European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 reds 70 Miles from near Frankfurt continued from Page 1 extended from in along a winding 100 mile front to the area of Neue Bentsche 20 Miles South or the nineteenth Day of Battle found the Beds Winter offensive still roaring Westward with Street fighting in Progress in the polish City of Posen and m two German provincial Breslau in Silesia and Koenigsberg in East marshal Konies first ukrainian locked in heavy Battles along the 150mile Oder River was reported pushing West from the Oder Bridgehead toward upper spree and Nieder about 40 Miles Northwest of around captured three Drys ago by Konies More than 41 German tanks were knocked out and prisoners evacuating Koenigsberg in East troops of Ivan Chernia Kovsky third White russian army drove through Eastern outskirts of Koenigs Berg to reach the Baltic and sever one of the last two rail lines run Ning from the prussian capital to the Harbor towns on the German radio said the cites entire population was being evacuated to where German ships were picking them Northwest of marshal Konstantin to Kossovsky second White russian army repelled three counterattacks by German troops trying to break out from the encircled at the Southern end of the rus Sian Ivan Petrovs fourth ukrainian army moved three Miles West from captured novy Targ despite a raging blizzard and Snow five feet nazi rail lines Are hit anew Small forces of american fighter bombers harried nazi troop and Supply transport again while bad weather grounded the heavies and mediums after mondays the largest one Day wow struck at Germany in a i flying sorties the heavies and mediums pounded mar shall rag Yards from Northeast of Bremen southward to the Swiss destroying or damaging motor vehicles and 661 rail rounding out the Raf hit Berlin for the third night in a the first hampered by Clouds and yesterday battered fortified troops and motor transport in the Heidelberg Stutt Gar Karlsruhe fighter bombers smashed a wehrmacht troop train locomotive and then strafed the ninth of thunderbolts pounced on gasoline trucks near Trier and started fires in the freight Yards at Kaiserslautern and the stars stripes 1945 the hand is surer Titan the guiding War Birds to Roost the pilots Field of vision is limited As he taxis Down the runway after a so a ground crewman on the Wing gives Han signal the plane is a p47 Thunderbolt of the 354th score German 138 by Tom Yarbrough associated press correspondent with infantry approaching Sieg Fried infantry unit captured the defended town of Herr Esbach by killing 138 germans and capturing 180 without losing a single Man wounded or the feat was almost unbelievable at but Cross checks with several sources confirmed the Best explanation was Given by Fordyce of the Guys had been walking in deep Snow for 12 he when it got dark they were in sight of the they wanted some buildings to sleep so they took the it happened sunday this was the biggest bag of germans yet taken on the first i front in any operation that didst Cost a single Gorhams sine about the men being cold and wanting some civilian Beds to sleep in made a cute a More serious explanation is that these by Long experience of Winter warfare and had Learned to take care of which Means they had Learned How to proof of the fact that the germans put up a Good fight for the town was the number of Ger mans the 180 who surrendered came mostly from the total Victory without casualties i taking the town didst hold True for the troops had gained full the germans pasted the town with artillery and those Cost some 6hour continued from Page 1 3rd bolsters hold Over our continued Page 1 villages of Kaarlo and Hulst in the German salient North of Linnich and Allied artillery pounded nazi Strong Points in Midway Between Heitzberg and third army forces in Belgium just North of the Luxembourg Frontier hammered their Bridge head three quarters of a mile deep and two Miles Long on the nazi Side of the after taking the villages of we wider and West of these towns Are from six to seven Miles South of Vith along the Rivers Banks Northwest of fifth troops advanced within three quarters of a mile of the our a Kilometre North of positions Are restored in Northern germans sallied out of the Bitch salient in a local attack near reaper Oswil the assault forced some s seventh army outposts to with draw near but after stiff fighting americans restored their North of the Colmar franc american troops smeared a counterattack near Grusse Nheim occupied by Allied forces advancing toward the French and american forces which reached the Colmar canal bridged the waterway and drove on South for two they were supported by fighter bombers of the 12th which bombed the villages o or Schonheim Anc two dozen fortified buildings were fire from the Alpine slopes above g and f companies struck behind Oberhausen to Clear the area North of the Point at which the Siegfried lines Concrete begins to Bend northeastward from the our and into the thick Woods and craggy slopes of the Southern Oberhausen and the Panzer Gre Nadie Garrison fell to e company of the same among the first prisoners taken in the drive Back into Germany were several 20yearold Luxem who told yank captors they had been conscripted from their Homes near die Kirch and ordered into nazi rear such As artillery trains attached to Volks Stilwell says japs Reserve men 30 Joseph new Comman Der of the told a press con Ference he believed that the Jap could still put men Irr the Field for a final stand on the former commander in China said that the japanese Easi ly1could replace manpower losses so far inflicted on he said the japanese would not collapse before being Defeated on the Bat Iowa Dean gets new Post 30 ans Harry 39year old Dean of the College of libera arts at the University of Wil take office As president of the University of Oregon on july l h will succeed the late Donald m Berlin riots continued from Page 1 German report Hildren and aged persons Are walking hundreds of Miles with scarcely any food for horses is hard to and the animals Row weaker every stands set up by the Roadside are1 intended to make the Long Road easier for the fleeing in the midst of the turmoil the soviet sponsored free German com Mittee broadcast to Berlin an a peal for on hitlers Western mean the allies showered leaflets explaining unconditional surrender upon the German giving fresh impetus to news Agency re ports that out of the Roosevelt Churchil Stalin talks would come a Call to the germans to overthrow the nazi Yoke and Lay Down their the pamphlets said unconditional surrender would not mean that the germans who surrender would be at the mercy of the victorious those who they would be under the protect Tion of the Geneva convention Anc would be treated with that also Means that individual germans who had nothing to do with crimes committed by War criminals will not be taken to accoun1 for these it is the wish of the allies to give the German people the possibility of a Normal peaceful development As members of the europ Ean family of from German sources As Well As from Neutral capitals came of the growing panic of the Ger mans As the red army rolled close to reports reaching Neutral Capi tals painted a picture of dire suf Fering among the refugees because of severe cold and the food Short heart that Berlin police had fired into a mass of rioting women who overturned a truckload of potatoes wounding 37 the Sam report said 27 including five were found Frozen to death in Berlin key Junction Falls on Luzon continued from Page 1 in ton that 119 japanese planes were destroyed or damaged during Ehe super fortress attack against Tokyo last five super forts were the japanese reported a super fortress attack on Heo Hijo 200 Miles South of and said Allied Carrier planes had bombed Oil targets on in the Netherlands East Halsey said naval Power had broken japanese control of the South China and declared that our Pacific Fleet can operate there any time we want Halsey also said that in the last five months american naval forces had sunk tons of japanese merchant and transport vessels and had destroyed enemy seac Headquarters reported continued Allied gains in five infantry divisions fighting for Luzon Macarthur la 30 infantry divisions and one regi mental combat team Are fighting in the Luzon they in clude the 25th and 43rd and the 158th combat All assigned to the first corps under Innis who commanded the first in the Admiral ties under girls Wold Are the 37th and 40th comprising the 14th on the 14th corps was commanded by Alexander a official Dies new former lieutenant governor of Connecticut and president of the Winthrop Trust died of a heart attack sunday while attending Church he was frs message terms Wallace needed Leader new 30 Henry his political future challenged by a Senate threat to deny him confirmation As Secretary of carried an endorsement by president Roosevelt today As a Leader needed by the nation now More thai Ever this expression of confidences was contained in a message from the which was read last night at a testimonial dinner to Wallace Given by the Union for democratic action and the new Republic counts on Wallace Aid business executives who had rallied to wallaces cause heard the presidents which declared its people and its government need Henry wat the message was dated five Days before Wallace was named for the Post of Secretary of in a Wallace touched on the proposal that the reconstruction finance corporation and other lending agencies be removed from the control of the Secretary of he said he would Fer not to have the Post if then were serious danger of a too Little and too late Man being appointed to head the in another comment on the Pas Sivility of divorce of the comment department and rec Wallace said i feel that from tit standpoint of Worthen the profits of the income of the welfare of the country As a and the Proefr Tion of the United states Treasury i could do a better Job if the too were combined than i they were Subasic Heads Jugoslav Regency Peter of Yugoslavia yesterday transferred his Royal Powers to a Regency Mission and approved a new fiver Man headed by it Ivan whose Resig Natif As Premier the King had demanded the Kings according was regarded As a com in that the new go ment promised to take into count the1 suggestions mad Jtj Peter during his controversy Only a minor was made in Subasick Ca the charged carrying out the agreement Matt two months ago Between Ste Basic and marshal Josep of Fly head of the National liberation in by was expected to move to the in a few Stop sniping at a Trumain tells americans 30 Harry r last night asked americans Stop sniping at our Ana concentrate on winning the speaking at a for Francis Myers he declared that a few be i and destructive critics to Goebbels for compels to he said the propaganda the enemy is Truman classed Freedom of and press among the most heritages of if free speech is used it might ultimately International Chaes and the Deam of All by Norman by court cry of rhe London Dally Mirror i wonder if the ol1 Village pump is working so this is the mighty German Afler the allies have passed through look Jake Humph it looks More like the old Alhambra boat race