London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Ill daily German lesson Wem be Hoffrt Dies Yelm Gebe Ift Deess who is ibis new York the Stai daily newspaper of armed 5 London edition Paris in the european theater of operations 1945 daily French lesson West trap Cher say Tro Shair it is too expensive Kiy germans withdraw from West to bolster East of reels at 40 to Berlin i i m tit m 1 t i r 5 i deep eth into Reichs line troops of three army the 1st and 9th Infa Ihry divisions and the 82nd reported to have thrust through the Jitter crust of the Siegfried line resistance heavy at places and f scant at others As dispatches from both sheaf and Washington speculated that the  from the West to meet the re Wisian May have decided to pm out from some sections of the Siegfried line and stand on the Rhines East spotty Oppositi Ort met on some 1st army sectors and the crumbling of the German position in where 7th army forces stance pushing toward the Reich again after crossing the Myder River tuesday combined to indicate that nazi Power along the Western front had been reports at a military observer described by United press As highly authoritative suggested that the germans May have resolved t abandon a Large Section of the and withdraw East of the Rhine to 4void being trapped with their backs to tote where the Bridges behind the germans facing the 1st army have Al Reacy been the observer was said to have based his conclusions on Lack of resistance and virtual absence of artillery fire against the 1st which of yesterday captured its biggest bag of prisoners in three manpower strength Cut from associated press carried a dispatch which said the demands on the germans Western manpower had Cut strength to a pos Jet where it was a question whether he marshal Gerd von Rundstedt would be Able to save anything West of the Rhine in the sectors of the main Allied there was no Uriah Dimity on the sub marshal Mont Gomegys spokesman Jaid the germans showed every sign o holding firmly in the Siegfried is no evidence that the germans Are pulling Back from the he think it is the last thing they will on the Battle lines there was no specs but plenty of of penetration into the enemy the meet ing negligible gained More than a mile in its Zofie 16 Miles East of while patrols of the airborne units entered the outskirts of inside the Siegfried other not identified in the dispatch but presumably from the advanced 400 Yards through the West under machine gun and Rifle fire As to Bey attacked on the main roads Southeast during wednesday night some 1st army troops had gained As much As four Miles along a Broad probing into defences described strangely farther 3rd army forces shoved their Bridgehead Over the our River into the Reich for opposition was described As vigorous rearguard in the German crack up was continued on Page 4 2 More in the bag death rides what it takes to close its grip on the foe planet photo through a burning Village in East a mechanized artillery column of marshal to Kossovsky red army forces presses on toward great Baltic port Only a few Miles Northwest of the most advanced capture of Luzon naval base regains guns lost in 1942 8th army continuing their lightning Advance in Zambales province on have reoccupied the former naval base at on the inner rim of Subie while other making another uncontested have seized Grande in the Mouth of the enabling units of the 7th Fleet to these dispatches from the Philippines Keystone photo 9th army ski troops Advance Over Waist deep Snow through the dragons Teeth defences of the Siegfried line on the Western the too deep for reconnaissance patrol on called for chief nurse Calls for More 1 filing american army nurses stand today As a slender Buffer Between wounded soldiers and any medical neglect that might result from the acute shortage of Hospital personnel on the most nurses Are now working from 12 to 16 hours a giving up leave and rest and some Are caring for As Many As 78 Beds the chief nurse in Ida told we need at least More nurses there Are already half the entire army nurse that is not this does not mean that soldiers Are i not getting adequate care but it does i mean that our nurses Are working longer i hours and caring for More Beds than i Ever Many nurses on the continent cannot be fully employed because the need for them constantly switches to the area where fighting is fiercest and transportation is not always available to take them said the threat to Manila increased As 6th army forces thrust to within 28 Miles of the capital by Cap Turing Calumpit and crossing the Pam Panga on the Central Luzon motorized having come through the narrow stretch Between two were said now to be on Flat country leading to Only about 25 Miles separate the 6th army 10 Miles Southwest of san from 8th army units which have advanced More than 20 Miles from the Beach Heads established reports engineers were already at work restoring Olon Gapo although dotted with dugouts and Pill was found completely at Grande Island the americans Recap tured guns lost to the japs in in the the 6th army tightened its hold on the Road leading toward the Philippines summer capital of it has been officially reported that the Jap he has moved there from continued on Page 4 700 forts blast nazi rail Rhine Bridges after a Day of More than 700 fortresses of the 8th air shielded by some 300 Thun dered Over the Reich yesterday to Batter Railroad Yards at the twin cities of Mann Heim and Ludwigshafen and two Bridges across the Rhine at a Small town 20 Miles North of heavy Clouds Over the targets forced the heavy bombers to Zero in through the Force met no fighter one bomber and one fighter failed to the 15th air which loosed a record weight of bombs on the Moo Bierbaum Oil refinery near Vienna dispatched liberators from its bases in Italy yesterday to attack military installations in the Vienna Oil refinery was hit by tons of the greatest amount of bombs Ever dropped by the 15th on a single the loads dropped on Cassino and Bologna last fighters and  of the Raf 2nd tactical air Force were Over the Rhineland yesterday after 72 hours of Hitt Fig Road and rail centers in the Hamm Munster and Osna Brueck at the same time the tap Dis closed that in 18 Days of operations during Only 11 firs class flying it destroyed or damaged pieces of German railway and motor army denies gis chiselled on francs 1 answer to a complaint forwarded by John Anderson that army paymasters were beating Ameri can troops out of their modest earnings in the army today gave Assur Ance soldiers were being paid the full amount allowed them by Congress in currency or its equivalent in the complaint charged that the Exchange rate recognized by the army through agreement with the French government allowed about on fifth As Many francs to the Dollar As one could get on the open japs erect net defences two new defense making a total of have been set up in Japan to make defense of the Homeland More Effi Tokyo radio said nazis May try to hold at the Oder a badly battered German army and the Oder River were All that stood Between the russians and Berlin last night As marshal Zhukov troops rumbled into 40 Miles North East of the nazi the German High command and Berlin radio announced Early yesterday that Zhukov tanks had reached the Oder Northwest of nazi commentator Ernest von Olberg later disclosed that the red army had penetrated into the he that German reserves had been thrown into the Battle and had cleared the soviets from the Eastern Section of the Oder at Kustrin is Between 150 and 200 Yards reports from Moscow said that Van guards of Zhukov army also had reached the Oder opposite Frankfurt at several Frankfurt is 42 Miles Southeast of Paris radio claimed that the red army had crossed the Oder in the Kustrin area and that Frankfurt was under heavy artillery fire with soviet spearheads headed for the town at full none of these reports was confirmed by the positions appear crumbled German positions appeared to have crumbled along the entire there was no indication the nazis would be Able to Check the red in time to Esta Blish a defense line along the Oder from North of Kustrin to Southeast the nazis made wild promises of desperate von Hammer said Berlin reporters Moscow reports Strong Reserve forces had been thrown against the soviet bewildered Volks Sturm units and some divisions apparently withdrawn from the Western front also were reported being moved the main nazi appeared to be to make the crossing of the Oder As difficult As pos they were reported shelling and bombing the River to break up the trenches dug around Berlin another correspondent said a system of trenches was being dug around Berlin and residents were preparing to make every Block a he denied reports that russian guns could be heard in the As Zhukov Central forces crashed ahead toward Berlin his right Sank forged on without interruption toward in heavy fighting across Pomerania the soviet bulge directed at the big German Baltic port was steadily being on Zhukov marshal Rokos Sovsky second White russan army yesterday captured 25 Miles South East of which fell to Zhukov forces More than a week capture of announced in marshal stains first order of the cleared the Way for a fresh thrust up the polish corridor toward the Baltic port of South of the Central spearhead aimed continued on Page 4 this nazi seen in leaped his Bullet riddled plane Over by tagged 20 by James 9th of the German fell apart a few seconds tote perspective accounts i for the Pilot to be above his r his body being closer to the f rangers bring Emback to life daring raid frees from Jap prison an rican 1 rangers and filipino guerrillas in a daring raid on a japanese prison Camp in Northern Luzon have rescued 510 american and British Macarthur announced the 25 Miles behind the Jap was carried out by 121 picked men of the 6th Ranger battalion and 286 striking in the column completely surprised and annihilated Macarthur with losses of 27 killed and three the majority of those rescued were american officers and with a sprinkling of dutch and As the Rescue column withdrew it was attacked by Jap infantry and in the Battle 523 japs were killed and 12 tanks the raid was such a Success that Mac Arthur decorated every from Henry who led Ranger Camp on 31 delayed rescued Allied soldiers made a Brave Effort tonight to Span the three dead years they spent in the Jap some officers had retained tarnished badges of their rank and wore them proudly on ragged shirts above shorts patched and some wore old Campaign some overseas Caps and one retained an old prewar Type some were so weak from disease and old wounds that they had to be carried to there were old men with Gray hair and sunken and there were others still freshly with keen some were Back to almost Normal because the Jap Garrison left temporarily on and the prisoners broke into the these men were so Happy you could see new life flowing into yet most found it even to return to this perpetually ing a Broad some started a Conversa Tion with were glad to see then there was nothing More to Little by Little they began to at first of then of their sweethearts and parents from whom most had not heard for More than three Many details of their experiences were too painful to yet Many foreshore the probability of returning Home immediately to stay and drop a few More japs