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Among the first American tank men to enter the- city was Captain Steve Lang of Chicago.So many prisoners were taken they could not be counted immediately. They numbered in the hundreds.White flags were hanging from many windows, but no civilians were Ln sight. At the viaduct over the railroad leading to the main part of the city three Americans —Sergeant Lem Crutchfield of Frankfort, Ind.; Privates Floyd Dust of Harvey, 111.; and Fred Hoffman of Recce, Kan.—sfood guard. Nearby was a burned out American halftrack with a dead soldier in the charred wreckage.Whore is everyone? someone asked.They took off I guess, said Crutchfield. Some may be in the cellars, but surely there are not 90,-000 in the cellars.Captain Mearl McCulbin of Fort Smith, Ark., said when the first tanks rolled into the vicinity of Trier, the Germans jumped out of some pillboxes and tried to surrender, but the tankers told them to go back in their holes and stay there until someone who had time to fool with them came along.Signs Rivers, Harbors Bill.Washington, March 2.— UP) — President Roosevelt signed today a bill authorizing $500,000,000 of rivers and harbors work after the war.Write it right with Burgess.—Adv.ili
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Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sat, Mar 03, 1945
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