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SALT BRANCH
w SALT BRANCH. Feb 16 — Mr.
has unquestionably had a subatan- Mrs. Brady Bradshaw of Den-
tlal Influence in bolstering the So-
viet war effort," Land declared,
"particularly with respect to crit-
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Food Due This Year
For U. S. Civilians
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The food civilians get this year to
due to be somewhat less unrtiling
than usual.
Thto became apparent today |n
the translation of the quantities of
food epectad to be available for ci-
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{ a hundred seasons away. •
X backtracked the troopa after1 potatoes,
reaching Manila and I can tell you
this—that after 36 days, the sup-
tic and almost every one a con-
stant bottle neck. At Bamban. for
• example, the parallel railroad and
highway trestles had been dropped
into the river. I saw them first from
the air and remarked to the pilot
Ttie Japs did a good Job on those
two."
But when I passed through Bam-
ban with the troops later I saw
>y error. The steel wire reinforcing
that hung from the jagged broken
cqnerete blocks was black with old
rest. The Japanese didn't perform
that artistic Job of demolition at
all—we did back in 1M1. Two big
spans- linking rich Tarlac and Pan-
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eyeiet embroMery ruffle*. H7.tK Center.
*WsNtte*Talltl«?’ rayon gaterdlM in party
paatsla with twa loo* ruffle*. »I4.M.
Right. 'Puff.' loot wool crepe with peart
ran
gasinan and the northern provinces
to MMflaT ship piers m rail abd
road—hadn't been repaired in three
years. Down between them on the
riWa surface was their solution,
a one-way small piling treadway
on a pontoon They didn't get
around to blowing that one up ‘
even so our engineers had
strengthen it before the big stuff
could move across. |
Japs Fail in Job
When we looked that area over, iooo epecuso to oe i
Maj. Reginald Jackson, Ttoiedo, O., vlltons into terms
used the words of the major league value
baseball scout after watching a raw T. L_ __ _
left hander: “Japan as an empire' to be down about < per cent be-
bullder is several seasons away." 'm *
northeast of Pruem
War at a Glance
(By Associated Frees>
- THE WESTERN FRONT Cana-
dian offensive denes in on Goch,
threatens Calcs*’ U. & troops gain
tn Echtemach sector opposite Lux-
embourg.
THE RUSSIAN FRONT: Konev's
forces across the Netose River, Ger-
mans say 13 miles from Cottbus and
VI miles from Berlin..
THE ITALIAN FRONT: Amer-
icans make new wlthdiitwals in
Tyrdienlan coast area.
THE PACIFIC FRONT About
1.900 U 8. carrier-borne planes at-
tack areas in and around Tbkyo;
enemy compressed into small pock-
et In southern pari of Manila.
You ain’t heard nothin’ ’til you hear ’Parson Andy”
MeMenger ginging “Accentuate the Positive” at the
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T-8gt. William P. Graham, son
of Mr. and Mrs W. E. Graham.
936 West Hickory Street hat tteen
presented the third Oak Leaf Clus-
ter to the Aid Medal for “merKortr
ous achievement" during bombing
attacks on Nazi military and in-
dustrial targets. He to an engineer
and top turret gunner on a B-17
Flying Fortreas.
ket^ taBf ■ Driving— CX
Sale Tonight t
. form a natural defense tor Ear-
lin The area is forested and is the
tecattam of many rich German ws-
tates overflowing from the Ber-
lin suburbs.
Both are MPWtel oooununfca-
tton centers. Cottbus to the hub
of 13 trunk railways, main highways
and autobail *
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eluding the
sig railway,
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Staff Sgt Tom 8 Maxwell of
Denton was one of a group who
enjoyed Christmas cheer at a
fighter field in Italy in the form
of a pile of packages from the
United States, says a public rela-
tions story. He to a member of the
crew of a P-38 Lightning Fighter
Group.
Corp. Arnold Anderson, son of
Mr and Mrs A- Hv AndersoiL 410
Congress Avenue, to home on leave
from Jackson, Miss. He to a radio
mechanic on a B-17 and has re-
cently returned from six months in
an Atlantic area. Corp. Anderson
will be here for two weeks.
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WATCHFULNESS
Is the paMword for health during winter months ....
WATCH—Your diet to make sure you have the right
kind of food. SUPPLEMENT WITH VITA-
WACH—Your skin to keep down infection.— SEE
, OUR SUPPLY OF SKIN NEEDS AND
FOOT AND SCALP AIDS.
WATCH—Your eyes and teeth, especially those of chil-
dren—SEE OUR SUPPLY OF EYE AND
TOOTH NEEDS.
WATCH—Cold infections, one of the dangerous diseas-
es.—WE CARRY A FULL SUPPLY OF
COLD REMEDIES.
>• You Can Depend On
Brooks Drug Store
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In Eaat Pruasia Gen. Ivan Ober- <
niakhovsky's Third White FggEgB'-’l l '
captured elgM mere cxnmunlUee te-' f MW
gains up to four mllee.
Buy More Bonds Now
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Standard Building
Materials
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difference
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Sgt. Thomas L. Crouch Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom L Crouch.
1335 Austin Avenue, recently com-
pleted hto first combat mission over
enemy territory. He to taU gunner
on a B-17 Flying Fortress, which
was one of a formation attacking a
railroad yard at Manhelm The mis-
sion climaxed a long period of
training for Sgt. Crouch, both in
the United States and since his
arrival tn England. Hto bombard-
ment group to a unit of an air di-
vision cited by the President for
its shuttle mission to Africa when
Messerochmltt plants at Regenfc-
burg were bombed
vert and family v
vert in Dallas
Mr. and Mrs, Rc
daughter of Delta
Mrs, C. O. Porter
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Xi
Deuton visited O. E WOtai
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bradfi
ited Mrs O. B. Lester of
Mn W K. Brown returned wnsr
visiting several weeks near Fort
Worth
Charles Minor returned to Vbn
Worth after <ionHn# several weeks
with hto grandmother here.
Gens Bradford visited Mrs. O. A. 7. :
Porter in Dallas. ,
Tom Lester and family visited his
mother and Mr. and Mrs Jim Mc-
Leod in Denton.
Miss Mattie Jo Walt* visited
Sanger
Mrs ‘
said fight-
ing was racing near the east bank
Of the Spree.
These dispatches indicated that
Forst and Guben. 15 miles to the
north, either had been by passed
or captured.
WXK this fl *
cured by the ——„
of the First Ukrainian Army. Zhu-
kov increKbed the attacks of hto
First White Russian Army on Fuer-
stenberg, the fortress in the south-
western corner of the Oder Bend
below Frankfurt.
Fuerstenberg to 13 miles north of
Guben at the junction of the Neisse
and Oder.
Presumably thsss attacks wore
preliminary to an all-out assault to
break past the Prankfurt-Kniestrm
fortifications tn 0 double-barrelled'
attack on Berlin from oast and
southesM.
Broaden Assault Front
At the same time the German
high command disclosed that the
Russians hud broadened their as-
sault from the north by making
an advance of more than 16 miles
from Soldin toward Stettin, Ber-
lin's Baltic port.
The communique showed that
Bahn. 33 miles south of Stettin, and
the same distance southwest of
the foe lifted rail center of Star-
gard. had been surrounded, but de-
clared contact had been reestablish-
ed with the garrison by a counter-
&UacK.
A similar counterattack broke a
ring around Amswalde. 40 miles
southeast of Stettin, the communi-
que said.
Fierce street fighting broke out
southeast of Berlin in Sagan, by-
passed and almost encircled by Ko-
nevs capture of Boran on the wort
and hto crossing of ths Quels River
on the south, s German military
spokesman said. Sagan la abort JO
miles southeast of Font. ..
- Hie spokesman declared however
that Soviet spearheads which had
penetrated as far as Font were cut
off and pushed hack, and that Som-
merfeld remained in German*
hands.
The Germans also declared their
counterattactks had slowed the
Tickets will be sold at the box
office tonight for She Mth annual
Klwantt iJlnstrei, to be-presented
St ViA fa the N. T. R. T C. au-
ditorium Although the number of
tickets already sold Indicates that
a large crowd will attend., thoee tn
charge of sales say they expect
to Hocommcate' the group ade-
quately.
Appropriately titled “Our Hearts
Belong to You”, the minstrel this
year will keep hi step with the sea-
son by bringing to the stage a real
Valentine theme, with features from
townspeople. Denton High School
and both colleges.
Among special attraction for the
show will be the Swingtet from N.
T. 8 T. C., four girls who have
starred in "Show Time" and made
an extensive U8O tour. For their
part in showing that “our hearts
belong to you." the T. '#. C. W. f
Vocalslres, termed the "1945 pin-
up girls," will bring several num-
bers to the program. Other features
include music by Floyd Graham's
Aces of Collegeland, a mixed chorus
of 66 voices, the T. 8. C. W. Caper-
ettes, Denton High School Chorus.
«he T C. Can-Can Chorus and the
T. 8. C. W. Voice Speaking Choir.
Thrust—
(Continued from Page One)
‘Front dispatches said the Ca-
nadians were established firmly on
the Rhine and looking across the
river into the textile mills of Em-
merich Resistance along the Rhine
was light; the Germans depended
on the width of the river and
flooding from its breached dykes
fpr protection.
Other Gains -
Maj. Gen Lerdy S. Irwin’s Flftli
Division of the Third Army occupied
high ground overlooking the Pruem
and Enz Rivers sjter quarter mile
gains on a five-mlle front north
of Echtemach and Bollendorf. The
76th (Onaway) Division of New
England reserves gained a half mile
east of Echtemach Other 76th Di-
vision infantrymen gained nearly a
mile to a point a half miles north-
west of Minden
Maj Gen. Harry J. Melony's 94th
Division, fighting a "private war"
with the 11th Panzer Division 15
miles southeast of Luxembourg City,
repulsed two counterattacks around
»nz and took several pillboxes.
) At the northern end of the Third
Army front, the Fourth Division
beat back 1 patrol of 49 German
Urging extension of the Lend-
Lease program for another year be-
son visited Mrs. Mollie Henderson
at Kennedale.
• Mrs. Millie Foster and children
of Roanoke visited Mrs Ida Me-
Makin.
Mrs. Mattle Reed and daughter
and grandson and Miss Joyce
Thompson of Dallas visited J. W.
Turner.
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into all sorts of blasted bridges But I My retort was that after she has and fatty meats are expected to be
•a., ,—* . been pmtud ajj th,, through considerably less than In 1944.
. During hh5. supplies of all meats.
_ • chicken, butter, lard, potatoes, sweet
I backtracked the trnona alter 1 nntatnM, dry beans, SOOM fresh Veg-
etables, deciduous fruits, and sugar
probably will be reduced from last
year's level, the agency said.
Some increase In civilian supplies
of evaporated milk, milk by-prod-
ucta, and margarine appear likely.
A slight increase in egg supplies
By FRED HAMPSON
-CENTRAL PLAINS COMMAND
PORT, Luson—C*V-You need do no
more than follow the American
valley from
____ ___ see why Ja-
pan has muffed her chance at em-
pire
When the 14th Corps troops
their blits to the capital they ran
“at least half of the big bridges—the .
ones that gave the greatest trou-
ble—hadn't been blown by the Jap- !
anese at all. They were the unre-
paired remnants of bridges thd
Americans blasted in their with-' “**■—*••*•* **>?■>, ■<**/-
drawal in 1941 The Japanese had Ply men and engineers of the 14th
never repaired them although they , Corps of the United States Army
were the economic arteries of one had better bridges between Llngay-
of the richest areas captured by i en and Manila than the Japanese
Nippon.. had after three years.
In the main, the Japanese replac- I The bridges were only part of, also appears probable^
ed them with flimsy makeshift spans the answer. The per :
reachable only via tortuous detours' Between Calumplt and Maloios, | jnay fall from 15 30 _H?un<^XS"
scarcely able to support heavy traf- the National Road t-ilC l»*vw«*a i --- --- w_ ----- .
* * Highway of Luzon -contains a five the butter supply U expect-
or six mile segment that was not I ®d to drop to 10.5 pounds compar-
hard-surfaced. You ought to ride **th 11# in 1944 and an aver-
that stretch in a Jeep after three a#e 18 7 pounds in 1935-1939.
years of Japanese maintenance. We 1 ^3---------73” ,
drove over it at never more than 10
miles an hour. I was so bounced
and bumped that the canteen in
my belt was bent. These were phys-
ical evidences that a would-be em-
pire builder had sliced himself off
a chunk that his proturberant in-
cisors couldn't even nibble at.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — (AV-
Russla's winter drive into Germa-
ny, Admiral Emory a Land In-
formed Congress today, was bols-
II A DTTYMX7II I C I t*red by 3,447,000 tons of Lend-
D7a.I\ 1 VJlx V 1L>L£< I Lease cargo shipped during the last
BARTONVILLE, Feb. 16.—Misses i six months of 1944.
Helen and Pat Sons of Little Elm
visited here. "
Mr. and Mrs. N. T Wilkerson and ' yond its June 30 expiration date, the
head of the War (Shipping Admin-
istration told the House foreign af-
fairs committee the shipments to
Russia were "substantially in ex-
cere" of earlier goals
They Included, he said, urgently
needed foodstuffs for (he Red ar-
mies. munitions, equipment for So-
viet war industries, railway equip-
ment and motor trucks.
"The steady flow of this cargo
; ton visited Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
w" l>nd;a«UrM. ■ w“‘e.r> SmoU—r-
.-yrSuT&s
to procure themselves. Without thU ’
material support over the past rev- [ RuJtaM
eral years it is questionable If the *?dM»ina^£r*MN m Bullaid
and^fre Ge^ Mercer of
their present great striking power. , N M Mr> Mmw
D - - , | of Denton, Joy Boyles and Mrs. J. ----
Buy More Bond# Now,y Joru^ u curium and ouy
r—------------------------------TMercer of Little Elm visited Mr. • oridge/i Hermespano. two mues
an(j Mr* John Houk.
i Messrs, and Mmea. Roas Edwards
| of Wichita Falls and Marshall Tay-
lor of Navo visited Mr. and Mrs.
Ban Witt.
H. L. Smothennan was tn Celina.
G. B. Witt is sick.
Ada Pearl and Grady Lyn. chil-
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Lyn Smoth-
I ennan, have been sick.
I L G Smotherman of Frisco vis-
ited his son. Lyn Smothennan
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DHHIQH. nOKA#, ■■HflM# (■MIIILS#, FRIDAY. P—I1A#Y 16. 1945
toward Dresden and fprcM
to regroup there, j
.But they said a powerful new
push was underway in Slovakia to-
ward Zvolen. 65 miles north
Budapest and about the
tance southeast of Jabli r_
on Slovakias northwestern
der.
In a 30 mile breakthrough. Ko-
nev's troops yesterday toppled the
“ rovince stronghold of
miles from the Ger-
HU rapid thrust from the depths
of Silesia already has destroyed the
effectiveness of the Oder defenses
march 'toward Berlin b> Mar-
» Zhukova First
White Russian
With Zhukov __________
M w „ new strength for a large-scale erase
flank now 9OlKlly ae- ing of Ui« Odsr Konev now U in
> aensational advances portion to cut in behind the ene-
my# Puerstenb«rg-Firankfurt-Kues-
trin line -
G arm an Strength Uncertain
Whether the Germans could de-
ploy their foroces to stave off both
threats for very long remain to be
seen.
Aes the two powerful Russian
armies thus were Jockeying the en-
emy troopa into 'position, for the
eventual knockout blow against the
German capital the American and
British air forces were lending a
strong helping hand
U. 8. heavy bombers yesterday
dropped some 1AM tons oF*sx-
ploaives on Cottbus, an enemy com-
munications center 43 miles south-
west of Frankfurt and only 13
miles ahead of a Konev spearhead
that Berlin reported at Forst.
The number of captives taken tn
the long siege of Budapest wu
raised to nearly 130AM by cap-
ture of an additional 6.650 prison-
ers who had been fightl
lated groups ust east of .
Hungarian capital The new round-
Some Folks Only
Think They Are
Hard off Hearing
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taut that w any say has enabled
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HAMILTON D»L’G BTOMt
1936 W Hickory ----—
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