The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-30

ported draped with white flags.
 Unconfirmed reports aagin were heard that Third Army troops were racing southeastWard for the Nazi Shrine City of Nuremberg. A Brus- sels radio broadcast placed them SC miles northwest of the city at a point about 85 miles southeast Of Frankfurt.
 Hodges men raced northWard over more than 100 miles of twist ing German roads almost without firing shot They reached the Paderborn area just "A hours after the jump-off from Giessen at dawn yesterday
 Head For Leipzig
 The Allied controlled Luxem- bourg radio said It. Gen. George s. Patton's American Third Army to the southeast was loose on an equally-spectacular armored drive headed for Leipzig and a possible juncture with the Red Army.
 Radio Luxembourg said Pattons mem were racing into the Thurin- gian forests on the road to Eisen- acn, 155. miles southwest of Berlin and 90 miles west of Leipzig.
 Both the First and Third armies were pursuing phantom German army that melted away at their approach. Only hondful of fana- tical Nazi SS troopers opposed the First Army's triumphal sweep tc Paderborn, and Pattons men were reported virtually no opposition.
 More than 33,00O dazed German prisoners were swept up by the two American forces yesterday ant United Press War Correspondent Robert Richards reported that tht Nazis were falling over themselve! in their rush to surrender.
 The Third Army's prison cage. were damned with more than 150,' 900 captives rounded up in tht eight day advance beyond tht Rhine, and the last major fighting force left to the enemy in westerr Germany was believed to comprise about 16,000 Germans reeling bacl before Montgomery's men in thu north.
 The British Second Army ant units of the American Ninth Arm, were driving through and north o the Ruhr under a rigid securit, blackout. But censored field dis patches said they had hammers out gains running to 10 miles an, more in the past "A hours, indicat ing they had reached an are south and perhaps southeast 0 Muenster where they would be to 40 miles northwest of Hodges First Army.
 The import of Hodges break through and Patton's reporte sweep on Eisenach was staggering Spokesmen for the two armies sai the German front had distinte grated completely in their path.
 All organized German resistanc may be expected to cease yer soon," reported United Press Wa Correspondent John McDermot from the First Army front.
 Radio Luxembourg said tens { thousands of Nazis were layin down their arms all over the var ishing western front in "one of tn greaetst mass surrenders of a time"
 Chaos reigns and revolt again! the NaZi regime is imminent" tn broadcast said.
 A partial security blackout ok scured the location of Hodges, al morede vanguards racing up behin the Ruhr into the fringe of tt northern plains extending all tt way back to Berlin.
 Thee armored task forces struc out from positions north of tf captured enemy quartermaSter dt pot at Giessen at six a. m. yeStel day and in 12 hours swept ahead to 55 airline miles toward a link-u with Montgomery.
 Feeble Opposition One column stabbed north ar northwest to reach a point 10 mil south of Paderborn, traversing miles of main highways and sic roads against the feeblest oppos tion. Overnight they were reportt to have plunged on into Paderbor gateway to the northern blair and on toward the Ruhr-Berl superhighway 16 miles beyond.
 Paderborn lies 190 miles wes southwest of Berlin and the Yan were believed to be considerah closer to the enemy capital u morning
 From their staring point in | Remagen bridgehead a week a K4ndnac, man alraadu had cnVer