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Vol. 1—No. 74 New York—PARIS — London Thursday, Sept. 28, 1944 Balkans Invaded by Allies U.S. Medics Caring for the Wounded Under Fire Land ings ■1311! In Albania, Jugoslavia

Allied invasion forces hav« struck across the Adriatic by sea and air into the coastal islands of Jugoslavia and the mainland of Albania to knock another hole in the southern rim of the sieve that one© was Fortress Europe. German broadcasts said powerful Allied forces had swept ashore along a broad stretch of the Adriatic extending from tho northern part of Albania up the entire Dalmatian coast. Allied advices indicated the latest invasion—made largely by British troops—was on a large scale, in contrast to the long series of harass- ing raids by "commando" forces. Medical corpsmen treat an American captain wounded by German The new blow obviously was aimed machine-gun bullets fired from across the Moselle River as U.S. at closing the gap between troops moved through Madieres, France. Other soldiers in the back- Marshal Tito's Jugoslav Partisans GI Ballots May ground are firing at Nazi positions across the river. 1,100 Heavies along the Adriatic and the Red Army, massed on the eastern Juge- Batter Targets slav border. Delay Results There were no immediate details Skyhorne Remnants Escape; regarding Allied losses or tha In Rhine Area extent of resistance. German rer In Fall Election ports said heavy fighting was British Stab Threatens Reich More than 1,100 Fortresses and going on. NEW YORK, Sept. 27. — The Liberators, escorted by strong forces Air support for the landing wide variety of deadlines set up by After a push eastward across Holland, the Allies drove of .Mustangs, Thunderbolts and operations was given by the Allied individual states specifying when Lightnings, yesterday attacked rail Balkan Air Force, while units of to the northern anchor points of the Siegfried Line yester- the British Royal Navy participated their soldier ballots must be in yards and war industries along the day as the gallant stand of the trapped British skytroops Rhine and other targets in western in the assault. The landings could delay final results of the pre- on the north bank of the Lek came to an end with the Germany. climaxed softening-up aerial at- sidential election until Christmas escape of their remnants across the river. Although some groups encoun- tacks over a period of months Day, according to an INS survey, if tered no fighter opposition, others which destroyed the enemy garri- Withdrawal of the British Second son at Himra, Albania, and forced the contest between President met determined attacks. One form- Airborne Division from the Nether- ation of eight Libs was jumped by the Nazis to give up the Albanian Roosevelt and Thomas E. Dewey, Warns of Nazi lands' Arnhem area terminated a more than 100 ME109s and FW190s. coast road and send supplies to Republican nominee, were at all direct threat to Germany's northern- Thirty-one German planes were other garrisons by sea. most defenses, but even more mena*- close. destroyed by escorting fighters, five One prime effect the naw Bal- The fact that the important Secret Weapon cing was a British advance below were shot down by bomber gunners, kans blow may achieve would be states of Pennsylvania, California Nijmegen toward the Reich's fron- and five destroyed on the ground. the blocking of German efforts to tier. and all have postponed WITH FIRST U.S. ARMY, Ger- Forty-two bombers and seven fight- evacuate Greece and southern Ju- While elements of the British ers were lost. goslavia. A report from Bari^ the Nov. 7 soldier-ballot deadlines many, Sept. 27 (UP).—A warning Second Army stood on the south may give the U.S. one of its most not to underestimate Germany's RAF heavies cascaded more than Italy, last night, said that Nazi bank of the Lek, presumably pre- troops fleeing north from southern sustained suspense stories in its capacity to use secret weapons was paring &,n offensive to outflank the 1,500 tons of bombs on Calais yes- terday, while another force with Greece had been stopped in south- election history. given today' by Ilii Sobadyieff, 26, enemy's border bastions, to the Ten states have soldier-vote re- captured Bulgarian science student fighter cover attacked the Bottrop ern Albania by Albanian partisans. south, other British forces wheeled The report said the enemy force gulations which permit overseas who claimed to have been an as- toward Germany and took a five- Wilheim synthetic-oil plant near Essen and other targets in the had been driven back six miles and absentee ballots to be returned sistant working on Nazi secret mile stretch of the west ban"; of anywhere from Nov. 8, one day weapons in the Elektro Technische Ruhr. The oil plant, one of ten before being able to stop for a the Meuse. similar ones attacked recently by stand. after election, until as late as Institut in Stuttgart. Across the river were two of Dec. 25. "Work has been progressing along the RAF, was left in flames. the West Wall's anchor points— A strong force of Lancasters •One candidate, for example, three main lines known to me, and Kleve and Gorch. Paris Radio an- Tuesday night smashed at Karls- Ties With Hungary might carry California, with its 25 success might have been achieved nounced the capture of Kleve, but electoral votes. He might be the in one or more fields. The objective there was no confirmation' of this ruhe, important Ruhr rail center, Broken by Bulgaria apparent winner on Nov. 7, only of all experiments has been a nulli- report. and objectives at Frankfurt, while to find himself unseated on Nov. fication of Allied air power, for Mitchells of the Second Tactical On the Moselle front, Ninth Air Air Force bombed railways and An official Hungarian announce- 23, if these votes were the decid- Germany realizes the war is lost Force fighter-bombers, striking in ment that Bulgaria had broken ing ones, when overseas ballots unless this overwhelming force is support of a U.S. Third Army at- roads at Cleve, in Germany, near the Dutch border. ' diplomatic relations with Hungary came in. obliterated completely and at once," tack, pounded three strong Ger- Sobadyieff said. was reported yesterday by the Hun- man fortresses in the Metz area. AS:iS CITIZENSHIP garian News Agency. Preliminary reports indicated that HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 27. -r- Tiny In the Baltics, the battle for Riga VI INVENTOR HELD? 25 percent of the forts had been actress Heather Angel, native of continued unabated. N.Y. May Hear LONDON, Sept. 27. — Georges destroyed. Oxford, England, today applied for There was no announcement on Claude, French scientist, has been Ten miles east of the city of US. citizenship here. the fighting around Warsaw. arrested at Naney and charged Luxemburg, the Yanks captured 2 FDR Talks with being the inventor of the VI Greweldange, one mile from the flying bomb, according to a story German frontier. North of Epinal, Another Crease in Hitler's Brow NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—The pos- printed by the Daily Mail. other Seventh Army troops crossed sibility that President Roosevelt the Moselle in strength and occu- may make two campaign addresses pied Chatel-sur-Moselle and a num- in New York State put new em- Hundreds of Dentists ber of other, towns. phasis today on a drive by both Retreat of the British airborne major parties for New York's 47 Being Freed by Army army to the south bank of the Lek, electoral votes. (Continued on Page 4) Democratic National Chairman WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. — Robert E. Hannegan said that in The Army soon will release se- all probability President Roosevelt veral hundred dental officers Morgenthau Sees Hope would speak in New York City in from active duty to permit them the last week of the campaign. He to return to private practice, Of Cut in Income Taxes added that "the President may the War Department announced make more than one speech in the yesterday. , Sept. 27 (UP). — state." The announcement said the Secretary of the Treasury Henry The New York County Repub- release was possible because the Morgenthau jr., said today that lican organization, has engaged peak load of dental work had there .was "a hope for some lower- Madison Square Garden for Nov. passed. Since Pearl Harbor, ing" of income taxes on individuals 4 for its usual Saturday-night-be- more than one million men have and corporations after the defeat fore-election rally. Gov. Thomas E. been made dentally fit for gene- of Germany because of the de- Dewey, Republican Presidential ral military service. crease in war expenditures. He j nominee, is expected to speak. declined to elaborate. Allies strike across Adriatic to sever Nazi escape routes north. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Thursday, Sept. 1944

etow \T It's Not As Easy As It Reads OUT HeRfc Afterthought. Money doesnt al- ways mean happiness. Come to HEN you read about think of it, a guy with ten million bucks isn't much happier than a W town after town fall- Let's Be Tolerant, Bud guy with nine million. ing into our hands, you Can you imagine the M/Sgt. • « • sooner or later get into the (who wrote to B-Bag for the fig- Some of the lads have returned frame of mind that it's easy. ures) with over 21 years' service not from buying sprees with awfully knowing by now what his pay * * * Bhould be!—"A Recruit." Well, here's how easy it is. ft ft * * * * Get a Receipt These three Yanks were I think your readers would be in- terested to know that, whenever killed taking a place called they buy anything in a Paris shop, Troyes. Ever hear of it? they have a right to ask for a Neither had we. receipted bill to cover their pur- chase. This would enable them, * # # later, to obtain a refund in case of Anyway, it was taken. Overcharge. In the case of bars and cafes, "Nice going," we said when any overcharge should be reported we read about it. "The boys to enable investigation.—J. H. Ni- are really rolling." vart, Special Comptroller, Economic Police, Paris. * These boys' rolling days Haircut by Grandpa are done. The town they Pvt. Julian E. Chauncey was the took so "easily" was the last very first barber to give a haircut town they'll ever see. The and shave in Normandy, I being swollen noses—seems that's what rest of their outfit moved I the customer on D-plus-1. Inciden- they've been paying through. on to the next town—and tally, Chauncey wants to know if * • f he gets a demobilization point for We guess the thought expressed took that, too. And the next a dependent grandchild, as he be- in this poem has happened to all —and the next. And in! came a grandfather the other day? of us: every town there are a few i t—Lt. Col. C. E. Billion, C.E. The PX is a place GIs like these left by the' (Grandchildren don't ring the That's known for fame and glory. tell under the demobilization plan. But every time I visit there roa'dside. t-Ed.) They're taking inventory. * * * Times certainly have changed Maybe this picture ought •Stork Gazette since Little Red Riding Hood's day. to be stuck inside every Please tell my husband, Lt. Abra- Imagine a modern wolf dressing up helmet liner in the ETO, ham R. Berkson, that he is the to look like Granny. father of a son, Denis R., born * * * and every Stetson in the July 26, who weighs six pounds Pun of the" Week (from Pvt. States. Then every time we four ounces, and that both of us Charles Cole):. "Those who follow gloat over the headlines are feeling fine. By the way, the the Fuehrer have feuhrer days to and take off our skimmers —we'd see these Joes who platter on which the Nazis kid looks just like his Pop.—Elynor live." » * • to pat ourselves on the head were by the silver handed us Troyes. N. Berkson. One paratrooper we know got Please tell my husband, Lt. Jo- through DDay action unscratched seph Silverman, that he is the —except for developing a case of father of Carol Ann, bom Aug. 28. athlete's foot. And he loudly pro- We're both feeling grand.—Mrs. Doris Silverman. in Defense of Rooney The Stars and Stripes printed NYONE 'who remarks on the blackness of night, he had tried to lyn Jean Orcutt, of Detroit. two items recently about Mickey A size of five-foot Pvt. Michael find his jeep 15 yards from one of Ritchie, a Ninth Air Force of- Rooney and his "life of ease in the Gallons, of Paterson, N.J., smallest the defense platoon guns, only to ficer, met his bride in Iceland JArmy." The items emphasized that man in an Armored Division find himself in the artillery head- two years ago. She is a Red Rooney was getting a lot of details headquarters company, is force- quarters. Cross worker. taken care of for him by hiring fully reminded that the diminutive "I kept calling for the squad," Waivers on residence and •some of his buddies to do the soldier once was mistaken for 200 he said innocently, "but no one banns were secured by Lt. Col, chores. Germans. heard me." Vincent A. Miller, of the Judge You and I know many guys who On a dark night in Luxemburg, * * * Advocate General's departmenti ihave done the same thing and word reached the division headquar- who also acted in lieu of an !have not thought it so terrible. Although they didn't get a ters that "verbal signals" had been chance to meet personally, two American consul in the matter !Rooney's position, because of his tested when the medics offered to heard in an adjoining artillery head- of affidavits. previous prominence, is awkward. cure it. "Let it alone, doc," he service brothers, 2/Lt. Richard quarters area. A force of 200 Ger- Hayniger and Ens. Cortlandt ■ After a ceremony in the The same is true of other well- pleaded, "I have too much fun mans was known to be in the vici- mayor's office, the couple went scratching it." Hayniger, of Waterbury, Conn., known actors. When the chips are • • • nity, and it was feared they had exchanged messages by Navy to the Episcopal American Pro- down, Rooney will be in there pitch- entered the area. blinker system as their ships Cathedral Church of the Holy ing.— 275 S. S. Trott, Sig. Co. Brightest Quip of the Week was made by Pfc Tinker Hall, an air A defense platoon was alerted passed in the English Channel. Trinity, where Chaplain Clovis and spent the night looking for the Childers officiated at a church * * * service engine mechanic. He calls * * * those gold stripes denoting six enemy, who didn't appear. wedding. Election's Near pERSISTENT fellow dept.: After months' overseas service "Hershey Two days later the explanation * Our "Pup-tent Current Events Bars." came out. Gallons told how, In the three dry runs, Pfc Richard .Class" has a question for you to Murphy, of , finally reached /CLAIMING to be the first cooks jsettle. Some of us say that in war- his company observation post. to serve Gl-made ice cream on time the President, through powers Private Breger When he first started out, Murphy the Continent, Sgts. Rufle Lautzefi- •conferred upon him by Congress, encountered and killed a sniper, hiser, of Hobart, Ind., and Carl H. •can remain in office without being then tended a wounded American. Wegrich, of Terre Haute, Ind., hav« 're-elected. Others contend that to Again Murphy started for the challenged the statement that ice continue in office he must be re- OP, only to be delayed by three cream is not available in the Army flected as the Constitution provides. Germans, one of whom he captured in Europe. and took back to the company CP. »—Pvt. R. C. Young, AA Gun Bn. On his third try, Murphy found The two cooks, members of the (The Constitution, article 2, sec- some wounded Americans and first transportation corps railway tion 1, provides that the President supervised their evacuation. unit to begin operations in Nor- shall hold office for 4 years; the His fourth attempt to reach the mandy, salvaged scraps of ice being '20th amendment, section I, pro- OP was successful. used in refrigerator cars, and used the following recipe: vides his term shall end at noon * * on Jan. 20. Congress may not pass Four lbs. powdered milk, 4 1/2 {and as a matter of fact has not) pFC Henry P. Perliskey, of Detroit, lbs. sugar, 1/2 lb. cornstarch, 12 oz. any law in variance with these ■■• has his own method of getting powdered eggs, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla constitutional provisions. To con- acquainted when he arrives in a new or lemon extract, and 9 qts. warrd tinue in office, after his term ex- bivouac area. When he has com- liquid (water or fruit juice). Theyj pires, it will be necessary for FDR pleted his kitchen chores for a Fifth say that mixture will make three* to be re-elected.) Infantry Division officer's mess, he gallons of ice cream. goes outside and lets loose a Tarzan- like yell—in Polish. * * * THE STARS AND STRIPES After one such call Odette, an COLDIERS of a QM railhead oufj- Printed at the New York Herald attractive Polish-speaking girl, ar- Tribune printing establishment, 21 rue ^ fit went hunting the other nigtiii de Berrl, Paris, for the U.S. armed rived on the scene. Perliskey soon and the unit went on B rations next forces, under auspices of the Special had her juggling cups and saucers day after the "huntsmen" shot and Services Division, ETODSA. Not for like any KP. She helped him during distribution to civilians. Telephone: killed a wild boar which had been" Elysees 73-44. three meals until the CP moved. roaming around the area. Contents passed by the U.S. Army "Someone always shows up when Sentries reported seeing smalfc and Navy censors; subscription, 260 I call," the Pfc said. a francs per year plus postage. ETO dark object running around in the edition entered as second class matter * * * shadows and Pvts. Frank Johnsori,- Mar. 15, 1943, at the post office, New of Huntington, Term., and B.C.- York, N.Y., under the act of Mar. 8, Social notes: 1878. All material appearing in this Lomax, of Jackson, Miss., decided publication has been written and First soldier wedding reported to stalk the beast. They returned edited by members of the Army and i imc nti. kiwi MMTrni in Paris took place in the of- soon afterward with the wild boar; Navy except where stated that a civi- fice of the district mayor when Half the company stayed up until lian or other outside source Is being "He was lighting the Colonel's cigarette when a shell e*' quoted. Maj. William Dee Ritchie, of the early morning hours, butchering Vol. 1, No. 74 ploded nearby!" Pine Bluff, Ark., married Eve- and preparing the meat. ^Thursday, Sept. 28, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES SPORTS Page 3 Once Over Browns Shade Bosox; Tigers Win Lightly I houser, today, then give each at first on a force play, advanced to U— By Charlie Kiley —J Dixie Walker Lifts least one start in the final series second on Vern Stephens' walk and Cubs Drub Phillies NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—One of Batting Mark against the Senators. raced across on a single by Milt ToClinch 4th Slot the ugliest rumors in sports history Five-hit twirling by Sigmund Ja- Byrnes. kucki kept the Browns from fall- To .363 The Yankees kept alive their slim In NL Race —that failure of the St. Louis ing behind in the torrid race. Mike Browns to win the mathematical chance by defeating NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—After Ryba yielded only four hits in tour- clinched the bat? pennant might produce baseball's ing the route for the Bosox, but the the White Sox, 9-5, in a nocturnal ting crown with Dizzy Trout fashioned his 27th vic- biggest scandal since the Black Browns jumped ahead in the open- affair. Trailing 4-0 in the fourth, two more hits to tory by whitewashing the Athletics, ing frame when Chet Laabs reached the Bombers tied the count on lift his mark to Sox affair of 1919—fortunately died 6-0, the Tigers enjoyed a few hours homers by Oscar Grimes and Nick .363, while Stan over the week-end when NBC M u s i a 1, second of undisputed possession of the Etten, then clinched the nod for sportscaster Bill Stern retracted Bill Zuber over Buck Ross by clus- place occupant, American League lead yesterday, How the AL Race the sensational statement he aired tering three runs in the fifth. made only one in but the Browns surged back into Shapes Up Today three trips. a week ago. The Senators trimmed the In- The Cubs sewed a tie by victim- dians, 8-3, in a game featured only Stern, climbing out on the weak- izing the Red By winning their respective up fourth place by Joe Heving, who made his 62nd by routing the est limb he possibly could find, had Sox, 1-0, last assignments Tuesday, the Tigers relief appearance of the year to set said that the Collyers' Eye, a Chi- night under the and Browns hammered another fphillies, 15-0, in a new league mark in that depart- jthe first half of cago racing pa- arc lights. nail into the Yankee coffin, de- ment. Stan Spence clubbed his per, would pub- With just two spite the fact Joe McCarthy's a twilight - night 15th homer in the first inning with double - feature, j# lish the scandal days rest, Trout defending champions also tri- Dixie Walker two men aboard off loser Al Smith but the Phils cap- W m m charge. The returned to the umphed. to ease the burden on Dutch tured the windup, 10-1, as Vern story was so hot hill and set Two victories for either leader Leonard. news wire agen- would mean the best the Yanks Kennedy outdueled Bob Chipman. down the Mack- Cards SUp F s Hank Wyse bested Al Gerheauser cies refused to men with six can get is a tie—if they sweep report a single their single game with the In the National League, the Car- in the opener. carefully 6paced dinals staved off the Dodgers, 8-7, Johnny Allen fell before Jim line on it. blows, while the White Sox and their four-game The Browns' Sig Jakucki series with the Browns. Three and sharpened their batting eyes Konstanty and Tommy de la Cruz Bengals p u m- for the by rattling 14 shaded Ken Miller as the Reds president, Don meled Luke Hamlin and Carl Scheib triumphs for the Tigers or Browns will eliminate the Yanks. basehits off Hal Gregg, Freddie swept a twin-bill from the Giants, Barnes, and for 13 hits, including home runs by 8-5 and 6-4. Frank McCormick baseball c a a r YESTERDAY'S SCHEDULE : Wells and Les Webber. The Red- Dick Wakefield and Rudy York. clouted two homers for the Reds Boston at St. Louis. birds splurged for six runs in the Bill Stern Kenesaw M. Wakefield, York Homer filth to hand the verdict to Fred- during the long day, while Napo- Landis cooled New York at Chicago. leon Reyes, Buddy Kerr, Ray Berres With five games to play, Steve Philadelphia at Detroit. die Schmidt. after Stern's outburst to refuse Dixie Walker, one of the few and Johnny Rucker hit four-bag- O'Neill, the Tiger boss, probably will Washington at Cleveland. "any comment that would dignify" Bums who isn't a bum, practically gers for the Giants. the dirty rumor. Had the press call cn his other ace, Hal New- followed Stern in even reporting the rumor or speculating on the possible scandal, baseball would Eagles Mar Boston's Debut HOW j^y have been struck a terrific blow. Duke Opens It also would have kicked the Browns, who are battling for their Against Penn By Rolling to 28-7 Victory SWNR first American League pennant in history, six inches below the belt. NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—After an American League So credit editors with a valuable BOSTON, Sept. 27. — The Boston Yanks, newest team abbreviated start last week, the St. Louis 1, Boston 0 (night). assist in protecting sports from in the National Football League, made an inauspicious debut New York 9, Chicago 5 (night). those small enough to grasp at nation's collegiate gridders will Detroit 6, Philadelphia 0. here last night, losing to the Philadelphia Eagles, 28-7, be- Washington 8, Cleveland 3. straws if it means headlines. move into the first week of full W. L. Pet. G.B. It was -bad enough for Stern to coast to ccast warfare Saturd-;'. fore 25,000 fans at Fenway Park. Detroit 85 64 .571 repeat the rumor, but his source of St. Louis 83 64 .571 The grid menu features two in- The Eagles scored in every period and dominated the New York 82 67 .550 3 information—the racing sheets— tersectional tilts—Notre Dame at Boston 74 75 497 11 failed to publish anything of which game in every department. Boston averted a shutout in the Cleveland 71 78 .477 14 he referred. Chicago 69 80 .463 16 fourth quarter when Teddy Wil- Philadelphia ... 68 81 .457 17 Saturday's Games Washington .... 62 87 .416 23 * * * liams, former Boston College star, AAU Champion The current Cardinals became scooted 25 yards around right end National League EAST to climax a 68-yard march. the first team in National League St. Louis 8, Brooklyn 7. N. Carolina at Army. Roy Zimmerman tallied the Chicago 15-1, Philadelphia 0-10 (twi* history to win 100 games or more Bucknell at Cornell. light-night). Coast Guard at Yale. Eagles' first six-pointer, knifing In three straight seasons. The only Pittsburgh 6, Boston 2. Colgate at Rochester. two yards in the first quarter other major league clnb to do it Cincinnati 8-6, New York 5-4. Duke at Penn. after he had ignited a 50-yard W. L. Pet. G.B. was Connie Mack's Athletics in Holy Cross at Dartmouth. drive by intercepting George Cafe- St. Louis 103 46 .691 ... N. Carolina Naval at Navy. 1929-30-31. Pittsburgh 89 60 .597 14 Notre Dame at Pitt. go's pass at midfield. The Eagles Before their somewhat less than assumed a 14-0 half time edge when Cincinnati 86 63 .577 17 sensational September activities, MIDWEST Chicago 73 76 .490 30 Jack Hinkle and Jack Banta beat New York 65 83 .439 31'/ the Cards were aiming at base- at Great Lakes. x at Michigan. their way through Boston's line Boston 61 88 .409 42 ball's all-time record of 116 games Marquette at Purdue. Brooklyn 60 89 .403 43 from the 40 to the two in the Philadelphia ... 59 90 .396 44 won in a single season, a feat per- at Minnesota. second frame and Banta plowed formed by Frank Chance's 1906 Missouri at Ohio State. at Northwestern. over to score. Leading Hitters Cubs. SOUTH Mel Bleeker, backfield spare, con- American League On Sept. 1, the Redbirds had 91 Alabama at' Louisiana State. tributed the third touchdown on a G. AB. R. H. Pet. victories, but today they have only Clemson at Georgia Tech. two-yard buck shortly after the Johnson, Boston 139 503 106 164 .323 103, while they have absorbed 15 Mississippi at . Boudreau, Cleveland.. 144 563 91 183 .325 Wake Forest at Georgia. intermission, and Ernie Steele Doerr, Boston 125 468 93 152 .325 lickings during the month. Billy Kentucky at Tennessee. chugged six yards for the final Stirnweiss, New York 149 623 123 198 .318 Fox, Boston 121 496 72 156 .315 Southworth has his third consecu- SOUTHWEST Philadelphia score. tive flag tacked away, but the semi- Arkansas at A Si National League 14 Zimmerman booted three con- G. AB. R. H. Pet. collapse of his pitching corps has Randolph Field at Rice. versions, while Ben Kish added Walker, Brooklyn 142 518 77 188 .363 Southwestern at Texas. forced gamblers to shorten their Musial, St. Louis 143 555 109 191 .344 Texas A & M at Texas Tech. the fourth. Augie Lio, late of the odds considerably on the World Medwick, New York... 126 489 65 165 .337 FAR WEST Detroit Lions, made the extra Hopp, St. Louis 134 514 105 171 .333 Series. point from placement for the W. Cooper, St. Louis 108 383 55 123 .321 In the first 22 games this month, UCLA at California. College of Pacific at USC. Yanks. Home Hitters Whitman at Washington. Card hurlers finished only eight Ameriean. — Etten, New York, 32 ; games they started and lost four Stephens, St. Louis, 19 ; Lindell. New Hospitalized Soldiers York, Johnson, Boston, and York, Detroit. of those. Even on the day they Pitt and Duke at Penn—and the clinched the pennant with a double 17. initial appearance of such power- To 'See' Garden Tiffs National.—Nicholson, Chicago, 33; Ott, win over the Braves, relief houses as Tennessee, Alabama, New York, 26; Northey, Philadelphia, 20. Harry Brecheen got credit for both Georgia, Georgia Tech, Army, Navy, Rons Batted In victories. Lefty Max Lanier suf- Northwestern, Ohio State, LSU NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—War vet- American. — Stephens, St. Louis, 103; fered most with six straight set- erans in eastern hospitals will see Johnson, Boston, 100; Lindell, New York, and Texas. 97. backs during the dark days of Sep- Among the service teams, Great boxing shows televised from Madi- National.—Nicholson, Chicago, 116; Eh H^tcmber. Lakes tackles Illinois, Iowa Pre- son Square Garden every Friday liott, Pittsburgh, 106; Sanders, St. Louis, night for 50 weeks through the co- Patricia Sinclair, of New York, 102. Flight duels Ft. Sheridan and took first place in the 100-yard SHORT SHOTS: For the records, Bainbridge faces Camp Lee. operation of Uncle Mike Jacobs the Dodgers used ten different and the razor company sponsoring breast stroke event at the Na- men at shortstop, nine at second, Garden broadcasts. tional AAU women's indoor Help Wanted seven at third and 24 alleged and Navy Widens Margin Some bouts have been telecast swimming championships at assorted during the sea- experimentally before, but this is the Athens Club, Oakland, Cal. —AND GIVEN son . . . Steve O'Neill almost had In GI World Series the first time they have ever been Write your question or problem to a stroke when he learned his work- contracted for in advance. The Help Wanted, The Stars and Stripes, Orioles Drub Bisons Paris, France. horse, Dizzy Trout, doesn't get HONOLULU, Sept. 27.—Kenneth sendoff will be Friday night when enough exercise during the day, so "Young Ziggy" Sears, former Willie Pep defends his feather- To Clinch Series, 4-3 CAMERA EXCHANGE he goes bowling almost every night. Yankee catcher, delivered a 360- weight diadem against Chalky ANTED, 35-mm. Candid camera. Pvt, . . . Sports writers already have foot homer in the 12th inning yes- Wright. , Sept. 27. — The W John Blevins. 35766874. submitted their National and Amer- terday to give the Navy a 4-3 de- Baltimore- Orioles, who finished FOUND ican Leagues most-valuable player cision over the Army and its third ENGLISH WALLET containing French first in the regular International J Candidates, but the winners won't straight victory In the servicemen's Greentree Stables League race, downed the Buffalo *- money and two wrist-watches, In th» be named until two weeks after the "World Series." vicinity ol Carentan. Chaplain Fred D. To Operate as Usual Bisons, 9-4, here last night to clinch Buttenbaum. JVorld Series. Because he played Don Schmidt, 20-year-old former the playoff title, 4 games,to 3. APOs WANTED only half the season, Detroit's semipro pitcher from Plainfield, In the American Association GT. John Anderson, Bridgeport, Conn.; prize chattel, Dick Wakefield, will N.J., andSeton Hall College, almost NEW YORK, Sept. 27. — Maj. playoffs, Louisville, leading 3-0 in S Bay Atkins, Vale, Ore.; Pvt. John G. succeeded in bagging a triumph, Balkey, Pittsburgh; Pvt. Stanley Baron, not be considered. Louis Beard, general of games, and St. Paul were not Mattipan, Mass.; Lt. Keith Cooper, Port-^ but his mates couldn't get started the Greentree Stables, announced scheduled yesterday. Rain washed land, Ore.; Pvt. Herbert Diefrlck, Hazel-- UTAH STOCK RISES against Tom Ferrick, ex-Cleveland today that the famous turf organ- last night's Eastern League acti- ton. Pa.; Lt. Zachariah Charles Ebaugh, hurler. Schmidt fanned nine and 0-436564; Lt. Anne Kane Ferns, Belleville, ization would continue to operate vity off the docket. N.J.; Sgt. John A. Gref, 3253319S; Lt. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 27.— walked three. Utah's worst football season In on the nation's racetracks as In Reuben A. Hall. Clear Lake, - la.; Pvt. the past although Mrs. Payne NO GOPHER CAPTAIN J. B. Hastings, M.P., Littlefleld, Tex.: hls'iry hasn't discouraged Coach , Sept. 27.—Min- Mai. H. T. Henson, Lexington, Ky.; Capt. YOUTHS GET BREAK Whitney, owner of the stable, died William A. Johnson, Fort Stevens, Ore.; Ike Armstrong a bit. He's coming nesota has no football captain this Back with a squad c: four or five , Sept. 27.—The Univer- last Sunday. Lt. Iris Lang, Boston, Mass.; Cpl. N. B. sity of Denver again will have an Col. John J. "Jock" Whitney, year. Coach (Dr.) George Hauser is McKee, Central City, Ky.; Pfc Jacob Bay- lettermen and 30 to 40 freshmen, following his practice of a year field, 32950311; T/Sgt. John Kice, M.B.U.: all-civilian football team, composed now in the ETO, and his sister, T/5 Wyman M. Sogers, Eiesterstown, Md.; and says his Utes won't be quite so ago, naming "game" captains for asy is last year when they lost mostly of 17-year-olds, 4F's and men Mrs. Charles S. Rayson will super- Lt. Alice Simmers; Capt. Edmund Weber. each contest. Eugene. Ore. ven without a victory. discharged from the service. vise the string. Page 4 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Thursday, Sept. 28, 1944 Germans Play B29 Super-Fortress Guns for Japan Says Vet Jobs Soccer While Must Be Task Chief Gives Up For the States* By Jules B. Grad Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Presi- WITH A U.S. INF. DIV. Sept. 27. dent Eric A. Johnston of the U.S. —A German colonel whose love for Chamber of Commerce yesterday medals was exceeded only by his urged states and municipalities to scorn of Hitler, recently surrender- shoulder the major responsibility ed 653 officers and men while one for creating job opportunities for of his light howitzer companies returning servicemen in the period played soccer in a field near by. of demobilization and reconversion. Once the pride of a Nazi divi- Johnston said that during the sion, a task force fought the U.S. war there had been a trend toward troops vigorously, but after several relative financial independence of days the Yanks surrounded the states and communities, caused by Germans and the colonel decided mushrooming of war plants and enough was enough. He sent his manpower shortages, and added he. adjutant and an interpreter with a hoped the trend would continue white flag to the U.S. lines and Hitherto touched out of photographs of the B29 Super-Fortresses which are used in long-range bombing in peace years. said he wanted to talk surrender attacks on the Japanese mainland, the plane's gun turrets are pictured for the first time. (1) and (2) "States and communities cannot terms. are the front upper and lower turrets; (3) and (4) the rear upper and lower; (5) the tail turret, which carry their proper responsibilities is equipped with a 20-mm, cannon as well as two .50 caliber machine-guns found in all the turrets. All in our constitutional system if they *j Four Return with Nazis the ship's armament is fired by remote control. look to the federal government to Lt. Col. John H. McAleer, of Van- finance their activities," Johnston couver, Wash., and Capt. John C. said. Riegle, of Greenville, Ohio, assured Sk.VtrOODS FleeJ^Q Canvases Goering Didn't Get He added that it would be irrt^ the German delegates Geneva Con- possible to attain post-war employ^ vention rules would be observed. men goals without a large volume Four of the division's personnel: Mountain Cave Is Storehouse of construction — factories, com- 2/Lts. Frank Schwartz, of Pitts- Across the Lek mercial building, improved trans- burgh; Robert G. Kofler, of Boston; portation and communications, Peter Gruenthal, of New York, and (Continued from Page 1) farm buildings, utilities and up-to- M/Sgt. Henry Goldberg, of Lynch- where it had held out since Sept OfPaintingsbyDutchMasters date housing. burg, Va., returned with the Nazi 17, was carried out mainly on Mon- officers to discuss terms. day night, Supreme Allied Head- By Andy Rooney NEW ORLEANS CLEAN UP The colonel met the American quarters announced yesterday. The Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27.— quartet at his villa. Well over six This "wide open" city is experienc- announcement said that some of MAASTRICHT, Holland, Sept. 27.—Hidden in the far feet tall, he wore 17 decorations ing a partial shutdown on gambling and while he carefully took out the wounded had to be left on the recesses of a mountain cave where the Dutch villagers cart enterprises as a cleanup campaign his glass eye, polished it and then north bank of the river, where | horse manure in which to grow mushrooms, are 800 of the started by the Ministerial Union replaced the optic with the aplomb ^!y^e„„bfng taken care °f by i world's finest paintings. The priceless collection includes culminated in a grand jury hearing; of an Eric Stroheim, he explained the Germans. tne Though three newspapers have co- he could still put up a good fight. Headquarters did not disclose ' masterworks of Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Steen, operated by stopping publication of After the medal-bedecked colonel how many of the isolated force had Franz Hals, Ruysdael, Rubens, Van racing results, police estimate they finished his situation briefing, he escaped, but an American broad- Dyck and El Greco. are still operating in the city, while declared: "I've been a professional cast from Paris said that at least The paintings were moved from gambling is still wide open lu sur- soldier for more than 30 years and 2,000 men had got across the river. German Forces the national museums at Amster- rounding parishes. this war no longer holds any illu- Claiming that the entire sky divi- dam and Rotterdam at the out- sions for me. sion had been wiped out, the Ger- Stiffen in Italy break of the war and in April 1942 CHIP SMACKS OLD BLOCK "I love a good fight and we mans said that 6,450 prisoners, in- they were moved to the dank HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 27.—They could continue to fight for per- cluding 1,700 wounded, had been cavern under the mountain near suspended work for three days on German opposition has stiffened this town. The canvases, many of haps several days, but why should taken and that more than 1,500 along the whole Italian front as actor James Craig's current film more of my men be killed. Such men had been killed. them painted in the 16th and 17th because Craig showed up the other Fifth and Eighth Army troops drive centuries, are in perfect condition. sacrifice is no longer expected." In Belgium, strong Allied ele- on to threaten the great Rimini- day with a most unglamorous swol- He said he'd personally conceded ments poured north of the Ant- The cave in which they are len jaw. The actor explained he Bologna highway at half a dozen cached has two entrances. On one Germany's defeat on July 20, when werp-Turnhout Canal from their points. was giving boxing lessons to hia . Hitler ordered a purge of several bridgehead in the vicinity of Rycke- side of the mountain busy Dutch- In the central sector above men come and go all day dragging five-year old son, James Jr., who r Prussian officers after the unsuc- vorsel, eight miles east of Turnhout. Florence, Nazi reinforcements were landed one on Pop's impacted wis- cessful attempt on Der Fuehrer's Canadian troops were fighting in heavy carts of manure as much as making a determined bid to check a mile through the winding pas- dom tooth. life. and around the inner defenses of the Fifth Army drive on Bologna. Calais. Sandgatte, two miles west sages of the cavern to their mush- WE'D BE EMBARRASSED, TOO Token Surrender Force The main German counter-attack room beds. On the other side the It was decided to send a token of the Channel port, was captured. was launched against the western entrance is barred with great steel BOSTON, Sept. 27.—Count Haug- surrender unit to a rendezvous Over-all German casualties since spur of Monte Lafine, which, how- doors which run to the racks at witz Reventlow, preparing a defense point that night. The rest of the D-Day in troops killed, captured, ever, was still firmly held. the top of the 50-foot ceiling. To against efforts of his former wife, German force would follow the badly wounded or hopelessly cut British troops on the right flank reach the room in which the Dutch Barbara Hutton Grant, to cut him next morning. off were estimated at close to of the Fifth Army are advancing national treasures are stored it is off from the $1,500,000 trust fund Next day, after a Nazi mess ser- 1,000,000 men—more than twice the along the Florence-Faenza road necessary to pass through five steel she created for him, declared here: geant fed the Germans from their enemy force now lined up along against stubborn resistance, and barricades, each guarded by a "Mrs. Grant's suit is obviously field kitchen, the Jerries walked the West Wall. These include northeast of Firuenzola the Amer- Dutch policeman. brought for the purpose of embar- over to a field and played soccer 100,000 killed, more than 200,000 ican grip on the Florence-Imola In the art room the temperature rassing me financially." while the commander was com- badly wounded, more than 500,000 road has been strengthened by the is controlled at 15 degrees centi- pleting plans for their surrender. captured and the remainder sealed capture of important heights on grade and 60 per cent humidity WET BLANKET "We argued surrender terms with off in the Channel islands, isolated both sides. and each painting is mounted on , Sept. 27.—State Re- him until 4 AM." Kofler said. ports and pockets along the coast a specially-designed steel rack. The venue Commissioner Eugene Cook COULD HE FLUNK HIMSELF? "Things almost reached a stale- of the Bay of Biscay, racks are bound with a central has ordered all liquor dealers to mate, but then we had some ex- BOSTON, Sept. 27.—Robert Bor- hinge so that they open like the close their doors for two days when cellent food and cognac and when POE'S SI-HET REVIVED dewick had the distinction of being leaves of a book. the war ends, Cook explained he it was almost daylight we finally RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 27. — an undergraduate and a member of Rembrandt's "Night Watch" has took the step "to protect citizens of reached an agreement." Richard Eaton, radio news commen- the faculty at Northeastern Univer- been fixed on a specially-con- Georgia from possible excesses com- Besides the 653 officers and men, tator, has purchased the Southern sity at the same t! \ He ranked structed drum because the canvas is mitted at such time of rejoicing." the colonel surrendered 84 trucks Literary Messenger, which is a re- fifth in his senior class and received too large to be mounted on a rack and cars, three 88's, three 20mm. vival of the magazine published by an appointment as an electrical en- in the cave. The drum is revolved TO CHEER 'EM VP anti aircraft guns, three light howit- Edgar Allen Poe from 1834 to 1864. gineer two days bef-re graduation. daily so that the canvas will not WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Pri- zers, five anti-tank guns, truck- lose its shape. soners-of-war interned in Germany, loads of ammunition and other An American Naval officer, Lt. will be notified of any military material. George L. Stout, former curator of decorations and awards made to At a P/W' cage later that day the Foggs Museum in Cambridge, them, the War Department has an- the Germans were paid off from has been studying the manner in nounced through a prisoner-of-war their unit fund and they cere- which the Dutch officials have information bureau. moniously handed over the rest— preserved their art during the war. 1,600,000 francs—to the Americans. He is assigned as Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer for the Refuses to Ban Movie 0 Removal of Paint Adds 1st U. S. Army. As Libel of Roger Touhy To C46 Speed, Load Special Craft Building CHICAGO, Sept. 27. — Federal Judge Elwyn R. Shaw denied today BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 27.—The For Assault on Japan a request by Roger Touhy, convicted elimination of camouflage paint WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Top kidnaper, that the Twentieth-Cen* from the giant C46 Commandos priority is being given to production tury Fox film company be restrain-* now coming off the assembly line of special types of landing craft, ed from exhibiting the movie; is giving them a 75 to 100-pound combat and cargo vessels being "Roger Touhy, ," on the increase in load capacity and in- built especially for an assault on grounds th i it was "a gross and creased speed, Curtiss-Wright Corp. Japan, James V. Forrestal, secretary malicious libel" on his character'. said today. of the Navy, revealed today. Touh;-, now imprisoned at State* The Commando, which has consti- He said these included assault ville Penitentiary, has filed a Fede- tuted three-iourths of the Air and cargo vessels capable of trans- ral Court suit in which he seeks Tranrwrt Command's fleet for car- porting battle units directly from $500,000 damages. rying supplies over the Himalayan | loading points in the States to Hump from India into China, is Pacific objectives. Japs Provide Little Data now being produced with an un- Forrestal also said new types of painted aluminum alloy finish. The aircraft were in production to meet On American Captives speed is increased because the rough new situations as American forces surface of camouflage paint created drew closer to Japan. He did not NEW YORK, Sept. 27. .— The an aerodynamic drag. elaborate. Japanese government has reported on only very few American pri- TURKEY SLAMS DOOT.S RICHMOND DEATH RATE DROPS soners of war in the past year, ANKARA, Sept. 27. —Ankara RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 27.—The but similar information from Ger- Radio has announced that the Stars and Stripes photo by Dick Koenig. general death rate here has drop- many has been "relatively prompt Turkish government would ref»*e Edward G. Robinson, who recently toured France with the USO, ped 46 per cent in the last 37 years, and full," Lt. Col. Joseph B. Ka- admission into the country of mili- is apparently amused as he chats with S/Sgt. Julian Russell, of according to figures of Dr. An- vanaugh, chief of the American tary and civilian refvs?ees from Axis Cincinnati, in a port battalion mess hall. Question: Who cracked thony J. Borowski, health depart- section of the POW Information ^ countries. the joke? ment statistician. Bureau, said.