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Two Freight Cars Of
VOLUME XXXII
ORANGE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH-1ft, 1946
NUMBER 63
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RAN FORCES FORMALLY
JAPANESE ROLE ON IWO,
FAKE TWO PHIUPPINE ISLES
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By Leonard MiUiman, Associated
Press War Editor
American aimeij forces have
formally ended 55\years ol Jap-
anese rule on Iwo Jima and lib-
crated two more Philippine is-
i lands.
Twenty - fourth dlvisiop infan-
trymen seized Romblon and Sim-
ara islands from surprised and
unprepared/, JNUpjiwnese gam
m night landings in the ct
Philippines. Twenty - three
ipprine Islands are either entirely^
or partially under American con-
trol.
'Without waiting for the 25-day-
old Battle of Iwo to end, Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz established
American militarfy government
over the rocky 'fortress "and other
* Volcano islands" —- the first rec-
ognized part of the Japanese em-
pire to.fall. Previously japan had
lost only mandated islands oKter;
ritory acquired in the war.
Nimitz conservatively estimated
Japanese dead, either slain in
battle or entombed in their un-
derground fortifications, at least
20.000, but again failed to mention
the unquestionably high marine
casualties.
Iwo was a political subdivision
of Tokyo, 750 mijes to the north
and now alive with air and inva-
sion defense preparations. Tokyp
radio reported formation of a
"civilian special attack corps,"
-"perhaps a step in the promised
arming of every man, woman and
child to .resist invasion.
Japanese air defenses were re-
vised and evacuation of mujor cit-
ies speeded. Broadcasts reported
Tokyu, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama
an<l Kobe — favorite Superfurtrcss
targets — would bo evacuated by
everyone except war workers.
Japanese air defenses were re-
vised and evacuation of, school
children increased from Tokyo,
Osaka and Nagoya — targets of
300 Superfortress incendiary
raids. /
Maj. Gen. Curtis/Lemay of the
21st bomber command said the
Osaka arsenal, 6nc of Japan's
largest, was apparently blown up
* in Wednesday's 13*29 raid. Explo-
sions were so violent the attack-
ing Jjumbers werb blown about
like, feathers. **)
One was bounced a mile higli^
in the air, turned over, nent,itito
a slow roll and fell about-' two
mites before the pilot 'regained
control. /
"tJapanese boiled that daily-
!. raided formos^ was impregnable,
a statemen L'6trangely reminiscent
of pre-invasion claims of Phillp-
pines, defenses.
While tile 24th was seizing two
•jifjore islands along the Manila-
/"IJnited States navigation route,
the 41st division captured five
■more villages on Mindanao island
as infantrymen spread out in
* three directions from Zamboanga.
London reported overhearing a
Tokyo broadcast thut thei British
Pacific fleet made Its debut in
'•helping support the Mindanao in-
vasion. Gen. Pouglas MacArthur
■has mentioned only officers of the
U. S. 7th fleet, with whom Aus-
tralian naval units have long op-
crated.
C. A. P. Meets
The regular weekly meeting Of
the local squadron of the Civil Air
Patraii was held Wednesday night
at Riverside Assembly Hall
No. 1 with Lt. Lester Hammond,
Commanding Officer, in charge.
Flight Officer R- L. Martin dis-
cussed the part that CAP played
in local "defense and how CAP
could cooperate with other local
agencies concerned with local
defense.
Sgt. Jack Gunstream assisted by
* Pvt. W. C. Martin continued his
r course of Instruction in Aerial
Photography and Map Reading.
Lt. Hammond announced that
the squadron would like to receive
applications from other young
^ men and women between 15 and
18 who are interested in becoming
CAP Cadets, and issued an invi-
tatlon to any young men and wo-
COURT HOUSE
AND CITY HALL
BRIEFS
Four persons, each held on i; a
charge of drunkenness, appeared
for trial before City Recorder A.
H. Prince Thursday morning.
A marriage 'license issued to
(by I. Eullard and Mrs. Carrie
BuHard, of Orange, was of rec-
ord Thursday at the office of the
Orangte county clerk.
WACSMay Request
U. S. Assignment If
Husband ileturns
A woman in the 'Army serving
overseas may requcsV return for
duty in the United States when
her husband is returned \to this
country from a permanent, over-
seas assignment With any o^ the
armed forces, the War Depart-
ment announced today. The rul^
applies to members of the Wo-
men's Army Corps, nurses, hospi-
tal dietitians and physical thera-
phy aides. ' ' ,
Theater commanders are au-
thorized to return for duty in the
United States any woman soldier
upon her request and presentation
of satisfactory evidence that her
husband hag been returned from
permanent overseas assignment
with the Armed Forces to the
United States for ' reassignment,
hospitalization, or honorable dis-
charge.
The new ruling which applies
only to women overseas, is in ad-
dition to/an older policy with re-
gard to married members of" the
Woman's Army Corps whos(6 hus-
bands have been discharged for
medical reasons.
Pfc. Jesse Depwe, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Depwe of 120U
Tenth street, left Tuesday for
Fresno, Calif., after spending . a
15 day leave here with relatives?
He recently completed his training
at Tyndall Field, Panama City,
Florida, and received his wings as
an aerial gunner. His future
training will be with a combat
group.
Marfa, Texas. — Elmer Vernon
Frames, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James D. B. Frames, of 512 Bor-
der Street, Orange, and husband
of the former Carol Jo Colburn,
of 1100 Fourteenth St., Orange,
received his silver wings today
when he graduated as a Second
Lieutenant from Marfa Army air '
field, an advanced two engine pi-
lot school of the AAF Training
Command, it was announced by
Col. A. J. Kcrwin Malonc. com-
manding officer.
The new pilot, a former resi-
dent of Orange completed a course
in training in twin - engine air-
craft. He was assigned here from
Gardner Field, Taft California.
He Is a former student o.f Or-
ange High School.
Definition Of A
Texan Given In
Magazine Article
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)<)d J t
La Junta Army Air Field, Colo.
Silver wings of a pilot were a-
warded recently to Charles L. Lee,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Lee, of
Orange, Texas, at this advanced
two - engine pilot school of the
AAF Training Command.
He was garuated as a Flight Of-
nm- after completing the final
phase of flight training as an Avi-
ation Cadet in the TB-25 air-
plane, Mitchell bomber stripped
of its' guns and armor for train-
ing purposes.
Cpl. Allen Hardy, of the con-
struction engineers, returning
from 31) months overseas in the
Pacific theater of operations, has
arrived at Ft. Sam Houston prior
to reaching his home at. 400 Bor-
der Street, Orange, where lie will
visit his-mother, Mrs. Nola Hardy.
)en you ie a genuine
New Yolk- — If you believe
that ''in Texas good] things arc
better, the 'nasty things nastier
the strange,' things stranger than
elsewhere," tfi
Texan.
This is a vi6w of LcWis Nol'dyke,
himself a Texan and a well-known
writer, as expressed in the cur-
rent issue of the new monthly
magazine PAGEANT. Though
written with tongue in cheek, the
article yields no ground to de-
tractors of the Lone Star State.
"We have a stranglehold on
the- biggest and the bestest," Mr.
Nordykc writes in Pageant. "When
preseed he will concede
that Texas ,is part
Of the Union. But each and ev-
ery one of us knows that the Blue-
bonnet state has looped a lariat a-
round the U. S. A. and is pulling
the country along by, a figurative
rope towed across brawny Texas
shoulders, And, of course, it's
quite a burden.",
The article is studded with anec-
dotes about 'I'exans, prominent
and humble — among them Cap-
tain Bill MacDonald of the Texas
Rangers, Harry Hatch, Gene
Howe, Jesse Jones and others,
Nazi Armistice
Failure Rumored
Stockholm, March 15. (AP)—
The Stockholm newspaper Sven-
ska Dagbladet declared today that
German foreign office representa-
tive had contacted pritish and
American authorities early this
month in an unsuccessful attempt
to arrange an armistice.
The attempt failed, the paper
I said, because the German repre-
I sentallves predicated their-Wd on
men in this age group to attend j the condition that the Nazi gov-
thc next regular meeting of the , ernment should continue in office,
squadron on next Wednesday The paper failed to identify the
at the Riverside Assembly I source <it the report, which was
unconfirmed by any other quar-
Miami Beach, Fla., Match 15.—,
S-Sgt. Willie B. Paine, Orangq,
has arrjved at Army Air Forces
Redistribution Station No. 2 in
Miami /Beach for reassignment
processing after Completing a tour
of duty /outside the continental
United ^States.
As a B-26 Marauder engineer-
gunner,/ Staff Sergeant Paine flew
65 missions while in the European
thcatcij of operations, and was a-
warded the Air Medal with nine
oak leaf clusters. His*wife, Mary-
lee, aiid his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. V. Paine, live at 541 E. Park
Aveniie, Orange. Sergeant Paine
entered the Army in February,
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Shriners Hists
Tonight For Dance
The Orange Shriners will be
host to master masons and those
of higher degree at a dance and
floor show tonight in Riverside
Adult Center, 132 Turret Road, 2
blocks each from Second street
near the Weingajten No. 2 store.
Walter La Forge and his All Girl
orchestra will furnish the rhythm.
Walter will act as master of cer-
emonies for the "varieties" This
affair is for the Shriners Crippled
Chlldrens Hospital Benefii.
Shriners are requested to wear a
fez and be on hand to welcome
Masonic brothers. Dancing will
be from 8 o'clock until Curfew.
Southern Railroad
Train Is Derailed
Valdosta, Ga„ March 15. (AP)—
Four Pullman cars of the South-
ern railway's Royal Palm, Cin-
cinnati to Jacksonville train,
were derailed between here and
Tifton before dawn today, but
first reports from the scene said
there were no serious casualties.
Movie Censorship
Bill Is Killed
Austin, Tex., March Iff. (AP)—■
State censorship of motion pic-
tures was a dead subject for the
legislature today. Ar-fr- —
A bill proposing creation o( 31
boards pf centers in Texas laost
night received a unanimous un
19 EMPLOYEES
DIRECT CITY
RECREATION
public recreation program
fostered ^4iy the Orange Rcore-
atlon Commission reaches every
corner of the cityx j^ourteen full-
time play leaders aiid jivc prill-
time employees direct ^-iQisurc-
time activities under the"
vision or William K. Amo, city"'
recreation director. Mrs. Riith
Reed Price, who directed gills'
and women's activities ill Beau-
mont for the- past two yearss is
supervisor of community centers
and playgrounds.
Directed activities and free play
for all age groups take place six
days a Week in most of the cen-
ters and seven diijrs and nights in
the more popular buildings. The
recreation department is operating
in eight community centers in the
various housing projects and also
sponsoring activities in school -fa-
cilities and the Wofhan's ClubJ A
teen - age canteen has been ob-
tained an dwill be sieuated adja-
cent to the new City Hall on
Green and Eighth Street as scon
as it can be moved.
Community centers are at the
following locations: Riverside A-
dult Building, 132 Turret Road;
Riverside Athletic Building, De-
wey at end of John Street; River-
side Junior Building, Turret Road
between Destroyer and Park; Riv-
erside Youth Building, Avenue A
and John Street; Navy Town Hall,
6th and Knox Streets; Gilmer
Homes, 1st and Cypress; Pine
Grove, Wickard Drive; Booker T.
Washington, 5th and Burtoh,
Community center directors are
Mrs. Lucyle ' Collins, Mrs. Harry
B. White, Mrs. Fidelia Humble,
Miss Marian Johnson, Miss Billie
Whitakcr, Miss'Mattle Broussard,
Miss Tilfie Smith, Miss Eloisc
McDonald, Mrs. Katy Tucker and
Robert E. Lee. Pool and club
room- attendants arc Robert Fer-
guson, Sam'Street and James
/Scott. Club rooms are located In
the Athletic, Adult and Youth'
Buildings in Riverside.
Activities of an organized nature
include tap dancing classes, youth
councils, dances, clubs, handcraft
groups, athletic teams, leagues,
tournaments, story telling hours,
amateur shows, music? and drama
classes and the like. Free play
and directed games satisfy the
spontaneous desires of the young-
sters and adults after a long d^y
at work or studying. Ping porig,
chess, checkers, playing cards,
domincs. Chinese checkers, paper
j and crayolas, shuffle board, maga-
zines,' tether ball, volleyball. bas-
I ketball goal shooting, croquet,
! horseshoes, ring tennis, badminton,
j crafts, darts, bingo, parches!, pool,
j soft^tall, baseball, touch football
]. and playground equipment/ of
I swings, spe - saws and jiingle
gyms are some of the. items to be
found on practically dvery ground
to meet the changing needs of the
participants. AH of the centers
are open afternoons and evenings.
Special classes in music and
drama arc conducted by ..Walter
E. LaForgc, music and drama di-
rector. Gymnastic and tumbling
instruction is given four days a
week at Navy Town Hall by Hugo
Osberg, former crack gymnast
who has performed with the Fly-
ing Wards of circus fame. Clinics
and instruction in other sports are
given by Lobo Brown Tom White
K>n Mackay and Gabby Lusk.
City championships In kite flying,
tabic tennis, softball, volleyball,
playground events and basketball
are held each year by the recre-
ation, department.
Cooperation with other agencies
.offering programs in adult edu-
cation, recreation, religions and
public Instruction to make Orange
a better place in which to live is
one of the chief objectives of the
Orange Recreation Commission.
Technical service is expended to
the resident councils of the hous-
ing projects and other organiza-
tions planning leisure-time ac-
tivities. The'Orange Recreation
Commission, which is a member
of the National Recreation Asso-
ciation, Is supported by public tax
money and thus its programs
should be engaged in to the fullest
extent by the public.
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SOMETHING
ABOUT IT!
REMEMBER THE OLD FOLKS
who imist look to the younger
ones and to those in a position to
give them a source of a livilhood,
is the admonition of a represen-
tative of the Orange Good Neigh-
bors club. It is pointed out that
the old two story home on Six-
teenth and Bur tori streets with its
four old men and three "Id lady,
occupants is in a dilapidated and
run down condition in spite of the
hundreds of thousands of dollars
that are spent for luxuries by cit-
izens of this locality™ Let's Do
Something About It !
THAT ONE - MILK TRESTLE
on Highway 90 across the river
from Orange can be classed only
as a. death trap under present
conditions. The trup is sprung
every few Weeks to catch its In-
nocent and unsuspecting victims
and this will continue until some-
thing is done. While it is true
that the trestle Is outside the jur-
isdiefrfm 'of Texas, there certain-
ly is a way., left through which
the LouislahS^uthoritics could
be impressed to 1>f>. Something A-
I bout It 1 '"-V,
U. S. NINTH ARMY forces stormed northward from their Rhine por-
tions north and south of Dutsseldorf to seize the western Approaches
to two bridges across the river at Hornberg In preparation for a
smash across the Reich's traditional last-ditch water barrier. Troops_
of the Ninth, first to reach the strategic river, closed a pinccr ad-
vance with the Canadian first and British Second armies mopping
up two German armies In the Sweep, while division upon division of
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' Ftr t Army were drawing lip on the
approaches to the bomb-wrecked metropolis of Cologne. Allied force#
are grinding up remaining German opposition along a 75-mtle front
of the Rhine river.
The condition of Mary Alyne
Marsden, daughter of Mrs. Harry
O. Dull and granddaughter of L.
J. Kerr, t* reported unchanged to-
day.
Battle, Invasion
Pictures Being
Shown At Strand
''What's Your Name?", a realis-
tic nine minute short of actual in-
vasion scenes produced by the
Army sngnal corps in cooperation
with the War Manpower Commis-
sion Is being shown at the Strand
theatre here today through Sat-
urday and will be shown at the
Bengal Sunday and Monday,1 ac-
cording to Lester A. Hammond,
Tocifl manager of the U. S.< 10m-
ployment Service office.
Dcscigriated to show workers the
necessity oKgetting a war job
and .staying with it- to Die finish,
the picture against a powerful
message to every home - front
citizen in'dramatizing the .way a in
which a war plant job supports a
soldier on the frOnt line, it shi>M(s
what our men are up against and
the way supplies are used up un-
der unexpected pressure.
Because of the manpower needs
herff,' this film should be of spe-
cial interest to (lie people of Or-
ange. Hammond stated. He rec-
ommended that everyone in ; the
community see it.
Moton Choral Club
And Band To Give
Program Friday
The Moton high school band
and choral club will present a
"musical feast" program Friday
night at the scho.ol starting at 8; 15
o'clock and an admissidrveharge ,
of 35c will be made.
A section of the auditorium will j
be reserved for white patrons and !
a worth - while program is prom-
ised by school officials.
BALANCED HECREATtQN
; HAH been provided in Orange fdl
i the past year In a planned pro-
gram intended to encourage more
j healthful and profitable use of
| leisure -time, particularly for'the
| teen age youngsters. Bridging the
I gap.between school time and bed
| time and throughout the summer
~ . i\ L vacation period for these ener-
(InterngtmaLL KCtiC children who Jor lack of
Something better to do could have
directed their efforts in the wrong
dlrction, lias bcon one of the aims
of the Orange Recreation Com-
mission. Under the efficient ' di-
rection of Bill Amo and his very
cooperative staff more and more
children and adults are being
reached by the programs which
promise even greater results in
the coming year, ' ,
BELGIAN RADIO
REPORTS NEW
ADVANCES
London, March 15. (AP) — The
Brussels radio declared today that
American First army troops in
the Remagen bridgehead had
fought their way across the
Frankfurt - Cologne, superhigh-
way. ^
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BULLDOG TKNACITV
Phoenix, Ariz. (AP) — A land-
lord, unable to move tenants from
a home they occupied 13 years,
brought suit for possession for re-
modeling purposes.
Defeated in court, the landlord
began dismantling the house. He
removed plumbing, boarded up
windows, after removing the glass,
and even took out a section of
^the roof, replacing it with canvas
through which rain dripped. The
tenants stayed on. He sued for
possession for "demolition". pur-
poses. won nthe case, and the ten-
ants moved'' \
Now hfe's on trial on a charge of
unlawfully evicting the occupants
because, the prosecution asserts,
he repaired and rented the dwel-
Thursday. March 15, KIDM
4,t)0 California Harmonies
4:15 Piano Moods
4:30 Freddie Martin //
4:45 Hop Harrigan J /
5:00 Terry and the Pirate*
5:15 Dick Tracy
5:30 Jack Armstrong
5:45 Captain Midnight
6:00 Correspondents' Home and
Abroad
6:15 Raymond Gram Swing
6:30 The Falstaff Show
6:45 Chester Bowlfcs /
7:00 Earl Godwin
7;t5 Lum and Abhcr
7:30 Town Hall Meeting
8:30 Spotlight Bands
\8:55 Coronet Stoiy Teller
9:00 Fred Waring •
OioO March of Ji'mo
10:00 Star Reporter
W):15 Rcpcwl jioni Washington
with Ray, Hento
Jimmy Palmar
A. P. News
Freddie Martin
Academy Awards Whiiiei^
A. P. Newa
Sign Off
Friday, March 16, KI DM
6:00 Six O'Clock Edition
Musical Eye Opener
Sunnysldets 1
Martin Agronski
Sabine Tabernacle
Reveille Roundup
Breakfast C'lub
My True Story
Aunt Jemima Show
9:TT<r f^ots M<archbanks
0:45 Listening Post
10:00 Breakfast in H'wood
GU Martyn ../
Jack Berth and Hls/Bi
Glamour Manor
A. P. News
Luncheon Music
Modulated Moments
Baukhjtgn Talking
Chuck Wagon Gang
Duncan Coffee Grinders
Swing" Shift
Jefferson-Aires
Word.«.f God
Ladies Be Seated
Correspondents -at
and Abroad
our* Alone
Appointment with Life
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in the Mediterranean Theater sup-
plied more than one million parts,
ranging from screw caps to huge
caterpillar tracks. . to service
troop* in every invasion in this
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Pilots Name Style
Show Committees
I The Orange Pilot Club at Its
| meeting Tuesday night appoint-
ed the following committees jto
I arrange the style show to be stag-
j efl by the Pilots for the Evergreen
Cemetery Fencing Project ]!vlth
Mrs. (ieorgia Siuglcta£y, general
chairman: / - /
('lotliew ('opfmittee: Miss Ro-
/elle McKirtney, chairman!/ Miss
Mamie Ruth Harris, Mrs. Margie
llamiuoiid, Mrs, Myrtle Wood-
wor-tfv, Mrs, Etna Fit/geralld..
Moflels Committee: Mrs. Marie
Griffin, chairman; Mrs. '1'hclma
Short, Mrs. Florence Stephenson,
Minh Maurine ljiggs.
( oinmittee to Contact ptores:
Misij Brownie Sloan, chairman;
Misi' Helen Rose Barry, Mrs. Ed-
rie Belilc.
Ticket Committee: Miss Evelyn
liiHiert, chairman; Mrs. Majorie
iSini hhtj Mrs. Ruth Mnlone, Miss
Ann TyiivMrs. Lillian Hughes.
Music Committee: Mrs'. Lor-
raine Flynii, chairman; Mrs. Lou
Smith, Mr*. Isabeile McGray,
Mrs. Ann Quigley. \
/Announcing: Mrs Dimpk; Nol-
/<m, Mrs. Bertha Janson, Mrs.
Georgia Singletary.
The Pilots promise a good Mu-
sical and Variety Show along
with the style show which will
show Women's, Men's and chil-
dren's apparel. This show will be
staged at the Stark High School
Friday night, March 23, at 8:15
o'clock.
Harry Reynolds
Dies Thursday
Harry Reynolds, 55, residing
near Orange, died at a local hos-
ltal at 0:20 o'clock Thursday morn-
ing after an illness of some time.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Midlred Reynolds, of Orange; •
son Harry Reynolds Jr.; two
daugh.ers, Mrs. Evelyn Bailey
and Mrs. Pearl Reynolds all of Or-
ange; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Wil-
liams, San Francisco, California.
Services will be held from the
Fuller funwd chapel at
By William L. Ryan, Associated
Press War Editor
The U. S. First army virtually
cut the six lane superhighway
leading to the heart of the Ruhr
today and the Third stormed a-
cross the Moselle eight miles from
besieged Cobletiz, as Prime Min-
ister Churchill declared the war
in Europe might end before the
close of summer "or even soon-
er."
The First army's bridgehead
cast of the Rhine was expanding
rapidly, and the Third was heigh-
tening the menace to Cologne af-
ter eliminating enemy pockets
north of the Moselle, as Churchill
told commons Allied advances led
to the hope that Germany would
be "forced Into unconditional sur-
render or beaten to the ground in
chaos or ruin."
As the second straight day of
clear skies presaged more airborne
uin tor Hitler's industrial Ruhr,
en. Courtuey H. Hodges' in-
faiitryoien drove an assault wedge
ahead lnSi^mlle and a quarter ad-
vance through the wooded hills
oast of the Rhine, covering the
vital Ruhr road machine-
guns.
At the same time Lt.
S. Patton's Third army ostablli
cd a nine - mite bridgehead a-
cross the Moselle, heightening the
menace to besiegod Coblenz.
An operational silence prevailed
on the crucial Russian front be-
fore Berlin, where Marshal Greg-
ory K. Zhukov was building up
his First White Russian army
springboard for a new offensive.
Moscow has not confirmed the
persistent German reports that 1
tljc Red army was across thc-Oder
In force between captured Ku*a-
tralrt and Frankfurt.
Atlicd warplanes blasted at the
reich In the 31st consecutive day
of the sustained assault. The RAF
unloaded a new weapon in the air
offensive yesterday — an 11-ton
superbomb which was credited
with knocking out the Berlin-
Ruhr railway viaduct at Biele-
fetd, 80 miles east of the Rhine.
During the night RAF bombers
hit the Germans' western front
supply centers of llomburg and .
Zweibruecken and MosqUitos .at-
tacked Berlin for the 23rd straight
night.
The American Seventh army,
strung out front the Rhine north
of Strasbourg and the western
Saar fringes, has opened a new-
attack which reached the Saar
riycr six miles; west of Saarbrue-
ck«*i in gains jot four miles yes-
terday on a seven-mile front.
In the north the Germans re-
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