Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace Ill u Hitler states president veracity of the report on hitlers death received its greatest impetus when president Truman anus iced wednesday that he had on Best authority Hitler is i the president did not what tie authority Trumm was then asked if he had any comment to make on the of he replied thai meant that War Erim Iii ids would not have to be brought Askodi if he meant that Hitler was officially the president on the Best authority possible at this in to a question whether i was convinced that the Tlam Burg Rar Lii report was he re lied again in the added More fuel to us High Joni Utility rate among Niini leaders Avith a report dial i titters troja Gandhi Jaul Joseph and newly appointed lick Nijiu chief of staff had committed Sui in die communique Hans Goebbels and political director of tie German who was taken prisoner in tie fall of As authority for the double suicide Hamburg radio broke news Admiral Karl i his role f successor to Adolf moved swiftly to shake up the nazi leadership by dismissing foreign minister von Ribbentrop and re Ila co him with count Shewrin see hitlers on Page 2 Field marshal sir Harold supreme commander of Allied forces in the and Mark commander of the allied1 in Tho leaders who brought Victory to our italian toughest questions solved n Frisco first historic week san the United nations put the Argentine and conference Leader ship problems behind and the Lunation of voting procedure took the spotlight wednesday As Dele Gates settled Down to the task of building an organization to keep the Russia threw her to a voting formula which would pre vent a bloc of Tho 21 american republics from swaying control of United was Balking at the proposal to require two thirds vote for amending the Dumbarton Oaks plan for a world Security first first out plan proposed Washington to supersede the complicated Point system of a simple first first out formula has been pro posed by Johnson of Colo when Neiss demobilization be the army should turn men it in the same order it inducted said that simple enough for everybody to there would he a minimum of paper and i be Lieve the gis themselves will be for its tie denounced the Point already anus iced by the is much too complicated and con Taining elements of Rolinson admitted that he Hail made no headway in inducing the army to adopt his formula and indicated that he might introduce legislation to accomplish this the voting up after the world conference took the following actions during its first week of history making session it voted to Grant representation in a general Assembly of the proposed world organization to White Russia and the ukrainian since the soviet Union will have an Assembly this gives Russia a total of a proposal by foreign com Missar Molotov of Russia that the present Warsaw government of Poland be seated at the conference was not a Resolution was telling the hit three to Settle the differences Over Poland and expressing hopi that it would Bedone before the conference immediate admission of Argentina was voted after a full scale floor fight in which Russia hammered against admitting the South american country and pleaded for the Warsaw Molotov made a dramatic Appeal for delay to allow further study of the mat but his proposal was Defeated both in the executive committee mid the plenary of Sta Stettinius named permanent chairman of the steering and executive committees which will do most of the work of draft Tyr Noli and recommendations for the Couf Finice As a foreign of the four sponsoring Russia and named coequal of the conference itself in preside in the Dumbarton Oaks peace framed in Washington by the Lour was made the Agenda for the the thorniest problems thus see toughest on Page 5 in i a of surrenders after 12day Battle Berlin has in a special order of the Bay on wednesday marshal Stalin proudly announced that the Center of Neriman imperialism had been German Garrison Laid Down its arms and resistance ceased at 3 Oclock that the general announcement of the Complete Conquest was made by radio Moscow which stated that including Ber Lins military were captured in the clo Anutt of the there was no mention of nazi chieftains like who had declared that he would remain in the capital to the nor was there mention of Hitler whom the nazis allege died in the Reich chancellery on in another order of the Stalin stated that germans were killed or captured Southeast of bringing about the total destruction of the German ninth army Between april 2i and May the Berlin which for tiie russians symbolized so was saluted 24 salvos from 324 in where there was great Celebration for May the fall of Berlin and the rapidly ending tie City itself bad see Berlin on Page 2 keep on urges Truman tru Man said tuesday that he Hopes there will be no Celebration hostilities end in but National understanding of the importance of the Job which in London it was announced that a today Public Holiday had been authorized for Victory in Truman statement came As a result of queries made after the British of Ca Wrinthia Andrul terms of surrender marshal Alexander Annoura tend Gorki i and italian fascist armies in Italy nearly a Mil lion unconditionally to Field marshal Alexander wednesday almost 20 months after the allies Straits of this opens the Way for an unhindered Allied March into Tho National redoubt and uncovers the Southern approaches to it turns the right flank of enemy troops at the yugoslav Corner where the eighth army already is reported joined with marshal Titos forces 14 Miles Northwest of documents ending the backbreaking italian Campaign were signed sunday at the Royal Palace of now near and became effective12 wednes in Tho meanwhile the German signatories to Vietinghoff Alpine head us Csc 131 quarters to arrange the surrender did flows f sea and air forces in Dev the germans r Pael Fifthe surrendered approx 9 rom Xima Tes Square Miles of the curtain is coming Down on German held including the last act of nazi Germany As a All Northern Italy to Isono succession of events deaths of Hitler and the wehrmacht surrender in the juncture of russian and Amer ican the fall of the capture of von Sundstedt by seventh Northeast of russian columns rolled up to Elbe and sealed an Allied linkup stretching 40 Miles from above Wittenberg to below Hodges men first met the russians at after which followed another mass june at a cavalry patrol of the ninth army also joined the soviets three Miles West of with the Reich split in the disintegrated wehrmacht remains to be rounded up in the Baltic before the British and to Kossovsky 2nd of White also in Austria and reds sweep ahead in the As All resistance won crushed in Rokos Sov sky made great strides on a Long front with a i wide Broom of troops sweeping West of his spearhead column edged along the Baltic coast and seized now it advances toward a linkup with a British airborne Force which stormed across the toppled Lubeck at the base of be Schleswig Holste Indermark and Cut sharply eastward toward Tho other British units captured Bre see germans on Page 2 draft civil War flags Bill passed by Senate this week would permit american troops go into Battle carrying tie traditional banners under which their grandfathers the proposed by Chandler of authorizes regiments which Date Back to the civil War to carry again Battle streamers of that Truman word official Washington the White House has announced Hal presi Truman will report on any end of european hostilities when Ever anything can toe released officially and with proper the surrender wednesday after ing assured All the proper orders had been issued troops by the German High command these Are the terms imposed unconditional surrender by the of All forces under his command control on sea or in the air to Tho Spreine Allied commander in Tho Mediterranean cessation of hostilities by enemy forces at i Fey immediate immobilization and disarmament of enemy sea and obligation on the part of the German Comman Perinchief to carry out any further Ordera is by the Allied supreme com disobedience of orders or failure to comply with them to be dealt with in accordance with the accepted Laws and usages of president Truman announcement there is also the condition that these terms May be superseded by any general instrument of sur Render imposed by or on behalf of the United nations and applicable to Germany and the German armed forces As a the text is in English and Ger but the English version is the authentic in president tru see Italy on Page 8 qom in Washington the total of army and feed since the beginning of the has reached Arm losses were through april 14 and Navy reported Hannegan succeeds Walker Wal Ker has resigned As postmaster general and president Truman has named Robert chair Man of tie democratic National to succeed effective july Hannegan will Doritis As
