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The EFReno Daily Tribune
Copy, Five Cents
irrier Planes
Superforts
ird Tokyo
American Marines •
Reach Halfway f
On Bloody Iwo Jin
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
now-covered Tokyo underwent
heaviest bombardment ot the
Sunday from perhaps 1,000
planaa and 300 Superfort-
s, while 750 miles to the
th, American marines reached
half-way mark In tliclr Job
conquering the air base Island
|IWo Jlma. 1
last two Nipponese strong -
In Manila were ahelled by
8. aitIUery today,
kyo radio admitted the Jap-
fleet waa keeping out of
way of Vice Admiral Marc
Mitscher’s powerful fifth fleet
for:ea which moved bark
Nippon's home waters to re-
devastating attacks on air
war Industries and mill*
Installations.
farinex captured all but the
I'thern tip of Iwo Island's fighter
pd iMotoyama air field No. 3.i
air strip dominates the
liter of the Island fortress.
Bember Field Repaired
kbnultaneously. Tokyo reported
pbees were putting the bomber
(Motoyama No. 1> in shape
land baaed medium bomber
Ices at Tokyo.
filed southeast Asia headquart-
announced Japan's hard press-
Burma troops suffered heavy
ties In unsuccessful attempts
break up a glowing Indian
gehead southwest of Manda-
|A Tokyo broadcast heard in San
incisco said American casualties
Iwo had reached 33,000—"three
a minute." Tokyo also
|lmed that Japanese planes had
ik an American submarine off
end flame-throwers again
spearheading the marine at-
backed up by swarms of car-
planes and big army Liberators.
atlng was savage, with many
combats repAnea.
/1th the capture of Motoyama air
lid No. 3. the third, fourth and
marine divisions will have all
»‘s airstrips—within lighter plane
ge of Tokyo—In their hands,
sms air field No. 1. farther
nth. fell to the marines last week.
Battle Far from Ended
Jut the battle of Iwo was far from
er. The Japanese still hold Mt.
to, a volcano dominating north-
Iwo. and a cluster of other
laks, all honeycombed with gun
^placements and defense tunnels
which they were raining shells
Id rockets on the American-held
ion of the Island.
8. Navy* Secretary James V.
rrestal. who visited the beachhead
jr days after D-day. told news-
en aboard Vice Admiral Richmond
Turner’s flagship off the island
|at the clean-up would take many
eks.
"We'll be digging ciead Japs and
Ime live Japs probably out of the
Ives for many weeks to come,” he
lid.
lAdmlral Chester W. Nlmltz re-
|>rted In a communique yesterday
at the number of Japanese bodies
lunted had reached 3.827 by Sun-
fy noon. Since the Japanese usual-
recover most of thru* dead, the
fiber of Japanese killect actually
ay be nearer 6.000.
Rati# la 4 to 1
jForrestal said the marines were
filing four Japanese for every Am-
llcan killed.
|A few Japanese planes attacked
erlcan forces on and around Iwo
st before midnight Saturday, but
I used no damage. Some of the
lilders dropped their bombs on the
Vpancae-held portion of Iwo.
| Beach condition* on Iwo showed
‘‘marked Improvement," Nlmlts
^ld. with supplies and relnforce-
fits flowing ashore In a steady
| Army liberators winged north of
vo to bomb Chichi In the Bonin
|oup Friday, while the town of
iura was attacked 24 hours later.
4UJD MEANS UNITED
El Reno, Oklahoma, Monday, February 26, 1945
m MEANS
Through Storm and Flood to Victory
Volume 53, No. 306
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A machine gun section In the third lnrantry division moves Into a concealed position in s French forest deft) In the mid-winter
drive against the Siegfried line. When the floods came these tank crewmen (right) aalvsged their ammunition from the high water,
iPhotos released by the war department's bureau of public relations.)
Cage Journey
Sites Selected
1,200 U. S. Bombers
Strike Berlin In Hour
Storm Is Licked
By Legislators
Regional Competition '
Set This Week-End
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 26—:U.PJ
—Oklahoma's 1045 hlghfcchool bas-
ketball play-otfs advanced Into the
'I
Quorums at Capitol
Despite Bad Weather
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 36—</P>
which
LONDON. Feb. 28—A>)—In the 150 miles long, roared across the
biggest air attack ever made on1 city at 15-mlnute Intervals > and
Berlin, more than 1.200 American ! let down the first bombs at 11:64
heavy bombers dropped 3,000 tons' n. m.. the exact minute set In
of explosives and fire bombs Into the battle order.
the heart of the city during the I For the first time the bombers,1 -^SP*** sleet B"d
noon hour today. . I with an escort of 700 Mustang* {*!ept at home t0'
. More than 500.000 small Incendl- nnd Thunderbolts, flew to the,day' and de*ayed lh5 *nV'*1 *of
regional rounds last week-end and bombs were showered upon the 1 capital In a straight line across 1 ^ther*’ both ^>ou,'es °‘ t le leglsla-
the state association’s board of con- refU8ee.crowded capital wlth three oermany. boldly daring the Oerm*iture mustered a quorum for work
trol today announced the sites for la||Way stations — Schleslslcher, i an air force to fight. “V an miportant Insurance tax
the regional tournaments this week- AicxindcrplaU and Berlin North I But there were no early reports 1bu*
«"«»■ —as the main targets. All three | of combat. | Seventy-seven house members
Along with the winners of the are within two miles of the air j Today's Was the 37th major at- *cre °n lla“d ,, legtola-
class B boys and the girls’ district ministry building In the middle tack—the 18th by eighth aj, uve day. Senate attendance was
meets, the class A boys enter the of the city. force—on Berlin. It has undergone much better, with nearly all Its
state's hlghschool basketball ellm- j Three giant waves, which Nazi altogether well over 300 raids In,
(nation schedule. Last week-end the news agencies said made a train 1 this war. "
class B boys and girls' teams com- -
peted In 50 dstrlct tournaments.
Winners To Advance
All three divisions will advance
winners from the region meets this
week-end to ths state championship
finals tournament here Mar. 8-10.
BHiA *!»
be staged at Enid, Duncan. Shaw-
nee, Tulsa. Bartlesville. Capitol Hill
• Oklahoma City), Durant and Mus-
kogee. Some of the first-round
games of the Duncan regional will
Lewis' Miners
Threaten Strike
Notice Is Given By
Policy Committee
WA8HINOTON, Feb. 36 —(JP»—
be played at Clinton, while Altus John L Lewis and his United Mine
and Ardmore will handle some lor Workers u committee served
the Durant meet. , .. _ _
Other Site Chosen ! "**" Und'r , thC ™ * ™ *
Claw B boys and the girls' re- act today ol the a bi-
gionsl tournaments wlU be played luminous coal strike In 30 days,
at Cherokee. Altus. Duncan. Shaw- The bituminous contract expires
nee. Muskogee. Bartlesville, and Mar. 31 and negotiations with the
Durant. Buffalo will handle some opcraton, begUl Thursday. The pol-
flrst- and second-round games of ,
the Cherokee region. Ardmore will lcy commUtee «athered today to
handle some first-round games for formulate demands for a new con-
the Durant meet, Ada was awarded tract. The strike notice was the
some games for the Shawnee tour- first action of the meeting,
nament and Wlster and Blxby will
stage first-round games for the
Sergeant Has
Narrow Escape
Marauder Crashes
On 59th Mission
Before the two houses was a
. i conference committee measure levy-
| Ins a 4 percent tax on all in-
t
Muskogee region.
Transportation problems Justified
the splitting up of some of the flrst-
and second-round games of the re-
gional meets. Lee K. Anderson,
state association secretary, said.
Lewis, In a letter to Frances Per-
kins, secretary of labor, notified her
that:
"In order to protect our meniber-
xurance premiums.
Deadline for completion of ac-
tion on tlie measure had been set
for Wednesday, since payments i Howzc.
collectable under the present law,
which affects only out-of-state
Irma, are due that day.
A supfctne court ruling has been
iconstrued as Invalidating the law
j unless it Is made applicable to
| Oklahoma firms also, a change
Staff Sergeant Earl M. Nelson,, effected In the committee substl-
grandson of Mrs. Lucy Turpin. 220;tute.
North Bickford avenue, and nephew I ™bn«w le?lslaUol> J8 aPP»cable
... _ _ . .. . _ to both domestic and foreign com-
of Mrs. George Baker, south of El panles but contalas H s:heduic 0,
Reno, had s narrow escape from, credit for Investments in Oklahoma
death recently when the B-26 Ma- securities which would tend to-
rauder on which he was a gunner jward excmPUon of state firms.
. . , ... „ . Passage of the measure was to-
crashed shortly after taking off for day.s No , praJect but ,t app.ar_
Nelson s 59th mission. cd likely legislators who do mike
Nelson was graduated from the It back to Oklahoma City would
El Reno hlghschool In 1940. While be too few to attach the emerg-
he was attending school here he! ency clause .which takes a two-
resided with Mr. and Mrs. Baker, thirds majority.
Nelson gave the following de-
Roads Slippery
As Sleet, Snow
Cover Oklahoma
Transportation la
Slowed or Halted;
Many Schools Close
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Snow, sleet and rain, with tem-
peratures below rreeslng. hit Okla-
homa today slowing or halting
transportation and closing some
schools.
It was the worst state storm since
January 1944. Except for the north-1
west ares, the full force of the
storm was knocked out until after !
midnight. Persons were awakened 1
by aleet hitting window panes and
thunder rolling. There also was
lightning.
The highway patrol said roads all
over the state were under a sleet
covering carylng from 2 to 4 Inches,
with a thin, underlying coat of Ice.
Motorists were warned to travel with
care If trips were necessary.
Maay AoieanebUea Stalled
Few major accidents were report-
ed but highway patrolmen told of
finding cars In ditches, some empty,
some occupied. All leaves were can-
celled and patrolmen devoted their
time to helping motorists in dis-
tress.
Airplanes were grounded and
many bus schedules were cancelled.
U. S. highway 77 over the Ar-
buckle mountains was expected to
be closed during the day.
All cross-state highways were con-
sidered impassable st some points.
There was no telephone service to
some northwest Oklahoma cities.
Precsatiens Taken
In an attempt to forestall acci-
dents to children, patrolmen were
Instructed to stop all can pulling
a child on a sled and taka, the child
and sled off the highway. Hie pa-
trol lias no Jurisdiction In cities.
The patrol said two soldiers were
Injured near Wynnewood when two
trucks sideswlped. The pair. Private
Cecil Bowman and Private Robert
Barrett, were enroute from Camp
Howzc. Tex., to visit Bowman’s
sister In Pauls Valley.
War Department
Policy Defended
Taft Opposes Sending
Boys, 18, into Combat
scrlptlon of the incident:
Surveys Ordered
In River Beds
Educators Hear
Mrs. Roosevelt
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 —<*>)—
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today
urged the nation's educators to
consider the feasibility of setting
up special classes and providing
.s peris 1 Instructors for student-
veterans.
Speaking at the opening session
of the National Education associa-
tions three day conference here,
she reminded the educators that
many of the veteran, will be
"mature people."
"You cunt put mature i>coplr,
wlio have some taste of authority,
back to their studies with children.
They Just won't fit. In. I think
we must prepare the teachers and
provide a different type of class
for our homecoming service men
and women."
“I was crouched behind my guns
looking out of the waist window as
_ ,we roared down the runway. Bud-
ship under the terms ol this act. , denly. Just as we were about 100 OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 28-IA>,
this letter is now directed to you as | feet #bove the grouIld t])e w,n s -Thousands of acres of land in
formal notice that a labor dispute , began dlppln. from gide ^ slde the beds of the Cimarron and
exists within the meaning of the | 8outh Canadian rivers
act, as Interpreted by this commit- ! - Qmckly
tee, between the United Mine Work- ..
ers of America and the bituminous c/“h can*' 1 thf°™ about
coal operators of this country. i * . a*ay and anded on my
. - back beneath the top turret.
This notice is not intended to ,4r » . . .
apply to any bituminous coal mine 1 J /if**,1'?. toward the ta“ and
now under governmental seizure and ?? the Etanner pounding on
control 1 escape hatch that seemed to
_ i be Jammed.
"To the end and for the pur-
pose of procuring a new basic wage j , our b housed-tcns 0f th€ Arkansas river bed case, the
agreement for the industry, we wlll ^^. and the namw wei^ near lallds «" ‘he river bed of the
work diligently and forthrightly the BMoUne Unks | rivers of the state belong to the
for the ensuing 30 days to prevent, 1 - - -
If possible, any interruption of coal '^le h*tch finally opened. X dived
production so vital to the proeecu- out' head flrst' #nd 1 d«n’‘ remem-
tion of the war In which our country ***' wither or not I landed on
now is engaged and to which we my head or my feet, but I made
|Ouuuu i/Himcian rivers will be
. . surveyed by the school land de-
.^!^ _n0?d d0W,n' *nd When Pertment with a view of offering
oil and gas leases on those river
bed lands, under an order of the
srhool land commission m: de to-
day.
| Walter Marlin, commission sec-
retary, told the commission that
.under a decision by Royce Savage.
“The smell of smoke was In the. cderal d‘strlct ludge at Tulsa, In
Did You Wear I U.S.AimieS
QBOOND LIEUTENANT WIL-
° LIAM W. WICK. OO-pilot of
s 8-17 Flrlns Fortress in the
851st bombardment group of the
elgth elr form, stationed In
England, has been decorated
with en oak leaf cluster to his
air medal for meritorious
achievement on combat mis-
sions over Europe. Lieutenant
Wick, 31. Is a veteran of 13
bomber st tacks on the enemy.
'A graduate of D Reno hlgh-
school. he was a machinist In
New Britain, Conn., before en-
tering the army Oct. 31. 1943.
His wife resides with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Wick,
at 607 West London street.
Staff Sergeant Omar H. Jasp-
crlng. 28. whose wife reatdes at
630 Fiuth Miles avenue, has
arrived at the army elr forces
redistribution station No. 2 at
Miami Beach, Ha., for reassign-
ment after completing a tour
of duty overseas. He spent 28
months In the Asia Uc - Pacific
theater of operations as an
armorer with an aviation ord-
nance unit servicing heavy
bombers. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Jasperlng, reside at
Wright City.
H. E. Fowler, son ol Mr. and
Mrs. B. H. Fowler, Mfr North
K avenue, who var inducted
Into the army Feb. 6. now Is
taking basic training at Camp
Wolters, TVx.
Thrust Deeper
Toward Rhine
RumUuu Drive To
Area of Hamnentefai
In New Penetration
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rhino-bound American armies
by Oertnan account up to S00,000
strong—battled to within IS mil—
of Cologne and 19 miles of Duaaei*
dorf today In new gains on a Si-
mile trans-Rocr front powered by
swelling numbers of tanks, sun*
and troops.
Marshal Constantin Hokogjovaky's
second White Russian army, seqg*
ing a deep new penetration 10 the
drive towaid the Baltic, has reacb-
ed the area ot Hammersteln, M
miles from ths sea, a oerman
military spokesman said.
The armored thrust threatened
to cut in two a 235-mlle-long
coastal corridor the Germans a^ig
from below Stettin to Ubing, m
East Prussia.
Sweeping up 26 or more towns,
the American ninth end lint
aimiea cloeed within three miles
of the Erft river—last water bar-
rier before the sprawling Rhine
metropolis of Cologne.
Assault Front Broadened
The assault iront broadened to
40 miles and was strengthened con-
tinuously by lnfuakm of streams
of tanks, self-propelled guns and
fresh manpower.
Borne SO miles below -tie Cologne
plain battle, the Amoricsn third
army In a swift, seven-mile sprint
reached the Nlms river near Bit-
burg and outflanked the ancient
.ortress city of Trier. The gain
carried five miles into the Sieg-
fried line paet the Saar river town
of Saarburg.
The Canadian first army ap-
plied heavier pressure on tne
Ruhr from the north.
Heavy bomber strikes from Italy
Sunday against Linz, Austria, were
carried out st the request of tlw
Russians, It was disclosed, and (he
allied command in Italy has reach-
ed usroameut . RiU\..
pledge our full devotion."
IService Bureau For
(Veterans Planned
] HOLDENVfLLE, Feb. 28 -<U.»—
ovislons for a .special service
su for returning war veterans
planned at a meeting ol the
loldenvllle chamber of commerce
President Tony Lyons an-
fwo Automobiles Are
Damaged in Collision
Two automobiles were damaged
ii a collision which occuired at
Mrs. Stephens' Address
Postponed Until March
tracks from the wreck with the tail
{gunner beside me.
Explosion b Tarrtfie
"We spotted an ambulance coming
| toward us. After we climbed In. the
; driver went around and picked up
the rest of the crew.
school land department.
Marlin said that In the Cimar-
ron river bed near the North Ed-
mond field, surveys show the state
school land department owns 5,000
acres which could be leased.
Formers Will Exhibit
Labor-Saving Devices
The address by Mrs. Waldo Ste-l
phens. which was to be delivered * mue later the sh*P exploded labor-saving
with a force that broke windows, farm
ALVA, Feb. 28— (U.R)-Home made
devices
and other
at 7:30 p. m. tonight in the Etta “ Iorce mat Bro*ce windows farm Inventions now in use by
Dale Junior highscliool. has been 4,1 houses two mUea »way." Woods county farmcis will be
i postponed until sometime In March.1 ,Ilaa the 344th me-
|due to the unfavorable weather. dium bombardment gmip and wears
The event was to have been spon- ‘he alr medal witlk 10 oak ‘ea* clus-
sored by the El Reno Business and jl*18'
Professional Women's club. ------—
Weather
Stats Forecast
I lie Intersection of Rock Island
nvenue and Wane street at 12:05
p. m. Sunday, according to a re-
port filed with Lee Harvey, chief
of police.
, A 1934 model sedBn driven„ . .. , ■—---— ,
by the chamber officials!'' j ”01 V1 °n Hfk ^ ^ |
A. J. Thompson, 1330 South Evans {middle 20s In tou
avenue, was damaged an estimated day fair and warme:
835 In the collision, Harvey said,
while damage to a 1941 model
sedan operated west on Wade by
W. O. Crump, 413 South Admire
avenue was approximately $i.
VIOLATION CHARGED
A. Middle worth. Yukon,
with double-parking Bat-
|rday, forfaited a $1 bond In munl-
court at U Reno today,
to records of Lee Harvey,
of police.
j, Schools at Guthrie
j Are Opening' Earlier
; GUTHRIE, Feb. 29 —<U»— The
Junior hlghschool and grade school
Tonight partly cloudy and con-1 ford cla^work ^^l* hour Writer
Superintendent C.
20s in ftutheast. Tues-1
day fair and warmer.
El Rene Weather
For a 34-hour psriod ending at
8:30 a. m. today: High, 43; low,
16; at 3:30 a. m.. 31.
8tate of weather! Cloudy.
Rainfall: 0.38.
During the late faU and winter
months the school time was chang-
ed from central war time to a
half hour later, but with "eprlng
on the way," claeeei are returning
to the regular war time schedules
of 8:45 a. m. for Junior hlgh-
school and 6 a. m. for grade pupils.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26 — ()P)—
Senator Lister Hill (Democrat. Al-
abama) contended today the war
department Is Justified by military
necessity in rending 18-year-old
draftees into combat with eight
months of training.
Replylna to a demand by Senat-
or Robert Taft (Republican, Ohio)
for clarification of the depart-
ment’s policies, Hill said he was
Informed the young Inductees were
shipped overseas only after the
army had drained all of the men
it could from more experienced
divisions In training in this coun-
try.
Taft was ready to site In the
senate today the case of Private
First Class Robert R. Pogue of
Cincinnati, an Intimate friend of
the Ohio senator. Taft said Pogue.
'8, was reported killed in action i
In FVance on Feb. 3. s little
more than seven months after he
had been Inducted Into the army.
The Ohio senator asked for
clarification of the war depart-
ment's policy with respect to
younger Inductees.
Benson Forced
To Defer Drive
Today is Thomas Benson's 34th
anniversary as a resident of El
Reno, and he had planned to duly
celebrate the occasion by taking a
drive over El Reno In an ambulance,
as he did last year on this date,
but sleet and snow which covered
the streets caused him to forego
the pleasure.
For more than a year. Benson has
been forced to remain at his home.
112 South Hoff avenue, because of
Illness.
He arrived In El Reno 36 years
ago today to accept a position as
undertaker at Perry's funeral home,
forerunner to Benson's own estab-
lishment which he has operated
Plan Is Devised
By Red Cross
Douglas Employes To
Aid Home Counties
Canadian county persons em-
ployed by the Douglas plant in Ok-
lahoma City may contribute to the
Red Cross drive through the plant
In Oklahoma City and still have
their contributions apply to Can-
adian county's quota, according to
a letter received by H. O. Keller,
secretary of the El Reno chamber
of commerce, today.
The following suggestions are ol- iftq iiranirni RKl\ Yugoslavia^
fered by Thomas B. Smith, regional Marshal Tito on contortion of
director, chapter service. — -
1. All employes of the Douglas
plant are to be solicited by the Ok-
lahoma county chapter at the plant
In Oklahoma City.
3. Every employe residing In an
adjacent county should be sure to
designate on his contributor's card
the name of the county in which he
resides.
3. All contributions not designated
for some other county will go to the
Oklahoma county chapter.
4. All wai fund workers should be
impressed with the necessity of des-
ignating on the contributor’s card
the county in which an employe re-
sides.
5. The Oklahoma county chapter
will forward all designated contri-
butions to the proper chapter, with
a list of the donors and the amount
of the contribution.
This plan will enable all chapters
to receive contributions of residents
of tliclr county to apply toward the
achievement of their assigned quo-
tas.
Fred Wewerka, Canadian county
Red Cross war fund chairman, has
announced that the El Reno quota
for the annual drive Is $16,350, which
Is $300 above the 1944 quota The
county quota Is 138.300
placed on display at a special
exhibit In connection with the
county's Junior fat slock show
scheduled lor Mar. 12, 13 and 14,
Chairman Boone Bloyd of the
show committee announced today.
Among the farm equipment dc- ________
vices conceived and constructed by I many years.
the farmers will be a home made { Last year on the anniversary of
bulldoaer, home made posthole j his arrival, Benson took a long ride
digger and powered binders and ; In an ambulance, to note the many
mowers. | changes which had taken plaoe
j fthicc he first saw this city, and he
Cotutcilmen Set Pace I !*“ Planned a ‘Imllar drive today,
In Clean-Up Campaign j wm fouim by the weather,
CLINTON, Feb. it — (U.PJ— The BOND FORFEITED
city commissioners have set the; H. B. White. 39. of Amarillo, j
pace for the spring "clean-up cam- ■ Tex., chsrged with Indecent ex-
palgn” for Clinton's cltisens with, posure Sunday, forfeited a bond ,
an overall paint snd clean-up Job of 111 In municipal court today,
on the city liall, Inside snd out. according’ to records of Lee Harvey,
Work has begun on the Job. I chief of police. I
Woman Is Given
Four-Year Term
MIAMI. Okla.. Fsb. 26 — i/p, —
Catherine Reed, 20, was sentenced
today to four years in McAlester
penitentiary for the killing of her
Uifant daughter. ehe pleaded
guilty l?st week to a second de-
gree manslaughter charge.
Mrs. Reed testified at prelimin-
ary hearing that she gave birth
a baby unattended Jan. 9 and
drowned the mfaht In a water
basin because "I could not care
for U." The body was found the
next dsy in Hn alley behind a
rooming house In Commerce where
she lived.
County Attorney Richard Smith j
said Mrs. Reed told him Nhc had '
not seen her soldier husband In i
four years, and named another j
service man now overseas as the '
child's father.
efforts.
Early De tills **-y
There were few early details os
the new Canadian drive on the
Ruhr, which started at 4:30 q. m.
>,hts morning behind a blistering
ntlllery barrage. Scottish Infan-
trymen attached to the Canadian
army led the attack on a five-
nlle front between Calcar and
Uedem, barely 25 mile;, northwest
if the Industrial Ruhr.
The attack went forward In a
cold, driving lain and by mid-
morning was reported to have
rained more than a mile all along
the line. German resistance was
stiffening, however, as the Scots
pushed ahead to a point a boat
;.hree miles southwest of Calcar
and about a mile northwest of
Uedem. Host and Kendel. In the
Uedem area,' were t ken In the
'list onrush.
Farther west toward the Mans.
Canadian forces finally wiped out
a stubborn German salient neuter-
ed around Castel BUJenbeek on the
NIJmegen-Venlo highway.
Patton's Men Move Up
Far to the south, General George
S. Patton's tanks and infantrymen
moved up to or across the Pruem
river on a 15-mlle front, threaten-
ing the big Oerman supply and
read center of Bitburg.
The famous fourth armored di-
vision spearheaded the fast-rolling
attack, advanced about seven miles
in 24 hours to force two crossings
ot the Pruem and reach the Ntans
river within two miles went of
Bitburg-
Brecht, Wcidlngen. Alta;hekl.
Koosbusrh and H mm all were
taken by the iourtb In a slaan-
bang advance reminiscent of the
Normandy campaign. More than
1,000 Oeimans surrendered to the
fourth division alone, and field
reports said tlie Yanks captured
huge quantities of arms and am-
munition abandoned by the Oerm-
uns In their shattered Siegfried
line positions.
Minco Fanner Killed
By Hit-Run Driver
Oklahoma city, Feb. as—<uib
—Police were without substantial
Bond Forfeited For t,:ue" lotl,y a" 10 u>* ldenUty
Diuinrh!_» n 'a lilt-rnd-run driver who early
Lflsturblng Peace : Sunday caused the death of a
Oscar Lee Ashley 31, of 100'a •! 53-ye»r-old pedestrian at a down-
North Hock Island avenue, cliarg- ‘0WI1 Intersection.
the "lm dtat“rbl"8 thc P®?«* In i Victim of Me driver wap
rtreet °f, 5*8t W^n , Charles SUpehcomb. W
ffi‘^day nl*h‘* 'wilted s • er. who had been V
today according * munl<dpal Oklahoma City, Tww pi
„ *y' according to records of Lee a lane m-v mdan aMI
Harvey, chief of police. as he mOtei
ln^iey arre*ted break- buay av«
bror ^Irlor HgUS" Wlndow at • »««>•
beer parlor, Harvey said. awty.
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 53, No. 308, Ed. 1 Monday, February 26, 1945, newspaper, February 26, 1945; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc923696/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.