Invasion of Reich Loom M-8 Tanks Blast Path to Belgium 4 Armies Poised; Security Silenee Masks Advances
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New York-—London tci On Parle Francah Paris—Ren nes Saturday, Sept. 9, 1944 THE J'aime beaucoup la France. TRIPES Jame boKOO lah Fronss. Vol. 1, No. 58 I like France very much. Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces CS^CPin the European Theater of Operations Invasion of Reich Loom M-8 Tanks Blast Path to Belgium 4 Armies Poised; Security Silenee Masks Advances The United States First, Third and Seventh and British Second Armies last night were preparing a gigantic final offensive into Germany itself to be launched somewhere along a 500-mile stretch of frontier between Switzerland and northern Holland. Army leaders again invoked a strict security silence on all but localized actions as the armies jockeyed for positions, masking their concentrations behind a series of small-scale engagements. While the four Allied armies were covering the final miles up to the frontier against varying opposition,, the Canadian First Army was progressing steadi- End oj Siege ly with the cleanup of Channel ports. Brussels Radio reported un- officially that the Channel port of At Brest Is Le Havre had been liberated. M-8 tanks fire on German 88 positions near Vic-sur-Aisne in the drive which carried American First Army Tension Similar to D-Day Forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges to Belgium. \Noiv at Hand Phil Ault, United Press correspon- dent, reported that "the tension and urgency of preparation ah WITH U.S. FORCES OUTSIDE along the front is in many ways Observers See Dewey Favors Quick 'Demob BREST, Sept. 1 (Delayed).—Bitter similar to that immediately before fighting has marked every inch of D-Day." FDR-Churchill For U.S. Troops After Vi dory ground that the Americans have The line-up of the Allied armies gained toward the vital Brittany as they disappear under the secur- port of Brest, but the end is in ity blackout follows: Quebec Parley sight. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. — Declaring that servicemen German forces under Lt. Gen. In the north, British Second should be brought back to the United States and discharged Ramcke now are confined within Army troops forced a crossing of Meeting Believed Near at the earliest possible moment after victory, Gov. Thomas a perimeter of 13 miles and they the Albert Canal, which bisects Bel- A. Dewey charged the present administration planned to are reported to be blowing up dock gium in a southeasterly direction. On Post-War Europe, installations and wrecking harbor They met heavy opposition, but got demobilize the Army slowly because Mr. Roosevelt feared the facilities. a firm footing five miles across the War in Pacific resumption of a depression. Coming into the prisoner cages canal at Bourg Leopold. They are Formally opening his campaign are steady streams of Nazis, in- about 26 miles from the nearest By Virgil Pinkley for the presidency at a GOP rally in 1,000 Heavies cluding some paratroops—the back- point of Germany with a little ■ - 'United Press Correspondent. Philadelphia, the New York Gov- bone of the Brest defenders. The southeasterly appendix of Holland LONDON, Sept. 8.—It was be- ernor said that Europe's army of prisoners say that they feel they lying before them. lieved likely tonight that President occupation should be confined Hit Oil Plants have been forgotten. The:/ stand, Next southward stands Lt. Gen. Roosevelt and Prime Minister to those voluntarily choosing to they declare, is dismissed in radio Courtney Hodges' First U.S. Army, Churchill would meet soon some- which reached the outskirts of the remain in the armed forces. Chemical and synthetic oil plants reports by the phrase "and Brest where in North America—probably "The New Deal proposes to keep also was bombe<" "Doesn't any- fortress city of Liege, which guards Quebec—to lay final plans for at Ludwigshafeh and other targets the gap between southern Hollanc" men in the Army because it is in Germany were raided yesterday one know we are here?" they add. cracking Japan and to discuss poli- afraid of the resumption of its own Recent reports stated that U.S. and the Ardennes Forest. Othei cies in Europe following the defeat by more than 1,000 British-based First Army troops are striking east- depression," Dewey said. "They U.S. Fortresses and Liberators as infantry, artillery and aircraft had of Germany. can't think of anything for us to teamed up to capture 6,700 Nazis ward through Ardennes and on The conversations are expected to bad weather curtailed the oper- from Sedan. do once we stop building guns and ations of French-based aircraft. from the Brest garrison. be informal, conducted on a smaller tanks." Then further ~!th comes Lt and quieter scale than those at A German column of more than-,] Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. 300 vehicles, manned by 1,000 Nazis, Ford Willow Run Plant Gen. George S. Patton's Third U.S. Casablanca, Cairo, Teheran or even Hershey Selective Service .di- Army which is deployed along an the earlier Quebec conference. was' smashed and forced to surren- rector, notified all local draft der Thursday by Ninth Air Force Is Closed After Walkout approximately 50-mile front behind The agenda will probably include: boards that unless unforeseen mi- the Moselle River with Metz and 1) Means to push the mounting of- P47s, it was announced yesterday. litary contingencies -develop, the The column was attacked along a DETROIT, Sept. 8. — The Ford Nancy immediately • before them. fensive against Japan; 2) final ap- armed forces would need approx- Gen. Patton's men have established proval of plans to crush Germany 30-kilometer stretch of road be- Motor Co. closed its Willow Run imately 600,000 men from July 1, tween Chateauroux and Issoudun, Plant today at noon and sent bridgeheads across the Moselle militarily this year; 3) occupation 1944, to Jan, 1, 1945. River, the last river barrier before of Germany by Russia, Britain and 112 kilometers south of Orleans. 15,000 employes home after more When the air attacks ceased, French than 2,000 .workers in six depart- Germany itself. the United States; 4) application USUAL STORY : 'No Comment' of Lend-Lease to other countries Forces of the Interior took the ments walked out in a dispute over Nazis Holding Actions as well as Britain; 5) the Polish WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Pres- remnants of the Germans prisoner, the transfer of 20 riveters. The Germans are fighting strong border question; 6) the question of ident Roosevelt today parried pilots reported. Meanwhile, two strikes by 18,000 holding actions along the river, ap- minority territories in general; 7) questions when asked at his press At a cost of only one Thunder- maintenance workers in the Briggs parently to obtain additional time peace terms for Germany; 8) inter- conference to comment on Gov. bolt, the warplanes destroyed 285 Manufacturing Co. and the Pack- to strengthen the Siegfried Line. Thomas E. Dewey's opening cam- ard Motor Car Co. plants ended national control by the United Na- horse-drawn vehicles, 25 ammuni- Continual enlargement of the Mo- tions to prevent further outbreaks paign speech. He advised newsmen tion carriers, 20 fuel cars and 88 after the War Labor Board issued selle bridgeheads by American to say he'd smiled broadly and said trucks. a return-to-work order. of aggression; and 9) general An- nothing. (Continued on Page i) glo-American co-operation. Underground Nazis? Po Valley Occupation Two Armored, Four Infantry 3 More War Reporters Allied and neutral capitals were In Italy Anticipated Are Wounded in France ouzzing last night with rumors of Divisions Drive on Germany Nazi plans to "dive underground" An advance to the Gothic Line LONDON, Sept. 8—Three United following Germany's defeat, in an and the occupation of the Po Val- By Wes Gallagher to take Nantes and hem German Press war correspondents, Robert C. effort to Build up secretly for a ley is momentarily anticipated, Gen. Associated Press Correspondent. garrisons in the ports of St. Na- Miller, Samuel D. Hales and third world war. George C. Marshall, Army chief of WITH THE THIRD U.S. ARMY, zaire and Lorient, turned north Edward V. Roberts, have been The Stockholm correspondent of staff, said yesterday in a congratu- Sept. 8.—Lt. Gen. George S. Pat- and swept through Sens, Orleans, wounded or injured in action in the London Daily Mail reported: latory message to the Fifth Army ion's headquarters has revealed that Troyes and Montargis, followed by France, it was announced today. "The Nazi plan for going under- on the anniversary of the Salerno the Fourth and Seventh Armored the 35th Division. Miller, who w.s severely wounded ground when the German Army is victory. Divisions supported by four crack The Seventh Armored, often with in the left arm during the German defeated has now been fully de- Although offensive operations in infantry divisions have been among units of the Fifth Infantry Division bombing of Verdun, has been trans- veloped. Already it involves hun- Italy were hampered by extremely the spearheads driving on Ger- riding into battle as doughboy- ported to England for treatment. dreds of thousands of trained men bad weather, American patrols west many. tank teams, followed by the 90th Roberts, wounded outside Brest, is and women, and is backed by of Florence made deep advances The infantry divisions include as consolidating troops, took Char- at an English base hospital with =triggering sums of money and north of the Lucca-Prato road afid the Fifth, of Iceland fame, and tres, gateway to Paris. minor shrapnel wounds in the left arms, or means to get them." gained contact with outposts of the which fought with both the First The 80th Division has been widely hip and left shoulder.