London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1945, London, Middlesex                                I daily German lesson Flinton a Geben Flinton a Gaylien give up your rifles new York London edition thesta daily newspaper of armed forces 5 Paris tripes in the european theater of operations 1945 daily French lesson Dique Moi in Chemin Anderkay Moa inh Shman show me the Way paratroops land on Corregidor Eda Vanee Power by resistance an resistance on the Eastern appeared to be stiffening yester is marshal Konies a tag toward Berlin from the South i slashed Forward toward Guben Tod strategic defense positions guarding the Back door to hitters russian communiques confirmed nazi imports that the general Advance had stowed Down but it was not Clear whether site red army was bumping into a firm nazi had paused to regroup for the i text blow aimed at or was being had up by the Njazi commentator von Hammer that the German defense was stronger despite russian he said continued with great stub germans that troops were Only ten Miles from an important communications if on the spree River controlling the Highway running to the this is where All that shootin9 is oa1 Guben under heavy fire russian frontline dispatches said that Northeast of was under lir Tuery another report said Guben 1 movement on this front was being under bad the thaw roads were turned into Quad hampering the flow of supplies Long soviet communication 5 Little doubt that the Ger i High aware of the threat Srajn from the was throwing reinforcements into the blackout on news from marshal pcs front along the Berlin bulge need but the germans the 1st White russian army had it up heavy artillery the Frank Custrini sector and that Zhukov was no to reinforce his Bridgehead Oder with of has not confirmed German that Zhukov has crossed the Oder expect a twin drive Carmies under Koniaev and no to probably will stage item drive on the of and the Oder Bend formed by the towns of Crossen and has been Grunberg already is in soviet both this Barrier out of the Way f could strike West of Frankfurt and the nazi positions facing the germans were reported counterattacks against the this Southern with re ends of tanks and infantry Faup from the Oder s striking West in an out flanking threat flee Industrial centers of Utz and this thrust had the Neisse River re continued on Back Page lil to m0et 18 Charles refused an invitation from Roosevelt to meeting while rident was on his Way Home from it was Learned authority Here president suggested they meet outside to discuss participation the san fran tee arid in the military on of the invitation Ned without any specific reason it bks ambassador Jefferson Caffery a general last tuesday to deliver from president meeting place was the reports in Paris suggested enter report from Paris said Fiad left there1 thursday for Hakodate Nagasaki Shanghai super from air reported Landing la iwo one of the Volcano islands on Tokyo forces have made Landing lies about 750 Miles from the Jap one of three Small islands known to seafarers for strange submarine it has dangerous reefs lining its East and West the Central it comprises Only eight Square Miles and is believed to be a submarine it has been shelled for More than 71 consecutive Canadian fight for Goch bags prisoners bitter fighting was in Progress last night for the Siegfried bastion town of Goch after troops of the Canadian 1st driving upon the strategic Road Center from three northerly breached the outer defences in the face of Daylong heavy mortar and machine takes Bataan iwo Jima landings japs say while the blazing air attack on Tokyo and Yokohama airfields and aircraft factories by Carrie planes of Mitscher naval Force which Lay off Tokyo for two Days was apparently at an end Para troopers made a sudden jump on linking up almost immediately with seaborne forces which streamed Over from Bataan to assure forces Complete domination of the Island fortress in Manila Nimitz Guam communique while announcing that the mighty air and sea assault on the Island of iwo 750 Miles South of was still going failed to mention the activities of Mitscher which was reported to be under a radio blackout not to be lifted until it is out of Range of japanese sea and air admirals at Mitscher sees no reason for big fuss gun the Allied Advance southward along a 17mile front Between the Rhine Anc the Maas was being slowed by mud making fog and German which is being conducted in a series of Independent seemingly without Central More than prisoners have been taken in the push which was in its Lith Day Northeast of said to have been virtually flattened by two Days of artillery other Allied troops were moving toward a secondary Road battling their Way through the Moyland Forest in what was described in dispatches As the most furious fighting of the Campaign so in filial the War against Germany is in its final Field marshal 21st army group told his troops in a we have got our opponent where we want Mont Gomery tand he is going to receive a knockout somewhat unusual delivered from More than one direct so we embark on he final in close cooperation with our american allies on our right and with Complete Confidence in successful outcome of the onslaught being delivered by our russian allies on the other Side of the three divisions of the 3rd stepping up pressure against the Ger mans with local were reported to have gained up to h Miles and Cap tured five German villages As they moved into action at Points along a 28mile units crossed the Enz River above the Junction with the Prum and captured High ground about six Miles North of farther other forces crossed the our River above Between the two Bridgehead established previously along the our and Sauer troops holding the Saar lantern Bridge head across the Saar River met two Small German counterattacks saturday repulsing German counterattacks also were staged against the 7th army in the area East of in both cases the enemy supported by tanks and self propelled was thrown 0 pcs sunk on Jap prisoners of mostly Ost their laves when an Allied Sank a japanese prison ship Ina sea last the War it has Ayery five said last week death at sea was bless bad inst their minds under aboard prisoners were in one but after a few 600 were transferred to another which was partly filled with the Only food we got was one cup of cooked Rice and one Mug of dirty water a there were no sanitary we had to take turns lying Down while others it was so this lasted two a Cumber of men most of them had dysentery and hundreds Tost their in a similar sinking last according to Only 83 out of 750 prisoners were am convicts trusted nazi 18 giving false information to Allied officials after having worked himself into a position of Trust with the Otto Meyer a German accused by witnesses of being a Leader of the nazi murder commandos in this sentenced yesterday to ten years imprisonment and a Fin of reichsmark by an am Meyer testified he had been a member of the nazi party but that he had been expelled As an enemy of the state in said he fraternize with Gestapo members As late As Lasit the court will Issue an opinion explain for its Meyer will have ten Days in which to economists of Bretton Woods 18 Robert chairman of the Senate committee on banking and Brent chairman of a similar House revealed today that the Bretton Woods scheme for an International monetary fund and an inter National Bank had been endorsed by 224 leading sea and air reported that the enemy task Force seems to have retreated southward and that there was no raid on the japanese Homeland while japanese territory trembled under the Force of Tokyo radio claimed that four attempts to land on iwo 750 Miles South of had been repulsed by the Jap Garrison there was no confirmation from Nimitz As attacks and victories in the Pacific continued to mount Over the the Jap radio became even More warning the japanese Public to steel itself for an invasion of the Home land proper and broadcasting a bulletin that the Imperial Rule assistance com Mittee will meet with Premier Koiso to consider the formation of a new political an announcement that could mean Spade work toward the formation of a new the Jap presumably held Back for the defense of the main continued in hiding while Mitscher Force defiantly sent wave after wave of planes against the Home the Jap air Force Rose in an attempt to beat off the claiming to have shot Down More than 150 planes in the raids which began another claim on which Nimitz was the sudden stroke by Macarthur on Corregidor deprived the japs of their last fortress in the Philip Pines and left the enemy Force still hold ing out in Manila with nothing for a Refuge but Manila Macarthur com Munique revealed that Bataan was now under Complete Oscar command ing troops in gave the stub born japs a four hour ultimatum late saturday at the expiration of which american troops would come in with guns blazing to drive the enemy out of its last pocket of he asked the japs to allow civilians in the area to leave before the fighting was weather slows 8th air activity after 350 fortresses pounded rail Yards at Frankfurt main and Giessen and 150 escorting Mustangs strafed communications near Munich and Ulm the 8th air Force Lay Idle yesterday As rough set in Over the activities of the Raf were also restricted Over the mosquitoes were out saturday hitting Kobiec Tives in Northwest while a Force of Lancaster roared out yesterday after noon to make a heavy raid on communications at on the Here goes Tokuki new 18 is the Only Admiral in the world who wears a jockey Cap on the which is typical of unassuming Marc commander of the Force which attacked with blazing Blue Doest go for he just Sticks to his Job silently and in the Battle of the when planes Tore 400 Jap machines out of the sky in one his Only comment we took the first didst we in the Roar of the Battle for Mitscher As a blazing Jap plane swept Over his the Admiral said Arent they Mitscher easily understands his Young because he was one of the pioneers of naval before the pilots he now sends into the skies were he was experimenting with seaplanes and making some of first hazardous landings on carriers at he is for the first nine months of 1944 he directed attacks which ripped Jap naval air might to in octo Ber it seemed certain he would have to rest for a but he joined in the Philippines Battles with a fury which has marked All his he hates the japs and for Good he was commander of aircraft m the Solomons during 1943 when the japs were bestial by cruel to his he never forgot at Saipan he said he was sorry Many of the japs hidden in the ground would still but Well get he the marines will go in with flamethrowers and sizzle them that is Mitscher in there is another Mitscher who likes to Tell stories of his wife and the Home they Are going to have near some Good fishing As soon As he gets out of the he cant understand Why Hes grown to the stature of a War after some of his first great Battles he picked up a pile of his first fan he looked through the letters and then offered this bewildered comment i dont believe i know these but that was just like associated Preis photo the Kok Nuj air plane engine Plant on the Nagoya waterfront feels the weight of super fortress bombs in a prelude to the Island shaking assault on Tokyo by Carrie based this was the seventh raid of the year on the Choice b29 Washington reported last week that the japs have been transferring Many aircraft plants to Manchukuo to escape mounting air report dutch spy tipped off arnhem London newspapers said yesterday the allies May seek to Lay blame for the failure of the arnhem airborne operations of a forewarning Given the germans by a dutchman held in the Tower of London As a the Netherlands government in exile in denied the Man was held in the Tower and that he was a dutch underground As described by the British official quarters re fused to confirm or deny such a Man was being the Battle of arnhem was fought last september when British parachutists spilled into Holland in a daring the division was isolated and lost to Early Spring weather turns Back to Winter cold wave which turned the nations first breath of Spring into cold chills today thrust South into Texas and Louisiana and East As far As Ohio and