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  2. GERMANY SURRENDERS

    LONDON, May 83.—The document declaring the unconditional surrender of Germany to the Western Allies and Russia (announced in an extraordinary edition of "The West Australian" yesterday) was signed at 2.51 am on Sunday at a schoolhouse in Rheims, France which is General Eisenhower's headquarters. Col-General G. Jodl, the new ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. KING'S BROADCAST

    LONDON, May 8.—King George in a broadcast to the nation and Empire today said: "Today we give thanks to God for our great deliverance. Speaking from our Empire's oldest capital city, war-battered but never for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. PRAGUE REVOLT.

    LONDON, May 8.—After several days of uncertainty, notable for frequent contradictory reports which left obscure the fortunes of the ...

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  5. THE SIGNING.

    LONDON, May 8.—The document of unconditional surrender by Germany to the Western Allies and Russia was signed at 2.51 am yesterday ...

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  6. ALLIED LEADERS

    LONDON, May 8.—Announcing that hostilities in Europe would cease officially one minute after midnight tonight and that in order to save lives the "cease fire" had already been sounded, the Prime Minister this afternoon ...

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  7. FLAGS OF FREEDOM.

    WASHINGTON, May 8.—President Truman, broadcasting a proclamation on the end of the war in Europe, said: "The Allied armies ...

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  8. NAZI CUNNING.

    LONDON, May 3.—"The Allied military command is taking every care to ensure that last-minute German plans to drive a wedge between ...

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  9. "RED DEVILS"

    LONDON, May 8.—"Airmen of the Luftwaffe flagged British transport planes carrying the "Red Devils" of the Sixth Airborne Division when ...

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  10. STILL WAR?

    LONDON, May 8.—"The war is still on as far as the Russians are concerned," reports the Associated Press correspondent at Moscow. ...

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  11. "WITH FINALITY."

    LONDON, May 8.—His Majesty the King has sent the following telegram to General Eisenhower: "Eleven months ago you led the ...

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  12. SEVERED.

    LONDON, May 8.—Spain yesterday severed diplomatic relations with Germany, states the BUP correspondent at Madrid. The German ...

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  13. STORY OF A STORY

    LONDON, May 8.—"Brigadier- General Frank Allen, Chief of Public Relations at Anglo-American Supreme HQ last night lifted the ...

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  14. KING GETS THE NEWS.

    LONDON, May 8.—The King heard the news of Germany's unconditional surrender from his private secretary (Sir ...

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  15. TO THE GERMANS.

    LONDON, May 8.—Admiral Doenitz, who succeeded Hitler as Fuehrer, said in a broadcast to the German people today: "On the night ...

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  16. AT RHEIMS.

    PARIS, May 8.—General Sevez. describing in "Figaro" how he signed the German surrender document at Rheims on behalf of France, added ...

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  17. IN DEMAND.

    SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.—Belgium, Holland, Greece, Yugoslavia and Luxemburg have joined France and Russia in seeking the services ...

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  18. DE GAULLE.

    LONDON, May 8.—General de Gaulle, announcing the capitulation to the French nation, said: "The victory of the United Nations is also ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. CALL-UPS END.

    OTTAWA, May 8.—The Canadian Labour Minister (Mr Mitchell) announced today that call-ups for military service had been suspended ...

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  20. "COLOSSAL SNAFU."

    NEW YORK, May 7.—The "New York Times" has received the following cablegram from its correspondent at SHAEF. Drew ...

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  21. MIXED FLOTILLA.

    LONDON, May 8.—An Allied naval communique states that 23 enemy craft, including a submarine, E-boats and lighters, have ...

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  22. JAPAN'S POLICY

    NEW YORK, May 7.—According to Tokio radio the Domei newsagency says that diplomatic observers regard the statement by the ...

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  23. GERMANY'S FUNERAL

    LONDON, May 8.—"Hitler succeeded in dragging down Germany with him in a colossal sacrifice to his colossal vanity," says the "Daily ...

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  24. BULLET-RIDDLED.

    LONDON, May 8.—A Reuters correspondent with the 21st Army Group reports that the British found the bullet-riddled body of Field ...

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  25. ITALIAN PORTS.

    LONDON, May 8.—Twelve berths are now available at Genoa, there rapid progress is being made with cutting a passage through sunken ...

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  26. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated, the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...

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