Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Page 8the stars Amo stripes tue Wiy May 8, 1945 Reich yields to 3 Powers germans told continued from Page i War had come to an end said it la understood in accordance with arrangements Between the three great Powers an official announce Anent will be broadcast by the prime minister at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon the 8th of May. Quot in View of this fact tomorrow tuesday will be treated As Vic. Tory in Europe Day and will be regarded As a Holiday. Quot the Day following wednesday. A the Fth of May will also be a Holiday. Quot a broadcast to the people of the British Empire and Commonwealth will be made tomorrow tuesday at 9 pm dust. Parliament will Gleet tomorrow at the usual time. The a account was the first word to reach America and Britain that the War was Over. It immediately touched off celebrations in new York and London. In new York crowds Sang in paper littered streets. Although official confirmation Falleck to follow the up in a Paris dispatch quoted sheaf As saying that it had made nowhere any official statement for publication up to that hour concerning the Complete surrender of All German armed forces in Europe. No Story to that effect is authorized. Quot however there was no doubt in american minds that the end finally had come. Count of 10 million is soon on captives an estimated 10 million German soldiers the greatest prisoner haul m history will fail into Allied hands As a result of final nazi capitulation Reuter reported yesterday Many of the enemy a former t no a v remain prisoners for years. Under established rules of War prisoners Are held until peace treaties have been signed but formal conclusion of world War ii in Europe is not anticipated soon the russians have repeatedly demanded that German prisoners help repair War damage. However it was believed there would be no general conscription of German labor. Riffle ban co Idie locks what they said of the Riviera continued from Page 1 the guard around town Quot the Captain said. # most of the maps at the station did t expect much trouble. They can to get any drunker than usual Quot they said. A crowd of soldiers and French civilians at the place Massena watched two 105-mm. Guns fire a 21-gun Salute into the Mediterranean Pic Albert w. Leonard of Kalamazoo mich., perched himself on a Marble statue of a nude woman in the Garden where the guns were set up and waited for the Salute. 1 gotta leave on the six of clock train Quot Leonard said. Quot i got 26 dollars in my pocket and i m going to wait until they fire these Damn things and then get drunk on my 26 dollars before the train  Hopes for trip to u.8. Quot All i  said pvt. Phillip de Lucas of Chicago Quot is that they give us a furlough Home before they Send us to the Pacific. A month at Home would sure make it easier to  de Lucas fought with the fifth inf. Div. And spent six weeks in the Hospital after being wounded at Metz. With the nazi capitulation americans were to la King about what should be done with germans. Quot i say fix them so they never pick up a Rifle again better brains than mine have to figure what to do  said pfc Tom Murphy of new York an 80th div. Soldier Quot even when these German prisoners walk Down the Street Here they walk in perfect step. What can you do with people like that a Parley feels i be pressure san Francisco. May 7 a it a that the end of the european War would bring additional pressure on delegates working to form a world Security organization at the United nations conference was. Obvious today. Immediate problems confronting various governments with the cessation of hostilities May make it necessary for leading delegation Heads such As soviet foreign commissar Vyacheslav Molotov and British foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to return speedily to their Home capitals. While the conference which has nothing to do with a peace settlement for this War will continue the end of the War will focus attention of leading statesmen on such problems As occupational zones in Europe and creation of interim governments for liberated countries Confert fies work proceeds despite newspaper emphasis on the polish deadlock six committees yesterday worked busily on proposed amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the big five the u. A. Britain Russia China and ranted called another closed meeting to seek agreement on Points of the world charter Over which there had been differences. Preoccupation of the delegates with the actual business of the conference confirmed the impression that the flare up Over Poland would not divert the conference from its major objective. You re wrong about the so satyr shrinking Angla. The Swa Atar was Modt that Way and an Vanloa Carter it looks Good. In fact most anything on tha Lovely blonde would leak goad. 8th of fliers set for sports studies Molotov visits Kaiser Richmond. Va., May 7 Ansi soviet foreign commissar Molotov paid a three hour visit to Henry j. Kaiser a shipyards Here. Molotov was escorted by Kaiser himself up and Down scaffolding across catwalks and through one enormous steel fabricating Plant after another. London May 7�?their part in the strategical bombing of Europe finished eighth of airmen can now Settle Bank and become anything from Champion Horseshoe pitchers to musicians or masters of languages while awaiting new assignments. Eighth of h announced yesterday. During the redeployment months bomber and fighter groups will be converted into virtual athletic and educational organizations designed to Quot shift the emphasis from teamwork and individual Effort toward winning the War to the personal betterment of the  the policy of the eighth of the announcement said will be to give the soldiers through a vast recreational and educational program an fliers Tell of beatings by japs in Burma Camp Spain interns 9 nazis Madrid May 7 Reuter a nine germans who escaped from the Gironde pocket in Southwest France reached a North Spain port. They to be interned. Calcutta May 7 up a the first group of american War prisoners liberated in Burma mostly from the air corps Are recuperating in a Hospital Here and telling grim stories of beatings starvation and indignities administered by the japanese to a Quot special treatment group Quot of fliers captured after bombing raids on Japan began. It. Billy t. Davis of los Angeles calif., a Quot group Quot member said the japs told them of their Quot indiscriminate bombing of women and children and making War on the  he said that last japanese new years the prisoners were lined up and guards beat them with Quot clubs made like pick handles Quot and slapped them. He said that the beatings were much worse when the guards were drunk. Prisoners said the beatings usually came when the japanese suffered military reverses. They were especially hard on b29 Crews. A sgt. Yuan he oils of Hattiesburg miss a b24 gunner was charged with murder after strafing civilians. He was told that he would undergo seven years imprisonment after the War before he could become a citizen of the greater East Asia co Prosperity sphere. Opportunity to use his time constructively. The program ranges from checkers and Horseshoe pitching tournaments to study at Oxford Cambridge and other British universities. And american colleges and technical schools which will be established in England. Unit a a universities a have already been established in All groups with faculties made up of officers in each unit. Curricula of an average unit school will embrace agriculture business English. Languages mathematics sciences social studies applied music physical education Bible studies and Trade and technical courses about 200 men a month will be allowed to attend courses at the English universities. Apart from classroom and textbook work will be special courses to teach song writing dancing Art acting and dramatic production and the playing of musical instruments a vast athletic program has already been established. Flee to Hills Nea Tarakan Manila. May 7 ans a austra Lian air forces were putting Tara kans captured 4.560-foot Airfield into shape As a fighter base today As the japanese withdrew to Mountain positions from the Little Island off Borneo avoiding a showdown. Battle. Seizing the Center of the City of tarak amp a. The aussies. Aided by a dutch East Indian troops used tanks demolitions and flame throw ers to reduce a Maze of pillboxes and inter Locking Tunnel Strong Points on the Tarakan Hills / Gen. Macarthur communique reported 11.088 More japanese dead had been counted and 482 prisoners taken in the Philippines in the week ending sunday. In the same period 391 americans were killed and 1.323 wounded enemy casualties for the entire Philippines Campaign which began last october now Are 355.093. The u. S. Dead wounded and missing total 37.482 on Mindanao Island the 24 the inf. Div. Attacked Strong japanese Hill positions West of Davao while in Central Mindanao the 31st div. Moved on a big enemy base at Del Monte. Taka in Okinawa Pale Guam. May 7 cans a land based american bombers hammering at Japan a sinking sea lanes no or damaged 20 enemy ships saturday at the Entrance to the sea of Japan the Navy announced. U. S. Bombers harassed shipping in the Straits linking Japan and Korea the British Fleet shelled the Southern Ryukyu islands 800 Miles to the South in its first major bombardment while operating with the u. S. Fifth Fleet. One major British ship was damaged but was Able to resume operations adm. Nimitz communique today made no mention of ground action on Okinawa where the yanks resumed their general offensive saturday after killing 3.000 japanese who made a futile counter attack. End air training for reservists Albuquerque n. M., May an8>�?-the War department has notified 17 and 18-year-old youths in the army air corps Reserve that it is discontinuing flying training for those who had volunteered for Calls to Active duty on reaching their 18th birthday. Youths in Reserve who Are now 18 or older were advised Fiey mus Register with their local draft boards within five Days. Japs threaten to break ties Germany a attempt to make peace with America and Britain while continuing the War with Russia is an Quot extreme violation Quot of the Tripar Ite pact foreign minister Hideki Tojo said yesterday. The new nazi policy a Tokyo broadcast quoted Tojo As saying conflicts with the War Aims of Japan which is engaged in a bitter struggle with the u. S. And Britain. But maintains Neutral relations with  Tojo said that Quot should such a state of affairs continue Japan will Reserve her Freedom to Deal with the tripartite pact and other political agreements with Germany from a new Point of  Singer tryouts for Marseille Marseille May 7�?auditions for women who sing popular songs in English and desire bookings on special service entertainment circuit in the Delta base area will be conducted in Capitol theater Marseille at 10 am each wednesday. It. E. W. Mafarland in charge of theatrical entertainment said acts of the music Hall or variety Type Are sought. Artists travel in troupes in u. 8. Vehicles and Are provided with food and lodging where required. Accompanists Are provided at auditions