The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 7, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT GREATEST WAR IN HISTORY IS ENDED; UNCONDITIONAL | TERMS: STATEMENT SIGNED (Continued from Page One) Germany, which began the war with a ruthless attack upon Poland followed by successive aggressions and brutal-| ity in internment camps, surrendered with an appeal to the| victors for mercy toward the German people and armed | faorces. ‘ (The Associated Pr detailed nccoun]( of “(]}(1‘ f(:\r]’]"mli signing of Germany’s unconditional surrender to the Alles | ;fli Lilzmcll)' from Edward Kennedy, Chief of the AP fitaffi on the Western Front. Kennedy’s dispatch was transmitted via Paris from Reims, Gen. E enhower’s advance head- quarters, to the London office of the AP, and 1"e]a3‘cd from | there to New York via AP’s leased cable faciliti | Following the statement, the flash on the surrender of | Germany, the Supreme Headquarters of the I'prc(htlonnryi Forces in Paris declared no official statement had been made | and barred the Associated Press from sending any more digpatches. This announce ment, from SHAEF in Paris, did not }lgn,\' the truth of Edward Kennedy’s dispatch from Reims giving details of the formal signing of the surrender, rr_\eroly saying that no story of German capitulation ‘is authorized.” With reference to the statement voice-cast from Supreme Headquarters, Robert Bunnelle, Managing Executive for the Associated Press in the United Kingdom, cnb]qd as follows: “In reference to this statement, which raises the pos- sibility that an embargo might have been imposed there (at | SHAEF in Paris), there was no embargo on the flash or the subsequent material received from Kennedy, who told Haw- kins (Lewis Hawkins, of the AP London Staff): «“That’s official ; get it out.” : «Later Kennedy inquired of Pitkin (D}\' London Staff) if the copy was moving satisfactor censorship.” A ight Pitkin of the ily through | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— shall be worthy of the best tradi- tions of our nation. May God not {leave us in our efforts. May He SUR bless our difficult task.” GIVEN OUT |~y T0 GERMANS | " ke | GLANCE Grim Announcement Is| (By Associated ¥ress) Broadcast fo Beaten | EUROPEAN FRONT — Germany| at| isigns unconditional surrender /2:41 a. m. (8:41 p. m., EWT Sunday) lat Eisenhower’s headquarters at | Reims, France. LONDON, May 7—A Reich Gov-|on Czechoslovakia, the U. S, Third ernment broadeast this morning Army took Pilsen, 50 miles. from told the beaten Germans their ar- prague, and the Russians were re- mies had surrendered, well ahead ported 65 miles north of the Czech of reports from the Allied side, and capital. | called for a new Germany of “unity, | justice and liberty” which would| WESTERN FRONT— The Third seek conciliation and abide by in-|Army reaches within 50 miles of| ternational law. | Prague, captures Pilsen, and mops up | The grim announcement was|in Austria, Allies take over German- made by Admiral Doenitz’ Foreign surrendered areas in Denmark, Hol- Minister, Count Ludwig Schwerin land, Austria, and Bavaria. I von Krosigk, speaking “as the leading minister of the Reich” over the wavelength used for the last port the Russian push into Bohemia German communiques, that of the about 65 miles north of Prague where flensburg radio in British-occupied | Patriots battle the Nazis; other Rus- Schleswig-Holstein. |sians close in on Olmuetz, 128 miles “We end this gravest hour of the |southeast of the Czech capital; win German nation and its Reich,” it |Ruegen Island in the Baltic. said | Germans were urged to “stand loyally by the obligations we have undertaken.” They were told that an “atmosphere of hatred” sur- rounds Germany. Among the Minister's concluding words were: “In our nation justice shall be the supreme law and the guiding prin- ciple. We also must recognize law as the basis of all relations between the nations—we must recognize it and respect it from inner convic- Nazis-Future Plans EASTERN FRONT-— Germans re-| ITALIAN FRONT—— Roundup of prisoners continues. PACIFIC FRONT— Australians| win the airstrip on Tarakan off Bor- |neo; land-based U. S. Bombers sink or damage 20 Japanese ships at the entrance to the Sea of Japan, and | Superfortresses bomb airfields on Kyushu; British fleet shells south- ern Ryukyu Islands. | In the Allied pincers | |sota and return. | held Wednesday, DOUGLAS PATRICIA IS NOW ON NEWS * ROUTE 10 SKAGWAY | MRS. HAGA AND SON HERE | The Patricia, Skipped Johnny E. Mrs. Haga and son, Harold, ar-|Smith, returned to Juneau Sunday Irived on the Northland yesterday on her first trip starting the regu- morning to assist in Douglas Can- lar weekly schedule which will be nery operations here this summer. Mmaintained during the summer. Mr. Haga is to be a machinist and[ Passengers from Juneau dinclud- | |Mrs. Haga will take care of the €d Wm Housman and M. Winch for | | kitchen end of the work. Mrs. Haga Haines and Mrs. C. H. Bovard for has come to Douglas for each can- |Skagway. : nery season for many years, and On the return trip, Mrs. Bovard Douglas folk are glad to see her stopped off at Haines, while from | return again this year. Haines to Juneau were Wesley Wil- lard, Mr. Brouillette, and Mr. and ~ p Mrs. Paul Ozawa and children. CHARLES KOELSCHE BACK | Mrs. DeGroot and four children Charles Koelsche, Douglas school |ywere passengers from Skagway to teacher, returned by plane yester- | Haines, where the family now has a day from a long air journey to homestead about 12 miles from visit his mother, who was ill. He town. They are former residents of returned with good news, however, ' Juneau. as his mother is now well and is — recovering nicely from a serious operation. Koelsche flew to Minne- .- WRANGELL COUPLE WED | At a ceremony performed at the | Northern Light Presbyterian| | Church Saturday evening by the Rev. Willis R. Booth, Arthur Henry | Dobberpuhl was united to Minnie Hanna Bigelow. Both bride and May 9, at the | groom are from Wrangell. Witnesses home of Mrs. Frank Marshall, whollo the private wedding were Mrs. will be assisted as hostess by Mrs. 0 % Norman Rustad. Installation of of- I;I’Jaoxt,vh &2 ATnion SRR TTN e | ficers will be the major activity' 2 for the evening, with Mrs. Maurice | ————————-—— Jensen as installing officer. Part ! of the entertainment program will | include Dori Anne Barnes, who will | play several selections on the piano D. I. W. CLUB WEDNESDAY The regular meeting of the Doug- las Island Women's Club will be MRS. ALLEN HOME Mrs. Mary Allen returned yes- terday after a several months’ visit in Washington. She is thel mother of Lawrence Allen, of) Douglas. | | | | KELSO RETURNS Stating. that the United States 'FOREST OFFICIALS SEED TIME BUY SEEDS packed by an experienced Alaska packer . . . Alaska Seed Co. Seeds are especially grown for Alaska. ALSO HAINES SEED POTATOES BUY NOW TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 [ PHONE 104 .B ey CASH GRO 2 S CE tion. “Respect for concluded treaties PROTESTS TO TRUMAN Requlations - RALEIGH, N. C., May 7.—Joseph Daniels, publisher of the News and Observer, protested to Presidc'nt"I"ruma_n }oday the reported suspension of Associated Press’ filing privileges from Paris. ) Daniels, a former Ambassador to Mexico, was Secretary of the Navy duringd\’\"t};rldPWu_rdl. : telegraphed the President: o “Hlehavegjugt seen a report that the Associated Press’| facilities have been suspended in Paris. In 1918 when the United Press sent a cable from Brest which caused a pre-| mature celebration of Armistice Day, I was asked to recom- mend action against Howard. (Roy Howard, of the UP sent the ‘cable.) I declined, saying that any good newspaperman | would have been justified in what Howprd did. I can see no | justification for suspending the Associated Press. Sincere |ROLFE VS, KRAFT " CIVIL ACTION IS UPIN COURT NOW First civil action to go into a jury | trial at the present term of the U. S STATE &NI District Court here was opened this | eI morning with speedy selection of | twelve jurors to hear the complaint | brought by Walter Rolfe, former | i radio engineer for station KINY,| Day, he said that he had nothing | o oaingt Edwin A. Kraft, owner of to add to the President’s state- |y oy oaqcasting station. ent. | Rolfe is suing for overtime wages| This was the text of the Presi- po claimg are due him under pro- dent’s statement: | visions of the wages and hours act. “I have agreed with the London ' jurors for the case are: and Moscow Governments that I| payiy 3 Toner, Charles O. Sabin, | will make no announcement With|;oh, E Kearney, Katherine E.| reference to the surrender of the,‘Shaw' Rose M. McMullen, Myra! enemy forces in Europe or Else'meners, Gwendolyn Epperson, Laura where until a simultanous state-ja Taylor, Eugene G. Nelson, Mabel ment can be made by the three|yyheck, Mildred E. Barron, Frances governments. Until then there is|{G Regan. Other members of the | nothing I can or will say to you.” [pem jurys panel were excused by stride, indicating that it was pre- | *The plaintiff is being represented tion that the end of the long | Mr. Rolfe was first to take the wit- | this forenoon and was to continue ment buildings, there were brief | was a “business-as-usual” atmos- press against the White House ‘iron stock today is 7, American Can 981z, normal pace. necott 37%, New York Central 28%, 950,000. Will Have Big Ti I ave 'g Im | 56.31; utilities, 30.89. ———————— WEDDING SATURDAY A special meeting of the Chapelad- ' noon to Mildred Harris Johnson, o'clock in the Chapel-by-the-Lake. | formed at his Douglas home * by Mrs. James De Hart entertained | jotto H. Gray Mesdames Harry Arnold, Cecil Don-| » gecree of divorce was granted | day TRUMAN T0 (Continued from Page One) Generally, Washington took the judge George. F. Alexander until dramatic news from Reims in next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. pared to heed for the most part py attorney M. E. Monagle, the President Truman's TNOmme“dfl"chendam by Howard D. Stabler. struggle in Europe be made the|pess stand as complaining witness occasion for dedication to the still| difficult task of disposing of Japan. | his testimony at the re-convening Throughout the maze of govern-|of court this afternoon. time-outs for subdued exchanges of! gratification, but in the main there | | . phere. | NEW YORK, May,7. — Closing A few spectators gathered to quotation of Alaska Juneau mpine fence, but on adjacent Pennsyl- Anaconda 33!%, Curtiss-Wright 5%, vania Avenue, traffic moved at International Harvester 90%:, Ken- Plpeafieemome Northern Pacific 26%, U. S. Steel Cha el b Ih I_ k 677%, Pound $4.04. Sales were 1,- p y e a e Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials, 166.53; rails, | . Next Saturday Night | William Clifton Jackson, Juneau Sy | cab’driver, was wed Saturday after- ies and Sunday School will be held | yecent arrival from San Francisco, Saturday evening, May 12, at 7:30 galifornia, at a ceremony per- Everyone interested in the Sunday 'y s Commissioner Felix Gray. School works are invited to attend.| " witnesses were C. E. Lane and the club at her home on May 1 SIE Those attending the meeting were | DIVORCE GRANTED ohue, Stanley Jekill, Victor Johnson, g % 4 U. S. Dis t hy tur- Frank Maiers, Max Mielke, Jenny‘m #4 G‘:;::t foursald‘:fns:r‘;:n Pederson, Dora Spaulding, Bates nraitje Baldwin. It was stated that and Green. | = e " . i{a property settlement had been ‘This was the last business meeting arranged between the parties. to be held before the summer vaca- 543 tion. + The next club meeting on' . ” WELL-BABY CLINIC 20 iR e 5 socls] mpeting. The regular Well-Baby Clinic B will be held tomorrow afternoon g 4 Knox Marshall, Forester, who had | (. 1" t5 3 o'clock in the Govern- been detailed to Lh(-\».)uneau office ot Hospital, with Dr. H. H. of the U. 8. Forest Service for'p ... i charge. special work on land classification 3 with Administrative Assistant Harold Smith, has returned to his regular post at Ketchikan ————— Louise W. Miller, of Ketchikan, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel will be as sacred as the aim of our nation to belong to the Euro- pean family of nations, as a mem- ber of which we want to mobilize all human, moral and material forces in order to heal the dreadful wounds which the war has caused.” It was noteworthy that Krosigk did not imply the Germans would have to heal the wounds of Ger- many alone. He continued: “Then we may hope that the at- mosphere of hatred which today surrounds Germany all over the world will give place to a spirit of reconciliation among the nations, without which the world cannot recover.” Krosigk ended by Germany link herself to forts ‘“of the Christian Western civilization to make to the honest work of peace a contribution which asking that the ef-| | |of America is too tough a place | Io I.EAVE ON Hop [for “him, Vic Kelso, well known - TOLOGGING CAMP Charles Burdick, Assistant Re- gional Forester, and John Brilhart,| Admiralty Division Supervisor for the U. S. Forest Service, are to leave their headquarters here for Fish Bay, in connection with timber sales ac-! | tivities. | | The two forest officials will fly| to the scene of the Columbia Lumber Company's logging operations in that area. Mr. Burdick plans to re- turn to Juneau by plane after about three days. Mr. Brilhart will remain in the section for a longer period, |returning abcard the Forest vessel Ranger X. - e ! J. B. Webb, of the CAA in An- chorage, is a guest at the Bgranof Hotel. HAINES SEED POTATOES Best for Southeastern Alaska FERTILIZER SEEDS PLANT A VICTORY GARDEN THIS YEAR . . . We we can produce. ‘Il need all the food PHONE 704 Juneau Deliveries— i0 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. Boat Orders Delivered Anylime TOD S ECHOES By Groves “He says he doesn’t want tobe a cartoonist like Groves. He just *wants to be big enough to eat a million hot cakes c Pancake & W entennial sty than to eny ethier brand, according to impartial surveys made with Centennial Pancake & Waffle Flour!” | MORE Northwest women have switched to Centennial during the ear Channel musician who plays the | swingtime at Mike’s in Douglas, re- turned to tamer Alaska yesterday | |on the Northland. | ———————— l o6 0 0 00 00 0 ! WEATHER REPORT ! (U.§. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 2-Hour Perlod Ending 7:30 0'Clock This Morning e o o In Juneau—Maximum, 50; minimum, 36. At Airport—Maximum, 50; minimum, 30. e o 0o 0 0 0 0 0 SUNDAY TEMPERATURES In Juneau—Maximum, 47; minimum, 31. At Airport—Maximum, 47; minimum, 27. © o 00 0 0 0 0 o TOMORROW’'S FORECAST Clear tonight; increasing cloudiness Tuesday and Tuesday night. e o 0 0 0 0 0 TEMPERATURES Lowest tonight Highest Tuesday ® o 0o v 0 o 0 - C. F. Moe, of Ketchikan, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. 33° 55 . e0000c0e®eces0®0000000 . o T Fght Infiation By Following OPA. SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING C * £.G. Sick, Pres. 92 T T T G SUPER MARK Orders for Delivery Acepted Up to 2:30 P. M. A The Best CashGrocery inJuneau I EResh) Just Arrived on Saturday’s Boat Two Free Deliveries Daily: 10:30 a.m., 2:30p.m. Phones 95 . 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