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BRITISH DROP 11-TON BOMB
UPON TARGET IN GERMANY
New World - Shaker5
Christened Ten - Ton
Tess'; American Planes
Busy
London, March 16.—New, 11-ton
super-obliteration bomb* more than
25 feet long — the moat destructive
weapon of the war—were hurled at
Germany yesterday as 4JO0O Allied
heavy bombers in day and night se>
saults on the Reich carried the "vic
tory blitz" into its 31st day today. I
Shortly before midnight RAP heavy J
bombers carried out "heavy attach"
on Zweibraeekea and Hombuifc, IS
miles east of Saarbruecken, both of
which woe pasked with German
troope and military stores, while RAF
Mosquitoes attacked Berlin for the
23rd consecutive night in the great
round-the-clock offensive.
"World-Shakers."
The "World - shaker", bombs — so
large that Britain's biggest bombers
had to be rebuilt to carry them—
were dropped on the railway via
duct at Bielefeld, carrying one of
the last remaining double-track rail
ways out of the bomb - desolated
Ruhr to the rest of Germany. Six
ton bombs were dropped on a rail
way viaduct in the Arnsburg
leading east from Dortmund.
Unofficial estimates said that the
bomb, designed primarily for use
against Nasi underground targets,
could obliterate from seven to nine
city blocks. It was said to be two
and one-half times as destructive
the six-ton "Earthquake Bomb,"
once heralded as the world's most
potent weapon.
Remodelled Lancasters, whose bomb
bays had to be enlarged to accom
modate the missiles nearly four feet
in diameter and 25 feet, five inches
long, were part of more than 3,000
Allied heavy bombers which scourg
ed Germany and Hungary by day
light.
The bomb immediately was nick
named "Ten-Ton Tess" by the Brit
ish press (based, on the British
2,240-pound ton.)
A Canadian flight engineer who
went along on the raid said "there
was a tremendous pall of bla<jk
smoke and a fountain of debris"
when the super-bombs hit.
An RAP pilot who dropped one
of the new bombs said the force of
the explosion lifted his plane over
500 feet.
The new bomb was BritiA-de
signed, but American firms are help
ing to produce it^ the Air Ministry
said. * \
The United States Eighth Air
Force mounted one of its most di
versified attacks on Germany as
Lt. Gen. James H. Dootittle seat
out 1,250 heavy bombers escorted
by 650 fighters to hammer at least
13 objectives, while the RAF struck
beasol plants at Bochum and Reck
linghausen.
Eighth Air Force fighters shot
down a total of 15 German planes
during the day, including three jet
propelled planes. One jet was shot
down over the Remagen bridge
head as it attempted to sneak in
to bomb the bridge. Hie
were shot down near Eiegen.
Club Boy Declares
Profit of $12&8#
Max Thomas is among the first of
North Carolina's 93,000 4-H club
members to submit a completed re
port in 1946 on a special activity.
It's true he began his project before
last Christmas but it has been com
pleted this year. He gnto out 400
broilers with a labor income of
*12186.
Max lives on Route 1 near Marsh
ville m Union County and he is II
years old.- "One fine thing about
Max's 4-H activities is that he keeps
careful ^records," says N. B. Nichol
son, assistant county agent in charge
of club work. "Keeping accurate
records is the best kind of training for
the business of fainting?*
Max bought 400 chicks tart the deal
er gave him' 406. He raised 390 to
broiler size, selling 368 for 1822.10
and keeping 12 for hom* use, which
he valued at |6. His expenses were
848 for chicks, $6 for .wood, $146.78
for feed, and 82^0 for miscellaneous
items. His labor income waa $128.86.
How much feed does .it take to raise
a broiler? Max produced 1,006
peaftds of meat with 8,7T9-po«ndrst
feed, or onepmnd of meat for aadb
3.75 pounds of feed.
The Union County Hatchery Asso
ciation is giving aH 4-H poultry-m«n
ber* in the eoagty, who finish a poul
try project and torn in a complete
record, a trip to a special poultry
chih camp. The name "Max
heads the list and the year is yet
yotMg. Ha ptaaf' W
otter 4-H activities
at the
WAR IN BRIEF
American First Army colunrnj on
east bank of the Rhine, driving to
break out of the Rema#aft bridge
head, now are only one mile from the
Nasi superhighway to Cologne. Narie
claim they have wrecked Lodandorff
bridge^, Third Army adds man N^si
towns and territoqr as mighty Bnt'
ish-Canadian army >s poised for
smash into the Ruhr.
Russian newspaper says Red Army
has smfshed across the Oder river at
Kuetarin and now is headed for Ber
lin, but Moscow communique makes
no mention of area. -
British drop 11-ton bomb on Nad
target, monster misaOle being chris
tened "Ten-Ton-Teas." American
warplanes busy.
Jap dead on Iwo Jima placed at
at least 20,000 as American Flag is
raised formally over first Jap terri
tory taken from enemy.
General MacArthur's troops land
on two more Philippines islands.
British reveal how Nasi plot that
might have imperilled lives of "Big
Three" at Teheran was smashed be
fore conference.
AH youthful Selective Service in
ductees in 18-20 age range will be
earmarked for Army duty for nesrt
90 days.
Another dramatic story of how
Nazis missed destroying Ludendorff
bridge told by war writer.
Local Club Women
Attend Greenville Meet
Among those of Farmville attend
ing the meeting of the. Woman's Club
in Greenville last Friday afternoon
were Mrs. E. S. Contes, Mrs. J..M.
Hobgood, Mias Mantle E. Davis, Mrs.
5. W. Rader, Miss Tabitha De Vis
:onti, Mra. T. S. Ryan, Mrs.- J. W.
14unden, Mrs. Jesse Mo$w, Mrm. Clap
*nce Hedgfepeth and Mn. Richard D.
larrls.
The Greenville Club welcomed ap
Droximately 150 members and guests
to hear Dr. Pfaff, of~Chapel Hill, who
s director of the Southern Council
>n International Relations, talk on
he Dumbarton Oaks Peace Proposals.
Dr. Pfaff gave a splendid outline of
he machinery of the Proposals, and
emphasized the responsibility ot each
me of us in seeing that this plan, or,
f possible, an even better one, be
accepted by our Congren. He urged
hat we, as individuals, as groups,
:lubs, through our churches, etc., con
act our Senators, our Represents
ives, and make them know that we
ire definitely for Dumbarton Oaks.
This shaping of a plan for World
Peace—the most important thing to
>e done in our lifetime—will be laid
ipon its foundations within the next
linety days. It is our responsibility
» see that these foundations are
IPlid—we must not fail. Dr. Pfaff
irged that everyone write to our
Congressmen now and let them know
halt we are backing the Dumbarton
Saks Peace Proposals.
Where there's discontent with
hings as they- are'we can turn it into
'ruitful effort to build things as they
ihould be.
Dogwood trees of sufficient size
an be cut and used in making shut
les. Ask your Extension farm f%
sster or county agent about the dog->|
wood market
Reported Killed
In Pacific Area
Thomas Herman Route,
Jr., Iwo Jima Casualty.
A telegram received Saturday morn
ing by Mr.-and lire. Herman Rouse
Cram the War Department revealed
the fact that their eon, Pfc. Thomas
Herman Rouse, Jr., of the U. S. Ma
rines, was killed in action In the Pa
cific theater of war oo February 19.
Private Rouse entered the service
sf his Country in November,- IMS.
Mr. and Mrs. Rouse have one other
t»oy in the service, !*. Ben L. Rouse,
of the U. S. Marine Air Corps.'
ROSE'S EMPLOYEES
W. H. Fisher, managee of the local
Bosate «tm*< wa«-host<to *e Storr
Employees for a harbacue *»d bruns
wiok stew supper ser*ed-at BMpasf
| Greenville on Wednesday.
Chests* Walsh of Greenville- was
preawif*and interviewed the employ
ees, after which they uHwHiWl' the
roiir at thr'tttt ThUI
absence of the mshaS^wftfc
I*
Youthful Inductees
Stamped for Duty
Wsritington, March 14.—For the
next three months all Selective
Service inductees between 18 tod
20, inclusive, with a few exceptions,
will ha earmarked for the Amy.
- A joint statement by the Arnty a
Navy said the arrangement was ma
"to satisfy the currant needs of the
Artay for young infantry replace
ments."
During the three months' period
covered by the agreement, the Navy's
calls upon Selective Service will be
filled with men 21 to 38 years o>H .
The only exception to the 18-20
bracket will be inductees who quali
fy and are assigned to special Navy
programs, such as radio technicians
tod combat- aircrewmen.
The text of the statement:
"As the result of an arrangement
between the Army and the Navy,
all inductees 18 to 20 yean old in
clusive will be acquired by the Army
for a period of three months be
ginning March 16, with the' excep
tion of inductees who qualify and
are earmarked for special duty pro
grams, such as radio technicians and
combat aircrewmen.
"This assignment was undertaken
in order to satisfy the currant
needs, of the Army for young in
fantry replacements. During the
three months period covered by the
agreement, the Navy's calls upon
Selective Service will be filled* with
men 21 to 28 years old."
The bulk of the men entering the
Army in recent months have** been
channeled into the infantry replace
ment system and eventually into
combat divisions.
Only recently Selective Service
calls were increased to give' the
Army more men for the infhntry
after all other branches Of the Service
had been tapped for men who could
be trained, as infantrymen.
These replacements, after some 15
to 17 weeks of baste trahndgyi are
shipped oversees, placed in replace
ment pools, and then asStgMti to
veteran divisions.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Jaifies F. Smith, of
Kington, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Alice Lee, to Pfc.
Cleve T. Wesbrooks, son of Mrs. C.
T. Wee brook s, of Farmville, and the
late Mr. Wesbrooks.
The marriage was solemnized in a
double ring ceremony on March 14,
in Kinston, at the home of the Right
Reverend Jack Rountree, Episcopal
Rector, who officiated. Only mem
bers of the immediate families were
present., * _ ,
The bride wore a black suit with
white accessories. Her corsage was
of red rows.
Pfc. Wesbrooks, of the U. S. Army,
has recently returned to the States
liter two years service in Egypt.
After a month's furlough, he will re
turn to actrg* duty. Mrs. Wesbrooks
will eorttinue her dutiek as graduate
nurse at- Memorial General Hospital,
Khwton.
SERVICE MEN'S
• CENTER •
Registering at the local Center dur
ing the past week were:
Farmville: Ensign B, S. Smith,
Jr., Baltimore, Md., and Alex Charles
Craft, A/S, Bainbridge, Md. Pvt.
Victor L. Cates loft Wednesday for a
camp, in California, after 21 days at
hotta
Camp Lejeutfe: Pfc. Almon H.
Stewart, Sanfovd, Maine, and Sgt.
Sahratore G. Carfi, who was here on \
his last visit as he received a medi
cal discharge and returned to his
home, in Tarry town, N. Y., on Tues
day. L. C. Jones, I|. A. 1/c, Michi
gan City, Ind., and Pfc. Joseph C.
Swayngim were Saturday night
guests of Miss Tabitha M. DeVis
conti and Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.lan* Mm. B. 0. Turnage. It was
Swayngiai's twentieth birthday, and
tlie Tumagas honored him with a
cake. This was Jones' farewell visit
as he has been transferred to the
Great Lakes Training Station.
Cherry Point: Pfc. Robert H. Crow,
Elm Grove, West V*., and Pfc. Tracy
B. Stevens, Bloomfield, Conn.
Sandwiches, fruit, toastefceofc salt
ed nuts, and cake m served. B. 0.
Norman donated -milk; Miss Elisabeth
Davis, magazines, and Mrs. J. N. El
Ramey, a refrigerator cover.
Pfc. Carlos Patterson writes from
Coagaaee Field) Columbia, 8. C., that
he cerfalflly misses hi? week ends
ht.e. Sgt. Salvatore G. Carfi ex
presses his appreciation for every- <
thing that'was draft for him during
the months that he visited the Ceo
ter. He-says that ba received Mb share]:
W souther!! hospitality apd hopes to
come back sortie day. f '
"In the "good old days- they
the-milkr today they wrtsr the
4* AM ,,j|. _a_i t_ 1 ■! itii ri-ifc # ,.n
cow at id automatic ariianjqr ioun
tain.
I If we ,toek * little more trouble
with our children it would be a lot
less trouble than the trouble we get
when we doat " m
American Fftg
i Imhftlte O v c r
JapTerntary
i ifivBi i»emy
"Taken
Guam, March 16.—United States
Msirinse on Iw Island have killed
at ie*»t«><0<d<rjapaA<M inthe bloody
M^day cafapaigjnand formerly raised
the American llsg iver the ''fit
Jspanrsr territory wrest td from the
v&mji fr war announced today.
. The Marines clossd in relentlessly
on the reflUfabig Japanese pockets
»f reriMthcti at the noritu&t tip of
the 8H square mile island 760 milee
from TokW. the Fifth Division mak
ing gaffe of 200 to 400 yards on
Wednesday.- Fighting raged through
out the ni^kt a» the Fifth and Fourth
Divisions sought to dislodge Japa
nese- entrenched in caves and pill
■UCjf
The flee* headquarters commtmi
jue stressed the fact that the esti
mate of 20,000 ' Japanese dead was
jonservatlve. The figure is leas than
!he estimates made by commanders
ft front-line troops, it waa said.
BxSet Count Difficah.'
Because of the complex system of
raves, many of which have been aeal
Kl, and because of the-difficult com
>at conditions, an exact count of
memy dead is not possible.
The figure of 20,000 is based on
»unted burials, "plus very careful
estimates as to numbers sealed in
laves," the communique said. The
'igure, it was said, "is a very cloBe
approximation of the enemy killed
it the end of March 14."
There was no new total of Ameri
ca casualties, which last week set
it more than 6,000. But United
States losses were expected to be
leavy, as it waa revealed that the
fapaneae once again had resorted to
he barbaric practice of bonby-trap
ung the bodies of American dead.
The communique said that the
American flag was formally raised
m Iwo at 9:30 Wednesday morning,"
ilthough some resistance continues..
Army fighters from Iwo struck at
Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands
o the north Wednesday in support
•f th6 campaign.
■STATE COLLEGE
ANSWERS TIMELY
FARM QUESTIONS
QUESTION: How much space
hould baby Chicks hate in the brood
r?
ANSWER: Start 2 chicks to each
quare foot '«f floor space and increase
be amount of space as the chicks
evelop, says Prof. Soy Dearstyne,
ead of the Poultry Department at
Itate College. ' He explains that
oung chicks double their weight ap
iroximately every two weeks up to
l>9ut six weeks of aga This ac
ounts for the fact that brooder space
rhich is adequate for day old chicks
oon becomes inadaquate and more
pace mint be provided. Overcrowil
ng is responsible for a great deal of
aortality in young birds. When
igOring on the space for laying hent,
ive the Leghorns 3V4 square feet
ach and the heavier breeds 4 square
eet
QUESTION: What is the cost of
pefating a tractor? x
ANSWER: The average cost of
penting small tractor tractors, baa
d on IMS prices, was 47 cents an
Pitt; medium size tractors, 64 cants;
md large tractors, 67 cents. These
Igftres were obtained in several com
ies in the Coastal Plain &rea of North
Carolina. These coats did not include
he wages of the tractor driver, taxes,
t shelter charge. Variations frail
iverage costs for each sise group are
afluenfced by size of load and amount
f use. The chief Items that infin
ite coats are fuel and depreciation.
iSirthef information on this subject
lay be obtained from Experiment
Ration Bulletin No. 848, Farm Me
hanizatiioc. A card to the Agricul
oral Editor, State College, Raleigh,
Mil bring you a free copy. ,
QUESTION: Can you give me defl
ate figures on how much soil is say
A through winter cover crops and
esrumesr turned under?
ANSWER: Well established win
er cover crops not only furnish pro
action during the winter month* but j
J So result in a decided decrease in
oil lots from the row crop which
Wlowr, a«ys the Agricultural Expen
nent Station at State College. Re
al ts show that the protection afford
d' by the winter cover crops, after it
i1 turned under, is of more, import
une than the winter protection.
vHere' wheat and lwpedesa were
pfcwn 'to a four-year rotation with
otton ted eorn, the average aril loss
rSs 144 tons for the rotation as com
ta^ed with 81J tons per'acre each
. - - ,. m ■ — 1 ■■■■■ i m m i i i im
icet continuou* couon.
■ l <—•■■■■ ■
Hr-two per cent of the money
to farmers in rural rehabili
»>s since the beginning of
paid
Sthl
Wlvll
Sum of $129 Netted In
Exciting Game
Ttot Kiwanis Club basketball team
faced a tough veteran Rotary Club
team, last Friday night, fa a thrilling
and enjoyable gains. The Kiwanians
were victorious to the tune of 11-8.
The team* were well matched and
it wags a clqse game from the first
Mow at the whistle. G. L. Gilchirst.
was high seoter for the Kiwanians,
with nine points, and WaHer Jones,
for the Rotarians, with 4. E. C.
Chaafnblee refereed the ha<d fought
game.
The Kiwanis Club line up consisted
of: Frank Allen, Captain; G.L. Gil
christ and 0. L. Lemmon, forwards;
3*ek Lewis, center; John D. Dixon
and George MoOre, guards. The team
was aMy assisted by the following
substitutes: Ben Lang, R. E. Pickett,
R D. Harris, H. H. Bradham, Andy
Martin, E. C. Holmes, Louis Allen,
Pat Ruffin, Alex Allen, Dr. R. T.
Williams and €. S. Hotchkiss.
The Rotary Club team was compos
ed of: Walter Jones, Captain; John
Ptanaill and Louis Creeds forwards;
Manly Liles, center; Levy Walston
and Bill Duke, guards; J. H. Moore,
E. N. Warren, Dr. J. M. Mewbom,
Curtis Flanagan, J, Y. Monk, R, D.
Rouse, P. K. Ewell, Irvfa Morgan,
Jr., Lynn Eason, Frank Williams and
George Sturgeon, substitutes.
John T. Thorne and Henry John
ion, doorkeepers, reported that the
fame netted approximately $120,
which will be used by the two clubs
for benevolent causes only.
BIRD CLUB
Charles Greefie read about the Blue
ringed Teal to Bird Club members at
Saturday's meeting- This bird is 16
inches long. Males are variegated
lark and light brown above, and ptfr*
Jlish-gray below with spots of black.
Females are dark above, varigated
vith lighter brown, and whitish be
ow mottled with brown. It does not
ike the cold and long before the
leavy frosts of late autumn arrive, it
s well on its way southward to the
julf Coast, Texas and Mexico. Some
•emain in Lottisana Oil the gnat res
ervations. They become quite tame
inder protection and feed on the rice
icattered for them.
The mother Blue-winged Teal al
ways approaches her nestr with great
caution, alighting at a distance, and
veritably sneaking through the grass
utd weak In leaving the neat she
lulls' over it the blanket of gray down
vhich she has plucked from her breast
is a lining, entirely concealing the
ggB and making the nest pnctisally
nviaiWe. It is built in marshes or on
try ground of grass, weed stems, and
'ekthers. There are 8 to 12 eggs,
»le buffy in color.
Cardinals', robins, brown thrashers,
nocking birds, purple finches, and
iparrowB, which were flying about
he yard singing and bathing, were
tbserved with much enjoyment
Ample Fruits From
June Until Frost
The families in the Timberland
immunity of Person County have
tdopted a plan which many North
Carolina counties may follow to give
Item a continuous supply of fruits
rom June until frost for homemade
lies, Jellies, jams, and shortcakes. The
rabies, vines, and trees can be a part
>f the ornamental planting of the
jrounds around the homes.
The plan was worked out by the
Meighborh&od Leaders with the as
sistance of the Extension farm and
lome agents. "It will be about three
i>e&M before they get much fruit but
iust the same -they are beginning the
ilan now," says J. Y. Lassiter, Ex
«nskm horticulturist at State Col
ege.
There will be strawberries and
caches in June; raspberries, black
jerries, and peaches in July; apples
ind blueberries in August; grapes in
September; and muscadines until
'rost The plan provides sugar-rich,
ritamin-rich fruits from the first
itrawberry in June until the last
prape at Thanksgiving.
"Many other communities in North
Carolina know the value of plenty of
!ruit in the diet," says Lassiter, "but
he families do not take definite steps
» encourage fruit growing.
"Lefs take the apple, for example.
iVJiat this fruit can do sounds like the
ipiel' of the medicine man an a to
>aqco market. Apples aid digestion,
lisinfect the body, relieve eonstipa
Son, clear the complexion, improve
he appetite, help prevent colds, -help
wild sound bodies and teeth, cor
rect the acid conditions, and prevent
tnd cure diarrhea. Accondiing to Dr.
ft. T. Knighton, chewing apples is
he test footh brushing and mouth
leaning a person can get
"He said that chewing apples elimi
nated 96.7 per cent of the bacteria
rhile three minutes of tooth brushing
rtus a mouth rinsing eliminated only
54.8 per cent of the bacteria."
Among the things that most of us
lont know is hoir little we dolcjw*.
Prarda Says Red Axmj Has
Cromed Oder Rirer At Km
trim and New Is DriTtaf to
[ ward Bertla, But OTfidai ma
ce* Communique I* Sileet On
That Area; SlevaUn High
way Httb of Ztdta Fdk Te
London, March 15.—The Moscow
newspaper Pravda reported yesterday
that the Bed Army had crossed the
Oder Hirer opposite Kuestrin and was
dririntr toward Berlin through power
fit fortifications, bat the official So
viet communiques told only of Soviet
advances in the East Prussian and
Czechoslovak flanks of the long front.
. The Pravda reports said Berlin's
defense quadrilateral based on Kues
trin, which Mawdta] Gregory K. Zu
koVs First White Russian Army cap
tured Monday,'was in ruins, and that
picked SS (elite guard) troops were
i ,|L i|l|j i i ■ ■■ ■ l«iT
retreating1 westward.
Although the GsrrtQtos have re
ported the Russians across the river
it six point* for weeks, the Pravda
lispatch was the first Soviet report
that the Russians had forced the
middle Oder at a point 88 miles east
sf Berlin, aid were driviing down
the last lap on the road to the bomb
battered German capital.
The Moscow communique reports
sd a resumption at the drive against
the Germans encircled along the
Bast Prussian ooast sod the capture
if the central Siovakian road and
rail hub-of Zfolen, on the Hrau Rifer
ine 67 miles north of Budapeek
The large-scale tank and infantry
Mtttle in the Lake Balaton region of
Hungary roared into its eighth day,
with Soviet guns and minefields de
stroying 86 German tanks and self
jropelled guns seeking to break
hrough to the Danube and rtrength
sn the curving 750-mile line from
he Adriatic to Southern Germany
(uarding the so-called' last ditch
ritadel in Bavaria and Austria.
Nazi reports said Marshal Zhukov
lad pushed nine divisions — 135,000
roops—across the river in the 16
nile stretch between Kuestrin and
•Yannfurt-on-the-Oder.
KTWANIS CLUB
Th3 Kiwa&is Club progwun this
veek was presented by the Goldsboro
]lub, with CoUn Mints m Chairman
or the group. Sgt. Martin Burch,
rom Seymour Johnson Field, render
id solo* with Marvin Smoot, as ac
companist H. ® Hines and James G.
fohnson, Jr., also of Goldsboro, re
newed some of the accomplishments
n the way pf civic betterment that
tad been completed by the Goldsboro
[roup during the past year.
Ed Bawl, "V. A." Merritt, Arthur
["ripp and Chester Walsh from the
ire«iville Club were present with
imeJy comments. Other guests of
he Club were Professor Moore and
Javid Harris.
The spirit of the recent Kiwanis*
lotary Benefit 'game was still much
dive, and coach Frank Allen express
id high satisfaction at the perforin -
tnce rendered by all players. The
31ub gave Grady Gilchrist a rising
tpplause of appreciation for his ex
:eilant contribution.
Next week's program will be de
moted to a check up- on all details
or Charter and Ladles' night which
R scheduled for Monday, March 26.
Quota In Red
[ %
H
Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, local chairman
if the American Red Cross, reports
hat the War Fond Campaign is txm
inuinfc through this wwsk and is mak
ngf ine progress toward reaching the
[oota assigned to Farmville. Five of
he seven captains have turned in
heir collection, bat each has a few
oose ends to the tie before a final
tccAimting. Neoct week's Enterprise
carry a Ml report at the amount
ollected" by each gro*j», and we are
triving to exceed our 1944 effort.
The first contribution to the' eur
ent campaign was Si the form of a
noney order for 16.00 sent to Mr.
ohn Lewis by Private J A. Joyner,
if Farmville, A colored Marine »erv
ng in the Souttwert Pacific. Such
ippteciation of the Bed Crow and
ucfc sacrificial giving should inspire
hose of us hack bonis to "Keep the
Cross At H* Sida" rV;
Theater Oaeperataa.
In line with theaters throughout
he nation, the local,
er'is taking1 paSf in tM'drive f<?r
unds for the Red OosT *gafer thU
of the Farm villa
_mw/t
ttg as collectors.
r. , . v ■
four Colttnltt of FN
iy Driving toBreak
Of magen
Bridgehead;
Honnef as Gi
ther Enables A1
Planes to Blast Gei>
mans In That Ares;
Nasi* Claim Ludendorf
Wrecked; Pat
More Totons
Army Total;
ery Ready To
r!
Puis, March If.—Paw
columns across the Rhbp driving for
the Cologna-Pranlcfurt road raachat
within one mile at the ■hr lams super
highway yitenUy, capturing fioor
nef u Allied pianea rained ballets
and bombs on the German* trying
desperately to cluck the expawUn#
Remagan bridgehead.
The enemy also sent planes into
the battle and attempted to knock
out the Lodeadoif rail bridge at
Remangen. Berlin it had
been destroyed, but late headquar
ters and front repoilB said the
bridge now waa in better ahape than
when the Alliea lint croamd it
Allied Supreme Headquarter* also
ei .phaaired that the Lodandorf
bridjp no longer ia the sole life
line to the bridgehead. United States
First Army engineers have
Ktructed a 980 - foot ponton
which also ia pouring men and g$ns
Into the powerful] y-refnforced Amer
ican foothold east of the BM—
Good Weather. "
Brilliant flying weather for the
first time in a week enabled Allied
Fliers to attach German concentra
tions opposing the bridgehead. At
least SO large firm were obaervad
behind enemy lines as swarms of
planm hit ammunition dumps, air
Fields, road traffic, rail Unas and
troop positions.
Front rep&rta said one of the
greatest British armies ever placed
in the field, powered with marena
rf tanks *nd artillery, stood ready
to drive acrom the Rhms in the
north and smash completely through
German last-ditch defenses.
And to the south, German forcea,
reeling that a great, two-way blow
^ about to hit their Saar basin de
Fensea, retreated more than three
miles before the United States Sev
■nth Army, falling bade to Sieg
Fried defenses behind the Saar rivjr.
Seventh Army. _
The Seventh Army moved up
ilong a seven-mile stretch of the
3aar west of fiaarbmecken, taking
he ax towns of Schaffhausen,
jleslautern, GlareBthal, Schoeneck,
Wehrden and Furstenhauaen, and
tagan exchanging small arms fire
across the river. In their with
irawal, the Germans blew the Saar
river bridge at Ftntenhcuaaa.
Allied Supreme Headquarters re
pealed that the new American Fifth
Sorps, commanded by Maj. Gen.
Clarence R. Huehner and tndaflng
he Second, 10«th, 28th and 69th to
fantry divisions as well la the 102nd
Cavalry group, had fought on the
rw_ , m wi . j .• ■' — »•* * » » ■ i
Ufiixeci oUmb now AiTiijfl ngm
Flank in the battle of the Bhine
and.
Huebner formerly commanded the
.'eteran Pint Infarttry Division. He
lucceeded Lt Gen. Leonard T. Ge
now, who ha* been named
ier of the new and so far
United States 15th Army.
Fifty per cent losses suffered by
the Germans in aortal attar lea
igahtst the Remsgeki bridge
the enemy to hurl his beet
kgainst the sp(A yesterday — jet
•ropelled fighter bomber*. Nine
teen of these were counted over
he bridgehead during the after
won, bat only one was ahst down.
With battle
4 Honnef ended,* Geneml Hodges'
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