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, . MEATS. FATS, .., IlamPI, q s th ...,h U I.' At I~ ••• , .. J2 , ••d . raOCESSED rOODS, .... I llmpa Partly Cloudy "5 Ibro.,b ZG lad All I~ •••• ~ 8~ .......d. UGAIt ...... lour, slam, II l'alJd 'or II.,e l.u..... SHOES. bo.k "tree, airplane .'.mPl I, Z an S yaU. ladefl... IOWA: Pari1T elolUb with ris­ • Uel,. GA80LINE, jf-A ,oCHI '.r 'OOf ,aUons. m. temperatures. 8- ~. e .. s, 8 .. 8 aD' 0 .. ' e •• p ••, ,.,tI 'or fl •• ,aJJOJlJ. THE DAILY IOWAN FVEL OIL, .I. t ,elr'. perl ••• IJld, 5 lad lb.l. year'. 1, 2, a aod • Yalld. Iowa City's Morning Newspaper i - ', -­ t1VE CENTS TID AUO«lIATID ...... IOWA CITY, IOWA THURSDAY MARCH 8, 1945 VOLUME XLV NUMBER 131 = Yanks in Italy' LEATHERNECKS WORSHIP ON IWO Adv_nce Russians Begin Drive , to Berlin , Five Mile,s From Oder River Bridgeheads Mountain Troops Meet ----------------~------~----~----~----~--------~--~---2-=--- Heavy Nazi Fire Russian Sweep- Southwest of Bologna U. S. Forces Zhukov Starts ROME (AP)- The United States loth mountain divis ion has scored Shifts Nazi Forces to East a five-mile advance throueh some Reach Luzon 3-Sided AHack of Italy's most rugged terrain and By Klrke L. ImpAOn Russian sweep from the Vistula seleetiOll of Ute most vulnerable against beavy German artillery, Asaoclaled Press War Analyst to the Oder, wu on the move. It se<:tor ot the BerUn selge peri­ macbinegun and mortar Cire dur­ Despite a news blackout on First said the Russians, paced by a mas­ meter {or the InlUal eHort to South (oast sive i'.tn barTa l~, were striklnl breach the Oder line because of On Kuestrin ing the last th ree days, allied army operations in the Bonn-Col­ headquarters announced yester­ ogne ector on the Rhine which full force at the Kustrin and Zeh­ the flat lands lying west ot the day. may cover an Immediate Ameri­ den east bank redoubts that luard river. Assault Commences Lifting a three-day blackou t 011 Planes Sink, Damage can attempt to lorce a river cro - the critical span -of the middle As u5ual MOsCOW IgnQred the eme 'OIl­ Oder 40 and 30 miles respectively lei at Jill. news of action in the Apennines 16 Enemy Freighters ing, the center of gravity in the Berlin reporL It is not apt to say Following 24-Hour ,n (rlcbt). southwest of Bologna, headquar­ Eu ropean war seemed definitely from Berlin. anything ot operations there until Artillery Barrage aln (left). ters said the action was "a moo t Two Jap Warships shifting Irom west to east again. That repreesnts at least a litty­ objectives have been attained and successful limited objective at- ' That was the implication of a mUe-wide a ault from a point due consollda~ ; but the scene of y 1l.lIIIafe LONDON (AP)-Marshal K. tack" which resu;ted in the cap­ MANILA, Thursday (AP) German ofUcial announcement east of Berlin to an even closer action as outUned by the Nazls G. ture of a number of dominating American ground forces on Luzon that Marshal Zhukov's WhIte Ru - range atlack due northeast slrlflciently Indicate what that Zhukov's F ir&t white Russian army peaks west of the Bologna-Plstoia have penetrated below ManUa to sian army, the cuttlnl edle of the Zedhen. It also Indicates RUSllan objective must be. group belan yeslerday the 1011,­ highway, the town of Castel D­ expected leneral frontal assault on scuss Atano, 20 miles from Bologna, and WITH THEIR WEAPONS within reach, Leatherneeks on Iwo Jlma the south coast tor the first lime 1,200 prisoners. pause for worship. A Catholic chaplain In khaki vestment I cele­ while planes, in attacks along the Berl!n from Ita Oder river brld,e­ The American assault was sup­ braUn.- the boly sacrifice ot the mass on the Surlbacbl Yama lor ma­ approaches to the AsiatIc main­ Suite Algerienne- Argentina Declaration heads 30 to 40 mUes to the east, rines of the Fifth division as two of the worshippers (wearln.- hel­ At a ,Glance- urs ported by Brazilian troops operat­ land, have sunk or damaged two the Germans announced. illl on the right flank of the mets) hold a poncho to break the wind and prevent. the chalice, can­ The attackers Jumped off aller dJes aDd book belDI' blown from the altar. enemy warships and 16 freighters. Expected to Pass hants will Mountaineers. The Brazilians some used as transports. a lIigantic 24-hour artillery bar­ m at 2:SO seized Castel Nuovo, three miles Gen. Douglas MacArthur an­ Concert rDlle and punched In to the outer to discuss southeast of Castel D-Aiano and • Today's delenses Kueslrin, which. was nounced these successes In his Americas to Invite ot . bUsintll a mile west of the Bologna-Pistoia Congress Requested communique yesterday. under attack from north, east and highway. Argentina to Join south, Berlin's alarmed broadcast­ Red (ross Eleventh Airborne d 1 vis ion rl Snyder, The men jumped ott March 3 ers said. They credited Zhukov Yanks and the 158th infantry regi­ Review United Nations Cause 1 trade dI. at 7 a. m., aiter a 20-minute aerial Iowan with using seven arrnles. Includin& To Study Treatment ment, mov ing swiftly south below .. ... , Chamber and artillery barrage a nd clim­ .. .. .. .. two tank armies. Manila bay, captured two towns By MARJORIE WA N ON charge ot axed an allied drive which started MEXIGO CITY (AP)- Amerl­ Mortar Board tap. 10 new Moscow said nothing of any such two weeks ago with the captUl'e of Of Wounded Veterans To Sell Tags on Balayan bay Tuesday. Balaya n Dally Iowan taft Writer members. A steamer coming into port, cnn nallons represented here were d velopmcnt, but Soviet silence is Monte Belvedere and Monte Ga1'­ bay is on the Verde Island pas­ ready yesterday to extend a poU te sage, across from American-held Moorish dane rs and French Bol­ customary at the start 01 a major of the tello. In the whole operation the WASHINGTON (AP)-Congress hand to ArlcnUna. Their action Coach 'Pope' HarriJlOn slated for operation. is sup· Fifth army has gained up to eight Students to Manage Mindoro island. dien passed through the minds of raise. was asked yesterday to make a mllY touch off a bombshell in Only Tuesday the way W illi fortified miles. The drive was a imed at They seil.ed the towns of Bala­ a responsive concert aud! nee last special in vestigation of the treat­ 3 Booths on Campus Buenos Aires. lIS ts Hughel, getting control of heights dominat­ yan and Calatagan, which are in night as they Iistell d to th uni­ Thlr\t al'Jft)' sweeps 50 mHes into paved lor on ault toward. Ber­ ing the Bologna-Pistora highway. menl given War velerans in hos­ To Raise $1,000 Batangas province some 40 mil versity concert orch ·tra under The declaration on Ar,entlna, Germany. lin when Zhukov's rilbt wing thrust to the Oder's Baltic sea out­ In addition to the prisoners pitals here and abroad. soulh ot Manila. the directton of Prot. Philip Gre - which oWclals expect will receive unanimous approval by the Inler­ let and destroyed the threat of a taken by the advancing Americans, Representative P b i I bin (D., Twice a year University of Iowa Thus the Yanks were on the ley Clapp, head ot the music de­ U. S. troop In Italy advance German losses in killed and Mass.) of the hOllse militnry com­ students seldom venture on campus south end of Luzon for the lirst partm nt, play the music ot Salnt­ American conference, warmly in­ tlve miles, German counter-stroke on that flank. This success was vastly wounded were said to ha ve been mittee introduced a resolution 10 with out lapel decoration. One time Ume. Saen's "Suite Aigerienne." vites that country to move into the solidified yes t e r day, Premier heavy. Many of the Nazis had is homecoming. Today it' Red The typical scenes of Algiers new continental system and Ute begin frontal a ~sault on set up an ll -rnan house group 10 As Genel'al MacArthur reported B_ Stalin announcing caplure of lIS come into the line only ITo m 12 to make U1e study of what he said Cross tag day. were ao vlvld In the orche Ira's unllcd natioM under her own Berlin. regrouping ot his forces for the ste Stcpenitz, Gollnow and Massow. 24 hOUI'S before as Field Ma rshal were "aUeged intolerable condi­ Tag day is scheduled ror today tinal cleanup radio Tokyo quoted rendition of lhe 'ulte that even m. 'II lind Alber t Kesseld ng threw in rein­ tlons and irregulal·ities aUecti ng and tomorrow for the purpose of the J apanese Domei agency as say­ lhe most casual Hsten r could .see It is Icheduled to be I8ken UP in The Germans said the Russians tops i forcements. hospitalized veterans." contacting town students. Three ing a major battle is imminent til m clearly. The final movement, the steering committee this mom­ had broken into the Baltic fortress booths have been ~ et up at the near American-heJd Montalban, in a mllltary mar c h, 'pecially ing and acted upon In the !Inal Third Army Plunges of Kolber, and were haslening to PhiJbin's resolution \IIIIS sent to end the entire Baltic campaign, bu [he wles committee, with Indica­ Iowa Union, Sella:!! er hall and the Manila watershed sector abOut pleased th audience. S Int-Snens plenary sea ion this a!ternoon. devoted most of their broa dca~ts GOP Congressmen LJons it would not be acted on University hall.

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