European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ring half of capital Man Speicht Deutsch ver Stecken sic a Yah f ers Tecken Zee Daf Are Yon hiding there Paris edition 273  i armed forces ires in the european theater of operations today russian lesson a i am an april 1945 conference opens hears talk of Truman Over radio san april president Truman opened the United nations conference to Day with a radio speech from Washington in which he warned that continued modern warfare would destroy civilization if the nations of the world did not band to to outlaw Wail told from 46 a gathered Here to construct a world Security that we have a Choice Between the alternatives of continuation of International chaos or establishment a world organization for enforce ment of we can no longer permit any nation or group of nations to at tempt to Settle their arguments with bombs or the presi Dent tribute Tojo Osievelt hailing the late president Roose velt As a great president Truman declared that the conference owes its existence in Large part to the fore sight and determination j of presi Dent he appealed to the delegates to Rise above personal interests and to adhere to principles which Benefit All the president warned that we must not continue to Sacri ice the of our youth merely to Check those in every age plan world the world is witnessing a re Vival of Faith tiie everlasting moral Force of he said at no time in history has there been a More a Mere necessary to insure we must work and live to guarantee for you of the con Ference Are to be architects of a better we must make cer Tain by your work that another r is president Truman said that the great Powers have a special re continued on Page 3 Der fuehrer place gets Heil wrecked sheaf declares Only pockets left ers Mountain hideaway at Berchtesgaden was blasted off the 5 yesterday by direct hits from Sixton earthquake bombs dropped by Raf by eighth of 7 the heavies dropped iwo Pound which dig deeply into the Earth before detonating on hitlers Chale Tanyss Barrack while there is no official suggestion that the attacks planned to catch Hitler in the it was pointed out that there is always that Arrol heavy smoke and raging fires were seen in the areas Aerial feet graphs taken during the raid show a Large number of bombs right on hitlers y to discharge with four years of service april 25 army plans to Start releasing some men this summer who will have been in uniform four to five it was Learned this release which preclude any Cut in draft Calls after june was disclosed in official but publicity shy quarters the army yesterday formally announced plans to Honor discharge requests of enlisted men 42 and by next month a considerable number of Uncle Sams emergency soldiers will have spent five years in the vigorous recruit ing began in and Selec Tive service began drafting in november of that cautionary the policy of discharging Veter ans of four and five years service is expected to get under Way around the Middle of this even should German resistance military a Cruces for this forecast added a cautionary note Well try to four and five year soldiers but some Are bound be even a unit As Small As a Bat Tery May have men who would be entitled to but could not be some of these Are almost certain to be held in tiie v the size of draft Calls beyond june has not been nor has the army revealed whether its quota win be smaller immediately after be in both the Prin Cipal determining Factor probably will be the number of Lon term veterans released and the extent of discharges for other reasons under the army Point officer facets trial on drugs an american officer will be tried 3y court martial in Paris next month on a charge of Selling Peni Cillin in the Black it was Learned at the office of the judge to United the is said to be a doctor who sold the tubes at each to French a penicillin tube brings in the Black the French government revealed that penicillin is being sold on the Black Market at 300 times its Normal and threatened unusually severe measures against the eighth armies gain from to River Bridgehead april 23 a 50mile Bridgehead on the North Bank of the to Allied fifth Ani eighth army troops today were driving toward Verona and the Brenner backdoor to hitters bavarian it became increasingly apparent As the allies fanned out through the rolling to Valley that the Nad High command in t groggy from the third of its fighting was trying desperately to pull As Many troops As it could through the enemy columns clogging the roads to the Northeast were under constant at tack from Allied which have so far destroyed vehicles and killed hundreds of German objectives in the Advance beyond the to for troops sweeping into continued on Page 8 russians hold Feal of Berlin encircle Meul of doomed Berlin by the red army was announced last night by marshal Stalin As rus Sian troops crossed the Elbe the crossing virtually blended the East Ern and Western in an order of the Stalin forces under marshal Gregory Zhukov and marshal Ivan Koniaev had linked up Northwest of pots some 15 Miles South West of the German capitals and isolated the the Junction of Konies troops driving Westward South of Berlin and Zhukov forces swinging around the City from the North was Only one Victory in a series of soviet capture of the Baltic port of last nazi stronghold in East was announced by marshal Stalin in a second order of the Day even As a russian communique reported other fled forces continued on Page 8 third is within 18 of Austria the disintegration of the German army As a unified fighting Force was announced by supreme head quarters yesterday As the British smashed into Bre men in the North and american tanks rolled Ward the National redoubt in the reaching Points 18 Miles from the austrian on the Central up front line report o linkup of american and Rush Sian forces was expected yes detailed were issued to line units for the Junction Asi the worlds two biggest military forces moved crushing be tween what once them the was remnant of the worlds strongest military the supreme Headquarters announcement Baid that the German army has ceased to exist As an integrated fight ing and that hitlers government controls continued on Page 81 Licefi Siburg