European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes 1945 2 columns close in on Manila one races within 18 of capital one of tw6 yank columns racing toward Manila from the North had less than 18 Miles to go and the other was less than 24 Miles an associated press correspondent reported from Luzon that apparently there was no sizable japanese Force barring the Way to the Philippines elements of the 37th leading the Advance Down Central were closest to they crossed the Angat River to freed nations promised Aid 3 the United states last night to do its Best to Send supplies to liberated but cautioned that none of the major needs could be met until Germany was acting Secretary of state Joseph grew declared in Philadelphia that this will continue i to share with France every thing it he implied this is True of the remainder of liber1 ated the associa1 Ted press said it is known thai j among the j particularly Sharp distinction exists Joseph grow Between the liberated countries and but the whole problem of supplies is now being regarded As an essential Factor in maintaining political grew indicated that of at Concrete temporary Relief is a formal lend lease agreement Between France and the is expected to be signed the associated press in the already has turned Over a number of ships to the these can be expected to take their place in food French ask say in Reich Rule the French government has asked the and great Britain to admit it on an equal participation basis in the civil affairs government of occupied the United press reported it had reliably Learned in Paris declaring that French leaders were still bitter and resentful Over the failure of the big three to invite Charles Degaulle to their the up said France also had requested a seat on All the combined economic boards which sit in the according to the was presented recently and it is understood that it will be the subject of diplomatic the locale of the big three Parley itself continued to be the subject of wide most Axis reports insisted that the meet ing was being held in chief rumanian port on the Black sea reach the environs of just 17 Miles from the troops of the first cavalry swept 57 Miles in 24 hours Down the american East overrun Ning several towns and reaching on the within 24 Miles of japs Cut off this Macarthur reported gives us Domi Nance of All major and railroads in the Central and cuts off the japanese units in the South from those in the the two yank columns met Only ineffective resistance As they rolled toward Manila along Fine highways which converge a Lew Miles North of the a third american spearhead was pointed at Manila from the South in Batangas units which landed there wednes Day advanced swiftly Inland and took an Airfield within 40 Miles of Manila the troops who landed North of Subic Bay on monday gained six More Miles in their East Ward drive to Seal off Bataan attack fails on the Northern sector of the Luzon americans established Road blocks below captured Umin Gan and won Complete control of the enemy last remaining High Way in the North Central Macarthur disclosed that the japanese tried to break up the Batangas Landing wednesday night they sent 30 sea Craft into the a Sumbu Landing area with torpedoes and depth the american naval screen broke up the which inflicted slight for the first time since the Luzon japanese warships were sighted near the Island wednesday three destroyers off the Northwest Ern coast were engaged by medium one of the ships was sunk and the others severely Libs strike Cavite base Liberator bombers again attacked the Cavite naval and other heavy bombers with a fighter escort struck japanese air bases in South pm destroying 30 enemy planes on the japanese casualties on Leyte first major Landing Point in the Rose to More than american casualties there totalled More than last Pacific Fleet Headquarters announced new attacks on iwo in the on the Western Carolines and the in British 14th army have completed occupation of a town about 17 Miles West of allies waging Colmar struggle in rare pict rebook setting by Wade Jones and stripes staff writer 2 de French Poilu doughboy and were fighting shoulder to shoulder tonight inside the City of Colmar against an enemy still battling stubbornly to protect its escape routes eastward across the Rhine just above the Swiss the Battle for a Center of German resistance West of the Rhine since the allies first readied the River in was being fought today in one of those rare picture perfect settings Seldom found in from Vantage Points in the Vosges Mountain Foothills West of the the Battlefield was spread out on the Snow covered Rhine american infantry units reached four Miles Southeast of but had to fall Back a Short distance after running into 12 Tiger tanks supported by infant in where the Ger mans Are reported to have an estimated four to five Hundred our troops Are running into fire from self propelled and from Small arms in however neither allies nor germans have been reported shelling the Little or to information has reached Allied lines from inside exactly How much the germans still have there is no definitely nor is it known How Many civilians of the peacetime population remain in under his two stripes flows five Star blood army signal corps photo the blood of Dwight formerly contained in the bottle pictured now Pomps through the veins of the Cpl Kenneth of Clear allies assault Siegfried line continued Page 1 town of Scheiter and High ground Yards to the Northwest of where doughs were battling for Possession of the the 325th glider and 504th Para Chute of the 82nd smashed two enemy counter blows near Ude Breth and advanced to take the Scheiter and Uden Breth Are pastoral villages East of Almedy about a mile and a Quarter inside the German in this German service and rear Echelon troops were conduct ing a determined other infantry advanced a mile to a Point East of another Frontier Village East of Vith and about three Miles to the West of the Siegfried these forces cleared the Bor Der towns of Bertera Tii and Mosheim in a salient held by the germans Northeast of Southeast of third army troops were fighting in no further reports were made of other activity along the third army front through Luxem Allied forces reached the Rhine Banks East of 11 Miles North of this extended the Allied hold on the Banks to 12 Miles to the nor6h of the alsatian South of it Franco Amer ican forces control the Bank for about 36 Miles to a Point three Miles North of site of a major Rhine Allied forces attacking the Colmar pocket on the Southern half of the Plain have outflanked and nearly encircled Colmar bomber continued from Page 1 and which now Are in the Ameri can reactions of the two arms so far have been almost entirely favor when a Crew of the 410th spent some time with a fifth info recon Oliver of decided there sure Good they like my m8 armoured car better than a they and asked a lot of technical questions such As what kind of drive did they they said they thought our communications were better than they wanted to get right into everything in the ground War and see How things Rumor nazis quit runs wild in Cairo 3 Rumor swept Cairo today that the germans had capitulated and signed an armistice with the news a rices were deluged with Telephone crowds stood around news tickers expecting a Flash confirming the some afternoon papers held up publication for a time in Case it should prove to be heavies Pound Berlin continued from Page 1 dents and refugees in the smashed ruins of the capital were facing famine As a result of the germans having to abandon huge food stocks to the the red the dispatch deprived the germans of irreplaceable including a Mil lion and a half tons of two million tons of potatoes and tons of yesterday Many food trains destined for Berlin were de toured to which hourly is becoming More and More the Ca Pital of the the report thousands of deserters from the German army were reported in the same dispatch As hiding in Berlin if halted by they pretend to be waiting for trains to occupy Reich move grows 3 proposals fora Lon term occupation of Germany by Allied including a Token Force of american troops is developing considerable support among some officials at the War and state according to the associated there Are different ideas Here on How to prevent Germany from starting another one is to reduce German Industry during a limited period of occupation and then turn the country Over to native leaders who would be expected to rebuild the nation for a peace Ful another idea is that the allies can make sure of their future Security Only by keeping Germany permanently occupied which actually Means an indefinite occupation that might last 20 or 50 years or As Long As is deemed advocates of the latter course say that the greatest opposition will come from those who object to assigning american troops to this they answer that after the first one or two years of full scale military american forces could be trimmed Down to a few thousand and rotated rejoin their while the fortresses struck at Berlin 400 liberators lashed out in a powerful diversionary attack at the Magdeburg rail Yards and a synthetic Oil Plant at it was the eighths 15th attack on on june it dropped a heavier but the bombs were scattered through the the biggest Raf night raid on Berlin was on when heavy bombers dropped tons american Mea but was scattered Over a greater ninth of planes hit Road transport Small forces of a ninth of marauders and invaders yesterday struck a vital nazi automotive re pair and parts depot at Berg glad other targets included rail Bridges Over the our mar shalling Yards and communications red army continued from Page 1 Terry and the pirates by Courtesy of hews Syndicate by Milton Caniff Kov made steady gains toward Stet after capturing former Anchor of the Ger than line running from the Baltic to soviet Forward elements were reported within 11 Miles of the great Baltic on the East prussian Kas Sian troops West of Lissa hurled Back a German  along the Obra inflicting heavy losses on the Battles also raged for Koenigsberg almost two thirds surrounded Ivan  White russian in fighting prussian killed and taken Moscow communique for the third straight Day official Moscow made no mention of fighting on the silesian fronts although German radio Cli marshal Koniaev was regroup a powerful push across t somewhere North of on All red army fronts yester Day 176 German tanks were disabled of destroyed and 21 planes were shot Down by red army Artil Hess Maeina a fit helmet amp Jao Cetl hawing am army Fly tailed it in b6ht the they Nevee Pip out eight on thied ones Kzeski hop the Chasin that third