Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-05
Yanks Drive to Mop Up Manila;
Reds Moving to OutfIank Berlin;
10000 Germans ii CoImar Trap
8, 700 Liberated
From Sunto ! omus
lnternment Comp
~ the Associated Press.

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD.
QUARTERS. Luzon, Feb. 5.-The
Stars and Stripes new over hall
of Manila today and thousands
of American and British civil
ian prisoners were free as Ameri-
can columns, including a new
paratroop regiment landed tt
the south, pressed against little
more than sniper fire toward
complete liberation of the Phil
ippine capital.
First Cavalry and 37th Infantry
Division forces controlled the north
ern part of Manila few hours after
entering the city late Saturday
night and penetrated yesterday as
far south as the wide and deep
Pasig River, which divides the city
The LIST Cavalry Yanks, in an en-
circing move by night, speared i'm
mediately to the Santo Tomas In
ternment camp from the east and
liberated about 3,700 civilian pris-
oners, mainly American women and
children, held there since May /,
1912.
(Names of those liberated will
be announced in Washington in
q day or two3
270 Hostages Exchanged.
Associated Press Correspondent c
Yates Mcdaniel reported that for
"a hours the lives OF 270 of the in
ternees hung in the balance as the
Japanese camp commander bar
gained for a truce Of safety for his
men.
: "a Blue network broadcast said
the truce was finally arranged
and S. Japanese soldiers were
escorted to q mile from Santo
Tomas and were released.
nucien L. Rock, former oil
man, was quoted as saying the
Japanese held the 270 internees,
including two women and IS chill
dren, in the Santo Tomas Uni
versity education building until
the exchange was agreed upon.
Two Of the children were
under 10.
(The exchange was made at
Monday noon, the report said.)
Only last Tuesday night 513
American. and British prisoners Of
war were freed from stockade at
Cabanatuan, go miles to the north,
in daring raid by American
Rangers and Filipino guerrillas.
First Cavalry units also seized
Malacanan Palace, former govern
mental headquarters Of the Philip
pine Commonwealth, finding no
japanese officials, while Yanks of
the 37th Division entered the cap
itai from the north and pushed
cautiously through the northern
suburbs after capturing Grace Park
Airdrome.
(The Tokyo radio today
acknowledged American forces
had entered the capital, and
said fierce fighting was in prog
ress around Santo Tomas.)
Japs Make No Ma or Stand.
The motorized 1st Cavalry, fight.
ing In memory of their former com.
mander, It. Gen. Jonathan M
Wainwright, who was captured by
the invading Japanese in 1912
reached Manila first in a dash Of
some IA miles in a little more thar
so hours, racing down a highway
which skirts the Central Luzon plain
on the east. The LIST is now under
command of Maj Gen. Verne Nudge
and the 37th is commanded by
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler.
The japanese offered no major
stand in the northern half of Ma
Mia, just as they failed to oppose In
force Gen. MacArthur's 120-mile
push down the broad Central Luzon
plain from the Lingayen Gulf
beachhead established just rs days
before.
This advance was co-ordinated
with invasions along the west coast
northwest and Southwest of Ma
Mia last week.
japanese troops also took just &c
days to enter the city from their
beachheads to the southwest at the
start of the war, but at that time
Manila was declared an open city q
week before the enemy stepped in.
Macarthur Return Delayed.
Gen. Macarthur, returning tri-
umphantly to Manila-prime goal OF
his three-year Pacific campaign
was prevented by dynamited
bridge from entering the city with
one of the first spearheads. He
turned back to find another route.
The northern section Of Manila
was taken fairly intact, according to
Associated Press Correspondent Fred
Hampson.
"A few buildings were smashed
and burned" he said, but on the
whole that part OF Manila was not
greatly damaged. However, on in
(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-5)