European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 praises for its the effectiveness of the first tactical air Force in cooperation with the third and seventh armies in the Saar offensive won commendation yesterday sets Alexander Patch a commendation from Eisen Howers Headquarters signed by air Effort maintained Over the last five Days by your command has been noted with pleasure by the supreme com All ranks under your conv Rand Are deserving of compliment on this Fine As a thu Climax of the present Battle will be hastened general Spaatz declared the work of the first Taf was a magnificent Gen seventh army com said every member of my command is extremely grateful for the fallout Effort you have carried and the troops have benefited greatly from the results Vienna drive nazis German sources reported last night that the red army in Hun Gary has opened an offensive toward the German overseas news said that soviet with Strong tank had opened the Battle for the Gate Vav to striking along the Danube toward 70 Miles North West of and 35 Miles East of marshal Feodor Tol Bukhina forces in Hungary were reported by Berlin to have penetrated to Sze Between Budapest and Lake russian troops also said to have advanced West of near the czech in Southern marshal the stars and stripes i Sarcu pocket was split by a russian drive through to the coast at German loss of dominant Heights in that area permitted soviet guns to Rake coastal continued irom Page 1 president play puts nazis in the Middle on the griddle Wicai Prussia  5  Belgium a Sharmy Iowa idiom not Al Scalfo s 17 Jap warships Are crippled As rip Fleet div members of the new York City Council rapped the mayor Tor the pointing out that it Vio lated the Midnight closing Bill which Laguardia had put before them two weeks Laguardia had said the Exten Sion was for the Benefit of thou Sands of servicemen in new York on furlough who had no place to go after in the troika Ruby Foos Den and the China n which had been Given monday to remain open after mid found the permission with drawn by the War manpower com v Chandler said that the curfew was saving any he cited As an example a big m which a Diml lighted night club is closed at Midnight and five minutes later lights begin to Blaze from 200 rooms s Patch awarded Cluster to the dam with the seventh March Alexander m Carrie plane losses were extremely these first accounts of the most daring naval action of the Pacific War were pieced together today from the preliminary report of Raymond of the us fifth and firsthand accounts of pilots Given to an associate press my boilers task japanese Imperial Headquarters indicating the Battle was said today the Amer ican Fleet was escaping to the after according to Tokyo two earners one two destroyers and two other unidentified it japanese said their air Force was pursuing Mitscher task fliers who swept Over japans major naval bases and scores of bases assigned to defend them said their bombs and rockets smash battleship of the Yamato the Musashi sunk last october m the Batty of Loyte Gulf in the Philippines and her sister the Yamato was they were japans two biggest a battleship converted into a aircraft three Large aircraft four Small escort Type a heavy a Light four a one in six Craft including one were sunk and seven including two More than 575 enemy planes Des troyed or damaged in extending from Kyushu to hons a total of accounted of Over Japan by Carrier i schers Carrier Arm knocked out 88 in tvo raids in the Tokyo area la germans captured in the West March 21 and on half million Ger Man prisoners have been Cap tured since the outbreak of the War by the excluding prisoners captured by the red War minister sir Jame Grigs declared yesterday m War week staff Shor Down Over Reich continued from Page 1 Clouds on a Tenmile Convoy be tween Landau and Pir Asensi destroying to motor vehicles and 30 horse drawn vans and damaging 120 other they were to rally asked to desist by ground forces enemy could be wiped a v of staff writer for War was shot Down Over Germany 28 and is listed his wife was notified by the War Connors was flying As a gunner on the eighth ass third Annever sri raid on the Ruhr when his Saiy hit by flak and Wen  of bring arrest All troops in whether stationed Here or not be subject to arrest by maps it found violating uniform wearing Regula the Provost marshals of Ftp announced violators we be brought immediately before summary court where files bcp1reviously maps merely corrected discrepancies n uniform of to pot and submitted Dequency re for later e of the most actions noted included Goto without wearing of nor wearing sweaters a in three runs Over the target resulted in Complete destruction of the building one plane was damaged when its Wing struck a from the he flew on several missions win the eighth afas a combat Cor us outer wearing Woolin leather leather cat and other flying  an wearing of combination in Forn Acke Russia notifies Turkey its letting treaty laps Russia informed Turkey yes value of continued Small surface struck a Retreat from Saa Jurns continued from Page 1 toward the River Gen e b continued from Page 1 armies at of a few hours after they joined 12 Miles West of the cd of the seventh army yesterday was awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the distinguished medal by Jacob sixth army group Patch was cited for direction of the invasion in Southern France Ted the speedy liberation of Large of French Ana seven filers and four Large cargo probably were sunk Carrier planes cratered attacked air plane destroyed plane Oil stores and japanese warships identified of Nimitz As principal units of the Fleet scurried Tor shelter As the raiders bored Mitscher planes Aurecia in the second linkup As patrons forces in the Center or the bin Mosel Triangle Reed the Forest East of kaisers Futema forthe Armor awl infantry were converging on Lud Charles s Kilburn Lith and Gen l 160000 prewar follow in the occupation of Worms by Gen Hugh gaffes fourth Horace Mcbrides 80th were clean 15 Miles East of Saar was taken by Gen j w odaniels third so Inbi drove into Homb after enveloping the key my Ceu v attacks from three the 103rd found going tougher in the Central it Mountain where they locked 20 pillboxes manned by Wehrme no troops on the right Al of the seventh army crossed Lauter River and took a i and on half North of toward the the it Etc Between the third and Sev Kyfes was about 35 Nules bet on the to 1 on the