Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - April 16, 1945, Yuma, Arizona THE WEATHER AT TOXA As reported by V S Weather Bureau Highest last 24 Lowest last 21 Average high this Average low this AND TH TINIL WEATHER FORECAST TO TUESDAY NIGHT Pair and Wanner VOLUME 90 YUMA ARIZONA MONDAY APRIL 16 1945 THE ARIZONA VOLUME 90 U.S FORCES ROLL ON UNCHECKED TOWARD MEETING WITH RUSSIANS By LEWIS United Press War Correspondent PARIS April German resistance stalled the S Ninth army along the Elbe er -15 to 50 miles from Berlin day but other American forces rolled unchecked toward a ure with the Red army One col- lunc was reported astride the border With the thunder of battle ready rolling back over their wrecked capital the Nazis turned to fight for their last-ditch line a- long the Elbe with a desperate fanaticism They hurled the American ond Armored division the Elbe just north of CO miles southwest of Berlin and opened a heavy artillery ment on the Ninth army's other bridgehead at Barby 15 miles to the southeast Bridgehead Established But the army bridgehead won by the Infantry division was reported firmly and expanding steadily in spite of faking enemy shellfire that time and again wrecked the American pontoon bridges Veteran tank crews of the ond Armored division driven from their own bridgehead late day after 48 hours of fighting bounced back across the Elbe thn the salient and the doughboy attack The combined divisions slugged their way forward four miles or more to positions about 50 miles southwest of Berlin Two more Ninth Army divisions the Fifth Armored and In- fantry rammed up Elbe er along a front of more than 50 miles north of Madgeburg and de- ployed for a crossing at points as close as 45 miles from Berlin The fierce German stand be- fore Berlin however was being nullified swiftly ming sweep of the American First and Third armies advancing into custom Germany along a twisting front American First Army troops were little more than SO miles from a juncture with the Soviet divisions massed on the Neisse river They reached the river just south of Dessau only ia miles from the Ninth army bridgehead at Barby capturing the biggest Junkers aircraft the Reich Their armor and infantry ed in Halle 25 miles farther south and entered the western outskirts of Germany's greatest remaining military base Lt Genl George S Patton's American Third army outflanked Leipzig with a ored drive that all but enveloped the big textile and tions center of Chemnitz 38 miles to the southwest Keport Unconfirmed A sensational but wholly firmed report relayed by the Nazi controlled Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau in Stockholm said Patton's tanks had crashed on miles be- Chemnitz to peach Dresden 53 miles from the Red Army lines on the Neiss An equally unsubstantiated sels Radio report said Third Ar- my troops also had broken across the Czechoslovak border at an un- disclosed point south of Chemnitz perhaps 70 miles from Prague official information from Temperatures PHOENIX Ariz April 10 weather bureau today re- ported the following temperatures for the last High Low Chicago 46 42 Denver 30 29 Kansas City 62 46 Los Angeles 72 49 Minneapolis 45 34 New York 57 19 Phoenix 71 43 St Louis 60 55 San Francisco 71 45 Tucson 04 43 Yuma 80 52 the Third Army front placed ton's vanguards in Hof 51 miles southwest of Chemnitz frontier Another column 5 miles to the south reached the area seven miles from the border NAZIS SAY RED ATTACK LAUNCHED Report Russians Have Penetrated Berlin Defense Line Baby Son Is Born to Mr and Mrs C W Simon April 9th Mr nml Mrs C W Simon nf the lower valley are announcing the birth of a son nt the Yuma General hospital on April 9 The baby has been named ford Edward There la another child in the homo Charles Jr seven years old By United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON The Red army attacked on a 110 mile front east of Berlin today in a general offensive to capture the devastated Nazi capital and link up with Allied armies in the west In the first few hours of the long-expected assault the Nazis conceded the Russians penetrated the last-ditch Nazi defense line be- tween and Frankfurt due east of Berlin and seized a new bridgehead across the Oder mid- way between the capital and tin The Soviet high command did not confirm the offensive ately but the first to announce such major viet no doubt that tin supreme push from the cast had begun Attack at A M Marshal K First White Russian army threw the main weight of its all-out of- fensive against the German line from 23 miles northeast of Berlin to Fuerstenberg 42 miles southeast at under cover of a terrific air and artillery Grim fighting developed on Berlin's frontal defenses Nazi counts said Soviet forces ged into the line in at least one point Eighty miles to the west driving toward Berlin Nazis Have Divisions With the attack the Russians engaged the last sizeable zed portion of the German army in the Reich Allied observers believed as many as 90 German men had been waiting on the eastern approaches to Berlin for the viet offensive The Russians already had led their biggest obstacle on the eastern approaches to Berlin Oder river They held as many as six bridgeheads across the stretch of the river from which the German's said today's offensive was launched The biggest was opposite trin 38 miles east of Berlin on the direct and trunk railway from Warsaw was captured by the sians more than a month ago Attack Area Described Ernest von Hammer tor for the official Nazi DNB ency said the Soviets attacked a- long the Oder River front from a point north of 38 miles tail of Berlin to one south of Frankfurt 33 miles east Other Nazi broadcasts indicated the offensive got under way be- tween 23 miles northeast of Berlin and 22 miles northwest of and -12 miles southeast of Berlin and 15 miles south of Frankfurt According to reports so far Hammer said the viets by violent man barrage fire in all sectors with the exception of one Soviet local penetration Simultaneous with the main push Hammer said other Soviet troops this morning began major attacks in the Forst area 60 miles southeast of Berlin 14 miles east of the junction city of bus and 90 miles from American First Army spearheads In Upper Still another Soviet attack ed yesterday in upper Silesia he reported Seven rifle divisions sibly men and numerous tank forces hit the German lines southeast and southwest of bor in an assault apparently aimed at the Czechoslovak industrial city of Moravska Ostrava gateway to the Moravian he said First reports showed 30 Soviet knocked out of action mer Hitchhikes Miles to See Dad Both In Seabees When a young American wants something bad enough lie ally finds a way to get It must have been the can ingenuity in S Everett 13 Hall Jr that made him find a way to travel from his Philippine base to see his dad COM Everett B Hall sr who is based 2000 rhiles away in the Marianas Junior limbered up his hiking thumb and was able to climb aboard planes at various points and land at bis dad's base and walk in to surprise him on April 7 One of the first things they did on their reunion was to sit down and write home to the rest of the family which con- sists of Mrs Hall who lives at Seventh avenue in Yuma Both father ana son are in the Seabees The father is a veteran of two years service 15 months of been overseas ior has 20 months to his credit with 13 months overseas The father's unit recently re- the Presidential citation for work done in the landing on Saipan ALLIES OPEN ITALY FRONT OFFENSIVE Fifth and Eighth Armies Advance Air Force Aids By WALTER COLLINS Tress Staff Correspondent ROME April U S Fifth army opened a crashing attack in the Italian mountains Bologna today and Gen Mark W that the Allied 15th Army's group's spring offensive -is them you have got and with God's help we will have a decisive and perhaps final Clark said in an order of the day The whole Italian front a- blaze British Eighth Army forces were beating back the Adriatic wing of the German ar- my troops were striking along the approaches of Bologna and to the west were slugging up the ian coast La and its great naval base Communique is Issued Clark commander of ail Allied Forces in Italy issued the ing special The spring offensive in the Mediterranean theater has begun The Fifth army started its sive this morning joining the large scale effort begun a week ago by the British Eighth army The Fifth Army attack was preceded by an air bombardment in the mountainous area south of na Sunday afternoon U S loth air force eclipsed all its previous record in the at- tack preliminary to the new of- fensive It sent heavy ers to drop tons of bombs on tactical targets south of na The Fifth Army drive was along side the left wing of the Eighth army which attacked hist week Polish units of the Eighth scored tile biggest victory of the by capturing Imola ic transport center on the trunk railway 22 miles southeast of Bo- logna The Germans were fighting gedly everywhere on the Italian front Authorities said there was no sign that they intended to give up an inch of Italian soil Body of Late President is Buried In Rose Garden at Hyde Park By SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent HYDE PARK N Y April 16 body of Franklin ano Roosevelt rested today in the soil of a sunny rose garden on the family estate overlooking the son river A few minutes before 10 o'clock yesterday morning a lone gun in a nearby field stilled those ing in the garden with the first round of a presidential salute Forty-seven minutes later the simple services for the president of the ed States were over As the echo of the gun faded the strains of Hail to the Chief played by the West cadet band came through the nearby woods The funeral procession moved up the hillside paced by the muffled drums Hand Leads First came the band then GOO West Point cadets The president's casket rested on a black caisson drawn by six brown horses Behind it was Mrs velt and her family President Harry S Truman and his wife and daughter Inside the garden the widow of the late president's half brother Mrs James R Roosevelt waited in a chair beside the graveside At her side was Fala the dent's dog Planes flew across the sion low on a course began a dirge Three beats and a slow roll three slow roll three beats slow endlessly Funeral March is Played As the procession neared the garden the band took up Chopin's Funeral March In an undertone the drums kept the rhythm The band played the Star gled en by Mrs Roosevelt Nearer My God to Thee At the caisson was drawn into position Eight ed men from the armed there were no honorary the casket to the grave Behind the Rev W George Anthony stood Mrs velt with a son Brig Gen Elliott Roosevelt on one side and her daughter Mrs on the other Behind her stood her four and her son-in-law Col John Boettiger President Next Behind them was another nation's official family President Harry S Truman his assistants and heads of forces Dr Anthony wearing the black cassock white surplice and black skull cap the Episcopal church began his prayer All that the Father me shall come to intoned be- Episcopal committal Unto Almighty the Rev Anthony began A bomber overhead swung low dipped in salute and almost Continued on Page 4 WASHINGTON April 1C Eleven are missing from today's SOO to raid oil Tokyo war department WASHINGTON April ifi President Truman con f greed for 20 tish Foreign Minister Eden delivered messages from Prime ister Winston Churchill Hitler Orders Troops Hold on Eastern Front LONDON April 1C from his headquarters on thc Eastern Front today issued a special order of thc day ing that the Red Army has launched an offensive which must and will be bled while before the capital The DNE news agency said the order was directed to the German roops of the East front and said thc Red army for thc last had launched a mass of- Hitler declared that any nnn soldier who did not fulfill lis duty was a traitor Thc regiment or division which relinquishes Its said the order will be shamed by the men and children who arc ing thc bombing terror With U h Army in April 10 The American army tured six miles northeast of and closed on thc Nazi city from sides today With U S Ninth Army April Hi Ninth army liberated Allied prisoners of war ing 680 Americans in its three week advance from the tn the Elbe river dis- closed today PATHS April iran forces brought the ancient German strongholds of and Nuernberg under siege fire today and according to Nazi reports prepared to launch a vast new crossing of the Elbe on a front directly west of Berlin TAKIS April 10 vanguards nf the American and armies made their first contact above thc den corridor today harely miles ahead nf two great lank armies plowing through the shattered defenses of central Germany LONDON April 1C More than A m o r i r a n bombers and fighters attacked German strong points today along the estuary where the Freneli were trying td open tlie gateway to and transport targets in the area LONDON April 10 unconfirmed French report said today that Chief rieli Himmler had thwarted a new army pint to over- throw Adolf and sue for Tim report of doubtful came in the midst of speculation that major developments ran In: expected mi thc military and diplomatic fronts before Minister Churchill addresses Commons Thursday Rumors were circulating in Stockholm that Germany's cap- could he expected day probably this afternoon With U S first Army in Germany April German generals captured by American troops in the today and It was be- Heved that the lender Field Marshal Walter Model was still trapped in pocket with about soldiers YANKS CLOSE IN ON JAPS Planes Canton Hong Kong UON CASWELL United Press War Correspondent MANILA April Three American columns closed in today Baguio last major city on Luzon with one force on- ly three miles away The were approaching the city former Japanese quarters in the Philippines from the northwest southwest and Southeast One force which from the original invasion reached within three tlie southwestern city while a second column through four west of Baguio arid the third con- tingent advanced beyond to within southeast of the city In Southern Luzon In southern Luzon other ican troops seized land off the cast const of Albay gulf where the Regimental Combat Team landed two weeks ago at Legaspi and since have pushed far up the Bicol peninsula Gen Douglas MacArthur dis- closed that bombers and fighters in direct support of the ground forces throughout the Philippines dropped approximately -100 tons of bombs on Japanese front positions Davao is Hammered Other aerial forces hammered Davao in southeastern Mindanao Thursday and Friday and the city's communications with tons of bombs The at- were carried out by all types of planes from the Far Eastern air force which flew more than 250 sorties in the two days Long-range Liberators ed the blockade of China Sea shipping delivered the first blow on the Chinese port of Canton and again hit the battered docks at Hong Kong Lt Col Carl Ekstrand Lyons Neb a veteran of flO missions and deputy commander of the famed Jolly Roger group led the ton force which comprised more than 70 liberators and Lightnings W H Harrison Is Promoted to 1st Lieutenant A Ninth A1 r Force Bomber Base H Harrison 23 son of Mr and Mrs W J Harrison Sixth avenue Yuma Arizona a Ninth A i r Force pilot has been promoted to first lieutenant is a flier with the group and he has flown more than 30 missions against the my bombing and strafing man armor and strong points ahead of Allied armies from of the Rhine river in Germany For destroying an enemy ed column which was menacing a flank o f Lieutenant General George S Third army during its drive across Prance Harrison's group has been ed the Presidential Unit Citation Lieutenant Harrison the Air Medal witli five Oak Leaf Clusters JAP ATTACK REPULSED ON OKINAWA Marines Advance On Northern Part of island Army to Sell Fruit Crates at Field Twelve thousand fruit and etable crates arc being salvaged by thc quartermaster nt Air Field Tlie crates will be sold to er civilians or military personnel The are priced at nnd the vegetable cases nt 5.00 apiece Purchases will be made through hc central purchasing and con- office on Army Field and the crates may inspected nt the salvage yard any from a m to By United Press War Correspondent GUAM April of the Third Amphibious corps pushed along the last miles toward the northern tip of awa against light today In southern Okinawa army troops of the beat off anese counterattacks arid by kyo accounts prepared for a scale offensive against Naha cap- ital of the island The army forces have been ed of Japanese troops en- trenched in defenses built into hills shielding Naha only a scant four miles the American lines Attacks Smashed American killed Japanese three yesterday The enemy troops swarmed down from well defended Kakazu ridge yards inland from tile west coast and yards north of Naha Some of the enemy troops were armed only with spears but ers carried tommy guns grenades and explosive A Japanese communique said the Americans were making full preparations for an offensive in southern Okinawa in spite of blows sustained under our Some American troops were killed or wounded between last Thursday and Sunday the communique said Say Planes Attacking Other Tokyo broadcasts said Japanese planes had launched an- other large-scale assault on A- merican task forces and carrier Okinawa at dawn Monday If confirmed it would be the third major Japanese attempt to drive off the American fleet porting the Okinawa campaign The enemy lost 116 Japanese planes in the first assault April 7 and US more April 12 In the north the marines were driving toward the northern tip of Okinawa against little or no resistance However one isolated enemy group on Motobu peninsula which juts out of the northwest coast of Okinawa was putting up a stiff fight American extended their hold on the islands west of Okinawa Saturday with a landing on but no details of the invasion were available PRESIDENT ASSURES U S HE WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND F D IDEALS WASHINGTON April 16 President Truman in his first before the and the that he would support and defend the ideals of President Roosevelt with all my strength and with all my heart Ho said that in the war our demand has been and it remains surrender So that there can be no sible misunderstanding both many and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of doubt erica will continue the fight for freedom until no vestige of re- sistance remains Hard And he are deeply conscious of the fact that much hard fighting is still ahead of us Having to pay such a heavy price to make complete victory America will be- come a party to anyplan for partial victory To settle for merely another temporary would surely jeopardize the fu turc security of all the world We will not traffic with the breakers of the peate on the terms of the peace He also was ing that this country s var strat cgy conceived under the late president and the chiefs of the armed services appointed by Mr would not change The grand strategy of the Junior To Elect Directors Tuesday Night Election of 11 directors will feature thc meeting of thc newly formed Yuma Junior Chamber of Commerce at the superior room tomorrow night Secretary William n Under announced day The 11 will be selected from the following who were nominated at the organization meeting last day Norman Eann V C Paul E Bradford Ralph F Brandt Harold B Breech James Birmingham Robert S Peter C Byrne K V Crowder Jack H Fritz Bob Hodge F H Johnson Philip I Kramer Harry R H Continued on Hags 3 AGAIN BLAST War Plants In Southeast Tokyo Are Bombed Today By United Correspondent GUAM April burned out- 10 square miles of the 21st bomber command an- and anther huge air fleet heaped new destruction on the capital today Some 300 to 400 dropped possibly tons of sive and incendiary bombs on war plants in southeast Tokyo and at Kawasaki an industrial suburb of Tokyo in today's ing raid Fires raged out of con- for seven and hours Tokyo broadcasts said The destruction wrought by the in Saturday's raid included factories ing to seven major industries including thc prize arsenal Plants Damaged Also damaged were chemical plants powder factories and shell plants Thc devastated section was twice as large as thc fied target area for thc five square miles It accomplished more than we a conservative 21st bomber command review of thc attack said Coupled with thc original fire raid March 9 Saturday's completed the devastation of square miles acres of the center of Tokyo In round ures Saturday's raid alone ed out acres or square feet Tokyo broadcasts s a i d fires spread Saturday to thc Mikado's palace and other imperial ings Fires still were raging in Tokyo when today's huge armada ed over thc capital to in the words of an official ment continue the strategic of industries Intense Gen John H Davis of Piedmont Calif commander of said the bumped into a rific barrage of over the capital They stayed right on the at- tack though and dropped their bombs right on the he id The bombed from tudes of to feet A Japanese communique said n considerable number o f fires started but all were led by 5 a m that thc Soviet embassy was destroyed by fire Fifty-five were shot down by Japanese night Tokyo claimed and hcr 50 damaged United Nations war has de- in no small departed commander We are now carrying out our part of that strategy under able direction of Adm Leahy Gen Marshall Adm King Gen Arnold Gen Eisenhower Adm Nimitz and Gen McArthur want the entire world know that this direction must and will and unhampered Looking to the April 25 uice of the United San Francisco Mr Truman said we will face the of peace with the same courage faced and mastered problems of war In of those who have the the memory of our fallen pros shall not Not Enough is not enough he said We must woik and if sary fight for it The task of a sound intern or n complicated and Yet without such organ the rights man on Cdn not bi protected Ma chinery for the just settlement of international be found Without such ery tht entile world will have to emam an armed camp doom ed to deadly conflict oid of hope for real peace v Expressing the importance of ront international coopera on by the nations which must the force to de feat tht of the fascist powers to dominate the world the new said WhilS these h eai a special responsibility to enforce the peace their i is the ing upon all states large and Ul not to use force m inter- i i cl except m thc defense of lau Ihc ty of the groat stales is to and riot dominate the the world In Li an mood Hie small new ncad of the Air lean appealed I Amer ican regardless OL party race creed 01 to support out cf to build lasting United Nations organization He mide a forthright appeal to congress of Inch he had bum a member for help members of congress Uy know how I fed he said to the session Only with your help can I hope to complete one of tlie tasks as to servant divine guidance and your help we will the new age to a far better world a y and friendly world with just and lasting peace Repeatedly he spoke of thc of avoiding a flimsy peace would lead to future con- lict To destroy greedy tyrants with plans of world domination vc cannot continue in successive jencvations to sacrifice our finest youth In thc name of human decency and a rational method of deciding differences must and will be he said must an- suffering humanity back ilom tlie path of peaceful This will require lime and We shall need also an i biding faith in the people the f faith and courage which franklin Delano always lad The gravity of his new role in the future of thc world was in the simple way Mr Truman told the congress that this moment I have in a prayer As I assume my dunes I t Almighty God in thc words of Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people that I may discern Continued on 3 Your OLD to 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