Nazi Army in Italy Surrenders
Nazi Army in Italy UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1945
42nd YEAR
Germans Retreat Into Denmark In Face of Massive Allied Drive; Japan Says 5,000 Yanks in Borneo
(International News Service)
A German retreat through Schleswig-Holstein northward into Denmark was announced by supreme Allied headquarters today in the wake of a massive new Anglo-American thrust from the north bank of the Elbe river at Hamburg.
With the Nazis in southern Germany streaming toward temporary haven in the Bavarian redoubt, and a prisoner total of 1,500,000 for the month of April alone officially announced, a spokesman at General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters disclosed the virtual collapse of enemy resistance in Northern Germany.
In the meantime, armored elements of Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch's U. S. Seventh army plunged an additional 30 miles eastward in Bavaria, reaching the vicinity of Rosenheim and cutting all enemy communications leading south ward to Berchtesgaden and the towering Alps.
Seventh Army Takes von Runstedt
Seventh Army Takes von Runstedt Field Marshal Karl von Runstedt was among the prisoners bagged. von Runstedt was taken by the American Seventh army, along with his son, chauffer, and personal physician when the doughbys stormed Bad Tolz, 25 miles south of Munich.
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, one-time U-boat commander and Nazi party disciple, presumably was piloting the keelwhaled German ship of state after Hitler's reported death. German broadcasts said that Joachim von Ribbentrop had been dismissed as foreign minister. His successor was identified as Count Schwerin von Krosick, German nobleman who became president of the reichsbank.
Russian troops crashed into the Wilhelmstrasse, the site of government headquarters in Berlin, determined to find Hitler's body if he actually is dead.
actually is dead.
An announcement by General Eisenhower disclosed that Heinrich Himmler commander of the Nazi gestapo and minister of the interior, had made an admission that Germany is "finished."
Tokyo Reports Allied Borneo Attack Combined Allied and enemy reports reveal the spreading war in the Far East. The Tokyo radio says that 5,000 allied troops had taken part in the eastern Borneo landings, and reported new air and naval blows against the Jap-held island in the Indian ocean west of the Malayas.
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BERLIN FALLS
BULLETIN
Moscow—(INS)—Berlin has fallen. Premier Stalin announced in an order of the day today.
The Russian premier said 70,000 troops, all that remained of nearly a half million defenders of the Nazi capital city, laid down their arms at 3 p.m., Moscow time.
FLASH
Fight for the German strongpoint began April 21. The bloody campaign, during which much of the city was wrecked, lasted only 12 Days.
The President told a news conference that the U.S. government knows officially that the German announcement of Hitler's death is true.
Washington - (INS) - President Truman has confirmed Hitler's death.
The President said that such information has come to him on the best authority.
Council Announces Reapportionment Of Election Districts
Mathematical re-apportionment of the election districts of the University was announced by the election committee at the All-Student Council meeting last night.
Mary Breed, College sophomore, was accepted and sworn in as the WIGS representative to ASC, replacing Joan Burch, College junior, who recently resigned.
District III, which includes the School of Fine Arts, School of Business, School of Pharmacy and the Graduate School was apportioned three women representatives. District IV, the School of Medicine will have one man representative.
District I, which is the College, will be allowed to elect two men and seven women. District II, the Engineering School, will have three men representatives.
A $100 war bond will be donated by ASC toward erasing the stadium debt. The Danforth Chapel fund will also receive $100 from the ASC. A new bill inaugurating an active point system which will regulate and limit the number of campus organizations and activities a student may belong to was introduced by Martha Woodward, College senior.
President Truman Praises Leaders Of Allied Troops
(International News Service)
Hostilities in Italy came to an end at 7 a.m. today under terms of a capitulation agreement signed Sunday afternoon at the former Italian royal palace Castera on the outskirts of Naples.
Washington—President Truman today announced the unconditional surrender of all German forces in Italy.
The president stated:
"The Allied armies in Italy have won the unconditional surrender of German forces on the first European soil to which from the west, we carried our arms and our determination."
Mr. Truman then declared:
"The collapse of military tyranny in Italy, however, is no victory in Italy alone, but a part of the general triumph we are expectantly awaiting on the whole continent of Europe.
"Only folly and chaos can now delay the general capitulation at the everywhere defeated German armies."
The President said that he had dispatched congratulatory messages to the Allied and American officers who led our forces to complete defeat of the Germans in Italy.
"They deserve our praise for the victory," the President stated. "We have a right to be proud of the success of our armies."
"Let Japan as well as Germany understand the meaning of these events. Unless they are lost in fanaticism or determined on suicide, they must recognize the meaning of the increasing swift moving power now ready for the capitulation or the destruction of the so recently arrogant enemy of mankind.
The President addressed the congratulatory messages to Field Marshal Alexander and General Mark Clark, the Allied com- manders in Italy.
Conference Is Dream Come True Reporter Views Color, Celebrities
By ELOISE KNOX
San Francisco — The opening day of the United Nations Conference on International Organization dawned bright and clear in San Francisco. People on the bus from Alameda to San Francisco looked thoughtful as they talked of issues which would unquestionably be discussed during the early sessions.
Twas with a feeling of "A Dream
The final All-Musical vespers for the present College year will be presented at 4 p.m. Sunday in Hoch auditorium.
Final Music Vespers To Be Given Sunday
Featured on the program will be the musical organizations of the
William B. Moorhead, Kansas City Star police reporter for 32 years, will speak on his experiences in Room 107 of the Journalism building at 4:30 today. The public has been invited.
A Press club dinner at the Colonial tea room will be held in his honor at 6:30 tonight, according to Eligabeth Baker, president.
Mr. Moorhead, a native of Kansas
City, began working for the Star 36 years ago as an office boy on the financial market desk. A short time later, he was transferred to the city desk as a cub reporter.
Moorhead to Speak at 4:30 Will Tell of Reporting Experiences
During the 32 years that Mr. Moorhead has covered police courts he has worked with 16 police chiefs and many hundreds of policemen and detectives.
campus with the exception of the Women's Glee club which had its home concert Monday.
The program will open with an organ prelude by Laurel E. Anderson, organist and head of the University organ department.
The orchestra will follow with numbers from their concert repertoire under the direction of Russell L. Wiley. The A Cappella choir of nearly 90 members will present four unaccompanied choral selections directed by Dean D. M. Swarthout.
The University string quartet, consisting of Waldemar Geltch, Peggy Kay, Ednah Hopkins, and Raymond Stuhl will play two selections from the English composer, Frank Bridge.
The band in full uniform will bring the program to a close with three numbers from the first Suite (Gustave Holst).
Come True" that I presented my pass and walked up the steps and into the Veterans Memorial building to the International News headquarters on that eventful day.
The halls of the building were filled with men and women—delegates, reporters, and people working in the building for the duration of the conference. Everyone looked purposeful; everyone was in a hurry. All through the building were military men dressed especially for their duties here. They wear white helmets, white gloves, and white leggins. Theirs is a tiresome job. I would say, for all day long they just stand, stand, stand. But still I hope they find compensation in getting to see some of the greatest national leaders.
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To Field Marshal Alexander he said:
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The group is being brought to Lawrence by Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, music benefactress. It is appearing at a limited number of universities and colleges under the auspices of the Coolidge foundation of the Library of Congress.
Albeneri Trio to Give Program July 17
The Albeheri trio consisting of Alexander Schneider, violinist, Benar Heifetz, cellist, and Erich Kahn, pianist, will present a concert here July 17, under the auspices of the School of Fine Arts, according to Dean D. M. Swarthout, manager of the University concert series.
The ensemble has recently presented recitals in Town Hall, New York City, in the chamber music series at the University of Chicago, and at Cleveland, Buffalo, and other music centers.
Morriss, Prentice, Snodgrass, Walton Kistler, Howe Will Present Recitals
Six members of the School of Fine Arts will perform at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in Fraser theater at the regular student recitals.
Caroline Mortiss, sophomore, will open with a piano solo, "Concert Etude, Op. 103" (Sternberg); Ruth Prentice, senior, will sing "Mi Chamano Mimi" (Puccini); and Margaret Snodgrass, sophomore, will continue the program by playing "Intermezzo, O.p. 118, No. 2" (Brahms) and "Rejoice, Christians"
(Bach-Busoni).
Evelyn Walton, sophomore, will sing "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (Strauss-LaForge), and Gwendolyn Kistler, freshman, will play "Etude in F minor" (Liszt).
Helen Howe, sophomore, will close he program by playing "Concerto n G major" (Beethoven).
Orchestra parts will be played by Miss Ruth Orcutt, associate professor of piano.
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