1> CONTINENTAL EDITION V THE S TRIPES | ff. Bally Newspaper of U.S. Armed European Theater of Operations i Vol. 1 No. 16 Printed "Somewhere in France* Friday, July 21, 1944

German Accent Vain Attempt Is Almost Fatal BRITISH TAKE 12 MORE TOWNS WITH AN INFANTRY DIV., July 20—An American with a To M Hitler (hick Gorman accent almo»e IN BIG PUSH SOUTH FROM CAEN brought a barrage down on his artillery observation post re- cently when fellow artillery- men heard his voice over a U. S. Patrols Cross Is Described telephone. Japan's Situation Worries Emperor, Pvt. Lothar Braunschweig:*.1, Ay. River; St. Lo of New York, new to the batta- lion, went on the line to the Under Fire •S'iigMiy Wounded, battalion CP just after another Tokyo Admits; Tojo Out Completely party had hung; up, which add- British and Canadian armce Berlin Says; 13 ed to the illusion the post had The shakeup in the Japanese government, presumably caused by forces, fanning out from Cae; been captured. the mounting American successes, assumed the proportions of a major crisis yesterday as Tokyo radio announced that Gen. Hideki Tojo, into an arc ten miles wide, ha Others Hurt Capt. Merril W. Younger, of one spearhead seven miles eat Tex., talked" with Braunsch- Japanese Premier since before Pearl Harbor, had quit not only his post as Army chief but had bowed entirely out of power with his in Troarn, another spearhea weiger, and his Operations S?t, eight miles southeast at Vimonj Adolf Hitler narrowly escaped Henry Ward, of Dearborn, whole Cabinet. •Serious Injury or possible death Domei, the official news agency, and another four mites due soua Mich, listened in. Neither rec- and therefore handed in its re- in Bourguebus yesterday. -gpetsterday in an unsuccessful att ognized the heavily accented said that Japan's present situa- tanpt to assassinate him with tion was causing Emperor Hiro- signation to the Emperor July 18." Twelve towns fell before th voice, but before ordering the Tokyo radio went to fantastic armored drive. It was led by Lt ifctigh explosives, the German Off! position shelled, Younger called hito "much concern" and that dial News Agency announced last the Toto Cabinet had apologia*! length to assure the puzzled Jap- Gen, Sir Richard O'Connor, wrt Braunschweiger's CP and learn- anese people thrit everything w is once was Rommel's prisonec Wight. ed the voice really belonged to for "the government's meagre power." To jo's resignation, com going to be all right. It told inw Rommel's forces drew back li The only injuries suffered by a Yank. the Germans were going to ra'ss several sectors, apparently eitha Hitler in the blast were ligfrit ing almost a year after the down- to prepare for a major battle U J»rns and concussions, but three fall of Mussolini, left in power New York and the whole Atlantic only one of the original Asia coast with new 10-ton robot the Caen plain or to withdrai ioers of his staff were severely bombs traveling 7,500 miles an toward Paris. lured and ten others, includ- warlords, Adolf Hitler himself. S FDR Is Nominated hour. At least 1,500 Germans IULU ing the German artillery expert, The official explanation for been captured by British au4 jOor. Gen. Alfred Jodl, were slight- Toto's resignation was: Fresh developments in the Pa- Canadian troops in Normandy ii ly hurt 'The Japanese government, in cific war gave the Emperor good the last two days. The announcement did not dis- For Fourth Term the closest cooperation with im- cause for concern: (1) U. S. ships Outside Troarn, a British ar- idlbse., the- nature of the explosion perial headquarters, has made siid planes attacked Guam lot mored spearhead poured fire hit* or where it took place, but the every effort since the outbreak cf the 14th and 15th straight days; strong German defenses in .th4 war in eastern Asia in connection (2) on New Guinea the trapped railway station and swept througl .United Press suggested it was By Sen. Berkley with the prosecution of the war. 'possible that the locale was Hit- Jap 18th Army quit its frontal it toward the center of the tOivn In the present difficult situation drive and sought to sweep the another column reached the out- ler's headquarters and that a CHICAGO, July 20—Sen. Al however, the need for.strength ;n- American right flank; (3) the ^bombfroman Allied plane might ben W. Barkley of Kentucky for- ing the Cabinet with new per- skirts of Vimont, where hoivj tftave done the damage. It pointed Navy Department announced U. S- fighting was in progress. A light- mally placed the name of Frank- sonnel has arisen. Although tir? submarines had sunk 14 more ning thrust into Bourguebus was out that a "near miss" from a lin D.. Roosevelt in nomination present Cabinet has used all Jap vessels, including two com- 500-pounder woulld account for made by British tanks, outflank- for re-election to a fourth term means at its disposal, it has not bat ships, bringing the total to ing remnants cf German defenses all of the injuries and bums suf- as Pusident of the United States succeeded in fill fill ing its task 806 in the war. fered by the group. along the Orne River. today. Foe 200 Yds. from St. Lo A particular point made in the Barkley told the Democratic Announcement was that Hitler convention that the Chief Exe- On the American front, patools Was able to resume his normal cutive's leadership had been "un- Yanks 25 Miles Russians Fighting which crossed the Ay River were schedule "at once." Immediately surpassed, if ever equalled, in engaged in hand-to-hand fight- fctfter the explosion It said Hitler American history"; that his "re- ing with the Germans in Leswy. ut- and international affairs" was "so skirts on the south and south- pen. Schmundt, chief military amazing and successful that his fcide de camp to Hitler for several Despite torrential rain which west and they continued to pour friends proclaim it and his en- Bitter battle raged only eight shells at U. S. troops mopping ye1$rs and chief of the German emies dare not threaten it with increased the hazards of mines mites from besieged Lwow in up resistance inside the city. aamiy's personnel department, re desTruction," and that the name and demolition and interferred Southern Poland yesterday, while The Luftwaffe, making its flrsl sponsible for advising the Fueh- Roosevelt stood today as the with forward movements, Ameri- Red Army columns in the center appearence in strength over the rer on promotions and appoint 'symbol of freedom and deliver- cans of the Fifth Army yester- of the 000-mile front rolled back American sector of the front, S9it merits ance" to "millions of dejected and. day extended their front beyond the enemy within eight miles of over 50 planes which bombed arid abdit is the 59-year-oW chief of disheartened men and women." captured Leghorn about 25 miles pre-war East Prussia. strafed front line positions. Ewfs personal military staff The delegates moved swiftly to- along the Arno River. Several The beginning of the fifth week American troops were driven Which the Fuehrer's own "brains day to get the platform out of the patrols reached a hill less than of the Soviet summer offensive from part of a bridgehead they toBSt* * set up to make him inde- way because arrangements had nine miles from Pisa, strongpoint saw the Russians force the Bug had established across the Taute pendent of information from the been made for Mr. Roosevelt's ac- on the left flank of the German*' River on a 20 mile front above River, about six miles south of jRrmy's general staff. ceptance speech to be carried to Gothic line. Lwow and this crossed the demar- Carentan, after days of wading A hint that the explosion may the convention by radio tentative- The threat of direct German cation line adopted between Ger- through swampy fields. !6Jgve been caused by a bomb ly at 9:15 PM (3:15 AM, Nor- shelling of Leghorn was removed many and Russia after the fall of Canadian troops on the east 4iropped from an Allied plane mandy time). by the clearing of hills north of Poland in 1939. bank of the Orne River captured Came from Berlin radio which Selection tomorrow of a - the city, and sappers were restor- The Russians seized Krystyno- Fleury and HiU 7, then drove on (charged that the Allies, "who ning mate appeared meanwhile ing port facilities. pol, 40 miles northeast of Lwow to seize four towns in an east- shave so often worked with mur- on the Bug's west bank, one oi ward sweep—Its, Bras, Cormeltea to have narrowed down to a Father west, other units of the and Hubert Folie. derous methods, once again have Henry A Wallace and Sen. Harry Fifth Army had cleared the town the points from which the Nazis (tried to achfeve by murder what invaded the USSR in June, 1941. British and Canadian troops S. Truman of Missouri. of Varna, Certaldo and San Do- Continued on Back Page ,dould not be> achieved by fair mil- Gov Robert S. Kerr, of Okla- nate, which is 16 air miles from New Army Attacks in North Itairy means." homa, keynoting the convention Florence. Marshal Stalm at the same time last night, charged the Republi- The Eighth Army took Radda, threw another army into the cans with having "no program ex- 20 miles south of Florence, after fighting at the northern end of 1,200 Heavies Hit West Coast Blast cept to oppose" and declared that heavy fighting in the hills west Lativia's eastern border south of Costs $8 Million the GOP, by nominating Thomas of Arezzo, and Polish and Italian Ofjtrov. The new offensive on the K. Dewey instead of Wendell L troops, who captured Ancona on right flank cf the drive for Riga waikie, had buried its "last ves- the Adriatic, took Santa Maria in along the Veliki Luki railroad, At Oil, Bearings SAN FRANCISCO, July 20— tige of liberal leadership under the war. At Ancona they found tore a gap 45 miles wide and 25 £Phe U. S Navy today prepared miles deep into the German lines. ; an avalanche of reactionary senti- numerous ships sunk, including In the eighth big American to- open a court of inquiry into ment," Victor Emmanuel's private yacht. Other forces were ranged east assault on the Reich in ten days, (the ammunition explosion which and northeast at the gate of iSonday night took a death toll Brest-Litovsk, where the German more than 1,200 Eighth Air Force fj£ 322 and injured between 500 communique furious battles north Fortresses and Liberators, shep- jpmd 1,000. heredea by 750 fighters, pounded Infantry Task Force Captured St. Lo of the junction and 75 miles far- aircraft and oil plants, a ball- While debris from the Port ther north still other forces were •Uhioago srea was being rapidly bearing factory and other stra- less than 25 miles from Bialy- tegic targets in the Leipzig area cleared away it was estimated Only 6 Hours After It Was Alerted stok, hinge of the German's once in southern Germany yesterda-r. (ttbafc property damage, caused strong Baltic defense line. ,wihen two ammunition ships ex- Joining the British-based fleets By Carl Larscn tesk force were completed Monday To the north, CoL Ernest von for the "third straight day, Ital- rfbited at the naval magazine Stars and Stripes staff Writer afternoon and leaders of the var- Hammer, German News Agency ian-based U. S planes struck an 15dk, was roughly six million dol- IN THE ST. LO AREA, July 20 ious elements were briefed immed- commentator, reported power- aircraft assembly plant and Diesn lars. Damage to the depot itself —An infantry unit task force, iately on their respective missions ful forces concentrated between el engine works at Friedrichshaf- ,was placed a* two million warned "c for Charlie" and com- Vilna and Olita, 50 miles west, en and the Memmingen airdrome with only four bodies recovered "Forward elements of the task posed of troops who had been f<-rce reached the city limits at for an all-out assault on Kaunas. between Munich and Fiiedrioh- from tflv total dead, the Navy fighting for days, captured St. I.o 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon shafen planned memorial services for en- six hours after being alerted to after infantrymen had establish- WAR COMES TO FIFTH AVE Meanwhile, Ninth Air Force listed men, officers and others accomplish the mission, Col. Al- ed a line around part of the city," NEW YORK, July 20—Apply- medium bombers and fighters Mled in. the disaster. fred V. Ednie, commander of the Col. Ednie said "The force had ing feminine psychology to its surged over France to batter en- 115th Infantry Regiment, reveal- been alerted at 11:30 that morn- drive for more enlistments, the emy routes to the front. Havocs, GERMAN ACE KILLED ed yesterday. ing and the town was in Ameri- WAC has opened a recruiting sta- escorted by P47s, also hit rail The German Home News Serv- The unit, was commanded by a can hands by 5:45 o'clock." tion on Fifth Ave., decked ou< yards at Chaulnes, 20 miles east ice announced last night that brigadier general, who was wound- As it rolled into''the city, the in blue, coral and gold and staffed of Amiens on the line to Lo *Maj. BurmheTJer, commander of ed slightly in the battle.. He has task force assumed the appear- bj good looking WACs in the v*w Have. the Richtofen Squadron and one been awarded a bronze oak leaf ance of a ''small army," with summer uniform, set off by yellow Nineteen heavy bombers and the most outstanding German cluster to his Silver Star. tanks armored cars, flams throw- gloves, yellow scarves and high nine fighters were lost during the iter aces with 102 kills to his Col. Ednie, whose "outstanding ers bazookas. 105-mm howitzers, heeled shoes. day's action, it was anouneed by ^CBedlt nas been shot down by a leadership and courage" in the two-and-on-half-ton trucks, am- The depet is air conditioned, USSTAF. Nine enemy intercep- British pilot in Normandy aad attack won him the Silver Star, bulances and tank destroyers. contains elaborate exhibits show- tors were shot down by P5l es- Sled, said that plans establishing the Continued on Back Pa*

THE STARS AND STRIPES Private Breger Printed lor C. S. Armed forees, and«« auspices of (he Special Serv- ice Division ETOU3A OCT tents passed b> toe U. N.Y. Police 8. Yankees Trip Army and Navy centors: subscrlo- Aon 239 francs per j ear plus post- al*. Continental edition. Entered as second cuss matter Mar. 15. WW, a< tlie iX6t ottice. New Yori. N. ¥ , under Act of Mar. 8, 1879. Checking All the Browns, 6-5; Material appearing In tats pul- iation has teen written ana ediv.d oy uniformed members of the- Army *.« being quoted tCards J I Chisox Win Vol. 1, No 16, July 21, 1944 NEW YORK, July 20—Police ST. LOUIS, July 20—The today turned, the heat on an esti- Yankees and Browns today were mate:! 15 000 to 20,000 Setectivt- ready to go at it again in the thirdi Service registrants, ranging from game of the fight for first place Army No! outright draft dodgers to absent- in the American League after th* minded registrants, who have Bombers evened the series at ona changed addresses without noG- game apiece by shading Luke S»- Passing through a Normandy fjing their local boards. weiis^men, 6-5, last night a* r village, 1/Lt. Arthur A. Wet- Oraers went out from every Spcrtsansm-fe Park. The result man, of New York observed an pied)>ot to detective squadrons left St LS'iis with the samo two- American flag with only 42 stars and patrolmen stationed m public game lead triejr beld over the run- hanging from the window of a holdings to examine draft cre- nerup Yanks wii3i the series got house occupied by an elderly dentials of all men between 18 and under way. woman, Further jivestJgatJan re- 64. Those not £n possession of The Browns took "a-5-2 lead oft vealed that the flag bore an R. registration cards were ordersd Ernie Eonham m the frfih when H. Macy & Co. label, that the arrestad and detained for ques- Outfielder Chet Laabs v tripled French woman was an American tioning by the FBI. with two aboard but ths Yanks born in New York who ha* oved bourued tack with four in th« in France far the past 40 years, 109 &Xa»fi»-FORTS IN MOWTH 'hat her husband and son were seventh to win the game. Johnny\ dead and she ha* been laviag HOUSTOW July 00 (R/Mter)— l.anceU's thre<*-un homer started alone for four years, that ahfl Rep Albert Thomsg CD. Trx) efts- the uprising and when Nick Efc- fcougbt the flag when the TJ. S. closed tn a apeech ywterdar that ten iollcwed with a single Sig had only 42 states and that wnen the U. 6. would build 100 B£) First ARC Club Ma$om&Mmors Jakuski, Brown's hurler, went to the war is over she is going bacr •uper-Fortroeaes this month. the showers Singles by Don Sav- to Washington Heights and visit He sod->d that the U. B. aow age and Mike Milosevich sent her sisters. had 85 arroaft cariers and t&as n France Open wmmtm Ettert. across with the winning he reffntly saw two 45,000-ten New Vork 8. St Boate 3 run. S h r a p n*el splinters aren't carriers, as big as the largest The Club Victoire, first major C^vetabd 1, PflUKfeJptna * After 11 previous failures, the enough to keep S/Sirt. Daren b£.tt>&hips, under coustoiction tn American Red Cross club estate Detroit 2. Waaha iaa»m 4 White Sox finally succeeded ia Spicer, of Roanoke, Va., out oi an east coast port. ashed in France in World War K Chicago 5. Boston 4 - turning back the Red Sox, 5-4. action. During the St. Lo push SPORTS—Manush ?, opened last night in Cherbourg W L PCT. GB The Chicagoans needed five runs he worked 36 hour.; with small in a building which formerly St Louis 49 38 ^63 in one inning and a double play splinters in his hide after tak- FIRE IN DOUGLAS PLANT hiMised an elaborate German ofH New Yc*k 44 37 J43 t to snuff out a Bosox rally to win. ing over the Job of regiment* I CHICAGO, July 20 — The Ad- cers' club. Boston 44 41 £18 a Mickey Rocco's and communications officer with Vt ministration building at ihe *38 - The club, for enlisted personnel Washingtoa 41 43 £88 Keu Keltner's four-for-four led men under him instead of the. 000 0OC Douglas aircraft factory in &t the U. S. armed forces and Clewland 42 44 MS the Indians to a 7-1 decision over usual 30. Park Ridge was destroyed yes- their Allies, was formally opened Detroit 42 44 ,438 6% Rvbo Newsom and »the Athletics. terday in a spectacular fire which by Harvey D. Gibson, Red Cross Chicago 37 42 .48a S Errors Beat Nats 1JUAC Cpl. Lena Marcoux. of Fall for * time threatened the hirje ccrrimiscioner in Great Briwin PhiladelpHai 37 47 .440 10% In Detroit, the Users beat the River, Mass., has set up a factory where fotrr-engined C54s and western Europe XAI lOMteX LEAGUE Senators, 2-1, in one of those hearty par lor under an apple tree are built. Damage was estimated After an Engineer orchestra Broo^yn 10 Cmelnoatl 5 games that drives managers to in Normandy and her clients sit at fl 500 000. The main plant woe piayed the national anthem, Gib- PhiladeipbjB 4, Pittstouagti 8 drink With the score tied at 1-4 in an overstuffed chair (German) only slightly damaged. sen delivered a short address and Boston 6 Chicago 1 the Bengals scored the winner in The shop was strictly feminine was followed by Dr. Paul Renaut, Only games schsonied. the 10th on three straight errors. until yesterday when a captain re- CLOWNS' LAUGH SILENCED mayor of Cherbourg W L PCT. GB Dutch Leonard walked His rwal quested—arid got— a haircut, the SARASOTA Pa„ July 80—The Following the ceremonies Kay Sc. Louis 55 23 J?Q3 pitcher. Tubby Overmire, to start first Lena had ever given a man Ringling Brothers, Barnum