New York—London lei On Parle Francais Paris—Rennes Je suis un general Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1944 THE SIMLA TRIPES Juh sweezun jaynayRAHL Vol. 1. No. Gl I am a general Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces y ^5*£V* in the European Theater of Operations Invade Reich at 2nd Point
How the Yanks Crossed Their Last Frontier Berlin SaysYanks By Henry C. Gorrell bleak barracks building which only a few United Press Correspondent. hours before housed German troops. WITH FIRST U.S. ARMY ARMORED I entered Eupen with U.S. armored spear- FORCES, Germany, Sept. 12. — The forward heads, and there is still fighting on the Aim for Cologne; elements of our armor crossed the German mam square there. There were very few frontier from 6 to 11 PM last night, and flags out. There was no cheering and lie this morning the initial penetration of Ger- baby kissing, and those who did give tho 'many is in strength. It falls on the 26th V-sign did so with hesitation and obvious Le Havre Ta anniversary of the great American St. timidity, as though fearful of being de- Mihiel offensive in 1918. nounced by their Nazi neighbors. The penetration was accomplished by a In this town, within the revised 1940 Ger- The First U.S. Army made its second crossing of the U.S. armored division which swept across man frontier, the population is half Ger- Reich's frontier yesterday at a point about ten miles south- Belgium in a swift 10-day march and man, hall Belgian. We are no longer con- east of Aachen as German reports said the Allies were which has now crossed the last frontier of quering heroes. In fact, I saw a German striving to break through into the Ruhr in the direction of the campaign. woman break into tears when she noticed Cologne and Dusseldorf. Our tanks sprang forward this morning three German prisoners riding with trie Meantime, other elements of the First Army which had in a series of strong exploratory thrusts column in the trailer of a jeep just ahead made the initial Allied invasion of western Germany less, which, like all our blows all the way from of me. than 36 hours before were battling Wehrmacht troops near the Seine, was audacious and skillfully or- And in the town square, until German the Siegfried line five miles across the border, and First ganized. shells began bursting around our tanks and Canadian Army troops accepted the surrender of the Ger- Orders for this historic crossing into the the crowd scattered to duck inside doorway?, man garrison at Le Havre, key port which lies at the mouth of the enemy country were issued from a bare, (Continued on Page 4) Seine River and controls seaway Siegfried Line communications with the Paris re- gion. There was no indication as to the Bombs Forced ArmyPickingUp,Returning Hit; Luftwaffe strength of the force which made the second entry into Germany, six Bearing Works Belted Again miles east of Eupen, Belgium, nor Gls Stranded ^Lost in Paris the depth of its penetration. Front- line reports said the troops did not Underground Medi a in sPouud Ground encounter any definite German line Confronted with the problem of thousands of lost or as they crossed the border, although AWOL soldiers wandering around the streets of Paris, Maj. Defenses; Heavies Stir there was some scattered resistance. 8th AF Officials See Paul Hitler, deputy provost marshal for the Paris area, Another Big Battle Tell of Big U.S, Drive Damage Inflicted and announced yesterday a "pickup and delivery service'' for The Berlin correspondent of the Nazi-controlled Scandinavian Tele- — ( GI stragglers. Opening the battle for the Sieg- New Plants graph Bureau reported that First Starting today, any officers or fried Line, Marauders and Havocs Army units, "greatly reinforced By Peter Lis: _ ->r enlisted men who become separated yesterday dropped their first ex- plosives on Germany, battering with tanks and heavy artillery, have Stars and Stripes Stafl Writer. from their units or vehicles in the begun a general offensive along the frontier defenses, whi'e U.S. heavy TAVERNY, Vance, Sept. 12 — French capital may get free food, entire front between Aachen and Haw the Nazis ho^ed to escape By Sea and Air bombers flew through screens of lodging and transportation back to Metz. Attacks are said to be cen- bomb devastation and save a part enemy intercepters for the second tered before Aachen and the Allies of their ball-bearing supply in Eighty-nine Japanese vessels were their outfits by reporting to Provost straight day to blast strategic tar- gets in the Reich. are aiming to break through the France by going u~der round was sunk or probably sunk and 68 enemy Marshal headquarters, 131 Avenue Ruhr in the direction of Cologne revealed here today to Ei?' th Air planes wrecked Friday in the first de Wagram, Paris. While the medium and light and Dusseldorf." bombers plastered pillboxes and Force officials and correspondents big naval and air attack against In two weeks here the Provost On the Moselle River front, Third surveying at first hand the damage Mindanao in the Philippines, it was Marshal section has cared for concrete emplacement* standing U.S. Army units were reported to inflicted upon German indu-trial announced at Pearl Harbor yester- hundreds of soldiers lost in Paris. between Germany and advancing American troops. Ninth fighter- have established new bridgeheads targets by Allied air attacks day. Some were picked up by MPs, but south of Nancy. American attacks In an enormous grotto hev.n of The attack was made by carrier- most turned themselves In voluntar- bombers saturated supply and com- in the vicinity of Metz and Thion- rock here, 15 miles northwest of based aircraft, cruisers and destroy- ily. munication lines over which the ville were reported, although there Paris, the Germans had * 800 ers under Adin. William F. Halsey. "They usually wander around enemy must reinforce his border fortresses. were rjo signs of weakening German machines from the Paris branch cf Most of the Jap pianes were des- town for a day or so until they run resistance. All the American bridge- the SKF ball-bearing works of troyed on the ground. Only eight out of money and get hungry," Sgt. Fierce Air Battles heads over the Moselle were being Sweden, installed electric power and interceptors came up, and all were Donald A. Everitt, of Klamath Falls, Fierce aerial duels between the shelled by the Germans and all the begun operations w;'" 250 woi'.:ers shot down. Thirty-two of the ships Ore., said. "Then thev come to us Luftwaffe and fighters escorting crossings were being made in the when they were force-" to flee. were in a coastal cargo convoy. to get K-rations and transportation nearly 1,000 British-based Fortresses face of heavy fire. Orvar Gustaffson, manager of In Washington, the Navy Depart- back to their outfits." and Liberators to eastern and cen- More German counter-attacks two SKF plants on the outskirts of ment announced that the Palau Men who come to the Provost tral Germany raged again yester- were made against / lan Third Paris, said the Germans planned to Islands were attacked Sunday and Marshal asking to get back to their day over the Reich. Boosting the Army positions east of the Moselle, use other grottos in France for their Monday by planes and shelled by outfits are booked on a technical toll taken by U.S. fighters since including a determined thrust in industry. battleships and cruisers. charge of being separated from Sept. 1 to 550 enemy craft de- the Toul sector, but all were broken The cave is a fantastic labyrinth, In China. Chinese forces liberated their units. Everitt estimated that stroyed, the Eighth Air Force pur- after bitter fighting. One portion formerly a quarry. The Germans Sungshan. "Gibraltar of the Burma about half were just plain lost, the suits bagged 76 planes—50 in the of a bridge was df troyed by Ger- also used it to store airph .ie en- Road." after a three-month siege, rest probably AWOL. He urged air and 26 on the ground. man shells, but was restored by " S. gines. From one end to the other and Allied bombers hit the Jap-held men stranded to contact MPs im- Seventeen U.S. fighters were lost, engineers under fire. Neufchateau it runs 3 1/2 miles and covers 250- harbor of Amoy and airfields around mediately, as Paris is off limits to but some of them were believed to last night was reporter-" in ^erman 000 square feet. The machines— Canton in south China. troops not on official business. have landed in friendly territory. (Continued cn Page 4) delicate lathes—looked in good con- There wr.s no immediate announce- dition under lamplight—the po^ar ment of bomber Josses or the system has been sto ed. number of kills scored by the The decision to go underground Mighty Fortress Eben Emael heavies. French Seize was reached after the second Eighth Joining in the aerial offensive Air Force raid on SKF's two plants against the enemy homeland, up to at Bois Colombes and Ivry, which Falls to Yanks Without a Shot 500 Italian-based U.S. heav*-- raid- 18,000 Nazis before the war employed 2,000 work- ed objectives in southern Germany, ers and produced 25,000 bearings a By G. K. HodenfieM are. That is the best the Allies have and British bombers followed up LONDON, Sept. 12.—Gen. Koe- day. In April 1940, they turned Stars and Stripes Staff Writer. to offer. This was an impregnable the heaviest RAF daylight blow nig's communique tonight reported out 40,000 a day. FT. EBEN EMAEL, Belgium. Sept. fort, and we have taken it, who can ever launched against the Reich the surrender of 18,000 Germans The highest production figure to the FFI in the Issoudun region, 10 (Delayed). ■— Germany's self- stop the German Army?" with another assault on Ruhr syn- under the Germans was 25,000. Long before the Germans march- thetic-oil plants. about 60 miles south of Orleans. styled impregnable bastion Ft. Eben "In accordance with the terms of Eighth raiders came over the first Emael, whose capture from the ed in Poland long before any de- Synthetic-oil plants, refineries, the surrender agreement which has time Sept. 15, 1943. Thereafter, Allies astounded the military world claration of war, the Germans were engine plants and an ordnance been signed, these troops were sent production never exceeded 12,000 a in 1940, fell without a shot to in- preparing for Ft. Eben Emael. An depot were hit by the Eighth day. exact replica was built inside Ger- heavies. to Orleans, where they were turned fantrymen commanded by Lt. Col. over to the Americans," the com- Gustaffson said that about 30 Paul W. McCollum, of High Point. many, ' and for weeks "suicide' USSTAF headquarters announced (Continued on Page 4) N.C. squads stormed the replica. They yesterday that scores of Eighth munique said. When Ft. Eben Emael fell, it was Knew where every gun was placed, bombers landed in Russia Monday Roosevelt and Churchill more than just the taking of a Ger- they knew every strongpoint. And after raiding southeast of Leipzig. Liberation of Belgium man strongpoint by American in- when they went after the fort, All the heavies landed safely. One Hold First Quebec Talk fantrymen. To the Germans it they did it with high explosives, escorting P51 was lost. Will Hit Nazi Economy was a symbol, loss of which meant flame-throwers, paratroops and QUEBEC, Sept . 12.—President much more than just the loss of a wave after wave of aircraft. 'BLOOD AND GUTS' FILM WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Liber- Roosevelt and Prime Minister place to dig in. They knew what they had to do, HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Sept. 12.— ation of Belgium win cost the Ger- Churchill held their first meeting The Nazis captured Ft. Eben and they did it. The film industry here announced man economy 2,000,000 E^lgian today with their joint chiefs of Emael by following a plan drawn When the Germans took Eben it was planning a picture about workers, as well as huge supplies of .■aPfetaff to discuss plans for defeating up many weeks before. And when Emael, and swept on to conquer Gen. George S. Patton, commander coke, electric power and iron and Japan, a conference spokesman an- the fort was in German hands, the most of Europe, military experts of the Third U.S. Army. It will De steel, the Foreign Economic Admi- nounced. Nazis said arrogantly. "There you (Continued on Page 4) called "Blood and Guts." nistration pointed out here. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1944
THE STARS AND STRIPES Printed at the New York Herald Tribune printing establishment. 21 rue de Berri, Paris, and at L'Ouest Jour- Nazi Spies St ill on the Prowl in Paris nal. Hennes. lor the U.S. armed forces under auspices of the Special Services' Maturity: When Coast Guards- Division, ETOUSA Not for distribu- man Vic Mature lost his best gal, tion to civilians Contents passed by the D.S Army Rita Hayworth, currently Mrs. By Gladwin Hill I suggested The Stars and Stripes. and Navy censors; subscription. 200 Orson Welles, he console^ himself "Oh, I've asked them and they say they francs per year, plus postage ElO thusly: "The guy married her while Associated Press Correspondent. edition entered as second class matter can't " she replied—just a little too quickly. Mar. 1.5. 1443. at the post office. New I was at sea. What could 1 do? Paris is a lovely place, the people most York. N.Y.. under the act of Mar. 3. I'm still heartbroken." Eut Vic is cordial and hospitable—but you have to The young lady may or may not have been 1878. All materia) appearing In this apparently recovering for he ad- a spy, but she gave a perfect example of publication has been written and keep your eye skinned. edited by members of the Army and ded: "I got another girl in Holly- somebody trying to find out about troop Navy, except where stated that a civi- wood. I'm madly in love with her. The blonde was very pleasant and spoke lian or other outside source is being I don't know her name." He's like both English and French expertly. She was movements. quoted. There is no doubt that many Nazi agents Vol. 1 No. 61 a lot of guys who had loves in an American who said she was married to the JJK. a Frenchman, and she chatted away about have been left behind the Germans' hasty this and that. retreat. French officials have warned the A literary skunk is the latest ad- public against people with German accents dition to the population of Hoho- "Oh, I'm still so afraid of the German BAG bombers," she sighed. "I wish they wouldn't who claim they come from Alsace-Lorraine. take the anti-aircraft guns away." Thousands of soldiers have been asked 810W IT "Who said anything about taking them disarmingly, "How long have you been in oor Hem away?" I asked. France?" "Where did you land?" "How did "Well, one was right near my house and you come here?"—simple, but just the sort it's gone." of simple questions an intelligence officer I suggested that anti-aircraft batteries asks an enemy prisoner. Dem Bums Again Hundreds of soldiers have been amazed No one of our outfit knows often change positions. French. We have seen many girls "But then why have all the boys left ths by Parisians hauling out autograph books we would have liked to talk to but \ hotel where they were billeted?'' she asked for them to sign. could not because of that handicap. —just a little too directly. "Oh, don't just sign your name—write We always talked about what we your unit under it too," the autograph could say if we ever found one Later she sighed that she had a lot of that could speak English. One day kus, N.J. To date it has not been cousins in the U.S. Army she hadn't seen for hunters say. our chance came. She was a pretty seen, but its calling card is evident years—was there any way she could find out Germany may be tottering but the arm of French girl who spoke English per- to patrons at the public library. military intelligence is still long. * * • if they were here? fectly. What do you think the guy from Virginia blurts out to her? Back in America secret service "How are the Brooklyn Dodgers s gents have uncovered a new making out?"—P/c Robert L. Mas- racket—split money. The money is tenison. made by splitting paper currency w IPC and pasting together the halves of bills of two different denomina For the Defense tions. The bills are passed, high It is obvious that Cpl. Rodder, denomination up. whose complaining letter appeared in your column, is one of the few Harassed members of the Char- ed: "Please go aws.. '£he Ger- uniques who cannot appreciate the EXACTLY 52 months to the day then reads the late war news leston County Rationing Board to his eager audience, amid mans want to surrender, but soldierly humor of the cartoons have added a "Dictionary of Eng- " after it was invaded by the Germans, the Grand Duchy of cries ol "What's Li'l Abner do- they are afraid to come out of published in The Stars and Stripes. lish Christian Names" to the their holes while your planes His Sunday school view of the car- Luxemburg was liberated Sunday ing? Read us Hash Marks, standard equipment for the office. etc." are here." toon involved gave us a much- A favorite place for naming Char- by an unreleased American Armor- needed laugh. It seems evident leston County babies in 1944 has ed division, and the, welcome the " ■ * * * that the "insulted" corporal has, Yanks received was on a par vith An engineer unit with an ar- A First Army corps head- fortunately for his tender sensibil- the wild jubilation in every oc- mored unit in the Lorient quarters can be cited for its ities, remained in England rnd has cupied town and village of France area recently devised a lime confidence. At 10 a.m. it pulled not witnessed scenes commonplace which has been freed. bomb which they labeled "V-4" out for a new location, a three- here in France. The Prince of Luxemburg—prince and used successfully against hour drive away—and still in We're sure the WACs here are consort to the grand duchess and the Germans. They rigged up German hands. Corps had is- familiar enough with the inade- popularly known as Prince Felix— a disbanded jalopy to^run on sued an order for one of their quacies of French plumbing so that was escorted into the city of Lux- railroad tracks leading into the armored divisions to begin an they managed at least a slight emburg by the division commander. town, inserted 750 pounds of offensive drive toivards the smile at the "offensive" cartoon. It Their jeep was mobbed and the ex- TNT in the vehicle, added a town at 11 a.m. is to be hoped that the corporal cited Luxemburgers swept the time fuse and sent it on its may come over here. We suggest prince onto their shoulders before way. An hour later the mo- he bring a portable, modern bath- he had gone half a dozen blocks bile bomb exploded and made In four days on the front, room with him.—Pvt. Howard Can- toward the center of the city. "one helluva big racket," ac- S/Sgt. Carlton Coats, a rifle field, Pvt. Emil E. Schlegel. become the rationing board office. The previous day the prince, cording to one observer. platoon guide from VVellsville, j*. Parents rush in and demand a wearing a British officer's uniform N. Y., advanced from platoon >.-fYv- ration book for a new arrival. Fre- and helmet, had accompanied for- 3*- sergeant to platoon leader to Air Force Complaint quently, the baby has no name and ward elements of the armored E wound up capturing a fugitive CO, then back again to platoon As constant readers of your pa- the board firmly explains that division who fought their way H German sailor, but Pfc Donald guide. During a scries of fierce F. Gionet, of Shirley, Mass., breaks per, the boys of the Pioneer P51 "Baby Doe" just won't do. As a within a few miles of the capital. engagements, his 28th Infantry Mustang fighter group of the Ninth result, many children are named The prince lunched on K-ration. into a sweat every time he contem- Division unit superiors became plates his embarrassment if he had Air Force are wondering what has on the spot, with the clerks being casualties and Csats climbed followed the popular soldier custom happened to the excellent coverage called on for helpful suggestions. * * * the promotion ladder in nothing A Stars and Stripes circula- of "faire l'amour." flat. He was CO for 24 hours you used to give to the Air Forces. Patrolling the streets of a newly- Major, a shepherd dog, has re- tion man, Pvt. George Spagel, until replacements arrived. The results of aerial attacks cer- liberated town shortly before cur- tainly deserve mention, and we'd placed the weather man in Green- is the center of attracion daily when he passes through a town few, the 83rd Infantry Division sol- * hate to think you're by-passing the ville, Miss. He hurt his leg as «t dier spotted a shapely, well-dressed Air Force in favor of the ground pup and now the joint hurts him in the St. ho area with his CIX men from a signal construc- bundles of papers. A crowd of young "lady" with an attractive ''-' tion battalion liberated Paris troops. They do an excellent job, before every rain. People say that child. Gionet, who speaks French but we support them.—The Boys of if Major runs on four legs there'll Frertch people gathers on the in their own way Aug. 29 and raised main corner where Speigel al- fluently, politely suggested it would an American flag alongside the Tri- the Pioneer Mustang Group. be fair weather. But if he limps be wise for her to go home, as the ways hands a paper to the MP color atop the Eiffel Tower. The (Before D-Day, the Air Force, on three there'll be rain before hour was late. on duty. A French interpreter flag, provided by a Frenchman, was then the only units in combat, re- sundowiv. Nonetheless, having a human an American Legion banner which ceived most of the bouquets in The weakness for jolies mademoiselles, had been hidden throughout the Stars and Stripes and we got hell Gionet made small talk with the Private Breger "girl." As the conversation pro- occupation. beaucoup from the ground forces Led by T/4 Lester W. Dorksen, of for neglecting them. Things have gressed, Gionet sensed something Cleveland, the men from Company changed. With the ground forces was wrong. Then he noticed the "girl's" face. It had been shaved, B were passing through Paris en in action, the pendulum of recogni- route to a new assignment when tion swings their way quite often. and the powder was too thickly applied. they were stopped by a French- By the way, note the spread of Air man. He explained Gen. De Gaulle Force activities on yesterday's front Taken before a prisoner interro- gator, the "girl" turned out" to be had ordered the Star- and Stripes page.—Ed.) a German sailor—and very much to be flown beside the French flag,- and the Americans were asked to * * *' male—despite the disguise. perform the ceremony. Home, Sweet Home * * T/5 Clifford E. Nesby, of Rich- Where do we from the capital of Because three French war cor- mond, Ky., hoisted the flag while all these States come in? The respondents slipped into Paris the other five men fired three sal- U.S. CAPITAL with its shining through German lines days be- voes from their carbines. white dome, the Washington monu- fore the city was liberated, veo- Others in the group were: T/9 ment with its impressive reflection ple in London are. seeing news- Wyman M. Rogers, of Riesterstownj in the Lincoln Memorial pool, the reel shots of the Paris battle. Md.; Pvt. Thaddeus F. Buczek, of Library of Congress, the ne / Mel- The cameramen recorded the Joliet, 111.; Pvt. John W. Craig, of lon Art Gallery. This city, with its action from the general police Charleston, 111: and Pvt. Cecil beautiful parks, impressive avenues strike to the entry of Gen. Elkins, of Swainsboro, Ga. and famous buildings. I take the Leclerc's tanks, including the most punishment of all, even more FFl destruction or capture of than those boys from Brooklyn. 60 enemy tanks. When troops of the 30th In- fantry Division entered Evreux, Yes, a citizen from Washington, * * * D.C.. and completely ignored by my they found tl ; the FFI had Thunderbolts of the Ninth done a thorough job of chasing GI paper. Give us a break,—Sgt. AF have induced thousands of Jack W. Dinsmore, ASF Bank. out the Germans and that city Germans to surrender, but they officials were bus^ proclaiming * * # almost snafued a mass surren- a new I -h government. MONTANA is the third largest der recently. The planes strafed They also discovered that Lt. state, but has fewer people than and dive-bombed a Nazi unit Col. Walter M. Johnson, of Mis- San Francisco. The beauty of Gla- near Brest so that American soula, Mont., and 1 Lt. Arne cier Park and Yellowstone cannot infantry could move in and Nielsen, ti Oakland, Cal.. were be surpassed. To stop our north clean up the pock. The. con- waiting for them, ha enter- wind would give Texas a tropical "Gee, Sir, you shoulda seen it! One of our dive-bombers tinued flying over the area until ed the town earlier lo sec how climate.—Sgt. Ben Overland, Inf. came swoopin' down—!" the ground liaison officer radio- well the FFI had done. Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES SPORTS Page 3 It's a Thorough Business, Phillies' Pitcher By Pap Yanks Remain This Bidding Army Goodbye In Lead; Tigers
Step-by-Step Process of How Some Day You Take 2nd Place® Will Be Discharged Is Explained St. Louis Misses Chance In Full Detail To Tie New York,
This is the second in a series of two. articles by a Stars and Drops to Third Stripes staff writer, describing the model process by which more than million soldiers will be demobilised after Germany falls. NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—The New a York Yankees dropped the first game of their weekend doubleheader to By Bud Hutton the Red Sox in Boston. 3-2, but FORT DIX, N.J., Sept. 12.—Suppose the Army has said, rallied for four runs in the sixth inning of the nightcap to earn the "Okay, boys, we're going to demobilize a million men." Your victory, 4-3, end hang onto their service rating is tallied up and you are one of the million. half game lead in the American League. They put you on a boat with your papers and yesterday after- The Sox took the opening contest when George Metkovick doubled to noon you saw the Statue of Liberty for the first time in years. score Pitcher Clem Dreisewerd with Now what? the winning run and were leading At the New York POE they check anything else has put you in a 2- 0 in the sixth inning of the finale neurotic condition. your home town against a list of but the Yanks knocked Emmet Thus far you have been treated O'Neill out of the box and pushed areas around 18 separation centers. with individual car , but '■ has not across four runs after two men were Army installations the exact oppo- been too different f"om any well- out. The Sox rallied for a single site of reception centers which gave intentioned outfit. But th" next run in the eighth but the rally step is like nothing you ever knew fizzled Gut. millions their ODs. The POE clerk S£AT- in the Army, including the cha- Newhouser Blanks Tribe looks at you and says: "Pvt. Blow, plain. You are assigned to a
Soviets Strike Canned Foods Taken Ernie Gets a Double orld Parley For Road Link Off U.S. Ration List Is Planned on WASHINGTON, Sept 12. — Virtually all p- '.esse foods With Warsaw other than canned fruits will be Civil Aviation returned to pre-war non-rationed status in seven days, according Patrols Make Repeated to a White House announce- Over 50 Nations Invited Thrusts Across River ment, and a War Foods Admi- nistration spokesman ir" ted To Attend Talks to Into East Prussia that additional meat also may Be Held in U.S. be made ration free —on. While Moscow announced that War Mobilization Director WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—The James F. Byrnes ordered the Soviet patrols were making re- State Department announced that removal from rationing on Sept. more than 50 countries had been peated thrusts into East Prussia 17 of these items • j-ms, jellies, invited by the American govern- across the Szeszuppe River, other asparagus, Lirm beans, corn, ment to attend an international peas, pumpkin and squash, Red Army units yesterday fought conference on civil aviation begin- mixed vegetables, baked ans. their way into the important road ning Nov. 1. tomato ->-iste and puree and all In addition to the laying out of junction of Lomza, on the south- varieties of soups and baby a provisional system of interna- western approach to East Prussia. foods. tional air-transport routes, it is pro- Capture of Lomza would provide posed that an interim body be es- a through-highway supply route tablished at the parley which between Kaunas and the Russian Grow Commends would function until a permanent forces at the gates of Warsaw and aeronatical organization was set up. would lessen the German threat to Ack-Ack Unit That Representatives of all the United Red troops battling to consolidate Nations, all La tin-American coun- their bridgeheads on the west bank Bagged 16 Planes tries, except Argentina, and Euro- of the Narew River above Warsaw. pean and Asiatic neutrals have been Meanwhile, Russian and Ruma- invited to the conference. nian troops, pushing west across For destroying 16 German air- i Transylvania, were reported within craft in seven separate attacks GOP WINS MAINE 90 miles of Hungary. over a 40-hour period, an anti-air- PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 12.—Vir- craft artillery battalion attached tually complete returns gave the Aid Sent Warsaw Poles to the Sixth Armored Division has Republicans a clean sweep in the Large quantities of food and more Maine election, with three incum- than 100 tons of weapons and am- received a letter of commendation bents returned to the House of Rep- munition for street fighting have from Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow resentatives despite opposition of been dropped to the beleaguered division commander. the CIO Political Action Commit- Polish forces inside Warsaw since An automatic-weapons unit, the tee, The Republicans also won in the uprising there Aug. 1, it was battalion is commanded by Lt. the gubernatorial race. GOP mar- revealed yesterday when Gen. Bor, Col. Joseph H. Twyman Jr., West gins in three congressional districts Pointer whose family lives in San were about three to one. commander of Warsaw's under- First man to be screen-tested for the role of Ernie Pyle, popular war ground army, sent a message of Pedro, Cal. correspon.lertTin the film "G.I. Joe," was A. K. (Rosey) Rcswell. Here thanks to the Polish government The action involved occurred in GIPSY WRITING, DIVORCING in London. the Sixth Armored's ten-day, 250- he stands by a portrait of Ernie and exhibits a torn coat Pyle wore on RENO, Nev., Sept. 12.—Gipsy The planes which delivered the mile drive across Brittany' to the a visit to tiic White House before he went overseas. Rose Lee. one-time strip-teaser who supplies were manned by British outskirts of Brest. went literary, registered at Washoe and Polish crews and flew from Pines Dude Ranch near here where Mediterranean bases. he said she was writing new How Yanks Crossed Yanks Push On De Gaulle Pays novel while establishing residence Their Last Frontier preparatory to divorcing William In Vesoul Area Tribute to U.S. Alexander Kirkland of New York. She said she was expecting a baby. Reich Invaded (Continued from Page 1) As the newly-linked Seventh and German civilians here were giving Gen. Charles de Gaulle, in a SEEK PERMANENT JOBS Third Armies strengthened their At 2nd Point the Nazi salute to a dead Nazi trooper broadcast from Paris to the people WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. —The on the sidewalk whose face was barrier before the Belfort escape of France yesterday, said four- war's end seems so imminent to & (Continued from Page 1) covered with a blanket. gap to Germany, American forward fifths of the nation had been liber- federal employes here that there hands, although surrounding areas German batteries shelled the elements from the south yesterday ated and paid "homage to the has been a surge of efforts to shift had been mopped up. town this morning. There is con- from war agency payrolls to more siderable damage to Eupen, where reached the outskirts of Port-sur- United States of America, which is At Audun le Oman, 11 miles now helping us and Europe to re- permanent civil service jobs. Con- from Luxemburg, the German gar- house to house fighting has been Saone, eight miles northwest of gressmen disclosed today that re- going on since our entry at 1:30 conquer its liberty and is forging rison marched in a column to its Vesoul. the weapons which will make it quests for help were bulging their annihilation. Machine-gun, mortar yesterday. A good many houses Heavy fighting still continued on mail bags. have been destroyed by shell and possible to smash the enemy soon." and rifle fire of Third Anmy sol- the outskirts of Vesoul itself, 35 Promising restoration of demo- diers accounted for 20^ dead and grenade fire, and our tanks and miles west of Belfort. 60 PCT. OF BEEF FOR ARMY tank destroyers are still making an cracy to.France, de Gaulle said that m^ny wounded, it was c" overed Meanwhile; French forces con- "as soon as all national territory is WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Fewer effort to weed out the anti-tank tinued their drive north and north- when daylight came. liberated and all prisoners are home and poorer steaks are in store for guns in the streets. west of Dijon and occupied Seine- Front-line dispatches said the we shall lead the nation to the civilians, War Food Administration In contrast to the barren French 1'Abbaye, Valsuzon and Courtivron fort of Villey le Sec, which the ballot box with universal suffrage." officials said today, as a result of Germans were forced to evacuate, and Belgian farmhouses, pi. s and without resistance, Allied Mediter- a new order directing slaughterers was the toughest obstacle encount- cows seem plentiful hereabouts. ranean headquarters announced. to set aside 60 per cent of their ered by U.S. infantrymen trying to One sees German military orders To the south, Allied warships off Mighty Fortress Falls beef for Army needs. push beyond Toul across the Mo- of the day and blackout regulations the Riviera coast gave bombard- selle. American shells bounced off in the form of large posters on the ment support to Allied forces in Without Shot to Yanks the fort's 10-foot-thick concrete walls. One order reads: "Fisht to the Men tone area. Bearings Works Forced walls, and a 100-foot-wide moat the last for the Fatherland. The (Continued from Page 1) critical hour is at hand.. For the Underground by Bombs circled it. A revolving turret was sat up and took notice. They read built in the dome of the fort. Fuehrer and his children, stand Allies in Italy Are Now firm." and re-read reports. They studied (Continued on Page 4) Patrols Fan Out 34 Miles from Bologna photographs. They filed away in We entered Eupen over a dusty per cent of building surface was The British Second Army advance side road. Sometimes as we passed their minds a lot of little ihings they might need to know some day. destroyed and about 20 per cent of from its Albert Canal bridgeheads farmhouses the Belgi waved and ALLIED HQ., Italy, Sept. 12. — the machinery. was virtually stopped yesterday, al- even cheered, but we got less and The Fifth Army drove through the When the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy, they used The second attack, on Dec. 31, though Allied patrols were fanning less of this as we moved forward. outer positions of the Gothic line 1943, closed the works for two yesterda'y and entered Barberino, the tactics of Ft. Eben Emael. As- out north, south and east to de- Entering Eupen we could count months. It was then that the Ger- rhe northernmost point reached by sault engineers who cleared the termine the strength of German the V-signs we got on our fingers, mans decided to go into the grotto. resistance. and the only flag I saw v/as in the Allies in Italy and only 34 obstacles were trained on the 1940 tactics of the German Army. Transfer of the machines started Canadian infantrymen passed front of a building, wherein the miles from Bologna. As the Allies drew closer 10 Ger- three months ago. "They were so through the road and rail center wife of the German proprietor was Both the Fifth and Eighth Armies many, these experts remembered desperate for ball bearings," Gus- of Bruges without meeting opposi- of Belgian c . The crowd watch- sstablished contact with the main ed us pass by without a single sign Nazi defenses along most of the the lessons of Ft. Eben Emael. taffson said, "they were taking tion and pushed five miles beyond But they might just as well have them out of planes shot down." in the direction of Maldegem, near of recognition and some of the 150-mile front between Florence and looks we received were mighty dark. the west coast- forgotten all about it. When the Gustaffson also revealed that in the Dutch frontier. Polish armored Yanks started their drive ro take conversations with the Germans he formations drove through Ghent the fort, the Germans took a learned that the ball-bearing works and were reported two miles north- powder. They cleared out. They at Schweinfurt, Stuttgart and Erker east of the town. LinkupW ithBritishClimaxed left this fort, this symbol, unpro- in Germany were badly smashed The German garrison at Le Havre, tected and unmanned. by American bombers. at the mouth of the Seine on the Sitting around the main door of Channel coast, surrendered at 1130 150-Mi. Pushby 3rd Armored the fort tonight were three soldiers: hours yesterday to Canadian First Pvt. Jack Shelton, of Levanworth, Get Out of Way, 'Ike' Army troops just 36 hours after an Wash.; Pfc Joe S. Tencza, of Wal- Tells German People all-out land, sea and air assault lington, N.J., and Pfc Wmford had been launched against the vital WITH THE THIRD ARMORED and thus separate the American Fish, of Leachville, Ark. To them port. The German commander had DIVISION, Sept. 12. — When ele- Third and First Armies. LONDON, Sept. 12.—A warn- the fall of Ft. Eben Emael wasn't ing to the civilian populations been seriously woundel and his ments of this division linked up In one engagement a German especially significant. It was just deputy surrendered, ordering the with the British at Formentel less motorcyclist was captured and of the Ruhr and Rhineland to another objective that had to be evacuate the areas in front of 7,000 troops under his command to than three weeks ago, it marked German staff officers riding in a taken, and was taken. lay down their arms. the end of a 150-mile drive spear- sedan behind him madly threw the advancing Allied armies was Other British troops, operating heading and supporting at least maps and papers from the car prior contained in a message which north of Le Havre, have captured four infantry divisions, and the to their surrender. Draft to Keep the Peace Gen. Eisenhower yesterday or- coastal gun positions in the Octe- beginning of another drive against In another operation, the fight- dered broadcast in the German ville area and have driven to the the Germans. ing was such that non-coms took Is Urged by Forrestal language. sea at Cap de la Heve, it was re- Most of the fighting for the over the operation of an artillery The message said rear com- ported. Third Armored "Always Depend- battery while their officers organ- NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—Urging a munications and remnants of able" .Mvision came in after ized parties of foot soldiers to post-war draft, Secretary of the the German Army retreating POP3 LAUDS ALLIED TROOPS the Normandy breakthrough west clean up pockets of German in- Navy James V. Forrestal told the into Germany would be sub- WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.— The of St. Lo pushing aside German fantry. Navy Industrial Association today jected to bombing as devas- Pope has "expressed his apprecia- armor and infantry to the Seine Typical of unit leadership, Lt. that the armed power of the United tating as that of the Nor- tion of the fine example, bearing above Coutances, then to Gavray, Col. L. G. Dean, of Houston, Tex., States for a long time would have mandy campaign. It also warned and conduct of Allied troops in this division plugged on to help in one fight led his forces across to be the " basis of any interna- that perpetrators of atrocities Rome," in a message to the com- stem the German attack at Mor- a river and on foot personally di- tional structure for peace." He against non-Germans would be manding general of the Rome area, tain which was aimed at cutting rected them in the battle that fol- advocated a year of compulsory brought to trial. the White House revealed today. through to Avranches and the sea lowed. military traininsr.