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Friday, February 16,1945 George BUI Goes to White House Continued From Tape One merce department, prior to a Senate vojo on confirmation of the former vice-president as commerce secretary. Try lo Form Vote By defeating or shelving the legislation, passed by the Senate 74 to llT, the House antMVallacc fnrrcs honed to bring about outright rejection of for Mr. KooscveH'p cabinet. Their strategy is to force the Senate to vote on his confirmation for joint post us commerce secretary and RFC administrator. It has been generally conceded that Iho Senate M'ill ('(infirm for no job that gives him powers over the huge government loan operations.

caiintnian Smash Interrupts I Lompoc War Plant Bombing Studied TvOMPOC, TVb. Ifi. (UP.) officials tnday wore investigating nn impromptu btmibfng of iho Jnlins- Mnnville war plant a fnw miles from hero. Company officials reported that two bombs dropped near the plant yesterday, disruption of plant floi'trle servk-e and telephonic roiiuminiciition. Possible explanation, although no official statement on the incident has been issued, was the fact that naval planes had been using- the Camp Cooke artillery for bombing practice.

JAPS REPORT ATTACK By Associated Props An unconfirmed dispatch broadcast by the Domoi News Agency today said Japanese units had made a surprise amphibious attack Tuesday night on American positions at Nas- iig-bu, on the west coast of Batangas province in southern Luzon. Bill for Examinations as School Test Fought SACRAMENTO, Fob. If). Tho advisory council to the superintendent of schools today urged defeat of a bill which would require e.ighth grade students to 4 A 1 A A n. 1 1 A m.

i 1 Concert in Tokyo Continued From Pare Ono i- onmrm.niYn.p, "has Ions been planned nntl tho opportunity to ac- oomplfph it fulfills the deeply cherished of overv officer and man in tho Pacific NVMthpr rould ho mask his satis- frirtlon upvornl hours later when, r.rul in romfortnhlt? shorts, he left his hoaclquHrtprs for lunch. Tie prinnfd broadly as ho passed correspondents. the only mnn who folt a finpo of regret was Admiral AYi.Ham F. (Bull) Halsey. For many months, the IiighoNt ranking: naval strategists had to hold Halsey under a figurative loash to prevent him from taking his Third Fleet to Japan.

But even Halsey rejoiced that the "deeply cherished desire" of the nnvy nt last a reality. Tie knew his running mate, Admiral Raymond A. Spruunce, would do a good job. take tests In history, arithmetic, reading: and writing- for comparative standing of their scltools, YANK HANGED SCPRKMK HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Purls, Feb. 36.

American soldier convicted by an army court martial of murder and assault with intent to rape wns hanged Thursday PJabemiec, on the Brest peninsula. 1000 U. S. Bombers Blast Reich Again T.ONDOX, Feb. 16.

than 1000 American heavy bombers from Britain, continuing the record air offensive against the Reich, switched thpir attack back to western Germany today with seven simultaneous blows at oil targets and railroad yards In six cities. At the en me time United States Fifteenth Air Force bombers from Italy smashed at the Obertraubling Airdrome at Regensburg in southern Germany where jet-propelled planes are based. After a night lull in the offensive In which Jfi cities from the Rhine to the Russian front were rocked with heavy loads of explosives, the American bombers from Britain attacked two benzol plants at Dortmund and Gelsenklrchen in the Ruhr, two oil refineries at Dortmund and Ralzber- gpn, and three large freight yards ut Hamin, Osnubruck and Rhclne. I Spring Successes In lines as gentle as the whisper of spring breezes and with a definite air of Pure wool gabardines, coverts and twills in slim young cardigan suits, Sizes dressmakers. classics.

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1 3 1 7 Nineteenth Street Purctoses of $10 May Be AUde Phone 6-650 1 on Sears Easy Payment Plan Red Forces Near Suburbs of Berlin Continued From Face One our spearheads are striking at the very heart of Germany." Moscow dispatches said that ftmn siting blows by American and British planes at Cottbus and other key points behind the Oer- mnn lines had impeded frantic efforts by the Nazis to rush up reinforcements to face Konev's troops. Soviet newspapers publtahed Allied communiques on the bombing in support of the Red Army and todny official Tass News Agency carried a dispatch from London summarizing them. Moscow advices said that behind Kone.v's forward positions dozens of isolated or partly isolated German groups battled desperately against tightening: Soviet rings or to escape the closing jaws of Red Army pincers. Tho German high command claimed that resistance, tn lower Silesia had stiffened. In the same com- munique, however, it said Konev "was able to enlarge his breach area yesterday." The Berlin communique said that In southern Pomerania the Germans had re-established contact with the "temporarily" encircled bases of Arnswalde and Bahn, the latter 22 miles south of Stettin.

French Ask Big 3 Status Explanation Continued From Page One in cases not involving 1 such "last measures as economic pressure or military force. None of the parties to a dispute In such cases would have a right to vote. Decisions in cases involving economic or military measures against an aggressor nntion would be by a majority vote of the council, provided that majority always included the United States, Great Britain, Soviet Russia, China and France. FIRST CHOICE OF MILLIONS None faster. None surer.

St. Joseph largest seller at IQc. Economy size, 100 tablets for only Why ever pay more? Why accept less? Get St. Joseph Aspirin. Allies Drive Deeper Into Rhine Valley Continued From Page One ern Alsace also rested after a loral line straightening operation which overran Rimling, 2 miles south of the German Saarland, and two other villages.

With the fcoer river receding rapidly nt the edge of the Cologne plnin, the Germans increased their artillery and V-weapon fire on the American XInth and First armies. The Germans said both these forces had bppn strengthened immensely for an imminent offensive toward the Rhine, 20 miles away. Some 700 shells fell on the Nirfth Army sector from Schmidt to Hilfarth, 150 on Bour- heJm southwest of the Floer bastion of JueHch. Cross Ropr American First Army patrols crossed the upper Roer in the night to German defenses. They encountered machinegun fire after reaching the middle of the receding stream and found heavy barbed wire entanglements nnd anti-personnel mines on the German Bide.

Three such scouting: parties were forced bn Planes were grounded on except the AKare-Sanrlnnd front until early, afternoon. Tactical air force divebombed the Saarland capital of Saarbrurken and the old French fortress of Bitche in the Maginot Line. Ground mists covered sodden battlegrounds in the northern sector, denying air support to the Canadian army. Three more German counterattacks were repelled and the sting appeared to have been taken from the German blows. Synchronized wiih the thrust down the Kleve-Calcar military highway, a column of kilted Scots advanced 1000 yards east of the Kleve forest, craving into strong German defenses.

One report said 100 discouraged Austrians were waiting patiently in the northeast corner of the forest to surrender, but that the Scots were too busy to bother with them. Front dispatches said the Cana- dian.s were established firmly on the Rhine and looking across the river into the textile mills of Emmerich. Resista nee along the Rhine was light; the Germans depended on the width of the river and flooding from its breached dykes for protection. Major-General Leroy S. Irwln'a Fifth Division of the Third Army occupied high ground overlooking the Preum and Enz rivers after quarter- mile gains on a 5-mile front north of Echternach and Bollendorf.

The Seventh-sixth Division New England Reserves gained a half mile along the German-held side of the Sure river to a point more than a mile east of Echternach. Other Seventhy-sixth Division infantrymen gained nearly a mile to a point a half mile northwest of Minden. Major-General Harry J. Af atony's Ninety-fourth Division, lighting a "private war" with the Eleventh Panzer Division 15 miles southeast Luxembourg city, repulsed two counterattacks around Sinz and took several pillboxes. At the northern end of the Third Army front, the Fourth Division beat back a patrol of 40 German tommy- gunners which tried to seize a bridge at Hermespand, 2 miles northeast of Pruem.

The Big Three conferees said the unconditional surrender terms would be imposed after German armed resistance had been crushed, but did not specify to what German or Germans the terms would be presented. The declaration apparently ruled out both the government and the general staff by emphasizing the intention to destroy both. 1500 Navy Planes Hit Tokyo ef as Giant Fleet Hunts Fight for Manila Bared Continued From Page One X- Stainless Cases CHRONOGRAPH For the Men of the Air Forces. A Must for the Men Who Fly Our Planes. SERVICEMEN'S WATCH ator repellent sweep second hand illuminated dial.

accurate time eoe FEDERAL TAX INCLUDED tnx Included 1507 waves frwm 7 a. m. to 4 p. m. today (Japanese time).

The enemy Dome! news agency added tha't heaviest blows were rained on bases from which interceptors take off against Superfortress raiding the Nipponese capital. Tokyo's seven millions, long familiar with Superfortress raids, had never seen anything like today's carrier attack. London reported that Tokyo radio warned the American task force was still operating in Japan's front yard nnd carrier-borne planes would probable renew the attack Saturday. The broadcast said 10 carriers with at least 1000 planes formed the backbone of the United States force. Something tremendous is unfolding.

Empire Threatened The long-planned and extensive operations threatened the heart of the Japanese empire with: 1. The probability of blockading it into a condition for eventual invasion. 2. Continuous pounding to reduce its airplane factories to ruins. Rocket and bomb-bearing Hellcats and Helldivers and Avenger torpedo planes, swinging over Tokyo's 214 square miles, tore into airfields and military defense zones at 7 a.

m. Japanese time. They tangled over the city with the Japanese air force in fierce sky fights. Air Force Object Mitscher appeared bent on knocking out the bulk of Japan's home- based air force as his immediate objective. How well he can do that is suggested by the carrier air arm's achievement in January in destroying nearly 800 Nipponese aircraft in sweeps from Saigon, French Indo- China, to Amoy, China.

During 1944, carrier planes destroyed 6650 enemy aircraft. "This operation has long been planned and the opportunity to accomplish it fulfills the deeply cherished desire of every officer and man of the Pacific fleet," exultantly announced Five-Star Admiral Chester AV. Nimltz at his new Guam headquarters, within 3500 miles of Tokyo. To Mltscher, whose carriers began the westward sweep in January, 1944, In the Marshalls, went the honor of completing the last mite of the 4000 to Tokyo from Pearl Harbor where Japanese carriers opened the war December 7, 1941. Tokyo raid gave the homeland the shaky assurance that their air force was parrying the assault.

By Tokyo's own admission, the Japanese fleet had full opportunity to move out and meet the American armada. Broadcasts acknowledged "enemy surface movements have been observed during the past few days." Largest in History Vern Haugland, Associated Press correspondent who saw the giant fleet assemble for the Tokyo mission, described it as "the largest war fleet in history." It packs a wallop with "considerably more than 3200 planes," Haugland disclosed. Hundreds of warships and refuel- ling units are participating. The warships have literally thousands of antiaircraft guns to protect them against the best the Japanese air- force can offer. High naval air officers pointed out that in carrier sweeps of January along the China and French Indo- China coast American air superiority was 20 to 1.

While Japan obviously 'has its greatest air strength in the homeland, these officers are confident American air superiority can be maintained, even if In smaller ratio. Xagoya Plastered Possibly the largest formation of Superfortresses ever to bomb Japan supplied a fiery foretaste of events to come by plastering the Mitsubishi aircraft plant at Nagoya yesterday. They strucvk the same type of blow which gutted 755,900 square feet of the Nakajima aircraft plant near Tokyo recently. Tokyo said the B-29s also hit Yokohama, Tokyo's port. Today's massed raid on Tokyo was like a and a whisper when contrasted with the April 18, 11)42, strike of Mitchell bombers led by Lieutenant-Colonel (now Lieutenant- General) Jimmy Doolittle from the since sunk aircraft carrier Hornet.

It packed power. More important, it is a mighty thing which can be repeated again and again, Doolittle's fliers winged on to China, to to internment and death at the hands of the Japanese. MitBcher's planes are loading up, blasting with 2000-pound bombs, spraying Tokyo's areas with heavy multiple returning to reload with more of the same. USE FOR TENDONS CHICAGO, Feb. 16.

tendons, a waste product of slaughterhouses, can be put to uses ranging from shoe, soles to waterproofing fabrics, the University of Illinois Medical School reported today in announcing development of the new process. Continued From Pase murderous fire and limited American gains to a matter of yards. This renewed Japanese vigor blunted the Thirty-seventh Infantry Division spearhead which had pushed through the University of the Philippines campus toward the bay shore. Move Toward Hospital The Thirty-seventh was moving slowly toward the general hospital, a highly fortified enemy strong point, using great care so as not to endanger patients may be inside. To the south, the Eleventh Airborne Division likewise was slowed by heavy opposition in their push from captured Nichols Field northeastward toward Fort William Me- Kinley.

Many of the total of 336 Japanese artillery pieces captured or destroyed in the battle for Manila have been counted around Nichols Field. This underscored the Japanese Idea that the main American invasion spear would be from the south, rather than the north as was the cage. Undeterred by American control over three-quarters of the city north of the Pas.ff river, Japanese attempted early yesterday to put 13 barges ashore 2 miles north of the river, American guns blew 10 of them out of the water, Japanese guns Wednesday night threw about 100 rounds into the water filtering plant area northeast of Manila, with little effect. Marine dlvebombers and army artillery went after the suspected enemy batteries yesterday. Going My Way" Film Favorite of Nation HOLLYWOOD, Feb.

16. "Going My Way" was the nation's favorite motion picture of 1944 and its crooner star, Bing Crosby the most popular actor, a poll conducted by Dr. George Gullup's audience research organization disclosed today. Red-haired Greer Garson was the most popular actress. Doctor Gallup conducted the poll for Photoplay magazine, which will award gold medals this week to the winning players.

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