Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 1, 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition vol. Pages Winnipeg tuesday. May .1, 1945 showers Moon rises in sets .8.45. The Bald head of former dictator be to Mussolini rests in death on the Bod Milan s Piazza Loretto under guard of italian partisans. Mussolini and Clara Wei leaders near Como and the bodies brought to Milan. Secret and ignominious burial Marks end of fascist tyrant Milan May 1 Mussolini arid his. Mistress Clara secretly in unmarked Graves in the potters Field of the Maggiore cemetery late was revealed. Former fascist party who was executed yesterday was interred a Short distance away in the same pts of ground. The Only witnesses to the Igno minious burials were 15 Mem s last hours of horror a Holiday hers of the cemetery staff who sworn to secrecy to pre vent mobs from learning the Graves location. The three bodies were in rough unpainted Pine coffins the tops of which were screwed on. A military chaplain offered a Brief Catholic Benediction. An italian red Cross truck had transported the three bodies from the morgue to the burial site. Vittorio Verdova cemetery director said the brain had been removed from Mussolini s body and criminologists were examining it. Repair undertakers did their Best to re pair the damage done Mussolini s Corpse. They built up his face so that it had regained some of. Its old time arrogance. A routine autopsy was performed yesterday and his body was sewed together roughly. Fittingly the body of the sawdust Caesar rested on sawdust. His blood soaked uniform was tossed on top of him. In casket 165, still next to him the body of Clara Petacci covered by the Crimson stained skirt and White which she had died. Her clothes had been partly torn off while her body and mus Solini s were hanging Heads Down from the rafters of a burned out gasoline station. Graziani Helcl by allies the Milan mob stormed Vittore prison howling for the life of marshal Rudolfo Graziani. Fascist minister of War and commander of the italian fascist still resist ing in North Italy. However partisans turned Grazi Ani Over to cot Norman Fiske of Portland. Ore. Of the Allied com Mission. The marshal was taken to fourth corps Headquarters out Side Milan to be held As a War Criske also accepted the surrender of 150 to 200 is troops including their general who had been bar v burial continued on Page 4. Column 5 by James e Kopek May Vount mistress Suc lil i a _ locked a a room of a Mountainside Vula Here overlooking Lake Como. The details of How Mussolini and Clara Petacci died Side by Side were fold to me by partisan eyewitnesses. After their people s tribunal trial the couple were brought to this tiny Hamlet. That was at 2 ., Satur Day there they remained until 4 disturbed Only by the serving of meals. When a guard entered the room saturday afternoon Mussolini was fully dressed and wearing a hat. Clara was in bed wearing a silk must go away the guard told them. Clara began to dress slowly and the guards told her to hurry. Mussolini seemed very depressed. Car. The guards drove the couple 500 Yards in an Auto then made them walk another 500 Yards. We be come to liberate you one guard told Mussolini. In Duce seemed to believe it. And for the first Lime he smiled. Rendering Justice then proclaimed by order of the general command of comrades of volunteers i am charged with rendering Justice for the italian Clare threw herself across Musso Lini s Chest As a shield and cried hysterically you kill Clara Petacci who was executed with Benito Mussolini i Milan. May Cut suger Ottawa May possibility of cutting the Canadian sugar ration to help meet the pressing needs of liberated Europe is under discussion and review by the government officials of the wartime prices and Rade Board said Here today. The United states sugar ration was Cut 25 per cent last night and tighter rationing of other foodstuffs Vas hinted. Well kill you the partisan said. The couple were pulled apart and Ane partisan fired several pistol l ast hours continued on Page b Manitoba loan subscriptions pass third of their objective Manitoba has raised More than How totals stand official provincial minimum objective total to Date too Dominion Dominion r Mizens mpg. Citizens concerns total it 500 000 my str. Provincial Dite Siili needed percentage of official minimum pro Vocial. Objective of cent v str. Mpg. Citizens objective previous total since reported ._4-96_8 total to j3-672 by Myers still needed mpg citizens 3.081 total 3.049 Manitoba has raised More than one third of its objective in the 8th Canadian Victory loan with eight of the 18 canvassing Days gone officials of the National War finance committee Manitoba Divi Sion stated tuesday the Provin Cial total stands at. Victory Bond salesmen Are con Tel iding with Muddy roads owing to recent rain Ferguson of Moseh or Lias solved the or Belem. By using Bis. Tractor. He gets few Miles up the Highway by automobile then transfers to his Fordson which has to through several feet of water at the evening he goes Back to Fht Highway Parks ,1ns tractor and is driven Home by1 his Arife r j i to enable More Winnipeg Chil Dren to take part in the Bonds from the Blue contest aircraft Silhouette cards will be enclosed in delivery parcels sent out by the t Eaton company tuesday mesday and thursday while additional cards will be distributed with bread deliveries. Thursday by Canada bread company limited Bryce bakeries limited and Victory loan .4 Ilsley reveals be Day plans Ottawa May 1. J. L. Ilsley As acting prime minister said in a statement late yesterday that an official announcement will be made on behalf of the Canadian government when hostilities in to follow the announcement with two first Declar ing the following sunday to be a Day of solemn thanksgiving and remembrance and the second de Claring the Day following the announcement to be a Public Holiday. He added it is of course understood that these latter arrangements Are tentative Only and May have to be altered in strike repercussions Washington Secretary of May 1 Interior president Truman today that Hev was prepared to take Over strike it bound Pennsylvania hard coi mines. Temperature readings Low during the Naglit 7.30 ., May 1 10.30 ., May 1 1.30 ., May 1.--- to this Day last year London May 1. Minister Chur chill hinted today that announcement of peace m come before Satin Day but told a packed House of commons that he had no statement at come Feiore scouse As coun Folke Bernadotte conferred in . Of state in the Sec dish foreign office after flying from Copenhagen. Was no signs that the count had made a Contact with Allied representatives in Stock Holm but such Contact. Most Likely would be. Established through the swedish foreign office. A Reuters news Agency Stock Holm despatch however said the swedish radio reported that count Bernadotte brought with him a new capitulation offer from Himm Ler Reuters said later however that 10 swedish foreign office denied this replying to a member s question or. Churchill declared i have no special statement to make on the War position in Europe except that it is definitely More satisfactory than it was Al this time five years or. Churchill said that information of exceptional importance reaches the government during the sittings of the House this week it might he would make a Brief announcement. Be Day arrangements with regard to the condition and requisition which would occur , wins against Russia in test of Power at Frisco by Bruce Hutchison san Francisco calif., May United nations conference ran headlong yesterday into the one thing which above All it wanted to ,1 to in to Maori Altti v Cio j t j.i.j1 us a test of Power Between the United states and Russia. Won but the Cost of its Victory by an overwhelming vote of the conference remains seen. Certainly this open breach and a personal dispute Molotov problems of Poland and Argentina. Briefly the United states making Good its pledge to All latin America admission to the Argentina Only a few weeks ago it was officially denouncing As fascist and a Hisiu Peoples of our motherland Are Cele tool of the Axis Powers. Russia great patriotic countered by quoting these amen he hailed the vie can charges against Argentina of declaring that posing its admission without fur hoisted the Banner of Victory Over tier consideration and insisting the German capital. He had an that if Argentina was to be and in another order that the conference. Continued 7. Column 2 canadians split on Argentine by Bruce Hutchison. San May 1. Yester Jimj Nave m v Day s open split in the United a Light of Circum conference found the British Jurijs nations strongly divided in opinion Oday and demonstrated the collapse of the single voice theory. Britain was represented As Well satisfied with the. Conference vote. Bup new zealand voted with Russia to Secretary i Jan Gnu Harold l postpone the Argentine question. Ickes said after a conference with Australia took the extraordinary action last announcing that had voted with the americans today it was Learned directly that the Canadian delegation was split when or. King voted against Russia in favor of admitting the Argentine. The facts of this split will be revealed to the Canadian Public Dur ing the next few thanksgiving service is set plans for the service of thanksgiving to be held on the grounds 01 the legislative build ing when word of final Victory in Europe has been received were completed at the City Hall monday afternoon. A proclamation issued by Hon. W. J. Major chairman of the citizens committee and mayor Garnet Coulter outlines the possible limes of the ser if the news of the Victory in Winnipeg be tween 6 And 9 ., the service will be held at 11 If Between 9 And 1 The service will be at 3 End if Between 1 And 6 ., the service will be at. 8 Or Justice major will pre Side and a tribute to the Glori Ous dead will be paid by Arch Bishop l. Ralph Sherman. Then will follow one minute s silence after which or. W. C. Graham will Lead in a prayer of Praise and thanksgiving. Scripture Readin will be Given by rabbi Solomon Frank Short addresses will be Given by Honi r. F. My Williams. Lieutenant governor Hon. Stuart Garson Premier mayor Coulter. If it should rain the service will be held in the civic auditorium. Tween messes. Stettinius on a matter of fact left the smaller nations appalled and the russians obviously haunted anew by their old fear of a world United against them but the american delegation seemed strangely unaware of the damage created by this schism saying on that the democratic process by convention vote had triumphed that the conference had achieved real democracy. Yesterday s almost unbelievable situation centred around the twin of fascism by the United nations. Jin jubilant on May Day Moscow May 1. Stalin marked the most May Day in the history of soviet Russia today of the Day proclaiming the imminent end of Hitler s Germany and vowing the destruction were to be made this week or at any time. Country is celebrating May j _ the International Holiday of the working said his order Sosa. A pc plus us Lull Brating May Day under conditions of a victorious termination of a he hailed the Victory in Berlin declaring that soviet troops Nad Lou Lucu 111 Eulav Jav i l soviet Flag flew Over Hitler Germany is completely isolated and stands alone not to count facially he said. Apparently in reference to the Heinrich Himmler peace offer to Britain and the United states but not to Russia marshal Stalin said in searching for a Way put of their hopeless plight. Hitler Ite adventurers resort to All kinds 01 tricks Down to flirting with the allies in an Effort to cause Dissen Sion in the Allied Camps. These Knavish tricks of the Hitler ites Are doomed to utter fail ure. They can Only accelerate the disintegration of German troops. Marshal Stalin said that in three to four months the russians had killed about German troops captured and destroyed German planes tanks and Cannon. This doubtless Means the end of tory is being occupied by us and our Marsha Stalin s order the Industry remaining in her bands cannot Supply the German armies sufficiently. German Man Power reserves Are exhausted. Ger Many is isolated and alone except Stalin said nazi propaganda was trying to intimidate the germans by saying that the ashes would exterminate All germans. Fascism to be exterminated this is not in our said the proclamation. The allies will Moscow continued on Page 7. Column g Berlin nazis in last gasp Stair Furci e Iii Tii the German capital Battle for unfolded. Soviet troops were the tie Garten. Core of the ditch German defence and in on that ditch Oer Jurii fortress was getting Low on water. Food and ammunition fighting has been trans red Star soviet newspaper the nazis Are adopting the most desperate efforts to hold the Las defence. Re la Ozolia i ported German officers draped themselves Over their machine after wrapping themselves m is after wrapping As tenants facing i banners Are pumped bullets advice h. Ito their own bodies. An of soviet units which captured the Reich Stag and the Interior Mims n into into the control the this sector seemed imminent. The Morava. River Valley bulletins Ottawa May 1. Was Learned reliably today that Hon. J. L. Ilsley. Acting prime minis Ter May give a Cabinet meet ing this afternoon a report on the status of nazi peace feelers. Ottawa May 1. Mitchell said today it was probable that Call for compulsory military service would end with the proclamation of san Francisco May i bup foreign commissar a. M. Molotov is expected to re turn shortly to Moscow it was Learned today but the decision was attributed to the imminent end of the european War rather than to conference disputes. London May 1. Up Cap Ture of the Baltic port of Stral Sund 40 Miles from Rostock was announced tonight by mar Shal Stalin. Paris May 1 second columns break ing out of the Elbe River Bridge head outflanked the great port of Hamburg today and raced northward for the Baltic sea in a blazing bid to isolate Denmark from Hitler s dying Reich. Rome May 1 a marshal Rodolfo Graziani and . Pemsel German chief of staff of. The Ligurian announced tonight the surrender of the fascist Ligurian and urged All the enemy troops to Lay Down their . Stockholm May 1. Advices from Copenhagen said tonight that danish police in full uniform were again patrolling the streets of several towns in Denmark after the germans withdrew from the towns with out incident. Rome May 1 bup Van guards of the British eighth have crossed the Zonzo River in northeastern Italy and made Contact with marshal Tito s yugoslav forces m the Monfalcone area it was announced today. Happy pay news to come from Churchill a radio broadcast. An official announcement said that on the evening of the Day the news is George will speak to the Empire Over the radio of All denominations will and Church Bells of arrangements have been prepared and will be issued tonight in office he said. The implication that peace might come before the House rises for the week on Friday evening was the nearest to a prediction that or. permitted himself. Of he said. I shall make no statement Here that is not in Accord with the statement which will be made by our explaining such announcements would e made Only after consulting Mili tary commanders in different theatres. The prime minister said he did not consider that the information in a major message reaching the government should be withheld until the exact occupation of All the particular zones was achieved. The movement of the troops and the surrender of enemy troops May both take appreciable period of. Good news will not be delayed he said in answer to lady Astor s question whether if peace news came while the House was adjourned he would hold it until commons again sat or would re lease it through the bbl. The prime minister indicated a peace announcement not Only might precede final surrenders but that such surrenders might not be Worth an additional announcement. The fact that no mention of Himmler s first surrender offer to Britain and the United Stales or Churchill continued on Pace 6, column 1 count confirms meeting Himmler London May 1. Folke Bernadotte swedish emis sary reported to be negotiating with nazi leaders for Germany s surrender confirmed today that he had conferred with Himmler 10 Days ago. Bernadotte and a foreign office spokesman told a press conference that his last meeting with Himmler was held at Luebeck in Northern Germany. Bur Nadolla carried no reply from Himmler on his return to Stock Holm the spokesman said. Bernadotte partially lifted the secrecy covering his recent activities during a press conference late today in the swedish foreign office in Stockholm. He refused to give details of any of his discussions with Himmler news of the end Nosti Ivues in and the foreign office Europe is made Public it will de spokesman emphasized that no new done by prime minister Churchill in from Himmler had been trans r s til fill vol us from Himmler had been trans to the allies through the government today which did not preclude Bernadotte s com with the Allied immediate Bernadotte word on the persistent rated fire came from the tier in Earten apparently being supplied from a great fortress underground special squadrons of soviet soldiers stormed German positions frequently in gory encounters in the subways which evidently have some connection with the fortress beneath the tie Garten. Dozens of suicides Wen tenants stand firm in moving Day spats while moving Day was than expected police were out on several occasions t eviction took the 01 Aiu n. B. Scott chair f the special committee on _c_t_____3 g 5 pc v fused to. Budge the on the whole however moving the Day was kept comparatively under from taking Possession. Told police that Hutka lad at tempted to Force his Way into the House by breaking open the coat Chute desired because those with 25t Wen marked or. Wills. It is also Bis daughter s second anniversary. Shortly before noon e sex n Street. Who prevented f. Owner of the House asked to Lay by it. A he he de 25th wedding to your anniversary Rev where another tenant advice of Aid. Scott and could not be located Aid. Scott could not be for comment tuesday to. None of Tho other aldermen were at the City Hall either. Many people were moving How. Ever without trouble for a Check moving Day continued on Page 7. Column e ;