St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 7

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 194? ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH PAGE 7A AS ST. LOUISANS HAILED PACIFIC VICTORY AND THE PEACE I "UW Wl i iiin M- 1 HW wi nui iih ii I J- 5' JX I) f1 i i I T-- i i L- -i. .11 i if Xi-yCX AvVHrOfC i irwi r4kv- mrs1 Automobiles, tleir liorns blaring, move bumper to bumper on Washington oi Ninth, es pedestrians begin taking over the littered thoroughfare in the city's riotous peace celebration A sea of happy faces and a mass of waving arms this was the scene on Washington avenue last night after President Truman's announcement of Japan's capitulation and the end of World War II.

Photo of this section of the huge downtown crowd was made looking west from Eighth street. 1 MY) 4 x'X 1 -Ail Typical of merrymaking parties, this group swarms over an automobile as it moves e'ast on Washington avenue. ir- nrr a i afca- Recipe for all-out celebration: Horns, flags, confetti, smiles and cheers. Corner news stands became centers of bedlam when the' extras with the news hit the streets. This is a group of celebrants at Olive street at Seventh.

If U'tr. Tt 1 ti2 1 I I I 4 4- 4, 4 7 C2 1 1 1 1 I -Aim 1 1 Three boys who proclaimed defeat of Germany May 8 by ringing the bells of the Assumption Church in Mattese, St. Louis county, are shown as they repeated the job last night to signalize defeat of Japan. From left: Leonard Mueller, Ronald Ruesch and Oliver Miller. Ronald guessed the dates of the end of the war in Europe and in Asia.

A view of part of the enthusiastic crowd that jammed Memorial Plaza last night for a civic program hailing defeat of the lest Axis enemy. Py Post Dispatrh Staff rbotofraplira. Vcrshipers attending services cf thanksgiving at St. Atphonsus Rock Church, 1118 North Grand boulevard. Eleven services were held during the day.

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