European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes february de Gaulle May attend part of conferences 5 French official circles predicted today that general Charles de Gaulle would be invited to sit in on the second half of the political portion of the big ten conferences which would most be followed by a visit by president Roosevelt to the French capital although general de Gaulle is known to feel that such a last minute invitation is not Frances right to a voice in High Allied persons close to the general said that they thought he would make the trip if and when the Call several officials asserted that the allies could not decide the Fate of in which France is so vitally or pick France As armies inside Siegfried one of the Reichs postwar guards without obtaining French consent they conceded that the French would not need to be included on the military phase of the conferences dealing with High command strategy for the defeat of the de Gaulle and other ministers have repeatedly asserted Frances interest in the settlement of Ger Man questions and her right to participate in postwar occupation in his last press Confer de Gaulle said that France would not finish the War until her troops were stationed on the Banks of the Rhine from one end to the these which already have the tacit approval of great Britain and the soviet evoked great sympathy from Harry hop president Roosevelt in his conversation with de Gaulle and foreign minister George Bidault during his recent visit according to French Hopkins brought no news on the possibility of a Roosevelt visit but these officials pointed out that Roosevelt already has accepted a de Gaulle invitation in principle with Only the Date and Circum stances left if de Gaulle attends part of the big three conferences he will bring the president Back with him for franc american the officials the Paris press car ried Only Small portions of the address by undersecretary of state Joseph grew and with held comment on his re ports from throughout the world today had in common the belie that the big three were already in by differed Only As to according to an a report received president Roosevelt prime minister Churchill and mar Shal Stalin Are meeting either in Rumania or in a russian port on the Black a German new Agency dub report claimed tha the discussions Are taking place aboard a Man o but did no Sayon what a United press dispatch from Istanbul cited rumours among diplomatic circles there that the big three meeting was being held in continued from Pace 1 mar and after each Force had advanced about four on the 1st army press association reports that forces had gone through the Eastern Belt of the double looped Pillbox de lenses were not confirmed officially at sheaf Public relations Divi Sion first army forces officially were reported to have penetrated a tight land of defences near this town is Northwest of elements of the four 1st army 2nd and 9th and 82nd airborne have cracked through the Western Belt along a 12mile arc East of Mon Schau from Ein Ruhr in the North to Uden Brath in the North of this four division push nto the 78th forces n the Kester Nich sector captured three fourths of a mile from the Roer River in a Yard and pushed on the remaining distance to the West Bank of the there they seized High ground which gave them control of the Paulu Hoffen one of the waterworks in the Complex water Way system of lakes and reservoirs in this to the 9th 47th took the Uritta Sperre dam to gain control of the Southern Bank of the urfa Lake which is formed by the urfa senators open new House drive for loan Powers 5 senators Harry Byrd and Hugh Butler will introduce a Bill this week to clip the wings of multimillion Dollar government corporations and make All of them responsible to according to the United Butler predicted Early passage of the which he disclosed has wide nonpartisan support has no connection with the George Henry Jesse Jones or any other he said most legislators realized that con Gress has been very careless in the past and is now ready to establish some semblance of order in corporations by preventing them from continuing operations outside congressional the associated press predicted that the House might scuttle the Senate approved George which would divorce the re construction finance corporation and other agencies from the com Merce department this would Force the Senate to take action on president Roosevelt nomination of Henry Wallace As Secretary of replacing Jesse while the Cabinet Post still carried with it the loan the the a already has shown that it is unwilling to give those Powers to russian tanks continued from Page 1 Oppeln on the West Bank of the in East Prussia fighting has reached the decisive stage As red army tightening the noose around the prussian Cap tured Landsberg and two of the last four big cities still in German Koenigsberg was in flames As soviet troops threw overwhelming forces at three defense Points ring ing the City against stiff German according to Moscow fighting in the area around Dan Zig was in Progress for three communications towns on the Danzig Berlin railway but thaw and rain appeared to have slowed the Tempo of the red heavy snowfalls hit new new York state new Snow Falls today hit new and More cold weather was expected in the Snow in northeastern states was As deep As 29 inches in and drifts impeded tray in new York City mayor la Guardia still called the situation and said Many people would there also is a severe food appreciable Relief for Pennsyl Vania was predicted by the regional solid fuels which said tons of Anthracite were mined saturday when miners worked a full instead of half Highway traffic in Michi Iowa and Wisconsin was partially at least 35 pedestrians suffered broken Bones or lacerations in Chicago alone yesterday As freezing rain coated sidewalks and sleet and rain pushed eastward in a Belt extending through the lower Ohio Southern appalachians and into West Virginia and Maryland where bus schedules were disrupted because of glazed had the nations coldest 11 degrees below 14 pm sentenced 5 o 10 years the swiftest sessions since the opening of the railway battalion looting two Paris courts martial today heard guilty pleas from 14 pm and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from five to ten the from the 716th and 724th rail Way admitted wrong fully disposing of army supplies and asked the court for clemency and another Chance to serve As the trial of the second officer involved in the investigation is scheduled to open trials of four other officers against whom charges have been filed have not yet been it has not yet been disclosed what disposition will be made in the Case of Walter commanding officer of the 716th railway operating battalion at the time maps raided the outfit in no the tap pending the conclusion of the investigation he was relieved of his command and placed on detached service with the 710th railway grand no charges Are presently filed against legislators agree they need apartment House 5 senators and congressmen seem to be unanimous on one thing the need to build an apartment House near the capital for the a Lions homeless Luther has called a meeting to begin drafting a Bill for construction of a Dollar congressional apartment disabled vets rapidly taken into War jobs 5 disabled veterans Are being absorbed into War jobs so rapidly that comparatively few Are applying to the veterans administration for specialized Public relations director Edward Lewis told the United press while veterans were taking rehabilitation courses at the end of another entitled to training didst submit training application Lewis said that they apparently found War Plant salaries More attractive than the administrations pension while learning War jobs have been tremendous morale builders because veterans not Only earn Good pay but have the satisfaction of boosting the War declared he believes that when War output tapers off Many veterans will seek vocational such applications May be filed up to two years from the Date of discharge or two years from the Date Congress declares the War whichever is after world War disabled veterans completed rehabilitation courses under administration Many mistakes were made then from which authorities Are trying to profit now in counsel Ling those being now we have an extensive counselling system through 52 Field least one in every state we try to provide training which the Man will enjoy and for which he has said 5th captures Gallicano 5 army troops in the Serchio Valley captured a Mountain Village 25 Miles North of against slight enemy Mac Arthur kept pledge with Rescue of City Macarthur has fulfilled the pledge he made during the dark Days of the Pacific his troops have returned to the City that is known As the Pearl of the it is the biggest cry that has been liberated thus far by american forces in their War against once Macarthur and his men got ashore on it took them just 26 Days to make 4 their Way into three years ago the japanese took exactly the same number of Days to Advance from their Landing Points and enter which had been declared an open Manila fell to the japanese on and Macarthur forces fell Back on the Bataan pen insula and Corregidor for their historic heroic but the Small american forces faced hordes of and the Battle ended the removes her rivals movie false fronts bared for All new time ago our boudoir Man announced that Grable wears no Landis has no Dinah Shore is a realist like now Earl Broadway has induced Marie the body Macdonald to turn states evidence Dorothy sarongs Are specially built miss Macdonald purrs for a Joan Fontaine came on the set of Frenchman Creek with such a beautifully rounded then she in so damned and pulled out her pads and began fanning herself with Hedy fix her up with Fluffy the body has she says Jane Russell makes her look like chopped 9 w w when Corregidor fell on May to regain control of Macarthur pitted elements of at least 10 of 000 eight elusive japanese divisions under Tomoyuki Macarthur went to Luzon in strength with the 25th Lith airborne and 1st cavalry the 6th Ranger battalion and the 158th regimental combat they opposed japanese divisions identified As the 2nd Armor 103rd and plus the 58th Independent Marine and naval and garrisons and service the prize was Manila and control of Manila one of the finest harbours in the far As a com Mercial and naval it occupies a commanding position in navigation to Southern French the Netherlands East indies and Manila underwent extensive modernization after the United states acquired the Ameri cans assisted in modernization of the effected sanitary in built boulevards and installed the cites fam Ous open air trolley the City grew into a Metropolis of 14 Square Miles with a population of when the last census was taken in Jeta Island secede Fishers 5 of this Island in Long Island sound voted yesterday to secede from new York state and ask time Connecticut legislature to make them part of that proponents of the plan have emphasized that the Island lies closer to Connecticut and consequently most of tace Island business activities Are carried on Connecticut