European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes january 1945 for endorses Wallace As Leader needed now new 30 a 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 than Ever this personal expression of Confidence was contained in a message from the president which was read last night at a testimonial dinner to Wallace Given by the Union democratic action and the new Republic a Galaxy of business executives who had rallied to wallaces cause heard the presidents which declared its peo ple and its government need Henry the president also said of Wallace 1 count on his his Wisdom and his Roosevelt message was dated five Days before Wallace divergent views threaten Unity of crime group was named for the Post of Secretary of Wallace spoke at the and touched on the proposal that the reconstruction finance corporation and other lending agencies be re moved from the control of the Secretary of he said he would prefer not to have the Post if there were serious danger of a too Little and too late Man being head the in another comment on the possibility of divorce of the Commerce department and rec Wallace said i feel that from the standpoint of the profits of the income of the welfare of the country As a and the Protection of the United states treas i could do a better Job if the two were combined than if they were other speakers at the dinner were Eleanor Henry Walter vice president of the Cio United Auto Mobile workers and James Pat president of the National Farmers after the Wallace addressed a theater rally of More than screen and radio declared that there could be an abundant world if we set our sights the presided Over by actor Frederic unanimously adopted a Resolution to be sent to the Senate which urged immediate confirmation of in vice president Harry Truman also urged confirmation of Wallace and called him a very capable Manila Gay Wax captured 30 gent views among members of the United nations War crimes com Mission and their own govern ments on the treatment of nazi War criminals appeared today to be threatening to interfere with the organizations responsible quarters hinted that some members of the commission did not see Eyet Eye with their own governments and expressed the that unless this was hurriedly rectified the commis Sions work might become useless these quarters cited the dismissal of Herbert Mem and the resignation of great Britain sir Cecil the main controversy resulting in Pells dismissal appeared to be whether the nazis should be made to pay for the persecutions in their own Pell contended that such persecutions were crimes against humanity and should be although International Taw technically holds that what a government does to its own nationals its own although official sources said that sir had resigned because of his diplomatic sources said it was understood that he had broken with the British foreign office on the problem of bringing Hitler to 6th army troops yesterday captured san 36 Miles from the philippine on Luzon it was also announced that five infantry divisions and one regimental combat team Are fighting on they Are the 25th and 43rd and the 158th combat All under Innis also fighting under Griswold Are the 37th and 40th nazi Gas output hitting Bottom germans Are producing less gasoline now than at any other time in the War and Are believed consuming it on a Handt Mouth Carl commander of Mussaf in said broadcasting to America on the third anniversary of the 8th he traced its history from the reduction of the Luftwaffe by outright kills and the blasting of aircraft through the Black smoke of its War on German gasoline production and up to its present Campaign against the tank factories of the 3rd captures Welche Hausen continued from Page 1 which cleared Welche Hausen eight Miles South of crossed the River after artillery Northwest of 5th troops advanced to within three quarters of a mile of the a Kilometre North of in Northern germans sallied out of the Bitch salient in a local attack near the assault forced some 7th army outposts to withdraw near but after stiff fighting americans restored their North of the Colmar franc american troops smeared a counterattack which came in near other Allied forces moved on both sides of Cernay South of the taking the towns of enc Hen Berg and two Miles West of these forces advanced Over Snow covered mine Fields which hampered am vets to give gis True picture of Home 30 american veterans of world War first National organization of veterans of this is going to give overseas servicemen and women a Downto Earth picture of life at and it will be definitely some gis have the idea that every one at Home is making at least 100 dollars a week and living the life of said Claude am vets Public relations in 4 9do utmost duty to Hitler begs his Reich continued Page 1 necessary to strengthen our solemn determination to fight on no matter where and no matter what the circumstances until final Victory crowns our on hitlers Western the allies today showered leaflets explaining unconditional surrender upon the German giving fresh impetus to reports that president prime minister Churchill and Premier Stalin would Issue a joint Appeal at their forthcoming conference for Tfaye germans to overthrow the Yoke and Lay Down their from German sources As Well As Tim Neutral capitals came reports of growing panic of the germans As the bed army roiled closer to news Agency were streaming Westward in apparently endless some of them 30 or 40 Miles Long Village by Vil the refugees Start out in groups varying from a few people with carts to queues composed of thousands of reports reaching Neutral Capi tals painted a picture of dire suf Fering among the refugees because of severe cold and the food Short heard that Berlin police had of Jared into a mass of rioting women who Over turned a truckload of wounding the same report said 27 including five were found Frozen to death in Ber Lin Park benches Ware be ing bumped and Tram cars Over turned and set afire by the fleeing civilians to keep it an we have to counter act some of these false impressions with the truth about the higher Cost of living and particularly what to expect in the re adjustment when salaries will be Down and jobs May be am vets Hopes to accomplish its self imposed task through Broad newspaper columns and the pages of a monthly Magazine which it plans to publish in Addi it is going to assign soldiers who Are returning to the fighting fronts to spread the word that All is not Beer and Skittles on the Home membership in am vets now totals with representatives in 32 its Washington Headquarters is receiving about 20 letters daily from pm overseas asking How to applications also Are Corning in representing groups of 100 to veterans throughout the Morgan our discharged was and Waves Are doing a swell Morgan i believe we Are the Only veterans organization which allows women a definite voice in its we do not intend to set up rules and policies for men still in serv said National commander Almo our Only Job is to organize and get members soy they will have something to tie to and work with when they get committees have been appointed to study veterans prob lems and to report at a convention scheduled for am vets will urge veterans to occupy themselves with worthwhile undertakings in their Home communities As proof that the things they fought for Are not forgotten As soon As the shoot ing Small of groups harass germans forces of fighter class War planes harried nazi troops and Supply transport with Cannon and machine guns again while most larger Allied aircraft were storm locked to their bases after the heaviest on Day sky attack against Germany in a the previous Days which netted a bag of motor vehicles and 661 rail oars wholly or partially Tore the rail network of the Western Reich by blasting marshalling Yards from Northeast of Bremen solidly South Ward to the Swiss Tran Ocean news of Ger said today that the nazis fully expected Allied air activity to be coordinated with russian blows in the it added that the soviets had massed unusually Large and powerful air fleets for their offensive but that bad Wea ther had grounded 3 members of staff stated out of town1 30 Reuters president Roosevelt will take no direct Public part in the nationwide Observance of his 63rd birthday to an american radio comments or said in it broadcast heard Here the whereabouts of the presi Dent have not been disclosed and it is not possible to report further Tiow he is spending his the commentator said Observance of the Day is overshadowed by his impending meeting with Churchill and not Only the president but three of his staff advisers Are absent from Harry hop Kins has been conferring with British and French leaders in Lon Don and James director of the War mobilization Board is reported out of the and Secretary of state Edward Stettin ius is said at the state department to be out of town Harry whose presence in London and Paris was revealed has arrived in Rome and has had an audience with the associated press reported from the italian capital he was understood to be gathering information for use by the president in the forthcoming big three report reds 80 from Berlin continued from Page 1 reported pushing West from its Oder Bridgehead toward upper spree and Neider two towns about 40 Miles Northwest of around captured three Days ago by Konies More than 41 German tanks were knocked out and prisoners were in East troops of Ivan Chernia Kovsky 3rd White russian army drove through the Eastern outskirts of Koenigsberg to reach the Baltic and sever one of the last two rail lines running 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 German radio said that Zhu Kovs bulge extended from Schnei in along a winding 100nile front to the area of nue 20 Miles South of Northwest of mar Shal Konstantin to Kossovsky 2nd White russian army repelled three counterattacks by German troops to break out from the encircled King at the Southern end of the rus Sian Ivan Petrovs 4th ukrainian army moved three Miles West from captured novy Targ de spite blizzards and Snow five feet Oregon gets new prexy Jan 30 Harry 39yearold Dean of the College of Liberal arts at the University of will take office As president of the University of Oregon on july he will succeed the late Donald Rogers in Church new 30 former lieutenant governor of Connecticut and president of the Winthrop Trust died of a heart attack sunday while attending Tourch services he was 90th paper gives Gas Apt soviet phrases with the 80th 90th divisions Dally mimeographed today went to press with an editorial squinting at the no sofar East and offered its readers a half dozen Choice i phrases translated into the sniper today presents a few russian phrases which ought to come in Handy any Day wrote editor Jim Del Chicago private who has been turning oat the sniper every morning since under supervision of Jim los Angeles and Minneapolis radio the which Del Bello offered to stars and stripes readers on the West Are translated phonetically and include whats your Vayshe eem Yah How Are is hitlers grave Morelia Geet lera have a cigarette Melee wee it True what they say about the in Lee  of Dye  toot v Del hello said they Are planning on doing Rii Sim uniform and tank