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Nazis Report Russians 45 Miles From Berlin (Continued from Page One) , German reports from any .nurce in Moscow. Marshal Stalin issued two orders . lhe day Wednesday, the first announcing the fall of Landsberg d ,iie second proclaiming the aoture of Friedland and Heils !; L south and southwest of Ko Ptvgsberg in East Prussia. In addition to Landsberg, a =tra , gic communications center 27 Ides northeast of the confluence d'thc Oder and Warthe rivers at ° tri, Stalin announced the cap ture of Meseritz, 24 miles south *J , 0{ Landsberg; Schweibus, 13 *iles south of Meseritz, and Zul rchau U miles southeast of cch\veibus. All are powerful defen ce points covering the ap " , to Frankfurt-on-the-Oder. proai-ii' Tlie First White Russian Army }vas advanced more than 250 n“ie< (com its bridgeheads south 0; Warsaw in less than three weeks. Moscow dispatches said •hat improving weather had per mitted Soviet aircraft to give the ground forces increased support. * Breslau, the Silesian capital suU is under heavy siege, as was Poznan- Poland, far in the wake qf Zhukov s steamroller. In East Prussia, Soviet troops WEATHER (Eastern Standard Time) ,B' l. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours 7:30 p. m.. yesterday. * temperatures i 30 s. m.. 41.0: /:30 a. m.. 32.6; 1:30 p‘m., 40.8: 7:30 p. m.. 38.0. Maxm iin 43.1: Minimum 31.8; Mean 37; Normal 47. HUMIDITY 1'30 3- m.. 76; 7:30 a. m., 73; 1:30 cm.. 29: 7:30 p. m.. 70. PRECIPITATION Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. w 0.00 inches. " Total since the first of the month, 2 fit inches. TIDES FOR TODAY (From the Tide Tables published by l s. Coast and Geodetic Survey) High Low Wilmington _12:30 a. m. 7:35 a. m. 12:47 p. m. 8:06 p. m. Masonboro Inlet __ 10:21 a. m. 4:10 a. m. 10:49 p. m. 4:34 p. m. Sunrise, 7;09 a. m.; Sunset. 5:42 p. m.; Moonrise, 9:52 p.; Moonset. 9:48 a. I hr rough and throat irritationa mult* ; ing from soldi ar smoking, million! via : I • I j COUGH LOZENGES ; Really soothing because they’re ; really medicated. Each F & F ; Cough Lozenge gives your throat ; a 15 minute soothing treatment ; that reaches all the way down... be* ; low the gargle line. Only 10(1 box. a •iiiaaifaaaaiaiaaaaaaoaaaaaaaaaaaavd 1_r..tv; - - .-..Tr had penetrated deep inside the honeycomb of fortifications pro tecting the capital, Konigsberg. The twentieth day of the Soviet’s big winter offensive found the Red Army still slugging along nearly the whole Eastern Front, appar ently fed by an unceasing flow of reinforcements and supplies de spite the great distances it had traveled in an amazingly short period. “There is no doubt that final victory is being approached m these days with seven - league strides, a Moscow radio commen tator and "analyzer” said. "There are a number of events to show that the present Red Army of fensive is causing the German war machine to topple over and at a very dangerous spot, too—right on the brink of a precipice.” _\T ALLIES LAUNCH ALSATIAN PUSH (Continued from Page One) detailed front reports indicated that stiff enemy resistance was being met at all points in the bridge head. The First Army’s new drive into Germany was made by the veteran First Division, spearheading the assault, and by the 82nd Airborne Infantry on its right, which was revealed today fo rthe first time to be among the six First Army divisions taking part in the offen sive. The First Division jumped off from high hilis 1,000 yards east of Murrange early in the day and drove ahead four miles to cross the German border and place ad vance forces within one half mile of the Germans' main Siegfried fortifications among the 2,000-foot mountain slopes east of Krinkelt. First Army artillery, opening up for the first time in the four day old attack, thundered out in what the German DNB agency describ ed as “drumfire of unprecedented intensity.’’ Front dispatches said the fire was directed at Siegfried forts in the path of First Division Doughboys. Keeping pace with the First was Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin’s 82nd Airborne Division, which captured Lanzerath Tuesday. Fighting as foot soldiers, the paratroopers smashed ahead through thick for ests east of Lanzerath against Ger man tank, artillery and infantry fire. j In the Monschau forest, north of | the new penetration, four other i First Army divisions made an early start in the second day of their drive between Krinkelt and Ksternich, fighting through a driz zling rain which created heavy slush and slowed down all ve hicles movements. -V Mount Santo Tomasa. on the east ern side of Lingayen Gulf, is 7,400 feet high. WALLACE BACKERS SEEK COMPROMISE (Continued from Page One) in a hospital suffering from an eye disorder. The effort to keep some sem blance of unity within the majority group was complicated by the fact that the Commerce Committee, in addition to voting 14 to 5 against Wallace’s nomination, approved 15 to 4 a bill which would strip from the Secretary of Commerce the control over RFC and other big loan agencies held by Jesse Jones before his dismissal by President Roosevelt. Barkley’s most likely strategy would be to try to send the nomi nation back to the Commerce Com mittee pending final action by Con gress and the President on the bill of divorcement. Even Wallace’s most militant supporters concede that the Senate in its present tem per will decline to confirm him on an RFC-and-commerce-too basis. BERLIN LISTENS TO SOVIET GUNS (Continued from Page One) many in which the Nazis were ar resting or killing men who might try to succeed them after a Ger man collapse.) Moscow radio asserted that the Germans were rounding up all men by house to house searches for Volkssturm recruits of all ages. At Chemnitz. Moscow said, townspeople rescued a group fo 16 year-old boys and men of more than 60 years who had been im pressed into service. Several SS men were wounded in the clash, Moscow reported. Thf Moscow newspaper Pravda, in a front dispatch, said that thou sands of German refuges were falling into the hands of the Red Army as they crowded round rail road stations fighting for space in freight trains. Others were over taken on the roads, dragging their possessions on sledges, Pravda said. -V YANKS TO LEAVE ARMS IN EUROPE (Continued from Page One) costs incurred in producing new equipment would be far outweigh ed by the resultant quicker ending of the war and the saving in lives which this would represent. Presumably the property aban doned in Europe would be forward ed ultimately to the new theater, returned to the country, or sold as surplus on the spot. Disposal plans from the outset have envisaged the sale of the bulk of war surpluses in the country where peace over takes them. Since salvage value would hardly cover the cost oi handling and shipment home. | Keep Warm Under These Handsome BLANKETS I 1 : WOOLWICH Chatham all - wool blankets. Size ; 72x84. Rayon satin binding. Beauti- ; ful assorted colors. ' S|().95 ■ MARBY Heavyweight 50% wool—50% cot- ! ton. Rayon satin binding. Size 72x84. ;! Single blanket. Assorted colors. ;; *7.95 • i a ■ Fieldcrest Double Blankets Cannon-Leaksvillc :: wool—50% cotton double 25% wool—75% cotton . . . 50% wool—50% cotton . . . •' ,, fold blankets. Sizes 72x82. In Double fold. Size 72x84. They Single fold. Available m solid '' plaid5 °f r0Se’ -reen an(f blue come in attractive plaids. oo^ors of rose and b.ue. Size ., Sg.95 1 ' a a Comfortable f BED | PILLOWS In standard size 21x27 n >.. also in sizes of 20x26. ;; Be sure to see them. $U9 to $5.45 ! 1 EACH □ Hand Made | DHOW RUGS j Of cotton and wool. Attractive for kit chen, bedrooms and bath. Attractive as-1 sorted colors. * ! help speed I VICTORY! + Keep Buying ! WAR BONDS + ^ _ + ^ " """ Nursery Fire Takes Lives Of 16 Babies (Continued from Page One) toe of a baby’s bootee protruded from a pile of infant’s clothing and tiny sweaters and jackets littered the rooms. Only infants saved were Joanne Foisy, the year-old daughter of mill working parents and Cecilia Four nier, 17-month old daughter of an attendant, JIrs. Lorretta Fournier-. In her dash for freedom, Mrs. La Coste had snatched up the bas sinets in which these babes lay. She stumbled, was seared by the flames and dropped her precious load. But Mrs. Fournier, running at her heels, grabbed up the babies, leaving Mrs. La Coste... to escape alone. Mrs. La Coste's three sons, Lau rent, 14, Guy, 9, and Norman, 6. managed to escape unaided from their room over the garage that was attached to the house. These with Mrs. Tanguay, who arroused the neighbors with her screams for help, were the sole survivors. Later they said Mrs. Rosa Cote, x-.x'.uuier auenaani, migxn nave es caped. But after running from her room she turned back for her clothes. Firemen found her body and the body of her 5-year-old son Robert clasped in each other’s arms when the flames had sub sided. Utilizing emergency apparatus, firemen carried the charred infants to Dillingham's funeral parlor where throughout the day parents and relatives journeyed on reluc tant feet to attempt identification. They filled three rooms in the small brick structure—these tiny bodies each shrouded in a veil of muslin. Some held their wee fists clench ed over their faces. Some had their knees drawn up as if to fight their way free of the searing flames. Though almost all Were burned or charred, some of the tiny faces still wore a smiles as if they had gone to sleep writh a mother’s sof1 kiss. ruxiuug wic aii at to vian me iiiur gue was Mrs. Jane Wideman, 23 year-old wife of a sailor stationed in Chicago. She learned of the tragedy when she reached the shoe factory where she works. With a white scarf over her head she came wordlessly into the room where the tiny bodies lay. Seem ingly in a stupor, she walked to thi long table, paused briefly and point ed at one little figure, Arnold Wide man, Jr., then, with sobs shaking her but bringing no tears, she turn ed away and left. - - _i Pvt. Roland Sirois and his wif came and found their tiny daugh ter Carmen, born just 30 days be fore he was called into the servici five months ago. Other parents and relatives cami later. Some asked that their littf ones be taken to other funera parlors where burial arrangement; could be made. Some left to tel parents too fearful to come them selves that their child was dead, i Perhaps no one dreaded the or deal of facing the parents mori than did widowed Mrs. La Coste For three years, officials said she had run the boarding home taking in children of parents wh( beca.ise they worked could no make a home. Some were children of service men whose wives needed monej to eke out their service pay. Others were babies of parents where both father and mother were em ployed in the mills and factories o: the twin cities—Lewiston and Au burn. A mother who loved children Mrs. La Coste had crossed th« Andros-Coggin river to open the home in the new Auburn section— a district of mill workers homes where in 1933 a fire destroyed 25( houses. Miss Shirley Davis, the city health officer, said that Mrs. La Coste’s was a "good home." Tar [ ents paid from $6 to $7 weekly for the care. The babies were well-fec clean and healthy, two day nurse maids and one night nursemaid were employed. Dr. Victor Caren superivsed the house. Police who were investigating all angles of the fire could find noth ing amiss—no indication of care lessness or laxity. -V motorcyclist Injured On Fail Bluff Highway Joseph Wright Backus, veteran Marine, whose address has not been learned, was critically in jured Tuesday when his motor cycle collided with an animal on the Fair Bluff highways, and was taken to the Columbus County hos pital in Whiteville. Hospital authorities said he re ceived head injuries and a possi ble fractured skull. ..V The timber line is the altitudinal boundary of natural tree growth. QUICK RELIEF FROM Symptoms of Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS due to EXCESS ACID Free BookTells of HomeTreatment that Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing Over two million bottles of the WILLARD TREATMENT have been sold for relief of symptoms of distress arising from Stomach and Duodenal Ulcers due to Excess Add Poor Digestion, Sour or Upset Stomach, Gasslness, Heartburn, Sleeplessness, etc., due to Excess Acid. Sold on 15 days’ trial 1 Ask for “Willard’s Message” which fully explains this treatment—froo—at BROOKLYN PHARMACY, INC. GREEN’S DRUG STORE KIWANIANS SEE TRAVEL MOVIE Ancient Buddhas in the tropic jungles of Ceylon, the beautiful ' temples of the Hindus, holy men, fakirs, snake charmers, odd relig- j ous customs, and other interesting ■ sights paraded before members of j the Kiwanis club yesterday, during the showing of the film, “Strange ( Gods of India,’’ at their regular meeting. The films were taken on the fa mous Thaw Asiatic Expedition, and were presented by G. F. Ball, of the Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey in North Carolina. The pictures covered a 22,000 mile trip made by the expedition from Paris, to Bom bay. As a representative of the oil company, Ball also outlined the tremendous demand for oil by the military services, and urged con servation on the part^of all con sumers of fuel oil. He said that what the fuel oil consumer does not realize is that all types of oil products come out of the same bar rel, and when a greater percentage of crude from each barrel is used for military purposes, a smaller percentage is left for civilian pro ducts. T7 Legion Offers Program On ‘G1 Bill Of Rights’ A motion picture depicting Am erican Legion activities, and short talks on the “G-I Bill of Rights" section pertaining to employment and unemployment compensation benefits will be the topics tonight at 8 p. m. at the meeting of the Wilmington Post No. 45 of the American Legion. The meeting will be held at the Legion Home. Present at the meeting will be T. W. Keith, local representative of the Selective Service job plac ing and counseling service; J. W. Hale, local veterans representative of the U. S. Employment Service; and E. H. Kendrick, local repre sentative of the Unemployment Compensation Commission. All honorably discharged sol diers of World War II are invited to attend. -V Jose Iturbi, Famous Pianist, Will Offer Concerts At Lejeune CAMP LEJEUNE, Jan. 31 — Jose Sturbi, famed concert pianist and conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, is includ ing this Marine camp in his cur rent tour of the Carolinas. In addition to his two appear ances in the camp theatre, Iturbi ’ will give two concerts in the audi ' torium of the United States Naval hospital here today. The Spanish-born musician re ! cently has played at Spartanburg, ' S. C., and Charlotte. Greensboro, ' Raleigh and Fort Bragg, in North ? Carolina. -V i Home Nursing Class ! Slates Meet Today The second meeting of the Red Cross Home Nursing class, being conducted at the Pearsall Mem , orial church, East Wilmington, will be held this morning at 9:30 a. m., it was announced by Mrs. E. L. Mathews, chairman of the Rec Cross Home Nursing committee. There are still a few vacancies in the class, Mrs. Mathews stated and anyone wishing to join should report to the rear entrance of the church at the time of the meeting. The class is conducted by Miss Mary McDuffy. Did John L. Sullivan Fight With Stomach Ulcer Pains? The famous heavyweight champion wTas noted as a voracious eater. Could he have eaten and fought as he did if he suffered after-eating pains? Don’t neg lect stomach or ulcer pains, indigestion, gas pains, heartburn, burning sensation, bloat and other conditions caused by ex cess acid. Get a 25c box of Udga Tablets from your druggist. First dose must convince or return box to us and get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK. Saun ders Drug Store and drug stores every where. clings to irritated throat surfaces, protecting and soothing them. 2. Helps relax tenseness and the feeling that you must cough. | 3. Helps loosen and bring up phlegm. i 4. Contains no sugar—suitable for diabetics. 5. Contains no narcotics—safe for children. 6. Your druggist will refund full price if you are not satisfied. Take RESOAMOI. as directed on label, and if you don’t get prompt relief, consult your physician. At all druggists- 504. Local Dignitaries Laud j Col. Potts At Banquet Col. Adam E. Potts', who formally elinquishes command of Camp Davis today after two years in harge of its recently terminated unctioning as an Anti-Aircraft ■’iring Center, was honored last light at a banquet held by the totary Club of Holly Ridge in the Community House. The representatives of the Army Ur Forces Redistribution Com nand and Convalescent Hospital irogram who were scheduled to ittend as fellow guests-of-honor 'ailed to appear. It was reported hat unforeseen circumstances had nterfered with their trip by air Tom Atlantic City. Their organi sation will occupy the post form ally today. Among the Holly Ridge Rotar ans and dignitaries from Wilming ton, Jacksonville and Whifeville who assembled to pay tribute to the colonel, detailed to remain at the post temporarily on detached duty, were Haywood Campbell, president of the Holly Ridge Rotary Club, J. J. Hudiburg, secretary. Wilbur R. Dosher. F. B. O'Crow ley, and Aaron Goldberg, all oi whom spoke briefly, and W. W. Bell, Sheriff C. David Jones. City Manager A. C. Nichols, Harry R. Gardner. Edgar L. Yow, Walter J. Cartier, J. G. Thornton and N. H. Modinos. Wilbur R. Dosher. toastmaster in place of Father William O'Byrne, absent because of illness, said on behalf of the residents of the area affected by the closing and reop ening of the camp, "We will try to do a job, as we believe we have done one”. F. P. O'Crowley, chosen chair man, extended best wishes to Col. Potts and his staff of the past two years and added a tribute to the Military Affairs committee of local civilians, who had met in August to consider the problem of secur ing reactivation of the post. He singled out the chairman of the committee. R. B. Page, for especial, commendation, saying that *'the“ man's heart, mind and physical being ’ were concentrated on the effort, now crowned with success. Mr. Page is convalescing from an illness in James Walker Memorial Hospital. ' Adding to Mr. O'Crowley's tribute to Col. Potts, “'one of the good things to come out of this war is the chance to know such men as you". Mr. Hudiburg reviewed the colonel's military career and call ed him a “one man Rotary ciub“, with reference to his services to the community. Col. Potts, accepting the honor accorded him on behalf of the “many, many” Camp Davis ser , vicemen who have taken away i pleasant memories of the com ; munity's "fine people”, said he saw reason for happiness in the closing of Davis as an anti-aircraft center and its re-opening in its new function in that it indicated that our war effort was finishing with its defensive phase and mov ing toward victory. He voiced the hope that the post might becom< a permanent installation. A gift of a pen-and-pencil se was presented to the colonel on be half of the Rotarians by Mr. Camp bell, after which Aaron Goldberg Wilmington attorney, proposed i toast (in water) to the colonel an' his staff and to the hope for ; soeedy victory and a happy retun of servicemen fighting abroad. 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During this sea son of colds, Penetro is so helpful in easing chest muscle tightness, j soothing chest rawness, loosening phlegm and relieving cough? Rubbed on chest, throat, back i melts instantly, quickly vanishn to act 3 ways—(1) To relieve pai: at nerve ends in skill. (2) To eas chest muscle tightness by < ountei irritation. (3) To soothe irritate oreath passages through inhale aromatic vapors. Many households call Pcnetro real friend in so many other wayi too—as it eases neuralgic and rhet matic pain, takes sting froi chapped lips and nostrils, acts a soothing dressing for bruises, in nor cuts. No wonder mothers toda are praising Penetro and druggist everywhere are recommending i So clean, so white, so casy-to-us and such a comfort-bringer for ? many simple every day home need, Do as millions are doing—toda get your jar of economical Penetn WINS WINGS ATKINSON. Jan. 31.—Cpl. Mar ion J. Corbett, son of N. C. Cor belt. 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