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1,500 PLANES COVER OKINAWA WASHINGTON, April 2.— (fP) — More than 1,500 carrier-based planes, operating from upwards of 30 carriers, are taking part in the assault on Okinawa and other Ryu kyu Islands, the Navy reported to day. Citing the size of this aerial force as a “graphic” illustration of the growth of naval air power in the Pacific, the Navy recalled that only 240 planes covered the landing on Guadalcanal in 1942. The invasion of the Marshall Islands. 18 months after Guadal canal, was supported by an um brella of more than 1,000 planes flying from nearly a score of car riers. Now, slightly more than a year after the Marshall Islands op eration, the Navy said, the “sea air wallop” shows a 50 per cent increase. “Let the enemy regard this as a sign of things to come,” Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air Ar etemus L. Gates said in a state ment. “We have no intention of relaxing our efforts to increase the power of our naval aviation until the complete defeat of the enemy,” t T RUSSIANS DRIVE NEAR BRATISLAVA (Continued from Page One) pocket in the center of the 52 mile long island, although they hud a 12-mile escape route across the Danube, on the south bank of which other troops of Malinovsky’s army were battering toward the Bratislava Gap. On the north bank of the little Danube, which joins the Danube just east of Bratislava, other for ces gained nine miles and won Vajnory station, four miles north east of Bratislava. For 20 miles to the northeast, as far as Sucha, Malinovsky’s troops lined up against the southern slopes of the small Carpathians which, with the Morava river beyond, guard the approaches to Vienna from the east. At BischmXIvjgcf. vk.ulinovsky’s troops were 28 miles east of Vien na, but London observers believ ed a hard battle lav ahead. Brat islava, strategically' located t the bse of the 2,474-fnot Carpathians in the narrow valley norht of the Danube may be a tough nut to crack, but the puppet government of Premier Dr. Stephan Tiso was reported to have fled. South and southeast of Vienna, Moscow’s communique announced Moscow's communique announced only that Red Army forces were “continuing offensive engage ments” on, both sides of the Neu siedler Se4 on the west shore of which they last were reported 22 miles from Vienna. Nazi High Command announce ments said, however, that troops of Marshal Toibukhin’s Third Uk rainian group had battled to the Leitha river southeast of Wiener Neustadt, great Messerschmitt plane assembly center 22 miles south ox Vienna. The river flows within a half mile of the city and some of its great industries extend to the river 1 1, O 1 „ t._3 1_xX-_x the Russians had been halted on the east bank opposite the shell raked fortress. Moscow dispatches reported fighting for Neudoerfl, two mile east of Wiener Neu stadt. Thirteen miles to the east, the Germans also reported that Tol bukhin’s storm units had fought to the southern slopes of the Lei tha mountains at a point 20 miles south of Vienna. Dispatches de scribed the range protecting Vien na on the south as highly-forti fied. In southern Hungary, Nagykan izsa’s fali, announced by Premier Stalin, gave the Russians control of one of the last few sources of fuel for the Nazi war machine. Tolbukhin’s troops swept five miles beyond the city to take Esz teregenye and 40 other places in their mopping-up of Hungary. Eleven miles southwest of Na gykanizsa, the Russians drove seven miles along the Drava river border of Yugoslavia, won a rail road crossing to Koprivnica and Zagreb and pushed on to take Szentmihaly at the confluence of the Drava and Mura rivers. The advance carried them with in five miles of th major rail road crossing town of Murakesztur on the direct line from Nagykar. izsa to Maribor in northern Yu goslavia. The spearheads also were 55 miles northeast of the puppet Croat capital of Zagreb and 136 miles northeast of Italy’s Adriatic port of Fiume. -V There are 55 species of native orchids in Vermont; in Hawaii, there are only three. .TOPS FOR QUALITY AT FOUNTAINS EVERYWHERE TOPS FOR QUALITY . . . AT FOUNTAINS EVERYWHERE TOPS FOR QUALI EVERYWHERE Tops for qi /erywhere TOPS FO: WHERE Tops f< Tops tops TOPS 2RE TOPS -ifRE TOPS THERE Tops F' *ywhere Tops for everywhere Tops for qua tNS everywhere > TOPS FOR QUALITY . . AT FOUNTAINS EVERYWHERE PepsirCola Company, Long Island City, N. Y., FrancliiteJ Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Wilmington si AS YANKS MOVED INTO FRANKFURT BITTER STREET FIGHTING marked the battle for Frankfurt, German’s ninth city, as infantrymen of the 5th Division of Gen. Patton’s rampaging 3rd Army moved in. In the upper picture they make their way cautiously through rubble as they mop up into the heart of the city. At bottom, the Yanks have made a brick and sand barricade and have set up a machine gun to cover a, road that follows the Main River in Frankfurt. Official Signal Corps Radio-telephoto. (International Soundphoto) U.S. Crashes Nazi Attempt \ To Escape Ruhr Trap (Continued from Page One) since they crossed the Rhine 10 days ago. Next to the British, Lt. Gen William H. Simpson’s Ninth Army tanks were striking along a great military highway toward the We ser river, their cocky crews pre dicting they would be in Berlin In less than a week. Hamm, greatest rail center in Europe, was being mopped up by Maj. Gen. Robert Macon's 83rd Division. At the eastern side of the Ruhr pockel, the Germans made their first coordinated attempt to break out of the trap, and were smashed back by troops of Lt. Gen. Court ney H. Hodges’ First Army. The attempt to break out oc curred in the area of Winterberg, about mid-way between Paderborn and Siegen. Doughboys still were holding firm tonight, front reports said. Simultaneously, other German forces, apparently intent on crack ing the 30 to 40-mile-wide steel ring around the trapped Ruhr army group, began counterattacking Hodges’ lines in the Warbur area southeast of Paderborn, but these too were hurled back. Allied headquarters said the an nihilation of the Ruhr forces will take time but will not preclude the advance of Allied armored columns farther into Germany. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s ] Third Army, driving to cut Ger- ] many in two at the waist, smash- ] ed ahead 12 miles during the day and reached the Werra river 90 , miles from the Czechoslovak fron- . tier at a point three miles north- ' west of Eisenach. The Sixth Armored Division was less than 155 miles southwest of Berlin and 198 miles from the Rus sian from line. The parallel 11th Armored Division which also reach ed the Werra river to the south was likewise 180 miles inside Germany . —the deepest penetration into the Reich. Patton's troops were fighting in the outskirts of the prized city of Kasspl, and the 26th infantry di vision was reported battling in the streets of Fulda, a great Cath olic shrine city. The fast-rolling Third Army had reached the edge of the Thuring ian forest, an area where the Ger mans are said to have built a great series of underground war plants and factories. Farther south, Lt. Gen. Alex ander M. Patch’s Seventh Army gained control of more than 14 miles of the river Main southeast of Wuerzburg and broke out of the Odenwald onto the Wuerzburg HeiJbronn plain. The Germans said other ele ments of the Seventh Army had reached the Bruchal area, 37 miles northwest of Stuttgart, and had outflanked the Rhine city of Karl sruhe at a point 12 miles to the northeast. Nuernberg, great Nazi conven tion city and a vital communica tions point on the Berlin-Brenner pass route, was menaced by Patch’s armored forces. On the northern front, Lt. Gen. Sir Miles S. Dempsey’s British and Scottish troops fought into the Teutoburg forest near Bielefeld in their drive toward Bremen. They also reached the outskirts of Gro nau to the west. With the lifting of the security veil it was disclosed that the Canadian Third Division had clear ed Elten and the woods above the town west of Emmerich, while above them other units had reach ed the Zutphen-Enschede canal. Endless streams of supplies and reinforcements were moving up to support this great movement ap aarently aimed at cutting off all iolland and breaking out on Ger nany’s North Sea coast. The Germans were blowing the iridges over canals as they reeled lack under the Canadian and 3ritish attacks. Despite desperate efforts by the memy to hold the high woods tround Oshabrueck, the fall of hat city appeared to be near, ;aid Associated Press Front Cor espondent William Frye. The British 11th Armored Divi ;ion was spearheading the attack n this direction. Most enemy re sistance was from flak troops and lemolition squads. General Delivery AN EASTER GIFT OF a bouquet of roses and a kiss sent to Kay Run nels, Everett, Mass., from her boy friend overseas is delivered to her by Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles of the First Service Command. The Gen eral said the errand was an “honor” and a “pleasure.” (International)j YANKS DIVIDE OKINAWA ISLE (Continued from Page One) where Americans landed prior to the Okinawa invasion. The Navy established a seaplane base in the Kerama group in a daring move preceding the landings on Okinawa. Thus Americans quickly achiev ed a vital aim of the operation bases from which to raid Japan’s mainland, blockade the East China Sea and gain air domination over such points as Shanghai and the Yangtez river mouth, only 400 miles away. There still was no report of se rious opposition from Okinawa’s Japanese garrison, believed to number from 60,000. to 80,000, nor from the nearly half a million ci vilian Okinawans. Assoicated Press Correspondent James Lindsley reported the only sign of death he saw on the beach head .was “a diminutive Okinawan horse, its legs sticking grotesquely outward ” An inlication that the small points of resistance were some times fierce was given by AP Cor respondent Grant MacDonald. He reported 11 women, dressed in Japanese soldier uniforms, were part of a force attacking an Amer ican field artillery position Sunday night. Men and women of the fanatical group who were not killed committed suicide. Some Okinawa civilians were drifting back from hill hideouts to pass peacefully through American lines. Brig. Gen. David H. Biakelock of Washington, D. C., said the im mense stores of supplies moving onto the beachhead included food for the Okinawans, sufficient to provide the population with 300 tons daily. -V Aschaffenburg Garrison Ordered Wiped Out As A Symbol To Nazi Towns (Continued from Page One) teamed up with soldiers from Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Ar my to liberate 7,000 Allied soldiers —half of them Americans—from a German camp near Aschaffenburg and drove farther east with re newed vigor on reports that 14,« 000 more Allied captives were be ing held by the Nazis in a wooded area nearby. The liberated soldiers were in a prison camp east of Bad Orb which is 10 miles northeast of Aschaf feenburg. Forces of the 106th Cav alry and another cavalry group led the rescue drive. Resignation Of Byrnes Held Hint Of Nazi Fall (Continued from- Page One) Yet it was generally agreed here that Byrnes’ “toughness”—evidenc ed by the night club curfew and the brownout—was backed by a White House mandate. His resignation was dated March 24 and submitted while Byrnes was busy preparing a quarterly report to Congress and the President which promised to drop those un popular moves—which some people felt were designed tq create war psychology moe than to conseve resources. The report was almost wholly concerned with the recon version program which will go into gradual effect after E-Day. Byrnes will remain at his Gov enment post until Vinson's nomina tion is approved by the Senate and will breai Vinson into the job. He then plans to take a rest at his Spartanburg, S. C., home. Thereafter, said an aide, “he has absolutely no plans.” Reports that he will enter the private practice of law, and.that he has received “flattering” offers from industry received no confirmation. “I think VE-Day is not far dis tant,” Byrnes told Mr. Roosevelt in his letter of resignation. “My knowledge of the nature of the work now . confronting the office causes me to conclude I should not remain longer. “The office has already embark gram of reconversion. I am con vinced that the person who is to direct the reconversion program should take charge of this office now. He would then have an op portunity to familiarize himself with the plans we have made and can modify in such manner as he deems wise the plans which he will be called upon Jo administer.” Mr. Roosevelt's reply was fill ed with high praise of Byrnes’ service. ’’It is not pleasant,” he wrote, “to contemplate the severance of a relationship which has been as delightful to me personally as it has been of advantage to the na tional interest which you have serv ed with such singular devotion and fidelity.” He said he had no choice but to accept the resignation, but asked Byrnes if he could not count upon the latter’s “wisdom, knowledge and understanding” if the need should arise in the future. Byrnes authorized a statement expressing the hope that he could “make some contribution as a private citizen.” Byrnes was Economic Stabiliza tion Director before the War Mo bililization Office was set up by executive order on May 28, 1943. Thus having followed Byrnes’ foot steps into OES, Vinson was the administration figure logically next in line for the highest civilian war office. The OWMR advisory board of public, agriculture, labor and business representatives released through the White House a resolu tion praising Byrnes and express ing regret at his resignation. The board also expressed good wishes to General Clay in the “critically important work he if about to un dertake in the occupational con trol of Germany.” The board is headed by O. Max Gardner, former Governor of North Carolina. .The board credited Byrnes with achieving “the coordination and cooperation which is reflected in success in our mobilization for war.” Paying tribute to “his broad vi sion, impeccable character, abun dant courage and human warmth,” , the board asserted: “To his former distinguished , service at the bar, in the Con- ; gress, and on the bench, he has I added a public service to his coun try in his present position which ' earns for him the gratitude of the entire Nation.” Gets Reich Post 9 « < FOLLOWING a request by Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Maj. Gen. Lucius Clay (above) has been appointed as his deputy and will have charge of civil affairs in Germany when the Allies take control. At present Clay is a deputy to War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes. V-***»p {International) FRISCO PARLEY SUCCESS SIGHTED (Continued from Page One) participation in any future inter lational organization.” The letter asked: “Is Russia truly intent on re puilding a peaceful world? If so, why does she stand in the path of Poland’s participation in the San Francisco conference?” Senator Wiley (R-Wis), a new member of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued ?. statement say ing the “breach in the Big Three diplomatic front” must be quickly, lealed. He also argued for erection of an international organization at Ban Francisco flexible enough to “permit us to improvise against the changing contingencies of the world.’’ ■ .... -- v Heavyweight Boxing Champion Transferee! NEW YORK, April 2. — (JP) — itaff Sgt. Joe Louis, heavyweight toxing champion, has been tem jorarily transferred from Camp Shanks, N. Y., to the Fox Hills terminal, Stapleton, Staten Is and, to assist in the building up >f an athletic program, it was mnounced today. Pvt. Melio Bettina, another hea ryweight boxer, and Sgt. Ruby Joldstein and Pvt. Pete Scalzo ilso were transferred. The Fox iills Terminal trains Negro sol ders as port companies to do tevedoring and related duties. -V fasten Red Sox Hold Hard Two-Hour Drill PLEASANTVILLE, N. J., April .—UP)—As their manager directed hem in street clothes because of . back strain, the Boston Red Sox irent through strenuous two hour trill today. Cronin sustained a minor back train yesterday. For an hour Cronin closely yatglied the pitchers as they prac iced handling bunts and attempts o pick off base runners. Clem Dreisewerd, Pinky Woods ind Hurlers Clark, Wilson and rohnson took turns on the mound is the squad went through a leng. thy batting session. Cronin also spent considerable time at second base teaching the fine points of double plays to Ben 1 Steiner, second baseman up from Louisville. -1 It’s against the law of common sense to drive with your fingers crossed. Your dealer will uncross them for you. 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