European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1945 another wedge driven across Okinawa Island seventh in action Guam april 4 of tenth army drove another wedge across Okinawa Island yesterday and took firm control of the sout Central japanese resistance to the which started still was marines of the third amphibious corps reached Okinawa East coast yesterday by advancing to Yards Nimitz infantry men of the seventh who bisected the Island on monday moved eight Miles southward along the shores of a Amagusuku announcement of the sevenths Advance was the first disclosure that it was fighting on Only 325 Miles from the seventh commanded to Ribald is a Veteran of heavy fighting from the aleutians to the rapid gains reported Nimitz reported rapid gains on All the Okinawa on the Southern yanks were six Miles from the principal in the Ryukyu Island near nth is one of the Best air domes in the the marines in the Cross ing difficult were slowed More by Hills and Dusty roads than by japanese on the East the seventh div reached be town of the sweeping american advances overran scores of Little towns and drought hundreds More civilians with the but there sigh was no report that any Jap anese troops had been better than wildest dreams one general said the in Vasion was progressing far better Man our wildest head quarters officers reported that the Advance was so speedy that they were unable to plot positions a although japanese opposition was Field officers said the hour probably nearing when the or More japanese estimated to be on Okinawa could be expected to put up a in the american Carrier Vav plane attacked targets in the a Kohima group of in the Southern the Sak Shimas Tiad been pounded before by British warships and three Industrial cities in Japan hit by b29s april 4 ans very Large task Force of us per fortresses of the 20th of battered Industrial targets in three japanese cities in the Tokyo area the Mariana based super fort Fleet divided into three forces to blast 85 Miles South of Tokyo 20 Miles and 20 Miles a japanese broadcast indicated that the super fortress offensive was inflicting great damage on japanese thousands of workers Homes Are in the broadcast and scores of fac tories lie in at least 29 trains a Day Are being used to remove refugees from the broadcast yanks invade Isles 30 Miles from Borneo april 4 eighth army troops have invaded the Taw Itawi in the extreme southwestern seizing Aird Romes and a japanese naval base Only 30 Miles from the great Oil and rubber producing Island of Macarthur announced Veteran infantrymen of Jens does 41st made this close approach to the Japan Ese held Netherlands East indies Iri a 200mile water jump from the Zamboanga Peninsula on Minda seize control of Bay the yanks landed monday on Sanga Sanga and just off the Southern tip of the main Island of they joined Strong guerrilla forces and seized control of Taw Itawi former naval base used by the japanese losses were Macarthur disclosed that in preparation for the his naval and air forces had bombarded japanese positions in the Tawi Ali area on a saturation scale for to Macarthur said that the land Ings threatened the main japanese position in the Sulu at Jolo which lies Between Tawi Tawi and the Zamboanga but More in the Long was the threat to Macarthur forces Are in position to land on that Island one of the largest in the and strike at the heart of japans stolen South Ern on 4sacred soil red Avalanche i Frankfurt Magdeburg allies Roll into Mich Black area shows part of Germany proper so far conquered by Allik Field chiefs Back services merger april 4 Field commanders of the army and Navy Are reported to favor consolidation of the armed forces into a single department of National de sense after the their reaction to proposal of a merger proposal which the army advocated Navy mildly opposed during recent con Gressional obtained during discussions with the army Navy recently returned from the european and among those reported police were Eisenhower and Mac and Nimitz Chennault fliers Aid invaders of blast 122 planes civilian goods As usual a year after be Day april 4 within a year after Veci Vilian As washing machines and be pouring out of the factories at a rate reminiscent of 1939 a chairman of the War production predicted in outlining webs reconversion that the War against Japan would have first claim von the country re said would impose a tremendous Strain on productive capacity Nany shortages would continue for months in cloth chemicals and other tax problem comes up pressure on Congress for an immediate Start on legislation to ease the postwar tax Burden on business and thus encourage investments unexpanded peacetime this came in a unanimous Resolution of the civilian advisory ing agriculture and the the office of War mob Satio nand there were two other develop ments which indicated official Confidence that the War against Ger Many would soon end 1 the webs top officials planned to leave tomorrow for Detroit to consult on and War production with automobile the motor Industry re presents the biggest reconversion problem of potential unemployment al2 the web created a commit tee on period period 1 is the official term forthe Day when Japan will be the Only enemy still the with 11 sub will supervise relaxation of business controls while protecting arms production for the Pacific flak ninth of bomber april 4 an Aerial gunner in the 416th bomb the in is named Francis Navy slashes its draft quota april 4 Navy has slashed ats May draft quota 50 and May lower its june quota Betow the associated press As a Overall selective ser vice Calls will be 12 per cent or More from 132000 men a that ratio had been scheduled continue through the will Call about men in the a the reductions were the a because the enlistment of 17yearolds in the Navy has been at a higher rate than and Peak strength of men is expected to be reached by july while there has been some pres sure on the army to Cut its draft Calls to Salvage More men for in army officials have refused to swerve from their Call for men a month through the Navy slash is expected to be reflected most in the relaxing of Calls for men in the 3033 age Kassel taken Byther army got a reached continued from Page i East of he Rhine on the roads to Hanover and Field marshal sir Bernard Montgomery British and Cana Dian forces kept driving to isolate the sixth guards reached the Ems River in an Advance from while Brit ish infantry drove into Hengelo bypassing where the sixth airborne was battling the British april 4 Claire Chennault 14th striking in support of the american Landing on Oki Nawa destroyed or damaged 122 japanese planes sunday and monday in Surprise raids on Jap anese airfields in the heaviest blow was delivered at the Shanghai where 92 enemy planes urrere destroyed and 16 six of the planes were Down and the others were wrecked on the which is 500 Miles from Mustangs bombed and strafe japanese troops at North of the yellow and killed approximately a 14th of com Munique american Mitchells bombed Jap anese positions South of h French in support o French troops resisting the Jap other planes struck of enemy rail Yards and refineries in the the two Days of action Cost to 14th a 15 East front continued from Page 1 Berr Chaplin Case returns to court the stars and stripes Bureau los april re trial of Joan Berrys paternity suit against Charlie Chaplin opened to with selection of the jury expected to take the rest of the week and testimony probably starting Nothe first trial ended with a dead locked jury in testified that she was intimate Sev eral times the 55yearold Chaplin and claimed that the was the father of her Carol linked up with Tol Bukhina forces North of Lake South of Lake Kolbuk Hins forces continued to mop up the German hungarian rear and crossed the hungarian Border into a indicative of a German collapse on the Southern Section of the Eastern front was the soviet announcement that in one Day More than prisoners had been taken by Malinovsky and Tol Bukhina at the Northern end or me Eastern germans were taken soviet linkup in 10 Day Rosenman april 4 Samuel personal adviser to president said today that it was his personal and casual belief that Allied forces and the red army would meet up in a week or ten inside Ger he has just returned from a visit to rolled out of the Hilton into the Broad Weser River their direction troops of the Canadian first army deepened their across the Wenthe canal which bisects Eastern Holland and ran into opposition from German Para troop trainees who were fighting at infantry conflicting reports on German evacuation from Western Holland gave to picture of that while up front reports said nazis were evacuating their elite leaving second rate troops behind to stand and die or sur supreme Headquarters re ported that Little evacuation had been indicating that ele ments of two German armies were ready to be swept up by Mont Gomegys dutch a lube change was reported from Courtney Hodges first army according to s s correspondent Dan pressure was being directed West Ward against the Ruhr heavies rip nazi bases More than eighth of heavies yesterday again blasted submarine Yards at Kiel and Ham Burg and pounded airfields in North Ern it was the eighths second attack on the naval bases in less than 24 approximately half the planes attacked the Kiel fighters of the 850plane destroyed 15 enemy planes m the t including 11 nine heavy bombers and four fighters were operating from a base East of the Rhine for the than 800 ninth of fighter bom Bers attacked the Schweinfurt air drome and German airfields of Leipzig m support of the third army