London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Eds drive to 50 Miles of Reich ill these tank borne soviet machine gunners leap their tanks and plunge into action along the vast flaming Eastern they have blasted through major nazi defences in the Cracow area and Are moving toward the Rich silesian Industrial Linew York London edition r by newspaper of armed forces 5 Paris ipes in in the european theater of operations 1945 2 big offensives bite at Silesia two vast russian armies drove through the wreckage of deep German defences in Southern Poland last night toward the German less than 50 Miles the second phase of the great red army Winter offensive was announced by marshal who disclosed that the first White russian army broke through the Vistula line from two Bridgehead South of linked up and advanced 37 Miles on a 75mile front in three stains order of the Day was addressed to marshal Deputy commander chief of All soviet and gave some indication of the strength of the assault by mentioning 44 other russian generals taking part in the the first White russian army previously Vas commanded by marshal opening two Days after marshal Koniaev began his drive from the Baranov Bridgehead 120 Miles of Warsaw on the new assault jumped off at two Points farther North along the Vistula at Magnus Zev and the two soviet drives Are Only about 20 Miles apart on the Road to the Rich steel and Industrial area in German according to one German broadcast the two forces have linked in three Days fighting Zhukov forces captured including whose fall was announced in a second order of the Day last other localities taken included 28 iritis a drive for Royeras bulge flattens it army 5 if Vith As la Back Oil if free 1st army and striking last into the Northern flank of the ritually crushed German salient in glum pushing toward y Road Hub left to the nazis in this As British 2nd army troops went Ato the offensive in the dutch pan s Between Belgium and operation aimed initially at erasing in Ziemys 15mile Bridgehead West of Roer River Between Roermonde and moderate met the Jusu which began with Tantry followed by tank advances into German held roughly the Points of which Are Roer Montand in in Geilen Djen is about 15 Miles North of Chen Roermonde and both in dutch wedge Between Belgium and Are respectively North and a stiff in troops of the 38th Divi i were Only five Miles from Sale the 1st and 75th were attacking on Ler Side of the the 75th Cap Salm bypassed in earlier lit Vith was now an orphan Road june Allied pressure on three sides Ped the germans to pull Back from to the leaving that is Miles b 20 30 Arsis off virtually empty when patrols of 2ndarmored division entered monday slow five Miles Northeast of a German zeroed in on hold tank a the Southern flank there were no but George fat ten was said to be building up Power it the germans around Wiltz before can make Iffat Luxemburg town an a Jar for a possible defense from dispatches said it was l coffin used on page4 Vignette of War i Story was hade at per 27yearold was asleep in a of which was ready to the Channel to France when lie was awakened by the b aboard and found that he be Lille was still yawning and stretch Jhu Dies prodded him awake in vote air the ships Loudspeaker i out that he the army Soldier to Ein bark the p for the continent since who has been in the army 17 was formerly a machine operator where his i jigs and Walter army signal corps photo re act an american Soldier makes tracks As he gets out of the Mau Juja Sitf murderous fire of enemy shells in the burning american Hal track and weapons Carrier has just received direct hits from the bomb Jap China coast ports yanks 98 Miles from Manila first full scale american Carrie plane blows against japans lifeline ports on the South China coast were reported yesterday As the 6th army continued its Advance on Luzon Island in the Tokyo radio reported yesterday that the americans had made a new Landing on in the Vicinity of Santo to Las Santo Tomas is on the 0 Shore of lingayen if such a command performance i gets blood sheaf last an Appeal was made to Headquarters men for contributions of Type o Nii tied immediately at the a couple of Days volunteers were lined up in the dispensary waiting for their no one paid attention at first As an officer brushed excuse me and walked into the room where the blood was being he Lay Down on one of the empty and a nurse bustled Over to wrap a Tourniquet around his a Soldier on the next litter looked Over at his companion looked then did an astonished the Guy next to him was it was just like any other said Conrad one of the dispensary he want a special at Ike came they took his he got a cup of and he just like there was a private in the waiting line who saw the supreme commander on his Way he turned to the Man beside him and Thad be the blood to maybe 1 could make general with Ike overheard turned around and if you he 1 Hope you dont inherit my bad train b29 pilots at 3 Fields 16 transition training b29 super fortress pilots and flight engineers has been transferred from the second air Force to the aah training command under Barton it was said instruction already is under Way at Maxwell in the training commands four engine school which previously gave graduate pilots transition training in Roswel con Vert to b29 training in and a third school will open at Randolph in the it was Landing had been made it night mean the americans Are trying to shorten their Overland drive toward in the Northern part of the though Hill entrenched enemy soldiers on the Leff flank of the lingayen Gulf beachhead were putting stiff re Forcina the americans to fight their Way foot by there was still virtually no opposition against tire dough boys pushing on toward Manila from the Center and right flank of the Douglas Mac Arthurs com 24 hours behind actual opera announced his men had entered Tarmac province and captured the Highway Junction of putting them within Early reach of Tarmac these gains put them 30 Miles Inland and 98 Miles 80 air Miles from Nimitz Gate few details of the Carrie based attacks against the China coast he said Carrier planes of William Halsey 3rd Fleet made the raids and Swaton Andamo were the the attacks were made one Day after the 3rd Fleet planes had sunk 41 Jap ships and damaged 28 others off the Indochina the americans Jost 16 Lyons clamor curbs curb 16 prefect of Lyons has postponed for two Days application of new government restrictions on use of electricity following a demonstration by persons in this which already is suffering great hardships because of food and Coal 4no limit on furloughs stars and stripes Bureau 16 George Marshall predicted today that the number of servicemen returning from overseas for 30day furloughs would in crease markedly in the next few in a let Lei to Overton Brooks Marshall disclosed that the War department had removed All limitations on the number of soldiers who May receive such theater com Marshall now have authority to return any men they can for one plus travel such men would be on temporary duty Forti their organizations at All 8th strikes nazi Industry Over 600 fortresses and liberators of the 8th air escorted by Thunder bolls and Mustangs numbering More than pounded Industrial targets in Ger Many at will yesterday As Luftwaffe planes again failed to Rise to Ward Oft the the heavies selected As their main targets a synthetic Oil Plant at near and the Krupp armament works at which produces Mark in rail Heads were also As the bombers dropped loads or marshalling Yards at Dresden and at 30 Miles North of the crack 4th Mustang group zo9m in Over an Ai drome South of Berlin to destroy 25 planes parked the cure grand local company is distributing free income tax with each two aspirins Miles South of 52 Miles East of and 25 Miles South Ivest of the four of the ight to train roads radiating from no Ludying the one to have been South of the new offensive marshal Koniaev kept up his drive from the bastion at Kielce and was last reported within 25 Miles of Cracow and 49 Miles from the Erman German news Agency commentator von Olberg also reported that a similar development is taking place in the Battle or East one thrust was aimed the Southern Border from the sector with a frontal attack Deve Oping along the Eastern yesterdays German broadcasts a Jeared to be aimed at preparing their lome front for a defeat on the Eastern and left no doubt about the seriousness to the nazis of the new russian aiming at general collapse Captain one of the fore most German said that Stalin was aiming at a general collapse of the entire front and the end of the in addition to the two great assaults now officially announced by the German radio said the red army was on the offensive All along the Eastern front from the Baltic to another offensive was reported by the germans East of 70 Miles South of Cracow in the Carpathian this under command of breached the German lines in some according to the in East the germans reported the loss of 13 Miles inside the and mentioned russian counter attacks at on the main Road to North of nazi commentator von Hammer said the russians had reached 42 Miles from the polish capital and 30 Miles South of East at the Southern end of the Long in the red army held the greater part of pest and almost All of for the third Day the germans made no counterattacks in an Effort to break but of the trap and the fall of the City appeared to be Only a question of whoopee warning sees Siumin wild 16 can look ahead after the among other a period of lax morals exceeding even the riotous living of the roaring Winifred Over head of the Elizabeths Federal predicted foreseeing no Early return to the victorian Era in the overholser said that the loosening of morals which started after the Jast War and has continued Ever since is reaching a new High now As evidenced by the soaring tide in overholser said he believed the same reaction which gave birth to the flapper age can be expected after the Curren it was during and after the last Wai that women began tossing inhibitions of the he and gals bobbed their painted their shortened their skirts above the Knees and took to smoking and drinking in the present overholse was due not so much to predatory activities of soldiers and sailors As to the fact so Many Young girls Vire re unsupervised because of working War arc Gal make sure there wed 16 up of 28 year old Reuter War and Margaret of port an american red Cross were married twice Here once by the towns mayor in the morning and by a army chaplain in the Wilhelm has been covering 1st army this is the picture of a rocket which passed Between the two engines of a fort and burst see the picture was taken by a cameraman in a plane below the one shown As 1st division heavies of the 8th air Force raided the