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BY THIRD ARMY
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few days probably would mark the
crucial phase in the offensive from
the north, with the Germans max
ing a supreme effort to make a
stand in the rubble Of Goch and
Calcar.
The country south and east OF
the two towns is webbed with fair
roads, and is good maneuvering
ground for the waiting columns Of
armor Montgomery has ready to
unleash.
The British drive toward Uedem
came dangerously close to reach.
ing that country today as it Bit
deeply into the ranks of two Ger
man Panzer Grenadier divisions.
The. British cut the Goch-Calcal
highway at a point two and hal
miles northeast OF Goch, where
they were 16 miles from Vessel
at the edge of the Ruhr industrial
basin.
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WITH THE AEF +:
BY SID FEEDER
Substituting for Kenneth L.
nivonl

WITH FIFTH ARMY, Italy-tH
The Unknown Soldier of Bat
tie Mountain has been identified
Through the enterprise of Com
bat Correspondent Cpl. Gerald
Root, f o m Lansing mich.
State Journal reporter, the identi
ty of the hero Of one of the fierc
est fights in the cracking of the
Gothic Line last fall has been es
tablished as Pfc. Felix B. Mestas
Jr.
Mestas, a Spanish American
Browning automatic rifleman
came from Nalsenburg, Colo.
near Denver. His father lives al
La Veta, Colo
The capture and securing of vi
tai Montebattaglia, which trans
lates to Battle Mountain in Eng
fish, was savage week-long
struggle. Men of the 350th Regi-
ment, now known as the Battle
Mountain Regiment" took the
peak and held it against almost
continuous counter-attacks and ar
tillery fire in rain and cold and
mud for seven days. A few weeks
ago the 350th's Second Battalion
received the War department S
Distinguished Unit Citation for its
part of the job.
At the height of one particularly
vicious attack September 20. the
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walled city area of south Manila
by American Doughboys and armor
were summoned by Maj. Gen. Os-
car GrisWold to surrender honor
ably or at least to permit thou--
ands of civilians to leave the she'll
wrecked district.
GriSWold, U. S. commander in
Manila, told the Japanese their
position was hopeless and gave the
enemy four hours to quit or comply
with his request to release the
civilians so that no innocent blood
be she'd" The Nipponese did not
even acknowledge the message
broadcast by radio and loud
The southern tip of Bataan was
seized by units of the 38th Division
which landed at Mariveles Thurs
day with the support of aircraft
bombing and strafing and U. S.
Seventh Fleet gunfire.
1t was the conquest of Bataan
by the Japanese April 1892, which
doomed Corregidor, where shat
tered elements of the American and
Philippines army made their last
heroic stand but were forced to
surrender May 6. Heavy Nipponese
guns set up at Mariveles, across a
narrow strait from the fort, ham,
mered the island while barge-borne
troops rolled over the fatigued de-
tenders.
Broadsides from Seventh Fleet
cruisers and destroyers in support
of the 18th Division landing on Ba-
taan blasted Corregidor so heavily
this time that only half-dozen
enemy shots came from the fort.
The island also had been plas-
tered with hundreds of tons of
aerial bombs in recent days.
Sixth Division troops drove south
ward along the highway which
fringe the east coast of Bataan to-
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{lI] BIG BOMBERS
RI slAs7 FRANKFURT
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o soviets during the last
wo days .ook IN the aerial
the , fer bad weather kept the
s sazsy Air Force on the ground 1naa last
R .2s+ lAnti-aircraft fire. ranging
nlgnl' raeager to intense, was re-
tro1 m lI aver the big industrial city
pol t5e Main river with more tnan
'V''s .onaissance photographs OF
H tsarday's attacks on oil and rail-
ys sd targets AR in western Germany
Eoaq 9 M, American planes showed
~ '' +bree Benzol plants and one
, ID refinery had been severely
damaged ;.+,o, -,
~ ,ors gave the rail yards at
2 ,,a..ro one Of the most intense at
h ssls Of the war. A new oil re-
. law near Dortmund was qamag-
t a :3evereIy IN its first attack
e ea11s Of smoke rose after the at
i rpi,, on the Minister Stein and
Tsssi ne Benzol plants near
n nart,ound. Another refinery was
hit hit at Gelsenkirchen:
~ 1+slv.based heavies obtained
ntood results" yesterday in at
.acks on jet-plane factories near
wanburg and at Obertraubling near
rosopnsburg. An Raj force of Lam
. Listers, escorted by Spitfires, at
t t Vessel on the Rhine in the
rorthwest Ruhr yesterday.
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official record noted:
One unknown nero was seen
standing on the crest of the mill
in full view of a charging group
of fanatical Germans and firing
his Browning automatic rifle from
the hip in order to get better
field of fire down the slope. With
the heavy rifle he killed "a of the
advancing Germans. He account
ed for two more with grenades. "
Since then this unknown hero S
action has been the talk of the
regiment, but his identity was
never learned until recently when
Root began checking up. From
Sgt. Cleo Peek of Arvin, Calf
Mestas' assistant BAR man and
Pfc. L. c. Burnett, a rifleman
from Floral, Ark, who was in a
spot to observe the Coloradan,
Root obtained enough facts to es-
tablish that the hero was Mestas,
who died in defense of Battaglia.
Cowboy always liked to stand
up and shoot that heavy gun from
the hip" Peek recalled. His bud
dy, he said, was a husky $780,
FOUNDER who handled the 21-pound
automatic rifle like an MI.
Peek, himself a Silver Star Win
ner on Battaglia, related that
when he and Mestas took up their
advance post on the height they
had three packages of K rations.
They shared one the first night
and another the following day. The
third never was eaten.
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WEATHER

FORECAST
NORTH CAROLINA: Sunday colder,
with occasional showers; moderate to
fresh northerly winds.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather BureaU
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, 81; 1880 am, IS; 1870 pm, TO-;
1880 pm 48.
Maximum 70; Minimum so; Mean S.;
Normal -.
Humidity
1870 am, "A; 1880 am, rs; 1880 pm, So;
1880 pm, 70.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1870 pm.
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
2.11 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 2:19a 9:36a
2:48p 9:54p
Masonboro Inlet ,---------- 12:09a 6:22a
12:37p gasp
Sunrise, 6:52 am; Sunset, $3.50 PM:
Moonrise, 1900 am; Moonset, -.
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Kank Pdratroops Land
On Corregidor Island

ward the 38th Division to complete
encircle ment of the japanese
troops on the peninsula.
The Americans already have won
the highway across the base of the
mountainous, jungle-covered PENN
sula which faces the China Sea on
the west with precipitous cliffs.
East OF Manila, the Yanks seized
two airfields at Mandaluyong and
to the south of the city were ap-
preaching Fort William Mckinley
from the south and east.
GA Tokyo broadcast heard by the
Blue Network said the Americans
have repaired Clark Field, largest
airfield on Luzon Island, and have
put it into use. Clark Field was
overrun by the Yanks on their drive
to Manila, but the Japanese, firing
artillery from nearby hills, kept
the field out of service.)
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ALLIES TO ADOPT
TERROR RAIDS
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home and at the front, is quite oH.
vious.
The decision may revive protests
from some Allied quarters against
"uncivilized warfare but they ara
likely to be balanced by satisfae.
ton in those sections Of Europe
where the German air force and
the Nazi V-weapons have been
responsible for the indiscriminate
slaughter Of civilians by tens d
thousands.
The reaction Of the Germans.
who still are bombing England
biindly with long-range rockets, is
expected to be a new outburst OF
violent words, but there is little
more the Nazi propagandists can
say-al the previous Allied air
raids on the Reich have been dess
cribed by Berlin as terror at
tackS"
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AMERICAN FLEET
POUNDS TWO JIMA
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\OVAtAA0SA - VAAA 4 ~ OAACJ
Further reports on the attacks
on Tokyo by aircraft-are unavail.
able" Nilnitz said.
But Tokyo reported that the car.
rier planes attacked Japan for six
hours yesterday - second day oil
the attack. A high officer here said
radio silence which had blacked
out details of the Tokyo assault
was beautiful" meaning that as
long as the Japanese did not at.
tack the carriers nd escorting
warships the American command
ers would not break silence.
Indicating the ferocity of the at
tacks, however, Tokyo admitted il
lost 81 planes over the, homeland
and claimed to have down or dam
aged $50 American planes.
OF the assaults on Two Nimitz
said:
"Bombardment of Two lima ir
the Volcano Islands by battleships
and cruisers Of the Pacific Flee
is continuing
-V-
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BERLIN LOOKING
FOR DESTRUCTION
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Red menace" theme and one
broadcast invited Gen. Eisenhow-
er to send a delegation OF from
six to ten officers or enlisted men
to investigate "Soviet atrocities"
in Hungary, saying they would be
allowed liberty to interview "ci-
william victims of the Bolsheviks.
The Allied commanders head
quarters had no comment on this
invitation. 1t was pointed out that
Hungary is not in Eisenhower
command and that the invitation
came not through military or dip
lomatic channels, but through a
Nazi Uganda ministry mouth
piece and that Allied Supreme
ignores such pro-
paganda, regardless OF the form it
takes
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Vandenberg Wants Clarity
On San Francisco Meeting
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that it would be tantamount to "a
perpetual declaration of war;"
would constitute military alliance
and would invade Congress powers
to declare war.
While this opposition has been
vocal in Republican senate gather
ings, the bulk of the minority men,
bers are expected to follow the
Michigan senator's leadership when
the security treaty comes before
them.
That is why the Administration
is primarily interested in enlist
ing Vandenberg as a supporter OF
the results of the San Francisco
conference, and why President
Roosevelt may 60 out of his way to
assure the Michigan senator that
the latter will have a free hand as
a delegate.
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City Briefs
DRAFT ORDERS

City Draft Board No. 1 YES
terday received call for 30
white men, between the ages
of 10 and 81, to report to Fort
Bragg for pre-induction exam
nations March IA. A call for
five Negro registrants to re-
port for pre-induction exami-
nations March 2 also was re-
ceived. Board officials said
orders would be mailed early
next week.
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UNION MEETING

The Carpenters Local Union,
1165, will have a barbecue sup
per at the Labor Temple, lO7
IL North Third street, Tues
day, at 1870 pm. All members
and their wives are invited to
attend.
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BAR GROUP TO MEET

The New Hanover County
Bar Association will hold a
barbecue supper at ! D. m,
Tuesday at the Blue Top
Lodge, Clayton C. Holmes,
secretary, announced yester-
day. Major L. p. McLendon,
of Greensboro, will be guest
speaker and all members of
the association are requested
to attend.
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REVIVAL SERVICES

Revival services at the
Church of Cob, Fourth and
Marsteller streets, will con-
tinue through next week. Evan
gelist Roy H. Hughes, of Can
ton, Ohio, will preach. A "Re-
yival Hour will be broad
cast over WMFD at Ais p. m.
daily, Monday through Thurs
day.
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GUEST MINISTER

The Rev. A. c. Laramore,
of Winston Salem, will speak
tonight at Kure's Beach Com
munity church, and will speak
nightly through next Sunday.
The service begins at 1880
O'Clock
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STATE OF VACATION HOMES

STON, Feb. 17.-WH-The
State of Maine leads the nation
in percentage of it's home occupied
only during the vacation season.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01

There is an old Scandinavian
saying that the church stands in
the middle of the village" and
this certainly may be applied to
St Johns Danish Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Seattle which
under the leadership of Rev.
Alfred E. Sorensen commands
an important cen ira position
amongst the Danes of Seattle and
vicinity.
Danish residents of Seattle
Washington, made their first at
tempts to worship in fellowship
about the year 1890. OF course
there was faith and worship in
private, and in many instances
these early Danish Lutheran pio-
neers sought contact with congre-
cations already established.
Pastor Madsen of California
made the first effort to assemble
Danish people for worship under
Danish Lutheran auspices. Among
those mentioned in this early work
We're Nels Olsen, Johan Johansen,
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Little Norway In
Canada Is Closed

On February l6 Little Norway
i'll Canada closed shop. Owing to
the development Of the war the
Norwegian Government has decid-
ed to transfer the camp to Grea.
Britain. That does not mean that
training or fighting activities are
to be discontinued The general
feeling, however is that the way
things are progressing in Europe
the work can be carried on more
conveniently closer to Norway
The camp flag was lowered in
the presence of l.500 Americans
Canadians and other friends, and
Crown Prince Olav, Commander.
in-Chief of all Norwegian armed
forces, inspected the personnel
for the last time. With the
Crown Prince We're Crown Prin-
ess Martha, the Norwegian Min
lister to Canada, Mr.. Daniel Steen.
the Lieutenant Governor of On
tario Mr. Albert Mathews, Vice
Marshal w A. Curtis an the
MAJOR of Toronto, Mr. r. II.
Saunders
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Astoria Church
Free of Debt

ASTORIA Ore. The year
1914 was a happy one for Trinity
Lutheran Church in that for the
first time IN its history lorgan-
lied In 1929. the congregation
cleared itself of Indebtedness. This
fact, and other er-giving m
formation was reported at the re
Gently held annual meeting of the
congregation.
The final Indebtedness houidat-
Cd was the almost ancient loan
received from the Church Extea-
sion Fund when building opera
tons began. All debts are nov
paid
Since August. 1898. when the
present pastor took charge. ap-
proXimately $4,000 has been
gathered tor the new church and
its equipment And during that
period the commitment member
ship has Increased from pos t.
f3a
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Magnuson for Idea
OF arine M useuIn

United States Senator Warren
G.. Magnuson has indorsed Seattle's
plans for a marine museum to
perpetuate the days of sail and
the history of famous vessels that
operated in the Puget Sound and
Pacific Ocean routes. In a letter
to Fred w Geibel, publisher of
The Marine Digest, Senator Mag
nuson said:
There has been a longtime
need for such an institution and
surely there will be a great fund
of possible exhibits to be collected
from various maritime museums
and old mariners in the commun-
ity. 1t will dc much to call at
tention to the maritime character
of our area and it will fit in very
aptly with our great maritime flu
ture. People who visit Seattle ex
pect to find something of this
sort. | want to add my unquali
fled Endorsement to the plan of
The Marine Digest of fostering
a maritime museum for Seattle. If
l may be of any aid from this end.
please advise.
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people of this ten centuries old
democracy.
Iceland has contributed a valu-
able addition to the population of
the United States and Canada.
and many Icelanders in these
countries have reached positions
of eminence in different fields.
Foremost among the writers and
Interpreters of the Icelandie ira
tons and culture Is Mrs. Jacobina
Johnson of Seattle. whose work
has been singularly honored in
Iceland and America
Mrs. Johnson was born in Hosa-
v.k. Iceland. from where she, her
parents and six brothers and sis
tiers emigrated to Canada to make
their home on the prairie She
received her education in Canada.
where she later taught school.
She arrived in the L S. in 1908.
and since then she bes des being
a housewife and mother has
found the time to translate the
cream of Icelandie poetry into
English, write two plays published
IN Poet Lore of Boston. and in
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Anderson New Secretary
For Tocomo War Chest

A. Anderson arrived in Tacoma
February from Norfolk, Va,
where he was executive secretary
of the Council of Social Agencies
and assistant director of the Com
munity Fund, to become eXecu-
tive secretary of the Tacoma Com
munity War Chest and Council.
He held posts in ST. Louis and at
Houston, Tex, before going to
Norfolk.
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YOU ARE GREETED at the door
by an erect, broad-shouldered,
massive chested herman, most per-
sonable, even handsome. His voice
booms you immediate welcome
You feel it as you glance beyond
him to couple of heroic busts of
giants you know.
Beethoven, AS background to
that resonant welcoming voice you
hear from shadowy depths a ma
jestic passage from the Fifth Sym
phony; or a glorious fragment of
the Choral Ninth.
Sibelius, Again in the changing
texture of that flexible voice the
swan of Tuonela' antiphonal
accompaniment to Beethoven with
its sheer, tranquil, clinging love
illness and -worldlineSs.
1t all fitted harmonious into
the picture you had framed before
your visit. For had you not been
told your host was head of Voice
n the University of Washington's
School of Music?
But soon you were to learn that
music was just one facet of this
amazing mans life and being For
the busts were fashioned by the
deft fingers of his own hands the
hands of an artist, one glance re-
vealed. Later you We're to be
shown another bust in process.
Edward Grieg, Norway's own great
composer. 1t rested on a table in
the artists little studio an eX-
propriated bedroom, the clay still
wet" needing only few more
touches before casting of the mold.
A noble portrait of noble Morse
man.
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Bv ALVARO c. SHOEMAKER

fireplace, and over it painting of
the sea-of that cold, pitiless sea
of the North A Viking ship tossed
high on tr e m e II d o Il waves, a
burst of faltering light through
clouds of Stygian blackness. Who
did the painting?
"Oh, that is the household bette
noir," your host tells you as if a
bit ashamed of a really fine work,
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01

In the north of the Atlantic
lies the Island of the Sagas, Ice
land, removed from the regular
tourist routes but a haven for dis
corning and searching travellers.
During the war it has been a bee
hive of activity. and thousands of
American soldiers have met the
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the Russkies are infinite, But this
Ivanovitch sold me on the idea OF
trying coloring agents such as are
Used in calcimine or sidewalk ce-
ment 1t was we'll, not so hot"
Professor Werner speaks flaw
less English, even to the idiom.
The language he learned in Nor
way-in Bergen. where he was
born fifty years ago The idiom
"Oh. it's half the language one
must learn it, you know And
slang? I have young Americans
many-in my music classes at
the University
Around the crowded walls you
see other eanvases. All his own,
all worthy of exhibition.
Musician. sculptor Painter. Is
this all? If you think these rare
attachments are enough. Werner
will not agree with you. There is
wood-carving, for example. EXqui-
site items, strewn here and there
in every room. You see a carved
miniature figurehead II will be
placed on the prov of scale
model of Viking ship You are
shown this model perfect piece
Of consummate craftsmanship in
every detail. 1T goes slowly you
are told. I can only get at it in
spare moments"
Spare moments, You look at
Your host in wonder and incredu-
hty.
THE model Is from an ancient
ship of the Vikings dug from
the blue elays of the ford shore
At Gokstad. in southwestern Nor
way. You are told that a replica
of 1t Was sailed To the Chicago
Columbian Exposition in 1893. Oars
and sail and a lot of hard
Continued on Page p
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of Elk Horn, Iowa Mr.. and Mrs.
Anders Nielsen, Mr.. and Mrs. Jens
Nielsen and Mr.. and Mrs Anders
Jorgensen. all from Cedar Falls.
Iowa, who began to meet in va
rious homes for worship. Usually
Nels Olsen led the meeting in the
Continued on Page y
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Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1945-04-20

tegul jie stojas piestu dabar,
kol dar gall butt lengvai su-
drausti, negu veliau, kai jau
visame pasaulyje jie bus ilei-
de savo saknis.
Kick Siadien skausmo pasau-
lis butu isvenges jei Hitleriui
ragai butu buve aplauzyti tin
kamu laiku, t. Y. tuomet kuo-
met dar buvo imanoma tatai
padaryti, kai, sakysim, jis re-
militarizavo Reino sriti! Ly-
giai taip ir siadien ragu aplau-
zymas Stalinui isgelbetu pa
SAUL nuo dideliu nelaimiu.
Todel leidimas Pabaltijo val
stybems sudaryti savo vyriau-
sybes butu visam pasauliui is
ganingas zygis.
Bet tai didzia dalimi pri-
klauso nuo musu paciu. Prizes
keturis ,metus mes nebuvome
vieningi ir uztektinai veiklus.
siadien jau esame vieningi
bent ia prasme kad nesame
vieni Kittens priesingi. Gi mu-
su veikluma irodo ellie faktu,
o ju virsuneje yra Amerikos
Lietuviu Msijos Washingtone
atliktas zygis. Tat sia krypti-