THE SmiCA TRIPES Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations

Vol. 1 No. 51 iHevt York—London—Aenues Thursday, Aug. 31, 1944

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\ LONE "tommy" gun spitting excitedly into the face of heavy Ger- From Paris man fire could be heard. The members of the armored infantry p.itrol peered anxiously through the screen of smoke laid down to ef- By Ernie Pyle fect the escape of their leader, but he did not appear. The man with the "tommy" gun, was a lieutenant leading a patrol Eating has been skimpy in Paris through the four years of German of the Second Armored Division. He 1i —- was entered on the records as miss- sharp enemy fire, got a bazooka occupation, but reports that the ing in action in Normandy earlier and returned to confront the on- people were on the verge of starva- and has been awarded a Silver Star coming tanks. His first shot with tion apparently were untrue. for gallantry in action. the "exhaust pipe," landed flush The people of Normandy all seem- Six other members of the same on the foremost tank, setting it ed so healthy and well-fed that we unit were awarded Bronze Star med- ablaze. He fired again and knocked said all along, "Well, country people als. They are: T/Sgt. Joseph R. a second tank out of action. The always fare best, but just wait till Willirms, of Guttenberg. N. J.; Pfc third, sensing disaster, fled. we get' to Paris. We'll see real suf- Oliver B. Daniel, of Houston. Tex.; fering there." Sgt. Hector A. Obera. of Bronx. r["'HE Second Infantry Division, com- Of course, the people of Paris N. Y.; Pvt. Thurston R. Benfield. of 1 manded by Maj. Gen. "Wallet M. have suffered under this four years Cleveland, N. C; and Pfc Ivan W. Robertson, has broken its World War ol darkness. But I don't believe Johnson, cf Donovan, 111. I record of days in action. they've suffered as much physically The patrol—a voluntary one—be- The infantry unit went into action as we had thought. gan a misison at 0830 that bright day on June 7, one day after the Nor- Certainly they don't look bed- to secure a German prisoner to ob- mandy invasion started. raggled and gaunt and pitiful like tain information as to the disposition During the last war. the Second the people of Italy did. In fact, they and strength of the enemy. Moving Division received the Croix-de-Guerre 1 look to me like people would look cautiously through the hedgerows, for its part in taking Blanc Mont. in normal times. shrubs and ditches, the patrol was As part of the American First Army, halted at 1030 by enemy fire. One it also spearheaded the great attack However, the last three weeks be- member of the patrol was seriously on the St. Mihie! salient in Sept. fore the liberation really were rough. wounded. 1918. For the Germans, sensing that with- The lieutenant ordered his patrol The division took Cerisy le Ferret drawal was inevitable, began taking to withdraw to a safer point, but he and Trevicres in the present cam- everything for themselves. remained with the wounded man. des- paign. » There is very little food in. Par's pite the enemy fire, and gave aid and right now. Restaurants are \ either comfort until the man died. Then Ons tank commander who will closed or serve only the. barest coffee Combs killed an enemy soldier. He never be forgot!en bv an Armored and sandwiches. And "national cof- also noticed German activity in a fee," as they call it. made from bar- nearby house and sent back word for Battalion, is Sgt. Calvin McBride, of New York, who was recently ley, is about the vilest stuff you ever artillery fire to be placed in that % tasted. France has had nothing else direction. The house was demolish- awarded the DSC for bravery in si-; *< the action at Le Mesnil Herman. for four years. ed. If you were to take a poll on what When Daniel saw his squad leader McBride's tank had just entered the main street at Le Mesnil when the average Parisian most wants in had been wounded, he took charge. the way of little things, you'd prob- It was his order for a screen of small it was hit by an anti-tank gun and set afire MaBride icas serious- ably find he wants real coffee,. soap, arms fire which enabled Combs to gasoline and cigarettes. safely reach the patrol. ly wounded in the hip. The patrol was reorganized to at- Jiather than abandon the tank * • ' • tempt to recover the body of the and set afire. McBride was seriotis- Eating is the biggest problem wounded member. Again the patrol is generally uppermost in a tank- right now for us correspondents. We was halted by heavy fire. It was er's mind when his tank is hit. can't eat out. The army hasn't yet 1330 then. McBride rescued three wounded set up a mess. We can't even get Ordering the patrol to cover, the ni"n before he passed out from Stars and Stripes Photo by Gene Ford our rations cooked in our hotel lieutenant remained behind to ob- the loss of blood. M Sgt. Victor Prowjik kitchens on account of the gas short- serve the actions of the enemy and .It ain't the of army, but it's fighting like hell." age. / to complete his original mission ot \VHEN Pvt. Robert Knotts, a tank So we just eat cold K and 10-in-I WITH AN ARMORED RECON son, S. C, says the- records show determining the enemy strength at gunner from Los Angeles, goes 27 years of Army service for him— rations in our rooms. For two days that point. < UNIT, Aug. 30—Old M. Sgt. Victor most of us were so busy that we looking for eggs, he gets results. (Top) Prowjik, whose only home is: but that's all. Williams took command when the When his unit stopped to take a The only thing that everyone is didn't eat at all, and on the morn- Nazis pinned down the leader and the U.S. Army, had his mirror poised ing after the liberation ^some of the bieak near a farmhouse, Knotts just right on the front of his armor- sure of about Top is that he's an two enlisted men. He ordered smoke immediately thought of eggs. Walk- old soldier—and a good one, and correspondents actually were so weak to be laid down and one of the en- eo car and he was shaving around from not eating they could hardly ing up to a farmer standing by a the area of the upper lip when the that, although he'll begrudgingly ad- listed men escaped, but the other dugout near the house, he asked for mit now that "this new Army can navigate. man was killed. Laying down smoke bullets started whizzing by. eggs. "Damn them.' Can't let a man fight like hell," he still figures no- But the food situation should be at intervals, Williams, who was 'No. I haven't any eggs, but I have thing is right unless it shows signs relieved in a few days. The Army wounded during the action, kept the shave, eh." some Germans." the Frenchman He kept on, calmly finishing the somewhere of the "old Army." right away is bringing in 3,000 tons patrol in the vicinity until 1930. uui replied. He stuck his head into the "Hummm," he mutters, "these of food for the Parisians. That is nothing more was heard from the hp and chin. Then he washed his door and yelled a few words and face, buttoned up his shirt, rolled youngsters don't know what soldier- only about two pounds per person, lieutenant but his "tommy" gun. out walked three dejected-looking ing is." Then he goes into long, but even that will help. Two other members of the patrol down his sleeves and grabbed a gun. Germans whom he- had been hold- The Germans were attacking so drawn-out accounts of service 'with In • the little towns only 10 miles also were wounded. ing four hours, waiting for the the horse cavalry. When the Army When the patrol returned without Top went , out to meet them. And from Paris vou can get eggs and Americans to arrive. when the smoke cleared he had ac- exchanged its stables for garages it wonderful dinners of meat and the lieutenant, Obera, on his own "But I got eggs too." said Knotts. was the saddest day of Top's life initiative, organized a four - man counted for three noodles. So food does exist, and now That was several weeks ago. Since But like a good soldier, he didn't that transportation is open again, patrol to search for the missing of- "reason why," but he learned to ficer and to recover the bodies of The art treasures of the Louvre then he has been all over the country Paris should be eating again soon- operate tanks and cars and now he er i • \ the dead. Benfield, Johnson and in Paris are safe. Guards are showing the kind of fight that won * * * cleaning out the destroyed galleries. him the Silver Star in Sicily and is proudest of the fact that he is Enzabella were the other members the best "record machine gunner in Autos were almost non-existent of the patrol, which returned to the The treasures bad been taken out commendations wherever he went. of Paris and hidden in some secret Youngsters in his outfit figure Top the outfit." on the streets of Paris when we ar- area at 2500. "And dammit, while we ain't all rived. The first day we met an Eng- Working by prearranged signals, spot. These include "La Giocond," must be at least 300 years old. His and other priceless works. adjutant, Lt. Ernie Evans, of Ander- old army, we're a fightm' outfit." lish girl who had been here through- the patrol members crawled to; out the war, and drove her a ways *vhere the officer had been seen last. "We know the Germans have not in our jeep. She was excited as a It was discovered the spot had been got them and they should soon be child and said that it was her first wired in and a booby trap set. They back here," a general said. Gen. Hobbs, 30th Div. Commander, ride in a motor car in four years. surprised a German sentinel and "We are getting busy to get ready We told her it wasn't a motor car, fired on him. It is believed he was to open again, for American tour- ists," one guard said. that it was a jeep, but she said it killed. Unable to obtain the desired was a motor car to her. information, the patrol of four with- Gives Awards to 115 Officers, Men drew to its own lines. DFC Isaac Yankowitz, of Brooklyn, Outside of war vehicles, there was Those four haven't given up hope 1 N. Y., a field artilleryman, played WITH THE 30th INF. DIVISION. regimental commander: Col. Edwin M. a smattering of French civilian cars a hunch and captured an armed France, Aug. 30—Maj. Gen. Leland Sutherland, of San Francisco, regi- running when we arrived, but they, for the lieutenant yet. mental commander; Lt. Col. William were all in official use in the fighting. Nazi trying to escape in civilian S. Hobbs, division commander, has, S. Bradford, of Columbia, S. C; Lt. When a soldier took a packet, of disguise. presented Silver Stars, Bronze Stars Col. Hugh I. Mainerd, of Jackson, They all had FFI (French Forces cigarettes from his pocket to dis- The GI got suspicious when the and Air Medals to 115 officers and Tenn.; Lt. Col. Paul W McCollum, of of the Interior) painted in rough tribute to a crowd of French people 'civilian" started to give the Nazi men in his unit. High Point, N. C; Lt.'Col. Lewis D. .white letters on the fenders, tops it was torn into shreds by clutching salute as they passed on the road and Many others whose awards for Vieman. of Dickinson, Tex.; Capt. and sides. Harry A. Hopcraft, of Orlando. Fla.; hands before he could open it. That marched him back to camp. When valor have been approved have not * * * ivus how hungry they were for to- the artillerymen frisked the "civi- yet been decorated. Capt. Howard W. Greer, of Middle- lian," they found a loaded German Those receiving Silver Stars in- river, Mt; Capt. Gunner Teilman, of Although it appears the Germans bacco. Johnson, Tenn.; Capt Ellis W. Wil- did conduct themselves fairly proper- revolver in his pocket and credentials clude : liamson, of Raleigh, N. C; Capt. Wal- N American dined on Liberation in his socks. Col. Hammond D. Birks, of Chicago, ter R. Hawbaker, of Cedar Rapids, la ; ly up until the last, few weeks, tne A evening in Paris as a guest of Capt. William P. Mitchell, of Tupelo, French really detest them. One French friends on cantaloupe, steak Miss.; Capt. James R. McCauley, of woman told me that for the first and potatoes, cheese, with cham- Birmingham, Ala.: Capt. Gordon W. three weeks of. occupation the Ger- pagne and other wines. It cost $10 Brown, of Knoxville, Term.; 1/Lt. mans were fine, but then they turn- Henry C. Payne, of Rio Grande City, ed arrogant and from then on the apiece. Tex ; Lt. Gilbert M. Ray, of Rock- fish, N. C; it. Howard B. Grub, of people of Paris tolerated them, and Armed with a bazooka and a lot Columbus, CTnio; M/Sgt. Ted E. Ellis, nothing more. of Ruts, 2/Lt. Joseph Paluzzi, of of Branchville, S. C; Sgt. Oliver o! The Germans did perpetrate med- Pointer, of Kansas City, Mo.; Sgt. ieval barbarities against leaders of Dayton, Ohio, didn't take long to James R Baird of Nachville, Tenn.; get into the swing of things once Sgt Fred Fielding, of Orem, Utah; the resistance movement as their his Kighth Infantry Division regi- S/Sgt. Emile P. Cote, of Gardner. plight became more desperate. But ment had been committed to com- Mass.: S/Sgt. Arthur Bryson. of Cra- what I'm driving at is that the bat in the La Haye du Puits sector merton. N. C; Sgt. James MacCune. bulk of the' population in Paris—< of France. of Dorchester, Mass.; Sgt. Herbert C. the average guy who just gets along Worcester, of Philadelphia; T/Sgt. nc matter who's here—didn't really For his part in knocking out two Carl D. McDurTie. of Neuse N. C; enemy tanks and crumpling a Ger- T/4 Roy L. Anderson, of Chattanooga fare too badly from day to day. It man attack, Paluzzi has been Tenn.; T/4 Lawrence N. Miller, of was just the things they heard afeout, awarded the Silver Star and pro- Swannanoa. N. C: Pfc Franklin W. and the fact of being under a bull- moted. Denius, of Athens, Tex.; Sgt. Herman headed and airogant thumb, that Ahrlich. of Danbury, Conn.; Pfc created the smoldering hatred for Paluzzi's field day at the expense Ralph Bruce, of Rochelle, La., and of the Jerry tanks got underway the German in the average Paris- Pvt. Robert Barber, of Pittsburgh. ian's heart. when he went up with platoon An oak leaf cluster for a Silver Star scouts as his company was moving won in World War I was presented You can get the idea of how they into an attack. Spotting a trio of Col. Henry E. Kelly, regimental com- feel by a little incident the first German tanks bearing down upm mander, of Pontchogue, Long Island night we were here. them, Paluzzi went back under N. Y. We stayed at a little family-sort hotel in Montparnasse. The landlady THE STARS AND STRIPES Eskimo Says Candles took us up to show us our rooms. Printed at r Ouest Journal. Rennes. A cute little French maid came ofong for U. S. Armed Forces, under aus- Better Than K-Rations with her-. pices of The Special Service Divi- As we were looking around the sion ETOUSA. Contents passed by the V s ROME, Aug. 30—T/Sgt. Harry room, the landlady opened the ward- Army and Navy censors; subscrip- Kablun, the only GI Eskimo in Italy, robe door and there on the shelf lay tion 260 /rancs per year, plus post- a German soldier's cap that he had age ETO edition Entered as sec- likes Army food, but he prefers the forgotten and left. ond class matter Mar ZS, 1943 at candles he used to eat back home in The landlady picked it up with the post office, New York, N Y, Alaska to K rations and Spam. under the Act o! Mar 3. 1879. -1(1 the tips of her fingers and held it material appearing in this publi- "The only real good eating candle out at arm's length, made a tscs cation has been written and edited is one made from beef fat," says and dropped it on a chair. by uniformed members of the 8-2! Kablun. "That's the greatest deli- Arm'/ and Navy except where stat- Whereupon the cute little maid caey in the world except for seal reached up with her .pretty foot and ed that a civilian or other outside "I was shakin' apples outta this tree when tries* two source is being Quoted. blubber and the insides of a rein- gave it a huge kick that sent it Vol. 1, No 51, Aug. 31, 1944 snipers tumbled outi" deer's stomach.'* sailing clear across the room. Thursday, Aug. 31, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 3 SPORTS - ^ RUN MAKER By Jack Sords Passing Battle - FRONTS Looms as Pros, Roy Cullenbme, currently leading the Cleveland Indians at bat. All-Stars Meet tells this story of his minor league days. Roy was with Toledo in 1937 with Fred Haney as manager. One day the fun-loving Haney called Cullenbine to him and said, "Give it all you got out there today. Luckman,Glenn Dobbs There s a couple scouts in the stands who want to see you " Cullen- Expected to Spark bme went out and got three for four, made two circus catches and some fine throws. At the end of Offensives the game he came in rightfully proud of his day's work and Haney said, Baseball Fans Face EVANSTON, 111., Aug. 30—The "Come on over to the boxes and I'll College All-Stars and Chicago Bears introduce you to the scouts." When Series Sans Popcorn brushed up on their offensive and they got to the boxes Haney present- defensive tactics here today in pre- ed Cullenbine to two fully dressed paration for the expected aerial bat- Boy Scouts and then ran for the ST. LOUIS, Aug. 30— Duke Har- clubhouse. per injected a somber note into tle tonight in the 11th renewal of the joy that envelops this com- the annual football All-Star classic. munity as World Series time ap- All pre-game indications pointed When Arch Derby bought his proaches amid definite indications to a passing battle with the Sears trotter, Yankee Maid, last year for that the whole shebang will be counting on the strong right arm $l,Zffl, he thought so little of his played in Sportsman's Park. of quarterback Sid Luckman and buy that the seller, Henry Knight, the Stars banking heavily on the assured him that he could have his Mister Harper is concessions accurate tosses of Lt. Glenn Dobos, money back at any time that he manager at the ball park and says his supply is almost gone and Tulsa sling-shot, who last year >':oie wanted it. This winter he was of- that unless 10.000 pounds of pop- the limelisht from Sammy Baugh fered S30.000 and turned the offer corn are forthcoming immediately and pitched the Stars to a 27-7 tri- down. He proved wrong on his first the Series will be played without umph over the Washington Red- opinion but right in not selling benefit of popcorn. skins. when the little daughter of Volo- Sherman was right. "War IS Odds Favor Bears mite rolled home a straight heat hell." The odds favored the Bears with winner in the Hambletonian. The Luckman, who unexpectedly joined Wichita, Kan., oilman thus became the squad after receiving a 10-day the first owner from west of the leave, making the difference in the Mississippi River ever to take the S.W.toResume betting. The odds, however, wore Kentucky Derby of harness racing. expected to be about even when referee Ronald Gibbs. of Springfield, 111. and St. Thomas College, called On the recent Yankee western Sports Slates the captains to the center of the swing that was supposed to see the RAY field for the toss of the* coin. Bombers move into first place, the AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 30 CUP)—The McCarthymen won only 7 of 16 Other officials for the contest in- seven contenders, in the Southwest clude E. C. Krieger, of Ohio Univer- games but Oscar Grimes proved a Conference all plan to have basket- SXMPERS sity, umpire; John Kelly, Loyola* sensation at third base. On the ball teams during the 1944-45 season, head linesman: and H. G Hedges, opener of the trip Oscar made and six of them will have football Che? EiM MMdPAcrURefc Dartmouth, field judge. three errors on three consecutive teams, coaches meeting here an- chances in the last of the ninth to o^ifte stf touts Gibbs and Kelly were picked by nounced. CAepiMALS agreement with Hunk Anderson and biow a game to the White Sox. He Back on the gridiron this fall will Luke Johnsos, board of strategy for came into the dugout figuring that scamper play7ers wearing jerseys in the professional champions. Hedges he was through, but McCarthy threw the colors of the University of Texas and Krieger were named by Lynn an arm over his shoulders and said. (1943 circuit winners), Texas A. and Waldorf head catch for the All Stars. "Don't let it get you down, Oscar. M., Rice Institute, Southern Metho- Two Weeks Drill You should hava seen some of the dist University, Texas Christian Uni- The Stars under Waldorf nave days that I had around second base versity and the University ' of been drilling for the last two weeks when I was playing." From that day Arkansas. and should present one of tire strong- on Grimes has hit over .400 and OF Trie cues, AKES Po«tAe Ofi A cuose* Baylor University doesn't plan to fgAce P5?(2-TA&MA1'IOA1AU LBABOe- est lineups ever to take the field in made only two errors, both on plays re-enter the football chase until etWS-BATT£P-'/J. CMAMPlOAlSMlP the stellar contest. Usually only that he probably wouldn't have even after the war because of a short- graduates of the previous year are attempted previously. Mike Milose- age of students, and the Army's ban eligible but this year the promoters vich has also-started to play spectac- on its -trainees participating in or- are using whatever talent is avail- ular ball and is hitting well. That ganized sports events. able. The Stars' squad has been hit condition has kept Frankie Crosetti Full sports programs are in view Randolph Field 11 May by injuries and by a Navy ban on on the bench though he is in good for Texas A. and M. Rice will 43-hour leaves but the team winch playing form. not have a golf team in the field. takes the field should be able to hold Aided by Navy trainees, Texas Be Better Than in 1943 its own in any company The Japs got some fancy foot- this season won championships in In addition to Dobbs the Stars ball tactics during the invasion of tennis, football, golf, cross-countrv also will have such college gretts Guam. In the first bunches that SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 30—Word is out around here that although and baseball; tied for. third in Randolph Field's football team scored 269 points last year the team repre- as Billy Hillenbrand, Indiana's great went ashore were five former foot- basketball and placed second in passer and runner:" Sgt. Charlie ball stars. Lt. Danny McFadden swimming. senting the West Point of the Air this coming fall will do even better. Trippi, formerly of the Georgia was formerly an end at Boston Col- Coaches and Southwest Conference Randolph's attack last season was centered around the good right arm of Bulldogs; Creighton Miller from lege, Johnny Kobinson was quarter- faculty representatives voted to ab- Glenn Dohbs, Tulsa University Notre Dame, who claims to be ,5lny- back at Kentucky, Dick Phuhl held sorb the new .20 per cent federal tax AU-American, but the 1944 squad ing his last grid game; Lt. Pete Lay- down right half at St- Louis U., on tickets to sports events. They will vary their attack with den. passing fullback from Te.«s, Don Miller once starred for Wis- agreed on a football ticket cost of Welch Pleased and others. Steve Van Buren, roin consin then played fullback for the $2.50 for choice seats, $1.80 for others passing thrown in. Dobbs ac- Louisiana, and Pvt. Gene Fekete. of Green Bay Packers, and Billy O'- and a special price of 60 cents for counted for more than half of Ohio State, were lost to the college Brien who played with John Car- servicemen. the Ramblers' points last fall with 21 With Grid Duo eleven bv injury and illness. roll U. touchdown passes and four personal Loses ZS Pounds journeys over the goal line but this SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 30— Ralph The coaching staff, headed by The Brancas are definitely cn re- Seattle Grid Bombers year, it doesn't look as if he will be "Pest" Welch, head football coach at Waldorf, also includes Bo McMillan lief. Ralph Branca, formerly of NYU missed. » • Washington University, is beaming of Indiana, Jeff Cravath, coach of has become the leading reliefman of Start Signing Players with confidence these days after un- the Southern California Trojans, and Pete Layden, Bill Dudley, Don Loo- Henry Frnka from Tulsa U. the Brooklyn Dodgers, while his ney and Tex Aulds are figured on to expectedly finding a fine passer- brother Johnny, recently turned in a SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 30—The The Bears'•have been working out Seattle Bombers of the new Pacific take up the slack caused by Dobbs' receiver combination,on his squad. at Collegeville, Ind., shedding weight fine relief performance for the Hend- Andy Welsh, a Naval trainee half- ricks Field team from Sebring, Flori- Coast League pro-football loop, have transfer, and appear capable of do- under the direction of Anderson Mid signed a host of new players with back from Edinboro State Teachers Johnsos Jake Sweeney, 22-year-old da, in a game with the Fort Pierce, ing the job. Dudley was the nation's College in Pennsylvania, displayed Florida, team. That Fort Pierce gang, George "Automatic" Karamatic, for- top scorer when he was Ail-American guard from Cincinnati took the mer Gonzaga U. and Washington an accurate throwing arm and even- prize in the weight-losing depart- incidentally, has Ed Redunich, a with' Virginia and later starred with time Coach Welch turned to watch star pitcher from Seattle a couple Redskin backfield star, leading the ment when he pared off 23 pounds. list. Others were Walt Yonker and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the Na- the pigskin's flight, Hank Melusky, a Bulldog Turner discarded 21 pounds. of years ago, Charley Dykes, son of Bing Nixon, both former Washing- tional Professional Football League. six-foot end from Roosevelt High in Although the Bears have lest a the White Sox manager, and Joe Layden was the best ground-gainer Seattle, would close in and snap the Wessing who played second base for ton U. lettermen, Milt Popovich, considerable number of men to the Montana scatback; Dale Holmes and in the Southwest Conference a couple ball. Services, they still will be able to pre- Beaumont from whom he was caught The team ran all its plays from sent a lineup of experienced stars, by the Detroit Tigers. Uncle grabbed Milford Collins, Washington State of years ago when he was with Texas backs, and Bob Creager former and showed a pass completion average the "T" formation and Welch ex- including Ray Nolting, Ray McLean his option before the Tigers* got a Oregon lineman. pressed satisfaction when the work- and Gary Famiglietti in th« back- chance. of .547, better than Dobbs could do out was finished. field. ZANTILLI SAIPAN CASUALTY last season. The first step in the war betwetn EVERETT, Mass., Aug. 30— Marine Lponey and Aulds are ace pass re-1 HARVARD LISTS ONLY 3 GAMES the National Professional Football Lt. Alex Zani.illi, who blocked the ceivers. It took a guy named Eton CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 30— Yanks Boost Hill Staff League and the new Pacific Coast punt which resulted in Fordham's Hutson to better Looney's sea- Acting athletic manager Carroll League was just as rugged as ex- 2-0 victory over Mississippi in the sonal average mark and Aulds is a Gethell has announced Harvard's With Fioyd Bevans pected. The Seattle club of the 1942 Sugar Bowl, has been killed on great hand at setting sail for the end informal football schedule for 1944 new league signed Dean McAdams, Saipan Island. zone after he gathers in a toss . which includes only three games. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—The former Brooklyn star, who was Yankees have bolstered their pitching, traded to the Washington Redskins staff for the final pennant drive by last year. Washington claimed him recalling Floyd Bevans from Newark as theirs and suspended him for of the International League. Bevans, five years for signing with Seattle. 25 Years Ago —- Dempsey Won Title the second hurler brought up from MeAdams came right back and said the Bears in the past two weeks, that he had signed no contract It seems as though it happened a Dempsey, who still wore box-car a street brawl, devoid entirely of started the season with the champs, century ago because to most of us cinders in his hair, was a hungry science or skill, and witnessed by a but was returned to Newark and with the 'Skins, so how was he it has become a part of the Ameri- tiger. He spotted the grotesque Wil- gape-mouthed, hysterical nob of 90,- since has won 12 games, including theirs? And the head of the new can legend, but in reality it was only lard 65 pounds in weight and then 000 people, who cursed, screamed, ten straight. Coast League, Jerry Geisler, the 25 years ago when Jack Dempsey, proceeded to give him the most sav- broke chairs and clawed at each The other Newark mound grad- famous criminal lawyer, just as burned black by the sun, battered age one-round beating any man ever other throughout three minutes and uate called to New. York was Mel good as told the National loop that Jess Willard, a clumsy giant, into a absorbed in a fight. 57 seconds of the most violent action Queen. He has turned in two vic- they didn't have a leg to stand on. mass of raw meat under the glaring ■ At the opening bell, Dempsey came ever staged this side of a battlefield. tories for. the Yankees since arriving More battles are expected over other sun at Toledo, Ohio, to inaugurate out of his corner like a cat. He Knocked out of the ring and into two weeks ago. \ plavers. as nlenty of the boys like a new and spectacular era 1 in Ameri- bobbed and weaved. Then he struck. the lap of a sports writer by one of that West Coast for a home if the can athletics — the golden age of His first blow opened Willard's cheek Firpo's bull-like rushes. Dempsey pay is right. sport. to the bone. His second punch sent went on to win by hitting faster and Kaporch Signs Pact By the same calendar, it will be 21 the giant crashing to the floor. Six more often than his opponent. He Recalling Babe Ruth's feat of years come September that Demp- more times Willard went down, his floored Firpo nine times, went down With Pro Grid Lions pointing to the flag pole in a Worid sey, then four years a, champion, face smashed to a pulp. The bell twice himself. On three occasions Series with the Cubs and then lac- knocked out Luis Angel Firpo. battle- saved his life. Firpo, who had been knocked out ol DETROIT. Aug. 30—The Detroit ing the ball out of the park on the mad bull of the Argentine pampas, Dempsey hadn't heard the bell. He his mind the first time Dempsey Lions have announced the signing of next pitch. Nick Pieciuto, third in what Paul Gallico has described thought the fight was over and it clubbed him to the canvas, fell flat tackle Al Kaporch, leaving only back- baseman on the Utica team of the as the purest exhibition of untram- took ten minutes to get him back on his face. Yet each time he re- field star Frankie Sinkwich unsigned Eastern League recently pulled a meled savagery, truculence and sus- into the ring. Then the fight went gained his feet and charged at the among the available members of last dandy. He came up to the bat against tained animosity in the history of on. Pawing, stumbling, groping blind- champion, snarling like a cougar. year's squad. league-leading Scranton in the last the ring. ly, Willard lasted until late in the The last time Firpo fell, he went Harry Hopp. Ned Matthews. ChuCK of the ninth with the score tied. He Today Dempsey is a commander third when Dempsey's famed one- down as though he had been hit Fenebock, Murray Evans and Mike waited till he had two strikes against in the United States Coast Guard two delivery, a sickening right to the with an axe. For six seconds he lay Corgan from the 1943 backiieid have and as such is playing his part in there inert, blood flowing from nis entered the Services. Aug.e Lio and him. then stepped out of the box body, a terrific Iron Mike left to the Bill Fisk. linemen are sticking to and called for the third base coach winning the biggest fight he ever jaw, sent the champion sprawling to nose and mouth. At eight he pulled himself to one knee. Then the prop their war jobs. Riley Matheson and to bring in his glove. He then stepped saw in his life, but even now the the floor, a shattered, bloody mass Ben Hightower have been returnedto back into the box and belted the memory of those two earlier, strictly of jelly. Willard couldn't come out collapsed and he toppled back again. the Cleveland Rams and tackle Tea next pitch out of the park for the personal grudges brings the glint of for the fourth. "Ten!" the referee droned—and that PaveTec left pro football for a movie winning run. Even Bill Klem couldn't battle to his eye. The Firpo fight solidified Demp- was the end of the sweetest little f battle of them all. career. i call them any better than that. In the Toledo fight, the dish-nosed sey's reputation as a killer. This was Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Thursday, Aug. 31, 1944 N^w^ f rom Home Dress Rehearsal for the March Into Berlin Forts, Libs Hit Ferries fly-BombSites, 5,000 Planes Kiel, Bremen To Riissian s Larc casters Cover2,000 Yanks Met Reds At Miles to Assist A ctic Rendezvous; Red Army Record Sat Three missions were carried out yesterday by 750 Flying Fortresses CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 30—Brig. and Liberators of the U.S. Eighth Air Force based in England after Royal Gen Robert Nowlan'd, commander of Air Force bombers had attacked key the Ferrying division of the U.S. Air German ports tunneling Werhmacht Transport Command, said here to- supplies to the Eastern front. dg,j that ferry crews had delivered Approximately 500 heavies escorted nearly 5.000 American planes to Rus- by RAF Spitfires attacked the Ger- sian pilots at an Arctic rendezvous man flying-bomb installations in the Pas de Calais sector. Kiel and Bremen since Sept 1942, when ferry service also were bombed by approximately to Russia via the Artie -began. 750 heavies which were escorted by Gen. Nowland said that during the 250 U.S. fighters. No opposition was first half of 1944 the ferrying divi- met on any of the raids and all of sion established a record for freight the planes returned. and ma'-l carried over foreign routes, Despite unfavorable weather, very strong forces of RAF Lancasters and had transported 19,000 sick and Tuesday night bombed the Germans' wounded soldiers without injury Baltic bases of Stettin and Koenigs- since April this year. berg to aid the Red Army massing only 90 miles away. MISS GOOD AS A MILE The Lancasters made a 2,000 mile BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 30—A miss oiuis una mrtpes tiimo by Bua Kane round trip through violent thunder- is as good as a mile, as Pfc. Thomas In their f irst large victory parade in France since D-Day, American troops passed through liberated Paris storms to bomb the two great ports, P Mitchell of Roslindale, now with Tuesday. They were reviewed by Gen. Charles de Gaulle, Free French leader, and Lt. Gen. Omc N. Brad- where Germany has been assembling the 45th Division in Italy, has good ley, 12th Army Group commander. supplies and reinforcements. Stettin reason to testify. In a letter to his was saturated, with over 1,200 tons of- parents, Mitchell said that he had high explosives and incendiaries. been struck by a German shell frag- Mosquitos, meanwhile, were dropping ment. Doctors told him, he added, a "considerable number" of 4,000- that if the fragment had pierced one Says Suppl les 'Gangster* Type Heads Seen nouud bombs on Berlin and Ham- ten-thousandth of .an inch deeper, burg. he would have lpst the sight of his RAF Spitfires, on patrol over Den- left eye a7is It Economic Policies Fail mark, destroyed two German planes on the ground when they strafed an EVADER TURNS IlhUMli WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UP)—An official study of postwar policy airfield near Copenhagen. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 3(>- Prisoner Broadcasts, circulated recently warned that if economic conditions should be al- Arnoid Ernst, 24-year-old larmer, ad- lowed to take a bad turn after victory, the United Nations, in order to mitted he turned hermit and evaded Describes Success keep peace, might have to use force "so oft^n as to create virtually a the draft for three years by living in constant state of war." Poles Battle a cave and eating squirrels and rab- Of Bombings The study asserted that the possi- bits. Tall, stalwart and wearing a bility ' existed in case economic con- handlebar mustache, Ernest pleaded A further indication of the supply ditions should become so bad that At Na?i Line guilty to a charge of violating the problems confronting the German 20,000 Japs Fa "desperate peoples would be frequent- Selective Service Act. He said he ly turning to follow leaders of the never knew for sure that the country Army was given yesterday by a gangster sort." Polish troops of the Eighth Army recently-captured prisoner of war was at war On the other hand, the study said last night 'were reported engaging who said in a broadcast over the nrmaurive "millions of producers and traders 3erman units situated in the few GAVE BRANDY AS GIFT BBC that his division was crushed throughout the world would spontan- remaining hill positions before the HEBRON, N. H., Aug. 30—When by the material superiority of the COLOMBO, Ceylon. Aug. 30 (AP) eously develop a thriving .internation- Nazis' Gothic line defense system in Benjamin Woodman, a master-work- Allies —Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, settling al trade after victory* if not prevent- northern Italy. Infantry and artillery, supported man, completed the building of the A tank grenadier, the German his account with the Japanese, has ed by restrictive governmental mea- sures " jy the Allied Balkan air force and community church here in 1800, prisoner said: marked up the first installment townsfolks extended him a vote ot "When we left the Loire River for The study, written by Harry C units of the British navy, raided the paid for the "Hell of a beating" the Dalmatian island of Hortula Satur- thanks and "presented a bottle oi Normandy, there was not a single Hawkins, -director of the State De- Allies took in 1942. day night and inflicted damage and brandy at the expense of the town tank or truck .he regiment. We partment's Office of Economic Af- m iasualties on German gunposts and for his generous and manly behavior had to requisition French civilian In his 1944 north Burma cam- fairs, stressed the necessity of early ■ while a resident." He took three years cars, but there was petrol enough paign, it was officially disclosed to- governmental action to encourage a immunition dumps, Allied head- quarters in Italy announced yester- to. construct the building for only sx hours. day, more than 10,000 "square miles large volume of international trade iay. No opposition was encountered "There was no air cover. We of territory have, been recaptured after the war. BEWARE OF THE. DOG the landings. reached the. battlei zone badly and more than 20,000 Japanese Hawkins urged the, reduction o BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 30—During a smashed and were put in as ordin- killed so far. tariff barriers. He contended "the recent air raid test a Charlestown ary infantrymen. Only a few of us "Similarities to the first Burma economic giant of private enterprise Unrest Grips Balkans; woman called officials and asked today recognizes that it does not neec remained alive, and when we were campaign, but in exact reverse are what she should do with a paper taken prisoner we knew that Ger- to cover behind tariff barricades, in BulgariaAwaltsTerms bomb that fell in her backyard. She many was whistling her last tune. now appearing," a statement from quaking fear of foreign competition.' SEAC said. was told to leave it there for ward- "I was in Hamburg in 1943 when Before the war, Hawkins helped the Continued from Page 1 "Equipment taken by the Jap- ens and boy scouts. Horrified, the a factory was bombed and this Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, ne rality, Bulgaria notified the German woman replied: "They couldn't get spring I went to Augsberg to visit anese in 1942 is now being used- by gotiate some thirty trade pacts which government that: in there. There's a big dog who'd the factory where I formerly work- the Allies. British and American started the process of reducing tariff 1— Any German troops, fleeing from bite them " ed, but not much of it was left, and motorized vehicles abandoned at the barriers. Since the intervention o Rumania into Bulgaria would be the same bombing hit the Messer- time have been recaptured and re- war, however, his assigned task CAN'T WIN iisarmed schmitt works. Those are the paired. British blankets. Australian largely has been the preparing of 2— German troops must be with- TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 30 (UP)— post-war economic plans. reasons the soldier at the front anti-tank guns have also been Irawn from Bulgaria. As a result of an armed holdup, waits in vain for weapons. Lists Two Points recovered. Even office supplies are 3— Any German, troops not withr Carl M. Johnson of Walbridge, O.. "The situation cannot be changed In the study circulated currently Irawn would be interned. lost a S180 ring—but not to the by the Gestapo or any others inside among the items which were once Director Hawkins said there are twe A Berlin report quoted in Switzer- bandits. As the thugs approached Germany. To continue the fight be- ours, then used by the Japs and main supporting elements for the land said the Germans would evacu- his parked auto, Johnson tossed comes more senseless every 'day. To finally retaken from the Japanese in structure of peace. ate "Bulgaria, Greece and Yugo- the ring into outside weeds. When slave at home prolongs the war." their retreat." 1. A carefully devised system o: slavia, in accordance with a recent the men left with an empty wallet security, of which the essential fea- fecision by Hitler. and his car. Johnson couldn't find ture is a suitable arrangement Marshal Tito, Yugoslav partisan ■ his ring. whereby lawabiding nations will be eader, declared yesterday that Bul- imited to curb outlaw elements ir garian troops still were fighting in BEAUTIFUL MEADOW the society of nations. Yugoslavia, but Sofia Radio insisted CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, N. B„ 2. The creation of a better world they were being withdrawn from Aug. 30—In normal years, the Presi- economic order, of which the es- both Yugoslavia and Greece. dent of the United States spent his sential purposes are to eliminate the Meanwhile, in Budapest in the summer vacation on a Canadian economic causes of international fric- northern Balkans, Hungarian Gen. island with an Italian name. Presi- tion and to reduce poverty and dis- Lakatos, who early in the war fought dent Franklin D. Roosevelt's sum- tress, which gangster elements in against the Russians, was reported mer home is located on this bit of any nation can so effectively exploit to be heading the latest and third Dominion soil that has a name which to build up their own strength. puppet government. At the same in Italian means "beautiful meadow." Hawkins said that security systems time, resistance radios were said to would break down if economic con- be blaring in the streets of Budapest, A BOY AND HIS PIG ditions became too bad. Concerning 'urging overthrow of the pro-Nazi LEWISTON, Me,, Aug 30 (UP) — the economic field, he said that in government. Something new in household pets his opinion "the most basic need in is the little pig owned by Dick Jacob- the post-war world will be the ex- son of Lewiston. The porker rides pansion of international trade." French Literally 'Join' in his master's bicycle carrier, goes A high steady , level of productive ..swimming with the boys at Lake employment in any country, Haw- Yanks In the Crusade Pennesseewassee and follows Dick kins stated, is a benefit to others around like a dog. because it means the maintenance Continued from Page 1 of good purchasing power for foreign French Army and attached to the EFFICIENT POSTMASTER goods, thus aiding a flourishing in- Americans. DUNCAN, Okla., Aug. 30—Duncan ternational trade. He" said that the But Douglas still can't figure what citizens don't know how it's being investment of capital abroad also to do with a young Russian who has done, but they love it. Postmaster would help, and that the stabiliza- become the mascot of Capt. Clark Tom Gray added more than 700 fam- tion of currencies was essential. Magee's company. The youngster, ilies "to Duncan's mail routes by ex- Continuing, Hawkins said: who speaks only Russian, says he is tending them into outlying areas of "Obviously it would ma>ke little 16, but looks more like 12. Orphaned the city, and with a manpower short- sense for governments,, with one by the German advance on Lenin- age on, too. hand, to go to such pains to create grad, he was picked up by a German these conditions with a view to unit to serve as lackey for its of- STARTS YOUNG causing international trade to ex- ficers. Among other things his job CHICAGO, Aug. 30 (UP)—A con- pand, and with the other hand, to was to dig their slit trenches and tender for the title of Chicago's e.'ect trade barriers for the purpose foxholes. He was found in the woods youngest social security card holder of destroying it. near here after most of the German is Karen Rushing, three years old. "An indispensable part of the pat- unit was wiped out. Karen has had a cafd since she was tern, therefore, is positive, vigorous five months old, . when she began action by governments to bring about DRINK MAKES COMEBACK modeling for commercial artists a reduction of the barriers to trade NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 30—Be- by which they have sought to stifle cause of the shortage of good whisky, FIREMAN SAVES HIS CAR it—. a drink made fashionable by society SvVAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 30—.1 "We need, in brief to lay down folks in this summer colony during (UP)— Only after fireman Harold in advance the plan for a new ec- the Gay '90s is coming into its cvgi. Jacobs had helped douse an auto- onomic order in the world, and to Known as "Newport Punch," the mobile fire did he glance at the American soldiers, kneeling at Mass at Notre Dame de Cenily, pray for get the nations of the world com- drink consists of a mixture of turn, markers and realize that it was his strength and guidance. But as modern warfare holds few things sacred, mitted to it at the earliest practic- lime iuice, arrack and- loaf su-rar, car. they keep their carbines beside them. able date." blended together and chilled on ice.