Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - May 8, 1945, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin How AP Sent Surrender News 24 Hours Before Day By the Associated Frets Official proclamation of day the final and unconditional render of Germany to the Allies wait announced at 8 Central War time today little lew than 24 after the Associated Preta had disclosed that the European war waft ever and that the final papers had been Thia is the story of how the Associated Press scored the over- whelming news beat acclaimed by editors throughout the world as the moat resounding in journalistic history The story was broken by Edward Kennedy chief of the Associated Frees western front staff who was present at Reims Prance 75 miles of Paris Sunday night and early Monday when the surrender ar- ticles were signed by representatives of the American British Russian and French military and the German government of Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz RETURNS TO PARIS Kennedy returned to Paris at dawn Monday May 7 At p m British time a CWT Monday Kennedy tot through a telephone call from Paris to the London bureau of the Associated Press The connection was faulty and his voice was faint Lewis Hawking of the London bureau who had worked with on the western front recognized his voice He took down the flash that the war was actually many had surrendered unconditionally and completely Then Kennedy dictated slowly and quietly ten lakes of his story He said the surrender articles were signed in General headquarters at Reims at a m French time Monday p m CWT GIVES PERTINENT DETAILS He gave the names of those signing for each party with other pertinent details plus a quote from the German chief of staff Col Gen With this signature the German people and armed forces are for belter or worse delivered Into the victors hands After the few short sentences he telephone connection was broken and never restored The London censors passed the story without question since it was matter in transit rather than originating in their jurisdiction The Associated Press foreign desk in New York held the initial flash for eight minutes until sufficient of Kennedy's story was received to Ensure its authenticity Then the flash went out at m CWT Monday Shortly thereafter the public relations division of supreme quarters suspended the transmit I ins facilities of the Associated Press and alt its cor respondents throughout the European theater of operations KENT PROTESTS Protests from Kent Cooper executive director of the Associated Press were made to Secretary of War Stimson and to General hower Word that the protests had been made was passed along to the While House along with request from Mr Cooper that President Truman issue to the press in confidence the text of any proclamation he might contemplate so that it could be published on an cten basis with Truman's radio announcement when it came These messages went unanswered but within seven hours supreme in Paris lifted the Associated Press suspension for all except Kennedy The German government radio broadcasting on the wavelength of the station had announced at a m CWT Monday that Germany had surrendered Kennedy's story got through a little more than an hour later Both the German broadcast and the Associated Press account were Ignored officially Rut four after A I story had been cleared the British ministry of information announced that Prime Minister Churchill would make a formal day proclamation today Tuesday at 8 a m Central War and that today is to be treated as MOSCOW SILENT Moscow remained silent but in Washington Monday afternoon it was by Secretary Jonathan Daniels that dent Truman would address the ant ion by radio also at 8 a m CWT and that the press and radio would be given a text of his speech half-hour in advance Edward Murrow of the Columbia Broadcast ing System broadcast from London yesterday afternoon that the heads of state had intended to make the announcement nt noon but that their program was Premier Stalin was not The British Press association reporting a flurry of telephone calls among the three great capitals said that differing views were ently held on which hour the public should be told but finally torn row afternoon Tuesday morn ins CWT was decided upon Press association added that surprising delay in day in spite of tlie complete capitulation hi was due to the importance attached to synchronizing the news in London Washington and M THE WEATHER For Fair tonight and Wednesday cooler south and north portion Continued cool Local weather facts for 24 hours preceding 7 a Maximum 59 minimum 31 MM A N E W S PA PER Those Boys Need Thirty-Second 9778 Wisconsin Rapids Tuesday May 8 1945 Single Copy Five Cents Handful of Nazis Hold Out in Europe Report Burning and Looting Prague BY ROMNEY WHEELER London IP A handful of Nazi holdouts in Prague and some parts of the shrunken hemia pocket fought on today as the rest of the world celebrated the end of the European war Czech broadcasts from the em- battled capital said Nazis still were shooting burning and looting in the city at noon in defiance of the ing of an unconditional surrender by their commander The patriots now in control of all Prague transmitters broadcast this noon Some German formations dis- obeying the cease fire order are shelling and setting fire to houses shooting civilians and looting Parts of Prague are in flames and men are prevented by German fire from approaching the burning buildings In some places in the center of the city German tank for- mations are attacking Czechoslovak Reds Capture Dresden Marshal Stalin announced the capture of Dresden capital of ony as the dying German grip ly relaxed on the southern German pocket German broadcasts said that con- resistance in the southern pocket was designed to permit army remnants to retreat westward General U S Third army had driven northeast from captured Pilsen to the outskirts of the capital and three Russian armies were driving toward the same goal from the east northeast and southeast The patriot broadcast said Nazi Gen Ferdinand von com- mander in Bohemia and Moravia signed unconditional surrender terms at a m battlefront time and that units were to cease fire as soon as they received word of the capitulation Earlier the partisans said U S staff officers had made contact with them bringing a message of Page 7 to Proclamations A repeat broadcast of President Harry S Truman's and Prime ister Winston Churchill's official render proclamation can be heard at tonight over radio station Other programs that can be heard are Gabriel news tary at 8 o'clock followed by the World Security conference broadcast from San Francisco at At 9 o'clock a dramatic gram dedicating Surrender Day will be broadcast At in cooperation with Mutual Network will bring its listeners pick-ups from the tions of day in New York night spots Times Square and others will remain on the air un- til midnight to bring its Central Wisconsin listeners programs day Hold Everything Okay break it up you JAPS KILLED DAILY BY ROBBIN Guam U S doughboys and marines killing Japanese at the rate of a day pressed re- forward on the southern Okinawa front today wing tanks burning the way In five weeks of fighting the Yanks have killed Japanese Adm Chester W Nimitz reported today American losses up to last Thursday were killed wounded and 514 missing At this ratio 15 Japanese were killed for every American Infantrymen of the division scaling precipitous heights wooden ladders and ship cargo nets took a high escarpment near the center of the line in a advance yesterday They began clearing the southern slope in a downhill drive toward Shuri ing city of Okinawa about a mile away Nearby on the west the First marine division gained about 300 yards to the outskirts of village The Seventh infantry sion on the east coast advanced an equal distance but ran into erable and small arms fire near Gaja village The marines reported finding two women in Japanese uniforms dead in front of their lines Aussies Gain On Tarakan Manila United Nations fighters and bombers operated from the Tarakan airfield today as Australians stormed across rough Tarakan island off Borneo to in rifle range of the eastern shore One of the most bitterly ed spots remaining was the north portion of Tarakan city near the airport Gen Douglas Mac Arthur announced today In the two widely separated points of remaining Japanese re- sistance in the Philippines thur reported advances on nao and stubborn fighting on ern Luzon approximately 750 miles to the north Truman Churchill Proclaim Surrender TELLS OF Kennedy chief of Press staff on the western front sent from Reims France first word of Germany's uncondi- tional surrender ORDERED TO PORTS radios day flashed orders to all German and ships at sea to head for the nearest Allied ports and remain there for further ders Maj Ruth Signing of Briggs at Surrender Maj Ruth Briggs of Port wards a member of the woman's army corps was present at the historic signing of the render documents by Germany at Reims France early Monday ing Major Briggs daughter of Mrs F H Rosebush Port Edwards served as secretary to Lt Gen ter Bedell Smith chief of staff for Gen Dwight D Eisenhower cording to an Associated Press dis- patch today The Port Edwards officer has had the faculty of being present at exciting and famous events out World war II Miss Briggs wan one of the con- tingent of five WAAC's who ed the torpedoing of the ship on which they were being taken from England to Africa early in the war Those five were the first WAAC's to enter the North African theater of operations Later Major Brigga was one of five WAAC's who took of the telephone and stenographic at the dramatic meeting in blanca North Africa of President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill and their military staffs Continuing her adventurous career Mist Briggs r MAJ RUTH BRIGGS and her companions worked with the conferees throughout their day meeting Major Briggs formerly a set employe of the Edwarda Paper company SURRENDER above is the FLASH received by the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune over the Associated Press teletype announcing the unconditional of all German forces The entire Tribune staff immediately swung into action to produce a complimentary Surrender Extra which wan dis- to its subscribers within a few hours and which preceded the regular Monday edition No Celebration Here on Day Minus One or Official Day Although today was officially Victory in Europe day for those Wisconsin communities which had held off festivities and services pending the presidential tion Wisconsin Rapids did not do much celebrating on either day and a spirit of calm and reverence all observances and services heralding the long awaited an- Long lines of cars were drawn up outside the holding special services last evening as young and old thronged to offer prayers Members of church congregations of the Wisconsin Rapids Ministerial association gathered in the of the First Congregational church for a one-hour service in ob- servance of the day The sliding wall separating the Sunday school room from the church auditorium was opened and chairs were set in the aisles to accommodate the large crowd of worshippers Presiding at the service was the Rev F F Knickerbocker of the First Baptist church The Rev George C of the First Moravian church gave R short ad- dress on the theme We Before and the Rev A W pastor of the First dist chuch addressed the group on Woman Burned When Gas Fumes Explode Mrs Charles Schrocder street received minor flash burns about the head and arms about this morning when gasoline fumes escaped from a and ex- in her home The Wisconsin Rapids Fire department called hut no damage resulted to the house according to Fire Chief August C Miller Chief Miller said that Schroeder was boiling some flour sacks in a and had added a cup of gasoline to the solution to aid in the cleaning Upon lifting rover off the boiler a short time later flames from the ently touched off the fumes which exploded The attending physician stated that the burns were not DIES IN Abbotsford Maxwell grand master of the consin Masonic lodge in and grand lecturer of the Grand since died in a hospital yesterday after series of strokes last week the theme Dedicate Ourselves To A union choir composed of members of the several church choirs sang and Arthur Houston of the Moravian church the gan Distribute Tribune Extras One hundred and twenty-five copies of the Daily Tribune der Extra were distributee throughout Consolidated Water Power and Paper company Monday afternoon and bulletins were posted at strategic spots carrying latest reports for the employes Wisconsin Rapids theaters took note of the surrender of yesterday by announcing the tion of hostilities in Europe on the screen The national anthem was projected and sung by theater rons A movie shorl entitled When Johnny Comes Marching also was shown An impressive day ceremony took place at Lincoln school morning with a pre- of the colors Donald and Charles Manske 7 DOENITZ SAYS NAZIS THROUGH if Admiral Karl Hitler's successor as man fuehrer said today over the that all arms had been laid down by the Germans in accordance with the unconditional surrender he had dered Addressing the German people Doenitz When I took over from the Fuehrer I took it as my task to the life the ple Therefore during the night May 6 and 7 I gave the order for unconditional surrender May 8 all arms have been laiU down We bow before the sacrifices of our nation oC its fighting army of all men women and he said Doenitz declared he did not know whether lie would continue at his post and added It was impossible to carry on tins struggle A very difficult path ties before DP We must walk it dignified and courageous We must work hard Believe Arpin Man Missing Died in Action Soviets Report Body of Hitler Found in Berlin With the cor- of Tass official lot news has said L Russian general had stated that I lie of a man identified Adolf Hitler had been found in ruins of Berlin The Russian general was not ed During a ago between Marshal Sir Kej nai I L Montgomery Marshal K oust an- tin nt the Second White army Russian officers ed who is lo the army us a war cor- respondent be- Hitler was dead or alive said he replied there was a mixed opinion but that sian general whose identity lie not disclose stated that the sians had found in tho and battered body fif a man identified as ROTA It Y J M Albert aren planning en- gineer of Wisconsin ning hoard Madison will he guest speaker at the weekly noon eon of the Wisconsin Rotary I club At Hotel Witter Wednesday U S Losses Total fight to bring Germany to her knees cost the S army casualties including riond up to about April J the department re- ported In addition to those killed 407 wci c wounded and are missing This loll includes the in the Mediterranean area including North Africa on the con- in the Middle East and in the Caribbean we tor The department said that the ures do not include all the men taken prisoner by tbe Germans though many of the missing were taken prisoner Neither do the ures take into account the ers liberated by the Allied armies In a tabulation iaRt Thursday American losses in all since Pearl Harbor ed ROBERT F WILL GET London Gen E commanding the LT S army's United Kingdom base an- that all American troops it the United will get Victory Furloughs luring the months of May June July or ust government has ed him as in action March but Mr and Mrs Arnold of Arpin know that their F Wunrow is dead They base their belief upon a letter from commanding officer Maj Stanley Bailey of ths rine who This the one letter ed 1 would never have ID write but I Impe 1 can your mind a tle by giving ns as much mation as Robert has been lifted as ing after a series of explosions aboard whip which were a direct result of enemy action 1 localise of nature and intensity uf the dis- aster many bodies were not ered or identified and had to be listed as missing Holds Out Hope Knowing what 1 do about it I'm sorry I cannot hold out any hope for Robert's sunn If he had been a survivor would have been picked up some time ago It IR needless to say how able Unbolt was hut more than lie -Y friend of in Uie squadron and his is deeply felt And we want you to know we in pai t share this with Sergeant Winnow was a native Arpin whete on June lie attended grade schnol and Academy and was m defence Wolk at the National Lock company in 7 Both Stress Battle to End Against Japs By the Associated Press London President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill today proclaimed complete victory in Europe Hostilities formally cease at p m CWT tonight headquarters ed Shattered Germany's surrender will be ratified and confirmed at lin today Churchill said Both leaders s u m m o n e d their nations to a battle to the finish against Japan chill reminded that Japan with all her treachery and greed remains and Truman asserted that the last Japanese sion lias surrendered uncondi- only then will our fighting job be done There was no immediate from Marshal Stalin Supreme Allied headquarters in a special communique said Allied ex- forces have ed Ln cease offensive operations but will maintain their present tion until the surrender becomes Signed Sunday unconditional tion to the Western Allies and sia was signed at a m French lime Monday p Sunday this communique ed Supreme headquarters announced the Germans agreed tor all resistance halted Yield fill ships and aircraft un- scuttled ami undamaged Ensure compliance ith all ther from the Allied supreme commander and the let high Tlie surrender document specified that it limited or restricted any terms which might later be imposed on the Reich In the event of the German command or any of the forces under failing to act in cordance with this at t of 7 Two Persons Hurt In Auto Accident What They 1 his by I be services of the To the men of only pa j me lit By I he ted tional was not lies but by all the land sea and air his Hie the lasting of all flee of all the Nations Tbe victory won in the west must now br won in the east The whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half world lias been freed Minister Japan with all her treachery and re- mams We must devoir all our strength and es to the completion of our task both at home nnd abroad Acting Secretary of Stale Joseph We must fire our in the sober realisation that war is not yet over and the work of work which will jive victory Ms not yet done KIOK VI to This accomplished its sion wilh i other m h achieved by no istory We arc U rakes it possible to send forces to tbe to r ru the fail and hope with little of delay Omar N The of the Uth army ale monuments not to and ness of the people but the bravery those American soldiers who lie dead near the bat tie Melds e e on and t hose t tens of thousands of them ating in our hospitals ion A The U army air will devote its full attention to the concentration of available air power tho anese Secretary of The now been half ed Another powerful enemy re- mains Let us now po forward to speedy and complete victory in the Pacific persons were in- jured at last just north i if and admitted to St Joseph's hospital for treatment Mrs Adeline of lacerations of the eft and and her Gerald Thompson received multiple and lacerations of he head They were rid I UK vith Curley of Milwaukee the accident ec- Curley stated that as lift turned out to another his ear hit a dirt shoulder causing it to roll over several tunes It's O K to Turn On Those Lights Washington ended The production board revoked its unnecessary light ing immediately after President Truman's proclamation of tory in Europe It was the first lift ing of the so-called morale nn Chilian activity imposed during winter's military net backs The midnight curfew and prohibit ion racing are expected In he dis- shortly but no action been taken yet
