New York—London Id On Parle Francais Paris—Rennes Je m'appelle Abner Yokum. Friday, Sept. 8, 1944 THE TRIPES Juh mahpel Abner Yokum. Vol. It, No. 57 My name is Abner Yokum. Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces the European Theater of Operations Yanks Across Moselle

Allies Far Past Armistice Day Line of 1918 Point-Plan 1 Firm Grip To Govern Taken on Discharges East Bank

Army's Demobilization Hodges'Tanks Push On; To Begin With End Stimson Doubts Long Of War in Europe Battle in Reich By Ben Price Stars and Stripes U.S. Bureau The first blows of the WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.- Battle of Germany loomed The War Department laid be- last night as front-line dis- fore Congress yesterday its patches reported that Lt. plan to streamline, readjust Gen. George S. Patton's Third and demobilize a huge sec- U.S. Army had established a tion of the Army after the firm bridgehead between defeat of Germany and both Metz and Nancy across the Democratic and Republican Moselle River, last river leaders said the plan was so barrier before the Reich comprehensive and satisfactory itself. that any legislation on the subject Meanwhile, Secretary of War will be unnecessary. Henry L. Stimson told a Washing- The plan, which the War Depart- ton press conference that the bulk ment said was based on suggestions of the German armies in western Europe had been destroyed or crippled to an extent that made If Gl Joe Can Get Out, them "seem inefficient to maintain a prolonged defense of Germany." Better Half Goes, Too First Army Advance. However, he added that the "war Stars and Stripes U.S. Bureau won't be won until Allied troops are NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—The I in Berlin, although German forces Army has taken precautions un- are shrinking and our forces are der its demobilization plans | growing as their advance is be- against a husband being dis- coming increasingly faster. But charged while his wife is still | supplies must catch up with the in the WAC. advancing armies before they can "All female personnel of the administer the death blow to the Army whose husbands have been Nazis." released will be discharged upon On Lt. Gen. ' Courtney Hodges application," the War Depart- First U.S. Army front in Belgium, ment said. American armor continued its ad- vance toward Germany along both of soldiers themselves, would make banks of the Meuse River, meet- possible the discharge of hundreds ing but light opposition. Forward of thousands of enlisted men— Nazis in Flight? C47 Fleet Flies In Gasoline elements were reported at Jodoigne mostly from the ETO—under a on the Louvain-Namur road, rep- "four-point system" which will de- resenting an advance of 28 miles termine who will get out first. Hull Checking To Bogged-Down 90th Inf. from Charleroi. Other advanced Under the system, married men troops have reached Yoncq, ten who have had the most overseas miles southeast of liberated Sedan. combat will be discharged first— Acts on Report Leaders By Tom Hoge The First Army forced another and most of the dischargees will be Are Finding Haven Stars and Stripes Stall Writer. crossing of the Meuse at Auchamps, enlisted men. SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, Sept. 6 (Delayed).—The 11 miles north of Charleville, and Service, Overseas Credit In Argentina troops were reported pushing east- men of the 90th Infantry Division threw their helmets ward through the Ardennes Forest, This is how it will work:— encountering small arms and mor- Soon after Germany surrenders, into the air and cheered yesterday when a number of C47 WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Reports tar fire. the theater commander will issue that German war criminals had al- transports landed at an airstrip here with thousands of each enlisted man an "adjusted ready escaped to Argentina are gallons of gasoline. Brest, Le Havre Hold Out. service rating card," on which will being checked by the State Depart- "That's the prettiest sight I've The American crossing of the be scored the following four ment, Secretary of State Cordell seen in a long time," a colonel Moselle, a tributary of the Rhine, factors:— Hull disclosed at his press confer- Report Linkup sighed with relief. "Napoleon may broke a four-day lull which had 1— Service credit, based upon the ence today, Hull denounced organ- have said thiat an army marches existed since a light reconnaissance total number of months of Army ized sources which he said "were on its stomach, but, brother, it force outdrove the advancing units service since September 16, 1940. busy throughout the hemisphere Near Germany also takes plenty of fuel to move to cross into Germany itself. Stiff 2— Overseas credit, based upon with efforts to disseminate false in- German rearguard actions near the Though reports of a linkup be- an outfit in this man's war. Now the number of months overseas. formation intending to disrupt we can push on." river were encountered as neutral 3— ^Oombat service, based upon amiable relations between American tween Americans in northern and Led by Maj. Daniel F. Elam, of reports stated that the Nazis were awards to each individual of the republics and the U.S.". southern France still were uncon- Duncan, Okla., of the Ninth Air hurriedly preparing their Siegfried Medal of Honor, Distinguished Fly- firmed last night, an American Force, each plane in the flight Line defenses. The bridgehead be- ing Cross, Soldier's Medal, Bronze French Want Equal Say brought in hundreds of gallons of tween Metz and Nancy was about Star Medal, Air Medal, Purple newscaster said the Third and Se- 35 miles from the German border. Heart and Bronze Service Star. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—The gas. French provisional government will venth Armies "have joined forces "We got the order to shoot the The British Second Army was • 4—Parenthood credit, which gives very close to the German border." fuel to the 90th at lunch time," reported moving "toward the Atlan- credit for each dependent child be satisfied with nothing less than full and equal representation with said Elam. "And in 30 minutes tic ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge (Continued on Page 4) He added: "It is not permitted to the U. S., Britain and Russia on name the exact point of junction, we were ready to move out. Two (Continued on Page 4) any future control organizat' :i set but the battered German 19th hours later we were here." B26s Now Operating up for Germany it was .said here Army is apt to be caught by it A certain amount of fuel could today. A French spokesman pointed be brought up from beachhead Western Reich Told From Air Fields Here roughly in the region of Belfort." out that the European war was Belfort is in the broad valley be- supply dumps, but not always To Hasten War's End nearing an end and France, being tween the Swiss Alps and the Vos- enough to supply the urgent de- All-out aerial bombardment of the nearest big neighbor, had the ges Heights leading into Germany. mands of the advancing vehicles. Germany was promised yesterday biggest stake in Germany's peaceful It was then that C47s were called Germans living in western Ger- Meanwhile, Mediterranean Head- many were told to stay away from by Maj. Gen. Hoyt A. Vandenberg, future. "France in still out in the quarters announced U. S. troops upon. Ninth Air Force commander, as it cold on planning armistice terms," Since the Americans have been defense works and to aid in hast- had occupied Chalons-sur-Saone, 90 ening the end of the war in a was announced that B26 Marauders the spokesman said. miles north of Lyons. operating in France, the Ninth are now operating from fields in Transport service has delivered broadcast from the German under- ground radio (Volkssender) yes- France., Swiss Reject Laval . everything from blood plasma to The Marauders are now within ... LONDON, Sept. 7.—The Swiss ANOTHER S&S IN FRANCE green coffee beans. terday. GRENOBLE, France, Sept. 7.— "What the hell they wanted "Prepare yourselves, the Allies easy striking distance of the Reich, government has been indirectly ap- are coming In strength," the broad- Gen. Vandenberg said. They are proached about giving Pierre Laval, The Stars and Stripes has begun green coffee beans for I'll never know," Elam declared. "But I de- cast said. "Heavy Allied guns are the first Allied bombers to operate one of Hitler's French henchmen, publication of a Grenoble edition, already rolling over near our bor- from France since 1940. asylum from Allied justice and the the third to be published for livered them. We've also taken over mimeograph paper for civil ders. We, Germans living in west- Several months ago a flight of Swiss reply was "entirely unfavor- troops in the Mediterranean com- ern Germany, must cease making able," according to the London Daily mand. The others are in Rome and affairs, camouflage netting and B26s, based in England, flew al- about everything else you can defense works at once or else cer- most to the Dutch-German coast, Telegraph's diplom: tic correspon- Naples. The Algiers edition recent- think of." tain death will overtake us." setting a distance record. dent. ly was suspended. rage 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, Sept. 8, 1944

THE STARS AND STRIPES Printed at the New York Herald 4hsh Wanhs Tribune printing establishment. 21 rue de Berri. Paris, and at L'Ouest Jour- nal Hennes. for the U.S. armed forces The World's Best Ambassador under auspices ot the Special Services Help Wanted: A Holyoke, Mass., ' Division, ETOUSA Not for distribu- tion to civilians draft board turned down the plea : ERE'S one of the classic Contents passed by the U.S. Army of a young wife who asked her hus- 1 H sights of this war—a ana Navy censors: subscription, 260 band's deferment for an "extreme francs per year, plus postage. ElO yank and a French bid on edition entered as second class matter emergency"—she wanted to repaper Mar. 15. 1943. at the post office. New the house and there was no one his knee—beating their York N.Y . under the act of Mar. 3, else to do the job. gums and having a good 1878. All material appearing in this * * • • publication has been written and time. edited by members of the Army and If the job hasn't been done yet' Navy, except .where stated that a civi- we know of an Austrian. paper- ' The Yank can't parlay lian or other outside source is being hanger who, very shortly, will be ' frangais—and quoted. the Frenchie Vol. 1, No. 57 ready to return to his old trade. doesn't speak PAmericaine. He'll probably take the job in re- turn for one semi-used K ration. . . But language is no barrier providing Uncle Joe's Cossacks don't when men of good will get get him first. together. BAG • • , Downed in the Dump: M. Sgt. This Joe is making the war Earl L. Stover, Phoenix, Ariz., is pay off. He's building a 8LOW IT the only man we know who has good friend pour l'Amerique OOT H£RE been hit squarely on the noggin ' —and for lasting peace. As by a 155 shell—and lived to pick long as the kid lives, he'll 4^ Bob Shawkey outpitching Urban for further military service. manders in the Pacific area will be told years up to the limit of three children. It must be borne in mind always that Shocker. the number and types of men who can All Available Transport The value of point credits will be an- the war will not be won nor the peace be replaced. They then will select these nounced" after the cessation of hostilities enjoyed until Japan has been completely Squares Series The first priority in this readjustment \ men, using the same standards as apply in Europe. In the meantime the point crushed. program will be the transfer of elements t A new record crowd of 31,000 values will be kept under continuous in inactive theaters and in the United from theaters no longer active to the ! States. study. The total score will be used to jammed the park for the second Pacific war zone or from the United select surplus men from theaters overseas These men then will be returned to t,ne game to see Hub Pruett, old nemi- States to the Pacific war zone. All avail- and in the United States. U.S. as rapidly as replacements of the able transportation will be utilized for sis of Babe Ruth, square the series The scores also will be used when a same type become available and as the Cooper, Bucky this tremendous undertaking. military situation permits. with a 5-1 triumph. certain portion of all these surplus men The readjustment and demobilization will be declared non-essential and re- Shipping Is Important Factor. Thirty-two thousand persons plan was developed by the War Depart- turned to civilian life. ment after months of study and takes As an example, normally there will be turned out for the finale and saw In all cases, however, the War Depart- Get 20th Wins into account all of these variable factors. a great flow of men needed to build up Dixie Davis hold the Yanks in ment stressed that demands of military Briefly, the plan for the return of non- and maintain an offensive against Japan, necessity for a great army of occupation check for seven innings while the essential soldiers to civilian life will but say that several thousand men over NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—Mort in Europe and the needs of the war start with the assembly in the U.S. of and above the required number can be Browns built up, 2-0, advantage. against Japan must first be met, and, Cooper and Bucky Walters joined men declared surplus to the needs of shipped to the Pacific each month. Then In the top of the eighth Mur- regardless of a man's priority standing, each overseas theater and to major com- a corresponding number of men in the the select circle of 20-game winners certain types of personnel can never be- derers Row came to life. Jumpin' mands in the U.S. Pacific with highest priority credits can as the St. Louis Cardinals and Cin- come eligible for discharge as long as the Prom among these men, some will be be declared surplus and returned to the Joe Dugan started the ball rolling war against Japan continues. cinnati Reds split a double header designated essential and a substantial United States, where their scores and by doubling into the overflow As an example of how the plan will number will be designated non-essential military necessity will determine whether by identical 4-0 scores in the only work assume that there are four in- crowd. Wally Pipp then scratched to the new military needs of the Army they are among personnel no longer es- games played in the National Lea- fantry divisions in the European theater. sential to the Army. a single off Davis' glove and Dugan and will be returned to civilian life ac- One is declared surplus. Men in all four gue. Each pitcher allowed only cording to certain priorities. Simultaneously with the selection and scored when second baseman Marty divisions are rated according to priority As an example, the commanding gen- return of men in overseas theaters, the four hits. credits scores. McManus threw the ball past eral of the European Theater of Opera- same selective formula will be applied In the American League the De- tions will be informed by the War Depart- Surplus Here Goes Home among troops stationed in continental George Sisler at first base. United States. Troops in the States, how- troit Tigers moved up to within two ment of the type! and numbers of his The top fourth is selected and those With the score 2-1 against them units which will remain as occupation ever, will serve as the main reservoir of games of the league leading New not essential for retention in service by T in the ninth the Yanks again troops and the types and numbers of his replacements for overseas theaters, foi, reason of military necessity are desig- York Yankees by blanking the Chi- units which are surplus. in general, their priority scores will be started rolling when Wally Schang nated as surplus. Men in the surplus lower- than scores of men who have cago White Sox, 6-0. No other Simplest Plan Unfair division who are marked for retention by singled and took second on a passed served overseas and have seen combat American League games were sche- ball. At this point Lee Fohl, man- The simplest plan of demobilization reason of military necessity tre then duty. duled. would have been to return these surplus shifted into active divisions. Ali of the ager of the Browns, yanked Davis Discharge May Be Refused. units to this country and discharge their men designated as surplus are shifted Any man who may have been declared and brought in Pruett. Mike Mc- personnel intact. Such a method, how- into surplus divisions which now will Nally greeted Pruett with a bunt ever, would operate with great unfairness serve as a vehicle for eventually return- non-essential under the plan but wishes Joe Cronin, Coleman Get to many individuals who have had long ing them to the United States. to remain in the Army, provided he has and all hands were safe when and arduous service but are not assigned No man in a unit that remains in ser- a satisfactory record, will not be forced catcher Kank Severied was late try- to one of the units declared surplus. vice can become surplus until a qualified out of the Army if he can be usefully New Boston Contracts If only the units in Europe were con- replacement is available. If military ne- employed. ing to nail Schang coming into sidered, this basis of expediting would cessity should entail immediate transfer In the case of officers, military neces- third. Deacon Scott then walked work unfairly to units long in the Pacific of a unit to the Pacific there may con- sity will determine which ones are non- BOSTON, Sept. 7—Both Boston to load the bases. After a con- essential. These will be released as they or at outpost bases in the American thea- ceivably be no time to apply the plan major league ball clubs have signed ference on the mound Pruett gave ter. to men of that unit before the emergency can be spared. their pilots to new contracts, the It would operate unfairly to men who transfer is made. Consideration will be Priority of release for members of the way to Shocker. WAC will be determined In the same way Braves taking Bob Coleman for two have seen extended combat service both given these men when they arrive in the Winning Run Scores in Europe and the Pacific and have been new theater. as for the rest of the Army, but treating more years and the Red Sox re- returned to this country for reassign- Active units needed against the Japan- the corps as a separate group. However, hiring Joe Cronin for three more Bullet Joe Bush was the first ment. It would release men only recent- ese will be shipped to the Pacific. Those in the case of all female personnel, those ly assigned as replacements to units long units required for occupation duty in Eu- whose husbands already have been re- seasons. man to face Shocker and hit sharply in combat and would discriminate against rope will be sent to their stations and leased will be discharged upon application. to McManus whose throw to the The plan, as now adopted, will provide The contract terms were not dis- veterans of many campaigns in units not surplus units will be returned to the closed. plate to force Schang was wild. selected for return. United States- as quickly as possible. some reduction in the ground forces and Severied made a sensational catch, but it was too late and the tying Terry And The Pirates By Courtesy of News Syndicate By Milton Caniff run was in. Witt was next and

1 with the pop bottle incident fresh PAW, BLOW THAT. DO lOU MEN W NO, 60 AHEAD. MR in his mind, drilled a clean single IF A OAL IS OOOD MIND IF I •< DUNKAN... 3 CAN TYPE A LETTER ) FALL ASLEEP AMD to center to send the winning run ? /WEAK I'M BACF. across the plate. IN THE OFFICE —. 1 j That was 22 years ago and it was REMEMBER A LITTLE the closest the Browns ever came REPLEADED TYPIST to winning a pennant. WE HAP THERE-. Parker Wins Singles Crown

FOREST HILLS, N.Y., Sept. 7.— Frankie Parker, 28-year-old Air Force sergeant from Milwaukee, won the National Singles Tennis Championship here by defeating By Courtesy ol United Features Li'l Abner By Al Capp Billy Talbert, of Indianapolis, 6-4, LATEW. POCFWrCH 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. THET' PILL. WERE MADE OUTA Parker's forehand drive, at one MARRY'N' SAM rr) GROAN-N-N'Vj STALE CORN BREAD AN' TH' TWENTY- <^AH PROMISED FISH GLUE. AH DOME ET time considered the worst in big FOUR HOUR5 / HER THET WORTH- TEN OF 'EM. AH FEELS time tennis, was exceptionally good IS OVAH rr \ LESS PILL AH SOL£>| PURTY SICK NOW- BUT AM f'MON UP '^/HER WOULD MAKE. WILL BE- A TREMENJUS as he continually hit the baselines. VLI'L ABNER A MASS O' MUSCLE IIN TH Talbert was the flashier of the two, TREMENJUS MASS MAWNIN', NO DOUBT — making some spectacular recoveries O" MUSCLE AGIN IN GROANrr 24 HOURS. on Parker's placements, but he AH IS A ux.prr couldn't match the sergeant's accu- COMERrr URP rr racy.

AUBURN GETS WARRINGTON AUBURN, Ala., Sept. 7.—Coach Carl Voyles, new mentor of the Plainsmen, has announced that Tex Warrington, 205-pound marine, has entered school and will play center this, year. Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, Sept. 8, 1944 Soviet Forces Battlefield of 1917 Lies Ahead U.S. Can Have Cross Danube A Peace Boom, Into Jugoslavia Green Asserts Reported to Be 96 Miles Co-operation Will Do It, From Belgrade; Reds He Insists, But Warns Gain Near Warsaw Of Some Reverses

Soviet forces began crossing the JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 7 Danube into Jugoslavia yesterday (AP).—W i t h labor, management below newly-won Turnu-Severin. and government co-operating the One report said they were only war's end can signal the start of 96 miles from Belgrade. the greatest prosperity boom ir the Marshal Tito's Partisans may al- nation's history, William Green, ready have joined with the Red president of the American Federa- forces, and an advance of 70 miles tion of Labor, predicted last night. would cut the Athens-Belgrade- He cautioned, however, that la- y:i Berlin railroad, last trunk line open bor's "enemies at home" must be to an estimated 25 German divi- overcome and that the nation must sions still in the Balkans. be prepared for temporary reverses Meanwhile, a Polish report said and unemployment in the transi- there was heavy fighting in the tion period from war-time to peace- center of Warsaw, while Russian time economy. forces continued to advance through "The loss period will come be- the marshes and streams of the tween the time war contracts are Narew River sector to the north in canceled and industry is able to a joint threat to Warsaw and East complete its reconversion to peace Prussia. production," he said. Speaking to shipworkers in their Battle for Po Gateway Labor Day lunch hour, Green said: German forces were, retreating "Obviously, the national interest in the western and central sectors Doughboys with American troops making a lightning thrust across the famous battlefields of World demands that this transitional pro- of the Italian front yesterday, but War I, pause on a hill overlooking Chateau-Thierry. cess be done in as short a time as at the eastern end of the Gothic possible and with the least suffer- Line the crack First Panzer Para- ing to demobilized servicemen and troop Division fought bitterly to unemployed war worke~s " hold Rimini, Adriatic gateway to Engineers Defy Nazi Fire, Points to Rule the Po Valley. SEEK ALASKAN OIL British Eighth Army troops POINT BARROW, Alaska, Sept. 7 entered Riccione, five miles down Bridge the Meuse in a Night Army 'Demob' (UP.).—American naval geologists the coast from Rimini. In the and Seabees are preparing for test central sector, Americans and Ita- (Continued from Page 1) drilling operations in what may be under 18 years, up to the limit of one of the world's greatest oil lian patriots entered Prato, nine By Bob Reuben Three men were injured and one miles northwest of Florence, while three children. fields, discovered inside the Arctic Reuter Correspondent. killed by artillery, while the bat- The value of the points will not in the west the Fifth Army was talion was throwing up a bridge circle at the northernmost tip of consolidating the capture of Lucca. NAMUR, Belgium, Sept. 7.— be announced until after the ces- Alaska. Oil seeps, covering an es- Enemy tanks lurked ominously un- south of Hamby in France. Re- sation of hostilities in Europe, but fusing to slacken speed, the < '.fit timated 300,000 square miles east of der trees along the far bank of the some official Army quarters have Cape Simpson, were charted by a Japs FearHomelnvasion River Meuse last night as American finished the job in an hour. Yes- said that overseas credit will get terday, one engineering officer was geological survey party. Japan must be prepared for forces drew up to lunge anew at one point for each month, service German forces which had destroyed shot from the opposite bank. credit will get one point for each Allied attempts to land on Japanese Lt. Col. L. G. Foster, of Nash- INMATES FIND WORK every bridge across the river in month, each combat credit will be soil, Premier Gen. Koiso told a ville, Tenn., is construction boss of MARQUETTE, Mich., Sept. 7.— special session of the Tokyo Diet their retreat. worth five points, while, each Four inmates of the county jail The population retired while rifle this famous outfit, which flies five dependent child up to three will yesterday, adding that "Japan is in battle streamers on its colors for have been slipping out of their the midst of a grave situation In fire still rattled through Namur's give the soldier eight points. major offensives in 1918. If everything goes according to cells, making burglary expeditions which the rise or fall of the empire outskirts. German artillery was into the city and lugging the loot is at stake." dropping shells, and the American plan, individuals with the most points will return home first. back to their cells without being Meanwhile, Southeast Asia Com- troops bedded down on a river they discovered. The sheriff is trying mand reported that 14th Army apparently could not cross. Win Foothold Most to Be Enlisted Men to find out where they got hack- troops on the Tiddim Road in Bur- This morning the Belgians packed Maj. Gen. William Tompkins, saws to cut through a heavy ma were battling strong Jap rear- the river banks in amazement to director of demobilization plans, screen and one bar. guards after a four-mile advance. see American tanks roaring across Over Moselle declined to disclose how many on a 560-foot pontoon bridge erected soldiers would be discharged under 243,800 PWs IN U.S. Kimmel's Sub Lost during the night by a crack engin- (Continued from Page 1) the point system, but Maj. Gen. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—The eering battalion of this division. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. —The after capturing the inland harbor Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service War Department announced today 1,500-ton submarine Rabalo, com- Nazi Machine-Guns Fire chief and a member of Gen. Tomp- that 243,800 prisoners of war now manded by Lt. Cmdr. Manning of Ghent, which lies northwest of kins' board, said recently that be- It was almost pitch black last freed Brussels in Belgium. Further were held within the U.S. They Kimmel, son of Rear Adm. Hus- tween 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 men include 192,846 Germans, 50,272 Ita- band E. Kimmel, has been lost in night when I slipped down to the river bank—still under command down the Channel coast, Canadian would be discharged after Ger- lians and 730 Japanese stationed at action, the Navy Department an- troops were reported fighting in many's defeat. 125 base and 243 branch camps in nounced today. Adm. Kimmel com- of German machine-gun fire from the streets of Calais. The capture The plan will initially provide the all sections of the country. manded U.S. naval forces in the the opposite shore—and watched men operating huge twelve-ton of Armentieres, famous among biggest release of soldiers in the Pacific at the time of the Jap- American troops in World War I, ground forces, with discharges from anese attack on Pearl Harbor. trucks, drawing bulldozers across the river with a power launch, in- by British troops was announced the service and air forces consider- ably lower. London Robot flating giant pontoon brdges, con- yesterday. The German garrisons at the Most of the dischargees will be structing bridge approaches—all to enlisted men. In the case of of- Economy Hit be completed by dawn. Atlantic ports of Brest and Le Raids 'Over' Havre continued to hold out yes- ficers, military necessity will de- It was no new experience for termine who is non-essential. Of- these engineering soldiers. They terday despite continued assaults. LONDON, Sept. 7.—The robot More than 2,500 tons of bombs ficers will be released only as they Hard in France had bridged and crossed the Seine battle of London is over "except hjave been hurled on Brest by can be spared. south of Paris under cover of Men who have enough points to possibly for a few last parting WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—The darkness. They had chased SS USAAF bombers in three days. shots," Duncan Sandys, chairman Germans almost milked France dry RAF Lancasters dropped more than be discharged, but who prefer to Panzer troops and reconstructed remain in the Army, may stay in of the committee for countering and in the process did serious harm bridges like lightning. Crack Storm 1,500 tons of bombs on Le Havre flying bombs, told a press confer- ^$ to her industry, agriculture and Wednesday night after the Ger- the service provided their records Troop engineers exploded demoli- are satisfactory and can be usefully ence here today. people, according to Leo T. Crowley, tions behind retreating Nazis—a mans had rejected a "second and Sandys said the • fly-bombs had foreign economic administrator. last" ultimatum to surrender. employed. duel of skill and speed between the This is the way the demobiliza- been beaten by capture of most of Of all the occupied countries, best engineers of the two armies. Neutral reports from Berlin yes- the launching sites in northern France was most important to Ger- terday said that Field Marshal Mo- tion plan can be expected to work: They fought as i 'antry when France by Allied troops. many as a source of manpower, raw del had replaced Von Kluge as Ger- Assume that there are four in- the going got tough; they worked as fantry divisions in the ETO. One Revealing that 92 percent of all materials and industrial products, engineers when German mortars man commander in the west. No fatalities had been in the London mention of Von Kluge's fate was of these divisions is unnecessary Crowley- said, pointing out that at were pounding their area. for fighting in the Pacific or for area, Sandys expressed the British the beginning of 1944 there were made, although he was last re- Teamwork—The Answer occupational police work in Europe. government's thanks to Americans 2,000,000 Frenchmen working in the ported by Swiss sources to have who "have thrown themselves into Teamwork is the answer. I Return to U.S. Reich. been implicated in the attempt on the job of beating the bombs wiUi French iron ore represented more watched the blurred figures work- Hitler's life and to have committed On the basis of the credit cards just as much determination and than 30 percent of the total supply ing furiously in darkness, one team suicide following its failure. and the nature of their work, men will be transferred from all four enthusiasm as if New York or available to Germany in Europe, Inflating pontoons, saddle teams Washington had been victims of and French bauxite was more than placing braces on the pontoons as divisions to "surplus divisions." the attacks. 40 percent of the available supply, fast as they were dropped in the New Invention Speeds The remaining men will be shifted he added. water by cranes, tea: as floating on to outfits earmarked for retention rafts in the water to mount tread- Bad-Weather Landings in Europe or transfer to the Pacific. People 1st, Profits 2nd ways on the saddles, construction Men in the surplus divisions will 8 More Soft-Coal Mines teams on the slowly-growing bridge NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—Rapid lan- be returned to the United States In Conversion—Truman ding of planes during adverse as soon as ships become available. Are Taken Over by U.S. joining floats and treadways as DETROIT, Sept. 7.—Vice-Presi- they came together in the water, weather conditions has been made When the surplus men arrive in possible by a new invention by Capt. the States they will be shiped dential nominee Harry S. Truman WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. — The abutment teams with their bull- promised labor yesterday that the dozers building approaches on both S.P. Saint, American Airlines pilot. directly to surplus pools of the government took over eight more Five planes landed in 20 minutes Democratic Party would "put hu- sides of the river. ground, air and service forces. From bituminous coal mines in the East in a test of the invention at La- there they will be sent to separa- man welfare first and profits se- today and indicated it would keep Slowly the pontoon bridge be- cond" in converting America's war gan to grow out into the river. By Guardia Field here. The average is tion centers nearest their homes, on seizing them as fast as they are five planes an hour, airport officials the men with the most credit points plants to peace-time production. shut down by spreading strikes of morning it was completed. The Missouri senator said the "We do as much fighting as en- said. leaving first. supervisory employes. Capt. Saint, who calls the ins- Democrats would strive to increase gineering," said Engineer Lt. W. E. The United Clerical, Technical trument an "approach computer," REDS DECORATE TITO "basic wages" by keeping plants in and Supervisory Employes Union Frost, of Dallas, Tex. "Z ie- MOSCOW, Sept. 6.—Marshal action and would avoid mistake*- times we were used as infantry in said it operates on the principle of newly organized by the United Tito, commander of the Yugoslav of the last post-war period whe3r the hot spots, and sometimes we a slide rule and greatly increases Mine Workers, has been calling the efficiency of computing time army, has been decorated with the he said, the government sold war just ran into fights while we were plants "at a' pittance." strikers as part of its fight to be Order of Survivor First Class. on our way to do a job." distances and wind factors. recognized as a bargaining agency.