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Volume Llll
Troopers Cut
Nazi Highway,
Split Germans
Americans Strike Out
Of Woods to Bar Road
Leading to Foe Capital
Paris, March 16 U) American
troops split the German defenses
on the east bank of the Rhine to
day "ith a breakthrough across
the Rhine-Ruhr-Berlin superhigh
way in wo Places seven miles
northeast of the Remagen brldge-
The breaks, opening the way
for an American armored sweep
down the six-lane highway Into
the exposed southern flank of the
Ruhr valley, came as the U. S.
Third and Seventh armies to the
south started a nut-cracker offen
sive against the Industrial Saar
basin.
Doughboys of an unidentified
American Infantry division sev
ered the Rhine-Ruhr-Berlin speed
way with a rapid-fire advance into
and through the village of Hovel,
seven miles northeast of Rema
gen.
r Use Woods As Cover
The Yanks swept out of the
woods north and south of Hovel
and across the roadway Into the
shelter of another wooded cluster
on the east side of the highway.
Nazi rear guards fell back be
fore the American attack, and
field dispatches said German vil
lages east of the Yank battle lines
were festooned with white flags.
Rhineland villages everywhere
in the battle area were said to
have appealed to the wehrmacht
to retreat in order to save their
homes from destruction.
American pressure all around
the bridgehead perimeter was be
ginning to tell on the German de
fenders alter lu days 01 close-in
fighting.
Anchor Captured
Hoenningen, southern anchor of
the German defense line live miles
southeast of Remagen, was cap-
Itured and United Press war.cor-
Jtorted that the Yank salient now
measured id miles in iengin ana
as much as seven miles an area
of 91 square miles.
That represented an advance of
a mile lengthwise and a half-mile
jinland in the last 24 hours.
Is Cities Flame
(Br United Froi)
Thousands of persons were
urned to death in the destructive
American B-29's raids on Tokvo.
E.'agoya, and Osaka, the Japanese
adio said today amid mounting
lamor in the enemy capital for
lore adequate air relief meas
res. ,The situation In Japan was
caching such serious proportions
hat the Japanese propaganda out
ets openly admitted the extent of
he damage caused by the increas-
' ng Superfortress attacks.
Tokyo's newspapers caustically
iltacked the government relief
irogram as "inadequate" and
famed that the Americans would
ncrease not only the number of
, aiding planes but the frequency
; f the raids.
Gets New Job
. The gravity of the war situa
on In Japan was emphasized by
ne Domei agency which said that
mder an "extraordinary" ar
rangement, Premier Gen. Kuniaki
Coiso would become a member of
he Japanese imperial headquar
ors. The dispatch,' heard by FCC
nonitors, said the unprecedented
; wlon, fully sanctioned by Emp
tor Hirohito, was taken so that
uiso could participate in the di-
un 01 military operations. He
'1 haVe A StatHC oniial n ha
nrmy and navy chiefs of staff.
an Accused of
filling Mother
1 St. Louis, March 16 mi A mild
mannered 49-year-old disabled vet
'an of world war I put his 75
faroid invalid mother to death
way by smothering her with pil
s. police said.
"hen the day nurse arrived at
home of Mrs. Frances Ham
lain, Clarence Hammann, the
ln who had been a mental pa
nt, met her at the door of the
puroom.
"Don't come in," police quoted
"J" as saying. "Call the police.
knicI mama. I couldn't stand
w her suffer any more."
XEWRFTtr; nirinr.ATFn
Salem. Ore.. Marrh 1 Ul'i Eu-
'ne hich srhnnl'R haskptpers
"ninated Newberg from the
atP hint, . 1 1 . t jn
flem today with a 47-31 victory-ern
Wanted: Arm Stretchers
Ljs-". jf. via
I v In
Those overcoats probably were designed for supermen, and not
for this motley group of German prisoners captured by the U. S.
Ninth Army on its drive to the Rhine. Sleeves apparently were
designed as linger warmers, and coat length for overshoes.
Senate Passes
Bills in Rush to
State Solons Approve County Manager, Fish
And Retirement Measures in Swift Move
By Eric W. Allen, Jr.
(United l'rM SUff CotrcsoomlimM
Salem, Ore., March 16 (U.E)
gave final passage to retirement
authority to counties to adopt
ment and an over-all coastal fishing control law, as the legis
lature drove toward adjournment either late tonight, or, more
likely, tomorrow.
With all the controversial measures in the senate, the
house coasted alone, eleanintr
..r4Hg4in4ments as the
trie nistory oi uregon approached. House concurrences before
iiuun recess sent 10 cne gov-
ernor lor signature the coun
ty manager bill (HB 121).
tighter control of Bang's dis
ease in dairy herds (HB 369)
and bringing six circulit court
judges up to the $6000 mini
mum of other courts (SB
186).
Manager Bill Approved
The senate approved the coun
ty manager bill, 21 to 7, in line
with a vote of the people request
ing It last November. Opponents
argued it would set up a "czar"
running all county affairs. Advo
cates, headed by backers of suc
cessful city manager systems al
ready operating, such as Oregon
City, Astoria and Bend, said it
was a progressive step to wipe
out "Inefficient and outmoded
county government."
Only two votes Jones and
Strayer were cast against the
public retirement bill after Pat
terson explained It provided com
pulsory retirement provisions for
state and school employes, and
optional for counties and cities.
Three Bills Passed
Three other bills were passed
(HB 259-261) which would allo
cate school and tax funds. One
(HB '259) would put the county
school tax into the last group of
succession to benefit when there
are excess income tax funds.
The other two would provide
that In event of a ballot proposal
June 22 fails to authorize $5,000,
000 yearly levy for a building fund
for schools of higher learning, the
money will not be lost but will be
diverted into the property tax re
duction "cushion" under income
tax surpluses.
Crippled Fortresses, Winging
Attack on Nippon Cities, Use
Guam, March 16 (IB U. S.
Superforts already are using Iwo
Jima as an emergency landing
and refueling point, 21st bomber
command headquarters disclosed
today.
Thirty B-29s which otherwise
might have been lost on the way
from incendiary raids on Tokyo,
Nagoya and Osaka were saved by
making emergency landings on
Iwo, a spokesman said
Cnmn rf tho a Knnnrfnrf c I
erely needed refuling and con-1
tinued on their way to bases in
the Marianas. Others needed i
emergency repairs.
But, a spokesman declared, all
would have been in serious trou-,the
ble and undoubtedly would have!
lost crew members but for avail- j
ability of the Iwo landing field,
Disclosure of the B-29 landings
confirmed supposition that des-i
pite some remaining organized '
Japanese resistance at the north-
tip of the island, the strategic
CENTRAL OREGON'S
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY,
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Important
Adjourn
The Oregon senate today
systems for public employes,
a manager form of govern
un odds and endn. nnd eonenr-
end of the longest session- in
Windsor Resigns
As Bahamas Chief
London, March 16 U' King
George VI was reported today to
be pondering a new post for his
eldest brother and predecessor on
the throne, the Duke of Windsor.
Windsor's resignation as gover
nor and commander In chief of the
Bahamas, effective April 30, was
announced by the colonial office
last night. William L. Murphy,
colonial secretary at Bermuda,
was named to succeed him.
The duke and duchess were ex
pected to take a long vacation in
the United States and may go to
France where they have several
residences. Winrlsor expressed a
wish to continue serving the em
pire. It was understood that Windsor
resigned primarily because the
semi-tropical climate affected the
duchess' health. A Nassau dis
patch said his resignation came as
no surprise since his five-year
term as governor would have ex
pired in August.
BULLETIN
Guam, Saturday, March 17 (IP)
More than 800 Superfortresses
raided Kobe today.
The B-29s dropped more than
2,500 tons of incendiaries into the
heart of the great Japanese Indus
trial city.
purpose of the Iwo campaign had
been fulfilled.
It was assumed that fields able
to accommodate the SuDerforts
also could handle medium bomb-
ers and long range fighters to sup-!
port B-29 raids on Tokyo and,Kurch, Battle Creek, Mich.; Sgt
other Japanese mainland points
some 750 miles away.
This was the first step In pul
ing Iwo to the use for which it
was wrested from the Japanese
a haco fmm ujMnh in Imnlnmonl
the air war against Japan.
The bomber command also dis- i
closed that a hand-picked
ency repair and maintenance crew
has been living and working on:
Island since March 5.
Ground crewmen now on Iwo i
may be assumed to be forerun-
ners of other B-29 personnel to be
assigned there in the future toyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.
permit a greater use of Iwo by I
the big bombers.
Members of the Iwo repair and .
maintenance crew are Maj. Leon-1
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Japs Chased Inland by 41st
Veterans Gain
On Mindanao;
Villages Seized
Nippon Landing Attempt
On Luzon Broken Up and
All Barges Are Blasted
Manila, March 16 UP Ameri
can troops firmly secured a 28
mile long beachhead around Zam
boanga on the southwestern tip
of Mindanao today and were pur
suing the Japanese more than
five miles Inland.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com
munique also disclosed that other
U. S. forces smashed a Japanese
attempt to land approximately
100 men on Luzon's Batangas bay,
while American bombers deliv
ered another heavy attack on For
mosa.
Sixteen more villages were
seized by the 41st division as they
fanned out east, west, and north
from Zamboanga's administrative
city. The drive pushed the beach
head 14 miles westward to the
San Ramon river and a similar
distance eastward to the Manlca
han river, opposite Sacol island. -Resistance
Stiffens
The thrust Into the hills north
of Zamboanga, which swept
through Pasananca five miles
above the city, was meeting In-
; creasjnBly,?t'" resistance. Front
hd uSine artnierv.
area had begun using artillery,
together with machine guns and
mortars, in an attempt to halt the
American advances.
Troops of the 158th regiment,
working with the 11th airborne
division in clearing Batangas bay
in southern Luzon, nipped a Japa
nese attempt to land at Bolo on
the north shore four and a half
miles northwest of Batangas.
All barges were destroyed, a
communique said, and the Japa
nese not killed ln the initial at
tack were dispersed. Although the
number of barges used by the en
emy was not disclosed, headquar
ters estimated that they carried
a total of about 100 men,
Formosa Target
In continuing the neutraliza
tion raids on Formosa, some 200
miles off northwestern Luzon,
Llnerator bomoers delivered an
other 174 tons of explosives on
the island fortress Tuesday and
hit the vital Jitsugetsu hydro-elec-
tric plant lor the second straight
day.
Returning pilots reported col
umns or smoKe s.uuu feet near
ly a mile high rising from the
blazing electric plant, the center
of Japan's power supply on For
mosa. Other Liberators struck north
of Formosa to rake the big Japa
nese base of Okinawa in the
Ryukyus for the second succes
sive day, sinking one freighter
anu damaging three others.
STORM WARNINGS UP
Portland, Ore., March 16 mi
Small craft warnings were or
dered up on the Oregon coast
south of Newport for strong
southeast winds from 1:30 p.m
to sunset today, the U. S. weather
bureau office here announced.
Way Back From
Iwo Airfields
, ard Sherman, engineer officer
Wynne Wood, Okla,; SSgt. John
,,,,, ,-,,, . . .
' Carlstadt, N. J.; TSgt.
De Hu" '"rst name and home
address unavailable); Sgt. R. J
S. H. Oldfield, Aberdeen, Ida., and
Sgt. H. D. Bombemoycr, Harting
tone, Neb.
Meanwhile headquarters dis
closed the supply division of the
21st bomber command' was be
lieved to have set a world record
In maintainoing the smallest per-
emerg-lcentage of aircraft grounded due!
to lack of parts.
Only one and seven tenths per-
icent of all B-29's in the Marianas;
were out of operation due to non-'
availability of parts on March 14
'after three major strikes on Tok-i
Headquarters said that this
small percentage was returned to
operation by the morning of
March 15.
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DAILY NEWSPAPER
D)nr KA
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Japs, Squeezed Into Island Pocket,
Fight to Death from Heavy Defenses
r--Guam. March 16 IIP) Marines !
ol the fifth division squeezed the!
lasi iunaucaiiy-reslsung Jupanese
0 Iwo into a pocket less than a
quarter mile square on the north
coast today. , .
:Only a handful of the enemy
remained, but they were well or
ganized and were fighting to the
death with mortars and small
arms from a maze of heavy de
fenses. Their backs were against'
a precipitous cliff and the sea.
Japanese fire still was taking a
toll of marines, but front dis
patches indicatod that American
dead In the campaign would total
fewer than 4,000 against more
than 20,000 enemy troops killed.
(A Japanese broadcast commu
nique, recorded by the FCC,
claimed that marine casualties ln
Iwo totaled 25,800.)
Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith, com
mander of fleet marine forces,
told United Press war correspond
ent Lisle Shoemaker aboard the
Water Forecast
Group to Meet
The 10th annual meeting of the
Ci ntral Oregon water forecast
cc mmittee will be held In Bend
th s year, on April 6 In the Des
chjites county court house, accord
ing to Information received today
from W. T. Frost, associate hy'
drWulio engineer with theOregon
Cooperative snow surveys. The
meeting will start at 9:30 a.m.
Frost announces.
Purpose of the annual surveys
is to compile and Interpret data
bearing on expected runoff and
reservoir storage for the coming
crop season, for the guidance of
farmers and stockmen. The con
ferences are rotated between Red
mond, Prinevllle and Bend. Mem
bers of the snow survey staff
will be present to confer with mid
state reclamationists.
Data Sought
After all available data are com
piled, the season forecasts are
made available for the various ir
rigation districts.
Members of the Central Oregon
water forecast committee are Olaf
Anderson, LaSelle Coles, C. W.
Goodnight, Phil F. Brogan, Ralph
W. Crawford, H. G. Smith, Henry
C. Hulett, W. R. Lawson, G. W.
Montgomery, E. N. Hoffman,
Charles C. Parsell, A. E. Perry,
R. L. Schee, C. H. Spencer, E. L.
Woods, C. J. Youngstrom and A.
M. Christenson.
Seven Sailors Die
In Plane Crash
San Francisco, March 1G IP
The 12th naval district announced
today the names of four of seven
men killed Wednesday night in
the-crash of a navy transport
plane in the San Carlos hills 25
miles south of here.
The dead Included:
Lt. Cmdr. J. H. Brahtz, USN, La
Jolla, Cal.; Victor Salazar, sea-!
man 1c, San Antonia, Texas;!
Lt. Cmdr. R. II. Allen, USCG,
Winthrop, Mass., and Richard B.
Johnston, gunner's mate 3c, San
Jose, Calif.
Injured Included:
Arley W. Adams, seaman 2c.
Mother, Mrs. O. M. Adams, 4821
N. E. 14th Ave., Portland, Ore.
P. W. Hudson, gunner. Wife,
Joyce Hudson, 1134 Tacoma Ave.,
Port Orchard, Wash.
Deputy Collector
Ends Busy Period
The door of the tax department
office was closed at 11 o'clock
last night by A. E. Hill, deputy
collector of internal revenue after
ushering out his 125th customer
for the day.
A number of residents were un
able to file their returns before
the deadline, Hill explained, as
they had not yet received with
holding statements from old em
ployers. Hill announced that former em
ployes of Camp Abbot may secure
withhoVling statements by writ
ing to the Barnes general hospi
tal, payroll section, Vancouver,
Wash.
The collector will be In his of
fice for several days and will be
available for questioning.
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IWO BATTLE ENDS
Guam, Saturday, March 17
UP) The battle of Iwo .lima
ended Friday after 28 days of
fighting which cost the U. S.
marines 19,988 casualties
highest toll of the central Pa
cific campaign it was an
nounced today. Of the total
American casualties, 4,183
were dead. .
Meet Adm. Chester W. Nlnv
Hz announced that orgunlzed
Japanese resistance ended at
6 p.m. Friday when marines
overcame the last dcHHrate
remnants holding out at the
northern tip of the 8 !j -square
mile Island.
invasion flagship off Iwo that the
marine motto of Semper Fidelia
Always Faithful never before
had been challenged or tried as It
was In the attack on that Island.
"We know from the start of the
Nazi Rockets
Blast London,
Kill Hundreds
London, March 16 HP) Censor
ship permitted the first disclosure
today that hundreds of Londoners
have been killed or wounded by
German V-2 stratosphere rockets.
It had been permlssable only to
say that v-2 bombs fell In "south
ern England." , .
How'tnaiiy rockets have fallen
in the metropolitan area nnd the
specific places they have hit re
main a closely guarded secret.
V-2 casualty figures here since
the first rockets crashed to earth
from heights up to 70 miles were
not revealed, but censorship per
mitted the use of the word huh
dreds" In describing them.
Red Cross Drive
Donations Drop
Quota Received to Date Balance
$22,300 $18,2.I4 $3,3K0.5G
Contributions to the Deschutes
county American Red Cross
fourth war fund campaign again
took a slump yesterday, only
$379.67 being received, It was an
nounced today by Bruce Gilbert,
county chairman. The small sum
was donated at the offices of the
Red Cross In the Bank of Bend
building, since the Junior chalr
ber of commerce headquarters in
the chamber of commerce offices
had been closed.
Gilbert said that he had re
ceived only a few additional re
ports from Bend business houses,
approximately 30 per cent of
which have not yet turned In their
donations. He said that he was
hopeful that when these reports
and those from the rural districts
are received, the quota will have
been reached.
"First" Honors Sought
"We had hoped that this cam
paign could have been finished In
12 days, and thus give Deschutes
county a chance or being among
the top In the state," Gilbert said.
"But perhaps we are not too late
(Continued on P&ge 5)
8 Battie Veteran
Is Bend Visitor
Sgt. W. C. Billings of Bend, vet
eran of eight major battles, Is in
the city visiting his mother, Mrs.
Elta Billings of 490 Dekalb. He
Is accompanied by his wife, the
former Zora Stankovlch of Port
land. Sgt. Billings Is home on a 60
day convalescent leave recovering
from injuries. In the service three
years, the sergeant spent two
years on overseas duty where he
fought at Casa Blanca, on the
Anzio beachhead and in Europe.
At the conclusion of his fur
lough the sergeant will report to
Dibble hospital at Monlo Park, i
Calif., for further medical atten- j
tion.
GETS PRISON TERM
Paris, March Hi ni'iVlce-Ad-miral
Jean Pierre Estcva, Vlcy
resident-general of Tunisia, began
a term of life Imprisonment to
day as a traitor to France.
IE- -
-if
I operation that there was only
one way to attack frontal as
sault," Smith said. "The marines
knew the Japs had had years to
perfect defenses and in doing so
could register every available
weapon on the only beaches pos
sible for a landing. - .
"The cost of winning was no
doubt weighed carefully against
the Importance of having this Is
land as an operating base and
speeding the ultimate defeat of
Japan."
While the fifth marine division
steadily whittled down the Inst
enemy pocket, the third and
fourth marine divisions ln eastern
Iwo mopped up stragglers and
snipers overlooked in their break
through to the east const.
Front dispatches snld construc
tion forces were rushing repairs
to the three captured airfields on
Iwo and otherwise converting the
Island Into a major base for the
coming assault on Japan.
Mine Operators
Reject Demands
Washington, March 16 IP Soft
coal operators today formally re
jected the 18 wage contract de.
mands of the United Mine Work
ers. But they offered counterpro
posals on six of the demands
which they said would add $1.69
a week to rAlncra'. balc earnings.
The operators presented their
answer to tnc union tiemanns at a
morning session of the joint wage
conference which is seeking to
draft a new contract to replace
the one which expires March 31.
The conference immediately nd
journed until tomorrow. Both
sides went into individual ses
sions to plan for continued nego
tiations tomorrow.
The operators flatly rejected
the union's demand for a 10-cents
a ton royalty which would be used
for an Insurance nnd hospitaliza
tion fund under the union's juris
diction.
Charges Mudo
The operators charged that this
proposal presented an entirely
"new social theory and philoso
phy" which would airect every
Industry In America.
"As such (it) must be consid
ered and acted upon as a national
problem and not as one relating
to the coal Industry alone," the
operators said. "And In the judg
ment of the committee, we repeat,
It Is one to be considered by pub
lic legislative bodies."
Flaming Targets
Please Admiral
Admiral Nlmltz Advanced Head
quarters, Guam, March 16 mi
(via navy radio) Vice Admiral
Marc A. Mllscher, whose fast car
rier task force recently staged
full-scale carrier attacks on Tok
yo.messaged congratulations to
day to Maj. Gen. Curl Is Lemay,
commander general of the 21st
bomber command.
"We are proud to operate In the
same area as a force which can do
as much damage to the enemy
as your force is consistently doing.
"May your targets always
flame."
Roosevelt Upholds His Policy
Of Sending U. S. Food Abroad
Washington, March 16 tli
President Roosevelt today vigor
ously defended the administra- j port policy In referring to the re
tlon's policy of having this coun , cent creation of a government
try help feed other less fortunate : committee which will examine
nations. land control the export of Items
Ho told a news conference he i other than actual military and
was aware ot some opposnion iu
reducing American consumption
of certain Items so that people In
other nations do not starve.
But It is a matter of national i would De starvea to icea oiner n
defency that this nation help feed . tinns.
those who do not have enough to ; lie rejected this Idea flatly. Sup
eat, he said. ; pose lie said, that we take as an
Roosevelt said he could not example a specific commodity
bring himself to think that this which everybody uses: then sup
country had suffered greatly or ; pose we find that by cutling do
was going to when the American -icstlc consumption of this Item
standard "of living is compare ' . P per cent we would still live
with that of other countries. ' t that the diverted 10 per cent
He added that he thought his would permit other people to live
feelings reflected not onlv the at-1 who otherwise might starve,
titudc of the administration but Holland, for example, Is a very
that of a large majority of the bad case and needs help, Roosevelt
American population. I said.
Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy and continued
cool today, tonight and Saturday.
Showers along coast and a few
snow flurries lit mountains.
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Troops
2 Nazi Armies
West of Rhine
Face U.S. Trap
' PatWs "Rolling 4th"
Division Crosses River '
In Lightning Advance
Paris, March 16 inThe Amer
ican Third and Seventh armies
slashed Into the northern and
southern flanks of the Saar basin
today in a powerful nutcracker of
fensive threatening to envelop ele
ments of at least two German :
field armies west of the Rhine.
Simultaneously, the American
First army lashed out with a new
burst of power from its narrow
foothold on the east DanK oi me
Rhine and rammed to within 200
yards of the great military high
way linking the nazls' Rhine-Ruhr
front with central uermany ana
Berlin.
Armies on Move
German military spokesmen
said all five American armies on
the western front were on the
move In the opening phase of a
general Berlin -bound offensive.
They asserted that the U. S. 15th
army was ln action on the Rhine
bridgehead and that the Amerl-'
cans there were using major tank
forces for the first time in a de
termined effort to break loose into
tho nnpn rnuntrv leadine north to
I the Ruhr. v '
f But the 'lrtbst "spectacular rfeWsT
and Seventh armies to the south, ,
where a great armored pincers
was closing In on the last major
German fighting forces remaining
west of the Rhine.
Seventh Mukes Gains
The Seventh army, crowding
Into the southern edge of the Saar
on a front of more than 50 miles,
piled up gains of as much as five
miles last night and early this
morning, on top of the three-mile
ndvance hammered out In the
opening rush of the offensive yes
terday. Berlin said the drive already
had carried Into the main Sieg
fried defenses at some points and
described the Seventh army blow
as the "second phase" of the allies'
general offensive in tne west.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's fa
mous "rolling Fourth" armored
division burst suddenly across the
Moselle river south of Coblcnz
and raced more than 12 miles
southeastward In a bold flanking
sweep thnt threatened to turn the
last 50-mllc belt of the nazl Sieg
fried line In the Saar basin.
I "at ton in Action
Striking In concert with the
United States Seventh army's
frontal assault on the Saar from
the south, Patton apparently was
wheeling the main weight of his
Third army across the Moselle to
take the Germans in the rear and
squeeze their remaining forces
back behind the Rhine. i
Less than 50 miles of thinly
hold enemy territory separated
the rampaging Fourth armored
division from Seventh army
forces battering northward on a
50-mile front between Saarbrueck
en and the Rhine. At the western
end of Patton's nssault line the
gnp was barely 22 miles and nar
rowing by the hour.
The Fourth division crossed the
Moselle at an undisclosed point.
. ' uinti nf ttiiu nntlnn's foreien ex-
; ii-no-icahe t,uiMiit-ui.
This, the president said, had led
to criticism in some quarters and
the assertion that this country