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VOL. NO. LXI 5 I .yiiyo.:x.. v. yv, 2? V STETTINIUS IN ITALY!! SrreUry Gen. Joseph T. McVsrney. arc ihon at It3ly. (S:;!3l Corps radiateiephoto from Great Fires In Seaor Of Kobe Griat Fires ere ReportcJ as Re sult of the Raids by Super Fort resses 21st BOMBER COMMAND, GUAM, Fob. 5. U.R' Super st resses kindbd at !ea-'t thirty-fcur fires in KcLe Jaiar.'f ;rreate-t sea port, in their fir t laid en the k'--target Sunday, icconnalsarce photo-graphr- levelled tcday. Tokyo reported that single sur?r fortrerses fle-v over Kol e ?ocn after niit-n"g:ht and aj-ain about -l:-"0 A. M. today, Japanese time. A broad cast said one plar.e dropped botr.b and indicated the ?e?ond did also when it v.-as said there was "absolute ly no damage in both ca?e?." Many of the conflagration ap peared to be spreadirg toward the heart of Kobe, sixth largest city of the Japanese homeland, 21st bomber command officer., said. Tweh-e targe fire? were left burr ing in the most congested areas of the city near the 0.aka Bay water front, most of them alcng the west ern edge cf Mitsubishi Woiks in cluding 18 main Luilfir.? covering 12.2C0 pquare feet with a total works area of 2.230 rquare feet. Fourteen other fiie;- were raging on the northwest edge cf the city, and the wind va.-; blowing them di ie:tly toward the center of Kobe. The : aid may h:.ve diclocated Japans ship building and ?h:p re pair program already severely strain ed by increpp'ng losses ft rea to American planes, lulrr. surface craft. irines and x s &9 f. . .o r v riVE HURT IN FORT WORTH BLAZE A stubborn four-alarm fire, which cost injjries to five city firemen and property loss of $400,000 to owners and tenants of the Worth B!dg., in Ft. Worth, was brought under control after raging for seven hours. A view of the burning building is shown after firemen had been fighting the blaze for several hours. (NEA Telephoto.) cf State Edward R. Slett.nius and Lt. dinner shortly after Stcttinius arrieved in KEA Telcrhoto.) Church W adding At Council Bluffs j At an 8 o'cl ck mass at the Holy j Family church in Council Eluffs en j'Vedne day morning, Miss Helen L. i Karas of Plattsmo uth was joined in j marriage to Ship's Cook Paul E. Aita, sen of Mr. and Mr3. Bon Aita ; cf Council Bluffs. The r.urtirl mass ; was celebrated by Rev. W. Ccughlin, : the pa;tor of the church. The hiirlc- was gowr.ed in a floor length white jcawn. fashicr.ed with a satin bodice and a full skirt of ' white net. The bodice featured a V-iine neckline which was shirred : PiiJ had long sleeves. A linger tip ve;l gathered in ruffled tiara of net was worn y the bride. Borrowed ' blue earrings and a blue stone ring i were the bride's only jewelry. Miss Kpico carried a white prayer bock ! and were a corsage of v.hue gar : denias. ! M:t. Theodore Stobbe, sister of ' the bride, was her only attendant. ' She chore a gown of pink net fash ioned with a full skirt and with a low cut ruffled neckline and wore a j corsage of rweetpeas. ' Earl Hunter acted as the best , man for the bridegroom. On Wednesday evening a recep tion was held at the home of the br'deeroom's parents for close friends aiyi relatives. Mies Karas has made her home ' with Mr. and Mrs. Den Schultz in Council Bluffs where she was em ' ployed. ! The couple have been visiting in ; riattsmouth to visit the bride's par ents. Mr. Aita must report to Chi- eago on February 12th for his i further orders from the navy. Mrs. : Aita will accompany hint. Mrs. Aita is a sister of Mrs. Al ibeit Warga of this city. 4 - ail ' V. PLATTSMOUTH, National Farm Loan Association To Have Meeting Annual Meet Will Be Held at Weeping Waier en Wednesday, February 14th A large attendance is expected at the annual meeting of the Cass-Otoe National Farm Lean Association, to be held in Weeping Water, Febru- trv U, said Orert P. Cook, assoc-i iation president, in announcing final! p'ans for the meeting. Cook said the recent payment of dividends to members on their as sociaticn stock should attract "more';1 members than ever before, because they'll wnt to hear more about the financial progress which enabled us The meeting will be held in the!the Breig area of the Oder's west Wirnltnml Tiiiildino- nr,d will rtart ! bank rcad-w&y between Breslau and at 12:30 P. M., with a dinner, Cook said. H. A. Viergutz, vice-president of tha Federal Land Eank of Omaha, and Lieut. Col. Carl Ganz will speak on subjects of interest to the association members. Raymond Mc Allister of St. Louis, will bring a message about the Red Cress. H?ro!d C. Elliott, association sec-cttary-trearurer, will review 1944 activities and will explain the pro gress which made payment of divi dends possible. Three directors whose terms are expiring are Cook W. Paap of Otoe, and Charley W. Martin of Green wood. President Cook said the meeting will wind up with an entertainment program. The Cass-Otoe Association has leans totaling nearly $4,000,000 out standing to farmers in Lancaster, Otoe and Cass Counties-. Icy Conditions Causes Many Mixups The extremely slick highways and roads in this vicinity Sunday and early today caused a number of minor accidents and mixups that fortunately were not serious. The highways and even the dirt roads were gleaming with ice and the cars and trucks on the roads were slipping and sliding all over the roads. The road conditions kept Sheriff Joe Mrasek out a great deal of the time to try and keep the traffic go ing. One of the worst cases was on Livingston Road east of the city, where an Allied moving van had slipped along the roadway and was extricated from its dangerous posi tion by Shorty Herold with the county maintainer and able to get on its way. The scene of the acci dent was just south of the Mis?ov.ri river traffic bridge. Clyde Buchanan Dies at Hospital Plattsmouth friends will regret to learn that Clyde Buchanan, a resi dent here for several months the past summer, died at the U. S. vet erans hospital at Lincoln the past week. Mr. Buchanan was taken to the hospital several weeks ago in a most seriouc, condition and has been gradually failing until his death. The funeral was held Saturday at Lin coln and the interment at the Wyuka cemetery. "Buck.'" as he va better known to the friends, was here for some time as manager of the 40 et S club, coming here from Omaha, where he had made hi- home foi the greater part of recent years. He was a former le ident of Hur on, South Dakota, where he had a sister residing. Former Resident Injured In Omaha Mrs. Frank Trilety, C5, 1801 Bin ney street, Omaha, was severely in jured on Saturday at lGth and Corby streets Omaha. Mrs. Trilety, a former Platts mouth lady, was a victim of the slippery condition of the sidewalks and fell, sustaining a possibly frac tured right hip. She was taken to the Doctors' hospital. The injured lady was formerly Miss Alba Janda of this city, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Janda. NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1S45 Midnild Foil LONDON, Feb. 5. (U.R) Mar- i i t . y 1 . tnai lvan "y l ary v a "ported by the Germans today to haye launched a new otfonsive from a bridgehead across the Oder river some 200 miles southeast of Berlin in an apnarent bid to outflank this - - nttaxal barrier before the capi tal. The Gorman high command said powerful Russian forces had lashed out westward from a springboard in Oppelr, and violent fighting was going on in the heart cf Silesia. The nazis also acknowledged of ficially that Marshal Gregory K. i Zhukov's army had clamped strong! assault arcs against Frankfurt and Kustrin, twin bastions cf the Oder defenses east of Berlin. i Moscow broadcasts and dispatches j said the soviet vanguard was about "thirty" miles from Berlin, that Frankfurt and Kustrin were "elosely invested" and that heavy fighting was going on in the eastern suburbs of Frankfurt. "The red army now has crashed into Germany along a front of 360 miles, although steadily mounting resistance and a thaw which has turned the fields into bogs has slowed the soviet advance" one Moscow broadcast said. With a 100 mile stretch of the Oder line under assault and soviet forces reported patroling for a riv er crossing 32 miles northeast of the capital, Konev's forces were said by the nazi command to have reach ed into the Silesian 3efenses beyond the Oder in strong force. "On both sides of the Brieg," a German communique said, "the en emy from his bridgehead on the Oder launched attacks supported by strong forces. Heavy fighting is in progress here." A supplementary report by . Ernst von Hammer, nazi military commen tator said Konev's forces had reach ed the area of Grottkau, 12 miles beyond the Oder the same distance south of Brieg, and 32 miles south southeast of Breslau. A successful drive by Konev from the general area of Breslau, coupled with a likely swing to the north west would flank the Oder defenses and either roll them up or neutralize them, posing a direct threat to Ber lin in case the Oder line should hold against the frontal onrush of Zhu kov's forces. "Against the defense ring in front of Frankfurt as we'l as rgainnt Kus trin and Poznan. the soviets are con tinuing the violent attacks without any success wcrth mentionig," the German high command reported. Funeral of Mrs. i Margaret Sullivan The funeral services for Mrs. Mar garet Sullivan were held on Satur day morning at 10 o'clock at the St. Mary's Catholic church at Belle vue, a large member of the eld friends attrnding the services. The burial was at 4 p. m. at the Catholic cemetery in Pla'tsmouth. the last rites being delayed to ter ra it a son to reach here from the west for a last farewell. The services ft the grave were conducted by Rt. Rev. Mcn'igr.or Ceorge Agius, pastor of the St. John's church of this city. The pall bearers were old family friends, comprising William Mc Coikinda'e, Wilbur Cockrell, James Hiskctt, Charles Dennis, Earl Rcs ser and Joseph Kopeky. The Sattler funeral home of thb city had charge of the services. A. H. Sweem Quite 111 At Veterans Hospital F. L. Sweem of this city, who has been at Lincoln with his brother, A. H. Sweem, at the U. S. Veterans hospital, has returned home. Mr. Sweem reports that his broth er is very seriously ill and he re mained for the past ten days at Lin coln to be near him. s ross -on-cIario O'Donnell I Vll - I ri ABW fcv I S"o I F1FLD T 33 n Antonio ' t - (r SATAAN 3, 15 TODAVS PHILIPPINE WAR MAP The drive on Manila jains as the 1st Cavalry Division captures Gapan, Santa Rosa and Cabanatuan, spitting the Japs' Luzon lines. The 11th Corps edges nearer to the 37th Division in sealing off the Eataan Peninsuia. The First Cavalry and 37th Division entered Manila Sunday (our time.) (KEA Telemap.) American First Army Cracks Into Siegfried Line German Report Allied Forces at Preparing Great Offensive Move PARIS, Feb. 5. CU.R) American First army troops cracked into the second wall of the Siegfried line fortifications below Aachen today. Enemy reports said powerful allied forces to the north were moving up for an imminent offensive coordin ated with the red army drive on Berlin. German broadcasts, all unconfirm ed thus far by allied spokesmen or front dispatches, said the U- S. Ninth and Brit:sh Second armies had open ed a heavy barrage across the Roer river between Juli:h and Duren, 15 miles northeast of Aachen. The shelling, Berlin ssid, was be lieved to be the "overture" to a new offensive on that front. The nazis aLo predicted new al lied attacks on the northern wing of the British Second army of the Mass (Meuse) river front between Roermond and Nijmegen. Far to the south, American and French troops stepped up their nut cracker offensive against the shrink ing German pocket west of the Rhine around Alsace. Field dispatches sedd the nazis were in full retreat across the Rhine, fleeing through an eight mile corridor below Colmar under a storm of bombs and shells. More than 2,500 pocketed Germans surrender ed thee in the last 36 hours. On the American First army front, doughboys of the U. S. Ninth and 78th divisions rolled up gains of as much as five miles against spotty German resistance yesterday, push ing rapidly through the relatively open area between the first and sec ond fortified belts of the Siegfried line. The 73th, holding the northern wing of the First army offensive front, advanced about 2V2 miles from the Kesternich area northeast of Monschr.u to captured Ruhrberg. HUNT CALLED OFF The wolf hunt that was to have been held west of Murray on Sunday, j News, Virginia, where Bill is locat was cancelled because of the bad ed, and telling the parents that he weather conditions that prevailed,! that made the going too severe to allow the hunt To Yanks Oder Ri Toloycro Licob Totloc Zorrjgozo jCobonof uon wnnfn Baca I Gcpon r . rCyQf SonM.gucI 1 Son Fernando i L Aroyar "cr5cic Tcnore LUZON Plattsmouth Aid Service Canteen Seventeen Plattsmouth church, civic, and fraternal organizations were present at the initial meeting of a new civic organization which will aid the Service Mens' Canteen lo cated in the Union Station in Omaha. Beginning with the first Saturday in March and continuing on the same date each month, Plattsmouth will provide at least 500 sandwiches and give some financial assistance to the Canteen. The Service Mens' Canteen is a non-profit organization begun be fore the tragedy at Pearl Harbor. It is functioning now, solely, on the resources given by voluntary contri butions of benevolent organizations. It is one of the only two such can teens exi-ting in the State of Ne- Month 0ni'0 L..T.cy?. Boy $ i JlS? Pos'9 " JsEEr Alabong k ( ;l5K CoyIungon foSijg.ibu Ago raska. Mrs. L. A. Horr berg of ; , J . , , , 0 . r 1 . . , . .line camo avea, -nerd ng the 1 lirvnlia 5t;npntci with tno vrnr '1' ' & iU . . . , . , the canteen, stated thr.t as many as -n . . - , i 2.C0O service men are rrncn fier , , j . , -', .( lunches in one day. A fuiiy oquipc I music room, art tabl3.s, recrtat.on facilities, bunks for those who wish1 to rest, shower baths, even towels and razor blades arc supplied tn the service men without charge. Liber ally it is a little resort for service men without a cash register, and Jet its operating expenses range frcm $1,200 to $1,500 a month. Mrs. E. H. Wescott acted as tem porary chrirman after the audience was acquainted with the purpose and set-up of the organization. Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt was elected president; Mrs. R. W. Knoor, secretary; Mrs. Frank Gobehnan, treasurer and Father Edward C. Tuchek, publicity chairman. The next meeting, to which the public is invited, will be held in the Public Library Monday, Feb ruary 12 at 7:30 p. m. All church, civic, fraternal, and youth organi zations are requested to send at least one representative. Bill Knorr Calls Parents Sunday Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr had a most pleasant sur prise when they received a long dis tance call from their son, Sic Bill Knorr, U. S. Coastguard. The message came from Newport is well and also sent birthday greet- ings to the mother as it was her anniversary. Veto. State Historical Society NO. 10 wet MANILA, Feb. 5. CU.R) Aveng ing1 American troops seized control of virtually all the northern half of burning, starving Manila today after freeing 3,000 imprisoned American and British civilians and capturing the presidential palace. The First Cavalry and 37th In fantry divisions stabbed into the heart of the Philippines capital from the east and north and rapidly were mopping up the last enemy pockets north of the Pasig river, which bi sects the city. South of the 200 to SCO-yard-wide river, several thousand crack Japan ese marines were blasting and burn ing docks, warehouses, bridges and other vital installations preparatory to what may develop into a last man stand in the southern half of the capital. Gen. Douglas MacArthur at last reports was waiting impatiently in the northern suburbs for the bridg ing of one last river for a triumphal entry into the city he was forced to abandon to its fate three years, one month and three days ago. (A CBS broadcast from Luzon said President Sergio Osmena and Presi dent Commissioner Gen. Carlos P. Romulo landed at a Luzon airport from Washington Sunday and head ed south to join MacArthur in his return to Manila.) (Royal Arch Gunnison of the Mutual Network jubilantly reported that Manila had been "liberated," but all other sources emphasized that the southern part of the city still was in Japanese hands.) (Radio Tokyo conceded shortly after 3 A. M., today that the Ameri cans had entered Manila from the north and east in forces outnumber ing the Japanese garrison.) (A Japanese Domei broadcast said American toops had landed Jan. 18 on Kolo Island, largest of the Sulu group in the southwest Philippines midway between Mindanao and Borneo, with a force of 3,000 troops and more than 10 tanks.) The 3,000 American and Biitish civilian internees were rescued by a mechanized flying eolr-mn cf the First Cavalry civicion at the Sar.to Tomas Ur.ivers ty coi cc ntralion camp in the heart cf Mni'n ."'tc-day night after a spectatt.l r 1C0 ;yile advance in 3 G hours. Virtually r. II of the buildings in in- I famous rnci-n' Fil bid rnson, had , , 1 ' uftn v t ii'.u oi japane. e oy last . , 1 , - . night. The Ame-'cms fought liter- 6 ' , , c ,J 1 B.rg. Gen William C. Chase of Ealtimore, v.ho commanded the res cuing "F!; ing Wedge," said the condition of the internees was "most pitiful." "They are practica'ly skin and bones," he said. "It would break your heart to look at them." Other elements of the First Cav alry division precsed on to the north bank of the Pasij river and seized the Melacanan Pabce, former resi dence of the American governors general and later the seat of the Quezon government. The 37th Infantry t'ivisicn enter ed Manila from the north at 6:30 A. M., yesterday and by eaily after noon was within a few hundred yards of a junction with the First Cavalry units of Santo Tomas. The infantrymen overran the Grace Park airfield in the northern suburbs of Manila. Though pitted by American bombs, it was expected to be repaired quickly. At least pone artillery observation plane al ready has landed there. Both the First Cavalry and 37th divisions met only sniper and machine-gun fire in their advances into the capital, but fierce fighting was expected when they attempt to force the Tasig to clean out the remainder of the city. . "It may be a hell, of a job," one high officer said, "it may be several days before we have the city clean ed out, but the Japs have no chance now."