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BURR: Realtor Dl: 1918; eyes,, WO. 1889
stone and stuceo home. eontsinins lsrs.
rooms and bath, Gas heat, close to trans.
peostation' eSn,' shopping and slementary sehcc, Sn
SSs2ss' SSsS2sss' u Df
5l5 Rock Creek ch. I'd. NV. rooms
shsss e $3.50 ssss s;ss e. = ~ ~ -
SgNaizLoM; & located .s, 20 ., Wi.ssasin =: Z
YiRus iss RsisIs ae0d IT, ,o Ss1o wis AZ.
CLosE-N NoATaEAsT. vacant. ready t.
occupy; corner brick home Of rooms ana
SaSTss i.,ss III cSfsaSIs..,.,, iss y.
BY 2 families; OIL h:.w.h:, slate roof: earl.
socfATas sessffssGa me- me- * 1fS isss ansif pn As
rooi. located just "a Neb; ave. near wiisoI
frsplaee. o extrs.iarse % dinins room rSS vii vii
electric r.nse and fefrksrstor; md aooi
mas larse central hall with bath, / small
siss; ts x.t.5 h@s:ssI he Hi. home Sss Bee Ssss
excellent value st $1,000: Pisess esi
4oia!1 Ii0xIiY SiTE Nh ts|nG%S:s;astsS rs yiss .
than an acre Of Wsll.isndseSpsd. veil
ouaSs fs pfbf' blef' e.:
library o. Ssdreem and Sat6S. : 4rsDlsess
ns Soc ?iaa si1s sns s % ;xs Sros
Would be very Siissal, 9 sns. sr.ss. Ssi..
go esll As e. sessssee;slf'fso sses soss "a ss9e ss
l4l7 8 st.
50O-A beautiful red brick rambling, bun
salow.type house on o wooded lot In I
community built in last 4 70 ) yeArs: I
| Eood.sized rooms ant bath on hrst door
bedrooms and bath On 2nd moor; an y
immaculate condition: automatic heat
substantial cash required: possession viii
title. Call Stanley Pearson. MA $500
9yes and sun. 81 41b0. BOSS
Hps eHHpMss. l1In5rIns mI7 5 e. NJ Gs,a..... ,..,,
| row brick. 8 large porehes. auts. gas heat
2-car garaee. lovely yerd; tramp. ant
stores within "A. block: Call etsnle,
day, sliro 41So. BOSS 4 fkILfe. 14ii
chEvY CEASE, MD-This attractive &
room and bath home; with AutemAti.
heat. attached sarase. nice lot; convenisnl
to SHOPPING area. gchoole and tramp
ohere6 for mandate sale at $1l $50
csiI .a Mr shaskelsora; s Sol PA $500; = s.sa,afl
1411 Is et. Az.
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q FMS. % oem0nt.
new -house condition
lot: S6,660. 81, 200
COLLEGE NEI6MT
rms. bath. oil b.
large lot, &arage.
naent. Price, S13,3
NiverdAle, near !
2 baths. oil h..w.h.
$4,000. Now rent
NurserymAn, retil
acres, 6-rm., bath I
sands Of pieces Of
sold with property.
one-half cash. A.
reAltor. 6037 BALTIC
WA, 1910,
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several houses
'ccupancy. For
CHEVY CHASE
i, En-. 1900 until

KENsiNediTpODNGs bedrooms, modern house
.tIes fenced NE. yssd .s sSss @ t1
ther information call Kensinston 771-R
s.is:s ssss sssE 4 T. !.s.:;, ss: .s,s
ton; large level fenced lot; 2-car eafats;
y,ns H ch'ys chs,s n4ss,.I sea1T,titui 1,afui bal,
nook. pantry. 1 bedrms.. ~ Saths. epen.
Eli dzs snasr 'ss ssass Fn;s: .f.s fsnt5s Sls; s
ss ~ ei'f 1zsa Hs q q III Us; tssi
SSils-in, sdI; :, so,l,. .RS d.tssSsd . ssi.ss
st's h the sts II Es
s,iss. ,s ia Inn sunday. :s ny ssn' .oss M
story and Sssemsns % brick ri S houses. isss shsn
I ysar old; $500 down. $Ss per month
Phene o pu Sqsl; ewes; until Pm. sH
69g2. EQ0EFoN REAL EsTATE. 2slS
1sss 1sss d stSdisk Sis EUCLID s.w.-A row brick
q Sf Ns rGNGms, 2A baths h:.w;h;; h. cared 4 tSr
ns stia Buy lis.
.sss.s s. 1Ss Sb ~ Sossy say sH :s.s Ant
EsTATE, 2s18 lzth q: NY:
Semidetached brick, rooms, baths
h.-w.h.; newly decorated insids and out
parduet Aoorine on. 1st door. new. ga
stove and .elee. refriSeIator ara included
With the hguse, NeaSonabls terms ear
ss, .Essa9fs n MAI fI1tasS FAF fSen:
AZ sGs4 h4ss sits enc conn cssaa., s, nx aos
l00.ft. froata9e on Conn. ave: sxcellent
location: Improved By an cid heuee; rent
WI carry; Drice. a27 $500: Can Wo
$500 Until Pm. EDWARD 4. JONES
xo-ft. coioniai Sriek 81 w dxsilins L iltss used 3
Apts.: 1oned eomMercfal; income, ~ $50;
p.ies,. Sl0.5o0. %. s9l7, ". I. MooKx
MAJ CArnoLlc UNIVERSITY, esl
Cromwell terrace n;e.-Row brick q
rent. Can ny HR III NILS. 81. Woedies ssoo; ia
s.s0oM 10 sl'fH faass. a3ss s.dfoon. tiled bath
shits - AeoEs: q nav eonS.. iarse sttie:
h.-w heat. coal; nice cellar. conerete
|pQrsR4s And Saraee AZ trim. nat. m;
Ment. Call 6-e Pm, 20e phila. ave. II
keme .kark; Md enc q. east Of PtneZ ~.
lIdlii1dfl ldi flSnTSVv66e. sao.soo -up,sr "a ~ t.
Nee heme o. Q rooms and betA, 81 h1at
IA x4ss exnsF eee9Hae4 co-0f1 eA1fVl
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ith settlement. Shown
JOE CURTO REALTY.

home built In 1856,
and convenience, still
.orGetown atmosphere
upfed By 2 families in
led, Of brick construe.
. living room, library,
n kitchen with break.
n bath; End floor With
/: 3fd floor with 2 rms
I with oil burner At.
ig plant. House in ex-
Ively 0eorGetoWn gar.
8 enjoyment. ln1pec-
t only. Call CHEYY
:, exclusive agent. EN-,
1903 Conn. ave.
C. LarGe Colonial
on lot 50xl60, only u
We; large Nvine room
room. kitchen, pantry
4 large bedrooms and
!: priced At S16.500: "a
I'd transp. and 3 blocks
OILS. For further In
svY CHASE REALTY
, 34O3 Conn. ave. NV.
m.
have several houses
late oceupaney. rol
call CHEVY CHA6l
|, ava KAN 1HfNn ,,At tfI
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les 600 s5s'Y,j2s esl & M M 1ss" Gao. ars'i ~.
4 n Ss.Sa eaS s.sr sSqs
and bath on frst hoor; bedrooms. . baths
on ;sGad sss sss ss: ii ito sse: f
ss' ssss:s e. ~ nssSs ss!E ss.;:sa ;ss
rooms, STief and q .Sinsie: "a heat. sa
f:1 ssS sessS s. e. / : Sss eSnp ..sa1 .as
TMnD CO. .Sof Conn. Ave. NV.
s sas.psonsy ns rssus siI sn Sick home
sinns ali hra roem ,01d Kitchen % ana "a sre.es.t n ook
s sao att .a hssf thfss SSn s ..sss I'll :s
and WIN sen quickly. Cal Enerscn 1920
until Pm. =. A. TWEED Co. S5o4
claRsviY cl2Revi 'ys ciu2sE Rs :. D. c. snsli.h typ.
brick home, located on large lot. fronting
ss s:n ro ss sshss ss s and afrss psn,1 ys
fsS afs: sna txo
s'a1 sssss e iss s ssn ssif
sMxEi 1tkHs3 "a new isisi house:
sIas aas sss lsas:s cen asas
d!y tubs: occupsney SO days. AAnNe
31ALLx CO., e4lS Ga. ave. o.. $3.50 and
1ssc III TX. RANDOLPH sr. N.w-Iovei,
6-roem row brick In excellent condition;
fpn hassMsnt. beautiful baek yard and
fSsss'i1lsfs5 israsis sA r. ss'' Ia sls osse. saS
ss|iis ss|issHsSccs. .ss.s,.. .o.1; s,|,4.sse y.
deer ccntsins reception han, liz. m: din.
rM., sunfm.. kit.: End floor. bedyms. !,
sunrns kh:. bath: recreation rm. With
complete bath in basement; automatic Sas
heat thoroughly insulated and storm sash
thrcusheut: house II excellent condition:
early Doeseselun: inspection by Appoint-
m,snt oniy. Fcr fllthsr infosnat.cn; can
NJ: eiyple: FRANK q. Pnllll4 OI. 14ll.
DeTA0hED, peymastens: $3.50. Hers u
your epp4rtuntty 70 ebtain = lovely de-
A..w,h.. lerss lot. @ an excsptienal prief;
sassse1sstti, sudss Sati, scyn sssHsaatt fssS'Eed G6
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BY TOM REEDY

WASHINGTON, April 10 -lR-A
deserted mouse today yielded evil
dence of woman authors eerle
devotion to family, SO compelling
that she refused to part with the
body of her mother, dead 80 years,
The death of Mrs. Mary Eva
Woodward, II, in Gallinger hospi-
tai, led police to her home in north
west Wa sbiagton where they found:
A glas;-topped coffin containing
the body of the mother, Mary Eliz-
abeth Hutchins Woodward, who
died in 1912.
Five half-starved cats.
One dog.
A stuffed cat, in trunk, wrap
ped in cheesecloth.
Litter scattered amid vermin
and filth.
The mahogany coffin was mount
ed on two boxes, in the back bed
room. Beside it was a rocking
chair.
The body was clad in high
necked, gray dress with tight
sleeves. Coroner A. Magruder Nc.
Donald said it was in a remark.
able state of preservation, that ap
parently some unusual embalming
method had been used.
The younger Mrs. Woodward had
fallen in Ter kitchen some days
ago and broke leg. Neighbors
reported her absence and she was
found in a serious condition. She
died Sunday in the hospital.
Trying 10 trace relatives, the po'
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H. S. Again Rejects
Reds'PoEshDemand
Officials Reported Worried About Possible
Effects On Meeting Of United Nations
In San Francisco

WASHINGTON, April 49, cR -
The United States turned down for
the second time today Russia S
demand that the Warsaw provi.
sional government of Poland be
invited to San Francisco.
The resultant impasse left Off
Gals worried about the possible
effects on the United Nations meet
ing, called to draft plans for a
world organization.
The State Department, announc-
ed rejection of the twice-made
Soviet proposal for acceptance OF
the Lublin regime, took the posi-
ton that "only new provisional
government of national unity
formed in accordance with the
Crimea agreement should have a
place at San Francisco.
The Polish issue, storm center
of Western Allied relations with
Russia, promised to be top on the
list of difficult subjects to be tack
led by Big Three foreign ministers
this weekend.
Russian Foreign Commissar V.
M. Molotov is expected here Fri
day or Saturday. The American
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YANKS OPEN PUSH
ON 0KINAWA Line
24th Division Gains 500
Yards To Break
Long Deadlock

GUAM, Friday, April 2o-cP'-
The Oath U. S. Army Corps launch
ed a powerful attack against the
solid Japanese line on the SCUM.
ern portion of Okinawa YESTERDAY
and gained up to 300 yaros' tne
Navv announced today.
This broke a 13-day deadlock III
the southern sector.
One of the heaviest artillery
and Naval gun bombardmeh ~
ever undertaken in support OF
troops preceded the ground actlon.
Battleships, cruisers and lighter
Nav units joined with field ar
ti1lerv for the preliminary blasts,
A great cover of carrier planes
protected the Seventh, 9th ano
e6th Infantry Divisions moving
forward against stiff resistance:
BY noon the right and lett hahhs
had advanced 500 to sou yaros'
The village of Machlnato was
taken.
The Japanese line is more thal'
four miles deep in places ana eA-
tends about five miles from the
east to the west coast OF oklna'
wa. The communicate acknoW1eog'
ed that the enemy line was or
ganized in great depth and oe
signed to exploit the defensive
value of the terrain, when IS cu'
up by ravines and terraced by eS'
carpments. mr.,
Further trogress by the Ma
rines on northern Okinawa and by
Army forces on lie island, TO 1ne
west, was reported. :.
Ninitz also announced a TAT
by Army Mustangs yesterday or
Atsugi airfield in the Tokyo area
in which q enemy planes were
shot down, two others probably
26 planes destroyed on the groune
and IS others damaged abort OF
aground. A large cargo ship wa:
left sinking and medium sizee
ship was set afire. The Mustangs
met moderate to intense ack-ack
Marine Corsairs and Heucats
attacked installations in the Palal
islands and Helldivers hit .Japa
nese airstrip on zap island IN the
Western Carolines.
American Army, Navy and Ma
rine casualties for the OkinaWs
campaign from March 10. Wher
| Continued on Page Five; Col. u
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DeadWoman sd. House
Yields Mummy WMoher

lice entered the house yesterday
and made the grisly discovery.
The daughters will directed that
both be buried in the family plot
at Waterbury, vt. The mother was
listed as tie widow of James Wood
ward. Montpelier, VT. physician.
Police assumed, by the identical
names, tat both women had mar
ried men Of the same name.
Tracing back through the years:
detectives were unable to say with
certainty tonight where or when
the elder Mrs. Woodward died.
They said they had received in
formation that woman of that
name died at Williamsburg, Pa.
March 10, 1912. According to this
account the body was brought tc
Washington in August by the daugh'
ter and funeral services were con
Quoted. It was placed in a vault al
Oak. Hill cemetery here. A year
later the daughter requested its
removal and it was sent to Phila
delphia embalming school.
At st. Louis, however, the sta
tistics bureau found a record o.
Mary E. Woodward, born in Yer
mont December %, 1880, who dice
in st. Louis, March 10, 1912. The
burial was listed as taking place
in Pittsburgh Pa, April 2. The per
son who furnished the record was
listed as Mrs. Mary E.. Woodward
giving the address then as 1906 K
street, N. W., Washington. The
Continued on Page Nine; Col. 5,
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soldier chat faced the Americans
on the Siegfried Line on February
% when the Roer river crossing
was made" now is either killed,
wounded or a prisoner Of wary
BY applying pressure. Allied
forces are able to 60 anywhere in
to Germany that they desire with
out the Germans being able to dc
anything about it. The Germans
lost the power to wage anything
but a guerrilla war through the
loss of the Ruhr, the Saar, Silesia
and the huge stores overrun by
the Western Allies.
How did this come about?
The answer briefly is that the
Germans simply ran out OF the
manpower needed to hold any sort
of front.
This running out Of manpower,
which leaves the Reich at the mer'
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Truman Signs
First Veto In
bondCuaranty
President Gives Practical
Demonstration OF
His Aims

WASHINGTON, April 10 -
President Truman, keeping up the
prodigious work schedule he has
followed since he was sworn IN,
rounded out one week in office to-
day with 4 demonstration OF ms
intention to work with Congress.
While giving full evidence OF
his cooperative attitude in meet
ing with Democratic leaders OF
both houses, the new Chief Execu-
tive at the same time made it
clear he is not retiring from the
field. Rather, he stepped into the
current legislative picture by tell
ing his visitors he stands fully be-
hind the general legislative pro-
gram of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Two elements of that program
are now up in Congress. A House
committee is considering propo-
sition to extend reciprocal trade
legislation and permit tariffs to be
cut so per cent under current lev
els in exchange for concessions
from other nations.
The Senate is working on extern
sion of the Selective Service Act,
with the War Department oppos-
ing amendments to forbid combat
use Of 18-year-olds who have less
than six months training. Such
amendments are backed by BIZ
partisan group of senator's.
The Presidents caller list Illus
trated the weight and range of his
labors: Senator Taft (R-Ohio), the
Democratic legislative leaders, the
Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, SEN
ate chaplain; Democratic National
Chairman Robert E. Hannegan;
General of the Army George c.
Marshall: the judge advocates gen.
eral of South American republics;
Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Rag
ip Baydur and Lebanse Minister
DR.. Charles Malik, to present their
credentials; ; Philippine President
Sergio Osmena and the Secretaries
of War, Navy and State; DR.. T. V:
Soong, Chinese foreign minister,
and the Truman cabinet; M.
George Bidault, French foreign
minister, who paid his respects
and expressed French sorrow over
Mr.. Roosevelt's death.
Between times, Mr.. Truman sent
his first veto to. Congress, appoint
ed Spruille Braden. now ambassa-
dor to Cuba, to be ambassador 10
the newly accepted Argentine gov
eminent, and took minute out to
accept the first buddy poppy in a
Veterans of Foreign Wars, drive
for relief work funds.
That only took him Up to lunch
time, with the afternoon remain
ing for paper work and perhaps
! Continued on Page Five; Col. ~
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BRITISH EIGHTH
I NEARING FERRARA
Yanks and New Zealand
ers Are Seven Miles
From Bologna

ROME, April 10 Up British
Eighth Army troops pouring across
the Pc plain after their break
through of German defenses in the
Argenta gap were reported tonight
within IL miles of the industrial
center of Ferrara while American
and New Zealand troops drove
within seven miles of Bologna
from the south and east.
A special Allied communique to-
night said that the British Fifth
Corps commanded by 1t. Gen. c.
F. Keithley was storning north
west toward Ferrara after bril-
liant breakthrough" in the Argen
ia gap near the Italian east coast
y The towns of Consandolo and
Benvignante were quickly captur-
ed and the British rolled on tc
threaten Porto Maggiore, only
three miles distant.
1.-THE Germans have thrown ir
virtually all available local re-
serves in their frantic efforts tc
prevent general breakthrough in
to the Pc valley, and numerous
counterattacks have been launched
to regain lost ground" an Allied
announcement said.
An official report described the
Argenta gap defenses through
which the British broke as the
''most concentrated yet encounter
CONTINUED on PAGE Two: Col, 81
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and British ambassadors to Mos.
COW, w. Averen Hartman and Sir
Archibald Clark-Kerr, already are
here to advise their foreign sec.
retaries on the tense Polish situa-
ton.
Moscow has given no indication
of how far it is prepared to &C
in insisting that the Warsaw gov
eminent be invited to San Fran
cisco, but the grave possibility
lurked that the Russians might
withdraw from the meeting, only
week away, rather than back
down.
Most opinion here was that this
government has gone as far as il
can by agreeing to accept coali-
ton of the Soviet-sponsored. group
and "other democratic elements. :"
American officials kept up slim
hopes that a new Polish govern
ment could still be agreed upor
in time for it to send representa-
tives to San Francisco before the
United Nations meeting closes.
Other tense questions will have
(Cnn%;nued nm Pave Five. Col. ~
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By IVES GALLAGHER

ON THE ELBE RIVER, Ger
many, April 19.-R-For all prac-
teal purposes organized German
resistance on well defined front
lines is at an end.
Before the Western Allies there
is nothing approaching front.
There are only pockets OF resist
ance-in Holland, at Bremen and
Hamburg, opposite Magdeburg on
the Elbe and isolated bodies OF
troops in front of the American
First, Third and Seventh Armies.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, declar-
ing that his First, Third and Ninth
Armies had finished one phase OF
the thrust into the heart OF the
Reich, SAID Thursday, sit is nee
essary tn pause temporarily be-
fore we go into the next" He add
ed that virtually every German
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C0EBBELS URGES
WAR RULES END
Hitler Tells Nation That
Greatest Fanatical
Fight Is Near

LONDON, April 10 H. Adolf
Hitler declared today on the eve OF
his seth birthday that I'VE are now
starting battle as fanatical as
that which we had to fight for our
ascent to power years ago. and
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels called on Germans to dis
card warfare rules and use every
means to defend the fatherland.
1.-THE rules of war of past cen
turtles have become out OF date, !"
Goebbels said in his weekly news
paper Das. Reich as quoted by the
Nazi Transocean agency. "ln the
battle against the terrible enemy
all means are proper, right and
allowed He added that the war
"has entered a phase in which
only the utmost effort OF the ma
ton and everyone can save us"
Replying to birthday greetings
from Gauleiter Karl Holz at en-
battled Nuremberg, Hitler's mess
age added that However great
and crushing the enemy's superb
ority may appear to us, we will
break it just as we did in those
days." the official DNB German
news agency reported in a broad
cast.
Holz's message to Hitler said
that "the last battles for the town
of (National SOCIALISM, party meet:
ings have begun" and he pledged
himself to "stay in this most Ger
manic of all towns and fight and
sacrifice my life" The agency said
Hitler awarded Holz a decoration
for this exemplary behavior"
Goebbels said in a broadcast
speech that the Allies were ready
ito administer the coup de grace"
and asked Germany never to Tor
get Hitler, whom he eulogized as
if he were already Nazi martyr.
eve are witnessing the last acts
ts,.x-y Do-z Txuo. CO1 ~
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lew Gays was HldQe Wy NI1oA s1lA
to the House Of Commons, whose
anger famed as a result of direct
word from Gen. Eisenhower thai
atrocities just discovered 'far sur
pass anything before.
In what appeared to be a sug
gestion that the central Nazi gov
eminent might not last even long
enough to receive the warning
Churchill said it had been pre-
pared 'for the German govern
ment or whatever authorities ex
ist.''
Nazi atrocities have become O.
paramount Importance in conlnu
nications between the ''Big Three
the Prime Minister said, disclos
ing that a delegation from Parlia
ment would leave tomorrow at thu
invitation of Eisenhower to SEE
first hand 'these gruesoms
scenes" One woman is on the
eight-member committee appoint
ed to get a personal proof Of thu
crimes. -.
The flaring of anger toward thu
Nazis and concern for prisoner:
still in their hands swept through
Commons after Churchill had fenc
ed good-naturedly with member:
who tried to tempt him into talk
ing about prospects for victory day
in Europe.
The Prime Minister said tina
any We proclamation would come
in concert with the United State!
and Russia. He emphasized tina
both military and political con
siderations' would be taken into
account. He added that he did no.
mean domestic political considera
tons.
Discussing Nazi atrocities
Churchill declared that mo word:
can express the horror which i!
felt by His Majesty's Government
and their Allies at proof Of these
frightful crimes now daily coming
into view"
The warning of retribution, he
said, grirnly, is being directed mot
only to the men at the top but
to the actual people who have
done this foul work with their OWL
hands"
mo order from superior authori
ty would be any shield to them, y
he said.
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u. S. First Anzzy Seizes Leipzig And Halle
Nuremberg Fa1 Near; Munich 20 Miles Away
Russians Announce New Offensive On Berlin
Mazi Loss In Ruhr Trap Expected
To Exceed Disaster At StuLingrQd
General Bradley Reports Incomplete Figure Of Two Corps
Commanders Nine Divisional Chiefs Taken; About
100000 Yanks Make Haul

added Bradley, who said he anti
cipated an Allied pause now on
the Elbe river line.
The General, whose million-man
command is the largest in Amer
lean history and includes most U.
S. troops in Germany, said he used
II divisions, numbering about 240,.
600 men, in reducing the pocket,
which included elements of at least
as many German divisions, as
well as detached Wehrmacht bat
talions and miscellaneous units.
Since crossing the Rhine, Brad.
ley said, his 18th Groups First
Third, Ninth and 18th American
Armies have taken 842,864 prison
ers. Harking back to the start Of
the Roer river offensive, he re-
ported that Virtually every Ger
many soldier that faced us bach
on the Siegfried line on February
% now is either killed, wounded or
a prisoners.
The location Of 1t. Gen. Leonard
T. Gerow's new 18TH Army re
mains unannounced, but Bradley:
figures indicated it may have seer
fairly heavy action and taken ur
to $4,000 prisoners.
Bradley received correspondent!
in a large motor trailer with map
covered walls, somewhere in Ger
many. Discussing future opera
tons, he said:
There are certain times in 1
campaign when you are moving
rapidly, when you have to catcl
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Germans Western Front Held Broken;
Foe Out Of Manpower Observer Says

|cy OF attacking hosts who day by
day increase their margin of man.
power and military superiority,
was the result of defeats which
bled Hitler's legions white.
The biggest part of this bleed
ing undoubtedly has been done by
the Russians.
On the Western Front it is diff
ficult to say at which point or by
which army the most was accom-
plished.
The turning point came when
Field Marshal Karl Won Rund-
stedt's Ardennes gamble failed
and then he had to dispatch the
Sixth Panzer Army to the Eastern
Front, leaving no mobile reserve
in the west.
1t. Gen. William H. Simpson 5
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