Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace Iddle was january 1945 work or fight hearings open the past the nations attention has been entered on the House military committee where hear Ings on work or fight Legisla Tion for men Between 18 and 45 have been an impressive array of National leaders appeared the committee to of Fer although the been is hoped that hear Ings will be concluded by the end of this week and thai the will reach the floor of the House within a few chief division in the committee now appears to be Over the Penally provisions for the committee is led by an Drew who told reporters that he plans to Amend the work or fight Bill which he by placing All workers in essential Industry on a 48hoin Little Flower Star witness in last weeks hear Ings was new Yorks fiery Little Fiorello la declared that every Man of draft 18 to should be inducted into the nations service and deferred thereafter Only if essential mayor Laguardia out at Squaw men unemployed men with working wives and added whether we like it or will have to do something to lie Lii win this of War Patterson appeared before the committee urging the Quick enactment of a see work or f1qht on Page 8 lost in ardennes baffle Washington War Stynson stated that american losses in the German com terhof tvs Sivc from 15 to 7 were under including reported i sail thai hiring the same tin germans suffered Over losses of of whom were taken prisoner and will ii Stimson said that a majority of americans Missin an presumed to he but that iin1 figures calculated on a preliminary Isis and were subject to Ion Dizes mile features rousing Homecoming of fighting gis a Kwh lie dream of every Soldier who draws overseas was a vivid reality for gis last week when the Arm of the statue of welcomed their these most of whom were fighting nazis on the Western front a few weeks were handpicked from the 12th army group for 30day Merit furloughs in Shang i Accord ing to their length of service and their number of evacuations it As they too Good to be most of the Lucky group Hud been away from America two and three years excluding a came straight from the All were some As Many As ten to 12 the majority had at East the purple heart with Oak their Buck privates to they were drawn from the third and ninth As the transport slowed slowly through the the gis braved raw Winter weather to crowd Tho hang Over Ilie and tiling in the Welcome sight of Manv hat tans miss Liberty the new York and when the liner the homing veterans shouted for Whistler at pretty and hooted at the shouted at the waiting band for a Little upon they lined up for a Glass of then fifths and real american milk is this wonderful sighed an infantryman with an ecstatic Pinch the men were taken directly to Camp Shanks for that included new a big Steak supper a Chance to phone the on saturday the dreamy gis were heading for Points ail Over the Thev were huns falling Back on three sectors of Western front yanks run to the flaming wreckage of a German fw109 which was shot Down inside the Reich by gunners using multiple Caliper machine ow1 Michigan witness in bribe is slain state Warren key witness in the Oneman jury investigation of bribery in the Michi Gan was murdered last week As he drove Home after the weekend adjournment of the be when his body was the automobile was afire and his body partly three Bullet obviously inflicted by an unknown were found in Iho head of the 40yearold Sena Small enough to to a were found leading from the car door to the other Side of the Snow covered an investigation of the murder was called Kim special prosecutor who is direct ing the graft incs said Hooper was the principal witness in the Gram investigation of Frank my former National committeeman for Michigan Floyd sports promoter and see senator on Page 8 action along the Western front up last week As Allied armies surged through knee deep Snow and freezing Rains against German Bridgehead North and South of the belgian and against the narrowed remnant of von Rural stents great one month after the Shock Offen Sive through Luxembourg and Rel Gium finds Allied infantry and Armor pushing through the fog filled ravines of the ardennes of hammering Hack the tip of the German regaining Over two thirds of the area from Rund sterits High water Marker at Christ Mas the attacking armies which jolted the americans into a sensational setback on december have been compressed into a thin strip of Belgium Luxembourg territory extending about 50 Miles lir Eastern base from Mons Liau to the Echt Inath area and measuring about Miles at the Lii Okosi Houff Alize recaptured highlight of the weeks gain in Belgium was the capture of Houf spearheaded by two american columns have swept Down the Centini Luxon Plains and have merged at a Point 33 Miles from Clark communications Center which once was the heart of the court Ney Hodges first army com incr from the the British second army pressing from the and George patrons third swinging up from the South linked into a solid front West of then battered the germans fought with Fana tical fury so that their retreating forces reach the Haven of the Siegfried when Hodges second armoured division plunged through the deep Snow drifts and defense fire and entered the focal Point of fighting in Lle Gium has shifted to funds tests last major Supply and escape situated at the northeastern shoulder of the salient it is already menaced by american divisions spearheading Down from Almedy to within five Miles of the resistance is reported to he stiffening with Ivory Yard of Advance As Panzer units fleeing see huns fall Back on 2 bed army smashing Westward across the polish Plains in their greatest offensive of the have widened two enormous gaps in Southern Poland and pushed Tho retreating germans to within 10 Miles of the in weeks Winter developing in scale and savagery unparalleled in the 1ms surged Forward on a 600mile front the armies have piled up Victory after Victory and advanced at an incredulous Cap Turing one after another of the bases which Germany hoped would Stem the Radom a and five sectors this Winter Long awaited by the is chiefly of five separate offensives under marshal Tho 1st army struck from a Vistula Bridgehead about 100 Miles below Warsaw and has pushed within 10 Miles of the German is a few Days marshal Zhukov launched his offensive from two Vistula Bridgehead at Warka and swung West Ward Post bypassed War saw on the now menaces second City of forces of marshal to Kresovsky established two Bridgehead across Nares River North of War broke through the triple line of defences there and Are 260 Miles from in the East Prussia red by the germans say 15 Miles inside the has been Cap this action is still unconfirmed by the czechoslovakian offensive stretches 75 Miles Between the rail cities of Lucentc and is led by confirmed by Stalin in an order of the Day by Stalin on the push awoke the Long dormant Vistula River front behind which lies the German Berlin had already reported that virtually the entire see reds race on Page 2 for drive on Clark Field two Strong sixth army columns have merged at a Point 36 Miles Inland from Lingo yen Gulf and ivc sweeping South across the Broad Luzon Plains toward tar on the Road to opposed Only by an occasional 64 Miles North of a is the huh of five highways and its capture would put the yanks Only 20 Miles from Clark strongest resistance met so far in the Luzon invasion is Beine encountered at the Northeast Corner of the Bridgehead from which Kreuger forces Are Drivins to Ward the summer capital of a dispatches from Macarthur Headquarters revealed that the japs in East Central Luzon Plains were so hard up for trans port that they dumped Rise and other foodstuffs into the agao River to prevent it from falling into american As american columns drove after their virtually unopposed crossing of the Agni army commanders disclosed that they were puzzled by the Jap failure to attempt to Check the one Veteran commander said Well never be any More vulnerable than right now and they Arent even molesting these Rivers and bogs could have been the bloodiest Battlefield in the world and they Are letting us get through without japs shun open Battle filipino guerilla chieftains re ported that the japs were with drawing from the Manila area in the mountains of Northern Luzon and might make a stand rather than risk a big the see yank columns on 2
