Moberly Monitor-Index and Moberly Evening Democrat from Moberly, Missouri • Page 1

MOBERLY MONITOR-INDEX AND MOBERLY EVENING DEMOCRAT VOLUME ASSOCIATED TKZSS AJfD WIDE I'TIIX 1VIKE SEKVICK MOBERLY, MISSOURI SATURDAY, APR. 14,1945 KOBZRLT INDEX, ESI. MM JIOBMttY DKKOCBAT. UH UOK1XOB KMABUSHKD NUMBER 233 Roosevelt Memorial Services Here Tomorrow; Business Halts Homage to Departed President to Be Paid In Ceremony at Auditorium All business establishments in i Moberly were closed for five' minutes this afternoon, from 3 until 3:05 o'clock, in tribute to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The hour was selected by the Retail Merchants Committee of the Moberly Chamber of Commerce at a called meeting this morning in order to coincide the scheduled beginning of funeral services in Washington for the late chief executive.

Wabash and shoe factory whistles blew at the beginning and end of the period of local observance. Services Tomorrow Dr. F. L. McCormick, mayor of has issued a proclamation urging all people of Moberly and Randolph County to attend memorial services tomorrow afteroon "in honor of our departed President." The service of tribute to President Roosevelt will be held at 2:30 o'clock in the Municipal and Mayor McCormick urges everyone in the com- muiiity to attend.

Epecially invited are all service men home on leave or furlough and all dis- Soviets Ready For Massive Berlin Drive LONDON, April 14. --(fl 5 Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's First White Russian army probed German defenses before Berlin today with attacks from Oder bridgeheads along a 35-mile front which the Germans said heralded "a toward the general offensive capital which will charged men. and released service All patriotic organizations will havei specially reserved sections asked to attend in and are groups. Gold Star mothers of Moberly and the county are asked to notify T.

B. Allen, usher in charge, of their intention to attend and he will arrange a reserved section for them. The 'Victory Chorus and combined choirs of Moberly churches will present special music tomorrow, among the selections to be favorite hymns of President Roosevelt. Mrs. Hartley Estill, director of the Chorus, asks that members of the Chorus and Moberly choirs meet promptly at 2 o'clock in the Auditorium "basement for brief rehearsal and to receive their robes and hymnals.

Address By Hulen Mayor McCormick will preside tomorrow atfernoon and the address of the afternoon in tribute to the President will be given by Attorney. C. "The order of fellows: Presentation of Colors, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. begin very 1 MOSCOW, April 14. sign indicated today that four massive Russian.

Army groups were approaching the zero hour for, the drive against German divisions massed on the Eastern Front from Silesia to the Baltic. The Russians were rested and ready for the campaign which promises to destroy a principal part of Adolf Hitler's staggering military forces. The expected blow might result in the greatest battle of the Second World War. (Berlin broadcasts said today that the Russians "are about to launch their great offensive" on the Eastern Front aimed at Ber- I Honor Winners Participate in Band Concert Music Festival Climaxes Schools' Day 64 Get Diplomas Honor rating students from the grade and high schools joined with a massed band of 124 players at the Municipal Auditorium last night to furnish the program for the Little Dixie Music Festival, which climaxed Activity Day for schools from Randolph.and neighboring counties. The honor rating additions to the evening's program, were in recognition of individuals and groups who won distinction in the musical competitions staged throughout the day.

Honor Rating Numbers The honor rating numbers included a cornet solo by Benny Rinehart, Cairo; vocal solos by Margaret Palmer, Huntsville, Norma Lou Harlan, Moberly, and Jack Acuff, Paris; the Huntsville girls' quartet; a clarinet solo by William Wisdom, Moberly; baton twirling by Jo Ann Stuck, Cairo, and Frances Taylor, TVToberly; a madrigal group of three girls and two boys, Paris; Paris vocal trio; and a flute solo by Vera Devenport, Moberly. The massed band played Hall's inarch, "Officer of the Logan's "Missouri Zim- Nation's Goodby To Late President Made at Capitol His Family, Harry S.Truman, Government Leaders, Thousands Others Pay Last Respects to Him By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, April 14. -Franklin Delano Roosevelt returned in death today to the TThite House he had graced longer than any other president. While a whole people paused in grief, a funeral cortege bear- -ing the body of the late President drew silently up to the White House door a. m.

(E. W. It was the end of a long tram trip from Warm Springs, where the President died last Thursday. At 4 p. m.

(EWT) today the nation officially bids- goodbye at German Army's 2nd Elbe Crossing Made by 9th Fighting to Berlin's Defenses 1 st, 3rd Army Hurtle Past Besieged Near Russian Lines; Advance Into Bayreuth merman's march Bennett's Wenrich's "Anchors novelty, "Put On Your Old Gray Bon- lin and a link up with British ne Ward-Palmer's waltz, and American Armies driving toward the Reich. Capital from the west. One German correspondent said Russian artillery was in position for the prelim- inarv bombardment. (The Germans indicated they expected Soviet forces to strike to outflank Berlin from ths north and south while Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's First White Russian Army, now approximately 30 miles due east of Berlin, staged the frontal blow.) Working against troublesome thaws and mud which hampered transport of lines of communications stretching, from the' Urals, Soviet Forces now have thoroughly, prepared-for--the fight.

Premier Marshall Stalin will throw the greatest force of the war into the fray. Marshall Zhukov, who was the defender of Moscow, well may be the man direct the southern wing of the all-out offensive into the heart of-Germany. April 14. --(JP)-Powerful Russian forces, released by-the fall of historic Vienna, mounted new drives today aimed at Prague and the jNazis mountain fortifications in Southern Germany. Teacher Dies In Accident Southof Paris i Mrs.

Jessie Rogers Injured Fa tally As Car Turns Over PARIS, April 14 Mrs. Jessie Rogers, widow of J. B. Rogers and former resident of Pans was upon whom the burden will fall National-Anthem by audience, to lead the spearhead attack led by Victorv Chorus. Tall, able, shaven.headed Marlea oy victor hal Ivan S.

Konev. commander Invocation, the Rev. Fatner r. Ukrainian Army, C.Vatter, pastor of Immaculate OI Conception Church. Hymn--Victory Chorus and choirs, directed by Mrs.

Estill, accompanied by Mrs. Edmund Burke. Scripture reading--Dr. Allen Duncan, pastor of the Coates Street Presbyterian Church. Memorial address--Mr.

Hulen. "The Lord Is My Shepherd" (arr. Koschat)--Men's Quartette of Trinity MethodislChurch.Ken- neth Rippel, Marvin Bishop, Thomas Richardson and Hartley Estill, accompanied by Mrs. Lee Reynolds. Hymn--Victory Chorus and choirs.

No matinees were held in any Moberly theatres today out of respect to" the memory of President Roosevelt. The Grand, Fourth Street and Sosna theatres canceled their afternoon shows.but regular performances are scheduled for tonight. 6 bead After StateTornado SweepsTowns By The Associated Press "SPRINGFIELD, April .14 (AP) Fatalities in the tornadoes that swept through southwest Missouri Thursday night has reached six with the death of'M. G. --Anderson, 67.

of Morrisville in a hospital here. Anderson died late yesterday of what physicians said were injuries suffered when the twister struck the Polk county town. At least 50 others were injured as a result of the tornad- storms. Schools, homes and; churches were leveled and trees uprooted. Most of the damage was centered around the of Ava.

Morrisonville, Mt. Vernon. Pineville. Fries- and Macomb. Other deaths as listed by authorities: H.

U. Ferryman, farmer near Morrisville and Pfc. Michael 22, Wilkes Barre, a visitor in the Ferryman, home: Mrs. Mary Neely, 90, of near Mt. Vernon, trapped in her farm home; Mrs.

Otis Long, crushed to death in her home north of Pineville. and Donald Shoemaker, 17, killed by lightning. Weather CENTRAL MISSOURI: Mostly cloudy and cool this afternoon, tonight and Sunday. Low night 40 degrees. Temperatures: At 9 this morning, 67.

Maximum yesterday, 81. Minimum, yesterday, 46. to- 'The Band Played Porter's fox trot, "Don't Fence Me and Bagley's march, "Our Director'. The concert, directed by C. F.

Osterloh, was brought to a close with the singing of 'The Star Spangled" Following the festival, a dance guard all military services was held in the Auditorium with -J t1 wcighed so heavily. Outside on the lawn, a service band played an old hymn, "Abide With Me." Resting there beneath the glass enclosure of the. the body of Franklin ftooseveh. was dressed in a greyish blue business suit, a greyish blue four-in-hand and a white, soft colared shirt The little dog he loved, Fala, was brought in on a leash by Miss Margaret Suckley, the President's cousin. Only a few close friends -and members of the White House staff were ad- simple and vices in the the body will be taken to Hyde Park, for burial at the family home tomorrow.

Met at the Union Station by President Truman and the gov- velt's body was borne slowly and mournfully along Constitution Avenue on a flag- draped Army caisson. So thick was the swarm of spectators at the station that police still were untangling traffic hour after the last car had gone. Thousands Line Streets Thousands of persons who lined the streets of. the procession murmured only in whispers as the casket passed. The caisson bearing Mr.

Roosevelt's body was preceded by a mitted to the executive mansion. Mrs. Roosevelt and ha- daughters-in-law, clad in 151 acK, retired to the upper floor of the White House. President Truman went to room of- He said broad would attempt to clear his desk of as much business as possible before the 4 p. m- services.

Beginning of Procession President Truman and members of the Cabinet were at I'le Union Station a few minutes before the train pulled in at 9:50 a. m. (EWT), waitig to lead a fatally injured yesterday afternoon when her car overturned about eight miles south of Paris on Highway 15. The accident occurred at. 2 clock, in front of the Clyde Moore farm home.

Mrs, Rogers who has' been teaching in the Monett Junior College, Monett, was on her way to Paris to visit her sister. Mrs. Anna Deaver. She left Monett yesterday morning with two girls, whose names are not known. She left the girls in Mexico and continued her way to Paris.

About eight miles south of Paris the left rear tire blew out and the door on the left side of the car was thrown open. Mrs. Rogers fell from the car and was pinned between the car and the high- wav. She was taken immediately to Wootfland Hospital in Moberly where she died at 3:45 o'clock. yesterday aftc.

noon. Among the injuries Mrs. Rogers sustained was a crushed according to hospital authorities. Mrs. Rogers had taught in the Monett Junior College for the past 18 'years and her contract had been renewed for the next term.

Her husband, also teacher at the college died eight years ago. She is survived "-by four sisters, Mrs. Deaver of Paris, Mrs. J. W.

Kennedy of Columbia, Mrs. Love Evajngton. 111., and Mrs. Gene Paris, and one brother, Elliott Williams, near Paris. Tentative funeral plans call for a service at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Speed- Blakey Funeral Home in Paris and burial- in Walnut Grove Cemetery.

music furnished by a nickleo- deon. Rural Graduation Graduation exercises were held at the Junior High school auditorium for Randolph county rural schools, at 1:15 o'clock-in the afternoon. Dr. E. superintendent of delivered the address to 64 eighth-graders who were presented diplomas by Mrs.

Ada Reynolds, county superintendent Graduates the various schools were: Brush Creek: Charles Robert Warbritton and James Marvin Harlan. Darksville: Mary Elizabeth Hill, Richard Lee Webster, Maudie Marie Rice, Virginia Louisa Dean and wight Jacob Durbin. Felps: Raymond Hendren, Karl Richard Hutchinson, Orpha Marie Taylor and Danny Russel Bowden. Trinity: Wallace Eugene Harlan, Wendell August Forth and William Max Boling. Hardister: Frank William Barger and Martha Sue Riley.

Cottage Grove: Melba Lorraine Sims, Laveta Mae Dixie Jo White and Sol Hammons, Jr. Ft. Henry: Maxine Zwonitzer. Beritori: Willard Ryals. Oliver: Aubrey C.

Freeman. Hagar: Juanita Belle Alexander, Edward Randolph Hall, William Mason Nathanel Hughes, Betty Lorene Lynn, Gloria Pearl Reed and Beulah Louise West. White: Jessie Louise Bryant, Rose Marie Davis, Robert Allen Smith" and James Harvey Segole Grimes: Roy Thomas Ratliff, Elizabeth Louise Bagby and R. J. Headrick.

Salem No. 53: Gerald Wayne Major and Betty Sue Carnes. Terrill: Nancy Rose Williams and Helen Burton. Patton: Joseph Edward Spicer, Robert Lloyd Briscoe, James Victor Derboven and Roy Albert In the first car directly behind it were- Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs.

Anna Boettiger, the Roosevelt's only daughter, and Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, the second son. In the second car were Col. John Boettiger and the wives of Secretary the Roosevelt sons.

President Truman, of Commerce James F. Byrnes," 'recently designed war mobilization chief, rode in the third car flying the American and presidential jflags. Many along the funeral route were in tears. As the procession entered the White House grounds, PresidenI Truman's car swung out of line and the new Chief Executive dismounted at the steps of the executive wing, entering the White House there. Within the White House, the casket was placed on a carrier and wheeled straight forward across the glittering bronze seal embedded in the lobby floor.

altar stood before the double doors in the center of the east wall and the casket was put at rest immediately before it. Flowers banked the whole long expanse of the east wall and overflowed- into corners of the room which has seen so many other solemn occasions-and also the laughter and gaiety of brighter moments. Looking down- upon the casket the: pictures of George and Martha Washington. Looked Younger Now He looked younger in death than when last seen by friends in Washington where his office mournful procession to the White House. Members of the Roosevelt JEamily were the first to enter the funeral train, followed by President Truman.

Brig. Gen. Elliott- Roosevelt and his wife and Mr. and Mrs. John Boettiger went aboard.

They were followed by Admiral William Leahy, who was President Roosevelt's military" chief of staff, by Bernard Baruch, James F. Byriies, and War Director Fred M. Vinson. Cohesive Front Is Destroyed But V-E Day Will Come After Allied Linkup And End of Fighting By James M. Long SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, PARIS, April- 14 German army, still fighting fiercely in the east, no longer has either a- cohesive front nor a cohesive command in the west.

The long-awaited Allied linkup severing the Reich in the middle is near--and that does not mean that the war in Europe will end at that time. There might still be military fighting on into next winter, but it was not likely tliat it would still be regarded as an active phase of the European war. V-E Day will come, according to the best available opinion here, somewhere between the Allied linkup and. the end of subsequent fighting. And it will come by Allied proclamation.and not by German surrender.

Events since Gen. Eisenhower a fortnight ago predicted that the Germans would continue to fight as best they could until the last inch of the Reich has been overrun have only served to under- I jjj a an jj a( by passed the north- score the supreme commander's' words. He declared then that the Nazis would not quit; there would be formal that victory would probably be announced by proclamation. But it is hardly likely Eisenhower alone could or would proclaim" such a V-E Day. It would be proclaimed by a joint agreement with-Premier Marshal Stalin.and it could hardly come, whatever the success of the leanup in the West, until the Eastern Front, too, had collapsed.

There is no disposition here to believe that even splitting the Reich in two would cause the i Bulletin LONDON, April-14. ()-Absie, the American station in Europe which beams propaganda-'broadcasts. to the continent, said today the U. S. Ninth Army's -entry into Berlin was "imminent." The station -explained, however, that this statement was based on the broad picture drawn from frontline By James M.

Long. April 14. --()-- The American- Ninth Armv won a second crossing over the Elbe river today and fought slowly forward on the outer 'defenses of Berlin. First and Third Army tanks hurtled well past besieged Leipzig neared the Russian lines and advanced into the Nazi mountain stronghold of-Bayreuth-. The flanking sweep past Leipzig carried deep into Saxony to within ten miles of- Chemnitz, 88 miles from the Russian lines and 38 miles from Dresden.

To all practical purposes, Gerr many was virtually bisected lor the last direct communications Berlin south--including the superhighway to Munich-were cut. The Third Army was within 25 miles of Czechoslova- Delegates Get collapse of a fighting front--actually many fight fronts, as the Germans disintegrated into separate pockets of major resistance. Resistance Fronts Forming west tip of that Republic. The Ninth Army captured Dortmund, second largest city of the Ruhr and llth largest in Germany. Its 537,000 Teacetime residents worked in the great coal mines over which the city sprawled and in its vast steel and iron-mills and synthetic-oil plants.

The city was an important traffic center but was a ruin from bomb and shell. The First army closed with 55 miles southwest- of Berlin, widening the siege, arc being lash- ioned around the capital by the Ninth Army to the West and the Russians to the East. A 30 mile armored dash carried wihin three miles of Dessau, Ic tc in. One. -perhaps; the of pid 5 0 n( where the Mulde river meets the Elbe.

-The Canadians seized Arnhem, llth city' of Holland and populated by 897000. First Aimy captured the Court' and their wives; "and-cab inet officers and entered the, train. their-, wives Two of Mr. Roosevelt's secretaries, Stephen T. Early 'and William D.

Hassett rode together in one car. Behind them came another member of. the'White House secretariat, Jonathan iels. id-faced and with his shoulders slumped, Samuel Mr. Roosevelt's long time counsel, rode in one of the cars reserved for the former president's closest friends.

Rosenman had been associated with Mr. Roosevelt in one capacity or an- otbir Mnce the days when 'the late president was governor of New York. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, a Hudson valley neighbor of the Roose- velts, rode alone his head bowed in grief. He glanced right nor left as the procession moved out of the station. Hushed Crowds Wait Long before his funeral train arrived at Union Station from Warm Springs, hushed crowds swarmed into the downtown area and jammed the parks Continued on Page 3 at April Parley President Roosevelt's 5 Big 3 Place Is Given To U.S.

By Jack Bell- A 14 AP President preparing to take President Roosevelt's, place Three, is leaving American xe- sponsibility for the San Fran- rC cisco conference with this.coun- tryJs delegation. This turn of affairs -j-g today as the ranged, to lead Nation, sorrowing funeral, rites 'for dead "4S Faced with familiarizing himself with all the intricaterdetails of Europe's- tangled Truman haa decided to attend the ed -Nations" A He probably will send delegates who tackle-there -task of- world peace keeping-league JB. strong statement of But it will be up'to of Stettinius Ms en delegation colleagues on-the-spot decisions, on) erences that arise over the Dum- barton Oaks- formula and Big Three agreements ing revisions. Mr. Truman- meanwhile out on the task of- the background jtnust.have at commauu is to meet Premier Stalin-FaadJfJg Prime Minister Churchill en ---d '--L'if He beganttnat educational cess in a -with in.

One, -perhaps: two, is shaping up in the north' in a great arc back up against the Baltic Sea and trying to hold northern ports and perhaps Berlin. The other would be great arc in the south centered upon the "national redoubt" of Nazis --the hideaways of mountainous southern Germany and northern Austria between Lake Constance and Berchtesgaden. The arc in the north would probably break into more than one pocket, particuarly if the Allies in the west continue their wedge toward Hamburg and Lubeck. It would mean there would be the Berlin arc to clear out, the northern ports, the flooded fortress of western Holland--perhaps eventually even Denmark and Norway. The farthermost- and best naturally guarded of those three--Norway--and the heart of the southern German redoubt might take -months to clean out, especially if the Nazis held on there past fall and into weather when snows come in the mountain passes and ice forms on the mountain roads.

It is not suggested that the Germans would necessarily be able to do that with any degree eid two, and a half miles of cutting the-Ruhr pocket in two near Eiagen, the north oy the Ninth Army. The French -took Kehl. across the Rhine- from Strasbourg and 50 other places including Buehl. Gamhurst and Otterswier plus "enormous quantities of prisoners so numerous-they could immediately counted. headquarters did not disclose where the new Elbe crossing was made.

(BBC -said the crossing was 15' miles southeast of Madgeburg at Barby). Gen. Omar Bradley's by-passed Leipzig and tightened the siege arc around the great Saxony city where man civilians have been ed awaiting "the Americans. The closest troops last were reported four miles away. The plunged into Bayreuth and" onto the- approaches of Dresden and neared the great traffic center of Chenv The First and Ninth Armies virtually eliminated the' Kuhr pocket, taking 114,00 prisoners from the 150,000 originally" estimated as trapped.

Hess. Smith: Robert Darwin Bagby and Jaines Willard Spotts. Vaughn: Howard Earl Canote. Ebeneezer: Thelma Mae John and John Gilbert Machetta. Oak Grove: John Franklin Brando w.

Vernon: Billy Gene Sumpter. Chapel Grove: Betty Smith and Eugene. Smith. Roanoke: Sarah Frances Gray and Billy Finis Higdon. Darlene Perkins.

Lila Darlenc Perkins, Lena Frances Cromwell, Peggy Lorene Kelly, Rosemary Whitehead.and Betty Lou Hill. Sugar Creek: Kenneth Baker, Robert A. Hastings and Andrew Jerry Vince. Eloise and Chester Edward Rogers, graduates of Salem school No. 2, -were able'to be present at the exercises yesterday.

Rural Exhibits, Acts Most rural schools entered exhibits the all-county displays in the Junior High building, or entered programs for the all-county performances in the afternoon' following the graduation exercises. Schools entering both programs and exhibits were Roanoke Felps, No. 6, Darksville, Vernon, Cottage Grove. Patton, Sugar Creek, Terrill, Jacksonville, Chapel Grove, Salem No. 53 White and Grimes.

Smith, Hagar, Vaughn, Dover and Milton brought -programs Continued tn Page S.Sgt.JohnSchrode^Turret Over Austria Staff Sgt. John Schroder, top turret gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator bomber based in Italy, has been missing in action over Austria since March 31, according to a telegram from the War Department to'his wife, the former Miss Audrey Brown of Decatur, m. Staff Sgt. Schroder is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

John Schroder of Cheney, formerly of Moberly, and a grandson of Mrs. Johanna Schroder, 900 Bond street. He attended West Park School, Moberly Junior High School and Moberly Junior College. His wife and 2-year-old son live at 340 North Calhoun street, Decatur. Sgt.

Schroder's group. has flown more than 400 combat missions and it is the oldest American heavy bombardment unit in the Mediterranean theater. He holds three Distinguished Unit citations for outstanding performances and sustained ef- fiency. Schroder entered the service in October, 1943, and received his wings at Harlingen Gunner School, Texas. Walter White Wounded Walter E.

White, T-5, was wounded in action March 31 in Germany, according to word received here by bis wife, Mrs. Ruth White, 517 Taylor street. He received a serious shrapnel wound hi his left arm and has ben hospitalized in a U. S. Array Hospital in England.

Col. White "has been overseas of success. The speed the American race through middle Germany and the force of the Russian drive into the southern flank from the east is bringing the end near, even faster than the Germans had calculated. But, by the very nature of the Allied breakthrough in the center, considerable Welirmacht forces are actually being folded back into these arcs. When Yanks, Russians Meet It seemed clear'that, just as I surely as victory would not be proclaimed on the day of the American and Russian linkup, neither would the proclamation I be withheld until the last shoot- ing on German soil was over.

I The situation created is virtually without military precedent--a people beaten and unable to quit, nation defeated arid unwillingito surrender; and the prospect of one side event- I ually having to announce just 1 that it had won a war. The nearest Ninth troops last reported 45 S. SGT. JOHN SCHRODER, JR. fantry forces in Germany.

Other Casualties Pvt. John T. Clarke, son of Ernest H. Clarke, Macon, is among Armv dead the European regions publicly announced today by the War Department Among Army wounded in. the European regions anounced today by the War Department are: Pfc Raymone of Mrs.

Theda J. Dore, Route'2, Perry Pvt. Thomas F. McCord, husband of-Mrs. Frances J.

McCord Mexico; and Pfc. Chester Winn, son of Mrs. Ora E. Wmn, Bevier. In each instance next of km received previous official notice Just when, after this die-hard resistance is finally pushed into its last pockets, the Allied victory proclamation will depend upon the extent of the breakdown of the German fighting force.

But it is conceivable even when it is proclaimed Germans might still have at least a nominal army in the field, perhaps two--one Norway and one in the national redoubt. That is to say, the proclamation would not necessarily breakdown of the German opposition into purely guerrilla resistance. JBut it would certainly not come until virtually all-of Germany is seized and resistance- whittled down to mereTnop-up and Continued-on--Page-3" Army miles from east of the Elbe were encountering -profuse fire from flake batteries guarding the capital and making slow progress on the Branden burg plain. Third Army troops were ,88 miles or less from Russian lines and within-25 of, the Czechoslovakia frontier. Their drive across southeast Germany to within 10 miles northwest of the Saxony industrial city Chemnitz (335,000) carried Lt.

Gen George S. Pattons troops 25 miles past'the northwestern tap of Czechoslovakia and onto the zone of 'German lines in iw capital of Saxony, miles from Patton's swift armored columns. His troops moved within 8D miles of the Skoda Munitions works at PJlseiL-and 56 of Czechoslovak Capital of Prague Among the places captured were the aircraft center of Brunswick- (201.306), the Nap- jty Jena (35,000) Saafeld dent Hoosevelt. He will continue, it -with Byrnes, Stettinius others- 1- Another Big 3 Meeting 7f The cascading lied precipitate a demand ibr meeting of the heads nations-much earlier'than," hadf. been-anticipated.

ieeling-in here is that when D. JEisenhower declared organized has ended, Stalin and witnTTrumanv almost immediately- to settle problems involving whole, economic," If not political, ture of Europe. -I There will be an immediate request, it is said', each nation's troops within- the four agreed-zones of occupation rfj in Germany. French troops will'- occupy one-of these -areas Gen. Charles DeGaulle, proyis-, ional president 'of that" nation, will want to be in the 34 conferences- At tbis-'meeting there-are dications the nations directly: 'volved will-want agreement the-reparations kind were" projected means they want many plants and.

installations in their' occupied 1 'zone they can -ship home to replace their tered The question of prisoner for reconstruction also'will as-well as-the of refugees who '-haveijlj migrated'or-been transported, to tgs the Allied 'countries near the Dresden, was $358. 16 000), Rudolstadt (16 000) and the Dutch stronghold of Assen President-Truman is' to-have told 'friends -that knows he must have an AmerJ-'CS can answer on these and; important questions. -And- is-short. In the midst-of'this impera-r tive the new Chief K'-l Executive found time to through Stettinius" yesterday declaration that there no change of purpose" of continuity" in the policy of the government." Electrical Storm, Heavy Rain at Paris 'PARIS, April --Cff)-- A severe electrical- and- a four Paris Thursday night andTriday morning. Again Friday night a heavr -No damage has been reported around Paris from the storm, however.

Weekend, in Smithvflle "Mr and Mrs. Harold Boyd and 'son. are spending the in Smithville -visiting Reads FDR's Speech Asking World Peace WASHINGTON, April J.4- -President Roosevelt before his death a message ing that: "The lasting peace on bound -up with the of lasting' peace throughout- President Barry Trumanfto- is it -to the meeting the Governing Board American -which honor of Pan-American Day. Mr -Truman -'accompanied message pf his 'own which he said- "I wholeheartedly good neighbor policy. Secretary of State read" the Truman "and -RooacvelB s2.