Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1945 — Page 2
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ND NEW PEACE | ~~ B-SWEDEN
' then-appeared before a tense house * of commons to deliver, a guarded and deliberately vague statement. |
' many’s unconditional surrender now
. pointing out that the movement of
- mans also were trying to negotiate]
* gonditionally to all of the Big Three
, telephone, the dispatch sald.
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Swedish Emissary. Admits, Talk With Himmer. | (Continued From Page One) a they must be “prepared for
‘Ohurehill conferred with King George in Buckingham palace and
He did not deny that German surrender negotiations were in prog“Tess. He side- stepped conimisnt on the Swedish reports, asserting that he had no “special” news at, the moment. Churchill revealed, however, that official plans for Britains. victory
oelebration would be made public| "tonight, Teady for application at a
moment's notice. ‘¢ Throughout his brief appearance in commons he spoke as if Ger-
were a . foregone conclusion and that the armies in Europe might be engaged-in occupying their varfous post-war administrative zones. 2 To Expedite News -"Churchill promised that news of Germany's capitulation would not
be withheld until the coniplete occupation of the Reich is achieved,
the ‘occupying armies and the sur*yender of enemy troops might take a considerable period of time. “I would certainly not delay for a moment the news,” he told the cheering house. expect, from some authorized or unauthorized source.” Earlier dispatches indicated that Himmler's decision * to. evacuate . Denmark as ‘a preliminary to the unconditional surrender © of the Reich might be announced by! Swedish intermediaries in Stockholm. However, the Swedish foreign office announcement” might precede this. . Radio Luxembourg sald the Ger-
the surrender of the Nazi-created protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, otherwise western Czecho= slovakia, to the United States with out a fight. Earlier dispatches alsosaid Himm- | ler's reply to Anglo-American demands that Germany surrender un-
was believed already in allied hands. They indicated Bernadotte may have relayed Himmler's reply to Stockholm yesterday by telephone ‘or special emissary. (An N. B. C. correspondent in Stockholm said Bernadotte met Grand Adm. Karl Doenitz, commander in chief of the German navy, and Field Marshal Ernst Busch in adidtion to Himmler at
Swedish’ reports said the Germans were withdrawing from Copenhagen and ‘southern Sjaelland, the island on which the Danish capital is situated. Danish circles in Stockholm speculated that the Germans probably intended to quit all Denmark. Another Stockholm dispatch said the Germans were expected to turn back the administration of Denmark to King Christian today. The Danish parliament may be convened by
, Bwedish sources speculated that the German moves stemmed directly from Bernadotte's conferences in Denmark, which included talks with the Nazi overlord there, Dr, Wer-
Trend Favorable
Earlier reports had sald that Himmler in his original peace offer to the United States and Britain had offered to withdraw or surrender German forces in Denmark. German soldiers * wearing. Red Cross badges arrived in" Copex
British War
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Bride Eager For Shopping, (Continued -From Page One)
too, but there was no space. They finally arrived here Sunday.’
i on = THE FIRST scheduled stop on the shopping tour was tothe ration board, for “what I need most are a pair of shoes,” she
said. “But it is a wonderful feeling to know you can buy clothes withoyt rationing. , “All our clothes over there are pretty well gone,” she said. .“We try to make things last but in five years everything goes to pleces. “So many rationing points come good every six months but you can’t get much with them. A dress, a coat ‘or a pair of shoes eats Hs points up so fast.” » » ” LIKE others from England, the vast size of America impresses her. So do many of the things in life Americans take for granted. As one example, the refrigerator is virtually unknown to the greater number in England and even an ice box is a rarity. "And it is hard for her to believe “her eyes when she sees-the miles unfold and none of .the countryside damaged by war. In England her home stands on a little horseshoe block: . Homes on the point of the shoe have been damaged by air warfare.
ae “ = 8 . IT'S ALL_quite diffeyent here and strange, but I'm sure I'm going to-like it,” she.said, ] Sgt. and Mrs, Simmons were | married Nov. 6, 1942, and wilf | make their home at the sergeants’ | present base at the Lockbourne | army air field, Columbus, O. He is | a graduate of Manual high school.
6.0. P. CONTROL OF BEER IS DELAYED
(Continued From Page One) porary 30-day permits to Demo-
stall .a beer Srought in some sec tions. Whether enough temporary permits have been issued to carry individual counties over the hump is still problematical. The rébound
won't be felt for several days. Firms failing to receive temporary renewals sold -out their supplies in anticipation of going out of busi ness. Taverns are still well-stocked with these supplies. In Marion county, consumers will feel no effects immediately. Only one of ‘mine Indianapolis wholesaler companies has been denied a temporary ‘permit, and its -applicatjon is still pending.
SWEDEN BUSY IN AVIATION FIELD
: By Science Service WASHINGTON — Leading. all Scandinavia in the development of military and civilian flying, Sweden may become one of the important nations in post-war aviation. Most of the flying these days over Sweden ig being doné in America-built airplanes, and the outlook for the sale
good for the future. Within less than six weeks, 50 North American P-51 Mustang fighter planes, purchased for the
(Swedish Parliament), service. Sweden’s own light-airplane manufacturing company, Skandinaviska, has recently announced the development of an all-wood sports monoplate. Enown -as the BHT-1A, it
will be in|
hagen several days ago, a Stockholm: broadcast sald, to assist Ger-| man refugees in “developments which will, take place during the! next few days.” The Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter sald Himmler's reply tol the allied “all or none” surrender | demand was delivered to allied! diplomats In the Swedish capital | yesterday by a member of the Bwedesh foreign office, believed .to be Foreign Minister Christian E.| Guenther himself. Dagens Nyheter said a final allied decision on the German note was not expected for another 24 to 48] hours, because of the “complicated | nature of the negotiations.” Nevertheless, it. said, the general trend of the negotiations was “fa. |
{by Walter Mikren.
mum speed of 150 miles an hour by a 62-horsepower in-line engine buiit | It has a wing-| span of 22.4 feet and a range of 560 miles. Operating converted Boeing B-f7| {Flying Fortresses, Douglas DC -3 | transports, “and - Junkers JU =~52| transports, the Swedish airline A, B.| | Aerotransport now maintains serv-| ice between Sweden and England. | | Passenger fare for the hop: isa little] {less than $175.
EXPECT 650,000 GI's TO ENTER COLLEGES
CHICAGO (U. P.).— Surveys by. the army and the University of: Illi« {nois show American golleges,can ex-| pect a heavy post-war enrollment. C. E. Hostetler, vocational re- |
cratic veterans in order to fore-|.
of last night's deadline possibly|
of our aircraft to that country is|
vorable"—a hint that Germany has habilitgtion officer-of Edward Hines decided to capitulate uncondition-|Jr, hospital here, says an grmy.surally to Ruséia as well as to the | vey shows 650,000 soldiers expect to United: States and Britain ' as{return to college after the war, Himmler first offered. : Another survey shows 76 per cent | Even the German radio admitted | of 17.000 University of Illinois serv-| that the end of the war was at |icemen intend to return to school. | hand. Dr. Karl Scharping, a leads] ing commentator on the German The London Dail§ Express sald| domestic radio, told the German | Churchill had a long trans-Atlantic people that the war was “drawing telephone talk yesterday with For-| to its conclusion with giant steps” {eign Secretary Anthony Eden in
eee even end “tomorrow.” | 8an Francisco regarding the Him-| Minister Churchill and his miler peace offer. |
8 tle roar. of hurrahs up
cabinet met last night and | Churchill also was believed to be| I this morning to examine the in touch with President Truman latest “reports from Stockholm. | and Premier Stalin, The Daily Ex_The diplomatic correspondent of | press said.
Stalin Stages Triumphant oO Parade for Reds on-May Day
(Continued From Page One) in formation zoomnied overhead ‘while {the Red army's armor roared below, went iy was - an, impressive array of al-
the 100,000 men massed
drowned out the Kremlin chimes casion to make the first public. dis.
4 most ‘every type of Russian equip- |; before him. It was so loud tment, and the Soviets took the oc-
play. of the formidable Katusha the salvos of We Kremlin's | ooket ghn. Also among the arm
were giant American six-whee trucks and American motorcycles. The whole city, as well as Red ts square, was ablaze with color, Two
of applause “died
: Cop students
uvorov elite cadet officers |enormous portraits of Lenin “and were followed by bat- |gtalin i Diria the square, Var ae Presto: among the’ diplomatic Was former ree Premier
the Red |
ALLIED ARMIES INVADE BORNED
Troops Pouring Ashore in “New. Campaign. (Continued From Page One)
of Borneo,
around the Tarakan
area.”) yr Earlier Radio Tokyo “said that allied . invasion forces landed last night oni Borneo and were engaged in “fierce combat”® with -the Japanese garrison, The broadcast said the landing was ‘made under ‘heavy naval bombardment in the Tarakan area on the east coast, 175 ‘miles ‘southwest of American bases at the southern end of the Bulu Archipelago. It sald an earlier landing attempt at noon had been repulsed. Bomeo--third largest isvid in the world, with 392,000 square miles —had been bombed repeatedly since Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces
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moved “into the southern Philippines. » Tokyo reported that American Superfortresses - attacked = Kyushu, southernmost of Jdpan’s, home islands, today for the sixth straight day in the assault to knock out bases from which Japanese suicide planes havee been attacking in the Okinawa - area, The 21st bomber “command re-
‘ported “that B-29's yesteraay set
huge fires in the Tachikawa army arsenal near Tokyo.and at’ Hammatsu, 60 miles northeasf -of>Nagoya. also- hit Kyshu. It was disclosed that an attack on Kyushu Sunday destroyed: 36 Japanese planes and probably 13
others, ‘bringing the week-end toll
of enemy craft to 72 along the 350mile front from Okinawa to Kyushu, ; American ' troops on Okinawa drove within two miles of .Naha, the capital, and brought its northeastérn outpost at Shuri. under tank fire. Advances also were reported down |
the east coast with the Americans|
closing in on Yonabaru airfield, five miles across the island from Naha. On Luzon, Ameri¢an troops ad-
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Some of yesterday's raiders |
vanced north.and. east from newly captured Baguio. On Mindanao. American troops) advanced 10 miles to reach within 17 miles .of the big port of Davao. The Japanese Domei agency re-| ported today that warships and{ carrier planes of the British Indian |hospital with severe head lacerafleet had bombarded Port Blair in ‘tions. The marines were stationed the Andaman islands and Car slat Great Lakes and were headed bar, 165 mile§ to the south. for the camp.
WAR FRONTS
T. 4th Gr, Arthur H. Kaiser, 34, of May 1, 1945
MARINE KILLED IN AUTO CRASH HERE
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Pt. Knox, is in. the Ft. Harrison hospital with a possible skull fracture, He was en route home at Green Bay, Wis,, to visit his father, A sailor, H. L. ‘Flesher who with his wife, Ruth, were a short distance behind the Williams car being driven north, said the car ‘suddenly swerved to the -opposite side of the road and rammed headon into the truck being driven by Harry. Kurtz, 42, Chicago, driver for the Harris Forwarding Co. He said Williams was traveling perhaps 45 miles an hour. Flesher called Deputy Sheriffs Robert Wright and Nick Rawlings Who made a report of the accident,
ELKHART, Ind, May 1 (U. BR). '—Donald Clare, 13, Boy. Sc Scout son
WESTERN FRONT—Third” army crosses Austrian border at new ‘point north of Danube in drive to link. with Russians and split southern redoubt:
ITALY—Gen. Mark W. Clark's allied forces slash toward junctions with French, American’ and Yugoslay forces to the west, north and east,
'PACIFIC—Australia announces. allied invasion of island of Borneo; American ground forces gain on Okinawa, Luzon and Mindanao; B-29s bomb Kyushu for sixth straight day. .
yesterday of injuries received Saturday when he fell off a street department truck while collecting
waste paper to aid the war effort.|
The .youth was with’ 11 other| ,
—Seouts on the truék when he fell
off the running board ‘and was crushed beneath the dual rear wheels. He died a few hours after a me'|morial service was held at, the Grace Methodist church for his brother, S. Sgt. E." J. Clare, 22, who was killed in action on Iwo Jima in the Pacific on Easter Sunday.
"ELKHART, Ind, M May 1 (U.P) One man was dead and one inured after their car crashed into a tree near hete Friday. William J. Kersten, 34, died yesterday in General hospital and Frank MecMiller, 27, was in a seriog$ condition. ;
WOMAN CARRIES THE MAIL GARDNER, Mass, (U; P.).—New England’s first woman letter carrier is Miss Beatrice Pilkovsky of Garnder—hired as a replacement for one of the 19 Gardner carriers
now in the armed forces.
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of Mr. and Mrs. Ross A. Clare, died |
CAPTURE EX-REGENT ] J WITH U. 8. TTH ARMY, Germany, May, 1 <U. P.)—~Adm. Nicholas Horthy, former regent of Hungary, and two German field ‘marshals were revealed today to be in the hands of -American 7th army forces. The field marshals captured by Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s army were Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb and Wilhelm List.” Both* coms manded large German forces in the Polish, French and Russian campaigns. Horthy was found at Weilheim. in, southwest Germany. He was placed in protective custody. Troops of the 36th division found him at Waldbichl castle on the northern fringe of the Austrian tyrol. ‘He was reported in good: health. : Horthy’s family was with him. He was spirited away to Germany by the Nazis when his Hungarian government tried to make peace with . the allies, and some repants had indicated he was dead.
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Pfe. Carl " Mrs, Sally R. was killed in serving with talion of the | Pfc, King, v in service mo TT Went Overseas employee of | he saw action many.
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