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By KICHARD KASISCHKE
- LONDON, Feb. 27.—(AP)—The Red army, breaking
through for 30 miles in Pomerania in a bid to slice Danzig
and Gdynia from the Reich, has thrust to Bublitz and Rum-
melsburg, 28 and 36 miles from the Baltic, the German high
command said today. . .
A Berlin broadcast said the Soviets had forged even be:
Gyond Rummelsburg on the military highway running 31
miles north of Stolp, a communications junction 62 miles east
of Danzig.
The German communique said the Russians had thrown
bridgeheads over the Neisse
river 50 to 60 miles southeast
of Berlin, but that these had
been knocked back.
Nazi reports of tank battles rag-
ing along the Oder-Neisse river
suggested the first White Russian
and First Ukranian armies might
have opened an offensive to topple
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PARIS, Feb. 27-(AP)-Truck-riding infan-
try of the U. S. Ninth army broke completely
through German defenses just west of the Ruhr
today in a 10-mile advance and tanks raced
across the Rhine valley into Konigshoven, 15
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U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-
QUARTERS. Guam, Feb. 27—()-
Carrier aircraft of Vice Adm Marc
M. Mitscher’s forces heavily dam-
aged two Japanese aircraft factor-
ies. destroyed or damaged 333 planes
snd sank 5 small enemy vessels to
strikes at the Japanese capital and
strikes at the Japanese capital and
Aasouth, Sunday and Monday.
Faced by only light opposi-
tion. although flying under “ex-
tremely adverse" weather con-
ditions, the attacking force lost
nine planes and suffered slight
a damage to two of the fleet’s
* lighter units while withdrawing
from the action, Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz announced. Five of
the pilots of the downed Am-
erican planes were saved.
Nimitz gave no indication of the
Size of the air force making Sun-
day’s raids although Japanese re-
ports have varied from 500 to 1.-
500 planes.
Primary targets of the Tokyo
- strike were the Nakajima air-
craft plants at Ots. 50 miles
• northwest of Tokyo, and Kal-
zumi, three miles away. The
OTA plant has been 75 percent
destroyed as a result of this
attack and B-29 raids, Nimitz
reported. Fifteen percent of
a the remainder was damaged.
• The Kaizuma factory was de-
scribed ss “heavily damaged."
A total of 158 enemy planes were
destroyed. 37 shot from the sir snd
75 damaged on the ground, as pilots
hit at ground installations, han-
Wars and airfields to the two day
strike
In addition, fire small enemy ves-
sels were reported as sunk and 15
others gunk or damaged Two
trains were destroyed in the Tokyo
Railway Accident
Injures 11 Texans
YOAKUM, Feb 27-(P)—Eleven
persons were injured when s south-
bound Southern Pacific passenger
train rammed the rear of a freight
train at Shiner near here Monday
afternoon
* The Weather
ra DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
A BILENE AND VICINITY Cloudy
and cold today and tonight: low temper-
sture tonight between 26 and 30 de-
Wednesday partly cloudy with
*AMTGM"*mp*Fature last * hours
Minimum temperature last 15 hours,
"Total precipitation last M hours, 24
Berlin.
The Germans located the Neisse
bridgeheads between Guben and
Forst, 51 and 57 miles southeast
of the capital and southeast of
Forst. This might indicate Soviet
attempts to outflank the river bas-
tions of Guben and Forst.
Moscow remained silent on
activities at this gate to Berlin.
German accounts placed Rus-
sian motorized Infantry in Pom-
erania Id miles beyond their
last positions In the Baltic push.
One Berlin broadcaster said
the Red army was pounding a
triple drive toward Stettin. Kel-
berg on the Baltic 65 miles far-
ther northeast, and Steip, and
reported Soviet gains toward all
three. Another sold the Rus-
sians were 23 miles from Stet-
tin.
By German account, large Rus-
sian and German infantry and arm-
ored forces were fighting on a 100-
mile line extending from Kuestrin,
on the Oder 39 miles northeast of
Berlin, southward to the approach-
es to Goerlitz, Silesia’s second city
45 miles east of Dresden
A broadcast by the Nazi Trans-
ocean agency said Marshal Ivan
8. Konev’s First Ukraine army had
reached the Neisse "everywhere" for
60 miles south of its confluence
with the Oder southeast of Berlin
The agency said the Opposing
forces were locked in a "merry-go-
round of death.”
Bertin has reported the Rus-
sians fighting to the suburbs of
both Guben and Forst, Neisse
In Icy Mantle
All of Western Texas was coated
with loe this morning as sleet, snow
and rain combined to put on the
biggest weather, show of the winter.
The mercury varied from a min-
imum of 25 in Abilene last night
down to a 20 degree reading at
Coleman and Stamford. Snyder re-
ported 31 degrees, and Colorado
City 23.
Icy drizzle In Abilene yesterday
turned to sleet, coating everything
to ice, making all forms of travel
hazardous. Only a little snow was
included in the fall, the Abilene
weather bureau reported. Total pre-
cipitation here was 14 of an inch.
Cold, cloudy weather was ex-
peeled throughout the day and
night with lowest temperatures
during the night ranging from
26 to 30 degrees. Partly cloudy
skies snd rising temperature
are due Wednesday.
Stamford reported the heaviest
fall to the area with three inches
of ice snd snow It snowed and
rained all night and this morning
It was still threatening with the
thermometer hovering around 22
degrees.
Snyder and Scurry county
were blanketed Monday night
with .13 of an inch snow in a
white February spree. Sunny
skies this morning followed the
revival sf winter.
Rotan had clear skies this morn-
ing after sleet and snow covered
the ground last night Colorado
City, which got but a light snow,
was clear today.
Coleman caught a heavy sleet but
snow hardly covered the ground.
Baird was frozen over with lowest
temperatures last night in the mid-
20‘s.
The Abilene area was not among
the many parts of the state that
reported communications and trans-
portation clipped by the ice and
snow. Highways snd trees were ice-
laden, but traffic was going through
and the telephone company report-
ed little trouble with service since
the Ice in this area was not stick-
ing to lines.
Hardest hit to the state was the
Denison - Sherman - Gainesville tri-
angle to North Texas Denison and
Sherman were nearly isolated. Com-
munications lines into the two cities
were down end no interurbans and
buses had entered or left the area
since 9 p. m last night Bus service
was resumed this morning. Tele-
phone snd electric lines were down.
river strongholds.
One-mile gains in East Prus-
sia snd capture uf five locali-
ties there were announced la
the Soviet communique, which
said that heavy fighting on
both sides at Keenigsberg
brought death during the day
in more than 2,000 Germans.
The Germans declared yesterday
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AMERICAN BOMBERS HIT BERLIN IN BIGGEST RAID - American heavy bombers
raided Berlin Monday in the biggest air attack ever made on the German capital while
RAF bombers raided Dortmund (underlined) again. Arrows indicate Allied drives on east
ern and western fronts (solid lines), with Americans advancing toward Cologne while ion
the eastern front Russians were exerting most pressure against Germans holding Baltic
coastal corridor from below Stettin to Danzig. Berlin said today the Russians were 25
miles ahead of their last reported positions in Central Pomerania, and 29 miles from the
Baltic. Shaded lines are boundaries of Germany. (AP Wirephoto yap).
Big Three Prepared tor rail
Of Germany Says Churchill
By JAMES F. KING
LONDON, Feb. 27.—(AP)—Prime Minister Churchill declared today the great powers
were completely prepared for the collapse of Germany, asserted the proposed Polish Iron-
tier would “not sow the seeds of future wars," and gave his personal assurance of Russia’s
good faith in plans for the peace. , _ 4 plans
The British leader demanded a vote of confidence from Commons on the Crimea plans
for a peaceful world, challenging particularly those who have criticized the Polish de-
cisions.
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Tue-Mon Mon-Sun
A.M. Hour P.M.
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26 27—6 29 74
27 27-7—28 72
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28 29—10- 27 42
29 28—11- 26 38
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SAVE
that the beseiged garrison had op-
ened rail, water and road connec-
tions again from the East Prussian
capital to Pillau, escape port 20
miles to the west. The Russians
completed encirclement of Koenigs-
berg Jan. 31 through capture of
Gross Heydekrug, 10 miles west on
the northern shore of Koenigsberg
bay._________________.________________
Mid-Continent Oil
Supply Man Dead
FORT WORTH, Feb rt-iUPl—
Services will be held here tomorrow
for Harry P Powell, 50-year-old
vice president of the Mid-Continent
Oil Supply company, who died Mon-
day. Powell had been to ill health
several years, following an accident
to West Texas to which he injured
his head
Me had been a resident of Port
Worth for M years and was widely
known among southwestern oil
men.
Connolly to Speak
In Austin April 20
AUSTIN, Feb. 27-(UP) — Mayor
Tom Miller of Austin announced
today that U. 8. Ben Tom Connal-
ly will deliver s Jackson Day ad-
dress here April 20.
Senator Connally was met at the
railway station yesterday afternoon
by the Austin mayor, as Connelly
passed through en route to the In-
ter-American conference In Mexico
City.
By the Associated Press
1—EASTERN Front: 32 miles
(from Zellin).
2-WESTERN Front: 295 miles
(from west of Cologne).
3.—ITALIAN Front 544 miles
(from Reno river).
Woman Suicide
HOUSTON, Feb. 27—(UP) — A
Few More Days
For Iwo Jima
By ELMONT WAITE
D S PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-
QUARTERS, Guam. Feb 27-
Capture of Iwo Jima "In • few
more days" was predicted today by
Lt. Gen Holland M (Howlin’ Mad)
Smith after his Marines won a
critically important hill to the cen-
tral plateau during a 400-yard ad-
vance through probably the heavi-
est fire of the bitter campaign
As American planes flew
from Iwo’s main airfield for
the first time, the top Marine
commander In the Pacific told
newsmen that heavy fighting
was ahead of the Devildogs on
northern Iwo bat "we expert to
take thla island in a few more
days."
The general estimated that .
almost half of the five-mile-
long island was In American
hands at the start of the sec-
ond week of the fiercest battle
verdict of suicide was returned to-
day in the death of Mrs Mamie
King, 35, whose body was found
late last night in her Houston gar-
age apartment.
Investigation revealed a gas
heater in the apartment had been
disconnected, the doors had been
locked, snd gas was allowed to es-
cape into the room
It was indicated Mr. King had
been despondent as the result of
marital troubles.
jobs for
Veterans
He promised drastic and effective steps “to render of-
fensive action bv Germany utterly impossible for generations
to come," and called on Germany again to surrender
Churchill said the United States would play a vitally
important part" in a new, far-stronger World Security league
“which will not shrink from establishing its will against the
evil-doer" by force of arms. _
Giving the fleet public account by one of the principals at the mo-
mentous Crimea conference, he termed the proposed Polish boundary
"the fairest division which can be made between the two countries
. Marshal Stalin has given "the most solemn declarations” that
Poland’s sovereignty and independence would be maintained, he arid,
and “this decision has now been joined to both by Great Britain and by
the United States '
of the Pacific war.
-I consider that progress to sat-
isfactory,” General Smith said. The
Marine commander reported the
Yanks were becoming more battle-
wise "and casualties are relatively
smaller each day"
Motoyama airdrome No. 1 on
southern Iwo Jims was put to use
for the first time yesterday as Ma-
rine artillery spotter planes little
two-seaters, came down on runways
being put into shape for fighters
and bombers. The field to 7S0 miles
south of Tokyo.
Maj. Gen Graves B Erskine’s
Third Marines, in the center of
the American battle line, captured
Hill 382 just east of the central
airfield for a military triumph as
significant as the earlier seigure
of Mt Suribachi at the south Up
of the little island
Stock Show Given
Approval of ODT
(Apply to War Manpower
Commission, 1141 North 2d).
Veterans placed since
Sept. 1 .........560
Veterans placed yesterday 1
Interviewed yesterday 3
Referred -yesterday 2
Routed to other agencies
yesterday..............
Jobs listed ...2hO*-a=. 89
from the Erft river.
The Ninth army charge to Konigshoven passed through
town after town and outflanked the Ruhr basin industrial
and communications center of Munchen Gladbach. ,
Other Ninth army men moved within two and a halt
miles of Munchen Gladbach and captured many villages on
the southern and western approaches to the city of 127,000..
American First army troops fought closer than ten railed
from the outskirts of Cologne
after advancing more than a
mile down the main road from
Dueren beyond Berghausen.
Flame-throwing tanks of Lt Gen.
William H (Texas Bill’ Simpson’s
U. S. Ninth Army crashed into
Rheindahlen, 17 miles southwest of
the Rhine city of Duesseldorf and
14 from Neuss, which lies on the
west bank of the Rhine across from
the city.
Rheindahlen to five miles north
of Erkelenz snd within easy can-
non shot of the first chimneys of
the Ruhr war industries
The swift pace of Gen. Els-
enhower’s drive indicated that
the Americans would be stand-
ing watch on the Rhine well
within a fortnight. Half the dis-
tance from the pulverised Roer
river line to the mighty river
has been revered in the first
five days of the onslaught.
As the Ninth army veered north
to the acute new threat to the
Ruhr. First army tanks snd infan-
try smashed another mile down the
main highway from Dueren to Co-
logne through Blatzheim into Ber-
gerhausen. They drove on beyond
and still were unchecked at last
reports.
A ridge guarding the Erft river
now was less than three miles
ahead of the assault spearheads of
Lt Gen. Courtney H Hodges Unless-
the staggered wehrmacht was able
to hold the ridge, a breakthrough to
the Rhine could be expected quickly
Cologne lies almost entirely on the
west bank, and its ruins could be
seen from positions IO or so miles
Field Marshal Von Rundstedt
threw parts of his 9th and 11th
tank divisions into the outer
ring of defenses guarding both
Cologne and Duesseldorf. Al-
though some of these Panzer
units have been engaged, there
was no reported attempt to de-
liver a counterblow, if, indeed,
they were strong enough.
Canadian, to the north advanced
Business Men
React Quickly
To 'Abilene, Inc'
His call of Monday for quick and
definite action by Abilene business
leaders for immediate formation of
what will be known aa "Abilene, Inc-
brought favorable response that is
unprecedented, said R. M. Fielder,
president of the chamber ol com-
merce, Tuesday morning.
Many of the leading execu-
tives of the city responded to
Mr. Fielder’s call as reported in
the Reporter-News yesterday
with offers of their help “to the
limit of our ability" in bringing
to Abilene a group of industries
lang planned for and for many
years envisioned. One of these
responses came from Sterling 1L
Wooten, vice president of the IL
O Wooten wholesale grocery
firm and secretary-treasurer of
Wooten Properties, Inc., who de-
clared: __.
"I endorse to the fullest extent
the statement made to the Repor-
ter-News by Bob Fielder He is def-
initely on the right track and I am
sure that with his leadership "Abi-
lene Inc.” will go forward and ac-
complish things for Abilene It has so
long needed "
Mr Wooten referred to the re-
cent industrial survey made by the
chamber of commerce when he
said: 1
"There are any number of Indus-
tries that can be brought to our
city and facilities for the construct
lion of substantial factories and of
the establishment of branch offices
Then Churchill added: .. __. J ----------- ------- -----------Ite estapusnment on wruzca vanm
“The impression I brought back from Crimea and from all my other five miles, capturing the strategic of some of the nations large busi-
contacts Is that Marshal Stalin and the Soviet leaders wish to liver road center of Uedem, and reached
la honorable friendship and equality with the western democracies.
I feel also that their word la their bond. I know of me
ernment which stands on Ila obligation, more solidly than the Rus-
sian Soviet government"
He declared the objective of the great powers was to save the world
—not to rule it,” and that “the world organization cannot be based
upon the dictatorship of the great powers.”
Churchill spoke for 70 minutes before lunch, and scheduled the
_______________------------------real of his address to the after-
--------------c ! ness institutions. But we have got
outer defenses of the Hochwald de-to make our facilities known to
sense line guarding the northwest these concerns by bringing their
corner of the Ruhr, less than 1» executives right here on the ground,
miles away
Lt Gen George S. Patton’s migh-
This “Abilene, Inc.” proposes to
Yanks in Italy
Knock Back Nazis
ROME Feb. 27—07 — The U 8
Tenth mountain division has thrown
back a strong German counterat-
tack in the area of Mount D'Ella
Torracia. inflicting heavy casual-
ties and capturing a number of
prisoners, the Allied command an-
nounced today.
The Germans, who have been con-
testing every Allied gain, moved
out In the counterattack below
Bologna after an intense artillery
barrage. After being forced to
withdraw, they continued to throw
heavy fire against the American
positions in the mountains
Brazilian troops who had moved
to Mount Castello when the U. &
Mountain troops made their push
to Mount Belvedere and Mount
D’ENa Torracia last week likewise
were subjected to heavy enemy are
tillery fire. The Brazilians broke
up a small counterattack near La
Serra.
noon.
Churchill gave no hint as to when
he believed that collapse of Ger-
many would come, although he did
say that the war in Europe had been
prolonged a "good many months"
beyond the hopes of last autumn
while the eventual collapse of Japan
was nearer than previously anicipat-
ed
From the stocky, 70-year-old Brit-
ish statesman came definite assur-
ance that the great powers had tok-
en into consideration the role of
the little nations to the future
World Security league to be es-
tablished st the San Francisco par-
les -The werid organization,” he
said, “cannot be based on s die-
tatorship of the great powers.
It is their duty to preserve the
world, not to rule it."
The Prime Minister said his
government had “a right to
knew- where it stood in parlia-
mentary opinion on the Yalta
tv Third army captured high ground
overlooking the Kyll river, moved
to within a mile of strategic Bit-
burg and swept up nine towns in
the Eifels along a 30-mile front
which was pressed two miles deep-
er toward the middle Rhine and
Coblenz.
All along the 200-mile as-
sault front from Emmerich on
the lower Rhine to the now sol-
M bridgehead across the Saar
river six miles east of Saars-
burg, the thinly spread German
defenses were splitting at the
seams. Spokesmen fee both the
Ninth and Third armies ex-
pressed belief that cleancut
breakthroughs had been achiev-
ed. Prisoners captured in Feb.
ruary alone passed 80,000; the
total since D-day approached
930,000 And yet only * fraction
of Gen. Eisenhower’s 79 known
divisions had been identified
in the great battle of annihila-
lion to clear all Germany west
of the Rhine.
Reports hours behind the fast
pace of the First army Mid Lt Gen.
Courtney H. Hodges’ men were
looking at Cologne chimney* and
spires 10 1-2 miles ahead.
PORT WORTH Feb 27 (UP — AVCADC AcA TOAD A V
The Office of Defense Transports- 4 YEARS AGO UDAY
lion has given approval to plans “ ILARJ PVM -""
for holding the Southwestern Ex-
position snd Fat Stock show here
March 9-18, stock show officials
said today
The ODT approval was on con-
dition that all animals brought to
the exposition should be for sale
and not for exhibition only Show
officials assured ODT Chief J
Monroe Johnson that all of the more
than 1,300 animals to be shown
would be offered for sale.
By the Associated Press
Feb. 27, 1941.—Prime Minister
Churchill given unsnimous vote of
confidence In Commons on bill per
mitting members to retain their
parliamentary seats while at posts
abroad, particularly affected were
Malcolm MacDonald, high commis-
sioner to Canada, and Sir Samuel
Hoare and Sir Stafford Cripps, am-
bassadors In Madrid and Moscow
conference.
“A strong expression of zap-
port by the house will strength-
I on our position among our al-
- lies," he said.
Churchill plunged right into •
showdown with his critics in
opening a three day foreign pol-
try debate In whleh members of
| a .mall blor have indicated they
would sharpshoot al the "Big
Three's" plane for Poland
The debate, heralded as one of
the most Important ever held to
shaping Britain’s future policy, drew
the biggest crowd to the House to
years.
Among early arrivals to the gallery
was the Russian Ambassador Fedor
Gusev.
1
do,” __•
Mr. Wooten continued:
“Bob Fielder’s idea of bring-
ing our leading business men
together this week meets with
the enthusiastic approval of
everyone I have talked with and
1 feel, for the first time, that
I by the end of the week Abilene
will be •■ the way to • tangible
program of civie development
never dreamed ef.”
Mr Fielder thia morning said that
: his telephone had been busy
throughout the day with calls from
citizens to all walks at business and
civic life and that many had come
personally to his office to offer
their help
No definite date has been set fee
the meeting since Mr. Fielder
1 wishes to be sure of an all-out, all-
| together conference where the
“green light” will be given to the
elaborate program of the new “Abi-
lene, Inc."
It’s Fishing Time
Any Time in Texas
AUSTIN, Feb. r-Ct-Governor
Coke R. Stevenson’s signature to-
day gave immediate effect to a bill
abolishing cineed seasons on fresh
water fishing in Texas and relax-
ing size limitations on fish. ,
The act overwhelmingly approve
ed by the legislature, repeals the
law which ordered a general cloned
season on fresh water angling In
March and April.
It also repeals local laws stipu-
lating closed seasons at variance
with the general closed season.
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