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BLACKBIRD
items Of Personal ana Social In
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Blackbird, Nov. 7 Mr.. Charles
Evans and Wallace Evans were
visitors with Mrs. Claonia Foraker
on Sunday.
Mr.. VIM. Keith of Montgomery,
Ala, spent the weekend with Mr..
W. A. Watson Bird.
Mrs. C. Fred Heinold, Mrs. Vic
tor Kohl, Miss Ida Armstrong and
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KENTON NEWS
NOTES OF WEEK
Personal Mention and SOciaI
Items and Other Parties
Reported About Town
COMMUNITY INTEREST

Kenton, Nov. = Mr.. John
Strenge of Frederick, Md, spent
the weekend with his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Arnold
and son Mark, of New York, spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Hughes.
Miss Ethel Carey of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with her sister,
Miss Eva Carey.
Mrs. James Urian and Miss
Anna w. Davis of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Davis.
Miss Mary Hester Downes and
Allen Ford, U. S. NJ, were married
on Saturday night, Nov. 3rd, by
the Rev. Robert E. Green, pastor
of Smyrna Methodist Church. Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Ford were their
attendants. Their friends wish
them much success and happiness.
The Philathea and Baraca class
es will hold their anniversary on
Wednesday evening, November IA.
Several members of Kenton
Grange attended Pomona Grange
at FELTON, last Thursday.
Kenton and community were
sorry to hear of the death of Mrs.
Minnie Cook on Friday, November
End. We wish to extend our SYM
pathy to the family.
Sgt. Lyman Baby, who has been
overseas for sometime, has return
ed to his family with discharge.
Pfc. Stanley Urban, who has
been overseas for thirty months
has returned with discharge.
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Mrs. w. G. Roosevelt attended the
Achievement Day of the Home
Demonstration Clubs at Newark on
Thursday.
Mrs. Mollie Stats was recent
visitor with Mrs. Payne of East
New Market, Md.
Mr.. Martin Moffitt of Delaware
City, spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. ]. w. Webber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Mitchell
and daughter Sandra Faye, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
Roy Davidson at Nassau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Daniels
and family moved to Summit
Bridge on Thursday where they
have purchased home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Lester Webbel
of Mt. Pleasant visited Mr.. an6
Mrs. j. w. Webber on Monday.
Mrs. G. G. Woodkeeper, Mrs
Clifford Pryor and Mrs. Vernon
Lake were Philadelphia visitor:
Monday and Tuesday.
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CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kennedy
and mother, entertained at dinner
on Thursday Mr.. and Mrs. j. G..
Messick and family of Dover. Mr..
Messick is the brother of Mrs.
Kennedy, and has just been dis
charged by the Navy after serving
overseas for 10 months. He was a
C. M. 1c, stationed at p. T. base.
On Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
nedy entertained at dinner Mr.. and
Mrs. Ollie Loose of Smyrna. Mr..
Loose has recently returned from
the south Pacific and has been dis
charged by the Army.
Among those who attended the
18th annual Achievement Day at
Society Hall, Methodist Church,
Newark last Thursday were Mrs.
]. M. Burris, Mrs. Preston Burris,
Mrs. Thomas Mills, Mrs. Earl
Hurd, Mrs. Walton Smith, Mrs.
Louis Hurd and Mrs. Alice Sinex.
Evans E. Brown, Phi. M. &c, of
the Naval Hospital, st. Albans, l..
L, N. Y, spent the weekend with
his wife, Mrs. Mary H. Brown.
Mrs. George Knotts spent the
weekend with Miss Helen Behn at
West Grove, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Boggs have
as their guest, Mrs. Alma McComh
of Wilmington.
1t. Mark Denney has been re-
leased from the u. S. Army Ali
Corps after four years of service
He is at home with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Denney.
Miss Annie Wright has been Wis
iting Mrs. Sallie Gooding and Miss
Annette Gooding.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Rambc
spent Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Hatman of Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Reynolds Pratt
had as their weekend guests Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Pratt of Philadel
phia.
Mrs. Lewis c. Conaway and sol
Thomas, spent the weekend will
Miss Ruth Mason of Philadelphia
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BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River WharveS
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, Nov. Z - Mr..
and Mrs. George Smith vacated
their home here Saturday and
moved in their home on west Com
merce Street in Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carvath will
occupy the Smith home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Voss of Bal
timore, have been recent visitors of
his mother, Mrs. 1. E. Voss.
Mr.. Hazel Scout of Railway, M.
was a weekend visitor here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Pierce of Deer
hurst, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert George.
Mr.. Harold Jackson of Silverside
Road, was a Sunday visitor of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Jack
son.
Miss Mildred Davis of Chester
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Davis and
children of Linwood, Pa, were Sum-
day visitors of their mother, Mrs
Emma Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bailey and
son Louis, of Marcus Hook, Mrs
Milton Slaughter and daughter
Mrs. Charles Hilyard of Middle
town, We're recent visitors of their
mother, Mrs. Louis Gaulke.
Mrs. Hazel Morgan is visiting
her daughter at Lewisburg, W.Vir-
ginia.
Herbert George, brother of Mr.
Gilbert George, celebrated his 18th
birthday last Thursday. They gave
him a party and delightful time
was had.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Jackson
spent Tuesday with relatives ii
Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton McAfee en-.
tertained recently the following
Mr.. and Mrs. Gwyn Gambell ane
son Warner, of Northeast, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph .Schnapp o,
Philadelphia. Mrs. McAfee ant
daughter Mrs. CORTLAND Gaulke
spent Tuesday in Dover.
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SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
ThorOughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, Nov. Z = Mrs.
Fannie Francis is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Latta in Marshallton.
Misses Virginia and Blanche
Kemp of near Smyrna, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
w. David.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Shockley
and daughters, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Purnell Shockley
near Elkton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Steller
spent several days last week with
Mrs. Kate Mccall in Wilmington.
Mrs. Alfred Gohl and family of
Atlantic City, N. j., are visiting
her daughter, Mrs. William Fran
els and Mr.. Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Latta spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Purnell
Lewis in Smyrna.
Mrs. Charles q. Dukes, Mrs. G.
Arthur CHM, Miss Ida Armstrong
and Mrs. Wilson David attended
Achievement Day in Newark on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser, Mrs
Ralph McClain and daughters an6
Mrs. Walker Warner spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Keisel
in Laurel.
Misses Ruth and Gertrude New
nam of Wilmington, spent tn,
weekend with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Newman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee w. David en-
tertained at turkey dinner Sun
day in honor of Lee David an'
Blanche Kemp's birthdays. Thos
present were Mr.. and Mrs. William
]. David of Jenkintown, Pa; MI
and Mrs. Warren Drumm of Glen
side, Pa; Mrs. May Mckinney O
Philadelphia; Mr.. James H. David
Misses Virginia and Blanche KEN
and Mrs. William Fortner of Smyr
ma; Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson David
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dukes an
family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Delber
Steller and sons.
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Wed, Nov. IA, As

Beginning at IL O'Clock A. NJ
The following described personal
property, to-wit:
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DAXNJnNnC NECK nICTRICT 1877 fCl

SALE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS OF
RAYMONDS NECK DISTRICT 167 (C)
The undersigned will receive sealed bids
at the office of the Superintendent of
Schools. on Frazier Street, Smyrna, Della
ware. until P. M. o'clock on Monday, the
18th day of November, 1945, for the fol-
lowing real estate, to-wit
All that certain parcel of land and prem
ises. with all buildings thereon erected,
situated in Duck Cheek Hundred, Kent
County and State of Delaware, lying on
the south side of the public road leading
from the Smyrna-Leipsic Road, by the
front of Raymonds M. E. Church. to the
State Highway, and being almost opposite
the site of said Raymonds Church, the
metes and bounds, courses and distances,
according to deed hereinafter mention,
being as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at
point in the south side of the said road,
corner for the school lot and lands now or
! formerly of Joseph Snow, thence with the
hedge on said south side of said road north
1914 degrees east 10.4 perches (about l72
feet) to another point in said hedge line.
corner for this school lot and reserved
lands now or formerly of Nathan and
Mary Moore thence binding with said
Moore lands south l degree east 17.35
perches (about 286 feet) to cornr for
school lot and said lands now or formerly
of said Moore; thence still with last mem
toned lands and running south 89 de-
grees west 10 perches ((about 165 feet) to
a point in hedge line between lands OF
said Moore and said Joseph Snow; thence
with said Snow lands North degree west
1465 perches about 242 feet) to the place
of beginning. computed to contain one "
acre of land. more or less. and being the
same conveyed in fee unto County Board
of Education for Kent County by deed OF
Nathan Moore and Mary Moore. his wife,
dated November 80, 1920 and of record at
Dover in Deed Record B. Vol. ~, Page 948.
TERMS OF SALE
Check for 20qo of the bid must accom-
pany each bid or the bid will not be con-
sidered. Balance of purchase price to be
paid upon the delivery of deed not later
than December l. 1915. Amount accom-
panying the bid accepted will be retained
as ascertained and iquidated damages il
the bidder fails to comply with the terms
Checks of all unsuccessful bidders will be
promptly returned. The right to reject
any and all bids is reserved. If two bona
fide bids for the same amount are received
such two equal high bidders shall have the
right to submit new bids, or one may have
the right to withdraw his bid without for.
feiture. Purchase shall provide his owr
fire insurance protection and shall pay al
taxes assessed after date of settlement. AL
personal property in the buildings is eX.
pressly reserved and will be removed be-
fore settlement. Possession shall be giver
at time of settlement and delivery of deed
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SMYRNA
SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
By-George w. Wright, Secretary and
Superintendent.
Smyrna, Delaware
Oct. 30 1945.
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3 Head of Horses

Nos. 1 and 2. Bay Mare and
Black Horse, 7 and IL years old,
weigh about $500 lbs. 1 consider
this one of the best teams in the
neighborhood.
No. 8. Gray Colt, 3 years old,
partly broken, weighs 400 lbs.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Warner en-
tertained on Sunday, Oct 28th, at
a turkey dinner in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Warner who were
married on Saturday evening, oc-
tober 27th.
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milking machine, complete; milk
cans, buckets and strainer, electric
pump jack, complete with 1-3 HIP.
motor, used only three weeks.
FURNITURE: Consisting of
kitchen, dining-room and living
room furniture; roll-top desk, May
tag washing machine, motor in
running condition.
TERMS: Cash. No good to be
removed until settled for.
GEORGE p. DAVIS
Eugene Racine, Auctioneer
]. Hazel Price, Outside Clerk
James D. Davis, Jr., Inside Clerk
The Ladies of Sassafras M. E.
Church will serve LUNCH.
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30 Head Cattle
GRADE HOLSTEIN


mostly all young, consisting of 20
Milk Cows, eleven of which have
been fresh since August 18th and
will be up to December list. Four
of these Cows have calves by their
side at the present time. Three 2
year, old Heifers, bred; 3 yearling
Heifers, open; 8 Heifer Calves, one
Registered Holstein Bull, two years
old, Spring Field State Hospital
breeding, Sykesville, Md. Most all
animalsl under three years of age
have been vaccinated for Bangs
Disease. 1 have raised all of these
Cattle in the past seven years but
four. They are all sired by VIM
beldon bred Bulls, of W1mbeldos
Farms, Annapolis, Md. The last
Bull used was a Grandson of Gov
ernor of Coration whose daughters
are just coming in production and
are promising real Dairy Cows.
This herd is T. B. Accredited and
Bangs Certified. They have been
tested within the last 30 days and
health charts will be available for
transportation anywhere on day OF
sale. I feel it will pay anyone in
terested in good dairy cattle to
look them over.
HOGS-One Brood Sow, bred;
13 Shoats, weigh from so to 70 lbs
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, Etc.
One F-20 Mccormick .Deerine
tractor, on rubber, just been recon.
ditioned; set of tractor cultivators
for F-20; lift. International trac.
tor disc, 7-ft. soil pulverizer, 8-ft
John Deere binder, nearly new; g.
ft. Deering binder, in running con
dition; 5-ft. McCormick-Deerins
mower, in good condition; Johr
Deere manure spreader, good;
farm wagons, old wagon gear
John Deere corn planter, with fer
tilizer attachment, in perfect or
der; Ontario 13-hoe, Sin. grain
drill, in good order; No. 19 Olive
hand plow, No. 9S Oliver plow, one
horse plow, 2-hole corn shelter, Sc
of Fairbanks scales, new Meyer;
hay carriage, complete with rope
fork and blocks; hand cultivators
vice, lot of 5-8 and gin. rount
iron, roll of 6-ft. poultry wire, elec
trio battery brooder, complete;
pair of iron wheels, cross-cut saw
lot of forks, hoes, trees, of various
kinds; several hundred burlap ant
cotton grain sacks, and other artic
les too numerous to mention.
HARNESS: Two sets of leathe
wagon harness, brides and collars
DAIRY EQUIPMENT: Wilson
4-can electric milk box, in perfec
condition; Surge two-unit electri
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NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses. cows
and mules removed FREE of
charge by calling DOVER 5595.
No animals removed unless call is
made Immediately and no animals
dying from contagious disease
will be removed.
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sHRINERS PLEDGE sUPPoRT-Ted R. Gombls.
Naionol Director OF the Treasury Departments War
Finonce Division. shows official Victory Loom poster
10 Wilam H. Woodheld. IT,. OF San francisco. I'm.
periul Potentuie Of the Shrnsrs Of North America.
The Treasury Department occredits Shrinsrs with
selling more ihon ssoo.ooo.ooo In War Bonds.
Woodhsld pledged full support Of 100000 Mobiles
In coming Victory Loon-Ociober 2s-Dscembsr 9.
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PUBLIC SALE
OF STOCK and IMPLEMENTS

AS I am giving possession of the
farm where I now reside, and hav-
ing no further use for the follow
ing, 1 will sell at public auction on
the "Crocket" Farm, 21s miles
Southeast of Warwick, Cecil Coun-
ty, Md, just " mile off of the
Warwick-Sassafras, Md, road, u.
S. Route 299. on
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years Olu, SooH liesH.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, &c.
F-20 Farmall tractor, tractor
disc, tractor plow, tomato planter,
corn planter, grandstone, one-horse
cultivator, garden planter, hay
rake, wagon, Oliver Superior man.
ure spreader, hillside plow, sulky
cultimator, hay mower, spring
tooth for tractor, F-20 cultivator,
drill, tractor harrow, Peerless COM
bination mill, 8 corn shelters, 2
saws and belts, 2 sets harness,
Model A 1881 Ford pickup, electric
water pump and tank, 700 shocks
of corn, Rite Way milker, Wilson
6-can milk box, electric, used z
months; milk cans, strainer.
| SPECIAL MENTION: 400 New
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Hampshire Red Chickens, 5 months
old, mostly pullets.
400 New Hampshire Reds, 6
weeks old, all healthy.
New Canopy electric brooder for
500 chicks, lot of metal and wood
feeders, glass and galvanized water
founts.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS: Heating
stove, 3-burner oil stove, roll-top
desk, crooks, metal bed.
TERMS: CASH
LOUIS GAMBERDELLA
]. G. Walker, Auctioneer
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24

LONDON. Feb. % (INS)-Thou-
sands of Allied warplanes, striking
from three directions and bearing
~ insignia of the American. Brit
~ and Russian air forces, rocked
ydst areas of Germany today in
an overpowering assault which the
enemy asserted was timed with
the opening of long-awaited
offensive on the western front.
Strong forces of Russian bomb
ers Joined in the assault from the
east, blasting Nazi troops west Of
the NeisSe River while the RAF
and u. S. Air forces apparently
concentrated on com m unication
lines serving both eastern and
western fronts.
The vanguard Of the attack was
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
HIT NAzI SUPPLY LINE

ROME, Feb. % UNS)-Heavy
bombers of the Mediterranean air
force smashed at German supply
points in Austria and north Italy
today for the eleventh straight
day of attacks designed 10 wreck
the Nazi system of supply.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
Water Treaty
Approved, 18to4

WASHINGTON. Feb. % CUP)
The Senate foreign relations
committee today approved the dis
puted u. S.-MeNican water treaty
by a vote of Is TO 4.
Chairman Connally (D) OF
Texas said the treaty would be
taken up by the Senate as soon
as he returns from the inter-
American conference In Mexico
City-''in about two weeks
He predicted that the Senate
would vote 10 ratify the treaty in
about the same proportion as
the committee vote.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
OFFERS APOLOGY

Rankins apology was more
qualified in terms than that of the
member III that ne
stressed that he merely did what
any other gentleman would have
done under the same circum-
stances"
But he concluded:
eff I have offended the men,
bers of this body, / am sorry.
But I was not responsible for
, what occurred In this House
yesterday"
Hook conceded - and Rankin
emphasized-that he had violated
the rules governing House debate
by calling the slender, white
haired Mississippi member "a dirty
liar"
II was unduly aroused not so
much because 1 personally was
attacked, but because remarks
were made which cast an un-
fortunate reflection upon my
constituency" Hook explained.
AT whatever risk, 1 felt that
I could not politely and toler-
antly sit by and hear remarks,
however cleverly phrased which
impugned my loyalty and the
loyalty of those citizens 1 repre-
sent, to our country.
ENFORCEMENT NECESSARY
II ask, In petitioning the
House to forgive my infraction
of its rules, that IL bear In mind
the necessity of enforcing upon
all members these fundamental
CONTINUED on Page ., Col. ~
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
AirIiner, y Aboard,
Crashes in VIRGINIA

NEW YORK, Feb. % CINS)-
The wreckage of an American
Airlines plane. with 19 passengers
and a crew of three aboard, miss
ing since reporting engine trouble
early today, has been sighted by
a search plane on hilltop four
miles southwest of Rural Retreat,
Va, the airline announced this
afternoon. There was no sign OF
life.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
WAR FRONTS

WESTERN FRONT - Berlin
reports Allies open major
offensive. page L.
TWO JIMA-Capture of Mt.
Suribachi brings all Two
under u. S. gun range.
page L.
EASTERN FRONT - Reds
menace Cottbus, fortress
city guarding southeast APP
proaches to Berlin. Page
p
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
Freed by Russiaps

GRAND RAPIDS, Feb 23-Lt.
William G. Comstock of Grand
Rapids was among eight American
officers released from German
prison camps by the Soviet army,
the war department. announced
today,
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
SpeIIman TO See Pope

VATICAN CITY, Feb. % tINS)
Official Vatican sources an
nounced today that Archbishop
Francis J. Spellman of New York
soon will visit Pope Plus XII TO
inform the Pontiff of the Yalta
decisions.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
Cologne Drive
On, Naziis Say

Ed PARIS, Feb. % INS)-Amercan armies in western
Europe opened offensive against Cologne and the
Rhine today within hours established three bridge
heads the vital ROer River while punging to the OUT
skirts of Duren according to German reports.
Supreme Allied headquarters announced only that the
u s. Third Army made further gains in the salient north
east of Vanden, capturing four towns.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
TEDDER REPORTED IN FARLEY

NEW YORK, Feb % (INS)-The British radio,
heard by NBC said today that Air Chief Marshal Teder
deputy to Gen. Eisenhower had conferred with Premier
Marshal Stain coordination of the current "wOway"
bombing assaults Germany.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
PWs Punished

BALTIMORE Feb. % -4INS4-
Approximately 1900 German prls-
oners at Camp Ashby, Va, have
been put on bread and water for
refusing 10 work, the army COM
mand announced TODAY.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
FOUR BANDITS ROB BANK IN WINDSOR OF $3.50

branch of the Imperial Bank of Ontario at 1866
Tecumseh road, Windsor, robbed of $3.50 cash at
2:3O today by four masked bandits who escaped in
waiting automobile.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
HOURS IN AIR RECORD HOLDER Ill.

BENTON HARBOR, Feb. % (UP)-Capt.- Jack
Knight holder of the American record for flying hours
seriously i'll at Pawatng Hospital here, doctors revealed
today He made the first air mail fight in 1919.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
IAzI SPIES REPORTED on GRIPsHOLM

NEW YORK, Feb. % (UP)--A report that at least
four German spies, including a woman and who
held high position in the German army were at
tempting to slip into this country from the exchange ship
Gripshom, published today by the New York World
Telegram.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
27 U. S. PLANES RAID BORNEO, TOKYO REPORTS

NEW YORK, Feb. % (UP)-A Tokyo overseas
broadcast recorded by FEC said today that % American
planes raed Taraan in northeast BOrneO yesterday and
attacked airfelds in the The planes included Lib
orators and Lightnings.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
Germany Hammered
by Big 3 BOnbers

comprised of more than 1,250
American FortresSes and Liber-
ators, escorted by at least $50
fighters, which took off from Brit
ain 10 blast some 20 marshalling
yards and other rail targets.
The area stretching from Liep-
zig 10 south of Nuremberg bore the
bTunt of the assault.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24

Under cover OF q Shatterlng ar
tillery and air force barrage. the
u. S. Ninth and First armies
opened bridgeheads across the
Roer al Gevenich, Elgersdorf and
Birkendorf in the Linnich sector,
the German DNB agency said.
simultaneously, other units
slammed into the outlying streets
Of Duren, one of the most impor.
tant defense bastions in that en-
tire sector, the agency added.
TwO-wAY AIR ASSAULT
Overhead d flew thousands Of
American and British, warplanes
which again gutted vast areas OF
the Reich from west and south.
and to the east massive squadrons
of the Red air force roared into
action.
The German foreign office inn
mediately warned that the re-
ported opening of a West Front
offensive probably will be the
signal for the resumption of
renewed full scale Russian drive in
the east. T. Wilhelmstrasse
spokesman addesfamely:
''In any case, German leaders
are expecting such combined
general attack"
While Gen. Eisenhower main
tanned silence, the NaZis in
creased their reports of the of
fensive's progress almost hourly
and in mid-afternoon asserted
that a fresh drive is shaping up
on the British-Canadian sector.
Their reports of Roer River
crossings limited that Juelich.
which blocked the Allied drive in
the winter months, has been
gravely threatened.
FIGHTING CONTINUES
Third Army units continued
heavy house-to- house fighting at
Forbach. On the Seventh Army
front two enemy counterattacks
were repulsed near Saarbrucken.
Slight gains were reported on
the Canadian front. Dutch troops
now are fighting with the Cana
dianS near the Mas River.
At 5:45 a. m, Berlin said,
troops of the American Ninth
Army, under 1t. Gen. Simpson,
broke out from their positions 30
miles west of Cologne and at
tempted a major crossing of the
flooded Roer River both north
and south of Linnich.
Huge fantry detachmepts
supported by formidable array
of tanks participated in the big
push" Berlin reported.
FIGHT STILL ON
German forces which were
instantly thrown I'm engaged the
enemy I'm fierce fighting which
Is still going on" the German
broadcasts said.
"The fifth and biggest battle
of Aachen has begun after n
three-hour hurricane of fire
from thousands of barrels"
Transocean said, referring to
Simpsons drive.
The American First and Ninth
armies and the British Second
Army were holding the stretch OF
the Roer before Cologne at last
renOrtS
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
ENFORCEMENT NECESSARY
ga54|3zS!I3
FDR GOING no MEXICO CITY, RUMORS SAY

MEXICO CITY, Feb. % (INS)-Rumors persisted
today that President Roosevelt would make flying trip
to Mexico City to visit the inter American conference.