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THE HEATHER LINCOLN; Motif eUr Bilk Ileal eaw UaM ireeilaf rala Uelkt, alia Law ee'atere Mar t. amalN earUr fLeaf weiieaar Hk klfkeat taaiaaralara arar It. NEMAHKat Mell eleae, lifkt limlnf rata ar arlule ta4 aaalk (antral la-kti parti; elma ajaat tealkt aaa ea naaaeeaayi taaxakal araaat aerlfe aa4 e-traaaa aal Ualfkl; eeaewaal aaraaar aaa! aaa aaalk atalraj weeeeeeat. TH EDITION Fire 2.2222 Telephone 2-1231 Police 2-081 1 II II I II YEA II LINCOLN, TUESDAY, II It A II 20, 1 9 4 5 FIVE CENTS LINCOLN STAR V.Vliiiil.fi' lOOSEVElT ON WAT HOME FDR Not Able See De Gaulle nZSIDENT AND CHURCHILL CONFERRED IN ZGYFT ON WAR AGAINST JAtANESE STATE LEGISLATURE- Development Measure Is Reinstated Bill Saved By Vote of 22 to i Yanks Win Southern Airfield On Iwo Jima Marines Are Fighting Toughest Battle Of Their History Reinforcements Pouring Ashore i Americans Capture One-Quarter of Tiny island UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Guam, Feb. 20-(AP)-(Via Navy Radio) American marines fighting the toughest battle of their history seized the southern airfield or Iwo Jima today from "fanatically" defending Japanese after i breaking up a night counter attack by 900 charging enemy troops, Adm.

Chester W. Nimitz announced. felt iHTtlBtW SMOir RISES FROM BURSTS on nail posilone in Afbrtiiaca. Germany, ai American forces oa the west bank 0 (he Rhino Ion 109 mm. sheit across tho rirer.

The buildings undtr fire were being used by (he nailj ai obsorratloa posit. This if an official V. S. danai corps radiopholo. fnlernaliona) Soundpholof.

NIDAN MI. ACHIIW A iwo jima" SPEAIt THROUGH JAP FORCES liar Summary WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AP) President Roosevelt conferred with Prime Minister Churchill at Alexandria, Egypt, after the Big Three meeting and received another pledge of full support in the war against Japan after Ger-many's defeat. In a formal summary of the president's activities since he left the Yalta meeting on the Black sea Sunday, February .11, the white house said today Mr. Roosevelt invited Gen.

Charles De Gaulle, president of the provisional French government, to meet him in Algiers, French Morocco. De Gaulle, the statement said, replied that official business prevented him from going to Algiers. Wanted to See General. "Questions of mutual interest and importance to France and the United States are pending," the president said. "I wanted very much to see the general before leaving for home." Upon leaving Livadia palace in the Crimea, Mr.

Roosevelt motored along the Black sea to Sevastopol and spent the night aboard an American navy auxiliary ship. The president's travels also included a conference aboard a United States warship in Great Bitter- lake, through which the Suez canal passes, with King Farouk of Egypt. American-Egyptian relations were discussed. Halle Selassie Visit. Halie Selassie emperor of was received in the same setting and in this conference the president conversed in French.

King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia also was received by the president with impressive ceremony during the afternoon of the day following the reception of King Farouk and the Ethiopian emperor. Algiers was described as the president's last stopping place abroad before leaving for Washington. The white house announcement Continued ea Pag Two). EASTERN FRONT oviefrs Gaining LONDON, Feb! 20 (AP) Russian troop have punched several deep breaches in German lines on a 65-mile front stretching within 50 to 60 miles of Berlin and Dresden, the German high command declared today. It indicated Marshal Ivan Konev resumed his push toward these two cities after withstanding German counter attacks which Berlin only last night said had swept back into four towns.

The, German communique declared Konev breached German lines in the areas of Guben, 51 miles southeast of Berlin, at Sorau, 28 miles farther southeast, and at Lauban, 61 miles east of Dresden. Fighting of "the bitterest type" Is raging In this sector between the Bober and Nelsse rivers, a Transocean broadcast said. ft Leading Marine In Iwo Island Fight Nebraska's own MaJ. Gen. Harry Schmidt has scored again.

Under the command of General Schmidt, thousands of marines in the Fifth marine corps "are taking Iwo island," press dispatches from Guam headquarters indicated Tuesday. A native of HoldreRe, General Schmidt led marine forces in the MAI. CEN. SCHMIDT. successful invasion of Jap-held Kwajelin, in the Pacific, approximately a year ago.

Shortly after this smashing blow at the enemy General Schmidt received the distinguished service medal from Admiral Chester Nimitz. After leaving Holdrege, the Schmidt family moved to Kearney where General Schmidt attended Kearney State Teachers college before embarkink on his career in the U. S. marines. His sister, Mrs.

Bertha Dress, resides at Staplcton. STATE LEGISLATURE MelcotaTo Ask Aid In Bill Draft ishe Experts to Help Pen Amendment Sen. John Mekota, Crete claimed Tuesday that he will permit "no misunderstandings" on amendments he will offer soon to LB 92, which has been termed "public power joker No. 1," but will invite representatives of the League of Municipalities tsnd the editor of' the Journal, who Slave objected to the present bill, to "help the bill drafter and me write the amendments." The bill now provides that a condemnation court shall take into consideration in determining a reasonable and fair price, any reduction in bonded indebtedness that may have been made by a public power district and that the court shall allow a credit to the condemning municipality of the amount of debt or bonds retired. "I will insist that the amendments I offer meet the approval of everybody," Mekota asserted.

Invites Assistance. "It has been charged that the introducers were trying to 'throw a I am going to give the editor of the Lincoln Journal enough advance notice so he'll come over to the bill drafter and see this thing through. I'll invite the League of Municipalities, (Conflnued ea Pag Two). FRANCIS P. MATTHEWS.

unnecessarily severe on that front due tq the fanatical German resistance which they had encountered. Matthews has made two extensive trips through the area since the war, having returned from his latest trip late in December. An Omaha lawyer, he made the trip under the auspices of the Catholic fCooflnued oa too Ton) I) 7 I nlm With a bure majority vote of 22 to 14, Speaker C. Petrus Peterson succeeded in raising LB 132, creating the Nebraska Department of Industrial Development, to general file after the standing committee on agriculture had recommended it for indefinite postponement. The bill carries a 100,000 appropriation.

Opposing senators called the bill a "dream" and "fantastic" "another bureaucratic department with a big salary roll." Supporters called it "good business" and a move to put Nebraska in the forward march of states of the nation. Speaker Peterson's motion came in mid-morning with the statement that he hud been informed some members of the committee on agriculture who had opposed the bill, had changed their minds. "Has Governor's O. "Two years ago," said the senator, "a similar bill was vetoed by the governor. Now, I am informed, the bill meets with the governor's approval I might say that he would like to see it passed." The vote stood: AYfcS Adams, James II.

Anderson, Brodahl, a 0 dy. t'onklin, Cr i Crossland, Dooley, Foster Heilifer, Hoyt, Kaln, Lee, Mueller, Ogden, Peterson, Reavis, Ryan, Seaton, Tvrdlk, Wood 22. NOKS Lester II. Anderson, Babcock, Burney, li a t'arlher, Doyle, Garber, Han-na, Jeffords, Mekota, Norman, Plzer, Raasch, Weborg H. NOT VOTING Culling haru, Hubka, Luslenskl, Schultx, Worrell, Raecke, Hern 7.

Senator James Anderson- cast the deciding vote after call of the house. Assail Measures. Senator Jeffords, a member of the agricultural committee, saw no need to change his mind. "This bill is the wrong method to get at what it attempts," he said. He was supported by Weborg, Pender, also a member of the committee on agriculture, which had voted to postpone by 8 to 2.

"Commenting on Peterson's reference to the governor, Jeffords said, "No doubt a good deal of pressure has been brought on the governor and he has been compelled to agree." Weborg called the bill "just a blank check for $100,000." Senator Norman, Omaha, saw a setup for more and more appropriations. He recalled the $50,000 appropriation to advertise Nebraska and asked what had come from it with its advertising Nebraska as the "white spot." "It's a waste of funds," declared Hanna Brownlee. Refers To Other States. Klaver's was the first friendly voice, calling to mind that 35 other states have taken similar action. "Even if we get one, two or three industries with good payrolls," he said, "it will be the best investment we could make." "We have a chemurgy appropriation buried somewhere in the statutes," said Burney, Cedar, "and a department of agriculture that ought to help the farmer, since that is what the bill professes to do." Senator Mekota, Crete, most emphatic in his opposition, pointed to the "pile on pile" of printed documents in the capitol basement gotten out to help Nebraska.

"And here you want to put this "fantastic this Utopian picture into a law to pile up a huge salary list and let highly paid men go traveling over the country at state expense. Says "Big" City" BUI. "Better give the $100,000 direct to the veterans of this war than try to improve conditions in this way where a few business men will get the cream and will let the farmers have the skimmed milk. Here is the result of large city chamber of commerce meetings." "You are just trying to legislate (Continued on, Pag Two), THE WEATHER Lincoln: Mostly cloudy with light snow or llfht treating rain or drlula tonight, with lowest temperature near becoming partly cloudy Wednesday with highest temperature near 34. Nebraska: Mostly cloudy or light freestng rain or drtule in east and south central tonight; partly cloudy in west tonight and in east Wednesday; somewhat warmer In north and extreme west tonight; lowest temperatures 1S-J4 In west and north, to upper 90s southeast; somewhat warmer west and north central Wednesday.

Kansas: Cloudy, light fretting rain or drtul tonight, and In southeast and extreme east Wednesday morning, becoming partly, cloudy west and north Wednesday in west and north: lowest temperatures J8-33 In north, to 33-34 In south: thawing Wednesday with rise In temperature. Lincoln Temperatures) 30 p. Mon. 31 1 3:30 a. 34 3 30 p.

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to, i MOP UP IN GOCH Nazis FURIOUS COUNTER-THRUST BREAKS THROUGH ALLIED LINES NORTH OF CALCAR PARIS, Feb. 2CMAP) Cana dian First army troops virtual ly cleared ruined Goch today, but furtous German counter-attacks to the northeast broke through allied lines and seized positions on the Goch-Calcar road. Gen. Henry Crerar hastily threw in tank and troop reinforcements both along the road and in the Moyland area north of Calcar, and furious fighting was under way tonight, a front dispatch de clared. The Germans hit viciously in the Moyland area and at positions on the road from Goch to Calcar.

Advance 1,500 Yarda. Southwest of Goch, however, Scottish and British troops ad vancing 1,500 yards seized Buch holt and Halvenboom. At the opposite flank, the Amer ican Seventh army widened its resurgent front inside the Indus trial Saarland and captured five towns in a move to within three and a half miles and sight of the blackened steel city of Saar- bruecken. The Seventh, at least 11 divisions and 155,000 men strong, was aDDlying increasing pressure in its limited offensive at the) fringe of the packed arsenal region. 94th Seizes Four Towns.

In between. Lt. Gen. George Patton's U. S.

Third army stormed into Germany at a new point, capturing Wincheringen, a mile across the border east of Luxembourg citv and five miles from the forti fied road hub of Saarburg. The 94th division seized four towns along a four-mile front between Saarbruecken and Trier, Ger many's oldest city and birthplace of Karl Marx. Patton's army made a surprise crossing of the Moselle river to capture Wincheringen. The 94th captured Oberleuken, Kesslingen, Faha and Munzingen, from two to three miles east and southeast of -Sinz and six inside Germany. The cluster of villages is about eight miles northwest of the Saarland industrial city of Merzig.

Dr. J. II. Clemens, Former Lincoln Pastor, Is Dead Dr. John H.

Clemens, former pastor of Grace Methodist church in Lincoln and later superintendent of the Lincoln district, died Monday, Feb. IS, at the home nf his daughter. Mrs. A. B.

Howe, of Williamsville, N. Y. He was 80j Born in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada, he was an, active minister in the Methodist church for 53 Attack Strongly supported by navalO and aerial units which drove off the first reported attempts by Japanese planes to attack the invaders, the marines pushed a path clear across the island, with the width ranging from 1,000 yards to two and one-half miles. Territory in American hands reaches from the northern slopes of Suribachi volcano on the southern tip of the island, now cut off from northern defenders, to the northern edge of newly-won I Motoyama airfield No. 1.

Fanatical Defense. The marines imaihed through ai "fanatically d.f.nded at any y.l encountered In the war In (he Pacific." NImlli r.porled In the second grimly word.d communique oi the day. The desperate counter attack by about 900 enemy troops charging full strength down the runway of the airfield in the early morning hours was beaten back by the 27th marine division and remnants driven off. The marines were aided by naval gunfire and illumination provided by the huge searchlights of the warships close off shore. Territory captured by the veteran Tilth marine corps la two dayi oi fighting repreiente about one-quarter ol the eight-mile squar Uland.

Slug Up Slopes. The communique was the second somber-toned release issued by advanced Pacific fleet headquarters tonight. In his first report today Nimitz said American losses in smashing across the southern end of the island were relative light but were heavier on the northern flank of the original beachhead where the Yanks battered up unprotected slopes to envelop' the airdrome. "Th. light Is tho toughest wo ve run acroes la 168 Lt.

Gen. Holland M. Smith, commander oi marine corps lorcee in tho Pacllle. told Aiioclated Praia Correipondent Morrl. Landiberg aboard s.a iorcts standing oil th Island.

Thousands More Land. LandsberB reported thousands more marines were pouring ashore to smash down the Japanese entrenched in a network of caves on the rugged, volcanic island and apparently in dread oof losing the airdrome island from which Tokyo could be raided by light bombers and fighter planes. Japanese, still holding the wide, northern end of the island, poured artillery, mortar and rifle fire down on the Yanks and put up their sitffest fight for the southern airdrome. Motoyama airfield No. 2 lies just north of the American-held (Continued oa Pag Two).

Mnj. Bookstrom May Be Prisoner Major Harold R. Bookstrom, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.

F. Bookstrom, who was reported missing in action on Dec. 19, may be a prisoner of war in Germany, ac cording to 'the wire received Tuesday by his parents. The telegram from the provost marshall in Washington, D. said that in a pick-up of an iick-up of an I imy propa- 1 da broad- I Major I ok strom's enemy ganda cast, Bo name was in- Harold Booksirom eluded" among those mentioned as prisoners of The wire further said that although Major Bookstrom's status was not fully confirmed by this report, any additional information received will be wired to his parents.

A graduate of the University of Nebraska in 1939, Major Bookstrom was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He received the rank of major at Camp Polk, in 1944 and went overseas with the 73rd armored field artillery battalion in August, 1944. He was stationed in England, France and Luxembourg. By J. E.

LAWRENCE. Tuesday, February 20, 1945. 1TN LESS than 48 hours after American marines had landed on Iwo Jima, its Japanese defenders, fighting; fanatically, had been split In two. The marines drove to the western shore of Iwo Jima, cutting a sizable swath, and capturing the principal airfield. There was no sign of inclination on the part of the.

Japanese fleet to go to the rescue of the isolated Japanese garrison. American reinforcements continued to reach the beachheads, backed up by tanks. In hig second communique of the day Tuesday, Admiral Nimitz announced capture of the southern airfield on Iwo Jima against an enemy defense which he described as fanatic as any yet encountered in the Pacific war. The marine forces had driven from eastern and southern beachheads entirely across Iwo Jima to its western shore. a OFF TO THE NORTH It appeared that principal Japanese opposition was centered in the northern portion of the island although the dispatches spoke of stiff fighting along the entire front there.

Casualties officially were characterized as light in some areas and moderate in others. The Iwo Jima operations did not result in any lessening of American pressure In the Philippines where the Japs were being driven out of their remaining strongholds in Manila, and on Bataan and Corregldor. MAIN BATTLE AHEAD As a note of caution against the cheering news, at Admiral Nimitz headquarters In Guam a spokesman Tuesday warned that the main battle for the island remained to be fought possibly on the plateau in the vicinity of the second large airfield, which is situated approximately in the center of Iwo Jima. It did not appear that the ultimate outcome was in doubt. a a AIDED BY THE FLEET Admiral Nimitz' fleet units remained In support of the marines, shelling Japanese positions heavily throughout the day, while American airmen turned back several attempts by Japanese aircraft to reach the Island, Tokyo had Its own version.

Its radio said Nimitz had lost three cruisers, three ships of unknown category, two patrol boats and four transports. It said a cruiser and five transports were damaged and up to noon of the first day of Invasion, American casualties had totalled 2,000. Admiral Nimitz Ignored the Japanese claims which in recent days have been fantastic. MUCH TOO LATE It appeared that the Japanese garrison would undertake to recapture Motoyama airfield on Iwo Jima but gain it appeared to be a case of too late and too little. The Americans have now dug In against any effective counter-attacks.

It was thought Nimitz now has 40,000 men ashore In Iwo Jima, and he appeared to be so well established that the Issue was settled, the only thing remaining being the mopping up and final defeat of the Japs. STILL IN HIDING When MacArthur invaded Luzon, It was thought the Jap fleet would emerge again but It did not. Then the marine landings on Iwo Jima were looked upon as certain to bring Mikado's remaining sea forces out. They are still playing a hiding game which has the experts puzzled. They cannot understand why Tokyo would permit a vital base to slip through its fingers without at least a struggle with Nimitz providing tempting bait by using his oldest and slowest battlewagons for the Iwo Jima scrap.

He has the New York, the Arkansas, the Texas, the Idaho, the Nevada, and the Tennessee in action there the oldest of the group launched 34 years and the youngest nearly a quarter of a century ago. Their speed Is a little over 20 knots, which would place them at the mercy of modern battleships in a running fight, but they are made to order for this particular Job and the American command seems to have a supreme contempt for the Japanese navy now. STILL IN CLEAN-UP On Luzon Tuesday MacArthur'a forces, after capturing Fort William McKinley and two key towns to the southeast of Manila, were engaged busily on Bataan, Corregldor and the old walled section of Manila. Fort William McKinley is directly south of Manila itself. In Manila bay American light naval units sank four Japanese barges and 12 other Japanese surface craft, including small freighters and patrol boats.

Mac-Arthur's airmen ranged all the way from Bougainville to Formosa. A small cruiser was sent to the bottom by mortar torpedo boats, along with five small freighters. It was the third week of fighting in Manila and in most sections of the city the battered people were resuming their tasks. PIN-POINT SIZE Iwo Jims embraces only eight square miles of rock but It is dotted with caves, trenches, and pillboxes and one of the most strongly fortified bastions of its size In the world. Approximately 300 American tanks were landed in the early hours rConlioiwd on Poow Two) Francis Matthews Says America's Republican Form Of Gov't Must Be Protected Maintains Omahan Just Returned Front Europe FARM DEFERMENTS Griswold Raps Demand Made By Rep.

Miller CHARGES CONGRESSMAN ATTEMPT 'MUDDY WATER" Governor Dwight Griswold charged Tuesday that recent activities of Nebraska's Congressman A. Miller and some other congressmen have attempted "to muddy the water" ahd create the impression that local draft boards are not following the agricultural draft deferment provided in the Tyd-ings amendment. The governor released a letter written to Miller Tuesday protesting that "it is unfair of you to send out information which infers that the Tydings amendment to the selective service act makes it impossible to take any men from the farms." The letter to Congressman Mil-, ler, the governor explained, wai in reply to one from Miller demanding more active direction of selective service by governors. Congressman Miller is backing the action of a committee of eleven congressmen, headed by Congress man Lemke of North Dakota, charging that local draft boards have been instructed not to follow directions of the Tydings amend ment. "I have made investigation! of those charges," the governor as serted in his letter.

"Instead of that being a fact, I know that a mimeographed copy of an order went to each draft board in Ne braska on Jan. 26, 1945, which states specifically that the Tydings amendment is in force and effect, and so far as I know its being followed by the local draft boards." Gov. Griswold explained that (Conlfnued on Pag Two). Milder Work Legislation Is Approved WASHINGTON, (INS) The senate military affairs committee, by a vote of 12 to 6, today rejected the house-approved "work or jail" bill for men between 18 and 45 years of age. The committee voted to substitute a bill proposed by Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) which expands authority of the war manpower commission.

The vote came on a motion to substitute the O'Mahoney bill for the language of the May bill, which previously had passed the house. The committee then began consideration of amendments to the O'Mahoney measure. Mght Lite, Curfew A midnight blackout of all place oi entertainment has been decreed and iederal ageo-ciee stand ready to Rack dowa ea violator. Story as Peg I. "We In America must be realistic and learn that we have something to protect because other people do not understand us or our republican form of government," Attorney Francis P.

Matthews, Omaha, prominent Catholic layman and national head of the Knights of Columbus, told a public affairs luncheon audience which packed the chamber of commerce dining room Tuesday noon. Telling of his experiences and impressions on his recent trip during which he traveled 25,000 air miles and visited 19 countries in me uuuuie easi.y Maitnews discussion on "Places, Personages, Peoples and Politics" centered on his visit to Rome and audience with Pope Pius XII, and the other territories recently liberated by the allied forces. He visited the Fifth and Eighth army fronts where he was able to see the actual fighting and watch casualties being carried behind the lines to evacuation hospitals. Backs Churchill. In the course of his trip he visited, besides Rome, Casablanca, Naples, Palestine, Jerusalem, Athens, Paris and London.

In both Athens and Rome, Matthews said that he was able to see the evidence of the activity of the communists. His visit to Athens was just prior to the outbreak of the revolution there, and he said that he personally was one thousand per cent behind Winston Churchill and his proposal for the settlement of the problem there. While on the Fifth army front Matthews visited with the former iviMiiimiuuig general oi mat army, Mark Clark, whom he quoted as saying that allied casualties were Typhus Breaks Out In Berlin; Many Die Daily LONDON. Tab. 20 (AP) The Moscow radio aaeerted tod 07 thai typhus epidemic had broken out la Berlin, touting manj doatha daily.

years ana servea a nurauer ui leading churches of the Erie conference in Pennsylvania. He came to Lincoln in the fall of 1916 from New Castle, and returned to the east in 1926 as pastor at Oil City, Pa. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. A. B.

Howe, Williamsville, one son, John W. Clemens, Lincoln; and four grandchildren. One grandson, Jack Clemens, is now serving with the U. S. army in Europe.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Burial will be in Warren, Pa. WEATHER AHEAD Txlendad fire-day weather lor, cail, ilartlnq Tuesday, lor Nebraska. Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri: Light precipitation first of period xcepl moderate) eoutheast portion oi Oklahoma and Missouri, othorwiM generally lair; eomewhat warmer Wednesday, turning colder Thursday niaht and Friday and la the watt, end south portion of district Batuj-day 1 the temperature) will aTeraje abOT normal. I Your Today's Star War Summary 2 Serial Story 3 Editorials 4 Merry-Go-Round 4 In The Service 5 Nebraska News 6 Social News 7 Sports 8 Radio Programs 8 Comics 9 Market 19 Want Ads 11 General -'ews 12 1 wtX.