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H . . SimPlon Simpson unpaon IUS a s U S Ninth army had hadbroken hadbroken badbrokan broken Into tha the German Roer river riverdefenae riverdefense riverdefcnaa defenae defense Una lJne Ilne tha the beat belt best natural bar barrier bartier barriar rier tier befora before tha the Rhine Coloena Cologne wal was walthe wasthe waatha the ultimata ultimate tarfat target of thia thJl this drJveLleut driveLieut driva drJve drive drivaLlaut Llaut Lleut Lieut Gen Oen . . . 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Nazi forcessouth torcea force forces . .outh outh south . outh of ot tha the nhone-Rhlna nhone Rhlna Rhone-Rhine Rhone Rhine - - canal In tot InAl.ace totAlsace InAlfaca Al.ace Alace Alsace . wera were virtually vlrtuall7 wiped out outwith outwith outwith with the captura capture of ot Dannamaria Dannemarie andseveral andseveral and averal several nearby vlllagea villages Tba The Sev Seventh SevBath Saventb enth Bath U S army continued to press pressforward pra pre . aforward forward In tha the V Vosgai Vosges osgel through throueh snow snowand snowand nowand and mud thruitinc thru.ting thruting thrusting . ailda aside scattered scatteredrealltance scatteredresistance icatteredraitftance realltance resistance Trench French forcea forces operat operat- operatIn operattng operating - - ing tng In , with thia thla this army had reported an anactual anactual anactual actual croring crossJnll crossing of tha the Rhina RhJne Rhine north nortlS of ofStralbourll ofStrasbourg ofStrasbourg Stralbourll Strasbourg by thair theIr patrolsThe patrola patrol patrols patrolaTha . Tha The bulk of 01 tha the Garman German force forces forcesand torceaand . and praclou precioul precious * mobUa mobUe mobile raiervea reservel reserves had hadbeen hadbeen hadbaan been deplovad deployed on tha the Cologna Coloene Cologne plain plainwhere plainwhere plainwhara where many oblervers observers ob arver behaved believed the theanal theflnsl thaInal anal flnsl thowdown showdown of tha the war would wouldtake wouldtake wouldtaka take placa place with General Eiseng Eisena Kisan Eisen KisanGKN g Eisenii a a ii iia a wk1411 ! wk1411QEN _ GKN GEN QEN OEOBOK GEORGE PAT.JON PATJON PATTON PAT.JONlmo PATTONInto PATTONInf . lmo Into tfta the ala . rici vital vaa , ' Saar Soar b burin atin l ln n . . kowar'i kowari bower tower's towers ' ' ' . objactlva obJectlve objective beln being , tha the destruc- destruc destruct destruction destructdon deatruitlon - tion don of 01 tha the German army . , AlUed Awed AlUedroree Awedforces Alliedtorcea roree forces . had girded airded themselves them alva for forthe forthe fortMa the battlaa batU.s batUs battles . that would once one * and for foraU forall torall aU all break Nazi military mll1tary powerEastern power powerEastern Eastern fastern : FrontRussian Front FrontRuailan Ruailan Russfan Russian force forces * puahing pushJng pushing on Buda Budapest Budapest Budapeat pest had baea beeR been alowad slowed down by the thele&IOn theseason's thaicaion'a thaicaiona le&IOn leIOn season's seasons & ' ' . beavleit heaviest anowfall snowfall follow followIng followlag followIng Ing lag a aavera levere severe sleet leet itorm storm German Germanand Germanand Germanand and Hungarian troop troops * had baen been oc oe occupyIne oeoupying occupying cupyIne oupying detenia defense poaltiona pOlitlonl positions along alone a aZ6mUe at6mUe afa-mila afa mila Z6-mUe Z6 mUe t6-mUe t6 - - - curva curve from the southern southernUmu southernlimits outhernumlta Umu limits ! of Budapest to the rail Junc June Junction Junelion Junetlon tion lion of Azzod Meanwhile Red force torces forces torcesbad forcesbad * bad ad opened a naw new driva d.lve dlve drive . Into Slo Slo- Slovakia Slovakia Slovakia - vakia advancing across acru a tha the Beskld Beskid Beskldmountains Beskidmountains Bc kidmountain mountains * and cutting down behind behindthe behindthe behindlha the southern entranca entrance to tha the Dukla DuklaPaa DuklaPass DukiaPaaa Pass Paa . ta to aever sever a hiehway hljthway highway escape escaperoute escaperoute escaperouta route tor for tha the German Germans GermansLABOR * LABOR : Shorter Postwar Postivar Hours v ? vIn In a mova move to assure Jobs job * for all allIn allIn allIn In tha the postwar po twar period tha the Ame.1 Ame1 Ameni Ame.1can Amenican American . can Federation Fede.ation Fedeation . of ot Labor urged ureed con conIress congross congreaa Iress gross to paaa pall pass national legislation legislationproviding legislationproviding leglalatlonproviding providing for a 30 hour weekA week weekA A reiolutlon resolution paxsed passed by delegatel delegates delegatelattending delegatesattending aelagateaattending attending the federation s a 64th 6 < th an annual annual annual nual convention In New Orlean Orleans * de- de declared do da-clared da clared - - . clared dared technical advance advances * In indu indus industry indutry . try which ervad served to speed peed produc production production productlon tion hava have developed tension tensions * which whichcause whichcause whichcausa cause workers to burn out at an anearly anearly anaarly early age It urged that thia this .ear ear wear wearjug . wearIng .earing ing jug out be avoided by ahorter shorter hours hourswhich hourswhich hourswhich which also would serve to spread spreademployment spreademployment spreadamployment spreadamploymentOther employment employmentOther Other resolutions reSQlutions called for amend amendment amendment amendment ment of tha the national communlca communica communlcatlons communicatlons comrnunicatlon tlons * act act . , . so that freedom of ot speech speechover speechover ipeechover over tha the air sir waves w.ves wves . will be late- late safe- safe latelIuarded safeguarded safe safeguarded - - guarded lIuarded from trom actual .clual clual . or Implied gov government government government ernment censorship the esta establish establishment establishment bUsh bUshment ment of at a uniform federal un unemplov unemplovment uneinplovment employ employment ment compensation law l w repeal of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Smith-Connolly Smith Connolly - - anti strike stnke law lawand lawand lawand and wage and hour Improvementl improvements improvementafor ImprovementlI Improvementlfor improvementsfor for postomce postoffice postofllce and other eovern govern eovernment government government I ment employaes employees STETTINIUS - . ' STETTINIUS-Keeps STETTINIUS Keeps Keeps Hull's Hulls ' ' Policies Pol"cres Polcres PoliciesFavorable PoliciesFavorabia " Favorabia Favorable reactions at homa borne home and andabroad andabroad andabroad abroad to President Roosavelt Rooseyelt Roosevelt I s ap- ap appointment appointment ap appointment - - pointment of Edward R Stettiniul Stettinius Stettiniulal Stettiniusas Stettlnluas * al as auccessor IUCCe180r successor to Secretary of State StateCordell StateCordell StataCordeU Cordell Hull HulJ made It clear that thatthere thatthere thatthere there would ba be no break In tha the con continully continulty continulty tinully tinulty of the administra administration tion a I s POIt post- post postwar peat-war peat war . - - wa war . peaca peace and International internaUonal co- co cooperaUon cooperation co cooperation - - operation operaUon program prolram programWhile programWhila Whila While Secretary Hull HulJ s . reslanatioa resignation reslanatioacame resignationcame reslgnatlOMcama came suddenly it was wal not unexpected un unexpected unaxpected expected Continued 111 ill health had hadprevented jiadprevented ad adprevented prevented his actlva acUve active direction of the theItate thestate thastata Itate state department a s operations In Inacceptin Inaccepting Inaccepting acceptin accepting . the 73 year-old year old year.old yearold - . - Itates states Itatesman's statesman's atataaman'a atataamana man's mans ' ' resignation the president presidentprojected presidentprojected presldantprojected projected for him Wm the futura future rola role of ofelder ofelder ofelder elder statesman advlsln advising , on for foreigo foreign toreign eigo eign policyand policy and takin taking , aa as actlva active a apart apart apart part In shaping a world peaca peace or orianization organization arganizaUon ianization ganization as his health would per per- permJt permit permit - mit mJt Specifically SpecJfically Hull waa was slated toc to c s x . 4 4x 4Y 4r 4s Y r s ! ? y ; COHDELL OORDELL CORDELL DULLS'eet HULLSgen HULL DULL HULLStetf Stetf S'eet Seet Sgen S'eetwould ' ' ' w would uU fallow follow Joilow hu Ius his leadbe . J JaJ l.ad lad lead aJ aJba ba be presiding prellding officer omcer of f fe the lie e United UnitedNation UnitedNation's UnitedNation's UnitedNations Nation Nation's Nations ' . , first peaca peace conferenca conference conferenceObservers conferencaObsarvera Obsarvera Observers viewed tha the Stettln1 Stettini Stettlnlua Stettln1UI Stettinius UI us appointment as a highly satisfactory . satisfactory .atisfactOT7 - tory tOT7 olutlon solution As under secretary of ofItate ofstate ofstate Itate state 44 year old Stettlnlus Stettinius was wasclosely wasclosely waaclosely closely familiar with department departmentprocedure departmentprocedure departmantprocedure procedure He had two other prime primeaaseta primeassets primeasset aaseta assets * Hia His former experienca experience as aslend aslend aslend lend lease administrator admlnlstrator had won wonbJm wonhim wonhim bJm him tha the respect and friendship of ofcon ofcongress ofcongreaa con congress ress His dealings deal1n6s { with Britlan Britian Britianand Britlanand Britlanand and Russia bad had demonstrated demonltrated that thatbe thathe thatba be he could work wo.k wok . in th successful luccessful coopera coopers cooperation cooperslion cooperatlon tion lion with other leader leaders * of the United UnitedNaUons UnitedNations UnitedNations NaUons Nations Abova Above all aU Stettinlua Stettlnlus Stettinius hal has halleen hasseen baaseen with Secretary HuU Hull HuUon Hullon Hullon leen seen eya-to-eya eya to eye-to-eye eye - - - - - on world problem problems * and worked workedclosely workedclosely workadcloaely closely with himPACIFIC him hJm himPACIFIC PACIFIC : : Air Az.r Azr . Warfare increasesAttacks Increases IncreasesAttacka Attacka Attacks by two big fleet fleets eets * of 01 B 29 29Supertortresses 29Superfortresses 2aSuperfortresses Supertortresses Superfortresses on Tokyo'a Tokyoa Tokyo's Tokyos ' water- water waterfront waterfront water-front water front - front and on rail yards and repair repairfacllitle repairfacilities repairfacilities facllitle facilities . in Bangkok on tha the aouth south aouthwestern southwestern outhwestern western tringa fringe of the Japanesa Japanese war warempire warempire warampire empire undercored undersco.ed underscoed underscored * . the fact that thatair thatair thatah- thatah thatahwarfara air - warfara warfare against aealnst Nippon would wouldbe wouldbe wouldba be Increased in intensity TheAmerican The TheAmerican TbaAmerican American plane planes * returned to their theirbases theirbases theirbases bases in the thelariana -lariana lariana Marianas - * Islands and andIndia andIndia andIndia India without combat lossesRevised lossas losses lossasRavised Ravised Revised estimate estimates * of damage In Inthe inthe Intha the latest U S carrier raid on Luzon LuzonIn Luzonin Luzonin In the Philippines PhlUpplnes showed 20 Japa Japanese Japanese Japanesa nese ships sunk 21 28 damaged and andir 111 119 > planes either destroyed or dam damaged damaged damaged aged While heavy ralnl rains rain * had brought broughtground broughtground broughtground ground operations on Leyta Leyte to a vir virtual virtual virtual tual standstill American bombers bombersbased bombersbased bomberbased * based on the island struck Itruck at Jap Japtargets Japtargets Japtargets targets ove over . a wida wide area of the thesouthwest thesouthwest thasouthwest southwest Pacific attacking air airdromes airdrones airdromea dromes drones at Ceby and Negro Negrol Negros NegrolThe NegrosThe * The continued bombings bomblnes of Tokyo Tokyoand Tokyoand Tokyoand and favorable prograss progress el1iewhere elsewhere el1iewherehelped elsewherehelped elsewherahelped helped balance tha the grim Irlm { newl news naw * that thatcontinued thatcontinued thatcontinued continued to flow tIow from Chin China . Here Herethe Herethe Herathe the Jap armies continued their Tic Tictorlous Tictorious vietorlous torlous torious operations forcing forcine abandon abandonment abandonmeat abandonment ment meat of effective U S air basel bases baselon baseson baseon * on the Chinese Chlne.e Chlnee . mainlandHope mainland mainlandHope Hope for a trengthening strengthenln strengthening " of ofChJang ofChiang atChiang ChJang Chiang Kal Kai shek s forces was seen seenIn seenin seenin In the appointment of Maj Gen |