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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
WAR AT A GLANCE
(By Associated Press)

THE WESTERN FRONT, May 2. Three Allied Armies are driving into the Alpine Redoubt, advancing up to 25 miles against only negligible German resistance. The U. s. Third Army troops are within 40 miles or less of the Russians, west of Vienna. The British have broken the Ger man lines northeast of the Elbe ana are advancing on Luebeck.
 THE RUSSIAN FRONT: = The second White Russian Army, win- ming the Baltic Port of Stralsuno' pushes within 65 miles 'of the BTU ish forces on the Lower Elbe; furth- CT Berlin strongholds are faiilng two Soviet armies are converglng to- ward Olmuetz (Olomouc), the MO ravian rail center.
 THE ITALIAN FRONT The German Commander of the Lom- bardy Corps of the Ligprian Army surrendered with 1000 Germans ana many Italian Fascist troops; Amer ican troops have pushed up to san thia. 48 miles West of Milan; the British Armor is driving toward the Austrian frontier.
 THE PACIFIC FRONTS:-Allied forces have landed on the Burma Coast on both sides of Rangoon American troops moved to the out skirts of Davao, Mindanao Island hemp port and the last big Philip pine city in Japanese hands; Amer ican forces are also fighting within rifle range of Southern Okinawa's three main cities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
kibitzers Gel Busy Over Sudden Changes
 Made in Washington


 Clay has long been chafing from desk work and desire to get closer to the heart of action. He has two sons in combat service, while Dad has been fighting the battle of the Potomac. Best guess here now is that Gen. Eisenhower himself pick ed Clay.
 But that isn't the real point. Gen Clay is one of the best, but also one of the toughest engineers in the army. Not since he moved in as Byrnes aide has he relaxed his insistence on all-out production foi the military forces, giving whatever was left to the home front.
 Just when the opposition was gaining sentiment for conversion te civilian production, the Germans started their big counter offensive Gen. Clay could have said T tolc you SO" He didn't, but that ended the argument.
 With the end almost in sight, may. be reconversion experts will get bacl in the saddle and the tough guys -
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
STATEMENT I5 ISSUED BY
 EISENHOWER

PARIS, May 2.-Gen. Eisenhower authorized statement today that Heinrich Himmler had told Swedish Count Folke Bernadotte at a meet ing at Luebeck, April "A, that Ger many was finished. and Hitler was so ill he might already be dead"
 The Supreme Headquarters state ment added that at that time, more than week before Hitler's purport- ed death was announced by the Hamburg radio, Himmler had said Hitler could not be expected to live more than two days longer
 German General Schillenberger, who was present at the meeting said Hitler was suffering from a brain hemorrhage, the statement said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
By HOLLAND NORGAARD Associated Press War
 Correspondent

ROME, May All German land sea and air forces in Italy and southern and western Austria-esti- mated at nearly 100000 troops were surrendered internationally to the Allies today by their com mander, with hostilities ordered to cease at noon, GMT., 6 a.m., PWT) The equalization, signed in the presence of Allied officers including Russians, ended more than one and one-half years of the bloody Italian campaign. and permits the Allies to advance unopposed to within 10 miles of Adolf Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden in Bavaria.
 The surrender document was sign ed Sunday afternoon at Caserta by representatives of Col. Gen. Hein- rich von Vietinghoff -Scheel, Ger man Commander in-C Chief in the Southwest, and of Ober Gruppen Fuehrer Karl Wolff, Supreme Con- mander of the s. s. and police in Italy.
 Field Marshal Sir Harold L. Alex ander, Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean, announced the mass surrender. and in an order of the day to his troops declared, You have won a victory which has ended in the complete and utter route of the German armed forces in the Mediterranean" and freed Italy.
 The surrender exposed the flank of Col. Gen. von Lehr, German Commander in the Trieste area. British and Yugoslav forces already have linked at the head of the Adriatic, northwest of Trieste. At least "A Allied divisions in Italy are freed for other duties.
 Von Vietinghoff's command in- cludes all northern Italy to the Isonzo River in the northeast, and the Austrian provinces of Vonarl- berg, Tyrol, Salsburg, and portions of Corinthia and Styria.
 "The enemy's total force including combat and rear echelon troops surrendered to the Allies are esti- mated to number nearly 100000 men," Alexander announced. Fighting troops include remnants of g German and six Italian Fascist divisions"
 The surrender ended one and one-half years of the battle of Italy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
Civilian Defense
 Office Abolished
 Iodayby Truman
M -7

WASHINGTON, May 2.-Presi-
 dent Truman today abolished the Office of Civilian Defense. The home front organization is to be liquidated between now and
 June 30
 In a letter to Congress, the Presi-
 dent said recent developments in the European war and the efficient op- eration of volunteer forces made further Federal supervision of Civ ilian Defense unnecessary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
REDS KEEP
 HOPPING UP
 IN BERLIN
Conditions Reported Cha. otie : Barricaded En-
 frances Hacked

BULLETIN-LOND May 2- Premier Stalin announced tonight the fall of Berlin.
 The battle for the uerman capital began April 21.
 The announcement of the com plete conquest of Berlin was made by the Moscow radio, which de- clared that 10000 Germans were captured in the cleanup of the city.
 Stalin's order described the capi- tai as the center of German inn perialism.
 He said the German garrison defending Berlin had laid down it's arms today and resistance had ceased at 3 p. m.
 The capture of Berlin came just a week after it was encircled by Marshal ZhukOv's First White Rus sian Army and Marshal Konev's First Ukrainian Army
 Moscow said Berlin's military commander, Artillery Gen. Webling, was among those captured.
 Earlier, Russia n troops today captured the Baltic port of RostOck in a drive to within 29 miles of British forces who sealed off Den- mark.
 Southeast of Berlin, other SOviets killed or seized 10000 troops of the encircled German Ninth Army.
 Marshal Stalin announced the victories in two Orders of the Day, after the German command ac- knowledged it's garrison in Berlin had been chopped into separate groups" in the narrow government quarter.
 A dispatch from Twenty First Army Group Headquarters an- nounced the British capture of Luebeck and Wismar in a drive cutting off Denmark and Schles- wig -Holstein.
 LONDON, May 2-Soviet shock troops closed in on Hitler's Relchs- Chancellery and other final nests of resistance in Berlin today, and a Paris broadcast said without con- firmation that the Red Army flag already flew from the Chancellery- by Nazi account the death place of the Fuehrer.
 A Pravda war correspondent de-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
||NVA5I0N OF
 NIP LAND I5 NEARING NOW
Statement Made by High Ranking 6enerdl-Mdt-
 Arthur 10 Be Chief
By Leonard Milliman

Associated Press War Correspondenp
 Japan itself will be invaded soon a ranking American General indi-. cated today, as British paratroopers and sea-borne assault waves trap ped the Japanese garrison at Ran goon in the second Allied invasion in two days.
 It. Gen. Robert c. Richardson, Jr., Commanding General of Army forces in Pacific Ocean areas, said the Pacific war is entering new phase in which major assault will soon be launched on the Japa- nese Empire. His unamplified re- mark had special significance, since 1t was made at his Honolulu head quarters immediately on return from conference in Manila with Gen. Douglas Macarthur, under whose Army direction Japan will be invaded.
 Simultaneously, other American commanders disclosed half the original Japanese v garrison on Okinawa, estimated at 60.000 men. has been killed or wounded, and |land-based Naval planes are daily patrolling waters up to the gates of Tokyo.
 Battle Of Davao
 Tanks closed in for the battle of Davao in the Philippines as Allied forces took the headlines with double invasions and sustained Naval bombardments along the southern fringes of Nippon's crumbling war-won empire.
 British paratroopers landed along the banks of the Rangoon River yesterday and amphibious assault troops followed early this morning, cutting off the sea escape route from Rangoon. British armored columns are about 35 miles north of Rangoon, potential staging base for reconquest of Singapore.
 Island BOmbarded
 To the south on the seaway to Singapore, the East Indies fleet. including the French battleship Richelieu, bombarded Car Nicobar Island and Port Blair, in the Ada man Group yesterday, for the sec- ond consecutive day.
 Official silence cloaked progress of yesterdays invasion of Borneo by 5000 tank-led Australians.
 On the nearest major Philippine Island, the U. S. Twenty-F Fourth Division rolled II miles up Min danao coastal highway to within six miles of the Japanese Davao stronghold.
 On Northern Luzon, the Twenty. Fifth Division drove a salient through the enemy's Caraballo Mountain defenses, endangering the Hanks and rear of Japanese guard ing the Balete Pass, gateway to fertile Cagayan Valley.
 It. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner. Jr., commanding the Tenth Army, reported well over 2l,000 Japanese have been killed in the Okinawa campaign. Plus the wounded, he estimated this accounted for half of the Nipponese force.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz an- nounced medium sized ship was damaged by Nipponese suicide air attacks off Okinawa Monday
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
Permanent Houses Authorized by MIA
 Al } Alaska Ciiies

WASHINGTON, May = The National Housing Agency today authorized privately financed con- struction of permanent houses at these Alaska communities:
 Anchorage-100 houses; "A to sell at $8,000 each, and T 5to rent at $65 monthly (ceiling).
 Fairbanks-60 to sell at. $8,000 or rent at $65.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
RETRIEVE

OKLAHOMA CITY-The reason motorists in Oklahoma City haven't been cited for overtime parking since last Thursday is not because the police have become careless. The city is out of red citation tickets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
CONGRATULATIONS

WASHINGTON, May 2.-Presi- dent Truman today announced the unconditional surrender of German forces in Italy and said:
 "Only folly and chaos can now delay the general equalization ev- erywhere of the German armies"
 In statement announcing he had sent congratulatory messages to the Allied commanders, the President added
 Let Japan as well as Germany understand the meaning of these events"
 Congratulatory messages were ad- dressed to Gen. Mark w. Clark and British Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
INNoCULATION CLINIC

A whooping cough innoculation clinic for infants and pre-school- age children will be held tomorrow afternoon from to o'clock at the Government School. With Dr. James Smith in charge
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-02
FIX XI'RA A
Million Germans in
 Italy, Austrian Areas
 In Complete Surrender

BULLETIN-LONDON, May 2.--The Luxembourg radio said tonight that a German capitu- lati0n in Holland was imminent. The radio, which is Allied-con- trOlled, said reports from the Canadian front indicated arm istice negotiations had been in progress more than 24 hours.
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Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03

IN ana Mrs Thomas COttingham
OF Seatord. and Dr. and Mrs Harry
Nice arthey OF Baltimore. Maryland
We're sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Wilbur Hurley
Mrs charles Cordrey Jr.. and
and son Danny. We're week end
guest OF Nh. and Mrs Charles Cor
drey. 81
Reverend and Mrs. Cranston
higgins OF Baltimore and Mrs.
Eeuson Allen and daughter OF Sea
l"rd were sunday guests of Mn
and Mrs Farley Hastings
Mrs Ruth Joyce returned to
Wilmington Sunday afternoon
after spending several days here
with hel parents Mr. and Mrs
Walter. Eskrid4e
Mn and Mrs Frank Kramer OF
MiddlrtoWn Pennsylvania wcrt
mid-Wcek guests Of Mrs Helen
Leap and mother.
Miss Charlotte Spry OF ChcsW old
Delaware was an overnight Suesr
Sunday of Nr. and Mrs Haryr,
Spence
Nh and Mrs Len Rigain an,
daughter MurS;rrt of Middleton II
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
FELTON,

The Annual Methodist lhHrch
1icnic was held ON the church
yard Thursday atteluoon Tn
,hairmuns Werc Mrs W. II. Eaton
nd Mrs Bertha IatcII
Mrs. Clarence Bradley rntorajn-
ru on Sunday. the members ul luc
Past President clubs 81 the Iadle-
Auxiliary ot the Veterans .ot Ful.
ri2n Wars ol Wilmlu@run Nl-.
BESSIE McFaddcu Nas a Wrch rua
1Uc~t
Miss Dolis Iva pcluu- had ~
her week end guest Miss G.ao
bnWkiu- of Wlhujn-roL
Mrs. Ruth Bluprck Of i,dt-
water. Florida is VISITING hen par
tnts. Mr.. and Nls William GodWur
Lieutenant Saliua Nate~ 81
Camp Killnrr. New JERSEY has hc, u
visiting her PARENTS. MA and Mrs
Lawrence katc~ Lieutenant kate-
sailrd Monday tor l'orci@u duties
Miss Marjorie lllrd and Miss
Loris Iva D"loue were in Vii
ningtom ON Tuesday
Nancy Lynch and brother. bou
aid Lynch uf Philadelphia ma hc.r
Visiting their aunt Nr: krunrI
Grant
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred piII u.,
their grandson, Kenneth East oI
Staford lor teW days visit
Mr. and Mrs y \. r"trN. Mi.
Gladys Jarrcll and Mrs. r"hu Pet
lick were in Wilmington ON 'luc-
day.
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
BETHEL

MIS- Edna clarh and Mr.. curtis
E"l'on OF Wilmington were week
'n' -ue>tS OF the formers parents,
Nr. and Mrs. John Phillips.
\Ir ana Mrs. clarence Garrett
= ien' several day las, week With
.'i"tNcN in Wilmington ana New
a~tl". Delaware.
Lieutenant ANA Mrs. Earle Alien
"hd daughter Linda returned home
SATURDAY after spending the past
week. with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie,
hehoeaSt in Wilmin-ton.
Ms Myrtle spence and Mrs Iris
N11ht We're guests la.r W.,h OF
\.iS. Peali Elic, at her cottage in
I,ohohoth Beach
Mn. and Mrs Wallace Garrett of
NIlmluston spent Saturday Mi,h
~ formers mothrr Nrs. Rhodn
Garrett.
The rount On Me club VAS en-
t"Ilalnrd Tuesday evening at The
home OF Mrs tley cordrpv
Master WalIac" Garrett is ~pcnG-
ir- several days with hi, grand
patents, Mr. ana Mrs IhvodoI,
HASTINGS in Laurel.
Mrs. Ina Sratl. Mrs. J. Patterson
"hd dau@hl"r and Mrs. Ilu Stau-
irr AL OF Philadelphia Wrrc recon,
@a"sts Of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie,
Cordrrl 81.
Mrs Woodrow Eskrid4r an,
daughter Of Seaford spent SUNDAY
NHh her PARENTS, Mr.. and Mrs
. hall"S Norris.
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs Nichols. their son
and wife and TWO children from
New York. They are the parents
and brother and sister-in-law OF
Mrs. Jarvis. Rev Mr. Jarvis mo-
ther from Washington, y. C.. was
recent guest there
Roland G. Scott has arrived back
in the States from Europe and will
spend a leave with his wife Mrs
Madlyn Long Scott and his par
euts. Mr.. and Mrs Roland f Scott.
He is Il grandson of {. l.. McCah".
ST. and the late Ars"Iy WatSol.
McCabe
Mrs. Della Bunting and sons.
Billy and Blame. spent Sunday in
Lcwes with their husband and fd-
ther William f. Buntiu2. who has
been Il patient in tine + .c',.. Hos
pital for six weeks
Mr. Bunting hopes 10 get nome in
the very near future. probably the
present week
Mrs RoXit Dukes went with
them and spent the Time with her
brother, Alvin f Wil2us whose
wife Mrs Annie Lynch Wil@us
died about two We, Is ago. Just af
ter Mrs. Dukes and TWO other la
dies Of town hHd spent three days
with her. Mrs WilGus was taken
i'll with hcmmOrhage after they
left ON Saturday night. July IA
and died the following Tuesday.
Mrs a. Edward Stevens and son
Edward. Jr.. have been away on {;
two weeks trip to Lake Junaluska
WaYucsNil!r and the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. in Nortl
Carolina.
MIR anG Mr;. Frank Furman OF
RoAaIIa Wrr" guests OF his two sis
ters on F.id;,y G.. a. Furman O
Frankfurd was there on Wtdncs
day
Miss Evelyn Lewis. daughter o
James Lew; and the late Ida Lew
is, waS qri"tlv married to Sta1
Str"ra"t Calvin DoWnty, son o
AIRS m bOWncy and the lat'
HEM l.rNn,y on Saturday, July
2>. at ) T. II.
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
SELBYVILLE

The taravaners will arrive here
next Saturday and begin their
work at Salem Church ON Sunday
evening. There will be work
ship period each afternoon during
the week. when the Caravaners
will assist the local young people
in service projects and activities
Each evening there will be study
groups for Intermediates and for
young people with worship and
recreation periods. The committee
in charge OF their entertainment
and lodging and for meals will be
Miss Jane Scott. Miss Edna Me
Cabe, Mcssrs. Carl Wilgus. Dick
Lort and Clayton Rinsltr.
The adults are invited and urged
to attend the classes for adults who
work with the children and young
people.
The subject of Rev. Mr. Jarvis
sermon last Sunday was How Biz
Are YOU"
The scripture lesson was the
FIRST of Is verses of the 9th chap
ter of IL Corinthians and the text
was the llth and part OF the
18TH verse o We Corinthians. our
mouth is open unto you, our heart
is enlarged BE ye also enlarged.
Guests at the parsonage are:
Lieutenant Gertrude POllctt
Strickland with the Nurses Corp
cooper Hospital Unit. i'll NAfrica
and Italy is now home ON furlousi
Tor Il rest. Her husband. Corpora
W. J Strickland arrived from over
seas this week and expects To visit
here this week
Miss CarOlee Green of Smyrn;
has been visiting Mrs Dora B. &
Hill near Milford. spending som,
of tn" time with her little friend:
in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Horn an,
children spent the past week il
Atlantic city. New Jersey.
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03

Delaware We're week end guest of
Mr. and Mrs Harry Wright. Miss
Margaret remained here for sever
al days.
Mr., and Mrs. James higgins and
family of Wilmington We're week
end guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam higgins
Mr.. and Mrs Arba r. Hudson Of
Pleasantyille New Jersey were
mid week guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas MilbOurn.
Mrs William Sntdaktr and
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03

daughter, Laura Ann returned
home Monday after spending two
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Snedaker in Wildwood. New Jer-
SeY.
Technical Sergeant Rudolph B.
Hastings arrived home Wednesday
after being overseas for the past
year. Sergeant Hastings is spend
ing thirty day furlough with his
wife and parents. Mrs. Marion
Hastings and Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Hastings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
st. Lawrence Project

Opposltlon to the st. Lawrence waterway
PROJECT seems to be crumbling. This comment
comes from Wall Street column:
Declarlng that they would not be opposed
TO the St. Lawrence Waterways project if it
were not duplication of present electric
generating facilities, opponents To the project,
including the coal industry railroad labor and
port cities, added to their argument the state
ment made by Army officials in World War
I that a dam on the Great Lakes would be
an "ldeaF' target for enemy attack and that
1t would be simple accomplishment for enc.
my countries to tie up our shipping in that
area. In new st. Lawrence Bill introduced
Ia both houses of Congress- effect would be
given to the United States-Canadian agree
ment on the project. Opposition of Governor
Dewey, it is reported in Washington, has been
minlmlzed by including in the most recent
OIL a provision guaranteeing New York's in
terest in any power development. A provision
looking toward making the seaway self-lioui-
dating through imposition of tolls is likelv to
arouse free seaway'' proponents Discussing
the whole subject, utility executive observed
that If the Government gives this project tn
the State, it seems logical that the State of
Tennessee could ask that the Tennessee Val.
ley Authority facilities be turned over to Ten.
nessee."
Dne thing nobody seems to have considered
is the effect an atomic bomb would have on
the Great Lakes and any dam built in their
vacinity. 1t might be wise to consult the Army
again
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
Macarthur Opposition

The Russians are striving to get General
Macarthur out of his post in Japan and sup
plant the Supreme Commander with the four
power commission, with the Soviet Union one
of the powers This is due, of course, to Rus.
sia's desire to have a hand in the affairs o1
the Orient generally to a greater extent than
General Macarthur is liable to give them.
Russia covets wider influence in the Far
East and knows only too well that as long
as Macarthur is the steward of the Allies al
Tokyo it will never be permitted to overstep
seat him is being carried on with vigor, with
Mr.. Molotov, the Foreign Minister of the Mos
cow government directing 1t.
At the same time a parallel campaign is
being waged in sections of the American press
and radio with the object of ousting MacAr.
thur on the ground that he has always
favored a soft peace for Japan and is not
conducting the occupation with the severity
and vengefulness that should be EMPLOYED.
This is unfortunate, not alone because of the
difficulties Macarthur faces, but because it
lends aid tc Russia in its attempt to have
a commission set up.
While Russia is entitled to q fair deal in
the Orient, although that nations participation
in the war was negligible, it is also true that
General Macarthur deserves a square deal.
particularly in the United States He is crap.
pling with problem that is entirely new in
modern affairs and, in fact as well as theory.
is not free agent, but receives his orders
from Washington, and apparently is obeying
them carefully. Certainly in his recent CD.
erations there is no reason to accuse him OF
promoting soft .eace.
1t is most likely that because of his personal
ls1ities-can it conceit if you wish-cer.
tain newspaper and radio commentators have
conceived a dislike for the man and are con-
fusing the individual with the executive. No
one should overlook the fact that he brought
his armies all the way from New Guinea to
the Philippines and was actually on Japan,s
doorstep when Hirohito ordered the Japanese
surrender. No incompetent could have done
that.
His enemies would do well to read General
Walnwright's articles appearing daily in the
Star. They contain truer picture of Mac.
Arthur than the opposition has conjured I'M
for itself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
Down Argentine Way

WHAT is to happen in Argentina cannot be
foretold. But when jails are opened in 3uenos
Aires and dissolute women free to make room
for girl students who demonstrate against
the Farrell regime, it is obvious that condi-
tions cannot continue as they are indefinitely.
This is but one episode indicating the depths
to which the military dictatorship now in con-
troll of the government has descended to re-
tain power. Another concerns the assembly of
a thousand women to march to Government
House to protest the arrest of their sons and
other relatives, a device used by the police
to break the university strike. AS the women
approached the Plaza de Mayo, twenty mount
ed policemen charged into their midst with
swords drawn. Many of the women were felled
and injured.
It is not beyond reason to think that Nazis
who succeeded in escaping from Europe be-
fore the downfall of Germany are backing the
Farrell regime in the belief that only in Ar
gentina can they escape as war criminals
There is no doubt of the governments SYM
pathy with Nazism and purpose to impose its
totalitarianism upon the people as long as it
can use the army and the police to enforce its
decisions
The bulk of Argentines are opposed the Far
relps rule but as yet have been powerless to
overthrow him. The situation seems to call
for action by the United Nations, to which
Argentina was admitted in the eleventh hour
at San Francisco on assurance that it had
been converted and would be good in the fu-
ture. There can be no true hemisphere har-
mony until new democratic government is
installed at Buenos Aires.
tals is not possible, Argentina should be
oustedf rom the United Nations Furthermore.
even though 1t were done at considerable
financial loss, the nations trading with Argen-
Una should, as measure of self interest can.
Gel trade contracts and if necessary declare
boycott on both imports and exports.