-*-*-«_- UGHTING-UP TIME TIDE TABLE FOR MARCH Date High Water Lo* Water Sua- Bun*, A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. rise set 8.08 p.m. 41 11.10 11.29 5.12 5.14 7.09 7.38 ©bf Smjal (gazette attft (Eolmttet 3D PER COPY—-40/- PER ANNUM VOL. 52—NO. 77 HAMILTON, BERMUDA,SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1945 ALLIED TRAP CLOSING ON RUHR F MRS. COLLINS IS GIVEN Russians Driving On Vienna HEIDELBERG CAPTURED & BIl^STER|«™OFF BRIDGE i™"SNOW CLEARESR DIVORCE FROM HUSBAND MENACED; PATTON PUSHING TOWARDS s^a^u^su, "Insensate Jealous/' Of Man Less Than 50 Miles Distant; 1 Draws Comment From Judge Danzig & 10,000 Enemy Taken KASSEL, REPORTED CLOSE TO FUIDA •A•*•""*N LEFT CARRIAGE NEA—R CUSTODY OF ONE CHILD TO SCENE OF OCCURRENCE WIFE, OTHERS TO HUSBAND By MICHAEL DAVIDSON By MELVIN APPEL LONDON, March 30 (Reuter).—The advance on Vienna has begun, Piecing together tbe threads of In a written judgment deUvered LONDON, March 30 (Reuter).—As Allied pincers swung north and south round the whole of in the Bermuda Supreme Court on witb two Soviet Army groups moving towards the Austrian capital to­ what is now known definitely and night. An order of the day from Marshal Joseph Stalin tonight and the Ruhr area, now imminently threatened with encirclement, it was officially announced at 21st what may reasonably be deduced, it Thursday morning, the Chief Jus­ tice, the Hon. Sir Brooke Francis, the latest frontline reports reaching Moscow showed tbat Marshal Army Group Headquarter tonight that a considerable section of the Western Ruhr was already cut off seems fairly certain that P. Slaugh­ Malinovsky's army, taking the offensive on a 40-mile front in Southern ter, tbe American merchant seaman awarded Mrs. Emilie Gertrude Big advances were recorded on other parts of the front, with forces Kitoria Collins a divorce against ber Slovakia, made a 31-mile advance parallel to tile north bank of the whose body was found on Tuesday Danube. of the first American Army at Paderborn, at the eastern end of tbm afternoon at 230 o'clock, jumped or husband,* Mr. George Thomas Col­ lins, on the grounds of cruelty. After forcing the important Nita and Hron water barriers, Second road running through the Ruhr, the Third Army 55 miles northeast V-DAY DECLARATION BY leaped from the railway trestle Ukrainian Command spearheads were 48 miles from Bratislava and less of Frankfurt-on-Main, and with the university city of Heidelberg in bridge at the Foot of tbe Lane and The respondent had contested the case—the first of its kind—but his than 80 from Vienna. so met bis death. Marshal Fedor Tolbukhin's massed tanks invading Austria itself the hands of troops of General Alexander Patch's Seventh Army. AUIES NOT FAR OFF How he came to get ca tbe bridge prayer was dismissed and the judge Names of key centres already ta-1 • condemned him to pay the peti­ on a front of 30 miles were driving across "Greater Germany's" south­ is supposition, bat tbe events lead­ eastern border and towards Wiener Neustadt, with Vienna less than 50 ken on the 21st Army Group front ing up to Ids cUmbing on top in tioner's costs. were officially announced tonight, Sir Brooke gave the husband cus­ miles away to the northwest. ALLIED FORCES DRIVING Nazis Unlikely To Accept clear moonlight are known. Between them, these two marshals have already Uberated four Euro­ although the security blackout ap­ Qn Thursday morning The Royal tody of the two elder children, Rita parently still covers points further and John, and that of the youngest, pean capitals — Bucharest, Sofia, Belgrade and Budapest — ta seven AT WILL IN GERMANY Gazette published tbe story of Tony months. They are now heading for the Fifth. ahead. The 21st Army Group an­ Unconditional Surrender Martin, a public carriage driver, who Richard, to tbe mother. 'Both par­ nouncement showed that Allied ad­ stopped his vehicle at the Foot of ents were granted access to tbe chil­ Troops of the 3rd. Ukrainian Command entered Austrian territory vances on this front had gone be­ the Lane to avoid running over an dren. north of Koszeg, a Soviet communique said. yond the centres of Hamborn, Bot­ Prisoners Pour In; Civilian By CHARLES LYNCH Mrs. Collins was represented by Mr.: A Soviet air communique said that Wiener Neustadt was raided by American merchant seaman who was air craft of the Red Banner Air Fleet last night. trop, Gladbeck, Dorsten. Borken, WITH THE 2ND BRITISH ARMY lying on tbe road while his mate T. N. DiU while Sir Reginald Conyers, Bocholt, and Duelman. wbich is IB Population Seek Refuge M.C.P., appeared for the respondent. Marshal Stalin's order announcing the new Red Army offensive IN GERMANY, March 30 (Reuter).— stood near him. Martin, it will be north of the Danube, towards the Bratislava Gap, historic gateway to miles southwest of Muenster .and There is a firm belief at tbis head­ recalled, was urged by two seamen FoUowing is the text of the judg­ the furthest point of tbe advance ment. Vienna and the heart of Europe, confirmed German reports which for LONDON, March 30 'Reuter)'.— quarters tonight that tbe Germans in Ids carriage to continue on and, some days have indicated that Soviet troops were advancing in this yet officially announced. (A front Luxembourg radio reported this af­ will never accept unconditional sur­ after some shouting, the man on SEPARATED IN 1943 dispatch said the AlUes are within tbe ground was moved out of tbe sector. The town of Nove Zamky was taken in this offensive. artillery fire of Muenster.) ternoon that a revolt against the render, but that a victory day de­ This is a petition by Mrs. EmiUe Fifty miles beyond Ues Bratislava and another town that was taken, Nazi regime was imminent. clared by the AlUes is not far off. way. Collins for the dissolution of herl The area mentioned is roughly tri­ The Royal Gazette has ascertained marriage with her husband George Vrable, further north, is about 55 mites away from that objective. An­ angular in shape, with the 25 miles "Conditions ahead of tbe rapidly V-day could conceivably be de­ other town occupied by the Red Army was Komarnet, more than 40 miles advancing Allied columns are chao­ tbat there was another carriage near­ Thomas Collins, on the grounds of line from Bocholt in the north to clared within a week and, almost cer­ by at tbat time.. It was driven by cruelty. The petitioner's complaint! northwest of Budapest. Hamborn in the south as the base, tic.'* the broadcast said. "Allied pi­ tainly, some time within the next Duncan Hooper, Reuter's correspondent ta Moscow, cabled that heavy lots reported tbat all roads leading Bully'' Martin wbo also has a story covers a course of conduct aUeged to i and Duelman, 32 miles northeast of month. For almost a week now the to tell — one which is more im­ have commenced in 1938 and to have I fighting was going on on Marshal Tolbukhin's front in the approaches Wesel, at tbe apex. It included a east are jammed with German miU­ war has borne no resemblance to its continued up to a date in 1943. when to Wiener Neustadt, and that the Red Army marshal's forces were tary traffic fleeing in complete dis­ portant than that given by Tony considerable part of tbe Westphalian former pattern and, militarily, might Martin, because "Bully" had brought the parties were separated as the re­ massing for a breakthrough south of Vienna. Plain, as well as the northwestern order. Tens of thousands of civilian have been said to be finished to all sult of proceedings initiated by her The breadth of the front was being increased hourly as picked groups refugees are adding to tbe indescrib­ the deceased and one of the latter's part of tbe Ruhr intents and purposes when the mates from the Belmont Manor before the Police Magistrate in Som­ of mountain veterans who forced the Carapathian passes were brought able congestion. Tens of thousands Rhine was stormed so easily. erset. up to deal with the German strongholds further west. of troops cut off by tbe fast AUied Hotel. The deceased was tbe man HODGES AT PADERBORN on the ground 'Who was seen by With a storm brewing east of Vienna, news of Russian successes in thrusts are searching for Allied Armoured spearheads were now The respondent has contested the the northerly sectors of the front came from German sources this General Courtney Hodges's famous troops to whom they can surrender." doing the clearing up. Thousands Tony Martin. case, and in his reply avers provoca­ Bully." it is stated, was having evening. Third Armoured Division, in a 65 of tanks swarmed through Germany tion and condonation, and counter­ The German High Command reported today that Danzig, the ancient miles dash from Marburg, reached to tbe north, east and south, drop trouble witb his fares. Slaughter, in charges adultery. The petitioner de-, By DOON CAMPBELL nies the accusation of ddultery, and Baltic port, had fallen to Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky, and this Paderborn, at the eastern end of the ping off holding units and MiUtary particular, was obstreperous and, ac- report was later confirmed from Moscow. road running straight through the | WITH BRITISH ARMOUR EAST I Government officials as they went. I cording to "Bully" he became vio- protests that so far as any suggest­ Ruhr, with Field Marshal Sir Ber­ OF HALTERN, March 90 I Reuter) - This will continue, until finally the lent ion of condonation may arise, mari­ ADMIT KUpSTRINS LOSS nard Montgomery's armoured spear- German women and chUdren are whole of Germany has been account­ After Tony Martin's carriage had j tal intercourse since 1942 was con­ heads speeding east to snap to the tramping the "autobahns" and cart ed for.