Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace                              I 16 four cents april 1945 e Tan powered advances by the Western allies ripped deeper into the half conquered Erich this week the ninth army a costly Elbe Bridgehead within 51 Miles of Berlin and the puce of Eisenhower armies boing slowed 1 because of stretched Supply lines 2 because of Las ditch resistance in the besieged cities of Chemnitz and t advances made by the four american armies on the Eastern perimeter no news has yet been released on grows fifteenth were bold cashing on the a new York state policeman stands guard at the grave president Roosevelt following own Rad Lokoto Roosevelt Laid to rest in beloved Rose Garden of Hyde Park ancestral Home Hyde Paek on a Bright Spring sunday morning Franklin Roosevelt was Laid to rest in the soil of the Hudson Eiver Home in he had hoped to relish his Well loved role of country the 31st president of the United states lies in a Hemlock edged Rose Garden Between me House he was born in and the Library which houses his state papers and which to had aready Given to Tho Roosevelt and their Only two children to be present at the funeral and burial Elliott and stood at the foot of the grave facing the Rector of Tho Church at Hyde Park where the president text of Truman message to the fighting forces tru Man called on americas fighting forces to March with him Down the Road to Victory Laid out by the late Franklin he spoke from the Small reception room on the lower level of the White a room used for years by president Roosevelt for his famous fireside his carried by shortwave around the follows to the armed forces of the United states throughout the Worl d after the tragic news of the death of out late Oomman Derin it was my duty to speak to he Congress and the armed forces of the United t addressed the now i speak to i especially anxious to talk 1o you for t know that All of you Felta tremendous Shock As we did1 a Horn when our command Erin chief of services lost All of us have lost a great a farsighted statesman and a real Friend of you Fig ures for the armed forces have reached of which have lost their the War the army share of the dead is and the navys including marines and coast guard is me lost a hard hitting chief and an old Friend of the our hearts Are How the cause which claimed Roosevelt also claims he never nor will i have Donn As you do in the Field when the commander my duties and responsibilities Are i have assumed these duties will he carried on in keep ing Wilh our american As a Veteran of the first world wow i have seen death on the when t fought in France with the 35th division i saw Good officers and men fall and be i know that this is also True of the officers and men of the other the the Marine Tho coast guard and merchant debt to fighting men i know the the the utter weariness of the Soldier in the and i his his stamina and his Faith in his his coun try and we Ore depending on each and Verv one of i said to the con Gress and i repeat it now our debt to the heroic men mid valiant women in the service of our country con never be re they have earned our in by inst America will ver forget their because of these sacrifices the Dawn of jus Tice and Freedom throughout the slowly casts its gleam across see Truman on Page 12 lad been senior Warden for Many behind her stood the wives of he four Roosevelt sons and behind hem president and Harry eldest son too late others in the Garden included members of the Roosevelt he supreme congressional readers and War the White House sir Anthony Britain foreign Secretary who genre scented prime minister Canadas prime minister Mackenzie Tho Mas Dewey of new who had opposed president Roosevelt in the 1944 Bernard a the British ambassador lore Halifax and the Earl of Athlone the governor general of Canada on whose Campobello Island the Roosevelt Long have had a Marine James the eldest of the four arrived in new York after a ten thousand mile flight from Manila 90 minutes too late for his fathers fighters and training planes of the air forces the president had clone so much to build up circled an Honor guard lined the Hemlock hedge around Quarter acre i am the resurrection and the begun Anthony from the episcopal Church traditional Burin of the he that be i Eveth in Tho High he were Sec Hyde Park on Page 12 nine red armies rive on report germans while a strict Security blackout blankets the entire Oder the fallout russian drive to1 reach Ber Lin and linkup with the Ameri cans is furiously according to the for the past six radio Berlin has crackled constantly with reports of big which it alleges is clutching at Berlin from Tho East and according to German the russians Are throw ing nine including toward the Gorman driving South from Vriezen and West Forward rus Sian Mats have purportedly advanced within of a whaler is completely j one red army dispatch from the Oder front tended to substantiate German it stated that russian troops Are within eyesight of burning Berlin there was no elaboration on the Brief Moscow there is an a of great expectancy and Good a lured betting Over who will arrive in Berlin russians or the solid Wall the germans declared that red army units have merged Oder Bridgehead East of the capital into one solid 45mile All but isolating Breaks through defences West of Buestrin and North of or zazen were the nazis said that the red army opened initial attacks last saturday with a terrifying barrage of 6inch artillery guns near see red armies on Page 12 the array of armies is1 now me interlocked front lie Force overrun neg the shattered Wehir at Tho Northern end the Cana lians pressed a shaped drive against Hollands North sea v Little to the East the British Are a fan of spearheads straight one another into a zypas8ing third 18 Miles of facing Berlin the ninth army swept the Elbe and spread out along its West Bank from mag Deburg up 65 Miles with an 8 by 10 mile Bridgehead below Hodges first army in stalled in its Advance the Elbe by the obstacle pities of Halle and to reported that third army slashed across the of Czechoslovakia and bisected the Reich while the seventh in the South Battle for Magdeburg with an a Butr ated with tie Simp Eon made the first real attempt to seize Magdeburg last week Al though he had reached it the week ninth army infantry men stalked through Trees rim Ming the City while Tanke raced Forward after the second refusal of 36yearold nazi general regnor to accept an ultimatum for sur according to up correspondent Robert the second a Mored and thirtieth infantry Divi Sions cleared the Western sector of the Elbe divided City in a Battle of men against americans fought for six hours through the rubbed streets against the Fana tical resistance of u to 18year old members of the Hitler jugend who maimed the roadblocks and building after a fou Day silence was hot on army second see yanks across on Page 12 Jap belief confirms Ernie Pyle killed in 12page edition to provide adequate news cover age of the death of the stars and stripes has increased its size to j2 and omitted All regular Ernie Pyle with his beloved As he said he would Ernie Pyle has been killed in americas bes loved most widely read War correspondent was kilted instantly by japanese machine gun fire tuesday on Leshi a japanese held Island off he had been standing beside the regimental commander of head quarters troops of the 77th army so he died As he had lived these past the oct sol Dier whose curse of Battles dirt and grime he had shared in Afri France Ger the balding fellow whose millions of readers Well knew he was haunted by a premonition of had gone to the Pacific with the Navy two months ago after Brief rest in the Hia years in he had with one of the first marines on but see Ernie Pyle on 10