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r "Down at Hodgenville, Kentucky.
in a log: cabin which now is en-
cased . in a structure ot stone,
Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth
to a son, Abraham, on Feb. . 12,
1809.
At Springfield, "111., a granite
shaft rises .120 feet in the air over
the tomb of that Abraham; and
at Washington stands a memorial
in the form of a classic GreekJ
temple of pure white marble, be
hind whose columns is the seated
figure of Abraham Lincoln in
colossal size.
Tomorrow the nation will honor
the birthday of the man who was
born in a humble log cabin near
a creek in Kentucky and rose to
save the nation Ln its most critical
ceriod. and crowned his service
with martyrdom.' "
One who knows the story of
Lincoln's war years cannot help
but note the parallel with the present-
Neither in the Spanish war
nor In the first world war was
this country really forced to ex
tend itself, in 1861-65 the very
existence of the nation as a fed
eral union was gravely imperilled;
and in 1941-42 this country stood
in danger again, this time from
powerful external foes. In the
light of our recent experience we
can read with fresh illumination
the story of Abraham Lincoln in
the White House. , the story of
war and its problems and difficul
ties.', ,
i There were early defeats:. Bull
Bun was as disastrous, .'and
Pudding River
Waters Claim
Lakeview Boy
Lorenzo Grout, 13, son of John
Grout of Lakeview, was drowned
early Saturday night in Pudding
river, four miles from Brooks on
the ML Angel road. His body was
-taken - from the swollen stream
almost two hours after the lad and
bis 11 -year-old brother were
hurled into the water when a raft
capsized. -
Pete Grout, 11, Steve Reznec-
cek, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam
Reznecsek, route one Brooks,
with whom the Grout boys" had
been staying, reconstructed the
accident thus: Pete jumped' from
bis raft to that on which Lorenzo
. was riding at a point in the river
not far - from the white bridge,
The raft overturned and both boys
fell into deep water. 1 Pete swam
ashore and looked back, he said,
"to hear Lorenzo calling 'Come
and help me, I can't swim any
longer1." ;
But the night was dark and
state police and sheriffs officers
and Salem city first aid men were
summoned to join'Wilta Bell and
E. ! M. Boyes of Brooks in the
search. The boy was clad in heavy
shoes, overalls and heavy leather
cloves, and so had little chance
to reach ; the shore, it was said.
The boys believed he was the best
swimmer of the three.
The body was taken to the cor
finer. The hfrvs' father, emnlnved
by the cattlemen's association at
night by telegram.
German Blows
In Italy Fail
ROME, Feb. 10 - (tf5) - German
tounterattacks have been repulsed
at both the eastern and western
IZ ""r"J l
front, the allied command report
ed today.-! ,
) US Fifth army artillery dis
persed one counterblow, dealt in
battalion strength, on the west
ern sector in the Serchio river
valley, 19 miles north of Lucca,
where the Americans earlier had
scored an advance.
1 Another attack was stopped
farther west near the coast at
Etrettoia, 18 miles southeast of
the big harbor and naval base of
La Spezia,
Koiso Shakes
Cabinet Again
' ' Japanese permier Kuniaki Koiso
. shook up his cabinet Saturday
apparently to quiet rising criticism
of the nations war production and
labor mobilization programs.
Radio Tokyo broadcasts, re
corded by the FCC, told of the
cabinet reshuffle affecting two
posts closely linked With the mu
nitions ministry In frantic efforts
to mobilize manpower for war
production. ,
; Welfare minister Hisataka Hi
rose was replaced by Katsuraky
Aikawa; the vice minister.
Education "Minister Harnshlgbe
Ninamiya gave way to , Count
Hideo Kodama, state minister
without "portfolio. ." f ; v !
'' ; Chief cabinet secretary Takeo
Tanaka was replaced by Nirose.
The latter automatically became
member of the House of Peers.
LEGISLATIVE NEWS PAGE 12
Progress
OndBerlin
Not fold
Russians Point
New Spearhead
Towards Baltic .
By Richard Kastschke
LONDON, Sunday, Feb. 10-
(Jf)-Russian troops captured the
east Prussian port of Elbing and
drove a new Pomeranian spear
head to within 52 miles of the
Baltic yesterday, while Berlin an
nounced that other powerful
southern formations had broken
into the suburbs of Liegnitz, big
industrial city and road hub
guarding the back door to Breslau,
lower Silesian capital.
The battle for Berlin's immedi
ate approaches' was cloaked in
security silence by Moscow, but
German broadcasts indicated that
the red army , bad broken the
last substantial Nazi resistance
east of the Oder river and had
crossed . the stream in : great
strength at points SO to 43 miles1
from .Berlin.
Smash Westward
Marshal Ivan- S.. Konev's first
Ukraine army in Silesia was re
ported to have smashed 25 miles
west of the Oder river in two days,
penetrating to within 92 miles of
Dres
Dresden, German Saxony strong
hold 90 miles below imperilled
Berlin, but Moscow's communi
que did not mention this sector
either.
4300 Nazis Taken
Marshal K. K. Rokossovsky's
second white Russian army . top
pled Elbing, a city of 71,000 and
the site of shipbuilding and big
engineering works, a day after
its encirclement had been announ
ced by the Russians. His troops
smashed a frantically resisting
garrison which had been poster
ed by German marine units, and
captured 4300 prisoners Thursday
and Friday, Moscow said.
The Germans had used the
guns or, their last two sizeable
ships, the pocket battleships Ad
miral Scheer and Luetzow, in an
efiarts to boud Elbing, the base for
German counterattacks which
tried vainly to break The trap
troops to the east. j
Frees Red Troops
FJbing's, fall released thousands
of Russians for a probable assault
toward Danzig and also furnished
more Soviet striking power to be
turned against the hemnants of
perhaps j 200,000 men originally
estimated trapped south and
southwest of Koenigsberg.
On narrowing this pocket to
approximately 758 square miles
of east Prussia's 14,283, Gen. Ivan
Cherniakhovsky's third white
Russian army captured Preussich-
Eylau, an eight-way road and rail
junction 20 miles south of Koe
nigsberg. These troops also seized
30 nearby localities on a , 15-mile
front during the day, gaining up
to three miles.
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Unite Richard
Bong, Teacher
SUPERIOR, Wis., Feb. 10.-jp)-
Maj. Richard Ira Bong the nation's
ace of aces, and his schoolteacher
sweetheart, Marjorie Ann Vatten
dahl, were married tonight in Con-
biggest wedding this northern Wis-
consin city has even seen.
A full hour before the shy, mod
est son of a Swedish immigrant,
and the attractive girl he met dur
ing his first home leave after be
coming an ace, were to repeat their
vows, the church was packed. The
first eight rows of pews were re
served for friends of the pair, and
shortly before the couple knelt
before the Rev. Paul A. Boe, room
was made for nine air force of
ficers representing Gen. H. H.
Arnold who was prevented by ill
ness from attending the wedding.
German Food Situation Might
Become Tragic
. By John A. Parris, Jr.
LONDON, Feb. 10 -(P)- British
economic experts estimated to
night that Germany had lost
roughly 16,000,000 ' tons -of food
supplies as a result of the Russian
advances and said that the food
situation within the country might
be tragic by autumn.
They agreed, however, that
Germany probably would be able
to stave off . famine until after
spring.
These experts said that Ger
many's food situation deteriorated
rapidly during the past six weeks
because of disorganized transport
and the influx of millions of refu
gees from areas overrun by the
Russian armies, i
Germany has lost an eighth of
the xezular meat supply, a third
imiEIY-rOURTH YEAB
Shortage
of Meat i
Civilian Supply 1
Might I Disappear
By Iid-Summer!
By Ovid A. Martin i .
Associated Press Farm Writer
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - (JP)
Meatstmay virtually disappear
from civilian markets by mid
summer government food offi
cials predicted today. The f ore-
cast accompanied new steps to
divert -the larger portion of j cur
rent production into war stocks,
r Civilian supplies could be ex
pected, however, to reappear
when fall marketings of livestock
begin their normal increase.
Three factors are involved Un
expectedly smaller total meat pro
duction; the ; sharp drop in live
stock marketing which normally
occurs in spring and summer; and
the combination of tlpse factors
which may leave the government
unable to satisfy its wants before
hand and get out of the market
ahead of the low-supply season. 1
The war stocks are those the
government buys for the armed
forces, for lend-lease, and for ci-
vilian consumption in US terri
tories outside the continental lim
its of the country, f j I
With livestock marketing fall
ing .below previous expectations,
the agriculture; department cut its
forecast of total production j this;
year from 22,950,000,000 pounds
to 22,000,000,000. Last year t 24,-
700,000,000 pounds were produced
It is possible rthat per capita ci
vilian consumption thisr year ;inay
fair to the lowest level since 1935
When meat supplies dropped after
emergency slaughter ' of drought-
stricken cattle ;on western! plains
in 1934 and a reduction of hog
numbers by means of the govern-
ments pig killing program; de
signed to improve farm prices.
Salem Driver!
9 Passengers!
Hurt in Crash
i TROUTDAtE, Ore.j Feb. lM
Ten- persons! Were injured, two
seriously, when, a Portland-bpun3
Consolidate Freightways trailer
swung into the. front of an east
bound Union Pacific passenger bus
one-half mile; west of "here, i
John Dick, 35, Salem, bus driv
er, ' suffered a fractured left le
and hand. Cora Royce, 60, Port-.
land, suffered a leg fracture an
head lacerations. j 1
Oothers injured, taken to Pro
vidence hospital in Portland, Jn-l
eluded, : Mrs. ! Jurine Fossum 65
Albany,J face lacerations and knee
injuries; I I. - f-V
The driver jot the truck, Milton
E. McCauleyi 9, Spokane, was
charged with reckless driving by
deputy sheriffs Ed Huita and
Ralph Kennedy; i ': j i
ectiveness of Nazi
19th Antiy Destroyed
WITH THE SIXTH ARMY
GROUP, Feb, iOHPhThe effec4
uveness of the German 19th army
has been destroyed and approxi
mately 75 per cent of its, person-
nel ! has l been killed or captured,'
Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers told cor
respondents today in reviewing the
campaign which eliminated the
enemy's; Colmar. pocket . :!
4-
by Autumn
of sugar, a fourth of the potatoes,
a fifth t of the bread grain, an
eighth of the milk and cheese and
a tenth of the butter, an official
of the British '. ministry of eco
nomic Warfare estimated.
Last November the Germans
said that their reserve food stocks
built up- from occupied countries
were then seriously depleted and
that Germany would have to face
this' winter with her own I re
sources. . : '
i During the past week the Ger
mans announced mat tne J sugar
ration which had covered a two-
month period now must be "ex
tended to last three months.' They
also said that a 10 per cent ' re
duction Would be made In other
rationed foods
Predicted
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Young Nazis Captured
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Two yoanr German SS troopers,
keep their hands up alter they
American army j In Schfllersdorf,
to the
west front f rom Nerway.
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Japanese man
To Put Up Furious Defense
In Flaming South Manila
Bt C Tale
i MANILA, Sunday. Feb. lf -
bloody street and buildifigEp.Uleitt south Manila today with
Japanese manning everything,
and forcing the doughboys to pick their way over mine fields out
rivalling those laid by the Germans in North Af rica, v j
I The first cavalry division, which entered Manila a week ago
yesterday and rescued the Santo
Tomas internees, skirted the city's
eastern i ! edge and crossed the
bridgeless Pasig river in native
boats to join the 37th infantry and
11th airborne divisions in the
fierce engagement.;
Yesterday the motorized first
cavalrymen had to throw the full
weight jjf point blank : artillery
fare,! heajvy mortars and flame
throwers; to break through one en
emy strongpoint which held them
up for several hours. .
The Japanese had drilled holes
through stone walls two feet thick
around a church yard. Through
each aperture, they sprayed 20
mmJ rapid fire cannon shells at
Yanks moving across open mine
fields. One American officer said
these mine , fields were more
densely ; planted I than i German
mine fields he had observed' in
North Africa and Italy.
DeGaulle Trip
Stird Rumors
PARIS1,! Sunday; Feb; ll-P)-Gen,'
Chirles De Gaulle left Paris
last night; on a trip which, was de
scribed as wholly unrelated to the
big three ; conference and, accord'
ing to the latest reliable informa
tion, the French leader did not ex
pect to be Invited to the Black Sea
area !l z " i Mz
i Nonetheless, it continued to be
widely : reported throughout the
city that DeGaulle bad left for the
big three! meeting. This was re.
ported both, by the Paris radio
and other; sources, j but there was
no official confirmation; -
Well-informed quarters in Par
is expected that President Roose
velt would visit Fiance to see De
Gaule after conclusion i of his
meeting m with Prime x Minister
Churchill and Marshal Stalin.
-: ': if -'"iv -pf ' v::r.
Brewers Will Get Less
Malt for Beer Making
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - (JP)
Brewers will be allotted 12 per
cent less' malt for beer between
March 1 and August St than they
got a year ago, the, war food ad
niinistration announced today.
The reduction probably will re
sult in less beer and in some al
teration i; of formulas to stretch
malt ' supplies, officials said.
Partly Qoudy
today Vith little change in
temperature in the mid-Willamette
I valley area," predicts
U5. weather bureau, McNary
Field, Salem. 1 i
Oregon. Sunday Morning, Fbruarf 11, 1S45
wearing - a wild. array of elotbinff.
were captured by unit ot the 7th
France, They were recently moved
(AP wlrephoto from signal corps)
nverytning
M eDajklel I
CP - Tbre Yank divisions fought
veI stonewalls of a ch.Urch yard,
Statesman Is
Best Promoter
For. Nurses
A study-made this past week by
the Portland Advertising club re
veals that The Statesman has car
ried more advertising promotion
for the American Red Cross Nur
ses'- recruitment program than
any other newspaper on the Pa
cific coast Quentin Cox, KGW
manager and vice president for
district No. 3 of the Pacific Ad
vertising dub, has announced.
Results of that advertising have
been gratifying, declares Louise
Arneson, -who heads the nurses
training and recruitment commit
tees for the Red Cross here.Nine
nurses' aides have volunteered for
service, -three trained nurses have
come back into service to help
meet local hospital needs, one
more has enlisted for, military
duty and approximately SO new
students have Iregistered for the
night classes tor nurses' aides
which are to open shortly. Sixty
eight women are now training as
nurses'; aides in day and night
classes. -t "
Accident Victim
Dies Saturday
Mrs. Jennie 3 Mitchell, 64, who
was hit by a car near Cottage and
Court streets last Tuesday night;
died Saturday night as a result of
injuries received in the accident f
- Mrs. Mitchell, who came here
from Hubbard five' months ago
was employed ; at the Deaconess
Cottage home.' She is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. J. T. Foulkes of
Spokane, Wasbf, and Mrs. Luella
Hawley of Washington, D. C -.,
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of the W.-T. Rigdon com
pany.,
Greek Peace Meeting
Reaches Final Stage
' : ATHENS, Feb. lMThe final
stage of the Greek peace confer
ence has, been reached and a Joint
agreement between the govern
ment : and EAM-ELAS left-wing
forces now is being drafted at an
isolated villa 20 . miles south of
here. . - . ' , '
Girl Sniper Studies "
MOSCOW, Feb. 10-iP)-The So-I
Viet Union's most famous gir.
sniper, Ludmila Pavlichenko, now
is a coed at Kiev state university
and is preparing to become a -bis-'
tory teacher next year, . :
Tremor,
BiglFQirts.v;
Hit Tokyo
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: Raid Probably
Heaviest Against
n
A-
- ' .. By Elmont Waite ' '
" TWENTY FIRST BOMBER
COMM AND ' HEADQUARTERS,
Guam, Feb. W.fJ-Aniericah Su
perfortresses and an earthquake
hit -Tokyo today the big B-28
bombers in probably: their largest
raid on the heart of - Japan. '
The number' of planes partici
pating was hot disclosed . here or
in Washington, where the raid was
first announced by 'the 20th air
force command. v-
But the force, was I as large and
probably larger than any ever sent
previously oyer Honshu, main Is
land of Japan. It was the fifty
eecond B-29 mission against the
enemy's home islands. -90
ta Assault
A Japanese imperial communi
que said 90 Superfortresses raided
the Tokyo-Yokohama area. Tokyo
radio said the raid started at 2:30
m. and continued : for an hour.
The Japanese c apital apparently
remained jittery throughout Sat
urday night L A second alert was
sounded at 9:19 p. m. and was
caused, a Broadcast said, when a
single plane of a B-29 formation
penetrated 'the 'area, ii
The earthquake, also reported
by ' Tokyo radio, started ; at 1:50
m. and shook Japan from Hok
kaido, northenmost of the main
islands, Youth through' Honshu, on
which -Tokyo is situated.
Quake Recorded
(Seismographs in l the United
States recorded the quake. As re
corded at Georgetown university,
Washington; D. C- It lasted for
nearly three hours. " I' ; - "
The Tokyo broadcast admitted
'some damage co ground installa
tions was sustained" in the bomb
ing attack. Earthquake damage
was not mentioned.
Night Bombers
Follow up Day
Blow on Nazis
LONDON, Sunday, Feb. 1 1-OP)-
Allied night raiders aroused west
erg Germanyjearly today, the Nazi
radio reported, after a series of
day-long attacks by front-line
bombers and! fighters which flew
1500 sorties ; yesterday , against
reich villages along the Rhine.
A small force of 150 American
heavy bombers and 1 130 fighters
smashed U-boat pens at Ijmuiden,
Holland, and ) exploded a gasoline
dump at Duelmen, southwest of
Muenster, Germany, yesterday.
Two Flying Fortresses were re-:
ported lost and 18 continent-based
craft were raissing. but a dozen
iornnea uerman villages were
ripped apart by dive-bombers and
strafers. . " !
The US Ninth air force flew al
most 900 sorties and the RAF sec
ond tactical air ' force made 600
trips over. the front Ehes, the pi
lots concentrating on 1 transport
feeding into German positions and
hitting 420 pieces of rail equip
ment and 147: vehicles. '
U.S. Prisoners Freed
LONDON, Feb. 10 - (ff) - The
Lublin radio j in Poland said to
night that about 70 American and
British prisoners of who who had
been freed by the ted army in
Silesia now were safe in 'Lublin
and awaiting transportation home
Nazis Tell People to Expect
Terror Reign if Allies Win
LONDON, Feb. lOPerman
propagandists told their people to
day that if they failed to' fight to
a finish they could expect armed
occupation of the entire country
for a dozen years and occupation
of strategic areas until the year
2ooo. . . -;! -:ijJi:::::J -?;'';
Germany knows the price of
continued warfare, said the polit
ical commentator Hans Haertel In
a domestic broadcast; "but it is
preferable to be killed 'in battle
than to commit suicide by capitu
lation." I . ' i .
1 While tbe Allies pressed deeper
No. 231
WLB Grants Boss
Right to Embrace
His Stenographers
ATLANTJC Ga Feb! iOP)-A
southern J businessman wrote the
fourth regional war labor board,
asking that "you authorize me to
embrace, all my stenographers at
their various locations, under gen
eral order 31 " M
- After a couple of huddles, wage
stabilization experts granted the
request, deciding that J"embrace,"
in this instance was a statistical
approach .to an intra-office wage
problem. - k
ree
Define Terms
For Germans
LONDON, Feb. KKVThe hig
three, in a move to eliminate Nazi
Propaganda Minister Joseph
Goebbels' dire interpretations of
unconditional surrender, -may soon
lay down the first specific state
ment of the price the German
people must pay for 10 years of
nazi militarism. : l .
This possibility was raised in
both British and American quar
ters today with the prediction that
a formal outline of surrender pro
visions would be timed to coin
cide with a major military set
back for the Germans.
Just when this will be; remained
uncertain, but its importance was
reflected in unofficial reports that
the allied leaders turned their at
tention to victory terms! soon aft
er completing military discussions
at their Black sea conference.
Wallace Hopes
rove as
House Argues
WASHINGTON, Feb.jl0-()-Reaction
against house efforts to
amend or delay legislation sever
ing government lending agencies
from the commerce department
threatened today to alter senate
sentiment on the Henry Wallace
cabinet appointment !
Senator George (D-Ga) told a
reporter he is beginning to believe
that if house opponents either bot
tle up his bill or load it with veto
inspiring amendments the senate
might vote to confirm Wallace for
commerce secretary with all the
powers Jesse Jones wielded.
"It would be extremely short
sighted if those who dWt want
Wallace should make it impossible
for. the house to pass the bill or
should bring out a measure that
the president would not sign,"
George said.
Patterson
Get Advisory
Job in Europe
.W AS H INGTON, Feb! 10 -CP)
President Roosevelt's final selec
tion of an American member for
the allied mission to control post
war Germany brobably will come
shortly after the -Big Three con
ference. i ::v' I
This was suggested tonight in
competent quarters where it was
said that among the names so far
mentioned were those of Under
secretary of War Robert P. Patter
son and Assistant Secretary of
War John J. McLoy.
U The Army and Navy Journal,
unofficial service publication, said
that Mr. Roosevelt before his de
parture for the Black sea meet
ing decided upon Patterson.
Into Germany on east and west,
the broadcaster called anew on
he Germans to resist. :
i "History , has no example -; for
our enemies' plans of hatred," he
aid. There will be no ') German
industry, no air force, not even
civil aviation. No German pilots
may be trained. Submarines will
disappear. All able-bodied will
be carried off to Russia, France
and other countries for forced la
bor." iy-.v
'Germany will be occupied for
12 years and strategic points un
til the year 2000.' No German po
lice force yill fce permitted,''.:
Prlc Sc
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May
mg in
Imp
May
Offensive
OirTJIeve':
Goes Well
2,000,000 Pounds
Of SheUs Poured
On Dam Position
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, By Edward Kennedy . -
PARIS, Sunday, Feb. 11--LL
Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' US
First army captured the important
Schwammenauel dam on the Roer
river yesterday following one of
the greatest Allied artillery bar
rages of the war. - l it
Simultaneously, Canadian First
army men scored new gains and
took two more towns , in their.
Kleve offensive. : i (
Seizure of the Schwammenauel
dam, which controls the river
flow, paramount importance as this
British Second army and th
American Ninth now stand poised
on the western banks of the Roer
for . the impending onslaught
against the Rhineland. . . . ,
Tanks (Trees Dam -
Hodges' men crossed the dam to
reach the opposite banks despite
the danger of being blown up by
demolition charges set by tbe
Nazis. Earlier in the day the en
emy exploded the dam, but US
engineers . reported the wrecked
segments not booby-trapped as
was expected. . i .' .
It can now be ' disclosed that
American guns poured 2,000,000
pounds of shells into German po
sitions around the Schwammena
uel and other dams during the
past six days. Supreme headquar
ters has announced that this shell-
fire killed some 200 Nazis, broke
up enemy counterattacks and pre
vented reinforcements from being
brought up. s
The shattered Schwammenauel
dam one of the biggest along the
Roer was a vital German control
point of a river which Is the chief
barrier before the Allied drive to
the Rhine. .- j
Water Released : 1
As a result of certain enemy de
molitions along the .Schwammena
uel and Heimbach dams -unspecified
by Allied headquarter s 'as to
their extent and apparently un
known by - headquarters spokes
men as to their effect a certain
amount of water is pouring down
the Roer., The river overflowed its
banks, in the Dueren area and was
125 feet wide Friday - noon. - It
then began to recede, however,
and dropped four inches by lata
Friday. Latest reports said it was
still receding. (
Earlier, today Nazi units; ex
ploded the gates of the Schwam
menauel dam, sending a flood
roaring north through the valley
in hopes of bolstering their west
ern defenses. In so doing, they I
tossed away a trump with which
they had forestalled since Novem
ber an Allied smash into the Ruhr
and Rhineland.
Canadian First army troops
made new gains in their Kleve of
fensive, capturing two more towns
Heinkoni, a mile and a half
south of Weiler, and Schottheide,
a mile and a hair deeper into the
Reichswald forest German ;re-'
sistance in this sector was increasing.-
. Other Canadian units moved
onto high ground south and south
west of the medieval citadel of
Kleve, -which the enemy has con
verted into a Siegfried line bas
tion. " -K - .. .J ,- -
in this offensive the Allies have
resorted to using smokescreens.
They threw one 4000 r yards in
length . across the ' banks of the
Rhine during the first day of the ,
attacks and followed it up with
one twice that length the next day.
Late reports tonight said no im
portant counter-attacks had , been
launched against the Canadians. 1
The - Germans have ' employed
some self-propelled guns against
troops fighting near the edge of
Kleve but so far no Nazi tanks
have been thrown in. )
Work Draft
Alternate Eyed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - (ff) -
Substitution of statutory backing
for the present voluntary man- '
power controls, in place of work-
or-jail legislation now pending,'
appeared as a possibility tonight
Members of the senate, military
committee, which will resume
hearings on the house-passed bill
Tuesday, were talking about such
change.:. -- 'l':..; - v, :?
Meanwhile letters on manpow
er control kept flowing into sen
ators offices from the voters back
home. Protests against the pend
ing bill were particularly heavy
from organized labor. Some par
ents of men in the services have
endorsed the blty warmly, bow
ever. " -
Weather
Enra
Salm
PortlmJid .,
Max.
Hin. Kal
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