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Yol. 1—No. 144 lFr. New York — PARIS — London lFr. Monday, Dec. 18, 1944 Mindoro Japs Drivenlnland Nazis Smash Back Across Border; 7 to 9 Miles LuftwaffeAidsDrive onHodgesLine ByU.S.Forces 97 Enemy Planes Re-Enter Belgium, NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (ANS) The Front as Counter-Attack Opened —American invasion troops, Shot Down Aiding Luxembourg at sweeping seven to nine miles inland on Mindoro Island in German Drive Three Points the northern Philippines, yesterday captured the town of The Luftwaffe came out of German troops, supported San Jose and its airfield, hiding yesterday to hurl its by tanks and the Luftwaffe, Gen. MacArthur announced biggest tactical force since smashed at American First tonight. D-Day at U.S. forces on the Engineers already were construct- Western Front, the Ninth Air Army lines on a 70-mile front ing other uir bases on exre"ent Force announced last night, from Duren to Trier yester- sites near the beaches as infantrymen pushed inland . from three but by nightfall 97 of the day and drove back across areas on the southern part of the 450 Nazi planes encountered the German border into Bel- island. Japanese opposition was ne- during the day had been gium and Luxembourg at gligible to the seizure of San Jose, destroyed by Ninth fighter- three points along the in- located on the Bugsanga River at the rail junction running from the bombers. vasion route the Nazis took north along the China sea side of Thunderbolts, Lightnings and in 1940. the island. Mustangs of the Ninth flew more The most powerful counterblow than 1,110 sorties against the Luft- the Wehrmacht has struck since 24 Planes Shot Down waffe and against Nazi conter-at- /GERMANY; the battle for the Rhine began As transports. poured men and tacks on the First Army front, while BECGIUNO^iSS^ COUNTER-ATTA( K pt!** three months ago, carried fresh supplies ashore under enemy air continuing their blows behind the i^&^J@gB&* Nasi, push across \ { " German forces westward "one to two attacks, American airmen support- lines in the Third and Ninth Army : v border in strongest \ miles in a sector 30 miles south- ing the landings shot down 24 sectors. Their 97-plane bag set a A R DEN fSfiSbmmvF- Rhine counter-drive. I _ / west of Aashen. The sector had planes while naval units sank a record for air action on the front. £l been dormant for weeks. damaged Jap destroyer hidden in Thirty-one U.S. planes were re- Luftwaffe Conies Out a bay within 15 miles of the land- ported missing. Taking to the offensive simul- ing sites. Jumped by German Planes In Pearl Harbor, Admiral of the taneously with ground troops, the Fleet Nimitz announced that Amer- Stars and Stripes Correspondent strongest formations of Luftwaffe ican carrier forces destroyed or Jules Grad reported that the seen since D-Day attacked both damaged 373 Japanese planes in gigantic air battle, reminiscent of First and Ninth Army lines. three days and nights over Luzon the dog fights over Britain during The great show of enemy aircraft in support of the invasion. the '41 blitz, started yesterday INTO THE SAAR made it seem apparent that night- On Leyte Island, the 77th Div. morning, when between 200 and U. S. 3d DRILLS INTO THE and-day air activity was part of pushed north from Ormoc, closing 250 German planes jumped Thun- WiSTWALL, STOR/WS SAAR. the German High Command's plan in from the rear against Jap lines derbolt formations above the Bonn BKUCKEN DEFENSES to create diversion in order that to seize the village of Cogon and area, just east of the Rhine and a counter-attack south of the Ninth its road junction in the moun- southwest of Cologne. In this Army's boundary should have a tains. MacArthur said more than fight alone, at least 21 FW190s minimum amount of interference 3.000 Japanese were killed during and ME109's were shot down. from the skies. the last two days' fighting in this Although this was the biggest Counter-attacks northeast of area. daylight battle over the Ninth Aachen were smeared. The 83rd Army area, Grad reported that the Div. smashed a German attack once-wary Luftwaffe made its big- (Continued on Page 2) gest bombing effort of the cam- GIs Get Leave paign Saurday night. From dusk until dawn, the Luftwaffe sent up more bombers then at any Faenza Falls I For War Work time since the Allied offensive started rolling toward the Rhine. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (ANS). At least 300 German planes were To 8thTroops j *—The War Department under- plotted. ALLIED HQ., Italy, Dec. 17.— { scored official alarm at lagging Dogfights raged in the air all production schedules yesterday by along the Western Front, and one New Zealand troops of the Eighth j furloughing 4,700 soldiers to work Army seized Faenza today after In labor-short plants producing (Continued on Page 2) nearly a week of bitter fighting top-priority military goods. for the important stronghold on They will be sent to war plants the Bologna-Rimini highway, to- I before Christmas, if possible, to Gramp, Gramp, the Boys Are Marching day's communique announced. help in the production of heavy Following Tip this advance, the artillery and mortar ammunition, New Zealanders joined with Indian j tires and cotton duck. As soon as By Ed Wilcox ition which looked more like some- except that they wore no insignia units to drive further northward to civilian workers are available they Stars and Stripes Staff Writer thing from an Olson and Johnson except the armband, which reads, the edge of the River Senio. At frill be returned to duty. WITH THE FIFTH INF. DIV., Show than a last-ditch battle. Ten "Deutscher Volks Wehrmacht"— the same time, Canadian troops of The soldiers to be selected will GERMANY, Dec. 17.—With a rat- of the Volkssturmers bit the dust, German Peoples Army. the Eighth expanded their bridge- be experienced in the type of work tle of bones, a creaking of joints, one shot himself in the leg, and Pfc Anthony Allabello, of Brook- head over the Naviglio Canal to involved. Those alerted for over- and a hell of a vibration at the nine others threw down their an- lyn, N. Y., said: three miles in width, despite strong seas duty, assigned to the infantry, knees, the Volkssturm, Himmler's tique French carbines and" yelled "That was the damnedest thing opposition from German armor. bi* Iri air crew training programs "kamarad." On Fifth Army sectors, only patrol Will not be considered. They will One of the wrinkled oldsters, activity was announced. he sent to 180 selected high-prior- Questioned about the formation of ity plants where manpower short- the unit, training and size, said that Pilot Saves Bombardier; ages have curtailed production. there were 500 men in the Metz Three thousand will go to am- unit but when the call to arms Gets Congress Medal munition factories, 1,200 to tire came, 476 were AWOL. plants and the remainder to cot- "I am 66 years old," the shriv- LONDON, Dec. 17 (ANS).—Lt. ton mills. eled gent said, wiping his nose on Edward S. Michaels, of Douglas, his sleeve. "I am a clerk and I Ariz., Flying Fortress pilot of the Women in Occupation Army reluctant 4Fs, were ordered into didn't want to fight and I don't I ever saw. - One of them popped 305th Bombardment Group, has LONDON, Dec. 17 (Reuter).—The the line at Metz to do or die for know how to fight. We had only up to one side of me, pointed his been, awarded the Congressional Earl of Selborne, minister of eco- Deutschland against the attack- six hours of training before we rifle in my face, clicked the trig- Medal of Honor. Michaels won nomic warfare, told the House of ing 5th Dlv. were ordered to go into the line." ger and nothing happened. He the award for heroism during a Lords here that some of the women In what was probably the most Several of the other men said dropped the gun and ran like hell mission over a German industrial in the British forces would be "re- unorthodoK engagement in military they had never fired a gun before. When I picked up the gun to look center,, when he saved life of his quired to take part in the armies annals, two dozen septuagenarian The uniform they wore was the at it I found that it wasn't loaded. bombardier and flew his flak-torn of occupation" after the war. selectees put on a 15-minute exhib- same as that of the Wehrmacht Strictly from Laurel and Hardy." bomber safely back to its UK base. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Dec. 18, 1944

KliineRefugees Silver Threads Way Nazis Recross FleeAdvancing Back to Join Gold Border in Blow AN AIR SERVICE COM- MAND STATION, PRANCE, Allied Armies Dec. 17 —Heigh! Ho! Silver Tens On First Front of it—in the form of British ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 17 coins—have just been flown (Continued from Page 1) (fceuter).—Almost the entire po- from France to the Bank of west of Duren. Other First Army pulation of the Rhineland is flee- England. The cargo, weighing ing before the advancing Alhed troops broke up German drives in nearly five thousand pounds, the Monschau Forest. armies, 20 miles to the west, was moved in one of the Dou- according to refugees reaching South of the forest along the Switzerland from Cologne. glas C-47s of Air Service Com- winding and thinly held sector mand's Transport Wing. Tens of thousands of homeloss I down to Trier, fresh German in- Germans are. leaving for east and ■ Although GI Joes converted fantry and tanks struck into Bel- south Germany. Hundreds unable their pounds and shillings into gium !n the area near Honsfeld, a "invasion" currency before em- to find transport are fleeing on frontier Belgian town. foot. Scores die of exposure caused barking for France, many a Other enemy thrusts pierced the by camping out at night under pocket still jingled with a few Duchy of Luxembourg at two appalling winter conditions. Many odd "bob" and half-crowns. points. are dying of hunger. Eventually, these found their One broke across the border In way into U.S. Arm. finance Population Shrunk the vicinity of Echternach and an- ■offices on the Continent and other 12 miles to the northwest Colognes original population of into the money bags destined near Vianden. Echternach is 19 1,000,000 has shrunk to 65,000. for the "Old Lady of Thread- miles from the city of Luxembourg Ration cards are no longer issued needle Street." and 11 miles northwest of Trier. in the city, so starvation is the inevitable fate of those resisting The assault was considered a the government's evacuation order. move to relieve the pressure Lt. Cologne itself is almost totally Tito Wins Last | Gen. Hodges' First Army has been devastated with only isolated exerting on the Cologne Plain de- buildings remaining. fenses. Thirty Germans publicly hanged Serbian Town Nazis Drop Paratroopers as "dissenters and grumblers" were The attacks were preceded by left hanging 24 hours. An ever- While the Red Army's muddy heavy artillery fire. CBS Corre- growing number of workers man- campaign in Hungary continued to spondent Richard Hottelet broad- age to steal weapons and join make slow progress yesterday, Mar- cast from First Army that scores their comrades underground. shal Tito announced that his Jugo- of Nazi paratroops were dropped The Hitler salute is answered behind American lines. with stones and several fanatical slav troops had captured Uzice, last Other German attacks were re- Nazis have been killed. German-held town in Serbia. ported on the Ninth Army front, Last week 5,000 Rhineland lu- Tito's men drove westward from but details were lacking. gitives arrived at Lake Constance. there to the Drina River, occupying Reuter reported that Field Mar- Officials in southern Germany are the river town of Lubovija, 34 miles shal von Rundstedt in his order faced with a serious problem. northwest of Uzice At the same time, British and South African of the day urged German troops to "give all you have in one last medium and fighter-bombers heavi- effort" ly attacked German columns flee- Brittany Isle In the Saar, U.S. Third Army ing northwestward through Jugo- A locomouve and tender lie twisted amid the wreckage of a railway slavia toward Austria before Rus- forces widened their cracks in the bridge destroyed in the Third Army area by retreating Germans in Siegfried Line defenses at Dillin- sian and Jugoslav forces should bar an attempt to stem the American drive into the Saar region. Taken by Nazis their path. gen and Saarlautern. Resistance in Dillingen was Renewed action by the Germans In the Budapest area, the Soviets met fierce resistance. Torrential weakening momentarily as 90th" at Brittany's besieged ports of St. rains, which brought the Danube ig.3 Div. men gained 400 yards. In the Nazaire and Lorient began yester- eeting Saarlautern suburb of Ensdorf, day when an invasion force of 200 River above the flood stage' added Luftwaffe to their difficulties. 95th Div. troops gained about 300 Germans in six torpedo boats and iContinued now. Page It Soviet infantry northeast of the Set, UP Claims yards against bitter opposition. smaller craft landed on and cap- Hungarian capital was closing in on tured the tiny island of Houat (pro- Move On Nazi Soil Kassa, German stronghold on the WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (ANS). nounced What), ten miles south of U.S. Seventh Army forces con- Czechoslovakian border. —The second Roosevelt-Churchill- U.S. fighter-bomber pilot, 1/Lt. Wil- the French coastal city of Quibe- liam M. Kerr, of Richmond, Calif., tinued their advance out of North- ron. Stalin conference has been ar- ern Alsace into the Palatinate, ranged, and is scheduled for late downed two ME109s and two FW- The island was used by Amer- 190s in a single action. moving on German soil along an MPs Arrest 199 January or early February, the icans as an outpost for observing One of the outstanding features 18-mile front toward the Siegfried enemy sea traffic between St. Na- UP asserted today in a copy- Line. righted story. of the Luftwaffe show was that zaire, Lorient and Belle Island. In Paris Roundup German pilots chose to fight even Men of the 103rd Div. reached Several GIs of Maj. Gen. Harry J. Dictating the need for the con- when they were in the minority, Rechtenbach, just north of captured Wissembourg. Eastward Malony's 94th Inf. Div., who for Paris MPs arrested 199 U. S. sold- ference were new demands on both which gives further credence to a toward the Rhine, 79th Div. men two months lived undetected on iers during Friday's drive to round sides of the Atlantic for consulta- report that Gen. Rundstedt, in an Houat are believed in enemy hands. up AWOL troops, the Theater tions at top levels and grave con- order of the day yesterday, urged j took Lauterborg and drove on to I reach Berg across the border on French marines and civilian tech- Provost Marshal revealed yesterday. cern over divergent courses of Al- the German air force to try for ; the edge of the Bienwald Woods, nicians who lived on the island The figure, almost twice the normal lied diplomacy. "one last effort." are believed either killed or prison- number of arrests, included 170 The principal factor governing Near the British-Canadian front j At the other end of. Alsace, the ers of war. The Americans have men who were picked up without the time of the talks apparently in Holland, smaller formations of 'j French First Army gained a mile | and one-half in the Bonhomme made no attempt to retake the passes is Roosevelt's schedule, which calls the Luftwaffe smashed against the island. for the fourth term inauguration RAF and lost eight FW 190s and j Pass and entered the Vosges Moun- The "drag net" laid by the MPs tains town of Kaiserburg. Included raids on 50 hotels and the on Jan. 20. The meeting will be a jet-propelled ME 262. arrest of GIs occupying rooms in held soon thereafter unless world Forces of fighter-escorted bomb- Captured Two Forts British Turn Down the hotels without authorization. events force a change in plans. ers of the Italy-based 15th AF, It was disclosed that in their dash striking in the Munich area and through northern Alsace, Seventh EAM Peace Terms in Upper Silesia, also met strong forces bypassed two Maginot forts. forces of the Luftwaffe. They beat These were the Hockvald system ATHENS, Dec. 17.—Lt. Gen. Paris Joints Still Jumping off the attacking planes, however, southwest of Wissembourg and the Ronald M. Scobie, commander of and continued on to blast synthetic nearby Schoenenburg system. British forces in Attica, rejected oil targets at Blechhammer and Both systems were damaged in the peace proposals of the EAM Despite the Ban On Dancing near Odertal. 1940 by the Germans and were (left-wing National Liberation found abandoned. They were built astride the Wissembourg gap, which Front party) today because the By Ernest Leiser ban was in effect, shrugged, point- 3 Snipers Delay Sarge Leftists' offer failed to provide for runs into Germany. To the west, Stars and Stripes Staff Writer ed toward the milling couples on however, in the German-manned immediate cessation of resistance the dance floor, and said, "Oh, that En Route to Get Medal

Blondie and Dagwood aren't in the service, but in the book, WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (ANS). "Blondie and Dagwood," published by Smith & Durell, who call it War veterans should be required to "A Novel of the Great American Family—Democracy's Answer pass competitive tests before being to Hitler." entitled to preference for government jobs, the Civil Service As- Gardena VFW Won't Recognise DSC Jap sembly committee said today. N the face of Stimson's statement that it is "wholly incongruous that Linda Darnell, who says people never pay much attention to her In a report to the Assembly, I servicemen of Japanese extraction who have demonstrated their figure, denied last week that she was going to have a baby. Linda composed of government personnel loyalty to America should be subject to unworthy discrimination," the told newsmen: "I'm not pregnant. In fact I'm probably the only administrators, the committee also Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Los Angeles suburb of Gardena took a one on the studio grounds who isn't, except George Jessel." recommended that veterans' pre- leaf out of the American Legion's Hood River, Ore., post book. The ference policies should recognize Gardena veterans refused to carry names of Jap- the principle of open competition anese-American soldiers on the service honor roll. Shooting for the Moon, Joe? for public employment on the basis One of the ex-soldiers omitted was Pfc Kiyoshi of merit and fitness and should not Ourange, DSC winner who lost his life in Italy exclude the rising generation from when, single handed, he destroyed a Nazi .88 em- Here's How to Stake Claim opportunity for public employment. , placement. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (ANS). tions of the moon which may be- Chaplin Case Adjourns Resenting a change in working hours, —The land rush may be some time come public domain are susceptible 1,200 B e n d i x Corporation night-shift em- off, but the Department of the of acquisition under more than With Jury Incomplete ployes, members of the Independent Aircraft Interior is all set with advice on 5,000 public land laws administered Workers' Union of New Jersey, walked out how to file claims on the moon. by this office. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 17 (ANS); early Saturday in a wildcat strike. The trouble From Glen Ellyn, 111., and spe- —After a 'ay and a half of quiz- started when the company went from a ten- "Relating to mineral developments cifically from R. L. Farnsworth, homesteading, grazing or other types zing, prospective jurors for the hour-day, six days, to an eleven-hour-day, president of the U.S. Rocket So- Charlie Chaplin paternity case trial five days a week. of land use if acquisition of land ciety, Inc., came this query: ! is to be sought under the Home- still hadn't been chosen yesterday, "Many of our members write in i stead Law, any application must be and neither Chaplin nor Joan Churchill's Speech Draws Comment and ask us how they go about filing 1 accompanied by an affidavit declar- Berry had appeared in court as the TN bullish atmosphere, New Yorks stock market a claim to land on the moon. As ing that the applicant has person- case recessed for the weekend. chalked up its first 2,000,000-share day since strange as it may seem to you, it ally examined the land and is well Twenty-four-year old Miss Berry July 5. Bond sales of $19,380,500 were recorded. may be a reality within a genera- acquainted with its characteristics. is seeking a court decree establish- tion. Consequently, we would ap- ing the comedian as the father of Par values were the best since Feb. 17. "The applicant must be prepared preciate either your telling us how her 14-month-old daughter, Carol. Churchill's Poland speech had the blood this is done or advising us to whom to establish his permanent residence pressures of some editorial writers soaring to upon the land to the exclusion of to direct our inquiries." a home elsewhere within six months new heights. The New York Sun said his Land Office on Job Worry Over Shortage statement "knocked the Atlantic Charter into after entry has been approved." a cocked hat," and World-Telly's Philip Simms Demonstrating that the Depart- Drives GIs to Smoke ment's Land Office has an ear to No Strings Attached said the prime minister "drove another nail the ground, its nose to the wind into the coffin of Dumbarton Oaks." But the Aeisnng's sleeve_ DETROIT, Dec. 17 (ANS).—The CAMP LEE, Va., Dec. M and its mind on the future, Com- (ANS).—The Camp Lee Travel- New York Times said, "Polish frontiers are neither sacred nor un- missioner Grew Johnson replied: little woman won't have to take alterable." the cord off the post-war flatiron to ler, post newspaper, surveying "New lands which may be desig- hurl it at hubby—it's not going to the cigarette situation here re- The Christian Science Monitor was disturbed by Senate approval nated as public domain under the have any. The go-ahead signal has ported some soldiers said they of five-star rank for four generals and three admirals. The Monitor sovereignty of the U.S. are subject been given by the War Production were smoking more because of was willing to have top American officers rank with any in the world, to jurisdiction of the General Land Board to a company for production "worry over the cigarette short- but was reluctant to see "an increase of brass in the hats." Office. Consequently, those por- of a cordless electric iron. age." Monday, Dec. 18, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES SPORTS Page 5 Dixie Walker's Army Takes a Hand in Navy's Affairs anaoipn i ops •357 Wins NL Bombers*, 13-6, Batting Crown In Bond Bowl NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—It will — -4 come as no surprise to the major- NEW YORK, Dec. 17. — The un- ity of baseball fans to learn that defeated Ramblers of Randolph Fred "Dixie" Walker, Brooklyn Field, Tex., second only to Army Dodgers' outfielder, won the Na- in the national football rankings, tional League batting crown. To- closed a perfect season with their day's announcement made it 11th straight victory here yester- official. day by subduing" the twice-beaten For the second straight year the Second Air Force Superbombers, senior circuit ibattirig title went 13-6, in a $17,500,000 Bond Bowl to the holder of a .357 average. game that drew a disappointing Last year's chaimp, Stan Musialof crowd of 8,000- . 3 the St. Louis Cardinals, finished Touchdown ten points behind Walker in '44. passes in the The 34-year-old native of Villa first and third Rica, Ga., has competed for 17 years periods gave the i n organized Ramblers the baseball and edge in a bone- he's played with crushing battle 13 clubs. He Hal Hamberg, Navy's left halfback, hurls the ball to intentled receiver, Ben Martin, but Herschel Fuson, bet-wesn power- entered the big Army center, waits with hands ex tended for the toss, which he inter cepted and ran back eight yards. ful lines and leagues with the hard-r u n n i n g New York Yank- backfields. The Superbpmbers. , . ees in '31, but Gophers Caged Agua Caliente Really m|j )ud|( v was returned to Thunderbolts of Colorado the minors for In Hot Water Now Springs, moved 60 yards along more seasoning. By Great Lakes Win 5th Game the ground in the fourth quarter for He returned to TIAJUANA, Mexico, Dec. their only score, narrowly missed another by a foot on the last play the Yankees in MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17.—Great 17.—Local police officials acting The Thunderbolts of the SeconQ on orders, of the Supreme Court of the half and reached the two- Dixie Walket '33 and, with the Lakes Navals' basketball team AADA registered their fifth straight exception of a of Mexico, today seized the Agua yard line befoie they were checked defeated Minnesota, 46-42, in a football triumph yesterday, defeat- with seconds to play in the game. short stay with Newark in '35, has rough game here last night. Matt Caliente racetrack in the name ing the Bomb Group Invaders, been in the majors ever since. of the Arguella estate, which Snow started with the opening Sutton, Gopher guard, was forced 13-6, at Jean Bouin Stadium. kickoff and before the first quarter From the Yankees, Dixie went to to retire with a knee injury and has battled for possession of the SHAEF upset the Ninth ADC de- famous racing strip for 12 years. was half over the Polo Grounds turf the White Sox, then Detroit and was Paul Cloyd, Great Lakes forward, fenders, 6-0, in a rough game won was a sodden mass. Nevertheless, it finally waived from the American lost a tooth. in the last 20 seconds. Fourth Ser League in '39 when the Dodgers failed to prevent the Texas fliers vice Group's Blue Devils blanked from going into the air to score. grabbed him. Razorbacks Trip CCNY Ninth AAF Headquarters, 18-0, for Dixie has become one of the 'McSpaden^- Ott Layden Passes 53 Yards NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Arkansas their first victory. First General most popular ballplayers ever to Hospital defeated 217th General With 29 seconds left in the first cavort at Ebbets Field. He has University defeated. CCNY, 59^47, and Muhlenberg trounced St. Fran- Rip Par Apart Hospital, 19-0, with Mike Demchak, chanter, Halfback Pete Layden shot earned a place in the hearts of the Tom Foti and Joel Meredith scor- a 53-yard pass to End Harry Burrus, Flatbush faithful with such greats cis, of Brooklyn, 56-18, in the bas- who gathered it in on the five and ketball double bill at Madison RICHMOND, Calif., Dec. 17.— ing touchdowns. as Zack Wheat, Dazzy Vance, Jac- Harold "Jug" McSpaden shattered Feature of the Thunderbolts' stepped over. In the third period ques Fournier and Floyd "Babe" Square Garden last night. George the Ramblers plodded 81 yardg^ Kok, six-foot ten-inch Razorback the course record with a seven- triumph was a 75-yard run by Herman. under-par 64 and Len Ott of Den- Rudy Petrina, after he had caught along the ground only to be stalled center, scored 25 points to ruin the on the four, whereupon Bill Dudley City College chances. ver carded a 65 as the Richmond a 15-yard pass thrown by Bob Open golf tournament reached the Anderson. A 31-yard heave, Joe fired a bullet'pass to Halfback Parker, Betz Get 54-hole mark yesterday. • Prano to Henry MacDonald, pro- Johnny Goodyear in the end zone Irish Cagers Trim Badgers McSpaden's sensational round duced the other tally. Lone In- and Dudley converted. Top Net Rankings MADISON, Wis., Dec. 17. —The boosted him from a tie for 19th vader touchdown resulted when Ray Evans, former Kansas star, Notre Dame basketball team, led by to third place. Sammy Snead's George Tweedy intercepted a pass who was tackled on the one-foot NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Frankie Vince Boryla with 18 points, scored second straight 69 put him in the and ran 14 yards. line by Layden on the last play of Parker, National amateur tennis a 57-46 victory over Wiscflnsin here lead, while Charley Congdon of The SHAEF |core was made by the first naif, led the Bombers' singles champion, topped the 1944 last night. It was the fourth Tacoma, who had a 67, was second. Wilson Brooks just after the De- touchdown drive in the fourth and ratings announced today, but it straight victory for the Irish. Snead entered the final round with fenders, due to a bad pass from after carrying 48 yards in five plays won't be official until approved by a 208 total. center, lost possession of the ball sent Steve Susie over from one foot the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, Temple, Dartmouth Win on their own ten-yard line. During out. Evans -spearheaded another which meets in January. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17.— the third period, the Defenders drive in the closing minutes, but Pauline Betz, women's singles Temple staved off a last-minute Jimmy Dykes Raps claimed the referee had overlooked the Ramblers held on the two-yard a "fifth down" utilized by SHAEF. line. queen, was ranked No. 1 among the attack by the Oklahoma Aggies to Despite cna sman turnout, the ladies for the third straight year. win, 46-44, and Dartmouth trim- Unlimited Arc Ball Joe Abrams scored twice and med Penn, 50-35, in a cage double- Tony Scarbella once in the Blue game was a financial success since Devils' game. a number of New York banks and Happy Issue Sets Track header at Convention Hall. CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—Jimmy merchants underwrote the 75-mil- Dykes, White Sox pilot, said today lion-dollar quota during the week. Mark in Gold Cup Race 'Cats Stop Marquette the American League will have Georgia Tech Engineers CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—Center Max plenty of trouble trying to make INGLEWOOD, Calif., Dec. 17 — Morris scored 19 points as North- the Sox agree to play an unlimited Toughen Up for Tulsa Cocoa Kid Suspended;~' Happy Issue stretch-running filly, western defeated Marquette, 58-44, number of night baseball games. obtained for $3,500 in a claiming the Wildcats drawing aways in the Dykes said the White Sox would ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 17.—Rough Charge He Took Dive race by M. H. Pinon, won the final minutes. play only 14 night games at home scrimmage sessions were ordered fifth running of the $75,000 Gold and added he would have no part today by Coach Bill Alexander as SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.—The Cup in track record time of 2:01.3 of Clark Griffith's reported plan Georgia Tech prepared for the California Athletic Commission to- minutes for the mile-and-a-quarter CAGE "RESULTS to play every game, ex sept week- New Year's Day Orange Bowl day suspended Cocoa Kid, New distance. ends and holidays, at night in game against Tulsa at Miami. Haven middleweight, for six Akron 64, Wesieyan 37. Bowen, ace running back, sat months on a charge that the Kid Paper Boy, backed down to 9-5 Arkansas 59, CCNY 47. Washington. by 37,000 players present, finished Bain bridge Naval 50, Norfolk AB 45. "I'll go along with any club on out contact drills with a leg injury took a dive. fourth* behind Bull Reigh and Bowling Green 57, Ohio U. 45. lights," Dykes stated, "but we won't and probably won't have any tough Cocoa Kid's fight with Billy Okama- Happy Issue, with Jockey Cincinnati 66, Wilmington 21. play a night game before we leave work before the game. Smith of Oakland, Calif., here Nov. Colgate 78, Union 45. Hediey Woodhouse up, paid $12.50. Concordia 44, Dana 30. one city for another." 24th ended in the third round Cornell 50, Columbia 35. Boxer Sentenced to Die when the referee declared it "no Bams Retain Donelli Cornell Midshipmen 48, Ithaca 38. Francois Apetit, former amateur contest." It was alleged the Kid Dartmouth 50, Penn 35- Texan Seeks 4th Win went into the tank and his purse CLEVELAND, Dec. 17. —Aldo Denver 42, Feru Tchrs. 37. boxing champion of France, was "Buff" Donelli has been signed for Dubuque 33, Cornell College 31. was forfeited. Geneva 76, St. Joesph's 50. In Paris Bouts Tonight condemned to death by a Paris three more years as head coach of Great Lakes 46, Minnesota 42. court justice yesterday. It was the Cleveland Rams in the Nation- Gustavus Adolphus 52, S. Dakota St. 30. Jimmy Johnson, light heavyweight stated Apetit had assisted Gestapo al Football League. Illinois Tech 56, .Camp McCoy 39. ; Help Wanted Iowa 69, Nebraska 45. from Fort Worth, Tex., will be seek- agents and denounced numerous Kentucky '61, Indiana '43. ' ing his fourth victory when he French Patriots. —AND GIVEN Browns, Cards Play Marshall 44, Scranton 42. meets Paul Stewart, of Chicago, to- Write your question or problem to Muhlenberg 56, St. Francis 18. Help Wanted. The Stars and Stripes, New Mexico 55. New Mexico A & M 27. night in the feature event of the Paris, France APO 887. 7-Game Spring Series Notre Dame 57, Wisconsin 46. weekly American Red Cross and Question Box N. Dakota 18, Moorhead Tchrs. 37. Special Service boxing show at the Northwestern 58, Marquette 44. We do not publish advertise- ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17.—A city Princeton 73, Fordham 51. Palais de Glace, Paris. - Boys of 880th QM Trk. Co.—Figures not ments for lost jeeps and other series of seven games between Riee 40, McCloskey Hosp. 25. 135-pound Charles Siler vs. Johnny Lo- available, but basketball definitely has AWOL vehicles. the Browns and. Cardinals, St. Lawrence 45, Hobart 26. pez, both of Los Angeles; 175-pounds greater gate receipts in States for each Stevens Tech 32, Drew 30.. Ferris Seily, Albany, N.Y., vs. Fred Mc- season than football or baseball. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Service Center World Series principals, high- Temple (Tex.) 46, Oklahoma A & M 44. Kenzie, Chicago; 180-pounds Joe Smith, 1/Sgt. Jack Chaille.— The first basket- A will be opened at 12 Rond-Point des lights the spring training sche- Texas Tech 41, TCU 36. Detroit, vs. Joe 'Beitle, Frceland, Pa. ball game ever played in the States was Champs-Elysees. Paris, on Dec. 19. It dule of both clubs. They'll meet Utah 44, Canisius 31. - in 1891 at Springfield (Mass.) YMCA will be open daily from 3 to 9.30 PM for Valparaiso 61, Loras 41. College. Opposing teams were made up use of Allied lorces. early in April. VMI 47, Lynchburg 10. National Hockey League of students of the school. The Browns will play the Chi- Ward Island Navy 47, Texas A & M 42. Montreal 8, Boston 5 CAMERA EXCHANGES Wayne 53, Albion 33. Toronto 1, Detroit 1 Pfc J. Deutschberger.—Washington Red- ANTED: Super Baldina with P2 lens cago Cubs a three-game set at Westminster 45, Carnegie Tech 36. skins beat New York Giants, 49-14, '37. W or Kodak Retina II. Major Gordoa Cape Girardeau, Mo., the front West Virginia 39, Penn State 34. American Hockey League Cpl, -Willie- Rose.—Notre Dame played P. Weber. office announced today. Worcester Poly 51, Connecticut 4ft. ' Hershey 3, Cleveland 3. Minnesota once between '38 and '41, Irish ANTED : Portable developing and Yale 57, Brown 49. Pittsburgh 6, Buffalo 3. winning, 19-0, in "38. w printing kit. Pvt. Chas D. Kuhn. Page 6 THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Dec. 18, 1944 An Editorial -\H£ a £>AG Now Listen To Me, Mr. P. ftVOW/TOO-V HERE EADLNG from left to R right, the four GIs my bunk in my "rest" camp, a cor- in this picture are: Sgt. Looking Ahead poral came in and called out four It may seem premature to bring of us GIs. We went to the officers' Richard O. Vanderbloemen, this subject up before the war has quarters and had to wash down the De Pere, Wis., Pfc Vincent been won; but foresight now will walls, floor and windows of. two J. Romano, Brooklyn, N.Y., save a lot of heartaches later. rooms. Well, this wasn't too bad. Sgt. Alvin F. Jankowske, What does the Army have planned Today, the same corporal came Chicago, and Sgt. Clarence for the soldiers who will remain in in and called off four more names. Germany for one, two or more years I was one of the four that went W. Alexis, Falconer, N.Y. after peace comes? to the guard house and built bunks The Pfc in the center is If non-fraternization with enemy and filled mattress covers with Robert P. Patterson, Under- civilians is to be strictly enforced straw. When I came here I had secretary of War. (as it should be) will the Ar.ry to fill my own cover. allow wives (and children) of mar- Why did this job have to be done * * * ried soldiers to come over here—as on Sunday? Why didn't at least was done after World War I? the prisoners have to fill their own What brand of mahoska If not, the easily predictable mattress covers? Why did we even the boys are dishing out we skyrocketing of the AWOL, venereal have to do any of this work at all? don't know. The main point disease and fraternization rates will —Sgt. O. M. Nelly, 307th Airborne is—the GIs are doing the bring to a shameful ending the Eng. Bn. valiant efforts of the A.E.F. talking and the Under- And how about the single man? secretary of War is bending and women, American for- breaker of our national -Has anyone a sound suggestion that Bearable Mud the ear. eign policy, military train- strength. will alleviate his "misery" in the Why wouldn't it be feasible army of occupation?— Capt. G. B. * * * ing in colleges and schools. * * * to give each man in the line It's a neat little pre-view of O'C, MC. an opportunity to take a hot * * * The man who—if he's bath at least once every week the future. America—poli- sour, selfish, destructive or * * * - Bowing to his wisdom on Joe Pro or ten days? The mud we ticians, presidents, profes- dumb—can futz up the fu- • literally live in would be more sors, policemen and John tactics, strategy and gun- bearable, and it would raise our ture. Or who, if he's on the As I recall, the Regular Army Q. Public—all listening to nery, on foreign trade, -de- beam—with an understand- before the war totalled about 300- morale immeasurably, making mocracy, fascism and the for better soldiers.—Pvt. L. the hero home from the ing head, a tolerant heart 000. Subtract from that the men outlook for peace and war. who have definite reasons for go- Merritt; Inf. Div. wars. and a searching soul—can ing back to the States (married, * * * * * * * * * build a better world. engaged, etc.) and you have a fig- Harking to his views on Listening to the veteran * * * ure too small for an army of Think It Over occupation. How about an all-out appeal for the British Commonwealth, soldier — eleven or twelve Anyway, America will But Sergeant Harner wants an a mass cancellation of subscriptions De Gaulle, what to do With million strong. The most listen. It will, that is, if and army of occupation from the re- to periodicals coming by mail which war criminals. Hanging on vital, vibrant element in as long as what he says gular army. Okay. Form a nu- serve only to bog down the service? his words about French wine the nation. The maker or makes sense. cleus from volunteers from the Let's get the letters through, United States Army and the re- fellows! Let the Alumni mags and mainder from the AUS. It will other tabloids .vait till we get home. be run the "army way" and a A month is too blasted long to volunteer army of occupation will wait for that letter from the ones SOMEWHERE outdo an assigned army of occupa- we want most to hear from. tion. Besides, everybody will be What do we need with a four- satisfied. pound, months-old newspaper with 3.99 lbs. of advertising in them? EUROPE Save place number two on that If the news is important to you, volunteer list for me.—Sgt. A. E. tion. The captain's foxhole was error.) A battle not mentioned in have the folks clip out the article Doctor Protects Patient Rice. nearby, but instead of diving in, the First's imposing list was the and send ft in those precious letters. Pvt. Raphael P. Betit, of Whit- he flung himself across Betit to Mons Pocket, in which destruction There are more than a million of ingham, Vt., doesn't know the protect the 19-year-old casualty from of 20,000 Germans in four days oi In his letter to the B Bag, Harner us over here and if each gets an name of the medical corps captain the flying steel. A piece of a shell fighting enabled the Third Armorea offered a curious argument to urge allotment of daily* papers — well, with the Fourth Armored Div., but which otherwise would have struck and the First to smash through the guys, it's a lot of weight and bulk that Germany be occupied by pro- he would like to thank him. Betit wounded the captain. Siegfried Line. fessional soldiers. His contention that's hogging shipping space more that professional soldiering reaches recent letter mail could be using. Slightly wounded in action back %f * * * a height that civilian professions Think it over, men! With the in October, Betit lay on a litter in Pies Like Mother's Six-Man 'Battalion' new year coming up, it's a good , clearing station while the captain rarely attain, and offering as com- Ordered to keep a German com- parisons the doctor and lawyer, is time to drop that subscription.— dressed his wound. Then the Ger- Men at the Fifth Inf. Div.'s pany tied down in its holes on a enough to n.ake anyone snicker. Sgt. Berle J. Hess. mans began shelling the aid sta- rest camp say that Pvt. Stan- ley Gillette, of Waterto;vn, strategic hill in eastern France, In time of war th- professional S/Sgt. James S. Koizumi and the soldier comes into his own. and the N.Y., is almost like a mother to them. It's on account of five remaining men in his 442nd man temporarily in uniform had HUBERT Combat Team heavy weapons sec- better speak with caution. the pies Gillette makes. He All the same, there are things turned out 44 of them in one -that must be said. One of them is day recently—apple and cus- that the very best thing one can tard. say for the professional soldier is * * * that he is a necessary adjunct to Busy Victory Div. our sorry civilization. But why gild the lily? The professional soldier The 95th (Victory) Inf. Div. is trained to inflict death and des- wasn't committed to offensive ac- truction. That is the basic reason tion until November, but already for his existence. To assert that it has bagged more than 8,000 pri- he reaches a height rarely attained soners, including a lieutenant gen- in civilian professions is deliberate- eral, has captured 103 towns and tion simulated a battalion for six ly to spit in the eye of intelligence. villages plus 16 forts, and has hours by rushing all over the slope —Cpl. J. L. Bonney, Ord. taken intact a bridge over the Saar shouting and firing. With the River. assistance of a rifle platoon, they * # * * * then routed the Nazis, killing more Snafu Early Bird Gets It than 50, wounding many more and I am in a so-called rest camp in capturing 11. France, having come here after The PX officer said two watches would be put on sale Folks at Home Send some two months of hell in Holland. These GIi Swift New* My bitching would fill your paper at 8 AM, first come, first Births of Sir Stork's Arrival: if I wrote of the CS deals that we served. Pvt. James C. Dodge, Jr., of Northumberland, Pa^ /4 Edward Collings, Bridgeport, Conn. have gotten since coming here, so T —Edward John Jr., Nov. 29; Cpl. I'll just stick to this past weekend. and the 705th Ord. of the Fifth Thomas J. Cunningham, New York—Pat-: Saturday evening, while I was on Inf. Div., got up at 2 AM to ricia Mary, Dec. 6; Opl. M.1 A. Cosillos. be first in lind He got a New York—Victoria Eugenia, Noy. 22 ; 1/Sgt. Maurice M. Campbell, New Cum- THE STABS AND STRIPES watchi berland. Pa.—John Thomas, Dee. 2; T/5 * * * George F. Cheverko. New York—Barbara Printed at the New York Herald Ann. Nov. 29; OWO Walter M. Dooley, Tribune plant, 21 rue de Berri, Paris Quite a Difference Leavenworth—boy, Dec; Lt. Virgil Donze, ISL . srmed £orces "hder ausl El Paso, ni.—boy, Nov. 28; Sgt. Roland pices of the.Information and Educa- Correction. — The Stars and O. DeLauncey, Baltimore—Roland Clay tion Division, Special and Informa- Stripes, in a recent bouquet to the Jr., Nov. 18; 1/Sgt. James W. Dick. Coal- *o*t>*4\-n*''KIOV3tL' Tel': ELYsfes First Division, gypped the boys out inga, Calif.—June Louise, Dec. 4. Contents passed by the U.S. Army of 29,800 German prisoners. That GT. Emory S. Grove, Covington, Ky.= Deanna Maxine, Dec. 3; Pvt. Robert and Navy censors. Entered as second might have been okay with the S class matter. Mar. 15, 1943, at the Hergr, Brooklyn—boy, Dec. 8; Lt. Fran* post office, New York, N.Y., under Germans, but not with the First Fabbie. Kingston, N.Y girl, Dec. 6; 1/Lt. the act of Mar. 3, 1878. Division, which captured 32,000 John P. Lopreste, Warren. O.—Carol Ann. Vol. 1, So. 144 "Some joker told me all you had to do was stand on a corner and Dec. 8; Cpl. Martin N. Wilson. Los An- beat 'em off with a club." rather than 3,200. (Typographical geles—Martin Theodore, Nov. IS. Monday, Dec. 18, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 7 Li'l Abner By Courtesy of United Features. By Al Capp mm^ARKS Embarrassing moments. Pvt. J. M„ a switchboard Operator for an engineer aviation battalion, was busily engaged placing calls and chewing the rag with a buddy named "Pop" who possesses a typ- ical "middle age paunch." The CO enters and the buddy makes a hasty exit. Thinking his pal is still stand- ing behind him, the operator taps the CO on the stomach and quips, "Say, Pop, you're- hoing okay for yourself on K-rations." (Pvt. J.M. now sez it doesn't pay for a switchboard operator to get his wires crossed.) • • « 1 This week's Sad Sack. A corporal was drowsing over a beer in a Paris cafe1 and his buddy gave him a hot-foot. The manager imme-

Dick Traev ay Courtesy of Chicago Tribune Syndicate Inc. By Chester Gould diately rushed up, tapped the gy- rating GI on the shoulder and WE'LL PIND A said, "I'm sorry, but there's no JUSTICE OP THE dancing allowed in this establish- PEACE -TONIGHT/; ment." TONICHT, MV SWEET/ SAV YOU'LL, Signs of the times. Sgt Mil- kMARRy ME bourne Christofer, magician in the GI show, "Broadway In Khaki," sez it has become so difficult to get paper for his torn-paper trick in the show that he is currently using old German marks. * * » Comment by Lt. N. S. Rosen- garten: "I see by your paper that the Army is testing a plane that may dwarf the Superfort. What Abbie an' Slats By Courtesy of United Features. By Raeburn Van Buren will the new plane be called—Super- Duper-Forts, perhaps?" I AM INNOCENT, ^ * * * I TELL YOU!!! BUT- A recreation center hostess in- troducing a GI to his WAC date remarked, "Your date is the camp's best pistol shot and teaches jiu- jitsu. Now go ahead and have a good time " * * * Who said that? A second lieutenant start? at the bottom and works up. A private starts at the bottom and works. . * * How to lick combat fatigue. We dropped into a French barber shop for a quick haircut and next to us sat a rough, tough sergeant just in on pass from his combat outfit. And he was really shooting the works. Haircut, shave, oil sham- poo, manicure—and when we left, a lovely blonde was applying a green mud-pack to his ruddy puss. ••■ • * After weeks of K-rations in Nor- mandy, Cpl. Ward Carhart got a package from his mother with a note saying, "This is something new, just out. They are grand in your coffee and full of vitamins." The "something new" was a case of 500 malted milk tablets. Shed a tear in your beer foi Pfc Joseph T. Joseph. In the first four Christmas packages he re- Cop ,94.. K,ng Fwtum I", «*o"d »pw>./c*r>td ceived the contents were: can of spam, can of beans, jar of honey Blondie By Courtesy of King Features Syndicate By Chic Young and almond cream, first-aid kit (and he's a medic). WOULD YOU LIKE TO* J. C. W. GO OUT DANCING VVITH ME TONIGHT. AEF- Program -AfN

Time TODAY 1100—Duffle Bag. 1901—Strings With Wings. 2133—Duffy's Tavern. 2235—Hit Parade. TOMORROW 1545—On the Record. 2030—Maj. Glenn Miller's Band. 2105—Charlie McCarthy. 2fB5—Dinah Shore. Page 8 THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Dec. 18, 1944

Fire-Fighters Save Hellcat and Flier Shell Hole—Jap Grave Wading for Prey

Japanese snipers, who attempted to filter through Rainfall, melting snow, lashing sleet have turned American lines in the Leyte jungle lie in a water- this road in a First Army battle sector into a sea filled shell crater where they were killed by these of mud. Here, an infantryman splashes ahead of 32nd Div. infantrymen, looking over their victims. a jeep to feel out the depth of the water, while This picture was taken near Ormoc. on the alert for the enemy, south of Aachen.

thie metes*; fIBs Navy Hellcat burst into flames as it approached its carrier, the U.S.S. Cowpens, during Pacific operations. In these spectacular pictures the teamwork of the carrier's fire-fighting unit is shown. Both plane and pilot, Lt. AI Magae, of Pittsburgh, were saved. Moments after the bottom picture was taken, the smoldering plane had been rushed below, leaving the carrier's deck open for other planes.

You Name It

With Infantrymen tanks roll down a dirt road, across the Cologne Plain, and toward the German lines. Other doughf eet, huddled in slit trenches, await the word The first section of a pontoon bridge is completed by combat engine^ > attached to the Third Army. Scenes like this are to move up. Scene is from the Ninth Army front. taking place ah over the Western Front this winter as the Allies edge their way deeper into the Beich, crossing rivers where South ol this sector yesterday German troops bridges have been blown np by the withdrawing Germans. launched a series of counter-attacks.