The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08
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NEW YORK APP Broadway
took a deep breath today-ready
for another "a hours OF prayer.
tears. joy and ticker tape in honor
OF official We dey. After a wild
day which saw 100000 jammed into
Times Square beneath a hailstorm
OF torn telephone books. colored
rags, streamers and confetti, the
celebration ebbed into silence
shortly after the midnight curfew.
NEW YORK -AP - A British
broadcast recorded by NBC said
today that Gen. Majelsky, Nazi
commander OF the enemy forces In
Pilsen, committed suicide yester-
day after surrendering to Gen.
George S. Patton, commander OF
(the American Third Army.
NEW YORK AP-Despite an
nOuncement of the German accept.
ance OF unconditional surrender in
Prague, some German units have
disobeyed orders OF their high
command and are burning houses.
numbering the Czech population
/ and footing on their own initia-
tive" the Czech-controlled Prague
radio said today. The broadcast
was reported by the Federal Com
munications Commission.
WASHINGTON AP-Roberf f.
flanagan had favorable nod rom
fthe Senate today to take over as
postmaster general July /. Presi-
dent Truman set the mid.year date
for the Democratic national chair
man to relieve Frank Walker, re-
signed.
PARIS-AP-Brig. Gen. Frank A.
[Allen, Jr., director of the public
felations division OF supreme head
| quarters has lifted the suspension
| Imposed yesterday bn Associated
Press filing facilities from the Eur
opean theater but his official order
said it still applied to Edward Ken
|pedy, chief OF the APPS western
front staff. 1t was Kennedy who
kent the first dispatch Of Ger
many's unconditional surrender.
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spaih-AP-
Leon de Grelle, Belgian Fascist
leader, aud five companions. landed
H."s' = he7a,9ih hefe TO-DAY aflsr. . s,s-~
"Trip from North Germany. The iden-
fifty OF the five men with de Grelle
SNas not learned Immediately, but
HAwas believed they were German.
4 LONDON 49, AP-Admiral Karl
tDoenitz Hitler's successor as Ger
man fuehrer, said today over the
German controlled Flensburg radio
that all arms had been laid down
by the Germans in accordance with
khe unconditional surrender he had
ordered.
WASHINGTON AP-Congress-
men today disclosed War Depart.
ment plans for a peacetime stand
Ing army of about 100000 men
backed up by an active reserve OF
100000. Outlined behind closed
INDOORS to the House Military Com
mittee, the program contemplates,
the committee members said, that
Congress will enact a compulsory
peacetime draft to provide the re-
serve strength.
LONDON-AP- Liberated BY
American troops after five years Of
RNazi Imprisonment, King Leopold
TN OF Belgium today faced future
beset with uncertainty. The 43-year.
old monarch and his queen-a com
moner whom he married while
prisoner-were rescued by U. S.
Seventh Army doughboys who over.
powered German IS (Elite Guard)
Troops guarding the royal party at
pStrobl, eight miles east Of Salzburg
in Austria.
LANsING-AP-If 1000. 900 men
are to be sent home from American
armies now that the war in Europe
Is ended. Michigan is reasonably
well prepared to provide for its
100000. Col. Philip c. Pack, direc-
tor OF the State office OF Veterans
Affairs (OVA) said today.
OTTAWA, Ont..-AP - Most
Canadians today regarded We Day
Ms the end OF the war for them,
with the plans for carrying on the
struggle against Japan mostly in
Evolving civilian effort. Labor Min
lister Mitchell announced that call
ups for military service under the
national resources mobilization act
were suspended, but that enroll
ment of volunteers for the Pacific
war had been made. All Cana
dams fighting in the Pacific will be
volunteers.
y STOCKHOLM-AP - Neutral
Stockholm severed diplomatic rela-
lions with Germany Monday night
as crowds danced in the streets in
celebration of the end OF the Euro
pean war. The break with Ger
many was announced by the for
eign ministry in a. brief statement
(which declared the government
Twas assuming custody OF the Ger.
man legation, consulates and other
buildings.
IONDON-AP-Al radios to-