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-3 "OPYRIGHT DEPOSIT Ml nllij praoini Died of If 2KiTO Complete WEATHER Cloudy, cool tonight; cloudy, rain tomorrow. 3 CENTS BROOKLYN, N. Y.r WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1945 offir 2d C1m M.l Mt (CopTrilht 1945 nil Brookljn Ele. Ine I 104th YEAR No. 119 DAILY AND SUNDAY rn vy Mil 1 am J.

rnrr nn ri i JV LI v1 LrJ VJ Yank Tank Men Seize Rundstedt at Dinner Queens M. P. Rescues Pal In Nazi Camp RED TROOPS STORM BERLIN CHANCELLERY Rush Strongpoint Where Nazis Said Hitler Met Death HITLER DIED OF STROKE, IKE HEARS Nazi Claim Adolf Died Fighting Differs From Himmler Story By PHIL AULT London, May 2 (U.R) Gen Grab Nazi Who Battled Allies From Normandy To Rhine Glad to Quit 600,000 Surrender Unconditionally' Washington, May 2 (UP)-President Truman today announced the "unconditional surrender" of all German forces in Italy. The President said that "the collapse of military tyranny in Italy, however, is no victory in Italy alone, but a part of the general triumph we are expectantly await By MALCOLM MIIR Jr. With 7th Army In Germany.

May 2 fU.Ri An American tank crew sur I 1, prised Field Marshal Karl von at his dinner table and cap BIXLF.TIN London. Mav 2 (U P) Marshal Rta- tured the man who had battled the lin announced tonight that the Red' Allies from Normandv to the Rhine. Dwight D. Eisenhower said Hoda'y there was some evi Army had rompleted the liquidation of German forces encircled southeast of Berlin, taking more than it was announced today. Von Runstedt.

twice commander of the German armies in the west since the Allied invasion, was taken at 10 p.m. last night at Bad Tolz, a resort town south of Munich. ing on the whole continent of Europe dence that Adolf Hitler had died of a brain hemorrhage instead of a hero's death In battle as the Nazis claimed. The statement by Eisenhower was He was having dinner with his wife and son, Hans Gerd, when a i Ate. 120,000 prisoners.

London, May 2 OI.W-The German high command admitted today that the survivors of Berlin's garrison had been splintered Into Isolated fragments in the government district of the dying capital. Soviet reports said Red rmy shock troops were storming the ramparts of the German chancellery, tank commanded by Lt. Joseph ithe first from any Allied official to Burke rumbled into the hospital grounds at Bad Tolz. Von Rund i i stedt, who was taking a health treatment, was living in a house shed light on the mystery of Hitler's reported death. General Eisenhower said the enemy claim that Hitler died fighting the Russians in Berlin was "in con I where the Nazis said Adolf Hitler attached to the hospital.

Was Ready to Surrender died at a command post yesterday. The brevitv and despair of a Ger Pfc. Spencer Young Jr. Von Rundstedt said he had not tradiction of facts" given by Hein-lic-h Himmler at a conference with Count Folke Bernadott of Sweden exoected the Americans until the Marshal Von Rundstedt man communique's report on Berlin BRITISH 2D ARMY REPORTED AT THE BALTIC SEA Sweep Isolates Hamburg, Kiel Near Juncture With Reds Paris. May 2 (UP British ti Army troops were reported to have slashed to the Baltic at AVivmar today, isolating the great ports of Pfc.

Spencer C. Young Jr. of next morning. He told his captors 114-73 178th Place. St.

Albans, has! he last saw Adolf Hitler on March Indicated the Nazi command might be about ready to write off the capital. It said: at Luebeck eight days ago. Himmler and a General Schillen-burg. who accompanied him to the "Remnants of the brave garrison conference, said Hitler had a brain of Berlin continue to light doggedly, prisoner-of-war camp bj a school-, Rlmdstpdt gnd his family to the tn the government district, snlit up! bov friend "somewhere on the prisoner of war cage, said. "He Truman Orders Windup of OCD after a ries.th march" of some 61)0 seemeo reaay 10 suirenaer.

ti TTiini BiJ The units which took Von Rund- miles. His father. United States, to the 36th Di-! in Isolated battle groups." Gain in Rostock Area Northwest of Berlin In Mecklen- Marshal Spenrer C. Young nas vision's 141st Regiment, commanded burg, the German command this through a letter writ- bv Col. Charles Owens.

the whirlwind sweep of Marshal ten hj, pf j. Buck of Yesterday the 7th Army captured hemorrhage and might not live 48 hours. General Eisenhower said in a statement issued through supreme headquarters in Fiance. Got Data From Count Even though this version of Hitler's death was based on Nazi information, it had the merit of coming to General Eisenhower through Bernadotte, a neutral. Observers were inclined to put more credence in the Himmler version than in the melodramatic account broadcast bv the Hamburg radio Hollis.

a military ,7 helped free the Wilhelm Ritter Von Leeb and W.l-ihelm List, as well as the former nt By End of June President Stresses Continued Necessity For Volunteer Work Washington, May 2 (U.Ri Presl- White Russian Army had carried 2thJ'' the area of Rostock, last major who iha nBji. nr tho soldier. "Imagine my surprise when SaW rr.1 Hamburg and Kiel and reaching i within xome 30 mile of a June- tion with Russian forces sweeping westward along the coast. Paris, May 2 (UtP Two American; armies drove into the last 40-mile stretch before Berchtesgaden fronii "Only folly and chaos can now delay th general capitulation of the everywhere defeated German armies," he said. The President immediately sent messages to Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander and Gen.

Mark Clark, congratulating them for the "complete defeat of the Germans in Italy." (A dispatch filed by Henry King, represent-ing the combined American press, and datelined Royal Palace at Caserta, near Naples, said the German armies ftof northern Italy and western Austria formally surrendered to the Allies today, effective at 8 A.M., EWT. (The surrender affects between 600,000 and 900,000 men.) At the same time he warned Japan to understand the full meaning of these events. "Unless thpy are lost in fanaticism or determined tipon suicide," he said of the Japanese, as well as the Germans, "they must recognize the meaning of the increasing, swifter-moving power now ready for the capitulation or the destruction of the so-recent ly arrogant enemies of mankind." In breaking the news of the complete victory over German forces in Italy, the President said. "The Allied armies in Italy have won the unconditional surrender of German forces on the first European soil on which, from the west, we carried our arms and our determination." tmgeMarshal Alet- 01H.S nuilll. lury aiMi muk iwti lieutenant generals and three major my friend.

Cliff Young, walking toward me from the camp," Private Buck wrote his father, Louis F. Buck, an insurance executive. "My geneMls. Danish peninsula. Moscow dispatches said Russian i siege armies had driven manyl wedges deep into Berlin's innermost' redoubt, apparently splintering iti Von Rundstedt was relieved of his dent, Truman today ordered the end yesterday.

buddv had a rough time, and is of the Office of Civilian Defense by- mmmier nominee, mar Germany able write, but he is safe in our arch after was finished General Eisenhower into a few isolated nests of resist LUC i.n mu'J "lie salfl QlUCiai com ii mai Kill Ol i j. Rhine. He Mr. Truman sent a letter to Con- conference. Count A.

soon as Mr. Buck received iheAZ" the was replaced by field Marshal Al- cress withdrawing a $369,000 buda-iBeinudotte said in Stockholm ves- the north and west today, meeting only sporadic opposition. Gen. George S. Pat ton's 3d Army! reached the Inn River barrier on broad front east and west, of Hit-1 ler's native city of Braunau, 43.

miles north of Berchtesgaden. i London reports said the Yanks crossed the Inn. captured Braunau a nee. Red Army troops were converging from three directions on the spot where the German radio said Hitler went, down at his command post and observers speculated whether the erdav that he could make no dis- ft reauest for OCD for the next as the vice commander of the American Successor to Rommel fiscal vear. poneo.

intermediary in Legion and Mr. Buck has been the uecemoer oi last year von He emD haslzed. however, he con- Russians would find Hitler's body; commander of the Hollis-; DmlHctdt commander of the Hollis-; post aunchPd the Oerman'iinnp f- vninrir in! Continued on PaR lnf Annes. statw and communities. statement bv Admiral Karl wno wnen Private buck, piayeo u-hiph came dangerously near toi "Recent deve ODment.s the Twit-, nitir o.th iand struck southward Into the i mountain passes before Berchtes-: igaden.

Far to the west, the 7th Armv basketball with Private Young on taking Liege and cutting across the; European war and the efficient art nroclaiminir himself as his suc- Woman Kills Self attack was the worst nnerat ion of the volunteer forces in t.ie Lindens, a team in hoiiis, re- Meusp -je ferred to Cliff, he was using his the cessor, represenwa an aiieinpi 10 SPtharir niiiea Humes sunerco thp commtini les marie noss ble the Ari i.rfir hotu-Aon tv, nnccionc With a Stocking drew abreast of Pat tons men Continued on Page 11 friend's nickname. Police today listed as a suicide in the entire western European decision that Federal supervision of and Anijlo-Amerieans. The attempt campaign. civilian defense is no longer neces-i Von Rundstedt commanded the, Continued on Page 11 Private Young, who had been a German prisoner for more than a year, was forced to march from the death of Mrs. Edna GUssman, 37.

of 2285 Ocean found with Continued on Page 11 German armies in the west at the time of the Normandy invasion, re- a stocking tied about her neck in 'Stain her home yesterday. Relatives said i father 2-B, near Neustettin, his said, on Feb. 22, and the 14, mel. He, in turn, was relieved by Germans Still Hold Pierre Laval, Deat Fly To Spain, Madrid Reports Madrid. Mav 2 (U.R) Barcelona continued "horrible" until April she had been despondent and had been under psychiatric treatment, 'under Field Marshal Guenther Von Kluge 40 000 to 50,000 Yanks in TulTr nflor Ilia ltomnt Uitlar'.

Washington, May 2 (U.R) The War advices said Pierre Laval, Marcel life 99 Local Men Among Casualties The War Department Character Witnesses Testify for Mrs. Horan IVJ rlAVt KAIIUNi LUI ander and General Clark he con-London. May 2 UR-The rations gratified them on their persistent, iof United States troops in European difficult, campaign. He said no sr t. of th.

cause of a world food shortage, it achievements and magnifi-was announced today bv head- cent courage of every individual" quarters of the European theater under their command durin thi the However, Von Rundstedt again was given the western command last Fall, squashing rumors that he had been connected with the plot against Hitler. In the Polish campaign which began the war, Von Rundstedt captured Cracow and Warsaw. Then, Department said today that the Deal and four other Frenchmen ar-Germans still hold 40.000 or 50,000 of rived there by plane from Switzer-the estimated 72,000 Americans they I land this afternoon, have taken as prisoners of war. I Laval, the former premier in the Allied armies, however, have over-! Vichy regime and his companions run 64 of the 78 prisoner of war were ai a hotel near the Barcelona camps and hospitals where field, the reports said, while ican soldiers are known to be word was awaited from Madrid what the War Department added. 'to do nbout them.

announcing of 593 soldiers today, names killed in Mrs. Katherine Horan's two inot remember taking his service re Ing and in 1940, he smashed through the "1 i8' gn me Irvine campaign." operations. The basic volver military ration will be action, 2,904 360 missing prisoners of and pumping the fatal shots le back of his head. ifT 10. he use-as inl tho adopted daughters testified in their mother's behalf in Queens County Court today and ended the defense wounded, and 426 -rho tan nhiiriroM uhnm t'ho rhilH.

year-and reached i lit; iru iu uu iim rai the English Channel. lllf "'led to do last in 1941 he defeated Marshal Semyon Budenny less Horan adopted ten years ago wept as Mr. Murray gently questioned them about the events lead- In her first-degree murder trial for shooting to death her policeman husband. in the northern Ukraine. 7-Billion Budget Cut Proposed by Truman retained for troops performing mod-i erately hard or hard work, including all combat units and hospital a was announced.

I The reduced ration will be approximately 3.650 calorics per man 'daily, which is considered adequate troops performing sedentary duces. The President told thus country that the Allied and American officers who led the victorious forces Italy "riej-orve our praise for the victory we have the right to be proud of the success of our armies." Mr. Truman's announcement toolc Washington somewhat by surprise, despite the fact that it was known WHAT CAN YOU SPARE THAT THEY CAN WEAR? Ask tne man wno cans lor or ne- Washinuton. Mav 5 (IIP) Presi- 3 Ordered the nholitlnn of the Judge Thomas Downs adjourned jing up to their father's slaying, the trial until tomorrow at 10 Courtroom Dram, when Assistant District. Attorney Drama Joseph V.

Loscalzo and Defense At- A courtroom drama was enacted torney James D. C. Murray Willi when the girls, Patricia, 13, and offer their summations to the blue- ioralle. 15. were forced to pass di-ribbon Jury, composed completely of rectly in front of Connie Gianola, married men.

23-year-old mother of a child she Mrs. Horan admitted yesterday jbore for Horan two months before that she "must have shot" Patrol- hs death. man James R. Horan on Feb. 7, but Mjss Oiannla nlrendv hud nd- Continued on Page British Irked Over Red Stand on Fate of Poles livers your laundry to take dpnt Truman recommended budget Office of Civilian Defense bv June your bundle of spare cloth-rpducUons todav of more than 30, withdrawing its proposed budget ing to a Vnited National Clothing $7 000.000.000 for 10 top war of for the next fiscal vear.

I Collection Depot for overseas relief.jagrncies of Ule Government. I The cut recommended in Marl-1 The laundry industry, through; This was part of the preparation time Commission ship building management-labor committees. has.for transition from a two-war to a funds left available to the Commls-: volunteered to perform this public basls siim $2 242,500.000 for completing London. Mav 2 of WHERE TO FIND IT I State Richard Iuv told Commons todav that Foreign Secretary An- Pa-a F-n said she was so distraught she could imitted that she was the child's war, listed 20 Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island men dead, 50 wounded, and 1 1 missing in the Europaan and Pacific areas, and nine prisoners of war held by Germany. The navy listed five dead and four wounded.

Local casualty lists are on Page 5. Call the Brooklyn Chapter, American Red Cross, and arrange to donate a pint of blood NOW. TRi-angle 5-8040. ithony Eden had been unable set I In rapid furcession the the present snip buildm? program. 4 THANKS 1.

Recommended that Congress and $600,000,000 for possible future -Mt- the fnnc4t! nrtiir acnilahln In'ihm in IP iin fAfntivnceinn nf mother and had sat through the three days of the trial Impassively. Both children testified that Horan jhad called them and their mother "bad names." Mrs. Horan today showed anima haven't even one change of cloth- tlp Maritime commission for ship vessels and restoriation of ship iiiRt miming inn wu i ami a- construction by more than building facilities. fMTBUSH 2311 Ttlden Ave larsf room. B'MfsMf! 1-2: kitchenette private house, I.

R. T. (Churrh Ave i tii. ii i irrru iit iji niii i 'M Q00 000 "As the war progresses the White a reduction of House statement said, "the activities' 2 Rrrommended a Driver worm. more than $80,000,000 in the 194G o' all agencies will be continually ViiiHrtfit oct i ni toe j-ii irtVif nnnnfioc I'ovipU'Pfi tn DhipVA ornnnmiflc ti'VinrA from Soviet.

Foreign Commissar V. M. any hint the fa'e of .....5 14 Polish leaders reported to have oisappcarcd in Poland in March. Thev were represent it of the p- Polish covenimcnt Lonr, m. In reply to ancrv quesiions In -ni Commnns.

Law said the Soyie: Gov- ernment had utinred British re- He-iesnn quests for information. He left the impression that tile Russians had in M-irv Haw? effect, taken the attit'id" that the matter was none of Britain's bust- ness, OsttuarlM tion for the first time during the trial. She had sat with bowed head, Iconstantly weeping until her chil-idren were called to the stand today. I want In lliank ynti for llir riilK My room i now renled," My i Mrs. P.

apart, 2311 Tihlen Ave. Switch of Diplomats (This included proposals for sharp they will not interfere with the pros-', 14 Perhaps von have a pare room tlmllThe flicker of a smile twitched the The Polish government at War- slashes in the funds of th Office edition of the war. It is anticipated you would like to make income-pro-'corners of her mouth, but she.saw and the Italian government of War Information, the War Pro- that. 1n addition to the cuts In the during. Let the F.agU find a nnd, quickly collapsed asaln when the have signed an agreement for the durtton Board, the Office of Cen- 194 budget, reserves of many mil-; tenant.

Call Mint Turner, Ain 4-6200; children wept in giving their testl-1 exchange of diplomatic represent-sorshlp' and tha Office of Defense linns of dollars can be set up for the insert an ad and charge it. mony, a tlves, Radio Moscow said today, Transportation. i current fiscal ear ending June 30." TP A is ctnn I in.