European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes february forecast of moderate weather cheers nation of moderating weather for most of the nation today provided a cheering note for the Industrial East and where transportation and fuel services still were snarled by two months of Snow and cold blocked rails and highways and ice jammed Rivers interfered with the delivery of fuel and food to Many especially in new York and Mew a in Gas conservation orders forced the temporary Layoff of War workers in the Detroit in Western fuel and freight car shortages curtailed the operations of 200 Simi Lar shutdowns occurred six new England governors appealed to John president of tiie United mine and fuel administrator Harold Ickes to keep up Coal production and de in new York where Thomas Dewey last week declared a state of All available military and Pri Soner of War manpower was put to work Clearing transportation the highways in Central new York were blocked by Snow and Washington tried to ameliorate the situation with a series of Emer gency these included fou Day Nonessen Tia freight embargo in the appalachian area starting 7 pm of the use of natural and mixed Gas by amusement places in new Vir West Ohio and District at san Fraacisco the interstate Commerce acting to avoid the Eastern Jam of snowbound Railroad refrigeration ears last night declared a three Day Holiday of fruit and vegetable shipments from California to soviet artillery rakes Frankfurt continued from Page u Chernia Kovsky sent his 3rd White russian army troops Down the san and Peninsula capture an important rail station on the line used by the germans to evacuate bitter struggles were still in Progress for the almost encircled prussian on the Sestan the which turned into seas of mud and sent the Oder River Over its Banks in also appears to have slowed marshal Ivan Konies 1st ukrainian 15 Miles Northwest of Kue Sirin and 38 Northeast of was captured by Zhu Kovs the Moscow com Munique this is the closest approach to Berlin officially re ported by the a new threat on the Southern Gateway to Germany appeared developing Southwest of where troops of marshal Kolbuk Hins 3rd ukrainian army resumed tace driving Back the German lines 11 Miles to a Point near up reports from Moscow said that the facing the threat of a frontal assault on Ber will not be Able to spare re serves to Check Tol Bukhina drive once it is rat line with claims sabotage of service Bill 4 Edwin Johnson Coo charged last night that the War department had sabotaged the work or Bat by changing its position on who skoots administer Johnson spoke at a press Confer ence shortly after the Senate Mil itary affairs erf which he is a deferred final action the House approved mar Bill which is designed to forced deferred men it 4s years old into War the committee sought tune in Ewtuch to consider further the ques Tion of who should be admin we native authority under the War Mobil Azatian director James As provided by the it approved or selective service and a provided m the Bill passed by tue s Robom now awaits go ahead from military 4 mass production of Buzz bombs to blast targets in Germany or Japan can be started in this country when Ever the military gives the the United press reported the disclosure that this a reproduction of Germany Al is on an Assembly line production basis was made by army authorities who recently escorted newsmen through the will sover land factory Here and a Ford Plant in although production figures Are both Ford and Willys spokesmen said they would be ready to go into mass production the american robots Range was said to approximate 180 Miles at a Speed of More than 400 Miles an the Speed and How vary with the size of the War head and fuel the Buzz bomb is 26 feet Long and has a Wingspread of it feet a unique construction detail is a pipe like spar around which the fuselage is Buik and to which the wings May be fastened the Roombs May terms be shipped compactly and assembled easily upon the warhead is affixed to the machine just before the production Cost of each to Botna has estimated at yank declares War continued from Page 1 is came running one twisted my Arm till it another stripped me to the Waist and the is officer beat me across the Back with the those scars still bleed while the red cheeked Smith was being taken to the Hospital with a captured Amer ican the is officers offered them a when the Captain leaned Over to get a the Ger Man shot him cold blood edly through the while being treated in the hos Smith stealthily reached his hand into a medics Blouse and pulled out a and took him he forced the medic to Lead him to a killed the medic and escaped to a farm House where the French helped him to the american i saw Smith walk into a smoke filled interrogation room where a German is officer was being he started toward he nazi and Shook i asked Smith what he would do if he found the is he full find ill never forget ill see his face to my dying Widen breach in Siegfried line defense system continued from Page u were still battling for the town of where germans appeared to be putting up the Tough est first army forces in this sector today were seven to eight Miles East of they have scored the farthest penetrations of the Siegfried line yet made South of the Aachen As they approached the rear de lenses of the double rowed Forti there appeared no indications that germans were slowing them other american troops to the South cleared last Ger Man held town in Belgium and advanced across the Frontier a mile inside the Reich to take the Village of it was officially stated that All Belgium had been cleared of the third army infantry advanced two and on half Miles and entered the Schnee Eird Forest to reach eight and on half Miles Southeast of St it was re ported that they found germans holding on to Strong Points up to the last then hurriedly re Siegfried defences facing 3rd army troops Are several Miles be Hind the German they Are reported particularly heavy facing the Olande echternach on the Northern Alsace a 7th army raiding party took Roth Bach on the Eastern slopes of the Hart mountains West of other american raiders lashed at Kin Dwillar and bit Schoffen Between Rothbach and franc american troops took Pirkheim in the Schlot three and on half Miles West of co mar and Allied armoured units occupied two villages on the Cernay Comar Road five Miles Southwest of the these forces gained along the Ridge line on the Western Edge of the French troops attacking on the South forced a wedge into Trie bulge Between Cernay and mul the army buying 12 million oversized boots for gis turn and stripes Bureau new better take this to the Supply sergeant right away with a suitable birthday the army is buying pairs of oversized boots to ship to reason for the oversize is to enable users to Wear two or three pairs of thick Wool and another cloak and Salt item comes from fort Texas a tally Clad clothing it Way Tat bled from the show window of a Toff store when fire the building Early it disappeared into flee of spectators and when nest seen admits to Bess Hes married 4 ans whats All the commotion about sure in i like and its nobody business but that what error Flynn told Warner the studio declared they said he called them on the phone to Tell to in new where he arrived from Mexico Flynn had nothing to say about his reported marriage to Nora edding 20yearold former Cigar coun Ter girl in los Casanova in chains san 4 three counts of bigamy against 58yearold Francis Van who police say had at least 12 was held for Superior court the Case was not expected to go to trial for several and bail was raised from 500 to dollars Cash or dollars Bond on the Fivelo Otto Street car realistic peace prepared for Germany 4 up the state department is preparing what it regards As realistic and practicable peace terms for these terms Are understood to include 1 or at least rigid of Germany War potential 2 controls to keep Germany Standard of living from improving faster that of any neighbouring states which were ravished by the nazis and 3 measures to make Germany help in the reconstruction of Europe to the maximum of her it was reported Here that the big three leaders Are expected to give Quick formal approval to armistice terms for Ger which have been prepared by the european advisory commis Sion after consultation with their respective some decisions about Germany cannot be made until the War As it will be impossible to de cide what industries Are to be Eli transferred or controlled until it known what industries Are left political decisions May decide the future of German Industry if the Rhine including the Iuster and Are International As the French and others de if Silesia is Given to Poland compensation few lost virtually adj of Ger Many Industrial areas would pass i out of her i was Minos the suit Tea this is cited to prove you dont have to Fah m far to find that not All Are the Supply sergeant might also like to know about new styles in the Bobby sox brigade there is now wearing Long Blue Denim covered with names of chums and wisecracks if All this Doest get you a new pair of you cant say we didst o o o poetry is whats bothering them most in some body suggested the state ought to have a poet and now the legislature is debating the Baldwin is not sure Connecticut needs a poet laureate and nobody seems to know what his duties would but it who teaches poetry at Wesleyan University has been recommended for the a committee of Ata arts St marys Are a boat these stories in which actress Chili Williams was to have beat Ebose As girl like to entertain 1m a parked ther it was All a publicity stunt started by one bad fellow who May have ha4 sock but no foolishness for there has been to continent from miss o o o everybody getting plastered at the Jackson pc court and nobody likes it there int any Money on hand for and corroded water pipes Are causing wet plaster to Shower All Over the the trouble started when a woman prisoner stopped up a Drain with the water no and caused a deluge of plaster in the sheriffs office latest to get showered with plaster was judge Nick Cave of the court of the gals from Shiesley Are doing their bit for the office of defense transportation by not going Home for Spring remain on the catch of on travel will be limited to the in Philadelphia a new daily newsmagazine am will make its Bow March editor and publisher of tap and liquor Industry will be am will have a daily two Page news news of All will receive United press it will be Bine by 12 Berlin drive gives Stalin big Edge at conference offensive in Germany has assured marshal Stalin greater prestige and influence at the big three according to the unofficial army and Navy str flying As powerfully As he has done on the eve of the meeting of the big it is Clear to Diplo Mats Here As Well As to our own military leaders that marshal Stalin has come to a position where his views must receive even greater consideration than in the the publication in the United press re ported sunday newspapers speculating that the big three were Al ready in the sunday of usually Well informed Diplo indicated that president Roosevelt is probably playing a dominant the sunday dispatch declared the 1 priority item on the Agenda of the big three now either in session or about to what to do in the Case of an Early German there were no further reports yesterday on the locale of meet earlier mostly from aids had declared that the big three were meeting in con the rumanian port City on the Black Manila entered continued from Page 1 ing tank traps and steel Road blocks and muting buildings in the up correspondent reported that the japs had started to destroy some of their installations in the Philippines he said he had seen columns of smoke m bag from the on the Eastern flank of the yanks of the 1st corps pushed through the cat mountains to Shell it is two Miles South of san a town on a Highway piercing the Bagayan where the japs Are reported to have a Strong to the troops captured Mingan and Santa and inflicted heavy losses on the j unite of the Sci i and 24ttt up Ihrig Cavois the base of Bataan advanced sight Miles the captured naval ordnance worlds says Campbell 4 tie army chief of answering critics of american says he has Assurance from to ranking generals and scores of enlisted men Bhat the need apologize for no item of ordnance in comparison with that of the Lead ing Theta ail returning from a tour of the european and Mediterranean Thea Levin Camp Bell told the associated press that the Only real criticism made by Eisenhower and the rest was that they Haven As much ammunition As they like to have but i can assure the american Public that the matter will be for under a stepped up pro Gram dating from referring to published Rej ports that our tanks Are not big enough to Cope with the nazis vaunted Royal Tiger tanks and Hunting Panther tanks from a standpoint of Armor and Campbell asserted i could build a tank As big As Flie Pentagon if the generals in the Field said ther wanted but there is no evidence that they want or need tanks larger than those we now those men know what they Campbell said that the 73 ton nazi Royal which packs an 88 was big and with a Lack of Man Euver plagued by a great Deal of engine trouble and subject to being Caugh in the soft mud where its like a sitting first India China Convoy reaches Yunnan capital 4 Reu first Supply Convoy to travel Over the Stilwel Highway from India to China arrived Here lifting the land blockade of the governor of Yunnan prov of which Kunming the presented a Large Ivel ban Ner Lewis who pc Walt the Ledo Section of the on the Banner were the Road
