Patton Opens 4 Attacks Late Coilllt^Ritfe of Jap Navy Humbled by Bombs Big Pincer Gives FDR Drive on 35 States Near Metz

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Vol. 1—No. Ill lFr. New York—PARIS—London lFr. Friday, Nov. 10, 1944 Patton Opens 4 Attacks Late Coilllt^ritfe of Jap Navy Humbled by Bombs Big Pincer Gives FDR Drive On 35 States Near Metz

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 The U.S. Third Army front j Late returns today swept nto roared to life at four points President Roosevelt's column in sleet-drenched Lorraine at least seven states where yesterday—from Luxemburg Thomas E. Dewey had enjoyed to the east of Nancy. an early lead but still in- Lt. Gen. George S. Patton dicated a better showing oy Jr., opened pincer attacks the New York governor than A U.S. Navy dive bomber's mis- north and south of Metz in the late Wendell L. Willkie siles explode near the forward turret of the Japanese battle- a developing offensive behind made in 1940. ship Yamaio during the rout fleets of bombers, while his Missouri. Montana, Nevada, New of the Tokyo fleet, October 25, Wednesday thrust 37 miles south of Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon in Philippine waters. It's Jap- the ancient fortress city ripped ana Rhode Island counted lor an's newest and fastest warship. three miles through a score of Dewey early in the tabulating, villages toward the Saar basin.' swung over to Roosevelt on later At the same time, Lt. Gen. Court- returns. In Ohio and Michigan, the ney H. Hodges' U.S. First Army Republican candidate's lead was so troops began a local attack in a slim as to leave their final status GOP Loses 21 L .S. Troops to Join French triangle of snow-carpeted woodland in doubt. bounded by three fiercely-contested Popular Vote German villages—Vossenach, Kom- Returns up to 9 AM today (2 PM House Seats; In Armistice Day Programs merschiedt and Schmidt. in the ETO) showed Roosevelt lead- Light Opposition ing in 35 states with 413 electoral 15 Undecided votes; Dewey ahead in 13 states France will celebrate Armistice Day for the first time Front dispatches said that Patton's 36-hour-old offensive was meeting with 118 votes. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—Demo- in four years Saturday, with U.S. troops throughout the The popular vote at that time, light opposition in some quarters crats took at least 21 House seats country joining French soldiers and civilians in honoring and virtually no tanks. No counter- from 118,685 of the nation's 130,810 the dead of World War I. * voting units, gave Roosevelt 23,610,- away from the Republicans in Tues- attack had developed up to last night. United Press speculated 587 Dewey 20,743,268, indicating the day's election while losing enly two Wreaths will be placed Saturday morning on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc that the German armor in tactical smallest popular majority for a of their own, late returns showed presidential winner since the close de Triomphe. A parade of Allied reserve was s ill up in the Aachen yesterday. And they easily main- soldiers and sailors will follow. area to meet the First Army attack race of 1916, in which Woodrow tained their majority in the Senate. Wilson won re-election over Charles At 11 AM a special mass will be German Mines toward Cologne. One of the notable upsets occur- In Holland, meanwhile, Polish E. Hughes. Roosevelt, however, was red in North Dakota when Sen. conducted at the Suresnes Cemetery not victim to the misfortune which by Chaplain R. P. Grady, of the forces of the First Canadian Army Gerald P. Nye, veteran Republican BoobyTrapped captured Moerdijk, last German befell Wilson when" the Democrats and bitter foe of the Administra- Seine Section. Memorial services lost control of Congress. also will be held at Solers. bridgehead south of the River Maas. tion's international policies, con- The Poles took 200 prisoners and The late Michigan returns para- A new warning that German ceded the election of his Demo- Army Band to Play herded the remaining Nazis back doxically swelled to landslide pro- cratic opponent, John Moses. Tellermines are now being booby- portions the margins by which every The 86-pieee United States Army against the broken masonry of the With six of the 36 Senate races, Band, and French and British trapped to explode upon disarming, Republican on the state ticket swept Maas bridges. These had been still undecided, Democrats definitely military bands will present a con- was issued yesterday by Lt. Col. E. blown by the main body of retreat- (Continued on Page 4) elected 19 to join 36 hold-overs for cert at the Paris Opera House in L. Morris, U.S. Army Engineers, at ing Germans who left the rearguard a total of 55; the Republicans had the afternoon. trapped behind. elected 11 to add to 24 hold-overs Compiegne Forest, site of the Paris. Germans said Patton had massed for a total of 35. In the present signing of the 1918 Armistice, also Previous instructions for removal 1,000 tanks and 500,000 men for the Ike Addresses Senate the lineup stands: 58 Demo- will be the scene of a memorial called for unscrewing the top of attack in Lorraine where his Third crats and 37 Republicans, plus one ceremony, with more than 200 nigh Army has stalled two months before Progressive. the igniter. Now, however, the Allied officials scheduled to take Nazis have installed new igniters the steel-stone forts of Metz. Belgian House 'Singing Cowboy' In part. The Nazis warned that Patton which, Col. Morris reported, ex- 's In Idaho, Glen H. Taylor, Poca- (Continued on Page 4) BRUSSELS, Nov. 9—Gen. Eisen- plode when an attempt is made to tello radio entertainer who bills disarm it. hower, addressing the Belgian Par- himself as "the singing cowboy," liament on an official visit to Brus- finally attained the Senate after Big 3 Parley Mines Best Destroyed V2s Again Hit London, sels today, said that "much remains two previous unsuccessful cam- to be done in order to reach our Simplest treatment, he said, is to Berlin Radio Declares paigns. A Democrat, he defeated destroy the mine in its place. How- common goal, which is the com- Republican Gov. C. A. Bottolfsen. Near-Churchill plete defeat of the enemy." ever, where the tactical situation The Berlin radio told German With 15 House races undecided, requires its removal, he advocated He expressed confidence that the Democrats definitely elected 241, LONDON, Nov. 9.—Prime Minister listeners yesterday that "once again Belgians would continue to help Churchill said today that the pros- that a long rope be used to pull during the night the V2 pounded compared with their present repre- the mine off the crossing. "on the same generous scale as In sentation of 214. Republicans elected pects of another meeting of Presi- London and southern England." If the mine had to be removed the past" and promised that in 177, where they now hold 212 seats. dent Roosevelt, Marshal Stalin and There was no confirmation or by hand to assure no damage to turn "we will do all we can, while Minor parties lost two of their four. himself, "have been vastly improved denial from British authorities on taking account of the necessity of In Illinois, Mrs. Emily Taft Doug- by the results of the presidential such a point as a bridge approach the Nazis' claim that their new annihilating the enemy forces, to las, former actress making her first election in the U.S. for which we or road defile, he recommended a and more potent "secret weapon,' help you in the difficult days that bid for public office, was elected waited so breathlessly." search be made first for booby- reportedly a stratosphere rocket, are to :ome. congresswoman - at - large on the "It is certainly remarkable," traps beneath the mine. was in action. "Pinal victory is certain," he said, Democratic ticket. Churchill said in a luncheon "and the future can be nothing Another former actress, Democrat address, "that all this turmoil of but gleaming." Helen Gahagan, wife of Melvyn the U.S. election should have been 8th AF Armada Blasts Path Eisenhower was accompanied by Douglas, was elected to Congress carried through without any dis- Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Ted- from California's 14th District over turbing of the ancient, moth-eaten, der, deputy supreme commander. Republican William D. Campbell. threadbare controversies, which are For 3rd Army Attack at Metz to be found in the history books, between Great Britain and her The same thunder which pre- up night Mosquito attacks on Han- American kinsmen, now brothers-in- ceded the St. L6 breakthrough yes- over and other targets in western GOP Loses 5 Governorships arms." Germany. terday morning filled the skies in (Allied air activity over the south- But Unseats 2 Democrats Huge Red Winter Drive the Metz sector when more than ern Reich was indicated by United L300 Eighth Air Force Flying For- Press reports from Zurich, Switzer- WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—A wave won 13, of which eight were outside On Nazis Ready to Roll tresses and Liberators, escorted by land, stating that American planes had dropped about 20 bombs on of Democratic votes swept Republi- the solid South, and were leading 500 fighters, smashed at targets in the path of the Third Army at- Eglisau, close to the Swiss-German can governors out of five state in three. The Republicans had A comparative lull set in yester- definitely won 12 and were leading day all along the Red Army's long tack. border. Other bombs were reported capitals and replaced them with in four. front but both Moscow and Berlin At the same time, approximately hitting Swiss territory near Dies- Democrats, late returns showed In addition to the four states reports indicated that a grand- 70 Ninth Air Force Marauders senhofen, another border town.) today. The upsets occurred in where the upsets took place, Demo- scale Russian winter offensive bombed a road junction and bar- Flying approximately 500 sorties. Idaho, Massachusetts, Missouri, cratic governors were definitely against Germany was imminent. racks in Dieuze, 40 miles east of Ninth Air Force Thunderbolts and Ohio and Washington. elected in Arizona, Arkansas, Flori- Sporadic German counter-at- Nancy. Returning from the target Lightnings smashed at troop con- At the same time the Republicans da, North Carolina, Rhode Island, tacks before Budapest were re- area, B26 crews reported seeing an centrations and artillery positions elected GOP governors in two states Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. pulsed- with heavy losses for the intense exchange of heavy artillery In the Third Army sector. where Democrats had sat TMian . Republican governors were defi- enemy, Moscow said, while the fire on the front. Nineteen of 42 Eighth fighters, and North Dakota. nitely elected in Connecticut, Iowa. Russians massed their forces for a Fighter - escorted RAF bombers, reported missing Wednesday, have Of the 31 gubernatorial contests j Kansas, ! Nebraska, Illinois, South final assault on the Hungarian crossing the Channel one hour landed safely in friendly territory, decided in Tuesday's election, the Dakota. Montana, Wisconsin and capital. Snows blanketed the East after U.S. heavies cleared England, while others are believed to be safe, Democrats by tonight had definitely Vermont. Prussian battlefields. bombed Ruhr objecives, following it was officially announced. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, Nov. 10, 1944 An Editorial BtKG The Man in the Street OUT Heat Overheard in Passing: A slightly exasperated feminine voice com- ERE'S a picture ol a typ- menting, "I'm surprised the army gave YOU a medal for good con- H Badge for Tankers duct!" the street. Or, to use the The Air Corps has its wings, * * • Germans' own expression, Paratroops have their" badge "and "Let's sit this one out" is the theme the Infantry has its combat of a corporal in a cavalry outfit ein Kleiner Mann—a small badge. What about "the tankers? over here. It was his first dance man. He's just about the We suggest a badge which consists in months and he was gloriously meekest, mildest, most in- tripping the light fantastic with a of a Sherman tank with a wreath offensive guy you ever saw for a background^—Sgt. S. A. Gi- lovely WAAP. With a fairly bored vens and four others. look on her face she suddenly ask- in your life. ed, "Do you know the difference * * * between dancing and marching?" * * * Thanks "No," replied our unsuspecting hero, He and his wife live in a Our sincere thanks to H. W. S., "I didn't think so," replied the 1/Lt., Inf., for his wonderful sug- sweet young thing as the band little house, on a little gestion regarding a Combat Medics played on. street. They have a bunch Badge In his letter of Oct. 19. We * • • ~ of little kids—just enough Afterthought. Marriage is like a consider this suggestion the best of them blue-eyed and faro- of many sent to you. cafeteria — grab something good It gives us a wonderful feeling looking and pay later. headed to boost the Nordic to know many of the infantrymen * • • Aryan myth. The two Pfc's were discussing in combat will take the time and women (as usual). Said the first effort to laud us publicly the way * * * they do. And we appreciate that married man, "Have you ever noticed how a woman lowers her voice He doesn't earn much deeply. Yet. . . nothing seems to dough. He doesn't talk big. be done about us.—Cpl. Joseph J. La Monica. He doesn't have horns. He * * * doesn't wear a tail. He's The parades on Unter den be waiting for us in German Pipe Down just a simple, meek little Linden, celebrating Nazi vic- towns, along German roads, What are the post-war plans for guy who you'd swear would tories in Poland, Holland, in German fields. Ger- Germany? Are the Allied govern- never pull the wings off a Belgium, France, Czecho- many's little man will come ments going to strip her of all in- fly or hurt a hair on any- slovakia, Greece, Yugoslavia out of his little house to dustrial power, so that Germany body's head. cannot form another nucleus to and all the rest, were cheer- greet us with eyes that are wage war? Are the Allies planning * * * ed by you know whom. sad with their tragedy, with to make Germany a country con- The Nazi party in the ,*.#*, tongues that wag with tales sisting of small farms? of Hitler's perfidy, with To my knowledge an official early thirties was made up The headlines of the Vol- policy Ijas not been published. Un- when she asks for anything?" "Oh, of a few hundred thousand kischer Beobachter illumin- hands outstretched to wel- yes," mused his pal, "but have you ed his approving eye. Mein come us as harbingers of til such time, it would be most wise noticed how she raises it if she men in the street like this. if certain Allied of ficials would keep The German Army of 1939 Kampf found a home in his democracy. their post-war policy inactive and doesn't get it ?" * * .* little living-room. Hitler's * * * not voice publicly any opinion on was built with ten million Our spy in the air corps tells us Whether we win this war such an important matter. It is this one. A colonel piloting a trans- men in the street like him. ideas found a haven in his only natural for the German peo- port plane was given the all clear The German factories are little heart and his little or lose this war—depends ple to resist more when they re- signal to land and as he swooped manned by 20 or 30 million mind. on whether or not you fall ceive any reports of occupation gracefully over the runway he * • * * for the kleiner Mann—the plans.—Lt. A. L. Whalen, QMC. men in the street—like our looked from his controls with little friend in the picture. The man in the street will little man in the street. * * * pride: "One of the smoothest land- Ask for Break ings I ever made!" he chortled. The engineer sergeant standing behind We are two doughboys who have him cleared his throat. "Sir," he been members of this outfit for said timidly, "you're still 15 feet off more than four years. We came the ground!" overseas with this unit. We saw * • • action in Africa—including the in- Who said that "The best way vasion; also the invasion of Sicily to break the ice with a girl is to and all of the action there. We break it and put it into some high- landed here on D-Day and have balls?" Devotion to Duty He met a French bitch and stayed digging. A third shot whizzed past been fighting ever since except for * * * AWOL three weeks. On his return his finger. He stopped long enough "Etousa," pet dog of the 580th he was restricted for one month by to see he wasn't hit and went on time we spent in the hospital due And then there was a certain Engineers located somewhere in 1/Sgt. Elmer S. Pollard. to wounds. Of those who left the Cavalry major who was told to stop digging. Then a fourth shot tore Belgium, has been promoted by for- * * * through his overcoat. U.S. with our outfit only one of- wearing spurs—he was scratching mal order for "faithful and exact ficer and ten EM are left. the top of his desk. Lost: One Hangover The Fourth Infantry Division * * * performance of duty." The file soldier from Warrior, Ala., decided So the demobilization plan doesn't lists "Etousa" as having joined the When Lt. Col. Sam Hogan, a to move. Foxhole? Yep, it was now worry us as we feel if we are not Sgt. Henry Malone just got a letter from a friend in Hollywood. outfit in England on Dec. 4, 1943. Texan with the Third Armored deep enough. relieved we won't be here for that He makes all company formations Division, received the surrender long. The guy says the typewriters out * * * there are specially built — just (including chow and entertain- of seven German half-tracks We deserve a break of some kind. hit ONE key and it types the word ment), rides the* dump trucks each and 13 horse-drawn vehicles, lie Needs Armor They say we are experienced fight- "sensational." Hit the key on the day, makes bed check. He never sent the convoy to the rear Pfc William G. Mashburb, Se- ers and they need us. Yet they shift and it types, "colossal." has reported on sick call. "Etousa" without examining it. The cond Infantry Division doughboy bring non-coms who never saw a J. C. W. has one black mark on his record. convoy eventually wound up from Covington, Ky., has pants German to lead us in combat. So with the First Infantry Divi- trouble. Although he hasn't been we know we can be replaced. sion, where it was found to scratched yet, he's lost the seat of We came over here to fight and Front with Mauldin contain liquid refreshments— we will continue to do so until the but hard. Hogan swears he will end of our lives if we are not re- take no more chances. lieved soon. — S/Sgt. J. C. Dies, Jfc * T/Sgt. D. C. Smith, Inf. TDs Give Nazis DTs * * * Men of the 704th Tank Destroyer '4F Battalion' Battalion get their decorations the ' In reference to the item on Oct. hard way. 27, yours truly is here to raise a A TD crew commanded by Sgt. Henry R. Hartman, of Wallingford, beef. It says: "Men who do not Conn., knocked out six German meet the physical requirements are tanks in beating off an attack by eligible for discharge." It seems some 20 Panthers and Tigers. For hard to believe that anything such his- pants to enemy artillery three this the crew got the Bronze Star. times. as that is possible. We have got With Hartman in the fight were men in our outfit that are more He los't the first seat at Bresfe Cpl. Frank Amodio, Albertson, N.Y.; while helping dig in a CP. Another; than eligible for a discharge. Pfc Rok Endy, Stowe, Pa.; Pvt. To name some of their handicaps was lost when he took cover in a Curtis Huguet, New Orleans, and sunken road and the third disajfe would be only crying the blues. Pvt. Joseph H. Kelly, Newton, Mass. There is no doubt about it, for we peared when a strafing plane tooK * * ■ * his attention away from German are the original 4P battalion. I guns. know we all cant go home, but Ahead of Schedule there are some men that really Capt. Patrick G. Emmanuel, Folks at Home Send should. How can they possibly go of Pensacola, Fla.; T/Sgt. Births These GIs Swift News about it without being ridiculed?— Richdm I. Hammond, of Port '' of Sir Stork's Arrival: Half Crippled. . Jervis, N.Y., and Pvt. Elmer VT. Harry Matschenbacker, L.I.—Harry Browning, of Helena, Ga., ac- P Joseph, Oct. 24; Lt. Wm, P. Mel-i * ■ * * chlonla, N.Y—Wm, P. Jr., Oct. 19; Pvt. Must Be Sad Sacks cidentally wandered into Keu- Robert Martin, Toledo—David, Sept. Sp£ tenback, Luxemburg, and be- MaJ. O. Q. McCausland—Barbara Why not have a score board in came the town's liberators. Oct. 7; Sgt. Harry W. McMackin Jf»> which everyone in the Army is in- Johnson City, Tenn.—Harry W. McMac-: Taking a wrong road, the trio kin in, Oct. .24; T/5 Albert Orris, terested, like "Where is the mail reached the city before the Brownsville, Pa—John Albert, Oct. S8i stacked, and where is the biggest S/Sgt. John Peische—(boy), Sept. 24; Cfcl. townsfolk had a chance to get John Charles Santoro, Bayonne, N.J.?» stack?"—1/Sgt. H. Briscol, Engr. their welcoming committee go- Aurora, Ort. 18; Sgt. Delbert P.. SchofieW, Springfield, Mass.—(girl), Sept. 24; Capfa THE STARS AND STRIPES ing. Twenty minutes earlier, the committee kicked out the Henry B. Sternfield, N.Y.—Jeffrey Ruelf,- Printed at the New York Herald Oct. 19- capt. Kenneth H. Somes; Greene Tribune plant, 21 rue de Berrt, Paris, last Germans. field, Mass.^Richard Kenneth, Oct. 24; tor the U.S. armed forces under aus- Lt. Charles T. Sommer, Flushing, N.Y.=3 pices ol the Special Service Division, * * * (boy), Sept. 28; Lt. George F. Studor, ETOUSA. Tel.: Editorial. Elysees 73.44. Syracuse—Virginia May, Oct. 28; S/Sgt. Reaches His Limit Francis Thiry, Cortland, O.—Elizabeth Circulation, Bal. 18-64.' Ext. 20. Pfc Troy L. Doss is a patient man. Ann, Oct. 15; Lt. Raymond L. Townsend, Contents passed by the O.S. Army N.Y.—Lynn, Oct. 12; Sgt. Ford Villines, and Navy censors. Entered as second He was digging a foxhole when a Harrison, Ark.—Sheila paulette, Oct. 245 class matter Mar. is. 1943. at the bullet nicked his trousers leg. He S/Sgt. Francis Wertheim, N.Y.—(girl), post otflce. New York. N.Y.. under Oct. 25; Sgt. Gilbert J. White, Brooklyn the act of Mar. 3. 1878 "When they run we try! to ketch 'em. When we ketch 'em we try to kept on digging. A second shot —Virginia Marie, Oct. 20; Lt Rofcert B. Vol. 1, No. Ill make 'cm run.* grazed his legging. Doss kept on Winkler, Yonkers—Suzanne Ellen, 0cV2& Friday, Nov. 10, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES SPORTS Page 3 Once Over Leap-Frog on the Football Field Red Blaik

Lightly Bob Zeck, Washington quarter- back, hurdles two faUen players To Rotate .'5 ——— By Charlie Kiley after catching a forward pass EW YORK, Nov. 9.—Dixie Lee from Halfback Bob Gilmore. N Oliver, Washington's "fighting When tacklers closed in on him, 2 Squads janitor," is something new and refreshing in fistic circles today. We Zeck pitched a lateral to say he's refreshing because he prac- Center Gordon Berlin, who WEST POINT, N.Y., Nov. 9.—The tically admits he's a bum, and that scored without being touched. boys who play football for Notre is like a cold shower in these days However, that was the only Dame, the school made famous by of "I can lick Joe Louis" stumble- the late Knute Rockne, will have bums. time Washington threatened Dixie Lee is a heavyweight and the Trojans of Southern to combat one of Rockne's familiar fighter by trade and a janitor of California won, 38-7, in a game schemes Saturday when the Irish necessity. Not long. ago he was that might very well have pro- try to unseat Army's powerhouse shufflin' around Florida, picking from its unbeaten perch. up sparring-partner change when duced a Rose Bowl host. The he wasn't stevedoring. He rode the game was played at night. Lt. Col. Earl "Red" Blaik, master- rods to Washington where he hired mind of the Cadets, disclosed today out as handyman at Turner's Arena, that he will substitute 11 men at a the Capital's counterpart of Madi- time Saturday, employing two teams son Square Garden. interchangeably. EFORE long he coaxed his way Rockne intro- B into a preliminary bout in the duced the mass same ring he used as a bed after substitut ion the customers departed. Recently, plan, but Ed Mc- Dixie Lee pulled the switch in two Keever, present rounds on a 6ft. 9in. 260-pound Irish mentor, gawk named Gilbert Stromquest. abandoned the Forthwith he was promoted to system this sea- second assistant superintendent. son because Last week he stopped Johnny manpower diffi- Denson, fancy diver from Indiana- culties and ser- polis, which wasn't what you'd call v i c e transfers Ean "Bed" Blaik noteworthy, but it promoted Mister made it impos- Oliver once more—this time to sible to keep two or three squads assistant superintendent. intact from week to week. Dixie Lee Says he doesnt want Blaik has no such problem at the "even one little bit of Mister Louis," Point. Although he didn't identify but thinks he can whip most of the two separate squads, it is likely what's in circulation now—which that Doug Kenna will direct the wouldn't be too much of a task, activities of Max Minor, Dale Hall but it might get him that super- and Bobby Dobbs in one backfield, intendent's job. while Tom Lombardo will quarter- HORT SHOTS : There isn't a Schriner,Howe Virginia's Dudley Sets Pace back for Glenn Davis, Dean Sen- S collegiate back who comes close sanbaugher and Felix Blanchard. to the climax-running record of If it becomes necessary for Army Bobby Gage, co-captain of Ander- Tied for Lead For Randolph Field Squad to take to.the air, Blaik said the son (S.C.) high. In five games, he call will go to Arnold Tucker. "No- has scored touchdowns on a 74- body on the team can pass like NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Dave Schri- SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 9.—Bill Dudley, sparkplug Tucker," Blaik said, "and we may yard run, another of 70, two of 65, ner, Toronto forward, making a two of 60, one of 55 and one of 40 use him to offset Notre Dame's comeback after a year on the side- of Randolph Field's unbeaten-untied football machine, has Frank Dancewicz and Joe jGaspa- It is revealed that Navy was lines, is tied with Syd Howe of averaged slightly more than ten yards every time he carried "ordered" to beat Notre Dame by rella." Detroit for the National Hockey the ball. In 105 treks through and around enemy lines, Meanwhile, Irish stock went up no less authority than the boss League lead with 11 points each. himself—Adm. Ernest J. King— Dudley has amassed the eye-raising slightly—Army will be at least 2-1 The third and fourth positions go total of 1,057 yards. favorite to win—when McKeever who gave the Middies a dressing- to Lome Carr and Gus Bodnar, Jockey Conn McCreary welcomed two new men to the room talk before the game. The former Virginia All-America Schriner's teammates, with ten Has Skull Fracture halfback is ahead of the national squad. Center Frank Szymanski, points apiece. record on net yardage gained per who played for Notre Dame last Teddy Atkinson MIAMI, Nov. 9.—Conn McCreary, play from scrimmage. He averaged year before entering naval aviation, Boots in 5 Winners Miller Quits Chiefs one of the nation's top.jockeys, was 8.51 yards on 41 rushes and 40 passes, came back afj^r receiving a dis- in a local hospital today with a slightly above the 7.91 record set charge, while Halfback Nunzio Ma- SYRACUSE, N.Y., Nov. 9.—Leo rino arrived as a V12 trainee. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Teddy T. Miller, general manager and vice- fractured skull. McCreary had been by Glenn Dobbs at Tulsa in 1942. Atkinson, America's leading jockey, president of the Syracuse Chiefs of suffering from headaches since tak- Dudley's collegiate scoring record rode five winners at Belmont Park the International League, has re- ing a spill at Aqueduct recently, for one season—134 points—still stands. yesterday to run his total to 256 signed, President Clarence M. and he came to Miami for a vaca- Minors Wm winning mounts during 1944. He Schindler announced today. tion. He was idle last year after lead- finished second in the fifth race ing the National Football League and sixth in the second. in ground gaining in 1942, but the Renew Battle His longest-priced horse was layoff apparently has done him a Sinkwich Lags in Pro Duel lot of good. Motie Brand, which paid $11.30 in BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 9.—When the first race and his shortest was Among his accomplishments while playing about half the time in minor league officials meet here Bill Hardey, which returned $3.90 in CHICAGO, Nov. 9.—Don Hutson, early next month the fireworks and the third. He came home first Randolph Field's six games are: veteran Green Bay Packer pass recriminations which featured last aboard Transformer ($10.80) in the Advanced 364 yards in 41 rushes; grabber, retained his National Foot- completed 18 of 40 passes, includ- year's meetings will be resumed, featured Cherbourg. Handicap. with AA leagues waging a fight to ball League scoring lead this week, ing seven for touchdowns; caught four passes for 54 yards, including Install themselves in a better posi- Hoppe Leads Cochran but Bill Paschal, of the New York tion between lower minors and the KANSAS CITY, Nov. 9.—Cham- on3 touchdown; averaged 43 yards pion Willie Hoppe, of New York, Giants, wrested the ground-gaining on ten punts; returned 19 punts majors. won the opening block of his 1,500- lead from Detroit's Fireball Frankie 274 yards; kicked three of four con- The Pacific Coast League is leading the way and, although Presi- point cross-country 3-cushion bil- Sinkwich, official figures today re- version attempts, and figured, in liards match with Walker Cochran, ten touchdown plays. dent Clarence "Pants" Rowland's vealed. of San Francisco, 50-48, in 48 With a record like this, Dudley agitation for major league status innings, here last night. Hoppe had Paschal, who led the loop last oan play football in anybody's for his loop won't get very far, a high run <-f five, while Cochran year, battered his way to 113 yards league, without exception. certain demands are going to be ran eight. against the Boston Yanks in 23 tries pressed. last Sunday to increase -his 1944 The No. 1 thing that rankles the total to 467 yards in 94 trips. Sink- Guests Forget Script, big minors is membership in the Help Wanted wich, checked to 30 yards in ten Rap Alaska ATC,22-0 National Association, dominated by w tries by the Pitt-Cards, slipped to Judge William Bramham, of Dur- —AND GIVEN ham, N.C. Last year the AAs, third place, behind Johnny Grigas, EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 9. Write your question or problem to headed by Frank Shaughnessy, pres- Help Wanted, The Stars and Stripes, of the Pitt-Cards, who ripped off —The University of Nevada Paris, France, APO 887. 117 yards in 30 attempts. football team defeated the ident of the International League, were about to unseat Bramham Hutson's five touchdowns and 20 Alaska Air Transport Command CAMERA EXCHANGE when he suddenly reversed a pre- ANTED: Super Ikonta B, Baby Bessa conversions give him 50 points, five Clippers, 22-0, here Monday vious ruling and granted voting W -RF, or twin-lens reflex for cash, or more than the total of Roy Zim- night in ten-above weather. will trade Kodak 35 -RF. Cpl. H. M. Dula. merman, of the Philadelphia Eagles, The Nevada squad flew 1,300 privilege to inactive minors, who LOST who has tallied three touchdowns, miles to the game in Army promptly came through with enough ANDBAG from American truck between votes to keep the judge on a seat 18 extra points and three field transport planes, H Haneffe and Liege, name in bag. that pays $25,000 annually. Gofflot, c/o MP Office, Liege, Belgium. goals. Don Hutson APOs WANTED T. Charlotte Hendricks; T/5 Earl Mil- By Courtesy of United Features. By Al Capp L ton Hines; Fay Jones, Haskell, Okla.; Li'l Abner Russell J. Kelly, 0-385799; W/O Frederick Kirk, Akron; Cpl. Walter Kirkman, St. NOT EGG-ZACKLY, R^PPY'T ftjOa'T* AH Louis; Pvt. Wayne L. Laisnre, 35558981; AM I* TRAPPED LIKE THETS SWEET TALK. THEN YO: PORE Lt. Kay Larson; Sgt. Patsy Lombard!, RAPPY DEAR. BUT NOTICE ~i CHILE, IS LIKEWISE ) AH GOT IT ALL FIXED A RAT BUT YD; MAH t A DAl6 PUCKA*- yUP FO' DAISY MAE U'L A0Af&?f?/tH corn* Bronx; Lt. Gerald London, Chicago; Pfc CHILE. COT AT LEAST TH'MONSTER STAN DIN NEXrT» ME/^NOTICE KETCH ME RIGHT Richard McBride, Tyler, Tex.; T/4 Henry A FIGHTIN" CHANCE OFF TH' BAT/T SHE O. McDaniel, 39199736; Raymond Melvin; COME SADIE HAWKINS Lt. William B. Montgomery, Tex.; Max WILL SAVE ME FUM \ MSS££J? UP AN' MS S. Norris, Indianapolis; Cpl. Robert Oilier, DAY.'.^-YO FEET 'S TH' MONSTER.'!*' BUT-OH.1*- VVHAR YO' IS WHO WILL SAVE ME FUM Benld, 111.; Pfc Abel G. Ossorio, 39133288; STRONGEST

Other Cabinet The p :>pular vote for President A Totalof 35 by states, as tabulated by the Trench Foot Associated Press up to 5:30 PM (Continued from Page 1) Shifts Hinted (ETO time) Wednesday, follows: By Charles W. White Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. STATE ROOSEVELT DEWEY to victory under Gov. Harry F. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. — Sec- Ala 115,094 25,103 Kelly's leadership but narrowed the Chief Surgeon's Office, ETOUSA, retary of the Interior Harold L. Ariz. ' 44,735 28,962 race for the state's 19 electoral gave the army in France a better- ickes told a press conference today Ark 6i,,371 24,124 votes to a flicker finish. than-usual bill of health today for ie has submitted his resignation Calif 1,341,456 862,688 Inexperienced election workers in diseases like flu and typhus, but a President Roosevelt. Colo 171,066 207,529 Ickes, one of the original members Wayne County snafued their ta- warned against the winter enemy, Conn 434,841 391,349 bulations and until the county can- >f the Roosevelt cabinet, did not Del 45,791 34,382 trench foot. ;ay whether he actually expected Fla 218,088 99,388 vassers untangle) the snarl it may While the general picture is good, ;o retire or whether his resignation Ga 172,273 29.499 be impossible to tell for sure how there has been a flare-up in deaths yas submitted as a matter of form Idaho 91,163 85,269 the state went for President. With ! from poison liquor, and a warning is the third term near- its end. I» 1,970461 1,742,319 171 precincts missing out of 3.843 | was given against drinking from There have been many reports of Ind 560,198 618,277 the count stood at 1.014.457 for j any doubtful source, "particularly wssible cabinet changes with j Dewey and 1,001,911 for Roosevelt. : : Iowa 451,734 498,368 i unsealed, uniabeled. wildcat stuff Jtoosevelt's fourth administration, Kan's 142,613 230,451 States remaining in the Dewey I usually sold or given away in vil- most of them speculating on the Ky. 326,556 260,627 column, besides Michigan, wtre lages or in the field." oossibility that Secretary of State j La 129,008 30,815 Colorado. Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Dysentry is only a summer pro- Cordell Hull may retire. Secretary) Maine 138,988 153,734 Maine, Nebraska, North Dakota, i blem. Diphtheria has increased in 1 of Labor Prances Perkins is another Md 295,018 278,469 Ohio, South Dakota, Vermont. Wis- France, but the army itself has had whose resignation has been rumored. ; Mass 849,373 760,890 consin and Wyoming. only three deaths from it so far, Mich ,.. 899,648 919,929 118 Indicated for Dewey Typhus—former plague of armies— Takes Over OW1 Post Minn 320,548 275,990 Dewey's indicated electoral vote is non-existent here, and because WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. — Neil Miss 84,06 6,426* of 118 at present compared with of constant watchfulness and mo- 3alton, of the Louisville. Ky . Cou- Mo .20,220 682,818 82 polled by Willkie, eight by Alf j dern delousing no typhus outbreak rier Journal and Times, today as- Mont 73,863 60,134 M. Landon in 1936 and 59 by ■ is expected. No specimens have, this sumed direction ol the domestic Neb 184,908 254,973 former President Herbert Hoover year, been identified as true influ- hews bureau ol the Office of War Nev 17,420 15,586 in 1932. I enza. Information, succeeding George W N.H 103,699 95,739 In a few isolated instances wher,. Relieve from Duty H Ealy Jr., who resigned after ten N.J 963,109 928,669 servicemen's votes were counted se- Field unit commanders and me- months' service to return to the N.M 56,101 46.401 parately from other absentee bal- dical officers have been warned New Orleans Times-Picayune. N.Y. 3,161,835 2,879,963 lots, they showed a preference for A picture of a mud-splattered about trench foot and how to con- N.C 413,141 177,624 Roosevelt without exception Only j GI is not unusual, but one of a trol it, Col. J. E. Gordon, head of It's Getting to Be a Habit N.D 40,570 41,936 a few states are tabulating the Gl four-star general is something the Preventive Medicine Depart- Ohio 1,51 ,,051 1,532,657 vote separately and in some cases rare. Douglas MacArthur, uni- ment, said. A soldier who gets KANSAS CITY, Nov. 9 CANS).— Okla 353,583 284,414 lt will be counted as late as Dec. 16. trench foot can tell lt quickly be- Mrs. Thelma Roney, 37, yesterday form wet and dirty, broadcasts Ore 98,208 10L529 These servicemen's returns, how- to the residents of the Philip- cause of numbness, cold and pain won her third divorce from her Pa, 1,768,230 1,695,227 ever, were available: pines upon his return to the in his feet and ankles, and in every present husband, James J. Roney, R.I. 158,814 114,108 New York City, with ten districts islands, fulfilling a promise case he should get relieved from 41 They've been divorced alter the S.C 65,770 3,648 duty and be treated missing: Roosevelt, 175,600; Dewey, made more than two years last three presidential elections, but S.D 63,913 89,295 66.000. The skin becomes red, irritated; previously. remarried twice. She's a Republi- Tenn 260,379 166 454 Pulton County (Atlanta), Ga.: or it may become waxy white, mot- can and he a Democrat, and they Tex 511,895 109,560 Roosevelt, 5,100; Dewey, 1,000. tled blue or purplish. Blisters may argue. Utah 120,438 73 929 Broward County (Port Lauder- develop and, from these, gangrene. Vt 53,916 71,428 dale). Fla.: Roosevelt, 447; Dewey, Daily Air Raids Col. Gordon cited three preven- iNew Camps for PWs Va 230,873 139.514 228. tatives: (1) Keep as warm as pos- CHICAGO, Nov. 9 CANS).—FOU1 Wash 202,425 144,392 Buffalo, N.Y.: Roosevelt. 8,200, sible, (2) dry as possible, and (3) camps m the Sixth Service Com- W. Va 26.,180 207,622 Dewey, 5,500. Loom for Japs avoid constriction from tight shoes mand will be used hereafter prin- Wis 601,194 620,032 The President himself commented and leggings. cipally to house prisoners of war, Wyo 45,262 46,633 that "we have again demonstrated Gen. Henry H. Arnold, USAAF Send to Hospital Brig. Gen Russel B. Reynolds an- to the world that democracy is a chief, declared yesterday that the Totals 20,919,519 18,148,963 time is coming "when the Japanese As soon as symptoms appear, the nounced. They are Camps Ellis and living, vital force." His statement patient should be sent to the hos- Grant, 111., McCoy. Wis., and Port said that the election showed "that will experience the daily visit of thousands of bombers with the pital. He should not be permitted Custer, Mich. our faith in American institutions to walk. Wet clothing should be is unshaken, that conscience, not same death and destruction that 7th Army Gets have made life hardly worth living removed and the patient -wrapped 9 Die in Train Wreck force, is the source of power in the in blankets, leaving the feet ex- government of man. To that faith in Germany. COLFAX, Calif., Nov. 9.—At least "We are moving step by step posed to the air in a moderately let us unite to win the war and cool room Limbs should not be nine persons were killed and 79 in- j 2 More Towns to achieve lasting peace." nearer and nearer to Tokyo," Arnold jured when the Southern Pacific's ! said in 'a speech at Detroit. But rubbed or massaged. If necessary, westbound Challenger was derailed j By Dan Regan he warned that Japanese fighter the feet may be cleansed with plain on a mountain curve three miles Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. production is as yet unchecked and white soap and water, dried, and west of here yesterday. Among ADVANCED SIXTH ARMY then allowed to remain exposed and West Front.... said that "the quicker we disrupt elevated on pillows. those killed were a WAVE, two GROUP HQ: Nov. 9 —The U.S. and destroy Japanese plants and (Continued from Page If sailors and two soldiers. Seventh Army had little difficulty production, the fewer fighters our men -will have to meet in the air." clearing remaining Germans from attack was the spearhead of the Engineers Who Set Up Norfolk Dam Completed Allied winter offensive. In the Philippine Islands step- the small town of Migneville, as ping-stones, meanwhile, Mitchell D-Day Jump-Off Cited MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark., Nov. 9 well as occupying the hamlet of They predicted the Third would bombers damaged a destroyer off (ANS).—The last yard of-approxi- try to encircle Metz and then Les Baraques, some four kilometers Mindanao, while Liberators and Presentation of the Legion of mately 1,500,000 cubic yards of con- attempt to seize the industrial fighters ranging over Cebu, Negros northwest of Saint-Die, according valley of the Saar River, 30 miles Merit to two Engineer officers for crete was poured this week to com- and Panay destroyed 25 planes and their part in the giant ETO con- plete the Norfolk dam. The first to today's communique from the east of Patton's advancing infantry. Sixth Army Group. sank a 1,000-ton freighter for a loss struction program was made yes- concrete was poured Oct. 10, 1941. Two divisions were thrown into of one bomber and three fighters. Enemy counter attacks were re- terday by Maj. Gen. C. R. Moore, the attack north of Metz. Reports ETO chief engineer. pulsed in the Vosges, southwest of said they drove two bridgeheads Collaborator Shot OPA Ups Cigar Ceilings Gerardmer, in a day generally quiet across the Moselle River swollen Both officers, Lt. Cols. Clarence Georges Suarez, prominent Paris C. Haug, of Spillville, Iowa, and ..f along the entire 7th Army front. WASHING DiN, Nov. 9.—T Of- by autumn rains. journalist convicted of collabora- fice of Price Administration tonight On both banks of the Doubs A third division went into action William G. Lyles, of Columbia, S.C, tionist activities during the Nazi figured in the two-year construc- increased the ceiling price of six- River, French reconnaissance units south of the city in an area not occupation, was shot at dawn yes- cent domestic cigars to seven and continued to infiltrate German identified by early reports. These tion operation which converted terday. He was the first of a num- Great Britain into a jumping-off a half cents. lines. doubled the strength of the three- ber of collaborationists recently con- base for the continental invasion. division attack launched Wednes- victed in Paris to be executed. day, east and northeast of Nancy. United Press said the Fifth Infan- Eighth Grabs Airfield; Memo to Congress: Bob Cole try Division had crossed the Seille Catches Dud Shell River, a tributary of the Moselle, Poles Capture Dovadola and captured Cheminot, five miles In Hip Pocket Was a Hero, and Twice Over northeast of Pont a Mousson, focus ROME, Nov. 9 (Reuter).—Brit- of the Wednesday attack. WITH THE 26TH INFANTRY ish Eighth Army troops, after heavy 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION, Hol- into the field to place the identi- Patton's men gained three miles DIVISION, Nov. 9.—A mortar fighting against German infantry land (UP) .—Delayed note to Con- fication panels for plane support, in this area, moving across muddy shell ripped down the back of and tanks, have won the greater he carried them himself. fields in rain turning to snow. part of the Forli airfield, a mile gress: Somewhere down there on Pvt. Ellwood Campbell's field He was "placing his last panel Fifteen miles to the southeast of jacket and jammed into his hip and a half from the city, Allied your agenda is a recommendation when a sniper's bullet got him. He this bulge, Thi"d Army units drove trousers pocket without explod- Headquarters announced today. for a Congressional Medal of Honor died almost instantly and did not a mile-deep wedge into German ing. To the west, Polish troops, driving for Lt. Col. Robert G. Cole. live to know that those paratroops positions north of the Rhine-Marne Only injury received by the on a three-mile front southwest of of his held off the German army canal, which is 20 miles east of Vesuvius, Va., doughboy was a Forli, captured Dovadola, in their When you get down to it on your for three days and protected the Nancy and about 20 miles^ from advance up the Florence-Forli road, busy calendar, you'll find he was black and blue posterior. His road until British armor came to Sarrebourg, entrance to the Saar trousers and jacket were torn. and engaged in heavy fighting in recommended because down the their relief. valley. the hills. narrow road through the flooded land outside Carentan he led his troops until by bayonet they had Terry And The Pirates By Courtesy of News Syndicate. By Milton Caniff rooted the enemy from that important Normandy village and paved tha way for first-assault troops pil- ing ashore on the beach a few hundred .yards away. It may be that before you get to that award another will have stacked up behind it because Cole was a hero in Holland, too. It was outside the town oi Brest, which Germans decided to make a fortress from which to launch attacks against the thinlyrheld Dempsey corridor. Bob Cole, however, knew the woods were filled with German snipers. Rather than order a man