BAKERSFIELD,
CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944
First Army
Plunges Through Monschau Forest
Southwest of
Cologne; Vichhoven, Schophoven
Capture
Clears Nazi Forts North of Bastion
By JAMES
McGLINCY
PARIS, Dec.
14 (U.P.)—
American
troops virtually completed the conquest of a 15-mile stretch of the west bank
of the Roer river today and stormed the western outskirts of Duren, key citadel
astride the primary water barrier before the Cologne plain. While Lieutenant-General
Courtney P. Hodges' left wing was closing up against the Roer between Duren and
the Ninth Army front, his First Army doughboys to the south drilled into the
Siegfried defenses to the area of Wahlerscheid, 5 miles
southeast of
Monschau.
The day old
offensive in the Monschau forest was developing steadily despite sub-freezing
weather, 8 inches of snow,and a close-knit maze of fortifications and barbed
wire.
Far to the
southeast, Lieutenant-General Alexander M. Patch's Seventh Army smashed to the
Rhine beyond Seltz in the northeastern tip of France and drove within less than
4 miles of the German border running" - west from the Karlsruhe corner.
Liberation
Near
A few miles
to the west,1 other units of the Seventh Army were only 2 miles from the
Pulatlnate frontier above Mattstall, and front dispatches indicated that the liberation
of the northern tip of Alsace was near.
Rangoon,
Tokyo Hit
by B-29s
Photos Show
40 Direct
Hits on
Aircraft
Works in
Nogoya Raid
WASHINGTON,
Dec. 14.
(U.P.)
Direct hits
scored in daylight precision bombing left smoking destruction in three highly
important Japanese war centers after yesterday's Superfortress attacks on aircraft
facilities at Nagoya in Japan, marshalling yards at Rangoon in Burma,, and the
transportation hub of Bangkok in Thailand, the war department reported today.
Some 100 B-29s
from Saipan scored repeated direct hits on the Mitsubishi aircraft plant at Nagoya,
a Twentieth Air Force communique said, and a few hours later "a
substantial force" of Superforts from Indian bases hit Rangoon and Bangkok.
One B-29
failed to return from the Nagoya raid, the communique said, and must be
presumed lost. Nothing was said of any losses^ in the other attacks.
The raids on
Bangkok and Rangoon were aimed at transportation targets. Excellent results
were reported at Rangoon where the railroad marshalling yards were attacked in
clear weather.
Important
military transportation facilities were the targets at Bangcok. Good results
were reported despite considerable cloud cover.
Meanwhile,
Tokyo reported a new Superfortress nuisance raid on the Japanese capital.
Total
Surrender
Sought of E.
A.M.
Government
Sources Demand Unconditional
Victory,
Refuse Political Terms Suggested
by Rebels;
"Island" of British Shelled
.ATHENS,
Dec. 14. (U.P.)—
E. L. A. S.
forces resumed shelling central Athens this afternoon, breaking a lull in which
reports circulated that peace negotiations were about to end
the 11-day
battle of Athens.
The new
bombardment of the "island" of British and Greek government territory
in the heart of Athens began at 3:35 p. m. E. L. A. S. sources reported earlier
that the E. A. M. had decided to accept terms and evacuate Athens if the
British would guarantee a general amnesty for the E. L. A. S. and inclusion of
Leftists in a new national government. ,
Greek .
government sources reported that they would insist on unconditional surrender,
and could not accept such political terms as were reported to have been
suggested by the E.; A. M
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