European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The 1aris edition daily newspaper of armed 203 the european theater of operations 1 1945 blast Reich both parties get peace plan roles portrait of a thawed off Doug Byrnes tells Crimea details 14 participation european affairs is aimed at preventing rus Sian British Competition for spheres of James War mobilization declared today in giving the first eyewitness details of the Crimea by its the also Hopes to prevent outbreaks of Lence in liberated Byrnes he cited the polish settlement As a specific application of the general policy drafted by the big without such there would be factional bids in War torn coun tries for support of either Russia or he president Roo i s e v e 11 himself wrote the state ment on Liber ated Byrnes the president great patience and humor at the and informal agreement acted As chairman at Byrnes two proposals the president proposed at least two of the specific agreements declaration areas by which the United states agrees to serve on commissions which May be needed in one or More countries to restore order and the people an eventual free Choice of a formula for settling the Dumbarton Oaks dispute Between the United states and Over whether a great Power should vote on a charge of aggression against Byrnes did not explain what the formula Byrnes said he saw nothing at the conference to indicate an Early end of the on the military leaders plan to involve More men than Ever before in this he cant count on it they do not minimize the possibility of civilian collapse in Ger but we cannot count on Byrnes discussing the polish Section of the Crimea Byrnes pointed out that it represented a asked whether this Means that the present provisional Lublin gov is to be considered a government by the United Byrnes replied of course it is a we May be opposed to but its for sets up Frisco Board studiously avoiding the wilsonian error of leaving con Gress out of International peace today named two democratic and two Republican congressmen and a former Republican governor to an eight member delegation to the forthcoming United nations conference at san the delegation will be headed by Secretary of state Edward another Delegate will be former Secretary Cordell representing Congress will be Tom chairman of the Senate foreign relations commit tee Arthur Vandenberg sol chairman of the House foreign affairs committee Charles a ranking Republican member of the House com from the outside Roosevelt chose Harold former Republican governor of and Dean Virginia Gildersleeve of Barnard All espouse the International Point of observers recalled after world War president Woodrow Wilsons league of nations plan was Defeated by a Senate bloc under leadership of the late Henry Cabot they noted the bipartisan nature of president Roosevelt current Choice b u t nomination of Stassen caused some san Francisco busily prepared for its unexpected Posi Tion As Host to the United nations world Security conference april officials arranged to place All re sources at the disposal of representatives of 45 United although san Francisco is crowded with War mayor Roger Lapham said hotels would be commandeered if and hotel and restaurant officials promised full the veterans building in san Francisco civic Center is considered the most suitable meeting Eden visit Athens on Way Home h prime minister stopping Over in Athens on his Way Home from the Crimea addressed a crowd of More than persons in Constitution Square this British foreign Secretary an Thony Field marshal sir Harold commander in chief in the and the greek Cabinet stood with Churchill As he spoke from the Balustrade of the old West front key Points hit for May meet aide in Italy visit to France is foreseen by Edward Kennedy associated press correspondent judge Samuel l adviser to president left Paris by special plane today for and it was reliably reported that he would Confer the chief executive the president is expected to Call j on the Pope and also inspect War in he May return to j ius spots he visited As a Young n and which he desires to see it is quite conceivable that the president will come to phere arrangements have been be to receive him by both the Ach government and it is entirely possible that if he comes to one of this wars greatest scandals May come of this involves cer Tain instructions which he Gavere Garding civilian Relief for and not carried out by the military it is also possible that the presi Dent will present his views to a group of reporters flown especially from America and whom he i Likely to see shortly in All arrangements of Roose belts tour Are subject to change while there Are no indications tha the president is there is no doubt that Crimea conference has been a hard Strain on him and some of his aides Are worried Abou his physical what next out on the front three weeks ago it was snowing and the temperature was holding steady below freezing then Winner the Snow turning to rain and the Western front turn la n the stuff on pvt James i posts face mud yet Poust Miles about it maybe Hes thinking about 34 Days More than Allied planes swarmed Over Ger Many in the 24 hours ending at dusk yesterday to blast the Reichs industries and lines of communications to both the Eastern and Western Battle the raids were made by eighth which Dis patched bombers and escort ing ninth which sent out Light and whose heavy bombers blasted Germany during the first supporting sixth army which sent out 900 medium and fighter second which Dis depots Speed plan to double infantry quota two Eto depots of the ground forces reinforcement already turning out several thou Sand trained riflemen each expect to double the figure within a Short com z Headquarters announced stripping their program of All the two 12th in England and the 16th in France Are preparing service troops for infantry action in six the retraining program covers the three fundamental phases of combat service the ability to handle All types of infantry to take care of oneself in the and to obey instructors Are mainly veterans of combat in this g3 officials also announced de tails of the infantry which will open 26 at a depot in France officers and instructors from fort Are now preparing the depot to handle the first the 12weeic course at French depot is modelled after the was 17week course in the Al though it is intended to prepare Rifle platoon leaders the school will turn out More than officers a month when in full operation and will handle More than candidates at a time volunteers Are now being chosen from com z and air Force in addition to the straight oct the new depot will offer an eight week refresher course of in Fantry training to com air Force and ground Force service officers Battle commissioned officers from no infantry branches will also be Given this although they will return to their old outfits upon completion of the v the depot will also offer a three week orientation course to infantry officers who have won Battlefield plans Are completed to handle 300 of these officers each in some these Battle commissioned infantry officers Wil be used As instructors during their attendance and in All cases they will be returned to own units third Nazaire truce to Aid civilians begin with 66th the third truce of the War to allow evacuation of French civilians from the German held Nazaire pocket began it was announced a divisional an estimated civilians Wil be brought out by train Over a makeshift track from the Atlantic coast to Date civilians have been evacuated since Canadian leaving c menaces Ruhr Canadian first army swinging the tip of the 400mile Western front toward the broke out of the fortified Reichs 15 Miles Southeast of nil yesterday and drove defend my German forces to the South j Banks of the Niers More than 130 Miles to the third army troops deepened their Sauer River Bridge Lead into Germany from Luxem Bourg to nearly three Miles along a ten and on half mile they pushed through Siegfried line fortifications toward the Prum next water Barrier confronting them to the Between these two no changes were reported on the Brit ninth and first army Only the surging Roer River broke the reported Lull in these the Roer was reported to have dropped four inches in some places but it still flowed 11 to 12 feet deep in its Channel where Normal depth is five to six As water continued to gush out of the Schwam Mnauel and urfa North of where the coun try Levels out at the edges of the Cologne the River formed great pools on either Side of its there were no reports that these were at the rate of flow through the blasted Schwam Mnauel first army engineers estimated it would take another week or More continued on Page 8 patched eighth air Force escorted by 900 Mustangs and followed up a night assault by 800 Raf bombers on nerve Center of the nazi armies facing marshal Komets advancing rus Sian 70 Miles crewmen reported smoke Rose to feet Over the the German news Agency admitted the heart of the City was Raf heavies also went to Bonn and six planes were lose out of a total Force of 8th of hits three cities the eighth split into three main forces to at tack key transportation and Industrial Center Southeast of Leipzig Magdeburg and the escorting fighters strafed Road and rail targets and Strong Points Over a wide in the another formation of heavies struck in support o f attacking Canadian bombing a six Span Road Bridge Over the Rhine at almost 750 ninth air Force medium and Light in their busiest Day since flew in support of ground attacked three German two Rhine Bridges and an ammunition dump at 10 Miles Southeast of Large fires were started at the crewmen marauders which bombed the Crown Prince Wilhelm Bridge Span Ning the Rhine at North of reported that part of the Structure collapsed into the another formation attacked tha Ludendorff 12 Miles South of As part of the Allied plan to isolate enemy troops from their Supply and Industry East of marauders and havoc struck at enemy communications at Southwest of dus continued on Page 8 nazis admit Koniaev column is within 70 Miles of Berlin marshal Ivan Konies first ukrainian army invaded Branden Burg yesterday and slashed into the right flank of berlins outer defend German reports while marshal Stalin announced that to Nieves forces had captured seven More communications centers and defense bastions in Silesia one enemy account told of fight ing North of a Little More than 70 Miles from another said that Konies forces had reached just inside the Brandenburg Border and 90 Miles Southeast of on the Bres Auberlin Sora is eight Miles Northwest of where fighting also was marshal Stalin announced the capture of 10 East of Sagan on the Eastern Bank of the sober River and 25 Miles West of soviet encircled Konies men also seized 75 Miles Northwest of according to a soviet that town is the northernmost Point reached by Koniaev thus in the Sams general the russians took Neustaedt and Moscow maintained its silence re Garding the tip of the Berlin where Zhukov forces were gather ing but on zhukov3 Northern red army troops seized a Large Junction on the rail line from Dan Zig to in Eastern is far behind the soviet front lines and had been surrounded for the associated press report Tell continued on Page s