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New York—London Paris—Renues lei On Parle Frangais Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1944 THEST^ Vous etes differente. Vol. 1. No. 66 MTRIPES Voo zet deefayrONT. Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces J in the You are different. S^t^^ European Theater of Operations German Attacks Smashed
Air, Land Windmills and Dykes Are Ahead 7th Army Units Join IsReported * In Holland At Belfort Their numbers swelled by American First Army units glider-borne reinforcements, inside Germany yesterday the First Allied Airborne beat off repeated counter-at- Army, after liberating at least tacks by strong enemy forces, 13 Dutch villages, last night supported by fresh reserves linked up with British Sec- from the Russian front, while Third U.S. Army troops drove ond Army spearheads which 18 miles east of Nancy to a had advanced 13 miles across point about 50 miles from southern Holland. Strasbourg and the Rhine. Although supreme Allied head- Meanwhile, Paris Radio reported that Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's quarters was silent about the deve- Seventh Army had entered Belfort, lopment of the new offensive, dis- which lies in the so-called gateway patches from the front and from to southwestern Germany, 30 miles Second Army headquarters reported from the Rhine frontier. that a junction between the troops Now fighting in Holland, troops of the First Allied Airborne Army, parade during: a review at which Gen. After being pushed back two of Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton and Eisenhower told the men that "through your effective employment we will end this war far more quickly miles in the Luxemburg frontier Gen. Dempsey had taken place. than we could without you." area, Lt. Gen- Courtney Hodges' In Eindhoven Area First Army attacked early yester- day and regained the lost ground. Union of the two armies probably Nazi OCS Trainees Battle Front-line dispatches said enemy occurred in the Eindhoven area, Britain-Based resistance was stiffening along the Where the Germans had reported entire front inside Germany, with airborne landings. A dispatch from To Keep Yanks Out of Metz artillery and Luftwaffe activity Walter Cronkite, combined U.S. Heavies Drop greatly increased. press representative, said that Sec- A crack German infantry unit ' ond Army patrols had by-passed By Allan M. Morrison Aid to Warsaw from the Russian front appeared ^Eindhoven and drove northwest of Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. in the order of battle and virtually the city, which was said to be still WITH THIRD U.S. ARMY BEFORE METZ, Sept. 18. — slowed the deepest American in enemy hands. American Flying Fortresses based American tank and infantry units continued their slow, in Britain yesterday dropped am- spearhead to a standstill. Linkup of the two forces in the All Attacks Repulsed Rhine Delta of the Netherlands, dogged advance toward Metz today against a "fanatical munition and food to the Polish which has been described as the forces inside beleaguered Warsaw All the German counter-attacks suicide garrison" of German officers' training school cadets and flew on to land at Russian were repulsed and correspondents key to northwest Germany by Nazi bases. geopoliticians, came only one day who were offering some of the toughest local opposition since said none of the Siegfried Line after the initial contingents of the Normandy breakthrough. It was the first time U.S. planes pillboxes in the vicinity of Stolberg, The unusual German resistance from Britain had gone to the aid where heavy fighting was reported, American and British soldiers had of Warsaw. landed in Holland by parachute Nazis Order began when advance elements of an was recaptured. infantry division entered the region Five hundred heavies from Italy First Army patrols entered the and glider. made another raid on bridges and outskirts of Aachen while, other Reinforcing and supplying the west of Metz after driving across developing assault, the greatest the rolling country east from Ver- railway yards in Hungary and units, advancing across the south- Civilians Back ern tip of Holland, reached the number of gliders ever used in a dun. After nearly two days of Jugoslavia in order to hamper the German evacuation before Russian outer fringes of the Siegfried Line single operation yesterday poured WITH THE FIRST U.S. ARMY, bloody attacks and counter-attacks, in more troops, heavy equipment, information was received that the advances in the Balkans. Buda- northwest of Aachen. Sept. 18.—A German document or- pest was among the targets. Observers said the Americans supplies and artillery. At a late dering all civilians to evacuate the German force facing them con- hour last night, reinforcements Meanwhile, ahead of American now were in a position to capture cities and towns in the areas around sisted of the personnel of a Wehr- Aachen anytime, but the city's im- were still landing. German sources macht OCS. troops in Germany, Ninth Air Force Cologne and Aachen has been portance was regarded to be negli- claimed. found on Nazis near Aachen. With headquarters in Metz. the fighter-bombers Sunday swept be- tween the Siegfried Line and the gible. It was said the city probably Lose Two Planes The order said that the German Nazi OCS embraced most of the would not be taken until it could people must resign themselves to territory in which the fighting has Rhine, shooting up enemy commu- Only two Allied aircraft were lost, nications and transport. be done with a small loss. the fact that their western de- taken lace. Tor six months, can- Aachen has been surrounded but although the Luftwaffe sent up 60 fenses "and the localities within didates for commissions in the During 12 hours of daylight Sun- MEs and PWs to intercept the day, RAF Bomber Command dis- the Germans still hold several roads this zone" will soon become a bat- Wehrmacht trained on this ground, leading into the city. mighty sky train. Successfully tlefield. applying and improving latest Ger- patched 1,250 planes on bombing guarding the armada, Allied air- "The Leader has ordered the man General Staff theories and missions without loss of a single Luftwaffe Strafes Americans craft shot down 26 planes in fierce evacuation of the villages and tactics. ship. Luftwaffe planes supporting Ger- dogfights over Maastricht. man ground troops in the Aachen cities within this area for the pro- Knew the Terrain Well Supreme headquarters announced tection of the German lives and Sees 4,000,000 Men area were strafing and bombing that heavy fighting was raging and material important to war," the As a result, the candidates, ins- American soldiers, but met with lit- the Germans apparently were try- order stated. "All men between the tructors and officers in training In Service After War tle success because of U.S. fighter ing to stem the growing threat to ages of 15 and 60 will remain be- comprising the original force knew patrols and flak. (ffhe northern anchor of their de- hind to work on the construction every square yard of the terrain. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. — There was a considerable increase Sense line. of defenses and will be evacuated By one of those twists of fate Sen. Elbert D. Thomas (D.-Utah), of tank activity in the Luxemburg Walter Cronkite. reporting that as soon as their work is finished or which the historians are fond of sector, and at one point an attack American casualties in his sector member of the Senate sub-commit- in case it becomes necessary for calling "the fortunes of war," by 22 Mark IVs was repulsed with were light, said that most of the tee on Army and Navy appropria- the army to man the defenses." scores of field problems had been tions, predicted today that the U.S. a loss of eight. Germans fled when the first para- worked out at the school which troopers appeared overhead. would need at least 4,000,000 men In the northern sector, American have been almost identical with in the armed forces for "five, eight armored units were within two (Continued on Page 3) or 10 years" after the war. miles of Sittard, on the Dutch-Ger- Ford Is Hoping man frontier. Lear Promises In the Stolberg area yesterday, iNew Lieutenants To Hike Waires the Germans set up a loudspeaker To2 Yanks: The Frenchman (Continued on Page 4) Action in Pacific DETROIT, Sept. 18. — Henry Ford's announcement that he would raise wages in his factories "as Handed You a $25,000Map Finns Lately in Berlin PORT BENNING, Sept. 18.—Lt. soon as the government will permit Gen. Ben Lear, Army ground forces me" has attracted nation-wide at- See Quick Allied Victory commander, assured Infantry school tention. Two American soldiers who stopped at Charenton-le-Pont Sept. graduates today they would have Asserting that "every man should 15 to ask the way to Rozay en Brie, will be surprised to learn that LONDON, Sept. 18. — An Allied plenty of opportunities to lead men make enough money to own a home, they are in possession of French bonds worth more than $25,000— victory over Germany appears into battle against the enemy in a piece of land and a car," Ford and that the cops are on their trail. certain before winter comes, Finn- the Pacific. said t£it he would like to raise There will be no charge, however, unless the men try to sell the ish officers who left Berlin only a "The days of the German Army the pay of all his workers "despite bonds. They got them by accident. few days ago have told their gov- are numbered," Lear told the new the fact that their wages already Henry Roth, a French civilian, when asked for road information ernment. second lieutenants, "but our ene- are higher than those of the rest drew a map on an envelope and gave it to the men. It wasn't until Declaring that he saw the report mies in the Pacific must still take of the industry." they had driven off that Roth discovered that the envelope con- made by the officers on the Reich's a lot of beating." tained his identity card and French Treasury bonds worth 1,280,000 internal condition, the Stockholm Addressing a graduating class THREE CRAFT SUNK IN GALE francs. correspondent of the Daily Mail that included the 5,000th junior WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 — The Army authorities, with no clue to the identity of the men, other said that the Finnish delegation officer to receive his bars here, the Navy Department announced to- than that they were driving a large wrecking truck, have enlisted the believed that the German Army general said the group could be night the U.S. destroyer Warring- aid of The Stars and Stripes in the hope the men will read this and could not hold out as a major force Spired of "hard work and much ton and two small Coast Guard send Roth's possessions either to Capt. Thomas F. Guidera, Criminal for more than eight weeks and that suffering before your job is finish- vessels sank in the Atlantic in last Investigation Detachment, 131 Ave. de Wagram, Paris, or to The total defeat possibly might come ed." week's hurricane. Stars and Stripes, 21 Rue de Berri, Paris. within six -veeks. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, Sept. 19,1944
An Editorial THE STARS AND STRIPES Printed at the New York Herald Tribune printing establishment, 21 rue de Berri, Paris, and at L'Ouest Jour- nal, Rennes, for the U.S armed forces They'll Let Us Know When toQuit under auspices of the Special Services Division. ETOUSA. Not for distribu- There's a sergeant around Air Ser- tion to civilians. vice Command who has been nick- HESE GIs are still in the Contents passed by the U.S. Army named "Maquis." He claims he es- and Navy censors; subscription, 260 T war. Newspaper head- caped the clutches of London MPs francs per year plus postage. ETC lines and victory vapors edition entered as second class matter via the Underground! Mar. 15, 1943, at the post office, New * * * don't mean much to them. York- NY., under the act of Mar> 3. 1878. All, material appearing in this Overheard at the Aero Club at an They're busy with other publication has been written and A-20 Kavoc base. "Hitler wasn't edited by member's of the Army and things. Like the German Navy except where stated that a civi- mortar and machine gun up lian or other outside source is bl'ng quoted. ahead that's pinning them Vol. 1, No. 66 down.
These Joes have a job. 'THCQ. $ BAG It's a life or death job and they're doing it 24 hours a BLOW IT day, seven days a week, jmi^ OOT Hf RE every week of the month. « # # M/Sgt's Pay When the Kraut quits Please give me the following in- they'll quit—and not a min- formation and tell me which AR ute before. is the basis for it. I'm a 'master born—well, not exactly. His parents sergeant with over 21 years' service, went to a beer party and he was * * * now on duty in the ETO. How one of the door prizes." That's something all of us much do I draw each month? Do With American armored columns ought to understand, here they pay the 20 percent on my moving forward with breath-taking longevity?—M/Sgt. James F. Burke. and back home. If there's speed, Photographer Tony Cordaro a goldbrick in the Army who (Base pay $138.00 suggests that the Army has taken Longevity (7 3-yr. periods, over all the drivers who used to star figures it's all over so why 5% addt'l each -period)... 48.30 in the Indianapolis Speedway 500- not relax, he ought to study Foreign Service Pay (20% mile grind and told them to lead this picture. If there's a of Base Pay) 27.60 the way. worker at home who laps up Total $213.90 Cpl. William Dawson's attitude to- the headlines and decides to down today's production, let around and speaic he'd say: Extra foreign-service pay com- ward buzz bombs. sleep away the day, he him look—and get on the * * h puted on base pay only. Tne AR Bomb buzz— ought to think of himself in tall. "The day I quit, I'll let is 35-2340. 2360.—Ed.) Nearly faint- Where I was— this ditch. If there's an em- you know. That's the day ' . , * * * There I ain't. ployer who's letting a vision If the nearest Joe in you can quit, too. Until From a British Buddy * » • of tomorrow's profits slow this picture could turn then, won't you play along?" Please allow me, as one of your We like the quip of Ranger Pfc British readers, to thank you for Carlo Contrera as reported in Life. the tribute paid in your Sept. 4 When his colonel told him to knock issue to the tenacity of purpose out a German machine-gun nest of the British people in five years Contrera started to mumble violent- of war. Such a tribute from com- ly. The colonel said. "What are you rades in arms is appreciated very nervous about?" "I'm not nervous, much, and the high example set by sir," said Contrera, "I'm just shak- the frankness of your editorial ing with patriotism." should be followed by all. I hope the spirit of your article wilt per- After making three beachhead TF there is anyone who thinks Lt. Capt. Max Zera, says: "Our The argument regarding who ^ meate the U.S. and the British landings in this war, a Cpl. from -*• Gen. George S. Patton doesn't right hand is in Germany, our served the first doughnuts ill Empire in all walks of life for give credit for merit, read this. left hand is in Holland, our feet France is over. The crew of many years to come, and may we At a division memorial service are planted in Belgium and our the American Red Cross club- march together in dignity, in peace, recently held in France, it was sug- rear echelon is in France." mobile Buckeye has started a with the same comrades as we now gested by the chaplain that a bat- newer and better one. Nancy do in 'war. * * * tery of tank destroyers be used to Bastien, Chicago; Evelyn Beard, In conclusion, I say: "God bless One of the strangest friend- fire a salute. Lexington, Ky.; Kitty Heuisler, America" for the help that has ships of the war is that be- Baltimore, and Elsa KerliiJj been given to make the march to- He also suggested that the guns tween the First Infantry Divi- Cumberland, Md., claim to have ward victory and peace possible.— be given a dual mission and be sur- sion and the British Seventh veyed in on the enemy positions. put out the first American D. Todd, Major, Royal Signals. Armored. They did a lot of doughnuts in Germany. iSc d-fKk j3>k. They were. When the division work together in the early days commander told the story to Pat- of the Normandy beachhead and They cooked and served them Orchids to Messengers ton, the Third Army commander their respective staffs were so on Sept. 13 for the men of While the laurels are being hand- said: impressed with the way the VII Corp engineer combat bat- ed out for work well done, let's "That's great work. Why can't other worked that they made talion operating seven miles not forget the messengers who we promote that chaplain?" an agreement that has held across the border from Eupen, carry vital information to and from Brooklyn says he believes he could P.S.—Shortly thereafter, the chap- to this day. No matter what Belgium. the front. In this division, they even tackle Coney Island success- lain saw his leaves turn from gold distance separates the First * * * have been doing a yeoman's job in fully. to silver. Division and the British Se- A FORMER officer in the Swe? * • * •Xt >Xc igi this not-very-glamorous task. -fV ^ 1> venth Armored, they always ex- dish Army, now an fade to an I talked with three of them the Laugh of the Week. Civilian re- American general in west ern One U.S. infantry division change intelligence reports. In France- other day. They were T/5 James sidents of Guam got a peculiar pic- has elements in four European their periodic G-2 reports they hopes to finish a skiing season he Roncker, of Decatur, Ala., Pfc ture of the war from the Japs who started years ago. shortly before. countries today. Not long ago quote each other liberally, often Kenneth R. Gruschow, of Elmwood occupied the island. One liberated lifting as much as a page from Hitler marched into Austria. they were fighting in three, Park, 111., and Pvt. Anton Poncik, guy told Marines that the Japs said 1/Lt. Anders Kullander returned France, Belgium and Germany. the other's report. Both issue of El Compo, Tex. I take my hat they had captured the Hawaiian to Sweden to enter service whea Now they have added a fourth, a periodic report which reads off to them. They risk their lives Islands, sailed through the Panama more like a newspaper than a Austria'Was invaded. Canal, destroyed the U.S. Fleet, and Holland. every day and every night. dry Army regulation. They al- "If Germany were to win the' were billeted in Washington! A division intelligence officer, In a rapid advance of an armored most always include interesting war," Kullander said, "I could notj division, enemy elements are left sidelights to the battle as well help but feel Sweden would suffez behind to be mopped up by the Private Breger as the run-of-the-mill intelli- as much as anyone. So I decided infantry. Nobody knows that better gence poop. to go to the U.S, and join the than the messengers. They are * * * American Army." u perfect prey for snipers along the He went to the States, enlisted^ |t|ORE than 100,000 Garmaas still route. It's no fun to ride a peep in the Army as a private in Janu* may be in Paris, wearing civil- along a lonely road expecting a ary. 1943, and two months later waa ian clothes, sniping and ema'ating rifle shot any minute. And each promoted to corporal. His com'* of these three has been a sniper's the French underground, the New manding officer then recommended target.—Cpl. Ford L. Swanson. York Times reported *n a Paris him for OCS and Kullander was * # # dateline story from Harold calen- sent to Ft. Bennlng, Ga der. Knowing the German race well, A Pat on the Back The story said the Nazis were Kullander said "they just cannot For myself and, I am sure, for basking in unaccustomed fi
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WITH U.S. THIRD ARMY FORCES ACROSS THE MO- i Upsetter' By Pap Bombers Drop SELLE, Sept. 18. — Gen. Patton's Third Army now has an- other substantial bridgehead in this sector east of the Mo- To Third Slot; selle River. How that bridgehead was established, and the i'61e played by Negro chemical smoke generator troops in making it possible may now be told Tigers on Top completely. for 30 hours before the main in- It was the first occasion in this fantry assault force came over. In NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Instead campaign that artificial fog was used this period their area was raked of swaggering westward atop the in a purely tactical way, and it was by everything the enemy had, from American League pack, the un- a big success. small-arms fire to medium artillery. predictable Yankees limped toward The infantry division operating in There were casualties, killed and Detroit today trailing the Tigers this sector had waged a hard, costly wounded, but the smoke went on, by two full games after fumbling fight to gain the left bank of the and as long as it did, so did work away yesterday's Sabbath double- river. A week ago a crossing was on the vital treadway bridge. header to the Athletics, 5-4 and 2-1. effected by part of one of the divi- Twice Knocked Out The Tigers soared out front by sion's combat teams. After suffer- thumping the Indians twice, 7-2 and ing a number of casualties in an Work on the bridge actually started Tuesday night and was 3-0, while the Browns leap-frogged ambush, the force was obliged to the Bombers to remain half a game withdraw to the west side of the finished the following evening. Twice the bridge was knocked out in arrears of the Bengals. St. stream. Louis halved yesterday's twin-bill At a point in the river valley, completely by 88 fire when a wind reverse exposed the. construction with the White Sox, winning the it was decided to attempt another opener, 5-1, but losing the windup, bridgehead, and last Monday a activity. The engineers withdrew into the town, but the smoke 8-2. small infantry reconnaissance force Larry Rosenthal, who was traded was sent across. Against strong generator troops stayed in their positions in the fields. to the Mackmen by the Yanks early artillery fire from German positions in the season, got sweet revenge on high wooded hills overlooking Under this screening fog, bridges across this part ^of the Moselle when he swatted a pinch-hit homer the river, doughboys forced their in the ninth to break up the first way ahead. have been built by the engineers under steady shelling. And over game and give Russ Christopher Fog, Then a Bridge the bridges went the infantry to the nod over Ernie Bonham. Single Before a combat engineer unit push the Germans off the hills runs in the fifth and sixth were started construction of a pontoon and expand the bridgehead. enough to chastise Walt Dubiel in bridge across the Moselle, clouds of Enshrouded in white fog, the the finale, although he yielded only artificially-produced fog were issu- engineers built their bridges while four hits. Don Black was the ing forth from generators manned the German OPs were denied any winner. by a Negro chemical smoke genera- observation of the effect of their With Rudy York's booming tor company then located on the artillery fire. The German guns bat driving in three runs, Stubby, west bank of the stream. Four were firing blindly into the area. Overmire cruised through the generator crews took their machines "It's a great psychological fac- opener against the Indians and Al over on special rafts in the face of tor," said one of the bridge en- Pros Knock Off Lid Smith, while Rufe Gentry's two- furious German artillery and ma- gineers, speakng of the smoke. "We hitter stymied the Tribe in the chine-gun fire from the hills. sure feel easier knowing the Jer- windup. Gentry, who trounced Ed The generator men were com- ries can't see us working, even Klieman, had a no-hitter until the manded by 1/Lt. George R. Lamb though their artillery might be Packers Clip Tigers, 14-7, ninth when Manager Lou Bou- from Dubois, Idaho, later wounded able to reach us. Without that fog, dreau singled and Ken Keltner in the hand by shrapnel. Generator we felt as naked as new-born smashed a two-bagger. squads were headed by Sgt. Claude babies." In National Grid Loop Opener In first place after homers by Stevenson, of West Virginia, Sgt. "Those colored smoke generator i Vern Stephens and Don Gutteridge Samuel Hendrix, of Savannah. Ga., troops have certainly done a won- MILWAUKEE, Sept. 18.—The Green Bay Packers defeated the clinched the early decision for and Sgt. Albert Wallace, of De- derful job," said Lt. Col. Levin B. Brooklyn Tigers, 14-7, here yesterday in the first National Football Nelson Potter over Bill Dietrich, the Cottingham, of Richmond, Va., troit. They forded the Moselle, set League game of the 1944 . season. Brownies fell back to second place up their M2 "foxhole" generators the divisional chemical officer who The Packers tallied their first touchdown near the end of the first when Joe Haynes turned in a directed the smoke operations. "It in open fields in full view of Nazi quarter when, after a 63-yard march, Irv Comp passed 24 yards into winning effort for the Chisox in the gun crews, and proceeded to make was their first time under fire and the end zone to Don Hutson. Playing his tenth season with the Packers, nightcap. Bob Muncricf absorbed screening smoke. they came through like veterans. the defeat. We would never have gotten that Hutson ran his streak of scoring Crossing immediately after the games to 36 straight, and two extra period and went on to victimize Six runs in the second inning small infantry recon unit, these first bridge built had it not been paraded the Senators to a 7-6 for their smoke." points extended his total in that Sampson Naval Training Station, troops held an area across the river department to 54 in a row. 26-12, before 10,000 sailors here yes- triumph over the Red Sox and Pug Manders plunged over from terday. virtually eliminated Joe Cronin's the one to culminate a 43-yard Steve Pritko scored two touch- athletes from the pennant scramble. downfield march by the Tigers in downs for the pros, while Tony Alex Carrasquel, relieving Dutch Nazi OCS Trainees Battle the third period. But the Packers Colella reeled off 75 yards for an- Leonard in the third, was the vic- counted again shortly thereafter other and Guard Chet Putloski tor over Joe Bowman. when Tackle Buford Ray blocked grabbed a deflected pass and chug- In the National League, the To Keep Yanks Out of Metz Ken Fryer's punt and Green Bay ged 26 yards for the fourth six- Cardinals continued their lethargic recovered on the 20, Lou Brock pointer. The Sailors registered on September performance, bowing to scooting over on the first play from Halfback Chink Mannin's 62-yard the CubS* twice by the same '2-1 (Continued jrom Page 1) on the east side of the river. From excursion in the third quarter and count. Hank Wyse shaded Max La- these positions the school detach- scrimmage. situations occurring in the present on Joe Maglio's 12-yard romp in nier in the first game and Claude ments carried to the extreme the closing minutes. Passeau outdueled Harry Brecheen action. classic German staff school theory LionsBow toEagles,22-7 in the second contest. When American Third Army of maintaining high ground. As- The Pirates and Reds traded vic- pierced the Metz sector, threatening tounding accuracy featured their A- As Sleeker Runs Wild tories, the Bucs grabbing the opener, the city, staff and student per- T and medium artillery fire, and it Major League 7-1, behind Rip Sewell, and Cincy sonnel of the German school was was assumed by the number of DETROIT, Sept. 18—The Phila- salvaging the windup, 2-1, in ten ordered Sept. 9 by the German direct hits on American vehicles delphia Eagles unveiled a rookie frames. Harry Gumbert was the General Staff to defend Metz and that the gunk Were being operated Standings second winner; Fritz Ostermueller the approaches to the city to the sensation in Melvin Bleeker, by the school's gunnery instructors. former Southern Cal. halfback, here the loser. west of the Moselle. Under the American League Bill Lee's two-hit pitching and command of the school com- Battle to Death yesterday as they crushed the De- troit Lions, 27-7, in an exhibition Detroit 7-3, Cleveland 2-0. Andy Karl produced two victories l mandant, a colonel, the "students" Another feature of the fighting St. Louis 5-2, Chicago 1-8. for the Phillies over the Giants, went into action as a regimental test. Philadelphia 5-2, New York 4-1. was the use of small, aggressive and Washington 7, Boston 6. 7-0 and 5-4. At Boston, the Braves force and immediately organized Bleeker gained 67 yards in 12 daring "fighting patrols" which in- tries and scored two touchdowns, W. L. Pet. G.B. backed Jim Tobin for a 3-0 win in some of the bitterest German re- filtrated into the American lines Detroit 78 62 .557 ... the first tilt, but the Dodgers one on a two-yard plunge and the St. Louis 78 63 .553 V, sistance seen in this war. and fought to the death in the bounced back to snare the night- W The cream of the German Army, other on a 15-yard dash. Jack New York 76 64 .543 manner of suicide squads. Banta. also of USC, tallied the third Boston 74 66 .529 cap, 3-2. these candidates have fought like Philadelphia ... 67 75 .472 12 On the sixth day of the struggle, touchdown after snatching a lateral men possessed, as indeed they were, American artillery improved its ob- Cleveland 66 75 .468 12%, with a fanaticism bred in the Hitler from Roy Zimmerman on the one, Chicago 64 .452 14%. servation by gaining heights over- while Al Sherman sliced through Washington ., 60 81 426 18% Minor League Jugend, the Nazi Party and the looking the Moselle from the west National League SS. Qualifications for admission from the three in the final period and raked the young Nazis with to conclude the day's scoring. Chicago 2-2, St. Louis 1-1. Standings to the school included at least one murderous close-range fire. Many Pittsburgh 7-1, Cincinnati 1-2 (second year of combat experience, age an aspiring Nazi commander was game, 10 innings). under 30, clearly demonstrated qua- killed by deadly "air bursts" from BearsDrubGiants,20-10 Philadelphia 7-5, New York 0-4. Playoffs lities of leadership and courage, Boston 3-2, Brooklyn 0-3. American 105s and 155 Long Toms. BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 18.—The W. L. Pet. G.B. ' and unquestioning loyalty to the St. Louis 96 45 .681 ... International League It is now estimated that less than defending champion Chicago Bears Nazi regime. one-third of the original school Pittsburgh 82 58 .586 13%. Newark 3. Toronto 2 (11 innings). came from behind to trounce the Cincinnati 79 60 .568 16 Buffalo 9. Baltimore 4. Officers Included roster remains alive and fighting. New York Giants, 20-10, in an ex- Chicago 66 73 .475 29 (Newark leads, 2-0; Buffalo leads, 1-0.» The candidates and officers did not New York 63 77 .450 32% In addition to a total of 1,500 hibition football contest here yes- Brooklyn 58 82 .414 37% American Association . . enlisted OCs, there was at the surrender. Several fell into the terday before 21,000 shirt-sleeved Philadelphia 57 81 .413 37% St. Paul 12, Toledo 7. school a large class of commissioned hands of the Yanks only after suf- fans. Boston 57 82 .410 38 Louisville 8, Milwaukee 6. junior officers receiving special in* fering serious wounds. The Bears were behind, 10-6, League Leaders (Toledo leads, 2-1; Louisville leads, 2-1.) fantry and artillery training. These One of these wounded captives going into the last period, but Southern Association maintained with typical Nazi arro- American League officers have fought as line troops. passes by Gene Ronzani and Johnny G. AB. R. H. Pet. Memphis 4, Nashville 2 (10 innings). Equipped with the latest and gance that Germany would win the Long carried the champs to victory. Johnson, Boston 130 469 101 153 .3262 (Memphis leads, 3-1.) war because of "superior leader- Bill Paschal plowed over from Pox, Boston 112 457 67 149 .3260 Eastern League finest German infantry weapons Doerr, Boston 125 468 93 152 .325 and anti-tank guns and 150-mm. ship." the two for the Giant touchdown Boudreau, Cleveland. 136 528 86 168 .318 Binghamton 10, Albany 0 At this writing, the remnants of and Ken Strong contributed the Stirnweiss, New York 140 585 114 180 .317 Utica 5. Hartford 4 artillery pieces, the school force was (Binghamton. utica each lead. 1-0.) assigned to a front some 2 miles the school force had withdrawn conversion and a 24-yard field goal. National League long and held it against fierce U.S. into the fortifications outside Metz Pear scores were made by George G. AB. R. H. Pet. and were preparing for a fight-to- Walker, Brooklyn 133 485 75 175 .361 COCHRANE GOING TO WAR infantry pressure exerted by a re- Wilson, Garry Famiglietti and Con- Musial, St. Louis 135 520 104 181 .348 giment on the west side of the the-death struggle. Their numbers nie Mack Berry. Medwick, New York. 123 477 63 162 .340 GREAT LAKES, 111., Sept. 18.— Moselle. They employed all the had been greatly reduced by re- Hopp, St. Louis 128 487 104 162 .333 Lt. Cmdr. Gordon "Mickey" Coch- peated ferocious counter-attacks. W Cooper, St. Louis 102 359 52 115 .320 rane, whose Great Lakes Naval Sta- tactics contained in the German Rams Trim Gobs, 26-12 Weintraub, New Y'k. 100 341 52 109 .320 infantry handbooks and staff di- 'How many German counter-at- Homerun Hitters tion baseball teams for the past rectives, and also used a few not tacks were there?" an infantry of- SAMPSON, N.Y., Sept. 18.—The American. — Etten. New York. 20 ; three years have won recognition ficer was asked. Cleveland Rams of the National Stephens, St. Louis, 19; Johnson, Bos- as national service champions, will Hj yet published. ton 17. \t required si-: days to push these "How many mornings were there?" Football League shoved across two National.—Nicholson. Chicago. 32; Ott. leave next week for active service men bacr. 5 miles to hill positions was his reply. quick touchdowns in the opening New York, 26; Northey, Philadelphia, 19. duty in the Southwest Pacific. Pa; THE STARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, Sept. 19,1944 Venus Is Miss America Germans Used Draft Blows Hermit Senate Gives Paris SubwaV News a War Is On DETROIT, Sept. 18.—Perhaps Bradley Two the happiest man in America As Plant Sites is 44-year-old Fli Lethliuiaki. Until today he literally didn't Stars for Good By Peter Lisagor know there was a war on. Stars and Stripes Stalf Writer. Stars and Stripes U.S Bureau Picked up in his pine-forest WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The In a desperate effort to frustrate hermitage for failing to register Allied air attacks, the Germans had Senate has confirmed President for the draft, Lethlimaki con- Roosevelt's nomination of Lt. Gen. commandeered about 2 1/2 miles of vinced federal agents he couldn't Omar Nelson Bradley, commander the Paris Metro, or subway system, read and that no one had told of the 12th Army Group, to the him about the war. for the production of aviation parts. permanent rank of major general. The FBI turned him loose and Other promotions recommended Eighth Air Force officials and he's now back in his forest by the President were: newspapermen saw an example of haunts, where he hopes he will Major generals to be temporary one of four of these projected plants hear no more of this business lieutenant generals: Daniel I. Sul- of war. over the weekend at the Porte des tan, deputy commander of China- Burma-India Theater; Thomas T. Lilas station on the edge of Belle- Handy, chief of operations; Lucian ville, one of the deepest points of the Duel Continues K. Truskott Jr., commander o". VI city's subway, 156 steps under- Corps in southern France. ground. Fifty-six machines of all Brigadier generals to be temporary descriptions, drill presses, cutting For Warsaw major generals: Edwin D. Patrick, machines and lathes were brought commander of Sixth Infantry Divi- in and placed on the platforms un- As the heavy artillery duel for sion in the Southwest Pacific: Nor- til the Todt organization could tear Warsaw continued, with massed j man D. Cota, commander of the out the tracks and reinforce the Soviet machine guns and mortars ' 28th Infantry Division; Frank B. roadbed with concrete. The job was pouring a steady flood of lead Merrill, of "Merrill's Marauders" in only partially completed when the from Praga into the Polish capital, Southeast Asia; Eugene W Fales, Germans left. They planned to pro- the German Transocean .News commanding officer at Camp Bland- duce propellor shafts foV'aircraft. Agency reported last night that ing, Fla.; Robert W. Douglass, com- About 15 million francs worth of the "Russians have made several mander of the Seventh Air Force machinery, much of which bears vain attempts to cross the Vistula in the Pacific; Joseph W. Byron, the stamp of American factories in at Praga." head of Special Service; Francis B. Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Rock- For the first time in several Mallon, commanding officer of Ft. ford, 111. (they were part of the weeks, the Moscow communique Meade, Md.; Gilbert X. Cheves, American aid to the French de- last night made no mention of the ASF in India; Cyrus R. Smith, fense program in 1939), were taken fighting around Warsaw, the deputy commander of the Army from a French factory for building- usual practise when a big of- Transport Command, and Maurice aviation engine compressors at fensive is underway. T. Tose, commander of the Third Epone-Mezieres, 25 -miles west of Armored Division in the ETO. Paris. Three hundred propellor Report Finnish-German Fight JURY CLEARS ACTRESS shafts a month were being turned Two Finnish brigades in north- out by the French. The Nazis HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 18. —Film ern Finland were fighting German Actress Laraine Day, defendant in feared air attacks and transferred troops yesterday,- according to a the works on June 15, after a rail- a $5,000 damage suit charging that Reuter report from Stockholm. The her pet bull mastiff, Igor, bit a way station near the plant had report followed the failure of the been bombed. 17-year-old Stanford University co- Germans to withdraw all their ed was cleared of blame today by Plans to move many industrial troops from Finland by last Fri- a superior court jury. The co-ed, operations into "mushroom caves" day's deadline. in the Paris area were abandoned Dorothy McDonald, contended she Finnish Radio reported German was permanently scarred when the by the Germans, an official of the troops were burning villages from 165-pound dog attacked her. French company said, when the which they were withdrawing in bombing of important bridges northern Finland. PATCH'S SON WOUNDED threatened communication lines. CHICAGO, Sept. 18.—Capt. Alex- The Germans, desperately inter- Tito Captures Rival's Son ander M. Patch III, 24, son of Lt. ested in saving their lives, left-the AP Radiophoto. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, com- Marshal Josep Tito, Jugoslavian Here's Venus Ramey, 19-year-old venus from Washington, who became machines standing in good condi- Partisan leader, announced yes- manding the American Seventh the first redheaded Miss America in the history of the beauty pageant tion when Paris was liberated. Re- terday his men had captured the Army in France, was slightly wound- moval of the rails would have pre- son of his rival guerilla chief, at Atlantic City last week. Formerly a Washington office worker, Venus ed in action Aug. 28, his wife was vented the taking out of the ma- Draja Mihailovitch, when Tito's is 5' 6" and weighs 125 pounds. In photo, Jean Bartel, last year's queen, notified today. Capt. Patch, a West crowns Venus. chines, anyway. About 200 Nazis forces liberated Valjevo, in west Point graduate, commanded a rifle hid in the Porte des Lilas station Serbia. company in the First Army under for 48 hours after Paris fell, but Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges. the FFI finally rounded them up. Returned Veterans Living FILM COUPLE SPLITS Yanks Smash HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 18. — Film Paris Jews Stage Like Kings at Miami Beach actress Ann Dvorak and her British Nazi Attacks husband, Leslie Fenton, have se- 1st Open Services parated after 12 years of marriage. (Continued from Page 1) MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Sept. 18.—This playground's best SHIP NAMED FOR KNOX In Over 2 Years which told U.S. troops: "This is ocean-front hotels have been converted into the first Army BATH, Me., Sept. 18.—The USS your last chance to surrender." ground and service forces' redistribution station where men Knox, a super-destroyer named af- Services commemorating the Jew- The Americans responded with an returned from overseas literally live like GI kings. ter the late Secretary of the Navy, ish New Year, the first of two High artillery concentration in the area Established by the War Department for the processing was launched here today. Holy Day services, were celebrated from which the loudspeaker truck and ultimate reassignment of over- in Rothschild Synagogue today, was operating. seas veterans, the station covers a marking the first open celebration Reuter reported that the ad- large area on the beach and has 8th Armv Men of Jewish services in Paris in more vance by Lt. Gen. George S. Pat- Yanks, Chinese occupied to date 4" hotels and than two years. Judah Nadich, of ton's Third Army 18 miles east of buildings. Baltimore, deputy theater chaplain Nancy meant that his men were Here the returnees live in lavish Near Rimini for the U.S. Army, was in charge. nearly through the historic Lor- Join in Burma hotels, eat non-GI meals in dining Soldier and civilian Jews crowded raine gap, between the Ardennes rooms—not mess halls—and may Canadian and Greek troops of the synagogue to overflowing, while and the Vosges, about 50 miles For the first time in 30 months, even live with their wives if space the Eighth Army yesterday reached on the sidewalks people sought pre- from Strasbourg and the Rhine. American troops in northeast Bur- permits. the northwest corner of an airfield carious positions of vantage on Other elements of Gen. Pat- ma established contact with Chinese The average soldier stays here two miles below Rimini and were some of the timbers that remain ton's Army, apparently pushing forces when a strong reconnaissance between one id two weeks. within two miles of the Adriatic as mute evidence of the partial south for another linkup with the patrol of Gen. Joseph Stilwell's Although his day may include exa- coastal city. Capture of Rimini destruction of the synagogue by Seventh Army, were reported army joined the Chinese in the minations, lectures and interviews, would open the way to the Po River Nazi explosives two years ago. within 15 miles of Belfort. mountains near the China-Burma so compact is the soldier's schedule valley, outflanking the Germans' Boulogne's Fall Imminent border, a southeast Asia command that he may spend most of his time Gothic Line in Italy. But opposition Inside, during the services, the communique announced last night. was strong. Shovel, or ram's horn, wrs blown Heavy artillery duels were said enjoying Miami's recreational facil- The meeting took place high in ities. On the western end of the Italian not only as a signal for repentance, to be continuing in the area of the mountains where Chinese sol- Returnees are processed thor- front, Eijhth and Fifth Army form- but in this case as a symbolic Metz. diers were waiting for the Amer- oughly. Their pay, service, clothing ations were reported halted by the clarion call to freedom for all In Holland, where the First Allied icans moving eastward to China. Germans, and several strong enemy faiths. Airborne Army and the British and immunization records are brought up to date. They are given counter-attacks were reported. No Sept. 27 will be the Day ot Atone- Second Army were reported to have place names were mentioned. ment, or Yom Kippur. Services medical and dental examinations linked up, the British ground ARC Office Is Set Up and are assigned to classification troops were seven miles north of will again be held at the Rothschild interviews a id to information and Brazilians See First Action Synagogue and other synagogues the Belgian border. To Book Dance Bands education. lectures. In their first day of combat with The fall of Boulogne, vital Chan- throughout the city. But these appointments only last the Fifth Army in Italy, troops of nel port, appeared to be imminent Miriam Jordan, director of enter- for a portion of a soldier's first the Brazilian Expeditionary Force last night as Canadian First Army Asks a Year's Schooling tainment for Zone 5, ARC, has few days here. The rest of the yesterday advanced one mile and infantrymen fought their way into opened an office in the Red Cross time belongs to him and his wife. captured a town. "They have al- the city's downtown and dock dis- headquarters at 8 Boulevard de la ready demonstrated considerable For Vets Despite Age tricts, in addition to crossing the This command receives men who Madeleine for the booking of Army perhaps not six weeks previously aggressive ability," Allied head- River Liane, which flows through quarters stated. WASHINGTON, Sept., 18.—Sen. dance "bands- The first U.S. Army were wallowin in foxholes on some Boulogne. dance band to play in Paris was the far distant battlefield. Many have Harley M. Kilgore today introduced British patrols were reported to an amendment to the GI Bill of Gremlins, a Ninth Air Force group never seen their service records or Eden Back in Britain have probed the outskirts of Calais which provided music for a dance what was written in them. Some Rights which would make it mand- and Dunkirk, also Channel ports, held Saturday at Rainbow Corner, have been awarded decorations To Report on Quebec atory for the government to fi- the former Hotel de Paris. 12 Bou- nance a year's educational training NAZIS LOSE IN SWEDEN which they knew nothing about levard de la Madeleine. until they v. ere informed of it here. for any veteran regardless of his STOCKHOLM, Sept. 18. — Pio- LONDON, Sept. 18. — Anthony Nazi elements in Sweden suffered One man who had no use for Eden, British foreign secretary, who age. NEWS EXCHANGE MOVE As the bill is now written, the a major defeat in the lower nouse money at his overseas station crossed the Atlantic twice within government would pay for educa- in yesterday's general election, and WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. —The stepped to the paymaster's window the last five days, attended a meet- the largest pro-Nazi party polled Senate Foreign Relations Commit- to be handed $1,700 in cash in ing of the War Cabinet tonight to tion of only veterans under 25. back payments. Kilgore told reporters his object only 5,000 votes. The Communists tee today put the finishing touches give members in greater detail a increased their seats in the house to a resolution calling for "unfet- The station is still very much in report on conversations and deci- was to "eliminate the arbitrary age its infancy, but it is geared to limit." and said he expected the from three to 15, while the social tered international exchange of in- sions reached between President accommodate several thousand men Senate Military Committee to act democrats lost 19 seats and their dependent news" as a means of Roosevelt and Prime Minister at one time. on the amendment immediately. absolute majority. promoting world peace. Churchill at Quebec last week.