NEARING HITLER’S REDOUBT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 96, 24 April 1945, Page 5

NEARING HITLER’S REDOUBT

Recd. 10 p.m. London, April 23. Troops of the French Ist. Army have reached Lake Constance, 37 miles from Hitler’s mountain redoubt. RL’NNINGAWAY WIVES OF NAZI HEADS Recd. 10 p.m. London. April 23. Frau Ribbentrop, wife or me uch.- . man Foreign Minister, accompanied by a 12-year-old boy, crossed Lake Con- , stance in a rowing boat and demanded ; irom Swiss frontier guards that she be , admitted into a Swiss asylum, says the , “Da’.ly Express” correspondent on the Swiss frontier. The guards refused to , admit her. The correspondent adds that it is , known the wives of Goering, Goebbels , and Himmler have been staying in luxury at Villa Meersburg, on Lake Constance, but they left last night in ' big Mercedes cars, heading for ' Bavaria. The Luxemburg radio stated Goeb- ' bels and his family left Berlin for Mecklenberg, despite his promise to 1 stay in the capital. The radio also reported the building of the Volkischer 1 Beobachter, Hitler’s own newspaper, was burnt out completely after hits [ from Red Army artillery. Hitler is believed to have married Olga Teschekowa, Germany’s most famous actress three weeks ago, says the “Exc:.ange-Telegraph” correspondent with the American Ist. Army. According to civilians in Leipzig, where Hitler’s love affairs are common talk, Hitler is madly in love with < Teschekowa. They describe her &s being more than 50 years of age, with dyed black hair, and wearing a heavy makeup. “But they say she is good to look at,” adds the correspondent. This is the mysterious “Olga,” whose name was found on the door next to Hitler's room in Hitler’s secret headquarters, 'which the Allies captured recently.