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CHINESE RECAFTt RE KEY 111 NAN roSITION
CIU NGKING, Feb. 5 (l P)—Chinese troops ha\e
reeaptiir»‘d a key enemy position four miles east of
Irhang, in Southern lliman l*ro\inee on the Canton-
Hankow railway, a ruummuiixfiu* -said Loda\.
PLANES DAMAGE JAP OIL ILVSE IN SEMATIIA
KANDV, ( e>lon, |Vlj. .“> (1 P) —Carrier planes of a
powerful East Indian task force raided Palcmhang, m
Southeastern Sumatra. Jan. 1 1 and ‘ill, in one of the most
damaging blows \et at Japanese oil supplies, a southeast
Asia coinmuniipie disclosed today.
JAM AKY II ill (H IPI I II MPS Id PEK CENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (INS) WTB Chairman
Krug reported today that production of B-‘!D type heavy
bombers had increased IS per cent during January over
December, while over-all aircraft output for the month
was 4 per pent below schedule.
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION FI ND DOl BLED
WASHINGTON, Icb. .*> (INS) —The House appro
priations committee toda> approved a , billion dollar
independent offices bill, more than doubling the current
fiscal year’s funds lor the war-expanded veterans' ad
ministration.
6 KILLED, 5 INJURED IN IRAIN-TRUCK COLLISION
SALINBI KY, Mil., Feb. 5 (INS) —Siv saw mill
workers were killed and live other employes were injured
today when the truck in which the\ were riding collided
with a Philadelphia-bound Pennsylvania Railroad passejr
ger train at Fruitland, live miles south of Salisbury. ,
YANK BOMBERS BLAST BRENNER PASS
ROME, Feb. .*> (INS) —F. S, Mitchell medium
bombers and Thunderbolt lighters hammered the Brenner
Pass line todav while tieaw bombers dumped explosives
on the Regensberg oil cenier. Allied Mediterranean Air
Force Headquarters announced.
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SANTO TOMAS INTERNMENT CAMP, MANILA,
Feb. 5 (INS) —Escorted by four columns of cavalrymen,
<)."> armed Japanese officers and men marched from the
University of Santo Tomas before dawn this morning
through American lines to the safety of their own.
Their release freed more than 250 American and
British internees who had been held captive by the Japs
for 30 hours. The Japs, led by Lt. Col. Hayashi, Santo
Tomas commandant, took refuge in the education budd
ing when Yank cavalrymen broke into the university
grounds Saturday night.
Up until last night the Japs fired on the American
soldiers on the campus. The Americans returned fire,
hut yesterday morning the Japs called from the first floor,
mingling with internees.
ON 10.001 JAPS
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World War II Vet
War Objectors Mutiny
Seney Camp
Intellectuals'
In Revolt
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SENEY. Mich., Feb. 6- A large
group of conscji ntious objector.*'
assigned to the large wild life
refuge near Seney were reported
in open mutiny today against
camp officials and government
restrictions.
The mutineers. according to
P:rector Norman V. Nelson, wen
led by a group of "intellectuals'*
and college professors who have
advised the 71 objectors not to
work or obey any orders.
Nelson admitted that the In
surgent objectors already have
seized and destroyed a large quan
tity of foodstuffs and that some
of them have openly defied the
authorities to compel them to
work.
Nelson has appealed to the FBI,
whirh he -aid will make an im
mediate complete investigation of
the ramp
"The majority of these men."
Neb n - id, “are highly edu
cated. They resent the re
strietlnns the government has
placed on them. We ha\e had
trouble \y It It them before, hut
condition*- at present rail for
action."
The director admitted that the
majority of the 74 nun have been
working eight and one-half hours
a da> and have given little trou
ble. Cithers, he said, refuse to
P< rform any som of labor.
The men are given an allow
anre of $5 and two and one-half
day s furlough « ach month.
Five of the objectors were given
prison sentences several weeks
ago for refusing to work. The
m* n are mostly employed on main
tenance work,
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NEW Y<>RK, .Feb. 5 (UP) -
Sheets of burring gasoline cas
cading fiom ;<n exploding tank* r
enflamcd* Now York Harbor today,
igniting throe ships ar.d taking a
heavy casualty toil
r At least 12 wore known dead,
20 were missing and SO were in
jured.
lncomplMo naval reports said
the explosion started when a
tank* i (Mining high octane gas
was rammed by a second tanker.
Pollro said at least 60 injured
had boon taken to Marino Hos
pital. Staton Fland. and to other
hospitals in Manhattan and
Brooklyn by Red Cross ambu
lances.
Boy, 4, Gains Sight
Through Operation
By LOU FOLEY
The blessed miracle of light and sight, came to
Ellis Sandlin Jr., 4, in Harper Hospital yesterday
afternoon.
Blinded since birth by cataracts, little Ellis
underwent the initial operation—wv the right eye
Wednesday, at the hands of a famous surgeon. He
had given the child but a 50-50 chance to see.
Yesterday the surgeon, who asked that his name be
withheld, removed the bandages that shrouded the little
head.
Sees Electric Light
“Ellis immediately pointed his tiny finger at an
electric light across the room,” said the surgeon. “A
radiant smile swept his face and he cried out:
“There’s the hreV”
Ellis’ case first was brought to the attention of the surgeon
through a series of stories in The Detroit Times last November,
when his companion, a cocker spaniel named Sandy, ran away.
Through four long years, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
Sandlin of 3552 Tillman, hoped and prayed that some day little
Ellis would receive his sight. Since Wednesday they scarcely
dared hope lest that their dream would be dispelled forever.
When they went to the hospital yesterday to visit the child,
they were unaware the surgeon had preceded them, and the
result of the operation was known.
Patient Breaks News
It remained for the tiny patient himself to break the joyful
news.
“Ellis was asleep when we went into his room,” said the
father. "I snapped on the light and the hoy sat right up in
bed.
“Daddy, daddy! Junior can see the lightV he
cried.
“My wife and I had to choke hark our tears before we
could answer. .
"We wore overjoyed. We
rould see Junior's e>e, the one
they operated on. through the
little window the doctor had
leM in his handage. It looked
so clear and clean to us.
“•lunior made me snap the
light on and oft, and hurk on
again, unfit I thought we Mould
break the switch. He couldn't
get enough of Matching it.
“Then he spied my eigaret
lighter. I got it a year ago from
my brother, Calvin, in the south
Pacific, and Junior always liked
to Mom it »tut.
*'lle made me snap it on a
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Australian to S. America
WASHINGTON, Fob. 5 (INS»
L. R. MacGregor, until last
IVeomlier diorctor general of the
Australian war supplies mission
at Washington, has boon ap
jmintod to represent his govern
ment as trade commissioner at
1 large in South America.
The Americans were then powerless to return the
fire for fear of hitting the internees.
Yesterday Col. Hayashi opened negotiations with
Lt. Col. Charles Brady of Wethorn, N. J., executive officer
of the cavalry brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. William
Chase. His terms were safe release for the Japanese in
the building or they would fight to the bitter end.
An English missionary, Ernest Stanley, acted as
interpreter.
Anxious to insure the safety of the internees, Gen.
Chase decided to meet Hayashi’s terms.
This morning Col. Brady and Stanley entered the
building while outside, cavalry, guns ready, lined up in
four columns. Shortly after, the Japanese, carrying
packs and rifles (they were not allowed to carry grenades
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Onlv Detroit Newspaper Carrying Both International News Service and United Press
45th Year, No. 129
War iron Is
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JUT* 33 ML to BERLIN
EASTERN FRONT- P< wer
ful Russian drive splits
Kustrin-Frankfurt line in
smash toward Berlin.
(Page 1.)
PHILIPPINES Yank< hold
half of Manilla, fiee 3,700
prisoners. (Pago 1. i
WESTERN FRONT—U. S.
First Army penetrates main
defenses of Siegfried Line
in spectacular advance on
12-milc front. (Page 2. >
Named to Ethiopia Post
WASHINGTON. Feb 5 (IT)/
Felix Cole of the District of
Colmbia, now consul general at
.Monrovia. Liberia, was nominated
today by President Roosevelt to
be minister to Kthiopia.
Detroit 31, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1945 5 Cents
Half Manila
Ours; 10,000
Japs Periled
GEN. Mac ARTHUR’S
HQ., Luzon, Feb. 5 (INSI
As thousands of American
civilians tasted their first
real freedom in three years
tonight, mechanized units of
the First Cavalry Division
roamed the north half of
Manila, cleaning out snipers
and crushing isolated pockets
of Jap resistance.
The tough. unshaven dis
mounted cavalrymen, who raced
to liberate the internees at Santo
Tomas University before the
Japs could move them or spirit
hostages away, wen- in complete
control of the northern half of
the city right to the Pasig P.ivcr
which splits Manila.
At the same time, sky-born ele
ments of the U. S. Eighth Army
were slugging from the
south in a drive to entrap an esti
mated 10.000 Japs below the
Pasic.
JUBILATION REIGNS
Late today they were reported
near Nichols Field, a few miles
below Manila, and advancing
steadily from Bat an gas and
Cavite provinces.
Elements of the 37th Infantry
Division, which cleaned out Clark
Airfield and the important key
town of San Fernando, to the
north of Manila, also were racing
toward Manila, whose fall ap
peared imminent. j
The liberated portion of Manila 1
was a scene of jubilation tonight,!
particularly at Santo Tomas, i
where American husbands, wives
and childcrn who had been held as •
prisoners since the outbreak of
the war in I (Ml. rejoiced in their'
liberation and ate “real American!
chow” with their liberators.
MOST AMERICANS
Gen. MacArthur, in a special
communique today, announced
that “approximately 3.700” in
ternees were rescued in the Santo
Tomas camp.
While "most” of the internees!
held in that camp for more than,
three years since the Japs overran
the Philippines were Americans,
"the rest” were identified officially
as British. Australians and of
"other nations.” The communique
(Continued on Page Four)
Reds See 'Last Act'
LONDON. Feb. 5 (INS) —The
semiofficial Soviet newspaper
Pravda issued a hint to the Allies
in the west today for “resolute
and quick action” while declaring
the “curtain is falling (in the last
ict (I the Second World War.”
nr heavier weapons) filed from the building and formed
three columns between the alert Americans. Hayashi was
at the head of the column.
The strange procession headed by Col. Brady moved
through the university grounds past staring, silent Amer
ican soldiers.
As the column moved through Manila streets, Fili
pinos who had gathered quickly began to cheer until they
realized the Japs were not prisoners. Then they shouted
abuse at their hated enemy.
Four miles from Santo Tomas, Brady halted the
column. Hayashi wished to go further under American
protection, but Brady refused the request.
They saluted, and the Japs moved on the last half
mile to their own line at a run.
Hungry 3,700
Hail Rescuers
By FRANK HEWLETT
United PrMi War Correspondent
MANILA, Feb. 3 (Delayed) (UP)—Some 3,700
thin, hungry Allied civilians, 2,500 of them Ameri
cans, cried a hysterical welcome to liberating Ameri
can troops at the Santo Tomas University intern
ment camp tonight.
Among them was my wife Virginia, from whom I
parted on New Year’s Eve of 1942 to go to Bataan with
Gen. MacArthur. She insisted on staying in Manila as a
nurse in Santa Catalina hospital.
The internees were so overjoyed at the arrival of the
American troops that they insisted on lifting them to their
thin, emaciated shoulders and carrying the soldiers through
the buildings.
Robert Crabb, another member of the former United
Press staff in Manila, his wife and two children were among
those set free.
(A special announcement from Gen. Mac Arthur’s
headquarters said the names of the rescued internees
would be released to the press and radio “as soon as they
are tabulated.”) i '
CONDITIONS PITIFUL
Brig. Gen. William Chase, after
a personal inspection of the con
centration camp, described condi
tions as ‘most pitiful.” Most of
the internees, he said, were suf
fering from malnutrition and were
‘‘practically skin and bones."
“It would break your heart to
look at them," he said.
He urged that first priority
should be given food and medical
supplies for the internees.
(A broadcast from Luzon said
great motor convoys with doc
• *tors. Red Cross staffmen and
enough equipment to build a
large hospital were waiting
north of Manila to enter the
city as soon as bridges were re
stored. They were also bringing
11’.000 letters and other mes
sages to the internees, the
broadcast said.)
OFFER TO SHARE FOOD
We moved down Avenue Rizal
several blocks, then the column
split with half of it taking up
perimeter positions and the re
mainder moving on to Santo
Tomas.
Civilians mobbed our vehicles,
cheering and offering us portions
of their meager food supplies.
They passed out iced water, beer
and liquor. The women were
weeping while the men saluted
and children squealed in delight.
But the Santo Tomas reception
was even more delirious.
A grenade hurled from the Jap
guardhouse at the entrance to the
prison camp delayed us until tanks
were brought up under the orders
of Maj. James Gearhart, Santa Fe,
New Mexico.
Gearhart lpd his men Into the
55-acre university grounds, warn
(Continued on Page 2. Col. 3)
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New Red
Drive On
LONDON, Feb. 5 (UP)—Mar
shal Konev's Red army was
reported by the Germans today
to have launched a new offensive
from a bridgehead across the
Oder River some 200 miles south
east of Berlin in an apparent bid
to outflank this last natural
barrier before the capital.
MOSCOW, Feb. 5 (INS)—
A . “very powerful” Russian
drive today split open the
last-ditch Kustrin-Frankfurt
defense line, according to
front reports, placing Marshal
j Zhukov in position for a
break-through to the open
terrain before Berlin.
The sudden blow’, which might
mark the penultimate of the
battle for Berlin, followed flank
ing drives north and south of
i the 17-mile line which German
{spokesmen said reached the Oder
northwest of Kustrin, 33 miles
from the Reich capital.
ANNOUNCED BY NAZIS
The German radio, which an
nounced the Red sweep to the
river northwest of Kustrin, said
Russian pressure was increasing
in “almost every sector” as
Zhukov hammered at the last
natural harried protecting the
barricaded and panic-stricken
Reich capital.
In fierce fighting which overran
more than 100 towns on the cen
tral invasion road to Berlin, the
Germans “brought up fresh re
serves and threw them into the
battle direct from the march,” the
Russian high command announced.
Meanwhile, German front dis
patches spoke of “several” Rus
sian bridgeheads across the Oder,
including one "nearly 10 miles
deep.”
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