London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Eds within 80 Miles of Berlin under the these hands bathed in under the Flag of Tell a different daily German lesson 1st die Strasse 1st Dee strahsejfrey1 is the Road open new York London edition i the stars a it Jutt Paris daily newspaper of armed forces 5 in the european theater of operations 945 and 3rd Battle Back f into Reich both the 1st and 3rd armies were Back inside Germany As White Clad doughboy of staging another Surprise night attack through Waist deep snowdrifts in the Monschau Over ran Siegfried line outposts in a three mile lunge into the Reich and units of the some of them passing through three countries within six set up a Bridgehead across the our thrust jag almost a Mik Forward on a four Bud stars and stripes correspondent with the 3rd said men of one battalion jumped off from positions in Northern Luxemburg snowy crossed the Mil wide tip of Belgium jutting southward along the our Between Luxemburg and Germany and entered the Reich against delaying actions by hard fighting rear this particular Mutton found the term River misleading because where they Ober Hausen to Stream was about six feet just enough to establish the International Wel eight Miles South of in was reported cleared of the an associated press dispatch raid it was officially stated that be Divi ski was inside the Welche Hausen Bridgehead and that the operation was gaining the appearance of an meet lightest opposition troops of the 1st it was met the lightest opposition along the front Jince when the germans chewed up two american divisions in heavy much of the Dis patches had been taken out of the Siegfried defences because of the Caliper of defending troops and the russian offensive which Hal drawn off some strength from the a United press reporter with the 1st army said there were virtually no casual ties As the americans advanced because the enemy artillery was though the yanks ran into self propelled guns they met no enemy it was to according to the offensive against the Colmar pocket was gaining momentum As French 1st army crossed the Colmar North of the Only four Miles from the to the these forces threaten to isolate enemy forces which lad pushed out from the Colmar pocket North toward yesterday be reports showed that Mon Days tactical air operations had knocked better than half of German Tor transports caught moving eastward the some take some shake and some stand and watch on a Hospital train Are served sugar cookies by Hollywood screen Star Madeleine now an american Cross Hospital worker along the Western Hopkins sees leaves Harry president Roose belts personal assistant and ground breaker for previous big three meet left Rome yesterday for an unannounced destination following a conference with the italian foreign minister and an audience with the dispatches from Rome in his first Public statement on the forthcoming Parley since his visits to the French and italian said that marshal Stalin would have to hurry Back from the conference which enemy sources claim will be somewhere in Middle East As director of red army he could not afford to be Long absent from Russia was obviously anxious to finish off the Hopkins but he added that it was not known in either Britain or America How powerful the russian offensive is or whether the nazis can halt Hopkins said his talks in London with prime minister Churchill and foreign Secretary Anthony Eden led him to believe that Complete agreement Between Britain and the could be reached continued on Page yanks push japs onto Bataan Landing made on Luzon bulletin Douglas Macart fairs head quarters announced late last night that have landed due West of san Fernando on the West coast of staking the enemy completely by sur they pushed Inland 11 Miles i beyond the Tine communique s driving Down the Center of Luzon ast minimum japanese 6th army troops to within Miles of Manila yesterday following of san Gateway to the lip Pines american armoured units sold Ard within 25 Miles hundreds of japanese were arted ironically in toward where in 1942 and Fili Vic hrs made their Berdic Douglas Macarthur corp unique de Liat Jap casualties on Luzon exceed led against q the East flank of Macarthur where the japs showed scattered signs of san 37 Miles East of fell to other 6th army and the Road Junction East of on the Baguio was immediately while Washington discussed selection of a new High commissioner of the Philip manpower commission chairman Paul who formerly held the Post former auditor general of the Weldon and Wayne member of the philippine rehabilitation were prominently mentioned As Manila newspaper reporter who escaped from the japs said the capital is a dying the Alfonso de said that nearly Are starving in every cat and dog in the City has already been killed and he children roam the streets searching rubbish dumps for food As a result of japanese refusal to allow Rice to be imported and the City is without he Tokyo radio said that super forts had raided for the first time the Island of 155 Miles South of japans first vacs recruited in the hawaiian islands arrive for Basic training and bring native Hula dance with Beatrice Binder wounded Isadore Turansky of and Dan Coffey of watch the inauguration of president 0 gis win town without loss by Tom Yarbrough associated press correspondent with american 30 taking the defended town of six Miles Northeast of this infantry unit yesterday performed the remarkable feat of killing 138 germans and capturing 180 without losing a single Man wounded or it biggest bag of germans yet taken on the 1st army front in any opera Tion that did not Cost a single approaching sunday night the americans met 200 germans coming out to set up a defense the americans killed50 and the remainder retired after a stiff after a Brief command consultation the Only infantry went the germans counter attacked immediately in units of about they were beaten Back having failed for some reason to hit a single american in that dark and noisy weather keeps 8th Idle 8th air Force which struck at rail centers in Germany disrupting Supply routes and hampering pos sible troop movements from the Western to the Eastern were grounded yesterday by the gets 35 in Butts trial 30 of dishonourable discharge and 35 years hard labor was passed by the Paris court martial on John the first officer to be tried publicly in the he was among the defendants charged with mass Black Market dealings and pilfering of military stores from railway Springer admitted he had known that pilfering was going but said he had warned his Superior officers about he said he also wore an overcoat which he knew had been stolen from the army by one of his men and said that he took cigarettes they had but he persisted in his denials that he had received last november a gift of from Edward who was also awaiting trial for under emergency due to fuel Lack 30 Thomas Dewey today proclaimed a state of emergency in new York owing to shortages of food and maybe less nazis 6set to Battle crushing bitter nazi resistance along the Short Road to marshal Zhukov red army troops last night drove across Eastern Ger Many and were reported to be Only 80 Miles from the Reich now threatened by a three pronged soviet the main thrust apparently was made due East of in this Reuter quoted what it said a Berlin official announcement that a huge soviet tank army was trying to fan out Between Franku Vonoder and Little More than 40 Miles from the Reich Reuter also said that a German High command spokesman and an official German spokesman made guarded state ments suggesting that Zhukov army was approaching the Oder near the nazi High Reuter announced that Zhukov forces have been merged into one tank borne on Slaught driving West and that despite stubborn resistance the reds gained ground around Schliebus and the Points Are approximately 80 Miles from Stalin in his daily communique said that russian forces had captured placing the soviet forces 90 Miles from the second threat develops the second threat developed North of this front in the northeastern Corner of the province in which Berlin and the Southeastern Corner already across the Netze River in this russan tanks were pushing toward be Linchen and these elements of Zhukov army appeared in be aimed toward Stettin to continued on Page 4 Hitler urges a 4last stand5 stating that on the Eastern front a gruesome Fate is exterminating our men by hundreds of in villages and in the country and in the Adolf Hitler appealed last night to the German people not to give by dint of the utmost of exertions and despite All we shall Ward it off and master Hitler Hitler spoke on the 12th anniversary of his taking his speech was broadcast Over the German radio was heard in nazi he would not be impressed by any phrases of the kind used by the German mind he is not that a United press dispatch from Washington yesterday suggested Allied authorities might think this the psychological moment for the big three to renew the unconditional surrender Hitler said that Germany Fate had already been publicly outlined by Allied they were subsequently taken to task by several newspapers who urged them to show More cunning and instead make promises even if they had no intention of carrying them he said Allied statesmen were in no position to Honor any obligations or pro Mises they might make to the bolshevism he would i repeat my prophecy of former he not Only will great Britain be incapable of taming Bol she but her own development must necessarily be More and More invested by this wasting whoever stabs us in the Hitler will die an ignominious All red Star roads now Lead to Berlin the soviet offensive continues relentlessly toward Berlin following the capture of in 95 Miles last night the reds were reported in some dispatches to i within 80 Miles of the nazi capital