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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1945
Page
10
A war correspondent frames a Berlin Derby as a major Allied push on the Western Front. It notes forces from the First, Third and Ninth American armies, British Second, and Canadian First at stake, while Russian moves loom. The piece casts the battle as the decisive drive to end the war, with orders to advance and seek victory. Also appears an unrelated ad for hair loss remedy.
The enemy lines tighten as five Allied armies lie within 250 to 275 air miles of Berlin. General Patton's Third Army pushes through rugged terrain north of the Swiss border, famed for blitz advances though hampered by hills and difficult routes. Canadian First, British Second, and Simpson's Ninth Army move north of the Ruhr, facing German paratroop and panzer divisions. The Mavis notes the Seventh Army’s heavy responsibility defending the central front while the First American Army leads the stride into Paris and toward Germany.
Fragmented account describes General Hodges and General Bradley’s 18th Army Group, with focus on the First and Third Armies facing Montgomery’s forces and German counterattacks. It notes Remagen bridge gains and Hodges’s cautious advance as Ninth Army prepares a sustained push amid rapid betting on victory and a Russian greeting.
German raiders attacked British Eighth Army positions north of Pacenza, but were repulsed. Fourteen raiders captured, two killed, five wounded. the headquarters reported the stern offensive being stopped after weeks of patrol skirmishes on the Eighth and U S Fifth Army fronts. A second raid near Bugnasa Velio northwest of Pacenza was driven off. Allied air forces targeted rail and river corridors in the Po valley.
Army announces a long list of casualties and wounded from European regions including Pfc Bernardo Barraza, Pfc Esteban Crixell, Lt Sam Fuller Jr, Sgt Pedro Gonzales, Pfc Carlos Hernandez, Sgt John Melig, Pfc Richard Reyes, Pvt Modesto Ayala, Pvt Lenard Crisp, Cpl Carlos Garcia, Pfc Fidel Cuellar and many others. Air Medal recipient uieth Stevens noted. airman Robert Heinz listed as wounded. additional names include Lt Edward Snydon and Lt John Willett among others. Also details on losses and injuries from Texas communities such as San Antonio, Laredo, Brownsville, and Corpus Christi. One veteran, Eugene Evans, died of wounds on Luzon. another airman, James Moore, is mentioned in relation to Air Medal recognition. The Army Treasury Department and Office of War Information circulated the casualty roll this Tuesday.
Marine Cpl. Jack B. Rigden, son of Mrs. R. M. Rigden of 2k] Eleanor Avenue, earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service in the Pacific from August 1942 to July 1944. He participated in Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan campaigns and is praised for courage under fire aiding U S Marines’ offensive. Rigden is stationed at Chase Field, Beeville.
In Quentin prison Warden Clinton Duffy reports about 800 inmates refuse to enter the mess hall over demands for racial equality. Among the holdouts are 1790 prisoners cited as dissenters, with meals served separately as segregation persists.
Plans for the oration finale were advancing for a city contest linking high school and college entrants to a zone final in Chicago. The top winners from both divisions will earn seats to New York for final eliminations, with cash prizes and travel awards. information lines were provided for the public.
CHICAGO March 27 INS Mrs Elizabeth Breudhke 28 declares today in obtaining 25 alimony from her husband Melvin 30 temporary alimony pending divorce. She says for eight years he struck her with fists every month, claiming dusting the grocery bill as trigger. She recounts monthly "shiners" from his blows.
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