Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Page 4liberated gis i now in states cheer report the stars am stripes Utasi pm g hear report it without shedding tear with British troops Germany May 2 Reuter a every Bou i in every mess on the Western front is  emptied. From Palace and Castle to tent my dugout British troops heard the report not the end of the War hut that of the end of Hitler. The German prisoners heard and a hey were just mute. They sat on stools and did not weep or tear their hair or beat their breasts. Thew eyes were dry. Hitler the god they had worshipped fell without a tear being  a battled amazes yanks Munich May 2 a american dough boys who entered Munich were surprised at their reception. They expected bullets but the Only thing they had to Duck was Flowers. The men of the 42nd and 45th dive. Who witnessed atrocities committed by germans in the Dachau Charnel House hoj dec Munich would be full of is men so that they could kill them All. Instead the 8s slammed with big time party men tagging along and Only a gutless group of Wehr Omacht members remained in town glad to turn Over their pistols to any one in an american uniform including red Cross girls. Most of the 4,000 Allied pcs who had been freed during the Day wandered around Munich looking for drinks and Guys they knew. The atmosphere in Munich on payoff Day Yas More like a French town than German. But the doughs thought the civilian Celebration was a Little phony. The real thing that tickled civilians was that Munich was not being shot up. A Creek orthodox easter services begin today it. Greek orthodox easter services begin today the Cathedral Church at 12 Rue Daru 18with a Liturgy at 100c hours. A lecture will be held at 1800 hours. Good Friday services Are at 1400 and 1900 hours. Holy saturday servies will begin at 0930 with a procession a round the Church. The great easter sender will be held at 2100 hours. Easter sunday will be observed with a Liturgy at woo hours. The evening sender will begin at 1800. British press curb eased London May 2 Reuter. A newspapers for the first time since the beginning of the War now May publish news of the whereabouts Resi Cumiles and future movements of the Royal family and prime minister Churchill. The end of Luftwaffe attacks was said to be responsible for the lifting is the restrictions. Allies Greet Hitler s death report with Joy doubt Congress sceptical questions effect on resistance fascist tricks feared by reds the German report of Hitler s a a death spread like a tidal wave throughout the Allied world last night and millions of the enemies of the fanatical Nan overlord greeted it with Joy and doubt. From quiet Homes in America to the dough boys Foxholes in Europe j the reaction was substantially the same summed up in terse comments great news if it s True just Plain dying s too Good for him its at least five years too late and there a still a War to be won and dying to do. In new York thousands of commuters rushed Newsstands at the grand Central station when the newsboy shouted a spa per Hanger is dead Hitler the big bum is  Many of the crowd moved on when the source of the report was Learned. Effigy of Hitler burned a quickly improvised effigy of Hitler was burned at a downtown intersection in Toronto ont., in Bogota Colombia thousands demonstrated in front of the National Capitel. The news hit Paris late at night but no one seemed inclined to mourn. A it s a pity you did t get your bands on him and really make him suffer a the pretty cashier of a parisian nightclub told american doughboy. Moscow radios first announcement to the russian people declared a the German radio statement evidently represents a new fascist  As reported by a Monitor the Moscow broadcast said a in the dissemination of the statement of hitlers death the German fascists evidently Hope to prepare for Hitler the possibility of disappearing from the scene and moving to an underground  Frisco delegates overjoyed but in san Francisco the delegates to the United nations conference were overjoyed. The new York times in an editorial said yesterday that a the nazis made lies so much a part of their politics that the announcement of hitlers death is bound to leave a suspicion that the master liar is attempting to perpetrate one last great hoax on the  the new York Herald Tribune said that a Hitler began in nothing and he ends in it. The Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyseter in an editorial on Hitler s death which was headed a a joyous message said that a a spirit from hell has gunk Back to w hence i Devil if ill a seed a Iseicz 7/0,�?T yank says of Hitler s death in a Battle weary dough on the lounge at Rainbow Corner glanced at the stars and stripes headline announcing Hitler death yesterday and wryly commented a now the Devil will have to set up a new  and then pfc Leonard Davis 35, of Helena okla., a member of a Field artillery unit added to the heart of the Reich could see nothing in the news of the fuehrer a death to get excited about. And they were almost unanimous in writing off the military significance of it. Big Story to come pvt. Robert Reith of Yonkers n.y., a doughboy with the 28th inf. Div., commented a that s Good but the great Story is yet to come a the end of the War. Be Day will be the Story to  a a in be often thought that to a like to celebrate when Hitler got it sgt. De Case from St. George it. With the 101st airborne div., said. A but it Ain t like that at All. It just does t seem  it Alice c. Stockton of Snohomish wash., remarked a your boys and the russians should have worked Over him a while before he died. I would have loved to read the gory details of his death just like the assassination of  the reaction was anti climactic m the purest sense of the term. Hardly a Man who heard the news raised his voice or staged a demonstration. It just was t Worth it they said. A Iii a gosh i wish we could have got our hands on  it. William Robertson the officer who arranged the meeting Between maj. Gen. E. F. Reinhardt 69th-div. Commander and maj. Gen. Rusakov of the first ukrainian army m the linkup of the . First and the russian army at the Elbe River last week said a there s nothing exciting about the news of Adolf s death. The Best thing about it is that with him out of the Way peace May be brought about  Hope it in t a phony a i just Hope it Isnit another phony report a said pfc Richard Webster 22, of Johnson City ?z a a it a just too bad we did no to Knock him off before a Day. Lots of my buddies would have loved to have heard this news. They must be Happy about it wherever they  wac it. Florence Bolton of Cleveland Ohio said a the Only sad note about hitlers death is the fact he did no to live Long enough to be tortured in his own concentration  men who had waded through mud and blood from the beaches want to see body senator asserts Washington. May 2.�?German reports of hitlers death caused a stir in Congress today. Scepticism was mingled with questioning whether it would make any difference in the final mopping a up of German resistance. Sen. Johnson a co acting chairman of the military affairs committee said a i Hope its so but i would kind of like to see the body before i believe  whether it makes any difference Johnson said depends not Only on what attitude adm. Karl Doenitz Hitler s successor takes but on what control Doenitz can exercise. Sen. Taft a Ohio declared it was a significant and interesting that Hitler s death if the report is True should come with the Complete collapse of his philosophy. Sen. Harley m Kilgore do a member of the military affairs committee said he thought tha chances for a general surrender were not improved. A i done to think there is any government in Germany now except local government and military control by area commanders a he said. Sen. J. W. Fulbright id Ark suggested that the reported appointment of Doenitz might indicate that Goeing and Himmier had a fled the country. I  be surprised to see them turn up in Spain a he said. Sen. Wayne a. Morse a Ore said a i regret that Fate does not give us an Opportunity to record a formal conviction in the War criminal trial against him How eve Ltd his dastardly acts will convict him for All time with posterity. Or nazi fied education sheaf May a a the first move toward establishing a German educational system purged of All traces of nazi teachings and nazi ideology was made recently when six kindergartens Aachen were reopened under to. Hilary government super Sion. Truman s reaction on Hiller broads mile Washington. May  Dent Truman was in conference with Genu George c. Marshall chief of staff when the report of hitlers death was brought to him. Fifteen minutes later the president left the White House with a Broad smite on his face. Thursday May 3, 1945 Chicago May 2. A word of Adolf hitlers reported death was received with considerable scepticism by patients in Gardiner and Vaughan veterans hospitals last night but soldiers recently liberated from German War prisons cheered the news a Hitler can never be forgiven but at Leas now he can be  said t 5 Paul h. Dalton 20, of Madison wis., a Pihis news heightens our brightness Aid helps erase he horror of five Long months in  attendants at Gardiner Hospital a Aid most of the patients and personnel refused to believe reports of hitlers death a unless shown a picture of his body like the one recently published of  mayor Edward j. Kelly declared a if the report that Hitler is dead is True the sensible thing for i he germans to do its to get out of the War  Wou tided vein sorry they Ulni pm Hitler Battle Creek. Mich., May 2 a wounded soldiers m Percy Jones Hospital expressed regrets they were not directly responsible Lor hitlers death a i wanted to do it a declared fit fiber Vincent of Wellsville. Ohio who lost a leg in Luxembourg. �?o1 Hope it was slow real slow a asserted t/5 Raymond Odell of Cleveland. A i had All kinds of ways figured  Odell was wounded in Germany