European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Sci on Petrle Francais one dire Kuh Voo Lavoo dear what do you mean 210 third gains daily newspaper of armed forces 1 in the european theater of operations Man Speicht Vermeiden Sie Fer Meyden pcs avoid 1 1945 yanks storm second iwo Airport patrols reported at Haarburg stars and stripes map in the Central sector of the Western third army units make several advances and patrols Are reported at senators Lay May Bill aside for another 21 work jail Bill was tossed on the shelf yesterday by the Senate military affairs ignoring a new endorsement of the Bill by president began polishing up a much Milder sub after voting 12 to 6 to Shelve the House approved the committee began work on which would authorize the War manpower com Mission to fix employment ceilings in designated plants or and to regulate or prohibit the hiring of new workers above the the presidents handed to Alben Barkley and dated said i Hope that legislation embracing the principle of the May Bill can be speedily it will assure the armed services that they can rely on a flow of the necessary supplies and greatly contribute to the Success of our Bui appears dead Albert Chandler coauthor of the substitute declared the committee action Means the work jail Bill is As dead As he said the action was a Clear indication that the committee favors the voluntary sys tem under the War manpower com the substitute would also direct of f ice of War mobilization and reconversion to coordinate the activities of All agencies responsible for manpower production and pro and would instruct the wac to Check on use of manpower unlike the May which would affect Only civilian men from 18 to the substitute would cover All working foe stiffens line in North against Canadian first reconnaissance elements of the third army broke into Haarburg Reu Ter reported from the front last As both official shape and frontline Dis patches indicated that ene my resistance had weakened before patrons armoured forces pushing toward the Junction of the Saar and Moselle Rivers Southeast of after advances of three the Reuter dispatch third army troops now hold an eight mile stretch of the River Saar below on the Boggy Northern front the Advance of Canadian first army troops toward Cal car was slowed by mounting German resistance now totalling elements of at least nine Little change was reported on the British second and ninth and first armies but in the fringes of the Saar seventh army troops drove into Forbach and at latest reports were battling for the the third army attack on the Central sector of the front appeared to be gaining momentum Asar Mored forces in the Saa Moselle Triangle took seven towns in their Advance to the West and Northwest of leading Armor was reported and on half Miles from the Junction of the two nazis taken prisoner these units contacted mechanized cavalry forces a Mue to the East of Winc Heringer which cavalry forces had previously the Swift Advance of George patrons Armor in the Triangle netted third army forces were approaching the key town of Haarburg from two some armoured units were reported within four Miles of the communications Center into the jaws of Siegfried dragon Teeth army signal corps photo doughs of the 90th pass Down a Road ranked by Concrete dragons As they approach Germany on the Way to the in the Vicinity of doughs of the 94th Cap tured Weiten and pushed on into Morscholz and Freudenberg to with in four Miles of the town from the in the echternach men of the fifth cleared while 80th beating off heavy took Seime Rich and Southwest of doughs of the continued on Page 8 Nurnberg hammered anew 12th at hits Berchtesgaden More than eighth of heavy escorted by 650 yesterday attacked the freight Yards and tank factory at Nurnberg for the second straight Day while u s 12th of fighter bombers made the wars first attack on targets in and near hitlers fortress at approximately tons of explosives were dropped on the traffic choked rail and Industrial cent i of Aerial photo graphs revealed great damage was caused by tuesdays some of the forts and liberators bombs hit the Luitpold site of the nazi party rallies in ninth of bombers made their deepest penetration of Germany to hit four rail Bridges Between Hanover and Osnabrock while More than 400 mediums continued on Page 8 baseball asked to Cut travel 25 percent baseball teams have been re Quested to curtail their travel in w45 by 25 Odt director Monroe Johnson revealed in e statement i the curtailment in it was would affect exhibition game regular season intersection Al team sizes and possibly the world clubs were asked to re examine their schedules and pass stole circus officials Are sentenced to prison for deaths in fire 21 ans court judge William Shea today imposed prison sentences on three officials of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus and sent three other circus men to All for in voluntary manslaughter in connection with the circus fire which claimed 168 lives Here last those sentenced were George general and Leonard Ayles chief two to seven years in the state prison James Vic president and one to five years in the state prison Edward chief j chief one year in the county jail David chief six months in at the same Shea fined the circus All defendants and the corporation itself entered no contest pleas to involuntary Man before passing sentence Shea re this is equivalent to a plea of the sentences came More than seven months after the tragic worst the history of the big fire levelled the main tent while it was jammed with most of them in addition to the 682 persons were some were hospitalized for j Koniaev forces close to Guben driving West along the Berlin Side of the Oder despite powerful German marshal Ivan Konies soviet troops last night were closing in on important communications Center 65 Miles Southeast of hitlers according to reports via Konies army had slashed Forward after capturing Crossen and Dobersberg and was fighting through the Forest East of with the City already under artillery f German reports placed red army spearheads about eight Miles from to the Konies left Wing edged closer to the Ger mans admitted they were falling continued on Page s fifth army captures two strategic Heights 21 troops of the fifth army today seized two dominating Monte Belvedere and Monte about 17 Miles Southwest of Al Hough this was a local its Success deprives the germans of to valuable observation posts dominating the approach to the great Valley communications marines list As casualties in toughest Battle Pacific Fleet american marines on iwo having captured one japanese air Field at a Cost of Casu were storming another today in the toughest Battle fought in the Pacific thus Nimitz announced that enlisted men and 150 officers of the fourth and fifth had been wounded or listed As missing up to 8 Oclock this Nimitz said that of the casualties had been casualties at iwo already sex by a slight the casualties suffered by the marines in the bloody Conquest of Tarawa in the in at marines were killed and one Marine Divi Sion fought in the 76hour Tarawa the iwo figures cover 48 hours of enemy Garrison split the main japanese one at the Southern end of the tiny firmly in Amer ican and the fiercely resist ing japanese Garrison was split by a Marine drive to the Western fifth troops pushed slowly up the Western bypassing the Southern tip of the Airfield now under fourth marines launched a frontal assault from the South and by noon today were pushing toward the Center of the the americans gained As much As half a an associated press correspondent on iwo sent Back this report there is no front line on bloody the whole of the Gourd shaped Island is a Battle there is no place where one can they cant reach me they can and its the toughest yet enemy fire streams Down in an angry spasm from commanding japanese he wrote on the third Day of the there is no doubt that this is by far the toughest Battle of the Paci fic How Long it will be before iwo is crushed nobody is inclined to marines were striking in two directions from the which they a northward attack was directed at the second Airfield a southward attack was made against japanese positions on it a on the Steep slopes of the vol japanese pillboxes Are placed at ten foot but the marines inched Forward under Mur continued on Page 8 Stilwell tells Why go fights to get Home new 21 commanders May explain to soldiers what they Are fighting but the american i really fighting because he wan s to get the Job done and go Joseph Vine Gar Joe commander of the ground said yesterday red Cross