Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - January 24, 1945, Yuma, Arizona TUB WEATHER AT YUMA As by U S Weather Kureau Highest last Lowest last 21 Average high this Average low this AND WEATHER FORECAST TO THURSDAY NIGHT Considerable high cloudiness cold again tonight and a little warmer Thursday VOLUME 20 YUMA ARIZONA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24 1945 THE ARIZONA VOLUME 20 SIXTH RUSSIAN ARMY JOINS OFFENSIVE NAZI TROOPS TRANSFERRED TO U S Forces Gain In Almost Vanished Ardennes Bulge By LEWIS Press War Correspondent PARIS Jan whittled down the bulge to a maximum width of six miles today in a bid to overtake and destroy withdraw ing Nazi forces desperately ed by the German command to help stem the Russian through in the east A front dispatch from Richard D McMillan United Press war correspondent with the British Secund army reported the mans apparently have withdrawn at least two divisions the British sector in the cast Onti Nazi division was said to been remaining on the Western front and the half Agoing to the east Delay eil A report from Clinton B Con- United Press war ent with the U S Seventh army said that the attack on new American lines in Alsace had apparently been dc: layed possibly by critical the in the East Massed American artillery and swarms of con- to pour explosives on en- emy columns streaming eastward from bulge embarkation points the Siegfried line for possible trans- Six thousand tanks transport railway locomotives were de- or damaged Monday and Tuesday in the first two days alone of the bombardment There strong indications that the German Sixth Panzer army had been move Patrols Dispatched Advancing close behind the re- treating enemy the American First and Third armies iscnl southern an- chor of the Ardennes bulge on the rim of the Siegfried line seized a nine-mile stretch of the Clerf river in Luxembourg and four counter- attacks around liberated St Vith northern the bulge A dozen or more towns and villages were overrun in the ad- vances that compressed the man salient almost to the ing point It once extended 56 miles into Belgium Germans threw 200 and seven tanks against two miles northwest of St Vitli last night but the at- tack was a front dispatch said Three smaller counterattacks southwest of St Vith also were repulsed though one of them gained temporary control of a railway British Cain Ground LI Gen Sir Miles C cy's British Second army north f- Aachen matched the American Continued on Page Nazi Chaser Marshal Ivan S Konev above sent a spearhead of his First Ukrainian Army across the man first Soviet invade Germany in the Reds 14th Air Force Fliers Destroy 41 Jap Planes CHUNGKING Jan 24 Mustang fighter planes of Maj Gen Claire 14th U Force rolled up their gest single day bag of Japanese locomotives yesterday when they destroyed 41 in missions around Tsinan Peiping Tientsin an d it w a s officially an- today added to the toll by a enemy troop train by bombing and strafing three miles south of in central china Fifty Japanese soldiers were killed At on Ting lake northwest o f other Warhawk fighters bombed factory and dock areas killing enemy troops and destroying plies The docks were damaged On the River front fighter missions hammered anese position in the area Total loss for the day was two 7 Nabbed at S F On Black Market Operation Charge SAN FRANCISCO Jan 24 the San Francisco Bay faced its worst meat in history Nat J L Pieper chief of the regional FBI office announced today that agents and police have arrested seven sons in connection with alleged black market operations totaling Pieper listed the following as taken into George Patron and ind Chevillard 44 proprietors of the Normandie restaurant -San Francisco Julio Rodrigues 45 and Pierre dc Barral ship ste ards Lucien L de Augury 47 truck driver San Francsico Clarence V Jacky arid I 53 er uf the Palace meat market South Son Francisco He said the arrests were made last night and that will be charged with conspiracy to defraud the U S government since the all of which was for the armed forces disclosed the value of the meat amounted to more red points approximately SO per cent of the area's butcher shops remained closed and five poultry killing houses reported have to close the poultry shortage 3 To Appear for Pleading Tuesday Three charged with criminal law violations arc to appear in superior court here tomorrow Thursday afternoon for plead- ing They Leo Wallace Bates charged with burglary Peter C Byrne has been appointed by the court as defense attorney George Rufus and Hester charged with grand theft Ralph Brandt has been appointed as attorney for the pair Arthur Werner held to answer to superior court some time ago after a hearing in justice court on a charge of having fired a shotgun at some boys will ably be brought into court for arraignment Gets Cards From Son in Jap Prison Camp In Philippines Mrs C T of 521 First avenue Yuma this week received two her son Pfc Jack M Billingsley U S Marine Corps who was captured by the Japanese on the Bataan peninsula Luzon Philippine ands in the spring of 1942 She stated this is the first word she has from him in about ir year and the first mention tna no nas ters and packages she sent In one the cards he stated he had received letters and a package Tlie other state he was well There was no date on the cards which came from pine Military Prison Camp No 8 YANKS NOW 50 MILES FROM MANILA Japs Abandon Defenses North Of Bamban By WILLIAM B DICKINSON United Tress War Correspondent General ters Luzon Jan 24 ese abandoned new well-prepared defenses in the hills northwest of Bamban 53 miles from Manila and the fall of that last bastion shielding Clark field appeared imminent today Maj Gen Oscar W Griswold's 14th corps already may be within 00 air miles of Manila at a point east of Bamban Concepcion 53 of the Philippines capital and six and a half miles northeast of Bamban was overrun yesterday United Press War Correspondent Frank Hewlett reported from the front that the 40th California division was closing in late day on both Bamban and the ban airfield three miles of the town and the first of the Clark Field airstrips Batteries Silenced opposition to the al advance on Bamban stiffened yesterday afternoon Hewett said but dual purpose anti-aircraft anti- tank enemy batteries and snipers soon erward fell back farther south The enemy's of de- fense positions completed only a few months ago northwest of ban was taken a will stand at which bisects the Luzon plain a mile south of the town Hewlett said American engineers with dozers scrapers and other ment were awaiting the capture of the Bamban airstrip eagerly With hundreds of acres of dispersal area the field offers unlimited Continued on Page 4 Legislature Rejects to Permit Divorces to Persons Living in the Americans Cut Old Burma Road Trapping Japs By HUGH United Press War Correspondent MYITKYINA Burma Jan 24 Commandos pushing inland after a new amphibious landing below threatened today to cut off thousands of anese on the Arakan coast while the American Mars task force trapped hundreds of other enemy troops in East Burma by ing the Burma Road near Hosi 35 miles southwest of ng A Southeast Asia communique disclosed that the Commandos landed without opposition in the area 35 miles southeast of Akyab Tuesday and had en within one mile of the road the only escape route for Japanese troops con- in- the and Southern kaladan areas An Amphibious lump The landing was an amphibious jump from the peninsula which was invaded several weeks and followed shortly after er landing to the south on rec island where British tanks had driven four miles inland In eastern Burma the ican troops were reported to be battling strong Japanese attempts to break the block on the old Road which secured the road to the north The Mars force under com- mand of Brig Gen John P ley of San Antonio Tex was disclosed to have marched 300 miles for the operation its first on the Burma road in almost three years was blacked out during the last month while a specially trained penetration force moved into sition to cut the rond Cut's The road block cut the retreat route of nn estimated 600 ese troops caught in a triangle formed by the Burma nnd mo roads Artillery commanding the road was set up seven ago nnd troops on either side had kept in Continued on Pago 4 PHOENIX Ariz Jan 24 The state legislature today had turned thumbs down ly on a proposal which opponents claimed Would turn Arizona into a divorce mill Accepting an adverse report from the committee oC the whole the house killed a which would permit the granting of di- to persons living in the state only 30 days or more i The house rejected also the proposal of Rep Sidney of county to set aside one day annually as American Indian Day which would be as a legal holiday Offers Zoning Measure Meanwhile Sens William ball of Pima and Walter heimer of Maricopa introduced a measure to permit counties to pass and enforce ordinances for the zoning oC areas within six miles of communities already having zoning The measure was endorsed at a wide postwar planning conference in Tucson last December Introduced in the house and senate was a to the University of Arizona to develop a farm in Graham county for experimentation on field and horticultural crops The measure carried an appropriation to finance purchase of necessary land Patrolmen Another new measure would re- vise the method of deciding the quota of highway patrolmen In- stead of setting the quota on a ratio of one patrolman for every registered motor vehicles as at present the called for one patrolman for each 50 miles of state and highways On a basis of present mileage it would boost the force from 47 to 77 men Other proposals would Give the highway engineer complete jurisdiction over con- struction and iting the highway commission secretary administrative ties Increase from 100 to 200 days the maximum of time for highway members their per diem pay Gen Harmon Says Japan Will Be On Her feet and fighting in 1946 By WILLIAM United War Correspondent PACIFIC S Army Air Jan 24 United State the greatest in its history in the and Japan will still on her feet and fighting in Gen ard Harmon chief of can Army Air Forces in the Appealing to the American home front for increased war production Harmon said in a dio broadcast yesterday that an's fighting not yet been engaged and ed that the war will still be a long way from even when the enemy's home islands are in- Big Army in Manchuria Japan's biggest best-trained and toughest tung still in Manchuria lie said and there can be no peace in the Pacific until it has been beaten If every ship in the Japanese were sunk tung army in Manchuria still was in being we'd have to fight that army and lick Harmon said Even after the European war is over and today no rman can iies to Berlin By UNITED The distances to Berlin from advanced Allied lines Eastern Front miles from Western miles from point southeast of miles from point north of say when thai will be ing to have on our hands the gest war ever fought will be bigger than all of of World War I It will be bigger than a combination of all the wars ever fought in history 1941 It will take of thousands American lives asserted can successes in the Pacific thus far have not seriously the Japanese war effort 1500 Planes a Month The Japanese he said arc ducing than planes a months and have been studying American Superfortress a c t i cs in preparation for the coming Battle For the 12 months Harmon had this We expect to be closer to drawing more tightly the noose and hitting the homeland and its not only the more but with bombers all types and all shore and We expect to be the cause of Japan's desperation Temperatures PHOENIX Ariz Jan 24 The weather bureau reported day the following temperatures for the last 24 High Low Chicago 32 21 Denver 28 Kansas City 54 30 Loa Angeles 61 45 New York 30 26 i St Louis 51 30 San Francisco 53 32 Tucson 35 Yuma 55 37 We're Brutal to Japs In village of Julito Island beneath a Jap propaganda sign reading Brutal Nippon Hospital Elton of San Tex bandages the scarred hand of Pfc Barney Laman of Lake Arthur N AGAIN BLAST IWO ISLAND Is Main Enemy Air Base Between Saipan and Japan By TREMAINE United Press War Correspondent PEARL HARBOR Jan 24 turned their attention from the Japanese homeland temporarily today for attack on military installations on Iwp stepping stone island half way from Saipan to Tokyo Twice have hit Iwo 750 miles of both conjunction with tors and a naval task force There was no immediate indication thcr and other bombers joined in today's in group is the main enemy air base athwart the Superfortress route to goya and Osaka and serves both as a as a nest fighters Japanese bombers also have made raids from Iwp on the Marianas The new was announced in a brief theWar de- which promised details later Raid The raid followed by less than 24 hours an the main Japanese aircraft center goya by Lemay's 21st Bomber Returning pilots they met their heaviest fighter yet over Japan at with as many as 100 planes at- tacking some formations At least one was lost and a war de- communique said 15 en- emy aircraft down 13 probably destroyed and 31 aged The Japanese acknowledged the loss six planes The Iwo attack was announced while Fleet headquarters of results o Third fleet's a- on Page 4 OPA Establishes Central tire Inspection Point The office of price tion wishes to announce that January 23 1915 all tires passenger truck and implement must clear through the central truck tire inspection station Third street and Madison avenue before the local board No will process any tire replacement This latest procedure was instigated by the state office of price administration after periodical check by the district tire examiner Paul D Bragdon This action was sary due to the critical shortage of tire caused by a lack of power and the increased military demand It is felt that this action will help to eliminate the present tendency toward civilian laxity in recapping and repairing of their present tires The OPA established price for this inspection will be twenty-five cents for all tires up to and in- All larger tires will be fifty cents for each tire Son Born to Mr Mrs A S Gibbons A son weighing eight pounds was born yesterday morning to Mr and Mrs A S Gibbons of Second avenue This is their third child and second son Mr ibbons is employed at the local Mountain States Telephone Co office Once In 100 Years Yesterday one of the employes it the Sun office wrote the date and noticed that the ures ran consecutively from 1 to 5 You'll have to wait a hundred years before you can write that aeries of figures for a date again he said Frees Warsaw Gregory Z h u k o v above First White sian Army into ing the Polish capital in the Heds great ter offensive JESSE JONES TO TODAY WALLACE THURS Bj C WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON Jan 24 of Commerce Jesse H Jones who waiting around for a successor to accept the keys of the office appears at 2 30 p m day to explain to a senate com- why he A Wallace is not fit to administer multi-billion dollar federal loan operations Wallace will appear tomorrow to defend his competency The healing is before the sen ate committee which originally planned to have the two administration enemies con front each other at occasion which would been second in est only to the time a midget sat in J P lap when Judge Ferdinand Pecora was ing Wall Stieet Expect House But the Joues-Wdllace mance will play to a packed house just the same in the big senate Caucus Sen: F George D Ga ill appear to day President Roosevelt Tones ated Wallace for his George immediately offered to se parate from the commerce de- the Reconstruction ance corporation and V affiliated lending agencies A companion has been introduced in the house The bills and today's hearing are conservative maneuvers to prevent Wallace from gaining control of vast government resources From Wallace his opponents want to knew what Continued on Page WELLTON MAN IS MEMBER OF FAMED 5th ARMY UNIT WITH THF FIFTH ARMY Italy First Class Carmen F Tapia of Wellton Arizona is a member of the Engineer Combat battalion Fifth Army unit that was the first to bridge the river below It- aly Ever since the part of the Engineer Combat arrived in Naples in October 1843 it has been carving the path for historic advances through able Italian terrain barriers Sentenced to 90 Days on Drunk Driving Charge Frank Nelson charged with driving while under the influence of intoxicants pleaded guilty to the charge yesterday in Justice of the Mary E Lutes court nd was sentenced to serve 90 days in the county jail mum sentence mandatory under he state law for such cases Nelson was cited into court by M N Chafey state highway rolman The violation was said to have occurred Monday on State Highway 95 REDS STORM Drive In Hungary Launched By 2nd Ukrainian Army LONDON Jan 24 shal Stalin announced toddy that he had hurled a sixth Russian army into his unprecedented of tensive paced bv assault forces now Poznan berg and German's Oder River defence linel Marshal Rodion Y Second Ukrainian army extended the offensive front another 100 miles southward into Hungary with an attack along the frontier which broke through on a front and carried westward 12 miles forward in line with Gen Ivan Y forces in and lower Poland sky's forces captured the fortified bolder towns of and respectively 15 and 38 ratles west of Kassa To the North To the north other Russian forces were battering the Oder defenses along a broad front and lighting into Poznan tion 136 miles east of Berlin and the East Prussian capital The German high command wholesale backs from end to end the blazing Eastern front the decisive battle was ing a climax a pitch of ferocity and violence cannot possibly be military spokesmen con- Moscow reports non was under assault columns of Marshal Gregory Zhukov's army were storming the city from the east and the south The tenor of the man s comment and a high com- mand admission of embittered fighting there indicate the citys f was imminent Trap Impends Soviet field dispatches ed the attack on Konigsberg and that other Russian forces pushing up through the western belt of Prussia in 15 miles of Elbing the fall of which would the some Nazi troops in the province On the other the fast shifting Eastern front Marshal Ivan S Konev's First army massed on the east the Oder southeast of lan capital of Breslau opened a shattering of man defenses and closed against a number key towns in the Ruhr of the East The Battle of Silesia swiftly neared a decision as ready entrenched on the Oder along a broad front fanned his forces out north and south and reached points 10 to -15 miles from a Moscow dis- patch reported The Germans a reported Continued on Legion Drafts Plans for frolic to 10 At a special meeting of the American Legion held Tuesday night final arrangements made for staging the Legion lic to be the Legion's new ionic at 161 South Main street on February 7 8 9 and 10 General chairman for lic is George who an- that it had decided make the Frolic a 100 percent Legion affair with the handling all of the games and entertainment features The eral public however is tiie sessions he pointed The purpose of the Frolic at last night's ing is to raise for the new Legion homo to make it ready for ng servicemen many of Whom have already become of organization The Legion piano to move to ts new home within ft few from the quartern now occupied n the old Hall lit First avenue and Second street
