World War.
He was a native of Englewood
N. J.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Jap Army Commander
bIdmes Naval Forces
For Manila Crimes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA, Nov. 17.-Attempts to
link 1t. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita
with atrocities in Manila during the
latter stages of the American cam
paign received a setback today
when japanese Army commander
asserted naval forces waged most OF
the battle in the capitals streets.
The prosecution called the wit
ness, 1t. Gen .Shizuwo Yokoyama
after informing the commission
trying Yamashita on war criminal
charges that 1t wished to establish
links of command between Yama-
shita as overall commander and
Yokoyama as leader of the Manila
defenses.
Yokoyama testified, however, that
naval forces defended the city de-
spite his order they move to the out
skirts. His command included Ma
Mia, he said, while Yamashita trans
ferred to Baguio.
The citys defenders, Yokoyama
testified, were virtually on their
own" under Rear Admiral Iwabuchi
Communications were unreliable.
Yokoyama also rocked the prose-
cution's contention that Yamashita
was responsible for atrocities in the
prisoner of war camps and civilian
internee prisons when he said that
prior to November IT, 1914, Count
Terauchi commanded the entire
southern regions, including the
PHILIPPINES.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Mrs. Hamilton, Widow
OF Patent Attorney, Dies

Mrs. Gertrude Livingston Hamil-
ton, widow of James Hamilton.
patent attorney, died yesterday at
her home, 2400 Sixteenth street NV.
Mrs. Hamilton was the daughter
of the late Col. La Rhett l.. Livings-
ton. She was born at Fort Hamil-
ton, NY, and attended schools along
the East Coast at her fathers sta
tions. She was graduated from the
Episcopal Convent Girls School of
Albany, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton moved to
Washington % years ago. After
the death Of her husband in August,
l943, she lived with niece, Mrs.
Frances E. Macdonald. She also is
survived by two nephews, Brig. Gen
La Rhett Stuart and Sidney Edwin
Stuart of New York and by another
niece, Mrs. Ruth Stuart Wheeler of
Topeka, Kans.
Services will be held at l pm. to-
morrow at the S. H. Hines funeral
home, 290l Fourteenth street NV.
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Col. CobeN, Medical Veteran,
To Be Buried in Arlington
Army and Navy Club
Resident Served
In Four Wars

Col. Julian Mayo Cabell, 81, vet
eran Army medical officer, who saw
service in four wars. died Thursday
night at Walter Reed Hospital
Funeral services will be held at
pm. Monday in Arlington Cemetery.
Col. Cabell, a tall, distinguished
looking man with a slight limp, was
a familiar figure in Washington
since the turn of the century. He
lived at the Army and Navy Club.
His early childhood was spent
within sound of cannon besieging
Richmond, his birthplace.
In choosing medicine as career
he followed William Cabell, emigrant
ancestor of the Virginia Cabells, who
was trained in surgery when he left
Warminster in Wiltshire, England,
in IT'S to settle on the western
frontier in Amherst County and to
perform amputations while accumu-
lating $4,000 choice acres as a
planter.
Col Nicholas Cabell, a Revolu-
tionary soldier, and William H.
Cabell, Governor of Virginia in 1905,
were ancestors. His father, Col.
Henry Coalter Cabell, was a Con-
federate officer. His mother was
an Aston, member of another dis
tinguished Colonial family. James
Branch Cabell, the author, is a
cousin.
Col. Julian Cabell was graduated
from the University of Virginia with
an M. D. degree in 1886 and in the
next year became first lieutenant
in the Army Medical Corps. He
saw service in the Sioux campaign
in 1901. He lost a leg in a rail-
road accident in 1897 and retired,
but returned to the Army the next
year at the outbreak of the war with
Evening star., 1945-11-17
DR.. 0den SudIer, 10, Dies;
Formerly Lived Here

DR.. Oden r. Sudler, 10, formerly
of Washington, died Wednesday in
st. Petersburg, Fla, Washington
friends learned today.
DR.. Sudler practiced medicine in
Washington for many years. joining
the Food and Drug Administration
as a biological chemist when it
was organized.
Since retiring, he had made his
home in st. Petersburg and spent
summers at the home of his son,
Edward o. Sudler, at Royal Oak,
Md.
Born in Washington. DR.. Sudler
was graduated from Central High
School, Georgetown University
Medical School and the National
College of Pharmacy, now the
George Washington School Of
Pharmacy.
He was 32d degree Mason and
a member of the Shrine His wife,
Mrs. Helen A. Sudler, was with him
at the time of his death.