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for the people shall not perish from the earth.'—Lincoln
By Associated Press
News Highlights
London—The Russians smash
ed to within 25 miles of Stettin,
port of Berlin & exploded in a
fresh offensive northwest of Bre
slau. jT dispatch placed (he dis
tance of the Stettin thrusts as 25
miles, Reuters dispatch said 19.
Germans announced execution
of another mayor (Schroeter of
Koemgsberg) for leaving town
without receiving evacuation or
ders Berlin radio said this was
the third such execution on the
Eastern f out. Deputy Mayor of
Breslau & other officials of Brom
berg were executed previously for
“cowardice”.
Paris—A powerful new Can
adian 1st Army offensive pen
etrated at least 4 and one half
miles into Germany well into the
Hiegfreid line, forming the nor
thern jaw of an All ed pincers
drive against Ruhr. Burning
Kleve, northern terminal of the
Siegfreid line is imminently
menaced. The new' attack front
widened to 7 miles. Five Ger
man Sc2 Dutch towns fell &
more than 1200 Germans, in
cluding 2 battalion commanders,
surrendered.
The American 1st Army, 85
miles to the south, advanced to
within a mile of vast Schwatn
menauel dam, controlling the
flood waters on the Roer. The
3rd Army advanced to within a
mile of Pruem & reached the
Pruem river 8 miles inside the
Reich. The French 1st Army
broke the last German opposi
tion south of Strasbourg to Swit
zerland Like an avalanche which
moves slowly at first Eisenhow
er’s offensive along the western
front is gathering power.
German broadcasts said the
Canadians reached Nazi lines
with lame-scale offensive weight
& said Allied attacks on other
fronts are increasing.
Philippines—Riding amphi
bious vehicles, the 37th Division
Yanks crossed the Pasig river
Thursday near Malaganan pal
ace to root out the Japs who
wrecked the river bridges &
kindled fires in the closely con
gested Intramuros district. The
| point is the crossing into the last |
sector of Manila in which Jap
I suicide squads are extensively
active & nearly 2 miles east of
the docks, suggesting a wide
circling movement around the
| docks toward the 11th Airborne
division trying to break into
Top
Firing a shell weighing 3C0
pounds a howitzer is shown in
action on the American 3rd
Army front in Europe.
Bottom
“Japanese air force and navy
units leave a base to meet the
J American fleet,” says the caption
for this picture radioed from
Tokyo to Berlin, then sent to
Stockholm and serviced by a
Swedish picture agency.
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Manila from the south. As Yanks
moved to secure the prized dock
area bombers kept blasting a
way at rocky Corregidoi which
guards the bay entrance to the
north part of the central Luzon
plain.
Mac Arthur’s 6th Army cap
tured the towns of Munoz, Riz
al & Lupac, pushing the Japan
ese into the eastern foothills.
MacArthur reported the enemy
losses have been “very heavy” in
both personnel & material in this
stubbornly held sector.
Superforts Hdqtrs. in a For
ward Area — Army Liberators
bombed low Jima, 750 miles
south of Tokyo, for the 62nd &
63rd consecutive times Tues &
Wed. Nimitz announced. Okim
ura, a town on Hahajima in the
adjacent Bonins, was hit Wed.
& 3 fires started.
Washington (JP)—Roosevelt,
Churchill and Stalin, meeting in
the Black Sea area, have reached
“complete agreement” on joint
military operation for wind-up
of the war against Germany.
This was announced at Wash
ington, London and Moscow
simu'taneously
“Discussions of problems in
j volved in establishing a secure
peace were also begun” said the
release issued here at the White
house.
The first official disclosure
made of the gathering of the Bij
Three listed these political ques
tions now under consideration
(1) joint plans for occupatior
and control of Germany. (2) pol
itical and economic problems o
liberated Europe and proposal!
for the earliest possible establish
ment of a permanent interna
tional organization to main tail
peace.
The statement promised *
communique at conclusion ol
the conference.
The formal announcemenl
said “the meeting is to conceri
plans for completing defeat o
the common enemy and foi
building with their Allies a fira
foundation for lasting peace
Meetings are proceeding contin
uously.”
It was stated the 3 chiefs wen
accompanied by their foreigr
secretaries, chiefs of staff anc
other advisers. It is known a
head of time that Ste'tmius
Leahy. HopkiuS and Byrnes art
with President Roopevelt
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! 1 alligator shoes—5 1-2
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