Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote D Azur                                Paris edition Man Speicht Feutsch stud Bier so Bueteen res Leckt sind Bere Srb Cruea ? Are there snipers hiding vol. In no. 281 paily newspaper of . Armed farces i for. Tripes Hie european theater of opt ration today s russian lesson k chg d i Ahi his Dee Paw be St when does the train leave i for Friday May 4, 1943 nazis quit by thousands Light to Norway begins allies begin Roundup of Italy foe Allied troops in Italy yesterday Begall the tremendous undertaking of rounding up and counting the scattered units of the German and italian fascist armies whose unconditional surrender has ended 22 months of fighting in one of the wars bitterest campaigns. In no communique the Overall Allied Leader in the Mediterranean Field marshal sir Harold Alexander declared that a fighting ceased in Northern Italy West of the Sonzo River with the unconditional surrender of All enemy troops under the command of German army group c a there remains a the bulletin continued a a Only the multitudinous administrative details of assembling and disarming scattered and dior ganged elements of the once proud  scene repeated in then after Toicen in Germany fighting continues in East but East of the Sonzo River in Venzia Guilia province which was not covered by the surrender pact the eighth army still was obliged to overcome the enemy. The German Garrison at the big Adriatic naval base of Trieste surrendered to new zealand units after five Days of Street fighting against the Jugoslav Patriot army. Gorizia about 25 Miles North of Trieste and East of the Sonzo also was captured there was no announcement that Convoy bombed Hamburg yields Prague open City German soldiers were surrendering by the tens of thousands in the Northwestern Reich yesterday while hundreds of a ships fishing boats and submarines fled toward a temporary Refuge in Norway. Denmark and Norway stood As the last bastions of the German military machine no surrender says germans Desimar chief . Arena signal corps photo one example of the confusion sweeping the Reich is this picture of German civilians hurrying past a burning building in Bamberg. North of no rein Burg As the town was overrun in the . Advancer new Pacific shift plan to Send most combat men to . T isl As the German forces reeled toward Hie Kiel canal and the base of Denmark. Gen. Lindemon German commander in chief in Denmark told his troops yesterday according to the danish radio that there was no plan for capitulation there. He asserted his troops Voul fight on a and if necessary die however there were signs that now that Italy and the bavarian redoubt had been Star rendered unconditionally even in Denmark the germans seemed to know that the end had come the danish prime minister talking by Telephone to Sweden said a we have a de Facto peace  lie added that he was awaiting Only the arrival of Field marshal Montgomery before taking Over the reins of the government meanwhile Hamburg was tile surrender agreement approved be German commander in chief. By the Gen. Heinrich von i Enghoff. At a conference near Naples several Days ago a had been signed As yet although this ceremony was to have taken place yesterday somewhere in Northern Italy. Von Vietinghoff command included All Axis troops in Northern Italy West of the Sonzo. As Well As those in Western Austria Styrol. Salzburg arid Vor Arlberg provinces and to it options of Corinthia and Syria provinces his Force numbered about 900,000 men at the tame of the surrender. Mif shift collection task indications were Given at a 8 raef press conference in Paris yesterday that the task of caging the surrendered German forces in Western Austria might fail to Gen Eisenhower s troops rather than those of Gen. Mark Clarks 15th army group in Italy. Correspondents in Rome said that the Allied Force in Italy would require Many Days if not weeks to collect the germans who have been surrendered in that country alone. They also thought considerable time would pass before the fifth and eighth armies could regroup wad Advance to within not less than 30 Miles of Berchtesgaden. As they Are now free to  proposed for United nations Post ban Francisco May 3 apr Gen. Eisenhower among others is being discussed As a future Secretary general of the promo dec United nations Security organization l b. Pearson Canadian ambassador to the ., told reporters that Eisenhower was his personal Choice and that he had been proposing him for the Job in conversations. But Pearson said none of the United nations conference committees has formally discussed Tbs Suhi by John Reichmann International new service Lorre Poa Dent Washington May 3.�?more than half of the american combat troops in Europe will get a 21-Day furlough in the us before moving to the Pacific. International news service Learned from an unimpeachable source today. Hitherto every official source has emphasized the certainty. That most of the millions of gis would wait in Europe until facilities were ready to mop them directly to the far East. Dissolution within the w Ehr Maht was growing hourly and the danish surrendered to the British prime minister said in a Telephone and the germans declared interview that he was Only await Prathip an a non a to my the arrival of the allies before Prague an open Cuy. Taking Over the administration of the country. Nazis bewildered the free danish press service British soviets11 re a a a Mon link at Baltic in As nazi resistance collapsed Northern Germany yesterday russian and British troops linked up on a 60-mile front extending from the Baltic port of Wismar Sou til to Wittenberg. The Junction of the British second army and second White russian army was announced by marshal Stalin in an order of the Day As the bag of nazi prisoners taken in captured Berlin Rose above the 100,000 Mark. Still another linkup this one Between american my russian troops was made when the russians emerged on the Elbe Southeast of Wittenberg. Of the once mighty Force which garrisoned Berlin All that remained yesterday were unshaven filthy prisoners streaming in columns eastward through Brandenburg Gate. In Czechoslovakia Stalin announced in his second order of the Day the fourth ukrainian army captured Cieszan communications Center 15 Miles Southeast of Mora ska Ostrava. London discontinues raid warning system the revised plans will apply More specifically to infantry artillery and armoured forces than to army service forces which must build up facilities and bases in the. Pacific or to army air Force ground troops which must construct air bases for use against Japan. After v e Day most of the combat troops will find themselves kept Busy with educational occupational or redeployment duties until they Are taken to the . Once Home they will be Given a furlough and then trained in Pacific War problems. Troops who will wait a Little continued in part i the associated press quoted Columbia broadcasting system correspondent Charles Shaw As reporting from Malmoe Sweden that t British troops had crossed the said that a welter of German orders Yurush Frontier in the Aaben Raa and counter orders had resulted in area. Confusion. Commands in soon Dunkirk in reverse Prtrt i to hos i othe places i reports persisted that Norway it Anna rent the service said would be surrendered also even in that local commandants everywhere the face of official disclosures that were ignoring orders and taking amp he  acre Itu Zuj int a in. Ass things into their own hands. Exodus by sea from the Kiel and prime minister Wilhelm Buhl Schleswig Holstein areas. I he said in a Telephone interview with the London daily mail correspond ords its Dunkirk in Dent at Malmo. Sweden that a we these nazi escape so were now have a de Facto peace  running in convoys of up to �?~j0 ves Buzil was quoted As saying that Sels including 10.000-T�Nners and a everything is under control and even submarines be Ween Funken we Are merely waiting for the German capitulation to become effect Ive. The Gestapo is inactive and we Are awaiting Field marshal Mon Horner before my new government officially taxes Over the  a London daily express reporter. And Zeeland islands. The second tac of claimed the destruction of four ships and the damaging of live up to 1700 hours yesterday. The associated press said returning pilots reported that the Waters around Kiel. Item Peri and Lubeck Are strewn with Burn Gordon Young who was smuggled in a Al re a a a a i of 10.000-ton into Denmark by members of the Ca go ships co a Boits underground described what was happening in Denmark a tile germans everywhere Are continued on Page 8 the scene was one of chaos and continued on Page 8 late War bulletins German legation in Stockholm to be closed Stockholm May 3 ire ter a the German legation to Stockholm will be disbanded next week usually Well informed sources said tonight. Members of the legation who Are known nazis will be interned and other members of the staff ordered to gather at fired place in the provinces. Churchill s absence makes commons talk London May 3.�?after years As a front line City London admitted today that the Blitz of bombers and rockets held ended. The ministry of Hopie Security noting the improbability of future attacks announce i Chat the City s air raid w  g system bad been discord a London May i it Reuter a the absence of prime mud for Churchill from parliament this afternoon started a Buzz of speculation among the members some of whom suggested he might have flown to Germany for peace negotiations or to some other place to meet president Truman. Actuary however he was quietly at work upon Cabinet business. Nazi communique misses regular time London May 3 up a indicating the breakdown of the German War machine the Oslo radio broadcasting to German troops in Norway at i860 said that the usual German communique a not yet available. The station added that it hoped to produce it at 2136. With the British capture of Hamburg the nazis lost their Moat powerful radio station. They have a second outlet in Denmark but reception of this station is usually  of invaders blast ammo dump  ninth of a26s yesterday a tacked a Large ammo Plant near St of Czechoslovakia reported to be supplying explosives to German troops on the Northern flank of the uj3. Third army. Fighter bombers patrolled the first third and ninth Ami fronts while thunderbolts bombed and strafed the Railroad y a Sis it Pribram 25 Miles East of i is an. Ninth of airmen reported no opposition. Four attacks were made on German a boats lying in Kiel wednesday by Raf Mosquito. British airmen reported seeing several Large explosions and fires along the docks after the raid. Mine. Petain held in Perla Madame retain. 68-year old wife of marshal Henri Philippe Petain. Has been charged with cola Horatio and detained in Paris