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WEATHER
Mln. Temp «7
Maximum 55.I
Sunset 7 51
Sunrise 7 ; '5
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WEATHER
Cloudy with shower* today. Not
t|Uiti> so warm tonight. Saiurd; y
pirtly cloudy.
VOL. 2S—NO. 54
BRECKENPiCr.E, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1945
PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY
The
Observer
CRASS TOO TALL
OR RICHARDSON
OLD CLOTHING
SEEN OR HEARD
NAZIS GIVING UP BY THE THOUSANDS
^ illis Le\ iw* Is
Warded Medal
I For Performance
i*-
•hi
on*
'I'l X \Ns ii.it, one hir«nt<
I culiarity 'Hwy brag to
outsider* about everything
lilted with (ho stale .ind <■••
plain ,il nj| conditions to llicnise •
iui • Iiim- It n nd>
l|i .iid n man complaining today
that now his gril-s i* mi high the
< .iff 1«* i ai i keep ii cat iliiwn
IK handwriting* on the w.dl mean
anything k« nridge is lit f> a
i litili lM«im while mo*t of our
neighbors arf in for more d'flat-
o'i pains.
The glove faiiot) ap|iiimiily is
• ommg I>ut official contracts still
an au.oli-d Plans are in the ot-
tering lor two or three rental
IHiiIdings on a* man) vacant lot*,
and a ih'« theater l<i planned hen*
by Interstate thai will make the
Palace secondary.
People arc buying and rent
Muni, are scarce as hen v teeth
This year ran he made the turn
Ing |Kiini tow aid the city * con-
tinued growth upward instead of
fearing shrinkage, and it apjiears
• hat in just what i*. hapi>cning
1^XI'RFSSp )\ were heard today
j of pleasure mer learning that
I r R N Richardson has lieen
elected president of llardin-Sim-
ruons I'niM iNit) |ir R> hardsnn
has tieen there a long time He
onee taught school at Caddo and
the | eople lull feel they know
him
Jake tias Mi p|n d out of the
hoard chairmanship another oil
n if. .1 (' Hunter, succeeding htm
tail Jake to remain on the board
Information concerning little
Juke is that penicillin finally has
f <r(| Mm ot fever and It has been
cM« mimed he had rheumatic fe
ver This is a fever caused hy in-
| fiction, often a strep' throat His
(ever has gone to Rjfi and remain
cd there fnr *ome time.
J ii IK Palsee theater is planning
a special iIhiw Saturday after
ne\t at In o'clock J McNeil
said today To help out with the
clothing drive to lie under way
lieie then Five pounds of cloth-
ing Will I*- the admission price
ll VI ill tie a show for the Kiddies
tin p.- tuie lading the "Deer Slay-
• r. *
I'.nli fitter is i hairman nf the
onve which will be nation-wi
and asked that the people he ready
with almost any kind of clothing
mil necessarily pivsscd but ch'iift
n
there I*- any who feel that
such clothing may not reach
those foi whom intend<'d we re-
mind there has come a report to
Alex KltTle oj tin dell .) to tin
art* Ii" w Greece,
Sis Clark tiMiay showed us a
Red Cross repoit of sixty tons of
clothing and • mi rgency supplies
di livened by tha' oigani/atlon to
civ 11 tins and military casualties
n<ar Manila T'cs was the first
shipment of n-arly u million gat ■
n.ents la'ing ao.it to 'he Philip-
lanes The garments get there
gKFN or Heard: Judge Floyd
Jones, hack from Austin sa>-
ing governor signed the new min-
now hill into law yesterday ...
('laude feeler saying I'll bet we
have another freeze before warm
weather comes to stay .. Claude
Thompson saying he got his car
n-jiairi'd after liearing burned out
Paul William* a*ked I King la*
Tufrow if he was ever wared in
service in Burma and Tldrow re-
plying "ask me if there ever was
a time when | wasn't" .... Ensign
Leroy Meador honte . . Aurthur
Miller saying building in front of
imstoffice must be completed by
May 1 Able Big Mf Indian
who shot and Wiled buffalo with
Ih w and arrow at Throckmorton's
celebration of coming of railroad
writing here for lieef to glvy bar*
liecue to friends who are giving
his si>n hack from service big blow
out ... collection being taken up
aec K ft Maxwell
That was about 17 year* ago. but
Indian was fold when he left if
there was ever anything he want.
i# to 14 It be known Betty
Weathers passing through en
route to N. C. in Marines .... Bur
ton Jones Rasmusaen, son of Mr
and Mrs Chas Jtasniusser.. south
o| town, missing in action in south
•Hclfic.
•Whafre V Trying' T'Do, Work Yourself Out of it Job?'
COURACE OF SERGEANT
WHILE IN NORTH AFRICA
IS RECOGNIZED
WITH 'III! l.'H Ailt FOIICK
SKHV1CK 01.M.MAM1 IN IT.M.Y
March vu S-i Willis i- I.eVli r
son of Mr md Mrs Floyd l> !.• ■
V a 1 1 . •• 1 u iiki 1 > 1,11 :
enrulgi- Ii \.is* lias Is-en nwa^di d
ii,. Bron/r Star medal for iu~
iHilslandtn.; | ifoimat e in,| dis-
play of courage while a member
'f .1 demolition ciew in Tunisia,
North Africa
On hebruary It. 17 !>♦!: whili
■ tainji. d it in. m ist d\iiiH'i il air
bast in '1 unisia. Thelepte An Field
in order came through t<i evacu 1I1
and ah.ind<m d the base as enemy
forces w re tm-aking through Se-
veral liri [aft |. frtiH the field had
to l>i' destroyed and demohuon
material fnrnishe(| for the job
proved tn he un iii>!. . torv and
it w.is neii -..,!i) iii use aviation
gasoline to destroy a numtxf of
planes thai were out of Commission
due to lack >! parts.
Sgt l,e\'ier with enetti) lioups
tir. aking thtough and forcing hark
fnendly sirurity troops hroved in
tense criemy nrtillcry fire and
risked iM'ing captured as he des-
troyed the remairuiig aircraft
Through his loyalty, courug•• and
devotion to dutj Sgl Le\'iej- coii-
tributed gieatly towards the com-
pletion of this ha/ardour mission.
His outstanding |<erform.u> re-
flects glial credit upon tum.sel|
and the Military tiaditions of the
I'niled States
Kntering the army In June lull.
Sk' l.e\'icr was >ent to an air
mechanics si Ivml a' I 'liaiiun l-'ield
II! , prior to sailing for overseas
dut) in August !' U' Landing in
fFngland. he latej attended an f>i«-
listi Spitfire School at 1 ioxhill. Fng
land licloie moving on to \ At-
rica He hasalso sii n service in
Sicily Italy S rdirtia Corsk'a and
Fr iree At ttw present time he is
back in Italy where he is a flight
uetrt) engineer with l«!th Air For-
t" Si-rv ice Command
A graduate of Bnt'kenrUlge
High School, Sgt LaVler was etn-
ploved by t'u Morris Imig store
p-k r ti • "till1ring the service
S^' l.iVtvj lias also been award
• u the Soldiers Medal k'""*! con-
duct medal (hi I'lv-Pearl llarhor
ribbon and the I iru| an-AfticHn-
Middle Fast cani|>aign riblmn with
live bron/e tiattle pat Il*'lpttlon
foi las part in five major cam-
paigm.
Warns Housewives
Of *Sprinir ('hiselers'
fl.KA"FI.\M I p rtie Cu-M -
land ibtter Business But-au this
year pUt-d local housewives on
guard against ''spring chislei>
eien tu fote tjtv first rohin Was
sjsitled
I he bureau w at Tied against fl)-
h)-night tree surgeuns and lawn
or garden e\| 'ris who victimi/-
Victory gardeners hy sales of but -
us humus 1 type of feilili/er an<'
of mage soils that sprout fruit
in 1, da) or two.
Superforts Attack
Jap Air Centers
WASHINCTt >N March :io >1 ">
A small force of superforts today
attacked an industrial target in
Nagoy 1, Japanese aitiiall. prialuc-
tion •enter
Tlte city previously had Iss n
tvvitv suhjkvted to heavy tire-
bombing by B-2fl's
J
(llum li School
Leader ("lian^'d
PROMINENT MEN OF FAITH
TO SPEAK AT MEETING
OF PRESBYTERY
A change in leadership lor the
School oi Missions to he held each
night. Sunday through Tuesday,
at First Presbyterian church is
announc d Rev I>enne C. Walter
missionary from China v\i!l not In-
ah)t. in comi to Breckt-nridgc •>
planned IJev. V • tor K Aubrey
received me- • ..-•• yi"«ieid iy that
Mr Walter h n| >•■■ n called hoi'i
to Pennsylvania on account of
death and serious Illness in his
family.
However, arrnngements havt
In-en made lor Mrs fteiitsn A
Tin rey, missionary front ("hiria.
w ho- will («• the guest sjicaker
h>r itii'i'!in;* nt presbytery and
Presby terial at the church next
Wednesday and I'hursdav will tv
litre It, !. id the sehmii Tuesday
night The otlict promiiw nt s|>ea-
ki 1 lorWi dti day and Thursday
meetings Rev Monroe 0 Kverett.
president of Trinity I'niversity
and H-v J Hoy It Boles, field re-
piesenta'iv, t.t Texas Inter-Board
Commission, will Iw here. It ••hid-
ing Mi i; isti r services Sunday
the four days of special services
are exjiectcd to l>e a highlight
in the history of the church.
Afternoon and morning session^
of Presbytery Wednesdliy. Thur-
sday will !*• held'in the Fltsi
Methodist Church All meetings of
the Woman's pro-bytcrial will be
held In the Kits; Presbyterian
(TlUreh, aeeonhllg to Mrs W K
l^s-e, president.
WAC l)KI\ K HERE MONDAY
Henry Love, For: Wotlh. d> -
IMirtment ••ommander of the Amer-
ican I.egion In Texas, and two sol-
diers back from overseas after lie-
ing wounded in action, will lead a
tiavcling WAC Recruiting Cara-
van on a visit to Bivckcnridge at
'J p m. Monday, sis'king to sjjur
enlistments in the WAS hospital
companies is-ing formed to serve
in Army Hospitals here in Texas.
Mr l^ove has arranged for a
tour of Brcckenridge and ll other
West Texas cities in an effort to
put the Fort Worth WAC Re-
el uiting District over tin* top in
the current nationwide drive for
the hospital technicians. He has
asked O. A. Fore, commander of
Bernlce Coles Post No. 191 of the
Legion In Bteckcnridgc, to handle
local arrangements for the visit.
The Caravan will have its own
loudspeaker system and popular
musical selections will bo played
Then* will In- s|tecches hy local
Legion leaders, tin appeal hy mom
hers of the recruiting caravan
and the Iwo comltai returned The
acravan will stop, during iis slay,
in the Bus kenridge business dis-
trict
'Fort Worth and the SI West
Texas counties in the local recruit-
ing district are lagging behind th
rest of the nation," Mr. Love ex-
plained.
"It is for this reason that 1 have
felt the Ante! ican Legion should
take this Interest In the drive.
The men at our army hospital*
baill) need the help of these med-
ical technicians.'*
One of the two Soldiers will I*'
Staff Sgt. Vb'arren (Redi Cow en.
Fnid. Okla . a patient at McClos-
key General Hospital. Temple.
(Continued on Page 2)
Fi\e Leave For
imliietion Into
Military Service
\ group of live from Stephens
county anj one transferred in left
yesterday for induction into in
tar) set vice
Roller! T Co'ten was leader
of the group from 1 his coun-
ty lieing Harold L. Miller.
Homer a Boggs. Richard 1..
Kpley. and Joseph I". WilsMMi
Tiatwferred in was William s.
Payne
Anoiher group for induction has
• a en 1 ailed for fptil 5. thirteen to
1 m this group. Last group sent
I a- induction was on March ti.
Successor to I K. Kirkland on
the local selective service hoard
has not yet liecn named, it was
■> d a! tl)e office today.
Ileene Is Elected
Hantist Worker
At a meeting of the Fiisl Bap-
tist Church Sunday night March
IS C C Beetle was elected to the
position of Fdueation and Music
l>iii«-tor. it was announced today.
This imsition has Is-en filled part-
time It) Mr. P.eene since the re-
signation of Gerald Nelson 111 Feb.
Mr lieene has lieen associated
with the ivpaitment of Public
Welfar*- for a number of years,
and h aves this work to begin his
full-time work with the church
as soon as his release can he ob-
tained. Mr Beetle has lived in
Breckcnridgc many years and is
well know n to many.
Chihuahua Protests
Clauses In Treaty
MKXICt > CITY March no UP
The State of Chihuahua legisla-
ture sent a protest to the Senate
against clauses 111 the U. S Mex-
ican water treaty.
The legislature voiced fears by
small tanners with lands irrigat-
ed h) the Rio Grande that their
Interests ar.< endangered.
Four Towns Taken
By Russian Army
LONDON. March 30 r>" An
order of the day by Marshal Sta-
lin today reported the Rod Army
had forced the rivers llron and
Nitra north of the Danube and
advanced to within IS miles of
Hi dislava.
Stalin announced the R.fl Army
had captured Erskujvar, Vrable.
Surany md Komjatice in a lor-
vvard advance of 37 mile*.
(lluirehes (#0 Into
Final Services
PRE EASTER OBSERVANCES
SHOW THREE FEATURES
IN CITY
Union services at the First Bap-
tist Church services at the Cath-
olic Church, wiih adoration of th'*
Cross during the day. and the n-
vival services at the First Chris-
tian Church tonight were feature:
of the religious observance of
Good Friday here today.
The I'nion services with five
i-.MnisteiN oi the cilv taking part
was from lj to ;t nciock at the
B..ptist Church, 'he three hour
program being divided into seven
parts.
At the revival last night at the
t nristian Church tie young |ieo-
p.e regislcicd Ih'.i ('-spile the rain
i.-111 and tonight adults of the
■ liureh will sism -i the service
•he men to fill the lower choir and
thi women the upitcr. the men's
«,uartef to furnish 1111 sjusaal mu-
r!c. This set v i<s- will end Sunday
i- >141 ning.
Saturday services at the Cath-
ilic Cliurch will open at 7::50 0*-
1 1 - k, the blessing of the candle
and the paschal water to be fol-
lowed by mass, anil Faster morn-
I 1," there will lie mass at H o'clock
Father John Untcrelner officiat-
liig.
British To Ration
For Year After War
LON1.XJN UP Britons will re-
ceive no more clothes for their
ration coupons for at .least a year
after the war ends, W T. Caves,
set retai v of tile British Wholesale
Textile Assn.. predicts
Although Britain's stock of raw
wool is greater than ever before.
Caves said a shortage of labor in
the spinning industry and created
the bottleneck. If more clothes
were to be made available in LMti.
lie >.nd. thousands of men would
have to lie put to work this month
In cause of the time needed to
make cloth.
Mine Worker^ Are
Called To Meeting
WASHINGTON March 30 CI!*
The WLB called the UMW and
soft coal mini- operators to a
public hearing tomorrow to explain
tlieir refusal to continue working
under an extension of their exist-
ing contract, which expires at mid-
night tomorrow.
Hainl'all Of Inch
Brin<{ Total Of
Y ear To 7.17
MARCH LEADS FOR YEAR
WITH 4:12: GRASS IS
HEAVY IN COUNTY
Rainfall that covered much ol
Wesl Texas measured one inch at
the Airways Communication sta-
tion nine miles south of town, ami
'.yj at (lie local water plant up to
7 o'clock Friday morning.
More showers weie predicted ill
the approach to Faster which cau-
sed some to wonder if the fall
would go into the proverbial Mis-
ter cool spell Some going so far
lis to believe il sufficient I) that
the) have nol taken off tlu-i, Ioiik
handles while others saythey have,
but the) left the way o|ien to duck
in and put them on again.
Texas counted at. least five
deaths today as ar esult o| wind,
rain and hailstorms of tit* past-
Is hours which also sent property
damage soaring into seven figures
and disrupted rail and highway
traffic in scattered areas.
Three of the known deaths Were
at Fori Worth, another was re-
ported 1 Dallasvv, and a fifth neai
San Antonio. •
The lall brought the total rain-
tall for Breckcnridgc as measured
at lical water plant to 7:17 inches
to,' the year.
'Il:e measurements as repoited
were Januar) .113; February 2:42
a 1111 March 1:IJ.
Annual 1 .lintall here as reported
hv t he Chamber of Commerce is
a In lie over lTi inches, which mak-
es the three montli fall Jiliout par,
but -11 iniiigl) much more. April
ami M i) usually make up for the
dry months of summer.
Pastures in fine shape and
cattle have come through the win-
ter this m ar on more grass than
Nearer Berlin As
Reds Move West
.Viz' troops vvcie repined surrendering h(v the thousands imlav
as 1 lie German hign command announci-d thai American Thinl \riny
forces were ItiX miles soulhwest of Berlin at Bad Wildungen. l!i mi
l.'S southwest of kassel.
Vanguards of tin AmeiVan First Army were rcoorled 111 .nd
pi i'l laps he\0111I the communications cetile of I'aderborn. gateway 1
Ire north German plain, IriO-udd miles from Berlin and less than ' 1
-————— ——— miles from Montgomery's fore
Site Of (German
( o\ eminent Now
\t Riehstadt
VVESLPHAt IAN IS TAKEN
AMERICANS: RUSSIANS
KUESTRIN AREA
BY
I.<>N1«>N, March 30 'I'l!' The
German I)Nl> News Agency admit
fed today that German troops have
given up their foothold on Kues-
trin. on the west bank of the Oder
.'IS miles northeast of Berlin It
w s the first official German ad-
:ni- am that Kueslrin had fallen to
the Red Army although Moscow
announced the capture of the city
Weeks ago.
\ Vatican city dispatch said to-
day that the German government
has begun functioning at Elchs-
ladt a small town in the 'iavarian
Alps about r.'D miles northwest
of Merchtesgndcn. after evacuating
Berlin.
Alisie, the American briMideast-
ing station in Furope, said today
that Allied troops are reported to
havt. entered the Weitphalian cap
Ital of Muenster, 2'J7 miles west
ol Berlin. ai|l advanced Iwyond
tile cllv.
has been the case in years. It
knee high in many places now.
is
Egyptians In Drive
Against Tapeworm
(.mKii u.f I'm million |n-ople
Till per cent ol Fgypt's (Hkpula-
|f >11 ar> infected wiih the deadly
bilhar/ia lap-worm and the gov-
-rnmcnt has started an al'.-out
drive in overcome the r. • nave.
Eeven to eight million 1 I th •
Infectet' arc prasan's, vvim nak ■
un pi'iinably l_' 1 iii I Ii- •: 1 ol i.'jypt "
population.
Rilhar/11 i~ a '.ape «
I i a parasite oa . : -
t.te Nile mud Like tin
300th Shin From
Houston Yard Out
H« il'STON March ^11 'U.R
Thousands of shipyard workers
stood by and cheered lustily to-
day as their .'VHIth contribution to
l/'ncle Sam's light ing fleet splash-
ed down the ways as Brown Ship-
building co the 1 .tOOth vessel built
at the Houston yards was a
erful landing ship, medium.
povv -
hookworm, ll
tlilough sciatcn
11 it! feel
Research has
il has lsen 1.a
Vi'Vcrnmcnl <ii 1
I iilovv of tiK il
Who places all
lire-'
>r
nn vvhi. h
lo 11I 11°.
American
the Iwiy
review h
in-
to
li^en painstRhliig.
vied out b) tile
I by ! >r. Claude
el: U lie" JnstiHltc
|-,i Wi. k winch
i, ■ Ih-cii considi rid.le at govein-
nieill disposal, !• previously did
heiilieri research in I'can
Authorities 1 • t it pi'.ble ti
. edi • alint; 11 1 l-c ' ' I hey
an const anil \p: • I to the p.11-
vile bacause tho wash theniM',-
• 1 • in the m ' Nile s v^ licri
t.d staii'i 111 • ' - n 1 s 1 'ii is'.itc
1..ell lands.
One deterivii
.11 disease ll.. .
f\ of Fgy -
rndical att. "
st.pcrsiiiioii. lais
crse of tapewo 1
It can l(i i
' y nijcclioi
i,rt f.
!o sta:npi g on 1
11 11 i). .'in I 1 h. 11
JC.lMlt v >'V I'l
• •: is,.'rise iJ
is | 1 igi '• la :1 in
ill c. ' I ee ins •
i'I (1
■ I i
on:
< ll
painfully
the uunal
Pure-Bred Bulls
Shipped to South
CHICAGO 'L'.R Bulls fiotn
nois farms are Ix'ing ship|>ed
South America to improve dairy
In rd' in those countries.
Otto Schlenering, president of
the ( urtiss Candy Co.. said the
firms farms sold eight pure-bred
bulls for export to Venezuela and
m\ for shipment to Balboa Height
:i the Panama Canal Zone
Several of the Brown Swiss bulls
iin luded in 1 lie shipment, were
sited by the ll*li grand champion
H'alhall Wonder Signal. Some of
M e Ho'sleins were sired by I'earl
S.gis Ormsliy, whose paternal
In others was the all-American
•■enior yearling Ilolstein bull in
1942. •
Last spring the coni|iany farms
Miipped six llolstein bulls to In-
ula for breeding to Brahama cattle
lis pan of 1 he war leveling prog-
ram of that country and to im-
prove the quality and production
of the milk supply of India.
Sandefer ^iits H'Sl Post
Kiehanlson Is Elected Prexv
Dr. Ru|« rt N Richardson, al-
filiated with Hardin-Simmons un-
iveislty since 1!Hi7. chairman ol
its hi lor.v deparlmeni since 11 17.
and ranked as one of the nation's
leading hisioriuris, Thursday was
selected president of the univer-
sity.
Announcement of his election
was made by J li Sandefer. Jr..
dial 1 man. of the hoard ol trustees,
who declined to again incept the
chairmnnahip. but remains on the
board.
"All of us are ext' -mely happy
lir. Richardson has Ihi'il selected
and has accepted," Sandefer said.
"He is a Hardin-Simmons man.
giew up with the university and
knows all of its objectives and
throughout his life in West Texas,
lie has all the qualifications of the
leader needed to carry on tiadi-
1 urns mid accomplishments of
Hardiii-Simmnns, to keep it on
the high plane where it is operat-
ing and to guide its expansion."
!>r Richardson, in accepting the
presidency, expiessed enthusiasm
for the opiKirtunity offered.
"II is a great honor you have
given nie," he told the trustees.
"I appivciate it deeply and accept
liecause of the pledges of con-
tinued support of the trustees who
promise to give the same zeal
and interest as in the past to Har-
.l.n-Slmmons,
"The ■outlook and opportunity
for sei vice which Hardin-Simmons
problems. IP- always has lieen univeisity provides is one which
|iopular with ex-students, with all ..roves me to enter new work with
friends 01 the university and with opliinlun and wiih deep humlliiy.
everyone who ha* known him (Continued On Page 3)
investing the Ruhr from the n e
To the South, the American S
ventli Army, after capturing V n
nhcim, outflanked the undent in
iversity city of Heidelberg on l a
side; today.
The British Second Army and
units of fhe American Ninth v
driving through the north of tin
Ruhr under a rigid sicuriiy hlael.
out. Censored ticld dispatches >\i.|
they had made gains of lo n.ii<
or more in the pasi 2\ hours hi
dieating they had reached an ar .
south and |«erhaps southeast o:
Muenster.
The socctncular breakthrough ol
the l-'irst Army came ain r Ihri
armocd task forces struck oie
from the Giessen ilea early yi •
lertlay and in L'l hours raced over
some 100 miles of road to Pad. ,
hi 11*
The Allied-con I rolled Luxem-
bourg radio said one of the give
est mass surrenders in history vvn
under way all along the vvesten
front and that revolt against 11.^
Nazis regime was imminent
On the Eastern front, the Red
army was reported driving for
Vienna along five highways so-:
of the Ilantlhe Soviet |o|. t s •
re|Killed besieging Soproi:, only
miles from th Atisirin capit.
and iit the noriiicin end of th
front. 011 the Baltic, the i, nnan
high command admitted r.
of Dan/ig and Gdynia.
In the Pacific, Tokyo amr.r 1
that an Allied task force l:.i '
pea red "around Tancga" islam
Tanks of the t\ S. First Ai:
staltering all resistance on a I .
/ling 55-milo sweep, ro,u .1
within Ixti miles west 01 i;
yesterday and all but cut lb
Ruhr basin from the n si i>i i
many, thereby robbing the • n
of his last great source ol n
material.
The British Second At my 1 •>
across the north German plain 1 .
der a news blackout, was at 1
II miles east of the Rhine h\ 1 t
ai count and was within lis
of a junction with the First ,\•
Between th<- two armies v.a.
thousands of Caimans in disui'
flight.
While the northern defendei-
!Berlin's approaches iccled wm •
these tremendous blows. Un i
Thinl A1 my slashed almo.e 1
>.ay across Germany's waist
1 UO-niile eastward surg,. IL.at ir -
ted a total of 1 l.im prison.
ii cord for one day.
All Germany's gn-at we
dlli's, her last reliance in any !• c
drawn struggle, were topplui.1
Allied h.-fids
Marshal Stalin annouit'ed
nlfclu thai rampaging Red \i
flying columns, streaking :;u •. .
(iinss Hungary, had reached 1!;
Austrian frontier, and the 1..
/iiisliian radio said I he Russian ■
(•heady had invaded that galea
10 Hitler's southern mountain i a
t ri's.'.
Tearing through shattered a-
emy defense lines and dnv ar;
within l.'t miles southeast of \"h
na, Marshal Feodor I. Tolhukhm
armored forces captured tin- bor-
der town of Koszeg, 50 miles ■ •
of the capital, and toppled the I. -
Hungarian rail city of Szomhaihi
iy.
Capture of Szombatheley cut a
main supply and communication
line Itetwcen Vienna and ltal) ami
carried the Red army within 17a
miles of the Italian border. Tolhnt
bin's troops also won the Hungai
lan city of Kapuvar, ,'iH mile-'
south of the outflanked Slovak
capital of Bratislava, in their
closest approach o( Vienna.
Freed Prisoners
To Arrive Soon
SAN FRANCISCO. March .in
i|'.l!> The first large group ol ci-
vilians released from internment
camps in the Philippines will ai-
rive si sin in San Franc i*co ./oaro
a transport, th^i navy disclosed to-
day.
The I/indon radio snid German
prisoners are being rounded up 011
the western front today «il He-
rate of 2,000 an hour.
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