February 27, 1945

US suggests speedy elimination of special wartime controls, conf, Mex City

WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST ARMY, on the Cologne Plain, Feb. 26--American armor was thrown into the battle of the Cologne plain at dawn today and by evening had driven to within ten and a half miles of the city of Cologne and twelve miles of the Rhine on the First Army Front.

1st Army front fighting described

Declares war on Ger and Japan