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Show W JOT w, Japan Surrenders. , I r The news came to Delta shortly after 5 p m. The big siren was on for many minutes; its ear-splitting wail was echoed by innum-w, innum-w, eable auto horns; the fire engine came out and added its din; the -people congregated on Clark Street, all hilarious. All were elated with the good news. It had been momentarily expected, but the fine edge of appreciation had not ben dulled by waiting. On all hands the news was received with the typi-cal typi-cal flamboyant spirit, yet punctuated by many a fervent "Thank God!" v. Mothers laughed, in the full freedom that surely now danger , was removed from her boy (or boys). Wives thronged the streets, in little groups, GI wives congregating together in tight knots, all smiling and laughing, now eased from a great dread. And of course the ubiquitious kids scrambling for running boards, hard-C hard-C ly old enough to know what it was all about, but in their noisy glory, clamoring wildly, wishing to add theirs to the din, should there be a deficit. f Our own thoughts are: Japan has been defeated, as we felt it u must be. Our heart goes out to the mother who has a gold star in the window. We sorrow with her. In this day ef elation, may she be sustained by full knowledge of the supreme sacrifice her son has made for this day, this very dayand his country. M |