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Vol. 1 No. 49 New York—London—Renr.es Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1944 Yanks 70 Miles From Belgium Other War Fronts Army Tentatively Sees Nazi Gen. Pattern's Troops Reds Continue End Oct 19 Woodrum Says WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—CrIairman~Clifton Woodrum (D.-Va.) of At Chateau-Thierry, the House Postwar Military Policy committee said the Army "tenta- Rumania Push tively" looks to Oct. 1 this year as the date for the end of the war against Germany. Woodrum interposed this statement at a hearing at which Rear Adm. James H. Irish, Navy inventory control officer, indicated the 1918 Battleground As Braila Fails Navy expects to be still fighting in the Pacific through 1945. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt, asked if he could give any idea Nazi Black Sea Naval on when he expected a German collapse, replied: "My, no." He Yanks 'Will Reach Germany in Week' added he had been very careful about such things, pointing out he Base and Danube was about the only person who hasn't made a guess at the date. If Present Advance Continues, Fort Taken The President's comment followed by 12 hours a statement by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal which quoted Gen. UP Reporter Says As the Red Army continued its Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme Allied commander, as saying that great offensive in Rumania by "by rational standards the German Army would roll over now." Strong patrols of Lt, Gen. George S. Patton's swiftly advancing moving forward on the broad front But Gen. Eisenhower added, Forrestal told a press conference, that Third U. S. Army last night were reported within 70 miles of Bel- across the Galatz gap, Moscow last the German Army was not likely to collapse any time soon because gium's border after reaching Chateau Thierry, scene of two German night announced the capture of "any revolt leader will find a pistol bullet In his liver the next defeats in World War I, and gaining control of the River Marne Braila, important port on the lower minute." » 50 miles from Paris. Danube 13 miles south of Galatz. This fortress town of Tulcea, lo- Woodrum declined to elaborate on his statement. However, Irish Meanwhile, John Parris, United Press correspondent at supreme cated in the Danube delta, was cap- testifying on surplus property disposable by the Navy, said that op- Allied headquarters, reported that American troops "will reach the tured by marine landing parties of erations against Japan were being retarded by "insufficient deliv- borders of Germany within a week if the present rate of advance is the Russian Black Sea fleet. At the eries in comparison with established requirements." kept up." same time Sulina, German Black Sea "It is not safe to prophesy in a fluctuating battle, but in this case naval base, was occupied by the Russians. there are no signs whatever that the routed German armies in the In Poland, the Germans launched West are capable of making a strong stand anywhere. The nearest more counter-attacks in the vicinity 5'Demob'Center sSettoOpen; point to the German border that the , of Praga, but Marshal Stalin's U. S. troops have reached officially is communique reported they had been 9 Troyes, 120 miles away. But the Ger- repulsed. mans say we have reached Reims, Bulgaria Quits, A total of 11,000 German prisoners 'Points to Decide Discharges were taken yesterday by the. two less than. 100 miles from the Reich," Soviet Armies fighting in Rumania, By Ben Price Parris said. Moscow reported. Stars and Stripes Staff Writer "And then there are the 'ghost' Joins Neutrals forces advancing at breath-taking WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—While Washington and the nation buzzes speed, but whose precise whereabouts U.S. Heavies Raid with guesses on when Germany will collapse, the Army apparently is not disclosed by Gen. Eisenhower In Peace anticipating an early end to the European war, has begun oiling up for security reasons. The German Shanghai, Sumatra its demobilization machinery. High Command, in fact, may not Although no specific information was forthcoming on who would be know itself where they are, so chao- Major Balkan Swing China-based American heavy tic has been its own retreat," he add- bombers raided Shanghai, great sent home first, or when, the Army announced officers and enlisted men ed. To Allies Seen; Yangtze River port in Japanese Gen. Patton's Army appeared to be hands, for the second time yester- crews had completed training to or- ganize and operate five "reception in a position either to strike north Hungary Warned day, while other American heavies 7th Drives 85 toward Reims with the aim of cut- attacked the Pacific island of centers in reverse" throughout the country, where hundreds of thou- ting off the German 15th Army now A major Balkan swing to the Sumatra. manning the "buzz bomb" soast in •* Meanwhile, a Chungking com- sands of discharged veterans will Allied side appeared in prospect last i. Up Rhone exchange ODs for civies. the Pas de Calais sector or continue munique reported that Chinese eastward and push directly toward night as Bulgaria tacitly rejected forces had cut the Canton-Hankow If everything goes according to Hitler by declaring it would follow a railway north of Hengyang. schedule, getting out of the Army the Reich itself. Nazi Marseille Units will be a quick affair, taking no On the reopened Brittany battle- policy of strict neutrality. more than 11 to 48 hours. During front around the vital supply port The development followed announ- Germans in Italy Qu t; 15,000 Nazis this time each soldier will have his of Brest, American troops were re- cements in both Washington and military records put in order and his ported to have gained 1,000 yards in Ankara, Turkey, that Bulgarian Still in Retreat Retreating clothing checked; will get paid; will heavy fighting. Inside Paris itself, diplomats had been in contact with be given a medical examination; and sporadic sniping was said to be con- Allied governments to negotiate German troops in Italy last night American troops of the Allied will receive vocational counsel. tinuing although all the organized peace terms. were reported still in retreat toward Seventh Army last night were re- The veteran will also be told his resistance had been cleaned up ever Meanwhile, as Rumanian troops their Gothic line, while Allied ■ ad- ported to have advanced 85 miles rights under the "GI Bill of Rights." the weekend. continued to fight Germans in that vances in the area of Florence and north into the Rhone Valley while and the Veterans' Administration, British and Canadian troops con- country, Secretary of State Cordell the Arno River were announced. the German garrison at the im- will get the first installment ($100) tinued to advance in the Seine lonp Hull told a press conference in Allied aircraft from the Mediter- portant port of Marseilles in south- of his $300 mustering out pay and and another bridgehead over the Washington that the United States ranean theater yesterday hammered ern France had surrendered. will be given money for transporta- river—the fifth west of Paris—was would be represented by both mili- enemy oil targets in Austria and Mopping up operations in Toulon, tion to the point where he was in- established yesterday. Remnants of tary and diplomatic officials at the Hungary. French naval base, were^ being con- ducted. the German Seventh Army still were Rumanian armistice negotiations in tinued by French forces and Allied Where You'll Get Out in disorganized retreat along this Moscow. headquarters reported that 7,000 Officially called "Army Separa- sector and the British forces appar- Hull said Russia had taken the prisoners had been taken in the tion Centers," the five discharge ently were driving toward the "buzz initiative in arranging the armistice, Says '40 Output drives on Marseilles and Toulon to camps will be located at Ft. Sher- bomb" coast and the port of LeHavre. indicating that the Russians had bring the Allied total in southern idan, 111.; Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; There appeared to be some pos- played the key role in getting France since EKiay there to more Ft. McPherson, Ga.; Presidio of sibility that the Nazis would put Rumania to change sides. than 30,000. Monterey, Calif.; and Ft. Dix, N. J. up a strong fight for Rouen. Fighter Hull's statement came simultan- Would Hit U.S. Fifteen thousand German troops Mistakes in demobilization ex- pilots have reported considerable eously with a new warning by were reported retreating toward perienced after World War I will be movements of equipment from Lc Moscow to Hungary to get out of LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 (ANS)— Lyons, which already has . been Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 the war or suffer the consequences- A post-war production level the same taken over by French Forces of the There were further signs that as existed in 1940 would mean 19,- Interior, and it was expected that Finland was trying to arrange a 000,000 unemployed because of war- the Nazis might eventually be trap- settlement with Russia when it was developed technological improve- ped. There was no official report revealed that a representative of the ments, said Chester Bowles, chief of on dispatches from Zurich stating Tea is Served as 'Warspite' Finnish government had arrived in the Office of Price Administration. that American patrols had reached the Soviet capital for a series of He added that full post-war pro- the Swiss border over the weekend. conferences. duction should be under way before Bombards Germans at Brest rationing and price controls were abandoned. Administrative Medics By Ned Roberts With this job done, the Warspite Security-TalkSscrecy "The greatest price rise of the last United Press Correspondent swung her big guns to a casemented war came after peace," he said, "and Seek 2,000 for OCS ABOARD H.M.S. WARSPITE, Off battery of 150 mm. guns at nearby Angers Press In U.S. in May, 1920, the inflationary bubble Brest, Aug. 25 (Delayed)—In one of Saint Mathieu. Because of this target burst, factory payrolls dropped 44 WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—The War the most concentrated bombard- was in a difficult position from our WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—The per cent and business profits 104 per Department has, announced that, ments in naval history, 15-inch guns angle of fire, it took 51 rounds be- issue of secrecy surrounding the cent*? within the next eight weeks, more of this mighty warship today fore destruction was confirmed. Dumbarton Oaks world security Con- than 2,000 men will be accepted for wrecked • the last major enemy Then the Warspite methodically ference threatened to overshadow officer candidate courses in the strongholds in the Brest area and turned to the task of obliterating the three-power talks themselves as Executive Power toUse Army's Medical Administrative paved the way for decisive Allied three smaller fortifications in the Undersecretary of State Edward R. Corps. land action against the Nazi gar- Brest Harbor area. Stettinius, chief American delegate, Army For PeaceUrged Applicants must have scored 110 rison of the Brittany port city. We drew fire but sustained no or better in the Army General Clas- told correspondents today that he In two hours and 22 minutes of casualties. would consult with Russian and NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (ANS)—The sification tsst and must have had bombardment, the Warspite hurled During the height of the bom- British delegates to see if "something New York Times says that Wendell at least three months of continuous one-ton shells into five Nazi fortifi- bardment, tea and cookies were can not be worked out." L. Willkie has been urging Repub- service immediately preceding en- cations guarding the approaches to served to all aboard. rollment in OCS, including comple- Stettinius made his statement lican congressmen to support a Brest. As I write this, two hours after after receiving protests from cor- " measure which would authorize the tion of a course prescribed by a Our initial target was a battery of the last shot was fired, my ears mobilization center. respondents over the skeleton com- President to use U. S. military forces formidable, turret-mounted 11-inch are still ringing from the blast. My muniques which have been issued without prior consent of Congress in —280 mm.—guns at Lochrist, on the legs and back ache and m general 1,920 KILLED DAILY thus .far reporting only mechanical any international organization set Brest outskirts. We opened fire at I feel like I have been put through aspects of the meeting. up to preserve peace. MOSCOW, Aug. 28—Investigators 3:14 p.m. and 11 minutes later the wringer. checking on the German atrocities scored a direct hit with a three-gun This was the first engagement ICELAND'S HEAD IN V. S. DUTCH TROOPS IN FRANCE committed at the Lublin "dpath salvo. for the Warspite—30-year-old vet- LONDON, Aug. 28 (UP)—Dutch camp" stated that for a whole After 44 rounds from the 15- eran of Marvik, Raggio and Salerno WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—Svemn marines and the Dutch Prm*ss year incinerators burned 1,920 bodies inchers, aerial observers reported —since the initial week of the Nor- Bjornson, first president of the Ice- Irene's brigade are fighting in Nor- daily. The report added that 900,000 that the target position was a mass mandy invasion when she bom- landic Republic, arrived here. He mandy and captured Deauxville with pairs of victims' shoes have been of wreckage, with only one gun barded German positions in both was received at the White House Belgian troops last week, it was found in one of the camp's ware- recognizable as such, and with no the American and British sectors by President Roosevelt, and mem- reported here. houses. sign of life in the target area. of the beach. Ibers of the cabinet and congress. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, Aug 29, 1944 'Somewhere in France Here's One Officer's Orderly With Right Idea

W/HEN the shouting and shooting had died down in Paris, an offi- y cer emerged from the darkened luxury of the Hotel Continental to tell one of the strangest stories of the siege of Paris. It starts when Lt. Col. Bion C. Welker, assistant civil affairs offi- cer of the First Army from the Twelfth Army Group, boldly drove his captured Germn vehicle, through the techniques in enemy lines into Versailles. He faced' i time shortest possib e certain capture. He knew it. Buti In use for some time in England, he drove on tftitil two machine guns the travelling "tech" colleges stay barred his way. two weeks at each bomber and "I am a domineering type of man, lighter station or repair and main- said Col. Welker with a grin." and I tenance depot. Classrooms are set. up demanded to be taken, to the Staat in empty hangars, barns, sometimes Kommondant of Paris." in bombed out churches. Students Quickly he was conducted before fly with the new or modified equip- the resplendent Kommondant who ment on "graduation" day so that was not a little impressed by the they may observe its functions. Class A uniform and the air of im- portance worn by the colonel. Cpl. Willie I. Southard, of Selma, Welker saw a prisoner in the Con- N. C, was carrying an ammunition tinental, a lush and expensive hotel bag full of mortar shells down a taken over bv the Kommondant and road near the front in Brittany. the SS, and he cooperated with the Suddenly the Germans opened up Germans by explaining to them the with mortar and machine gune utter hopelessness of their position fire, and Southard hit out "like a in the face of such French and Amer- scared jackrabbit" for a protecting ican strength as was then assembled hedgerow. outside the city. All set for a long wait behind the As the thundering Allied guns drew hedgerow. Southard was lying on nearer, the Kommondant became his back, watching the tracer bul- more nervous. "What do yon tain* lets go by just above his head, lie should do?" he asked Welker. when he noticed smoke pouring Speaking perfect German. Welker from his ammunition bag. told him he should surrender as an honorable soldier before a superior "Man," he said, "I slid through force The Kommondant shook his that grass on my stomach faster head, but time was passing, the guns (han a jackrabbit on roller skates, moved in. the FFI was gaining the and left that bag behind." upper hand throughout the city. When the shooting died down, A wild night of burning secret Southard returned to the ammuni- documents followed frantic hurried tion bag, and found that a tracer conferences. Welker could feel that had gone through it. burning the the end was coming. His guards powder increments off two shells. . Stars and Stripes Photo by Gene ford were perfectly correct m their The shells themselves were un- treatment of him. and the German touched. Fourteen-year-old Pietro Regorovich, late of the German Wehrmacht, holds a carbine on a German prisoner officers looked after his welfare. as T/5 Maurice Keventines, of Brooklyn, looks for weapons. Pietro, who isn't sure of his age, was picked up by the Germans near Lenningrad a couple of- years ago and was made an officer's orderly detailed to 'tig- Then came the Kommondant, we -J /LT. Stanley Lyons, of Worcester. 1 r Colonel," said the Kommondant. 'we ' Mass.. reconnaissance platoon ging slit trenches. When the Americans wiped out his company, Pietro begged to remain w*** Ca**< ''d Large, armored recon unit commander, so Ted kept him—as a company mascot Ex^pt for th ci in a'lil will surrender to you—to the Ameri- leader of an armored infantry bat- cans—but do not turn us over to the talion, was leading an armored the way he rides behind an armored car, the Russian youngster might pass for an American Lagle Seoul. FFI, I beg of you * thrust with four jeeps when he Welker said he would consider the reached a turn and came upon a matter, which he did long enough German infantry battalion marching 9 to get a white sheet and march out up the road. 'Haba! Haba! A Report From Pans the hotel door where the waiting Disregarding the* overwhelming French took the Germans away. numerical superiority of the enemy, By Ernie Pyle Welker had explained the situation he immediately opened Are and. de- Battle Shout to them, and they agreed to accord ploying his small force, killed or Other correspondents have writ- slips, surely 300 of them, for people the surrendering«German staff all o> wounded 200 Nazis. Confused by the ten so thoroughly and so well about to sign. the honors of war and give them swift attack, which gave them no Tal^es Fortress the fantastic eruption of massed joy That first afternoon only the main treatment commensurate with then- time to reorganize, the remainder of when Paris was liberated that ,1 streets into the city were open and shan't attempt to dwell on it much. rank. the Germans were captured by the U. S. INFANTRY DIVISION, used, and they were packed with There was one gripe. Welker lost A armored column following Lyons. 28—Capt. Granville A. Sharp But there are some little things humanity. Side streets were roped. his shirt. A German soldier had Aug. The action, for which Lyons has swears it was a battle cry and mar- I have to get out of my system, so ! off .and deserted, because the Ger- stolen his only shirt and his tooth been awarded the Bronze Star for tial music that spurred his battalion we will have at least one column mans still had feeble fortifications brush. i gallantry in action, took place be- on in an attack which resulted in about it. and snipers there. Actually, the thing has floored tween Dulcey and St. Laurent. the 15-minute capture of a strongly- Mademoiselles Beautiful Capt. Frederic* Bigelow, of Chi- most all of us. I know that I've held German fortress. The weather was marvelous for cago, with Capt. Henry L. Stamer. Ben E. Harrill, of hincolnton, felt totally incapable of reporting it The Davidson, N.C., captain's bat- Liberation day, and the next day of New York, and Sgt. William N,C, has been awarded a direct talion reorganized before the fort to» you. Somehow it was so big I Sundberg, of Roselle, N. J., received battlefield commission as 2nd lieu- after fighting its way through a felt inadequate to touch it, and too. For two days previously it had their first glasses of champagne in tenant in the Corps of Engineers. town, and an American using a loud didn't know where to start or what been dark and gloomy, raining cats Paris from Georges Carpentier, speaker told the Germans holding to say. Words you put down about and dogs. But on the Big Day the Lt. Harrill formerly a master ser- sky was pure blue. The sun was one-time opponent of Jack Demp- geant in the plans and operations behind their walls that defeat was it sound feeble to the point of sey- Carpentier now operates a ali they could hope for and surrend- asiriinity. bright and warm—a perfect day for section of an engineer battalion, a perfect occasion small bar near the Eiffel Tower. was given the oath by Lt. Col. er would at least spare their lives. I'm not alone in this feeling, for I've heard at least a dozen other James W. Perkins of the Adjutant But no white flag appeared, so Paris seems to have all the beauti- correspondents say the same thing. HE 1944 model of "Mademoiselle General's Department. The recom- Capt. Sharp's unit attacked. ful girls we've always heard it has. T from Armontiers" hasn't let the mendation for appointment said A good many of us feel we've failed in The women really have the art of Shouting an old battalion cry properly presenting the loveliest, U. S. soldier ■ forget he is in Pans. Harrill. while a sergeant, had been —"Haba, Haba!"—his' men charged getting themselves up fascinatinciy. She and her enthusiastic sisters wait given the mission of maintaining through machine gun and mortar brightest story of our time. It could Their hair is crazily done and their be that it's because for so long we at street intersections for a jeep to liaison between an infantry regi- fire. As they neared the fort, the dresses are worn imaginatively. They pause. That's the sienal for all hell ment and Wie engineer companies Germans hurled hand grenades down have been so unused to anything dress in riotous colors in this lovely to break loose and the kissing starts. engaged -in crossing the Vire River on them. bright. warm season, and when the flag- "If this is war. I love it," T/4 in the vicinity of Ariel in assault It was like a knights-of-old charge. Big Kissing Spree draped holiday streets are packed Robert Golding, oi San Francisco, boats and on a foot bridge in the The battalion, stopped moment- At any rate, let's go back to the with Parisians, the color makes sighed as he ducked into the arms face of heavy enemy fire. arily, took up the "Haba. Haba!" demonstration. From 2 o'clock in the everything in the world seem gay, of three gorgeous gals. "Through utter disregard for his cry again, and from behind came afternoon until darkness around 10 too. As one soldier remarked, almost own safety and attention to duty the martial strains of the Victory we few. Americans in Paris that the biggest thrill in getting to Paris Two infantrymen's insatiable (Harrill) enabled, the regimental March over the loud speaker system first day were kissed and hauled is to see people in bright summer desire tor souvenirs were at last commander to maintain a smooth —and the Americans charged on. and mauled by frenzied friendly clothes 'again. satisfied this morning, according flow of infantry across the Vire. After the fighting had finished, mobs until we hardly knew where Like any other city Paris has its to T/5 Richard Hartman. of Edge- establishing a bridgehead even the doughboys dramatically raised we were. quota of dirty and ugly people. But water, N. J., and Pvt. George W though the foot bridge was twice the American flag and played the Everybody kissed you—little child- dirty and ugly people have emotion*, Ferazzi, of Kearny, N. J who demolished by enemy artillery fire," Star Spangled Banner over their loud ren andold wemen, grownup men too, and Hank Gorrell got roundly the recommendation said. ■parked their ieep near the Place speaker system. and beautiful girls. They jumped kissed by one of the dirtiest and de la Concorde and asked a passer Harrill icas d member of the and squealed and pushed in a literal ugliest women 1 have ever seen. I by where they could buy necklaces North Carolina National Guard CHURCHILL LEAVES ITALY frenzy. must add, since he's a handsome Forty minutes later they had when it was mobilized Sept. 16, ROME. Aug. 28—Prime Minister They pinned bright little flags and creature, that he got more than his their necklaces—more than they 1940. Winston Churchill has left Italy. badges all over you. Amateur camera- share of embraces from beautiful expected. They wore them on men took pictures. They tossed flow- young things. their wrists, around their necks, Pr.vale Bre-jer ers and friendly tomatoes into your There was one funnv little old and stuffed a few in their pockets. jeep. One little girl even threw a woman, so short that she couldn't The French, who answered the bottle of cider into ours. reach up to kiss the men in military call, had scoured the neighborhood As you drove akmg. gigantic masses vehicles, who appeared on the second for the trinkets. oi waving -and screaming humanity clay carrying a stepladder. and clapped their hands as though ap- ]\fl*OBILE training units—miniature ft-herever a car stopped she'd.climb plauding a fine performance in a her stepladder and let the boys have technical colleges on wheels—are theater. We in the jeeps smiled buck it with huge laughs and kisses. now following U. S. airmen as bases until we had fixed grins on our faces, The second day was a little differ- move deeper and deeper into France. waved until our arms gave out and The trailer "labs" make it possible ent from the first. You could sense then just waggled our fingers, and that during those first few hours oi for aerial mechanics and groundlings shook hands until our hands were to get up-to-the-minute data regard- liberation the people were 'almost bruised and scratched. ■ animal-like in their panic of joy and ing new modifications, instruments If the jeep stopped you were and repair techniques. Though air- relief and gratitude. The people' were swamped instantly. Those who actually crying as thev kissed voa, men coming to this theater are al- couldn't reach you personally threw ready fully trained, the continual and screamed, "Thank you, oh, kisses at you and we threw kisses thank you for coming." flow of aircraft modifications rising back. out of combat experience make it But on the second day it was a necessary for rnachanics to study Big Songfest deliberate holiday. It was a HStival constantly. They sang songs by the crowd. prepared for and gone into on pur- The mobile training units are They sang wonderful French songs pose. You could tell the women equipped with models, cutaways, we had never heard. And they sane had prettied up extra fine. The old graphs, drawings, films—everything "Tipperary" and "Madelon" and men had on their old medals, and "Over There" and the "Marseillaise." little children were scrubbed and French civilian policemen saluted Sunday-dressed until they hurt. THE STARS AND STRIPES formally, but smilingly as you passed. Printed at V Ouest Journal. Rennes. And even everybody came down- The French tanks that went in for U. S. Armed Forces, under aus- town. By two in the' afternoon the ahead of us pulled to the sidewalks pices of The Special Service Divi- kissing and shouting and autograph- sion ETOUSA. ajid were immediately swarmed over Contents passed by the U S by the adoring populace. ing and applauding was almost deaf- Army and Navy censors; subscrip- ening. The pandemonium of a fr< Ottmen. tion. The coach will be Maj. Red Miss Germain and Miss Tainter trail eoeeRS Mousey MOAOPOUIBD Phils, Braves Split Reese, former mentor at Eastern Miss Hicks by two strokes. -rAg. -rAROfje- FROM I9"2O 16i92-5~" After two days of double-duty Washington College of Education. playing the Phillies and Braves end- ed up just where they had started. Capt. Joseph W. Hillenbrand, one- Pensive Loses The Phils won the openers both time Purdue football star, has been times, 9-7 Friday and 3-0 Saturday, reported killed in action in France but Boston came through m the Rule Mixup Gives Redskins nightcap each time. 4-3 Friday and . Vince DiMaggio and his Pitts- To By Jimminy 3- 2 Saturday. burgh Pirate bosses arc in a big On the other side ot the picture, snuabMe over food, of all things. CHICAGO, Aug. 28—Warren 7-3 Nod Over March Field the Athletics and Tigers completely The Pirates are allowed .54.50 a day Wright's Derby-Preakness winner. snafued the American League by to eat on and after a recent night Pensive, staggered home fourth in whipping the Red Sox and Browns game'Vince came back to the hotel the five-horse field as Georgie Wool!' LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28—Sammy Baugh's fabulous aim was awry, but one; respectively on both Friday and Sat- to find that the only eating place urday. booted Alf Parker's By Jimminy un- lapse by the opposition in the fourth quarter permitted the Washington Red- handy was the hotel dining room der the wire in record-breaking time The Browns failed to cross the skins to trip the March Field Flyers, 7-3. here as the National Football where they had a floor show and to capture rhe--34th annual American plate in their two games as "Dizzy" 2fl per cent entertainment tax. Derby at Washington Park. League opened its '44 campaign. Trout racked up his 21si victory of Vince's bill came to S9.97. and the The winner, who clipped a full sec- the year on Friday and Stuffy Over- Pirate front office raised hell. Now After trailing most of the way and being outgained and outplayed by the mire cruised to a 5-0 triumph Sat- ond off the mark set by Cavalcade urday. Vince wants the club to trade him, ten years ago and equalled by Whirl- Flyers, the Redskins pulled out the decision when Mike Micka. a substitute if they don't want to feed him. halfback, intercepted Jack Jacob's Rudy York was the big noise in away two years ago, navigated the the Tigers' offense Saturday, slam- mile and a quarter course in 2:03. pass, fumbled the ball, then sprinted The word is out in the majors that 35 yards down the sidelines for a ming out his 14th and 15th homers Parker's slice of the $80,000 purse of the year Sid Jakuch; was the Whit Wvatt is through as a OtSefcer: was $61,000, placing By Jimminy sec- touchdown. Joe Aguirre converted victim. The Dodger star went from June 28 ond only to Wright's Twilight Tear for the seventh point. Continue Win Streak to August 1 without making an ap- A rules mixup cost March Field the in the matter of money won this The Athletics moved .into fifth pearance in order to rest his sore season. game as the first half was played arm. On his first outing he didn under college regulations and the place in the American League By Jimminy, although off slowly, whirl by handing the Boston Red have a thing and the arm was still raced to the front in rapid fashion second half under pro rules. When NATIONAL LEAGUE Sox three straight defeats. The A's sore. and never was seriously challenged Micka fumbled the interception, the Standings swept both ends of « twilight-night Parker's colt finished six lengths' in Flyers relaxed and stood gaping as W L * Pet. doubleheader Friday. 6-1. and, 9-4, St. Louis 89 29 .754 Help Wanted front of Old Kentuck of the Walmac he ran through them for the touch- and came back on Saturday to romp down because the whistle would have Pittsburgh 69 47 595 Farm, while Nelson Dunstan of the Cincinnati «7 49 .578 to an easy, 6-1, victory. Bobo New- —AND GIVEN Dearborn Stable was third. Pensive blown under collegiate rules. New York 54 .66 .450 som won the twilight contest on Write your question or problem succeeded in beating only Challenge In the second period, Bill Dudley, Chicago 51 64 443 Friday with Joe Berry taking the to Help Wanted, The Stars and Me. former Virginia Ail-American and Philadelphia 47 69 .405 nightcap.- The Mackmen stretched Stripes, Rennes, France. By Jimminy paid $4.40. $3 and $2.60. Pittsburgh Steeler pro star fired a Boston 48 73 400 their winning streak to nine vic- Brooklyn Old Kentuck earned $100,000 and re- 20-vard iump pass to Bob Kennedy. 46 75 .380 tories in the last 11 starts Saturday (When re^slim7an~~ATo, be sure to Leading Hitters warded backers with $4.60 and $4. ex-Washington State flash, and Ken- when Luke Hamlin turned aside the include last known unit, APO, AbN G AB R H Pet Red Sox .with seven spaced hits. and home town of the person you while Nelson Dunstan, banking $5.- nedy raced 35 yards to score But Doerr, Boston 122 456 91 148 .325 want as well as your own.) 000. paid $4.80. the play was called back because Seibert, Phila. 105 370 44 119 .322 The New York Yankees oounced APOs Wanted Pensive, with Conn McCreary in Dudley forgot a collegiate passer Fox, Boston 103 423 61 136 322 back into the pennant picture by CGT Edward KEAVENY, Bronx, N. Y., the saddle, was a big disappointment Boudreau, Cleve. 121 472 66 149 316 trouncing the Washington Senators, 5 must 'be five yards behind the line and Bet Bob CONTO. Malone, N. to the 23,000 fans present. He broke of scrimmage. Johnson. Boston 112 395 88 1 23 311 4- 2, in 11 innings Friday night and, Y Pfc Ivan D. LAND, Capt. Mary Sue fourth, made a brief bid which car- Runs Batted In 0-3, Saturday night. At ley Donald ARK Stephens, St. Louis. 88; Doerr, Boston, Xf Riplev Tenn.; Pvt. James ried him to third at the half, then on Friday with Hank Borowy get- WmSm KIRKPATRICK Pfc Char es No More Highballs 77; Johnson. Boston, 74. ting the nod Saturday: faded in the stretch and was seven Home Runs lengths away from the winner cross- For Bobby Jones Doerr. Boston: Johnson, Boston; Ste- The Indians and White Sox split T Irt Caster TISDALE; Tamo and ing under the wire. phens, St. Louis, and York, Detroit, their games, Mel Harder winning Louise SCELZI. Wobum, Mass., R.co the 207th game of his career on ERMINI. Boston, Mass.: Lt. Steve PREACHER ROE REJECTED ATLANTA. Ga.. Aug. 28—Lt. Col. AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday, 10-2, and Ed Lopat strang- I C L Bobbv Jones. 42-year-old former ling the Sox Saturday. 6-5. T ^MAS ~lymout M ssf Lt. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 28—Elwin Standings world champion golfer, has been re- Lee FISON, Lt hWill^a m A. "Preacher" Roe.. Pirate left-hander, W L Pet £S has been classified 4-F. An injury leased by the Army at the Ft. Mc- St. Louis 69 53 .563 MOORE. Petersburg I^r^ %fck New York 60 HOAGLAND. South Gate, CalL, Tuck suffered when he was hit on the pherson separation center here un- 55 538 der the over-38-year-old regulation Detroit 64 56 .533 Nakama l axes v.^TW Tlli-nois' T/Sgt. Kooert r. head by a falling tree laat winter mcF Co BARNES, Beaufort for officers. Boston 64 58 525 was the cause of the rejection. Philadelphia 60 65 .480 N C PnVr!e7t and Alfred GRAVES Chicago 57 64 .471 iV Tii- Pvt Walter YOUNG. Nor- Cleveland 58 . 66 .468 2 AAU Titles £ Gitv.'ill; Wimam PRYOR. Wasn- Minor League Standings Washington 51 70 .421 n C Leading Hitters p^T c°l M. BLAIR. Verda^ Ky, G AB R H Pet CHICAGO. Aug. 28—Keo Nakama, Y Richard F BERGER. N. T C.:; Ohio Sate's distance paddler, INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Musial St. Louis 122 477 98 169 354 M/Sfit. Roy BOOTH. A C.: Cpl. James AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Walker, Brooklyn 117 427 61 151 .353 captured two individual titles during E. BERETJALTER. Wellsburg. W Vft. Toledo 8, Columbus 3 Baltimore 12, Jersey City 2 Medwick. N. Y. 112 434 62 149 .343 the first two days competition to set Vernon BALE. Riverside. Cal M» Columbus 1, Toledo O . Baltimore 3, Jersey City 2 Hopp, St. Louis 107 404 95 136 .337 the pace in the National AAU out- "Bits" BURWELL. Baltimore MdLt Other games postponed. Newark 8. Syracuse 6 Wemtraub. N. Y. 95 330 52 104 .315 door swimming championships at the John W. BICE. Clinton. la.: Lt Aaron Syracuse 5, Newark 3 Standings Runs Batted In Great Lakes Naval Training Station. M. BOOM. USN; Lt Winna J. FOLEY. W L Pet Rochester 3. Montreal 2 Nicholson, Chicago. 94; Sanders, St. Memphis. Tenn.: H™r.HM)HIC^. Milwaukee 89 43 674 Montreal 2. Rochester 1 Louis, 92; Musial, St. Louis, 86. He established a meet record in the Eutledge. Mo.: Maj. William H KINT Toledo 83 50 .624 Buffalo 8, Toronto 1 1.500-meter free style event beating Buffalo 8, Toronto 0 Home Runs WTTR Pa • Set Robert C. LOGSUON. Louisville ®0 51 Sll Nicholson, Chicago, 28; Ott. New York. 13-year-old Jimmv McLane. of Akron, W^C' WL Eitabeth LAWRENCE. «d Columbus 75 60 .556 Standings 24; Northey. Philadelphia, 16. Ohio, in 19:42.6. Then Nakama chur- pfc John ■ MORACK. 33300561; PstJ St. Paul 68 65 .498 W L Pet. ned through the water in 4:53.6 to Melvm NISSENBAUM^ Brooklyn N Baltimore 77 56 .532 Indianapolis 49 82 .374 win the 400-meter free style. Y.: M/SKfc L. E FENDER Co.m^.i Minneapolis , 45 85 .346 Newark ' 76 62 551 Bluff. la: Capt. Marv PE1TY. ANC Kansas City 36 94 .277 Buffalo 74 65 532 Loss of Steve Van Burn Jerry Kerschner broke the meet Toronto 70 68 .511 Lt. James F. PLUNKTJTT; St. Pan SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION record' m the 200-meter free style Minn.: Pvt. Reginald RUSH. 3*888430 Jersey City 66 72 .478 Dims All-Star Hopes test when he was clocked m 2:12.9. Montreal 64 72 .471 Cant. Sol RACHLIN. M. ?.: Lt: Jtime.. New Orleans 4, Atlanta 0 The Philadelphia North* Branca TURNER. Florence. Ala.. &/ogt. »c- New Orleans 5, Atlanta 2 Rochester 62 76 .449 .441 EVANSTON. 111.. Aug. 28—The Col- YMCA trio of Joe verdeur. Jimmy nard P VENUS. New Orleans. La. Chattanooga \. Birmingham 3 Syracuse 60 76 lege All-Stars suffered a severe jolt Lumeden and Jim Shand eclipsed Personal Chattanooga 10, Birmingham fj EASTERN LEAGUE .Little Rock 6. Mobile 2 yesterday as they continued drilling the former 300-meter medtey relay T SGT Robert Dunlop please get tit Hartford 14, .9 Albany 4, 13 for next Wednesday night's gridiron mark bv five seconds witn an effort [Little Rock 7. Mobile 6 Ehnira 3, 6 Williamsport 2. 8 touch with this department. > Memphis 4. Nashville .3 clash with the Chicago Bears of the of 3 :29.4. WILL the pilot of P47 No SX « Binghamton 4. 3 Utica 1, 6 Nashville 3. Memphis 0 Scranton 3, Wilkes-Barre O National Football League at North- 276433 write to S/'Sgt S Bagljol western's Dyche Stadium. PICFTTI^JOES TO OAKS c/o Help Wanted, if he would Ms* Standings Standings O^K D. Cal.. Aug. 28-Vic Pl- some pictures the sergeant took of nU| W L Pet. W L Pet. Steve Van Buren. the fleet Louisi- LTN plane while he was escorting a bombers Nashville . 37 19 .561 Hartford 89 34 .730 ana State halfback who led collegm'e cetti who starred at first base for back across the Channel Aug. 8. Atlanta 36 19 600 Albany 80 42 .6afi scorers last fall, underwent an ap- West Esquires All-American boys WW Binghamton 56 60 .483 fetttt in the Polo Ground.-, recently, Found Memphis 34 22 pendectomy Friday and will be in • C SGT. Victor R Hoephner, ASN New Orleans 27 32 458 Williamsport 58 63 .479 u ed down four big league offers, Mobile 25 31 .446 Utica 67 63 .475 the hospital recuperating when his one aniountmg to S10.000 and signed 12010323. . Your ' wallet containine. mates take the field. Van Buren papers and photographs has been jLittle Rock 22 31 .415 Scranton 49 71 .408 with Oakland to play under nis idol, Birmingham 22 32 407 E'nnra 46 72 .390 was rushed to the hospital Thursday found. Write Lt. Irving J. Johnson: Dolph Camilli. c/o Help Wanted. 'Chattanooga 20 37 .3-51 Wilkes-Barre 46 77 .374 night Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1944 News From Home Bing is in ETO; Paris Hails Its Allied Liberators Bill Providing 'Back to Land' Looking for Dinah Bing Crosby, crooner and film Homesteads star! has arrived in the ETO, and Plans Unsane, has expressed the hope he can get together with Dinah Shore For GIs On Fire "to sing a couple of ditties for Expert Says the boys." Bing seemed rather surprised Alaska Lands Open; when he landed in England, say-: Sees Farm, Not Food, ing he h.vi expected to go to the Service Would Count South Pacific. When someone Problem In U.S. suggested Bob Hope was there. .r\s 2-Yrs.' Tenure Bing quipped: "Bob is anywhere After The War there's free mailing privileges." WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—If GI Joe wants to homestead' when he CHICAGO, Aug. 27—A "back to comes home from the war he can take his pick of 42,000,000 acres still the land movement" as a means of Says Germans open in his country, the Interior fitting returning soldiers into the Department said today. nation's economy is an illusion, Pro- fessor Theodore W. Schultz, agricul- A House-approved bill now await- ture economist at the University of pect ing Senate action would give veterans Chicago, declared today. o.' World War II the same home- Schultz said there would probably ] steading privileges enjoyed by fight- not be a shortage of farm land during | ers in other American wars .vince the first two decades after the war, Writer Finds 4 of 5 11863. It is a separate measure from but "open space is not itself an eco- I the "GI bill of rights." nomic opportunity. What we foresee Say 'We'va Lost,' ; Under the Bill, service in the is a farm problem instead of food .armed forces automatically counts problem and instead of hungry Ask When 1 ior two years of the five-year tenure mouths begging for food agricultural j required for claiming up to 160 acres surpluses will go begging for a By Jack Fleischer ol public domain by squatter rights market." United Press Staff Correspondent under the Homestead Act. Schultz ' asserted that within the STOCKHOLM, Aug. 28—Four Ger- : Commissioner Fred W. Johnson of next several decades it, is "likely" mans out of- every five are convinced | the General Land Office said that more than half of the young people that Germany has suffered a com- I Alaska apparently will be the largest reared in the rural areas in this j settling place of World War II country will find they will not be plete military defeat. : veterans based on inquiries to the needed in agriculture. "If they stay, That figure is not just -a guess. It ;Land Office about homesteading. they will burden agriculture and is the results of months of careful Even Greater Capacity will also thereby deny themselves a checking and weighing up of infor- Meanwhile Secretary of Agriculture gain in earnings that would come mation reaching me. Claude Wickard warned that post- to them from migration," he said. Only one German in 20—the incor- war agriculture cannot afford any rigible Nazi — believes in victory, i sizable back-to-the land movement A S20.000 PEEK while the rest—three in 20—believe by- returning veterans and demobil- HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 28 (UP)— that there is a chance of a com- ized war workers. Wickard appeared Lydia Cortez, a dancer, has sued her promise peace. before a special House committee on landlord and landlady for $20,000, But nearly all of them desperately post-war economics policy and plan- . charging they broke1 into her apart- want the war to end as scon as ning. He said that the capacity of ment while she was bathing and farmers 'to produce will be even possible. That is what my informa- larger after the war. Emphasizing pulled down the shower curtain tion clearly indicates. They explained that they were that agriculture will offer "no large- And what is more, about nine Ger- scale opportunities for veterans after looking for the source of a leak into mans in ten do not believe that un- their apartment below. the war," Wickard declared: condition surrender means the de- "I want to sound a warning against struction of the German people, m THE TOLL (?) OF WAR j any belief that there can be any spite of Goeggels' vigorous efforts. j sizable back-to-the-land movement SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28 (ANS) But the Nazis are still strong —Directors of the Golden Gate after this war. I am afraid that a enough to suppress the formation good many people have an idea that Bridge, asserting that the toll-free of any effective opposition both on privilege was extended only to Army there will be places in agriculture for the home front and in the armed I millions of returning veterans and and Navy personnel on official forces, and there is every reason to business and did not include pri- | persons who leave war plants. 'We soners of war, claims the Army owes believe that this strength can be i cannot afford again to think of ag- them $108 in tolls for Army trucks maintained right up to the very end. riculture as a refuge or national pocr- carrying Italian service units on Therefore, on the basis of my in- house m time of economic difficulty. sightseeing tours. formation, I would say that it is unwise wishful thinking to reckon FARE ENOUGH with the war ending through internal SHREVEPORT, La,, Aug. 28 (ANS; German revolt or collapse. 38 Infantrymen —A trolley conductor, is out seven This does not rule out the possi- cents but he feels he cheated death jility that some sort of revolt might and is therefore the winner. start in the ver; last stages, but I After living under German occupation for four years, the citizens of Given Awards Lightning struck his car and the iu not believe that this will come liberated Paris crowded the capital's main streets as French and U. S. electricity rang up an extra fare, but antil the army has suffered an in- might rolled through the city just before Gen. Charles DeGaulIe, Free A U. S. INFANTRY DIVISION, the conductor was unhurt. disputable and complete defeat on French leader, arrived. , one or more of the main fronts. France, Aug. 28—The award of 36 OUTFLUENZA Thus, Germany's subsequent defeat Bronze Star medals to soldiers of vould be brought about by this mili- this unit whose gallantry stood out WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (ANS)— while undergoing their baptism of A new influenza vaccine which ii ary disaster and not by the revolt. Yanks 70 ML From Belgium; said to reduce the incidence of thi fire south of La Haye du Puits was announced yesterday. disease by 75 per cent was reported ■ Those who received awards: by the Army. Tests performed lasi 3rd Army at Chateau-Thierry Pvt. Stanley F Cieslak, of Buffalo, winter on 12,000 student volunteer; Army 'Demob' N. Y.; Pfc John P. Semansky, of Phila- proved also that the vaccine could Continued from Page 1 ol shells and bombs, hundreds of delphia, Pa.; S/Sgt. Tracy A. Wash- lessen the severity of influenza Havre, which has been the main ington, of Acto, Ga.: 1/Lt. Jorier H, among those stricken, it was said. crates of small-arms ammo and win- Yost, of Granttown, W. Va.; Sgt. Wil- Centers Ready ianding place for German escape ter uniforms. liam O. Berry, of Barrackville, W. Va.; DFC FOR WAYNE MORRIS barges across the Seine. Two Stockholm newspapers re- Sgt. James R. Dishner. of Duffield, Pilo.ts ranging beyond the immedi- ported yesterday that Von Kluge, Va-; Pfc Roy J. Dodd. of Kit Carson, HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 28. (ANS)— . Continued from Page 1 ate vicinity of the Seine reported Colo.; S/Sgt. William C. Hardaway, of Former movie actor Wayne Morris avoided at this time, the Army said. the German commander in Norman- that large German convoys were on dy, was dead. Macon, Ga.; S/Sgt. Joseph H. Haline- has won the Distinguished Flying After the last war most of the Army the move eastward from Rouen and sky, of Pittsburgh, Pa.: Pvt. Alton R. Cross for naval air action in the *as disbanded, by units and dvi- Dagens Nyheter, quoting a source Hanely, of Bon Agua, Tenn.; Pvt. An- Dieppe in the direction of Beauvais from inside Germany, said that he thony Rizzo, of Paterson. N. J.; Pfo Pacific. sions, in New York City. The result and Amiens. was that men blew their transpor- had been killed under unknown Julius E. Tyson, of Macon, Ga.; Pfo After flying over the French port circumstances. Aftontidningen said Austin N. Wiekham, of Palmyra, TAKE IT OFF, TAKE IT OFF tation money on "freedom sprees," in an RAF transport plane, a Renter Tenn.; Pfc John Eck Jr., of Railway, CHICAGO, Aug. 28 (ANS)—The then found themselves broke and that he had, according to unconfirm- N. J.; Pfc Edward W. Gruenberg, of correspondent reported yesterday ed rumors, committed suicide be- management of the Rialto, one of stranded in the big city. that LeHavre, now only a few miles Browntown, Wis.; Pfc David E, the city's most famous burlesque Under the present plan, demobil- cause of German defeats. It recalled Hughes, of Franklin, N. J.; Pvt. George from the British units which have that he was reported to have re- C. Bonny, of Bronx N. Y.; S/Sgt. Earl houses for the last 30 years, an- ization will be on a somewhat slow- crossed the Seine, apparently was nounced that with most of its er individual basis. Each soldier will signed a few days ago because of D. Clark, of McCormick, S. C; PfC being deserted by a major part of bad health. James A. Piorello, of Hartford, Conn.; regular men customers drafted it be sent to the dscharge camp near- the German garrison there. He ob- T/5 Jack Fishbein, of Brooklyn N. Y.; would present swine bands and films est his induction center before being served "evacuation ships" along the T/5 Frederick R. King, of Rochester, instead of comedians and undressed mustered out. city's coasts and dense clouds of Russ Fliers in Alaska T/5 Rodney D. Martin, of Paris, Me.; girls. < No official statement has been black smoke hanging over areas. Pfc Joe A. Martinex, of Colorado made on the number of men who Sorings, Colo.; Pfc Michael Mutto, of PHILLY WALKS AGAIN will be released from the Army after Although many of the German a Free-Spending Lot Utica, N. Y.; Sgt. John J. Richardson, flying-bomb sites lie in this vicinity, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Pfc Clifford J. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28 (ANS) Germany's defeat—taut it is definite military observers warned that the FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 28— Foster, of Camden, N. J.; Cpl. Robert —Philadelphians, who got got used that some men will get out. Maj. liberation of this sector by the Allies Russian fliers, their pockets bulging P Buckley, of Binghamton, N. Y.; T/4 to nooning it to work in the recent Gen. Lewis B. Hershey's statement might not mean the cessation of the with old-fashioned large size dollar Arnold R, Conn, of Bronsen, Tex.; Pvt. transit strike, were back on their that the figure will be between Harry A. 'Heinecke, of Pittsburgh. Pa.; attacks against London. Many of bills, throw their money around here T/5 "Joseph T. Kurkowski, of Flush- pedals Friday when the six subway 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 was still with- the "buzz bombs," they said, recent- with as much zest as our own air- out confirmation. ing, N. Y.; Pfc George A. Kempson, surface lines ha'ted in the rush ly have come from the northeast, men in London. of Genoia, Ga.; Pvt. Paul H. Clowers, hour. A motor broke down, tying up Point System Planned suggesting the construction of new The Russians have been a common of Cleveland, Te^m.; Pvt. Katie W. the lines for half an hour. The actual decision of who will get bases in either Holland or Belgium. sight here for two years, ever since Lossley, of Brinkley, Ark.; Pvt. Anfiy out will be based on a point system, Thousands of Germans were be- they started delivering United P. Verotsky, of Winber. Pa.: Pvt. Rob- NAME BUCKEYE STREET Army authorities announced. This lieved to be still penned in west of States built airplanes to Russia's ert C. Mathis, of Newport, Tenn WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (ANS) — system will be applied to each soldier the Seine in an area of about 300 fighting front through the Canada- Ohio has won its battle to have a on this basis: Points for each month square miles. A Reuter dispatch es- Alaska-Siberia "back door." Bomb Load of Havocs street in Washington named for the of service, for each month overseas, timated the number still inside at "They don't buy things one at a Buckeye State. Bladensberg Rd., for major combat engagements, for 45,000. German News Agency, how- time," one storekeeper remarked. I creased 50 Per nt which runs from the end of Ma- decorations, for being married, for ever, claimed that "the bulk of the "They'll empty the shelves if pos- ryland Ave. to the District of each child or other dependent and * German army succeeded in crossing sible." U. S. NINTH AIR FORCE HQ, Aug. Columbia line, will be re-named Ohio for age. to the east bank of the Seine." Ave. There was formerly a street The number of points credited As tippers some of the Russians 28—The bomb weight capacity of The German "Dunkirk" across the are tops. One night club proprietor U. S. Ninth Air Force Havocs has named Ohio but it was removed to each category of the system has Seine continued with disastrous re- told of a party of eight fliers who from the map when the Mall was not been disclosed. been increased 50 per cent, it was built. sults,. Hundreds of Germans, aband- ran up a bill of $178 one night at officially announced. Meanwhiile, Associated Press re- oning their vehicles and equipment, his club and "took a shine to one ported that the only troops who The increase was achieved by the THE MAIL MUST GO THROUGH swam the river. Allied planes blasted of my waiters and left a $22 tip." fitting of additional 500-pounder could expect to be demobilized im- all kinds of escape craft. Taxicab drivers beam at the sight DALLAS, Aug. 28 (ANS)—With mediately after Germany's fall were bombs, increasing the total bomb One such craft, evidence of Ger- of Soviet officers for passengers. A load from 2,000 pounds to 3,000 17 postmen bitten by dogs, Post- members of the Army Ground Forces. $1 tip for a $2 fare is not unusual. master J. Howard Payne decided it Some combat troops, instead of going man desperation, consisted of two pounds. Pilots report O. K. that the was high time steps should be taken. home, will be transferred into the large barges joined together—a type added weight has a negligible effect He called on the residents of the of craft which the Germans built SEEK PWs FOR LABOR on general performance and maneu- Army Service Forces, while others, in 1941 for the invasion of Britain, city to keep their dogs in the homes not needed for occupational policing, PIERRE,c S. Dak., #Ug. 28—Gov. verability of the planes. or tied up around delivery time. will be shipped to the Pacific, AP and which they have used since as M. Q. Sharpe was asked by a high- flak ships off the Dutch coast. way commission to investigate the KIEV SEES PRISONERS said. 1 50-YEAR CLASS REUNION The news agency added that Masses of transport—tanks, trucks possibility of obtaining prisoners of MOSCOW, Aug. 28—The popula- BOSTON, Aug. 28 (UP)—Twenty- though demobilization of 200,000 men staff cars, field kitchens—were being wai for highway maintenance work. tion of Kiev maintained a quiet two members—more than one-third— a month could be expected after Hit- left behind by the Germans in then The commission said that the man discipline as 37,000 German prison- of Boston University's 50-year class ler's defeat, 50,000 men will continue frantic efforts to get across the river. power shortage, combined with ex- ers, part of the number cap- attended the annual luncheon to be drafted every month. "After They also abandoned a huge muni- cessive wear due to heavy loads and tured by the Soviet First Ukrainian reunion this year. Of the group, Japan's fall an exodus of 500,000 to tions dump, covering several acres rainfall, has made critical the necc Army,, marched for five miles four are currently university 600,000 a month is expected," AP re- between Elbeuf and Louviers. Cana- for adequate repair x>f state high- through the streets of Kiev en route trustees. ported- dians found it still stocked with piles ways. to camps. c::::::::::