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Vol. 1 No. 50 New York—London—Rennes Wednesday, Aug. 30. 1944 Yanks Race Toward Germany U.S. Army Gives Aazis Some 'Blitzkrieg' Lessons 96 Mi. From Border; Chal ons, Vitre Fall To Lightning Thrust U.S. Troops Converging On Reims; Chateau-Thierry Is Liberated; Gains Made at Brest Sweeping ahead 100 miles east of Paris, American troops last night were reported within 96 miles of the German border after capturing Chalons sur Marne and Vitry le Francois, while other U. S. columns, which liberated Chateau-Thierry and Soissons yesterday, were con- Stars and Stripes Map by Bert Marsli verging on the cathedraj city of Reims. After liberating Chateau-Thierry, Soissons, Chalons sur Marne and Vitry la Francois, American troops last Meanwhile, Allied military observers estimated that German cas- night were within 96 miles of the German border and 60 miles of Belgium's frontier. A north-east-west ualties in northwestern France since D-Day totalled 330,000 with the assault also was being carried out against the German garrison at Brest. announcement that 92,000 prisoners had been taken from Aug. 10 to 25, including about 42,000 captured in the Falaise-Argentan pocket. Other War Fronts The enemy's dead were estimated at 25,000 for this period. The majority* of the German Seventh Army's tanks, vehicles and 8th Infantry, 4th Armored other equipment was made ineffective in this period, it was said. Three thousand vehicles, 160 tanks, Red Land-Sea and 180 guns were captured by Al- lied soldiers. Took Part in Brittany Drive The swift advance by Lt. Gen George S. Patton's armor and troops 1,250 Heavies Smash Takes Two divisions which took part in the lightning thrust to cut off the brought renewed significance to Gen. Brittany Peninsula—the Eighth Infantry and the Fourth Armored— Dwight D. Eisenhower's broadcast to were taken off the secret list last night. the French in Alsace-Lorraine telling Raid Balkans, ConstanzaPort While the Fourth Armored was described as "the knife that cut off them that they were in the 'rear the peninsula," the Eighth Infantry was identified1 as one of the out- area of military operations" and may fits which followed on the heels of soon be in the theater of war. Central Europe Nazi Observer Admits the armor in the 10-day smash to New York radio, quoting Swiss re- seal off Brest, now being assaulted ports said that "the Germans are Soviet Breakthrough Nazi Retreat from the north, east and south. pulling out of Belfort and are taking Fighter - Bombers Hit Called the "American Elite Fourth up positions on the Siegfried Line." In Rumania Armored Division" in enemy broad- Berlin said that American troops Belgium, France casts, the Fourth jumped off at already • had reached Reims, only In South a Rout 108 miles from Saarbrucken, and ' Soviet forces, in a swift two- Raids, in Normandy, on July 27, and Reich raced through Periers, took Ccu- were driving for Nancy and Metz. pronged thrust by land and sea, have In the renewed Brittany penin- captured the vital Rumanian Black The German retreat in Southern tances and Sartilly, captured Av- More than 1,250 heavy bombers France had become a complete rout ranches after savage fighting, and sula campaign, small but steady Sea port of Constanza, Marshal piunged 140 miles into Brittany. gains were reported against the weil- from Mediterranean bases yesterday Stalin announced last night. last night as American forces organized German opposition at the attacked enemy targets in central harried and smashed what remained Meanwhile, the Eighth Infantry Europe and the Balkans. In an order of the day, Stalin Division, after taking part in the vital Atlantic port of Brest. U. S. told how tanks and motorized forces of the German forces in full flight break through along the Ay River, troops are closing in on the port While 750 bombers struck railway up the Rhone River valley toward from rhe north, east and west. bridges and communications centers of the Third Ukrainian front, with started its 112-mile drive that swept in Hungary and Northern Italy, more landing parties of the Black Sea Lyons. through Coutances, Avranches and Northwest of Paris, on the Seine, The German ■ forces, estimated at calminated with the capture of the American bridgehead at Mantes then 500 other Fortresses and Lib- fleet, stormed and captured the port Gassicourt and Vernon have been erators raided objectives in Czecho- which for three years served as the 15,000. men, were leaving huge Rennes, original capital of Brittany. slovakia. main German naval base on the quantities of supplies and bogged Previously the Eighth had taken linked up to give the Allies a solid part in the battie near La Haye du bridgehead of 18 miles at the oase. In their first high-level bombing Black Sea, and which is a terminus down transport in their desperate The two other Allied bridgeheads mission in the Mediterranean thea- of the Ploesti oil pipeline. effort to escape American blows Puits. Maj. Gen. John S. Wood, Ar- across the Seine from Paris to the ter, Lightning fighter-bombers at- Meanwhile, Col. Von Olberg, Nazi from the rear and the flank. sea were also extended. tacked Trieste yesterday. military commentator, admitted in kansas-born West Pointer, com- One report last night said the mands the Fourth Armored, while Canadian troops were reported to 'Meanwhile, Eighth Air Force fight- his broadcast last night that the be meeting, increasingly heavy op- Russians, had accomplished a Yanks now have command of all Brig. Gen. Donald A. Stroh, of er-bombers were over Belgium, complete breakthrough in Rumania. the mountain passes through the Washington, D. C„ leads the Eighth position as they came to within France and Western Germany yes- He explained the Russian successes Alps between southeastern France Infantry. three miles of Rouen, which prob- terday, bombing and strafing enemy on the basis of the Rumanian swing ancf Italy. The Fourth Armored was credit- ably will be bitterly contested by the communications without opposition, from fighting the Reds to aiding The Maquis continued its activity ed with capturing more than 8,000 Nazis. USSTAF announced. them. in southern France yesterday, and Germans during its Brittany Penins- German troops still are crossing Essen was raided by Mosquito the river • barges, but Allied planes At the same time, fighting was re- a communique from Gen. Koenig's ula drive, and cutting off thousands bombers Monday night and oth^r ported last night on the Hungarian headquarters said the FFI have of enemy naval personnel in the continued to bomb and strafe them, RAF planes attacked 12 flying bomb border and at the oil refinery center liberated 45 towns, cleared 15 depart- major U-boat base of Lorient. forcing the Nazis to abandon much sites. of Ploesti between Rumanian and ments of the enemy, killed 3,000 Ger- Prisoners who had heard of the of their equipment. German forces. mans arid taken another 9,000 pri- division before their capture called soner. it the "Fourth Panzers." CHURCHILL HOME Silver Stars have been awarded LONDON, Aug. 29—Prime Minister Sees Vets As Gothic Line Reached to 37 members of the division, in- Winston Churchill returned to Eng- By Italy Forces Nazi Tank Shell Continued on Page 4 land from Italy late this afternoon. National Unit Advance units of the Eighth Army, Hits U.S. Medium, driving forward along the whole Paris Sees Liberation Parade; SEATTLE, Aug. 29—The certain front between Florence and the emergence of this war's veterans as Adriatic, last night were reported to But That's All one of four major groups affecting have reached the outer defenses of American economy was forecast here the German Gothic Line in Italy. By Ray Lee t'sOnly a Breather for Yanks last night in a speech by Chester Allied guns yesterday began to shell Stars and Stripes Staff Writer • Bowles, chief of the Office of Price the Gothic Line. WITH A U. S. ARMORED BAT- By Jules B. Grad Arc de Triomphe. It was a simple Administration. This marked the end of the Ger- TALION, Aug. 29—Lt. Col. Lindsey Stars and Stripes Staff Writer ceremony. There were no formal Returning soldiers and sailors will man withdrawal to their last line of Herkness, of Philadelphia, already PARIS, Aug. 29—For two hours speeches, but as the French people join farmers, labor and management defense in Northern Italy. has the Purple Heart, but expresses 15,000 American doughboys passed in stood silently watching, the elo- as a major factor in American life Polish troops have been combined the belief that he and his tank crew review before high-ranking U. S. and quence of the moment seemed a and must work with them to "insure are living a charmed life. thousand times more impressive than a stable full-employment economy" with the British forces assaulting French officers today while many ail the fancy addresses of the mo- after the war, Bowles urged. the line. Just outside Caudebec-les-Elbeul, more thousands lined the broad ave- Herkness' tank, although receiving a ment. Failure of veterans and others to Meanwhile, planes of the Mediter- nue of the Champs d'Elysees and When the officers had once again work together might lead to "the ranean Air Forces yesterday attack- direct hit from a Mark V, was not put out of action. wildly cheered the newly-arrived lib- climbed to the flag-bedecked review- eventual collapse of our democracy," ed bridges on the sole German trans- erators. ing stand at the Place de la Con- he warned. port route from northern Italy. The column was heading for a To the troops chosen to take part, corde, tanks, jeeps, half-tracks, prime- bivouac area a lew miles away when the parade was only a breather. To- movers and trucks started rumbling the Mark V let four light tanks pass night the doughboys were once down the avenue. They were follow- Name New Unit First Shanghai, Canton and then opened on the first of the again back in the lines. ed by trim soldiers of an infantry mediums. The only "casualty" was In a sense it was a delayed, victory division while their bands, on either Allied Airborne Army Bombed Again the bleeding nose of the driver and parade—the first here since the side of the stand, played French and ringing ears of the bow gunner, a capital was freed four davs ago bv American marches. First Allied Airborne Army has Air activity over China was renew- Stars and Stripes reporter, caused elements of the Fourth Infantry Di- Cub planes circled slowly over the been announced as the official name ed yesterday as Liberators of the by concussion? vision. In a broader sense, the Yanks site and hundreds of military police of the new command which consoli- 14th Air Force attacked Japanese The colonel, with the African and felt it was a dress rehearsal for the stationed before and to the rear of dates airborne troops of the Allied shipping in the mouth of the Whang- Sicilian campaigns behind him, can bigger ceremonies to come when the stand kept an alert throughout Expeditionary Force with strength poo River, near Shanghai, and at realize why they let the light tanks they march down Berlin's Unter den the parade. equivalent to that of an army. Canton, leading South China port by and then fired on the first medi- Linden. The crowds threatened to brealv American, British and Polish sol- on the Pearl River. um, but cannot explain why his A half-hour before the mammoth tnrough the police cordon at one diers are included in the new com- ' A Chungking - communique an- lank was not knocked out, unless demonstration got under way, an time when the long line of vehicles mand, under Lt. Gen. Lewis H. nounced meanwhile that Japanese the Germans, a? a last resort, were American general, accompanied by a piiused a half-mile from the stand, Breretou, formerly head of the Ninth counter-attacks in the vicinity of using faulty ammunition. high official of the French Army, but the French gendarmes quickly Air Force. Lt. Gen. Fred A. M. Ichang. Yangtse River port, had been The German crew; incidentlly, will laid a wreath on the tomb of had the situation under control and Browning of the British Army is 1 repulsed. never tell the story. Fiance's Unknown Soldier at the the program moved swiftly on. deputy commander. Page 2 Wednesday, Aug 30, 1944 G~2ing the Soldier Vote Situation ' Somewhere in France...'

IN an effort to keep up with the fighting troops, we have just com- pleted one of those long road marches that took us through freshly liberated villages and along streets lined with cheering, kissing, V- signing, flower-throwing French people. Our experience parallels that of thousands of others who have made ihese triumphal marches these past few days and if we are a little hands and face and throw away the out-of-breath it is because we are cigarette and i2) send his big sister still drunk with power and have just to do the heavy work. been kissed on both cheeks by a Viva la Prance!—Le Tomahawk small boy clutching a wilted bouquet 19th Corps Newspaper edited by Maj. and some sticky hard candy, Roy D. Craft. smoking a Fleetwood cigarette and representing, we like to think, the S/Sgt. Robert Schnering, of Mad- good people of the French Republic. ison, Wis-, and the Second Infantry This incident took place in a village Div., climbed to the top of a hedge- we shall call Sumwhere-Nere-Paree row and took a shot at nine Ger- and to digress a moment, we wish mans crouched on the other side. the troops would quit issuing cigar- Then he stood stiffly at attention ettes to these five-year-olds. It isn't in the best Nazi style and yelled good for the tots for one thing and ' Heil Hitler." The nine Jerries for another it is teaching them a came to attention and surrendered. habit they will find .very expensive after the Americans go home. As we ■ywo brothers, both colonels in the recall cigarettes cost something like U. S. Army medical corps in 50 cents a pack in France before France, are teaming up as command- the war and no doubt will again, and ers of Army hospitals to handle Al- a tcddler can't make that kind of lied casualties at the front. money in legitimate channels. To get back to the triumphant One, Col. Roary A. Murchison, of ride The leading elements had swept Hot Springs, Ark., directs an evacu- through these communities without ation hospital near the combat lines. having time to take their bows and The other. Col. James Murchison, of the war was moving so fast even Denver, Colo., is in charge of a gen- the MP's were wording double shirts aral hospital which receives patients and at a dead gallop to get their from the evacuation point. Off-Limits signs posted. Previously a French medical cen- We were in a convoy of six jeeps ter under the supervision of the Nazis for four years, Col. James with Carl Jones and Gus West up American soid.ers near tbe battle front down the Driniumor River, 16 miles east of Aitape on New Guinea] front as we swept through these Murchison's general hospital only recently began operations. The first take time out to get briefed on requirements for soldiers voting by state absentee ballots. The deadiine frtf places. Knowing it was to be a long submitting applications for state ballots is Sept. 1. trip and having learned earlier m six patients came from his brother's the Normandy campaign not to front-line hospital, which had been expend all our energy on the first set up only a few days before. half-dozeri welcomers, we budgeted Yan^s Covering our efforts as follows: Pvt. Eugene Ford, o) San Fran- A Report From Paris (a) The casual or Bored-Acknow- cisco, and Cpl. Robert Sheets, oj ■ ledgment V-sign, delivered from the Miami, PRO photographer and re- By Ernie Pyle wrist with just a slight lift of the porter respectively, are claiming Battlegrounds credit for the liberation of a As we drove toward Paris from holiday — which thev undoubtedly .chin, for small groups of children or French town. the south hundreds of Parisian refu- were. a brace of oldsters Hearing that the town had fal- gees and returning vacationists rode You never saw so many bicycles (b) The Winston Churchill, or homeward on bicycles amidst tanks in your life as there are in Paris. Fathers Knew _ Are — In — This — Thing — len, Ford and Sheets decided to We get a story. Losi?ig their way. they and big guns. And they rigged up the funniest con- Together — And — Will — Indu- Some Frenchmen have the facility traptions on them, such as little go- As Yanks crossed the Marne Riv(ir bitably — Win V-sign, delivered entered the town by a side road with only an Ml rifle they had for making all of us Nervous Nellies carts on two wheels which they and advanced patrols were reported from the elbow and with just a hint picked up along the way and an look ridiculous. There should be a towed behind. And there was also at Chateau-Thierry, American sc4- of the shoulder brought into play, nonchalant Frenchman in every war a wagon rigged up so it was pulled diers of World War II have begun together with a 'wide smile and empty carbine. Realizing their mistake when movie. by two bicyclists, riding side by side to fight on the same soil and to raising and lowering of the head, they rounded a corner into the He would be sort of a French like a team of horses. trod the same paths taken by their for larger groups such as assemble main street, the two turned to Charlie Chaplin. You'd have tense For 24 hours tanks were parked fathers 26 years ago. at road intersections and throw flow- soldiers crouching in ditches and along sidewalks all over downtown ers and vegetables into passing leave and were confronted by a The Second Battle of the Marne civilian who handed over six pris- firing from behind low walls. Paris. They all were manned by- and Chateau-Thierry represented the trucks in exchange for cigarettes, And in the middle of it you'd have French soldiers and each tank im- bon-bons (hard candy) and canned oners he had been holding. final German offensive in 1918 and Returning triumphantly to the this Frenchman, in Jaded blue over- mediately., became a Sort of social today, as the Germans retreat to- goods. unit making the attack on the alls and beret and with a nearly center and hearthside of its own. ward the Rhine, they will pass manjf (c) The All-Out or bnoot-the- burned-up cigarette in his mouth, Sleeps in Tank Works V-sign, the arm completely town, they handed over the prison- of the most famous World War I ers and laid claim, to the capture come striding down the middle of Kids were all over the tanks like battlegrounds. outstretched and waved from the of the r^tli the road past the soldiers, big as life. flies. Women in white dresses climb- In June and July, 1918, the Kais- shoulder, with such impromptu inter- ed up to kiss the men with grimy er's armies launched their final of- polations as the hands clasped to- I've actually seen that very thing faces. And early the second morning gether over the head in the manner THE Germans have learned the happen about four times since D- fensive. The Americans, with the 1 hard way to stay clear of a road Day and you never can see it with- we saw a girl climbing sleepily out Sixth French Army, not only held of a prizefighter, accompanied by net protected by a certain American of a tank turret. She quite obviouslv their, front, but took part in a bloody Vivas and whistles, to be used only out laughing. had spent the night there with net- AAA Group. Nero Fiddled, French Fluted counter-offensive. in case one or more'pretty girls are For seven nights the German air- new tanker friend. A couple of months later came th# spotted in the group craft came over that net and raised Well, the crowds were out in Paris French soldiers of the armored battle at Argonne, the major Amerf This latter greeting, delivered with like that while the shooting was division are all in American uni- hell. The eighth night was quiet. still going on. The people on bicycles can engagement of the war. enthusiasm, is a great help to these In those seven nights, the Ameri- forms and use American equipment. Memories of the Somme traveling behind in the convoy since can AA gunners had accounted for would stop with one foot on the Consequently most people thought it alerts the whole line to the fact 78 German planes. pavement to watch the firing that we few Americans were French at Also on the German retreat road was going on right in that block. is Verdun, where Marshal Henri that they had better be on their People like Sgt. Lucien E. Fortin first. Then, puzzled, they'd inquire, toes or they will miss something- As the French Second Armored Petain, French collaborationist now and his 90 mm crew chalked up the "English?" And we'd say, "No. believed to be somewhere in Ger- pretty, nice. score. In one night, the Germans Division rolled into the city at a American." And then we'd get a Earlier in the campaign we were roaringly dangerous speed I noticed little scream and a couple more many, uttered his famous battle-cry* dropped over 200 anti-personnel "They shall not pass!" They didn'tt frankly an amateur at this business bombs near the Fairhaven, Mass., one tank commander with goggles, kisses. but feel now we have developed a smoking a cigar, and another soldier Every place you stopped somebody The entire valley of the winding sergeant's gun position. One knocked Somme River is filled with World technique which permits us not only the mouthpiece from Fortin's field in a truck playing a flifte for his in the crowd could speak English. to inspire the populace with our con- telephone as he was using it. Another own amusement. There were also a They apologized for not inviting us War I memories—memories both bit- fidence in ultimate victory, but to fell nearby, hitting Coc. Robert Ca- good many pet dogs riding into bat- to their homes for a drink, saying ter and nostalgic to the old soldiers give the impression that we, per- dy, of Grygla, Minn., and injuring tle on top of tanks and trucks, just they didn't have any. who fought both then and now. The like the Americans have. Somme was on the British front, but sonally are doing the liberating. him only slightly Time and again they'd say, 'We've there were contingents of YankiS Coming through, one smallish vil- Amidst this fantastic battle to- waited so long' for you." It almost there. lage, we managed to drop our jeep It's not always "finders keepers" ward Paris were people pushing baby got to be a refrain. One elderly gen- The first Anglo-American attack right into the middle of o column in this war. S/Sgt. James Stout, carriages of belongings, walking with tleman said that although we were in history was staged in the battle ci' Sherman tanks, which the French of Dallas, Tex., was caught in a suitcases, and riding bicycles so a long time in reaching France, we at Hamel, in the Somme valley, love. The tankers were busy herding tight corner by a German tank and heavily loaded with gear that if they had come swiftly since then. He July 4, 1918. A big contingent of U, their monsters and were not taking left somewhat hurriedly, leaving laid them down they had to have said the people hadn't expected us S doughboys went over the top with their bows properly so we hoisted his ammunition bag behind him. help to lift them upright. And in in Paris for six months after the a force of Aussie veterans. The ourself onto the back of the seat Later the Second Infantry Divi- the midst of it was a tandem bicycle invasion day. attack was a success. sion moved forward some 15 to 20 ridden by a man and a beautiful Actually there are not many to give us elevation and assumed a In Flanders Fields. . . position first popularized by Lind- miles, and Stout found his bag in woman, both in bright blue shorts, American soldiers in Paris. And it's bergh in his early newsreels. an abandoned German position. just as though they were taking a unlikely that there will be, at least Further north, in Flanders, the for some time, because they're out 27th New York division long held We adjusted our helmet at just Private Breger over France going on with the war. a place in the British line above the the right angle to indicate an at- Paris was not a military objective: little town of Cassel, which perches titude of rakish daring consistent its liberation so soan was more of atop Sugarload Hill. with the tanker's tradition, and by an emblem. That's the reason the Not far from Cassel was bowing both riant and left using the French armored division was as- famous Ypres, a shattered B or Churchill V-sign and acknow- signed to the job. which was almost constantly unci ledging the cheers for the whole German shellfire. Seven-arid-a-J column with approving, paternal and Hotel Seemed Strange miles northeast of Ypres is Pa*i benevolent smiles, we created the il- The armies still fighting in the schendaele, scene of a heavy battl* lusion that not only were the French field were practically deserted for a in the whole last war. being beautifully liberated, but that few days by the correspondents as Eastward is the- famous cathedral we were the little guy who was we all wanted to get in on the lib city of Rheims, where artillery shel- doing it.. eration of Paris. There were so ling turned up the surrounding It was while thus ensconced, and many correspondents it got to be a chalk subsoil, and the entire coun- during a brief halt of our borrowed joke even among us. I think at least tryside of clean^swept grape arbors column, that the tot plastered the 200 must have entered the city that became a series of white, scarred, accolade on both cheeks. It was first day, both before and after the barren ridges, treeless and spectre- lemon flavored and smelled of nico- surrender. like. tine and K-ration, but we are sure The army had picked out a hotel Still farther east, the wine grow- the gesture was sincere and for us ahead of time, and it was ing ridges - give way to the hilly, spontaneous and we appreciate it. taken over as soon as the city sur- forested country of Meuse-Argoime, If it happens again, however, we rendered. But though it was a big- where the American Armies of hope the toddler will (1) wash his hotel, it was full before dark of the World War. I broke the Hindenburg first day, so they've taken over an- line that bristled from Belgium other huge one across the street. southeast to the environs of Metz. THE STARS AND STRIPES Hotel life seems strange and guiltv Printed at 1' Ouest Journal, Rennes for U. S. Armed Forces, under aus- after so long in the field. My own pices of The Special Service Divi- room is a big corner one with easv Ninth Bomber Chief sion ETOUSA. chairs, soft bed, bathroom and maid Contents passed by the U &' and hall porter. Made Major General Army and Navy censors; subscrip- There was no electricity in the tion 260 francs per year, plus post- age ETO edition Entered as sec- daytime and no hot water anytime, Samuele Anderson, ol Greensboro, ond class matter Mar 15, 1943 at and no restaurant and no bar, but N O, he^d of the Ninth Air Force the post office, New York, N Y, outside that hotel it was just about Bomber Command, has been pro- tinder the Act of Mar 3, 1879. All like peacetime. moted to major general, it was an- material appearing in this publi- Sitting here writing within the nounced by Maj. Gen. Hoyt Van- cation has been written and edited safe walls, and looking out the win- denberg, Ninth Air Force command- by uniformed members of the dow occasionally at the streets er. Gen Anderson. 38. is one of the Army and Navy except where stat- ed, that a civilian or other outside thronged with color and happy peo- youngest two-star generals in the source is being Quoted. ple, it was already hard to believe Army. He holds the Silver Star and Vol. 1, No 50, Aug. 30, 1944 there was a war; it's even hard to was in the Southwest Pacific before "This is a neutral country. We'll have to intern you realize there still is a war. coming to the ETO in June 1943. Wednesday, Aug 30, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 3 By Jack Sords Bears Favored PITCHER BEN Potter, Case, Butka To Beat Stars Slapped With Fines CHICAGO, Aug. 39—Nelson Pot- In 9th Gives ter, Browns' pitcher, and George In Annual Tilt Case and Eddie Butka of the CHAPMAM, Washington Senators yesterday Cards Win, 3-2 paid the price for having their Uiktbot ourpieupei? little slugfest last week during the Return of Sid Luckman game at Washington. Pop. tZ TfeARS OP Yesterday, Will Harridge, presi- Boston Red Sox Whip Switches Odds To -To l<3+l 8AC* dent of the American League, an- r/4 TMB MAJORS nounced that the three players Yankees to Take Chicago Pros AS A PlTCriER each would toss $100 into the poR SROOKL./'M league coffers as a reminder that .Second Place EVANSTON, 111., Aug. 29—The slugging, as far as baseball is con- Chicago Bears, professional cham- cerned, should be done from the ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29—(Ken O'Dea's pions of the football world, are batting box. pinch homer in the .ninth inning slight favorites lr. the see-saw odds with Deb Garms on third base last night gave the Cardinals a 3-2 to beat the college All-Stars tonight victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the 11th annual football classic and handed Mort Cooper his 19th between the cream of the nation's Nelson takes mound victoiy of the season. college gridders and the champs of the National League. The Cards were shut out by their old mate Harry Gumbert until the Wartime exigencies have forced Tourney With ninth when Whitey Kurowski touch- promoters of the game to relax their eligibility rules with the result that ed off a rally by driving a single through the legs of Chuck Aleno. —many members of the so-called col- lege stars have been inside a class- Sub-Par 280 Garms then batted for Martin room in several years. When the- Marion and slammed a double to game was instituted the All-Star right field. Gerald Walker threw roster was composed of players who Prize Raises Earnings the ball away on the'return to the «J% had finished their collegiate careers infield, allowing Kurowski to score. P» the previous fall, but with most colle- To Record; Dudley Garms moved along to third. gians hustling into service as soon as O'Dea then went to the plate for school is out the promoters had to Grabs Second Emil Verban , and slammed his do the best they could with the fourth homer of the year over the right field pavilion to hand Gum- available GIs. CHICAGO, Aug. 29—Byron Nel- Luckman Changes Odds son won the All-American Open bert his eighth loss of the year. The Stars were 7-5 favorites early Cooper allowed only three hits 6&M CAM6 UP 1 golf championship for the third last week but the odds changed <0 Ai> and was scored on "only in the MAJORS AS Art iMFlgLOER time In four years today when he rapidly in favor of the pros when toured the Tam-O- Shanter course seventh stanza when Ray Mueller Belt WAS Sid Luckman got a ten-day leave to SrtiPfeD lb Trie in three-under-par 69 for a 72-hole doubled to drive in Walker and play with the Bears and the Stars ©ARD£<4 eecAose total of '280, eight under par. Frank McCormick. Gumbert allowed lost several Naval players because of OP Mis speeo First prize money of $13,462 in 11 safeties. Yanks Tied For Third the Navy's ban on 48-hour leaves. Bonds, which breaks down to $10,100 In the only American League Steve Van Buren, of Louisiana cash, brought Nelson's earnings for game, the Boston Red Sox took State, and Genu Pekete, of Ohio the year to $25,468, eclipsing the over second place, three and a half State, also were lost to the Stars. record of $19,534 earned by Sammy games back of the St. Louis Browns, Van Buren by appendicitis and Fe- Snead in 1938. by whipping the New York Yankees, kete because of a practice injury. Wo) I? Betty Hicks won the Women's Di- A throng of at least 50,000 is assu- vision crown with a 318 while the 7-4. The loss dropped the New red for the ding-dong aerial battle AiS eiCMAAOflP, amateur section of the meet ended Yorkers into a third-place tie with starring Luckman for the "Bears and in a three-way tie among Ed Furgol the Detroit Tigers. The Sox fook an early lead, scor- , Glenn Dobbs for the Stars. Luckman, cuus iMis seASOAi of Detroit, Ken Heitemann of St. the main cog in the bears' vaunted Louis, and Earl Christiansen of ing four runs in the third inning on ) "T" machine, probably will play to I — Miami Beach, Fla. The tie will be Bill Conroy's walk, singles by Yank the hilt since this appearance pro- played off in an 18-hole medal play Terry. George Metkovich and Pete bably will be his last game for the match tomorrow. Fox, and Bob Johnson's booming duration. Johnny Long, former Col- Millers Hit as Loop Prexy Ed Dudley, PGA president, shot a triple. gate and Newark professional star, sizzling 69 today coming from sixth Terry started on the mound for i is slated to start in Luckman's place to win the $5,000 second prize. the Sox but was removed because quarterback spot with the passing Jug McSpaden, the leading money of wildness in the fourth inning. ace entering the game at the Rules on Columbus' Protest winner of the year until today, shot The victory went to Frank Barrett psychological moment. a 76 in the final and wound up who relieved him although he was as wild as Terry, giving eight free Bears Have Veterans COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 29—George Trautman, president, of the American seventh as Cpl. Buck White finished Despite losses to the armed forces, third with 286 to win $3,662 in War passes. Terry handed out five. -5BRay Nolting and stricken from the records because the Millers used an ineligible player in Nelson remarked on the first day with men on base and left 14 men Ray McLean, center Bulldog Turner, both games. of the tournament that consistency stranded on the bags. They finally guard George Musso, tackle Al Columbus lodged a protest over the Millers' use of Pedro Gomez at second would be the payoff factor and he got a rally started in the ninth but Hoptowit, and ends George Wilson, base, • citing a rule which bars any was right. Such early flashes as Barrett choked it off at three runs. Connie Mack Berry and Jim Benton. player acquired after Aug. 15 from a Johnny Bulla of Atlanta, who shot Bill Zuber was the losing pitcher. Although it is doubtful whether club-of equal or higher classification. a record-tying 65 opening day„ and the All-Stars will be up to their Gomez was obtained by Minneapolis Henry Picard, who shot 67, later peace-time par. coach Lynn Waldorf from the Washington Senators Aug. blew up. Bulla ended up out of the World Series will have a backfield that knows its 18 in exchange for Infielder Freddie money entirely while picard, with way around any football stadium in a 73 and a 76 on the last two rounds, the country. In addition to Dobbs Vaughan. Tennis Finals "All games lost by Minneapolis finished tenth. the Stars will have Billy Hellenbrand with Gomez in the lineup will be To O pen Oct. 4 of Indiana, Charlie Trippi of Georgia. counted as lost," Trautman said. SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 29— Creighton Miller of Notre Dame and "All games won with him playing, Lt. Don McNeill, 1940 National cham- HGU THtY CHICAGO, Aug. 29—Kenesaw Pete Layden of Texas. however, will be voided." Dick Barwegen, guar don Purdue's pion, and Francisco Segura, of Ecua- Mountain Landis, high commissioner 1943 undefeated squad, was named dor, advanced to the final of the STAND, of organized baseball, announced to- to captain the All-Stars. Barwegen, a Foxx to Lead Meadow Club's annual invitation day that the 1944 world series will six-foot 200-pounder, played on last tennis tournament. open Wednesday, Oct. 4 at the home McNeill eliminated Billy Talbert, NATIONAL LEAGUE park of the National League pen- year's All-Star team which trimmed Portsmouth Nine Standings the Washington Redskins 27-7. of Indianapolis, 6—4, 6—2, 1—6, 6—2, nant winner. W L Pet. Landis indicated his selection in while Segura had no trouble dispos- St. Louis 90 30 .750 CHICAGO, Aug. 29—Jimmy Foxx, ing of Lt. Seymour Greenberg, Chi- the National League when he invited onetime American League slugger Pittsburgh ■ 69 47 595 cago southpaw now in the Air Cincinnati 67 50 .573 only the St. Louis Cardinals to the Army, Navy Take who came out of retirement this meeting along with representatives year to try a comeback with the Forces, 6—2, 6—3, 7—5. New York 54 66 .450 Armando and Rolonao Vega, Chicago 51 64 443 of four American League teams. Cubs, has been named manager of Philadelphia 47 69 405 If the Browns win the American 90 Per Cent Of brothers from Mexico City, defeated the Bruins' Piedmont League Boston 48 73 400 League pennant all the games will farm team at Portsmouth, Va. McNeill and Sydney Wood in one Brooklyn 46 75 .380 semi-final doubles match while Se- be held in Sportsman's Park with U.S. Sports Gear Double-X succeeds Bill Steinecke, Leading Hitters the Cards as the home team for gura and Talbert sidelined Jack, G AB R H Pet, who was purchased by the Yankees the first two contests, the Browns Jossi, of Oakland, Cal., and Pfc Musial St. Louis 123 480 98 170 .354 WASHINGTON, Aug. '29—When as a replacement for Catcher Rollie hosts for the next three tilts, Hemsley.. George Ball, of El Paso, in the other. Walker, Brooklyn 117 427 61 151 .353 the Army and Navy go into some- Medwick, N. Y. 112 434 62 149 343 5nd the Cards at home for the two thing, they do it in a big way. At Hopp, St. Louis 108 408 95 137 .336 final games. least, that's the nation's theory in- Wemtraub. N. Y. 95 330 52 104 .315 If the American League flag goes , sofar as athletic equipment is con- Runs Batted In out of St. Louis travel stringencies cerned. SPOSTS:w Nicholson, Chicago, 94; Sanders, St. will cause the first three games to Louis, 92; Musial, St. Louis, 86. The OWI disclosed yesterday that * *N be played at St. Louis and all nec- Jpf- there will be little or no increase in Home Runs essary remaining games at the Am- the amount of sports and game Nicholson, Chicago, 28; Ott, New York. 24; Northey. Philadelphia. 16. erican League teams home field. equipment made available to civil- AMERICAN LEAGUE Attending the parley with the ians- in the States "because the Standings Judge were Sarn Breadon, president - services are buying about 90 per cent W L Pet. of the Cardinals; Don Barnes, presi- Of it." St. Louis ' 69 53 .565 dent, ani Sam Dewitt, vice-nresident, GIs should find plenty of bats, Dan Parker of the New York Mir- and handed Great Lakes it first Boston 67 58 .536 of the Browns; Charlie McManus, balls, etc., at .their disposal because ror has started a new club among defeat by a major league team and New York 65 57 .533 representing the New York Yankees'; Army purchases each year include sports writers since Pitcher FranK only their second in 40 games. Detroit 64 56 .533 general manager Jack Zeller of the enough gear to field 50,000 baseball Wurm joined the Dodgers. He's Philadelphia 60 65 .480 Detroit Tigers; and American League drawing up a set of penalties for Frankie Paccassi, manager of Chicago . 57 64 .471 teams and 100,000 Softball teams, Cleveland 58 66 .468 president Will Harridge, who acted while the Navy can equip 11,000 any writer who uses such lines as heavyweight Lou Nova is quoted Washington 51 70 .421 for the Boston Red Sox. baseball and 22,000 Softball teams. "Wurm went in cold because he quite regularly as saying, "The Civil- Leading Hitters What's more, the Army annually didn't have time to wurm up." "The ian heavyweights today are all G AB R H Pet. ) lays out money for 225,000 baseball Wurm turned for the Dodgers. bums. But anyway, I've got • the Doerr, Boston 122 .456 91 148 .325 Famous Schooner gloves, 200,000 bats and 200,000 base- "Wurm failed to wiggle out of the best bum of the lot in Nova." Seibert, Phila. 105 370 44 119 .322 t balls, and an equal amount is ob- hole so Durocher gave him the Pox, Boston 104 426 65 138 .324 Boudreau, Cleve. 121 472 66 149 316 tained through PX profits. hook," or any reference to "Wurm Kentucky's Walnut Farms, which Now Plying Seas spoiled the Dodger barrel of apples. Johnson, Boston 115 408 90 131 .921 boasts of having had the sire or Runs Batted In Help Wanted dam of every Hambletonian win- Stephens, St. Louis. 88: Doerr. Boston. As Freight Ship They are touting Domingo Hines ner, had the sires of four of the six 77; Johnson, Boston, 77. —AND GIVEN from the Canal Zone as- one of money winners on Hambletonian Home Runs GLOUCESTER, Mass., Aug. 29— the coming sprint champions of the Doerr, Boston; Johnson, Boston; Ste- Write your question or problem day at Goshen. The Gertrude L. Thebaud, famous to Hel-p Wanted, The Stars and world The 14-year-old speedster phens, St. Louis, and York. Detroit, racing fishing schooner, soon will Stripes, Rennes, France has been clocked in 6.2 for 50 yards, For the first time since 1922 there 15 each. leave North Atlantic waters to enter a better mark than the American isn't a son or daughter of Man O' the freighting business between Flor- XWhen requesting an APO, be sure to junior record. War in the Lexington Kentucky Tanner Gives One Hit ida, and islands of the Cfer'bbeail. include last known unit. APO, ASN Yearling Auctions and home town o't the person you The tall, proud Thebaud was the want as well as your own.) With the American League battling But Loses Game, 15-0 most photographed schooner in the APOs Wanted tooth and nail for the loop flag, the When Twilight Tear was beaten world. A string of spectacular QAPT. Hyman NATTES, M. C. Cards are sailing along in the Na- in the Belmont Alabama Stakes, it ROANOKE, Va., Aug. 29—Buck victories was interrupted only by the tional with a percentage near .730 was the first time in history of the Tanner, pitcher on Brooklyn's New- champion from Nova Scotia. Blue- Found aiid have a good chance of beating mutual machine that a 1 to 20 shot port News Piedmont League team, nose, after a sprier of epic encoun- WALLET, belonging to Sgt. George the Cubs league record of .763 made was beaten. pitched a no-hit no-run game against ters. D TOWNE, L2O04CO3. PAY BOOK, in 1906. Roanoke early in the- season, but on belonging to Cpl. J G. KOJTJNDZICH, Stan Pertenheimer of the Colum- a recent appearance in Roanoke suf- PHILS SHORT OF CATCHERS L35322008. Those Brooklyn Dodgers are some bus Red Birds in the American As- fered a 15-0 defeat although he BOSTON, Aug. 29—Phil Masi will ■f Lost ball club. They lose consistently to sociation has beaten every club in pitched a one-hitter. be the only catcher available to the QOG. 'Salvage," our black and white the weaU clubs, then snap losing Braves for at least a week with rat terrier mascot, is AWOL from the league including Columbus. Stan Although- he allowed only a single this Comoany as of 1 Aug. at Av- streaks when facing the Cards or started the season with Louisville, tally. Tanner walked 15 men, hit one Stuart Hofferth and Clyde Kluttz ranches. Please notify Capt. John Sav- Reds. In the midst of another bad and got his Columbus victory before and threw three wild pitches in seven sidelined with injuries. Hofferth has,, iini, CO. session they went out to Chicago donning the Card farm suit. innings. j tonsilitis and Kluttz has u bad Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPKS Wednesday, Aug. 80. i944 News From Home Private Wants Twins, Here's One Shakedown We'd Like APO Job Here But He Gets Quads Overseas Air GAINESVILLE, Ga., Aug. . 29— Is Tough, But Pvt. Charles E. Lee, of Camp Blanding, Fla., who wanted twins, Time Offered became the father of quadruplets Look at Pacific Monday when his 23-year-old wife gave birth to four boys. To Candidates After their first 24 hours in an incubator, the babies stand a good Fleet Post Office Get* chance of living, physicians said. Informed of the quadruplets' ar- Mail 9,000 Miles Fivi Qualified Parties rival, 25-year-old Lee exclaimed: "I guess I have a job cut out for In a Week To Get Equal Radio me after the war!" WITH U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, Aug. Opportunities 29— Triple the average number of letters received by the average citizen Stars and Stripes U. S. Bureau NationalGuard of Indianapolis, and you have a WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—As the rough idea of the postal problem the national political race began to pick Navy faced when the Central Pacific up speed, the War Department front surg ed westward 4,000 miles announced yesterday that equal time Future Studied from Pearl Harbor to the Marianas on its shortwave radio facilities via the Gilberts and Marshalls. would be available on request to all qualified political parties for re- WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (AP)— The Navy solved the complex jig- broadcast of "political addresses" to The War Department has begun a saw puzzle, Lt. Comdr. Earle D. study looking toward revamping the Chance of Los Angeles, revealed overseas forces. National Guard in the post-war mili- here with a handful of orders from The set up will start early in Sep- tary organization. Adm. Chester W Nimitz, 'fleets of tember and will extend to Nov. 1 transport planes, the judgment of when "overseas voting should be No hint of the specific problems to be tackled by a special six-man com veteran mail handlers and a deft bit completed." of postal "quarterbacking." The five parties qualified to make mittee was contained in an an- the political rebroadcasts under the nouncement Saturday, but the ques- 1 Week to Marshalls law requiring them to have presi- tion of political control of appoint- Now it isn't unusual for airmail dential candidates in at least six ments of high officers in the peace- letters posted in New York City states are: Democratic, Republican, time National Guard was known to on a Sunday to be in the hands of be a matter of considerable concern a serviceman in the Marshall Socialist, Prohibitionist and Socialist- When o.iKe.s ai l i. Lewis, Wash., decided to conduct a shiikeuWn .H ho- Meanwhile, Republican governors to the Army. islands 9,000 miles away just a week The Army high command is' be- tel towels sent to the QM laundry, this is what they found (minus the later. In the Gilberts, airmail letters in widely " separated parts of the lovely). She's Pat Bowen, of Tacoma's Hotel Winthrop, which will return country tonight sounded the opening lieved to favor retention of the guard from home are being received thumps on the GOP 1944 political as an agency of the states except the towels on behalf of the Army. regularly in three to four days. The drum. in national emergencies, although standing record in the Marshalls is California's Earl Warren, Illinois, with an extension of the War De- four days from Virginia. Dwight Green and Connecticut's partment's authority over training To Chance, a postal inspector for Raymond Baldwin broadcast from and over qualifications of top Guard Swedish Press Says Nazis 25 years in his home city, went the their respective state capitals at officers. job of setting up machinery to get 10:15 p. m. Pennsylvania, Kansas and When the Guard was ordered into the mail to men at the fro;»t. Since Minnesota state leaders will broad- federal service before Pearl Harbor Oct., 1942. he has flown nearly cast Friday, and Republican Chair- the efficiency of organizations varied Beaten; Warns of War Guilt 60,000 miles. man Herbert Brownell Jr., said sharply. Some are still fighting under "The average post office knows arrangements had been made for the the same officers they had in peace- STOCKHOLM, Aug. 29—The press here is treating Germany's defeat as an approximately where its patrons oan governors of Massachusetts, Michigan time, but in many units a number- accomplished fact and is reminding the Germans that they must accept re- be found," Chance explained, "but and Washington to follow on the air. of officers were weeded out when sponsibility for their actions, a survey of newspapers showed. out he»e men move around with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, GOP pre- they failed to measure up to stand- such lightning speed we must anti- sidential candidate, is'scheduled to ard during training and maneuvers. The paper Goeteborgs Posten compared the German troops in France with cipate their movements and then get speak in Philadelphia on Sept. 7. 'flies trying to escape from flypaper the mail there ahead of them." The Democrats over the weekend rights and to cooperate instead of Followed Assault Forces sent one new representative to destroying. The German nation must Mail deliveries have reached a Congress and re-elected two others AnnounceNew tike the consequences of its actions, peak of efficiency in the forward in the Texas primary, runoff devoid of^its shouts of 'heir of its applause Neurotic Vets area of the Central Pacific theater. of national issues. Almost complete for a statesmanship based on con- At Tarawa ships carrying postal returns showed Tom Pickett, of Pa- Flamethrower centration camps. details were so close behind the lestine Tex., defeated Congressman The Smaalands Folkblad said: "It Going Jobless assault forces that their crews Nat Patton, of Crockett. The two re- is not military necessity but sadism watched the pre-invasion bombard- elected Lone Star representatives LONDON, Aug. 29—The British and a mentality intentionally culti- ment. army staff has revealed that Allied vated by Naziism which has led to Stars and Stripes U. S. Bureau are J. J. Mansfield, of Columbus NEW YORK, Aug. 29—Veterans With the invasion forces at Sai- House Rivers and Harbors committee armies are blasting the Germans in the corpse factories in Poland and pan was an LSI' carrying a fleet chairman, and Sam Russel. of France with the secret 41-ton the hellish German prisons and con- discharged from the forces for psy- post-office unit. Delivery of mail to Stephensville. Churchill "Crocodile" — the most centration camps." choneurosis, emotionally unable to servicemen aboard assault ships The Svenska Dagbladet said: withstand combat training and ser- began four days after the invasion. 97,500 ACCIDENTAL DEATHS powerful flamethrower in the world. Hurling a "fearsome" geyser of fire "The attempt on Hitler's life has vice, are finding that former em- Two days later seaplanes were CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (ANSI—The more than 450 feet, the "crocodile" been thrown into the shade for a ployers do not want them any more, rushing the first airmail to the National Safety Council reported is fitted to the heavily armored time of sensational military news, Col. Arthur V. McDermott, New Marianas and four days later ser- that last year there were 97,500 acci- Churchill tanks. Fuel is carried in especially in France. Many questions York City Selective Service director, vice was under way for troops dental deaths, or one every five and an armored trailer which can be ol July 20 are still unanswered. It is declared here in a statement censur- ashore. one-half minutes. Accidents brought jettisoned if the need arises. generally known that many promi- ing that attitude. In spite of the care and speed injury to 10,100,000 persons, or about nent men in various spheres of life with which the mail is handled the one injury every three seconds. Falls The new weapon, whose flame can gave direct or indirect support to New York firms, including many fleet records office has thousands of accounted for most of the deaths. be fired around corners, was describ- the attempt to remove Hitler." "large employers," are opposed to undelivered letters which were Cost of the accidents to the nation ed as "truly terrifying and deadly." The* August issue of the periodica! rehiring former employees who are improperly or illegibly addressed. were estimated at $4,900,000,000. It was originally designed to burn Nordens Frieht said: "The Third discharged because they are unable For instance, there are 11,000 Smiths out strong points in the Atlantic Reich has been forced to its knees to take military regimentation, Mc- in the Pacific .fleet, Chance' disclosed, NO WHISKEY EVEN THERE Wall of Hitler's "Fortress Europe." and is now fighting with daily dim- Dermott said. suggesting that- addresses should SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 29— The British also revealed the exis- inishing strength and efficiency. The "Employers apparently are under include service numbers. Hopes of historians and others for tence of two smaller flame throwers, closing scene is now being acted out the erroneous impression that a man discovery of a bottle of Civil War the "Lifebouy" and the "Wasp." before our eyes and can end only discharged for psychoneurosis is whiskey and other interesting sou- The British said these new flame in unconditional surrender. mentally defective or insane, and venirs in the original Statehouse throwers are superior to anything "The German nation has, through nothing could be farther from the 8th Inf., 4th cornerstone vanished the other day the Germans possess. its actions during the last decade, truth," the Selective Service director when the reliquary was found to be incurred a terrible moral responsi- said. empty. The nine-ton piece of STORM RELEASES HONEY bility. The German nation can never "Most of them (discharged veter- Armored Here limestone is being hauled out from GREELEY, Colo, Aug. 29 (UP) — regain the confidence of the world ans) are fully capable of rendering Sweet-toothed Greeley children had useful service to their communities" ••beneath portico steps where it was until it has shown proof of its in- Continued from Page 1 buried 75 years ago. a field day following a recent tor- tention to respect other nations' once they come back to civil life, nado which struck the city. Two McDermott pointed, out. eluding Gen. Wood, for gallantry in trees were demolished and one of action, while 20 men have received BLOWS OUT FIRE BETTER THAN GOLD Bronze Stars. Seven air medals and HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 29—A them contained a beehive. Little CHULA VISTA, Cal., Aug. 29— CLEANER ERASES ANTIQUE time was lost by the youngsters in CONCORD, N. H„ Aug. 29 (UP) — one Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air rfeighbor saw flames through an up- Mrs. Mildred Little, the envy of all medal were awarded to artillery ob- stairs window in the home of A. gathering the honey. American womanhood, has just been Browsing in a Boston antique shop, Robert W. Upton of Concord hap- server liaison pilots of the division. Sampson here and called the Fire bequeathed 160 pairs of nylon The Eighth Infantry, .in its drive, Department. District Fire Chief PREFER WORK TO JAIL stockings, most of them brand new. pened upon a daguerreotype of Daniel Webster, which he took home was credited with capturing more Luke Cash of the No. 4 Station OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 29—Municipal Mrs. Little also inherited 540 dresses, than 7,000 Germans and. "huge climbed a 20 foot ladder, crawled Court Judges began handing out 277 blouses, 53 nightgowns and slips, in triumph to have cleaned. But an over-zealous cleaner wiped the plate amounts of enemy equipment and through a window into the kitchen, "work or jail" alternatives to drunks 280 sweaters, 240. pairs of gloves, 231 supplies." and found a candle burning on the and vagrants. The first day 46 elected pocketbooks, and $2500 in cash from blank, erasing he delicate likeness that lasted for more than a century. The fourth Armored was activated table. The chief puffed and the to work, none to go to jail. her aunt. April 15, 1941, at Pine Camp, N. Y., fire was extinguished. and includes men from all 48 of the states? with the greatest percentage HUNTERS CLEAR GRAVEYARD from New -York, Pennsylvania and LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 29—A horn Jew Gets Revenge Without a Shot New Jersey. blowing at midnight in a midtown These men received most of their cemetery led citizens to wonder By Earl Mazo eyes had the tired look of an old Several times they were arrested, but training at Fort Knox, Ky., but whether Gabriel was calling. Investi- Stars and Stripes Staff Writer man, showed their years of hardship escaped. maneuvers were held in the deep gation disclosed that sportsmen were under the Nazi. Three weeks ago the man and a snows of the Canadian border, the staging a foxhunt in the cemetery, FRANCE, Aug. 29—"Here are" four German prisoners. They had a Their story was that of the friend set fire to a German petrol Cumberland Mountains of Tennes- one of the city's largest, located in dump. They were arrested and sen- see, the California desert, the plains the heart of the residential section. machine gun at the cross road. We European Jew under Hitler. surprised them." A respectable,, middle-class family, tenced, to be shot. On the eve of their of Texas and the downs of England. the man and his wife and their three execution they escaped. The Eighth Infantry division is PLAIN TALK The old man turning the prisoners composed of some of the oldest units over to American troops on the road daughters and two sons were thrown Two days later the youngest son CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (UP)—Miss into the Warsaw ghetto immediately had a brush with a German officer. in the American Army. One of its some miles from Paris spoke a com- regiments was formed on July 16, Doris Neith, whose victory garden bination of faltering French and- after it was set up. The German chased the boy almost adjoins the public sidewalk beside About two years ago, Germans into his mother's arms—and shot 17798, and served with distinction her home, had so much trouble German. He and his son had made him in cold blood as his parents stood during the War of 1812, the Mexican the capture early that morning and were bribed, and an escape "was War, and in the West during the Ci- with marauding humans and dogs had been waiting patiently, for the planned. The day before the family helplessly by. who stepped into her garden, that was to leave, however, the Germans The old man told his story without vil War. It also fought through the she erected this sign: "Keep your Americans to come along. emotion. He had long forgotten to be Indian Wars and during the Phi- "We are Jewish," he explained. made one of their periodic ghetto lippine Insurrection. mitts and mutts off." "We are from Poland. My son is sweeps—tOvprocure girls for German emotional. Several times he brought army brothels. out pictures of his wife and children. Another of its regiments fought KID'S DREAM OF HEAVEN very young and I am very old, but we "It is so good to see Americans," during World War in France. A have been doing the best we can." This family's eldest daughter was third regiment, originally comprising CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (UP)—A group . These were the first Jews this re- one of those "selected." he said. "I have a brother in New of children, ranging in age from "We could do nothing." the old York. Maybe lie has sons in your elements of the Georgia militia, dates porter had -seen in France. Inqui: army?" back to 1810 and fought through 7 to 15, will be put in complete ries at St. Mere Eglise, in Cherbourg, man said. 'When I tried to fight for the Mexican War and in the eastern charge for one day of operating in towns along the break-through my daughter they beat me up. I was Then he told how he and his son Safe-T Cone Company's plant. The black and blue and I had broken has captured the four Germans. battles of the Civil War. route from St. Lo all brought the "We have German guns as you Two of the regiments were on op- children will be provided with same answers. There had been Jews, bones when what was left of my- posite sides during the Civil War. enough ice cream to fill hundreds family left the next day." see. We thought you would be coming but the Germans had sent them off, today and that these Germans and All these units were combined on of cones. presumably for slave labor in Somehow they came to France, and July 1. 1940, when the Eighth Divi- for several months posed as working- their machine gun might give you Poland. trouble, so my boy • and I surprised sion was activated at Ft. Jackson, PEP BACKFIRES In Cherbourg there were stories Frenchmen. The Gestapo learned S.C. CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (UP)—While the family was Jewish, so the man them." that Catholic nuns and priests had 'They put up their hands without W. W. Bunson was mixing concen- sheltered Jewish women and child- and woman and their children fled to CAFE DE LA PAIX OPEN trates to make pep-providing vita- ren, but none could be corroborated. the country. a word." They had worked for and been pro- "My boy said 'Poppa, let us kill PARIS, Aug. 29—The Cafe de la min tablets in his laboratory, the The old man who had taken the them'." Paix, the most famous cafe in the ingredients exploded and smashed German prisoners was a shabby per- tected by French farmers since. world, is open for business again. It his equipment and windows, caus- son. He was unshaven and stooped and As they learned the French "But I said, "No, son. they have language, the man and his two sons their hands up. It wouldn't be right." is only selling apple juice and similar ifefl $750 damage. Bunson was not .so skinny that his rags hung like drinks at present. iHHL'v. misshaped, nieces from a clothes line. became active resistance workers. He and his son. a teen, aged lad whose