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Show ALLIES INTEND TO DEMAND HITLER'S BODY LONDON, May 1 The allies will demand that Hitler's body ' be produced after the surrender ' of Germany in order to remove : all doubt as to the truth of Tues- day's German radio report of his' death, it was said Tuesday at the : British foreign office. ' The foreign office said it be- i lieved Hitler was dead, but de- ' clined. to comment on the ac- j curacy" of the Hamburg radio's I report of how how he died. High official quarters reserved reserv-ed decision as to what implications implica-tions the report of Hitler's death : would have on German peace overtures previously credited to ' Heinrich Himmler. i The reason for appointment I of Grand Adm. Karl Doenitz as l Hitler's successor was not im- j mediately apparent to official ' quarters, it was said. One responsible, but unofficial, unoffi-cial, source said it was possible that Himmler realized he him- self was unpopular in Germany j and that Doenitz might be more j successful in carrying out sur-I sur-I render terms, particularly as to j their acceptance by the German ! armed forces. ! It was understood that Prime I Minister Churchill was notified j immediately of the Hamburg broadcast of Hitler's death, as were high American officials in London. the navy and would have liked always to be associated with it. He would watch this ship with great pride. So today I hope this ship will always do its duty in winning the war. "I pray God to bless this ship and its personnel and keep them safe, and bring them home victorious." vic-torious." It was Mrs. Roosevelt's first public appearance since thc( death of her husband. j Inspect Huge Vessel Mrs. Roosevelt and other dig-1 nitaries, including Adm. Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the U. S. fleet, inspected the ship after it was christened by Mrs. John H. Towers of Coronado, Cal., wife of Vice Adm. Towers, i deputy commander in chief, Pacific fleet. As the carrier was floated in a building dock, cheers went up from thousands of navy yard workers and American and Brit-1 ish sailors and ships in the har- bor sounded their whistles. The Roosevelt was to have been named the U S S Coral Sea but was renamed by the navy with the approval of Pres. Truman. Tru-man. She is a sister ship to the U S S Midway and second in the class of the world's largest, strongest and fastest carriers. Symbol of Determination Forrestal, whose speech was broadcast by the Mutual, Blue and Columbia networks and also beamed overseas, said the new ship would join 26 carriers in the U. S. fleet "as a symbol of our determination to prosecute ;the war against Japan to complete com-plete victory." Urging that the United States "keep the ability for swift and effective application of force" to maintain peace, the navy secretary secre-tary termed military might "essential "es-sential if the events at San Francisco Fran-cisco and . . . similar meetings afterward arc to have any meaning." |