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WEATHER
Min. Temp
Maximum
. 762
Sunset
7:4H
Sunrise
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Breckenridge American
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Partly cloudy tonight .<11<I I-'ri
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breckenridge, texas. thursday. march 22. 1945
price s cents per copy
The
Observer
field canning
service men
moments thoucht
• hum i
seen or heard
ALLIESLORE! BIG DRIVE ON GERMANY
Ml* Greenwood-Adams fame
l ack to Brrckenridgc again
I• ml.iy following his addn-ss hen-
m t long ago on the South Pacific
islands to give the high school
students u special lecture «md
show them sonio films.
Many of the films were in color
an.) the students pronounced it ;i
treat ||e came hefe (mm Big
Spun;; where h< stVIHItl to ; large
gathering of school children there
JAMKS Joseph Robhins. Seaman
1 ■< ■>< « of Mr and' Mrs o p
Robhins of Fliasville, Is here on .t
27 day leave after sficnding one
yeaj in the Smith pacific.
Also Lt Koj Kil«v son of Mr
and Mr* Hill Kile, is home on
le.i\e ,if?rr over a year of service
in Hie South Part fir His brother
l.t Raymond Kile, who has keen
in .i hospital ,it Longvi<"w Was ex-
• ted to join him here
Brkckenridgk ■stion is tu
hate ,i Meaner of the Congres-
<ion i| Medal as a visitor
l"his is c*apt Jimmy Field, who
was ieared at Caddo, and '* 'he
one man in the 3rd Army to wear
the medal Patton pinning it on.
cxpresvd that honor as one of
greatest desires
Today he called Mr. and Mrs
Kirl (Ir.-en from Laurel, Ml**,
wheie tw is visiting hi* parent*
lie and the late Knr| Green Jr.
«cic gnemI friend* He will visit
in IIt Green hum. Houston is
claiming ("apt Field as its own
hilt he was reared here and ha*
many friends her- lie visited here
often before going into service
'I^IIK Palace .irtd National Thea-
R tcrs have completed their col-
lections for the Red Cross fund
Although starting after th>
announcement that the Red Cross
ipiiit,! here had Ni-n over subscri-
l«d the people riN|M>nde(| gene ro-
il-1.v and in ,.11 ,<i>12 wete dropped
into the hats pa-scd by the Hi Y
girls The motif) was to lw turned
over t< Rev Amos Myers today.
\NN< H NCKMKNT ciime today
fiian the Bn. kenndge Cham-
lier of Commerce that a second
i ar of building tile will he un*
loaded this we. k for building cab-
ins at Possum Kingdom State
Park Lalwrrts are badly needed,
it was added They should apply
t-i K R Maxwell Transportation
will In- furnished from Caddo and
tune tiegins when worker* leave
< 'addo loi th. Jul) site
Incidentally th. iTeiml* r o|
Commerce announced r.e v men
Is rs recently atlded lo it. roll
M'K do no) know what eV; ti>
n .tpplu'd psychology is but ap-
|>arctlll) Rev Amok Myers applied
a little this morning some ladies
met on the «treet rr|>orted.
Mr Myers it seems wanted a
meeting of many ladies of the
First Chrtatian and set cl*>ut to
get them then* The ladies were
i ailed by another and told Mr
Myers wants to see you at his
stud) at In o'clock this morning.
It is said all vent and he put them
in w.irk toward the revival plunn
ed next week They got a laugh
out of it.
THOUGHT For The Moment:
In actual life every great en
tcrpnse begins and lakes its
iirst forward step in faith Seh-
legel.
SKKN Nor Heard Mrs Troy
Teel. Skelley Town. medical
Imtient* at Clinic ... only new
hospital patient reported today . ,
• Car Ihttine plates at about L-
!•*) this morning with about 2,900
to go . .. "Objective Burma at
Palace said to be gmit |>ieture ..
Mrs John Kd Douglas with some
neat placards advertising Anir
picture* coming there, .... Total
Rill Cross fund lacks S-'U of being
SI4.000 against goul of SI2.300 ..
and Jury to meet Monday ..
... Mis Quincey Corbett vial!-
ing her daughter. Winnie Let*,
touching in Tulsa ,. Roger Lrnu
(Continue On Pag* 4#
«
Food Pnxluction
Serious Matter
BH'orr Count \
canning center to be
re opened; products
needed
The Stephens County War Food
Committee held Its first hearing
of the yeai ,i! the High School
Tuesday afternoon to discuss gai-
d«-ns and fi«'*l i uiisi-n ation l<.i
the coming season, it w.is announ-
ei'd today There were nitie mem-
bers present
\\ l> yle Graves, High School
principal and viM-atnni.il agr.« ul-
ture teacher w.is re-el.-< ted chair-
man.
It was agreed to re-0|ien the
fanning Center at the Home-Mak-
ing cottage again this year, lie-
ginning June i Mr* J. C Can-
trel! will a>; tin lx- :n charge.
Th,- facilities of the Canning
Center will lie free to those who
wish to can fruit-, vegetables ui
meat without charge
It w.is brought out during tin-
meeting that those who wish lo
us* It may can in either glass iar.*
• >r tin cans.
It was the opinion nf the <om-
inittee mcmtict's What due lo the
weather gardt-ns over the county
ate several weeks Itelund Kllorts
will Is- made to fejuven.'lte the bal-
dening spirit of the |x ople in or-
der 11 meet the critical iiumI |«-|-
i>hIs lying ahead it w e- said
Several of the 'members present
expressed cumeiti over the pros-
pective future fowl shortages.
It was also agreed to ask the
Chamlwr of < 'ornmerer to sjK>nsor
some kind of a food produetion or
conservation contest to stimulate
the production and conseivation
of more food
The group will meet again the
first Wednesday in April to lur-
mulate plans fur such a contest.
Resides Graves those present
were K R Maxwell. Mrs. J C
Cantiell, canning «?enter siii rvi-
sor. Mrs Kvi-lyn Re 'ves. home
demonstration agent, W W.
Kvans. AAA administration of-
ficer. J M Coo(H-r county agent,
Miss J,*' Km in a Dickey home-
making teachi r. C F Mit. nell
and Mi«s 1 fettle MeCianahan (Jra
ham farm seitirity administration
300 Disabled Vets
Produce Flying Suits
CHICAtW i ' I'1 Three hundred
soldiers under treatment at th
Gardiner General Hospital may
never s... combat again, but they
still ar. in the w ir
The men ate helping to make
clt. trie,illy.heated flying suits for
use in high-altitude flights Army
( ftlcials hav.. signed a war con-
tract for 300,000 of th< se suits as
|Mrt of a new reconditioning pro.
gran*.
The pay is fin cents i(n hotn-
Lalsif unions, anxiou- te co-ope-
rate with the program, have issii-
ed free working permits to the
Convalescents.
other war contracts are* U'ing
negotiated to help ease the man-
power sboltage us well as to re-
habilitate t soldiers wounded in
i* t ii >n
Our Chanifin^r World
"WE COu^m5>'5
TO T*t tOoi /
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noT^O
LONs,
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Action ExjkhUmI
On Huh kins Bill
new law considered and
local suit seek same
end for ruses
Judice I, i> Haw'iins said toilay
that the bill drawn by him in-
t.odui-eii in th. i j-i-i l v ilar'.ey
Sadler and in the s- nnic by }'.,t
• \iliK-k, whi. h votji'l ii.> away
with discriminatioti bus
i -sengers based ai i.'slin i'!o ,
is e*p. cted to come out of the
hou*c sulsummitte. soon.
This lull was endorsed reccutly
at a meeting of the le^isl itive
committee of the Chamber of 0 m
meree. with othi-rs called in. and
representatives at Austin so noti-
fied.
The lull has U'en rejM>rted fav-
orably .rut- of the lenate. It tends
lo hnnn iImiiii the same end us
•the suit heard here filed by Judur
Haw kins m which he sought to re-
t|Uire that buses operating in the
state he ret) ui red to transport in-
tra state as well as interstate pis-
aengeis i me line through here
no' w.-arries only interstate |M ssen-
gers.
Thi suit is set for submission
to the court oi civil appeals un
April Si
SiM^eant V isits (ilotliin<5 Drix1
I11 Texas After Is Planned Here
Seized % liisky
Sent Overseas
For Service Use
black market liquor
can be secured by
institutions
ST. I.! 'CIS. Mo It I- Hundred
iW thousands of dollars vvoith of
whksky is oil an errand ol ineicy
Black marke whisky is goinv;
Irian St l.ouis to the luijklronts
nl the world to lie used IOC llledl-
<t! purposes.
1'liis time the black niatket
plodUe will involve 11. profit;
fifth of the I lest bourbon whisky,
which broughi s high at sio l.
SI I i* free to the Ar v, and N iv >
to treat Ciwle Sapi's wounded
fighting men
The liouoi cat In obtained by
t.ny eli-emn>yn.ir' 1 ;s itntion U|mhi
: a * ■ I ie i .ipplicatior and paynient ol
s!ap|)ing costs, but mo.t ol the re-
icntlv sef/ed whisky has Im*. ii
s:up|iei ii tin war fronts
The • ontrab ini! I <|Uoi vva
s« i/ed by federal a't-11 I tax agents
in their drive to st ai p out illegal
(■jw rations of hl . k maiketeers
.1,11: liouoi runnel:, win attempt
■i introduce whisky into the dry
•'. ii oi Kansas ; i.d Oklahoma.
Since the lieginning of the war.
federal agent, ni Missouri, headed
by Frank \Y 1 l upoid, investigator
in charge, have seized approxi-
mately 15,000 case, of lii|tior
w ort I nearly
All but' about I,rum cas. • still
held government storage d"i*its
here, at Cape Girardeau, Jopliti,
Springfield and Kansas City
awaiting court action have lieen
turned o,.i-r to the armed s.-rvi. es.
As il i:, round -d up by f.-dera!
flg Mils, the whisky is .'ached in a
'litre storeroom in the basemen!
of Hi. new federal building.
Lon* Service
The following information was
ti.-eived today:
Sgt, Evans Conner is visiting
in Breckenridge after 2 1-1' yai-
of overseas duty Sgt. Conner is
the son of Mr and Mrs, Ret t Con-
ner He attended high school in
Parks.
He was inducted into the army
ir Maid 14-11 He received basic
training in Ft Knox Kentucky He
was then transferred 1o Camp
Bowie. Texas, then to California
to help build Camp Young.
He went overseas in August luIL'
He went through the North Afri-
can campaign and into Italy with
the Salerno invasion. He is now
Tank Commander with the Amer-
ican Fifth Army in Italy
After a 30-day furlough sjM-nt
with hi* family and friends in
Hn-kentidge, Houston. Corpus
Chrisli and Pampa. he will resume
his duties with the Kifth Army
Knight* To
Meet Tonight
Knight* of Pythias will meet
lonight ai 7..'ki p. m. al the KP
Hall for 3rd rank work All mem-
ber* arc urged to attend
Third Captures
German Factory
WITH THE THIRD ARMY.
GERMANY. Mai. h Si « !'• Arm-i
lean tr«H>| s today captured the 1
G Faroen factory, the biggest
chemic.il plank in Germany on the
west hank of the Rhine at Luilwig
shafen.
BLACK LIGHT FLYING AID
KANSAS CITY. Mo <UP" The
new "black light" system of illu-
minating (lie cockpit, control* and
dials of TWA's feet of IXVTs and
the fue improved Stratohners now
being readn-d for commercial ser-
vice, ha glassed the test ol time
in providing pilots with impioved
night flying visibility, according to
company ofls iaH.
The fluon-scent nystem emUalies
the us«. of ultra-violet I black i rays
directed on the e K'k|iit dials,
pointers and controls, which are
painted with fluorescent lacquer.
The fluoie>. ent coating is not il-
luminated except when the black
light is on.
The project was developed by
l.uther Hoffman, senior engineer,
ill charge of TWA's engineering
lalHiratory at Kansas City, and
Merle Brown, electrical engineer.
It was primarily aimed al pro-
viding adequate lightning an elirn-
irtalini: thre« faults ol tlx old iri-
candescent design.
Or.c of lhe.se laulls was the in-
abiiify of the eye to ptovide ade-
quate area for giaid vision in the
dark outside the cockpit after ex-
posure to the effrvta of lightning
or the instrument iianel.
The second was obstruction to
vision in the form of windshield
inaiges of lighted object* in the
cockpit
And the till I'd the i lenwnl of eye
fatigue icsulling fiom the first
two.
Several type* of lightning wen'
fContinued un Page 4>
Lt. C. T. Jones To
Serve On Carrier
Marine Second Lieutenant Stan-
ley M Jones, fighter pilot and son
ol C T. Jones, Weinert, Texas,
has Iteen selected to serve in the
first all-Marine Aircraft Carrier
Group
He i., married to the foiiner Su-
sie Milam of Eliasville, Texas
His squadron now is in training
at the M uine Corp.* Air Station.
> nt.i Barbara Ci.lil
Although Marine flyers have
served aboard ,Na y i-airiers in
the past, and are doing so today,
this \\ill he the Iirst time the
( orps he.s o|M-riit -d from its own
c. rriers. Primary purpos^ of the
"flat-tops" is to suppoi l Marine
amphibious landing in luture Pa-
cific warfare
A graduate with a BS <legr«s-
ir, geology from the Louisiana
State University in 1442, Lt. Jones
entered Marine Aviation in August
li IJ Following iliglit training lie
was commissioned at peiisacola,
Fia., in N'ova-mlier. 1413.
Selective Service
Extended One Year
WASHINGTON March 22 <U.R)
The House military affairs com-
mit I i-e tiKlay unanimously ti| fmiv
ed extension of the selective ser-
vice act for another year fro a
May 15, the dale of expiration.
almost all kinds needed;
may be left at
several places
A mi-eting of the committee oil
gathering old clothing in the nat-
ion-wide move was held Wednes-
day afternoon at tin- Breckenridge
Chamber of Commerce to deter-
mine how the work will ik* hand-
led here
Bob pit/er is chairman of the
committee and Kelley Farrar, vice
chairman Variolic organizations
were represented The clothing
may be left at the picture show,
Chamber of Commerce, Schools,
court house, city hall. YMCA. any
of ihe churches, with general heada
quarters tile Red Cross sewing
room in the Robert ixiilding
The movement is voluntary ac-
tion among the United Nations to
i'.inish free distribution to needy
ii(j destitute worn n and children
ii war devastated v uni.v s.
Most uigently needed are infants
Kir men Is of all tyins particularly
knit gissls t it her clothing needed
are men s and twys garments, ov-
ercoats^ top coats, suits, jackets,
all ty-|M's ol wiM | clothes, under
wear, mls-s, pajamas, sweaters,
etc.
It was said that the clothes
need not be piessed but it is re-
quired that they be clean.
As an example of the need foi
clothing an adv r'.sement was
pointed to that. app"'i.ed in a Yug
i lavia's leading n'-vVspaiHT:
'lost woman's 'eft shoe, size
i 1-2, patch on left side, ample
iev. ii(t for its ri'tuin to No. 113
-.lexander -In-et, Belgrade."
War's Biggest
Offensive Covers
Front With Smoke
I'lie l\ S First Armv drove from its Rhine bridgehead today
against the southern Hank i i the Ruin under an aerial barrage laal
inw'n by more than American warplanes.
One of the wai's biggest tactical air offensives was in full swim.'
along the Rhine lionl from the Swiss liorder to the north sea a>
Ifodges foices moved on the Ruhr along a 10-mile stretch ol !!;■
narrow Sicg river, lie "w in the
Bataan Captive
Owes Life To
Parents'Gift
ALTADENA. Cal. • I" A «30
Hold ixH-ket watch saved the life of
a C. S. Army lieutenant < -iptured
by the Japanese in the fall of
Bataan
The officer. 1st l.t Willard A
Smith, freed in the Ifangei raid on
Cahanatuan prison camp, told the
stofy of the life-saving timepiece
in a letter to his parents, Mr. and
'Mrs Harold A Smith of Altanen i
The fn*ed man, who saiil that
fn-edom still seemed like a dream
wrote
"Dad. you don't know it. hut you
saved my lite. The gold watch you
sent I sold fof l.iIIII peso- . an-
numaged to buy some extra food,
which pulled me through. I was
down to t#> (KMinds when it arrive I
but have now gotten up to 111
|H>unds,"
Smiths parents sent hint the
wat.-h in a Imx of fixid and cloth-
ing The elder Smith got it from
jeweler Eugene 1- Deacon, w ho
had refuser) to take any payment.
"Alter what the boy has «on.
through. 1 certainly could do th a
much,'' Smith said the tewelei told
him.
Then he added pessimistically
that the Japaniw- would probably
confiscate il ar^vay
Civilians Supply
Of Fowl Will Be
Cut 2 Pereent
• WASHINGTON March 22 'U-*1
UFA officials said tod.'ij that the
amount of food available to civi-
lians would l cut front 75 to 73
1*t cent of the total American
lood supply during April, May and
June.
I'. S. armed forces will gel 17
l«'i ecni of the total ston- com-
|.ai I with II per .-ent for the
tirsl i|liartcr of 1« 4."> and X per
cent will go to lend-lease. The
I'NRA. the Red Cross and ship-
ments to U S. territories will get
2 |s-r cent of the supply.
The government today sought to
alleviate the meat shortage by in-
cn'asing the subsidy to cattle
slaughteerer. The incn>ase, up lo
50 cents u hundred |MUinds. was
announced by PA ;administrator
Chester Bow les liefore the Senate
Banking Committee.
Wards Complains
Of Tax Handling
CHICAGO. Mau-h 22 ,U.R> Mon-
tgomery Ward and Co., will dis-
continue making tax returns or
payments on sales "unless Wards
i.- assured that future tax collec-
tions Will be paid to it."' H. I-
Pearson, treasurer of the firm,
warned the army today.
Pearson, in a letter to Ma.j. Gen
Joseph Byron, army manager of
tin seized properties, accused the
aim yof collecting sales and ex-
cise taxes from customers without
paying them "lo the proper auth-
orities. nor to Wiuds.''
(Germans Facing
Starvation In '46
LONDON. March 22 t l*. Spok-
csman for tin- ministry of econo-
mic warfare told the United Press
today that only immediate nurren-
der to the Allies can save the Get
man ficople from starvation in 'Iti
Hi., statement followed an ad-
mission over the Berlin radio by
Reich agricultural minister Dr.
Josef Stock that plans for feeding
tin German |>cople had col lapsed
a* the result of Allied advanced
arid the arrival refugee hordes.
April Checks To
Pensioners Raised
AUSTIN, Mai eh T2 «*. •► The
Texas House today stamfied final
legislative approval on the hill lo
increase old age pensions by con-
curring unanimously to Senate
amendment : to the measure.
April fchivks for pensioner* will
carry an inctvas# of $1.25 and an
estimate additional $1.75 or mote
for May,
FARM AND RANCH NEWS
By Mrs. Evelyn S. Reeves, County Horn* D«mon tration Agent.
war" offensive predicted by ten
Fisenhower may already hav-
U'gun. said German and Allied
military commentators
A 661milc pall of altilicial sm>-U-
was re[iorted blanketing Iheetiiii--
northern end of the batllelr.nl
southward from Nijnicgen An I
twhinc that smoke select,. field
Marshal Sir Bernard I, Mont go
mery was deploying the niassiv
forces of his British second C n-
adian First and American NinH:
Armies for W'hat Iwitli sides agreed
would lie the do-isici assault on
the Rhine barrier.
In Ihe Saar-Palatinate area to
the south, the American Third and
Seventh Armies were cleaning oui
a few thousand lien ten German
survivors along a narrow siivieli
of the Rhine on either side oi
Ludw igshafen. ,
Patton's troops were destroying
the last scatt.'n'd rcsistan.. in
Ludwigshafcn and fiercer op|to- i
lion in the stix-els of Main/.
On the eastern front, Russian
forces liattlcd through the subiulis
of l>an/ig and Gdynia in th. nor in
and B^'riin admitted that a t'o-mil-
defensive fnmt in northvvesiei t
Hungary had Is-«h1 clacked '■> il
Red Army. Ciolent lightinu w i
in pn>gn-ss fn>m Lake Balaton lo
tln> Dantilie northwest oi Budapest
In the Pacific, the Ann ricati
Fifth fleet today was re|Kirtcd a >-
proaching the < Ikinawa islaod
300 miles. Kouthwcsi of Japa
the site oi ar, imjioitant nnval hn
and several airfields midwav ii
tween Japan and Formosa.
on Panay in the Philippines, in.
last organized enemy resistam-.
was <-nished by American "e n>
and Filipino guerrillas with *
captuie of lloilo, canital of ih. is
land.
India-based Su| 'i"lorts i iidi i
the big Burmese Port ol Ran ;o e,
fog the second tinie w ithin a v i ■
and homliers from the Philipp'-n
destroyed or damaged 13 Japane-
vessels in attacks ranging Ironi
the Eastern Philippines to iln
(liina coast.
American tanks crashed tlmmg!'
the great German chemical cenn-i
of Ludwigshafcn on the Rhin to-
day as the U. S. Third and
enth Armies continued to grin-1
disorganized German forces v
of the riverin the maw o| di-asi
that may cost the enemy as in
as IdO.tifM) men in killed, vvonn I I
and captured.
Lt. Gen. George S Patton s r
ing Third Army armored r.e
plunged straight through l.udv,
shafen and reached the Rhiti'- i
side that city of l.Vl.oon |n
tion. They sent another coium
slashing southward to the higln
iurction of Neustadt.' where
was within 19 miles of anothe
iunction with the Seventh Armv
into the classics by I'luwlcl on I
a n *w giant potential trap around
Ihe Nazis.
At the same time doughlsty
G n. Courtney H Hodges t'
First Army east of thi Rbin.
n-lnfon-ed by armor for th. in
I me since the original «i -i>
two weeks ago. enlarged the I:
agon bridgehead northward
much as three miles and fate. I
ut along a *'vcn mile stretch
trie Seig river Wnich flows i;c >
• la' Rhine north o Bonn.
Legion, Auxiliary
Hear Of Rights
Members of the Bernlce Coles
Post. American I^egion. Auxiliary
last night met for a get-togeth >r
and to hear L A Smith. Austin,
field rojiri'sentalive explain the
rights of veterans under the G 1,
hill.
It was an Informative talk, A
L. Stell. I7ih district commander
Who accompanied him briefly A-
lK>ut KM) wen* present.
Mrs George Mauldin, pn-sident
of the Auxiliary, pn>sented a cake
25 candlcs on it in celebri.tlon of
the 25th anniversary- of Ihe | ost.
I'osl C(Miun~tiui'i <i A. I'orv t>f.
nided.
Unfavorable weather conditions
in many s 'clions of the state dur-
ing February and curly Mai. h
are causing many "hasty gardens"
f!a good gardnei- takes enoug'
time to thoroughiv pr>pare the
g.-'rnen soil before planting. Win-
let weeds and Ir i-•> of all kinds
arc first removed; then, wh"0
barnyard fertilizer i< available, it
Is applied over Ihe surface of Ihe
gt-iden. Next, pi > v cr sn..n" ihe
garden soil to i iK'plh I S lo lo
in? he*, and break •>) all clieis |h,i
lii'i tli<. soil in the "pink hf con-
dition'' befon pl uii nt In ilios.
area* where .comm- m il fcililiite.-
can be used apple I: 5 poore! .
pet ll l feet of rov . mlMii-, If
Un'Highly w ith ihv soil liefore or
a ili«. time of printing.
Vegetable! to plert aiound a|>-
ril First. Wl'fi lite coming of
...rm days, the xoil is \ow warm
• nough to readily germinate warm
Weather vegetable! so here they
ar\ and let's !{«m the s,>e-| planted
in the near fu*Jre.
>(|Uash. Yellow ('rooknetk iar-
id;-. Plant th • >••. I per lull.
S; wing hills I 5 fe i s- ,;i When
I In plants hav • m.iJ" H<)1V inches
o,- gnrwth. .s^.^' tji- ir.oH'. vi^jr.
ous one in each h . and p'll! nut
1 i ol tiers '.te p*. I HI. please."
CucumU'rs; A AC, i!' .y Green.
>• Straight LI l"l •' Diop
il.t- seed in ihe rrv- tw- or lliiw
t. cd |ier foo-. ',,'hen plants aave
(Continued on Pug* 2)
Russians Advance
LONDON. March 22 'U.R Ma-
shal Stalin announced today tli r
Ihe First Ukrainian Arttiy had
broken through in the opiieln at, i
of Silesia and advanced 25 mil'
RAF Bombers Hit
In Wake Of Yanks
LONDON. Marclc 2 i rw Pi
RAF hurled almost 1 .«M)0 heavy
bomliern Into Ihe blazing day ligrit
assault on Germany today in ih*
wake of a Z000-planc Ann i tcan
strike on the Ruhr and R > ■ i
ver fronts.
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