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Impartial Cwirifi FORCES JOIN YANKRED WEATHER REPORT af All Local Nawt CLOUDY TONIGHT ASSOCIATED PRESS FAIN ON SATURDAY Monitor-Leader Office MONITOR-LEADER BUKA. UNITED PRESS Cue at Wilait JillNewspaper Hra&rr MonitorMacomb OMnt Cwml/i 85H> Y.or, No. 51 MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH., FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1945 FIVE CENTS LAST NAZI HOPE GONE, TRUMAN SAYS 6/ Joe, Ivan Histone Event U. S. Delegates Germany Cut in Two Wild with Joy Bewildered at by Triumphant Allies Russian Snub BY WILLIAM L. RYAN BY DON WHITEHEAD (Associated Press War Editor) Molotov Rejects Russian and troops have epic splitting WITH KONEV'S FIRST UKRAINIAN ARMY EAST OF Stettinius as American made their junction, Nazi THE ELBEr April 26 **(Delayed) *¦ (AP) ¦¦ Tlibw was Peace Chairman Germany in two, and "the last faint, desperate hope of Hitler and his gangster singing and dancing and music on the banks of the BY JACK BELL government has been extinguished," President Truman announced today. SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 Army 1 The historic plunging Elbe today as doughboys of Geit Hodges' First —(A ) Puzzlement and anger announcement came as Gen. Patton's forces were spread through the American info Austria within of there, armies and jubilant troops of Marshal Ivan Konev's First delegation today over the Rus- radio contact the Russians and as Allied Ukrainian Army calibrated the historic junction sym- sian turn-down of Secretary of * from all sides stabbed powerfully toward the Alpiita bolizing defeat of Germany. mi State Stettinius as chairman of hideout where the Nazis were expected to make a the Nasi the United Nations conference. stand, Americans and Russians slapped each other on Those members inclined to be Soviet Guns death the back, gave each other bear hugs, and sat in the \ } War*,* outspoken show signs of sore- ness under MET THURSDAY drinking champagne from beer mugs the diplomatic re- warm sunshine quirement of restraint in such a Roar The President's announcement said the junction toasting great of the meeting of situation. Salute and the occasion Churchill Lauds took place yesterday at Torgau on the Elbe Rivar, the two armies yesterday. t The chairmanship matter came up for talk at a 2-hour ses- Historic Meeting 75 miles south of Berlin. This meant a linkup of the WILD JUBILATION sion of the delegation late last powerful First Ukraine Army of Marshal Ivan S. Ko- long night. The upshot was a decision WASHINGTON, April 27 „ Not in all this war have there been scenes for Senators Vandenberg (R- (/P) The British information nev and Gen. Hodges* mighty U. S. First Army. Still such as those enacted in the town of Torgau on the Mich) and Connally (D-Tex) to service here today released this another junction was impending and may already west bank of the Elbe and across the river in the attend today’s Steering Com- statement by, Prime Minister mittee meeting at which the is- Churchill on the Anglo-Ameri- have taken place to the north, where the Garmon Red Army encampment where Russian and American sue is to be settled. can-Soviet juncture in Ger- many: High Command said U. S. Ninth Army troops of troops saw the first time, and began SEE NO COMPROMISE each other for ‘‘After long journys, toils and j Lt. Gsn. William H. Simpson had surged across the to get acquainted despite the handicaps of language. No compromise was sighted in victories., across the land and conferred with some Russians, Elba River on both sides of Tangermuende, whip- oceans, across so many deadly 15V4 . It was enough they were had including Molotov, an at- that allies and not in battlefields, the armies of the miles from German - reported positions of Marshal ped the enemy to open the way for this joining of tempt to reach agreement. great Allies have traversed Ger- By custom, the Foreign Min- many and have joined hands Grtgory K. Zhukov's First Whits Russian Army. armies in weird Torgau. Parts of the city were de- ister country together. Now their of the in which a task will was climax serted and ghostly.' In other sections Russians and conference is held presides over be the destruction of all the rem- This the mighty of the war. Berlin's it. That’s one of those things nants of German military resist- inner defenses were crocking upder o mountainous troops whooped, sang and formed fast routing power American AUSTRIA that diplomats the world over ance. out of Nazi „J the hail of artillery as swept Vithin a of meeting. « jjjf|us/^r^y^ciXHUNGARY}JiSW accept as routine. But the Rus- and subjugation of the Hitler Soviet the Russians up all few minutes Reich.’' sians differed. but a third of the burning capital. The battle roared “I’m (AP) glad the story is out,'* LONDON, April 27 (/P) into its seventh day. ON THE ELBE, Germany, April 27 ANGLO-AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN TROOPS TODAY joined one U.S. delegate told a report- hands at the city of Torgau on the Elbe river in Central Germany, Premier-Marshal Stalin, pro- er. “I think we ought to blast claiming Three enlisted men and a lieutenant of a reconnais- thus completing the epic juncture of the great Allied Nations in the juncture of Ameri- OVERWHELMED this situation apart and find out See SOVIET—Page 14 sance and intelligence platoon of the 273rd regi- what spells, beyond all doubt, the early collapse of German re- what’s behind it.” Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin's Third Ukraina sistance. The Red War Flag and that of the United States now fly said he felt that ment of the 69th Infantry Division met the elements side by side in the heart of Hitler’s Reich. Other Allied forces Another Army was plunging westward from Vienna, nearing Molotov must have come here of Marshal Konev's Ukrainian Army group in the his- have stormed into Austria and the fall of Berlin appeared to be Gen. Patton's lines, and oil Czechoslovakia, it ap- but a matter of days, or even hours, away. with instructions from Premier toric Russian-American linkup. Stalin to insist upon thorough Molotov peared, soon would be encircled and its Nazi rem- Bradley of recognition of Russia as an In an order of the day Gen. the 12th equal in the meeting’s leader- nants hocked to bit. ship and had used means of Feature Army group announced American troops contacted Cleanup this troops Gage letting the delegates know Allied in Italy swept northward toward the Konev's at 4:40 p. m. April 25. Heads it. army Molotov spoke of the nations Alpine hideout across a brood front. The next day, April 26, commanding generals of Program fighting the war and their at Frisco both sides met to discuss the repatriation of prison- County Bar “prestige.” BY SIGRID ARNE French troops driving east were 31 miles from CITE PROMISES SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 Munich and 78 from Brenner Pass, goal of ers problems.^ Utica Lawyer —<>P)— Right the tho and other Complete But others recalled Molotov’s now Mr. Molotov «ln a review of American and Russian achieve- Succeeds Watkins promises at yesterday’s confer- from Moscow is the Clark Gable Italian drive. American Seventh Army troops, in a “Clean Up For Safety and ence session, and also at a of the Conference show. bid to encircle Munich, were on - 35 miles away the ments in reaching the Elbe, Bradley's order of the Health—Salvage for War”, meeting with Curb stone crowds Henry A. Gage, Utica attor- was newsmen, of com- are un- north that day to U. S. troops said: "America, who armed you, ney and member of the Macomb the patriotic slogan urged upon plete Soviet co-operation in abashed about shoving when from birthplace of the Nazi Party. county Board of Supervisors, on Mount Clemens this week-end forming a workable peace- Molotov’ shows up. had great faith in you. You have justified that faith, Thursday night was elected pres- by community leaders, who ap- keeping organization. And this, despite the fact that 'The enemy has been cut in two," President Tru- he and you will in the battles that follow." ident of the Macomb County Bar pealed strongly for utmost co- They didn’t have the answer threw a fire-cracker into the man's announcement said, but it added, 'This is not at the annual busi- first working session of the Con- Association Scouts have appealed for all to that one. ness meeting of the lawyer’s or- ference when he blocked the the hour of final victory in Europe, but the hour they took some encour- ganization. available volunteer workers to But move to make the handsome agement in Molotov’s statement draws near the hour for which all the American help sort paper and load box American Secretary of State, Ed- Army In assuming the helm of the that the Russians are not oppos- Third Storms ward Stettinius, permanent people, all the British people and oil the Soviet peo- legal group Gage took over the cars at the Levine yard, Flor- ed to fundamental amendments chairman of the Conference. gavel from Macy Watkins. Mount al avenue, commencing at noon in formula for international ple have toiled and prayed so long." the Molotov is a stocky man with Clemens, retiring president of Saturday. They stress the im- organization worked out at Across the Danube the association. a gray mustache, balding head, Dumbarton Oaks in Washing- The statement added a caution, however, portance of this patriotic duty. and a walk that that By AUSTIN BEALMEAR Likewise elected at Thursday’s ton last year. determined shows off the fashionable flop the war in the Pacific still was be fought, and PARIS, April 27 (AP) Gen. Patton's Third Army invaded were: Prosecutor Wilbur to it meeting operation on three projects: The delegation agreed yester- to his trousers which don’t Austria and established radio contact with the Russians west of F. Held, vice-president; and Pro- look said there must be no pause on the (1) Citywide wastepaper and day to propose means by whicr. as though they were cut in some home front or Vienna today in a swift advance nearly sealing off Czechoslovakia bate Judge Joseph V. Trombly, magazine collection started at the world organization might Russian shop There’s a the bottlefronts. and shutting the front door to Hitler’s Alpine redoubt. secretary- treasurer. Bond 8:30 a. m., Saturday; change its charter in much the street flare about his get-up. The French closed to within meeting The followed a fish- (2) Annual rubbish pickup same way the United States can He was the onlv representative The juncture of the armed 31 miles of Munich 78 of might of the Big Thro# and fry dinner at th.< Masonic club- See CLEANUP—Page 3 amend its constitution. See MOLOTOV—-Page 3 Kesselring's the Brenner Pass, toward which rooms prepared by Jacob Ullrich occurred ot 2 p. m. Eastern War Time yesterday at the rampaging American Fifth and Ralph Donaldson at which Torgau, a town on the Elbe River 75 south Train Taken Army in Italy was striking from Mrs. Watkins supervised prepar- PILOTS FLY TO CERTAIN DEATH miles of the south. The Seventh Army ation of the desserts. Berlin. Patrols hod mode contact o day earlier. by Americans approached Munich from 35 Gage, in accepting the ad- miles of BAR—Page 3 From military sources, it wos learned that S. northwest that cradle See tha U. 3RD ARMY IN AUS- the party. TRIA, April 2S—(Delayed)—(A*) of Nazi y Japs Use Suicide Rocket-Bombs American unit involved in the meeting was the 69th last reports, many Marshal AlbejJ Kessel- At hours Shoe Stamp By LEIF ERICKSON tiny, single -seated airplanes. from Okinawa the Japanese first —Field Third New Division, under command of Moj. Gen. Emil F. Rein- ring’s private train has been behind the action, the GUAM, April 27 Pilots sit under a teardrop san- used baka bombs April 12 in an Army and the of Valid August captured in Cham near the Russian west 1 plane-launched rocket bombs opy. A warhead of explosives is all-out attack against American hardt. »i Czechoslovak frontier and the Vienna were 85 miles apart, but April 27 piloted by suicidal Japanese are carried in the nose of each plane shipping which cost them hun- i/P) correspondent WASHINGTON. The operation, statement commander of South Germany Edward D. UP)— Another shoe stamp will being used in the battle for Oki- as it sweeps inaccurately toward dreds of airplanes. said the joint of tha was reported today in virtually Ball messaged: become valid August 1 after a nawa, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz a target. “They attain high speeds.” he great powers, "means, first, that the last faint, des- surrounded Regensburg, under CONTACT IMMINENT lapse of nine months. announced today. While the baka bombs attain said, “but the boys who fly them armies perate hope of Hitler guns of Gen. Patton’s Third “The two are in radio In the meantime, airplane , Already the erratic, explosive- high speeds they are difficult to don’t get a chance to practise and his gangster government Army. contact and a physical Junction stamps 1, 2 and 3 will continue loaded craft have been labeled maneuver, and ships dodge them and so there are lots of misses.” has been extinguished/ 4 The officer in charge of the appears likely soon.** valid indefinitely. “Baka Bombs,” a Japanese word by evasive action. James St rcb i g Associated 19-car train said it was enroute The ordinary range of Russian OPA said its announcement meaning “fool.’* Nimitz said a full study of Press aviation editor, discussing The President emphasised that the juncture do—- to Regensburg to bring out Kes- radio tanks is 25 miles. now of the validation date for The little ships, launched their effectiveness has not been the varied uncomplimentary not mean "the hour of selring. He said he was not cer- Ball’s dispatch was heavily another stamp was made to en- from the underside, of bombing possible since the Japanese thus meanings of “baka” and its com- final victafy In Swope/* but tain whether the marshall still censored but he was allowed to able consumers to budget their plane fuselages, have a wingspan far have used them in limited binations, noted that “Bakawa- with bristling optimism he asserted' that the beer was there. say that “the impending linkup remaining stamps and to permit of about 18 feet, are more than numbers. rai means a horse laugh. That is for which the United Nations The Americans captured 50 would mean that all Southern the shoe trade to make merch- 19 feet long, and have an eight- Associated Press correspond- just what officials are giving the "have felled end ppfl—* See TRAIN—Page 14 See PATTON—Page « andising plans. foot tailplane. They resemble ent Yern Haugland reported Japanese bomb,” ed so long," now "draws near."