Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               S amp s Man inside Berlin describes pulverized capital the following is the first Eye witness Story of the ruins of Berlin to he written by a stars and stripes correspondent from the prostrate German capital. By Ernie Leiser stars and stripes staff writer Bebian May it delayed Berlin the capital of defeat today u the charred stinking broken Skeleton of a City. It is impossible to imagine what it looked like before. It is impossible to believe that the Miles of disembowel led buildings Crater pocked streets and shattered masonry once could have been the capital of greater Germany and the Home of 4.000.000 people. Only a handful of those 4.000,000 still remain As the last Clatter of my fire echoes through the hollow City. There Are no factories left for them to work in no shops no Heaters no office buildings. But the handful Are Busy today they Are shovelling the rubble from the streets sweeping the dead out of the Way working while the russian conquer oct still walk the streets with straggling columns of a prisoners or wander around staring at the shells of Onoe great buildings of state. They Are working oblivious of the Light chill rain that is the Only mourning for the death of their Homes. The russians Are everywhere. Their tanks nimble Down the Chark it to Renburger Chaussee which slices through the great tie Garten Park a pert girl my smartly directs traffic at the West end of Unter Den Linden an infantry battalion forms up in front of the shrapnel scarred statute of Wilhelm the great soldiers wander in and out of cellars cavalrymen Wash their horses at the Edge of the River spree. A Cossack rides Down the Yuhei Strasse raising amp Cloud of dust from the powdered Stone and Concrete that despite the rain covers everything. Horse and Wagon convoys creak Down Lei Palger Strasse past the bodies of two German soldiers with Mouths open in a Toothy glint Leer of death. In front of the bomb hollowed Reich Stag High ranking russian officers gather atop the Reich stage a Hole Al led dome a torn red Flag flies. In the Circle which is the Center of the tie Garten a group of Sor fiet soldiers pose for m picture in front of a statue of the haughty Moltke. At the Eastern end of Unter Den Linden a band play and russian soldiers dance to native songs in the great place before the opera. A few blocks away a russian to fires and from the Northwestern Edge of the City near the Beusse Strasse Railroad station comes the sound of russian artillery. Unter Den Dunden which a 1939 guide Book proudly Call the Quot most Beautiful Avenue in All the City is Gray with the continued on Page 41 you it have taken in stride military tasks so difficult As to be classed As impossible a Gen. Eisenhower. The St Nice Marseille edition daily newspaper of �o3. Armed a Only with that Draimin d. Roosevelt had toed in a this a. A president Truman la the european theater of operation vol. 1�?no. 58thursday. May 10,1945 one franc i Gas May Tell combat Story to Home folks by Joe Cotton stars and stripes staff writer. Eto censorship changes will permit gis to Tell the folks Back Home a lot More about their part in the War. La got James p. Arnold theater censor yesterday said soldiers in liberated countries May now name the town where they Are stationed and May describe with certain limitations Battles in which they took part. Men stationed in occupied countries Germany and Austria will not be permitted to identify their location however All military personnel May Tell of past travels in Eto and of their trip from the u. S. To Europe if they arrived More than six months ago. This includes naming of the port of embarkation enemy action and time consumed in route. The number of Blue envelope letters which a Soldier May Send has been increased from three to six a month. Unit information ban col. Arnold said a plan is under consideration which would permit soldiers to have photographic film processed by civilian plants. Men May not reveal the strength efficiency training or morale of units nor May they describe unique tactical detail of the War. Against Germany performance of guns and other equipment and condition use and other details of harbours ports transportation systems and communications. Details of the above might be of information to Japan Arnold declared. A Soldier who knows that any unit is scheduled for Pacific duty is not permitted to mention details of movement. The same Rule applies to men slated for the Pacific As was the Case when they were shipping from the u. S. To Eto. But men who have been told they will be sent Home May say so. Soldiers going to us or any liberated country but not in route to an Active theater May Tell where they Are going. However no Man is permitted to Tell about movements of units. Casualties May be mentioned by the individual involved if five Days have passed since he was injured. Casualties in other cases May not be mentioned until 30 Days have expired surrender sealed in Berlin Prague bombed by Luftwaffe army will disclose Point system today Washington May 9 of a the War department will announce at noon thursday it pm. Nice Marseille time the system by which men will be chosen for discharges Bow that the War la Europe is Over. The system will be based on Points for longevity service dependents  drafting into infantry Paris mar 9�?draft of Eto service troops into the infantry has been halted. Com z revealed today. Nearly 40.000 enlisted men being retrained As riflemen by ground forces reinforcement command Are expected to be returned to their original Branch of service at the end of training. The Quot Stop Quot order on transfers to the infantry indicated the need for specialised service troops in the Battle against Japan. Since the shift of com z troops was first announced in january Gorc disclosed nearly 90.000 officers and men have been retrained and Are now part of the infantry. Of these. 3.065 were officers. 19,581 were enlisted men in infantry service units who were retrained has riflemen and 06.625 were from com z and other branches. The 5j79 officers candidates in training will remain in the infantry. Hoard of Gold found in Italy Rome May 9 a it a a Large Cache of Gold with an estimated value of 5.000.000 to 15.0004 00 dollars has been found by american troops in the mountains near the Italio austrian Frontier. The Cache also yielded Art treasures Worth Mil hons including number of famous paintings. Actual warfare was still in Progress yesterday in and around Prague and apparently in a Corner of Latvia despite the cease fire order which ended the War in most part so of Europe it one minute past Midnight. A few hours after announcing the capitulation of nazi troops in Prague and Bohemia the Prague Maksi declared that German Pia Aswad started bombing the capital % 0250 Nice mar Seille Tim almost three hours after the unconditional surrender of Germany became effective. Prague radio also said that the cities of by Niburg. Nyznik and Kra Lupy All in the Vicinity of the capital. Had been attacked by Nasi aircraft. Prague captured marshal Stalin announced the fall of Prague shortly after Prague radio reported that Quot the glorious red army was within the Walls of the capital. The associated press quoted the Quot Reich radio Quot As announcing that German planes m bombed Prague shortly after the russians reached the City. Moscow radio broadcast a formal announcement of the German capitulation at 11 18 pm Nice a amp a Seille time. The announcement to amp Rew the russian capital into wild Celebration and president Kaitlin immediately granted a National conf iwed on Page 8 Hermann Ger Fig 7th seizes Goering  Hermann Goering former chief of the Luftwaffe and Long branded of one of Germany s leading War criminals was captured yesterday by the seventh army. Taken with the Multi pedalled and titled Goering was Field marshal Albert von Kesselring. Onetime chief of German forces in Italy and since Early March Wehr continued on Page 8 by Charles p. Kiley stars and stripes staff writer Berlin May 9�?defeat of the third Reich was sealed Early this morning when the combined chiefs of the Gen Man army Navy and Alt Force signed formal ratifies Tion of unconditional surrender before air chief marshal sir Arthur Tedder representing Gen Eisenhower and marshal Georgi k. Zhukov soviet Deputy commander in chief the document containing about the same terms As that signed monday at Reitas but defining More closely the details of the surrender was signed by request of the run Mauldin dough is artist awarded Puii Izer prize by de Clark stars and stripes staff writer Paris Lay 9�?something very Nice and very fair happened in the u. S. Some trustees and professors of journalism got together at Columbia University in new York and gave Bill Mauldin the pulitzer prise for the Best newspaper cartoon of 1944 the judges cited Mauldin s ironic Quot fresh spirited american troops flashed with Victory bringing in thousands of hungry ragged Battle weary prisoners Quot As an outstanding example of his distinguished service in interpreting the life of the go the award was very fair because a sergeant himself hag done More than interpret the life of the Soldier. Despite frequent clashes with sensitive brass frequently the butt of his cartoons he has described from Day to Day the real life of the real Soldier in combat Mauldin made two trips to the Western front but preferred to stay with his old friends in Italy particularly after the Normandy tor Vasion made that Battle a relatively Quot forgotten front Mauldin a prize winning cartoon is reprinted on Page 5 other pulitzer awards Are listed in the news from Home column Page 3. German representatives at the ceremony in a building of the German army engineering College were Field marshal Wilhelm Keitel chief a Only newsman a sgt. Charles f. Kiley stars and stripes staff writer assigned to Gen. Eisenhower s hq.,. Was the Only news correspondent present both at the German surrender to Rheims and the russian ratification ceremony in Berlin. Of combined staff Gen. Adm. Has Georg Fredeburg Navy commander and col. Gen. Paul bump of Luftwaffe commander. Tedder and other shape Terreh Senta Tives flew from Rheims to Stendal near the toe River yesterday and were joined there by the German party to a five plane Convoy to Tempelhof Field Berlin. The shape party was met by it red army Honor guard. A band played the British jul and rus Alan rmiinna.1 tue Hunt Zhukov we posed Tedder and other generals to his party. A Flag bearing the shape Emblem was presented to the soviet marshal _ continued on Page by a a a a --.�?1 a 4norway nazis quit Stockholm May 9, up documents surrendering German forces to Norway were signed last night at Gen. Boehmes head qua ters to Lillie Hammer