London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Daily germ ten lesson i j in Mendico Minen Gelet Eer Genvo Mennem Gelet Are there any mines new York London edition Paris the daily newspaper of armed forces you 5 the european theater of operations 1945 daily French lesson allans Nous am user Al noose a Menzay lets go have some fun yanks Batter Siegfried take 12 nazi towns As reds near pfc Stalin says 68 germans 45 to go Chase of along Snow front by United press v divisions of the 1st army were chasing the Ger mans Back into the Siegfried line today along a 35rniif front Between Monschau and the top Ruthern tip of gains of up to Miles were re ported from the norther i part of the where the germans had guards to protect their the series of jumps which the 1st army has been making should not be regarded As a major at least at this was said about a dozen towns on the German Side of the Border have been occupied and troops of the 78th division were battling among the bunkers of the Siegfried line outpost yesterday they about 20 of bunkers and had cleaned out seven of them by supported by captured three Miles Northeast of Mon and was Clearing German snipers of three other towns in the same was from deep Snow and antitank farther in the sector East of other 1st array units advanced to positions within Yards of the Siegfried the fighting first division launched a new assault Early and gained Abbot two Miles through forested the 82nd airborne division was also along part in the attack in tills sector cleared Woods of ten Northeast of troops of division smashed through Krivi i Miles Northeast of and 13 Miles army operating on the 1st army right extended their Bridgehead Over the our River in Ger Many to five Miles across and h Miles troops were still so arraying across Fli River in face of Strong the Bridgehead now stretches from a Point four Miles Southeast of Vith to nine and a half Miles 7th army troops qut the German escape route out of ci3mar across the Breisach Bridge Over the Rhine by pushing across the main Highway running East out of Colmar in a push from the Tolmar i meets Chiefe in Italy 31 of state Edward Stett irinus who arrived yesterday at a Amend near Allied left the country today by by Harry Roosevelt personal conferences with Allied military i Fly of was met at the Airfield by Joseph l Deputy Allied commander in the Meriter Ira chief of j the Mediterranean air and ambassador Alexander that president Roosevelt failed his i birthday Washington of and that both prime minister Churchill and foreign Secretary Anthony 4jflen were not in the House of com was for that Days German j radio concluded yesterday that the pkg Laree Parley was already under put bite on honeymoon Over 31 Falas the Washington Post said sent the presidential Scottie to Walter Reed Hospital for treatment of a bite inflicted by his Blu blooded lady a spokesman at the army medical Center acknowledged Fala had been a patient at the veterinarian school for a few Days but was sent in its account today the Post said Fala and his Blu blooded lady love were actually the lady bit the unlucky 13 russian making another giant stride across the Frozen approaches to were Only 68 Miles from the German capital last according to marshal stains first order of the the germans that marshal Zhukov armoured Spear Heads were ten Miles closer to Berlin at just 58 Miles Northeast of the great nazi the German High command was reported ready to declare the capital a fortified town to be defended Stone by Stone As soon As the russians come to there Are 13 Graves in this and the Man who for 12 years had promised Lebensraum and world Conquest to his indoctrinated legions hovers Over his 13th year of Rule the ghost of a false yanks joining on Luzon keeps japs from Bataan 31 unopposed from 150 ships at a Beach head 60 Miles Northwest of Strong forces of the 8th army were driving swiftly eastward today toward a juncture with the 6th army which would Seal off blasting Jap Hopes for a Large scale withdrawal into that historic this second invasion of timed with the 6th army push now within 30 Miles of was disclosed in Mac Arthurs troops of the fights food crisis 31 state departments were mobilized today and the state guard prepared to assist in new Yorks food and fuel crisis follow ing Thomas Debevs proclamation yesterday that a state of emergency existed throughout the the crisis arose out of the cold weather and snows which caused a transportation tie up and in turn a shortage of citing a grave shortage of Coal and a threat to egg and milk production from the Lack of Dewey named Public works superintendent Charles Sells emergency director of Railroad officials reported the transportation picture somewhat in Many Public night amuse ment nonessential stores and other buildings closed to preserve new York City had its first of two meatless Days ordered for every week by mayor Pearl Harbor in Marianas Pearl 31 Artemus assistant Navy Secretary for told a press conference yesterday that must maintain another Pearl Harbor Miles West of Hawaii in the Marianas after the 38th division and a combat team of the 24th which fought so heroically on were put ashore monday on the coast of Zambales province without loss of a plane or the yanks of Robert Eichelberger 8th army posed an imme Diate menace to the prize Olan Gapo naval on Subic by racing 11 continued on Page 4 Mora friendships Gold aged into Silver but the major never forgot by Ralph Martin stars and stripes staff writer 7th Sao been a Long they seen each other since he was a r fan american machine gun l near he was a major and she was Only 19 and House 4for the officers had thought of him often since prayed for him Many times after f moved to and the Boche came kept telling 3fand her neighbors that some Day would be Back and bring As with him and sweep out the then one Day it happened the moved and the americans whenever an american stopped Anais Guthre would ask if Patch he knew this it was a truck Driver who finally told her theres an officer with that name in our army but Hes a general now and not a it was several weeks later that a letter from Madame Guitre finally arrived in the generals mail Call and the general travelled to ver Saignes to find the cafe that Madame Guitre and her husband it was the malanies who answered the looking very much like her Mother looked when the general knew Alei Tander Patch and the Guitre family had much to reminisce i two of the other officers with j Patch at the Lang res Billet Are now also commanding the 9th and John former commander of the 4th armoured if youre Ever in Vercaigne drop in at the Guitre they like wrecks the hex Aachen chases nazi ghosts by Louis Lochner associated press correspondent 30 coming to Power 12 years ago was the greatest ill that Ever befell in the opinion of every inhabitant of the ghost town of Aachen to whom 1 have been Able to Aachen Celebration of this which formerly meant music and mass de consisted chiefly of cursing i quite forgot to hang out a nazi a waiter at a restaurant with mock with a he we didst succeed in getting him but now it looks As though the russians Are going to do that a former department store clerk chimed the russians wont get him he always runs away when theres he May be out of the country even Aachen acting chief burgomaster is confident that All its citizens who have found their Way Back Are through with and want some form of democratic he that the military authorities must guide the country slowly and firmly into since the germans have been deprived of Freedom for so Long that they do not know what to do with t nurse a first in Eto 31 medical Headquarters was informed today that Reba 26yearold flight listed As missing in action Over France since is in a German prison first american nurse held As a prisoner of War in the she was aboard an evacuation plane in route to pick up wounded near the Pilot apparently lost his and the plane shot Down near then in German within 30 or 40 German commentator von Olberg placed the red army even closer to Berlin when he announced that tank vanguards of Zhukov Force had reached the Oder approximately 45 Miles from the soviet he had reached the Lowling drained area North of another nazi Max said that russian infantry had caught up with the tanks and that Zhukov was about to launch a frontal attack on stains 44th in 16 revealed that Zhukov 1st White russian army had advanced through the deep Snow to capture 27 Miles from the Oder River North of other towns taken included 24 Miles Southeast of Schliebus and All were described As important communications Points and powerful defensive areas covering the approaches to one of largest junctions Landsberg is on the Berli Danzig rail Way and is one of the largest junctions East of it also is a Hub of Good highways leading to the while one of Zhukov columns was aimed toward another was moving across Pomerania toward the great Ger Man Baltic port of Soldin is Only 35 Miles from Stettin and Only 31 Miles from the railway connecting Stettin with a soviet wedge driven through to Stettin would sever Pomerania from the ail along the Eastern front German defences appeared to have collapsed according to Moscow they crumbled even More quickly than had been of Zhukov where marshal Koniaev was securing the left flank of the Berlin the russians were reported across the Oder River in strength and ready to supplement the frontal drive with another aimed from Southeast of the Reich on 100mile stretch Konies troops were said to be ranged along a 100mile stretch of the River according to von had reached the main Highway from Breslau to Berlin at von Olberg also said that Strong soviet tank thrusts had been made South of Ohlau and that fighting at the soviet Bridgehead on both sides of Breslau had been considerably More at Konies forces were re ported in the Eastern suburbs with Artil Lery shells dropping into the nazi resistance was said to be growing stronger in this and Ger Man spokesman stated that we shall hold the lower Oder and the whole of lower Zhukov thrust was anchored on the North by marshal to Kossovsky 2nd White russian army advancing through the heart of the old polish corridor to within 40 Miles of to Kossovsky right which drove through to the Baltic in East Prussia and severed the province from the repulsed More German attempts to break out of their in his second Stalin announced continued on Page 4 Miles 0 10 to 30 40 50