Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 15, Number 26, DeMotte, Jasper County, 11 May 1945 — VICTORY IN EUROPE ON TO JAPAN [ARTICLE]

VICTORY IN EUROPE ON TO JAPAN

Gey/nany surrendered unconditionally. to the western Allies and Russia at 2:41 a. m. French time (7:41 p. m. Chicago time) Sunday. The surrender took place at a little red school house which is the headquarters of General Eisenhower. The surrender which brought the war in Europe to a formal end after five years, eight months and six days of bloodshed and destruction was signed for Germany by Col. Gen. Gustav Jodi, who is the New Chief of Staff of the German Army. It was signed for the supreme Allied command by Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, Chief of Staff for Gen. Eisenhower. It was also signed by Gen Ivan Susloparoff for Russia and by Gen Francois Sevez for France. ° President Truman made official announcement of the end of war in Europe in a broadcast to the nation at 8:00 a. m., Tuesday, May 8, and proclaimed Sunday, May 13, Mother’s Day, as a day of prayer throughout the nation.