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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2. 1945

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A Olfective ‘ _ !_'_._~L —————— Town of Bummersidc u- N. B. LOAN TOTAL its objective in the Eighth yptory lmn drive, officials at SAINT JOHN. N. 3., May ‘fl - iseisl Headquarters here an- (CP) — New Brunswick passe the mum-so last night. The Town, with half way mark of her $25,650,000 m] mlcctive of 8600.000 night eighth victe y loan objective h 400 q“, 3151141111110“ mug} when silbscri one of 113N350 to- wmd mm; d," w. but day raised the mm to $13,141,550. N,“ m; until yestQdQy that the Gloucester County became the first “ens by 1,101,400.], 900000 unit to reach its over-all objective, $300,000 L“; nigh; and also exceeded its public salesi p400, past the quor. m‘ hrooiiigmifisotfhiip-Qrftgrfiiff per cent of their total objective. “(mfinciividlllls and taaaooo

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“th results at the close [wire gegterday: '

The recently - Y.M.c._»\,! property on Grafton Street ad-l yolhihg the Capitol Theatre was| purchased yesterday by the F. GA 517911001‘ 601119311)’. Ltd" as a site for a modem new motion picture theatre, to be erected as soon as wartime conditions perrnlt. As- sociated with the Spencer Com- pany is the Famous Players Cor- poration, a subsidiary of Para- mont Theatres Inc, which controls.

theatres across the COlllI-i

Announcement of the pilrciiasei --=>»~+~M--~ M», , ,, Kif.;‘“‘§€.€§nt.°“§§°i“i.‘ - ,_ ' gpencer, Saint Johnh, wild-o azlérlveiz-H um __ M my“ Mgnd _ BIB. ROOOID V - . S.‘ °" _ “m” 543$, Roddick,

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P51 _ Halifax, representing __ ggritimecointerezts in‘ thefllfamous "Dance, st. Teresa‘ Hall Frl- Yer-i 1" ra on. or o pur- 0, m, 4m ' 34-21. nose of closiii; the deal.

._.__ The property has a frontage of "my (310,300- y-hn wgdngjdgy, B3 feet and a depth of 165 feet. m. 30¢ “agony 111m 3mm This will make a combined theatre M05030 p_ M_ 5.1.31, frontage on Grafton Street of 1B0 including the Capitol Theatre "unloading c“ u“; m“ wed. which was built seventeen years a- way and Thu,5d0y_ M05013,“ go by Mr. Spencer, ullo has been M M,“ 5,241 thirty-five years in. the picture theatre business in Charlottetown.

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2361036 cfillstriicltipn, is expccteill to i ere y prepar psns ‘rxggfwkxmw sfillzwglmrgigl for the new theatare, Mr. eSPGIXCCI‘ 030"‘ 15 pomponed ‘mm Ma to meet him here on that‘ M1?’ M‘ 5'24 The newl buildingwlvlr. SlliIencseIrII , i_ 0B0 , \i11J b‘ k, Wit 8

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why M’ mm‘ m‘ “m” itv for the construction as soon as mm’ 54441‘ pilssible after the war hltzgnbeen exp- _"" id for. "It is m’ am on," e “w”? " “mm: huggd"iu' "to give tho ‘people of Char- o‘ it“ ~ ‘their: i“ 3ifi°rblitifilé° like

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."Plenty drivin b mgfniggig’ ntaeayinl thbulifiseflf ‘M licel , fipwfllwgt ruined Berlin neared total collapse Whit and single truck wagons tonight as 14.000 fanatical Nazi aim-ion. JZKTAKZA‘ $91}? ‘iiii.’t““’fitfil'"iil"°é‘.h'fi.ii‘° Jifl‘. F» Ffetlollown. I-I-QL losing their leader Adolf Hitler.

., Moscow's nighty communi ue ‘1-“01818 hols at Charlottetown announced toniflht m" 5°" ‘t m“!!! until Friday noon of troops had overrun more than 100 muck. ‘Trucking service pro- blocks of buildings inththe til" ‘ _ . e smas — U or bring mom m Top “no” aegmltxgvavtarstltxvghteiorllefghschgncellery and the Germans‘ underground

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hsd said the fanatical last-ditch defenders were uddled n Hitler In the underground fortress Iseley. in the Tiergélrten, which ls report-

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Fascist Army Dommahder Surrenders

(By The Associated Press)

ROME, May 1—ll'larshal Ro- dolfo Graziaul. Fascist rom- miinller, tonight announced the uncondltlo I surrender of his Ligurlau Army as New Zealund units linked up with Yugoslav forces near Trieste at the head of the Adriatic Sea and Amer. loan units raced for the south. cm end of tho Brenner Pass

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BY KIRK! L. SIMPSON, Associated Press Wll‘ All!!!“

Among the crop of rumors flooding Europe there ls one from Sean- dinavian sourcel that deserves lpeolal consideration. It PllPlWfl-fl W glve the substance of an "'glo-Au1erlcan reply to Nazi feelers as being

s stern notification that “

field commanders would have to deal

with their Russian and Allied opposite numbers iu the flcld lu seeking

to surrender.

That sounds‘ like u logical course. lt would be in strict coulom- lty with United Nations commitments at uud since Casablanca to

make both war and

together. It would also realise to the full

the "unconditional surrender" slogan and recognize the chaotic cou-

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uuy o that would be recognised by all pocketed Nazi forces still exists in Ger- many. Even Admiral Doenlts, reported by. the Hamburg radio to be Hitler's successor might be powerless to bring about u general sur- render. Any suggestion of surrender negotlltlons at higher levels than the United Nations military commanders in the field must be viewed with suspicion at this stage for that reason and also because it would presuppose some sort of armistice while the discussion of terms was in

progress.

Military Judgment throughout the United Nations war fellowship would be against that. A pause, however brief, lu combat operations

would give the enemy n breathing space to ,

for prolonged resist-

ance in various, sectors. A halt would also adversely affect the clan and fighting spirit of Russian and Allled armies now running at a

victory crest everywhere.

While world utteutlou still foousled on the

‘used war scene lu

Europe, however, there were developments beyond the Pacific indicat- ing that the campaign against Japan ls Just entering a. new phase. Bri-

tish occupation of Pugu, 50 miles Calcutta.

above Rangoon was reported from

Its seizure isolated Jlpuuue forces in western Burma, outtiug their

lust escape corridor leading Into ft also foreshadowed recapture of

Thailand and French Indo-Chinu. ugoon, main " rmese Bay of Beu-

gul port, before the wet Mocnuon season. That would lay the ground- ‘ l. ‘ to

work for ‘ by reclaim the Malay Peninsula and

the “ Asia l‘ Singapore.

Parallellng that, Tokyo reported with tacit Australian confirma-

tion, Allled landings in Northern troops apparently are linked in

Borneo. Amerl and Australian

notion under Geuernl MICAIIIIII’!

Iconnuuud to sweep the common memy out of that prime source of oll | and gasoline to fuel his wuulug war effort. The vast Burma field has already. been tom-tum his grasp and only In the lower Dutch Indies,

MR. F. G. SPENCER

AT A GLANIGE

(Bv The Canadian Press) BATTLE 0F GERMANY-Ger- man radio sayas Hitler ill-ail. suc- cecdoll llv Admiral Dncnltz: Swot]. ish Ford-m Ofllvc says Count Ber- nudotte brought no nos-i message

to be handed ovcr to Allies.

NORTH-German resistance in Berlin nears collapse.

SOUTH-U. S. 3rd Army cap- tures Braunuu, Austria, Hitler's birthplace,

ITALY-Marshal "' ' ' an. nounccir unconditional aurrenderof Llgurlan Army; New Zealand unlts llnk with Yugoslav forces near Trieste; Americans race for south. crn end of Brenner Pass.

PACIFIC-Australians fighting in Borneo: Americans on Okinawa seek to flank Yonabsru Airfield In southern section.

Sugar Situation Again Under llviw

OTTAWA, May l —- (OP) -- wlaga/s 511885‘ ration, reguccd g yamon orso Oys- switch in the validity “gates of: ration coupons. again is under review. it was learned here today. The change of validity dates re- salted ln a reduction of twp pounds per person per your in the ration bringing thc weekly a“ eight ounces per person slightly.

1t was understood the current review of thc Canadian ration was in connection with a reduction 0d 25 per cent in the United States sugar ration, announced last night from Washington.

WASHINGTON. May 1 —- (AP)- Wllen President Truman left the White House this evening for his temporary residence. the Blair House. White House newspo lncu anxious over war development , ask-

0 down

m. "Ag; we safe to go home for the .1 ..,

‘The President smiled‘ and said When he left last night.

President had assured re they were safe to B0 home or the

new moi-laced by the developing and Borneo. can Tokyo still draw a

'- ‘ t pincer stroke from Burma thin stream of oil.

Yank Army Close To Hitler’s Birthplace

Sapt. Sherren Wounded

Word has been received that Capt. W. D. Sherren, M.B.E., was dangerously wounded in action on April 25.

Capt. Sherren enlisted on Jan 5. 194i. with the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Artillery. Ho went to England the same year and landed in France shortly af- ter D-Day. Early this year he was mentioned in dispatches and on Monro‘? l5. i840. was awarded the

Abrother. George. is a member of the local Customs department. Mrs. Stuart A. Dickson is a sister.

German Station Says Important

- News Expected

LONDON. May 2 — (Wednes- day) — (CP )- The German- coutrolled Goerllts rsdlo broke into its regular program with the announcement that "im- portant news" would be broad- cast today between 10:80 rum, and noon.

The unnouneesuent. monitor- ed hers, dld not glvetbe slightest indication of the nature of the news.

The times given at Goerlits, which h east of Dresden, pro- bably would place such s broadcast between 4:30 and 6 s.m., E.D.'l'. (5:80 and ‘l u. m., A.D.'l‘.) r.

evening .

BY ROBERT EUNSON

PARIS, May l — (AP) — Amer- ican 3rd Army tanks, hurtling 25 miles across southern Germany, reached the Inn River in the vicin- ity of Hitler's birthplace a-t Brau- nllu tonight and established radio contact with Russian forces pound- lng westward from Vienna.

A field dispatch said the two armies probably were less than 40 miles from a junction which would trap all Germans in Chechoslovakis

crushed in the mountain redo south of Munich.

In the north, the British 2nd Army and American airborne troops hammered out a solid bridgehead 20 miles wide and 12 miles deep across the Elbe River wast of Hamburg. threatening to cut Denmark and Sohleswig-Hol- stein Province off from the rest of Germany and further chop the German Army into pockets for eventual a ‘ Canadians gained in the drive on Emden.

Th; Hamburg radio said United some; parachute troops and glider- borne infantry were landed in the Elbe bridgehead to support Field Marshal Montgomery's forces in the "bitter" fight on the North Ger- man plain. The broadcast claimed "strong German tank forces" were engaging the Allies.

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PIGIOU. N.S., Mo? l - (OP) — H.B. McClulloch of New Glasgow. Liberal member of the last Parlia- ment for Pictou. was nmlilwlcd today to contes nstituency

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(Tile following observations on the rise and -fall of Adolf Hitler are by the former chief of the Berlin Bureau of The Associated‘ Press, Pulitzer" Prize Winner, au- thor arld, at present, news com- mentator for Press Association, lnc.. on a Pacific Coast network).

By LOUIS P. LOCIINER

Former Chief of Berlin Bureau

The Associated Press

Little did those of us who were assigned to duty us foreign cor- respondents in Germany during the days of the struggling Weimlir Republic imagine that Adolf Hit- ler. the rabble-rousing ex-corporal and onetime Austrian house paint- er, would one day play a role in history comparable to that of a Nero, a Caesar, a Genghis Khan, a Napoleon. or an Alexander the Great.

Yet in a measure he surpassed all these earlier devotees of car- nage and conquest. For, it can be said of Adolf Hitler that no sin- gle man in the entire history of mankind brought misery to as many human beings as did Der Fuehrer of Greater Germany.

When I award the palm for spreading human sorrow to Adolf Hitler, I do it to condrrmrfa 'mzln who. had he used the instrument- alities provided by modern civili- zatlon to advance human progress rather than to attempt to throw it back into the Middle Ages. might have emerged as a bene- factor of mankind.

I found myself unable during my long stay in Ger any to ex- plain to my own sati faction how the strange phenomenon bearing the name of Adolf Hills‘: could acquire the hold upon the Ger- man people that he did. I thought

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AN RADIO SAYS HITLER DEAD

Is Succeeded By a Admiral Doenillz

0 LONDON, May l—(AP)—The Hamburg Nazi radio said tonight that Adolf illitler had died this afternoon in Berlin and had been Doenitz, his personal choice as heir to Command of the Gennan nation,

_“It_ls reported from the Fllehrefs headquarters that our Fuehrer Adolf Hit- ler, fighting to the last breath against Boishevism, fell for Germany this afternoon in

Admiral Karl

his operational headquarters in the Reichscllancellery," said the German-language announcement recorded by The Associated Press

‘listening post in London at 10.27 1 pm. 14.27 p.m. E.D.T. -— 5.2’! pm.

A.D.T.i

"On April 30 the Fuehrer ap- [hlillttlti grand Admiral Doenitz his successor. The grand admiral and

Two Airmen Killed At Peakes Station

Two airmen were killed at Pcakes Station yesterday in the crash oi a plane believed to have been a single - engine Norseman.

The accident occurred at 1.15 p. m., during a fog. Residents Dromole, an adjoining said they heard the plane cling and they believed the pilot was looking for a landing spot.

Residents of Peakes Station heard the plane ,then the sound of the crash. The: said there was a puff of smoke out it was not} known immediately whether the! plane exploded or not. The plane! was completely demolished and the; wreckage scattered over a coll-l siderable area. ,

The bodies of llle mcn were taken to an undertaking establish-

Officials

. 0 School

at Charlottetown were notified c1

the crash and sent ambulances ano other equipment t0 the scene.

There was no ficial anounce- ment but it was understood here that the plane was enroute from Newfoundland to Dowzll Airport. Quebec. 4 _ _

The next of kin _of the men kil- ed have been notified.

Late; a public relations officer at Eastern Air Command, Halifax confirmed that the plane was 81‘. R.A.F. Norseman on a flishl- 1T0!“ Newfoundland to Dorv-al It was believed there that the PW“, crashed while flying on instruments) in thick weather.

I. omnwa, May 1 - (or) -' John Bracken. national Progres-i sive Conservative leader, will open; his Dominion election campaign. with an address in Brampton. Ont‘. May 7 Progressive Conservative‘. Headquarters announced today. I From Brampton, ‘Mr. Brackelr will travel to Huntingdorl. i vlhiere he will'speak May 8. following day he will speak in Fred-l ericton and Saint John. N.B. May| 10 he will speak in Charlottetown: and the next day at. New Glssgouu: N.S., and Truro, N s. l-lc will g0 to Amherst Mav l2.

Shurchill May ,llave Important 1 Announcement Soon‘;

maroon, lvfty 1 u-pi __i Prune Minister Jle-ircilkl told tllei House of Commons today that he; might have "information of import- ance" to impart before Saturday,‘ but disappointed hopes that hel would clarify immediately the pros-I pects of peace in Europe. |

Never once using the word} "peace", Mr. Churchill told an ex-i pectant House that "should infer-g motion of i rtance reach his; Majesty's Government during the,’ four days of our sitting this week‘ as lt. 11113111. do-I will ask the‘ Speaker's permission to ask the! Indulgence of thg House to lnter-| rupt the business and make a brief: announcement."

Parliament's normal weekly pro- gram ends Friday night. |

The fact that the Prime Minis-l for did not divulge the progress of! peace negotiations carried potcn-| tial significance. Only a few hours, earlier the Foreign Office had an-| nounced . Churchill would have a statement to make when he ap-I peered in Commons. In the inter-i val he ctlangcd his plans.

Shortly before Mr Churchill spoke Count more Bernadette, tlle| Swedish intermediary who olrrled. Henirloti Himmler! first surrenderl offer to the Allies, returned to Stockholm from Denmark where it had been reported he had a fresh meeting with Himmler _

The Swedish Foreign Office, however announced: "Count Born- adotte dld not bring with him any‘ new message to be handed over-i

through the Pbrelgn Office to the Allies.”

Reds Skeptical Hitler ll-ead

LONDON. May 7! — (Wednes- dgy) _ (c?) - The Moscow radio's first announcement of the German report of "0"" death, broadcast at 3.1? IJII- W the Russian people. declared that "the German radio statement evldcrlily represents a new Fas- cist lrlclc."

The radio announcement mon- itored here was P7010605 53,’. u" phrase: "It ls asserted that, in- rllcaiillz the Russians were skep- tical of tho German version of Hitler's fate.

co Till‘. hmadcast said Admiral-

Karl Docnltis order to the Ger- man troons was repeating "the usual trickery and twists of Hit- lcrifc propaganda.“

Canadian Manned Transport Planes Reach Australia

BY WILLIAM STEWART

SYDNEY, Australia, May i — (CP) — Canadian airmen in the ferry service of R A F. Transport Command have mode their first flight from Montreal to Sydney with a group of new aircraft tlhat will go to work on transport duty in the Pacific theatre.

The Canadian pilots and navig- ators who brough the twin-engined planes across the North American continent and the Pacific will fly back to Canada as passenger, for further ferrylng jobs

The aircrew: included veterans of the North and South Atlantic forrv routes some have done ferry work through the Middle East and as for as India.

The airs ‘fil regsirdcd the Pacific flight from Canada to Australia, on

which they averaged about '10 hours, 5

flying gin-o. as among the easier! ferry runs, because of good flying conditions. though tiresome. _ |

While actual time in the air was! about. three iull days, the trip took about two weeks from take-off at! Dorvul Airport near Montreal touch-down here i

to‘ hi c. crossings

-- of the Fuehrer now speaks to the German people."

A speaker identifying himself as Doerlllz then pledged continuance of the war. declaring:

"It is my first task to save Ger- many from destruction by the ad- vancing Bolshcvlst enemy. For this aim alone the military struggle continues.

"As far and fol" so long as

achievement of this aim is imped-

ed by the English ancl the Am- ericans. we shall be ‘forced to carry on our defensive fight against them as well. Under such condi- tions. however. the Anglo-Ameri- cans will continue the war not for their own peoples but solely for the spreading of Bolshevism m. Europe."