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For T .C. Term
Efforts Made
To Halt Used
Cars Selling
Above Ceiling
YANK COLUMN
rolls’ahead
TOWARD MANILA
Committee Again
Okays Latham
New Surge Inside
Reich Threatens
Pincers on Berlin.
Senator Locks Self
Out of Own Office
New Texas Cold Wave
Strikes Many Points
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'Moscow dispatches said
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AUSTIN. Jan. »o oiv-Aweta of
Texas State Ooltetedor Women at
Denton increased »H4.450.14 and li-
abiMtiaa decreased >140004 03 dur-
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Pres* War Editor
An unhampered American Sixth
Army column. wBMtt M mltee of
Manila, rolled between the great
Luzon Island swamps today toward
Calumpit and the only narrow cor-
ridor in their three-weeks-old. tri-
umphant march on the Philippines
capital.
LONDON, Jan. Mr-^P>—The
Berlin Radio announced tonight
it would retoy a bra aS coat by
Adolf Hitler from bto boad-
quarters al 19:15 *. m. (4rl5
CWT) tonight.
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LONDON, Jan. J4.—-/P>—The
Faria Radio reported wttbMtt ,
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MERCURYSTOPS
AT 25 DEGREES
T. S. C.W. in Good
Financial Status
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Yont plTofee Three Miles of
Meet of the maneuver
t an Immediate .stoORte.
> of nominees in
DhmhSM—| to eight miles south al
St. Vith and was taken against
(See T4NKB " Pace »)
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The i port of his arrival and the
press conference was held up t
itary officials on grounds of"i
ty,” however, until late today
Hopkins swung immediately into
h busy program upon his arrival,
with U. S Ambaa-
Kirk and' Wte
Minister Alcide de
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Clyde Cocanougher. qffi
at the sheriff's office, is____
is confined to his home. John Fow-
ler has accepted a position with
Speedy Jones filling station Mrs.
Sam Foster, Argyle, is ill of taiflu-
ensa.
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Joe Walde of Bolivar evidently
has quite a bit of business in Den-
ton. as he was here Monday and
again Tuesday Cletus Knight,
County Clerk, says that some sev-
eral mw oil leases have been re-
ceived on Denton county lands In
recent days.
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Registration for the spring semes-
ter at North Texas State College
stood at 1.400 Tuesday, according
to President W. J. McConnell
Registration of students will con-
tinue throughout the week. How-
ever. students have been urged to
register as soon as possible.
Sim John McQuinn of Roanoke
was in Denton Monday afternoon.
Sim John hasn't been so well for
| several months, in fact, since last
|‘ April, when he was attacked by a
| case of shingles, not to mention
high blood pressure. He said, “If
any one thinks that these shingles
are any fun, he should ask any per-
son who has ever had them I am
getting better, and I have not been
forced to quit work."
One knew that W E. Scherle was
rather Ingenious as an oil-operator,
but it ts news to know that he shows
Special efforts are being made in
Denton to prohibit used car deal-
ers from charging more than the
ceiling price for each year and
model of each make of car. accord-
ing to Claude Castleberry, chairman
of the County Ration Board. He
pointed out tha a number of in-
stances where dealers had violated
the celling price had been report-
ed to the board and asked that
purchasers cooperate with the OPA.
hi stopping the illegal rates. HO'1
strvsed the fact that purchasers of
used cars would not be prosecuted
and that under. the federal OPA
regulation a dealer may be made to
refund to the buyer all money
charged above the ceiling price.
Commenting on the ways dealers
got around the ceiling price, Cas-
tleberry asked car buyers to watch
for a number of things and then
report any Infraction of the regu-
lations. The total amount to be
paid for a car should be shown o>i I
the Certificate of Transfer and tf
a buyer Is required to make an ad-
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The mercury stopped at 85 de-
grees. two higher than Monday's
minimum, at the Stale BxptrtotoM
Elation here Tuesday. The maxi-
mum Monday was 40 degrees.
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rivers Rhine and Maas Meuse as
they meet the sea. Most Unportant
of these still in enemy hands are
. Schouwen, Noord Bevetand, Ooeree,
- Thoen, Oorne Put ten a-id lien
Oemeten. Frequent Oerrian troop
concentrations have been noted and
raided on Scouwen
to the governor.
The hood, interest and spiking
funds of the college were found
to to- in “eseelient -condition' —
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-UP)
- ' Phooey" said Hoey I
Senator Hoey (D-NC) found
himself locked out of his of-
fice.
He had gon* out without his
keys. His secretary. Jack Spain,
also went out. also without
his keys.
So the custodian had to let
'em in.
The capital custodian is al-
ways having to let some senator
Inta his own office.
"Secretaries are always lock-
ing senators out,' he explain-
ed
( The resolution!
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lattons and orders at the earttwt
possible date consistent with the
efficient conduct of the nation al
the war's close
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Navy Strikes
In Dutch Islands
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RedsDn
80 Miles
Hie man, who lost a leather
jacket last Saturday, may be glad
to know that he can recover it by
describing. Deputy Sheriff Luther
Allen found it Saturday and it can
be had at the sheriff’s office. It
ought to come in pretty handy this
--‘4 kind, of weather. Yes. and Grover
Hall, Bolivar prophet, said. "I'm
i going to keep the winter gates open
s for two or three days more.”
In the Dairy Department of the
Denton County Sire Sale, there
will be ‘three star gibes', two one-
star bulls and one two-star bull in
the Jerseys. They will be shown
by Reed and Butler of Trenton,
who have long been known for
their fine Jerseys The Hire Sale
will be held on March 1st, and, ac-
cording to cattleman here, there will
be some excellent sires in the vari-
ous breeds.
Tuesday morning broke nice and
clear, but still was rather winter-
ish. however, not quite as cold as
was Monday morning. Tuesday was
two degrees warmer at 25 than was
Monday. The high Monday was 48
- A year ago Monday, the readings
were 48 and 52
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Thus aaith the Lord God: Repent
aad tuyn yourselves from your
idols; and turn away your faces
from all yotir gteofniiislksw —Eto»
ktel 14-e. ,
Already some twenty resolutions
have been introduced in the Legis-
lature, some of which amy be sub-
mitted at special elections as con-
stitutional amendments. No doubt,
you will want to express your
opinion of such amendments, so If
you do, that* poll tax should be se-
cured There Is one more day to
do that A letter, enclosing check
for 01.75, which bears a January
date, will be accepted in', payment.
D<> you happen to know Seth Ed-
dlctnan? A post cwd from a Jap
• prison lias been received al the
Denton post office. The card was
addressed to Seth on Route 2, Den-
ton, but there Is no such person
on that route. It any one knows
Seth and his whereabouts, M D
Penry will appreciate the Informa-
tion.
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jan. 30—(Ab—The 78th
Division captured three miles of
the Siegfried Line today in a sur-
prise attack through waist deep
i snowdrifts in the Monschau For-
est, three miles Inside Germany.
The First Army outfit struck just
north of the eliminated Belgian
bulge while other troops of Lt. Gen.
Courtney H. Hodges’ command and
the Third Army moved up to the
west wall defenses along 40 miles
of the Ardennes front.
The Third Army expanded its
Our River bridgehead nearly a mile
into Germany on a two-Alle front.
Advances ranged up to four miles.
The Ninth and another unidenti-
fied division participated.
The 78th Division’s achievement
was scored in a nine hour battle
against the lightest opposition seen
along the rugged forest front since
November Scratch Nazi troops,
such as have been left to hold many
parts of the Western Front, crum-
bled and gave up on the long-quiet
sector.
The division jumped off from
Simmerrath. drove west to Kester-
nlch, three miles inside Germany,
and then turned south for three
miles to eliminate a long hrid Ger-
man salient of several square miles
I They overran two and a half miles
of concrete pillboxes and dragon
teeth tank barriers which formed
the Siegfried Line.
ROME. Jan. 30 —Harry Hop-
kins, President Rooseveit’s personal
aide, held a 40-mlnute private au-
dience with Pope Pius today and
then resumed a series of political,
military and diplomatic conferences
with Italian leaders to obtain in-
| formation for the big three meeting
of the president. Prime Minister
Churchill and Marshal Stalin
Arriving yesterday from Paris
and London where he had con-
ferred with Churchill. Foreign Sec-
retary Eden. Gen, De Gaulle and
French Foreign Minister Bldault,
the president's envoy held a press
conference in the evening at which
he expressed considerable encour-
Leadcrs of the nationH wool grow-
ers, in convention here, drafted
today a 1045 policy that calls for a
quick return to constitutional gov-
ernment aa soon aa the war ends,
which will go
WishIngtow qfr I
bolitfon o( ua- <
utal rule*, regu-
Russian columns punched five to
eight miles insMte Brandenburg
Province due east of Berlin, and 15
to 20 mUra inside Pomerania to a
push striking northeast of the Ger-
man heart city. ...
South of these blows by Marshal
Gregory Zhukov's First White Rus-
sian Army group, tanks and infan-
"This told weather should prove
beneMtol to the fruit," said A. P.
Parttone. "1 hope for more cold wea-
ther: we don't want that late
v • Treece to get the fruit again, and
it we can get cold weather In the
winter rather than In the spring,
we should see a real crop this year.”
iternati^pal court for the
KUtor op war guilt has been
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We suggest a Junr composed of
traete privates who have Just been
told their 30-day furloughs have
bean cancelled.
Germans Getting
Ready for Hard
Last-Ditch Fight
dltional cash payment in any
• any form of subterfuge^
should be reported
Model Prices Vary
Each year and model of each
make of car has a separate celling
price and anyone selling a car not
described on the Certificate
Transfer may be
more Cxpenswr car than ....
chaser is getting. Castleberry said.
He also pointed out that a reason-
able trade-in allowance depends ou
the general condition and market
value of a car, but such allowances
as *1 or 12 are clearly unreason-
able and arc used as a means of
avoiding the ceiling price.
Another method used by dealers
to avoid the ceiling price is to re-
quire a person to buy a car "on
time" when he wished, to pay cash.
Castleberry asked that sellers who
refused to sell cars .'or tosh be
reported to the rationing board He
also warned against paying a war-
ranty price to anyone but a deal-
er. Dealers who maintained repair
services or have written authority
from OPA are allowed to charge 25
percent more than the celling for
a warranted car. Tills extra price is
conflrmalton tods
rOatL- Matat4MM
ehlef ef staff and
ta-<JMef Ml Ites M
had baste vsalaced
Lothar Rendulic.
WASHINGTON, Jaa. M.—OP)
—The promotion at OaL KUtoU
Roosevelt to brigadier general
was approved naanimoasty to-
day by the Senate military (teas-
mlttee. The nominaUan next
goee to the Senate Rear, prob-
ably Tharsday, for a veto on
confirmation.
everywhere but have not been able •
to prevent Rte 1 ~ ~ ‘
rivers," said Von
A aerman
Ruslans had
taocfd
inside
other, R W Brl
tonio Briggs ask.. _ ________
rnent because of illness.
' Favorable reports ware given these
appointees of the Texas A. dt M
board: E. W. Harrison of South
Bead. Rufus R. pc-plcs of Tehia-
cana, Neth L. Leachman of Dallas
and John W. Newton of Beaumont
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naval
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tense of Konigsb.rg. Last Pruaslan
capital, and helped stem Soviet at-
tacks. the Berlin communique said
Moscow dispatches said the Ger-
mans were counterattacking furi-
ously t ‘ ‘ '
from 1
forces
Hopkins Lays
Plays for Parley
to cover an evacuation
in East Prussia. Soviet
three German trans-'
™ «p.
er despite blinding snow alter top-
pling Driesen and Woldenburg, 03
miles northeast of Berlin, and 57
miles from the Baltic port of Stet-
tin This campaign threatened to
cut off Northeastern Germany, aa
well as pull around on Berlin from
the north, '
Menace from East
Armored columns and n>
carried the most danger
ROUND
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WEATHER
RAST TEXARt ttetesMmbta
ctoudinrss. light rata ta extreme
south portion this afternean and
tontght: colder to mwthsael por-
tion lowest temperatures 25-30 ta
north and near St faa west-central
portion tontght: Wednesday steady,
not quite so cold in west and ex-
treme north, Ushl rata In west
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NEW YORK. Jan 30 —(/?)—Hemy
.."JU.... '.1 . ‘ .1 future
i challenged by a Senate threat to
deny him confirmation as secretary
of commerce, carried an endorse-
ment by President Roosevelt today
os a leader needed by the nation
I "now. more than ever before "
I This personal expression of con-
< fide nee was contained in a ineo-
. sage from the president which was
; read last night at a testimonial
dinner to Wallace given by the
Union for Democratic Action and
the New Republic Magazine."
A galaxy of business executives
who had rallied to Wallaces cause
heard the president's message,
tne "unconai- which declared that "America, its,
goal announced people and its government need
Henry Wallace now more than ever
before." • *
Wallace, who spoke at the dinner,
did not mention the message In a
prepared address which touched on
the proposal that the Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corporation and other
lending agencies be removed from
the control of the,secretary of com-
MteraSMara UZrallra^MW ^MkAa4 grau- tetam
M0CBW, W wMMBW wrvvsiHl jvrv 1 LJlv
fer not to have the cabinet post nations ar
“if there were serious danger of a
too little’ and too late' man being
appointed” to head the RFC.
■ President Roosevelt’s mei
his first mention Of Walli
the Senate Commerce CdBimittec
rejected the former vice president*
nomination as commerce secretary
by a vole of 14 to ». However, the
message bore the date of Jan. 17,
which was five days before Wallace
was named for the post
the same qualifications as a fisher- i
man. He was telling J. W. Ray i
about a fishing trip to Lake Tex-
oma recently. He said, “You know '
we were using bogy, grasshoppers,
worms or most anything we could :
catch alive. It got to the point that ’
we could not find any live bait. ‘
There was an old inner tube In the
car, so we just cut it into small
pieces and put 'em on our hooks.
We continued to catch ’em just as
well as we had with the best of
batt,”
(By Associated Press)
A cold wive which swept over the
7>xas Panhandle and Northwest
Texas last night sent temperatures
to the lowest mark of the aea-
son at some points.
Pampa with 13 degrees had the
lowest reading.
Wichita Falta ret ' *
grees, the lowest u________
Other readings: (^marllio 15;
Gainesville 33; Abilene M; Ban An-
13; Dallas M; Austin ET.
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
Associated Press War Analyst
We won't, if we are wise, shrug
away the German defiance that
they "will fight before Berlin, in
Berlin, around Berlin and behind
Berlin", even though at f the same
time Dr Robert Ley, labor leader,
admits that “in all probability what
ta left of the German capital may
soon pass into Russian hands "
Nazidom is cracking, and crack-
ing fast, but there are the makings
of bitter last-ditch stand—perhaps
with Munich as the center of re-
atatenee It's true that Red forces
are leas than a hundred miles from
Berlin, and the Western Allies are
rapidly getting set for major op-
erations, but the general military
situation still affords the Hitler-
ites opportunities for strong de-
fense
One important factor, as pointed
out in yesterday's column, is that
tile Russians must nullify the Ger-
man st rtklng-power on their north-
. - ern and southern flanks as they
"The attack tas" *e<11 thrust that long salient through
““ x prepared enemy defenses towards
Berlin This may give the Nazis a
reprieve.
However. If we could lift the reef
off Hitler's headquarters and listen
to one of the current raucous con-
ferences, we probably should find
that it had to do largely with the
question of unconditional German
surrender. That's bound to be, be-
cause surrender is the only reason-
able course at this stage, despite
the undoubted determination of lbs
Nazi leaders to try to make the ar-
my stand and fight and to keep the
civilian population in line. « ■ t
Want to Save Hides
We should find several questions
relating to surrender under discus-
sion. And the foremost of these
would relate to the fact that the
Nazi chiefs are going to be punish-
ed for war guilt—maybe hanged by
the neck until dead.
Self-preservation being the first
law of nature, it’s a safe bet that
this threat of personal punishment
is the main stumbling block to sur-
render.
The point ta. of course, that the
Hitlerites hope delay may temper
their puntahnfent.
Naturally there are other points
for consideration in < connection
with surrender. One is that if the
Germans should capitulate now,
while tlic enemy is still at the bor-
ders of the Reich, they could make
out a fair case for history that their
defeat actually is only technical,
since the Reich hasn't been invaded
wholesale This would be a triumph
for the Fatherland, though tough
on the Nazi leaders who would have
two were definitely listed aa sunk.
Let of Japs to Kill
Despite the lack of opposition on
Lusod, Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell said
In Washington that the Mikado ta
stlU able'to put an army of 4,000,-
000 men in the field and the Pacific
war wm last “a I - - - ■
mg the Japanese______
11 would be necessary "to kill 10.000
Japs every week to keep even? .
The Allies aren’t quite reaching
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emy shipping and planes so fast
that both have brought open criti-
cism of the emperor's government
before the Japanese Diet. The chief
of the Japanese aircraft ordnance
bureau admitted the "rate of air-
craft production ta far from satis-
factory” and "the dissipation of
planes Is unusually fast".
A delayed dispatch by Associated
Press War Correspondent Rembert
James from Vice Adm. <" ‘ ~
McCain's carrier task force flagship
said Die Japanese weren't able to
mount any aerial defense against
last week's sea-borne raid on the
Ryukyu Islands. .
Japanese armies hurriedly prepar-
ing the China coast for an antici-
pated American invasion drove fur-
ther inland from Swatow near the
southern end of Formosa Strait.
Trie Philippines invasion was
progressing so well Gen. Douglas
MacArthur iilmseM Monday jeeped
to within 37 miles of Manila.
He reported American casualties
for the iiwasion were 4,254—includ-
ing 1,017 killed, 197 missing, 3,040
wounded—or leas titan a fifth of
the enemy's losses.
Itretroy LecotnolivM
The 14th U. JB Air Force in China
announced pilots destroyed 152 lo-
comotives and 48 enemy planes in
thp seven days ended last^Thure-
day.
Southeast Asia headquarters re-
ported Japanese fled from Kyaukse
12 tollies from Mandalay, key to
the Central Burma defense, after
British troops set Are to the village.
Senate Shies at ;
Open Discussion
The Michigan State Farm Bu-
reau is on record for a continued
and increased effort to maintain i
American world leadership in syn-
thetic rubber production. The farm
group also demanded "that all Fed-
eral restrictions to motor vehicles'
movement should terminate Just as ,
soon as the conditions which caus-
ed them are alleviated." It also
favored retirement of the Federal
Government from the field of au-
tomotive taxation.
Uli Lilt nasi ICfiUClO WliU Winuu imvc , , 4 .__ I AN-eswaw. VASS. —WI
to face the War Crimes Commission. ,nlles of driving, he said. Ev- | A Wallace, his political
Hien you hear a lot of people “ ~ ~ ~ ‘ ~ ’
speculating whether the Hitlerites
might hold the Russians on the
Eastern Front and deliberately let
the Western Allies invade the Reich,
figuring that Germany's punish-
ment will be more Severe if the Red
troops are first in the country On
the other hand there are some ob-
servers who think it's not beyond
Hitler to try to drive a bargain
with Moscow at this 11th hour.
Well, either of those things could
happen The first—giving the West-
ern Allies a free run to Berlin—
certainly wouldn't make the Nazi
position any worse. As for the sec-
ond, while Hitler would sell his
soul to escape from his present di-
lemma. he won't find any buyer in
Moscow.
AUSTIN, Jan. 30.- GO-The name
of Sidney Latham of Longview,
Governor Coke R. Stevenson's
choice for reappointment as secre-
tary of state, was beck in the Sen-
ate today with a committee recom-
mendation that Latham be con-
firmed.
The committee on governor's nom.
inatlons—to whom Latham's name
was returned by a recalcitrant Sen-
ate last week after Latham had
received a favorable committee re-
port—again approved the nomina-
tion yesterday
What fate swatted the nomina-
tion' was anybody’s guess in the po-
litical shadow boxing that meets
some nominations which are con-
sidered by the Senate and commit-
tee in closed ism ions
The committee yesterday stao
voted a favorable report on four
of five nominees to the board of
directors of Texas A A M. Col-
lege ou<l ixwtponed action on aii-
* of San An*
the postpone-
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_____on a 43-mUe front
. border at Butern Oar-
s bee-line for Barite, and ,
■ first onslaught gained ap-
preciable ground.”
The broadcast said the first ob-
jective was the communicatteaa ran- i
tar. of Kustrin on the Oder and ;
Warthe Rivers, 49 miles from Ber-
How glad the heathens would
have been, that worship Moto, wood
and stone, if they the book of God
liad seen — Watts.
WASHINGTON, Jaa. 3»e-^P)
—A last-minute Army-Nara Ste
port en war material shortages
was presented ta the House to-
day in a new adnstatotratien
drive for manpower legislation.
agreement on ixwt-war problems
and hinted that the forthcoming
three conference might be
AUSTIN. Jan. 30 --<4V Senate
tension over the question of nomi-
nations came to a head on the
floor today .after a motion was of-
fered by O. C. Morri, of Green-j ;
vllle to amend the rules to throw
sessions at which norm-' '
nations are considered
After sharp debate and consider-
able parliamentary maneuvering,
the Senate by a voice vote ordered
the entire matter of rules re-re-
fered to c<wnmttte<
The net. effect
was to block
d»wn on ths
or not the Benal
the qualifications
open session. a
Speaking in faVor of the motion
were Morris and Senator A. M Al-
kin Jn, of Park. The burden 'of
* ■ i was voiced by Sen P.
Spears of San Antonio.
.‘■Let’s not pass a rule that would
permit a man to be castigated and
condemned before the public and be
helpless to say anything." Spears
pleaded *
Said Morris:
"I hope the senate will say to
»rs.
the state auditor reported* today nominations I think such
should be held out in the open ”
Vitaarias for Vitality. Sos mv
advL. pngs > today. Swtodtat
PARIS, Jan 30— On the eve
of the widely heralded big three
conference, the Allies have be be-
gun showering German lines with
leaflets explaining the "uncondi-
tional surrender" t
at Casablanca, it was disclosed to-
day.
Unconditional surrender, t h e
pamphlets declare, "would not
mean that Germans who surren-
der would be at the mercy of the
victorious side ” On the contrary,
they would "be under the pro-
tection: of the Geneva convention
and would be treated with fair-
ness."
The pamphlets, one of the first
direct < attempts by Allied propa-
gandists in recent months to drive
a wedge between the German peo-
ple and their rulers, also say
“It is the wtah of the Allies to
give the German people the possl-
bility for normal peaceful deveop-
ment aa members of the European
family of nations." ,
The announcement said "individ-
ual Germans who had nothing to
do with the crimes committed by
war criminals will not be taken to
account for those crimes.”
That Allied airmen have been
scattering the leaflets in Germany
was announced shortly after the
disclosure that Harry L Hopkins
had visited London and Paris and
gone on to Rome on a fact-find-
ing mission for President Roosevelt
preparatory to tha big three conler-
'STtlW aSoon* (“uae g bolstered a belie!
in some quarters that the presi-
dent, Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Marshal Stalin might pro-
duce a joint immediate surrender
call to Germany at their meeting.
IRON!
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALIED EXPEDITIONARY 1
Paris, Jan. 30.—tPj-^An -----
naval force is now engaged ‘in ac-
tive though small scale operations
srsifiM tne efteffiy”_among Dutch
Islands north of Walcheren, Ad-
miral Harold M. Burrouxh. said to-
day.
I’he new AU ted naval commander
in chief added algnlfcantly of fu-
ture operational pooribilitles:
,, ._____ The coasts of Germany and the
long, lime’ Count- remainder of Western Europe still
e birthrate he said occupied by the enemy offer oppor-
tunittM for the use of aca power,
snrh w rite-MeewrVm Walcheren.
which turned the key to the port
oT Antwwp.-
Current operations in the North
Pen arc commanded by Capt. A. F.
Pugsley, who directed the assault
upon Walcheren. which guarded the
northern entrance to the Schelde
estuary leading to Antwerp.
kVeaaMaraaMraara 9a*Braka*ki
nuinrrijiis ifitnnm nave un.ii
These Denton people are today
celebrating their birthday annivers-
aries: Evelyn Earl Coleman. Mrs
Liinan Miller Headlee, Wanda Elsie
McNitzky. Mrs Archie C. Payne
and Mrs. D T. McClendon. Mrs R.
N. Lukens telephoned that she
celebrated another birthday on
Monday. January 29
Flankto|^patrotajiimn^^J rom
Bataan Peninsula where American
and FlUplno soldiers made their
valiant stand against the Japanese
invaders three yean ago.
On the northern front, where
fierce tank-led Japanese attacks
were annihilated to raise enemy
casualties to more than 25,000,
Yanks fought etowly toward the
summer capital of Baguio and
strong Nipponese forces isolated on
Northerp Luaon.
. Tj,. “
heads flung over the Oder giver in
Silesia.
The Pomeranian and Silesian
offensive threatened a great pin-
cers from north and south on Ber-
lin. in
sive b<
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Denton Record-
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J VOL. XLU NO. 145 DENTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY M, 1945
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12 MILES IN BERLIN PROVI
ery person charging this price must
present a written warranty , /
German Lines
Showered with
Surrender Terms
LONDON, Jan. 30—(AP)
— Marshal .Gregory Zhukov
in a sharp new surge toward
the Oder has driven ahead 12
miles into Brandenburg proV-
ihce and about 80 miles from
Berlin, the German radio re-
ported tonight.
Moscow dispatches said Soviet
port said Japanese positions in
this area were bombed by B-29s
from the Marianas Islands.
Rocket - firing Marine Mitchell
bombers patrolling the Superfort's
Tokyo-bound trail as- far as the
Bonin Islands for the 54th consecu-
tive night, damaged three Japanese
destroyers and two cargo vessels.
PT boats operating in the Osn-
tral Philippines and bombers sranb-
ing. enemy ports from Borneo to
the Ryukyu ran the day's announc-
ed total to 34 vessels sunk or Bate-
He refused to admit he even
knew when or where the big three
leaders of the Allies will meet. He
also was non-committal on his own
future | lans and sidestepjjed ques-
tions about whom he intended to see
in Italy. He was particularly vague
when asked If he intended to see
Crown Prince Umberto
t He did say he might go to Mos-
cow. but was not sure, and gave a
flat negative when asked tf he in-
tended to visit Greece.
Hopkins expressed hta personal
belief the Allies are fully Intent
upon implementing the Dumbarton
Oaks program but showed some
concern over the possibility of an
i ultimate swing of American opinion
! toward isolationism The report of
, -. 1 this conference was not permitted
not to give the dealers a bonus. qjgclosed until today.
but to compensate them fpr putting |
the cars they sell In good operat-
ing condition. A dealer who ehnrges 1
the warranty price must give the I
buyer a written "warranty" stat-
ing that the car is in good oper-
ating condition and promising to
stand half the cost of any repairs i
necessary within the first 30 days or !
m to Zhukovs oMMur
■ ______ in from the east in
Brandenburg, said Associated Frees.
Corresponedtn Eddy Gilmore in
Moscow. -
Today s German communique^ de-
clared Zhukov was attacking heav-
ily in the Obra River sector due
east of Berlin, and said the Soviets
had made "further gains to the
north" nround encircled Schneide
muhl
. Gemaa Ceantorastaeha
The bulletin said counterattacks
in Lower Silesia had - broken
through to the Russian-surrounded
garrison in Steinsu on the Oder's
west bank 32 miles northwest of ■
Breslau
In East Prussia, it added. Ger-
mans fightmg westward trying to
break out from a Russian “
reached the Elbing ‘
a 19-mile gain.
Ddgar Watson, shineboy at Ala-
bum’s, found a root of a small
tree and brought it to the Record-
Chronicle office Edgar says he can
see that the root has the appear-
ance of a hen sitting on a roost
when be looks at it from one angle.
* Also he can make out otter things
• from different angles.
we are going to accbmpllsli In one
day what we hoped to do in two,”
youthful Lt. Col. George Blion. op-
erations officer of the corps con-
ducting the operation, said
Prisoners flowed in steadily in
groups of 50 to 60 Some American
I tanks participated, but snow cov-
' ered minefields slowed them.
The Germans were caught by
surprise and there was almost no
artillery fire during the first part,
of the attack In the afternoon,
however, shells Started peppering
the infantrymen wallowing through
the snow.
The Germans were pulling troops
from Holland, also toward the east,
and bombs fell among them
The First and Third moved into
the fringes or within cannon shot
of lilt Siegfried Line on a 40 mile
front In the Ardennes. To the north,
the American 9th Army was through
the line for 35 curving miles along
the Roer River from Linnich to
east of Monschau.
Weather still was the worst han-
dicap, slowing the advances even
more than the shaken Nazi de-
fenses. More snow fell among the
seven foot drifts in 11 degree wea-
ther Visibility was low.
South Of Strasbourg, American
and French troops crossed the Col-
mar Canal and further encircled
that city of 46,000- largest French
city still in German hands except
the long by-passed Atlantic ports.
Parts newspapers said tile Colmar
defenses were under attack At late
reports the Allies were half a mile
from the tity limits.
First Scorn Gains
The First Army kept scoring
gains with its new system of pre-
dawn attacks, catching German
rearguards off balance in weather
when assault seemed impossible The
First Division drove the Germans
two miles to the edge of Murrange
Other Infantry pushed into Hons-
feld, 2 and a half miles south. An-
other force which late yesterday
captured Werth and Eimerscheid,
lunged eastward again at 5 a. m. to-
day and drove to a point less than
a mile from the frontier.
The Third Army got most of a
division ax'ross the German border
under artillery cover and cleared
the Nazi village of Welchenhausen.
The white-clad troops steadily built
up the bridgehead hard against the
Siegfried Line
Welweller and Stupbach on the
Belgian side of the Our and about
six miles south of St Vith were
cleared. Patton poured more and
more troope up to the border: his
operation amumed aspects of a
large attack.
The Allied line has been brought
up to positions from which the pres-
ent limited scope thrusts might ex-
plode at any time into a full force
onslaught, to take advantage of
German preoccupation with the
Russians
Orivlnc for Prthn
Elements of a whole division were
thrown into the fresh invasion, a
little more than a dozen miles from
the Siegfried pivot of Prum. Near-
by Stupbach in Belgium also was
iMgB* . * « •
Well to the north, the Germans
were executing a fresh withdrawal
from Holland toward the Russian
front. Berlin said the Canadian
army was heavily stelUng their
lines east of the Hollandsch Diep,
which courses 14 miles south of the
great Duteh port of Rotterdam.
• Berlin said the'British Second
Army was trying to foive the Roer
River 27 miVs southwest of Dussel-
Hravf milh irun<*gr «
(inn wnn nm nn htijickr ’
The little German village of Wd-
Wp’T ■•ft"
,.»k
ahead in a huge three-pronged as-
sault which threatened to cut off
the Natl capital If a frontal attack
failed.
Lieut-Col Alfred Von Olbtrg. •
Berlin military commentator, saio
Zhaukov ha dsmashed afroos the
Obra River to the Zulhchau-SchweL
.......... bus-Meaerita line. i
"I1 XitenKl teow t’xuu»O..
FORCE, engaged the enemy taheavy batUra -
AllWd everywher but have not been ablq *
frozen
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