Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1945
The Weather
Mostly cloudy, cold today  and  Monday.
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TILSIT FALLS TO RED ARMY
Jap Force on Luzon Split
Roosevelt Starts 4th Term
Mushy Weather for Simple Ceremonies; Warns Against Fear, Mistrust, Suspicion
Wasliinglon, Jan, 20. (UPi Presi¬ dent Roosevelt began hi.s fourth term toda.v in a semi-private, 13- minule innuguration marked by his warning that thi.s nation cannot expert a lasting peace if suspicion, mistru.st   and    fear   color   our   ap-
Suffer Heavy Losses In Counteratta€k to Regain Control of Road
Left in Disorganized Groups; 50 Miles Gained in Manila Push; Camotes Invaded by Leyte Troops
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters, Luzon, Sunday, Jan. 21 (UP)—U. S. 6th Army troops have "practically" split thej Japanese det'ender.s of Luzon by advancing as much as seven miles ea.st\vard  below the mountain  stronghold of Baguio | after turning back strong counter-attacks which cost the enemy 2.'t tanks and heavy troop losses, it wa.s announced today. Tlie Japanese on the nortlieastcin end of the Lingayen Gulf ?om''mitm'enti'°'''"""'^   international 1],,^^^ thwarted ill an attempt to drive back across Hiirhway "xhT inaugural ceremony was .o|^'"- ? and lesloie direct conimunications between Manila and brief and simple and was witnesaed! northern   Luzon,  are now   breaking:  up   into   disorganized by so comparatively few people, it|gioup.«, (Jen. Uouglas MacAilhui's dailv bulletin announced.
seemed   almo.si   an   incident   rather       xhc Americans now  hold a (olid  .37-niile stretch of Highway  No.  3 than  the  beginning of  Mr.  Roose-   fmni  Siaon,   four  milrs  soiithcast  of  stubbornly-defended  Rosario,  37 velf.-i unprecedented fourth term "n I mllea southward to Panaqui junction,   Thev alio have smashed seven th<>   White   Hojise.     He   wanted   it I mile, eastward  from the hij tV-'.U* r>,^-. '- 'ro'v''''': "''•-*> *t'^i''JJi''» i'rwajin^^-r f!"!f
CTiief   Justice   Harlan   K.   Stone'   ,.^^^^^ practically cuts the enem'y
in    two,    severing    his    force.n    in
northern    Luzon    from    those    In
southern Luzon," the  bulletin said.
lighway to the town of Asigan, 22 miles  in
administered the oath to Mr. Roose
J'vl',.""^.""' »'»'"',portico of thei;;;,rtf;;;r;,
White Hou.se shortl.v after noon, A minute earlier, retiring Vice- President Henry A. Wallace swore In his .successor, Hnrry S. Truman.
The President followed his oath with a prayerful five-minute speech. Two minutes later - with a bene¬ diction and Ihe "Stiir .Spangled Ban- ner" played by the Marine Band — a historic occasion was over. I'. N. Citn'l Re An Ostrich
Obviously mindful of his meet¬ ing soon with Prime Minister Win¬ ston Churchill and Premier J'oscf Stalin, Mr. Roosevelt made a force¬ ful point of this nation's role in 1» world community in his 540-word Kpeech, The war. he said, hu taught us the lesson that we must "live as men, not as ostriches, nor dogs in  the  manger."
"We have learned that we can¬ not live alone, at peace; that our own well being is dependent on the well being of others nations, far away. We have learned fo be citizens of the world, members of the  hinnan  community."
As he spoke, surrounded by gen
Other Road .Mena<'ed
Tlie Japanese still have Highway So. n over which to maintain cir¬ cuitous liai.son between their troops in tho north and south and it was menaced by the Americans who were within 26 miles northwest at AslDgan.
Far to the south.  In  the central Philippines,     the    American    con¬ querors of I,*ytc were  revealed  to have  jumped  westward  across  the. Camates    Sea    into    the   Camotes Islands,   between  Leyte  and  Cebu,' the latter the birthplace of Phllip- I pines Preaident Sergio Osmena.      I I    Ponson  Island,  15 miles weif'ofr j Leyte and 32 miles from Cebu, was! invaded   Jan.   in   and   three   days | I later   the   Americans   jumped   into Poro Island, three miles southwest ; of Ponson,    Poro is connected wilh iPacijan, third island in the Camotes i group, b.v a causeway across a nar¬ row strait, ' Have Driven M :«nie«
The forces charging down Luzon's
May Ask Mines To Work Sundays
cr.ils and admiral.s, his congres- central plains toward Manila scored sional leaders and his political unjipccified gains' beyond Santa aides, there stretched before him''Binf'«. ^^ miles north of Tarlac. four vears during which his ulti- A United Press front dispatch said, mate role In history probablv will that force had driven 40 airline be determineil bv when and how miles or 50 road miles into Luzon the war ends and the justice nnd to within 2.% miles of Clark Field, riurabilitv of the peace thnt follow.* ' and Ihat It was within "easy strik-! froHd Mlandu In Snow '"«  rtistance"  of Tarlac.    The   dis-
.,.,   .       ., «:      , .    .patch mdicated the Americans had
White    House    oftir.als    counted ,,pj   ^„   „,ithin   seven   miles   of
7.»0h person., admitted to the man-iV„|ac and 71 of Manila, sions grounds.    Thev stood in two
Inches of snow on the south lawn 'Tokyo, heard by the F<X?, hint- diirin;; the brief ceremonv. Sev-! «"<i "^ possible new landing.s in eral hundred vards awav an esli- """thern Luzon, saying American niateil (>.0(K) spectators stood oul- ic< onnaissanre planes were scout- side the fence. Thev heard thei'mt the area. Tokyo said that m- Presidents address over a loud- dicated Ihe po.sslbility "that tlie speaker system, enemy   is   intending   lo   avoid   our
A   selcii   few    mo!,l   memoers   pfl powerful    forces   north    of   Manila the   Roosevelt   and   Truman   fam-1 and  instead attempt to land troops
Wa.shington, Jan. 20. (UP) — The Solid Fuels Administration .said tonight that it may ask Sunday operation of additional bituminous and anthracite coal mines to avert coal shortages which might develop from cur¬ rent heavy consumption and ad- vcr.se weather conditions retard¬ ing   production   and   distribution.
The SFA. which this week ob¬ tained agreement by operators and the United Mine Workers to work in five West Virginia, Ken- lucky and Tennessee districts 4>n "tiro Sundays, Jan. 28 and Feb. 11. said coal reserves have fallen to an average of 212 da.vs s:ippl.\. the lowest of the war. Some plants have less than a week's supply.
The success of the Sunday work plan last February in the Penn¬ sylvanin anthracite districts, which prevented a serious short¬ age in New England and New York, prompted consideration of Sunday  work  this  year.
llie.s, the Cabinet, thr Supreme Court and Ihe aimed forces chiefs of slaff were on the portico with the   President.
The weather was on the miser¬ able side - not very cold, but mushy, drippy. Aboul noon a pale sun darted Ihe snow melting and guests under llie trees got wet be¬ cause Ihe Secret Service allowed no umbrellas in Ihe irowd. Prayed for (iiiidanre
The President's da.v began early as members of his family (lied Into his large bedroom for brief visits A' 10 a. m. he went to the red- drnped Kast Room to follow his Inaugural dislom of praying for mreiiglh and divine guidance be¬ fore taking the oatli of otncc. With (C:ontiniied  nn  Page   A-lli
1,
RAID IN WEATHER 50 BELflWZERO
still Hammering German Rail Lines, Supporting Troops
at some other fresh point.' The     Japanese     counter-attacks
were    launched    wilh    armor    and 	
artillerv    Tiiursday    between     Ro-  By DOI (iALD WERNER
.sario   and   Urdaneta.    18   miles   to!     London. Jau, 20.   (UP)      An estl
the   southwest.     The   attacks   cost i mated 1,000 American heavy bomb
JAPS LAND ON PELELIU; QUICKLY WIPED OUT
Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Jan, 20, (UP)—A small force of Japanese landed on Pele¬ liu Island in the Palaus during a rainstorm Wednesday night bul was wiped oul by Ihe American garrison. Fleet Admiral Che.ster W. Nimitz   announced   today.
POLES^MAKING READY TO PUNISH TRAITORS
French Attack to Ease Pressure on 7th Army
GREEK ELAS TO RELEASE NEARLY ALL HOSTAGES
Attack in Blinding Snowstorm; British 2nd Merges Drives Into Broad Front Against Rhineland
By IMTED PRE.S.S
A British broadc;ist heard by CBS Saturday  said   llie EA.M   I National, By JA.>1ES F. MctilJNCY
Liberation Fronti in Greece had Paris, Jan. 20, (UP)—The French First Army hurled troops, tanks signed an agreement to free all and guns into a powerful offensive against the Colmar pocket below hostages "except a number thoy Strasbourg today, striking to relieve the critical front north of the consider responsible for civil strife." Alsatian capital, wliere German armor reinforced by panzers from the
The question of ho.stagcs held by Ardennes Bulge had swept back the U. S, Seventh Army five miles.
e  Left-winB_KLAS   forces   occu-|    Simultaneously, the British Second Army merged its two drives from
th
Moscow, Jan, 20. (UP> The Polish Press Agency in Lublin re¬ ported today that judges and pro.se- cutors have arrived in tlie newly liberated cities of Lodz. Krakow, Kielce and Radom to supervise a purge of traitors and Nazi .igciits.
The   Polish    provisional   govern¬ ment denounced General Bors in a proclamation    asserting    that    iiis provocative   uprising   in ^arsaw,^^^-^^^
later  surrender  of arms  con  ^     .^_    „_^„^    _^    ^, ^^      Behind the greatest barrage since
     Army merged
pied much of Prime Minister Win-1 the Dutch flank of the front into a seven-miles broad advance on the ston   Cliurchiirs   attention   in   hLs Rhineland wilh while-camouflaged tanks, stabbing three miles into the
and
the enemy heavy troori casualties ,„, dcfving 50-below-zero tempera- and a number of arlillery pieces. I tures lo hit strategic targets in Yanks Resume Offensive ! support    of    Allied    land    armies, {siderably aided the Germans.
One fierce struggle  raged  in  the , .struck from the west and the south     ,      ^      j   u
highwav   town   of   Binalonan.   five i todav at rail hubs behind the West-I RRCPK  PRpMICD TQ   UPFT f""''^ «"a t"*" 1"""°" ^^'«» 'e" miles   north   of   Urdanets.   for   24'„n  Kronl  and in Austria. U^tC^ rnCWI^Cn ^U  nitti   decided,
hours.      There    veteran    American "~    ¦""
troops with grenade-throwing rifles
speech  in  Commons  Thursday, Reich and capturing Breberen, only
The British demand the rclasc ofi 21  miles from industrial Munchen-
belwcen    the    Britsh    and    ELAS forces in Athens, but the ELAS re-
un-
and bazookas, knocked out   l.'i light and  medium   tanks.   Their  casual- lies   were  light. After   breaking  the   backbone  of
From   liie   west   more   than   7501 WITH ELAS LEADERS
U, S.  Sth  Air  Force  Flying  Fort- 	
resscs, with  an  escort of some S.V)
Munsler
the   Japanese   attack,   the   Ameri-;,,„.j„^   t',,^   British   Second
cans    resumed    ihe   offensive    Fri- (("ontinued  on  Page A-lD
Athens, Jan   20.   (UP)- The  gov¬ ernment of Premier Nicholas Plas- 1. u    J .1    «-¦ ¦     itiras iiians to invite representatives
hehind t''e«.erm«n«^rmies,t','-«^»,|''«';^^^^^^ g.P^^ National
Mustang  fighters,  attacked   freight ynrds nt Rheine, 2.'i miles north of
3,185 GI'S IN ENGLAND FACED COURT MARTIAL
mil   bridge  across   the  Rhine   at
Liberation    Front.
Land Route to China Opened After Two Years
which    has   no Mnnnhe'i;iiT''ca.sTo"f'thc'saar "front j members in the P"'"''';'^ ';»binet   lo land   a   rail   yard   at   Heilbronn,   ^.j la peace conference iiut,side Athens miles   north   of   Stuttgart   opposite  P^^hnps    on    a    boat,    go\ ernment
the American 7tli Army front. No Luftwaffe Opponitlon
Washington, Jan. 20 (UP)—The Army and Navy Journal said today thnt .1,18,1 American officers and men were court martialed for of¬ fenses committed in tho United Kingdom during the period between
circles reported today
I     A  conference   is   regarded   as e-s-l }-;i;r",5   ,940   „„,, ^ug, 1, ]r)44. Tl,.. I ,,f....««T« „«•„,« I .   l""'-'*' hefore the KA.M-F.LAS gels      qj ,1,^,,^  ogr,^ ^^^^^ convicted and
The Luftuaffe offered no oppo»i-!a place in  the government, _ i ,327 acquitted.  There   have  been   19
the drive through Belfort Gap, Gen Jean de Latlre de Tassigny's Frenchmen strut k on a 25-mile front against the southern side of the Colmar strip, which, on its northern fringe, reaches within 10 miles of Strasbourg. In Blinding Snowstorm
Amcriinn-rquippcd Poilus attack¬ ed In a blinding snowstorm at 7:30 a, m. and by noon had advanced up ! to three miles between St. Amerin jin the Vosges and the Rhine River. ! Cought oft t;uar(i by tlie initial surge.   German   defenders   of   the
I j perimeter rallied and hard fighting ' n-as reported in tlie afternoon, lioM to the bombers  from the 'west i" pinstiras'"govc'rnmenl   would   be j ;'"J,^.",',|!q[,'3'jp^'muVdey,°w^ith"seWnl.. ^^^^      "' Strasbourg, meanwhile.
«„.!    «    ^..^..w.   -#   ¥«..».. A   1.^ ....,......'     ftw...  --    "     ~   : .       convii:iioii3  lur iiiurucr,  wiiii  seven  ,, ..     -----d.    ---¦.
!;'L,?„J^ .v,/.i°'-,    "^ ""'^   "ahters   represented    by    Foreign    Ministerl^p,,ytions nnd 12 sentences of life'"'^ ,.*-'"'na"''    had    succeeded
Chungking, Sunday, Jan, 21. (UP) — A Central Chinese News Agency dispatch from Lungling said today that Chinese forces on the Sino- Burma border had recaptured Ihe Burma Road town of Wanting, last Japanese strongiiold on the land   route   to  India.
the   Japanese
in   1942,
Another (,'entral News Agency dispatch from Manchih, mean¬ while, said Ihal the first convoy to China had passed over the newly constructed highway be¬ tween Myitkyina and Tengchung In China and had arrived al Teng¬ chung ill Yunan province on its Tiie  defeated  enemy  garrison  of I wav to the  interior of Ihe <:ounlry.
reported the dayili only combat  for ,i„hn     Sofiano'poulos,     Agriculture  ^jj
Ihe   Eight   Air    Force.     They    de- Mini.ster   George   Macropoulo.s   ^^^: ""prisonmeni.
invasion   of   Burma  slroyed   two   of   four   jet-propelled Ecl,ucation     Minister     Constantinc
iConlinued  on   Page A-lli Amandns, it wns under.«tond.
Twenlv-four
H'ar   >Smnm«ry
W'antiiig is retreating in the direc¬ tion of Lashio. to Ihe south, with the Chinese in hot pursuit, the dispatch said.
Capture of Wanting, taken and losi again by Ihe Chinese several weeks ago eliminated the last rocket of Japanese rciiistance along the land route lo India through North Burma nnd reopened the flrst   supply   route   lo   China   since
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The   convoy   is   due   al   Paoshan today, the dispatch  said, too t'ars in  Convoy
CompaseU of nearly 100 Ameri¬ can trucks and jeeps, the convoy traversed Burma along the Ledo Road route built by American en¬ gineers and assembled al Myitky¬ ina last week, wailing for the new link with Tengchung to be com¬ pleted. The Myitkylna-Tcngchung Road the dispatch wns the first in¬ dication ih.il. it had been com¬ pleted was designed as an ailer- nate route to the regulnr Ledo- Burma road route through Bhanio and Namhkam 1,1 Wanting, whieh until today's dispatch by the news agency, was reported .itill (irmly occupied  by  the Japancsab
RUSSIA—Soviets close liuge vice on East Prussia; drive five to 32 miles in.side Geiman Silesia.
WESTERN FRONT—French hit (lernian Colmar pocket from south, advance three miles on a 2.j-niile front; British make new advance on Dutch front,
PHILIPPINES—Americans advance seven miles east below Bajcui; split Japanese forces.
AIR WAR—1,000 U.S. heavy bombers hit German rail hubs from Britain and Ital.v.
P.VCIKIC—U.S. forces repel small Jap thrust in Palaus.
ITALY—Activit.v limited to patrol.'!.
CHINA—Japs jrain .some 12 miles in drive against Chinese-held section of Canton-Hnnkow rail line.
BURiMA—Japs lose of Mandalajr.
200 men  in counterattack north
crashini, westward to the outskirts lof Wcyersheim, nine miles above persons were con-|tiie capiul and six miles south of vlcted of rape, of whom three werejHaguenau, in three attacks employ- executed the .Tournal said. It re- i„j, nearly 50 tnnks. ported that Gen, Dwight D. Eison- u j a u., j i w u i u„,.—  .ti.ar.r,,.»...>^  .»,;«  .i«o.i,   .„„ I     Hard-fighting doughboys, bazooka
hower  disapproved  one death  son- .„„„   „«.»„„ ;.     i      ...„   ui  .» i
...,„« /„- -oVn ....A ..«»,»,,,>.,.i .!,-_„ '"en   nnd   ant -lank   crews   blasted
teiiee for rape and commuted three .,«   D„„fi,„_   „„ i   t;„-,   .„„i,.   k..<
>v.... Ir, iif« Inn.!,«.,»»»» ""   Panther   and   Tiger   tanks   bul
others tn  life imprisonment. -    -
Brumatii   also  runs   the   central   of
three  roads  connecting Strasbourg
and   Haguenau   with   the   Saverne
bottleneck.
7Ui Army Attacks
Lt. Gcii. Alexander M. Patch's Yanks counter-attacked gallantly late Friday against the north flank of the erstwhile Rhine bridgehead above Strasbourg, now part of a .solid 40-mile German front running around the west below Ihe Wia.sem- bourg   Gap  to  the  Bitche area.
Driving across frozen swamp.' and frosted forests, the Americans battled to the edge of Scssenheini, nine miles east of Haguenau. bul were un.iblc to dig in under wither¬ ing Cierman fire and had to with¬ draw. I
A collection of second-grade V'olksgrenadicrs launched von. Riindstedt's new offensive Incon-j spicuously two weeks ago but. crack shock troops now were! shouldering  the  drive. |
The First Tactical Air Force heavily damaged German barges and bridge traffic across the Rhine] and this, coupled with the enemy's ground lo,sscs, may have weakened 1
I threatening   communications   from BRr!S.SEIj; TTRNS OFT POWER both   Haguennu   and  Strasbourg  to
TO SAVE CX>AL SIPPLY 'he west through Ihe Saverne Clap,
Bru.s.scLs, Jan, 20.   lUHi     i'o  con-, ^'»^'» P""'' •" Annor ser\'e  dwindling coal  supplies,  Ihc .   Saturday the snowfall and swlrl- ministry ordered   this
cut  off   from   8;30  a.m.  to  8   p.m, ,   , .  ,        „ . .      .,
dailv   for   three   davs. i ground,  but  as of  late triday the
_, ... . t..i enemy still was pouring armor and
The    dra.stio    measure    brought!o(i,e/equipnicnt across the  Rhine repercussions  from  the  pres.s.   The „o,th   of  Strasbourg  hv  ferry  and right wing "Libre Bclgique   termed ^t least one  pontoon   bridge, the   measure   'energcli., _ but _said      Marshal   Karl   Cerd    von   Rund-
fSi^'*.  '?„J^'l°iL^.i^„t..»P^.'^^^^".:!!^he drive more than could be real-
inuung coal  supplies,  Ihc .   >=»-"'u»y i-c »i.uw.«,. ....u ="""¦! northern    front    but    m of economic  affairs   today,'"B   fogs   cast   an   ominous   shrouc^ j "°y"""    '^ ^
this   citv's   electric  supply o^" /'"-ther  German   activity   and ' »•'^I'-er jior   ^ut   (^er^ 'rom   R:.-in   «m.   tn   8   n m    Hcd   the   Allied   air   forces   lo   the  «"<^*   P'.?/"_"   . ' •'     ;.
zed  in Saturday's poor reconnais¬ sance  weather. Montgoiiirry Driving Ahead
Fog also closed in over the neilhcr the lan resist- Marshal Sir B. L. Montgomery's forces from hitting the best stride of their five- day-old offensive.
Their first attack laat Tuesday had carried northeastward across the base of the Cierman salient into
it   did   not  solve   the   coal   Problem  ,tedt'.s   strategy   obviously   was   to, Holland    at     Roermond    and     the and tended to slow the war eftort.  ,j,,|t   ,|,p   American   front   between |second  two  days  later,  probed  due
Haguenau   and   Slra.sbourg,   isolate THK RO\D TO BKRI.IN i U, S. forces manning a l,")-mile trip
209   miles   from   Eastern   Front;:?f.'^''eMagin6t_Line^above Hague (from Kolo. Poland'.
29B   miles   from   Western   Front (from southeast of Nijmegen).
B26 miles from lulian Iront (from north of Ravenna).
nan, and recapture Strasbourg. The  drive  to  Weyersheim   cjt
secondary   road   belween   tiie   two
east into Germany in tho Hongcn sector, three miles northeast of Dutch Siltard,
By Saturday, the thrusis had fused into a strong push pointed at the heart of Ine Rhineland and the
Alsatian cities and reached within' fringes of the Ruhr itself, wilh four miles of theh- main link run-1 armor on the south flank sma&h- Blng  througii  Brumath.    Throush (Continued on Pa^e A-ll)
Great Drive Is Smashing For Danzig
Will Cut off All Of East Prussia; Also Near Breslau In Silesian Push; 5 Armies Mangle Nazis
B.v BRUCE W. MUNN
London, Sunday, Jan. 21 (UP)—The Red Army yestep. day captured the Ea.st Prus¬ sian indu.slrial city of Tilsit and tho tiennan hifch com¬ mand announced that Soviet tank spearheads had driven five to 32 miles inside German Sile.sia b.v breakinp into Nam- .«lau, 27 miles ea.st of Breslau and 196 miles from Berlin.
Powerful Rus.sian assault forces drove 48 miles inside the Junker province of East pnjv..vi^ fvni>> th<? ei.'st ufeid- vances of up to 24 miles in wiiich more than 2.i0 East Pi'us.sia towns and villages were captured. Marshal Josel •Stalin revealed in one of three orders of the daj- for Sat* urday.
Berlin said another Soviet army was hammering into the southern border areas of East Prussia along a 30-milt front within 85 mllea ot Danzig.
There was no confirmation from Moscow of these German reports of Russian invasion! of SUeala and I southern East Prussia, although tb* Soviet high command revealed that Red Army tanks and Infantry had reached the frontier town of Janowo, 32 miles south southeast ot the Prussian city of Allensteln. 100 .Mllea Beyond Waraaw
But Marshal Stalin revealed that Red Army troops 100 miles weat of Warsaw, who iiave covered more than one-third of the way to Berlin in a week, uere 209 miles eaat of the German capital after seizing the Polish city of Kolo on tho Warsaw-Berlin railroad.
Along an 800-mile front from East Prussia to Czechoslovakiiw' five crack Soviet Armies wer« mangling a routed German army that included four tank and tn» fantry divisions rushed from tb* Western Front, Moscow said.
More than 2,500 German, PolUh and Czechoslovakia towns anil villages were seized yesterday, two- tliirds of Poland already was liber> ated and Moscow announced that 65,000 enemy troops had been killed snd 25,000 taken prisoner by thre* of its armies in the past nine days. The Red Army overran almost 10,000 towns and villages in Ihe first week of the winter offensive and advanced up to 140 miles. Radio Moscow said, Poland Une Smashed
The (jerman intermediate defensO line in central Poland along tho Warta River between the Vistul* and the Oder was smashed. Soviet soldiers advanced as much as 26 miles all along the front yesterday and there was no indication of where or when the battered (3er- mans could make a stand.
The Russians were driving for three major objectives, Moscow dis¬ patches said. First was Konlga- berg, tlie capital of East Prussll^ and the encirclement of that pro* vince by the seizure of Danzig. Tho second was Poznan in western Poland, and Iho third Breslau, tho capital  of Silesia,
In East Prussia, massed tanka and Infantrv of Gen. Ivan D. Chor- niakhovsky's 3d White Russian Army were within 48 miles east of Konigsberg in a sensational break* through of 17 miles yesterday that outflanked Uie great rail hub tt Instcrburg, Marshal Stalin rcv«aIo4 in one order of the day. Capture FortreM GUrm
In his second order of the day for Saturday, Stalin announced tha4 Gen. Ivan I. Pelrov's 4th Ukrainian Army had captured the Polish city of Nowy Saci and the Czechoslovak Fortresses of Prejsov, Kosice (Kasaa), and Bardcjov,
In hLs third, the Soviet premier revealed that Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's 1st While Russian Army, captured Kolo, in a 2.'S-mile gain that carried to within 71 miles east of Poznan, the largest Polish city on the direct road to Berlin. T* take Kolo. Zhukov's men crossed the Warta Rivere defense line.
Zhukov's Irops also captured tho Vistula River city of Wloclawek in a 22-mile gain that carried them within 30 miles southeast of Torun al tlie base of the Polish Corridor. The town of Brzesc KujawskI, seven miles southwest, also fell to Zhukov's onrushing spearheads. These Russians were within 3t miles southeast of Inowroclaw, nine-way junction on the direct supply line from Germany to Eaat Prussia.
The   Nazi   high   command   sal
Marshal Ivan S. Konev's 1st Ukraln-
(Contlnuod ea Pa**  •»