Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur The stars and stripes thursday May 10, 1945 see Jap peace demo orientation Mote u. S cats Quot Washington. May 9 apr president Truman a statement on tin conditional surrender for Japan was widely viewed in Congress today As easing the Way for the Jap Aneseto end their futile struggle. Some legislators interpreted it As blend Fig credence to current rumours of peace overtures from Tokyo. The presidents statement issued a Keg with the be proclamation v create Day t explained what unconditional surrender meant to the japanese people a it Means the end of War. It Means the termination cd the influence of military leaders who have brought Japan to the. A drink a a a disaster. A a s 1 a is a Quot unconditional surrender does not mean the extermination or enslavement of the japanese r.-iisen., Robert Abaft a Ohio called this a statement of the Quot con. Clit ions of unconditional surrender namely that farms and jobs of the Gima panese will a not he destroyed and that their soldiers and sailors will he allowed to return japs hit Back in Philippines Manila. May 0 ans a japanese troops on Mindanao in their first show of strength since the 24th div. Landing april 17, penetrated american Unes near captured Davao City and virtually isolated one u. 8 battalion Field dispatches reported today. The Cut off battalion on the second largest Philippines Isle had seized the Village of Mintal it was being reached by a few reinforcements sent Ovar a Little used Trail one mile South the japs poured shells into yank positions at Libby Airfield and the american hold on the base was described As pm Tarakan Island off Borneo australian and dutch troops expanded their holdings North and East of Tarakan City and captured a hurriedly evacuated japanese Headquarters. They were within two Miles of Joeta Oil Field the second largest on the Island. Plan to invade Japan Nimitz announcing that plans for invasion of the japanese Homeland were now being drawn up. Fleet adm Chester w. Nimitz said today that the Pacific air War would be intensified immediately As a preface to the Quot Battle of Japan a. Since the Start of the Ryukyu Campaign March 18 More than 3,000 enemy aircraft have been destroyed. Nimits said u. 8. Losses had not slowed the Pacific Campaign. Nimitz indicated that the american High command was looking Quot for no surrender now and was working entirely on the Assumption St would be necessary to invade Japan. Saying there was not enough of the Jap Fleet left to oppose either the British of american navies in any major action Nimitz added a if the japanese read All the signs they might to perceive the japs co to Sweden London May 5 Reuter a a German auxiliary vessel arrived at Fahnoe Sweden this morning and landed 15 japanese diplomats swedish radio reported. Now that the War to Over in the Eto and while sweating out the Pacific our thoughts can Gat Book to you guessed it and Here Are some Lovely examples of what to moan. Starting at the lop with the girl wearing the hair ribbon and Reading loft counter clockwise the Fth lovelies soaking up the California Sun Art marfan Kerrigan Harriet Hadden Beverly Reedy Melva Anstead Geraldine Saraum Dorothy Stevens and Francos Gladwin. Note demo is a Little used word moaning a discharge. War dept is dus to announce demo plans . It you g in or what ban on racing curfew lifted this is especially for the Joes who will be sent to the Pacific now that the Eto show is Over. The subject is Quot who is the toughest fighter a the German or japanese authority is maj. Gen. R. B. Woodruff who has commanded troops in both Heaters. The general of of .24th inf. Dtv., now in the Philippines pointed out that while toe Jap is of Teiho weak where the German is Strong toe son of Nippon is in some ways the toughest customer on Earth. Although he refused to take a stand on which of toe two was toe better fighter Woodruff went on record As saying Quot that if the Jap when cornered would surrender he d be immeasurably easier to fight tactically you first lick him then you have to spend hours Days sometimes weeks and months rooting him out and killing Jap hot scientific As a scientific fighter Woodruff said the Jap can t measure up to his european ally. He uses artillery aircraft and Armor badly quite often with unbelievable stupidity. His staff work is generally poor. Yet his fanatical heroism As an individual often compensates for these shortcomings. Quot another thing the european fighter will a discover Quot Woodruff added Quot is that it s a lot harder to exist out Here. The Jungle is always unpleasant. Diseases Are numerous and some very dangerous. Quot in Europe when they Advance they really capture something. Out Here we just capture another Island that looks like All toe other islands. As one doughboy remarked after we had cleaned out a Small Objet Tivey Well there s another half million Quot it s harder to get sleep in an action against toe Jap. The German is inclined at the end of toe Day s battling to sleep and let you sleep. The nip is a night Crawler. He s always filtering through toe perimeter and prowling through positions at night. If you Arentt Alert hell blow up your guns or Burn your trucks or Slit your Washington May 8�?the Midnight curfew and horse racing ban were rescinded today. Fred m Vinson War mobilisation and reconversion director said the order would take effect immediately. Quot the curfew shall not ring tonight a Vinson told a press conference this Doon. The removal of prohibition against horse and dog racing does not affect the office of defense transportation s ban against shipping horses by rail race tracks have been generally ready to open soon As Vinson s permission was Given. Take Loerinc Kesselring confirmed from Page 1 Macht commander on the Western front. In Norway meanwhile Vidkun Quisling whose name had become a synonym for collaboration was arrested after surrendering himself to Oslo police. Goering was captured at Kitz Buhl Austria. He said he had been condemned to death by Hitler after telling the now dead fuehrer the War was lost. In Northwestern Germany or. Arthur Seyss i quart another accused War criminal was captured by the first Canadian army. He sold out Austria to Hitler. Negroes want Delegate san Francisco May 9 apr a Resolution demanding negro representation on the american delegation to the United nations conference has been adopted by the National negro organizations of America. Support president Millos mrs. Feb tells Button while a Wreath was being Laid on the Flower decked grave of Franklin d. Roosevelt in rain drenched Hyde Park As a Victory Day tribute from president Truman. Mrs. Roosevelt spoke to the nation and world in a new York radio broadcast. 1 know that my husband would want to say he was grateful to each and everyone of you. I think also he would want to say that we must go on with every Power have until toe War is fully won and that afterwards we must give All the backing we can to our own president and to toe Heads of the Allied nations to insure permanent mrs. Dwight d. Eisenhower speaking in Washington called on american women not to relax in support of their men who Are still germans b0m� Prague after a act deadline 0continued from a amp be i Holiday. For Russia alone of the three great Powers the War was finished. The soviet is not at War with Japan. A a a the nazi controlled radio at Limu on the Baltic coast declared that German troops in Latvia would not obey the capitulation order and would continue to fight. The radio announced formation of a so called latvian National government and said the germans would fight under a latvian supreme command. Details concerning the activity of the u. S. Third army in the final hours before peace were skimpy but a Reuter correspondent wrote that Gen. Patton a men had linked with russian troops Southeast of the big austrian City of Linz tuesday afternoon. All reports said that the third was the last of Gen. Eisenhower s armies still in action when the War ended. Zagreb captured in Yugoslavia Zagreb the capital of Croatia was officially reported captured hours before the armistice took effect. However marshal Tito said at the same time that his Patriot army was continuing its Quot Pursuit of the beaten enemy indicating that hostilities in that sector also May have continued past the deadline. Elsewhere toe surrender of scattered German garrisons was conducted in orderly fashion. The nazi commander in the dodecanese islands gave up his Force and agreed to cease hostilities nine hours before the time mentioned in the Rheims surrender pact. According to the French radio toe German holdouts in the French Atlantic ports of la Rochelle St. Nazaire and Lorient also surrendered. No units of the German Navy at sea were reported to have surrendered up to yesterday afternoon but an official London announcement said that the first a boat was expected at Weymouth Harbor late in the Day. Facing the japanese. The London times in editorial tribute said of Eisenhower Quot no commander in history at All times since Marlborough has become like Eisenhower an International institution in Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur declared that Victory in Europe meant that reinforcements would now flow to the Pacific. Gen. Jan Smuts called Churchill the Quot Tribune of the Pope Pius i broadcast his Hope for a speedy finish to the Pacific War. The archbishop of Canterbury said Quot Faith and Freedom by god s mercy have prevailed. Let our celebrations be worthy of the dignity of a great Keitel signs continued from Page i hit Ives held one conference and Zhukov called Tedder to a second meeting before the text of the document was agreed on at 10 30 last night. At 10 58 Zhukov and Tedder followed by other members of their delegations entered a White walled room for the signing. Twelve minutes later the germans entered taking seats at a table of their own. Keitel adjusts monocle summoned to the Allied table by Zhukov Keitel removed the Glove from his right hand adjusted a monocle to his left Eye walked stiffly to the table sat Down and signed. While the documents were being passed to the Allied officials Keitel became annoyed by russian cameramen darting around the 60-foot room and called an interpreter to discuss the possibility of having the Quot end of hostilities a agreement changed to allow him 24 hours to notify All German units. Zhukov Curtly declared Quot i now request the German delegation to leave the Keitel stood clicked his heels arrogantly raised his Baton and walked out
