European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 1hl slams 51 22y 1945 artillery pounds japs left in Manila 21 Vicau artillery poured shells into the ancient intr Muros Section of a Nils today in an Effort to crush the remnants of the japanese whose desperate stand has wrecked approximately on fifth of the cites 14 Square the artillery was attempting to Cut an Entrance through the thick outer Wall of the intr Muros for american tanks and infantry striving to eliminate the enemy and liberate thousands of civilians within the japanese the american forces could pulverize the intr Muros with air but not without killing the sealing off Corregidor japs Macarthur announced that the enemy now compressed into an area Yards Long and 800 is acting with the greatest savagery in the treatment of noncombatants and private 5 both entrances 01 the main Tunnel were blocked by and yanks swarming Over topside poked into rubble in a search for a ventilation vent when they find the japanese will be completely sealed Macarthur announced that the japanese had suffered casualties in the six weeks of the Luzon of them in the last american casualties Tor the six week period stand at including american casualties in the last week totalled trial witness hits railroads railway companies in the were blamed for the poor Quality of borne railway battalion officers overseas by a witness yesterday in the Paris trial of Walter former commander of the 716th railway operating the a the hearing is to go into its third Day More than 100 of whose men have been sentenced to prison for Black is charged neglect of executive officer of the second military railway told the court that Martins experience As a locomotive Engineer did not qualify him to handle a railway operating battalion such As the he suggested that rail ways at Home could have Given the army railroaders with executive experience to command rail Way but instead followed a policy of letting us have the men they could Best when the prosecution the defense counsel moved for a finding of not arguing that the court might think Marlin was inefficient but inefficiency is not a criminal the motion was air War from Page 1 struck at the communication Cen ters of Anthem and 13 Miles East and Southeast of the mediums encountered opposition from German several of which were shot four mediums were listed As rocket carrying thunderbolts pounded railways around More than fighter bombers of the ninth of made concentrated attacks on German communication lines West of the Rhine with a loss of four the 19th in its longest operation of the kept its fighter planes hammering at Ger Man targets for ten hours and 55 subs boost toll 21 submarines Sank a japanese escort a converted a destroyer and 22 Mer chant vessels in recent operations in far Eastern the announced panties unessential by web ruling new Yorks garment Center was shocked today when it was discovered that by in Ference War production Board has ruled women pan ties Are they pointed to web orders announced monday from aimed at placing priorities on Wool and so that vital civilian articles can be produced at Low vital items listed included mens but notably absent was to mens marines storm 2nd iwo Field continued from Page 1 Derous japanese gaining More than 100 from Only 750 Miles North of iwo the japanese Broad cast a report that a third of a Force of men landed on iwo has been wiped but the enemy conceded american gains and said that american troops and equip ment were pouring ashore in Ever increasing another japanese report said the local forces must defend iwo Jima to the last drop of blood this order must be strictly obeyed no japanese shall die before he has killed ten enemy american reports from iwo described the Island As eight Square Miles of hell on the Battle has not abated for an install since the marines went ashore monday but american officers expressed Confidence in ultimate planes hit foe As the japanese Laid Down a mortar and rocket fire from commanding positions at the Southern and Northern ends of american warships encircling the continued to throw shells at the rain started to fall but despite that Handicap Amer ican Carrier planes dived Down to Pound the the planes were shaken by the concussion of the naval Navy night fighters turned Back japanese planes which tried to sneak in to support the iwo Jima Nimitz announced that a Large part of the american artillery was now and he disclosed that the Navy had fired More than tons of West continued from Page 1 90th fought into Rinscheid while armoured elements took sen a mile to the on the Northern reinforced German units hurled counteract backs to Stop Canadian first army troops driving toward the Cal car Road North of counter attacking nazi forces penetrated Canadian positions astride the Goch Calmar canadians threw in hastily brought up reserves of tanks and the German which kept coming in time after were finally beaten Back and lost ground was on the seventh army americans cleared Border towns free Miles Southeast of Saar largest Industrial Center of the Southern these included a string and enemy resistance was reported acre Astrig in that sector where seventh army troops have edged Back on to German soil on a fairly wide fighting in Forbach continued heavy As germans a eared determined to contest every Louse in the on the ninth army Sand s correspondent Ernest Leiser re sorted that the germans continued o Send Light artillery fire mob the uj3 positions along the but hat otherwise the front was inac these weird looking planes wont see combat these pictures prove that aircraft designing never Many a Model is tried but few Are chosen by plane experts to be used in the one above is the Bell an Allwood designed to be the answer to the  Jap its High Speed tended to crack the this is the the result of an Effort to Combine the Best features of combat planes into one super Long Range fighter with counter rotating propellers and a mighty Allison the Catlike xp67 was a try at a flying it had bad trials but its design May be applied to postwar All of these planes were tested by the air technical service Wright and were turned milk and Beer rate tops on returned vets hit Parade Jersey than wounded and ill veterans of the european campaigns arrived Here and put in immediate requests for two be and one group of of was particularly jubilant after months and years of imprisonment m they were part of repatriates arriving on the swedish liner the other group arrived on a to Spital they included be Erans Iwho had been had Ost limbs and had received other serious wounds in hard fought Battles with the for it was the first glimpse of american shores in two and three those who were physically Able lined the ships rails and As they came into the the Beer fanciers had to forego hat beverage but downed plenty of fresh milk served with a Chicken they were promised Beer and ice Cream in future the Public was not permitted on he but bed Cross representatives assisted the men in Send ing telegrams to their families notifying them of their portable telephones were plugged in at the bedside of some patients to enable them to make Calls army officials arranged for the immediate Transfer of the sex prisoners of War to the Halloran general Hospital for physical those who Are physically fit will receive immediate Many of the vets on the Hospital ship were carried on litters Down the gangplank and placed in army they will be processed and sent to hospitals near their if among the repatriates were 46 merchant 78 Canadian and 622 civilians who had been held in internment Washington ceremony United states ambassador Jefferson Caffery will Lay a Wreath on Washington at the place at 11 Oclock this in a ceremony commemorating George Washington wifi Sefcek to strengthen Union Mexico 21 Resolution giving increased political and economic Powers to the pan american with the aim of making it a subdivision of the world organization outlined at the Dumbarton Oaks will be introduced at the inter american conference which widened Here to the Resolution i of two which the headed by Secretary of state Edward Stettinius plans to the on Freedom of the will urge equal Access to news throughout the who arrived Here yes predicted that the Confer ence would equal in Success the big three conference at the conference Here will have the tasked trimming the Broad outlines of the crimean charter to fit the special needs of South and Central the delegates will also be faced with the problem of what action to take on tie one nation missing from the some observers were suspicious of Argen Tinas recent stiffening of policy to Ward Argentina threatened monday to apply economic sanctions against Germany because the Reich has not replied to Argentina demand for indemnities for two Argentine ships sunk by the sanctions would take the form of deductions from Frozen German credits m the Argentine Central execution Date 21 8 was fixed today As the execution Date for Karl Gustav american and mrs Elizabeth British strip convicted of the murder of a taxi Hulten was sentenced to be hanged at and mrs Jones at the dates were fixed by the Home Secretary office after a decision by three judges of the appellate court denying their the fact that the Date is been fixed does not mean the Home Secretary has closed the until the cases Are disposed the Home Secretary has the Power of East front continued from Page 1 3ack in this area to the Neisse with the assuming the shape of a semicircle around goer which is a Little More than 30 Miles East of on marshal Gregory Zhukov front East of the nazis re ported increased it was acknowledged by Che germans hat Zhukov troops had enlarged heir Bridgehead across the Oder at Kienitz by pushing Forward a few Hundred Kienitz is Only 33 Miles from the Reich capital and is at the Northern tip of the arc being built around the German forces trapped in East Prussia were reported to be making frantic efforts to break out of Koenigsberg and fight to the port of last nights soviet communique said that russian troops had re Elled attacks by germans seeking to escape from How the communique reported that soviet troops had last several in habited dispatches said i that soviet lanes were patrolling Danzig waiting for German Evacula Ion transports and preparing for a major air and Seal elements of Marshill Konstantyn to Kossovsky ii my surged ahead through the polish corridor toward now less than 40 Miles marshal Stalin an last night these rooms had captured town making a 20mile Advance rom their last disclosed