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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
HINSDALE

Mrs. Hugo Johnson of Chester
spent the week end visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent Gauglitz.
Miss Danette Gaasch of Great
Falls spent the week end visiting
her mother, Mrs. Margaret Gaasch,
and other relatives.
Miss Betty Hoerster left Saturday
for Scobey to make her home with
Mr.. and Mrs. Carmen Bush.
w. r. Dukelow, retiring Great
Plains area Scout executive. who
expects to enter military service
soon, and his successor, Carl G..
Kaeppel, were in Hinsdale Saturday
from Minot, N. D., to confer with
local Scout committeeman and
Scoutmaster j. B. Rookie. They were
accompanied by Jean r. Johnson,
field executive for this district.
Mrs. August Enseleit and H. F..
Tuttle were business callers in Glas-
gov Monday.
Private Boyd Frost arrived last
spend a furlough visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Frost.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Isaacson
and children, Leon, Janette and
Marcia, left this week for their
her in Great Falls Friday and re-
ing the winter at the Hinsdale Ho-
tel. Mr.. Isaacson will be employed
by an oil company at Grenora.
Mrs. Adrian Vertz and children
Patsy and Dale Edwin moved from
Glasgow to an apartment at the
HinSdale hotel this week. Mr.. Vertz
left Monday morning for the army.
Sylvia Schafer, Elaine Harmon,
Myrtle Westby and Ruth Often
spent the week end in Great Falls.
Miss Bette Schultz arrived Sat
urday from Great Falls, where she
spent the past two weeks undergo
ing treatment for rheumatic fever.
Her sister, Mrs. Arnold Anderson, a
nurse at the hospital, brought her
HinSdale. Her mother, Mrs. John
Schultz, and her sister jeanette met
her in Great Falls Friday and re-
with her. Miss Schultz has
resigned her position as sixth grade
teacher at the Townsend public
schools, since her illness will keep
her in bed at least another month.
o. G. johnson returned Tuesday
morning from Seattle, where he
spent several months with his son,
Wallace Johnson, and family. His
wife and daughter, Leone, will re-
main in Seattle for a while longer.
Miss Jean Duncan arrived Tuesday
morning from Seattle to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Duncan.
Mrs. A. E. Simonsen returned
tuesday morning from Seattle,
where she attended the wedding of
ler daughter, Grace.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
Mrs. Otto Kliewer

Mr.. and Mrs. William Dueck are
the parents of a son born at the
Glasgow Deaconess hospital April
10. They have named the baby Rob-
ert Gene. Mrs. Dueck was formerly
Lydia Lentzner.
The E. M. B. choir sang in the
Jail and hospital in Glasgow, April
l6.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Kliewer and
Jean drove to the Oliver Orth home
north of Nashua Sunday. Mrs. c..
F.. Wachtman and Lila Cheney re-
turned with them for a few days
visit.
A group of the Bethel young peo-
pie gathered at the H. Ct. Baerg
home Sunday in honor of Alvin
Kliewer, who is home on furlough.
Mr.. Kliewer showed scenic slides. A
lunch was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Friesen of
Reedley, Calf, have been visiting
relatives in this community for the
past week. Mrs. FrieSen is a niece
of Mrs. H. G.. Baerg.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Olfert and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Dick and family went to Wolf Point
Thursday night to visit Clarence
Olfert before he went back to camp.
A few of the neighbors hurried to
the j. C. Wall farm Thursday to
help fight a prairie fire.
c. A Wall came from Glasgow
Monday to help at the Herman
Wiens farm during seeding.
Clarence Tieszen is working at the
Paul Koslowsky home during seed
ing.
Walter Sonsteng is working for
Cliff Saubak.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27

Mrs. Fred Stohl and Mrs. T. Maur.
seth as hoStesses.
Fred Ward of Circle came last
week 10 visit his nephew, H. j.. Geer
The Altar society met Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Victor Dostert
she was assisted in serving luncheon
by Mrs. Vernon Dostert.
Mrs. o. E. Camburn ana Miss Mary
Nichols drove to the K. Merrick
nome Sunday and were their guests
for the day.
MIS-. Adolph N~ybakken and daugh-
ter Mrs. Robert Hueth, and baby,
VINO spent the winter in California,
returned Saturday morning. Mr..
Nybakken, who had been there for
a Few weeks, returned home earlier
IN order to start farming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Morrison and
daughters, who have been living in
SPOKANE, returned to Nashua, where
Mrs. Morrison and daughters will
i've while Mr.. Morrison is with the
armed forces. He left Monday MORN
ing.
Miss Vera Jean Hensrud, who has
been employed at the Saveway store,
resigned Saturday.
Mrs. Gordon Bollinger and Gordon
Frances and David of Glasgow were
week END guests Of Mrs. Carl Boil
Mrs. Lee Warren and Mrs. Edward
Bethel were guests at the Ralph
Taylor home Tuesday evening.
Nashua high school will send con-
IestantS to the Glasgow track and
field meet Saturday, May 6, it was
announced by Superintendent Ho-
ner Loucks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kegel and
.amlly moved to Glasgow last Sat-
irday, where Mr.. Kegel is en-
as operator at the depot.
Neighbors went to the Kegel home
Friday afternoon and gave her a
surprise coffee party.
Mrs. John Rave, Mrs. H. L. Wiley,
Mrs. Harriet N. Carver, Mrs. o. E.
;amburn and Mrs. Alfred Lee at
ended a party Thursday evening,
IGNORING Mrs. C. H. Brocksmith, in
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
JORDAN COULEE
By Mrs. Clarence A. Nelson

Clinton Hockey vas a business
caller in Hinsdale Saturday.
Andrew Stiley and Harry Hughes
we're Hinsdale and Glasgow business
callers wednesday. They returned
home Thursday.
Ted Thompson, Jentoff Olson,
John Lenertz, Melvin Jensen, Mrs.
Alyce Stiley and daughter Andrea
and Martin Jensen visited at the
Hatton home Sunday.
Henry Hoerster drove to the Pete
Larson ranch Sunday to help with
dehorning. The car he was driving
broke down near the Clarence Nell
son place ON his return and Clar-
ence took him to the Frank Nelson
farm, where he is employed.
William Barnes accompanied Babe
Harris to Hinsdale Friday, from
where he went to Glasgow on
business.
Martin Jensen and John LenertZ
drove to the hot plunge Sunday.
Clarence Nelson was a Hinsdale
business caller Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. N. Hatton and son oscar
were Hinsdale business callers on
morning.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
WHEELER
BY Elva ID. PETERSON

Kirk Stanley Jr. John has re-
Gently passed a test giving him a
rating of pilot or bombardier. He is
now attending a gunnery school in
Texas. He is the son Of MI. and
Mrs. Kirk Stanley.
Seventeen women gathered at the
Viola Richter home Monday even
ing and gave a shower for Mrs.
Ludwig MUIR. Games were played
and a two-course luncheon was
served by the group.
Three tables were in play during
the meeting of the Woman's Card
club Tuesday evening. Lois Gras-
berg won high score, Mrs. Peter
Luken, second high, and Ella Mae
Bergen, a consolation gift.
jim Turnland and Ludwig MUIR
have been seeding in the Nashua
community this week. Next week
they will seed MI. Murr's farm
north of Poplar.
Mrs. Frank Dempsey was a week
end guests at the William Noble
home north of Nashua. Mr.. Demp-
sey is employed there.
Art Noble Of Glasgow visited
Wheeler friends Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dempsey
Jr.. and children of Great Falls are
visiting relatives here. Mr. Dempsey
has a broken bone in his arm.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
Rasmussen Visits
Here; Saw Combat
Duty i'm Pacific

Boyd Rasmussen, aviation ma
chinist first class, left Sunday after
spending several days or leave Wis
iting friends here. Rasmussen, a
graduate of Glasgow high school,
has seen ten months combat duty
with the navy in the southwest
and participated in four major en-
gagements. A younger brother, Corp.
Anton Rasmussen Jr., is now with
the marines in the Pacific and took
part in the Marshalls operation. The
boys are sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Anton
Rasmussen, former Glagow resi-
dents, who for the past year have
made their home at Deer Park,
Wash.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
NASHUA
BY Mrs. George Fisher

Group 2 of the Ladies Aid me-
last Wednesday afternoon at the
church with Mrs. H. j. Geer as hos
tess. During the business session
conducted by Mrs. d. j. Meyer, II
was decided to have a food sale
Saturday, May 10, at the CONNER
cial clubrooms. Two members joined
the group, Mrs. Ben Dykstra ano
Mrs. Earl Traver.
Surgical dressing hostesses last
Thursday were Mrs. Robert Rave,
Mrs. Theodore Viste and Mrs. Aug
ust Wessler. The week previous the
classes were served by Mrs. Otto
Useman, Mrs. John Rave and Mrs.
George Hassler. .
Mrs. Zetta Michel was pleasantly
surprised at her home last Wednes-
day evening when members of the
Altar society came to help celebrate
her birthday. n no-hoSteSS luncheon
was served and a gift was left for
the guest. Mrs. Clara Lauckner was
an invited guest.
Emil Bauer, who had been at
Hannaford, Wash, returned home
Saturday morning. He had been in
WORK.
Arthur Traver was a passenger
ON the Empire Builder which was
delayed Friday. He is with the navy
and was enroute from Camp Peary,
Va, to the west coast. He visited
lis sister, Mrs. August Wessler.
Mrs. Sydney HARDWOOD of Oakland,
Calf, was an overnight guest at the
home of her brother, Cliff Brenna,
She was enroute TO Willis
on TO meet her husband, who was
there to spend his furlough.
lie had graduated from an officers
raining school and was being trans
erred. They are former residents OF
glasgow.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will
meet wednesday at the church with
drS. d. j.. Meyer, Mrs. Otto Lundin,
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
Viola WalStad Is
Valedict0rian Of
Class at Opheim

OPHEIM - Miss Viola Walstad
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A,
Waistad. is valedictorian of the
Opheim school graduating class,
Superintendent William C. Greer
announced. Her four-year average
is 93.12. Melvin Tarum, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Atle Tarum, is salutatorian,
with an average of 92.84. The Rev.
Grant S. Moore of Glasgow will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon at
3 the afternoon of May 81. Com
mencement will be May 25, with
Prof. r. B. Tootell of Montana State
college as speaker.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
CLUB HEARS REVIEW

HINSDALE-The Hinsdale Wom-
ans club met Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Lewis Rutter,
with Mrs. Jack Neuman as CO.
hostess. The program included a re-
view of the play, Kiss and Tell" by
Mrs. Rutter and a paper on Mon
tana Poetry" read by Mrs. Clarence
Isaacson. A lunch concluded the
afternoon.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27

the clubrooms of the Eastern Star
in Glasgow.
Earl Daley came home to spend
his furlough at the ranch home of
his mother, Mrs. Rose Daley, north
of town. He is stationed at Camp
Pickett. Va.
Jacob Richter enjoyed a visit with
his brother Joe, who was here to
spend part of his furlough. He is
with the navy. Mr.. Richter left this
past Monday with the s~electees.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
Tampico Soldier
Visits His Aunt
In English City

Pfc. Alfred A. Jordan. brother OF
Mrs. Isaac Simon of Tampico, re-
Gently visited his aunt in England,
he has written Mrs. Simon. His
aunt, Mrs. Hilda Ledbetter, is a
sister of the late Arthur James
Jordan, Mrs. Simon's father and
founder Of the Montana town of
Jordan. Pfc. Jordan, who is in the
armed infantry, also has received
the good conduct medal.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
Madonna Marsland
Wed in Bremerton
To Robert Rogers
Nv Courier Correspondent

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Marsland,
formerly of Glasgow, was married to
Robert Rogers in Bremerton, Wash,
friends here have heard. Mr.. Rogers
in an aviation cadet and is now
undergoing training at Buckley
field, Colo. Mrs. Rogers is living
with her mother. Mrs. Eva Mars
land, who has purchased a grocery
store in Bremerton.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
ON FRAZER N ROLL

FRAZER-Frazer high school six
week honor roll pupils announced
by superintendent K. L. Zenner are
Deta Davis, sophomore Ards Ella
son. Ann Ciampltt and Richard
Olfert. juniors, and Richard Taylor,
freshman.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
TWO ARE INITIATED

OPHEIM-Hazel Bergstrom and
Ethel Flickinger were initiated into
the Eastern Star at a meeting of
Sunset chapter here.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-04-27
ON SCHOOL BOARD

MISUNDERSTANDING MUIR is the
newly appointed member of the
local school board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15
Six State Department
Nominations Approved

,roxv and failing to hear from Sen
stor Nye R.-N.D.). The committee
had voted to permit Wagner and
Nve. absent when action was taken
+odav to cast their ballots by proxy
II thew could be reached.
Much parliamentary gymnastics
went on behind the closed doors
of the committee. -.
MacLeish, target OF such critics
If the New Deal as Clark, appar'
en+1v was the victim when an Ad-
rninistration coalition agreement
among Senators Pepper O.-Fla),
Murray O.-Mont.) and Guffey 3D..
PAD backfired.
These three, with Senator LaFol-
1e+te prog. Wis.,, had proposed
resolution in which President
roosevelt was asked to- recall all
If the appointments. Their conten-
tion was that when all the appoint
~ ents were considered as group
thew did not reflect the attitude
and the point Of view OF the Sen
ste with respect to the foreign poll
~ Of the United States
The committee junked this pro-
posal, IL to 4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15
GERMANS THROW
RESERVES INTO
ITALIAN BATTLE

ROME, Dec. 14.-P)-The Ger.
mans flung all available reserves
Of armor and infantry into a furi-
GUS attempt today to contain a
Canadian bridgehead over the La-
none river and to save the nearby
road center of Bagnacavallo, 10
miles northeast of Faenza in the
Pc Valley.
Counterattack after counterats
tack thudded against the four-mile.
wide bridgehead, but all were
thrown back in savage fighting and
at nightfall the Canadians had en-,
larged their holding, Allied Head
quarters announced.
In a day mingled with successes
and reverses, the Nazis repulsed
efforts by the American Fifth
army to gain high ground near
Monte Castillo, southwest Of Bolo-
gna, and in turn saw their own
counterattacks aga inst Monte
Cerere, II miles southeast OF
Bologna, rolled back.
Fighting in general was heavley
and more widespread than at any
time in recent weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA Up -
'lalrman Connally ID. -Tex.) Off
'lally reported to the Senate to-
AgAt the Foreign Relation Commit
tse favorable recommendation for
a.e confirmation of six State De-
'aa'ment nominations.
Connally told a reporter he had
MN from Senator Wagner Cd
n.y. r,l') proxy favoring the appoint
,-eill of Archibald Macleish,
va as one of five assistant Sec
'esares of State.
NIL, me committee previously had re-
M aYlaed a 10 to 10 tie vote which
~O0lo have called for an adverse
sport sport on MacLeish's appointment.
=, oonnally previously had reported
TV committees favorable action on
, ,o c. Grew, chosen as under
tts.'etary, and four assistant secre-
p s,leS W. L. Clayton, Nelson
psDD;eAe1eller, James c. Dunn a Il d
ls' Cen. julius Holrne.
.Uonnally said that acting under
b ",Seht given by the Senate, ne
NJ nao made a favorable report on
>''cAelsh after receiving Wagner's
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15
Churchill Firm On Policy
Toward Italy And Greece

til the military situation had got
into a better condition." and add
ed that the results were mot un-
satisfactory as far as our ARMIES
are concerned"
Meanwhile, an implication by
Ernest Bevin, British Minister Of
Labor, that some international
agreement already had been
reached on spheres Of influence In
the Balkans stirred controversy
on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bevin told the National Labor
Party convention yesterday that
Britain and Russia had gotten to.
gether, with the Soviet Union un-
dertaking the main problem Of
Romania while Britain undertook
that Of Greece.
A responsible but unidentified
source in Washington denied that
President Roosevelt had approx
ed any British-Russian agreement
dividing political interests in the
Balkans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15
INDIVIDUAL GOAL
PASSED BY STATE
$1,900,00O Added To i:
Bond Quota In Good
Day OF Sale

WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. IA. -
RENorth Carolina today exceeded
its quota on bond buying by indi-
viduals and added $780, 900 to its
E bond purchases in one of the best
days experienced thus far in t h e
Sixth War Loan drive.
Figures f r m the Federal Re-
serve Bank of Richmond, including
all sales reported through Wednes-
day, placed total investment by in
dividuals at $61, 300, 900. or $500, 900
in excess of the $61, 900, 900 goal for
this phase of the campaign.
E bond sales, a part of overall
individual guying, mounted to $22,-
900, 000-64 per cent of the quota Of
$34, 900, 900. It was the third success
sive day that reported North Car
DINA E bond purchases were well
ahead of the $1.000,000 mark.
In announcing that the quota for
individuals had been passed, State
War Finance Chairman Clarence T..
Leinbach pointed out that "All we
have to work on and worry about
now is our E bond goal"
E bond sales for IS days remain
to be tabulated before the close Of
the drive, and since purchases are
$12, 0OO,00 short of the quota close
to one million dollars per day must
be bought if the objective is to be
met,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15
Athens Fighting
Flares Again To
End Peace Talk
British May Deliver
Compromise Or Quit
Ulhmatum To Poles

LONDON, Dec. 14-B-Britain's
House of Commons will turn to-
morrow to the troubles of unhappy
Poland in a debate which NAV
bring compromise-or-quit ulti-
matum for the Polish exiled gov
eminent.
There was no immediate indica-
ton as to whether Prime Minister
Churchill or Foreign Secretary
Eden, or both, would present the
government stand.
Either or both, however, will
speak in the light of mounting in
dications that Russia soon will re-
cognize the rival, Soviet-sponsored
National Liberation Committee as
Poland's provisional government.
Diplomatic quarters, meanwhile,
awaited exposition of the British
position in anticipation that it
might shed some light on the ques-
ton OF what agreements, if any,
were reached between Churchill
and Marshal Stain at Moscow on
separate spheres of influence -
military and political-in Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15

LONDON, Dec. 14.-REA mount
ing clamor for q clearcut enuncia-
ton of Observation-Disclosures
policy in Europe developed today
as Prime Minister Churchill told
his critics in Parliament that he
might carry to the people mis- de-
tense of Britain's intervention in
Greece.
Still under fire in sections OF
tine British press as well as in
legislative halls, the Prime Minis
ter stood firm on his policy in both
Greece and Italy. but his intima-
nation of a further account on
those affairs offered clue to the
extent Of the stiu-prevalent pro-
tests.
In dealing with the Italian sit
uation under persistent labor party
cross-questioning, he emphasized
that Britain's policy was based on
military necessity.
Churchill acknowledged that he
had approved continuance Of King
Vittorio Emanuele's regime "un-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15
Yanks Dash Across Rhine Plain;
Karlsruhe Reported Under Fire;
Japs Lose 1854 In Philippines
Chinese Successes
May Enable U. S. To
Rebuild Air Bases
). /. CHINESE SUCCESSES

CHUNGKING, Dec. IA Up -
Chinese troops were reported near
ing the Kwangsi province city of
Hochih today amid indications that
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's U.
S. 18th Air Force intends to move
right along on the heels of the Chi
nese advance and reestablish
bases which it was forced to evac-
uate during the Japanese drive
westward.
Chennault's pilots today are
fighting hit-run battle, blasting
the key points of japanese control
in China as well as lending tactical
support to Chinese ground forces,
but it now is apparent that the
former leader of the Flying
Tigers" had planned ahead for
such emergencies as those created
by the recent enemy land sue.
cesseS.
While the Japanese threat to the
Kweilin air fields was developing.
Chang Kai-shek received for ap
proval from Chennault a memor.
andum covering specifications fol
enlarging and improving certain
grass-grown landing strips deeper
in China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15
lUPE VELEZ, FILM
STAR, is SUICIDE;
LEAVES TWO NOTES

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Dec.
A-R-Lupe Velez, Temperament
tai Mexican film actress, took her
own life today and in one of two
notes found on the bed beside her
body disclosed that she was ex-
pecting baby.
Also beside her pajama-clad
body was found a partially filled
bottle of tablets used to induce
Sleep but fatal if taken in guam
titles.
The first note, only addressed to
Harold read:
May God forgive you and for
give me, too. But I prefer to take
my Life away and our baby's be-
lore | bring him such shame or
Alllng him. How could you fake
uch great love for me and our
oaoy when all the time you didn't
want us. l ace no other way out
ut me, so goodbye and good luck
Oyou. Love.
Lupe."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15
TONKWAY TAKEN
BY CHINESE IN
BURMA CAMPAIGN

CHUNGKING, Dec. IA. -R -
Veteran Chinese troops under Gen.
Lee Tao, spearheading the Allied
drive toward Mandalay, have taken
the town of Tonkway, 100 airline
miles north of Mandalay, it was
announced today.
After an advance which covered
21O miles of :oadless jungle, the
Chinese now are farther into Bur-
ma than any other Allied forces.
Starting their offensive from h c
Mogaung valley town of Kamalng
in October, they have chased the
Japanese southwark and today
stand in position to strike the Bur-
ma Road between Lashio and Mu-
Sc, which is so miles east OF Bha-
mo.
Advance elements of the 22nd Di-
vision of the Chinese Sixth Army
routed the Japanese to the Irrawad-
dy river town of Shewgu, where
the enemy finally made a stand.
Following an all day battle. the
Japanese ceased fighting and the
chase was resumed for another 50
miles to Tonkwa, which the Chinese
took by storm.
The 22nd Division now is in posi-
ton to cut the Burma Road be.
tween Lashio and Muse; cut off the
Japanese retreating along the Man
dalay railway corridor; storm the
enemy stronghold of Markham, IS
miles north of Lashio; or push
southwark toward Mandalay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-15
-four UNITS HIT
GATES OF REICH
Allied Warplanes Swarm
Out To Bombard
Duren, Siegfried
SUPREME HEADQUAR-

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIE D EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, Paris,
Friday, Dec. Is (P) The
U. S. Seventh Army rolled
seven miles across the Rhine
plain through nearly a dozen
eastern French towns almost
to Germany's border today,
turned its heavy artillery on
the Siegfried Line and re-
portedly was Smelling the big
enemy city of Karlsruhe
across the Rhine.
The U. S. First and Ninth Armies
drove to the Roer along a solid
15-mile front at the edge Of the
Cologne plain and the retreating
Germans blew up the last three
bridges over the river around their
key citadel Of Duren, including
one on the superhighway to
Cologne.
The U. S. Third Army forced
new crossing into the Saar Basin
east of Sarreguenolnes, captured
strongly fortified Habkirchen near
where it made its first invasion
of the region from the south, and
pushed a mile beyond.
AS the four American armies
hammered at the gates of the
Reich, Allied warplanes sWarmed
out in clearing weather, pounding
Duren, the French frontier city Of
Wissembourg in the path of the
Seventh Army, and Seigfried for.
tfications east of the Saar river.
The Seventh Army was bearing
down on Germany all along its 35-
mile front and in it's spectacular
dash up the Rhine plain hurtled
streams along which the Germans
offered only the flimsiest defense.
The Germans facing the First
Army around Duren likewise were
falling back fast. The 83rd Divi-
sion seized the suburban village
of Gurzenich, just to the west of
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