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COOLER Tartly Cloody and Much Cooler; With Scattered Showers Tuesday METRO FINAL Malcolm Bingay's Report From Europe Appears Today. On Page 6 TUESDAY, IAY 8, 'Vol. 115 No. 4' Five Cents 1945 On Guard for nnnnn Raa rim aU DETROIT TEMPERATIHKS m. 47 lO am.

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II f) m. HI 12 mi 6.1 UT3 7 -J I i Over a Century JV rm a as V-E Erittaiii "to CeleBrate News Report of Nazi Surrender Free Press Wins a Pulitzer Prize McCormick's Lansing Graft Quiz Reporting Hailed as Public Service "Ken McCormick's done it again This was the tribute paid by fellow-workers to the energetic thirty-nine-year-old reporter of The Detroit Free Press when word was received Monday that this newspaper had been awarded the Pulitzer prize "for the most disinterested and meritorious public service rendered by an American newspaper during 1944." Full Confirmation JWL Day formally announcing Germany's surrender was due to difficulty 'in getting word to all German troops. A Washington report said that Russia had held up the formal announcement until all resistance was quelled. Czech patriots at Prague reported that American officers had informed them that the surrender pact had been signed. An Allied fleet was reported approaching Norway t-a "landT.trodpi." the second World War--the Sweden announced the breaking of relations with Germany because of the lat-ter's surrender.

Spain also has severed relations. Fighting continued in Czechoslovakia, where the Nazi commander refused to obey any orders to capitulate. American and Russian, troops pushed to the relief of Prague. Marshal Stalin announced the fall of Breslau, in Silesia. Victory celebrations started in many parts of the world; RUMORS BBC said that the delay in Peace-loving people of the world pray that the European phase of World War II is ended.

Here are the main facts, probabilities and rumors on the surrender situation: FACTS German Foreign Minister Count Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk announced at 8:09 a. m. (Detroit time) that the German High Command had declared unconditional surrender of all German forces. The Associated Press stands squarely behind its dispatch -from Reims, France, that Ger "i I if Nazis Announce Full Capitulation 1 L'rfe BULLETIN Expect President to Verify Victory 3Y MERRIMAN SMITH WASHINGTON UP The White House announced Monday eight that President Truman "confidently expects" to make a radio announcement to the Nation at 9 a. m.

(Detroit time Tuesday) presumably the long-awaited proclamation that V-E Day is here. Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels said that Sir. Truman's plans were based on "reports now received" and that the pro-4 gram would be carried through "unless unforseen developments" caused a change. A White House press conference will be called at 8:30 a. m.

(Detroit time), at which time the press and radio will be given in confidence the text of the President's radio remarks. Earlier the President had re- I vealed that arrangements had been LONDON (AP) The Czech-controlled Prague radio announced early Tuesday that the Germans in Prague and throughout Bohemia have accepted unconditional surrender terms and will cease fighting at 1:30 p. m. (7:30 a. Detroit time).

Eisenhower Praised by King George Churchill May Air Big 3 Proclamation BY PHIL AULT LONDON (UP) The British Ministry of Information an nounced that Tuesday would be treated as Victory Day 'in Europe and that King George and Prime Minister Winston Churchill would address the British people. King George sent a message of congratulations to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. "Eleven months ago you led an Allied expeditionary force across the English Channel carrying with you the hopes and prayers of millions of men and women of many nations," the message said.

"ALL THE WORLD knows that after fierce and continuous warfare, this force had its mission with a finality achieved by no other such expedition in history. "On behalf of all my people, I ask that you, its Supreme tell its members how deeply grateful we are to them and how unbounded is ouv admiration for the courage and determination which under your wise leadership have brought them to their goal of complete end crushing victory." PRIME MINISTER Churchill will make his statement to the British people at 3 p. m. (9 a. m.

Detroit time) Tuesday, the Minis try of Information said, and King George will make a longer speecn at 9 p. m. (3p. Detroit time). It had been indicated her that confusion in the Czechoslovak situation played a part in the V-E Day program because of the difficulty of effecting the formal surrender of German troops there.

Churchill lunched with fighting services chiefs at his official residence, No. 10 Downing Street, and it was said that victory was toasted. Later Churchill drov to Buckingham Palace to see tne King. Canada Proclaims Tuesday as a Holiday OTTAWA (JF) The Government proclaimed Tuesday a public holiday in Canada, and next Sun day as a day of thanksgiving. J.

L. Ilsey, acting prime minis ter, said in a nationwide broadcast: "The, hearts of Canadians will be filled not so much with the pride of conquest as with relief and thanksgiving and firm resolution to carry on the war until our enemy in the Far East meets the just fate that surely-awaits him." Retail Stores to Close After Proclamation Detroit's retail stores In major shopping districts will close for the day as soon as President Truman officially announces V-E Day, Charles E. Boyd, secretary of the Retail Merchants Association, stated. "The measure Is precautionary and not intended as a token of celebration," he added. Owners also will take measures for policing their establishments.

Boyd said. 4 SHOULD THE announcement be made Tuesday morning as indicated, most stores will not open as customary at 9:45 a. he added! The plan will not. affect neighborhood establishments unless celebrations should endanger them. OPA Forbids Sale of Loose Cigarets A I OPA banned the retail sale of loose cigarets, putting distribution on a full pack or nothing basis.

SHERD'S COFFEE una hlfh Quality found in other tin Shedd product. Adr. Awaits many's 'formal capitulation came at 2:14 a. m. (French time) Monday.

No other press service has presented a similar story and official confirmation or is lacking for the Associated Press dispatch. THE BRITISH Ministry of Information announced however, that Tuesday will be treated as Victory Day in Europe. King George VI has sent a message to Gen. Eisenhower congratulating him and his armies' on the "complete and crashing" in made to announce V-E Day simul taneously in London, Washington and Moscow. THE BRITISH MINISTRY of Information in London had announced earlier that Prime Minister Winston Churchill would speak to the British people at 9 a.

m. (Detroit time). There were reports that an effort had been made to advance the time of the announcement but that the Russians had opposed. As a result, it was said, the President decided to go along with Russia. Moscow was understood to have advised this Government that it had heard nothing from its repre- Happy Birthday! WASHINGTON (JP) Tuesday will have dual significance for President Truman.

He planned to deliver a nationwide broadcast presumably the. formal victory proclamation and also will celebrate his sixty-first birthday. at the purported sur render meeting and reportedly wanted to make certain that everything would be concluded satisfactorily. THE V-E proclamation, if that is what it is, will clear the way for early removal of many home front The horse-rac ing ban, the midnight curfew and the brownout are among those expected to be lifted. The proclamation also will start the Army on its prodigious program of demobilizing men now in uniform over a Turn to Page 3, Column 8 EDITOR'S NOTE All unqualified references to Germany's unconditional surrender in this and other Associated Press stories are based on a Reims dispatch from Edward Kennedy describing the capitulation, which has not yet been officially announced by any Allied government.

i i i ii ii LONDON -(AP) Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies Monday, completing the victory in President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill are scheduled to address the American and British people, respectively, at 9 a. m. Tuesday (Detroit time). No announcement has come from Moscow as to whether Premier Marshal Stalin will speak at the same time to the Russians. nOWEVER, the White House reiterated that any announcement of complete surrender would be made simultaneously from Washington, London and Moscow.

AP's Story of Victory Suspension Follows Capitulation Flash By the Associated Press The Associated Press reported Monday morning that Germany had surrendered completely and unconditionally. Edward? Kennedy, chief of the Associated Press western front staff who sent the dispatch, was suspended indefinitely from all further dispatching facilities by supreme headquaters in Paris. FOR NEARLY seven hours after Kennedy sent in a brief but detailed dispatch dated from Reims, France, the suspension was applied to all Associated Press correspondents in the European theater of operations, but this subsequently was lifted for all except Kennedy. Kennedy's dispatch said "Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Western Allies and Russia at 2:41 a. m.

French time today" (that was at 8:41 p. m. Sunday, Detroit time). 'The surrender took place in a little red schoolhouse which is the headquarters of Gen. Eisenhower." KENNEDY'S DISPATCH then went on to name the parties signing, with other details, and quoted the chief of the German General Staff, CoL Gen.

Gustav Jodl, as declaring in soft-spoken German: "With this signature the German people and armed forces are, for, better or worse, delivered into the victors' hands." The SHAEF suspension of the AP went into effect at 10:40 a. Turn to Page 2, Column 7 Son of Adm. Nimitz Wins Navy Cross WASHINGTON (JF) Comm. Chester W. Nimitz, son of the fleet admiral, has been awarded the Navy Cross for his exploits -as a submarine commander.

The citation credits young Nim itz' submarine, on its seventh pa trol, with suikmg several Japanese warships and with sinking or dam aging an additional 18,000 tons of merchant shipping in attacks on heavily escorted enemy convoys. Explained The award speemed the Free Press investigation of legislative graft and corruption at Lansing. "THE FREE PRESS' activity resulted in numerous indictments on which more than 100 persons are awaiting trial," the formal accolade said. Twenty-nine have been convicted and five have pleaded guilty. Four legislators are serving sentences.

The award is a $500 gold medaL Almost single handed the veteran Free Press reporter Kenneth F. McCormick handled the story from its earliest stages. Michigan newspaper readers are now with the vital role played by McCormick in keeping the grand jury alive in the face of active opposition of unscrupulous politicians. McCORMICK is the only reporter who has worked in close co-operation with Judge Leland W. Carr, sitting as the one-man grand jury, from the earliest, eta pes of the investigation.

No other reporter was assigned exclusively to the grand jury until after Ing on in mat ume repeated enoris were made to sabotage the grand jury efforts which were thwarted termina.t?on backed by McCormick ew.rr.hingft stories ana tne ree ressr ecu-1 torial insistence that the probe must be carried on. FRESH FROM covering the now famous Wayne County graft investigation conducted by Senator Homer Ferguson, then a Wayne County Circuit judge, McCormick knew the inner workings of a one-man grand jury intimately. With this knowledge as a background, he was of incalculable value in aiding Judge Carr and Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler. McCormick has scored beat after beat with his grand jury, stories. 'Notable among his scoops are an interview with Rep.

Leo Dombrow-ski, who changed his story to the Turn to Page 3, Column 1 Mayor Warns Final Victory StillFarOff Mayor Jeffries' proclamation to the people of Detroit on the German surrender, warned them of the long bitter road to victory still ahead. The Mayor said: "The surrender of Germany is rightly only one of the war's big, moments. It is not the end, but a tremendous tep to final victory THE LIVES OF thousands more American boys will have been added to those who already made the supreme sacrifice before that victory is won. "Surely every thinking citizen will refrain from unwarranted celebration, when the hearts of thousands of Detroit parents are heavy with uncertainty and sorrow." Canada Sugar Cut OTT A A The Prices Board announced a cut of five pounds in Canada's sugar ration for the balance of 1945. On Inside Pages IcCormick had been work- it for four months.

the European phase of i via, KENNETH F. McCORMICK The Pulitzer Prize V-E Day Plans in Detroit Call for Solemnity Churches to Have Special Services Detroit churches prepared for special V-E Day services Tuesday. AH public schools in Detroit will remain open. Special programs will be given in each public school. Wayne University will have classes as usual, officials there said.

If Tuesday is V-E Day, Catholic schools will close at noon. Catholic students will offer prayers of thanksgiving before they are dismissed. THE UNIVERSITY of Detroit will follow the same policy. Practically all major war plants in the city will maintain a "work a usual" program through the Armistice period. Army Ordnance has requested these plants to keep in operation, and all plans to close on V-E Day have been discarded.

Spokesmen General Motors, Ford, Continental and Chrysler all said they would co-operate with the Army request. Some smaller plants have intimated they will close for the day. THE STATE Liquor Control Commission already has announced that all bars will close on V-E Day. The Detroit Council of Churches Turn to Page 2, Column 6 Trumans Move into White House WASHINGTON (U.R) President Truman and his family moved into a newly decorated White House Monday. The interior is freshly painted in pastel shades of blue and green selected by Mrs.

Truman and their daughter, Margaret. The family moved from Blair House across Pennsylvania Ave where they had been living since a few days after the President took office. DC LAKE I.I TA TO CTF.VFXANO erery night at 11:30. Travel in comfort. Foot.

oX Third St. CA 9600. Adr. reacenews Stirs Nation in Many Ways By the Associated Press The unofficially reported end of the war against Nazi Germany precipitated scenes of rejoicing throughout the nation. But the celebration was tempered by the thoughts of the bitter fighting still ahead against Japan.

The hub of New York City's celebration was Times Square, where police estimated 500,000 gathered. People knejt In the streets to pray. Others stood five-deep in many bars. Confettf and ticker tape littered the streets. PRAYERS of thanksgiving were offered in churches and schools in thousands of communities.

In many places as in New York City's financial and garment districts office workers left their jobs, although war workers continued as usual. The Associated Press story reporting Germany's unconditional surrender evoked scenes reminiscent of Armistice Day, 1918. Roaring crowds in Times Square laughed at a broadcast request by Mayor F. II. LaGulrdia that they "go back to work and wait for an official announcement." sunny Pennsylvania in Turn to Page 2, Column Tin Can Salvage Still Called Vital Regardless of Victory in Europe, we still need to salvage tin cans, the Wayne County Tin Can Salvage Committee reminded the public Monday.

Since our tin supply comes from Japanese-held territory, veryone should save and prepare tin cans for collection May 14, it said. Prime Minister Winston Churchill will proclaim the historic conquest at 9 a. m. (Detroit time) Tuesday from 10 Downing St. Simultaneous announcements are expected from President Truman in Washington and Premier Marshal Josef Stalin in Moscow.

(President Truman announced that he has scheduled a radio talk for 9 a. Gen. Charles de Gaulle will report to the French people. CHURCHILL WILL report later directly to Commons and asks "for adjournment to Westminster Abbey for a service of thanksgiving." The whereabouts of such -war criminals as Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Goering and even Adolf Hitler himself, although he had been reported dead, was unknown, or if known, had not been off i-cially announced. (BBC said that official delay in releasing the news of the surrender in Europe was due to the slow German military communication system, quoting a dispatch from its reporter at Gen.

Omar Bradley's headquarters. will take hours," said the broadcast heard by NBC monitors, "for the German High Command to transmit the surrender order to all its troops. Such radio transmitters as the Germans have are too feeble to carry very Germany's formal capitulation came at 2:14 a. m. (French time) in the red Reims schoolhouse, headquarters for Gen.

Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of the Allies of the West, Cor-iespondent Edward Kennedy said. The crowning triumph came just five years, eight months and six days after Hitler invaded weak but proud Poland and struck the spark which set the world afire. IT MARKED THE end of war in Europe. But it did not silence all guns, for battles raged on in Czechoslovakia. There, Nazi Gen.

Ferdinand Schoerner, who has been designated a war criminal, defied the orders of grand Adm. Karl Doenitz, successor to the dead or missing Hitler, to lay down arms. But this force all that remains of what once was the mightiest military machine on earth faced inevitable liquidation or surrender. Presumably, the victorious powers soon will label these troops guerilla outlaws, subject to execution unless they yield. The only details of Germany's ignominious end came froi Turn to Page 2, Column 1 ADVERTISING OMITTED With the co-operation of the Retail Merchants Association and other advertisers, The Detroit Free Press is omitting all retail advertising from this issue because of the Importance of the events marking the conclusion of the war in Europe.

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