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Gen. Alexanderforces to complete defeat of the Germans in Italy. They deserve our praise for the victory. We haie the right to be proud or the success of our Armies.•Lei Japan as wel Us Germany understand the meaning of these events. Unless they are lost tn fannticlnn and are determined upon solclde they must recognize the meaning of the Increasingly swifter moving power now ready for the capitulation or the destruction of the so recently arrogant enemle* of mankind.”Congratulatory messages were addressed to Gen. Mark W. Clark and British Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander.The White Home made public the following message tho President sent to General Clark..On the occasion of the final brilliant victory of the Allied Armies in Italy In imposing unconditional surrender upon the enemy,(See SURRENDER, Ptgt 8)Franco Tells Laval To Get Out Of SpainMADRID, May - 2- (AT)-A German plane .-bearing Pierre Laval, Marcel Dual and the Vichy Education Mlatiter Abel Bonnard landed - at Barcelona today and waa ordered personally by Gtnerahnime Frant*»o* Franco U leave Spate iaune-dteiely.. (See BERLIN. Page 8)PLOWING—Trees sprayed, with new equip, immcd. Ph. 7-2581..; ... —Adv'EXTRA!German Armies In Italy Surrender Unconditionally... WASHINGTON, May 2-(AP)-President Truman today announced the unconditional rentier of German forces in Italy and said:f “Only folly and chaos can now delay the general capitulation everywhere of the_I man armies.”in a state meat announcing he had *eut congratulatory messages to the Allird commanders, the President added:Let Japan as weU aa Germany understand the meaning, of these events.”The text of the President's statement:The Aided Annies In Italyhave Won the unconditional surrender of German force* on the first European soli to which from the nest we carried our arms and onr determination.“Expectantly Awaiting”The collapse oi military tyranny in Italy, however, is no victory in Italy alone, but a part of the general triumph we are expectantly awaiting on the whole continent ol Europe.Only folly and chaos can now delay the general capitulation everywhere of the German armies.1 have dispatched congratulatory inttfages to the Allied and American officers who led. oursur-GerGen. ClarkNazis Continue Berlin BaffleRed Flag Reported On German ChancelleryLONDON, May 2-(AP)-Soviet shock troop** closed in on Hlt-leris Reicbs-chancellcry and other flnai nests of resistance In Berlin today, and a Paris broadcast said without confirmation that the R«d Army flag already flciv from the chancellery—by Natl account the deathplace of the fuehrer. German positions in this crumbling heart of Berlin are chaotic, Pravda said, and Russians are closing in step by step in heavy fighting. German pianra again last night parwhuted in supplies, and the Germans do not lack for sinmutd-Uoe. tho front reporters sail. The Hamburg radio today said Lae Soviets had deepened their penetrations Into the WLlhclmslraMe, chief government quarter.Soviet forces hacked their way to the. barricaded entrances of the Germans’ underground TlergarienVon Rundsfedf U. S. PrisonerEx-German GeneralSurrenders To YanksWITH THE U. S. SEVENTH ARMY. May 2-(AP)-F/cld Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, until lest Mnrch commander of Gorman forces on the western front, was captured today in a hospital at Bad Toclz, 25 miles south Munich.The 58-year-old exponent of blitzkrieg strategy was seized by 36th Infantry Division troops.His. whereabouts had been % matter of conjecture ever since lie was succeeded by Field Marshal Albert Kessei.ring • as the western front commander.The official announcement of the capture said:T!*ld Marshal Gerd von Rundstndt wax cu pin red by thn 141st regiment of the 36Ui. Division of the Seventh Army, commanded by CoL Charles Owens. With Von Randaledf. w»re Ids •on and aide, LI. Hons Gerd ▼on Rundatedt, a driver u*d *•.. medirei aid nian.•; Ton Randstedt wa* In retl*-’ mem ami taking treatment ai
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Benton Harbor News Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Wed, May 02, 1945
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