Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               What s new Mac Mac is the gaelic word for son and is therefore the prefix in a Large number of scottish and Irish names. Nice Mars Ile  daily newspaper of . Armed for Cess a a stripes m the european theater of operate inf old stuff what recent discoveries in new Mexico indicate that Man inhabited North America is much a 25.000 gears ago. Vol. In to. 54sunday, May 6, 1945 one franc hew current German gesture �?. Army signal corps photo upraised hands Are a common sight in Germany with Weir Macht soldiers surrendering by thousands. Some still have to to smoked out however As did this pair leaving Reich Village building under guard of first . Army dough beneath american tank gun. A Ike promotes link up squad by Charles f. K1ley stors and stripes staff writer supreme Allied he Forward command Post. May 5�?the four american soldiers who first linked up with the russians at Tougau on april 25 presented to Gen. Eisenhower today the makeshift american Flag they used to identify them selves. The general told one of his staff to see that the men All members of battalion Headquarters. First bn., 273rd regt. Of the 69th inf. Div were advanced one Grade in rank immediately. The four with their new ranks were 1 it. William d. Robertson of los Angeles sgt James j. Mcdonnell Peabody mass. And cps. Frank b. Huff Washington va., and Paul staud new York. Yanks reissued Winter clothes with 1q3rd div. May 5�? doughs of the 103rd div. Who turned in their Winter clothing to the quartermaster several weeks ago have just been reissued woodies. Gloves and Sho Epacs. A foot of Snow has fallen during the last week in the austrian Tyrol and the current weather at Innsbruck is excellent for skiing North insists Umberto quit both Premier Ivanoe Bonomi a italian government and the National liberation committee for North Italy were moving yesterday to reach agreement on establishment of a permanent government for the entire country. Mono min a government established when North Italy was still in German hands is considered far too conservative by Northern partisans who played a major role in freeing their land of the germans. The partisans Are expected to Call for Complete abolition of the monarchy and lie tenancy of the realm at present held by Prince Umberto army quits 200,000men yielded negotiations were reported under Way last night for the capitulation of the Wehr Macht in Norway last major German. Stronghold on the continent without a fight but not All the news on surrenders was so optimistic. Pessimism was evident in London dispatches which indicated some britons were upset by the piecemeal German surrender. Their View was that the new fuehrer adm. Karl Doenitz and Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler were trying to Embarrass the Western allies by ignoring Russia and building a myth that the Wehr Macht surrendered to save Europe from bolshevism. Quisling adherents called word that the enemy was ready to give up in Norway came from several sources. Associated press correspondent Daniel Deluce. Veteran of the Stockholm Rumor Mill arrived in Paris from the swedish capital with a report that the germans in Norway already had reached a tentative agreement with Sweden to Lay Down their arms. Radio Oslo transmitted a proclamation asking members of the Quisling party to maintain discipline so Norway would not again become a Battlefield the enemy a Norway Garrison was estimated at 150.000 troops. Britons worried by possible political implications in the piecemeal surrenders thought president tru continued on Page 8� France awaits return of Laval week made history with Axis downfall Here is last week s contribution to history sunday death of Mussolini is disclosed. Tuesday germans announce death of Hitler. Wednesday Berlin Falls. German armies in North Italy and West Austria nearly a million men surrender. Friday German armies of the North capitulate. Saturday German armies Fao ing american French troops in Central Europe collapse. Still to come is the liberation of Norway and proclamation of be Day. More airborne food for dutch u. S. Eighth of and Raf heavy bombers yesterday dropped More than 1,200 tons of food to civilians in Holland near Schigol Alkmaar utrecht kilo sum and Hogelen Zeng. Allied heavy bombers have delivered More than 6,650 tons of food to the starving dutch in the last six Days despite bad weather conditions. Supply plans now Call for deliveries of 1.500 tons daily according to Netherlands radio. Paris. May 5�?france has asked the Spanish government for the extradition of Pierre Laval Vichy Collaborator now interned in Barcelona Pierre Henri Teitgen French minister of information said today. Meanwhile the French news Agency announced the arrest at the front of Georges Bou till Ier former finance minister Gen. Auguste Laure marshal Henri Petain s Secretary general and Gen de la Porte Duthil former commissioner of the Vichy youth movement. They will be tried for treason. Sgt. Hugs Gol. In link up act by Howard Byrne stars and stripes staff writer with the 103rd div., May 4 delayed �?1the linkup Between the seventh and fifth armies came today at 11 15 am when elements of 103rd div., seventh army met a jeep column of 88th div., fifth army at Colie Karoo Italy eight Miles below the italian Border. Innsbruck was scarcely taken last night when first bn., 103rd div. Roared out of town at 8 00 pm and raced with glaring headlights toward Brenner pass. The first in. Is commanded by maj. John a Rhea of Corpus Christi Tex. By 2 am the following Day. The battalion had reached Brenner and motors were switched off until Dawn. In the Lead armoured car which flew an american Flag As a safeguard against being fired on by elements of the fifth army was col. Donovan Yeuell of Hardinsburg . Who commands the 103rd�?Ts 411th regt. At 10 00 am today col. Yeuell received orders to proceed southward to link up with the fifth. Continued on Page 8 Doren pockets hold out germans still were holding out last night in Norway and a dozen other scattered places. Chief among them were the Brandenburg Magdeburg and Dresden Chemnitz pockets and a Small pocket along the austrian Frontier. Parts of Central Austria and Czechoslovakia not yet overrun by the third army and russian forces. The Channel islands. Dunkirk so Nazaire Lorien t and i a i of h a 11 e. A few nazi occupied spots in the dodecanese islands. Some German areas of Yugoslavia. German army group g surrendered last night ending resistance on the Western front except for scattered pockets. The Battlefield capitulation of group g takes effect at noon today but last night radio transmitters throughout the area announced the end of hostilities to prevent further loss of life. Group g commanded by Gen. Schultz surrendered to the Allied sixth army group commanded by Gen. Jacob l. Devers it faced part of the uj3. First third and seventh armies and the French first army. Huh Mart Osman its sector extended from Chemnitz 40 Miles West of Dresden to the Swiss Frontier. Prague capital of Czechoslovakia was within the surrender zone. It was estimated that group go composed of the German first and 19th armies totalled 200,000 men. In this connection Gen. Eisenhower said confusion among the enemy was such that the German negotiator it. Gen. Foetsch. Commanding the first German Arary could not get Quot an accurate estimate of the strength of army group  one German army group still was fighting the russians on the continued on Page 8 2 red armies Pinch redoubt two russian armies launched attacks on a 110-mile front last night against the Bohemian redoubt while other russian troops moved northward from captured Stettin to clean up the Wollin pocket on the Baltic coast. A German communique in an unusual admission disclosed that nazi troops North of Berlin fled from the russians and crossed the Elbe to surrender in territory held by British and american troops the a said. The russians reported they had captured More than 45,000 prisoners Northwest and Southwest of Berlin records needed on sex captives in order that permanent records can be established u. S. Soldiers freed from German prisoner of War Camps Are urged by army officials to Forward their pm educational records to the War prisoners Branch of the u. S. 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