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PPRIP II V. 3:1 STATE MUSEUM CHI 0 COMP 1 KiIW' WErAlfillgEt" ANSFIEL SNJOURNAL OhioFair and cold night! Fr tday continued cold. -I Associated Press United Press PRICE FOUR CENTS tnternationti News Service VOL. 60, NO. 324 TELEPHONE 4251-6 MANSFIELD, 01110, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1945 E-.

MAN )) .0 Klipziowl tikTo Fri al olt) A I As Russians Drive Germans Back Toward Berlin East Prussia Sealed Off by Baltic Thrust 8 Vanguards of Onrushing Soviets Now 125 Miles From Berlin as Nazis Launch Attack Against U. S. Seventh Army In West BULLETIN LON VON(UP)Marshal Stalin announced today that the Russians had captured CleNitz. bastion of the southern Wing of Cermany's defensive front. Glehlitz is a major Silesian industrial city.

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517 Missing Transport Sunk, 248 Dead, 1VALLACE HITS WALLACE HITS 1 I Trooposnlp (By Associated Press) The Red army, with vanguards littlemore than 125 miles from Berlin, has cracked the Oder river line before Breslau, industrial Silesian capital, and in the north apparently has most of East Prussia from the reich in a drive to the Baltic which isolated huge numbers of Nazi troops. On the western front a field dispatch said a new, German assault in northeastern Alsace against the U. S. Seventh army might "signal the start of tint final battle for Alsace." The drive was opened with a huge artillery and mortar barrage on a 20-mile front from llaguenau The river was spanned 15 miles inside France as the Americans were reported inflicting heavy casualties on the attackers. Fall of Breslau appeared linminent as Soviet forces stormed across the Oder In the heart of Silesia to the southeast.

By German account, other forces made another crossing 32 miles northwest ut the city and 137 miles from Berlin. yANKs TAKING FurhaPpicmiTtsmsitnlyg lelare Oppeln, captured industrial city. BACK Al joNrsi LOND if ON be in a position to retaliate rtenfold" Germany resorts to use of poison gas, i in it off 1400 Rescued, Army Withholds Other Details; American Losses Since Pearl Harbor Reach 616000 (By Associated Press) 1, American troopship carrying more than 2,00 soldier w't sunk recently in European waters as a result of enemy action with loss of 248 dead and 517 (By Associated Press) WASHINGTONAn American troopship carrying more than 2,200 soldiers was sunk recently in European waters as a result of enemy action with loss of 218 dead and 517 missing. 6144 14 kilt I 11: Illritaln ally Reo Retaliate Ten-! fold Nazis I.e Gas. 1 SET Ft)lt ftrititin Itpsuiv il SET FOR IT Minister SA'inston Churchill told the house or tommons today.

I Ills statement was made in re- 'ply to a question 113' Reginald; Purbrick, i i THEE MORE ON CASUALTY LIST Mansfield Soldier Killed, One Missing in 'Action, Third Wounded, Relatives Told. One Mansfield Soldier was killed. one has been missing in action and a -third has been wounded, their families had been advised today by the var department. Killed was Pvt. Richard Layer, 18, son of NIr.

and 'Airs, Richard Layer, 36 Rebaavenue; missing is Sgt. Jay P. Moser, son of Mrs. Ella Moser of Shiloh and wounded is Max F. Morrison, son of Mrs.

Inez Morrison, 26 North Benton street. Pvt. Laver had been in action only 19 days before his death. lie landed in France Dec. 16, went into action Dec.

20 in Belgium, and was killed Jan. 8. lie was graduated from Mang CITY ESCAPES VIATER CRISIS But Cold Remains, Mercury Hits 1 Above; Shortage Felt In Other Ohio Cities. While Mansfield was caught today Ui the edge of a surprise cold wave which dropped the mercury to one above zero, the city remainect, free, temporarily at least, from the water shortage threat which hit and a number of ot her-4 Alio a 7 resit of the prolonged freezing weather. The cold, slipping into 'northern Ohio from Canada and New York state, pushed lempera.ture readings down to 20 below zero in Geauga county.

Cleveland had an official four below, giving it one of the coldest mornings of the winter. The severe cold covered only a small area in Ohio, northern Pennsylvania and New York state. Cincinnati had a low of 19 and other cities vest of Ohio reported normal weather, Niansfield appeared in no immediate danger of a water shortage today but that doesn't mean that the city will have an adequate supply indefinitely, said O. C. Nalbfloisch, superintendent of the waterworks department.

The city's veils between IAAinginn and Alta are still producing at about a normal rate, but Mansfield has continued to tise about 5.500,000 gallons of viler a day throughout the winter, nearly as (Continued oo Page 16, ('ol. 5) HUNDREDS DIE Refugees Report Starvation Blighting Manila. By BRINES BA MBAN, LIIZOn Island, P. Jan. 2 3 Delayed i Refugees from Manila reported today hundreds of Filipinos are dying of sin rva ion da ily in 1 he Philippines capital where many emaciated bodies Can be wen lying in I he shabby, unkept st reels.

stories of starvation wit hin the city and the Santo Tomas internment camp, where I was held for nearly two yeaTN, WPM brought through American lines by both Filipino and neutral who left Manila in recent weeks. MI said he Japanese stripped Manila of foodstuffs before moving their major forces northward and severed all communication between the capital and outlying districts. Secretary of War Stimson made the announcement Rt his news conference today. The remainder of the troops aboard, more than 1,100, were saved. Stimson said.

Ile gave no further details. Stimson disclosed that army casualties since Pearl Harbor have reached 616,951. Coupled with a navy total of 81.999, the aggregate for the armed forces since the beginning of the war are 701,950. This total represents an increase of 38,091 since last week's report. The navy accounted for 1,635 of the increase and the army for the remainder.

Europe highway crews and the rental ol privately-owned equipment lat cause of lack of funds," Rusk said. Last year the county had evliclided no money in the job of snow removal until the middle of January. By Jan. 13 of this ((ontinued on Page 3, Vol. 5) highway crews and the rental ol privately-owned equipment be.

of lack of funds," Rusk said. Last year the county had es- pended no money in the job of snow removal until the middle of January. January. By Jan. 15 of this ((ontinued on Page 11, Vol.

5) Calls For Probe of RFC and Injects 'Big vs. Little Busi- ness' Into Dispute. (By As Nociatc(I Press) WASHINGTON Contending big versus little business is real in control of the gov ernment's huge ha nking powers, Henry A. Wallace today proposed congressional investigation of RFC lending under Jesse Jones. The former vice president said "the real motive" behind a bill to strip the lending authority wielded by Jones away from the commerce secretaryship "has.

nothing to do with my competence to handle those powers." If confirmed as secretary of commerce, Vallace made clear, ha intends lo tiSe the lending authority to assist little business as well a1 the big companies in a drive for "a free America, ivilleh is also a prosperous America" and to carry out President Rooseveles goal of 000,000 postwar j'obs. Wallace testified before the senate commerce committee and a standing-room-only crowd. Declaring that he is willing to serve as secretary of commerce hether or not the monetary setup is left in that department. NVallace testified that "no soldier on the battlefield can do less than carry out his assignment." But in making -a strong plea for confirmation to head an intact de carry out his assignment." in making -a strong plea for confhm ation to head an intact de- 48 miles This smash, head. ing toward thellohemian moun- tains in Czechoslovakia, seemed aimed at cutting off part of Silesia from Berlin and menacing German armies in Austria, Hun gary and Slovakia.

The Sixth Soviet army in the westward offensixe, Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's Fourth INtainian, was reported within 40 miles east of the Jablunka gate. way to Moravia. One Moscow report to don said vanguards of Marshal Ivan S. Konevs' First Ukrainian army had battered into the out, skirts of Breslau, industrial capital of Germany's war-vital Silesia.

of Russian self-propelled guns hammered the city. Field dispatches re-go, ported that the "piercing of the Oder line vt as being exploited folly. In the west German transport fled from the Ardennes battle sec-of tor under incessant blasting from ((ontinued on Page 2, Col. I) County Snow Removal Expense Hits High Mark of $22,768 field Senior high school in I more than nme limes the average and entered the army June cost incurred during of the ments: Miss Pauline national Y. W.

A. headquarters, and Champ, Stonkes, national Y. M. C. all of NPW York.

They will spend most of the day interviewing representative Mans Balers on lllll munity vial service needs, and will it the ageneles which they rep- to learn for themselves DIE IN CRASH what the physical plant facili- ties of those organizations are. Alt to be studied will he the transitory population problem. Soviet Ambassador, Wife 8 As the survey began, Sorenson said: "We are here to sturly the Others Kind in Mexico. I needs or the community, not to champion any local organization," MEXICO CITY -tin Soviet The start of the survey' came Ambassador Constantine Ouman- (Continued on Page (ol. 4) sky, his wife and sCVOrl or eight other persons were killed today NAZI POW SHOT Guard Says Prisoner Sang Song Insulting I.

CLEVELAND ---41Nsi-- Shooting of a German prisoner-of-war by a guard because he was singing a song with "a lot of insulting phrases about Americans" was revealed ioday by army officers at Crile General hospital in suburban Parma JJoightM The incident, they said, occured Tuesday, A pENTER suRvEy uL National Experts Begin Study of Needs of Agencies Backed By Community Fund. With national representatives of four ngencies participating in the Niansfield Community fund in the city, a surff of community needs under vay today. Selling up a busy two-day sched tile, the group expects to be able to submit a report tomorrow afternoon. 'fere for the survey Are Roy Sorenson, president of the American Youth rganization, Chicago; Miss Agnes Jones, national Girl Scout Na (Julia Hers, John MacDonald, nal ional Federal ion of Sc I le. Offer To Adopt Doorstep Baby Mother Says No A lot of Mansfielders want to adopt the girl baby who was in- volved in the child abandonment case uncovered by police two davs ago, but the mother of the child wants the little girl herself.

Informed by police that they were receking a flood fflr tel e- phone calls front persons lin wanted the chill, the ttiolher said she had decided to keep the baby and wouldn't consent to turning it over to anyone else. le aoyear-old mother. wife 4,1. a 'Idler "111'4 been oversoas years, confessed to police Tuesday that the child was hers after she and another woman at a Bucking- ham street rooming house first reported to officers that the in- fant W8g left on the front door- an unknown person. The mother, who, police said, first indicated she didn't want the child, was taken to General hos- pital to he with it and then chang- ed her mind.

'11161 FO UR, Mather of quads NalliP1 Them For Allied Leaders. SAX El Salvador Carmon Duran. mother of quadruplets horn yesterday in the interior village of FranciscO, today announced their very Franklin. 1Vinston. and in honor of the leaders of 'the United Nations.

CLARKFIELD Armored Units at Historic Airdrome as U. S. Forces Kill 10-to-1 on Luzon. BULLETIN NEW 1ORKiIN9BlIC a-ported today that troopm oil Luzon island are over-running Clark Field, meeting only token opposition from the Japanese. (By Associated Press; American armored forces have reached Clark field tvhere the Japanese knocked out the U.

S. Phil-'Moines air force three years ago, and its a safe guess the great airdrome is again in Yank hands now. (larks 13 runways can feed nundreds of bombers and fighters into the growing bombardment of unconquered enemy islands off the China coast and on the southern approaches to Japan. Japanese broadcasts reported three unconfirmed air and naval strikes over nearly 2,000 miles. They said American naval forces shelled Iwo Jima.

'MO miles south of Tokyo, in co.ordination Nvilh NTsterday's Superfort ress raid. Momer than 120 fighters and bombers, presumably front a British carrier force, reportedly raided Sumatra oil regions, 300 miles south of Singapore. And bombs front B-29s disturbed the sleep of Osaka residents On the home islands. Japanese invasion columns narroed the Chinese-held gap of the (Continued on Page 3, (ol. How Far to Berlin? i HY AiuUd Pit'SO EaSterti front: 137 miles, by German account from Poznan); miles by Russian accoUnt from Rawiczi.

2Western front 310 mile (from Linnich-Julich-Duren area 3 Dalian front 511 miles (from- Reno river). the heels ot a speech he gave the floor of congress on the subject of drafting farm boys tor military service. Ile told the congress, in part. that "1 wish to file my protest against the directive issued by General Hershey, director of selective service, whereby he notified draft boards that all (aim boys 18 to 25 years old would tie placed in 1-A." "If Genoral 112rshey and other military leaders any going to dietate to the local draft boards and not allow them to consider each case On its OWn merits, then wby have local boards?" "If the leaders who are responsible for these directives do not soon recognize that farming is an essential industry and necessary to the winning of the war, we (Continued on Page 2, Cot. 2) ill an ire E4- on ave hil- air- ow.

eed 'ers the 1944 and took his basic tr 9inin past four winters, EnginBut (Continued on Page '2, Col. 21 per Walter E. Rusk reported to. I day I partment, Wallace proposed VI-W cats ELLIOT i Rusk's ountigures covered the was regarded as a compromise of- tal accf to ing period from Dec. 1, fer to those who have sought to 1941 to Jan.

15, 1945. but actual block approval of himior the post. removal work was done only "I suggest. that the congress Son Brigadier over a 35-day period from Dec. 11, point a committee, to investigate FOR Nominates I when the first severe blizzard (Continued on Page 3, Col.

3) In Midst of Dis og i the county, to the middle I VASII1NGTON- of the present month. UPI President Roosevelt today nominated his 34-1 "The only comparable expense Chamber To Send son, Col. Elliott Roose. involved solely in snow removal veil, to be a brigadier general in was the S8.000 spent during a five- Questionnaires On the army air forces. I day period in the winter of 1935- lillti.

We are about at the limit 1 The proosed pr llllll dim" went 45 Work Program to the senate In the midst of a of funds ay ailable for thi. emeig- iCtICV work. If the extreme snow controversy over the army's air 1 o- ndiiions continue through Feb- priority system which gave a I The Mansfield Chamher of Com-dog owned hv Colonel Roosevelt iuary this office will have to aban- (tierce today prepared to send out precedence over three on all mer.time work by the questionnaires giving its members men. a chance to express their views on PROTEsT GERMAN LABOR a 1945 program of civic better- The COLU nomination goes automatic- trent, ally to the senate military commit. MBUS 1.1)) Two labor The questionnaire method of tee which voted only last Mon- members of the war manpower formulating the year's work was day to inquire into the whole pri.

commission's area labormtinagedecided upon last night at the ority pract ice as well Os the dog ment committee are prot esting Pn111181 meeting of the Chamber incident itself. The committee army plans to bring 350 German of Commerce hoard of directors. recommends for or against con- prisoners of war to York at the "The questionnaires will be sent firmation of such nominations. army servive forces depot here. the membership within the next two weeks." John G.

Routzon. sec- Home relary-manager. said. "They will ome for Marriage He Shoves detail various objectives which the chamber has in mind and mem- bers will he requested to express War Horrors Into Back Seat thei opinions on the order in which they should be considered. The board also elected officers Illy MARGUERITE MILLER any PROTEsT GERMAN LABOR The nomination goes ally to the military commit-I COLUMBUS Two labor which voted only last Mon- ntemhers of the war manpower day to inquire into the whole pH-, commission's area labor-m)inageority practice as well as the dog: ment committee are protesting incident itself.

The committee army plans to lying 350 German recommends for or against con- prisoners of war to) work at the firmation of such nominations. army servive forces depot here. War Horrors into Back Seat The cost Of RIM removal work of county highway crews since Dec. 1, 1911. has reached the unprecedented total of $22.768, or 1st.

44tkorse, I JAMES C. NIA LON lt 's -I 4, es-tt 4, Sti it' 4 4 16 it 'Noe', 1 Z4' -t. GETS COMMAND 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell to Direct U. Ground Forces. WASHINGTON IINS)-- Gen.

Joseph W. Stilwell has been 39- poinied commander of the United States ground forces to replace Lt. Gen. Ben Lear who was reeently named deputy to General Dwight Eisenhower in the ElirO 'WWI theater of operations. Sec; rotary of War Stimson announced today.

stilell. former commanding general of the China-Burma theater, bas arrived in Washington a 114I will take over his new duties immediately, Slim-son said. At the same time Stimson made public a letter to Stilwell from Lt. Gen. Daniel Sultan in Burma praising "Vinegar Joe" for his part in opening the Ledo-Burma road.

War News At Glance (By United Pitxx) EASTERN FRONTRed army storms Oder river on 10 nide front on both sides of Breslau; Russiam; to Baltic cutting off most of East Prussia. FRONT British army drives two more miles Germany in Roer-Maas area; reports indicate Nazis drairmy; from western front to hurl at Russians in east; Germarw at. I tack Yanks on Seventh U. S. army front.

PACIFICClark Field's II air. istyps. 47 miles north of Manila. and adjacent Fort Stotsenburg about to fall to advancing jAmericans on Luzon; Tokyo re. two 13-29 raids on Osaka, inaval bombardment of ro and carrier-plane attack on Patrol-bang in Dutch East Indies.

ITALYFilth and army 'patrols active despite bad McGregor Sounds Sentiment In County On Military Service in the crash of a Mex1can air force 1 plane near here. The ambassador and his wile were leaving for Opsta Rica, to thich country Oumansky ac- credited as minKter Ile was to present hk credentials there. The plane, carrying tho ertliNiS.Sy party of nine and Iwo pilots, took off from the Mexico City nt and crashed vithin 500 yards of 1 the runway as it Va, trying to gain altitude. Before coming 0)1 Mexico, Oumansky was Soviet ambassador to the United States. WHITER, DRIER Net Liquor Ration to Be One Fifth for Three Weeks.

COLUMBUS Slate Lig- 1 uor Director Robert M. Sohngen 1 today reduced the length of the next liquor ration period begin.1 ning Monday, from four to three 1 weeks, and cut the maximum amount of whisky purchasable to a fifth. a quart or two pints. new period will continue through 1 i 1Feb. 16.

1 Recent slate's quor sources indicate. with i conferences wth tho 1 1Sohngen said. that distillers de-1 liveries during February will 4e1 from 35 to 50 per cent below' Janu- ary figures. BOY sENTENIED 1 LANSING. Mich.

LT1 Circuit! Next Liquor Ration to Be One Fifth for Three Weelo4. I COLUMBUS 'INS Slate Liquor Director Robert M. Sohngen today reduced the length of the next liquor ration period, begin. ning Monday, from four to three weeks. and cut the maximum amount of whisky purchasable to a fifth.

a quart or two pints. The Judge Charles Hayden esiter-1 day sentenced a 15-year-old 1.o- 18111, 0., boy to serve 1 to 5 years in prison for carrying concealed Police said the boy as a revolver and ammuni- lion when he was picked up as a suspected runaway. i RI the session last night. Reese Mills elected president to succeed It M. Calene, who has served for the past two years; L.

II. lIartman was re-elocted vice president: Paul M. Eliot WRS reelected treasurer. and Routzon was re-elected secretary-manager. C.

II. Keating was re-elected as national councillor And the directors elected were George W. Smith and Dale Roth 11l fill the director posts left vacant by the departure from the city of Rev. RI the session last night. Reese elected president to succeed It M.

Calenc, who has served for the past two years; L. IL Eartman was re-elected vice president: Paul M. Eliot WRS re- elected treasurer. and Routzon was re-elected secretary-manager. C.

II. Keating was re-eiected as national councillor And the di- rectors elected were George W. Smith and Dale Roth fill the director posts left vacant by the departure from the eity of Rev. 1 1 i 1 Twenty long months on GuartalMills canal hot. sultry days and rainy, sweltering nights the sight of hundreds of terribly vounded men coming back front the Jungle even the things hevfin't dampened his spirit, for Storekeeper First Class James New Ion' is home now to wed the girl who vaited for him almost yea rs.

Nenloo. ihn I the On of Charles C. Nen-lon, 183 south (1,11 p(chartge mar. Grover E. Swoyer and Ens.

John ring On nit-It Margie L. Catlett. Smith Of Brooklyn. N. Feb.

3. Ile met hi future hrille SO FLEE FIRE nhile Whined it the MI al tome COLUMBUS A throe- in New Vork City. alarm fire which swept a Co- But Newlon's story is far fro Jumbos Kroger store. at 70 E. being a society item for street.

foreed 50 residents one, fraught all the of upstairs Apartments to flee 4nd i ions uroztAvrtwqm hIrperg, tRusrd estimated today or trt.nr mon vtillettt al tit I (Continued oa Page '4 6) J. Harry McGregor, representative to congress from the 17th district which includes Richland county, today began ditarihution of questionnaires to his constituents in order to learn their opinions on vital national issues mull as the drafting of S-rs and nurse, compulsory militaty training tir peace time and other proposed measures which congress will soon consider. In hi letter hitt accom- Daniell the quetionnairet McGregor aid. "the arimpi legbilation that will elfille before tn 1913 will have a direct bearing on our war effort and pew negotiation. lour prompt reply In giving me the benefit of your thought will be appreciated." MeGregor's action in sending the questionnaire followed closely un.