Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 28, 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition vol. Rises 6.11 Sun sets 20.41. Moon rises 22.05 Moon sets 7.05. Cooler. Rises 6.10 Sun sets 20.43. Moon rises 23.11 Moon sets 7.34. Winnipeg saturday april 28, 1945 partial peace offer refused Churchill insists nazis surrender to All big 3 of the frightful treatment of Allied prisoners of War in the prison Camps und German Rule this Camp holding russians was iterated by advancing units of these his these prisoners Oil a Luck w ii t. A Stretcher in snap now notes. Thousands died in this Camp from slow starvation and brutal beat note grim look on face of Canadian Soldier As he views a Sample of German King and Forde voice claims for Middle Powers at Frisco by Bruce Hutchison san Francisco calif., april 28. Special the Middle Power of the world led by Canada and Australia yesterday asserted their claims to special recognition influence and responsibility in the work the new league of nations their argument As outlined to the United nations conference by prime minister King for Canada and Francis Forde for Australia is that their nations and some others had fought two great wars for Freedom will be called upon to make heavy contributions to any other War for free Dom and must therefore be Given adequate representation in the Victory loan nearer goal More than individual sub scribers in Manitoba bought Victory Bonds during the first five Days of the 8th Canadian Victory loan according to figures announced saturday by the National War finance committee. Manitoba division. The provincial total for the first five Days of the drive stands at which is almost one Quarter of the objective. The total for the first five Days of the last loan was officials of the committee appealed to individual citizens to keep up their Good work during the two remaining weeks of the Campaign. So far they have made a splendid showing but it is essential that there should be no falling off if the 000.000 Mark is to be reached. Greater Winnipeg individual subscriptions during the first five Days totalled s5.358.950, which was 650 in excess of the corresponding period in the 7th loan. The number of individual buyers totalled was 1.830 More than in the do not last loan. These figures include special names individual subscriptions Point s outside so far total s3.898.100, which is an in crease of Over the last loan. The number of buyers totalled 851 which was 952 More than in the corresponding period of the last loan. Larger subscriptions reported. Saturday were As follows investors Syndicate head office. Minneapolis and investors Syndicate Canada limited head office. Winnipeg a total of s625.000 Grain insurance Victory loan continued on Page 9. Column 3 a a on committee Security Council of the new league representation on which is not representation on which is not Canada yesterday was Given a place assured them in the Dumbarton on first important working Oaks draft charter. Or. King s indication of the line which Canada will take in its Effort was state ment was lengthy detailed and Blunt or. King said Power is not exclusively concentrated in the hands of any four or five states and the conference should not act on the Assumption that it is. Such a Posi Tion would not Only be contrary to the facts As they have been demonstrated in the past five years but it would also be dangerous to the cause of Security itself for it would Foster in Many smaller countries the development of a new Type of important working group of the United nations Security 14 United nations executive the organization Days of engendered by Russia. Foreign commissar Molotov of Russia determined to exhaust every possibility of obtaining conference approval of his country s desire to gain recognition for the Warsaw government of Poland dominated most of yesterday s closed session the 46 United nations delegation Russia however appeared to be blocked on obtaining representation Here for the polish govern ment. The conference steering com Mittee referred it to the four coun tries sponsoring the Russia. China Britain and the total to Date Dominion Recti total to Date c Dos a Resolution admitting the Ukraine and White Russia to membership in the proposed International Organ Canada continued on Page 9, column 4 canadians tighten noose with the 1st Canadian april 28. Up of the Canadian 4th armoured division drove Friday to within two Miles of ours Chenhan nine Miles North West of Oldenburg and one of the Strong Points in the enemy de fences of the Emden Wilhelms Haven Peninsula. Elsewhere also Gen Crerar s forces menaced this line which starts along the Leda River just South of Leer 12 Miles Southeast of Emden. Runs along the Leer bad wis Chenhan railway Southeast to Oldenburg and Northeast along the River to Els Fleth near the provincial Hunte s Confluence with the Weser we total 20 Northwest of British Cap tured left exclusively to the great pow ers such a habit of thought would make it difficult for the smaller Powers to make their contribution. Experience has shown that the contribution of smaller Powers is not a negligible one either to the pre serving of the peace or to its Restora Tion when peace has been Dis or King indicated that Canada s proposals to implement this Concep Tion of the Middle Powers role in the league be announced at the appropriate time. But or. Forde chose to Lay Australia s specific proposals on the table immediately. His slate of conference continued on Page 12. Column 3 How totals stand official provincial minimum objective we business concerns fir 100 objective previous since reported.? total to Date qom needed _ percentage of official minimum provincial objective of per cent. Citizens Dorp a Joe South of Spink. An 601 900 occupation., of Woldendorp ,11 Miles Estern sex objective 1 previous total since reported _. Total to Date .1. ,28 426 buyers still heeded. Mpg. Citizens san Francisco. April 28. Up noose around germans on the East Ern Shore of Hollands a insula along the Ems Estuary _ insula along Ine is is 1 500 drawn tighter with capture of los Dorp a South of Spink. And i Spink at the Southeastern sex Lity. Strong Point of the pocket is the town of Delft ill Midway be other than str. Provincial tween Spink and Woldendorp. Total at the Western end of the Emden Wilhel shaven screen the polish division is in Strong positions just South of the. Leda 7481 while to the East the Canadian 4th armoured is employing two parallel roads in its Advance toward the a err Southern Shore of Lake Zwischer Ahn. London april 28. Was reported today to have offered unconditional surrender to great Britain and the United states but prime minister Churchill in a special statement declared that Only unconditional surrender to All three big Powers Avold be accepted by the allies. The prime minister neither confirmed nor denied surrender had been offered to the two Western allies but not to Russia. declared it has been reported Reuters that unconditional surrender was offered by Himmler to Britain and the United states Only. Further that Britain and the United states have replied saying they will not accept unconditional surrender except on behalf of All the allies including Russia. No doubt at a time like this All kinds of reports of proposals for German surrender from various parts of the German Reich Are Rife As these Are in Harmony with the enemy s desperate situation. His majesty s government have no information to give at but any of them at this moment. But it must be emphasized that Only unconditional surrender to the three major Powers will be entertained and that the closest Accord prevails Between a san Francisco hears of move san Francisco april 28 Reuters it has been authoritatively earned Here that a message from Gestapo chief Himmler has been received by the British and United states governments guaranteeing German unconditional surrender to the Western Russia. Allies but not to this report is based on information reliably said to have reached foreign Secretary Eden and state Secretary Stettinius Here. The move is regarded Here As a last minute attempt to split the Unity of the big three. It is understood to have the backing of the German High command but not that of. Hitler and the Section of the nazi Hierarchy that has remained Loyal to him. If v0 1 states Hitler Goebbels shot St. Margrethe a Switzerland april 28. High dip Lomat who has just arrived at the Swiss Border from Germany said today that Adolph Hitler and propaganda minister Paul Goebbels were shot three Days ago and that Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler yesterday rushed to Berlin by plane with his right hand Man a general Schellenberg. An Exchange Telegraph Des Patch from Zurich said it was Learned reliably in Munich that Himmler had ordered the arrest of or Otto Meissner under Secretary of state. Whereabouts were not known it was said. Exchange Telegraph also re ported eight generals and Sev eral High officers had been executed by is squads in connection with the resignation of Reich marshal Hermann Goe ring. They were accused of treason Stockholm april 28. Cap the newspaper Sven ska Dag bladet quoting reliable said today that Hitler had suffered a cerebral Haemorrhage and was near death inside Berlin. It believed that an immediate announcement of Hitler s death would mean the mass capitulation of a great number of the news paper the three published in Britain unofficial reports of a German unconditional surrender offer to Britain and the United states were published prominently in the British press today. The Allied controlled Luxem Bourg radio As heard by the Federal communications commission said Heinrich Himmler had offered the surrender. Is a special the broadcast said. The following message has been conveyed to the foreign ministers of the United states great Britain and Russia Himmler has sent a message in which he guarantees the unconditional surrender of Germany to the United states and of great Britain which have replied that unconditional surrender will be accepted Only if the offer is addressed to All the there was no tendency in London to discount the possible authenticity of such reports. The British press emphasized tha neither Britain nor the United states has any intention of accepting any nazi offer separately or of conducting any negotiations towards the enemy s capitulation without the knowledge of and consultation with Russia. The London evening Standard said some sources Here state that discussions have gone so far As to take into consideration control specific conditions such As How Man s to take into consideration control 1u mull cell to Ciao Alia rut Utju ii Vij the s user Appeal for Allied help in overthrowing the nazis. Troops Norway _ u w11 trapped 5n various pockets be Laval insistent St Margrethe a Switzerland april 28 twice last night repeated a request for permission to enter Switzerland it was re ported at this Border Post today. The former chief of government in the Vichy regime during the nazi occupation of France was re ported to have Cut off the droopy moustache which he had worn mos. Of his rain Prospect temperature readings Low Durins the a Ifft 7.30 .a.m., april 28. 9.30 a.m., april 28 11.30 a.m., april 28 this Day last year Winnipeg s Mercury Rose to 56.5 degrees Friday afternoon its High est Point since March 25, and the night was the Mildest of the season the Low being Only 47. However the Weatherman says there will be some More Light scattered showers in Manitoba during the rest of saturday. On sunday he adds the weather will turn colder again with Snow flurries in some parts of the clip in i i j a mid Day however a broadcast purporting to come from the Gau Leiter in the City claimed flip uprising end very near says Dittmar Magdeburg Germany april 28. Bup Adolph Hitler will kill himself or be killed in Berlin within a few hours or Days and the War will end . Kurt Dittmar German High command spokesman said in his final War american custody. Dittmar who surrendered to the 9th on the Elbe River wednesday told his captors that Hitler and propaganda minister Goebbels were in Berlin and will die there. Heinrich Himmler nazi Gestapo chief who is reported to have made an unconditional surrender offer to great Britain and the United Munich revolution reported put Down Paris april 28. Seized Munich today and radioed an urgent at Miles to the answer to an it will end the War in a few Dittmar said. Hitler will either be killed or he will commit suicide. One of three von Brauchitsch Guderian. Or von take control and will make peace immediately on almost any asked about the bavarian re doubt he said there s talk about von Dittmar continued on Page 9. Column 3 unequalled atrocities London april 28. Up lord Wright chairman of the United nations War crimes commission and 11 other commissioners returned yesterday from an inspection of Buchenwald German concentration Camp reporting they had authentic information that 51.000 prisoners perished there since 1337. Lord Wright said the delegation had found evidence of atrocities committed by the germans have no counterpart in history. Had been suppressed. From confused radio broadcasts and censored front despatches one Clear fact fires of revolution had been lighted in Bavaria once the strongest Citadel of nazi Dom. And two american armies were advancing on Munich from positions less than 30 West and North in Appeal from the rebels for imme Diate help. Revolt put Down hours after the speeding Ameri can tank columns picked up the Munich rebels Call for Aid a speaker purporting to be the Gau Leiter of the City broadcast an announcement that the revolt had been put Down and order restored. The Gau Leiter called on Bavaria to continue what obviously was a hopeless fight against the con verging american armies and declared that the Munich traitors had been dealt with ruthlessly. There was no confirmation of the nazi claim which in itself was the first enemy admission that the dreaded peace revolution had be Field despatches from the 3rd front identified the rebel Leader As Gen. Franz hitter von Epp last reported As a member of the Hitler government and one of the first nazis elected to the Reich Stag. A rebel broadcast to the people of Munich and apparently also to French slave workers in Bavaria quoted von. Epp As announcing that Germany capitulation was Immi Al nent and that the hour of Freedom c has von cleared Epp. Or a spokesman de t that he had decided to Munich continued on Page 9. Column few defend Berlin now London april 28. The German High command admitted today that russian siege forces had slashed to the bran Denbury Gate and Alexander Platz in the heart of Berlin. Moscow despatches said the suicide Garrison of the ruined capital virtually had been wiped out with the killing or capture of nazi troops yesterday. Only relatively Small units of fanatical elite guards and Volks Turners remained to fight the last hours of the nearly ended Battle. A nazi communique said German troops on the Elbe have turned their backs on the americans in order to relieve the defenders Berlin by attacks from but it sounded like a Mere Pep talk. The russian Barrier around the capital was Miles wide and two acne not armies Wen ready to pounce from the rear on any turning to Ward Berlin. Like an epitaph the same communique that referred to relieving Berlin gave its defenders a grandiloquent testimonial but much like an epitaph such the nazis usually Accord their expendable garrisons. In the heroic Battle for die City of Berlin the fateful struggle of the German nation against bolshevism is once More apparent to the whole the communique said. The capital is being defended in a grandiose and historically unique engagement our troops the Elbe have turned their backs on the americans in order to relieve the defenders of Berlin from the admitting russian penetrations inside the defence Rinn to Charlottenburg to the Brandenburg Gate and to Alexande Platz. Nazi command said the Horst was Sci Barracks were under heavy fire. Cossacks Kucach Elbe a Moscow despatch said soviet Cossack divisions swept nearly so Miles West of Berlin and the Elbe River opposite the Ameri can ninth. The russians were awaiting an imminent Junction with the ninth Moscow said. All escape from Berlin Lind been Cut off. The soviet Midnight com Munique confirmed the capture of Tempelhof Ai drome last Avenue to even temporary Freedom open to the trapped nazi leaders. Small soviet bombers already have Mccun operating from 1cm Uelhof for pinpoint bombing of the russians continued on Page 9. Column s allies trap nazis in Italy fifth had reached the Border in a spectacular go Mijc dash that Cut Northern Italy in two. Trapped tens of thousands of germans and isolated Milan and Turin. The Only place the germans were making a stand South of Venice against the British eighth which reported stiff opposition along the adige River. The eighth mopped up a number or isolated pockets South of the River. The despatch said the fifth entered Como on the italian Side of the Frontier last night after an Advance from their last reported positions West of Lake Garda. The Patriot controlled Milan radio reported that fifth troops also had entered Milan Italy s second City but this was not confirmed. The radio said Patriot forces already had liberated the Ity Turin the other great Industrial entre of Northern Italy also was isolated by the Advance which Cut the last roads to Austria front Northwest Italy. 48 joyous hours yanks and reds have parties free press War correspondent with the United states. April for two Days sheaf officials in Paris have withheld from the world the news of Ink to Between russian and american troops Oldie re of the Western and Eastern front War Cor respondents foreign slave workers and released War prisoners have been going Back and Forth along the Wadi running Between Edenburg and Tougau since wednesday afternoon treating each other to Vodka luncheons handshakes and innumerable atmosphere has for 48 this Ector been one of harlequin de rather than grim War. Soldiers in the immediate link up area who Are still armed and organized at least on f platoon level refused to shoot at any of the hiker up immediately behind the american lines the link up has created utter confusion in an already overstrained Amons fore Fin workers. Until a week or so ago. Most foreign workers seen on the roads were making their Way West to Tetrea of the Allied lines and it was not too. Difficult the Rea. Of i follow them up and pick them d transport them to Assembly centres from they could be returned to their Homes in an orderly manner. But now foreign workers from Eastern and South Eastern Europe seem to have heard through the mysterious Grapevine that has always furnished news to the lowly that russian and american troops have Imam therefore of proceeding westwards Jong the roads of Germany As they formerly did. They arc now pressing eastwards to achieve their own Contact German highways behind the american front is therefore one of two streams of people proceeding in opposite dutch and French going West and czechs and yugoslavs gome Here nosed for solution by the Allied scenes of gaiety by Friday afternoon Many of these. Displaced with in the heart of. Germany can Benof the russians who had crossed Over to Phe american de of the River Elbe Friday after malk1n continued Page 9, column 6 ;