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An Associated Press Newspaper 92d YEAH. Xo. 36,648. .WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1944— *★ City Horn* Dsllrary. Dally and 8unday K /''U,VrTfi! 2, TWENTY PAGES. (So a Mo.. Whan S Sundays. 90c ® v^ILiN ID. Germans Report American Tanks Allies Breach 11 Miles From Frontier of Reich; Gothic Line in Northern Italy Drive Almost Through Maginot Eighth Army Pushes * a ▲- __ Through Defenses w On 20-Mile Front to Yanks Hope Reach Forts BULLETINS By the Associated Press. ROME, Sept. 2.—Fifteenth Bulgaria Near ROME, Sept. 2.—British 8th Of Siegfried Line Before Air Force Liberators ham- Army troops have broken the mered rail communications Nazis’ vaunted Gothic Line in Routed Foe and fighters strafed Nazi War on Italy along a 20-mile front, Can Dig In transport jamming the high- Nazis; opening the gates to the Po By thf Associated Press. ways in Yugoslavia today as Valley, Allied headquarters an- the German armies nounced today, and a SUPREME ALLIED apparent- spokesman HEADQUARTERS, Sept. ly began a mass flight out of Reds at declared it was only a matter of 2.—High-speed American columns pounded toward the Balkans. Border time before complete destruction of all German forces in from Verdun while their Five hundred Liberators Italy will Germany today, 1st Army Rioters in Sofia be accomplished. comrades pounded three rail bridges struck within 5 to 8 miles of on The Gothic Line Belgium and two rail yards on lines Call for operation is the a 30-mile Action front west of Sedan. which air headquarters said next to the last phase in the Italian (The Berlin radio declared American armor in were “handling enemy troops Against Germany campaign. The fortifications there and supplies moving up from represent the next to the last pre- the push Verdun has reached the By the Associated Press. beyond Romania, Bulgaria and Greece HIW pared German position of depth and vicinity MOSCOW, Sept. 2.—Bulgaria of 11 through Yugoslavia.” in Thionville, only miles from the German fron- reached a turning point today importance Italy. The retreat evidently was While the British broke tier. This would mean a j as rioters in Sofia clamored for troops dash through most of the the Russian impelled by war against Germany and the through the bristling defenses near old French armies | Maginot Line, and within some 20 miles crossing Romania, Red Army raced along her north- the Adriatic to a depth of 4 miles, threatening to cut off Hitler's of Saar River of the ern border at a rate which in a the American 5th Army crossed the outposts Siegfried Line where Balkan forces. few days should bring it to the Arno River from Florence west to Hitler to may hope establish a homeland defense. spot where Yugoslavia, Romania the sea. LONDON —Berlin radio and The Americans were Bulgaria join. Heavy Fighting Rage*. racing the routed Germans said that American today ine country waited lor the forma i Kent to had 1 Removed 1,500 District Man Reunites French Heavy fighting raged along the the fortifications in an effort to reach them be- troops entered the west- tion of a new government following front as the Germans threw in re- ern part of Brest, the big Brit- the resignation of Premier Ivan Ba- fore the foe has an to inforcements. opportunity man them in tany port, after a heavy at- grianov, who stepped out even while Red Cross Leader and Husband his were Embassy Documents, Part of the spectacular American strength. Thionville is on the west bank of the tack. peace delegates meeting wdth American and British repre- Mme. Emil Wife of advances was accomplished by Moselle sentatives in Cairo. Krug, Champagne King, River, 17 miles above Metz). Official colored troops of the 92d Infantry Russian armor under Gen. Rodion Report Says The Released From Nazi Concentration CamD Division who smashed across the battle for France was in a Allied Planes ■ ending blazing victory, Ships, Y. Malinovsky was probably less Waived for Arno in the face of heavy resistance with promise of swift liberation of the Low Countries where than 150 miles from Northeast Immunity By THOMAS R. HENRY, me. You see I used to head the Star War Correspondent and struck the Yugoslavia, driving across the plains French Red Cross." southeast to the slopes Germans had unleashed flood waters. Hit Positions on Trial in Britain, State NEAR THE BELGIAN BORDER. Jap between the Transylvania Alps and Kept Incommunicado. of the dominating Pisano Hill mass Sept. 2.—Back from a concentration The pace of the advance—^ith official word the Danube, apparently seeking to Reveals Then Mme. Krug told Mr. Skarren behind Pisa which has afforded the lagging' Department camp where she was held as a sus- behind make contact with Marshal Tito's she was not allowed to communicate correspondents’ the pected Jewess. Mme. Emil Krug, enemy excellent observation over the reports—suggested doughboys Chichi Jima Island Yugoslav Partisans and to cut off Bv JOSEPH H. BAIRD. with any one outside the camp for former president of the French Red entire west coast sector. by now were in in the Germans in Bulgaria and two years. She was released wheni likely Belgium, perhaps already Luxem- In the first complete report on Cross and wife Greece. of the millionaire the At the same time American and Radio Declores the and Germans left three days before; troops bourg, probably would be on the Reich’s borders some- Tokyo arrest conviction of Ty- champagne king of France, was re- of Planes Ahead of Tanks. and had come to Paris with other! Japanese ancestry occupied the time this Installations ler G. Kent, clerk in the Ameri- united with her husband by an southwest of the week end. Shelled; Red Army planes kept well ahead internees. She couldn't locate friends. slopws Pisano mass. can Embassy in London, by American Red Cross worker from of the tanks, getting the lay of the Mr. Skarren arranged appropriate A communique said 8th Army to Davao Also Attacked British courts in Washington. Her benefactor was Nearly Belgian Border. land and scattered 1940, the State accommodations for Mme. Krug and' British, Indian. Polish and Cana- strafing groups Charles Skarren of 4476 Reservoir By the Associated Press. fleeing out of Romania. Department today revealed that then drove to Reims with a letter,1 dian troops, sweeping forward from While Lt. Gen. S. Patton’s 3d thundered road N.W., Red Cross representa- George Army Allied and carrier he had taken more than 1,500 where he found Mme. Krug's hus- the Metauro River on warships Soviet units across Bulgaria's! tive with the 9th Division. August 26, eastward from the Verdun the 1st of band in a palatial man- their 15 miles area, Army Lt. Gen. planes hit Chichi Jima in the frontiers were in full view of Bui- documents from the Embassy, five-story fought way through Mr. Skarren left his at the sion, stuffed with Red Cross supplies: difficult country "and have now Courtney H. Hodges reached Charleville and Hirson. Bonin Islands, the Tokyo radio garians in numerous villages which I some of which are believed to jeep swing- curb and found shelter in a Paris for the French Army which he had broken through the enemy's elabo- reported today, in the first sig- spot the southern banks of the have been transmitted to Ger- ing within 5 to 8 miles of on a front of 30 miles. store when the Notre Dame Cathe- collected awaiting deliverance day. rately prepared defenses." Belgium nificant move in the Pacific Danube. Thus was expected to' have many. dral battle started last Saturday. In Reims today I dined with the Virtually paralleling the Americans’ northward British a big psychological effect on a peo- Last Enemy Defense Line. push. theater in several days. Kent's arrest, it was revealed, was leader of the local armored who He was followed inside by a be- French resist- columns jabbed 15 miles northeast of Arras to Douai, 14 The pie traditionally have been pro- "Thus.” the communique added, report, without Allied con- authorized by the American Embas- •wildered, woman who said ance for the past three years. He miles from Russian. The swift march of the elderly "the last Belgium, and raced over Vimy Ridge of World War fame firmation. said the shelled which waived his im- is Marcel Thil, former enemy prepared defense warships Red sy, diplomatic timidly. "I saw the Red Cross on world mid- to within 18 miles of Armentieres and Lille. the island while 100 Army likely played a big part line south of the Po River has been carrier-based munity after agents from Scotland your car. I thought you might help iSee the fall of Bagrianov's govern-' HENRY, Page A^3 breached.” Capture of Abbeville, near the Somme's was not planes carried out a bombing at- Yard had evidence successfully mouth, yet ment. presented impli- tack Iwo Jima also was A from the front claimed, but British and Canadian troops linked up between that i Friday. cating him with a group of alleged dispatch said attacked, the said, "100 It was apparent Moscow was German Marshal town and the coast, seizing three bridges and isolating all Nazi report by spie^ and particularly with Anna A. P. Late Bulletin prisoners quoted and a score or more" the formation of a new i resistance to the planes. watching Wolkoff, a White Russian emigre Chester, Writer, Albert Kesselring as declaring the pockets south. in The Bonin raid broke a period of government Sofia and its first who had become a British Reached Gothic Line would be the last stand The Allies were within 2 miles of Le far behind the subject. Compromise Havre, I comparative quiet except for an at- ! steps—which must of course, to sat- before the Brenner Pass, and that Allied Both Kent and Miss Wolkoff were Senate and House conferees spearheads. tack cn Davao by 40 B-24 Liberator isfy Russia, the United States and in France the line had to be held for three tried for violation of the British Injured The Nazis were from the Pas de Calais today wrote into surplus prop- fleeing vengeance coast bombers, reported by the Tokyo Britain,, fight against Hitler. By the Associated Press. weeks. studded with Official Secrets Act. Kent was sen- erty disposal a rocket-bomb platforms, and appeared to be with- radio. Notice to this effect had legislation | already tenced to seven years of penal servi- LONDON, Sept. 2— John F. Both American and British forces drawing as far from and the Netherlands. Mindanao Attacked. been served on compromise provision placing Belgium i Bulgaria and the tude Associated war cor- along the Italian front were about and Miss Wolkoff to 10. Chester, Press for (Berlin said Americans were 2 The raiders hit the attitude here was that no responsibility postwar but miles from the Lux- Mindanao matter respondent. and Edward Connolly, a | 90 air miles from the Po River, and The State Department said that ! of embourg border.) base at midday yesterday. The re- who was in power, the terms had not the sales war goods under an about 220 miles from the Brenner the question of whether Kent, after reporter for British Exchange port indicated some Japanese ner- changed. have been in- administrator and a four- Pass. Germans his release in Britain, will face a Telegraph Agency, Open Flood Gates. vousness over Gen. Mac- Reports from Cairo said the member Douglas I_1 j jured in a jeep accident while cov- policy board. the the Arthur's new trial under American law for Throughout operations, In the last hope of a delaymg defense the Germans preparations for retaking • See the advance of the British (Earlier on A-5.) opened RUSSIA. Page A-3J ! the theft of Government documents ering Story Page announcement said, "the 8th Army flood In Low the Philippines when it added that in France. gates the Countries and apparently were i----. 1 remains to Army has been ably its old preparing "enemy action against Davao bears be decided. supported by for a A of the accident received associate of past victories, the large-scale withdrawal from Belgium and perhaps much of watching.” Reply to Congressional Critics. report Grau Favors U. S. Bases at Gen. Eisenhow’er s head- Desert Air Force.” Holland. Gen. MacArthur's Patch's Forces supreme communique The official report was issued bv said Mr. Chester's did not mention quarters, injuries Without naming any towns cap- A Nazi the raid, listing the State Departments office of In Cuba After War commentator gave his farewell broadcast last night on on consisted of two broken ribs and a tured. the bulletin said that in the only limited aerial actions against Closing Lyon foreign service administration, which the Brussels radio—a mixture of threats and broken ankle. President-elect Ramon Grau San center other 8th Army had strange pleading. Japanese shipping and land instal- had been ordered by Secretary Hull troops It added that his physical con- Martin of Cuba declared his made "very Today the,,Luxembourg station, too, was silent and there were un- lations. to make a of today important gains.” Rains thorough study the dition was and his A of Despite generally good administration would be favorable American taoops of the 5th Army, confirmed reports that the Nazis had evacuated patrol plane his command By the Associated Preis. case. It apparently was designed Nancy. injuries “nothing serious,” but that to the States who had been idle sank an enemy merchant as a to United continuing use largely except The last of the Nazi 15th ship, ROME, Sept. scattered reply congressional critics, he was at in- Army, the guardian force of the another 2.—Despite “depressed being of bases in Cuba after the damaged and destroyed or rains that who have assailed the State Depart- war, pro- like to Finnish questions said “it seems month—toward Lorraine Now Critical' Nancy, capital. communique from Marshal Tito's cluding 15,000 at Marseille and the State said: 'Very obtain in the United States. likely that the break with Germany 10,- Department By the Astoeiated Press. Yugoslav headquarters said 000 will be declared tomorrow.” Pushing East From Commercy. today at Toulon. "In reviewing the Kent case it is by Partisan troops have captured Dubci On the McCOOK. Nebr., Sept. 2 —Former With the Finns all Baltio Other columns east eastern edge of the in- important to bear in mind the cir- ordering pushed toward Germany from Commercy. northwest of Uzice on the Senator George W. Norris’ Crew of Five Safe Sarajevo- vasion front Allied troops have cumstances surrounding it. At the tempera- shipping into Finnish or Swedish Still others drove 18 miles southeast of St. Dizier to 23 Nis and Berane and Savnik ture reached 106 today and the 83- Joinville, railway, entered Contes. 8 miles northeast of time of Kent's arrest and trial, ports, it seemed obvious that a mo- miles above United States in year-old liberals condition is now As Sinks Chaumont, Army general headquarters Montenegro. !the captured Riviera resort town of Great Britain was at war and the Navy Tug mentous step was indicated. One ---- in 1918. The Morocco radio said Marshal Nice. “very critical,” Dr. E. F. Leininger By the Associated Pres*. rumor said the Russians have de- I United States was not. The case Tito's troops were in the said. On the northern front, su- cornet to Vervins, 40 miles above fighting involved a group of people suspect- ASTORIA, Oreg.. Sept. 2.—A Navy- manded forceful measures by the suburbs of Belgrade, .but the re- American troops east of The legislator is “still weakening” tug sank in the Columbia River Finnish armies to drive the Nazis preme headquarters still had no Reims and 13 from Belgium. striking ed of subversive activities. The evi- port lacked confirmation elsewhere. Nice are miles inside and his puLse is very fast, the physi- here last when tom from the to confirmation of Relatively strong enemy resistance already 7's dence relating to individuals of the night open by country prior receiving front reports The accused the and cian said. Mr. Norris, who suffered the was crushed Americans communique Italy, have captured Venti- was mixed, and propeller of a troop transport a peace delegation in Moscow. over 24 hours a by who group inextricably ago of push Chetniks of a new wave a a cerebral lost it the starting miglia, British radio broadcast, the activities of no hemorrhage Tuesday, was attempting to berth at the mopped up forest of Compiegne of single suspect through the Sedan gap to Bel- terror killings in the Belgrade heard by CBS in New said consciousness yesterday. naval station dock. (See 1 York, could be separated from the activi- but NORTHERN FRANCE,~A^3f area. gium, United States troops today. ties of the others. Geneva Hears Goering fought into the Forest of Signy, "The interest of Great Britain in 20 miles from the Belgian fron- such a case, at a time when it was Germans Throw New Has Lost Air Command tier to the west of Sedan. fighting for its existence, was. there- Weapon By the Associated Press. Twenty-five miles to the north- fore. pre-eminent. Deep as was the concern of the Government of the At BASEL. Switzerland. Sept. 2.—The west another United States 1st Britain; Causes No United States over a betrayal of Damage Geneva Tribune today reported a Army column pushed Mont- through trust by one of its employes, it is Secret Device Described German radio announcement that Tentatively Hitler had stripped Reichsmarshal (See KENT, Page A-3.) As 'Complete Aircraft' of Makeshift Hermann Goering of his air defense Type command and had intrusted that Nazis By 4ne Associated Press. Impressed armament and its nose filled with task to Nazi party chiefs. of Arlington Delays Opening LONDON, Sept. 2 —The Ger- high explosive. An informant from Germany, the By Bravery mans sent another “secret weap- Fighter and bomber take off to- paper said, confirmed reports that Of Schools to It on” flying against England last gether with their total of three Goering was under house arrest at Sept. the Raiders a makeshift engines running, Junkers being his Karinhall estate. Dieppe (Earlier Polio Story on Page A-5.) night—apparently Ey thf Associated Press. remotely controlled by the Messer This informant said there was no The of application of the old pick-a- opening Arlington County schmitt pilot. At the appropriate direct evidence that DIEPPE, Sept. 1 (Delayed).— schools from back idea—which caused Goering par- public was postponed plane moment the in the Even the Germans wee fighter pilot releases ticipated July 20 attempt upon impressed to neither nor Tuesday September 11, following casualties damage. the explosive-laden Junkers to Hitler's was by the bravery of the Canadians, glide life, but suspected be- consultations between County or under its own until British and Americans who took The Air Ministry and the Min- I fly power it cause many of his co-workers were School Board and Health Depart- of Home on its objective. involved and some of part in the famous Dieppe raid istry Security tentatively [crashes them were ment officials today. labeled the a air- The freak was not regarded seri- executed. two years ago. thing “composite This was done in order to give craft” and made no amplification ously here as a major air weapon, "They ordered every man to have children returning from more of this brief communique: “Last because it is slow and unwieldy and a coffin,” said the French care- areas the night two enemy aircraft believed to an easy target. taker of the heavily polio-infected op- Labor's Role cemetery where there It was portunity to remain at home a few have been lower components of considered here that the are 753 graves of those members as an additional composite aircraft were launched composite aircraft definitely could In Politics of the Allied force killed in the raid. days precaution, school officials said. against this country. These caused not be the Nazis' threatened "V-2” "They even said you Allies deserved An neither casualties nor damage.” reprisal weapon and not even in the interesting article on to win that Dr. Ralph G. Beachley, county day." same with the this a health officer, said there have Bitain was free of flying bombs league "V-l,” flying subject by distinguished The on been cemetery, high ground until a bomb. 11 cases of infantile overnight and late hour to- labor leader, Robert J. Watt, outside Dieppe, is beautifully taken paralysis in day as Allied armies pressed toward Late last month one of the pick-a-- international care of the French. Arlington, practically all of which representative by the sites in the Pas-de- back planes was encountered off a have been hospitalized in Washing- launching of the American Federation of The first Canadian to enter Dieppe Calais area. British beachhead in Normandy. A drives ton hospitals. He added he does will was a major from Montreal who (arrows) along the front in Northern Late last month a German com- RAF pilot shot it down into the sea Labor, appear tomorrow France nn AlliedREICH—MaPShOWi ^llied not feel there is any occasion for left the seacoast two reports today. Fast-moving American forces were and A. L. Lewis in the Editorial city years driving eastward alarm. posite aircraft encountered in handily Capt. of the Sunday Sec- fnwarrt ! e RlVer ago minus two fingers and with and aPProachlnS the Belgian border in the Vervins- Fiance consisted of a Junkers-88 British Army, who watched it from tion of The Star. It examine* Sand«ct^; n f lnd th*e MoSeu The a bullet in his He is " unite north action also followed circula- to a a beach antiaircraft lungs. Maj. pushing too* Vimy Ridge, beyond Arras. The German news bomber “married” Messer- post, declared, the inherent in David Francis, Inrv T nL. tion of a petition by a of possibilities whose father is the reported American armor had reached the of group shmitt-109 fighter in the pick-a- "It made a colossal splash, but S7, Transo?ean vicinity Thionville (broken line), the the Political Action Commit- British security consul at Nor- only 11 miles from the Reich border. Black line is parents asking postponement, back fashion that had been tried that’s all." battle front, according to Allied announce* and folk, Va. menta' many individual requests by out yean previously. RAF pilots declared It made a tee's alignment with th* -A. P. 1 Wlrephoto. county residents. The Junkers was stripped of an "beautiful target.” Democratic party.