stir
Stalin
MONTGOMERY
HJLTAnp
nan
forces
in
Europe
and
y
to
that
effect
Is
auth-
wnounccmcnt
did
not
N
truth
of
a
dispatch
frd
Kenncdv
from
Reims
details
of
the
formal
sign-
surrender,
merely
saying
v
of
German
capitulation
'onzed.
Frt
Bunnrlln
fv
for
the
Pros.
AssneU
In
the
United
Kingdom,
l-uiai
there
was
no
em
1
Kennedy's
flash
or
sub-
r
material
rerrlvrrl
frnm
hbla
broadcasting
System
H'ueni
Edward
Murrow
f-d
from
London
that
both
Truman
and
Prime
loadcast
tin.
nffiMni
nw
German
surrender
sir
n
pelflc
Daylight
Time
but
"e
aciaycd
because
Mar-
rPh
Stalin,
who
was
to
the
satnp
Hmn
una
NOUNCEMENT
HINQTON.
j.
Truman
said
today
.
lad
acrerri
wit.ii
fvn
i
an
i
'
muscow
he
i.
;-.cnt
on
thi.
surren-
nemy
forces
"until
a
iad
T
a"nounment
can
8
Dy
the
three
govern-
Tomorrow
V,E
Day
Churchill
THE
MILITARY
LEADERS
LONDON,
.May
7
U
was
announced
officially
by
Hie
British
Ministry
of
Information
tliat
"V-E
Day"
will
be
Tuesday.
An
announcement
a
few
minutes
later
said
that
the
official
announcement
by
the
three
(treat
powers
would
be
made
at
9
a.m.
tomorrow.
Wednesday
will
also
be
a
holiday
in
Britain.
GARDENS
VICTORY
STYLE
LONDON
0
Victory
garden
ers,
many
of
them,
are
planting
flower
gardens
tins
scummi
patriotic
colors.
One
favorite
combination
is
red
dahlias,
blue
cornflowers
and
white
alyssum.
Another
is
scarlet
flax,
blue
lobeslia
and
white
alyssum.
"V-E
DAY"
FOR
YANKS
Colonel
J.
H.
Mellon,
Commanding
Officer
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Sub-Port
of
Embarkation,'
has
announced
that
"V-E
Day"
will
be
observed
with
business
as
usual.
SDccial
"V-E
Day"
Thanksgiv
ing
Services
will
be
held
tonight
in
Post
Chapel
atop
Acrcpolls
Hill.
The
Jewish
services,
conduc-
ttd
by
Pfc.
Harry
Hlrschliorn,
win
be
held
tonight
at
6:00
p.m.
and
members
of
the
Canadian
Armed
Forces
as
well
as
civilians
of
the
Jewish
Faith,
are
invited
to
at
tend.
The
Catholic
Thanksgiving
Mass
will
be
held
at
7:00
pan
Chaplain
Fleming
will
officiate.
The
Protestant
services,
con
ducted
by
Chaplain
Rowlands,
will
be
held
at'8:30
p.m.
Plastic
surgery
was
first
cm
nlovcd
more
than
5,000
years
ago
In
India.
ASSOCIATED
PRESS
SUSPENDED
FOR
SURRENDER
ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW
YORK.
May
7
-International
News
Service
sa
d
today
it
had
received
the
following
dispatch
irom
Supreme
Allied
Headquarters:
The
Allied
military
authorities
ordered
the
suspension
of
Associated
Press
filing
or
news
despatches
from
every
where
in
the
European
theatre
of
operation
as
a
result
of
publication
of
a
dispatch
saying
that
Germany
had
surrendered
unconditionally.
Tills
order
was,
authorized
for
publication,
but
there
was
no
textual
comment"
-
i
W
Temperature
NORTI
IEKN
ITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tomorrous
TiHea
the
Prince
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Leratures
lor
PP"
.
.
tnA
resit!
;
district
u
Tuesday,
May
8,
1945
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High
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feet
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VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
107.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
7,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
AZIS
4
,
Wo
NCONDITON
ALLY
QUIT
THEY
SAWUS
THROUGH
''mMMi
Roosevelt
EISENHOWER
Day
Announcement
Yet
Authorized;
it
'Scoop
by
Germany
e
following
was
heard
in
New
York
today
from
is
broadcast:
lupreme
headquarter:
authorized
coninm-
at
16:45
Paris
Time
(7:45
a.m.
I'acinc
wayiigia
)
Monday
to
state
that
Shaet
lias
maue
nowuuie
Mficial
statement
for
publication
to
that
hour
ping
complete
surrender
of
I)E
GAULLE
CKEKAK
TUESDAY
IS
"V-E
DAY"
IN
CANADA
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley
Also
Makes
Announcement
That
Next
Sunday
Will
Be
Day
of
Prayer
and
Thanksgiving
OTTAWA.
May
7
Oi
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley,
acting
Prime
Minister
of
Canada,
told
the
people
of
Canada
In
a
broadcast
address
today
that
"There
Is
every
reason
to
believe
that
official
word
will
be
received
by
the
early
hours
of
tomorrow
morning
that
Germany
has
surrendered
unconditionally."
Mr
Ilsley
announced
proclamations
making
Tuesday
a
public
holiday
in
Canada
and
authorizing
the
observance
ot
next
Sunday
as
a
day
of
prayer
and
solemn
thanksgiving.
,
Premier
Hart
Rejoice
But
Don
t
Forget
"V-E
Day"
Message
By
Premier
of
British
Columbia
VICTORIA,
May
7
0)
"We
shall
rejoice
today
.tomorrow
and
every
day
over
this
great
victory,
but
we
must
not
be
un
mindful
the
task
in
the
Pacific
nor
tne
great
rcsponsiDiuiy
m
connection
with
reconstruction,'
Premier
John
Hart
said
when
asked
for
a
statement
on
the
declaration
of
victory
in
Eur
ope.
"Wc
must
not
forget
our
obligation
to
our
brave
men
and
women
who
have
made
such
splendid
contribution
to
vic
tory.
They
must
not
be
forgot
ten.
They
shall
not
be
forgotten.
In
the
midst
of
our
rejoicing
wc
pause
to
remember
those
in
whose
homes
there
is
sadness.
Many
loved
ones
will
never
return.
We
would
like
these
people
to
know
that
we
do
think
of
them
and
that
our
hearts
are
heavy
that
peace
should
have
to
be
purchased
at
so
great
a
price."
NO
PAPER
TOMORROW
In
order
that
the
staff
may
observe
"V-E
Day"
there
will
be
no
Issue
of
the
Dally
News
tomorrow.
The
next
regular
edition
will
be
.on
Wednesday
I
afternoon,
War
In
Europe
Ends
As
Reich
Throws
Herself
On
Mercy
of
Three
Big
Powers
OFFICIAL
DOCUMENT
TO
SURRENDER
'
SIGNED
IN
RED
SCHOOL
HOUSE
AT
REIMS,
FRANCE,
TODAY
The
Allies
officially
announced
today
that
Germany
had
surrendered
unconditionally
to
Great
Britain,
United
States
;and
Russia
thus
bringing
to
a
final
end
the
European
phase
of
the
Second
World
War
which
started
with
the
German
invasion
of
Poland
in
September
1939
and
ultimately
involved
almost
all
the
nations
of
the
world
in
history's
most
bloody
conflict.
The
document
of
surrender
was
signed
;at
Reims,
France,
at
6
o'clock
this
morn-ing,
General
Walter
Smith
signing
on
behalf
of
the
Allies.
The
siren
whistles
announcing
"V-E
Day"
sounded
in
Prince
Rupert
on
of
ficial
instructions
at
8
o
clock
this
morning.
First
announcement
of
Germany's
surrender
had
been
made
a
few
hours
earlier.
The
official
announcements
of
the
encl
of
the
war
in
EuroDe
were
made
co-inci-
I
I
cow
by
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
Harry
S.
Truman
and
Premier
Joseph
Stalin.
Germany's
surrender
was
unconditional.
In
advising
the
Allies
that
arms
were
being
laid
down
in
all
theatres
of
war,
she
appealed
to
the
Allies
for
mercy.
Even
as
announcement
of
the
final
surrender
came,
bloody
fighting
was
still
going
on
for
Prague,
the
capital
of
Bohemia
in
Czechoslovakia.
The
surrender
affects
.all
places
in
Europe
where
pockets
of
resistance
had
been
continuing
including
Norway.
Last
night
General
Admiral
Doenitz
broadcast
to
all
German
u-boats
at
sea
advising
them
to
cease
operations
and
return
to
port,
thus
officially
bringing
the
Battle
of
the
Atlantic
to
a
close.
The
Flensburg
radio
on
the
Danish
border
broadcast
an
order
by
Nazi
Admiral
Doenitz,
directing
crews
of
all
Nazi
warships
in
the
surrender
areas,
not
to
scuttle
their
ships.
Allied
armies
are
moving
into
occupation
as
rapidly
as
possible,.
The
Canadian
First,
British
Second,
and
American
Ninth
armies
are
sorting
the
more
than
one
million
German
soldiers
who
laid
down
their
arms
last
week.
Along
the
Elbe
River,
the
Ninth
Army
has
begun
withdrawing
to
a
previously
arranged
line
of
demarkation
between
the
U.S.
and
Russian
armies.
The
formal
surrender
agreement
reached
Saturday
between
Lieutenant-General
Charles
Foulkes,
of
London,
Ontario,
and
Field
Marshal
von
Blaskowitz,
cover
oU,UUU
troops
in
nortnwesi
uer
many,
in
the
Emden
and
WilhelmshaVen
areas.
These
are
additional
to
120,000
Nazi
soldiers
in
western
Holland,
and
the
Frisian
Islands.
Germany
surrendered
unconditionally
to
the
Western
Allies
and
Russia
Monday
Paris
Time.
Surrender
took
place
at
5:41
p.m.
Pacific
Daylight
Time
sunday
in
a
school
War
News
Highlights
Imminence
of."V-E
Day"
The
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
said
Sunday
the
end
of
'the
war
in
Europe
would
come
within
a
day
or
so
and
possibly
within
hours.
.The
British
Press
Association
said
the
hour
of
total
German
surrender
Is
coming
at
unpredictable"
speed.
The
announcement
of
the
end
of
the
war'
in
Eurorte
'
will
be
made
by
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
at.,3
p.m.
the
same
day
the
King
will
broadcast.
More
Mass
Surrenders
There
are
rumors
of
further
mass
surrenders.
The
general
in
command
of
German
forces
in
Norway
is
reported
'to
ava
offered
unconditional
surrender.
General
Admiral
Doenitz
lias
,
ordered
that
there
be
no
destruction:
of
equipment
or
supplies
in
any
of
the
remaining
combat
areas,
an
order
that
usually
preludes
surrender.
Only
Fighting
Russians
A
million
Germans
are
still
fighting
in
Czechoslovakia'.
The
Germans
are
fighting
only
against
the
Russians.
Patriots
Take
Prague
Czech
patriots
arc
reported
to
have
assumed
contrqV,Qt
Prague,
the
capital
of
Bohemia,
once
described
by
Joseph
Ooebbels
as
the
second
capital
of
the
German(Relchw
COURT
HOUSE
LIGHTSWILL-
MARK
"V-E
DAY"
For
the
first
time
since
the
war
began,
the
bright
lights
which
outline
the
Prince
Rupert
Court
House
by
night
arc
about
to
be
seen
again.
This
night
of
"V-E
Day"
will
be
marked
by
the
turning-on.
The
lights
were
being
checked
up
at
the
week-end.
In
the
days
before
the
war,
the
Court
House
lights
used
to
go
on
for
special
holiday
occasions.
ASKED.
TO
STAY
AT
WORK
TODAY
lion.
C.
U.
Howe,
minister
of
munitions
and
supply,
appealed
today
io
all
workers
in
war
and
civilian
industries
and
business
plants
and
stores
to
stay
at
work
today.
The
Chinese
used
rockets
in
1232
to
repulse
the
hordes
of
Kublal
Khan.
They
have
been
used
in
some
capacity
in
almost
every
war
since.
house
which
is
headquarters
of
General
Eisenhower.
The
surrender
which
brought
the
war
in
Europe
to
a
final
end
after
five
years,
eight
months
and
six
days
of
bloodshed
and
destruction,
was
signed
for
Germany
by
Colonel
-
General
Gustav
Jodl,
new
Chief-of-Staff
of
the
German
army.
It
was
signed
for
the
Allied
Supreme
Command
by
Lieutenant
-
General
Walter
Smith,
Chief-of-Staff
for
Eisenhower.
It
was
also
signed
by
General
Ivan
Suslo-parof
f
for
Russia
and
by
General
Francois
Sevez
for
France.
Eisenhower
was
not
present
at
the
signing
but
immediately
afterward
Jodl
and
fellow
delegate,
General
Admiral
Hans
Goering
Friendeburg,
were
received
by
the
Supreme
Commander.
They
were
asked
if
they
understood
surrender
terms
imposed
upon
Germany
and
if
they
would
be
carried
out
by
Germany.
The
Germans
replied
"yes"
and
said
the
terms
would
be
carried
out
by
Germany.
The
unconditional
surrender
of
all
German
forces
was
later
officially
announced
from
Flensberg
on
behalf
of
General
Admiral
Doenitz.
"Germany
has
succumbed
to
the
overwhelming
power
of
the
Allies"
said
an
official
announcement
from
Flensberg.
Further
resistance
would
be
futile.
Germany,
which
began
the
war
with
a
ruthless
attack
upon
Poland
followed
by
successive
aggressions
and
brutality
in
internment
camps,
surrendered
with
ah
appeal
to
victors
for
mercy
toward
German
people
and
armed
forces.
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