February 12, 1945: BIG 3 MEET IN CRIMEA

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1945:
 E X T R A

Agree on Plans To Shorten War

Big 3 Draft Hard Terms For Germany

Meet for 8 Days at Yalta

In Russian Crimea; Full

Cooperation Pledged

This was announced today in a communique from the meeting of the president, Britain's prime minister and Marshal Stalin in the Crimea, The conference at Yalta lasted eight days and resulted, the statement said, on "continuing and growing cooperation and understanding among our free countries and among all the peace-loving nations."

As for- Germany, there was no effort to soften the force of unconditional surrender and the three leaders declaredd :

“It is not our purpose to destroy the people of Germany, but only when naziism and militarism have been exterminated, will there be hope for a decent life for Germans and a place for them in the community of nations."

Carroll, Iowa, Monday, February 12, 1945 —Eight Pages

Air Pounding

Reduces City

to Junk Heap

U. S. 3rd, 115 Miles South,

Wins Half of Prueni,

South Anchor

BY JAMES M. LONG .

Paris, France (.T)—

Kleve, northern anchor of the Siegfried line, was captured today by the Canadian First army. The city of 20,000 lies 12 miles west of Nigmcken,

starting point of the Canadian and British offensive.

Reduced to smoking junk by Allied aerial and artillery poundings, it was the

largest place yet captured in the five-day-old drive.

Some 115 miles south, the United States Third army won half of the major traffic center of Pruem, which the Germans apparently were abandoning.

Roer Flood

In between, Roer river floods created by German breaching of headwater dams kept the United States First and Ninth and the British Second armies immobile"

The reservoirs behind the opened dams still were draining but the Roer, two miles wide at one place, did not appear to be rising further than the seven foot stage already reached at some points.

  E X T R A

Agree on Plans

To Shorten War

Big 3 Draft

Hard Terms

For Germany

Meet for 8 Days at Yalta

In Russian Crimea; Full

Cooperation Pledged

This was announced today in a communique from the meeting of the president, Britain's prime minister and Marshal Stalin in the Crimea, The conference at Yalta lasted eight days and resulted, the statement said, on "continuing and growing cooperation and understanding among our free countries and among all the peace-loving nations."

As for- Germany, there was no effort to soften the force of unconditional surrender and the three leaders declaredd :

“It is not our purpose to destroy the people of Germany, but only when naziism and militarism have been exterminated, will there be hope for a decent life for Germans and a place for them in the community of nations."