New York—London Paris—Rennee ■ lei On Parle Francois Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1944 THE La France est un beau pays. Vol. 1. No. 67 La fronses ay tan bo paYEE. France is a beautiful country. Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces ^siCS* in the European Theater of Operations British 5 Mi. From Reich German Guns Pound a Road Outside Brest Advance 50 Miles In Holland;Yanks Seize Nazi Town

British Second Army tanks and infantry last night were five miles from the German border and were approaching the vast northern German plain leading toward Berlin after a 50-mile advance across Holland in 48 hours. First Army troops made another crossing into Germany from northern Belgium, while Third Army troops turned back a bayonet counter-attack a few miles southeast of Nancy. The Germans reported their garrison had abandoned the Brittany peninsula city of Brest, but there was no Allied confirmation.. Airborne Army Germany Invaded In New Landings At Another Point

Infantryman seeks refuge as German artillery blasts a road outside Brest, For the third straight day, Allied First U.S. Army troops captured which the Nazis last night admitted abandoning. airborne units landed in Holland Sittard, about 20 miles northwest Copenhagen yesterday, helping in a great Brit- of Aachen, after effecting another- ish Second Army drive which in crossing of the German border yes- less than 48 hours advanced more terday from northern Belgium as In Open Revolt Nazis Say Garrison Has Quit than 50 miles almost to the banks American Third Army elements of the Rhine. routed a desperate bayonet counter- Pushing five miles north of attack a few miles southeast of li- Against Nazis Brest for Adjacent Peninsula liberated Eindhoven, one of the berated Nancy. most important communications About 20 miles northeast of the Open rebellion against German The surviving German garrison at Brest has retired centers in Holland, British spear- city of Luxemburg, U.S. infantry- rule broke out yesterday in Copen- heads stood athwart the Wilhelm- men retook an important Moselle south from the city to the Crozon Peninsula across the ina Canal. hagen and fighting raged in other River bridge which had been cap- harbor, German radio said last night. At the same time, another Second tured by a strong Nazi patrol infil- Danish cities after the Nazis dis- Gen. Hermann Ramcke, commander of the German Army force took Gelderof, four miles tration behind American armor. solved the nation's police force as garrison, led the remnants of his force from the smoulder- east of Eindhoven, after stiff fight- The bridge was near the base of part of their anti-invasion prepa- ing, while armored columns fought U.S. spearheads which have cracked ing ruins of the ancient French to within two miles of Nijmegen, on the first wall of the Siegfried Line rations, according to reports reach- port to the peninsula under cover the banks of the Waal River, one in this sector. ing Stockholm. of night, the German report said. of the lower stretches of the Rhine. Patton Building Up A general strike was slated to U.S. infantry and artillery have Finland, Soviet On the Nijmegen front the British begin today in Copenhagen, where been hammering at the city for were only five miles from the- Ger- Advanced Third Army units made bodies were said to be littering the four weeks and four days, and, ac- Sign Armistice man frontier. additional gains beyond Mazerulle, streets, and all ferry and air con- cording to both German and Amer- The Germans were fighting des- 20 miles east of Nancy. Lt. Gen. ican sources, the city has been re- nections with Sweden have been perately to stem the British of- George S. Patton was reported to duced to rubble. Finland and Russia have signed broken. fensive, made possible by the Brit- be rapidly strengthening his forces A Stars and Stripes reporter with an armistice, the Soviet Informa- in this area. tion Bureau announced officially in ish and American airborne soldiers A struggle between Germans try- the attacking force said the initial who seized bridges and road junc- Meanwhile, another major cross- ing to storm the castle of Ama- jump-off into the outskirts of the Moscow last night. British and tions. ing of the Moselle River was made lienborg, where the Danish royaL city was slow work, infantrymen Russian representatives acted in tne north of Epinal by tanks and in- family resides, and Danish police having to battle from strongpoint j negotiations on behalf of all fantry which advanced 15 miles tne was still going* on yesterday after- to strongpoint. The bitter hedge- ' United Nations at war with Rail Yards in Germany northeast of Charmes. Epinal is 40 noon, Nazi-controlled Danish radio row-type warfare continued for two Finland. miles south of Nancy. reported. weeks. I Although neither the Finns nor Bombed by Fortresses Heavy fighting still was going on Dispatches to Stockholm said the The German defenses, originally the Russians revealed terms of the near Metz with one American force Germans occupied all public build- planned to protect the submarine | armistice, reports from Stockholm Supported by up to 750 Amer- slowly driving up from the south. ings, including those housing the base from the sea, were turned to ' said they were more severe than ican fighters, which also dive- Another was reported battling for Danish Parliament, after staging a defend it from land and the heavy , the Finns had anticipated. They bombed and strafed enemy ack- heights northwest of the city. fake air-raid alarm all over the flak batteries which had been used were said to include Russian con- ack batteries in Holland, Flying Across the river to the west, the country. Aided by civilians, police hundreds of times against raiding trol of Finnish railways, roads, Fortresses yesterday bombed Ger- Germans were putting up stiff re- resisted Nazi troops sent to disarm Allied bombers were leveled against \ waterways and airfields in south- man railyards at Hamm and Soest, sistance. The Nazis also were them. the attacking ground force. ern Finland until the war's end. north and east of the Rhine. clinging to a small section on the In the last week there has been : east bank of the Moselle at Thion- house-to-house fighting in Brest, ville. White Flag, Then and U.S. troops learned it was safer to blast through the walls of Army Blocking France Junket, In the Sixth Army group sector the houses than chance the streets. on the southern flank, the Germans Shots, So Yanks were heavily defending the ap- 8 Congressmen Tell Gen. 'Ike' proaches to Belfort as Allied troops Fire Nazi Village Say Hitler Promised advanced more than five miles 6 eastward from Saint-Loup-sur-Se- American troops have burned New V Weapon Soon LONDON, Sept. 19.—Eight U.S. resented any intimation they were mouse to enter the town of Fou- down the German town of Wal- congressmen, critical of what they on a junket joyride or a sight- gerolles. lendorf, northeast of Trier, because termed the Army's stalling tactics, seeing tour. They emphasized The Canadian First Army artil- NANC :, Sept. 19 (A.P.).—Ger- they had no intention of talking villagers hung out surrender flags man prisoners have reported that have appealed directly to Gen. lery continued to pound the re- and then sniped at the invading Eisenhower for permission to visit politics, and some were concerned Hitler five days ago promised that about returning home soon for the (Continued on Page 4) units, American radio in Europe an a new secret "V" weapon would France.. If refused, they say they make its appearance within 10 days. will ask why visiting labor leaders last weeks of the campaign. nounced. "We understand the Army want- The broadcast said that when the He made the promise when de- have been given preferred treat- ment. ed the labor men to see the battle- 3 U.S. Correspondents troops reached the vUlage limits manding that the garrison hold out for a minimum of 10 days. The congressmen went into a fields so they could go home and Captured; One Freed they saw the white surrender flags huddle to plan their strategy for tell workers of the need for con- on every building and Allied flags getting quick action after some of tinued production," said one law- displayed prominently. We Have No Mats, them were informed that the trip maker. "We think the House will U.S. THIRD ARMY HQ., France, "The American soldiers entered upon which they had been county be just as good a place to tell Sept. 19—Three American war cor- the town, but suddenly shots were You Have No Abner ing for getting a first-hand view the country of that need as any respondents attached to the Third fired and several soldiers fell," the of the American war effort in the other place." Army were captured by the Ger- announcement said. We admit that no newspaper field had been called off, at least Congressmen in England now in- mans near Chaumont, it was dis- (The London Evening News re- is much good without Li'l Abner, for the moment. clude Reps. Harris Ellsworth (R.- closed today. One of them, Ed- ported that 24 American soldiers, but you'll have to read the rest Several expressed resentment Ore.); Walter H. Judd (R.-Minn.); ward Beattie, of the United Press, including Tour medical corps men, of the paper for a few days. that they should be blocked from Karl E. Mundt (R.-S.D); John is reported to have been taken to were killed.) The comic mats, like cigarettes, going to France only a few weeks Phillips (R.-Cal.); W. R. Poage Germany and another to be "Sharp orders were issued by the haven't arrived yet. As soon as after a group of American labor and O. C. Fisher (D.-Tex.); Brooks wounded and still in German commanding officer and rapidly they arrive we'll pass them on— leaders in uniform made the trip Hays (D-Ark.); Edith Nourse hands. A third correspondent has .carried out. The whole town was the comics, not the smokes. under Army auspices. Rogers (R.-Mass) and Frances been released by the Nazis and has turned to the ground." The representatives said they P. Bolton (R.-Ohio). arrived back here. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1944

An Editorial anna Go Home, Eh? BLOW IT With your kind permission, we repeat some good advice: "A S long as The Stars and oor He RE pinch of salt is vastly improved A Stripes is a GI journal by dropping it into a glass of there will be no stops on Doesn'tLikeHubert sCntic beer." ... letters to the editor. But if In regards to T/5 William E. Life in the Solomon Islands. you believe all the guff some (Roder's letter complaining about Comdr. Myron Graybill asked a guys give out on the I-want- the cartoon showing Hubert using native chief if he had seen any the French open air plumbing sys- women at Japanese installations to-go-home theme, you'd tem, we offer our deepest sympathy. near his village. Yes, the chief think this was one panty- If "-little Willie" will draw up a waist army. It looks ilike petition and submit it to our our great big American Chaplain, through channels, I'm sure we will be only too glad to supermen are all ready to affix our signatures. pack up and leave this If Willie, the protector of the fair legalized murder to the sex, wishes, we would gladly send nurses, WACs and club- him a subscription to the "Women's Home Companion."—Mai and The mobile girls. Boys.' * * * * * ft This war won't be won 'The Nine Old Men' by bathing the Boche's brow We have read articles and articles or snapping girdles at him on the subject of discharging men, or stuffing him with dough- but we have as yet to hear or read anything concerning the discharge nuts. It's man's work. of men m their middle and late replied, he had seen at least one Whether it's lifting stuff out SOs. Just how much longer are we Jap woman at the camp. "How of the holds of ships, or supposed to keep up with the boys can you be so sure?" Comdr. Gray- in their 20s? We have repeatedly bill asked. "I ate her," said the highballing it to the front, chief nonchalantly. or slamming it at the Heinie read that men over 28 do not make • * • good soldiers. After arriving over- The French have certainly main- with an Ml or a Long Tom— seas we read that no men over 30 tained their sense of humor. Until it takes a hairy chest and a would be sent across. Here we are, new French stamps are printed strong back. and how come? Already we have old ones showing Petain will still j spent practically one year overseas, be valid—but Frenchmen are told ■ doing our part in the invasion, plus to stick them upside down on en- We wish the homesick about two years' service in the velopes. boys would lift their heads States. ... It's plenty tough to be world-fly-a-kite spirit that We married men want to see our And then we have the doleful from their tear-stained away from the home folks gave Hitler and his gyppy- wives and children; those of us observation of a Jap marine in ! pillows and take a look at year after year. Everyone Jappy pals their big chance. who are single want to marry, have the South Pacific: "The Jap the wreckage and misery of in this man's army knows families, and plan for the finer fights for Emperor and Dai Nip- war around them and thank * * * things in life. The way we see it, pon; the Englishman for King and that. But that's war, brother, Sure, Joe, it would be there aren't too many good years God their own homes don't Country; the German for Hitler and it's not pretty. swell to go home and get left for us. and Fatherland; the Russian for look like that. * * * When do we get some consider- Stalin and Mother Russia—but the * * * Maybe all this bitching married and have yourself ation?— S/Sgt. John E. Mucker, T/3 American fights for souvenirs and They're away from home a son. Then in 20 years, as Harold M. Baker, T/3 Frank W. the hell of it!" about going home is just an- Rocob, T/3 Casper R. Oveson, T/5 . • * to save themselves a home other symptom of .good he leaves for the wars, you Lloyd C. Carish, T/5 Leroy J. Dopp, Remember • ien the Army "storm- , to go back to. If it takes morale. If so, fine. can settle down to read his T/5 Paul O. Jackson, T/5 Frederick ed" Montgomery Ward and Co. j two years or 10 years to save * * * letters. B. Lau, Pvt. John F. Copey. Well, a letter from Maj. Mark Fin- * * ■* ley reminds us of the cleverness of it, it's worth it. If it isn't But maybe it's the first * * * Montgomery Ward's publicity de- worth it, then why all the sign of the let's-stay-home- "Dear Pop," he'll write, Medals and Headlines hurry to get back? and-1 e t-the-r e s t-of-t h e- "I wanna go home.'' In the Sept. 7 B-Bag, there is a gripe from a group of hospitalized front-line men about non-comba- tant soldiers receiving the Legion of Merit for outstanding perform- ance of duty. They seem to speak of the awarding of these medals as something to be ashamed of, as though the Army might be making a great mistake. Remember, you men who took chances at every step, that your FORMER squirrel hunter from until they had moved closer. On other side of the hedgerow lobbed part in the ceremony of launching A West Virginia, who once was more than one occasion his sharp a "potato-masher" near him. Regno this invasion is not forgotten by regarded as physically unfit for eyes have detected Germans and threw both his grenades. any who partook in the activities. combat duty because he had been traps in time to avert trouble. In a moment, one of the gre- Medals mean a lot to every soldier's partment. They plan to run the weakened by an attack of pneu- St. Clair is short and thin, and nades came sailing back. The morale regardless of who gets them. widely publicized picture of their monia, has earned himself a repu- doesn't look at all like the type to American grabbed it and frantic- president, Sewell Avery, being given In our case, there is a group of tation as the "eyes" of a reconnais- withstand the physical exertions of ally heaved it toward the enemy lowly truck drivers who worked 24 a piggy-back ride by a couple of sance unit—which itself is regarded a scout, but, according to his com- GIs on the front of their next again. Once more it came back, hours straight, unloading our hos- as the "eyes and ears" of an in- rades, he is always out in front catalogue—with the caption, "We like a bouncing ball. pital from a ship, driving the trucks fantry division. when the patrols go into action. Take Orders From Anybody." Finally, realizing the pin hadn't to the assigned hospital area, help- ... "Ol' Eagle Eyes" is Pvt. Forrest been pullerA, Regno yanked it out ing setting up tents. And after the The manpower shortage must St. Clair, of Pipestem, W. Va. Ac- and sent the explosive on its third hospital was operating and receiv- be terrific back home. Hard- cording to his platoon sergeant, he Attention Texans: A lone jeep trip toward the enemy. An explo- ing patients, they carried litters all pressed for manpower, a Biloxi once spotted a Jerry 600 yards in the Third Armored Division sion and yell followed, and the ser- night long so that you wounded (Miss.) baseball team has a 12- away, a Jerry that the sergeant has been flying the flag of the geant was satisfied. front-line men might be as comfort- year-old shortstop in its lineup. couldn't even see with binoculars state of Texas. able as possible, and as many of The jeep belongs to Lt. Col. * * * your lives saved as possible. None Samuel M. Hogan, of Pharr, of the:e men received medals, but Private Breger Take it from Sgt. Charles Tex. Every time the colonel Felix, of Lafayette, Ind., you they do not complain, nor do they and his Lone Star jeep pull begrudge deserved awards to any- can't always believe what you into a French town, the na- hear. one else. Neither did they flinch tives' first questions are about under constant artillery fire while the flag. In his Pharr French, While his outfit was attack- ,^ ing a strong German position, unloading the ship, nor were they Hogan tries to explain. Felix was sent out on patrol stopped by constant enemy air ac- In one town, the Texan was tivity in those first few days. trying to explain the flag to a with three other men. While Remember, too, that the Red Cross young boy. The lad's grand- advancing cautiously along a road which was supposed to be Is very little protection at night. father understood a little tour- I wonder if the whole point of ist English and translated for in his own company area, he this thing isn't the fact that when the boy. heard a noise in the hedgerow we return home we will have a "That is the flag of one of to his left. Felix took cover feeling way down deep of having and inquired: "Is that you, Lt. the American resistance organi- done our part, regardless of medals zations," the old man explained. Daye?" and headlines. A voice with a perfect Amer- / Good luck to everyone, front line * * ican accent—but definitely not or rear echelon, from a member of Civilians in a French town the voice of Lt. Daye—replied: the masses, doing the job.—1/Lt. "Yes, it's me. Come on over." John J. Flynn, MAC. near a Ninth AF Thunderbolt landing strip are currently Felix grabbed his BAR and chuckling at the expense of the sprayed the hedgerow and in THE STARS AND STRIPES Americans. "Yanks built the the ensuing battle he and his Printed at tha New York Herald men killed four Germans. Tribune printing establishment. 21 rue railroad here in 1918," they say. de Berri, Paris, and at L'Ouest Jour- "Then your planes tore it up a nal, Rennes, for the U.S armed forces few weeks ago. Now you are under auspices of the Special Services Division, ETOUSA. Not for distribu- building it again." Fifth Infantry Division men tion to civilians. are constantly running Into Contents passed by the U.S. Army * * and Navy censors; subscription, 260 civilians who knew the Red francs per year plus postage. ETO C/SGT. Charles J. Regno, of Diamond warriors of World edition entered as second class matter Springfield, Mass., and a group War I. It was no surprise, Mar. 15, 1943, at the post office, New of Germans played catch with a York. N.Y., under the act of Mar. 3. therefore, when the mayor of a 1878. All material appearing in this hand grenade when the American freshly-liberated town exhibited publication has been written and forgot to pull the pin on the mis- photographs of Fifth members edited by members of the Army and ISS^QS^EATUBES SYN111CATE. Inc. WOULD RIGHTS RESERVED sile. Navy except where stated that a civi- whom he had met in 1918, ac- lian or other outside source is btng Regno had two grenades in his cording to Capt. Robert H. quoted. "If you don't make less noise, I'll blacken your other hands and had just pulled the pin Williams, company commander Vol. 1, No. 67 onelw on one when the Germans on the from Henderson, Ky. Wednesday, Sept. 2G, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES SPORTS Page 3 Once Over Series Fever Meets Yanks in Detroit Lightly | By Charlie Kiley __J DETROIT, Sept. 19. — World Series fever was evident through- The Chips Are Down NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—There's out the town that Ford built to- another Paul Robeson ruririing day as Joe McCarthy's Yankees around the football field these days invaded Briggs Stadium for a to remind World War I vets of the three-game series with the •Amer- ebony giant end who gained Ail- ican League leading Tigers. Steve American fame with Rutgers' 1917 O'Neill's athletes open their im- team before he became an inter- portant home stay half a game nationally acclaimed singer-actor. ahead of the Browns and two full The new Robeson is Paul Jr., who games ir> front of the Bombers. is bidding for a regular berth with Cornell. Coach Carl Snavely says The disillusioned New Yorkers young Robeson is a carbon copy of staggered into town after a woe- his old man, spreading 190 pounds ful weekend against the Athletics. over his sixffoot frame, plus a Their boss, genial Connie Mack, had predicted that the Tigers nonchalant manner, quick reflexes, would win the torrid race so the good humor and a keen sense for leather. If Robeson emulates his A's cooperated by pinning back the Yankees' ears in a single test father, another great Negro end will be no novelty at Ithaca, where Saturday and twice Sunday. Brud Holland starred in 1936 and Rested for the occasion are Paul 1937. "Dizzy" Trout, Hal Newhouser and In fact, Negro gridmen have long Stubby Overmire, Detroit's de- been standouts and it would be dif- pendable mound trio- Newhouser, * ficult to pick a crack all-time team winner of 25 decisions, was slated of them. A backtield of Fritz to oppose Hank Borowy today, Pollard (Brown), Ozzie Simmons with Trout, having won 24, going (Iowa), Kenny Washington (UC- tomorrow against Mel Queen and LA) and Bill West (Washington Overmire confronting either Walt Joe McCarthy and Jefferson) would be hard to Dubiel or Ernie Bonham, Thurs- 'Dizzy' Trout Two reasons for Joe's plight Mai Newii beat. day. Pollard and Simmons had few Trout and Newhouser each have Browns, still very much in the League basement. Ben Chapman A glance at the National League superiors in broken-field running. brought down the Bombers, five pennant picture, entertain the cel- was tagged with the defeat when standings reveals that one more West quarterbacked the unheralded times this year, while Borowy has lar-dwelling Senators in a noc- he yielded a single to Phil Masi victory for the Cardinals or one Presidents who tied California in subdued the Tigers nine times in turnal affair. A triumph for St. and a double to Tommy Holmes in defeat for the Pirates will clinch the Rose Bowl 20 years ago, and 11 tries over three years. Two of Louis, plus a New York win, would the tenth. Nate Andrews won his St. Louis' third straight flag. The fans of today are quite familiar Borowy's decisions were turned hurdle the Browns into the lead. 14th verdict. Redbirds, 13 1/2 games ahead of with Washington as a one-man- in this season, but the Bengals In the only game on yesterday's Seven errors marred the game Pittsburgh, have 13 games to play, gang for the Uclans. whipped him the last time they major league docket, the Braves with Town Brown, Brooklyn's 16- while the Bucs have 14. The best *t visited Gotham. victimized the Dodgers, 6-5, in ten year-old shortstop, the worst of- the Pirates can get is a tie—if they Inasmuch as everything is sup- While the Tigers and Yanks innings, and shunted Lippy Duro- fender with three. The Braves sweep their remaining games and posed to happen at Brooklyn—where claw each other, Luke Sewell's cher's Bums into the National outhit the Bums, 13-6. the Cards drop 13 in a row. even three-legged cats have kittens with two tails, as discovered yester- day—it shouldn't be unusual for the From Foxholes to Gridiron It's That Time Again Dodgers to have a lineup which even their manager, Leo "The Lip" A Durocher, has difficulty recognizing. Trojans Open Against UC* " You guys who last saw the Bums a year or two ago wouldn't know employes like Miksis, Aderhold, Indiana Faces Illini in Midwest Durrett, Schultz, Andrews, Brown, Basiski and Boiling. But they are NEW YORK, Sept. 19—Although the bulk of the nation's college foot- the workers now drawing pay checks ball teams will not inaugurate their season until Sept. 30, a fair sample at Ebbets Field. Oh yes, there's one of what grid fans can expect in 1944 will be offered come Saturday. major leaguer, too—Dixie Walker, The Pacific Coast will share the spotlight with the midwest Satur- whose .360 hitting pace is almost day. The feature attraction on the coast pits Southern Cal against certain to give him the league title. UCLA at Los Angeles,, while Washington opposes Willamette, Pop 3? * * Pete Gray, one-armed Memphis Stagg's College of Pacific faces St. Chicks outfielder, has been named Mary's Pre-Flight and California the most valuable player of the tackles St. Mary's, at Eerkeley. Minor League Southern Association for 1944. Pete In the midwest, four Big Ten not only is one of the loop's best teams will unveil their 1944 per- Standings defensive gardeners with an amaz- formers. Indiana plays Illinois in ingly accurate throwing arm, and the inaugural conference game, Michigan ventures to Marquette Pacific Coast League a speed demon on base, but he Final Standings batted .320 to lead the Chicks into and Minnesota trades touchdowns W. L. Pet. * W. L. Pet. the playoffs. with Iowa Pre-Flight. Los Angeles 93 71 .580 Seattle 85 84 .503 Cornell meets Syracuse in the Portland.... 87 82.515 Hollywood 83 86.491 Two veterans of the Solomons campaign, Jack Sugarman (left), of S.Francisco 86 83 .509 Sacram'to. 76 93 .4,50 Whenever Hammering Henry top eastern game- Other tussles Oakland ... 86 83 .509 San Diego 75 94 .44* Media, Pa., and George Waltzer, Scranton, Pa., try out for football team in the east pit Colgate against Armstrong needs a fall guy, he can at Temple University. Sugarman won the Navy Cross for killing 132 Japs. Playoffs count on Aldo Spoldi, who has been Sampson Naval, West Virginia Both were Marine privates. against Pittsburgh, Villanova International League campaigning in the ring since John Newark 5, Toronto 4. L. Sullivan's grandfather was run- against Scranton and Bucknell (Newark leads, 3-0.) ning snakes out of Erin. The beau- 1944 Hockey Season against Muhlenberg. American Association tiful friendship between Henry and Fitz to Stay The southwest and Big Six are Tofedo 7, St. Paul 4. scheduled to cross swords when Louisville 4, Milwaukee 2. Aldo began in 1937, when Hank To Commence Oct. 28 (Toledo, Louisville lead, 3-2.) whipped the Italian. Three years Texas Christian plays Kansas and Southern Association Arkansas visits Missouri. In the later, Henry kayoed his pal in seven As Phils Boss NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—Teams in Nashville 3, Memphis 2. rounds and he has belted him out Rocky Mountain sector, Second (Memphis leads, 3-2.) the National Hockey League will AAF opens against Whitman and Eastern League twice this year. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19.—Herb play a 50-game schedule this sea- Pennock, general manager of the Washburn struggles with Colorado Hartford 5, Utica 3. They haven't revealed their plans son, starting October 28 and end- (Utica leads, 2-1; winner to play Bing- for '45 as yet. Phillies, today spiked rumors that College. hamton,' which defeated Albany, 3-0.) Manager Freddie Fitzsimmons was ing March 18, 1945, Les Patrick, to get the axe by announcing that acting president, announced to- TWO PITCHERS CALLED CARDS PURCHASE TROTTER LAW GRABS OLD PETE night. SARASOTA, Fla., Sept. 19.—Cub EAST ST. LOUIS, El, Sept. 19 — Fat Freddie has signed a contract ST. LOUIS, Sept. 19.—Bill Trotter, Six teams again will comprise the Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitch- for the 1945 season. Pitcher Paul Derringer and Denny former Browns and White Sox ing hero for the Cardinals in the Nemo Leibold, Louisville field circuit, Patrick said. Each club will Galehouse, Browns twirler, have pitcher, has been purchased by the play 25 games at home and 25 on been ordered to report here to- Cardinals from their Rochester ► 1926 World Series, was take 1 into boss, and Bucky Harris, Buffalo morrow for pre-induction exams. custody by police here when he was pilot who was bounced at Philadel- the road. farm of the International League.- found wandering aimlessly through phia to make room for Fitzsim- the streets dressed only in pajamas. mons, had been mentioned promi- Old Pete admitted he was penniless nently for the job. Bucky was and said he had walked away from fired in 1943 by "remote control" Wide Open Grid Race Looms in Southwest a hospital where he had been "ent by Owner Bill Cox, who later was DALLAS, Sept. 19—Unlike last cast with plenty of experience as est youngsters in years in George for treatment. barred from organized baseball by year when Texas breezed through wartime college teams go. The Walmsley, a snake- hipped quarter- Judge Kenesaw M. Landis for gam- with only a minimum of trouble, Owls will unveil one of the bright- back who starred at Goose Creek bling. Help Wanted the 1944 Southwest Conference high school for four season. football campaign is expected to Rated high, but not quite on a —AND GIVEN develop into a knock-down-drag- par with Texas and Rice, is Arkan- Write your question or problem to MajorLeague 'em-out scramble. sas, which last year broke a pro- Help Wanted, The Stars and Stripes That doesn't mean, however, that longed streak of conference defeats. Paris, France. Standings opponents should become careless Coach Glen Rose has ten letter- FOUND against Coach D. X. Bible's Texas men returning and the Razorbacks ARRACKS BAG belonging to Lt. Hoff- eleven, because the Longhorns will say this will be their year to howl. B man, Aug. 20. Maj. Louis S. Sohn Jr. American League field a fearsome team once again. Coach Homer Norton greeted LOST W. L. Pet. G.B. The powerful forward wall has nine holdovers when his Texas ILL Signals captain who gave me a Detroit 78 62 .657 ... been bolstered considerably by the St. Louis 78 63 .553 % A & M squad reported for duty, W lilt on the Buc-Versailles road Sept. 8 New York 76 64 .543 2 return of Center Jack Sachse and much better than last year when please return the Contax camera which I Boston 74 66 .529 4 Guard Harold Fisher, who were on he started from scratch without a left in his command car. Palmer Dixon. Philadelphia ... 67 75 .472 12 APOs WANTED Cleveland 66 75 .468 12% the '42 Texas team, but served at veteran and lost only to Texas. VT. James L. Forster, Pvt. Arnold Buch- Chicago i 64 77 .452 14% Southwestern in the Marine train- Southern Methodist and Texas P ner, Greenville, S.C.; Lt. Col. Parks Washington .... 60 81 .426 18% ing program last year. Discharged Christian report slight improve- Buntl, Atlanta, Ga.; Maj. Peter J. Rooney, National League by the leathernecks, Sachse and Carbanelale, Pa.; Lt. Joseph E. Bellahca, ment, but neither is expected" to Niagara Palls, N.Y.; Pfc. William C. Car- St. Louis 96 45 .681 ... Fischer are coming back to com- cause much rumpus in the title roll, Milwaukee, Wis.; Cpl. Donald Knorr, Pittsburgh 82 58 .586 13% plete their collegiate gridiron edu- chase. Pfc. Tom Teresinski, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Cincinnati 79 60 .568 16 cation under Bible. Sgt. Jack Kroenlein, Maj. Terrence C. Chicago 66 73 .475 29 Baylor, the seventh member of Fitzgerald, Torrington, Wyo.; Rarvel T. New York 63 77 .450 32% The chief threat to Bible's bid the circuit, still is out of action, JtaSiman, George Edward Fisher, Newcas- Boston 58 82 .414 37% for a third straight championship Harold Fischer but the Golden Bears will be back tle? Del.; Sgt. Keith M. Griffith, Pvt. Philadelphia ... 57 81 .413 37% looms in the Rice Owls, a versatile Returns to Longhorn line. Harry Kazuzne. Brooklyn 58 83 .411 38 in 1945. Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, Sept. 20, 60 Front-Line Buss That Backfired 2 Flying Bombs Hit Dewey Unhurt Yanks at Reich's Edge In Train Wreck Divisions Now, Two flying bombs caused a number of casualties when they landed In U.S. lines in the vici- On West Coast 8 More to Sail nity of the German frontier recently, Henry Gorrell, United CHICAGO, Sept. 19.—The U.S. CASTELROCK, Wash., Sept. 19. Army has 60 divisions in combat, Press correspondent, reported —Gov. Thomas E. Dewey escaped yesterday. ./ injury but was severely shaken up with eight more sailing for over- Accuracy and control of the seas this month, Gen. George C. today when the special train in 'Marshall told the American Legion's bomB are doubtful, Gorrell said, which he was traveling crashed into 26th annual convention today. and its effect on the Allied ad- the wreckage of a freight near here. Disclosing that more than 3,055,- vance will probably be negligible. First reports of the accident said 000 troops were now on the world's The report pointed out that had no one had been killed but that the battlefronts, the Army's chief of the flying bombs been used train had been halted indefinitely. staff said that 1,000,000 men and against the Allies in the Nor- The locomotive of Dewey's train 1,000 squadrons had been sent over- mandy beachhead areas it might buried itself halfway into the wreck- seas by the Air Forces alone. have had a devastating effect. age of the freight, which was de- "Our troops are so well dispersed railed last night. Many Battle Tested at present, however, that it can The accident occurred while the "More than 60 divisions have do little damage," be added. GOP Presidential candidate was en reached the fronts thoroughly route from Seattle to Portland, trained and equipped and many of where he was to have delivered an them are already battletested," he address tonight. Mrs. Dewey, tra- said. "Combat troops, as well as Soviets Drive veling with her husband, also was service units, totaling more than severely shaken up. V1 To Cut Off 20 In Seattle, Dewey charged that 9 President Roosevelt's "bungling, in- Gen.'Ike Tells Legion competent" labor policy had made Nazi Divisions wage-hour questions a political foot- 0* Nazi Defeat Is Near ball. He reiterated that "a change in the national administration next CHICAGO, Sept. 19. — Gen. While official silence still screen- ed the Russian drive for Warsaw January will involve no change in Eisenhower in a message to the the military leadership of the war-"' American Legion convention to- yesterday, attention on the Eastern day said Germany's defeat was Front shifted to a five-day-old So- viet offensive in Estonia and Lat- LEWIS BLOCKS A RIVAL fast approaching. via, where the Red Army* apparently CINCINNATI, Sept. 19. — Ray Sending his regrets to World was trying to cut off an estimated Edmundson, of Springfield, 111., War I veterans, the supreme Al- 20 German divisions and strike East leader of the defeated autonomy lied commander said he was sorry Prussia from the north. movement in the United Mine he could not address the con- The Russians were attempting Workers, was ruled off the union's vention by radio because his to pinch off a 20-mile coastal cor- ballot yesterday as a candidate for 'travels about France" kept him ridor which was the only link for President John L. Lewis' job. Lewis too busy. German forces from Riga to the himself made the ruling and he was Finnish Gulf with those in western sustained without dissent by the 2,155,000 officers and men, accom- Lithuania. One German report said assembled delegates. panied these divisions abroad," he the Russians had thrown 63 divi- added. sions into the assault, characterized AIR HEARING OPENS Asserting the work of American by big tank battles. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The bombers and fighters had made The Baltic front is about 200 largest hearing in the Civil Aero- the role of the ground soldier miles long, and principal points of nautics Board's history got under- easier, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief pressure yesterday were north of way today as 21 airline and steam- of the Army Air Forces, gave Bauska and northeast of Madona, ship companies started testimony legionnaires an example of the in Latvia, and around the commu- supporting applications to furnish planes' successes, describing how nication centers of Valga and Tartu air services between the U.S. and vehicles were destroyed by strafing in Estonia. Moscow said Valga, 80 Latin-America. and left burning along roads north miles northeast of Riga, had been of Toulon, France. Acme Photo. captured. RECOGNIZES SYRIA, LEBANON The Democratic and Republican Cpl. William Lay, of Chicago, thought it was fun when he liberated vice-presidential candidates—both WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The ^ Paris, but his little woman didn't agree when she saw a picture of U.S. has recognized the indepen- here as delegates—addressed the hubby being kissed by a Parisian mademoiselle. She got out the rolling Army ofl 7 Million 1,780 delegates. dence of Syria and Lebanon, Secre- pin to show how she felt—but she really doesn't look so angry, at that. tary of State Cordell Hull said Demands Job Priority First Planned by today. Ohio's Gov. John W. Bricker, U. S., British Say GOP vice-presidential nominee, re- Thomas Raps commended that absolute iob prior- Treasury Dept. ity be given American soldiers when WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Brit- Yanks Capture they return, even if it means dis- Maps New Plan A Peace Draft ish information services have dis- placing civilians. Bricker said the closed that the U.S. originally German Town solution to the re-employment of planned an armed force of some WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—Norman 17,000,000. from ten to twelve million men Treasury is working on new tax re- Thomas, Socialist Party presi- (Continued from Page 1) ani women lay in "freeing business Allied military leaders later cut commendations for presentation to dential candidate, in a speech for this down to some 12,000,000 it was maining 3,000 members of the Ger- and industry from their shackles Congress after Germany surrenders, and releasing productive forces of rebroadcast to American troops said in a war survey, when it was man garrison at the Channel port but details are being carefully decided that Britain's military force of Boulogne, after pushing into the the country." . guarded. overseas, asserted that peace-time Sen. Harry Truman, of Missouri, should be greater in proportion to city's harbor and downtown areas. conscription in the U.S. would Democratic candidate for vice pre- In the words of Under-Secretary its population than that of the sident, said the GI bill of Rights of the Treasury Daniel W. Bell:— threaten to bring future wars. United States. Reach Edge of Stolberg would "prevent a repetition of the "This is no time to discuss taxes. Assailing the policy of uncondi- "There were several reasons for tragic mistakes under which World We have a war to win first." He has tional surrender, he charged that this decision," the report said. WITH THE FIRST U.S. ARMY, War I veterans suffered." instructed his aides to follow that it had delayed a popular revolution Among them was the fact it was Germany, Sept. 19.—Advancing in policy. in Germany and possibly delayed a plainly more economical use of the face of a heavy German artil- Treasury deliberations, however, victory. resources to employ a relatively lery barrage, tanks and infantrymen are being complicated because the Thomas said that everything larger proportion of British man- of Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges' forces 5,495 Japanese President's January budget will known about President Roosevelt's power for fighting in the European reached the outskirts of Stolberg hinge on the capitulation of Ger- agreement with the Allies "indi- theater because it was there, right today. many. Financial planners must cates that tacitly if not openly he on Europe's doorstep, without hav- American bombers have been Dead in Palaus know, for example, the approximate has agreed to use American men ing to be shipped across the Atlan- plastering German positions in a size of the armed forces and of the and money to win back Indo-Chi- tic. wide semi-circle around surrounded U.S. Marines have killed 5,495 national income in relation to anti- na for the French, the East Indies Aachen. Army officials estimated PARIS-CHERBOURG TRAINS Japanese on the island of Peleliu, cipated revenues. for the Dutch and Burma and Ma- there were fewer than 20,000 people in the Palau group, east of the One certain thing is that there laya for the British." The Paris-Cherbourg railway is left in the city, whose normal po- Philippines, while further gains will be no more new taxes this year. "I assume," he ' said, "that open to traffic again and the first pulation is about 160,000. have been made by troops who Congress issued an edict to that sooner or later, American capital- train from the coast has reached Advancing U.S. troops have been Jl landed on Anguar, also in the Pa- effect earlier this year when it en- ists will become partners in the Paris, said Paris Radio, quoted by slowed by intensive German artil-*^ laus, and on Morotai, in the Hal- acted tax simplification laws. business of imperial exploitation. the United Press. lery fire and stiffening enemy re- mahera Islands, northwest of New sistance in many sectors, but to- Guinea. day's gains included the occupation The northern half of Peleliu Is Surprised Nazis Provide 'Chow* for Yanks of the German town of Sittart by now under Allied control, and good troops which advanced from Maas- progress has been made on Anguar, tricht. despite Japanese counter-attacks. In the vicinity of Trier, farther Weak ertemy air attacks have south, where the Germans had ob- failed to prevent American forces tained some successes with a coun- from strengthening their positions ter-attack, the Nazis were driven on Morotai, Gen. MacArthur's back. In the counter-attack in the communique said. Wollendorf area north of Echte- In the Palau fighting, dispatches nach, local gains had been scored from the front said the Japs were by the enemy. chaining observers in small caves Evacuation of Cologne has started, to prevent them from retreating. according to reports from inside Germany. Cologne, one of the great industrial cities of the Reich, has Hills North of Florence a normal population of 700,000. Seized by Americans Train Takes Churchill Climaxing a week's hard fight- To Secret Destination ing, American troops yesterday captured three heavily-fortified QUEBEC, Sept. 19.—Prime Min- hills 21 miles north of Florence. ister Churchill left here by .train In the Adriatic sector, British for an undisclosed destination Sun- and Canadian troops of the Eighth day after the completion of his Army enlarged their bridgehead second conference in Quebec with across the Marano River and seized American doughboys sample the "hot chow" found in a German field kitchen captured in the advance President Roosevelt, it was Jg** the villages of Corasola and Fae- vealed yesterday. -tano. toward Germany. An infantryman guards the mess sergeant, a Nari in this case.