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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-15

armies and numerous tank for
nations" the German high
command reported today, de-
claring. the drive began against
the German southeastern
front" after powerful artillery
preparatory
CThe eastern prong of the
new Red offensive has driven to
the Baltic coast near Branden-
burg, Ia miles southwest of
Konigsberg, the German mill
tary spokesman of the Trans-
ocean Agency admitted today.
This means that the major
part OF the German-held coastal
strip in East Prussia has been
cut off from the garrison hold
ing out in konigsberg)
MORE TOWNS FALL
Marshal Zhukov's First Whits
Russian troops swept up several
new towns northwest OF Gdynia,
Hallerowo, whose cap.
ture sealed the fate Of all Ger.
man forces on the Hell Peninsula
in the Bay of Danzig.
At the Oder River. on the di.
rect route to Berlin, German radio
commentators said battles ragged
between Kuestrin and Frankfurt.
40 miles eaSt-southeast from the
German capital.
Dispatches TO Moscow said that
Red artillery and aircraft were
oombafding the German defenses
west OF the Oder.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-15
THE WEATHER
HOTRLY TIMPIRATIRTS

The sun all set at 81 nj today and
rise tomorrow a. IA
The moon will SCI a. s26 . M today
and rise tomorrow a. s5s
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-15
-U.S.Pays
Idle Man
S700 Mo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. March IA
CUP)-A. c. Utterback sat al an
empty desk in a barren office to-
day thumbing a detective maga-
zine and looking extremely bored.
HeStYas manager. office boy and
Sweepout man ol the Farm Credit
Administration here a forgotten
man except on the monthly pay
roll. which to him is considerable
comfort.
When payday comes around Ut
terback receives his S7OO monthly
salary just as he did when he was
active as one of the three super
vising examiners for the FCA.
For the last six months. how
ever he has done nothing but
read detective stories and account
lng manuals.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-15

1t is believed that Gen. Eisen-
hover replied that only uncondi-
uonal surrender of all German
armies in the west, the east and
the south would be accepted.
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GERMANS WELDING
This belief in Washington is
based on recurrent rumors that
a Won Rundstedt emisSary crossed
the Rhine last week under a white
flag 10 test out Cen, Eisenhower
on German surrender IN the
west
Ills enhanced by- daily reports
from the western combat front.
indicating that German troops
are yielding in increasing num-
berS, in sharp contrast TO their
earlier do-or-dic attitude
One responsible military expert
pointed out the fact that Kings
bury Smith, European manager Of
ms, was permitted 10 send some
references 10 overtures by Won
RundStedt 10 Eisenhower through
censorship tends 10 give credence
10 reports that Germany is about
10 quit on the Western Front.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-15
7TH REACHES sAAR

Gen. Patch's Seventh Army
drove a new wedge into Germany
1t struck TO the Saar River west
OF Saarbruecken, clam ping a
pincerS on that border stronghold
The Germans were withdrawing
in the Saar valley to avoid the
threat of the u. S. armies ham
mering their last pocket west OF
the Rhine from both the MoSel
and the Saar.
A Seventh Army front dispatch
said the new penetration of Ger
many was an apparent result of
a German decision TO haul back 10
the Saar defense line in the
border area of northeastern
France and southwestern Ger
many.
There was no indication how
far the withdrawal might extend.
but military observers noted that
any German position west of the
Rhine was threatened by the con-
CeTted American attacks.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-15
Germans Flee
-Ruhr Chased
By Ydnk 7th

PARIS, March If (UP)-
U. S. First Army troops an
chored the north flank of the
.Remagen bridgehead by cap
turing Honnef today and a
Seventh Army front dispatch
indicated that the Germans
had started to pull out Of the
great Rhine-Mosel-Saar tri-
angle.
Gen. Hodges forces frightened
their grip on the Remagen foot
hold east of the Rhine and struck
within rifle shot of the Ruhr-
Rhineland superhighway after
capturing a village about a mile
from il.
The bridgehead forces scored
advances up to 1,500 yards today
and the pocket now is 1Oiz miles
wide and 52s miles deep.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-15


vising examiners for the FCA.
For the last six months. how
ever. he has done nothing but
read detective stories and account
ing manuals.
BEGAN LAST SUMNER
His period of high-paid idleneSs
began last summer when he and
Roland w. Bush, his assistant.
filed report on their examination
of Texas cooperative bank.
Bush resigned in October in
order he said then. 10 charge
publicly that the FCA was sup
pressing the report.
a month before that Utterback
had been assigned TO his barren
cubiCle.
He has sat there eight hours a
day since then.
Bush charged Utterback was
ordered TO alter the report they
had prepared and that he refused.
CHARGE DENIED
I W Duggan governor OF the
FCA, continued to maintain today
that UtterbaCk had not been
asked 20 change his report on the
bank He declined TO discuss the
matter saying II might improp-
erly prejudice a final determlna-
ton Of Utterback'S standing.
Utterback first tried TO get a
grievance appeal hearing but then
dropped it and began his sitting
tight Duggan said Utterback has
been asked 20 show cause why he
should not be suspended pending
final settlement of the case.
He added he knew nothing of
any charges filed against him and
Duggan declined TO reveal the
specific nature of charges the
FCA personnel department haC
filed against Utterback with the
department of agriculture person.
mel Office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
Key German Centers Hit

London, Feb. 22.-(UP)-A great Armada of 2,200 American war planes famed out over Germany today to bomb and strafe more than 20 key communications centers feeding the western and eastern battlefronts.
 In the third consecutive power- tul daylight blow at the Reich, the U. s. Eighth Air Force threw more than 1,400 Flying Fortresses and Liberators into the multiple attack.
 About 800 Mustang and Thunder bolt fighters covered the big bomb CTS and shot up enemy road and rail targets all across central Germany.
 The targets were not immediately identified, but frantic alarms sound- ing over the German radio indi. cated that a broad swath of the Reich was under attack as part of a campaign to knock out Germany's battered transportation system.
 The daylight blow followed an 11O0-plane RAF night sweep that struck twice at Berlin and hit the west front rail bottlenecks of Duis- burg and Worms.
 Duisburg is the main western exit from the Ruhr valley. Dort- mund, it's eastern entry, was bombed the previous night. The two attacks were believed to have snarled Ger man railway traffic at . crucial moment while the Canadian Second Army was threatening the Ruhr.
 Berlin was attacked at p. M and ,0:30 D. m. BST.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
Casualties
 Now 8OO,OOO
U. s. Coast Guard Photo.

Washington, Feb. g - CUP) - American combat casualties an- nounced here passed the 100000 mark today.
 Secretary of War Harry l.. Stim- son also announced that Allied armies have captured more than 900000 Germans in Western Europe since D-Day. These were in addition to the 1O0,962 German prisoners taken in Sicily and Italy and 134,000 taken in North Africa.
 That made a grand total of 1,134,- 992 German prisoners captured since November, 1942.
 Stimson said U. s. Army casual ties on all fronts compiled through February IA were I'll, 1,497. This fig ure reflected actual events through the middle of January.
 Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard casualties to date have to- taled 89 9665. The grand total of SOL 162 was an increase of 1882 over last weeks total.
 The army casualties included 1884, 723 dead; 420,465 wounded, of whom nearly half have returned to duty: 60,086 prisoners of war and 92,223 missing in action.
 The Navy total included 35,862 dead, 40,783 wounded, 10,546 miss ing and 4,474 prisoners of war.
 Stimson said the overall Allied po- sition on the western front is show
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
BY BOYD D. LEWIS

Paris, February 22.-(UP) - It. Gen. George s. Pat tons American Third Army broke into the industrial heart of Germany's Saar basin today in a powerful offensive sweep that crushed practically all Nazi resist ance in the vital Saar-Mosele triangle.
 More than a score of Ger man towns and villages fell to the Americans in the past 24 hours as Patton's tank and infantry columns chop ped up isolated and diSor- ganized enemy pockets in the triangle formed by the con- fluence of the Saar and Moselle rivers.
 The Americans cleared all of Saarburg lying on the west bank of the Saar river without important opposition and hurled the last Nazi rear guards back across the river on an eight-mile front below that town.
 Near Kong
 On their left flank, armored spearheads pushed up to within about a mile southwest of Kong, where the Saar and Moselle join, and about five miles below the an- cient city of Trier, one of the pivots of the German communications sys- tenn in that area. ..,. At the northern end of the Allied offensive line, the Canadian First Army surged forward through the 17-mile corridor between the MaaS and Rhine rivers in the wake of a murderous RAF bombardment that ripped the enemy's communications and front line strong points to shreds.
 Scottish Infantrymen were out III front of the Canadian Army drive and slowly forging elements of ten German divisions back from the Goch-Calcar defense line. The Scots wiped out the last organized resist ance in Goch and fought their way to within little more than a mile northwest and southwest of Calcar
 But the most spectacular advances were made on the southern end of the American Third Army front, where Patton's troops appeared to have routed strong German forces covering the Moselle-Saar triangle and the Saar basin itself.
 Hammering out advances of as much as eight miles, the Americans famed out along the west bank ot the Saar from Saarburg south to the Orscholz sector and crossed the river in assault boats at an undls- closed point between the two towns.
 North of Saarburg, the bulk ot which was firmly in American hands this morning, Tank armored
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
Midnight Curfe1U May Last
 TiH End or European War

ordered movies, bars, road houses and sports arenas to shut down by the stroke of midnight beginning next Monday.
 War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt, who will be in charge of enforcing the order. was expected to announce within a day pr two just who will be affected.
 Byrnes said the curfew would not apply to restaurants Some night spot operators wonder if they can operate after midnight if they agree to serve nothing but food after the curfew rings.
 Another point awaiting clarifica- tion involves movie tfeaters in war areas. Many movie houses have been operating through the early morning hours to accommodate swing shift workers. They argue that to deprive the workers of the only available entertainment may be hard on morale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
Com promise
 By Dems Out

By Democrat LeRlSlaLlVe RcpOrIer
 There will be no Democratic com promise on the current dispute rel ative to the Governors wartime powers despite reports that Demo- cratS in the Senate have split in opposition to their leader Leon Ris- CaSsi.
 Hartford sources today stated that there was no appearance Of any bloc formed antagOniStic to RisCassi as reported elsewhere and that it is safe to say that the Sen- ate majority will adhere to their previous open stand to refuse the Governor the powers until after ad- journment of the current session.
 Yesterday RisCassi, It. Gov. Snow and other Democratic leaders met with Gov. Baldwin in conference relative to a compromise on the is sue. It was stated today by Capitol Hill sources that It Gov. Snow claShed with the Governor on the latter's demands going so far as to accuse him of attempting to assume the powers of the Legislature.
 Democrats in caucus following the meeting are said to have agreed with party leaders to adhere to their original stand and will back RisCassi down through the line on this particular measure.
 The contention is that the Cover nor seeks resumption of his wartime
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
American Casualties On Bloody Two Island Increased To 1853; Tanks Capture 20 NaZi Towns
BY FRANK TREMAINE

Admiral Nimitz's Head quarters, Guam, February p. = (UP) - Invading United States Marines, thinned by 4,553 casualties and then reinforced with a new diviS- ion, fought in the rain today toward the key airport in the center of Two Island.
 A communique announced hat the Marines h a d launched a new push toward the Two air field after 8 stonewall stand against sev- eral heavy counter-attacks during the night.
 At midday the leathernecks were slugging slowly forward. They knocked out several Japanese gun positions and generally weakened the airdrome's defenses," Guam headquarters announced.
 There was little change in posi- tions of the front line," Admiral Chester w. Nimitz reported, reveal ing that counter-blows had checked the Marine push northward on the Island.
 The ferocity of the battle was revealed for the first time by Q Marine Corps combat correspondent who said the invasion beach was "a scene of indescribable wreckage- all of 1t ours".
 A two-mile belt of the Two beach northward from Mt. Suribachi wag "a thick layer of debris" and the wrecked hulls of scores of boats sig nified the price the Marines paid to get ashore.
 Death is not a pretty sight. but it has taken possession of our beach," the correspondent wrote from Two. Marines killed on the beach were buried under the sand as | the tide came in-the miracle was that we were ably to supply our troops at all during the two days of increasing smelling on this beach. :"
 10000 In Action With the arrival of clements of g. Third Division on Two, the biggest Marine force ever thrown into one operation-some 40,000-waS slug ing it out toe to toe with the tRnat- ical Japanese defenders. NimitZs communique revealed that by 5:45 p. m. yesterday (Guam time) the Marine casualties ashore on Two had mounted to an esti- (COntinued on Page A)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
Army Lieutenant's Wife
 Mysteriously Disappears

the call to their home. Maybe I'd better wait until I get home to tell you the full story.
 But meanwhile, I'll tell you some of 1t here the connection was broken, Van SWeringen said.
 He told police he parted from his wife, a graduate of Hunter College and New York University, that morning at a fashionable Boston women's shop where she was em- ployed.
 Later in the day, he said, he re- ceived a telephone message from someone, purportedly from his wife, saying she couldn't keep their din- ner engagement and asking him to meet her at home.
 Police of the six New England states and New York were aiding in the search. Mrs. Van Sweringen's mother, Mrs. Gertrude Jacobs of (474 E. Hist streeD New York, said her daughter had not contacted her, police reported
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
800 Lost On Prison Ship

Washington, Feb. g - U.P) - A Navy officer today disclosed a third sinking of jam-packed Jap anese prison ship, with a loss of more than 800 Americans.
 The vessel was sunk December Is by American planes which could not distinguish it from 8 cargo ship. The cargo was 1,600 Americans held in the ships holds at rifle point. Less than half survived.
 In two previously disclosed cases Allied submarines unknoWingly sank two Japanese prison ships. The first incident occurred September ' when only 83 out of 750 American prison CTS aboard the ship survived. On October "A another prison ship carrying 1900 Americans was sunk, with only five known survivors.
 Apparently upward of 3,200 Amer jeans perished in the three tragic incidents of war.
 The story of the December 15 sinking was related by Lieutenant George K. Petritz, of Rockford, H., in press conference at the Navy Department. He said he and an Army private were the only two out of the 1,60O prisoners aboard who got away from the Japanese.
 The 27-year-old lieutenant told how he and other prisoners were stuffed into the ships small holds on December 13, 1944. That night the vessel steamed quietly out Cf Manila harbor.
 The next day, American planes
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
Kuschern In
 Reds Hands
By ROBERT MUSEL

London, Feb. g - U.PD Mar shal Ivan 6 Konev's First Ukrain- ian army battled to cross the Neisse river, last water barrier before Ber- lin's Spree river, along a 60-mile front southeast of the capital to- day.
 At the northern end of the attack frcnt, Konev's army pushed along the west bank of the Oder river tS its confluence with the Neisse only 49 miles southeast of Berlin. Kus- chern, nestled at the junction of the two rivers, was captured.
 The advance carried to within five miles of the first of the bridge heaGs which the German said Mar Shal Gregory K. Zhuov's First White Russian army has driven across the Oder east of Berlin.
 Guben Guards Gap
 A thrust across the Neisse at Kus- chern would outflank the Key river fortress of Guben, seven miles 10 the south. Guben lies astride the Neisse and guards the 23-mile gap between that river and the Spree south of Berlin.
 Other units battled through woods less than eight miles east of Guben and captured Croerten, 10 miles south. Pfoerten also Is IT miles east of Cottbus late. other main strong hold protecting the southern ap- breaches to Berlin.
 Some 35 miles south of Guben, the First Army reached the Neisse along 8 four-lnile stretch between Prie- bus, 54 miles northeast of Dresden and 18 miles from the Saxony bor- der, and Leippa, IS miles north of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22

Melrose, Mass, Feb. p - U.Po A widespread search was underway today for Mrs. Katharin Van Swer- ingen, 26, attractive wife of an army officer, who disappeared after an abruptly tended telephone con- versation with her husband.
 Talking excitedly, Mrs. Van Swer- ingen told him she was starting lm- mediately for their home here Sat- urday and "the most unusual thing happened" her husband, Lieuten- ant Charles F. Van Sweringen, told police yesterday. Then the connec- ton was broken suddenly and he couldn't trace the call.
 Van Sweringen, stationed at the First Service Command in Boston. had been unable to contact his col lege- educated wife all day, he said, until she called late in the evening.
 T must tell you what happened the most unusual thing hap pened," he quoted bar aA saving tn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
hu0 Battle
 Worst m 168 Years
BY MAC R. JOHNSON

Aboard Admiral Turner's Flagship off Two Jima, Feb. 22-(Via Navy Radio)-(UP)-Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith, commandant of marines in the Pacific, said today the Amer jeans will capture Two Jima no mat ter what the cost.
 Smith said the battle now taking place is "the most difficult prob lem with which the marine corps has been confronted in 168 years"
 We expect to take this island and while it will be at a severe cost, it is our assigned mission," he said.
 The island is so small, he said, that it is almost impossible to ma- neuver ground forces. Therefore, frontal attacks on strongly fortified Japanese positions are necessary.
 Smith was deadly serious. His lips were set in firm line and when he talked to correspondents, his voice was low-pitched.
 We are up against a very tough proposition" he said. We antici- pated a severe battle and we are making slow progress. The beaches caused us some very serious diffi- culties due to its character.
 There is a large amount of Wreckage on the beach due to the destruction of our boats in landing operations. Tn spite of these diffi- culties, however, there have been sufficient water rations and ammu- milton to carry on the battle.
 "The casualties have not been any greater than I anticipated. It is my considered opinion that naval gunfire and air support since D.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
Under
 Counter o K

The Connecticut OPA has deiin- itely decided not to enforce mer- chants in this state to display cl9- aretteS above counters, Frank SlSk press relations officer of the Hart ford OPA office told The Democrat today.
 The matter has been under con- sideration since Daniel P. Wooley regional OPA director of the New York district, issued a directive ten days ago, directing that cigarettes be placed on display. Although many cigarette smokers here be- lieved the directive would promote a fairer distribution of cigarettes, and hoped the Connecticut OPA of- ficialS might follow suit, decision to the contrary was made by the Hartford office yesterday.
 A survey which has just been completed by the state OPA office reveals that a fairer distribution of cigarettes would not be promoted by merchants to hide their stocks, since only shoppers who have plenty of time to shop around would avail themselves of limited stocks, that now exists, MT. Sisk declared. He further pointed out that the New York directive was primarily aimed at the black mar ket which has been flourishing Tn the metropolitan area. We have come to the conclusion that the procedure followed by the New York officials will only aggravate the dis tribution here, rather than alleviate the condition" MT. Sisk said, since if stocks are displayed, the people with plenty of time to shop around around will buy up all available stocks. Thousands of war workers and others busy in the home would not have a chance to get even one pack of cigarettes weekly If this method were followed.
 Merchants in a few cities have been reported to be forcing custom
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-22
Humiliation Facing Jops
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON

Manila, Feb. 22-(UP)-The last stage of the Battle of Manila de- generated into medieval warfare today with the Japanese taking up spears in desperate attempt to Stave off certain annihilation.
 American troops encountered the frenzied tactics of the trapped en- emy naval and marine personnel as they reduced the Japanese pocket south of the Pasig river to less than one-tenth of a square mile.
 The Americans were entrenchef ina siege line along the playground and golf links, which once were the bed of the medieval moat around Manila's ancient walled city.
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur an- nounced meanwhile that Bataan peninsula was completely cleared and that the Japanese forces on Corregidor were practically de- stroyed.
 50 far as can be found no living Japanese soldier is now on the pen insula," MacArthur said, in disclos- ing the vindication of the famous American stand on Bataan three years ago.
 More than 1,7OO Japanese already were buried on Corregidor, he said, and the count was only partially complete. Only isolated enemy stragglers holed up in caves re- mained to be mopped up on the island fortress guarding Manila Bay.
 Reports from the front lines in Manila said the Japanese appar- ently were running short of arms and were using spears in a bitter defense of their tiny pocket.
 One group of 21 Japanese from the First Cavalry section was armed with only spears and grenades, while an enemy platoon fighting near the Army Navy club had only four rifles. The rest fought with spears at tached to poles.
 The Americans were withholding
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