z w l Wild Celebration In , lraraan radio y that a. cease fire n52: ff‘ 3A.... ‘Northwest “may, Al l full. (I Adh- A- “iii, brosdcust an offic- . .1‘. . .) W ..E.l’....§3.fl's details _c the peerle- (lpgmy surrender takes effect . gam- (I sin. EDT) but. a. fir... dlspllkh from ant Army group Headquarters said the ‘true fire" order might be issued b smiles oi the 21st Group to- m)“, European time.) flaming Events ' — Mt. M lit Sit . "Dance-Howe Bay School Fri- q, my 4m. t-s-rr. "Reserve Thursday. Nov “U! c: institute Dame in Mfliview my 5-5-11. ___ . ""N0l‘th Eustico StONI closed , llll t, Ltd; In. l‘! his f prune lie ' u! fir.» gcsrltling. lihgionabivg: ‘@0101! Morrison, Predenctoubql. .,"Dance, Kelly's oi...‘ Hall. flimsy, May s. Lunch William Vail Y. P. U. pres t Hot "lgllst of the Ear-gill" hYork l-lall. Monday, May 7gb. People's Co-Ouera- 5-1- mllnlcadlng another car of seed as many and saturday at 82.50 W100 lbs. McGlligan and "Emerald Dramatic Club will gaunt their play, " y Dixie Rose" Rustico Hell, May 10th. ' 5-5-8-10-91. ‘r-rr-sst-rson-tr. "loads 1r r Llléiicgvalilln i}?! llorcll. ma‘ m“ . if “hi”!!! Bugs .ior Davis d: Rive until EH1 hr. m. .' 037-“. "w-“dlnl hot‘! st Hunts River “m”- Mrv 8th until rttvoiook & “MUN: service B0 our agents. ard. - "Reserve Wednesday 5-1-31 m? fildfoguzugarirteg’ cgngellolvir$ ‘M: ball at Noerth riirstioo. 8m ' §'l-2l. ' "Iarkdal vm Lump-ail m ”@'$.“n‘lil'. 97min will, PIO- mllu Ad- Wh i-inlle. Live us o ‘rm Cross. s-s-ra-a. in . Kickers, xansi ghmflbeuy. livestock m ‘V. --_... amlfumaa" w“, eveni e- “H o. t colllr-eyrlg-Il‘ i where, h 5-11. day, there still are large ‘ "lose __ . h" ggsmiorwgadyis and M- bettcr let us scll your ill M“. l Kit’! Reported __-.. CQPENHAGEN. Denms k, Mn — ma: - m ' poo Z burst loose from the lo , b0 German occupaton D9 ah tin . rrlumdltmruilr i. l? I o Danish Freedom eCgrlnerzilaucil-E dered mobilization of the whole re- mmeumovaimenlt. on what Kvxvnas cc fro Christian.‘ d" m g This ml un arms an sstlmu- ted 300,000 men in the Capital a- lone. They seemed to be every- carrying tomrny guns, inc-guns sud pistols. and wearing armbands in the Danish col rs. oi the members oi the re- i. tacked the police . seat oi the feared J-lipo (Danish Nazi Auxiliary Police Corps), the Gutopo Headquarters in St. Anne Palace, and tho Headquarters of German Ambassador Werner Hes at Dagmarhus on the “ ‘b - platsen, the Capital's spuare. Most oi the people seemed un- mlndiul oi this violence- in the midst of ‘their exultation at the re- r tum oi eedorn. Church bells are r Bing through- out the capital. Coumns of people are B. 11:31am dreadful silence oi five years has been broken in a way that can be felt as well as heard. V-E llay Still .. Tc Be Declared ' ‘(By The Canadian Press) Gen. Eisenhower declared last llllghl; Hill. Geilndny hud n ‘t oroughly whipped", but this did not make Friday V-E day. Despite the capitulatlon oi all German troops in northwest Ger- many, Holland and Denmark and mass nders elsewhere yester- German iorces in Norway and in the Czechoslovak-Austrian packet. Moreover, Supreme Allied Head- quarters disclosed several days ago that V-E day. when it comes. will be proclaimed by the chiefs state or the Allied Govemtntnls and: not by Gen. Eisenhower. TOKYO PAPER CRITICAL SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 —(AP) —Criticism for a "lad! of sufficient vtzor" was aimed today by the Tokyo newspaper Mainichi at the month-old cabinet oi Premier Suz- . Slsuk cabinet, which on April 5 succeeded the resigned cob- inet under Kuniaki Koiso, was ac- cused oi failure to "recognize the 22151221. WLWQPLQ’- ___._ "P. E. I. Ministerial A n will meet in Baptist Church Hall on Monday, May 'lth at. 10 Aullia. u C‘ ' . "Our Prince County hog losdinfl gEogram-west or urnmersidc- a 7th at all goints regularly loarling s} usual. hone our ocal agents for trucking service stock Marketing Board. "Losdin hogs Monday after- noon Mav th at Murray Harbour, Utes. Charlottetown, Elmira. Bcuris St. Pct‘ . Morell. Monta- gue. Cardigan and It. Teresa. Live- stock Marketing Board. 5-4 "Hog" producers attention: Vic- Live- 5-4-2 torts, Ham ton, Bcnshaw. Deseble. snd vicinit es. For prompt truck- ing service. isst delivery and top market prices contact L. D. Mc- Leod b Dons. Victoria. s-t-sl "Our hog loading program for week of May 7th is covered by our list of adds in this column. and- here's s hint, strictly on the .T »-ii it's more money ou‘ro ai r, cga. Live- stock Msrketing Board. 5-4-21 "Ihrlnsrs oi York. Covehead. Stan- hope and a vicinitias, for prompt and efficient h trucking service contact Irvine cDonsl . York. Highest. ularkot prices ss- sured. Livestock "Notice-I will be 801M m? regular cream routs to Wiltshire Dairy 0a., startlnl ‘Nesdly. May s. once weekly until further notice. D. h. IlscDewell. 5-5-31 "For sfiiolant hog trucking sor- "......~ "ma. "arcs"; III Oreak. St. Oatireslnes and Vivi-Hillel- ‘contact Colin He!’ and courteous attest with bllhelt mark ’ » lllsd. Hvltock Ila r=r.|....;1.. , al- Libe I andidate io n oic Qu'Appelia in eople's Paper a g Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARIVJPTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1945 0n» West Front Appears Ended By DOUG HOW Canadian Press Stall Writer (Fflrmerly wit); ‘Canadians in . - y The ob thut took the first of hundr oi thousands of Canad- ians across the Atlantic in Decem- ber. i930, aapeared finished today with Gen. senhowerb announce- ment of the surrender oi German forces in Holland, northwestern Germany and Denmark to Field Marshal Montgomery's 31st Army ilroup which includes the 1st Can- adian Army. Less than two weeks after dis- gllltilhdd overseas have been reunited Army. the Canadians‘ task of lib- erating starving Holland became the last of the major tasks they have tackled in more than five years of war on land, on the sea from their homes. 01051113 that all Canadian ground oi Gen. Crerafs lst Canadian is and in the air thousands oi miles Ge central "- l that tortured country. -. avoiding falling into Russian hands. prospect oi n long bold out there. 4 | northern ‘ and l‘ ing achieved yet that absolute and dent Roosevelt similar surrenders in Czechoslovakia rcdoubt cannot be long delayed. burg, eastern pivot. of that Alpine By B088 MUNBO THE 1ST CANADIAN ARMY, May 4-(0? Cablel-Can- aria‘); occupation force in beaten Germany likely will be 25,000 men, it was learned tonight on the eve oi Gennan spltulation and the Canadians are expected to control the area through which they fought-along the North Sea. coast from Holland to the Weser River, with possible extension to the Elbe. The great ports of Bremen and Hamburg, captured by the Britis 2nd Army, may be included and it is understood the occupation force will. he composed oi -men with the shortest overseas service. Either the lst or 2nd Corps "<68T._ir’i.uZ$1?§.:§fiT“-1‘é'af r) Reinforcement‘ Issue Likely To Be Prominent The Carmina Press) ' WITH ssue, which created national, =roversy last autumn and lec to special session of parliament. far more than 00 sorvce candi- dates have been nominated. Post- mortems on the content‘ tlon already are developing speeches on the hustlngs. Highest rs officer nomin- ated so far is n. McNaughton, whose policies in the-Defence Min- istry in connection with ticn ior overseas service have bc the subject of nationwide argu- ment. The former overseas army commander has bee nominated his native Saskatche- riding _Wor situation Last of all Cerrnsn forces cf Norway was tori clearly indicated ‘rerun; Eisenhower's‘ announce- ment oi the accomplished hot to have come as much of o surprise. The presence of enemy forces in Norway, southeastern Germany, ‘ ' ‘ with ” and the Channel Islands, however, leaves the Allies still far Read en :11 -a re: ~11 tFail To Find Hitler's Body In Rained Berlin Cleanup Begins As Starvation Threatens; Red rmy Operates Field Bakeries. A Surrender Rumors LONDON. MAY i — (OP) -Llnel donned at bakeries and who“; 8R0!“ wnight as home-bound Lon- dmem BWDPBd for emergency sup- plies in event of an over-night V-li day announcement. Shops an in close on that day. Floodlights have been sat up s- round Buckingham Palace and a grandstand is bei nished to com- Plgéion in front o r the Royal rc- nee. On whatever day the capitulatlon anno the King will speak (3 pm. E.D.T.) —4 pm. A.D.T.) London has been cg with sur- render rumors during t days and the announc meni. oi the rman surrender n Holland, northwest Germany and l‘ ark was re ded hastening the as hour o complete ccgttuation. By KIBKE L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst) Omission oi Nnrwsyirom the surrender of all German forces in iha north stirs conjecture as to its probable significance. Coupled with the attempted desperate flight of German urmy sar- sonnel from Denmark to Norway, it implied u further enemy stun iu If so, however. the probabilities are it would be only in hope of There seems little doubt that tha isolation of Norway from Red Army hosts, plus the fuofthlt In u geo- graphical sense it ls logically a. llrget for Allied nther than Russian assault, marked it in some Nani eyes u a final refuge without any in the northlwlth the uceptlan in France from hav- "nnconditionci surrender" to which the United Nations war fellowship has been pledged aver siuec Pres ‘ that phrase at Casablanca. " With the total collapse in the north with the exception oi Norway and in what is left of the Buvurhn Unopposed American sellure of Sals- retreat, fnreshudowl that. It had or already been xposed in the south by the German surrender in Italy and there is little doubt that Illilefs famed lair at. Berohicsgldm, already bomb wrecked, now is in Allied hands or surrounded. It was Announced last night that the city itself has been captured. it Canadian Occupation Force Mdy 5e 2§,000 Army Rules Bar Elccticnecring OTTAWA. May 4 - (CP) - The only uniforms in evidence at poli- tical meetings in the forthcoming Federal and Ontario election cam- paigns will be those worn by ser- h vice candidates or service spectat- ors. Under King's regulations no servicemen. other than a candi- date, is allowed to address a. poli- tical rally. He also may not pur- ticipste in an election as an agent or scrutineer for any candidate “or engage in partisan work in con- nection with any such election." The regulation also says the servicemen cannot deal in any way with party funds. Recently, regulations governing activities oi service candidates were relaxed so that can idatas could get leave immediately after dis- solution oi parliament or legkla- turo and at their own discretion. ‘wear uniforms whiia campaign- ng. last few lb BY EDDIE GILMORE MOSCOW, May A - Adolf Hit. let's biasing chsncsllery in Berlin failed to yield up the body oi the German Fluehrer whom the N-Jzis said had died there May 1, Q15- patches from the German Capital said today Meertrzvhllc German ‘ g wen work clearing up their ruined city se “ousands of civil- ians wandered through the rubbled streets facing starvation. Berlin "aristocrats" were filing out of their cellars and falling on dead horsu in the streets-tearing them “D in the space of moments, dispatches said. Hundreds oi Ger- man bodies still were not buried, but e Red Army was beginning to restore order and a registration of all Nazis ha; begun. Dispatches coming out of the oily make it apparent that the Capitol offeh one of the worst problems in all Europe. Dispatches to Moscow newspapers said Rad Army commandant; had git impel-m of prisoners to work i‘ emergency bakeries. turning out fur the population, but it ap- peared that even these measures would be insufficient to stern the threatened famine. The present population of Ber- lin is unknown, but unofficial es- timates put it above its pre-war level of i.3$,000. A diapstch ot the newspaper Red Star meanwhile said Hitler's body had not been found in the Reich- charzcellary. where the Hamburg rldio asserted the Nazi leader had dlcrglflrt lsiis command ar-‘s story engthened the theory here that i! Hitler killed himself he did not do it in the Chencllery. , . The mystery still was s lively question among the Russian o- pia. At least N per cent of t om are convinced that both Hitler and by Everybody Europe. Douglas And MacMillan lRe-N-cminatcd Hon. Cyrus J. MacMilian, Ph.D. and Mr. J. Lester Douglas, repre- sentatives for Queen's in the House of Commons during the last Par- liament, were re-nominated last night at the Queen's County Lib- eral convention to contest the County in the coming general elec- on. Others in the running were Messrs. Cecil Miller and Picton MoCcrsnsck, Charlottetown. Dr. McMillan and Mr. Douglas were vote was: Douglas, 402; McMillan, 301; Miller. 173; McCormack. 24. Dr. McMillan! nomination was moved by ‘Hon. T. W. L. Prowse and seconded by Mr, D. J. Riley. The norninati oi Mr. Douglas was moved bv’ Mr. S. A. MacLeod. and seconded by lit-Col. Allan McLeod. Hartsville. Dr. J. D. McGuigan presided at the meeting. which was held in the Enrpire Theatre. "Frlallowingh the nominations, poli- CB $11990 NJILGR ,0 9.11! Hon. T W. L. Prowae, Sirius»;- J_ g; Bllwllll‘. Senator J. P. McIntyre, Hon. W. F. A. Stewart. and the candidates. A ‘resolution lending the Mac- kenzie King Government was mov- Cloabbeh had tied Germany or are fleeing it. ed by Mr. W. L. Higgins. 81 Peir “Cent Of [Joan Total Is Su Subscriptions to the eighth vic- tory loan in this Province yester- day amounted to $101,600 to bring the total at the end of tbs. w}: dI-y of the campaign to $2,012,- ofilcials at victor-v loan he - quarters noting that the over all fiicture here looks good, said they oped that with Canadian boys making a clean-up in Europe th home front would do as good. At the close oi buslnms yester- day B1 per cent of tho Provinces minimum objective oi $200,000 had been subscribed. Individuals con- tribuind 9.006.000 and special nan-rs 0000.000 Ibliowing were the results by districts last night: Surnrucrsida individuals ~ . 8340.750. Special names .. . $210,500. Prince County outside Individuals . . . . . . . .. $464,800. Special names . . . . . . . .. . 863.000. Charlottetown C individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . special names . . . . . . .. $174. queen's County‘ ouhide Individuals 8358.200. Special names --l-64.500-| King's Collniy i 8602.900. B00 special names 14.000 lndividubls . . . . . . . . . . 149-150 l '| Irv-a. bscribed Oanuck Reaction One 0f Relief ._._____T_. ____ By ROSS MUNRO WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN ARMY, Ma 4-(0? Cable)- First reac on of Canadian troops to the announcement of the eupitulutlorr of Germans from Holland in Denmark was one of utter relief. “It's wonderful, wonderful that it's over here at last," lnuny sold aiier hearing the beat new! of the war. No boisterous jubilntion greet- the announcement. The men sensed something big was up these last few days and were anticipating something like this. In the group l was with nobody said anything for g few seconds after the news was“ heard. Then somebody said " ell. this ls it“ with a sigh of relief. Talk in blvouncs tonight was of going home, demobilization, the Paci_ii_c_wa_r. Japs “in Burma Decisively B By PRESTON GROVE]! OALDUTPA, May 4 — (AP) -—- Jspaneee armies in Burma have been "decisively defeated.‘ leaving 91,000 dead on the iield of battle. Allied Headquarters c ounced tu- day as British and Indian forces com letcd the bloodless occupation oi tbs great port oi Rangoon. Harbor installations of the cap- ital city oi more than 400,000 were taken intact and will be ready within a few days to handle Allied shipping and provide a staging base- lil for future operations the Southeast Asia theatre per- hops an assault on the great naval base oi Singapore. Japs Fled amphibious and land entered Burma's first city Thursday and found that, but ior a few straggIem-the Japanese had evacuated the city April iii For 14 PAGES hower said in a victorious announc nominated on the first ballot. The 5 Asthcswordafthabeattuu- cred ma}! is must flexible. so t e ‘truly generous are moat pliant courteous in their behavior to their inferior-s. MAXIMS or A MERE MAN A Ill], “.00; other Provinces B Ill-l- N-I. Subscription Delivered. 8M0- By ROBERT EUNSON 21st Army Group. IRE ORDER Million “has Lay Down Arrrrs In Norilr PARIS, May 4 — (AP) - All enemy troops in Denmark, Holland and north- western Germany-more than 1,000,000 of ‘the to, Field Marshal Montgomery's “On land, sea and in the air, The Germans are thoroughly whipped,” Gen. Eisen- emeni heralding the approaching end of war in “Their only recourse is to surrender." m-snrrendered unconditionally today, The Allied Supreme Commander declared disintegra- tion also had set in to the south, where an entire enemy armored division surrendered at the Czech border and tba Alpine strongholds of Berchtesgaden. Salzburg and Inns- bruck fell in swift succession. Only Norway remained in the north. The abrupt capitulation of the Germans to Field Mar- shal Montgornery’s forces siilled the guns of Europe’! northern battlefields for the 1, 1939. (A CBS broadcast from first time since fateful Sepi- ihe iield said the surrender order was signed by Field Marshal Montgomery and Ad- miral von Friedeberg, commander-in-chief of the German navy, in a tent on Luneburg burg.) All the Reich that l-litler filled when he came to power had van- ished save ior a tiny shred oil Baas/aria around fallen Berchtcs- en . British tanks had broken through the enmny’s last positions in north- ern Gennnrly. British troops had taken at least 500,000 prisoners. While they negotiated, British forces drew up short of the Kiel Canal to avoid ulmecusa-ry cas- ualties ,but the enemy in flight still was dying. During the fighting lull, the Germans were trying to escape w Norway and Allied planes in en - (Continued on Peg Island Gunners Decide To Join Fishery Council At a ishca TBPTQSEIILBTAVB meet day it 8 blers,,with a view to tak- ing member nip on the Fishery Council oi Canada. and of consid- erins the ‘llrestion oi joining with an gdfifilslfiatlon ‘embracing the cann assoc ti r Maritime Provinces.“ m“ o the A resolution to this effect. mov- ed by S.H. Burhue, SBCODQEG by Paul Gallant and supported by W. H Tidmarsh, was adopted unan- lmgltlslyl ting e mee was addressed by Mr. Clive Plnnta, Ottawa. secre- tary-manager of the Fisheries Council oi Canada, which was or- ganized lust January under by laws approved bv a representative dele- gation oi the industry. Every fishery region in Canada is now represented on the Council by member associations, the com- bined memberships representing more than '75 per cent oi’ the indus- Y. Meetings of fish canners held in Saint John on May 2 and in Mone- ton on Mav 3 subscribed to the id-sa of creating a Maritime association, :posni which Island I l umT and of seeking membership m the Fisheries Council. 1t was this mo- nanners dis- cussed ycsterciay, and which they dealt with by resolution. __“ eaten its apture, however, was not oi- iicirrlly announced until today. In a message to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten Thursday pight, the King expressed his ‘hearty congratulations on the brilliant success achieved by all arms and services in the capture oi Rangoon." British and Indian parachute troops who landed Tuesday at the mouth the nsnsoon River l0 miles south oi tne capltal~a day in advance of the main seaborne landing there — encountered only 3'1 Japanese. They killed 3d and wounded the other. Although it was plain at that int that the enemy hsd fled angoon and that the reconquest oi Burma virtually was complete three years after" the Japanese cverran the country, the seabcrne landings were carried out as scheduled, a rehearsal ior bigger times to come. rur ‘Heath just south of Ham- LOINDON, May 4 -- (CQ) — Capitulation oi German forces in Holland and Denmark leaves only two satellite capitals from their once imposing empim-Oslo and Prague. CoMmc. EV this Cast‘ fuels oooas METEORODOGICAL sunyw Toronto. May 4 — (c?) and maximum temporlturu: Vans couver 45, 58; Edmonton 53. m Regina. 32, 19; Winnipeg 31. 621i Toronto 40, 4'7; Ottawa Al, 4o} Montreal 4c. so; Quebec ‘i1- 41F Saint John 35, -; Moncton 39. 50l Halifax 3'7, 4B; Cirsrlottetown $3, 533 Ysrmouth as. u: Sydney -. 5°- FORECASTS LOWER. ST. LAWRENCE, 001.! AND BAY CHALEKJR: Strong Wlllfll with occasional min. LAKE ST. JOHN: Fresh to strong winds: cloudyi probably Slwwefl- NORTH srronn: Plrtly cloud . followed by frcsh to strong win and rain. MARITIMES: Strong wlnfls l! radu-ate gnlcs with rilln and some cg. High tide this morning Ht 535 and this afternoon at. 4-35- Sun set: this avoiding“ anal"!!! 8nd ow mo r . . rkifigsttorxiiijnlrxlcl‘ monn May 5th. MB . M. Asrrmmgfgidr‘ tide clclrteen minu- ies later‘ than Charlottetown. DAILY AIR SERVICE Chuhtietuuvs -- Surunewilie- oucion Leaves Charlottetown 7.45 A.M~ 1i t0 AM 5 1 Arrives Charlottetown 12-55 [KM- 5.30 RM. 8.45 EM. SUNDAY SERVICE Leave Charlotte-limp i115, 5.45 Arrive (‘hnrlniictruvn .‘...“-0 8.10 CBARLOTTETOWN- NEW GLASGOW (Daily Except Sunday) Leave Charlottetown 1.10. 4.00 PM Arrive Charlottetown 2.35. 5.20 PM N. s.-r. n. r. r-"zrtnv ssrwrcl msily, including Sundays) SCHEDULE MAY l-SEPT. l0 Lelve Wood islands '| a. m.. ll a. m., 3 p. In. Leave Caribou, 9 a. m., l p. m». n. m. (On authority of the Oil Can- iroller. in ltlcndsys, Tueadayu Wednesduyg and Thursdays du May and June the ll m. u l p. m. sailings will be cancelled unless there is evidence ihnt the other crossings will not curry the traffic oiieringn ____.._ i Sd u A