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Most Scarce Goods
Twill Be on Market
Within Six Months
| Victory Won't Relieve
All Shortages; End Of
| Roeing Bon Expected
By the Associated Press.

Most peacetime goods will be
back on the market within six
months of todays momentous
victory in Europe, although
quantities of some will be linn
tied.
Within a year, by official War
Production Board estimate, factories
will be making consumer goods at
the 1889 rate or higher.
But shortages of textiles, lumber
and some other things will persist
One official was not being facetious
when he said "it may be easier to
buy a refrigerator next fall than a
shirt"
Immediately, it Is promised, the
"brownout," the midnight curfew and
the horse racing ban will be lifted
Gasoline rations will be increased
within 80 to 80 days, on the word OF
Secretary of the Interior Ickes. A
Jump from 4 to miles of driving
daily for A card motorists is fore
seen by Mr.. Ickes, but OPA says the
increase may be less. B card drivers
will get some increases also.
Other Rationing Remains.
Other rationing programs will re-
main in force, with food supplies
generally getting leaner before the!
are fatter. %
Tire rationing will continue in
definitely.
Stoves may come off rationint
rather soon, passenger cars not unit
production hits q volume of abou1
100, 1000 a month.
Months probably will pass, Of
ficials warn, before the effect is fell
in appreciable replenishing of re-
tail shelves and showrooms witt
electrical. appliances, washing ma.
chimes, radios and other goods by
which Americans gauge their stan.
dard of living. They have been pro.
hibited for three years.
Almost every industry-includine
the big ones like refrigerators ano
Automobiles expected to get the
green light from Washington within
{See CIVILIAN GOODS, Page A-2.)
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dispatch from Rheims giving de-
tails of the formal signing of the
surrender, merely saying that nc
story of German capitulation lis
authorized"
Embargo at Paris Seen.
With reference to the statement
voicecast from supreme ,headquar-
tiers, Robert Bunnelle, managing
executive for the Associated Press
in the United Kingdom, cabled as
follows:
In reference to this statement,
which raises the possibility that an
embargo might have been imposed
(See BROADCAST, Page A-2)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07
Patton Miles Away
EmbatfIed Patriots
In Prague Declare
Quarter Million Men
Of Sd Army Hurled
Into Final Compoien
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, May 7.-American and
Russian armies today beat
through Czechoslovakia and
Austria in the final mopup OF
organized German resistance
and embattled patriots in Prague
said United States Sd Army tanks
were only Is miles from that
city, largest still in German
hands.
Gen. George S. Patton, jr.. threw
nearly q quarter million Sd Army
troops into the closing campaign
In advances Of up to Is miles, his
tanks and infantry advanced with
in so miles southwest and So miles
south of the Czech capital.
The German-controIled Prague
radio said Soviet Marshal Ivan S
Konev,s LIST Ukrainian Army group
had driven into Bohemia from Sax
ony to a point about so or IS miles
north of Prague. Patriots engaged
German 7th Army troops in the
capital, which the Germans de-
clared "a hospital city, last week
Fall Of Breslau Reported.
The German controlled Prague
radio announced the fall of besiegec
Breslau, and the Saxony cities O.
Dresden and Chemnitz both were
ripe for capture.
Northwest of Berlin Soviet ar.
mored columns were rapidly clean.
ing up all territory on the eastern
bank of the Elbe and it was believed
that at the rate the Russians were
going they would be across the river
from the Americans at Madgeburs
within day or so.
Other Red Army forces captured
the German island seaplane base oil
Ruegen, As miles south OF Sweden
and cleared all Germany's Baltic
shores.
Two Russian Army groups were
pressing in from the east, fighting
into the outskirts of the big raj
junction of Olmuetz and the Ho.
henstadt region, 1913 and lis miles
from Prague-largest city still ir
German hands.
5th Army Fights Ahead.
The 5th Army from Italy fought
into Southern Austria.
The German 7th Army, believed
commanded by Field Marshal Al
bert Kesselring, was the last resl.
organized enemy force, although ;
few hundred thousands of German
still were ursurrendered in various
scattered pockets in Europe.
Perhaps the largest pocket wa.
in Norway, which contained 150, 00'
to 200, 900 German troops.
Supreme headquarters noted tina
39S, $50 Germans surrendered Satur
day for three-day total of 987,
573 and an aggregate since D day o
3,874,771 for Gen. Eisenhower
armies of the west.
With the great munitions ans
beer center of Pilsen captured, ant
Karlsbad behind Sd Army lines
Gen. Patton's famous Break -througl
9th Armored) Division in twin
stabs drove Is miles to the north
east, reaching Brez, SO miles south
west OF Prague, and Borochowitz, 5;
miles south Of the capital.
Maj. Gen. william M. Hoge'
division returned to action after Il
| 1see CzECHOsLOVAKIA, Pg. A-lz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07
Headquarters
Fails to Deny
Kennedy Story
No Official Statement
Made on Dispatch
TeIIinq of Surrender
the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, May THE fol-
lowing was heard in New York
at 11:15 am. today coming via a
special voicecast channel from
Paris to American news agen-
cies and radio networks:
Supreme Headquarters author
ICES correspondents at 1645 Paris
time d0:45 am. Eastern war time)
today to state that SHAEF has
made nowhere any official state
ment for publication to that hour
concerning the complete surrender
of all German armed forces in Eu-
rope, and that no story to that
effect is authorized"
This announcement did not deny
that truth of Edward Kennedy's
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1900 Hard Coal Miners
DEFY Bock-to-Work Order

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, May Z Up.
-Pennsylvania,s $4,000 anthracite
miners defied the Governments Or
ders to return to work today at 1863
operations which were seized last
Thursday by Secretary of Interior
Ickes under presidential direction.
The miners said they had received
no instructions to report back to
theil jobs from John L. Lewis, presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers.
The work stoppage has been in
progress since the expiration of the
UMW-operators contract April 80.
Negotiations for new contract are
deadlocked in New York, where UNI
ion officials and operators are meet
ing.
Meanwhile, the effect of the mine
shutdown spread to allied opera
tons.
The Mine Workers general body
of the Glen Alden Coal Co. voted
unanimously at meeting yester-
day to stand solidly, behind John
L. Lewis and not return to work un-
til q contract has been signed"
George ORourke, secretary of the
Organization, announced.
The group represents approx.
mately 10000 anthracite miners.
The shutdown of the mines has
3See SUPREME COURT, Page A-81
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The historic news began breaking
with Danish broadcast that Nor
way had been surrendered uncondi-
tionally by its conquerors.
Then the new German Foreign
Minister, Count Ludwig Scherwin
Won Krosigk, announced to the Ger
man people, shortly after 2 pm. g
am. Eastern war time), that latter
almost six years struggle we have
succumbed."
Won Krosigk announced Admiral
Doenitz had ordered the uncondi-
tional surrender of all fighting Ger
man troops"
The world waited tensely. Then
at 9:35 am, E. w. T., came the As
ISOLATED Press flash from Rheims
telling of the signing at Gen. Eisen-
hower's headquarters of the uncon-
ditional surrender at 2:41 am. today
(S:41 pm. Sunday, Washington
time). Germany had given up to
the western Allies and to Russia.
London Goes Wild.
London went wild at the news.
Crowds damned Piccadilly Circus.
Smiling throngs poured out of sub
ways and lined the streets.
It previously had been announced
that King George would broadcast
at . pm. g pm. Eastern war time)
on the day the surrender Is an
nounced.
The BIC said that the moment
for Mr.. Churchill's broadcast has
now come very near"
remnants and flags were being
strung across the fronts of hotel and
office buildings in many parts of
London.
For the first time since the war
began factory signals sounded their
whistles this morning to mark the
start of the working day. The
whistles previously had been banned
to prevent confusion with afraid
warnings.
A flve-day-old transport strike
that tied up bus routes in North and
South London ended today as a dis
pute over working hours was SUBJ
n1itted to arbitration.
Sour Note From Prague.
A sour note to the German sur
render came from the German-con
trolled radio at Prague. A broadcast
monitored by the Czechoslovak gov
eminent Offices in London said the
German commander in Czechoslo-
vakia did not recognize the sur
render of Admiral Doenitz and would
fight on until his forces have Sc
cured free passage for German
troops out of the country" But the
Prague radio announced the capitu-
lation Of Breslau, encircled by Rus
sian forces since February II.
Foreign Minister Won Krosigk's an
nouncement of the capitulation was
made over 1.-The Flensburg radio,
which recently has been broadcast
ing the German high command COM
muniques. The announcement said:
German men and women! The
high command of the armed forces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07

hoWer's fortunes since the landings
in North Africa.
Mr.. Kennedy has taken little time
out from the battle fronts. In June,
1e43, he came home briefly on his
first vacation since the start of the
war.
On that trip he visited the city
room Of The Star, where he was q
member of the editorial staff from
1928 to 1880. A native of Brooklyn
and graduate Of Carnegie Tech,
Mr.. Kennedy Joined the Associated
Press in 1882 and went abroad after
three years on the Washington staff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07
Story of Surrender
ReIoyed From Rheims
Via Paris and London

The Associated Press detailed
account Of the formal signing Of
Germany's unconditional sur
render to the Alice came di-
rectly from Edward Kennedy,
chief Of the AP stan on the
western front.
The Kennedy dispatch was
transmitted via Paris from
Rheims, Gen. Eisenhower's adj
vance headquarters, to the Lon
dom Office Of the AP, ind re-
layed from there to New York
via APPS leased cable facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07
lodi Replaced Guderion
As Nozi Chief of Staff

BY the Associated Press.
Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl, who signed
the unconditional surrender for
Germany, apparently is the same
as Gen. Alfred Jodl who was wound
ed last July 20 in the attempted
assassination of Adolf Hitler.
The surrender dispatch said Jodl
CO. DHFINTC Do0o A10l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07
posed upon Germany and If the
would be carried out by Germany.


would be carried out by Germany.
They answered yes.
Germany, which began the war
with ruthless attack upon Poland
followed by successive aggressions
and brutality in internment camps,
surrendered with an appeal to the
victors for mercy toward the German
people and armed forces.
After signing the full surrender,
Gen. Jodl said he wanted to speak
and was given leave to do so.
with this signature" he said in
soft-spoken German, "the German
people and armed forces are for
better or worse delivered into the
victors' hands.
I'm this war which has lasted
more than five years both have
achieved and suffered more than
perhaps any other people in the
world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07

ingtOn time).
By h
LONDON, May 1.-THE war against Germany,
the greatest in history, ended today with the uncon
ditional surrender of the once mighty Wehrmacht.
The surrender to the western Allies and Russia was
made at Gen Esenhowers headquarters at Rheims France
but official by the Big Three held up
pending simultaneous action by Washington Moscow and
London The best information available in London late
today that the might not be made until
tomorrow afternoon
Washington mcrophones made ready for broadcast
by Minister Churchill after busy
at No. 10 Downing street. went to see King George VI
News of the surrender Associated Press dispatch
Rheims 9:35 War Time and Immediately
church bells tollng in Rome and elsewhere.
Doenitz Orders Capituation.
before the from Rheims German broadcasts
people that Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz had
capuaon Of all fighting forces and called of Uboat
of the warfare greatest bloodest and
costiest istoyncudng civilians has claimed
casualties both sides killed wounded and
captued-came after years. months and days of strife
that overspread the globe
surrender of the beaten remnants OF his eglons
was by
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Late News
Bulletin

Nozis' Internment Slated
STOCKHOLM up. - The
newspaper Expressens said in
a dispatch from the Norwe-
gian frontier today that. a
German march across the
Swedish border into intern
ment would begin this after
noon under capitulation terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07
CupituIution Comes After
Nuzi Announcement of
End of All Fighting
BULLETIN.

LONDON QP.-The British Ministry of In
formation announced that tomorrow will be
treated as We day.
The Ministry said officially that, Gin accord
ance with arrangements between the three great
powers" the Prime Minister will make an official
announcement at pm. tomorrow g am, Wash
ngtOn time)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07

I, Four additional men from the
District area hare been re-
ported killed in this Ddr. See
"On the Honor Roll" Page AZ.
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Continued on Page Az, Column ~
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(See RHEIMS, Page A-10D
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Weather Forecast

Sunny, warmer today; cloudy tonight;
brief showers, cooler tomorrow.
Temperature today-High, II, at 100
PM; low, As, at sos am. Yesterday
am.
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An Associated Press Newspaper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07
Guide for Readers

AI-liHsiobituary
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12

SHOES
Ration book 3, airplane stamps l,
2, and good indefinitely for one
pair rationed shoes each.
CANNED GOODS
Book 4, Blue stamps CO through
G2 good through April %. Stamps
HI through Mo good through June
2. NJ through So through June 80.
MEAT, BUTTER, CHEESE
Book 4, Red Stamps T5 through
KS, good through April %. Stamps
VS., rs, Az and Do good through
June 2. E2 through J2 through June
so.
Grease bonus-Butchers will give
2 red tokens and cents for every
pound OF salvaged kitchen fats re-
ceived.
SUGAR
Book 4 Stamp 35 good for five
pounds through June. Another stamp
e scheduled to be validated May l.
" GASOLINE
15-A coupons good for four gal
Ions each through June 21. B-5
BIG, B-7 and C-5, C-6 and CT cou-
pons good for five gallons each.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
CALENDAR

THURSDAY
as
Night school, 7-9, hight school.
CAP & CAPC, 7:3o, high school
Electricians, 1:3r, Labor temple.
USWV Auxniary, 8. Veterans hall.
Junior 1000 club, 8, clubhouse.
Red Gross 4,1otOr Corps, 8, 129
North Fifth st.
B.P.O.E., 8, Ei1s club.
Building Trades, 8, Labor tempIc.
FRIDAY
Community Canning, o-3, Braw-
ley high school.
Kiwanis club, ~, Barbara Worth
hotel.
Jasper Home Eepar ,ment, 1:SO,
Alfred HinOjOsa home.
Pan Americ2r program. las,
Douglass high cckooi.
Mckinley Pa. A, =. school.
Eastern Star, $50, Masonic tenn
pie.
American Association of Univer-
Sly Women, I, California hotel.
Tri-Y box social, Z, hign school
gym.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Mrs. Glen Keiffer
Visits Friends

Mrs. Glen Keiffer, former FL Cen
tro resident, was guest of honor at
a party held by a group of her
friends Wednesday night in Mexi-
cali. Mrs Keiffer is a guest of Mrs.
Edmund Gies and Mrs. Frank
Modem.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Emmitt Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
mon Tyler and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. A. Conn and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Edmund Giles and family and
Mrs. Keiffer.
1t. Keiffer, former dean of Gen.
trail Junior college, left recently for
the South Pacific where he will
serve with the military government
commission. Mrs. Keiffer and her
daughter Mary Claire are making
their home in Anaheim and the
latter is working at Vultee Aircraft
Kathleen Keiffer is sophomore at
u. G. L. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Society
Clubs
Soroptomist Club
View Pictures
Of North Africa

Motion pictures which lie took in
North Africa while serving there
with the armv we're shown by Cap
tain Randall Henderson at the meet
ing of the SoroptomiSts Wednesday
night at the home of Mrs. P. H.
Judd.
Captain Henderson accompanied
his interesting pictures with a COM
mentary on the country.
Preceding the program a potluck
supper was served and an executive
board meeting was held.
Two new members were initiated
into the club, the additions being
Edna Morrison and Helen Ashel-
ford.
Guests present were Mrs. Ben
Christian. Mrs. p. E. Ryerson, Mrs.
Dwight Ball and Miss Elise Buck
Of Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Churches
Schools
Nominating Group
Appointed by
Arts and Crafts

A nominating committee was APP
pointed for arts and crafts section
of the Ten Thousand club at the
meeting Wednesday noon in the
clubhouse with the following men,
bers: Mrs. Cry Scott, Mrs. Ashley
Hudspeth ana Mrs. =. :. Bush Jr.
The committee M4.l present list
of candidates to be voted on by the
section at the next meeting, April
25.
Preceding the business meeting,
luncheon was served by Mrs. Huds-
peth and her committee of Mrs. AL
bert Nichols, Mrs. w. S. Kong and
Mrs. Russell B. Guilbault. Two
guests, Mrs. Charles Nowlin and
Miss Genevieve Nowlin. were pres
ent.
During the afternoon, the group
worked on leather articles and Other
craft projects
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Troops in Europe
Will Be Moved
TO Fight Japan
BY RUTH MILLETT

Congressman in Washington are
being flooded with LETT 'ers from
wives and mothers of servicenen in
Europe who think their men have
done their part" and shouldn't
have tc go on to the Pacific when
the war in Europe is finit he'd
Naturally, tic women now be-
ing told that their men, if they get
hcme at all after V-day will only
be home on furlough and then must
leave to fight second war-hate to
face such news.
If their men come through Cne
war alive, women dread the thought
of starting all over again to wonder
and worry and wait. But women will
just have to show the same courage
in seeing their men go to war a Sec
end time that they showed when
they first left for overseas. 1t will
be harder the second time.
Now they know what waiting and
worrying mean. They know how
long and how lonesome a day can
be. Tley know what it is to have
as sole consolation the thought, He
is Safe-so far"
DESPITE PROTESTS
But thousands CT wCmen are 60
ing to have to face the worry and
the waiting a second time. Their
men are going to be needed again.
And womens protests can't alter
that fact.
1t may seem tfat man has done
his part-but it isn't enough so
lcng as his country is still at war
end needs his help.
j Women will only make it harder
for themselves and for their men if
they set their minds against their
men going from Europe to the Pa
cific.
The men will have to go-and the
women will have to wait Making a
fuss about it went help-or change
the facts.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Auxiliary Plans
For Poppy Day

Poppy Day. which will be held
two days, May 25 and 26 this year.
was planned at the meeting of the
Legion Auxiliary Tuesday night In
the Veterans Hall.
Mrs. Edmund Gies, chairman Of
the sale, announced $500 peoples
have been ordered, twice the num-
Der sold last year. Proceeds from the
sale go for the rehabilitation of
veterans of the two World Wars.
Posters advertising the sale are be-
ing prepared by the high school art
department.
Mrs Arlene Munson was named
chairman of the nominating COM
mittee and will present slate of
officers at the next meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12

No railroad line runs through Chi
cago, the greatest railroad center in
The world. Chicago is a railroad
,erminus and most through pas
sengers must transfer from one
station to another. In normal times
about $4,000 persons are transported
,etween stations every day Seven
If the great railroads of the nation
are named after Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Mrs P. n. Judd
Named Head of
White Shrine Club

Mrs. P. H Judd was elected presi-
dent of the White Shrine Social
Club at the meeting Tuesday night
in the Ten Thousand Club. Other
officers are Mrs. Herb Holt, secre-
tary; and Mrs. Leta Mae Bryan
treasurer.
A potluck supper was served at
the beginning OF ,.ie evening, with
Miss Miriam Douglas and Mrs. Alice
rlSold as hostesses.
Bridge was l-ayed during the
evening with prizes being won by
Jerry Wilson, first; Mrs. George
DAmron, second Mrs. Jerry Wilson,
door prize. ~
Next meeting of the club will be
at the John Kuhn home April "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Church Council
Elects Officers

Officers were elected for the new
ly organized Council of Church
Women at a meeting of the group
Wednesday aftei noon in the First
Baptist church.
Mrs. E. L. Bennett of the Baptist
church was named president with
the following other officers: Mrs.
L. G. Hawk, CT the Presbyterian
church, ce-president; Mrs. w. A.
Payne, Cf the Second Baptist
church, secretary; Mrs. E. H. Kirby,
of the Church Of the Nazarene,
treasurer.
Next meeting of the council will
be May 4 when program will be
given, entitled "Our Town.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
IF. divers Are
Parents Of Son

Joseph Frederick Oliver Jr. is the
name chosen by Lieutenant o'onel
and Mrs. joseph F.. Oliver for their
son born at $50 p. m. Wednesday in
the Ell Centre Hospital. The baby,
who weighed eight pounds, six
ounces, will be the sixth person to
bear the traditional family name.
Mis-. Oliver is the former Ann
Dessert and is making her ZONE
With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. r.
B. Dessert, while Col. Oliver serves
in Germany as commanding officer
of an anti-aircraft battalion of the
102nd Division, attached to the
Ninth Army. He was recently
awarded the Bronze Star and the
Purple Heart.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Douglass Students
Arrange Program

Celebrating an-American Day
Miss Mercedes Betancourt, teacher
of Spanish at Douglass high school,
will present a program by her STU
cents at AS p. m. Friday at the
school.
Parents and friends have been in
vited to attend and hear songs,
dances and poems in keeping with
the Latin American theme.
A mock bull fight will be high
light Of the afternoon. Two pinatas
of candies and surprises will be
served.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
Daughter Is Born
To Robert Carriers

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Carter are
the parents of a daughter, named
deborah Rhea, born Thursday
morning in the Ell Centro Hospital.
She weighed seven pounds, ten and
one-quarter ounces.
The Carriers also have a son,
Robert and a..o:ner daughter, Ter
rV
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
OF PERSONAL
INTEREST

Mrs. Marshall Belch left Tuesday
for Fort Riley Kansas, to join her
husband, Sergeant Belch, who is
stationed there. She expects to be
gone two weeks and during her abb
sence her two children, Marshallee
and Theresa, are staying with their
grandmother, Mrs. G.. c.. Norris.
Linda Rosetta is the name chosen
by Pvt. and Mrs. q. C. Buddy
Lee for their daughter born Satur-
day in the Ell Centre hospital. The
baby weighed six pounds, six and
one-half ounces. Pvt. Lee is serving
with the army in the Philippines.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
LEWIS LARS ARE
PARENTS OF SON

Pfc. and Mrs. Lewis Lar are the
parents of son, named Paul Lewis
Lair, who was bern Wednesday in
Jhe (! Centro hospital. He weighed
six pounds, fifteen and one-half
ounces.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-12
MIR. MRS. MIKE BOPP
ANNOUNCE a SON

"A son was bern Wednesday in the
FL Centro hospital to Mr.. and Mrs.
Mike Bopp, the baby weighing seven
pounds, twelve and three-quarters
ounces. His name has not yet been
announced