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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
Trumon Reluctantly Sians Droft Measure

Washington, May g. (UP)-Presi- dent Truman today signed with reluctance a draft act extension measure which carries an amend ment requiring that 18-year-old in- ductees be given six months train ing before being sent into combat.
 The President said he signed the legislation only because immediate extension of the selective service act is necessary for continuing the war against Japan. The measure extends the act for one year after May 15.
 T am reluctantly giving my ap- proval to this legislation the Presi- dent said in a statement. T do not wish this approval to be interpreted as expressing my concurrence in section two of the bill, which places added restrictions on the War and Navy departments in their man. agement of the fighting forces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
BY PHIL AULT

London, May 9.-UP) - Outlawed German garrisons of historic Dunkerque, the French Atlantic ports, and Bornholm in the Baltic have given up, but German planes bombed Prague in fragrant defiance of the unconditional surrender, it was reported today.
 The Prague radio reported that German bombs crashed on the Czechoslovak capital and two other cities hours after the official end of the war in Europe. It added that Russian forces had entered Prague and with Czecho- slovak patriots cleared the city of German troops.
 Paris press dispatches reported that the Germans in Dunkerque, scene of the British evacuation from the continent in 194O, surrendered at a. m. A French communique announced the German capituIa- tions at St. Nazaire, La Rochelle and Lorient.
 Telephone reports from Born holm by way of Copenhagen said the German resistance on the Dan- ish island off the tip of Sweden cracked during the night, and Rus sian warships put in after daylight.
 The crumbling of the last nests of Nazi resistance, outlawed by the unconditional surrender which made them subject to Allied attack of any nature, followed word of the final fornalizing of Germany's sur- render in Berlin.
 Capitulation Conference
 Allied and German generals sat down at an extraordinary capitula- tion conference in the ruined cap- ital. Harassed but helpless, the Ger mans signed the documents-differ-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
Victory Day
 Today Makes Reds Joyous
By HENRY SHAPIRO

Moscow, May g - (UP) A jubilant Russia announced the slgn- | ing of the final articles of Ger many's unconditional surrender anc proclaimed today it's own victory day.
 The final act ill Germany's capit- ulation took place in the main hall of the German military Academy of Engineering at the corner of Fried richstrasse and Rheinsteinstrasse in ruined Berlin at 12:45 a. m.
 There Marshal Willelm Keitel, supreme commander of the German armed forces; General Admiral Hans Georg Friedburg, commander of the German Navy and Colonel General Han Jurgen Stumpf, chief of the Luftwaffe, ratified the articles of surrender.
 Marshal Gregory K. zhukov sign ed for Russia and Air Chief Mar shal Sir Arthur William Tedder, Deputy Supreme Commander, for the Western Allies.
 General Carl A. Spaatz, con- mander of American strategic air forces in Europe, and General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny, commander in chief of the French Army, were present as witnesses.
 Radio Moscow, broadcasting description of the surrender scene, said Keitel was flushed and his eyes filled with tears as he rose and strode to the table to sign the sur render articles.
 Everyone is silent" the broad cast said. The quiet is broken only by the whirring of the movie appa- ratus. Keitel rises and removes his monocle. He has nothing to say.
 Suddenly he smiles, sad, shame faced smile, and returns to the table of the German delegates. But before he sits down, he grips his Field Marshafs baton and then puts it down on the table,
 The other German commanders also signed in silence, Radio Mos COW said.
 No words are necessary - all the words that are needed have been said by the Red Army and the army of our Allies" the broadcast said.
 ''Now it is complete and uncon- ditional equalization. Nothing else is demanded of the Germans"
 While the Germans filed out, the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
A Just End Pope s Plea
BY HERBERT KING

Vatican City, May 9-UP)- Pope Plus XII expressed gratitude today for the conclusion of the war A Europe and offered prayer for ? 'Sust end" to the bloody strug- se" still under way in the Far aAst.
 In a broadcast to the world, he said the European war had left in it's wake the greatest material and moral ruin in the history of man. kind"
 Cries of gratitude break forl.l ardently," he said in hailing the end of hostilities. "They rise from the depth of our hearts toward the Lord Father of Mercy
 The Pope implored God to bring a quick end to the bloody struggle in the Far East. He said the war dead now were telling the sur- vivors:
 May new and better Europe, a new and better world arise from our bones and our graves, and from the earth where we have been thrown as grains of wheat"
 Deploring the chaos of the war, the Pontiff said:
 "The problem now is reconstruc- ton of the world"
 The new world, he said, must be based on respect for human dig nity, and on the sacred principle of equality of rights for all peoples and all nations, great and small. weak and strong"
 The Pope made no reference to the vanquished nations or their ob- jectives, but appealed for a peace founded on sound justice and mu- tual trust. with truth and charity replacing lies and anger.
 Only in such manner can peace be re-established firmly in the face of Europe's gigantic prob- lems and difficulties" the Pontiff said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
Italy Tanks Pacific Bound
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY


 Rome, May 9.-(UP)-The Allies already have begun shipping com- bat and service troops from Italy directly to the Pacific for the war against Japan, Gen. Joseph T. Mo- Narney revealed today.
 McNarney, deputy supreme com- mander in the Mediterranean theater, said other troops would be sent from Italy to the Pacific by way of the United States.
 It generally was known that en- g1neering and other technical troops, as well as certain air force personnel had been ernbarking for the Pacific for several weeks, but McNarney's speech was the first confirmation that combat troops already were on the way.
 McNarney's speech was broadcast throug bout the Mediterranean theater yesterday, but released for publication in the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes and other news papers only today.
 He said that his answer to per- sistent questions from Allied troops as to when they would be permit ted to go home would be disap- pointing.
 But it would be unfair If were not absolutely frank in answering that question even if it is unpleas- ant" he said.
 The return to civilian life for the majority of troops in Italy would come cnly after Japan has beer defeated, he said. All troops in tn European and Mediterranean the. aters had been divided into groups for future disposition, he said.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
Goeri1,g, Kesselri11g
 Seized ByAmericans

Paris, May 9-UP)-Reichsm shal Hermann Goering and Marsha Albert Kesselring, two of the lead CTS in the fallen Nazi hierarchy, are in the hands of the American Sev- enth army, supreme headquarters announced today.
 Goering said he was condemned to death by Adolf Hitler for sug- geSting on April "A that he-Goer-- ing-take over the leadership o1 Germany.
 Hitler's SS Elite guardsmen ar rested him, Goermg said, but mem bers of his own air force rescued him.
 Kesselring had been commander in chief of Germany's western front since early March. He was believed to have taken over from Marshal Karl Won Rundstedt-now also in Allied hands-after the Germans suffered a series of disastrous re- verses in the west.
 Gen. Jacob L. Devers' Sixth army group headquarters relayed through SHAEF the announcement that It Gen. Alexander M. Patch's Seventh army had captured Goering and Kesselring.
 The first reports of Goering's cap ture gave no details of his melo- dramatic report that Hitler con- demned him and he was rescued by members of the Luftwaffe he com manded in it's heyday.
 The whereabouts of Goering had been one of the major mysteries of the collapse of the Nazi command in Germany. A few days before re- porting that Adolf Hitler had been killed in battle. the German radio said Goering had been relieved of his air force command because of bad health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
Midnight
 Ban Lifted

Washington, May eCUP)-War Mobilization Director Fred M. Vim son lifted the midnight curfew on amusement places today but said restrictions on transportation must continue.
 He also revoked, effective at once, the government ban on racing
 Vinson discussed almost every phase of home front activity at a press conference in which he said that he was confident the American people would keep their feet on the ground and not go haywire" during the coming months.
 Vinson announced revocation of the midnight curfew with the words "curfew will not ring tonight" He then went on to other aspects of civilian life in wartime.
 Vinson said production of electric refrigeratorS and washing machines will be started immediately in moderate" quantities.
 Reconversion, he continued, must proceed vigorously" He warned, however, that complete change-over to civilian economy must await the defeat of Japan.
 VinSon also announced that:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
430-T0N SHIP
 RIPPED IN TWO EARP0RTLAND
BY JOHN MADIGAN

Portland, Me, May g. - (UP)--In what was described as the greatest loss of Navy personnel in New England waters since World War II began, 49 officers and men were killed when an ex- plosion destroyed a Navy patrol boat three miles off the entrance to this harbor.
 The story of the tragedy that occurred April B near Cape Elizabeth was released last night by the First Naval District.
 The 13 survivors of the 62- man crew said that the USS PE-56, a World War I-type vessel, was ripped in two by the explosion, the stern sec tion sinking in seven min utes and the bow in 17 min utes.
 Officials still were trying to deter mine whether the blast was caused by enemy submarine action, a drift ing mine, defective mechanism or armament aboard the vessel.
 The survivors, who promptly dub- bed themselves the lucky l3', were treated at a naval dSpensary for minor injuries after being picked up by a destroyer and lightsh1p. Only one of six officers aboard es- capped.
 2 Bodies Recovered
 The Navy identified two crewmen whose bodies were recovered as NM. 1kc George w. Neugen of Summer field, N C., and S2/c Paul J. Knapp of Lake Mahopac, N. Y. The other 47 officers and men, including the Commander, Lieutenant James G. Early of Aulander, N. C., were listed as missing and presumed dead.
 At the time of the explosion, the 430-ton Eagle boat was serving as a target-towing vessel for planes from the Brunswick Naval Air Sta- tion.
 Captain Ernest J. Freeman, con- manding officer of the Portland base said that no one actually saw the explosion. The first to witness the plight of the patrol boat were the men aboard the destroyer, about three miles away, and all they saw was a thin jet of smoke stabbing into the sky.
 The surviving officer, Lieutenant J.gD John P. Scagnelli, 25, of (54 Chambers street. New York, said he went to sleep in his stateroom shortly after noon.
 Tt couldn't have been more than 10 or 15 minutes later when heard a terrific explosion an explosion that hurled me out of bed as if someone had picked me up and
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BOMB PRAGUE |N FRAGRANT
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BULLETIN London. May 9.-(UP)-Marshal Stalin in an order of the day, an- nounced the capture of Prague today.
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
INSPECTION SET
FOR R0TC UNIT

Friday has been scheduled by the
Fourth Service Command as an
nual inspection day for the New
Hanover high school ROTC Unit.
This year the inspection will be
made by a board of officers VINO
will study all phases Of training OF
the cadet corps, including rifle
craftsmanship, military sanitation
and first aid, extended and close
order, drill and a variety of other
subjects, Capt. J. w. jenkins, COM
handing officer of the high tscholl
unit. announced today. He further
said that facilities, support Of
ROTC by the institution, theoreti-
cal instruction and practical dem
on STATIONS will be considered
in the inspection. The names of
the reviewing officers have not
been announced.
Since its organization in 1885,
the high school ROTC Unit has
been designated by the Com
handing General Of the Fourth Ser
vice Command as an "honor
and as much has been awarded the
blue star of excellence which is
worn as part of the uniform OF
each cadet.
The Unit was established under
Brig. Gen. William V. Ochs, at
present the Post Commander OF
Camp Stewart, Ga. He was Sue
ceeded by Major Emil Engel, who
remained until 1913. Col. Thomas
Henry was in charge Of ROTC un-
til his retirement from the Army
in 1914.
The cadet corps has participated
in numerous military ceremonies
within New Hanover county and
In the Governor Inauguration in
Raleigh. 1t is the only Junior ROTC
Unit in North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02

IN GERMANY Up To-day we
drove eastward as part Of a great
armored thorn being thrust into
the side of a weak and rlddled
wehrmacht.
Westward by the thousands, IN
droves and in swarms, came Ut.
eral parade of liberated war and
political prisoners, slave laborers
and surrendering German soldiers.
Pretty soon the colonel said we
ca..:'t continue tonight. Too many
Germans. They're not giving us
any fight but we have to do some
thing with them. And too many
other people. We will have to work
them back tonight and go ahead
In the morning"
With so many passing it was
hard to keep realizing that each
pair of worn dust-covered shoes
carried an individual story. But
they did.
Remember May 1910? Private
Johnny and Trooper Adam re-
member it. q can't print their
last names because their folks
haven't been notified YETI They're
. couple Of Scottish boys. Johnny
was captured on May Is, 1910 and
Adam fell into German hands two
days later.
For five years they had been
German prisoners. They met our
column and we gave them a lit
toward home. April % was John
ny's 25th birthday and a more de-
lighted little Scot you never saw:
MAN alive" he shouted, ""hat
nor-r.r-e could a mon ask for-r-r
his birthday?'
They had warm clothes on their
backs. a good steak dinner under
their belts and they were back
among friendly forces for the first
time in five years. They we're on
their way home. The world was
wonderful place and just watching
their beaming faces made you
think so too.
1t wasn't such wonderful
Mace, however, for Staff Sgt. Ar
thur Weiss of the Bronx, N. Y.
Arts Job is taking care OF prl-
sonere - searching them, ques-
tioning them, lining them up in
SEPARATE groups and seeing that
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
WITH THE AEF
Liberation, Surrender

they're shipped to the proper pri-
soner of war cages. In an hour
saw him help handle nearly 400
prisoners.
This has been going on for
days" he said YEARLY. Il forget
how many thousand we've had
during the past week or ten days"
As he spoke a middle-aged Ger
man who had arranged the sur
render Of a big group came up
and tried to start conversation by
saying that he lived in New York
City from 1882 to 1898. Art asked
him where he worked. He explain
ed that he worked as a dishwash-
er. a bus boy and finally as a
newspaperman. Art asked what
paper.
"Oh, naturally it was German
language paper - but very pro-
jewish" the German said.
Art repeated his query and the
prisoner named the paper, trying
to slur the syllables of its name
together and repeating "a very
anti-Nazi paper, a good German
paper"
why, you lying word-of-a-
word" Art barked. Get back
with those other so-and-so's."
The prisoner scurried away.
That was the most rabid, pro-
Nazi. anti-Jewish paper in New
York Weiss said. Somebody else
addeS, mo wonder that guy went
back to the fatherland in 1885,"
Meanwhile, Pvt. Thomas Olson
of Chicago was having his one per-
sonal joke as he guarded the in
coming prisoners. He'd walk in
front of them, raise his hand for
silence and say solemnly in Ger
man:
"All gestapo men raise their
hands, There'd be a brief STIR
ring but no hands. Then he asked
for all SIS men. The same re.
Spouse. Then he went through the
list Of the fanatical Nazi groups,
down to the Hitler jultnd, the youth
organization. There were a few
hidden smokers from the some
what nervous group, but no hands.
Finally in apparent deep dis
gust, he said: We'll, I don't sup
pose there are even any German
soldiers here, but if so, raise your
hands"
Finally, the idea that they were
being kidded finally sifted through
teutonic stolidity. Sllamefacedly,
one by one, they lifted their hands.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
Temple OF Israel
Mems Club To Meet

The last meeting Of the season
to be conducted by the Mems
club Of the Temple of Israel will
be held at 8 p. m. today In the
Temple lounge.
1t. Alex thinner, Of Camp
Davis, will be- the speaker. Boat
swain Ellsworth P Barnes, of
the Merchant Marine, will enter
tain members and lady guests
with some feats of hypnotism
Important Temple matters will
he discussed during the short
business session preceding the
entertainment. Harry Solomon
will preside.
, George Washington Case, Wash
ington Senator outfielder, has
stolen 286 bases in 949 games in
the last eight seasons.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
Is White Men Ordered.
For Army Examinations

City Draft Board No. l yester-
day announced that Is white men
will leave Wilmington May for
pre-induction examinations at Fl.
Bragg and 20 will 60 for induction
May "a.
Board officials said calls for 81
negro registrants to report for
induction May 10, and so for pre-
induction examinations May II
also had been received.
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