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Vol. 1—No. 119 lFr. New York— PARIS — London lFr Monday, Nov. 20, 1944 3rd Army Enters Reich

Robot Flashes to Dead End Crosses at Luxembourg; British Crack North Line French 3 Miles From Belfort Firing Ceases Gateway As U.S., Nazis Four Allied armies brought war on the grandest scale Trade 70 PWs since the days of Napoleon to By Harry J. McLaughlin the Western German country- Stars and Stripes Special Writer side last night as elements of AT THE GERMAN-HELD LE- the British Second and U.S. MAGUERE ISLAND, Nov. 19. — Firing ceased for six hours yester- Third- Armies crashed into day while 70 American officers and the Reich. Into Germany be- enlisted men were exchanged loi fore them have gone the U.S. the same number of German ori First and Ninth Armies. soners captured in the . Brittany Meanwhile, all along the blazing drive for the ports of St. Nazaire and Lorient. Western Front, the mounting Allied At 0900 nours an American Red IHPpl|L offensive moved toward the Ruhr and Saar Valleys. Cross representative, ' Andrew G Hodges of Birmingham, Ala., cross- In Paris, Gen. Charles de Gaulle Flames plot the path of a German buzz bomb as it darts earthward. The fiery wake was recorded by the predicted on the radio that "within ed the Etel River in a small fish- camera of Pfc Randall Kuiper, of Grand Rapids, Mich., before his Ninth Air Force outfit left England ing boat. Twenty minutes later he eight months we shall have in Eu- for France. The robot (on right) made a perfect landing in France without exploding. Dismantled by rope a great army worthy ol returned with three German of- a bomb disposal unit, it was shipped to the United States. ficers, headed by a Col Borst. France." Stand Near Wharf 3 Miles from Belfort They were met at the. wharf by As he spoke, the French First American Infantry officers, includ- Combat Men Given Priority Hodges' Men Army at the southern end of the ing Lt Col. William Patterson of front struck to within three miles New Rochelle, N.Y. and Lt Col. of Belfort, the big gate at Alsace Clarence Brown of Tupelo, Miss., As Record Yule Mail Arrives In Eischweile* r and tha lower Rhine, after a gain the latter a medical officer By G. K. Hodenfield of 20 miles in three days. In Holland, the British Second Crossing the muddy Etel to the By Arthur W. White Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. German side again, the party was Army plunged through the Sieg- Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. WITH FIRST U.S. ARMY, Nov. greeted by Nazi officers. In the 19.—Under the brightest skies since fried Line between Aachen and background in a narrow alley near Christmas packages addressed to combat outfits will the present offensive began, the Roermond, crossed the border and the wharf stood the American have priority, Army postal officials said yesterday, as they U.S. First Army pushed forward with American troops captured the prisoners. prepared for the distribution of millions of parcels in the today on all fronts and advanced rail center of Geilenkirchen. When they saw the American of- ETO. Six million packages—20 percent of the estimated total in some places as much as four Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third ficers they broke into cheers with miles. According to one staff of- Army tanks crossed the German queries such as: "Who won the - already have arrived on the Continent and are being ficer, the attack is developing frontier near Launstroff, 15 miles World Series?" and "How did the moved to the'front and base sec- favorably and is reaching a fluid (Continued on Page 3) election come out?" Some of the tions. state which permits greater man- doughboys stared as if stupefied "The Monster," a Victory ship Foxholes Tire Youth; euvering. undecided whether to laugh or which carried a record-breaking There were patrols in the out- shout. Most were bearded 130,000 sacks of packages and 2,593 Prefers Hammocks skirts of Eischweilei. They could Nazis Burn 5 When informed that they were pouches of letters, has been un- look down into the city of 50,000 to be exchanged one American pri- loaded here an' APO men are MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 19. —Lloyd J. Connick, of Oshkosh, persons which had been on the More Towns vate shouted: "This is a swell awaiting 11 other similar vessels receiving end of continuous air and Christmas present" scheduled to carry the bulk of the Wis., who has three campaign ribbons, a bronze star, a combat artillery bombardment for almost By Ed Clark 30,000,000 packages addressed to a month. Four large buildings In this theater. infantryman's badge, a Purple Stars and Stripes Staff Writer., Heart—and an honorable dis- Eischweiler had roofs which were ADVANCED SIXTH ARMY Fake Anti-Nazi 50 Million Packages Mailed charge because he's only 17—has draped with huge red crosses. GROUP HEADQUARTERS, Nov. 19. The War Department has. an- enlisted in the Navy. Other units of the First Army The Germans today put the torch nounced that 50,00o,000 packages, Connick got into the Army at (Continued on Page 3). to five more French towns in the Radio Seized averaging four pounds each, were 16 by saying he was 18, and his path of the U.S. Seventh Army mailed to all theaters during the true age was discovered when he Navy Lacks Rockets, advance, making a total of 11 A, series of arrests by French "non-request" period from Sept. 15 was wounded. He has enlisted Vosges Mountain towns "scorched" police yesterday revealed that for to Oct. 15. It is the greatest mass in the Navy with his parents' Transports, Says King by the enemy in the last 48 hours. months the Germans operated a movement of packages from the consent because, he said, he was Stretching from the northern to fake "underground" radio station U.S. in history. "tired of sleeping in foxholes." CHICAGO, Nov. 19—The Navy the southern end of the Seventh in France, receiving messages from Meanwhile, officials warned that is short of ship and aircraft rockets, Army's approximate 40-mile front, London which enabled them to this week is definitely the last for End SPAR Recruiting Adm. Ernest J. King said today, this program of destruction, most move against Allied paratroopers. mailing packages and greeting WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (ANS). despite an increase in production extensive application of the One of the prisoners, identified cards to the U.S. if they are. to be —Coast Guard announced today from $8,000,000 worth in the first "scorched earth" in western Europe, as Georges Ledanseurs, was said delivered by Christmas. They added that general recruiting for the quarter of 1944 to $21,000,000 worth hazed battlelines with smoke by to have started as a loyal resistance (Continued on Page 3) SPARS, would end Nov. 23. in the third quarter. day and lighted frontline skies by worker in clandestine stations at night. Clermont Ferrand and Rennes. He Latest villages to suffer destruc- was arrested by the Gestapo and tion by fire were Le Paire, Hur- in return for his freedom was bache, Ste. Marguerite, Saulcy-sur- alleged to have set up a. bogus 4-Star Vow to 'Purple Heart Row' Meurthe and St. Leonard, all in the resistance station which kept in By Jules B. Grad said he was too poor a guesser. keep his armies rolling through the vicinity of St. Die and near the close touch with London transmit- Stars and Stripes Staff Writer.' central sector of the front. ters. In this way, it was charged, The general then pinned a sticky mud of German battlefields. ADVANCE COMMAND POST, Purple Heart and a Distinguished Then he climbed into his sedan for The wholesale "scorching" was the Gestapo intercepted informa- interpreted as an attempt by the tion about parachute landings of Nov. 19.—Gen. Eisenhower ended Service Cross on Dwight T. Colley, the last time in his two-week tour of Saunderstown, R.I., a 26th In- and headed back to this command enemy to deny winter quarters to Allied soldiers for liaison with the his whirlwind tour of front-line fantry Division colonel who led his the Americans before pulling back FFI and sent out forces to mow post. troops over the week-end in the regiment against a German suicide Hours later, the four-star Cadil- to new defense positions. them down. center of "Purple Heart RowV^ The squad and fought for ground even lac slowed down at a railroad cross- row was a neat pattern of white after shell fragments pierced a ing. A tram of olive-drab freight Indiana U. Honors Pyle Douglas A26 Invader beds in a huge evacuation hospital, lung. cars rumbled by enroute to the BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 19 somewhere in France. His listeners He chatted with scores of battle- front with ammunition. Above (ANS).—War Correspondent Ernie Now in Action with 9th were wounded doughboys who field casualties, such as a Fourth roared squadrons of Thunderbolts Pyle yesterday received an honorary fought back the drowsing effects Armoured Division commander with 500-pound bombs ready for degree from Indiana University as NINTH AF HQ. — The A26 In- of morphine to hear a promise. whose men pulled him out of a Germany's taut supply lines. The "an accurate reporter with a yen vader, the recently rated top secret The Supreme Commander quietly flaming tank when Jerries lobbed U.S. First and Ninth armies were to write about common people and Douglas-built medium bomber, is pledged the crippled men that the a mortar shell into his open turret. already slashing Hitler's West ordinary things." It was his second now in action over the Western war would end only in complete Earlier in the day, Gen. Eisen- Wall. The general recalled his such honor within a month. The victory for the United Nations. He hower inspected supply and ration promise to the Joes in "Purple University of New Mexico also had Front, Ninth Air Force head- granted him an honorary degree. quartets announced today. declined to mention a date. He dumps and ordnance depots that Heart Row." Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Nov. 20, 1944 An Editorial

0i.OW \T The Value of the Franc OUT H£Rfc The paper shortage is giving some kids a break. Schools of a New OUR attention is directed Jersey town no longer issue report cards. Y to the first letter in JFtmts Dope on Franc • * * today's B-Bag. It is one ol I believe The Stars and Stripes Whether it's dollars, pounds or many letters we've received could do a good service to all of francs, the old saying still goes— on the value of the franc. us if they'd publish the straight "A fool and his money are soon a dope on this business of the value party." * * of the franc. I've heard a lot of • • • It happened in the ETO. Sgt. The value of the franc is griping about: Bennie Sheehan wrote home for a. How we're being gyped on the some spaghetti sauce. Finally a what is known in news- exchange value. . special can arrived in the mail. paper circles as a hot sub- b. That the franc has a different Bennie grabbed it, heated it; tasted ject. The exchange rate value to the French and that the ingredients, then gagged, was set by finance experts this value is about half to sputtered, grabbed his throat and one-quarter of the present ex- rolled on the floor. When he re^ of the United States, France change rate. covered he read a note his mother and Britain. Why they set c. That prices are fluctuated al- had attached to the can, "Hope it at two cents a franc we ways to give the break to you enjoy the tobacco." don't know. French sellers. • • • Signs of the Times. A New York * * and other matters too com- thing—United States War d. That there is a vicious U.S. plicated for financial dim- Bonds. money-buying market In pro- tattoo artist has a patriotic job. He makes sweater girls out of the nude In fact, not being any J. wits like us to figure out. * * * gress (where our currency Is lovelies tattooed on sailors' chests. Pierpont Morgan, we can't It's our belief that every purchased at our exchange TJT5 ^ $ rate and either held for the answer the questions raised As for "what to do about officer and man who's "market" or sold at a profit in the letter. It's all mixed it"—all we know is this. watched his hard-earned running anywhere from 50 up with supply and demand, Every dollar we get our dough disappear in a bar or percent to 200 percent). lend-lease, the post-war hands on in this theater is a bazaar will most certainly All of this, as far as concrete purchasing power of France, going to be spent on one do the same. facts and figures are concerned, is just talk, rumor, or what have you. I couldn't, personally, substantiate any of it; yet it has been my ex- perience that where there's so much SOMEWHERE talk there's some small kernel of The Navy, he insists, won't take truth, or fact, involved. I suspect men decorated with the old-style it to be a part of the German un- art; so by dressing the girls, he has dercover work stemming from their made "thousands" eligible for ser- EURCDPE efforts to secure their future. There vice. No Bargain These Days billets, messes and kitchen Pvt. Wallace A. Cedarstrom are, it seems to me, two "prongs": • • « equipment up to the standard came across a legitimate an- 1. An effort to acquire as much Our grandmothers believed there S/Sgt. V. D. Woodward, of Rec- set by the optimistic author tique, covered with mud and of our currency as possible- was a destiny that shapes our ends. tor, Ark., has found that American of FM 8-40. dust, hanging from a rafter in something they've been work- But "the modern miss places her cigarettes can be swapped for al- - a barn. It was a World War I faith in girdles. most anything. While the 30th In- * * * ing at for years. ■ • • • canteen cup on which was in- fantry Division's 119th Regiment Paging Robert Ripley scribed: Virgil E. Hannon, Tren- 2. Another angle of their sub- Cry in your beer for the sailor was slugging its way through the versive activities—their old who wrote his mother, "I joined An American will try anything. ton, Mo., Co. A, 9th Bn., 20th Siegfried Line, Woodward's squad Engineers. business of splitting Allies. the navy because I admired the captured a German. In a mood to Proof of it is the latest Ripley story In any event, seems to me this way the ships were kept so clean reported by two 90th Division of- * * * barter, the Jerry offered to trade ficers, Capt. Henry V. Baushausen whole money thing should be put and tidy. This week I learned who three more Nazis for three ciga- in the spotlight and the common- keeps them so clean and tidy." and Lt. Emmett Collins. They Got Up • * • rettes. "It's a deal," Woodward said, After an enemy armored vehicle sense answer to "what to do about Then the German disappeared and Effective but not popular is the it" given. I could very easily be What's In a Name? Pfc Ed was crippled by bazooka fire di- method T/5 Leonard Weaver, Al- soon returned with three soldiers, rected-by Pvt. William F. Donnelly entirely off the beam on this whole Balmforth named his jeep "Roll Me one of them his first sergeant. bany, N.Y., has of alerting other thing: I mention it to you for what Over." And it did just that when and Sgt. Earl Wangeline, a liaison drivers to his Third Army Division It's worth.—A n Infantryman. he hit a muddy stretch. * * * plane dove to for the kill. company. While Weaver was walk- • • • Roaring down on the 58-ton ing guard around half-tracks, a # * # Conversation in the ETO. An Message from Front monster, the Cub's two officers Willing to Wait aide whispered to his busy colonel: Pfc Borden Kornegay, 35th opened up with their .45s and the While the question of just who "That man to the waiting room Inf. Div. soldier from Golds- vehicle turned toward its lines, a is and who is not going home when has no appointment, but I think boro, N.C., was sitting at his defeated Goliath. Jerry is finally licked, is being you will be interested to seeing him teletype machine reading mes- * * * kicked around, may I make a sug- —his briefcase gurgles." sages as they came from up gestion? Does 53 months' service • * • front. . Maybe He's Got Something with 42 months overseas have a This is the Army. A medic re- "German artillery barrage Pvt. Joseph Gynac, of Grand right to a say? ported to a CO: "Sir, Jones swal- now on. . . 88s falling all about Ledge, Mich., is another fellow No, you guessed wrong. I'm not lowed his knife. We've operated our position. . . getting closer who knows when the war is putting in for reservation on the but can't recover it." "Okay," said ... one just missed. . . the CO brusquely, "issue Jones a going to end. In the last war, first boat heading "west. I think The teletype went dead. At "at the age of 18, he served with German phosphorous shell set one new one." the other end of the circuit an when the glad day rolls around to • * • the 18th Field Artillery and the afire. Turning his tommy-gun to- turn to home, that these muddy, Most honest slogan we ever saw . . . one just missed. . . ." . war ended in 1918. Now he's ward the room to which his com- bloddy, footsloggers you write about was by the firm which advertised: * * * 45 and he's with the 45th Ar- rades were sleeping, he sprayed the should get the green light. They "When better goods are sold we'll mored Medical Battalion of the window with .45-cal. shells, then are THE boys as far as I'm con- be out of business." Supermen Do Stuff on KP Third Armored Division. raced for the fire extinguisher. He cerned. • • • Supermen are helping win the * * * soon had help. The only guy to run a close Once upon a time the little moron war for us. In a signal construc- " * * * second to the infantry is the para- tion battalion, instead of GIs Results Negative trooper. came to Paris to shop for perfume (Yankee'Rebel' Honored for his gal back home. He wrote, pulling KP and latrine duty, During a presentation of medals Would I like to go home? Brother, "Dearest, they are out of Chanel captured Germans do the work. to members of the Third Armored The first Silver Star to be you can say that again, but I can No. 5; so am sending you another The Jerries put in an average Division, Pvt. Jack Lipstadt, of awarded a "Yankee" Division stay a few extra months to let some famous scent—Garlic No. 6." of 60 man-hours daily keeping Brooklyn, was all over the place, soldier in the ETO went to a foot-weary Joe have my canvas squeezing his way to front of the "Rebel"—Pfc James L. Dowis, ] sack for the passage home. How press and Signal Corps photogra- West Palm Beach, Fla. Dowis ' about this?—Sgt. Bill Cochrane received the award for captur- , AAA. AW. Bn. HUBERT SGT.VICk WN&KT phers. He says he would have got some good pictures if he had film ing a communications radio * # * in the camera. from a hill under enemy fire. Helping Hand * * * He also gave first aid to four I am in a non-combat ordnance casualties and repaired cut unit and see many vehicles and Longest Corduroy Road communications lines. drivers in trouble every day. Some The longest front-line cordu- of them unable to help themselves roy road in the ETO and the w-) • . f * oiks at Home bena til 1*1 1m These GIs Swift News and must wait for one of us "Gar- only one with a junction is 1,10 of Sir Stork's Arrival: ritroopers" to come to their assis- claimed by the 60th Engineer tance. My unit is servicing anyone Combat Battalion. Constructed T. Norville Arbogast, Richmond, Ind.— who needs help. We also feed under direction of Capt. Fred L Andrea Lou, Nov. 5; Pfc John Robert Beckler, Dayton, O.—Joan Carolyn, Nov. 8; them, give them a warm place to B. Waters, of Washington, the Cpl. Stanley Brown Jr., Greenfield, Mass. sleep and see to their comfort, as one-third mile road consumed —Judith Ann, Nov. 5; 2/Lt. William J. well as their technical troubles. So 5,376 pieces of timber, all cut Bousman, Scarsdale, N.Y.—William J. within Nazi mortar range. Bousman Jr., Nov. 3; Pvt. Daniel C. Burke. far it hasn't knocked any skin off Terre Haute, Ind.—Daniel C. Burke III. anyone here and all seem to be * * * Oct. 22; Lt. Walter A. Burnotes, Baltimore glad to help a brother to arms —(boy), Nov. 7; Maj. Robert E. Chaney, instead of -seeing him eat a "K" Shaky Experience Little Rock—Ronald Neilson, Oct. 21. ration and sleep on the ground, Sgt. Julian E. Payne Jr., 35th GT. Thomas W. Day Jr., Jamaica, LI S -7-Thomas William Day II, Oct. 20; I know that none of us can Infantry Division medium tank Sgt. Arthur Eisman, Jeffersonville, Ind.— afford to run a hotel and I'm also commander, shook for ten minutes Arthur Michael, Oct. 15; Sgt. Thomas J. Geraghty, Newark, N.J.—(girl), Nov. 5; well versed on the ration situation. but it wasn't only because he'd Lt. Spillman B. Gibbs, West New York, Personally my own food digests taken an icy bath. N.J.—Philip Kurt Gibbs, Oct. 30; S/Sgt. better if I can split with some John Goldenstein, Penfield, 111.—John Wil- e ^ A1Mn* w- Va- tidier otner Joe. How about it?—CWO lef, Pt lhi.s knocked-out tank and with liam Jr., Nov. 6; Cpl. Norbert M. Jan- H.A.D. Ord. sen, Kaukauna, Wis.—(girl), Nov. 7; Pvt.- shrapnel biting at his heels took Prank Kusiok, Chicago—(girl), Nov. 8 ; the only cover available—a creek S/Sgt. P. R, Mccormick, Paterson, N.J-— THE STARS AND STRIPES Jumping in the water, he landed (boy), Nov. 4; Lt. Jack McGinty, New Printed at the New York Herald Eagle, Pa.—John Charles, Nov. 7. Tribune plant, 21 rue de Bern, Paris, right on the trip wire of a booby GT. a S. Madans, Decatur, 111— Wil- for the tj.S. armed forces under aus- trap. For some reason it didn't go S liam Kendall, Nov. 6; Pvt. Carlo Or- pices of the Special Service Division, Oil. lando, Cleveland—Carlo John, Nov. 1; Cpl. ETOUSA. Tel.: ELYSEES 85-00. William Prankard, Baldwin, LJ.—William Contents passed by the DS. Army * * * Robert, Nov. 10; S/Sgt. Jesse C. ViUareaL and Navy censors. Entered as second Houston—Jesse Jr., Oct. 2«; Sgt. Verne class matter Mar. 15, 1843, at the It Wasn't Hay R. Waters, Port smith, Ark.—Verne John, post office. New York. N.Y, under Sept. 17; lit. Harold A. Weselius. N.Y.O. the act of Mar. 3, 1878. You can never tell what you —(boy), Nov. 3; T/5 Larry Wexler— (boy). Vol. 1, Ma. lit might be able to find in a Nov. 4; Pvt. William Yachmetz, Bayonne, "Stop calling me 'angel ol mercy!* * N.J.—Patricia Mary Ann, Oct. 23; Pvt. bam if you look hard enough. JamesZehner, Syosset, L.I.— (boy),Sept.30. Monday, Nov. 20, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES Just Don't Ask Cruiser Aids Stricken U.S. Carrier After Jap Rout Hodges' Recon GIs Damphool UnitSkidsOver War Questions Mud and Mines

SOMERVILLE, N.J., Nor. 19 By Russell Jones (ANS). —Mayor Lyon of Somer- Stars and Stripes Staft Writer. ville has just finished tabulating WITH AN ARMORED RECON- results on a questionnaire he sent NAISSANCE UNIT IN GERMANY. to 869 Somerville GIs and has —After leading the dash across found that the men agree on only Northern France and Belgium, this one thing. outfit is finding things much They don't want to be asked a tougher today as it probes the Ger- lot of damn-fool questions about the man defenses east ot Duren. The war. They want to forget the war deep mud, which had a light crust as quickly as possible when they j of ice this morning and was churned come back. by a driving rain this afternoon On every other question, the sol- forced the armored vehicles to stay diers split in all directions. Of on the road, where the retreatng the 869, only 319 want their old Nazis nad planted many mines. jobs back. Two hundred thirty want Some mines were planted so deep different jobs. The post-war ambi- that many vehicles passed over tion of 45 was to "sleep and- loaf." Fire-fignters on a Pacific Fleet cruiser pour streams of water into the light carrier U.S.S. Princeton, them without setting them off And 52 want to stay in the Army. after rescuing the ship's personnel. The Princeton was hit by Jap bombs in the second battle of the Early this morning three tanks Philippine Sea. moved down the road safely, but No Big Celebrations the fourth was blasted by a mine A majority of 418 hoped to find and the driver killed. Then two Somerville "a more modern com- Navy's Pacific Score half-tracks tried to squeeze by the munity," but 369 declared they'd Hodges' Men Patton's Army wrecked tank. The first made it. like to find Somerville just exactly Is 1,400 Vessels, Another deeply-buried mine blew the same as when they left. up the second Most of the men turned thumbs 10,000 Planes Enters Reich In Eischweiler Minesweepers Move Up down on a big celebration when (Continued from Page 1) they return. "Just being home will (Continued from Page 1) WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (Reuter) Adding to these difficulties, spo- be enough," said one. A few sug- northeast of Thionville, near the radic enemy mortar and small-arms beat off heavy counter attacks near —The Navy has sunk 1,400 Jap- Luxembourg line. tin- harassed the men. Mine- gested that a big community beer 1 the village of Hamich and then anese ships, Aggregating about Surrounded by Pattoh's infantry sweepers under the direction of party would be excellent. captured a ridge which dominated 4,075,000 tons, destroyed 10,000 and outflanked north and south, 1/Lt. Thomas McKone, of Hartford, The mayor says tie's more the area northwest of Hamich. planes and cleared the Japanese the mighty bastion of Metz neared Conn., moved ahead, however, confused than ever after tabulating German artillery observers had the survey. collapse. German troops retreated swinging their cumbersome detec- been using the ridge to direct their from 8,170,000 square miles of the before advancing Third Army tors without flinching when mortar "We can't prepare plans now," I Pacific, said a Department pamph- fire. troops east of Metz toward the shells landed nearby. McKone, his he said. "The Bill Smith who went In other sectors, progress was let released tonight. Rhine, leaving rearguards to hold face grimy and with several days away to war isn't coming back that delayed by a deep carpet of mines same Bill Smith. The only thing I The Navy's war expenditure has the city as long as they could. stubble, complained, "It wouldn't and barbed wire. One unit reported Under bright skies yesterday, be so bad if some of the men certain about our post-war planning finding a type of mine which, when j been $94,000,000,000. It has built is the uncertainty of it." American planes attacked the re- weren't so green. I have 14 men detonated, threw up a huge puff j and commissioned 10,300,000 tons treating German columns, which under 19 in this outfit." of black smoke. The detonation of ships and 62,000 planes. were reported to be streaming to- "That's not the worst," said 2nd Dixers Invite Families was followed immediately by a ward Saarbrucken and Homburg, Lt. William Fisher, of Tampa, Fla.. FORT DIX, N.J., Nov 19 (ANS). heavy mortar barrage. New Jap Isle Invaded leaving mines in their wake. "We've got one man who was a —GIs at Fort Dix who can't get Front dispatches reported that civilian, on D-Day." home for Thanksgiving dinner are American troops landed yester- Twin Cities' Smokers day on Fanildo Island in the Mapia Gestapo and Homeguard troops Both officers agreed that the new being allowed to invite members of group off the northwestern coast were left to defend Metz, most of men had become first-clacs soldiers their immediate families to have Must Turn In 'Empties' whose mighty fortifications have A doubtful advantage this unit had turkey dinner with them in camp. of New Guinea, while mopping up continued on Bras Island. Capture either been taken or by-passed. wa, a grandstand seat for a good MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 19.—Ci- of Fanildo will give them complete Schevenhueite Taken part of the war. Besides what the 'That Paper' Altered garette retailers in Minneapolis and control of the Mapias, where tl e Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' Germans threw at them, they could St. Paul and in Twin Falls, Idaho, WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (ANS). Japanese garrisons had been by- First Army troops, meanwhile, con- see our own white phosphorus —The War Department announced are inaugurating a plan tomorrow tinued their advance between the shells bursting and spreading their by which smokers must turn in an passed. today that honorable discharges From China, Liberators of the Ninth and Third Armies. In the smoke through German-filled woods empty cigarette pack to buy a full hereafter will make no mention of 14th Air Force bombed the docks area of Gressenich, which they across the valley, while fighter- pack. The plan is designed to physical condition. Some certifi- at Hongkong and enemy installa- captured Friday, they took the bombers wheeled like crows over discourage hoarding. The retailers cates issued in the past have in- tions at Fort Bayard on the Liu town of Schevenhueite. carrion before they screamed down acknowledged, however, that there cluded references to physical con- chow peninsula. First Army Infantry advanced j to attack targets ahead of the ad- dition. Holders of these may re- was nothing to prevent a customer 2,000 yards to a point six miles west vancing troops. Our tanks could ceive the new forms upon applica- from removing cigarettes from the of Duren, German communicatiens be seen moving along the roads. package and then buying another tion. strongpoint. Forward elements,' Near Captured Town pack with the empty container. according to front dispatches, had j Mail From this vantage point could Famed Sculptor Dies gained two-thirds of Stolberg. east' (Continued trom Page f> be seen a segment of the drive ARLINBTON, Mass., Nov. 19 Army to Release 1,000 of Aachen. It was revealed, meanwhile, that which the First U.S. Army has (ANS).—Cyrus E. Dallln, 82, na- launched along its whole line. On For Jobs in Munitions that from now on airmail service the artillery preparation of the tionally-known sculptor, died after pur right was the captured Ger- both ways may be irregular, and First's attack consisted of more a brief illness. man town of Gressenich and just WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The urged soldieis to make the fullest than 1,000 guns of all calibers firing ahead there were other towns about release of 1,000 soldiers for jobs in possible use of V-mail, which always 20 tons of ammunition a minute to fall. the munitions industry, to relieve goes by air. There can be no gua- for 60 minutes on enemy positions, In the turret of a light tank, Pvt. Patriots Free a critical labor shortage, was rantee, they said, that "s"ir mail" troop concentrations and commu- Joo O'Dea, of Chicago, was listen- promised yesterday by the War will be thus carried. nication lines. At one time, when the Army was On the British Second Army ing to his radio. He looked up sud- Department. They will work on denly and cried, "Push! Push! In AlbaniaCapital heavy artillery, ammunition, tanks in Britain, even ordinary mail was front, United Press reported that Christ's name, don't they know any and military trucks. j despatched by air. Fair weather, British troops broke through the The 15th of the 21 European capitals other words?" "The speeding up of European commercial planes to Britain and casemates of the Siegfried Line and occupied by the Nazis was liberated As we drove away, mortar shells and Pacific offensives depends on I the less urgent need for air trans- linked up with U.S. forces to seize yesterday when the Germans news fell again near the wrecked tank these items," the War Department port made it possible. Now, plasme, Geilenkirchen. agency reported that Albanian anu half-track. said. The men released will be special ammunition and medical patriots had .ompelled them to eva- those who have had previous expe- and other supplies must receive Month of War Costs U.S. cuate Tirana. The picturesque Al- rience and must be at least 30 years priority when Atlantic weath?r per- Two Soldiers Hanged banian capital of 30,000 population old. None will be from infantry ; mits flying. 500 Tanks, 900 Trucks was seized by Italy a few months units or a unit alerted for overseas After Rape Convictions before the war and the Germans duty. Reds Pledge Winter Drive WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (ANS).— later moved in. The released soldiers will be MOSCOW, Nov. 19.—Marshal —Gen. Eisenhower's forces are los- Two soldiers were hanged last The other 14 capitals liberated subject to recall if they discontinue Rodion Malinovsky hammered at ing 500 tanks and 900 trucks a Saturday at Fort du Roule, Cher- this year were: Paris, Rome, work or if the manpower situation the German flank northeast of Bu- month, Undersecretary of War bourg. Both were sentenced to Brussels, Luxembourg, Monaco, San improves dapest on a sector barely 85 miles Robert P. Patterson said today. death by a U.S. Army court martial. Marino, Bucharest, Sofia, Helsinki, wide yesterday while a lull con- He told a press conference that One was convicted of rape, while Talinn, Kaunas, Riga, Athens and British Seize Golfara tinued on the west of the long the Army was in "imperative need" the other was convicted of rape Belgrade. eastern front. Russian military of more artillery ammunition than and assault with a dangerous The Nazis still occupy Budapest, ROME, Nov. 19.—British Eighth sources flatly declared, however, was being produced despite the fact weapon. which the Russians are now attack- Army troops have captured Golfara, that it would be broken by another that production had been tripled The sentences were reviewed and ing; Warsaw, Amsterdam, Copen- a small village a mile east of great winter offensive. since Jan. 1. confirmed by Gen. Eisenhower. hagen, Oslo and Prague. Montefortino.

Metz, Impregnable for 1,500 Years, iMears Fall to 95th of the Moselle River outside the city safely and led his four By Earl Mazo Metz, fought over by the 95th Division and those routes men back. Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. from the south taken by men of the Fifth Division. From the outskirts of the city itself fires close to the How the Americans stormed and reduced the numerous WITH THE 95TH DIVISION ON OUTSKIRTS OF heart of the town indicate that the Germans are intending forts on the outer and inner Metz defense ring, extending METZ, Nov. 19.—This fortress city, which spears, cannon to fight a rearguard action. several miles around the city, is the story of determination and men of many nations have failed to take for 1,500 years, Since the city boundary of Metz is not clearly set down, and strategy that in some instances will make military textbook writers revise chapters on "How to take fortified is about to fall to the blood and guts of doughboys of the the American question is whether the Fifth or the 95th troops entered the city first. It will be one thing they emplacements." 85th Division. can settle over the bars in New York, Chicago and Mem- Forts Still Holding Out Fighting their way for over a week through floods, hail phis ten years from now. Patrols from both divisions en- and German fire, the plain old Joe of Uncle Sam's infantry, Of the formidable ring forts early today, Gambetta, tered the city last Friday night and early Saturday morning. Jeanne d'Arc, Driant and the Verdun groups were still led by a helluva lot of keen officers, this morning had At daybreak Saturday, elements from a platoon of I beaten his way into the outskirts of Metz and was fighting holding out, but all were outflanked and by-passed. Late Company, Third Battalion, 378th Regiment of the 95th yesterday units of the First Battalion. 378th Regiment, were on Into the city Division, moving into the city, crossed a bridge. When the speeches are made and the generals exchange bothered by much shelling from Fort Plapperville as the Leads Men to Safety flags and lay wreaths in the Metz city square some time in Americans advanced around the outskirts of Metz. Capt. Edward L. Schoonover, figuring the shelling was the future, nothng they can say about the dauntless courage As they crossed the structure, the Germans blew up the too much bo take, led a unit of doughs and stormed Plap- of the doughboys and their supporting tankers, artillery bridge. Four men of this unit went into the fortress city perville and silenced the guns forever. Immediately the and engineers will be sufficient to cover what these men and one of the top heroic stories of this war is how their platoon leader, a lieutenant, despite mortar and machine- doughs decided to rename that fort. Now it is Fort Schoon- are achieving. over. How the fight has gone is clearly seen on the roads to gun fire, went in to rescue the four. He made the crossing Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Nov. 20, 1944 Sixth War Loan Ike Urges 'Super-Human9 Arms Output For These Joes Drive Invites Support of GIs The nation's 27-day Sixth War Loan drive, with a goal of 14 billion dollars, begins this morning. Col. Jefferson H. Pulton. ETO War Bond Officer, stated that no quota bad been set for soldiers, but he pointed out that in the over- subsoribed Fifth War Loan drive last summer, GIs in all theaters nad supported the bond campaign by juying 230-million dollars worth of bonds. Gen Dwight D. Eisennower, in an open letter to his troops, hoped that "'the men and women in this theater will, as they do in every- thing else, lead all others" in War Bond purchases. FDR, Morgenthau Backing In letters to the Supreme Com- mander, President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. supported the War Loan Drive and congratulated ETO soldiers on their purchase of War Bonds. Gen. Eisenhower's ■ letter follows: TO: Members of the United States Armed Forces in Europe. Mud-spattered Cpl. W. L. Ditte- The Sixth War Loan Drive more, of Troy, Kan., (above) begins Nov. 20. talks things over with the chief. All Key Cities Purchase of War Bonds,' of The Supreme Commander (top course, gives us a convenient right) lays a wreath on the method of saving, of providing Tomb of the Unknown Soldier In Ruhr Area for ourselves personal security in Brussels. after the war. The Govern- ment needs the money now for Reported Afiv& effective prosecution of the 5,000 Pounds of Ammo Blazing towns from Aachen to war, for hastening the victory we want so much. Used Each Minute, the Rhine river scorch the path of I hope that in this drive, the Says General advancing First Army infantrymen, men and women of this aerial reconnaissance of week-end theater will, as they do in everything else, lead all others. Every minute of the day and attacks by more than 2,000 Ninth Thanks and good luck to you night sees 5,000 pounds of ammuni- Air Force fighters and bombers In- aH. • tion poured against German de- dicated late yesterday. 2/Lt. Sherman F Childers, a Signed: fenses. Each month our guns DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. photo reconnaissance pilot, return- hurl 6,000,000 rounds against the President's Message ing from an Aachen-to-the-Rhine hostile trenches, forts and pill mission, reported that "every im- The President wrote, "As Com- boxes, while our mortars add 2.000,- portant town along my course was mander-in-Chief, it is a source of 000 additional rounds to this num- burning." great satisfaction to know that the ber. These facts were revealed to American soldier in the midst of He said that Duren, next in the the American people in a radio path of American tankers and In- the gruelling discipline of war, has speech by Gen. Eisenhower upon fantrymen, was "much harder hit the wisdom and foresight to make completion of his whirlwind tour provision for his future through than Aachen, with the center of of the battlefronts. the town flat and three large fires the purchase of War Savings Pointing out that the Allied Bonds. It proves once again that Gen. Eisenhower stops to chat with T/Sgt. Fred V. Spadoni, of New burning in what is left of the stand- Armies in Europe have eliminated Haven, Conn., (above) during his recent tour of the front lines. ing buildings." the men and women who make more than 1,000,000 German soldiars up the American Army are not only while achieving one of the remark- workers' toil and skill share with in lives for the ammunition that Down 13 Fighters the finest soldiers in the world, but able military victories of all time, the courage and stamina of the could so surely save those lives." In four evenly-matched dog fights prudent citizens as well." Eisenhower said that this was frontline soldiers the credit for the Winding up his plea for even with FW 190s over Duren yesterday Secretary Morgenthau wrote Gen. possible only through great ex- stunning successes of the summer greater effort on the home front, afternoon. Ninth Air Force Light- Eisenhower, "I wish to congratulate penditure of bombs and ammuni- and fall, he stressed that more than the supreme commander said: nings and Thunderbolts shot down you and through you the officers tion. ever before ammunition is needed. "1 owe it to every GI American 13 enemy fighters for a loss of one and men of the United States Cites Drain on Ammo "Today we are firing ammunition soldier in this greatest fighting plane, according to returning pilots. Army in the European theater on Continuing, the general said: that we would not have used until force that America has ever put While fighter bpmbers flew more the decision to improve their good "The huge stocks we had accu- next February or March if we had into the field to urge upon you in- than 300 sorties in support of the savings records t'irough this mulated in England before the be- been content with slower advance, creased production of ammunition, First Army before noon, dive-bomb- means." ginning of the invasion were rush- with less crushing victories, or if signal equipment, winter clothing, ing enemy troop positions and guns ed, by day and night, to the front we had been ready to sacrifice sol- engineering materials, vital medical on the east-of-Eschweiler front, Col. Zemke Lost so that our fighting men would not diers to save materials," he asserted. instruments—and, again, ammuni- more than 500 Ninth Air Force be handicapped. Revealing that the reduction of tion, always ammunition. We are Marauders, Havocs, and the new On Final Flight; "All the way from the North Sea Aachen was delayed because of well aware that this calls for super- A26 Invaders smashed at enemy to the Mediterranean, tactical vic- a shortage of ammunition, Eisen- human effort on your part. points in the First and Third Army Asked Desk Job tories followed swiftly upon earlier hower said that expenditures have "But you have already accom- sectors. ones, each worthy of its own raced ahead of receipts from home. plished miracles in war production. Attack Troop Centers If Col. Hubert Zemke, Eighth chapter in our military history, but "But I know that you do not We know that when you under- Air Force fighter group commander Letting down to 6,000 feet, medium each adding to the inevitable drain want us to give the enemy one stand that your increased work will and light bombers in the Third lost- over Germany Oct. 30, had upon the stocks of ammunition that second's rest," he said. "You do not shorten the war and save thousands returned from bis escort mission Army sector supported ground forces you produced." want the leaders of American sol- of lives, you will perform this new with attacks on troop concentra- to Hamburg, he probably would be While emphasizing that the war diers to substitute additional cost and even greater miracle." sitting behind a desk in England tions at Merzig, 20 miles northwest of Metz, two supply dumps, one now. WAC Captain Decorated In a letter to his wife, dated the 1314th Engineers Put Havoc Beats Off All Foe near Metz and one 20 miles north- day he was tost, Zemke said that USAAF ADVANCED HQ., France, west of Strasbourg. he had asked for a desk assignment German Wire to Work Nov. 19 (UP).—Gen. Eisenhower last Tosses, Comes Up Flying More than 400 Eighth Air Force effective Nov. L an Associated Mustangs and Thunderbolts sweep- WITH THE 1314th ENGINEER week pinned the Legion of Merit ing the western Reich Saturday Press dispatch from Missoula, NINTH AIR FORCE BASE, REGIMENT IN FRANCE.—German on Capt. Sarah Ann Bagby, of New destroyed 91 enemy planes in the Mont., reported yesterday. electric and telephone wires were Heven, Mo., for "exceptionally me- France.—"Hi-ne Hunter," an A20 Previously his love of flying and air and on the ground, including used by Sgt. Joseph Cunningham, ritorious conduct in the perform- Havoc light bomber, has survived 31 jet-propelled fighters, USSTAF combat led him to reject staff an eight-inch shrapnel hole in one of Philadelphia, to install the first announced yesterday. The fighters, assignments. ance of outstanding services" as wing, a 105mm. shell through an lighting and telephones used on the eight of which were reported miss- Meanwhile, at an ETO fighter secretary and personal assistant to elevator and rudder, destruction of Continent by his regiment. He was ing, destroyed or damaged 41 loco- base, Zemke's wingman, 2/Lt. Ri- Lt Gen. Carl Spaatz, USSTAF com- its hydraulic system, loss of almost assisted by Pvt. Van Deberick, of motives, 317 railroad cars and 57 chard D. Creighton. of Los Angeles, Hampton, Va. mander. all its electrical circuits and a said that Zemke appeared to be thorough going-over by flak. tank cars. having trouble at about 28,000 feet •The plane's crew chief, T/Sgt. before the two pilots became separ- Vernon J. Bean, of East Hartford. Cub Ace Blasts Ammo ated. Nazi-Held Plants Aid Allies Conn., has been awarded the Bronze "I was also having trouble at the Star for exceptional aircraft main- in Snowstorm Flight same time," Creighton said, "and By Dan Regan tenance. ADVANCED SIXTH ARMY GROUP HQ., Nov. 19.—Hydro-elec- I found myself on my back hanging WITH FOURTH ARMORED by my safety belt. He may have tric power from plants in German hands in the French maritime Alps furnished 30 percent of the current used by Allied armies in DIVISION, Nov. 19. — MaJ. been having the same sort of trou- Landing Crippled B26 Charles Carpenter, the bazooka- ble. Before I managed to get their landing operations in Southern France, CoL Chauncey K. Smul- Iem, Continental Advance Section engineer officer, disclosed recently. Wins DSC for Pilot firing cub ace from Molr ^, HI, straightened out I lost track of him doesn't let weather interfere On the first night of the invasion, headquarters of one of the in clouds." with his operation ahead of Allied units worked In the beach area under lights furnished a NINTH AIR FORCE BASE, by his advancing division. plant then held by the enemy. The plant, 15 miles away, was not France.—A B26 squadron comman- Yesterday he took off from a 90th Div. Wins 12,245 captured until three days later. der, whose plane was so badly da- muddy landing strip to a snow- One of the most important hydro-electric plants, that at Ban- maged by flak that he ordered his fall, blew up a German ammo Decorations in 4 Months cairon, 30 miles north of Nice, was held by the Germans for nearly crew to bail out, has been awarded truck, fired several times at a three weeks after the landing. Yet, this power plant continued to feed WITH THE 90th DIVM Nov. 19. the Distinguished Service Cross for Panther tank, and returned. —A total of 12,245 decorations have 14,000 kilowatts into a power line to which the Allies were connected. returning to England and making "I'm not sure that I got the been awarded 90th Division person- Possibly the enemy felt that the shelling of a main power line a successful belly landing. He is tank," Maj. Carpenter said. nel In four months of fighting in severed connections «Jth the coast area; but OUS. Army engineers Lt. CoL Marion W. Morgan, of "The weather was too thick." Prance. had made emergency repairs, keeping the system operating. Atlanta, Ga. Monday, Nov., 20, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIFES Page 5 'Heavily Armed' Medics Survivors of The 'Lost Battalion' 2 Spies Caught (Bands and Guts) Cited As Yank Spots Fake Accents You can't rightly call them "forgotten men," because WITH THIRD U.S. ARMY, Nov. they will never be forgotten by the men they treated on the 19.—Two German spies, who were blood-soaked Normandy beaches. But the Medical Battalion captured because an American from Chicago knew enough Polish to of the First Engineer Special Brigade, which has been over- determine they weren't Poles, were seas 27 months and which has taken part in four campaigns, shot today by order of an American court martial. has only now been taken off the The pair, one a pimply-faced "secret" list. youngster and the other a short, The stories they have to tell are Jungle-trained bald-headed man who said he wat the sort you always hear about 25, were ambling up a road in toe Third Army sector when they were medics, stories of men found where halted by an outpost. Sgt Robert the going is toughest—armed only Paratroopers T. Sbarboro. with a Red Cross armband and the "Polok...Polok," the bald-neaded sort of guts combat men mention Battle in Alps man said, so Sbarboro called for ic awe. another outpost. T/5 Frank A. The battalion landed at H-puis- Glowczynski. who professed a 120 minutes in the face of heavy By George Dorsey artillery fire. Within sight of yie Stars and Stripes Staft Writer. knowledge of Polish retreating enemy, they set up tent- ON THE MARITIME ALPS Suspicious of Accent age while officers and their FRONT, Nov. 19.—Americans of a "How are you?" Glowczynski EM technicians gave immediate paratroop battalion, who trained asked the pair. •'Fine," answered emergency treatment to casualties for jungle warfare, are roving the bald-headed one again, while already collected in an open flpld through these rocky, snow-covered the other shuffled from one foot mountains, fighting new elements Supported 5 Divisions to the other, "We're poor Polish and *a cunning enemy. Although workers looking for farm work." Six hours later they bad com they know the machete better than The accent didn't suit the Ame- pletely de-mined the area, cared for the ski, the Yanks are pitted against rican, and a search revealed all the casualties, established clear- crack troops of the Fourth High nothing, not even identity papers. ing stations, and were performing Mountain Battalion, mostly Aus- "...The Germans, they took every- major surgery. trians from the Tyrol thing,'' the bald-head said. For five days this battalion was The fighting is not large-scale There were a lot of Polisn work- the only installation in the area battling but calculating artillery ers in the vicinity, former German which was performing definitive duels and bloody brawls between slaves, but this pair, despite ragged surgery and it supported troops of bands of riflemen. clothes, didn't look much like farm an entire corps, then consisting of The Americans soon learned tnat people, at least not to Sbarboro five infantry divisions and support- to live they must stick to high and Glowczynski. who were from ing troops. ground. Chicago The first company to land was Turn the Tables Admit Spying commanded by Maj. Raymond L. A six-man patrol—Pfcs Richard They called over Cpl. Christopner Skinner. Shortly thereafter f,he D Kelley, Kansas City, Mo.; John Wolf, who is from the rural part other two arrived, commanded by H. Delmage, Gary, Ind., and Daniel of Hortonville. Wis., and figured Maj. John Burns, Milford, Mass.. Gudelunus, Philadelphia, and Pvts the CO ought to decide. The two and Capt. Clifford B. Harwood, Rut- A German soldier wounded in an attempt to wipe out a surrounded Frederick J. Burley, Chicago; U.S. infantry unit is carried to an ambulance by American medics. "Poles" were taken to the CP. and land, Vt. Harvey K. Burrow, Troup, Tex., a day later higher neadquarters Win Bronze Star The doughfeet held off the Nazis five days in the Vosges Mountains and J. D. Smith, Chattanooga, before rescue by reinforcements of the Seventh Army. The "Lost passed the word down that they Bravery under fire is SOP. The Tenn.—saved another patrol from Battalion" survivors are shown here being transported to the rear. were really Germans. battalion T/O was full of tougn being wiped out by taking ad- When rescued they were too weak to reach parachuted supplies They had admitted that they nad little litter-bearers like Pvt. Vincent vantage of the terrain. caught in trees. been sent over to spy out American J. Marchese, The Bronx, who were From a ridge the six watcJiea troop displacements and positions. covering the beach with a fine nine Germans preparing an am- They were tried in accordance toothcomb, going from one group bush. Then they closed in, opened with international law by a board of wounded to another, administer- fire with Mis and killed five of the Pilot's Matter-of-Fact Log of six officers. ing first aid and hauling the enemy. wounded back to the waiting ieep- In another encounter, 2/Lt. ambulances, or perhaps back to the Charles L Buckenmeyer, of Swan Tells of 6-Hour Hammering clearing station itself. ton, O., and Sgt. Robert E. Ander- 35th Men Need There were men like S/Sgt son, of San Francisco, trapped in Frederic E. Hoyle, Methuen, Mass , the bottom of a ravine, escaped ny XIX TACTICAL AIR FORCE HQ, Nov. 19. — An air- More'Cut Plug' leader of a clearing section: *nd diving into ah icy" stream and ground support liaison officer's log, written in dry, military T/4 Walter Silva, Fall River, Mass.. swimming to safety. WITH 35TH INF. DIV.—Front- leader of a litter-bearing section, prose', today told the story of XIX Tactical Air Command line soldiers of the 35th Infantry both of whom were awarded the Chaplain Reports Grotto Thunderbolt attacks during a six-hour period on one target Division want more chewing tobac- Bronze Star for exemplary service. in the Third Army sector—the Delme ridge, 15 miles east co, a ration and equipment survey And T/5 William A Kuhn, Maple- At Lourdes Undamaged of Pont-a-Mousson on the Moselle River. by the 35th Quartermaster group wood, N.J., and T/5 James Clemen- ——— Capt. Ray Fuchs, of St. Louis, a showed. Lt. Col. Donald H. Scott son, Convick, Minn., who. before ADVANCED SIXTH ARMY Ninth Air Force fighter pilot serv- of Topeka, Kan., who conducted the leaving England, sterilized and GROUP HQ.—Chaplain Raymond ing as air support officer, kept the poll, said the popularity of the cut packed dressings and instruments. F. Copeland, member of a Field Gl 'Seen? Wife following record as he radioed P47 plug has increased because the Sgt Frank Howard, Mammoth Artillery group with the U.S. pilots to specific targets: doughboys are unable to smoke at Springs, Ark., was just one of the Seventh Army, was the first Amer- Hair-Raising Gift night. many surgical assistants who ?tood "Nov. 8, 1010 hours—Mustang re- ican to visit the famous grotto of connaissance shows enemy activity The men wanted more chocolate a constant vigil. Lourdes since the German occu- PITTSBURGH, Nov. 19 (ANS). candy, more gum better toothpaste Three won the Bronze Star for in Delme ridge wooded areas. 1030 pation of France. —Cpl. Dennis Kennan wrote his hours—P47 squadron called in to and razor blades, but spurned life- working night and day in admission Chaplain Copeland said that the wife. Evelyn, from France, that savers and ' synthetic vitamin tents. They were: Capt. Henry J. great Catholic shrine—which re- he was sending her some per- bomb, met intense flak. 1045 hours drinks. Robinson, Pittsburgh, Pa; T/4 Sam ceived additional publicity in the fume from Paris. —P47 squadron bombed Juville with There was an overwhelming plea Rifkin, Bridgeport Conn., and T/6 book and movie "The Song of Ber- In due course a package ar- general purpose bombs and incen- for combat boots and Col. Scott Pasquale A. Proscia, Brooklyn, N.Y. nadette"—had not been damaged rived, bearing a French label. diaries and also strafed. 1100 hours said they would issued right during the war, - lthough there were Getting out her French diction- —P47 squadron called into bomb away. He also said the new ETO some 300 Nazi soldiers stationed in ary, Evelyn discovered the "per- new suspected area. 1220 hours—Re- wool jacket, which can be worn as 'Foxhole Edison* Floods the village to guard the passes to fume" was hair remover. connaissance Mustangs report new Class A uniform, is also scheduled the Pyrenees. activity and squadron of P47s called for an early issue. Front With Radio Jive into bomb vehicles on move. Ve- hicles dispersed and hid when P47s WITH 28th INF. DIV., FRANCE. Glass-Enclosed Jeep Dud Shell, Bob's Well Two 9th AF Men Cited A NINTH SERVICE COMMAND WITH THE THIRD ARMORED came over. 1445 hours—P47 squad- NINTH AF HQ., Nov. 19.—Lt. Col. —"Foxhole Edison" is the nickname ron bombed and strafed area. 1600 of Sgt Joe Rizzo, Dunmore, Pa., BASE, Nov. 19. — Cpl. Owen Lt. DIVISION, Nov. 19.—While ... Marion W. Morgan, of Augusta, Dwyer, Encanto, Cal„ and Pfc Bremner, of Washington Depot, hours—P47 squadron directed to Ga., Marauder squadron leader, and the 28th Infantry Division. bomb same target." Rizzo can make a workable radio Charles E. Ickes, Akron, Ohio, claim Conn., returned to his jeep after a and Roy W. Yearwood of Nash- out of a few batteries and some one of the most unique jeeps in heavy shelling and -ound, when he Observation of the attacks was ville, Tenn., Havoc pilot, have been France. The jeep, "My Achin* tried to start, that some object had difficult, but 2/Lt. Orin A WahL of awarded Distinguished • Service coils. Dallas, Wis., P47 pilot, said: "All ex- Crosses by Maj. Gen. Hoyt S. Van- One day he went to work on a Back," is completely enclosed In blocked his front wheel. plexi-glass, taken from damaged It was a 170mm German shell— plosions were in the wood.' There denberg, Ninth Air Force com- captured German radio, and be- was no enemy air activity." mander, for extraordinary heroism. fore long he had it hitched up to Ju88s and Me210s. a dud. the battalion field telephone. Then the telephone operators and duty clerks had the latest swing and Firepower—With Mortar's Steel and Liquid Flame AFN news bulletins while they worked. Bails Out Over Reich, Hitches Ride to Field NINTH AIR FORCE HQ, FRANCE.—A combination of flak and three Mel09s knocked down the P47 Of 2/Lt Robert C. Gamble, Milwaukee, over Schmidt, Germany, but Gamble was back at his base three hours later. After his Thunderbolt had been slowed down to 150 miles an hour by flak and Gamble was preparing to bail out, the Messerschmitts at- tacked and set tne plane afire. Landing just inside American lines, Mortar-man Sgt. Mike Bush, of Wilkes Barre, Penn. (left), gives thrower tanks strapped to their backs, give Jerry a foUow-up hot- Pvts. Robert J. Emery, of Cooksville, Tenn., and Harvey N. West, of foot after the shelling knocks him groggy. Right, a mortar crew in a Gamble hitch-hiked back to his slit trench lobs shells at the enemy, while infantrymen wait to advance. base. England, Ark., a few pointers on range. The two privates, with flame- Page 6 SPORTS THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Nov. 20, 1944

Ohio State Defeats Illinois, 26-12

83,627Throng Pointers From the Master Toronto Leafs OLLYWOOD, Calif. — President H Victor Ford Collins of the Sets Record Cling to Lead Hollywood baseball club, which finished sixth in the '44 Pacific Coast League race, announced that For '44 Season InHoekeyRace Manager Charjey Root has been released. Fred - CLEVELAND, Nov. 19 —The un- TORONTO, Nov. 19. — Coming Haney, former defeated all-civilian Buckeyes of from behind with three goals in St. Louis Browns Ohio State advanced a stride nearer the third period, Toronto defeated pilot, is report- ed to be first in an unbeaten season by stopping the Chicago Blackhawks, 5-4, here line for the ex- the twinkle-toe youngsters of Illi- last night to maintain its grip on Cub's job. . . nois, 26-12, here yesterday before first place in the National Hockey COLUMBUS, 83,627 fans, the largest crowd of the League. Ga. — It cost season, at Municipal Stadium. Charlie Frank Both teams scored twice in the Williams$l to in- If the Buckeyes get past Michi- first period, Bob Davidson and troduce Actress gan next Saturday, they will finish Sweeney Schriner for the Leafs, Bette Davis to their campaign without a loss and and Bill Mosienko and Mush March the Monday Bette Davis Morning Quar- capture undisputed possession of for the Hawks. Dave Mitchell put the Big Ten championship. terback Club. It's against the rules Les Horvath again spearheaded Chicago ahead with a goal in the second, but in the early minutes to talk about anything but foot- the Buckeyes. His hard running of the third period Teeter Ken- ball during a meeting. Williams was battered' the Illini forward wall nedy, Rush Johnstone and Schriner persuaded to introduce Bette, and into submission ana he scored two when he did, members hung the touchdowns and passed to another. sent the Leafs ahead, 5-3. • Clint Smith scored the Hawks' buck'fine on him. . . MIAMI.—The The Illini scored on the third play racing season, to run 150 days with of the game after recovering an final point near the end of the game. three horse tracks and six dog Ohio State fumble on the Bucks' tracks in operation, opened at West 37. Don Greenwood faked to-Buddy Flagler Kennel Club with a new Young, then sliced off right tackle Canadiens Top Rruins betting record. The crowd of 12,- and scored standing up. However, MONTREAL, Nov. 19. — Vhe 000 shoved $196,000 through the the Buckeyes struck right back to Champion Montreal Canadiens con windows, beating the former mark knot the count, Horvath ending a tinued their battle to overtake the by $50,000. 48-yard march with a 12-yard slant Toronto Maple Leafs by scoring off tackle. two gbals in each period to defeat Two State touchdowns in the Big Bill Tilden, Mr. Tennis himself, teaches the finer points of the the Boston Bruins, 6-3, last night. \KW ORLEANS.—Sugar Bowl second quarter assured Horvath & game to Skippy Homeier and Jean. Carroll, movie starlets, between The Canadiens outplayed the ^-' officials stood in the office Co. of victory. A pass from Hor- scenes in the shooting of "Tomorrow the World," in which the Bruins from start to finish with a windows and shed tears, wishing vath to Jack Duggers picked up 30 children are co-starred. brilliant offensive that netted goals for more seating capacity as Sugar yards and six points, while End by Maurice Richard, Toe Blake, Bowl tickets went on sale. With Traian Dendiu snared a 23-yard Fernand Majeau, Durch Hilier, the teams not even selected, ticket .aerial from Tom Keane for another. Buddy O'Connor and Doc Gauthier purchasers formed lines six blocks After Paul Patterson raced 27 Trojans Trounce California, in that order. Herb Cain, Jack long to buy seats at $3.50 and $6 yards to Ohio State's 15, Greenwood Crawford and Bill Cowley scored each. Each purchaser was limited powered his way across for the for the losers. to six ducats. . . LOS ANGELES. second Illini touchdown. Horvath Paving Way to Rose Bowl Here's the formula for Jeff Cra- hit Dugger with a pass on Illinois' vath's popularity as gridiron men- 37, then personally churned through Rangers Tie Red Wings tor at Southern Cal.: "A boy play- the entire enemy eleven on the next BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 19.—Southern California gained NEW YORK, Nov. 19. — Fred ing for me never can make a mis- play, for the game's final tally. the inside track to the Rose Bowl yesterday by trouncing Thurier, rookie forward, registered take in judgment," Cravath said. California, 32-0, before 50,000 fans in Memorial Stadium. The two goals in less than a minute dur- "If he makes a decision and wins Wolves Claw Wisconsin Trojans amassed a 20-0 half time lead as George Callahan ing the second period to enable the the game, it's his glory. If he New York Rangers to tie the Detroit guesses wrong and loses, I'll take ANN ARBOR Mich., Nov. 19. and Jim Hardy led the ground Red Wings, 2-2, last night before the rap." GAINESVILLE, Fla., —Michigan executed two perfect attack 14,000 fans in Madison Square Gar- The game was only five minutes —Intercollegiate basketball dropped plays for touchdowns to humble den. from the sports program last year,, 9th AF Eleven old when Hardy scored on an Wisconsin, 14-0, here yesterday be- Thurier netted a pretty 30-foot will return this season to Florida fore 20,000 fans. eight-yard spurt, set up by Gordon shot on a pass from Chuck Scherza, Dreblow's 42-yard dash on the pre- University. Coach Spurgeon Cher- Bill Culligan electrified the spec- and 50 seconds later rifled a back- ry has a 40-man squad working Wins Paris Tilt vious play. Just before the period tators on the first running play of hand shot past Goalie Connie Dion. out. the game when he skipped 84 yards By Paul Horowitz ended, Callahan went 31 yards Carl Liscombe and Murray Arm- after taking a shovel pass from for a touchdown behind perfect Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. strong scored for Detroit. blocking. Michigan's second touch- The Ninth Air Force Thunder- Hardy for the second touchdown. HICAGO.—Chicago Stadium is down came in the fourth period on bolts defeated the First General Hardy shot a pass to Paul Salata Hockey Standings C moving in on Madison Square another smooth play, although Don Hospital Terrors, 6-0, yesterday in in the end zone to complete the Garden's basketball domination Lund had some twisting and twir- the first GI football game played first half scoring. NATIONAL LEAGUE after a good year last year. The W L T Pts. G OG Stadium again will feature weekly ling to do in eluding four tacklers in Paris since the liberation. A Toronto 7 2 0 14' 44 39 during his 56-yard romp. crowd of 12,000, approximately half Montreal 6 2 I) 11! Jl it doubleheaders among top mid- consisting of civilians, saw the Czar Landis Takes Detroit 4 S 1 8 37 23 western quintets, starting Dec. 8 Boston 2 4 1 5 36 37 and running nine weeks. Chicago Indiana Whales Pitt, 47-0 game. Turn for Worse, New York 1 4 2 18 is A kick, blocked and recovered Chicago 1 « 0 8 2» 45 also will sponsor a National Invita- BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 19.— by Joe Iwaszek, of LaSalle,' 111., A ttendan ts Reveal AMERICAN LEAGUE tional tourney Clark Shaughnebsy's Pittsburgh resulted in the only score of the the first three Panthers were thoroughly crushed EASTERN DIVISION game. The 192-pound right end CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—The condi- days of March by Indiana, 47-0, here yesterday as W L T Pts. G OG crashed thr<»-:gh in the first quarter tion of Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Hershey 6 4 1 U II lt . . .YOUNGS- the Hoosiers completed their home to block Mike Demchak's punt on high commis- Buffalo 6 5 1 1! 8 S TOWN, season without having had their Providence 2 5 2 « 22 Z» the Terrors' 19-yard line, the ball sioner of base- Ohio — Chick goal crossed. bouncing back into the end zone ball, is "not as WESTERN DIVISION Wergeles, man- Bob "Hunchy" Hoernschemeyer where Iwaszek fell on it. satisfactory as it W L T Pts. G OG ager of Beau was the big gun, seering once on a Pittsburgh 7 • 1 15 42 30 The teams had little more than had been," at- Indianapolis .... S 4 I 14 SO SI Jack, has pur- short junket through the line and a week of practice, but the caliber I taches at St. Cleveland ...... 5 S 1 11 11 U chased Tommy throwing three' touchdown passes. of football was good. The tricky Luke's Hospital St. Louis 2 4 * « IS 14 Bell's contract Dick Deranek and Mike Modak running of Henry McDonald, half- said today. from Chris also scored via the ground, while back from Coral Gables, Fla., and Landis, who is Iowa Pre-Flight Dundee. Wer- Jack Congdon hauled in a pass defensive work by Dick Tewksbury, 77, entered the geles already is from Ben Raimondi for the seventh former Purdue fullback, shone for hospital for a Thumps Missouri, 51-7 touting Bell as Beau Jack Hoosier touchdown. the winners. Gordon Ek, center "rest" shortly be- "a second Beau from San Diego, Calif., was the fore the World COLUMBIA, Iowa, Nov. 19.—The Jack." That could mean Bell cant Eagles Visit 'Skins stalwart in the line. Series and has Iowa Seahawks toyed with Missouri read or write, couldn't it?... been there ever BROOKLYN — Andy Varipapa. NEW YORK, Nov. 19. — The Judge Landis here yesterday to notch their ninth Washington Redskins risk their Tiger Coach Released since. His hos- consecutive victory, walloping the famed Flatbush bowler, has posted eastern division lead against the DETROIT, Nov. 19.—Jack Zeller, pitalization caused Landis to miss Tigers, 51-7. $2,500 in an effort to get a match Philadelphia Eagles in today's Na- general manager of the Detroit the series for the first time since Don Samuel, Bob Smith and with an outstanding bowler for an tional Football League headliner. Tigers, today announced the un- taking over his duties almost 24 Wesley Williams each counted 80-game home-and-home series... In other games, Brooklyn travels to conditional reiease of Coach Al Vin- years ago. twice, while Charley Woodward and He's particularly interested in get- Boston, Detroit entertains the cent. He also revealed Al Benton, At the time he entered the hos- Lloyd Barron scored once each. ting a match with Ned Day, Na- Chicago Bears, Green Bay plays at ace relief pitcher of 1942 season, pital, his physician said, "The judge Missouri broke into the scoring tional match game champ, or New York and Cleveland faces the had been given a Navy medical dis- has a bad cold and is worn out. He column on a two-yard trek by Noel Buddy Bomar, of Chicago. Pitt-Cards at Chicago. charge. needs a long rest." Hall. 29th TAC Victimizes By Courtesy of News Syndicate. By Milton Caniff Terry And The Pirates Ninth AAF HQ., 23-0

MEANWHILE «<» Atoniee PARTOP THE PIELD... NINTH AIR FORCE HQ., Nov. 19.—Overpowering its opposition on ground plays, the 29th Tactical Air Command headquarters' foot- ball team blanked the Ninth AAF Headquarters, 23-0, today before 5,000 spectators. Soon after the gun, Norbert No- waski, of Rochester, N.Y., scored on a 25-yard quarterback sneak. A few minutes later, Ralph Scar- lett, of Oil City Pa., went over from the 13. A 20-yard pass from Max Ricardi, of Baldwin, LI., to Manny ."Santacroce, of Philadelphia, netted the last touchdown. Monday, Nov. 20, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES SPORTS Page 7 Army Blasts Penn, 62-7; Navy Rips Purdue

The Mighty Mite Davis Sparks Army.JSlavy Grid Tilt Notre Dame Hal Hamberg Cadets With Moved to Baltimore Subdues 'Cats Paces Middies WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. — The Navy Department announ- 3 Touchdowns ced today that the Army-Navy By 2LOCount In 32-ORomp football game would be played PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19. Dec. 2 at Baltimore's Municipal SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 19.— BALTIMORE, Nov. 19.—Navy's —Army's point - a - minute football Stadium instead of at Annapolis, Jim Brennan, 155-pound halfback, rapidly-improving football macnine, team smashed Penn, 62-7, here yes- where it was scheduled in keep- substituted admirably for Bob Kelly ! playing its last game before bump- terday to. maintain its undefeated ing with the wartime ban on and scored two touchdowns in the ing into Army two weeks hence, unnecessary travel. punched out five touchdowns to record and hand the Quakers first seven minutes to lead Notre The announcement did not Dame to a 21-0 victory over North- ; trounce Purdue, 32-0, before 35.000 their second worst drubbing in his- say whether President Roosevelt western here yesterday before 48,000 ' customers in Municipal Stadium tory. A near-capacity "throng of had requested the change, but it fans. here yesterday. 76,000 saw the Cadets run up a is known he was studying the The 18-year-old freshman from Little Hal Hamberg, sidelined total exceeded possibility of shifting the game. Milwaukee blasted through the mid- part of the season with injuries, only by the 76- dle and went 41 yards to a touch- returned to the Middies' lineup 10 beating the down three minutes after the open- and was leading tormentor of the Quakers got ing kickoff. Four minutes later he Boilermakers. from Princeton Duke Swamps broke off his right tackle, reversed Hal lumbers His dashes of 13, 17 and 11 yards in 1885. the field, and went 28 yards through Leads Navy to Victory carried to Purdue's two in the first Glenn Davis, the Wildcat secondary for another quarter, from where Clyde Scott the nation's S. Car.^34-7 touchdown. snaked across for the score. An leading scorer, 18-yard pass from the diminutive COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 19.—The After that, the Irish settled down made his usual to the business of keeping North- Maroons Lose halfback to End Ben Martin in the three touch- Duke Blue Devils peppered South stcond frame resulted in another Carolina, 34-7, here yesterday to western beyond the 25-yard line. downs to again Then, late in the third period, Notre touchdown. Vic Fines converted remain unbeaten against Southern For 1st Time both times to give Navy a 14-0 mar- spearhead the Conference opposition. Dame reserves launched a 50-yard mighty men Feli* Biancha,* gin at the intermission. Triple-threat Tom Davis started downfield sweep that paid off with from the Point. Dick Walterhouse, Marty Wendell's touchdown plunge TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Nov. 19.—Ala- Albion Walton intercepted a Boi- the assault by — bama's Crimson Tide strengthened lermaker aerial in the third period Army's automatic extra-point artist, plunging t w o I on the fourth play in the final came through five times to lift period. its right to,a bowl invitation ind to ignite, a drive, and he eventually yards to a * toppled Mississippi State from the plunged over from the two. Bruce his season's total to 44, equalling touchdown be- Statistics: the record »et in 1942 by Clyde NU ND unbeaten-untied ranks by surpris Smith passed 30 yards to Martin fore the game ing the Maroons, 19-0, here yester- for another six-pointer, while Char- Leforce, of Tulsa. was two minutes First Downs 7 17 Max Minor started things off in Yards Gained, rushing 92 324 day. lie Riehl's pitch to Art Markell old to climax a Passes Attempted 7 12 the first period with a 67-yard dash Passes Completed 3 4 The bruising line bucking of Fred rounded out the day's point pro- drive opened Grant and the accurate passes of duction. through tackle. The Quakers knot- when Duke Yards Gained, passing 24 47 * ted the count almost immediately Yards Penalized 5 45 Harry Gilmer had the Maroons The Boilermakers were helpless received the back on their heels most of the after Boris Dimancheff, their ace when Bill Schuman raced 61 yards kickoff. A few with a fumble by Davis, but that Great Lakes Trounces afternoon. ball carrier, wrenched his knee in minutes later, the third quarter and was carried was the only time they held their Davis plowed Grant broke loose for an 80-yard Marquette, 32-0 touchdown sprint in the opening from the field. Before the injury, own. over from the r Three plays later, Dale Hall four after Cliff Tom Davis frame, and knifed three yards or Dimancheff carried 15 times and another counter in the third quar- gained 95 yards. scooted 47 yards to score. Then Lewis had passed to Gordon Carber GREAT LAKES, 111., Nov. 19.— ter. Gilmer pitched a 20-yard strike Statistics: Felix Blanchard plunged .eight for 38 yards. The Great Lakes Naval Bluejackets to Lowell Tew shortly before the yards for a touchdown, and Davis South Carolina scored in the clubbed Marquette for the second PURDl'E NAVY time within two weeks when tney half for the Tide's other touchdown. First Downs 9 19 cruised over from the three to pa- second quarter on a six-yard Yards Gained, rushing 177 302 rade the Cadets to a 27-7 lead at threw from Curly Kuldell to Jim turned in an easy 32-0 verdict here Passes Attempted 7 18 the half. Hunnicutt. But the Devils shoved yesterday. Kentucky Conquers Passes Completed 1 12 End Jimmy Keane paced the Yards Gained, passing 6 133 Army opened the throttle a notch across two more touchdowns be- Yards Penalized 14 25 wider in the third quarter as Davis fore the half ended on 15 and Bluejackets with two touchdowns, W. Virginia, 40-9 scored twice, Blanchard counted 23-yard jaunts by Lewis. one on a 21-yard pass from Jim Youel and the other on a 90-yard again and George Poole captured a The final touchdown was scored LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 19.— by Cliff Haggerty in the fourth kickoff return to inaugurate the Kentucky's powerful offensive pro- Yale Protects short pass from Davis for another. second half. Dean Sensanbaugher ended scoring period after Duke recovered a duced six touchdowns and a 40-9 for the day when he scooped up partially blocked kick on Caroli- triumph over the West Virginia Brown Slaps Columbia, 12-0 Mountaineers here yesterday. Clean Record a fumble by Perm's Halfback Jimmy na's 17. Jimmy Howe, diminutive fresh- Green and churned 90 yards in the NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Touch- man from Fort Thomas, Ky., re- NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 19.— final period. downs by Paul O'Brien and Charlie Tulane Dumps Clemson - turned to the Wildcat lineup and Paul Walker, big Yale end, led his Statistics: Tiedemann enabled Brown to NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19—Tu- defeat Columbia, 12-0, here yester- celebrated by scoring three touch- mates to their seventh straight vic- PENN ARMY lane discarded power plays for tory as the Elis shaded North Caro- First Downs 12 9 day in a football "comedy of downs. Norm Klein, another Yards Gained, rushing 134 216 razzle dazzle and trounced the errors." O'Brien propelled 85 yards yearling, tallied twice and Norm lina, 13-6, here yesterday. Passes Attempted 16 18 Clemson Tigers, 36-20, in a wide for his touchdown, while Tiede- Weiner racked up the other Ken- Walker was all over the field and Passes Completed 4 ii open game here yesterday. set up the first touchdown for the Yards Gained, passing 36 147 mann ran 60 for his. tucky touchdown. Yards Penalized 15 50 Dub Jones scored twice for the Bulldogs, who have but one game Green Wave, once on a brilliant left between themselves and a per- 78-yard run; Joe Renfroe added fect season. Jake Hall's passes to two more touchdowns, and Dews Walker advanced the ball to the Robeson's Toe McCain and Jim Robinson each Tarheel six-yard stripe in opening contributed one. Sid Tinsley was minutes and Billy Penn crashed a one-man-gang for the Tigers, over for the six-pointer. Saves Cornell counting twice personally and Walker made a one-handed catch of a 15-yard pass from Bill Sadowski ITHACA, N.Y., Nov. 19.—Cornell tossing a 64-yard touchdown pass FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAMES DePauw 13, Miami (Ohio) 7. Otterbein 32, Capital 0. and scampered the remaining 15 came from behind to top Dart- to Wes Poe.. Buckneli 27, Villanova 6. Iowa State 9, Drake 0. yards to score in the second quar- mouth, 14-13, with the educated toe Miami 31, Presbyterian 12. W. Texas State 19, South PI- AAF 14. SOUTH ter. The Tarheels averted a shut- of Paul Robeson Jr. providing the Pot-o-Luek Captures Alabama 19, Mississippi State 0. " SATURDAY'S GAMES out in the third frame when Bill margin before 13,000 fans at Schoel- Kentucky 40, W. Virginia 9. Warren intercepted a pass and kopf Field yesterday. Photo Finish-Futurity EAST Camp Perry 19, N. Carolina Pre-F. 7. raced 35 yards. Army 62, Penn 7. Tennessee 27, Temple 14 Robeson booted points after BALTIMORE, Nov. 19. — Pot-o- Dnke 34, S. Carolina 7. touchdown gallops by Alex Drogin Navy 32, Purdue 0. Luck, given a perfect ride by Jockey Cornell 14, Dartmouth 13. N. Carolina State 39, Richmond 0. in the first quarter and Allen Dek- Doug Dodson, flashed through the Lafayette 64, Lehigh 0. Tulane 36, Clemson 20. Iowa State Hands Brown 12, Columbia 0. William and Mary 26, VMI 0. debrun in the third. Drogin's 40- stretch to nose out three other Cherry Pt. Marines 35, Chatham F. 0. Penn State 34, Maryland 19. Drake Initial Setback yard excursion on a weak-side re horses in a photo .finish and win the Syracuse. 43, Colgate 13 Florida Aggies 14, Clark 7. verse caught Dartmouth napping, $15,000 added Pimlico Futurity yes- Yale 13. North Carolina 6. Georgia 49, Auburn 13. Swarthmore 3, Princeton 0. Georgia Tech. 14, LSU 6. AMES, Iowa., Nov. 19. — Iowa while Dekdebrun plowed two yards terday. The favorite, Pot-c-Luck, Jacksonville Naval 26, Ft. Benning 19. on his payoff run. NYU 13, Brooklyn College 7. State upset Drake, 9-0, here yester- paid $5,02 to win. Harvard 12, Tults 6. Wilberforce 25, W. Virginia State 12. Darrell Braatz put Dartmouth, Scranton 32, Bloomsburg Tchrs. 6. Wiley 46, Southern 6. day in the 44th game of their an- ahead with two touchdowns in the Rutgers 18, Rutgers ASTP 12. SOUTHWEST nual series to spill the Bulldogs second period. But a missed con- 2nd AAF Tops Huskies MIDWEST Texas Christian 7, Texas 6. from the unbeaten-untied class. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 19.—The Texas Aggies 19, Rice 6. Halfback Dick Howard scored on version by Lazarus Lewis thwarted Ohio State 26, Illinois 12. SMU 20, Arkansas 12. his team's bid for a tie. Second Air Force SuperbOmbers Notre Dame 21, Northwestern 0. Randolph Field 54, Southwestern 0. a one-yard plunge in the third scored a 47-6 victory over the Wash- Minnesota 46, Iowa 0- Langston 18, Arkansas Aggies 14. period and Fullback Meredith Indiana 47, Pittsburgh 0. Texas Tech. 13, New Mexico 7. Warder booted his 21st extra point Greco Outpoints Ruffin ington University Huskies at Gon- Great Lakes Naval 32, Marquette 0. zaga Field here yesterday. 'Ray Michigan 14, Wisconsin 8. FAR WEST in 21 attempts this year. State In Garden Feature Evans and Bill Prentice led the Iowa Pre-Flight 51, Missouri 7. Colorado 40, Colorado College 6. tallied a safety when Drake's kicker attack, each scoring three touch- Oklahoma 20, Kansas 0. USC 32, California 0. was smeared in the end zone In the Oberlin 26, OJiio Wesleyan 0. UCLA 54, College of Pacific 7. same period. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Johnny downs. Olathe Naval 0, Kansas 0. Second AAF 47, Washington 6. Greco, of Montreal, staved off a stirring rally by Bobby Ruffin, of Li'I Abner By Courtesy of United Features. By Al Capp Astoria, N. Y., to gain a 10-round decision before 16,000 at Madison TH' WAY AH Square Garden Friday night. UNNERSTAN'5 IT-AH IS Greco dropped Ruffin in the sixth BETTIN' MAH round with a looping right, but the LIFE AGIN VOURN THET AH WONT New Yorker weathered the storm. BE MARRIED Ruffin went down again in the UP, POME. seventh, then recovered enough to SADIE HAWKINS gain the judges' nod in the last three PAY ? rounds. Lafayette Drubs Lehigh EASTON, Pa., Nov. 19.—Freshman Peck Robbins ran wild for five touchdowns here yesterday as La- fayette swatted Lehigh, 64-0. It was the most overwhelming victory in the 60-year rivalry. Page 8 THE STARS AND STRIPES Monday, Nov. 20, 1944 How to Influence Snipers; Win Friends fi Home Newsreel ~— ...i.'.ViV/.v-*..--.v.V.*. .'-.V. ■ ■■mi — *

U-s* way to fight fire is with fire; best way to Paul Gabriel, of Bridgeport, Conn., talks with one eliminate snipers is stalk them with snipers. cf the Trappist Fathers at the 13th century vt. Ted Shaul bears this out during the assault Monastery at Rochefort, Belgium. The aged cn Maizferes-les-^fz. In the other picture, Pvt. monk had seen few other Vanks.

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K-9 Corps, Air Corps 'Keep 'em Flying'

Mike Gurlick. 65, of Wood River, 111., astounded the juvenile section of the U.S. homefront last week with a raw-egg-drinking session. Twelve persons were killed when the Challenger was derailed in Cali- Members of the K-9 Corps do their bit to "Keep fornia. Because he missed a shot, a member of the deer hunters' 'em Flying" on the Ninth Air Force fields in club of Raleigh, N.C., has his shirt tail cut off. Chicago looked like France. "Smokey" and Pvt. Clifford Stone, of the old west when six steers broke out of the coliseum. Yvonne De Danvers, Mass., check security measures while Pvt. Carlo kisses S/Sgt Jack Santos, Napa, Calif., while paying off to Mar- Daniel Walsh, of New York City, puts "Monty" tha O'Driscoll. Yvonne bet on Dewey. Six-month-old Kenneth Malo- ney, flown from England, meets his grandmother, Mrs. W. Maloney. through his paces during a ten-minute break.