Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1945, Cairo, Egypt April 1945 by the myth and eighth armies a assault by the plastered towns in front of the fifths me 00 tons onto defences the germans had Safe it the strongly entrenched Mountain positions but the fifth was Able to capture cuff Highway Sette Croci and dominating the Road into eight tallies have been measured not in Miles but in driving from the Adriatic Side the eighth army has reached within eight Miles on the and and reports f town Miles of next com reported that other red striking from Oder East of the bitter defences from while the approaches they were Cionco Ehtram in sector Between Buestrin Frankfurt although front extended from the Mouth of the Southeast of the a Low Plain lying along the oders West Bank Northeast of the on Hitler addressed the German calling for a death stand and officially announcing that the russians launched great that a thousand russian guns were purportedly rocking the nazi Ca Pital Sis red troops won High grouted 23 Miles Moscow is also silent on an alleged drive across the Neisse River toward a Union with the Ameri cans South of the Ger mans said the russians surged the Neisse Between porst the sax was drive toward Bavaria on the Southern the rus aia Jis Are making Progress in the austrian and moravian Tol Bukhina army which is push tog Westward along the Danube Valley toward Linz and hitlers Mountain stronghold in captured Poe ten and advanced 15 Miles to import ant Danube joint forces of marshals Tolu Khiri and advancing northward from captured 25 Miles from the aus Trian Malinovsky which invaded Hove sighted the ancient Battlefield of not far from in a drive generally at the russians Are bucking heavy anti tank fire in this mopping up in the once mighty Reich Truman message continued from Page 1 the at this decisive hour of history it is very difficult to express my will not convey what is in Ray yet i recall the words of Lin a Man who had enough Elo Quence to speak for All to indicate Ray sentiments and to describe my Hope for the May 1 quote the immortal words of that truly great command Erin chief with malice toward with Charity for with firmness in the right As god gives us to see the let us strive on to finish the work we Are to bind up the nations to care for him who shall have borne the Battle and for his widow and his to do All which May achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with All column nearing the pm the Mccreery men have taken Castel san me Dicina and bypassing a astride the Railroad about 18 Miles Southeast of capture of a couple of Miles from would Defini Tely Seal the Fate of As would Cut the enemy Supply line and Force either a death stand at Bologna or Retreat directly Clark issued an order of the congratulating the achievements of the eighth army during the past seven new jewish and italian troops crossed the Santerno and Sillaro Rivers held by some of the Best troops in the German army and conquered formidable natural i gave the eighth army the task of opening the 1945 Spring Clark and the magnificent Start Given by you augurs Well for the Success of the the fifth army offensive from tace West began spectacular artillery display late sunday thick mine Fields stretch below enemy Mountain guns and the american tenth Mountain division has faced smashing defensive Bari Harbor explosion Bari an Taine rican Liberty ship loaded with Aerial bombs blew Uip in Bari Harbor april killing or injuring italian civilians and an unannounced number of american and British the italian government spokesman said Only two persons aboard the ship at the time meet the army9 to give Cairo showing meet the bouncy it musical tonight after a five night stand at the Post but Ca Rodwel lors have a Chance to Shooti the Gay musical when director la Marr Dave Daggett and his cast Migrate to town for the grand opening at Cairo House on May interim due to Cohs stuffed produced by the personnel ser vices office at meet the army is an ambitions under taking which pleasantly weaves dancing singing fan danc ing some very funny blackout several super duper production satire and nonsense into two hours of excellent entertainment As evidenced by a cooperative audience which packed the House opening infantrymen of the army move Tfir Oligh the streets of a town in Germany past the body of a dead nazi Soldier killed during the German civilians have covered the body with a yanks across Elbe River Payne Fields review closes ships 14 dead new least 14 seamen lost their lives when an freighter and a Canadian or collided and burned in eight others Are in and 38 continued from Page 1 armoured it was disclosed that an Elbe Bridgehead was established North of but the men were Dunk irked Back to the West Bank when food and am munition became exhausted in a 48hour Battle with nazi Shock Bat below an infantry division stormed across the River and held on to their elements of these cond armoured division rushed to the infantry Side with tanks and tank destroyers and exploited the of lodges troops Linfred up with Simpsons men 27 Miles Smiith of units of the first besieged Halle and Dessau while the main Force crashed through Leipzig outer defences and battered Well into the City after five Days of bitter meanwhile first army troops which had combined operations with the third below Leipzig drove deep beyond the embattled City and spilled Over rear Supply and communications bases of divisions re sisting the patrons Tan Riding dough boys Cut Germany in half with a thrust into Czechoslovakia sudetenland after capturing Hof which lies Between Chemnitz and on the Northern flank of this penetrating third army men also seized the vital Saxon rail Center of Monty reaches North sea British and Canadian armies under marshal Montgomery Are Borins through heavy resistance to the dutch and German port Canadian gains in the Northern end of Holland were and once having reached the North sea they fanned out along the Shore to the West and to the farther South other wedges were being hammered across Holland to Guider Zee in a race against the flood Waters which Are heading toward the Dempsey second army is storming Bremen Harbor in a fallout a flying co Lumn of tanks and truck borne in Fant re is out flanking Bremen and reaching for the North sea port of which is now within artillery at the Southern end of the West Ern front Patch seventh army troops Are battling against fierce resistance into the nazi fied City of Patch entry took the defenders by the germans expected to be attacked from the but the seventh flanked the City on the North and pierced its outskirts on the North while Eisenhower Armor tipped drives surged Forward to the to the East scattered pock ets of fatherland defenders behind the front lines were being cleared most prominent and valuable is the Ruhr Region which is now but a miniature holdout with All its great munitions cities captured except in the mopping the whole East and South sides caved in yielding Over four Manfred chief nazi propagandist in the United states before the Prince August son of the and Alfred King of the Krupp near Southeast of Franz von former Herman Chancellor and ambassador to was captured by Thomas Mckinley of and seven far in the Backwash of the europium the French army and Navy sprung into action against on of West coast ports still hold by the Eto Pacific switch now underway Washington a High army spokesman has disclosed that the redeployment of troops from the european theater to the Pacific is already underway and will be continued on As Large a scale As Avail Able combat replacements and ship Ping space the according to the new York Herald was Gen Brehon commander of the he stated that virtually no com Bat units Are remaining in the thus necessitating direct transfers from to the about 70 per cent of the supplies in Europe can be concerning the army future he said that truck prod action will not be reduced he cause the need for them in Europe will the air Force is increasing its bomb production re the gasoline shortage in the states will not be alleviated since More fuel is needed for ships running to the Pacific and for longer bombing new first lady strategic Ai r a pm finishes Mission after a climaxing 10day Campaign of paralysing Carl commanding the air forces in eur declared in a special order of the Day that the strategic air War in Europe has been won and the entire air strength will now be used for close tactical co operation with ground the knockout blow came when american fighter pilots destroyed at least 463 enemy planes last Mon catching 448 of on the ground immobilized by the Lack of with another raid ripping through Southern Germany on the final tabulation for the two Days were planes destroyed during record breaking assaults on nazi tally for the whole 10dav devastating Campaign was this represents about halt of the estimated Reserve strength of the Luftwaffe at the time of the Shine All Allied claims were verified by combat films on the fighter planes which Are synchronized to the machine indications that the Ger mans had ample planes in but at a crucial moment there was no fuel to get them into the Hyde Park continued from Page 1 yet shall he live and whosoever liveth and Beli Eveth in me shall never As the body was lowered into the Earth a detail of cadets from West a few Miles across the Hud fired a Volley of three a bugler played the sailors and marines who had held the american Flag Over the casket folded it and handed it to Roosevelt the Niece of one president and wife of an other clutched it ten minutes after it had the service wag Over and the self styled Squire Hyde Park tree grower and Farmer had been Laid to since the Rose Garden was Al read in Bloom and natural flow ers sparkled in Roosevelt had requested no Flowers be but during the night truck loads had a great Spray from clusters of easter lillies flown from luxuriant blossoms from Cuba were but a few of the myriad Flowers that added their loveliness to a setting already Beautiful by a from Cuba and the Domi Nican Republic had come three Small boxes of Earth to be placed on the grave by the consuls Gen eral of those Good neighbor a near parents Graves some distance in another Small Are the Graves of president Roosevelt Rno Thor and firstborn who died in president Roosevelt neighbors for Miles of whom he had called he their first names the train tracks As the Spe Cial from a Ashington pulled into dutchess county Hov and girl always fax orites of the president and his formed at the station arid saluted As the simple Hearse started the final journey to the family the trip from Washington had followed the same procedure As that from warm Springs to the thousands had lined the route through cities and during the night to Bare their Heads is the darkened train and its brightly lit last car rolled immediately after the the went Back to washing ton with president the funeral party and the Roosevelt returning to Clear up of i Iris of their unforgettable years in die White Here is a recent photo of Harry wife of the new own radio a final first Bill has been introduced in the Senate to award Franklin Roosevelt the Congress ional medal of he would be the first president so
