European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse Speicht Deutsch Kommeno Sie Kommeno Zee come with vol 180 Dolly newspaper of armed forces new in the european theater of operations Ici on Parle Francois Atil deja neig6 steel Day a nay Jay have Yon bad Snow before 1945 soviets gain on All fronts the Helm of four armies in huge russian offensive marshal Koniaev the first ukrainian striking across the Sile Ston Frontier toward general Chernia Kovsky the third White russian army driving deep into East marshal Zhukov Heads the first White russian army on the Central part of the Eastern marshal Rokos Sovsky second White russian Arney is sweeping across North Southern East Azis flee collapsing East bulge the Eastern half of the ardennes salient began to col lapse yesterday As germans retreated toward the Siegfried third army troops Pursuit of the enemy drove within seven Miles of the Eich fighter bombers of the three Ith of tactical air commands need massed German Armor motor transport moving to d the East and Northeast lands wrought the greatest Trail Tol destruction since i heavy concentration of nazi j grinding Over Slippery a Sands in Broad suggested the germans were so anxious get out of the ardennes they tire willing to risk air Raboth came at 0930 yesterday and but up All overcast weather hampered the but the columns below were pilots reported simply started in Center ice Cavern started in the Center the von Rundstedt is held on the flanks As they in the initial phase of the re two weeks ago West of the five divisions of army closed in behind the in at fire was Light and Snail arms resistance on Page 8 Jones yields Commerce Job to Wallace on t or request 22 Roosevelt has asked Secretary Commerce Jesse Jones to relinquish his Cabi net Post and his duties As head of government financial agencies so that they May be turned Over to Henry who bowed As Vic president on making Public an Exchange of letters Between himself and the disclosed last night that he would leave the Cabinet As Jones strongly protested in a letter to the president expressed the Hope that Jones would consider a new government Post 9th of blasts vehicles for a record swarms of ninth a fighter bombers pounced on giant East War moving German Convoy in the bulge area and by night fall had scored a record Days kill of nazi planes of the ninth three Topping their heavy onslaughts during the Christmas phase of the bulge flew More than sorties and reported the destruction of nearly German motor transports and the damage of another More than 60 tanks and armoured vehicles were fourteen planes were missing As the ninth bombed and strafed Large concentrations of rail Well As motor incomplete figures indicated More than 650 rail cars destroyed and another 400 in a deadly two formations of of the ninth bomber hit a Bridge at 16 Miles South of and a Jam of nazi then the 19th tag jumped the column and either destroyed or continued on Page 8 Sion involves Fried eggs or yank guests of nazis by Bud Hutton surs and stripes staff writer fourth american officers spent it As guests of the ate Fried about his former Homes in and new con arrangements for removing military Hospital from of american artillery strange Deal by which a Cou yanks could sit Down to a Stippey with German Manana an assistant Divi came about when sent a lieutenant and to the fourth lines it White the German asked immunity from shelling for a Hospital near a monastery at Ger Charles Sherman and Sigmund both of new went Back to the enemy lines with a note Reading two american officers Are being sent with your representatives to consult with you on the advisability and practicability of moving Hospital which believed to be located on a Road Center through which supplies to the front must the group of patrols who waited with weapons ready and crossed the Sauer River continued on Page 4 and had mentioned several vacant Ambas but in his Jones said i can Best be helpful in the line of my lifes and but i seek no Henry Wallace Jones also questioned wallaces qualifications for the Cabinet Post and the Allied he told the president for you to turn Over All these assets and responsibilities to a Man inexperienced in business and finance i be hard for the business and financial world to plans for a full fledged Senate fight Over the confirmation of Wal lace have begun to con Nally termed the Resigna Tion of who also is a continued on Page 8 greek peace conference will begin thursday new 22 John greek foreign announced in Athens today that peace negotiations Between the government of Premier Nicholas Plastiras and left Wing Elas forces would begin defense flays unit officers in theft trial a scathing indictment of 716th railway operating officers who treated their men As stepchildren was Flung at the court yesterday by George defending a group of ten Ems accused of the theft and Sale of cigarettes in the army mass Blac Market despite the closing argument by the ten men were convicted and received sentences rang ing from 20 to 30 the trial of another six men by a second Sec Tion of the which split up to Speed the was continued until the 16 men tried yesterday made up the largest group to be brought before the Paris courts martial in a single Day since the Case victims of circumstances Dickson said that the gis were victims of no one will Ever convince he that this Many men from the 716th Are it would have been a Miracle if they had failed to get in this he described the mens necessity of foraging for and said that with nobody to say them no one to discourage it was inevitable that they get in in a Stephen trial judge agreed that the mens leadership was not All it might have but said that that did not excuse he said they might be excused for taking rations for their own but asserted the government owes these men food and but not to Send Home for the Sale of yesterdays verdict brought to 37 the number of men convicted thus far one Man has been blood flown to Ipa Riis largest single shipment of whole blood Ever received by air from the United was flown to the army blood Bank in this whole blood was donated by troops in reds drive to 165 of Berlin scoring sweeping gains on All fronts and crushing every German attempt to stabilize their shattered defense the red army plunged to within 165 Miles of Berlin yesterday after capturing two important enemy defense in Western Poland and the other on the Southern approaches to the polish driving West 50 Miles in two one tank spearhead of marshal Gregory Zhukov first White russian army stormed Down the main Ber Lin Warsaw Highway to seize 28 Miles Northeast of while on the North other Zhukov tanks captured the town of 150 Miles Northwest of War in a push along the Southern Bank of the upper prussian cities taken aiming for the in two drives across East the second and third White russian armies captured of Osterode and thus totally disrupting the enemy communications on this these cities Are rail centers in Southern East Prussia and control most of the German Supply lines to the marshal Stalin announced these victories from the Kremlin last night in five orders of the reds reported near Oppeln on the Southern polish marshal Koniaev resumed his Offen Sive into Southern the Ger Man news Agency it said russian patrols were 18 Miles East of capital of upper Konies army reached the Sile Sian Frontier in this sector four Days since then Moscow has been silent on his in the Carpathian the fourth ukrainian army drove continued on Page 8 eighth army repulses nazi raiders in Italy 22 anniversary of the Allied assault on Anzio Snow blanketed the greater part of the italian activity to patrol troops along the several raiding parties trying to infiltrate their and drove Back one attack to its starting two and a half Miles North East of fifth army patrols operating in deep Snow reported Only Light con tact with the 33 months a fugitive from japs Bataan survivor gains Luzon a bomber Wing Northern 2 first survivor of the infamous March of death from Bataan to reach the lines on Luzon joined free fellow americans yesterday after roaming the islands lowlands and Jungle Highlands two years and nine months As a fugitive from the the Soldier is Gerald of he arrived in the Philippines with the 19th bombardment group just before the outbreak of War and was with the sick and starved survivors of Bataan As they marched to prison from 25 years was so Haggard and shaggy hat he appeared 15 years he told of the surrender in and the subsequent mis treatment he and other prisoners received until he its too Good to be he said when he arrived Here from the he limped from Stone bruises and because of the smugness of his his was but he help m get me some Good american Fie and ill Tell Yon i
