y p! 4l, t 1 ii '17 I q w3 4 aiij& WEATHERi Fiair and Warner Today and ionciorr%7w VOL. LV, No. 140 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS N RWAYt0 100 SWEDEN STATUTE MILES DENMARK 9 Aalborg - Hatad Surrndered;n Effectlive Moy 5 Copenhagen BalicSea HELGOLAND. Kiel Rostock FV NS Pl uebec k l Hamburg -= HOLLAND Bremen OderR S*tetin Amsterdam BERLIN POLAND ""Magdebur ~ Pza Eeen GEmRMAN Aachen CologneGRM N Leipzig Dresden FraEkfurt Tianrhe Nuernberg Pilsen CZECHOSLOVA K Karlsruhe en Nanc. "Stuttgart Strasbourg MnihDanube R FRANCE -u Salzburg BaselBerc tesaden a Bern Inns ruck, SWITZERLAND GaI *Geneva Su""ende'ed: Effective May2 Milao .Zagreb " Turin * TALY Trieste -SovaE ' o Genoa*' ologna °-R van YUGOSLAVIA 5pezia ®'tar Florence -- Ancona , wo As German Armies Fight On r anized Resistance Folds; Pra gue German SeventhPersists Against Patton's Forces Nazis Still Struggle Against Massed Red Armies 55 Miles from Yank Spearhead PARIS, May 5-AP-All organized resistance to the Allied forces commanded by Gen. Eisenhower ended today except for a single German army, the Seventh. By The Associated Press PARIS, Sunday, May 6-Two German armies in Austria, number- ing possibly 400,000 men, surrendered to 'the Americans yesterday while Gen. Patton hurled his U. S. Third Army into the attack against the German Seventh Army in Czechoslovakia. Outside Norway, this was the last German army opposing the west- ern Allies. Patton's attack to spur the Germans to quit or fight, gained up to 12, miles into Czechoslovakia against weak to moderate opposition while Czechoslovak patriots announced that they had liberated Prague and taken control of Bohemia and Moravia. Farther east in Czechoslovakia the Germans still were resisting massed Russian forces which were less than 55 miles from Patton's spearheads. Capitulation in central Austria of the German First and 19th Armies to Gen. Devers' Sixth Army group came less than 24 hours after similar unconditional surrender of 1,000,000 ---- I ots Liberate AS THE THIRD REICH CRUMBLES-Black patches show the only remaining pockets of German organized resistance on the continent. Arrows indicate the drives of Gen. Patton's forces which yesterday entered Linz unopposed and moved within 20 miles of Pilsen. Reports said that Czech natriots had liberated their capital, Prague. )o Russians Take Swinemuende, Last B German Baltic Port Soviet Troops Within 12 Miles of Ohnuetz; In West, Russians Clean Out East Prussia' By The Associated Press LONDON, Sunday, May 6-Russian troops captured the German naval base of Swinemuende yesterday, toppling the last big German Baltic port as Soviet mountain fighters ripped 14 miles across the Nazis' shrinking Czechoslovakian redoubt and smashed within 12 miles of the arsenal city of Olmuetz (Olomouk). East Prussia Cleared Some 215 miles west of Swinemuende on the Pomeranian Bay, Soviet forces also cleaned out the last square miles of East Prussia after they ">hurled bark enemy forces along the mile-wide Frische- Nehrung and COMMENCEMENT: reached Danzig territory at Schott- . land on the narrow sandspit. D if ficulttes in Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevsky's Third White Russians were within Pacific Related five miles of the Danzig mainland where a German hold-out group was isolated on the Vistula River delta Rf y iVan pat nplains. German soldiers in the north to the British and Canadians. Attention focussed on occupied Norway, where Fuehrer Karl Doenitz may have taken refuge, but the Swed- ish foreign office declared officially that reports of imminent surrender in Norway were premature. An order by Doenitz read over the Flensburg radio before the British occupation said surrender in the northwest had been forced 'because the struggle against the western powers has become senseless." Silent on Norway, Doenitz called on Mediterranean Fleet NEW YORK, May 5.-CBS quot- ed the Swiss radio tonight as re- porting that the German Mediter- ranean Fleet had surrendered un- conditionally. The broadcast said this fe:'ce included "several light cruisers", but enemy ships of that size have not been reported in ac- tion since the Italian surrender in 1943. ____ his troops on the Russian front to fight on "to save as many Germans as possible from bolshevism and en- slavement." SHAEF summed it up by saying all resistance to Eisenhower's armies on, the active fronts where his forcesI were engaged had ended, save for the Seventh German Army on Patton's sector. Even as Patton struck on the Czech front, a Czechoslovak min- ister in London said the capital of Prague "has risen" and had driven out the Germans in the rear of the enemy's Seventh Army. The surrender in the south cov- ered part of the U. S. Third Army front in Austria and here Austria's third city of Linz was occupied by Patton's troops unopposed. Whereupon, the Third Army went over to the attack on a 110-mile front, driving as much as 17 miles into Czechoslovakia. Dr. Malcolm S. MacLean, former Navy commander engaged in mili- tary government work in the Medi- terranean and Pacific theaters of operation, described the difficulties arising from difference of language and culture in government work in the Pacific, in a commencement ad- dress delivered yesterday at the grad- uation of 66 Civil Affairs Training School officers. Graduates at the commencement program, at which Prof. Willett F. Ramsdell, director of the CATS, pre- sided, also heard Dr. Ruthven, who delivered the opening remarks. Col. Stephen A. Park, associate director of the School, presented certificates to the graduates, two of whom are members of the WAC, and the pro- gram closed with music by members of the University Band, under the direction of Prof. William D. Revelli. CAMPUS EVENTS Today Last two May Festival Concerts at 2:30 p. m. EWT (1:30 p. m. CWT) and 8:30 p. m. EWT (7:30 p. m. CWT) at Hill Auditorium. May 7 Abraham Cohen, director of the Detroit Jewish Community Council, will discuss "Zionism: A Solu- tion to Anti-Semitism" at the sixth meeting of the Workshop on Anti-Semi- tism at 7:30 p. m. EWT (6:30 p. m. CWT) at Hil- lel Foundation. May 7 Installation Night will be Swinemuende Falls Swinemuende, a city of 20,500 per- sons situated on Usedom island north of the great port of Stettin, fell to Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossovsky's Second White Russian Army pressing the final mop-up of the Baltic shores. Swinemuende's capture was an- nounced, in an order of the day issued by Marshal Stalin. At the same time, Rokossovsky's troops cleared all Use- dom island, taking the former V- bomb experimental station of Peene- muende, and seized the entire adjoin- ing island of Wollin. Prisoners Taken Rokossovsky's troops took prisoner 11,700 German officers and men and 55 planes on the two islands, Mos- cow's nightly war bulletin announced. British Troops Pursue Fleeing Nazis to Austria Eighth Army Crosses Isonzo River in Chase By The Associated Press ROME, May 5-British Eighth Army troops sped through Caporetto and crossed the Isonzo River two days ago in their pursuit of demoral- ized German troops withdrawing into Austria 18 miles beyond, a special communique announced tonight. Caporetto, scene of an Italian de- feat in the First World War, is 42 miles north of captured Trieste at the head of the Adriatic and the British troops were racing along the north- western edge of the Yugoslav fron- tier. Balkan airforce planes pounded tattered Nazi columns fleeing out of northern Yugoslavia yesterday, an earlier bulletin disclosed. Beaufighters pumped rockets into enemy ammuni-] tion dumps near Ljubljana and Celje in addition to smashing troops and transport less than 15 miles from the Austri n border. Russia arrests Polish Leaders Explanation Demanded By Eden, Stettinius SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-(,)- Russia clashed anew with Britain and the United States over Poland today at the very instant of reaching broad agreement on measures in- tended to strengthen a world organi- zation of United Nations. Polish Leader Arrested The latest row over Poland was disclosed by Secretary of State Stet- tinius who reported that Russia had arrested "a number of prominent Polish democratic leaders." A Moscow broadcast said there are 16 of them. Stettinius and British Foreign Sec- retary Anthony Eden have demanded a "full explanation." Until they get it, there will be no talk with the Russians on setting up a Polish government satisfactory to all three powers. Point of Disagreement The recurrent squabble over Po- land contrasted with a spirit of har- mony and good will engendered at the United Nations conference by the ability of the four sponsoring powers -China, Russia, Britain and the United States-to get together on all but two amendments they want to incorporate in the Dumbarton Oaks charter for world peace. The broad sweep of changes accep- table to all four embacessch points 'U''War Bond Drive Begins Tomorrow Campus Quota Set At $100000 Mark The campus campaign to raise $100,000 in the Seventh War Loan Drive begins tomorrow. Fourteen billion dollars is the quota set by the Treasury department for the nationwide drive, which extends from May 14 to June 30. The Univer- sity campaign starts one week earlier, partly to avoid the last-minute com- plications of the end of the semester. It is the aim of the University War Bond Committee to have completed the campus quota during the first week of June. Campus veterans will help solicit University staff members for bond purchases during the campaign. The faculty has been subdivided by de- partments into several lists which will be covered by members of the Veterans' Organization, who will con- tact staff members and receive their orders and money. Bonds will be de- livered to their purchasers the follow- ing day. Students will not be contacted di- rectly for war bond purchases. While stamp sales will niot be count- ed in filling the University quota, the Committee has urged students to make a special effort to fill their stamp books, as all filled books turned into bonds will be credited. Bond-buyers who purchase their bonds from banks and other organ- izations which do not have a Series "E" quota to fill should indicate to the seller that they would like the bonds credited to the University's drive. Such purchases should be re- ported to a University solicitor or to the Investment Office. University payroll deductions for May and June will also be credited to the drive and are expected to con- tribute a total of $20,000. University personnel may pur- chase bonds at the Cashier's Office, University Hall, or send their or- ders by campus mail to the Invest- ment Office, 100 South Wing, Uni- versity Hall. Bonds may be picked up the day after they are ordered. Checks should be made payable to the University, and names and ad- dresses should be printed or typed. The University's quota is its share in the $1,600,000 goal set for Ann Arbor, which is a 60 per cent increase over the Series "E" quota for the Sixth War Loan. Washtenaw County's over-all quota of $8,616,000 consists of "E", "F" and "G" Series bonds. French Notables Freed by '36th *' ITTER, Austria, May 5-(IP)-For- mer Premiers Edouard Daladier and Paul Reynaud and Gens. Maurice Gamelin and Maxime Weygand were freed from months of German poli- tical imprisonment today when two battalions of the 36th "Texas" In- fantry Division fought their way into Itter castle. Two Concerts Today To Conclude Ma Festival Rudolph Serkin, Choral Union, Philadelphia Orchestra, Met. Artists Are To Be Featured Czechoslovakian-born pianist, Rudolph Serkin, the Choral Union and Met. artists Eleanor Steber, Hertha Glaz, Frederick Jagel and Nicola Mos- cona, and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy will headline the concluding fifty-second annual May Festival series with two concerts at 2:30 p. m. EWT (1:30 p. m. CWT) and 8:30 p. m. EWT (7:30 p. m. CWT) today in Hill Auditorium. Serkin, who played the piano at four and made his debut with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at the age of 12, came to the United States at the outbreak of the war. He made', RUDOLPH SERKIN . . . To Play Today Deum Laudamus", draws its pas- sages from the Old and New Testa- ments, the Psalms, Prophets, Gospels and Epistles. Beethoven Ninth Concluding the last May Festival program with the Beethoven Ninth Symphony (D minor), the Philadel- phia Orchestra under Eugene Or- mandy's direction, will blend its tal- ents with the vocal baritone, tenor, quartet and chorus solos; in the cho- ral finale. Prof. Percival Price, University carillonneur, will present a varied program of Irish airs, several French numbers, a selection from "Tann- hauser" and songs of the armed for- ces before the Festival concert. Nadell, Kincaid Performed Substituting on last night's concert for Bidu Sayao who was ill, Rosalind Nadell, young mezzo-soprano, per- formed two Mozart arias from the "Marriage of Figaro". The Bach B minor suite, William M. Kincaid, flutist, replaced the scheduled per- formance of the "Blessed Damozel". his debut as a solo concert pianist with the New York Philharmonic Symphony under Toscanini in 1936. He will perform the Brahms' "Con- certo No. 2 in B-flat major" (for piano and orchestra) on the afternoon pro- gram. The Philadelphia Orchestra will open the concert with the Bach- Ormandy arrangement ofhChorale Prelude: "O Mensch bewein' dein' Sunde gross" ("Oh, Man, thy grev- ious sin lament") and the Mendel- ssohn "Reformation" symphony (D major). The "Te Deum Laudamus" which will be performed by the four Met. artists, assisted by the Choral Union, on the final Festival concert, was composed by Anton Bruckner in Vi- enna. The most inspiring of all. sa- cred hymns, the great canticle, "Te Tag Day Goal To Be $1,800 Annual Drive To Aid 'U' Fresh Air Camp May 18 is Tag Day. To provide support for the Univer- sity Fresh Air Camp 'for boys who are unable to make an adequate ad- justment to their environment, the annual Tag Day drive will have a goal of $1,800. The tags will be sold at posts distributed throughout the town and manned by representatives of the girls' dorms, sorority and league houses. Aids Boys 9 to 13 The camp is for the boy in the 9 to 13 age group who is in particular need of the opportunity to play out- of-doors in healthful surroundings, to take part in supervised recreation, and to receive additional guidance. It is the purpose of the camp to diag- nose the difficulty and suggest a pos- sible treatment for it by sending a report to the social Agency which has sent the boy there. The forty counselors of the camp are qualied graduate and under- graduate students at the University who thus receive credit for one or more of the following courses: Edu- cation C12Oa, Cl2Ob, C220, Sociology 200, Sociology 201. Camp's 25th Anniversary The eight-week session this sum- mer marks the camp's twenty-fifth anniversary. Located 24 miles north- west of Ann Arbor on Patterson Lake, the camp property consists of about 300 acres of land and 26 permanent buildings, including a main lodge, women's dormitory, classrooms, cab- ins, workshop and modern health unit. By taking campers for a four- week period, the camp can accom- modate about 240 boys each season. Directed by Prof. F. N. Menefee of the School of Engineering, the Uni- versity Fresh Air Camp is controlled by a committee composed of Dean J. B. Edmonson of the School of Education, Prof. R. C. Angell of the sociology department, M. L. Niehuss, vice-president of the University, and H. P. Wagner, chief accountant, as well as Prof. Menefee. Danes Cheer British Arrival Germans Start Slight Skirmish with Captors COPENHAGEN, May 5-('P)-Brit- ish troops drove into the heart of the Danish capital tonight amid thun- derous cheers from happy Danes mix- ed with sporadic rifle fire from a small1nest of over-excited Germans awaiting surrender. German troops fired on the British and Danish patriot forces after the latter had fired their rifles into the air to celebrate the arrival of the British. The Germans apparently thought they were being attacked. An undetermined number of per- sons were killed and wounded in a half-hour Skirmish in city hall square Jap Losses Heavy as Yanks Open New Okinawa Offensive By The Associated Press Destruction of 33,462 Japanese troops on Okinawa-nearly 15 for 'very American killed-was reported by the Navy today as the Yanks on that important Ryukyu island opened a fresh offensive after crushing a mighty Nipponese counterattack. Liberation of Davao, last major city of the Philippines taken from the Japanese, was announced by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. On Tarakan, just off Borneo, Australian and Dutch troops fought ahead to seize half the airfield and clear two sectors of Tarakan City. gaining. A tentative plan of the United States Army to throw possibly 6,000,000 picked soldiers against Japan was disclosed in Washington Saturday as the hard-pressed Nip- ponese continued their fierce re- sistance on Okinawa and Tarakan, Borneo. Members of the House Military Committee, after a closed session with army chiefs, said the program would be brought into operation with the collapse of Germany. The Army of- ficials, stressing that the plan was tentative, declared it was based on i NOTHING SACRED: Mad Entertainment Will Be Feature of Hellzapoppin Dance Hellzapoppin will hit the Union ballroom Saturday night in the per- sons of various zany members of the Union Executive Council. Swiping stunts that made the knowledge to the development of a dress-blowing machine. The college man's Scurvy will be present scissors in hand, ready to re- vamp masculine four-in-hands, ac- cording to present Union plans.