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Vol. 1 No. 12, Sunday, August 27, 1944 HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH AIR FORCE TWO LIRE Paris Officially Falls Allied, French Rumania At War With Nazis Armored Units Enter Capital Claim Capital Allies Hear TAF Produces SHAEF, August 26 — Ending a week of claims and counter Liberated Of claims, it was offically announ­ Border ced tonight at the Allied hea­ All Germans dquarters that all German re­ AHQ, MEDITERRANEAN, Au­ sistance in Paris has ended. gust 26 — Allied troops, swee­ Moro Allied armor and in­ LONDON, August 25 — The ping eastward from the steadily fantry are in the French ca­ new Rumanian Government expanding bridgehead in sout­ pital following the entrance of has declared war on Germany, hern France, have reached a the 2nd French Armored Divi­ announced the Radio Bucha­ point near the Italian border, sion. By noon yesterday one rest at 2125 hours tonight, ac­ it was officially announced to­ armored column had crossed the cording to the BBC. night. Nearly of south France Severes bridge over the Seine, Bucharest is completely libe­ has been liberated. and another spearhead had sla­ rated, it added. The Germans Far to the north, an Allied shed into the southern outskirts laid down their arms, and all of the city. * Nazis cleared out of the city. The German commander sur- The Bucharest airfield is now LONDON, August 26—French in the hands of the Rumanian Forces of the Interior have en­ Guard after heavy fighting. tered Lyons, important indu­ LONDON, August 26 — The Al­ Rumanian Radio Home Ser­ strial city in the Rhone Valley, lies have reached Rheims, ac­ vice announced the official text according to a communique to­ cording to the German News of a Rumanian Government day from the headquarters of Agency today. Proclamation to the nation which General Koenig in Paris. Rheims is 108 miles, from the stated that the German Lega­ German border, west of Saar- tion had been originally infor­ brucken. The nearest point east med that Rumania would not column, in a secret thrust well This bridge on the French Riviera was rendered com­ given by the official Allied sou­ take any hostile action against beyond Grenoble, is reported pletely useless to the enemy after it was bombed by fighter- rces is Troyes, 133 miles from Germany, and would allow the by Swiss sources to have rea­ bombers of the Tactical Air Force, cutting off badly needed Germany. German troops to withdraw. ched the southern shores of supplies for the Germans fighting in southern France. The Germans in turn promi­ Lake Geneva. (MAAF Photo) sed to refrain from hostile ac­ /Other American and French rendered and then toured the tion, but later attacked and units have reached the Rhone city under Allied military escort tried to disarm the Rumanian at several points. Several mo­ ordering his strongpoints to forces and also machine-gun­ re important towns have been cease fire. Bridges across the ned and bombed civilians. occupied, including Aries, Ta- Lights Blaze Again In Paris; Seine are intact. It is therefore considered that rascon and Avigon on Rhone, Other American forces have Germany has placed herself in Cavaillon and Carpentras. started a new drive southeast a state of war with Rumania. Briancon in the Alps near the Five- Year Blackout Broken of liberated Paris, which threa­ Rumanian forces have accord­ Italian frontier, has also been tens to cut off the escape of any ingly been ordered to disarm entered. LONDON, August 26 — For the first time in nearly five German units holding out in the all German troops in the coun­ Except for pockets of enemy years, the lights of Paris blazed brillantly last nighit as the vicinty of the capital. try and thus liberate Rumania. resistance, notably at Toulon French celebrated the liberation of their capital. From their bridgehead on the From a different source, it is and ' Mairsilles, all southern Seine near Corbeil, General reported that the Germans ha­ France, east of the Rhone and A BBB correspondent, broad- Patton's men have struck nor­ ve heavily bombed Bucharest. south of Avignin and Brian- casting from the city,, said it theast around back of the Ger­ con, has now been liberated. 8rh Nears was completely liberated. The man troops, thinly holding the In Toulon, French troops blackout had been ignored and east bank of the river. the capital was a blaze of light. have captured the Maritime British and Canadian troops Push Arsenal , and portions of the Gothic Line ''The only*Germans in Paris city itself to the east. Sporadic tonight are dead ones and pri­ (Continued on page 8) soners," he stated. On Pfoesti resistance continues in Mar­ LONDON, August 26 — Gen. seilles. Alexander's 8th Army forces on On the heels of the 2nd MOSCOW, August 26 — The the central Italian front have French Armfered Division, which 12th Lauded Red Army today is pouring into pushed forward to within se­ drove into the city yesterday HUGE JAP LOSSES morning, came General De the Galatz gap within 100 mi­ KANDY, August 26 — The ven miles of the German forti­ fied Gothic Line, according to Gaulle. Speaking from the capi­ By Arnold les of Bucharest and barely 80 Japanese are reported losing tal, De Gaulle declared: miles from the Ploesti oil fields. five dead for each Allied sol­ a report from Allied Head­ Roads to Bucharest seem at dier killed in southeastern Asia, quarters in the Mediterranean " France will take her place HQ 12TH AAF — Gen. H, H. present to be wide open, and if Lord Mountbatten's headquar­ Theater. among the great nations who Arnold, commanding general of the present rate of advance is ters revealed today. At least Steadily advancing on the will organize peace and the the Army Air Forces, has com­ maintained, Russian forces will 50,000 Japanese troops have main bastions of the Gothic Li­ life of the world. We shall not mended all units of the 12th be at the gates of the capital been killed as against 10,000 ne, troops of the 8th Army rest until we march, as we Air Force for "the maintaining in a matter of days, correspon­ Allied troops. (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page S) of operations in support of dents reported. ground operations against en­ More Russian spearheads emy installations in July.'' have reached the Danube del­ In a message to Maj. Gen, ta 65 miles from Galatz, as John K. Cannon, commanding Nazi strength on the Second 15th AAF Supports Rumanians general of the Tactical Air Fo­ Ukraine front crumbled after rce, of which the 12th AAF is one of the severest defeats of an integral part, General Arn­ the war left the Germans with Fighting In Bucharest Districts old stated: "The maintaining of 12 divisions encircled in Rou- operations in support of gro­ mania. rlQ MAAF, August 26 — Very little opposition was en­ tacks on points within the city. und operations against enemy Bucharest radio claimed that Escorted 15th AAF Liberators countered by the medium forces Other B-24s struck at a bar­ installations by all units of the Roumanian troops are now as­ today operated in support of of heavy bombers. racks area at Barneses, 10 miles 12th Air Force from 17 July to sisting the Russians in separa- Rumanian Government forces Liberator crewmen reported a northeast of Bucharest. Good 26 July, inclusive, is most en­ (Continwed on page 8) defending Bucharest against good pattern of bombs "at the coverage was reported. A third couraging and gratifying. German attacks. Fortresses Otopeni airdrome, nine miles formation attacked the train "The teamwork between the swept the ' area around the north of Bucharest. Their obje­ ferry at Giurgiu, on the Danube combat crews, maintainance FCNL RECOGNIZED capital. ctive was to pesthole the land­ 35 miles southwest of the ca­ crews and service units is no­ ISTANBUL, August 26 — Flying Fortresses escorted by ing area and destroy installa­ pital, the only direct link bet­ table by the results obtained. The Turkish Government is Liberators bombed viaducts and tions. Otopeni is the nearest ween Bulgaria and the Bucha­ For the display of such splen­ about to recognize the French a bridge on the only rail lines German-held airdome to the rest area. did efforts please convey my Committee of National Libera­ open to German military traffic capital and was the base yester­ Only a few fighters were seen heartiest congratulations to ail tion, it was learned here today. into northern Italy. day for German bombing at­ (Continued on page 8) members of your command." PageJ WEEKLY MISSION ^uniday, August 27, 194i

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Weekly newspaper magazine of the Twelfth Air Force, published each Sunday for personnel of the 12th Air Force. I Material for the Weekly Mission is furnished by Public Relations, 12th AAF, MAAF; United Nations News Service; Camp Newspaper Service; Army News Service and The Stars and Stripes. Individual whole copies of Weekly Mission may be sent { by members of the US. Armed Forces to the United States. Copies stamped by field press censors are on file at Hq 12th Air Force All communications must be relayed through channels to the 12th Air Force Weekly Mission, Hq 12th Air Force. Publications Officer, Captain Max G. Marple. Vol. TI, No. 12 Sunday, August 27, 1944 STAFF Pvt. John J. Hastings News Editor Pfc George H. Gruenwald Feature Editor Pvt. Jerry Houghton Business Pvt. George D. Hatton Assistant Business Manager Pvt. Budge Patty Sports Editor

44 is Corner..» In each week's issue, the WEEKLY MISSION attem­ Maj. Gen. John K. Cannon, commanding general of the Tactical Air Force, meets pts to list all awards made to members of the 12th Air with the overlords of his crack fighter-\bomber teams, a short while before the Thun­ Force for the proceeding week. Every check is made to derbolts cleared a path for the Allied invasion forces assau'ting southern France. Left to insure against errors. Awards of the Purple Heart, and right: General Cannon; Coloiel Thomas C. Darcey, wing commander; Colonel Stephen awards made to persons missing in action, will :not be B. Mack, group commander; Lt. Col. Melvin J. Nielsen, gruop commander. listed because of War Department regulations. (Photo Bv Cpl. Milton V. Pedersen, 12th AAF) . £2 AWARDS OF SILVER STAR: Ellis V. Widney 1st Lt, Pilot, Stockton, Calif. CAF Covers Charles R. Fischer, 1st Lt, Bombardier, Pittsburgh, Pa. Ell G Paul, *»i. Lt, Navigator, Richbond, Va. Irving H. Greenwald,, 2nd Lt, Navigator, Brooklyn, N.Y. Port Areas -Eric A. Johnson. 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Brooklyn, N. Y- HQ MAAF — The Mediterra- AWARDS OF DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS: HQ MAAF — Mining of the For example, the area freight ean Allied Coastal Air Force Bruce D. BidiJecome, Lt, Col, Pilot, Phoenix, Arizona. Danube by Italian-based RAF control office at Munich has did its biggest job of harbor* 'George H. Kneen, Jr., Lt Col, Pilot, Derby, Conn. night bombers, in conjunction decided that in cases where protection yet during the,great 'Peter H. Remington, Lt Col, Pilot, Cape Vincent, N. Y. with the Strategic bombing of­ goods which would normally ]build-up Of shipping in Italian, Albert R- Bell, Major, Pilot, El Paso, Texas fensive, has caused widespread be dispatched by a combined 'corsican, Sardinian, Sicilian Donald T. Smith, Major, Pilot, Los Angeles,,J ' Calif. dislocation of traffic along the rail-Danube route have to be and North African ports, in Joseph R. Cafarelia, Capt, Navigator, M~ ~I. Mass waterway and throughout the diverted through another trans-1 screening the invasion craft Thomas -F. Conway, Capt, Bombardier, New Rochelle, N. Y. Balkan* hip center, involving higher I from the prying eyes of German Joseph GoOdberger, Capt, Pilot, Colubmus, Ohio. Arthur H. Johnson, Capt, Pilot, San Diego, Calif. The Germans are doing their freight charges, application can reconnaissance aircraft .Charles A. Jordan, Jr., Capt, Pilot, Omaha, "Neb. utmost to reduce congestion in be made to the Reichsbahn for The swift Allied advance in Robert C- Koche, Capt, Pilot, , 111. river ports caused by the hold-a refund of the exeess. Italy in the last three months Edward L. Kunnen, Capt, Pilot, Cincinnati, Ohio. up in Danube traffic, and also Jluly 31 Raid has given the Allies many more Stanley P. Lancaster, Capt, Pilot, Greenville,' Mis®, to disperse warehouse stocks of ports and correspondingly in­ Daniel MeBride, Capt, Navigator, Somerviille, Mass. foodstuffs and other .essential "The last mining operation creased Coastal's responsibi- Harold H. Miskimins, Capt, Pilot, Corydon, Iowa. commodities against Allied air ovei the Danube by RAF Wel-jlities. {Wallace P. Wasted, Capt, Pilot, Millersburg, Ohio attacks. lingtons, Liberators, and Hali-I Standing patrols Of Spitfires, Herbert J. Banks, 1st Lt, Pilot, Wffllew, Okla. Glenn T. Black, 1st Lt, Pilot, Denver, Colo. Danube freight rates inside faxes was announced on Ju-'Thunderbolts and Airacobras Francis J. Boyne, 1st Lt, Navigator, Grand Island, Neb. Croatia have been doubled, pro-iy 31. | have been maintained over all Albert H. Brenner 1st Lt, Bombardier, Sewickley, Pa. bably to discourage internal! In addition, rocket-projectile harbors by day, and by Beau- Robert R. Burger, Jr,. 1st Lt„ Bombardier, Milwaukee, ©re. traffic, and shipping space;Beaufighters, based in Italy, fighters and Mosquitoes at night. Richard C. Byron, 1st Lt, Pilot. New York, N.'Y. for longer journeys. made a number of night attacks IThese aircraft were fIown °y Joseph G. Chrenko, let Lt, Pilot, Irvington, N. Y. last month on barges and other|Rf^ American and French .'Isaac.S. , 1st Lt, Pilot, Long Beach, Calif. Heavy Rates llots Where a normal rail-river shipping in the great southern ;P - Claude M. Dickenson, 1st Lt, Navigator, Rochester, Pa. bend of the Danube. One Leak Samuel M, Dickerson, its Lt, Pilot, St. Paul, Minnesota. transport route has been dislo­ r Gale M. Dftkson. list Lt Pilot, Lemmon, South Dakota. cated by Allied bombing, the All these attacks, combined Their \primary task has been Thomas B. Dunn, .Its Lt, Navigator, Bronx, N. Y. Government has been compel with those on the German rail to prevent the enemy getting Ralph F.-Eilmer, 1st, Pilot, Oriekany, N. Y. led to bear the extra charges .network, are combining to star visual or photographic informa­ Ronald Fawcett, Its Lt, Pilot, N. Arlington, -N. J. involved in diverting traffic, ve the three major German tion. Some reconnissance I air­ Angelo~S. Fellet, let Lt, Pilot, Yuma, Ariz. over dearer routes. 'fronts of vital war material craft have been destroyed by John W. Gilluly, Its Lt, Pilot, Brooklyn, N. Y our night fighters; many, others' Donald. J. Gravenstine, Its Lt, Pilot, Midddetown, Ohio. have been chased away before Martin A. Gurrentz, Itst Lt, Navigator. Walter P. Krichling, 2nd Lt, Pilot, Trenton, N.-.J. William W- Hauey, Its Lt Pilot, Memphis, Tenn. Paul H Noe, 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Chattaroy, Va. reaching their objectives. Only Frank. J. Hammond, Its Lt, BombarxMer, Walker, Minn. Meyer Shear, 2nd Lt, Pilot, Detroit, Mich. once during the vital period is Julian W. Harris. 1st Lt," Navigator, Chicago, HI. <•» Samuel R. Wilson, 2nd Lt, Pilot, Raleigh, N. C. it believed that a reconnaissan­ Garl W. Hathaway, Its Lt, Navigator, S. Burlington, Vt. Roy Arnold -S/Sgt, 'Navigator-Bombardier, Cincinnati, Ohio. ce pilot managed to get his Robert I. Johnson, let Lt, Pilot, Duluth/Minn. Bernard E. Gorski, S/Sgt, Turret Gunner, Cicero, III. pictures --over/Augusta -Harbor Edward F. Kkmk, S/Sgt, Bombardier, Hanover, Pa. in, Sicily on: the night of August AWARDS OF SOLDIER'S MtfEDAL: Lawrence G. Hill, Jr., Mapor, Pilot, Foley, Ala. 20, when four flash bombs were John P. Hilliard, Capt, Orange, Texas. James D. Douglas, Capt, Pilot, Porteville, .Calif. dropped. Carl^E. Little-field, let Lt, Pilot, Philadelphia Pa. Ivor P. Evans, Capt, Bombardier, Ahguippa, Pa. Norman L. Balmer, 1st Lt, Pilot, Rochester, Ind. Joseph C. Fariey, Capt. Pilot, Trenton, N.Y. At the peak period the Luf­ John C. Miller,: 2nd Lt, Houston, Texas. Gerald M. Gena, Capt. Pilot, Franklinville,' N.Y- twaffe was flying -more re­ Albert L. Modure, S/Sgt, Victoria, Texas. Donald Stein, Capt, Pilot, Kansas City, >Mo. connaissance sorties in a -week -Leslie W. Pike, T/Sgt, Reading. Maes. ^Everitt L. Tozier, Capt, Pilot, Hollywood, Calif. than formerly in a month, using Leo F. Alton, S/Sgt, Little Sioux, Iowa. Garter H. Waugh, Capt, Pilt, Riverside, Calif. highly

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One of the Army's new P-63 Kingcobra fighter planes makes its final test light in the states. Heavier, more powerful and of improved streamlined construction, the pla­ ne will replace the P-39 Airacobra fighter. Its 35,000 foot ceUing ig 5,000 feet higher than that of the P-39 and it has a speed of 400 miles an hour. (PWB Photo) Last Pic Pals

Helped by a piece of black wool and a natural cow lick, a young Naai soldier, captured during the Allied advance in Normandy, gives his impersonation of Adolf Htler. (PWB Photo) Small World

Here is the last photo­ graph taken of Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, who died in battle in Normandy last month. The picture was taken a few days before his death. (PWB Photo) Aid Nazi

It looked like old home week when Sgt. Joe Louis, wo­ Gen. Henry H Arnold, commanding general of the U. S. rld's heavyweight boxing champion, visited an air force Army Air Force (left), is greeted affectionately by Lt- Gen. headquarters-on Corsica recently. Among the first GIs he An American infantryman Omar N. Bradley- during an inspection tour in Normandy.' met were M/Sgt. George W. Bergman of Susquehanna, Pa. picks up a wounded German (PWB Photof (standing) and S/Sgt. Vincent J. McCauley of Brooklyn:, N. soldier in Normandy and Y. (right), who respectively gave the champ his first ar­ helps him into a half track. my chow and assigned him his serial number at Fort (PWB Photo) Jay, New York induction station, January 14, 1942. Guam Assault (PBW Photo) Yugoslav In Hiding

Here is one of the specially This photo of the German battleship Tirpitz at >er moo­ selected rings in a Norwegian fjord was taken by a reconnaissance, from Marshal Tito's forces U. S. Marines take cover on a beach near Asan, Guam, plane of the RAF. Numerous small craft surround the now training with the Royal at the beginning of the attack which regained the Ante- ' the ship, which was damaged at anchor on two separate Air Force ground crews in rican possession captured by the Japanese two and one half occasions. (PWB Photo) Ita'y (PWB Photo) years «arH«r. (PWR Plio+o)' Page 6 WEEKLY MISSION Suntfeyy August 27, *9te Sans Sarong

Nice-Work-If-You-Can-Get-It-Dept: A male New York doctor removed a mole from Gypsy Rose Lee's thigh. — A Holly­ wood report would have you believe that actor WaUy Ford recently applied for and received permission to kill off the deer that had been molesting his victory garden but because of the possible fire hazard he'd have to do it with bow and arrow! — Arthur Treacher, filmdom's famous butler, is authoring a book on butling — «?For Whom the Bells Ring.* — Some of the trick shots in films are still being done with mirrors. In Rita Hay- worth's dancing number in « Tonight and Every Night* the spe­ cial effects experts wanted to create the effects of a nearby bomb hit. So they rigged two mirrors at precise angles hi front of the cameras, suspending one of the mirrors on coil springs. When the bomb burst came, an assistant flicked the coil spring and: the mirror bounced-likewise the image photographed by the camera. * * * Bollywood is in the midst of an unprecedented revival of remaking old films under new titles. Warner Brothers remade • Outward Bound* into «Between Two Worlds* and at present have three other successes of the past in production. They are «The Petrified Forest» to be released as «Strangers in Our Midst,» «Of Human Bondage,* and «The Animal Kingdom.* MGM will remake «Libeled Lady* which in 1937 starred Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and William Powell; «Turn to the Right,» the Broadway hit of 1922 which was made into a film in 1927, and «Cimmarron» which featured Richard Dix and Irene Dunne back in 1930. 20th Sentiiry-Fox is reviving «State Fair,* the Will Rogers film of 1933, «The Spider,* «Three Blind Mice.* and <

OH UIM1TEP AseiOfmBHTi \ — M£ HAS LAPSED Cm -Sunday, August 27,i*94A WEEKLY MISSION Sox Drop Pair, Lose Ground Tigers Blank Cards Win Again Luke Lauds Browns, 1-0 His Browns NEW YORK — Seven of the NEW YORK, August 26 — eight teams in the National The passed Football League made money; NEW YORK — The Ameri- est year, the Chicago Cardinals up a golden opportunity to cain League pennant race prob­ gain on the league-leading being the only loser and they ably won't be settled until late didn't win a game. And one of Browns today as St. Louis bo­ in September. St. Louis is still wed to the , 1-0. the laughable sidelights of last the team to beat. But no mat­ season came in a Philadelphia The Red Sox, however, drop­ ter if the Browns win or not, ped farther behind the Sewell- Eagle game with Green Bay Luke Sewell will receive reco­ when an official tooted a whi­ men as they took a double gnition as a great manager. drubbing from the lowly Phi­ stle for a penalty. Noisy, And it's about time, too. The Greasy Neal, the Phil * ladelphia Athletics, 6-1 and soft-spoken gentleman from A- 9-4. jumped from the bench screa­ labaima has been leading the ming: "No, no, no, there The cl­ Browns for three years. He's ung grimly to their chances of Wasn't anything wrong with had one headache after ano­ that play." Greasy sat down overhauling the Browns when ther. He's had to battle all the they defeated the Washington in an embarrased blush when way to the top from the cellar. the official stepped off a 15- Senators, 4-2. In the final Ame­ Look back to just before Ju­ rican League contest, the Clev­ yard penalty—against Green ne 5, 1941, when the grand cat­ Bay! eland Indians hung a 10-2 loss cher took the reins of the St. on the . Louis club from Fred Haney. And just to show how scre­ Cards Win In 1939, the Browns won only wy even a money-making In' the National circuit, the 43 games out of 150 played and league can be operated, in the merry St. Louis Cards conti­ fiinished a poor eighth. six years that Cleveland has nued their furious pace when Dodger Mickey Owen goes into the air for a been in pro football, the New In 1940, the were almost as York Giants have never played they downed the Pittsburg Pi­ high return as , St. Louis center fielder, slides bad, winding up in sixth place. rates, 4-0. The home safely in a cloud of dust. Action took place at Ebbets there and the Redskins have Came 1941 and the club flound­ been there only once. blanked the , as Field. The rampaging Crads took the "game., 14-3. ered in the cellar after drop­ the snowed (Acme Photo) ping 29 games in 44 starts. That Cecil Travis, former Washin­ under the Brooklyn Dodgers. was where Sewell took over. gton baseball star, has been in 10-2. The first thing that Luke add­ the service 17 months and on The preceeding night saw ed to the Browns was hustle. three occasions has been sent Rookie pitched a Clicking of Turnstiles ''I don't care how much ta­ to POE's with units scheduled 'three hit ball game for his lent you have," Sewell tells his for overseas service. On all tenth straight victory and thi­ players, "as long as you love to three occasions, orders were rteenth of the season as the Gives Clubowners Joy play, the game. You'll do the changed and the unit was sent Cardinals downed the Cubs for team a lot more good if you back to another camp. the thirteenth straight time, 2-1. NEW YORK — It's getting pretty easy to spot a baseball hustle/ than some player who When George Case of the Sen Wilks, who has lost only one magnate these days. They're happy, smilling and confident indi­ knows he's good and won't hus­ nators beat Thurman Tucker game, fell behind one run in viduals and you can pick one out of a million by the ear-to-ear tle." of the White Sox in a match the third when Roy Hu­grin that decorates the once-furrowed countenance. Of course, In 1942 the team finished race over 75 yards in Chicago,, ghes raced home from third there's not one among them who wouldn't be even happier if third winning 82 games out of he ran the distance in 7.6 se­ on Lou Novikoffg fly to right' the war was over. But in view of the big crowds and jammed 151 played. Last season, after a conds. That would be the equi­ field, but the Cards rallied for ball parks, you can't blame them breaking down into an outright bad start, the St. Louisans fi­ valent to a 10.2 seconds 100 two more in their half of the state of pleasant contentment. nished sixth with a 72-80 re­ yards and it was over a soggy, same inning to take the ball turf in baseball spikes and $ game. A recent AP survey of both well in several cities, notably m cord. At Cape Girardeau, Mo., this full uniform •Loss For Passeau major leagues shows that the Philadelphia where both the average per game attendance Phils and Athletics have been Spring, it looked pretty hope­ Nick Altrock, the baseball walked and has jumped more than 1,750 playing to well populated stands less for Sewell. He had nine clown, once walked eight men singled, putting over last season. And even on weekdays as well as on players, including one outfiel­ in a ball game and picked se-* men on first and second. Wal­ der. ven of them off first base. ker Cooper singled to center, better, indications are that the Sundays and at night. Down in Washington, where Clark Grif­ But that didn't faze Luke. He Branch Rickey, easily the scoring Bergamo and when Phil increase will bulge bigger as most unpopular man in base­ the season wears on because, of fith has installed an all-night was smiling jus as much then Cavaretta, playing center field, as he is now. ball, also is one of the brainiest let the ball get by him, Musial the tight pennant chase in the game schedule, the Senators when it comes to taking care AL and the increased night have been averaging well over "We'll get by somehow," he scooted home with the unear­ said. 'All the teams are in the of Rickey. He is the highest ned winning run. Cavaretta's game schedule in the NL. 10,000 per game. paid figure in the game with a doubleand single and Stan same boat—and it's still a long The survey revealed th.^t, "or Night Games Will Help way to October." s 75,000 . dollar a year contract Hack's single were the only hits the first fifth of the season, the Some cities have not yet been Luke never rants or raves with the Dodgers that still has off Wilks, while Claude Passe- big leagues drew 1,660 544 three more years to run and 4au gave the Cards six, staying : thoroughly tested. Eastern clubs if a player makes a mistake. paying fans. This comes down in the NL and western clubs in There's a mental note made of there ig a clause in the thing in to lose his eighth of the se­ to an average of slightly more that if baseball in Brookyn is ason. the AL have not yet been home the instance and later that ni­ than 8,0^0. For the same pe­ recently for an extended period ght, or the next morning, he suspended during the war, he riod last season, '.lie a«/e.*age and a truer line on attendance takes the offending player aside stills gets half pay for doing was 6,250. will be available in a week or and shows him the error of nothing. Bulla Cards The game has gone especially two. his ways. Lou Little of Columbia has gone on record with the predic­ tion that Army and Navy will Sub-par 65 be the top teams of the nan CHICAGO, August 26 - John­ Former Yank Hopefuls Starring tion's football teams this year, ny Bulla, longtime booster of overshadowing Notre Dame and! drugstore golfballs, fired a re­ other greats. cord - tying 65 on the Tarn O' - But With Some Other Ball Club In a recent St. Louis Browns- Shanter course here today to Philadelphia Athletics game, Al Zarilla of the lead the nation's top professio­ EW YORK — Some Of the mound for the Flock. Pirates, is another Yank ea- nals by three strokes at "the one Browns flied out dad hit a hoi N the deals the New York Bordagaray got part of the stoff. They had him three sea­ mer in the same time . quarter mark of the rich Ame­ Yankees have made during the Yanks' swag in sons. rican Open Golf Championship. Bill McGowan called past decade are coming back 11941. He was sent to Kansas Five players now active with tone out but neither Athletic The Georgia ace clipped six to haunt them. It's true that I City and Brooklyn ^picked rival American. League teams Don Black or Zarilla strokes off par 36 on the back while the Yanks were Winning him up. also were Yankee chattels. beard him. Black delivered and nine to tie the subpar 65 set by pennants they could make pla­ Holmes worked his way up They «re Geor­ Zarilla hoisted to right field. Leonard Dobson of Kansas Ci­ yer deals without getting hurt the/Yankee chain. Born ha the ge McQuinn of the Brownies, McGowan insisted that the ty and. later tied by Johnny Re- because they always bad a shadows of Ebbets Field, Tom- Catcher Buddy Rosar and Roy pitch be re-delivered, so Za­ volta and Byron Nelson. pretty good reservoir of pla­ Cullenbine of the Cleveland rilla hit the next offering out Nelson was not far off the re­ yers in Newark and Kansas Indians, and Johnny of the park to win the ball cord himself, sinking a 37-foo- City. Niggeling of the Washington •game. ter on the eighteenth hole for a But can you imagine the Yan­ Senators and Al Hollings- Christy Mathewson Jr., son •68 and second place in the race kees with Dixie Walker, Fren- worth of the Browns. of the old Giant Star, is now; for the 13,000 dollar first prize chy Bordagaray and Tommy Rosar would still be for a major in AAF Intelligence, money. Holmes in their 1944 outfield? the Yankees but the fact that Christy Jr lost a leg in a crash Or Eddie Miller of the Cincin­ he was classified as a "bad boy" in China in 1932 but kept right Boxing Death nati Reds at short? It could when he 'left home" to take teaching the Chinese to fly, have been, for all four were in a police examination. The until things got to look like ws PATTERSON N. J., August, the Yankee organization at Yanks wouldn't think of forgi­ were going to enter the war* one time. ving him because he shuffled 26 — The second boxing death Chapman Walker Then Chisty came home and within a month in New Jersey Right now the Yanks are still off to Buffalo without notice when things did start, got his occurred today when Tom Sche- looking for a .300 hitter. nay reached Newark and then at a time when the team was commission in the AAF. nk, 34-year-old Passaic heavy­ Walker, the "People's Choi­ the Braves bought him- Mil­ in the thick of a pennant fight With the exception of Eddiei weight, succumbed to head in­ ce" in Brooklyn, was with the ler was a Kansas City star in Oullenbine played one month Mayo at second base, the De-i juries received while training world's champs two full sea­ [1938 but was traded to the ar a Yankee and in five troit Tigers now play the saw for a comeback. sons and :parts of three others. i Braves. world series games in 1942 be­ me squad that finished the sea* Schenk, former sparring par­ -But in those days Dixie was j FSric Tipton of the Reds is fore he and Rosar were traded son for them last year. Needless tner for -Joe Louis and Tony batting a puny .274 in an out­ another National. Leaguer once to Cleveland for Oscar Grimes to say, they're toe only club in Galento, was out of the ring field that included Babe Ruth owned Joy the Yanks. The and Roy Weatherly. either league that can corns for several years. He was trai­ and Earle Combs. champions had tfct "former. Du­ McQuinn was a farmhand at any where near their regular* ning for his third comeback, The once-mighty Yanks could ke football star at Kansas Ci­ Newark m 1937 but the squad. when he collapsed Tuesday ni­ easily find room for old Ben ty m 1942 but the Reds grab­ Browns obtained hhn in the ght and a brain operation per­ Chapman whom they had in bed him and now he's Cincin­ player draft. The 33-year-old Frank Gustine of the Pirate* formed this morning at the Pa- he -outfield years ago. FI^ has nati's leading batter. Babe Scotsman has been in St. Louis has flayed every infield position terson General Hospital failed 'TTJI brought run by the Dod­ Dahlgiren, the slick fielding ever «ince and sports a seven- for 'the Buccaneers besides S to -save his fife. gers and has already been on first baseman of the Pittsburgh year batting average of .296. brief whirl et cetdhin«. page 8 WEEKLY MISSION Sunday, August 27, 1944 Marseilles, Toulon Softened By MAAF Pre-D Day Yank General Army Takes Over Jet Expert Raids Isolate Directs Cover In Charge Of Former Port HQ MAAF, August 26 — For Invasion MAAF Wing Strategic and tactical aircraft Of Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker's Me­ HQ MAAF — The American HQ MAAF — Brig. Gen. diterranean Allied Air Forces components of the Mediterra­ Laurence C. Craigie, 42, of helped to soften France's great nean Allied Coastal Air Force Stoneham, Mass, first military which provided air cover for the pilot of the AAF experiemen- Mediterranean port of Marseil­ Allied convoys off southern les, which has fallen to French jtal jet-propelled airplane, is France were under the com­ j commanding a Mediterranean troops, and the naval base of mand of Brig. Gen. Edward M. {Toulon, where other French ] Allied'Coastal Air Force fighter Morris, who started in the Ar­ wing, it was disclosed here. forces today were mopping up my as a buck private in World isolated pockets of resistance. Gen. Craigie assumed his com­ War I, it was revealed here mand in March. Marseilles, which fell eight today. flays after Allied forces landed Coastal and convoy defenses Until the beginning of the on the French Riviera, was iso­ are nothing new for General war, Gen. Craigie served pri­ lated in pre-D day attacks on Morris. He built up the Iceland marily as a director of ths communications. The harbor Base Command Air Force be­ AAF's experimental and en­ was attacked twice by heavy fore the U. S. got into the war, gineering development pro­ bombers of the Strategic Air and during those panic days on grams. Forces, with the loss off only the west coast, in March, 1943, For his part as chief of the one bomber. At least 220 tons he commanded the Fourth Aircraft Projects Section, En­ Were dropped on the harbors Fighter Command before co­ A jeep with four U. S. soldiers rides alongside the gineering Division, supervising installations. ming to this theater to share Spruce Street trolley to protect its passengers and driver the development of such planes B-17 Fortresses made first at­ with the RAF the defense of from strikers on the Philadelphia Transportation Company as the jet-propelled fighter and tack from bases in North Africa all Mediterranean territory system. The strikers returned to work a short time later. the famous B-29 Super For­ on December 2, 1943, with good from Gibrltar to Tunis, inclu­ (Acme Photo) tress, Gen. Craigie was awar­ results. Eight enemy fighters ding the coasts of Italy, Sicily, ded the Legion of Merit April were destroyed during the as­ Sardinia and Corsica. 24. sault. All of the Forts returned Gen. Craigie is an old-time It was one of General Mor­ regular Army flyer. He was safely. ris' fighter groups that introdu­ 15ih AAF REDS PUSH Night Raid graduated from West Point ced the method of low-level (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) June 12, 1923. After receiving The second attack was made bombing with P-39 Airacobras his wings in September, 1924, by RAF night bombers on the carrying 1,000 pound bombs. by the Mustang and Lightning ting the trapped divisions and he served as flight and ground night of August 14 and 15. also escorted Liberators. The Libe­ then mopping them up. Gene­ instructor in various Army with good results. No enemy rators engaged a few enemy ral Malinovsky's tanks and ca­ flying schools until 1929. aircraft were encountered and aircraft over this region. valry tonight were pouring into Following a two-year tour only one Wellington was lost. LIGHTS (Continued from page 1) Flying Fortresses attacked the Foscan Gate, historic mili­ of duty at France Field, Pa­ Toulon was isolated as a re­ three lines leading into nort­ tary invasion route from the nama he returned to the Uni­ sult of widespread attacks on heast Italy. A good pattern was Carpathians to the Danube. ted States in 1931 to help inau­ communications by Tactical Air must, into enemy territory as reported at the Avisio viaduct, The Germans caught between gurate Randolph Field, where Force fighter-bombers. In an conquerors," he affirmed. just north of Tranto on the the Russian armies on the Uk­ ''Men and women, we are he remained until 1934. attack on the harbor, B-25 Mit­ Brenner Pass line. rainian front were estimated to In 1935/36 he attended the chells scored hits on the former here in Paris — Paris, lately have lost 100,000 men in dead oppressed, downtrodden and AAF Engineering School at French battleship Strasbourg, URGE JEW IMMIGRATION and 4,000 captured. Along with Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, then one of the scuttled but only martyred — but Paris, which NEW YORK, August 26 —- the shocking defeat went the to free herself rose and stood became project officer in char­ partially sunk fighting ships in Senator Robert F. Wagner of loss of 200 occupied localities ge of developing new transport Toulon harbor. erect. The capital of Fighting New York> in a ^^^t Fri which the Red Army is now France great, eternal, freed oy and training planes for the The Strasbourg is one of the day night, urged Britain to ea­ consolidating. Army. shops which the Germans used the hands of Frenchmen ''. " We are going to fight on to se the terms of what he called Sporadic fighting crackled Two years later, Gen. Crai­ as a coastal defense battery. the last day, to the day of com­ "infamous Chamberlain white throughout Rumania when gie had risen to chief of the Many of the heavy guns used plete and total victory. After paper'' and permit Jews unre­ Cossack squadrons splayed out Aircraft Projects section at in the coastal defense batteries what happened in 1940, after stricted immigration into Pa­ to round up German soldiers Wright Field. were removed from the scuttled France surrendered and her lestine. seeking refuge among bands of Outstanding during Gen. French naval vessels-and tran­ government was usurped, there Rumanian troops. Craigie's term as chief of the sferred to steel and concrete ca­ is no other practical and accep- NEW YORK, August 26 — Join Forces Projects Section was the rapid sements and turrets ashore. table way for the people to make President Roosevelt yesterday The second and third Ukrai­ development of several of to­ These were one of the foremost its voice heard, than by univer- j gave a dinner party in honor nian Armies joined forces at day's top fighters and bombers, obstacles to Allied ground for­ sal and free vote of all Fren-1 of the president of Iceland, it Lapusan Leuseni to form the such as the P-47, the P-51B Mus­ ces driving westward to the ap­ chmen and Frenchwomen ". was stated here today. gigantic Nazi trap, which snag­ tang, the P-61 night fighter, proaches of the port. ged the 12 doomed divisions which has come into general Naval Action southwest of Kishinev. Five of use, and the B-29 Super For­ Hits on the Strasbourg also the divisions, armed with tanks tress. were scored when a force of U. Makeshift Span and self-propelled guns, tried to S. and French battleships crui­ reach the Pruth river but lost sers and destroyers bombarded heavily and were beaten back. the batteries protecting the na­ Meanwhile, the month old PARIS val base and port. shuffle battle in front of War­ (Continued from page 1) Liberators and Fortresses of saw developed a little jocke- the 15th AAF bombed Toulon ving action when the Russians joined with American forces five times, dropping more than threw back German infantry today on the banks of the Sei­ 2,400 tons of bombs. and tank attacks, launched a ne, south of Rouen, after an The last heavy bomber attack brief counter move for them­ advance of 10 to 20 miles. was made by Liberators on Ju­ selves and gained some impro­ Brest was subjected to at-f ly 5 when no enemy air oppo­ ved positions. tack by air, land and sea. Ene­ sition was encountered, and my strongpoints including the good results were reported. Arsenal were attacked by me­ Other attacks by the heavies Planes Hit dium and heavy bombers yes­ were made on Febraury 4, terday afternoon and last night. March 7, March 11 and April 29. Coastal batteries and selected Jap Cruiser targets were bombarded from , the sea. AHQ, NEW GUINEA, August A fuel dump at Clermont, 8ih NEARS 26 — Allied warplanes left one east of Beauvais, was attacked (Continued from page 1) light Japanese cruiser ablaze by medium bombers during the and sank five Japanese medium afternoon. drove through the mountains -sized freighters near Memade, Fighters and fighter-bombers flanking the Upper Tiber and near Celebese or Thusday, sta­ attacked tanks, motor vehicles Arno until they reached Apec- ted a communique from Gene­ and barges, particularly on the chio. The Allied advance was ral Douglas Ma * Arthur's head­ lower Seine and eastwards from not opposed by the Germans. quarters today. the river. In the area flanking Flosen- Ship-bombing Mitchells hit Medium bombers also hit ce, Indian patrols found that the another cruiser and set it on concentrations of motor vehi­ German had abandoned good fire and two merchantmen were cles near Rouen. There was positions three to four miles damaged in addition to those more opposition in the air, and northeast from the center of sunk. 51 enemy aircraft were shot Pontassieve, four miles northe­ Numerous barges and other down; others were destroyed on ast from the center of Florence craft were also machine-gun­ the ground. Twenty-one of our itself. British patrols in the ned during the attack, while a aircraft are missing. : face of slight opposition have Liberator, on patrol, set fire to Motor transport and trains in reached Castel di Poggio. a 4,000-ton barge-tender. northeastorn France ware at­ The communique added that tacked during the night by our STOCKHOLM, August 26 — many large explosions and fires light bombers. Field Marshal von Kluge, com­ were observed when Halmahera mander of the German forces was raided. LONDON, August 26 — The in France, has been killed, ac­ Quickly nullifying the German destruction of bridges More coastal vessels were de­ Yugoslav government announ^ cording to a Stockholm news­ at Florence, Royal Engineers threw this Bailey-Built stroyed or severely damaged ced today that the High Com­ paper which quoted informat­ bridge over the. Arno. The speed at which the span was when Allied aircraft hit barges mand headed by General Draja ion received from Germany. completed astounded the people of Florence. ;PWB Photo) off Ceram and in the Flores sea. Mihailovich has ceased to exist. THE 12™AIR FORCE

Vol. 1 No. 11, Sunday, August 20, 1944 HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH AIR FORCE TWO LIRE 4 Tank Battle Rages On 7th Takes 1,000 Square Miles Reef Front 2nd TAF In Narrowing Corridor Toufon Naval MOSCOW, August 19 — In Base Menaced a despirate effort to save their Huge Blitz cracking lines from Riga to By U. S, Units Warsaw, the Germans have LONDON, August 19 — In the thrown in the largest tank ar­ greatest air blitz of the Nor­ AHQ, MEDITERRANEAN, mada seen during the year on mandy campaign, the 2nd Ta­ August 19 — The 7th Army the Soviet front, dispatches ctical Air Force yesterday com­ Saturday night held more than from the Polish front said to­ pletely destroyed 1,250 vehicles 1,000 square miles of territory night. and 99 tanks, it was reported in southern France and were Heavy fighting was raging today by the BBC and several within six miles of the great west of Siauliai, east of War­ war correspondents. naval port of Toulon. saw, in the suburbs of Prague A further 1,850 vehicles and Allied communiques reported and on the perimeter of the 101 tanks were so badly da­ that American forward elem­ Red Army's greatly enlarged maged that most of them must ents had thrust well into the bridgehead. be considered a total loss, the high ground west of La Roqu- The battle of Siauliai de­ reports added- esbrussane, and that to the pends the development of the Just after noon yesterday a northeast other troops have Russian offensive against east vast convoy of 7,000 vehicles pushed on two miles west of Prussia. After loss of the im­ was spotted jamming the roads Brignoles along highway seven portant stronghold of Sando- in the vicinity of the Falaise Meanwhile, the 7th Army mierz, the German problem is gap. Every available plane was had captured its second Germ­ whether they can hold the Ru­ turned loose on this perfect an general, who issued the us­ ssians below Warsaw and pre­ target. Wave after wave of ual statement that since Him- vent capture of large areas of fighters, fighter-bombers and mler is now in complete char­ German-occupied Poland. Typhoons swept over the clo­ Allies Cut Escape ge of the Wehrmacht, Germany RISK RESERVES sely-packed enemy columns, is headed for a tragic end. The blasting them from the roads General was Ludwig Beiringer. Correspondents reported that and leaving a wide area of Gap To Two Miles the Germans apparently have chaos and destruction. On the left coastal sector, decided to risk all available west of Bormes, only relatively Panic reigned as tanks char­ small gains have been made, Panzer reserves to protect east ged through the ranks of bol­ SHAEF, August 19 — Battered remnants of the German 7th Prussia and Central Poland. against strong opposition, by ting horse-drawn vehicles, and Army, torn by shells, bombs and treachery within i^Twnranks, the troops pushing toward To­ The Luftwaffe has been unus­ troops scattered into the fields today is fighting desperately while American columns race east ually active, too. toward Paris. ulon. in a desperate effort to find German broadcasts said the Reuters correspordents cabl- refuge from the rain of death. Fresh American and Cana­ Allied forces had made land­ (Continued OK. page 8) "It wasn't just a tremendous Patch Nominated dian advances have cut the ings on either side of Toulon, knockout," declared one cor­ escape gap below Falaise to a but there was no hint of this respondent, ''it was a massacre." If. Gen. By FDR two-mile corridor of death and in official Allied dispatches. Japs Hit On The hail of bombs, rockets destruction, constantly under COIL FOR DRIVE and machine gun fire never let Allied bombardment. up for a moment and the Ger­ WASHINGTON, August 19 — The British United Press re­ Correspondents writing from, Wide Fronts man losses mounted at a terri­ Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, ported that the Wehrmacht, ;n the battle areas reported that ble rate. Jr., only two-star general lea­ its retreat toward the Seins, hill fighters whom the Ger­ AHQ, NEW GUINEA, Au­ The astonishing figures of ding a U. S. Army, Friday was has suffered its greatest defeat mans have attempted to track gust 19 — Allied patrol planes their losses are nearly double nominated for promotion to a since Stalingrad. down and neutralize for four bombed the Kaoe trownship, in Lieutenant General by Presi­ the total for the whole of the RACEWAY years are now coming out of Halmahera, last night, starting (Continued on page 8) dent Roosevelt. hiding and are dealing misery fires and sinking a supply-la­ Hunted over a 90-mile front, Patch, who is currently play­ to the Wehrmacht. It was felt den vessel, stated today's com­ the German Army is fleeing in that this would give the forces munique from General Douglas ing a leading role in the inva­ a race through France, which CHERBOURG OPERATING sion of southern France, succee­ pushing up the Rhone Valley a Mac Arthur's headquarters. WASHINGTON, August 19 — makes their 1940 drive in the decided advantage. Heavy bombers, in force, ded Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Rear-Admiral A. G. Kirk, Uni­ Jr., as commander of the 7th (Continued on page 8) bombed Liang and Haroekoe ted States navy commander Army after gaining fame by di­ LONDON, August 19 — Otto airdrome in the Amboina-Ce- who commanded a task force recting operations on Guadaca- Abetz, German ambassador in ram area, destroyed a large in the Normandy landing, said nal. Paris, and the staff of his em­ number of parked planes and yesterday that he understood bassy have left the French ca­ TAF Pounds started fires and explosions. that the port of Cherbourg was pital, the German Overseas ne­ Allied ground forces, with now «serving our forces satis­ LONDON ALERT ws agency reported today. naval and air support, landed factorily.* LONDON, August 19 — After Touion Area at Wardo, on the west coast of He praised the excellent te­ a lull for about 20 hours, the Biak, establishing a new center am-work of the British, French opposite direction through the HQ MAAF, August 19 — Mara­ for mopping-up operations, the sirens sounded in the London country comparatively slow. uders of the Tactical Air Force and Dutch naval commanders area again today when more The Allied troops in Nor­ communique said. who participated in the Nor­ flying bombs were launched ag­ today bombed in the immediate Allied forces have DW tota­ mandy landing. mandy are now definitely in vicinity of Toulon harbor for led 4,468 killed and 20 captu­ ainst southern England. the last stages of a great batt­ the third successive day. red Japanese on the island. le, despatches from SHAEF in­ Other Marauders went into Down the Tiddim Jtoad the dicate this afternoon. All that the Durane Valley to attack Allied Fourteenth Army is ste- remains to end this battle is railroad bridges. adly pushing after the Japa­ 8th Still Clearing the pursuit and annihilation of Heavy flak was reported nese forces. The retreating Ja­ (Continued on page 8) encountered in the Toulon panese are reported losing hea­ harbor area where enemy gun vily— both men and materials Florence Of Snipers Mystery Explosion positions were the chief tar­ since the advance from Moi- gets. rang last month. In north Bur­ Rattles Indiana Flying Fortresses of the 15th ma the 36th Indian Division AHQ, ITALY, August 19 — tion dump was set on fire by INDIANAPOLIS, August 19 - AAF escorted by Mustangs and has sent advance units fur­ The 8th Army has almost cle­ the 5th Army northwest of Pi­ State police and public service Lightnings attacked military ther towards Pinbaw after their ared the snipers from the cen­ sa, German automatic weapons agencies over a large section installations in the Ploesti area capture of Thaiwagon. ter of Florence, a communique were silenced by 5th Army of Indiana were deluged ye today. The heavies bombed On the Yunnan fronl the Ja- issued here stated today. On mortars. sterday with reports of a noisy, through a heavy smoke screen (Continued on pag> 8) both sides of the upper Arno Scattered enemy patrols we­ brilliant, meteor-like phenome­ which forced them to bomb by* Valley and in the Adriatic sec­ non which emerged as a flash instrument. The results were V. S. GENERAL IOST re repulsed and when direct tor, British, Indian and Polish hits were scored by American in the sky; a rumbling explo­ unobserved and though the flak WASHINGTON, Augist 19 — troops have sent forward deep mortars on an enemy-occupied sion that rattled china. was intense no enemy aircraft Brig. Gen. James E. Wharton, reconnaissance patrols. West of house in the vicinity of Ulive- Reports came from Dunes were encountered. 49, serving in an unanounced Florence, 5th Army and enemy to, across the river north of State Park area as far south The Polesti raid was third in post in France, was llled in patrols were active. San Benedetto, casualties were as Vincennes, north from Rich­ as many days for 15th AAF action August 12, the *"ar De­ Heavy, intermittent rains al­ inflicted. mond and from the west at heavy bombers. partment announced today. He ong the entire 5th and 8th Ar­ Terre haute. General opinion A small force of Flying For­ was the seventh U. S. general my fronts held action across Two attempts by the Ger­ ruled out the possibility of a tresses attacked a railway officer killed since Pearl Har­ the peninsula to a minimum. mans to cross to the south plane since the flash was too bridge at Cuprija in eastern bor. However, an enemy ammuni­ (Continued on page 8) large . Page 2 WEEKLY MISSION 9 THE I2THAIR FORCE 'Ike Congratulates KiMssioN r Weekly newspaper magazine of the Twelfth Air Force, published each Sunday for personnel of the 12th Air Force. Material for the Weekly Mission is furnished by Public Relations, 12th AAF, MAAF; United Nations News Service; Camp Newspaper Service; Army News Service and The Stars and Stripes. Individual whole copies of Weekly Mission may be sent by members of the U. S. Armed Forces to the United States. Copies stamped by field press censors are on file at Hq 12th Air Force. cMl communications must be relayed through channels to the 12th Air Force Weekly Mission, Hq 12th Air Force. Publications Officer, Captain Max G. Marple. vol. i, mo. m Sunday, August 20, 1944 'STAaEF Pvt. John J. Hastings News Editor Ptc George H. Gruenwald Feature Editor Pvt. Jerry Houghton Business Manager Pvt. George D. Hatton Assistant Business Manager Pvt. Edward J. Patty Sports Editor "In This Corner. # Hn each week's issue, the WEEKLY 'MISSION attem­ pts to list all awards made to members of the 12th Air Force for the preeeeding week. Every check is made to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower slaps Maj. Gen. T. Lawton Collins, commanding vthe 7th insure against -BBXOVB. Awards of the Purple Heart, and Corps, after decorating him with the Oak Leaf Custer at headquarters in NormanBy. awards made to persons missing in action, will not be Also decorated was Lt. Gen. Omar -N. Bradley (left). Maj Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (cen­ listed because of War Department regulations. ter), commanding the 5th Corps, looks on. (Wide World Photo)

AWARDS €HF DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS: Alfred D. Belsma, Major. Waupun, Wis. Cah&ll Named jdenry J. Clerici, Major, 'Columbia, S. C. Balkan Mw Force Raymond J. Downey, -.Major, Springfield, Mass. Albert F. Fahy, Jr., Major, Rome, Ga. Martin H. Johnson, Major, Sublette, Kansas. To MAAF Post Verne H. Malloy Major, Dayton, Ohio. To Aid Partisans Harold G- Senften, Major, Castelford, Idaho. HQ MAAF — Brig. Gen* Joseph F. Wimsatt, Major, Evansvllle, Indiana. Charles Pearre Cabell, who as lEdwarc A. "Durell, Captain, Oakland Calif. e tor of 1 with U S •Robert W. Gibson, Captain, 'Dallas, Texas. HQ MAAF — The formation., • with ff f A P ^ ^ " ' 5aok B. Gaudy, Captain, Angola, Indiana. of the Balkan Air Force is the a landing strip hacked out 0ir*«rategic *•}* Forces in Europe Norman A. Graves, Captain, SBherrill, N. Y. culmination of months of inten- la vineyard, giving the Spitfires **d £n actl^e >part (Charles V. GassEfffet, Captain, Utt. Pleasant, N. C- siv"Treo oiai^r f.n.nnora+inico-operation givettivexnn hbvy greater range to operate vrnur invasion and the •Carl £; Rice, Captain, Longton, Kansas. MAAF units *to resi­ Yugoslavia. I strategic bombing of Germany, .Jack US. Rogers, Captain, Clio, S- C. fighters in ba,s heen appointed Director of Eugene E. Schmitt, Captain, Jacksonville, Fla. stance movements throughout In may these fighters, in _ William A. Sloan, Jr., Captain, Bessemer, Ala. the Balkan countries. conjunction wife other ;air_ ,'Operations and Intelligence for Hugh D. Tidweli, Captain, Gary, Indiana. Now these tiir formations craft, played a notable part in1 *he Mediterranean Allied Air William H. Thomas, Captain, Roanoke, Va. have been welded into a who­ frustrating an all-out German'•p*orces- , • Derrill De S. Trenholm, Captain, Brooklyn, N. Y. le, their operations co-ordina­ attempt to capture Marshal Gen- Cabe11 succeeds Brig. •Charles W. Turner, Captain, Bozeman, Mont. ted and centrally directed, so! Tito. Gen. Lauris Norstad, who has Don R Urquhart, Captain Medford, Wis. providrng a new tactical air Air Vice Marshal Elliot, be­ been given an undisclosed im­ Aian D. Weiss, Captain, Bloomfield, N. J. portant assignment outside this 1944 WEEKLY MISSION Page 3 TAF Completes 28,500 Sorties In July MAAF Totals Tactical Maroubers Crippled Pilots Merge 51,700 Sorffes For The Month Assets To Bring 25*s In

HQ MAAF — July was a BY KENNETH L. DIXON had torn a hoie* in the calf of banner month for the Medi­ (Assoeiated Press COrrespwivfent) 'his right lieg: anbb another had terranean Allied Air; Force* as I ripped: thraughi his lip> and* the Taotical units continued wnDffi THS; lathi A^AW,. mm cheek,, imbedding; in ttte flesh: to smasch enemy supply lines in — One of the main jobs aft a jjist under his cheekbone BiOocD Italy and the Strategic bombers bomber ao^pilot is to be ready spurtadi all! over the plane, maintained their offensive aga*- to take over ther cantfcols ift the jbHhdingj: hiini. inst oil installations in the pilot gets hitt At the- same time: Littte was. Balkans and southern Europe.' But what happens if the co­ jhit in ther right, hand} but Gat Latest complete figures show pilot also gets hit? motioned for him: to> take* the the Tactical Air Force flew Sbmetimes, as the' bny» in icontpois audi he5 flfew* w4th» one 28,509 sorties, which added; ta­ this B-25 outfit can. testify, t&wo •hancf, holding ttte tormation. ttle 11,500 by the 15th AAF, to- ^wounded men pool the* unim- Opening the window. Gat tailed 40,000 sorties by the- two jured parts of their bodies, began: to> get his senses, bade air forces. Added to. this was thus theorecticaliy merging in­ when the rush of cold air hit. the 6,500 sorties flown, by to one pilot, and manage his teethi He thought ail' his fighter - bombers ands escort to both fly the plane back. :teeth had been knocked out by bombers of the 15th AAF. With; The other day, one Mitchell the flak, or else his jaw crus­ the total sorties made by the pilot was hit in the arms and hed for be could feet ttte* jag­ Coastal Air Force, MAAF piled" the co-pilot in the legs> So. the ged? edges of the sharp metal. up 51,700 during the montth- co-pilot handled the wheel whi­ Reaching- upj he pulled, the pie­ July was- highlighted by a le the pilot worked the rudder ce of flak out of his face, felt number of fierce aerial enga*- pedals. relieved* and turned; around: gements over- Germany and the Coordinating in that almost just as- another piece: aft jagged; Balkans as ttte> Germans, sought impossible fashion, they brou­ metal whammed: through ttte- desperately to> defend, their ght the bomber home, found aoekpit, slashing: Little across dwindling- ait rasourcesi and; that they couldn't get the da-; : his. lfef t anMte industrial plants, still), irr opera-- maged snip's wheels down and j Shortly- afterwards,, one- mo­ tion. turned* it into; a beautiful belly tor went had. They* feathered A>. recordl tota-t of 708 enemy landing' jntti the prop and' limped along,, a fighters; waa, shot, dawn* by? ISth- ; Andi tne> boys will tell: you battered: plane? on one engine,, AA3? gunners; andl fighter/ ni*- the now famous case of Lieu- carrying a pilot: with- one* usev- lots, of which; fiflL wane' de&r- •^nants; Charlhs: DR. «Satt» Ross: lfesg leg, a> slashed face and? tnxyed' during; operations, ffaom. landi GMs, Little: (Sat! m a* Mlf*- ihaif^bfihded ? by* his- own biood; The bomb bay doors ofi Tactical Air Ponce Bw28> Mb* j Ltaliam bases. and; iOT? shot dbwn: rauders yawn open as the; mediums roar over a traget so­ crhell: first pilht who> haiiss ffaom '•amf i a* ca-pilbt with: one useless* during shuttle: flights between mewhere inu northern Italy. TAF had a banner month in ;Mbntteose;. GToloradbi amfi QMs leg* and! one* useless hamft The> Italy and'. Russiai July,, completing 28,500 sortie* (PWB Photo) iiR his cot-pilot who> comes ftam re? was nothing, to* do* but coim- 68 FLGHRRS LOST .Miza,, Mississippi. bine ttteir assets. I5t was^ strictty. a: symrhroni-! Sb> tftatf s'ttte? way/ tttey/ bnau*- Operating am 28 out oft the; W jzatlonal! special'... days,, the- 13th toppeal 27?0MJ) ght her* ttoine: drap» theic gpar ands spiu' ttiu- months wer©» 380$, while? SB *m,PQOth Ton helped' guidb hihii The? pilot their wheels on.. The« plane \o> used his uninjured7 left toot on theirr lafli was: hit, the plane. ^ehr" ^?fiS£f hnmW^S H^MA^'-TlteaattoBnmb, HQIBth MAF - A veteran ! the* lbffc rudder pedal! and? the JSSrrS^ iS^rrf^ ,m Group recently mark-em ttre se-Mhrauder group, of Tactical Air under them went down. The co-pilot duplicated on ttte right S«> ^2iS^lW ^S^^Snb anniversary of its firnt ^brce commanded* by Colonel air was- burstShgi wide open an pedail with* his uninjured* toot. ^f/mv^^^^J^in^f ™^™ against, aGermamneia^gene B. Fletcher, San Diego, all sidtsss , Wearing the field, the blond,, noSS^^^ ©ttA-uguat 1,. XSmi theCMifornia,. recently dropped its Suddenly- Gatl ^ot m terrific 0 stocky pilot called:' the* tower EX ^! SL£fJ^wWs. Liberator* bombed the- l»,000ttt ton. of bombs, in the ''mpaet in\ the; raght tog and! a and! told! them to* "get the meat ^r i«i J^S^SS Egyptian port of Mersa Matrnh,, Mediterranean theater. dizzying', jail* on! the? rdeht side wagon ready." that he- was^ £S- ^IS^Z J£ZT^f> supply base for Rommel's The IniOOOth ton was loaded* of h% fhcB.: Gmcti piece of flak coming in on one engine and ttattr wounded? guys. He didn't One year'ago- the 9&ttt partis Etterhandr, The; Blion» . N.. Y„ oft numtierr off enemy aircraft: vxdhss-!a: 1 311 v MOTH COMPLETED 'say whiim! twa>. ••.••.innar «>»• -^"j' """••"•"- "' ^ cipated* in the> low-level' attack. ordhance group? servicing Neither one knows how tttey truyedi by W&&F durtog-ffigttts: Q^ thQ, plQes±i; &1 i^finerias, Th Marauders onto) "Joisey Boun>~| I FR® UZEffi AAF — " Zero ffcoan rtaliani basess, ffliwty-om¥; ^ two years of operations itce," one of the group's veteran: Four: " a' B^2S; Maraudbr whicht did; it,, but ttte syn-ahroniieatSait- TAF' plknes* were: reportedly planes. ' ! im eight months has never tur—, special was*, a "greaser'' — this. mQved forward 3 500 miles 1 outfitjj term* tor the* smoothest missingduring* the- month; wm>-l%mai its, first base- im Palestine I The group went into; combat necP back early from a mission; MAAF because oft mechanical' trouble, landing: possible. Then Rossi anb5 ch brings thetotei' tor I tDD a, Ael^ im Itaiy 'ina April, 1943, and ha&; taken tLitttlte* were* hauledi off to? the* to 476, Including also RAF night], j^ ^ j^^gg., tt» the? groum'part in the North AfMcan.. Si-j has joineeb the select group> off 1 hospitoii Bomberai am±' Goas*aL Air. Force ! Major Generai> Natham El Twr-ciiian and Italian campaigns. It; great war planes to hawe com­ planes; missing; pleted 100 combat missions.. They're back out now. ami . _^ . „_ ^.^^.ning; commandrar oft tttE liathihas flown more than 7,000 sor- okay agairn. bnt GSdt isarttE fly­ ing', tust yet » Ifheav,c JWKy toil, as ,was im -pravians taken of;t mmrtft enemyj ^ Jgg; ••Congjati,lafcions. Hiss. TERRS: IbAKTB:. RSiai «CNS)) The reason:. Boitt his? Mm jsullihg' stocf*~ e and" mobilf- e " euuipr-'anjtte second' anniversary aft Sg* Eherhardft, who has. been — Her husband's extreme infor­ 5 merrt.. Tl^F' urrirs. destnoyerf. 49H] your* begtonhm apflratianfi^oadmg bombs owerseas, since mality eventually led, Mcs, MSn-; toes- are swathed , ihi bandages agaihst the: enemy.. The- date i&September;. 1M2. inscribed! om —the: result oft an aperatabn^tor trucks antfaxmoi^ialvcelncieTsandij : pilae Malbne to> theg divorce;, damaged 325:; dfestmyedi ML ttr- dbubly signiffcant,, tor; justt a? the bomb: ^^ .courts. "When we had guesta. he?' mgrawn, toenails! GDmotiwes andl damage:d, I84; year ago* today your onganizair-j ' Greeting^, from the OrdnanH wouldi sit around in- a* nedi un- dfestroyeif 69ff railroad: cars- ami" tion earnetf the grateful] appre^ce. We ttawep tftuuaands. mor© 'dershirt,'^ she tes^ATed' in1 wiirH ciation of freedam>-lbvihg; peo-j — Typhoon Pocks damaged. 707Z Ninery-sik:. bridr A s anifih ning a decree. "And once, wheroj ges werff feTDcked5; out antf 23B pie the world oveir by pariici,' P ^Jhedc motor fuel I was; gfivxint*: a. tl'TnTe-tT warty- hq left his- teethi om the1 tabite?" Lb Bombs were liste* a* damage JOmS^Soft: the PlaestiSLS i oil^S"^! reflherdesE , vegetable product lines; and rsadis were knoeksa^ "That„„___l. atlthcf_-»«—.r, „^was.^ a„? sternt out or blocked at 485* olaresJ mm sWsccW wss' * I L(DW©01« — The* Air Mini*. b WK-wee• wacnihg to* Mtter and: Ytifc sa*-l Bnmbs, caxmon IfS,nrraanm,ffi teJlites^ of a relentless! twice the. former load: and. mo­ sels, were. sunk, andt 72'. dama­ atthclte on the- enemy^s remai)- For Air- re than dbubto that of* the me­ ged: Six industrial plants.-, were-] mhg' oiL1 resourcesi. am attSacft dium oomojirs used by Britain leveled*.. wnit'h is surely- shartening' his at the start of the war. The PO OFFENSIVE HQ MAAF — For a daring the dinghy of Flight Lieute­ Typhoon is also equipped, with existence Let us hasten, the sea rescue? in which he landed nant W. C. Gilleland, only sur- Outstanding among TAF's arrdvali of the victoryy by pres eight deadly rocket projectiles achievements'durih© Ju% wasi^g namff "our "affensis^ "with ihis- Catalina? flyngj boat an) ai viister aft his shipis. plunge: into tour under each wing stormy sea to* save an HAF tfte> seat despite.* a» cloud! cover With* its new load, ttte Typ­ "Qperatibm Mallbry'', wbiuh j inrreaBe* vigor in> the days Wellington pilot, Captain Mer­ at only 200! feet. destroyed 22 bridges over the;i ji tely ahead." hoon has twice the bomb load mme( a rick A. Gray, of St. Johnsbury Fearful that he would lose* Fa river in. four days. The] Center, W., recently was awar­ of the German Stuka. After month: brought new prominence ^contact with ttte RAF pilot if dropping its bombs, the Typ­ Female Losses ded the British Distinguished he rose to signal, for help, Capt. to the French Ahr Farce, as Flying Qross. hoon becomes a first line fighter, Frenck-flown Marauders blasted j NEW YORK — Since the: Gray decided to attempt a- laxfc- able to defend Itself against Capt Gray, commander of dihg on the rough' sea This; communications targets along start of the war, 41 women an emergency rescue unit of anything the German Air Force the Riviera and in northwestern: members of the U. S. armed the 12th Fighter Command, accomplished, he* and- ttte crew- has to offer. It can go in at Italy. (torces have died incline of duty, received the decoration from struggled, for 40 minutes aga*- 400 miles an hour to finish off On July 21, the loth AAF ^he Associated Press reports, inst 15 foot swells that swept a dive bombing attack with de­ 1 Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Pu- flew to Berlin than ever According to the press associa- ghe Lloyd, ECBE, MC, DFC, Air the dinghy away many times, vastating force from its four before from Mediterranean ba-1 tion's latest tabulation, the dead Officer Commanding Mediter­ before one of the rescue party, 20 mm. cannon. ses to bomb synthetic oil include 29 Army nurses, seven ranean Allied Coastal Air For­ lashed to ttte wing, succeeded wemen Marines, four Navy nu-- in dragging the exhausted RAF installations at Brux, 125 miles ce, in the presence of the staff SELECT FDR south of the Reich capital. rses, and one Wac who was of the Coastal Air Force. pilot aboard. killed in a jeep accident in North The rescue was accomplished Unable to take off from the NEW YORK, August. 1& -M SALIDA. CAL. (CNS) — The Africa. In addition, the news in ttte Gulf of Genoa, near angry sea, Capt. Gray taxied Delegates to the American La­ Board of Education has hired service savs that 60 Army nurses enemy-occupied shores despite the plane over .-t throughout bor Party convention have ag-t three men to take care of the and 16 Navy nurses were capt- strong wind.. high seas and the day and for half ttte night reed to support President Roo­ heating problem at Salida'sl ured in the Philippines and heavy clouds that limited visi­ before a speed launch found: sevelt for reelection and Se^ I*hools .^__^^^^_^^^_^ext winter. Their na-^| are now Japanese prisoners, of bility to less than a mile. the rescue craft just before it nator Harry S. Truman for to; Wood and Sparks. war. Capt. Gray's crew located ran out of fuel. vice president. Page WEEKLY MISSION Sunday, August 20, 1944 MAAF Piles Up New Record On D Day 4,285 Sorties 'Operation Uppercut' Dirigibles Proposed Flown i Mid-May Record Broken For Post-War Travel HQ MAAF — The sntire, po­ werful weight of the Mediter­ WASHINGTON — Don't count dirigibles out of the picture ranean Allied Air Forces throu­ when thinking about postwar commercial aviation. In the flies ghout most of the week has of the Civil Aeronautics Authority is an application for 41,633 been thrown into the battle for miles of foreign air routes using dirigibles of 10 million cubic southern France The great air feet helium capacity—airships one-third bigger than the migh­ assault by MAAF on D Day, du­ tiest ever built. ring which 4.285 sorties were "Passengers, property and flown, constitutes a record for mail" is what the applicant, this theater. The total surpas United Nations Airships, Inc., 6es the previous high of 3,000 500 U-Boars seeks to carry. In -other words, Borties on May 25, 27 and 29 it wants to tackle fullscale When Tactical Air Force planes Sunk In War competition with the heavier* were blasting the retreating than-air cargo and passenger; Germans south of Rome and planes in flying the American strategic bombers were attac LONDON — The number of flag to all parts of the world king the Balkans. German U-boats sunk during within the next few years. And During the initial stages of the war now exceeds 500, it at least one Naval expert -*« the mighty assault against Eu was disclosed in a monthly Rear Adm. C. E. Rosendahl —* rope's under belly, the whole joint statement by President agrees that the plan is feasible strength of the Strategic Air Roosevelt and Prime Minister foi a nation that controls Force, composed of 15th AAF Churchill. nearly all the helium that the heavy bombers and fighters and Seventeen U-boats were sunk that scientists know about. RAF night bombers, was hur­ attempting to interfere with NO CONFLICT led against German coastal Allied supplies moving to Fran­ "Advocates of ttte rigid airship objectives along side of hun­ ce and their efforts during July dreds of tactical planes. need have no fight' with the were "ineffective." proven heavier-than-air indus­ TAF IN ACTION The number of U-boats de­ try," Rosendahl says. ''It is At the first light of D Day stroyed have been substantially simply a case of utilizing every- •approximately 500 TAF bombers greater than the number of possible form of commercial air — Marauders and Mitchells — merchant ships sunk. The sta­ carrier, Don't forget, America roared across the assault area tement adds that although the never has experimented with to smash beach obstacles, gun U-boat fleet Is still of impres dirigibles on a commercial ba- emplacements and highways. sive size, U-boats remain "nun sis. The ill-fated Shenandoah* Some formations dropped their ted rather than hunters." They Akron and Macon were mili-4 bombs at the water's edge to have been attacked from the tary ships, operated by inexpe-* touch off the land sea mines. Looking like huge blossoms, these parachutes dot the Arctic to the Indian Oce*n by _rienced men who were lear­ Flying more than 1,000 sor countryside in southern France, somewhere between Tou­ aircraft playing a great part ning the job. They learned a ties in the morning, the fighter lon and Cannes. The paratroopers were brought to the great deal, and if we resume dropping zone by C-47's of the 12th Air Force. Troop Car­ with surface forces and "this such work before the remaining bombers ranged at will over pressure will be maintained the landing area.s. Fighters e- rier Command. (MAAF Photo) pioneers all have turned to until all chances of revival of other interests, we shall find scorted troop carrier planes to the U-boat campaign are killed, their objectives and later flew their experience a real basis protective cover for the troops whatever may be the new de­ for success." and ships below. vices and methods developed^ by Compared with modern de­ Whereas early reports indica­ the enemy." ^ signs, the old-type dirigibles ted there was no enemy fighter Nazi sinkings were described were like 'model-T's.'' the resistance to the heavy and me­ 6s "grossly exaggerated," their admiral says. He belie =t> dium bombers, P-38 Lightnings claim for June, for instance, airships would excel flying encountered about 18 Me-109s being an exaggeration of 1,000 boats such as the Navy's Mars near the assault area, and shot per cent. in reliability, schedule-keeping, down three without loss to them­ safety and economy of opera* selves. Bomber and fighter pi­ tion — everything but speed* lots returned to their bases with Instruments Aid which is not so vital to cargo enthusiastic reports of the work transportation. In fact, Rosen­ of the air Commandos in the Atlantic Flyers dahl regards the present em­ landing areas-. Operations were phasis on flying boats, as an indirect boost for dirigibles. carried out on a time-table WASHINGTON — Thanks to Schedule, with the aircraft fly­ SLOWER TIME ing "cab-rank" formations over new delicate weather instru­ the targets. ments, planes of the Army's As for the time element Air Transport Command are —basing his figures only on thr SUCCESSFUL ATTACK now riding the -winds over the German dirigible Hindenburg, Later in the day, the Allied North Atlantic instead of buc­ which made 71.6 southbound rAir Task Force commander with king them. As a result, all- miles per hour—Rosendahl esti­ invasion forces informed MAAF year trans-Atlantic traffic in mates that a dirigible would headquarters that the bombing cover the route to Natal in two attacks on the beaches and coa­ both directions is now P™ctt-jdd eieht hours stal defenses had been most ef­ cable for the first time on the '\** *£ -f^L * fective. Great Circle Route. L?^L ^1°*% -?°' ^t n * The- instruments- which de-f?™* ^J^flled/^ ?** More than 14,000 air combat termine weather conditions in i™*,J^^L,and /f™inal men of the Mediterranean Al­ HQ MAAF — flight locate weather pressure llttlf^^LS,e as ei h? constitute a, lied Air Forces equivalent to the scrlption of the landings was |n™ ™wQ ton «*„,£ o^^! & t percent of the rifle strength of two divisions, ing crait sunK. areas where tail winds speedlY^ ™c* ZZ*J«Z£Z, *v -uZT given by Group Captain Brian Wing Commander James Wal-U . i ead of flying the'S^^^"^^/^*; were airborne on the morning Eaton, RAAF, who commands lace, commanding officer of a shortes flightst routnste In miles, the pla- Passenger comfort would be of D Day against strongholds on an RAF Wing. He said: «As Baltimore squadron, stated: now fly the shortest route unequaled with airsickness al­ .the coast of southern France in nes most unknown and potential we came in from the sea, we "The chief impression my crews in time. Instead of waiting for support of the invasion. could see that the whole coun­ and I got was the complete the winds to be favorable, the cabin and lounging space com* tryside was strewn with para­ lack of opposition." navigator merely fixes his parable to a small steamship. Build Superiort chutes. It all seemed to work F. Lt. Geoffrey Cannon, of j course where - the favorable Straight pins were banned for out beautifully. By 0850 hours Australia, declared: "It was'winds are, even though the use by the War Department to Apron in India the main force looked to me to just like a stooge over Italy."'path may be 200 miles longer. Hve steel. INDIA — A battalion of U. 5. Army engineers, comprised Of Negro soldiers from sout­ hern states, has turned in one 'Mousetraps'In The Invenl-ory Of the most remarkable jobs of Itte war here. WASHINGTON — The hurly- A fishpole mounting an elec-* The battalion poured 23,000 burly of a wanton world has trie light bulb which illumina­ cubic yards of concrete into a failed to distract some inventors tes when there's a nibble. jparking apron for B-29 Super­ from making a try for the ''bet­ A combination finger guard fortresses in a single month ter mousetrap" — the thing and nail holder—a thimble-li­ es its contribution to the 20th that'll make the world beat a ke device to protect your pin­ Bomber Command's aerial of­ path to their door. kies if you aim wild with the fensive against Japan. hammer. Previously most of these men A check of the "invent-ory" discloses that patents for two Wetproof cigarette paper, co­ had been working for six ated with aluminum-stearp'-, months on the Ledo road, vital mousetraps have been issued in supply route being hacked recent weeks by the U S. Pa­ A combination beach robe, fhrough the jungles and moun­ tent Office. Both are of the towel, cushion and general uti­ tains between India and China. walk-in-nibble-the-cheese-and- lity bag. get-y our -neck - caught'' type. Several nursing bottle holders SHAEF, August 19 — Since Here are some other inventi­ designed to give junior an unin­ "D" day, some 1,828 enemy air­ ons which have been granted: terrupted feed and— craft have been destroyed in torpedoes vertically instead of chute - jumpers, consisting of the French battle area alone, A submarine designed to duck horizontally. springs to be attached to boots Pinless diapers, held in it was announced here today. right under ships and Shoot its A shock-absorber for para- and legs. with snap fasteners, Sunday, August 20, 194$ WEEKLY MISSION Page 3 WEEK'S BEST WAR PICTURES... JAPANESE DEAD LITTER SAIPAN BEACHES Zero Hour

Grim, well trained, these paratroopers hook their static lines to the cable in a C-47 as it nears the dropping zone in southern France. - (MAAF Photo)

Con"* stacking along a beach in a last suicidal attempt to save Saipan Island in the Disaster Marianas, these Jap soldiers were mowed down by superior U. S. fighting forces in the Tanapag Harbor region. Vehicles in the background are U- S. tanks which bogged down in the soft sands onjtte beach (PWB Photo) Home Again Sa'vo

*.. •••./•••. fi ' A load of high explosives plummets earthward from the bomb bay of a 12th A U. S. Army jeep carrys two elderly French inhabi­ AAF Marauder to land tants of La Hage Du Puits back to the home that they smack on a vital Nazi rail A B-24 Liberator of the 15th Air Force explodes into evacuated while the Germans were being driven out by violent flames during a raid on Germany. (PWB Photo) bridge in the Po Valley. the Allied Expeditionary Force. (PWB Photo) (MAAF Photo) Trawler Under Fire Hurrie Rockets

H^re is a close-up of an assault on a Nazi armed trawler off the Frisian Islands by a ^triking force of Coastal Command Beau fighters. The trawler is bur- Rocket carrying RAF Hurricanes of the type pictured ~t? for5. t°^ft> and out of range of the camera the sea is dotted with groups of su- above are operating from landing strips in liberated areas "^nother vessel sunk by the attacking planes. (PWB Photo) of Yugoslavia. (PWB Photo) I Ptige 6 WEEKLY MISSION Sunday, August 20, 1944 U#uttJ

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jo.*. Till—11 w Faoci, m£ ox Manhattan's pre~-.v?r saloon circuit glamor gals has married for the second time. This time th? 21-year-old signed away her single status to Hallman K. j Williams, 45, whose former wives were actresses Ann Murdock and Ruth Anderson. Josi married Blaine Faher, the pencil heir when she was 17, and shed him at Reno last izii. Reviewer .John Chapman greeted the opening of Mae West's "Catherine Was Great" with: "I'm afraid it will be a bust, and that will give Miss West one more than she needs." # Esther Williams, shapely swimming beauty of the films, has announced her separation from hubby Dr. Leonard Kovner in" Hollywood. They were wed in 1940, From Reno comes word that Rex Bell, the former western movie hero and hus­ band of Clara Bow. is a candidate for nomination to Congress on the-state Republican ticket. Singer Nelson Eddy is anxious to get off his shortenin' bread diet—he has ambitions to be a director. GIs and Army camp newspaper editors have almost depleted the film studios' supply of cheesecake photos and still photographers are now busily rebuilding the files. New York reporters and politicians have dubbed Mayor La Guardia «The Hal» in the class with «The Voice» (Sinatra) and «The Beard» (Monty Wooley) — Richard C McPherson, negro song writer («Please Go Way and Let Me Sleep,* «Down Among The Sugar Cane,» «You're In The Right Church, But The Wrong Pew») known professionally as Cecil Mack, died at his Harlem home. He was 60 «Scho©l For Brides,» with Rosea® Karns, the drama's latest biology binge opened at ManbV tan's RoyaJf Theater and took a terrific beating from the critics* — But just to show you how important beds ar© in cinema work. Warner Brothers has a collection of 1,590" of them, valued at 100,090 dollars. Radio comic Peter Donald and actress Helen Jo Jams have put a two-buck investment in a marriage license. — 20th Century-Fox. technicolor «Wiison» is the. latest smash hit to reach Broadway. — The movies oan't discourage lovely Jane Farrar, redhead cousin of Geraldine Farrar. Jane has been in three pictures and has been murdered in each but she's to get a full-length living role, — Remember way back in 1927 when Eddie Cantor announced he w?s through with the movies after finishing «Kid Boots?» Fir est Vfr^frwtr The famous polka dot bra and: diaper swim suit that CiufcJ* <"• »* V &\~1%JI "£ Williams wore in that pinup pose has made Hollywood histo- T ff1-^ V-**.—-. ry. Chili, who has just finished a part in «Having Wonderful, 1X1 1WO I GCLTS Crime» sports six new polka dot outfits in her scenes and —j hold it — a white terrier pup with black polka dots! — Gra- HQ MAAF — A veteran vel-voiced Andy Devine plays an Egyptian horse tniei .n j commander of a P-47 Thunder - his next picture. He just finished, impersonating a priest. bolt fighter-bomber -squadron "Since You Went Away,' the four-star, seven-hankie wee recently shot down his first per showing at the Capital, did 15,000 more business the first enemy plane in nearly two week than did 'Gone With The Wind.' Herbert Marshall I years 0f overseas service, the began his theatrical career playing the front part of a horse J victory coming without his fi- It was in London and Herbie was 19 and ambitious. He folio- ring a snot_ UMi his equine debut with small parts-counts, butlers, soldiers, | capt. Charles C. Williams of sailors-in stock companies and eventually hit the big time in gea^^e Wash was credited "Brewster's Millions," playing the part of Tommy After World with ^ destru'ction of an ME_ Wa- 1, he pi ed in various productions with Mane Lohr, 109 over ,3^^^ France The Tallulah Bankhead and other stars and turned to movies in airman wno fjew jn ^ne Xleu- the silent days, playing his first part with Pauline Frederick. tian Islands in the fall of 1942 Ethel Barrymore comes back to the screen after a 12-year and came to the Mediterranean absence when she plays Cary Grant's mother in 'None Bui. r Thr- Lonely Heart." ...Red headed Ella Mae Morse, the hal theater in February, 1943, w as singer who has added three ciphers to her onetime 25 dollar weekly leading his flight home from a paycheck is suing her hubby Richard L. Showalter. a business strafing mission in the Rhone man, for divorce, designating -" pain and suffering" as the Valley when a lone ME was reasons. Ella is best remembered for her rendition of " Cow spotted headed toward them. Not long ago Jams Paige was a stenographer in Tacom^ Cow Boogie5'...Producer Samuel Goldwyn has openly critised Capt. Williams turned into Wash., with hopes of becoming an Opera star. Then she Hollywood for "making too many bad pictures," and has recom- the German plane and manoeu- visited Hollywood and sang for the servicemen at. the mended that the public "go on strike against theaters which. v< Hollywood canteen where a movie scout heard her. Result: consistently show poor films on double-feature programs".., tight turn," the veteran said, A Screen contract with Warner Bros. (PA Photo) MOM will film the life of composer Jerome Kern, giving Gene "and just as I was ready to Kelly the lead role. squeeze the trigger, the Jerry Add theater marquee listings: "Hold Back the Dawn,'' flew right into a big tree. I ne­ "The Lady Has Plans "..The Theatre Guild, formerly housed ver thought I would get my in the Guild Theater, has moved into a former private house; first one s® easily." Proud Citizen Initial Qn 53rd Street, West of Fifth Ave...Guy Lombardo replaced Xavier Gugat's crew Qt the Waldorf Astoria's Starlight Roof. LAST DAUNTLESS Owner Of Navy Jeep WASHINGTON — The Navy's DEWEY TAKES STUMP NEW DELHI, August 19 — last SBD Dauntless dive bom­ ALBANY, N. Y.. August 19 - An enemy submarine which ber has rolled off the Douglas appeared near a convoy in the SEATTLE, WASH. — Jim gh a Navy salvage catalogue Governor Thomas E. Dewey's assembly line. Navy officials Attwell, who lives at 5717 E. when he saw a heap of jeep office announced today that the Indian ocean was sunk by three announced that after building 65th Street here, believes he's advertised for sale as scrap. He Republican presidential candi­ escorting warships of the Royal 5,936 of the planes, the Daunt­ the only civilian owner of a sent for it and when it arrived date will move more actively Navy, the Royal Indian Navy less is being discontinued be­ jeep on the Pacific coast and enlisted the aid of students at into the campaign September and the Royal Australian Navy, cause of the developement of the most envied motonst in the Edison Vocational school 7 and 8 with addresses at Phi­ a report from the Exchange the Hell Diver — a speedier, Seattle. and their instructor, C. Edwin ladelphia and Louisville, Telegraph said today. more powerful plane. Attwell wag skimming throu­ Johnston, in putting it together. Moon Muffins By Frank Wizard WEEKLY MISSION Page 71 Nation's Top ards Trounce Giants Golfers" Fall

Lengthen lead f|eac|ecf f&r SPOKANE, August 19 - Five of the nation's top golfers — 5-2 Tony Manero, Sammy Byrd,| The curtain fell on one of Craig Wood, Jimmie Hines and the most picturesque careers NEW YORK, August 19 — Tony Penna — went down to; in the history of baseball the The hotshot St. Louis Cardinals defeat in the second round of other day when James Emory, hung another defeat on the New the 26th renewal of the Pro- Foxx, bull-pen catcher for the York Giants yesterday, 5-2, to fessional Golfers' Association Chicago Cubs, announced that increase tneir wide margin over tournament, at the Mahito Club he was stacking his bat in the the remainder of the National today, leaving only four big i clubhouse for good, League clubs. names and four local hotshots! The announcement climaxed The ruoner-jp Pittv-jburg F-i- in tomorrow's quarter final'a 'frustrated comeback attempt raies bowed to the lowly Phil­ round ; by old Double-X, who first quit lies, 3-2, while the Cincinnati _ , .„ , J the active playing ranks after Reds dumped the hapless Broo­ The bnllant summer pfey of, digmaI geascn in 1942 A Da_ klyn Dodgers in two contests, Byrd, former Yankee eutiiei- | inful sinug condition had haste- 1-0 and 7-6. The other game der and now professional at;ned nis retirement found the Chicago Cubs blas­ Redford, Michigan, was marred: Up "in the press ccop. they ting the Boston Braves, 5-3. when his putter failed him : i-Iie'd Foxx, the Beast Like the The Grimmen snowed the Bra­ and he yielded, two and one. Village Blacksmith a mighty ves under with a 13-hit assault to Chuck Congdon. of Tacoma.lman was he. He*had the chest while Claude Passeau held the Byrd. third ranking moriey expansion of a Bostonians to eight hits for his winner of the year, received a gorilla and the eight triumph. consolation prize of 350 dollars. muscles of his brawny arms NEWHOUSER WINS 20TH , Wood fell, three and two. be­ fore Arthur Bell, of San Fran­ stood out like Hal Newhouser became the the hams on a first major league hurler to win cisco Bell was three over par for 27 holes but started the horse. In man­ 20 games this season, pitching ner, however, he the Detroit Tigers to a 3-0 vic­ last nine with three birdies and that was Woed's finish was open-faced tory over the Red Sox in the as a deep dish first game of a twin bill. The Manero was the first, name apple pie and one of the Red Sox took the second con­ golfer downed when Willie friendliest fellows yen would test, 7-4. Goggin, of White Plains, New : over want to meet. Mel Harder outpitched rookie York, took the former National The Beast broke in as a cat- Open champ's measure, four Mel Queen as the Indians blan­ FETE GRAY I cher with the Philadelphia ked the Yankees, 2-0 at New and'three. Goggin shot a 69 hi; Athletics in 1926 at the age of York. Roy Culleriibine homered the morning and started the j 16. Connie Mack tried him at for one of the Cleveland tallies. afternoon with a perfect 35 and third and then moved him to The Philadelphia Athletics fo­ finally sank Manero on the first, where he stayed throu- und new life, edging out the le­ thirty-third hole. • ghout the As pennant winning ague — leading St. Louis Bro­ George Schneiter. Salt Lake ff^^ f ^29> ™ •* *£• £e wns, 0-4. ar maci City pro. who was the last of ggj- £5- — * ^ ua SENATORS BLANKED the 32 to get by the final ct -ij^.embled lifyins round, tumbled Penna,. ^^ _ niSt^Guy °fCu?teriIhteCscored M ™™* Tenn. - It's | than creditable 340 to .350. He teammate£ at that ti er P te tour and three while Ed Dua- ms mcluded Lefty Grove, Geor- from third on Hal Trosky's fly, 7?i^ » ? A Gray now, was leading the club in hits ley, PGA president, eliminated ge •*Sjiimi^W; Mickey Cochrane, in the ninth inning, giving the and the Southern Associations and runs^cored. Hines in the closest match of Al Simmons and . White Sox a 1-0 victory over' O^e-Armed DiMaggio" is Up to this year Pete's batting the day when he holed a 15- But he was the best of the lot, the Senators. Bill Dietrich and' measuring up to his ambitious prowess - and remember he at bat as wel1 m the hlt 3 1 m the 1 A footer on the 37 hole after they in 1932, he hit 58 home runs, Mickey Haefner pitched bril-!^^ | - * °?^ ™~ ™Ta fie ncan League m ] 2 and had finished the regulation 36 failing by two to tie Babe Jantly until the ninth when the' ^ ' all even. Ruth's all-tame record. In his Senator's rookie ,! The amazing Memphis out-: with Memphis last year — has fielder with the solitary left I been the result of accuracy Byron Nelson and Jiag Mc- lifetime, the Beast propelled 511 Eddie Yost, fumbled Roy: wing this year is giving the; rather than power. With his Spaden advanced as expected. Pitches out of the park, second Schalk's grounder. amy to Ruth's 719. In the pellet a DiMaggio-like ride; tennis racquet grip, he stroked Nelson was the first favorite Curtright then attempted a matter of runs-batted-in, Foxx that is going for extra bases :he ball through infield gaps home, eliminating Mark Fry, sacrifice and Schalk was nab­ stands fourth in the record "g"tiand forcing veteran baseball and, lashed out sharp drives of Oakland, seven and six. and book, behind Ruth, Gehrig and bed at second. Curtright 'men to admit he is '"ready")just over the inner defenses. v to third on Ralph Hodgin's . Cobb. In 19 years, he scored e And rival teams managed to McSpaden, top money winner double and scored on Trosky's ,TT,_ more than 1,700 runs, batted in I'm hitting the ball a lot j cut off many of his blows by of the yearth,e showe'3.5-00 d dollarhe hass top'his than 1,800 and had a corn- fly. The Pale Hose made six eye on more .harder than I've ever done in playing the infield tight and by trouncing Freddie posite batting average of .330. hits to the Senator's five. Jmy life" declares the slender,'the outfield up close. monev Annon, of Mamaroneck, first HQ was probably the greatest CARDS WIN _ I blond Pennsylvanian. as if the' This year, however, they've qualifying round star ei£ht righthamded hitter in history, In St Louis.. , ve- records djd not state it much had to change their tactics and and seven. better than Hans Wagner or play the one-farmed fellow just Hornsby, or Heilman. or Di­ de!f™d " thJ^^e GiantA s ^"^^l^llmortheir second1 e emphatically. Early in the season the one- as they would any good natu­ Maggio. straight shutout, winning U9-mmma star ""blasted the first ral hitter—with the As a r&coiiteur, the Beast was for his seventh shutout of the home mn of hig ^^ _ a back in the shade of the sign­ up among the leaders, too. He season. It was Lanier's ninth prodigi(>x;[S ms.jde-the-park wal- boards. loved to talk baseball and had •• straight and sixteenth victory llop at Memphis. Later he pro­ a fund of stories about Grove, ! Nearing > the season's half­ of the year, topping any mark ved the feat no flufce by sma. way mark Gray led the league the fabulous mountaineer from he ever made m the majors oricking ^ over a 330-foot feri- In stolen bases with -21, pilfe­ the Ozarks, who threw a base­ minors. He allowed five hits ce at Chattanooga. ring home three times, and ball so fast no one could see it, and no Giants reached second; Going int;0 the iatter part of I continued his brilliant, almost aas*d .about Ccnn-ie Mack ami BY JAMES A BURCHARD until the nmtrh inning when Junej he had poled five mighiy flawless centerfielding. .Cochrane and Dykes. He was (Stars wnd Stripes Staff Writer) he issued his only two walks tripjes and n two-baggers; His vastly improved play the most popular man on the of the ball game. [blows that sailed over heads forced Memphis Manager Doc STADIO NAZIONALE, RO­ team when he was breaking down the fences for the A's Ewald Pyle and Ace Adams jof out_field defenders and Prothro and Southern Associa­ ME, August 19 — The 5th Ar­ dished up 13 hits. The Cardi- j bounced off fences tion President Billy Evans to my Zone added to its point to­ and the Red Sox and he was even more popular -when he nals scored single runs in the; Meanwhile, his batting ave- say the one-armed star is tal yesterday as the first day was playing out his string with first and second and ked along at a better of the Allied Swimming Cha­ rage roc ''ready" for the big leagues. the Cubs, just the ghost of the insured victory in the fifth mpionships came to a close. By great slugger he once was. with a three-run attack fea-_ day's end, the beys of Lt. Gen. A mighty man was Double tured by 's dou­ Mark W. Clark had increased X—.and a mighty nice fellow to ble and 's BASEBALL their total to 25 points, eight beet. . 's three sin­ more than the second place BLUE PLATE SPECIAL gles set the pace for the Cards, STANDINGS North African District could all of whom hit safely. amass. Ens. Billy Bonthron, Prince­ NEW ORLEANS — The Ame­ ton's greatest miler, is coach of Servicemen Boost rican Legion baseball league of The NAD team, meanwhile, B Gl track team in Rome.. ... W L Pet. New Orleans has contribued was engaged in a hot struggle Sgt. Hugh (Losing Pitcher) Mul- several top - notch stars to the with the PBS team, having xsn- College All-Stars 68 46 .596 cahy, first major league player majors. ly -a two-point advantage over drafted, says his arm is better 1 Boston 60 52 .536 Among the Legion graduates the .boys from the -Napies jarea. today than it was when he EVANSTON, ILL., August 19 Betroit 59 52 .532 to the big show are Jack Kra- However, with the exception joined the Army March 8, — The College All-Star foot-|New York 59 52 .532 , mer, St. Louis Brown pitcher; 1941 ... Told they must regi­ ball team drilling here for the Chicago 54 59 8 of Cpl. Eddie ^'Turk) Meyers, "^gg Howard Pollet and , ster for the draft or leave the August 30th game against the j cievelaad 54 62 who still has three events to >448 ' ***• -'-j0;;^s CaixiiJial pitchers, and swim, not much hope was gi­ country, three Cubans on the was practically' Philadelphia 52 64 Washington Senators, promptly s gl Connie Ryan, BO-J-**^ Brave in- ven for the PBS team, the ma­ completed today with the ar-1 WMWBgton 47 66 41 left, the country. The said they rival of five men, four of whom fielder. jority of their men having been preferred to return home and came from Fort Benning. Two players from Mie legion in on the invasion of southern register in the Cuban Army.... W Lieutenants Billy Hillenbr­ L Pet league here last Summer appe- Framee, missing out on the trip Connie Ryan, Braves, has been ar Q and. Charlie Jacoby and Lou St. Louis 81 28 .'743 to e on their way to the ma- to Rocne. inducted into the Navy. ... Bob r Sab in, all of Indiana, and Lie­ Pittsburgh 63 45 .583 i° s- Much can happen, however Elliott, Pittsburgh, and Rollie utenant Bill Rheinhard, of Ca­ Cincinnati 61 46 570 Hemsley, Yankees, have been LEAGUE RETURNS before the natatorial fireworks lifornia, came from Benning. Chicago 49 56 ,467 come to a close on Sunday aft­ called for induction by the Ar­ 50 62 DALLAS, August 19 — The Private Bob Jabbusch, guard •New York .446 ernoon. The Hawaiians repre­ my. Hemsiey is 37 acid has 44 66 Texas League, which hasn't water on both knees. on Ohio State's 1942 Western \ Boston 400 senting the 5th Army were top Conference champs, came on Philadelp 42 64 played since the 1942 season, 396 heavy favorites going into ac­ rom Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Brooklyn 44 67 may be back next year. J. Al- .394 tion. As a result of today's fe­ Jack Boiling, who made 45our ' Meanwhile at Collegeville, vin Gardner, league president, straight singles when he broke said a mteting will be called stivities, however, they are no the Bears had a ses- Max -Macon, Boston Breves' in with the Brooklyn Dodgers, September 16 to decide on me­ better than even money against to passing. fiTSt baeeman, batted .347 in H hit .354 in 106 games for Littie T forma- games for th« Montreal Royels asures for putting the Circuit NAD, which boosts about 20 Rock in the Southern Association ilast season- back into operation. Frenchmen and one Britisher, m 11948- Page 8~ WEEKLY MISSION 51s Rip Lock-Gates, Close Super Troopship RAF Flies Key Canal South of Venice To Warsaw AHQ, ITALY, August 19 -*$ HQ MAAF — Mustangs have repeatedly The graphic story of how RAP, bombed and so badly damaged the important lock gate® at and SAAF (South African Air Cavanella D'Adige, south of Venice, that it is believed that the Force) planes, went out night canal will be '-impassable to the enemy for a long time. after night on the 1,750-milei This canal has been of the highest importance to the Ger­ flight to drop arms to the Po­ man supply services. les in Warsaw from Italian ba­ Barges leaving Venice by and dropped one-thousand ses was graphically described the Venice Lagoon, and loaded pounders. It was a very diffi­ here by a correspondent. with as much as 600 tons each cult target, for the locks, which (equal to two and a half train are 200 yards apart, are only He said: loads) have carried an immen-'25 feet broad "The airmen went knowing se volume of supplies and am- A senior RAF officer said that one in five of their aircr­ munition for the Gothic Line] "The photos show that barges aft would not return. from railroads at Venice* and in the locks were blown on to "Every square, crossroad and Mestre. the shore. The effect of the street in the dark city were The breaking of the two attacks will mean that the their objectives. "The order Jocks, each of which was com-j Germans will have to divert was... "Drop the supplies right posed of three double sets of; barge traffic leaving Venice to on the mark: the Poles need gates, means the dislocation of j the open sea. This will cause them." all traffic on the Adige River, much delay in the flow of sup "The crews had to fly very The Mustangs, which began plies to the Gothic Line. Ob- low, and very slowly, through their attack after SAAF Ma-,viouisly, too, the barges will New 'Floating City' the fiercest flak and the fier­ rauder had also attacked the; be exposed to the hazards of cest night-fighter opposition. target, dived to low altitudes the weather at sea and Allied "Poles, British and South Af­ attacks by sea and air." Carries GIs Overseas:. ricans undertook the task. Lt. Col. E. M. Baker, D.S.O., Their planes flew from south BF.C, SAAF, who Is wing com­ Italy over one of the longest mander flying of the wing said NEW YORK — A "luxury,enough to to be used after the and most dangerous routes of HUGE BLITZ super-troopship" 500 feet long,'war in commericial trade. (Continued from page 1) "There was no flak over the the war zones. target. After the Mustangs equipped with non-sinkable li­ As designed by the U. S. , had reformed, I did a low- fe floats and built without por­ Maritime Commission, the new past week, which itself was a: level reconnaissance. This was tholes, is now speeding GIs to transport is practically a floa- record. |in ^e first attack but &ven world battleffbnts. jting city. It uses 106 ventilators TWO MILES m^LStJm ™L *SSi] «>- ««• P— 01 lock gates Previously a strict naval se- to circulate some 34,000,000 cu- (Continued from page 1) bers went out last night with were very badly damaged, and cret, it is now revealed thatjbic feet of air in one hour. It Bremen, the second largest port pieceg had been taken cut of this new 20,000-ton vessel is j has 20 lifeboats — some big a beaten enemy-the once-glo­ in Germany, and Sterkrade- others. Some of the gates were armed with enough guns to; enough to take care of 135 rious German 7th Army, part Holton, a large synthetic oil bent and bulging open." hurl a withering barrage at j people — and if hit by enemy of which is already being slau-*' plant in the Ruhr, as the main After one of the attacks on any enemy attackers, and is J bullets, its 228 life floats are ghtered in the remains of the objectives, stated the Air Mi­ the first day a party of Ger­ fast enough and luxurious instantly self-sealing. Argentan - Trun pocket, and nistry today. mans drove up to the scene in the remainder is in headlong Almost at the same time, Ber­ a motor coach and two staff flight to the northeast. lin was bombed by Mosquitos, oars. The trapped elements in the carrying block busters, while At this time two Spitfires pocket now shrunk to 120 squa­ other forces of heavy bombers FLORENCE TOULON re miles, are almost completely, attacked oil storage depots at were over the locks, but the Germars tock little notice of (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) disorganised. Some units are Rieme in Belgium, and a rail­ them, ranking that they were still fighting desperately, al­ way center.- at Connantre, 70 though, all are being cut to photographic - reconnaissance It was also believed that miles east of Paris. aircraft. bank of the Arno on the night pieces by the tremendous po­ Earlier in the evening, flying of August 17 were frustrated once the 7th captures Toulon wer of the Allied troops and The Spitfires dived and stra­ the Rhone drive will be accom­ bomb launching sites in nor­ fed the vehicles, setting them and more casualties were in­ air forces. thern France were also atta­ flicted on the party when they plished with little or no oppo­ on fire, and leaving them So fluid is the fighting inside cked. burned out, The pilots also were dispersed by 5th Army sition. the pocket that Allied pilots Soon after the attack on Bre­ shot up the Germans, seen artillery fire. West of Draguignan there report that they are having men, fires spread with unusual bolting for cover. Allied patrols were again ac­ has been an advance of some great difficulty in singling out rapidity throughout the port, tive along the entire 8th Army 14 miles since the town was enemy targets in the area be­ and a reconnaisance pilot over front. captured. Forward troops were cause of the proximity of A1-? the target reported a mass of Patrolling by British elem­ well past Salernes by yesterday lied troops. There is no formal fires over a very wide area, RED FRONT but here too the exact situation bomb line in the pocket, but with smoke up to 23,000 feet. ents continues west of Pontas- (Continued from page 1) sieve. was unreported Saturday night. enemy transport and personnel A Mosquito pilot on his way still attempting to escape thro­ back from Berlin reported In the Arezzo sector, British POSITIONS STABLE ugh the two-mile gap are that the entire port of Bremen ed that the Russians are mo­ patrols made contact with the East of Draguignan the po­ being unmercifully pounded by seemed ablaze. unting a big threat to southwe­ enemy only three miles north sition has remained mostly planes and artillery. stern Poland, and are simulta­ of Subbanio. In the vicinity of stable. On the right coastal " It will be a miracle if any Montodoglio, an Indian division neously menacing Warsaw by flank there has been heavy of the Germans of von Kluge'3 Navy Has 1,149 a wide flanking movement, fol­ patrol of one officer and four gunfire from the enemy from 7th Army, get back to the Sei­ lowing the gains around San- men surprised and captured 26 the islands below Cannes. ne, " said Ross Munroe, Renter Fighting Ships domierz bridgehead across the of the enemy occupying a Elements of an additional special correspondent with the Vistula. house. German division — the 338th Canadian Army, in describing WASHINGTON, August 19 — On the eve of the battle for In the Adriatic coastal sec­ Infantry — have been identified the havoc being wrought on With the launching of the Cracow, the gateway to sout­ tor, heavy raki interfered with in the northwest sector. the shattered enemy by Allied destroyer-escort "Grady" Fri­ hern Germany proper, the Rus­ operations generally although The islands of Port Cros and aircraft and artillery. day, the U. S. Navy now has sians have captured an order Polish troops penetrated ene Levant were captured by the According to today's commu­ 1,149 fighting ships in service, to German troops which said: mile northeast of Mondolfo. In­ 1st Special Service force, a nique from the Allied head­ the Navy Department announ­ "Let your hearts be a shield creased enemy resistance is be­ | mixed Canadian-American for- quarters, the net around the ced today. In the last year for the heart of Germany." ing met along this sector. 'mation. German forces in Normandy alone, the number of craft of was drawn tighter yesterday. all types has doubled, rising American and British troops from 14,072 to 'a total of 28,144. established contact near Briou- These figures do not include Russians in Vilna ze. From the west, an advance the tens of thousands of landing was made to approximately the craft now in service. The Navy line of the Orne River. already has 48,267 landing Forces moving south made craft, and the present building progress east and west of Ar­ is expected to boost that figure gentan against enemy opposi­ to approximately 100,000. tion. The thrust down the Ar­ The Navy also has 20 times gentan road from the north as many planes as it had in took Allied troops to Pierre- July, 1940. At that time Navy Fitte. The Allied hold on Trun, planes numbered 1,742, indica­ and the area near Chambois, ting a present strength of at was extended eastward to least 35,000 fighters, bombers, Champeaux. torpedo and scout planes. The last enemy resistance on the north coast of Brittany has been overcome with the elimi­ nation of the German pocket JAPS HIT in the- Lannion-Paimpol area. (Continued from page 1) SUB VICTORY panese garrison in Tengenhung LONDON, August 19 — A has been attacked on all four Greek naval communique toni­ sides by Chinese troops. Addi­ ght announced that the Green tional footholds on the city's submarine «Pipinos» torpedoed southwest wall have been con­ and sank a German destroyer solidated by the Chinese for­ off the coast of Samos. A small ces who also extended their po­ supply ship was also hit by a sition on the northwest wall. torpedo from the submarine The fighting still going on a- and two barges were damage round Jap-occupied Hengyang arid continues to be very heavy. SHAEF, August 19 — Belg Allied forces have made repe- and Dutch trey ted attacks from both ground alongside and air, but the situation still A Soviet self-propelled gun mounted on a light tank chasis (left) passes a disabled my, anno- remains esentially unchanged. German 88-mm. gun in a Vilna -street. The city fell to the Russians last month. (PWB) atch this i «HM mmmmm MP

THE STARS AHD StRIPES ^tKAFniTFBD A UFA hit Vol. 2, No. 121, Friday, March 30, 1945 ITALY EDITION * * TWO LIRE Red Armies Start Battle U. S. 1st Army Outflanks For Austria Armor At Border Ruhr In 55-Mile Advonc Within 40 Miles Of Vienna Armored Columns Pointed At Heart Of Battered Germany's War Centers MOSCOW, Mar. 29 — The Red Army has reached the Austrian border, Marshal Stalin announced SHAEF, Mar. 29—Armored columns of the U. S. 1st tonight in an Order of the Day. Army east of the Rhine broke loose in a sensational 55- The 3rd Ukrainian Armies of Marshal Feodor Tolbukhin fought mile advance today and virtually outflanked the Ruhr their way to the border, capturing Valley. Taking off from the vicinity of Marburg, some 80 the frontier town of Koszeg, after miles east of the Rhine, armor under command of Lt. Gen. taking Kapuvar, 18 miles from the Courtney Hodges' s w u n g f- line, anff Szombathely, eight miles awfy. north and rolled practically At Kapuvar, the Russians were without opposition to within 40 miles southeast of Vienna, and ten miles of Paderborn. at Koszeg they were 30 miles from At this point, Essen and the other Wiener Neustadt, vital Austrian great cities of the Ruhr—the heart industrial city. of Germany's war industry which Although Stalin's announcement is threatened from the north by the did not mention a crossing into U. S. 9th Army—lay 70 miles to Austria, it was assumed here that the west. Tolbukhin's forces had penetrated GENERAL MCNARNEY GENERAL CLARK The 1st Army was but 45 miles into the Reich state. ... full generals now southeast of Munster. Earlier today (Reut *8 reported from London before Field Marshal Sir Bernard thut the Free Austrian Move­ L. Montgomery, commanding the ment had issued a statement an­ 21st Army Group, clamped down a nouncing the crossing of the Aus- security blackout on the move­ triar frontier by he Red Army.) McNarney, Clark Made ments of the Group's armies, Brit­ The troops led by Tolbukhin had ish 2nd Army armor and American overrun most of the area west of infantry were reported within 17 Lake Balaton, while the forces 4-Star Generals By Senate miles of Munster. headed by Malinovsky Were driv­ The 1st Army, in its drive north, traveled 25 miles to west of and al­ ing forward along the south bank WASHINGTON, Mar. 29—Nine lieutenant generals, including the of the Danube after capturing Gyor most parallel to the Weser River, Mediterranean theater's two top-ranking American officers—Lt. largest natural barrier between the and Komarno. The loss of Gyor Gen. Joseph T. McNarney and Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark—received a was a severe blow to the Germans. Rhine and Berlin. fourth star today when the Senate, giving the final nod to the The astounding advance took the It was the nucleus of Nazi defenses greatest mass promotion in the history of the nation, unanimously 1st Army north of Kassel, com­ in northwestern Hungary, and it confirmed President Roosevelt's munications center in central Ger­ was also important as the second nomination of their promotion. a complete noose around the Ruhr. many from which railway lines Montgomery, in announcing that largest industrial city of Hungary. The following officers were pro­ radiate to all of Germany. (While.Moscow remained silent moted: . a security silence would be ' n- Franco-Italian Line At the same time, U. S. 3rd Army posed on the movements of his ar­ on advances north of the Dan­ General McNarney, Deputy Su­ forces, which linked up with the ube, today's German High Com­ preme Allied Commander, Medi­ mies, said that the action had been 1st Army in the vicinity of Lich, 20 taken because "the rapidity of the ma, u communique told of fight­ terranean theater; General Clark, miles south of Marburg, swung di ing along the Nitra River, which Shelled By Warships commanding the 15th Army Group; present operations is such that to recti/ east and were last reported give details of our advance would (Continued on Page 8/ Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, com­ within 25 miles of Fulda, more than ADVANCED AFHQ, Mar. 29 — manding the 12th Army Group; be of definite value to the enemy." 100 miles east of the Rhine. Breaking out of the center of British and French naval vessels, Lt. Gen. Carl N. Spaatz, command­ The fast-breaking 1st Army col ing U. S. Strategic Air Forces in the bulge in the vicinity of Borken, USSR In Final Tribute during the past seven days, have umns were, at the most northern British 2nd Army forces were cov­ pounded enemy installations near Europe; Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney, point of their advance, about di commanding Far East Air Forces; ering distance "at a rate matching the Franco-Italian frontier, Medi­ rectly east of U. S. 9th Army units that of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.," To Red Army's Creator Lt. Gen. Walter C. Krueger, com­ driving along the northern out terranean Allied Naval Force Head­ manding the U. S. 6th Army; Lt. according to a Reuter's corre­ skirts of the Ruhr. spondent. MOSCOW, Mar. 29 (AP)—With quarters announced today. Gen. Brehpn B. Somervell, com­ Juncture of the 1st Army with Moscow's guns saluting the dead The announcement said that last manding general, Army Service American or British elements of The troops led by Lt. Gen. Miles and 10,000 Red Army troops massed Thursday night British destroyers Force; Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, the 21st Army Group would throw (Continued on Page 8) in the Red Square, Marshal Stalin bombarded Porto Maurizio, about commanding the 6th Army Group, led the Soviet Union in a final 10 miles east of Mentone, and that and Lt. Gen. Thomas C. Handy, tribute yesterday to Marshal Boris during daylight last Friday one- deputy Chief of Staff. Shaposhnikov, creator of her mili­ fired "with good effect" on an Along with General Joseph W. tary power. en3my battery. Stilwell and General Malin Craig, ...On The West Front The greatest ceremonial event in Last Saturday, oht announce­ they now make 11 full American the capital's wartime history was ment said, the British destroyer generals, second in rank only to climaxed as Stalin walked beside Meteor fired on another area, in WITH THE U. S. 1ST ARMY, Mar. 29 (UP) — In a desperate at­ the Army's five-star leaders tempt to reveal their identity to divebombing Thunderbolts, 1,000 Brit­ Shaposhnikov's ashes when his urn the same general vicinity, occupied George C. Marshall, Douglas Mac was carried from Lenin's tomb to by the enemy. Last Monday the ish and American PWs took off their shirts for six hours under a blis­ Arthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower and tering sun to spell out with their naked backc the giant letters "POW." a crypt in the high brick wall of French destroyer Tempete fired ->n Henry H. Arnold. the Kremlin. (Continued on Page 8) The men had been aboard an unmarked prisoner train east of the Rhine. General McNarney was born The Thunderbolts attacked the train, but ceased their strafing after in Emporium, Pa., Aug. 28, 1893. recognizing the sign. He attended schools in Emporium, prepared for West Point in Wash LONDON^ Mar. 29 (AP) — New five-inch, high velocity rockets Mannheim Yields By Phone ingtori, D. C, and was graduated which can pierce the armor of the biggest Nazi tanks as well as re­ (Continued on Page 8) inforced concrete are now being used by AAF Thunderbolts. The new WITH THE U. S. 7TH ARMY Please don't shoot any more as there projectiles are six feet long and weigh about 140 pounds. AT MANNHEIM, Mar. 29 (Reu- are nj German soldiers in Mann­ 46 Nations To Attend ter's)—This great industrial city heim." IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF DUISBURG, Mar. 29 (AP) — About An American officer standing by 100,000 Duisburg suburbanites gave up their satellite towns yesterday opposite Ludwigshafen was sur­ the GI said: "Tell him to bring San Francisco Parley to seven American doughboys who rowed across the Rhine and spent rendered to the American 44th In­ the burgomaster to the phone and two hours roaming around the streets. Duisburg was officially evac­ fantry Division by telephone. repeat that." WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 (UP)— uated early Wednesday morning, and the few Volkssturm troops who The Americans were clearing the A few minutes latex the burgo­ As of today there will be 46 nations were left behind as security threw down their arms to the Americans. city northwards street by street and master repeated the statement on at the San Francisco Conference house by house and on entering the the phone and surrendered the city. .Syria and Lebannon were added LONDON, Mar. 29 (UP) — This anecdote, apocryphal oi otherwise, great waterworks m the northern The American officer instructed yesterday upon receipt of letters is making the rounds of London, according to United Press. The story part of the city some soldiers heard him to give orders that white flags from their foreign ministers ex­ goes that General Eisenhower, when asked by an Allied officer where a telephone in one of the great of­ should be hung out. Within a iew pressing adherance with the United Lt Gen. George S. Patton was, replied: "Hell, I don't know. Haven't fices ringing." minutes flags made of oed sheets, Nations declarations. heard from him for three nours." An American answered and a table cloths, and even feminine Before the conference opens on voice in broken 'English asked for garments were hanging from every April 25, one or two more names WITH THE U. S. 3RD ARMY, Mar. 29 (INS) — Seventy percent of someone who could speak German. vantage point throughout Mann­ may oe added. Poland is one pos­ Frankfurt is no more, but Nazi fanatics, hopelessly cut off and isolated, A German-speaking GI came to the heim, the first -ity in the world sibility and Argentina by her dec­ continue to snipe at 3rd Army troops from rubble heaps and cellars, phone and heard a nervous voice to be surrendered in a telephone laration of war this week, may e- INS Correspondent Piere Huss reported today. Huss said that snipers say; "I am one of the city officials. call. ceive an invitation. were all of the Volkssturm, and their ages range from oen to 60 years. j Page 3 me SXAKS AJVU STRIFE* Friday, March 30, 1943 AMG In Reich Designed Bombs Opening Up Ryukyus, For Civilian Conversion 'Sidedoor Stairs' To Japan 'Many Years In Future' Capture Of Okinawa WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 (UP)—The four-power Military Govern- Would Threaten tnent which will run Germany is designed for eventual conversion into • civilian-Allied High Commission, it was authoritatively learned today. Manchuria It may be a long time—many years in any event and some predict as much as a generation—before such a change will be possible or desirable. But plans have already been made to make the change The Ryukyu Island chain, where when the time comes. 4 Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher's war­ The Military Government for ships have been blasting for the Germany Is to be run jointly by last five days and the Japs have the U. S., Britain, Russia and Cebu's Capital Fails reported landings, is another step- France and is ready to step in the by-step stairway to Nipponland. moment fighting stops. When the Marines took Iwo Jima Details of the plan are as fol­ To American Forces they were striding up the central lows: Pacific, Bonin-Volcano, front-door At the top—with supreme com­ stairway to Japan. The Ryukyus are. mand over everything—will be the MANILA, Mar. 29—Cebu City, the side-door stairs, the Kuriles the Allied Control Commission for second largest city in the Philip­ back-door stairs. For an island Germany. This was agreed upon at pines, the burned and blasted capi­ kingdom that wouldn't entertain: the Crimea Conference. It will be tal of Cebu Island, has been cap­ visitors until Commodore Perry composed of the commanding gen­ tured by American troops. Gen. called in 1853, Japan has a lot of erals of the Big Four. It will sit Douglas MacArthur announced ,o- stairways. in Berlin and have final word on day. The 140 Ryukyu Islands begin 1 fhe treatment of the German The ^anks, who took the city on 70 miles east of Formosa, almost people, control of German industry the second day after their landings on a line with the Philippines, and and the administration of essential upon the island, were last reported stretch north to within 80 miles government services, pursuing the Japs into the hills to of Japan's homeland, a distance of the north. 570 miles. REPRESENTATIVE 'IKE' Maj. Gen. William S. Arnold's The taking of Okinawa would. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is fast-moving American Division out - by-pass Formossa and much of the' expected to be the U. S. represen­ flanke enemy pillboxes and forti­ coast of China; leave the Indies! tative on this commission which fications of Cebu City\ western ap­ and the Philippines far behind; will for practical purposes, act as proaches, forcing the Nips to flee further blockade the south China the head of the state. the cty. Sea, and, most important of all, In the middle will be the co­ Demolition .-.ires, started by the give air and naval bases within ordinating commission — actually Japs, practically wiped out the striking distance of Japan and a working committee. It will be business district and many residen­ north China, and which could composed of four military officers tial sections. The pon section was menace Manchuria and China-1 of lower rank than the four lead undamaged, however, and the ex­ Ryukyus Attack Goes On; Japan shipping in the east China en and will represent the four cellent harbor—second only to Ma­ Sea. cones of occupation and attempt to nila—will be able to accommodate coordinate a general policy for the shipping ana naval vessels almost Japs Say Fleets Engaged TEMPO STEPPED UP different zones. immediately, United t'ress reported. The great east-west offensive and; On the so-called lowest echelon The capture of the city was pre­ GUAM, Mar. 29 — The great southernmost of the main Japanese air raids that have been smashing of this central Military Govern­ ceded by an attack , midget sub­ American carrier attack on the home islands. There was no U. S. the Reich of late have taken the ment in Berlin will br another marines on American shipping off Ryukyu Island chain and south- confirmation of these raids. limelight from the Pacific theater, series of commissions for each the Cebu beachnead. The tiny un- ermost homeland islands of Japan Tokyo also said that American but the pace of the war upon Ja­ former German ministry. Many of derseas craft struck during daylight was continued in full fury today. jet planes had joined the carrier pan has been stepped up sharply these former Nazi ministries will be Monday, forcing all unbeached The Japanese Radio, still speaking aircraft in the raids against the and blows have been delivered abolished — such as the ministries ships co put to sea where they re­ of land fighting within the tiny is­ homeland and reported the arrival which at any other times, except -of defense, munitions and aviation, mained until the next morning. lands of the Okinawa, group, said o- invasion transports off Okinawa, when the war in Europe was rolling for which there will be no further General MacArthur said fighting that aircraft and surface units of An Imperial Headquarters commu­ to a climax, would have captured work, and the ministry of propa­ on Luzon had abated in the cen;ral the Imperial Fleet were waging bat­ nique indicated thao a naval en­ and held the topmost headlines. ganda and public enlightenment. and southern sections because of tles with the American invasion gagement may be under way around Two mighty American-peifected But the ministries of foreign af­ the enemy's 'great losses whicn fleet off Okinawa. Okinawa and claimed that air and weapons of the war, specialties of fairs, finance, food, agriculture, cannot be replaced." Japanese re­ Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said surface forces had sunk or dam­ the vast Pacific stretches — the: transports, post and telegraph and sistance, he said '.remains strong in that some of America's largest bat­ aged 30 American vessels in -he Superforts and the super carrier economic affairs will have to be the north* around Baguio, the sum tleships and carriers had prolonged area from Monday through Wed­ task force — have been hitting Nip­ continued. mer capital, and across the valley the furious attack on the Ryukyus. nesday. ponland with shattering blows in, near Balete Pass. the heaviest and boldest attacks of1 CIVILIANS ON HAND He said nothing about enemy re­ The Japanese said "feverish Philippine-based bomoers, rang­ ports that the Americans had fighting" was continuing in the the war. Some of the ministries will be ing the South China Sea. sank landed there. Kerama Islands, west of Okinawa, . For 10 straight days, the sky. composed of four generals — one seven freighters, some used as Planes of the U. S. Fleet, following with fron 20 to 30 U. S. transports giants and sea giants have smashed from each of the occupying na­ transports, and damaged 16 others. up the attacks of Friday and Sat­ attempting to land reinforcements. at Japan, concentrating upon the tions—but in practice it will un- Formosa's harbor installations were urday, ranged 500 miles over the Besides the heavy jabbing of the southern half of it. The most ex­ ^doubtedly be found more conven­ hit with 72 tons. Ryukyus on Sunday, Monday and U. S. Fleet, more than 200 Super tensive task force operation of the ient to have just one responsible Tuesday, destroying 38 planes and Forts hit Kyushu Tuesday noon Pacific war began Mar. 18 with man. 19 or more ships, three of which and an unconfirmed Japanese Admiral Mitscher's flattop raide^ Some of them may be civilians. Chinese Delegation were destroyers cr destroyer escorts, broadcast said other B-29s hit it catering airfields the length and The foreign affairs ministry for CHUNGKING, Mar. 29 — China Athniral Nimitz announced. again Tuesday night. breadth of Kyushu. The next day certain would be composed of four will be represented at the S. F. That made 11 days of action for Today's Fleet communique also Admiral Mitscher's air arm crippled civilians with the rank of ambas­ security conference by 10 delegates, the carrier group between Japan announced rocket Jini machinegun 17 enemy warships, including one sador. Robert Murphy, political ad­ including Chinese Foreign Minis­ and the Ryukyus and five days of attacks by Navy *enturas on Tom- 45,000-ton battle ship and several viser to General Eisenhower on surface bombardment as announced ari Zaki in the Kurile Islands, north carriers hiding out in the inland German affairs, will be the U. S. ter Dr. T. V. Soong, Dr. Welling­ sea. ton Koo, ambassador in London, in flee": communiques. Japan, and the bombings of Ka- representative—a U. S. foreign Tokyo reported that carrier planes taoka on Shimukshu "sland, also n BOMBER BLOWS minister for Germany. and Dr. Awei Tao Ming, ambassa­ attacked the important naval base the Kuriles. Other attacks were re­ He has just returned to Germany dor in Washington, Reuter's re­ On Mar. 19, 300 Superforts hit at Kure on Honshu Island early ported on Chichi Jima, near Iwo Nagoya with 2,500 tons of fire­ after last-minute consultations here ported today. today, while others hit Kyushu, Jima. for instructions in the difficult task bombs; on Mar. 20 and .1 Admiral ahead of trying to run a country Mitscher's planes took on Jap like Germany with four commis­ planes, piling up a total for four sions speaking three * different days of more than 700 aircraft. languages in addition to the God Called On For Aid On Mar. 22, while General Mac- language of the country that will Arthur's bombers pounded Formosa, be administered. Admiral Mitscher's force refueled, It was admitted here that the As Broadcasters Try To Bolster Morale then tore into the Ryukus off and job of getting agreement on day on for the last five days. Mean­ to day problems will be a major ROME, Mar. 29—The quick, sud­ eral on the German Radio. News leader of the Reich propaganda while, Superforts went back to test of Allied unity at one of the den Allied dash across western commentators admitted Allied "ter­ directorate at a demonstration at Nagoya and then smashed Kyushu, most critical stages in history. Germany has so upset the Third ritorial gains, paid for with severe Munich: "Stand, fight and thus for two successive days. It may determine whether Ger­ Reich that Nazi propagandists ap­ losses," but they placed emphasis render victory impossible for our Preceding these attacks, from many can be re-directed and re­ peared working day and night— on such phrases as "stubborn Ger­ enemies." Mar. 10 to 18, Superforts skimmed educated into a peace-loving nation feverishly and frantically—to try man resistance," "an Allied set- In this broadcast, the speaker the building tops of Tokyo, Nagoya, or whether, through failure to to rally the quivering German backback at Milligen," and "strong admitted that life is hard in the Osaka and Kobe in low-level at-> make the four-power control sys­ morale. German Panzer formations lined Reich, that "the bombing terror tacks in which, though they loomed tem work, the seeds of another war By and large, they were simply up for counterattack." is difficult to bear" and that food like sitting ducks, they met little will be planted. yelling "fight! fight! fight!" The German news broadcasts within the Reich is becoming opposition. They gave Japan's four To the German people, no more emphatically denied that any peace scarce." largest cities the war's heaviest; logical than a college cheer leader feelers have been sent out and This broadcaster told his listen­ fire-bomb raids, burning out an 4th Armored Cited at a football game. One called upon blamed the current reports on the ers: area of 815,000,000 square feet in, the ancient German . god to save English press. A broadcast of a "But this life is a thousand times the heart of ;hem. For Feats In Europe the Reich. Many offered tall tales DNB report claimed that Karl more worthwhile than the slave But it is over the Ryukyus that about Germans enslaved by the Al­ Schnurre, Nazi minister mentioned existence planned by our enemies, the carrier bees have been buzzing.; PARIS, Mar. 29 (Reuter's)—By lies in occupied countries. in connection with the peace feel­ for our men, or the life of shame Stretching so lazily southward from direction of President Roosevelt One propagandist exhorted the ers, is in Stockholm "tc deal with to which they wish to condemn our the Japanese homeland, they have German people to pay no attention technical problems appertaining to wives, daughters and mothers." been particularly vulnerable to car­ the War Department has cited the rier attack, and the admiral's war­ entire American 4th Armored Di­ to any reports they heard about the commercial-relations between Ger­ One broadcast yesterday by a forces led by Lt. Gen. George S. many and Sweden." Her rich Buscher reviewed Ger­ ships have been able to circle round vision for extraordinary tactical Patton advancing into the heart Most of the broadcasts, however— many's claims to "a long and glor­ and round Okinawa. Task force accomplishment during the period of the Reich toward Nuremberg— especially those intended for Ger­ ious past" and urged the people to vessels first loomed off Okinawa on from Dec. 22 to Mar. 27. an obvious attempt to prevent man listeners—concerned them­ rally around the Fuehrer. At this Oct. 9, 1944. Through the fall and This is, the second 0. S. division panic. selves with the task of seeping the end, he called upon "the old Ger­ winter their raids grew in intensity, to oe cited by the WD during the News, especially from the West Nazis fighting. One broadcast re- man god" to get Germany out of reaching a crescendo in the present prolonged attacks i West Front campaign. Front, appeared scarce and gen­ pea teu the slogan used by a staff her present mess. Friday, March 30, 19Z5 THE STARS AND STRIPED

£•'• ^S^^^s^gs Miners Back Lewis Byrnes Tells Owners With BigSrrike Vote He'll Modify Curfew

WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 HUP)—The overwhelming miners' vote to When War Permits, strike when he calls, bolstered John L. Lewis today in the deadlocked soft coal wage negotiations. NEW YORK, Mar. 29 (ANS)— The present contract expires at midnight Mar. 31, but the better War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes ' than an eight-to-one vote favoring the strike does not "mean he will has pledged himself to withdraw 'call one then. or modify the midnight entertain­ Complete returns from 88 out of 90 areas polled by the NLRB yes- ment curfew "as soon as war prog-, .terday showed that 206,589 miners are in agreement to strike, while ress permits," it was revealed to­ 24,908 negative votes were recorded.* day. But, in the meantime, he. The question, as presented to them, sees no reasons why he should* ,was: "Do, you wish to permit in­ conduct a hearing on the New terruption of war production in Ex-Admiral-Senator York night club and restaurant war time as a result of this dis­ proprietors' appeal for extension pute?" of the midnight ban in Manhattan. s Considered equally significant Pleads For Work Bill The war mobilizer's stand was was the fact that almost half of revealed in a letter made public, the 400,000 miners polled declined by Arthur Garfield Hays, counsel to vote. In some quarters, this was WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 (AP)— for the Allied Food and Enter­ considered a tacit disapproval of The House of Representatives, Lewis' action. tainment Industries of New York. taking an unofficial rest during Byrnes stated in his letter: • The soft coal operators are will­ ing to pay retroactively only those the Easter holidays, is spending "I do not believe any useful pur­ wage increases in their counterpro­ most of its time talking manpower. pose would be accomplished by a' posals to UMW's original demands. Only one thing is certain: A lot hearing on the question at this It was learned the UMW has taken of Congress manhours will be con­ time. I may assure you that the: the position it cannot accept Fuel sumed before any manpower legis­ measure will be withdrawn or mod" Adrninistrator Harold L. Ickes' lation is enacted. ified as soon as progress permits. terms unless the operators agree. The highlight of the debate to­ WORLD'S LARGEST AIRCRAFT carrier, the 45,000-ton USS Mid­ If the modification appears ad­ If no agreement is reached, the day in the Senate was a speech way, is pictured during its launching at Newport News, Va. The visable at any time in the future, only alternative was believed to be by Sen. Thomas J. Hart (R., Conn.) vessel, named after the famous Pacific naval battle, is so large prior to withdrawal of the order,; I should be very glad to discuss a WLB order directing the parties who, until four weeks ago, was an that she was "launched" by releasing water into her building dock. to extend the contract. admiral with 50 years service in the terms of such modification Refusal by either party would the U. S. Navy. He urged passage (Acme) with representatives of the enter­ probably result in prompt govern- of the bill, declaring a "great deal tainment industry." .ment seizure of the mines to pre- of war" remains to be fought \ 'vent the miners from following the against Japan. i tradition of "No Contract, No President Roosevelt, in a message 4,000 Attend 5th Army's Work." to the Senate, said that failure to Consultative Group | With coal stock piles at their enact the legislation would make lowest point since Pearl Harbor, the conduct of the war more diffi­ Passover Service In Italy the government is certain to take cult. To Aid Italy Cabinet J any necessary steps to keep the In the meat probe, Thomas E. By Cpl. MEL DIAMOND miners on the job. The two courses Wilson, chairman of the board of (.Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) ROME, Mar. 29 — The Italian rof government action could be the Wilson and Co., said "price en­ FLORENCE, Mar. 29—Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., 5th Army seizure of the mines or the certifi­ couragement" by OPA was all that Cabinet yesterday approved a de­ commander, told a gathering of more than 4,000 5th Army officers cree creating a National Consulta­ cation of the case to the WLB with was needed to put meat back on and men of the Jewish faith at a Passover service in this city to­ ! an appeal for a temporary extension civilian tables, but Secretary of tive Assembly which will function night, that Jews all over the world "fight side by side as true com­ as a public sounding board where • of the old contract. Agriculture Claude A. Wickard de­ rades in arms with men of all races, colors and creeds to destroy those I Meanwhile, wage discussions be- clared that higher prices would legislative measures and other i tween Lewis and the operators en- pharoahs who endanger the liberty of us all." general problems will be debated. not increase production. The service, said to be the largest of its kind anywhere in the • tered their 26th day with little ap- The Senate committee finally ; parent progress. world brought together Jewish*" The members will be named by asked attorneys for the packers troops from all 5th Army divisions the various political parties. It is Operators rejected an appeal by and OPA to try to reach some kind and attached units. Also present expected that it will also include j Ickes to extend the present agree- of agreement on meat prices in were several hundred nurses, Wacs, representatives of former anti-" \ ment to May 1 with "any" wage the hope that such action would Work Of Legislature 1 American sailors and Tommies from Fascist members of Parliament, of adjustments retroactive to April 1. alleviate the shortage. the 8th Army. labor, cultural associations and The main floor of a rest center Hailed By New York veterans' organizations. FILM STRIKE AGGRAVATED here was the scene of the "Seder," The assembly will be composed which was conducted by Capt. of ten commisisons—foreign af­ > HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 29 (UP)— Blood Conflict ALBANY, N. Y., Mar. 29 (ANS)— The Hollywood motion picture Aaron Paperman, 5th Army Jewish fairs, political and administrative chaplain and former pastor of the The New York State Legislature affairs, justice, education and fine strike was further aggravated to­ May Save GIs U. S. Hebrew Congregations of adjourned last night with Gov. day by AFL carpenters remaining arts, national defense, finance and Plainfield, N. J. All the traditional Thomas E. Dewey and Republican treasury, agriculture and food, in­ ) out of the studios and by a new rituals of the service were observed. leaders hailing it as the most pro­ mutiny in the ranks of the non- CHAMPAIGN, HI., Mar. 29 (ANS) dustry and commerce, labor and —Although the combination of her Thousands of boxes of matzohs, gressive in history. social insurance, reconstruction,! j striking AFL International Asso­ or unleavened bread, and as many United Press reported that the ciation of Theatrical Stage Em­ blood with her husband's resulted public works and communicationa in the death of their four-day-old bottles of special Passover wine passage of the nation's first anti­ Full meetings of the assembly ployes. were part of the banquet supper discrimination bill was*deemed its William Hutcheson, president of baby Mar. 4th, Mrs. Alice Coleburn will be public, while sessions of of Georgetown, HL, may now help that was served. highest accomplishment. The law the commissions will be held pri­ Hhe carpenters' union, failed to to save the lives of American sol­ The congregation sat at long alms at out-lawing discrimination order his men back to work at the tables and was served by the rest in employment due to race or creed. vately unless decided otherwise by I New York conference yesterday diers in a strange blood type con­ Senate approval of the merit rat­ the Government. flict between mother and child, it center staff of Italian waiters. As soon as Italian regions now •with Richard Walsh, IATSE pres­ was reported today. With the general were his Chief ing unemployment insurance law ident and Pat Casey of the Asso­ of Staff, Brig. Gen. Don E. Carle- designed to rebate about 80,000,^00 occupied are returned to Italian ciation of Motion Picture Pro- Mrs. Coleburn's blood became so ton; Patrick J. Ryan, 5th Army dollars annually to employers, administration, they will take ; ducers. sensitive to RH factor from her chaplain, and Maj. Charles E. cleared the final obstacle to ad­ their place in the assembly. baby that now it can be used to Brown Jr., assistant Army chaplain. journment. Governor Dewey sup­ Further provisions for complet-: Hutcheson said that "any agree- make a typing serum which doctors «ments reached will have to be The Kiddush and other tradi­ ported the measure which increases ing and operating the assembly 1 said is needed urgently by some unemployment benefit payments will be issued soon. correlated with the situation in injured soldiers, whose mother's tional hymns were sung by Cpl. Sam v Hollywood," thereby tossing the Feig and Pfc. Ralph Sternberg, and lengthens the payment period blood type O's ORH negative and both of New York City. for World War II veterans. ^ball back to the 2,600 members of whose father's ORH positive. Mrs. Confiscate Holdings ; the studio carpenters' local 946, The legislation created a Veter­ v Coleburn has already contributed ans' Affairs Division to operate a FLORENCE, Mar. 29—The prop-< who refused to pass the picket 500 C.C.S of blood. The typing lines of the striking AFL painters. Overseas GIs May See statewide system of veterans' erty of Amerigo Dumini, one of serum made from her blood is agencies and coordinate all opera­ those held responsible for the 1924 The walkout started March 12 used to test the compatibility of when a unit of the painters' union tions of existing state agencies re­ murder of the noted anti-fascist,! blood of patient and donor in in­ U. S. Bills On Pay Day lating to veterans. The proposal Giacomo Matteotti, was confiscated j struck in the battle over the rep­ stances where wounded men need resentation of 78 set decorators over carries an appropriation of 2,825,- yesterday by order of a Florence repeated blood transfusions. WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 (AP)— 000 dollars. court. j which the IATSE is also claiming This serum can only be obtained Legislation requiring that service­ jurisdiction. from RH negative women after men on duty abroad be paid in Handbills were distributed late they have borne an RH positive United States dollars or at current yesterday on the picket lines be- child, an occurence of about one New York exchange rates if com­ 1 Food Conservation Urged fore the major studios by the in every 6,000 deliveries. pensated in foreign currency, was , "Committee of IATSE Members." introduced by Rep. Paul J. Kilday They charged Walsh with "pushing (D., Tex.), today. AFHQ, Mar. 29—Conservation of ling foods to avoid any possible union members around." Walsh Vast Rise Predicted Kilday said that the American food throughout the Mediterranean waste. ordered his members to keep in soldiers serving in France have Theater of Operations with care to He listed as critical foods at this the studios producing movies dur­ In Overseas CI Mail been paid at the rate of 50 francs avoid waste in Army messes was time: canned fruits, canned vege­ ing the walkout which now is esti­ per dollar, but that the New York urged today by Brig. Gen. T. H. tables, butter, lard, lard substitutes, mated to be affecting about 3,500 LOS ANGELES, Mar. 29 (ANS)— exchange rates for francs is about Ramsey, MTO quartermaster. fresh meat, canned meat, dried persons. Vast increases in man going over­ 100 francs for a dollar. He said that subsistance supplies yeast, rice, dehydrated potatoes A mass meeting of the IATSE seas, which has already jumped "That means they've been getting in the U. S. are becoming unbal­ and spices. *•. members is to be held tomorrow from 812,000,000 letters annually at only half their pay," he said. anced, due to heavy demands for He said that shortages in canned night to discuss their role in the the outset of the war to one billion, The proposed legislation would food in overseas theaters, and that vegetables and fruit will be alle­ walkout. 3^0 million last year, were predicted provide reimbursement for all serv­ certain critical food shortages may viated by shipments from North, today by Postmaster General Frank icemen who have suffered financial develop in this theater. Africa, adding that a special re­ Walker. loss through past payment in for­ "There is no cause for alarm," he frigeration ship has been fitted for Walker said national postal prob- eign currencies. said, "or any reason to anticipate bringing perishable foodstuffs from Manila Loss ' lems were greatly complicated py a general belt-tightening on the North African ports. MANILA, Mar. 24 (AP) (Delayed) the loss of 52,000 employees to the! part of soldiers serving in this He said also that substitutes will —More than two million books were Armed Forces and that the trans-j Extra! N. Y. Swelters theater. For the present, we are be found for any food items not destroyed during the burning of port problem was becoming more) NEW YORK, Mar. 29 (AP) — adequately supplied with all food­ obtainable in the future and that Manila, Prof. Otley Beyer of the difficult with an ever-increasing Yesterday was the hottest March stuffs. However, it is essential that rations would continue to be of University of the Philippines said load each month as more men go day ever recorded here with the all foods be conserved to the utmost equal quantity and quality as at today. overseas to fight. thermometer reaching 81 degrees. and particular care taken in hand­ present* Page 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, March 30, 1945

RIPES Cameraman's (ITALY EDITION) Job In B-24s Daily newspaper al the U. S. Armed Forces published for troops In the Mediterranean Theater under the auspices of the Information and Educa­ tional Section, MTOUSA. Not A 'Snap' Offices: Editorial, 1 Angiporto GaJleria, foot of Via Roma, Naples. Editor. al telephones 15748 and 10600. Officer in charge 54068. Circulation, 18 Via WITH THE 15TH AAF—A B-24 San Carlo. Telephone 16660. Liberator labors into the bomb run acknowledgment U made of edltoiial services supplied by United Nations at a speed of 140 miles an hour I News Service, Army News Service, United Press, Associated Press and Reuter's. Flak rocks her. Sometimes strafing Jerry ME 109s and FW 190s "jump" f he Stars and Stripes is printed at the plant of U Mattlno, 1 Angiporto her formation. P-38 Lightnings and i Qalleria, Naples. P-51 Mustangs swoop into view, join in the fray. Vol. 2, No. 121 Friday, March 30, 1945 Through the waist window, an eye frames this Jerry in a delicate sight. The aim is good, and as the attacker enlarges, plummeting nearer and nearer, a spurt of flame streams from one of the wings. Jerry is in the line of fire. In another instant, there is a brilliant explosion, and Jerry flames to earth. The Liberator makes the bomb run. No Alternative are not getting enough, our govern­ But the eye which watched this ment still finds space to ship the was trained, not through the sight Dear Editor: small sum of 20 million cigarettes to Sweden. of a 50 caliber, but of a 35 milli­ An article on "The 79th Congress" meter motion picture camera. i appears to assume there is no al- I fully realize there is nothing i ternative but to give wholehearted the staff of The Star and Stripes Everything 'Shot' l endorsement to the pending legis­ can do about this outrage, but I lation on compulsory military train- am writing this with the anticipa­ By Photographers I ing. To those of us who are violent- tion that someone who may have At a B-24 Liberator bomber base ly opposed to the plan, it is like the power can and will do some­ in Italy, three crack cinematogra- fwaving a red flag! thing about it.—Please excuse me phers make up the group detach­ Allow a few comments adversely, for bitching. ment of the 1st Combat Camera please, and give the flavor of a —Cpl. E. non-military pursuit. usually a Federal Communications As other kinds of weather A Large Task heart. Cannot do. In the darkness If the program has all the merits field representative. One must be —Sgt. S. Colker, WAC its sponsors claim for it, it should a citizen in good standing. If a The 1st Combat Camera Unit was And the silence, war's starkness , br able to wir full support at a fellow passes these tests, he is commended by General Henry H. Is covered over, and I time when we are all at home and given an authorized station call Arnold for its picture coverage of Am home again, nor wonder why. k Resolution free to battle for and against it. letter, and must also abide by the the evacuation of American war Snow knits the world together- " i Ui-til that time, please don't ask rules and regulations set up, such prisoners in Rumania. The photos "After the war! We say and smile And the echo caresses our heart. Beneath a soft white feather '^ , us to' suport what may be an un­ as frequencies. recorded the event from begin­ Blanket. But hills now hidden mitigated fraud! * All "Ham Operators" left the air ning to end. "After the War!" It's easy to say And yet; it rips our souls apart. Tomorrow quite unbidden —Sgt. D. Let Hyland, APHQ channels at 6:00 PM, Dec. 7, 1941, Smock participated in the photo Will appear; where death late at the request of Uncle Sam. Since coverage from the air in Rumania and Cooper wanted to shoot them We often sit and talk together dealt then, many devoted their time at Of what we were and what we are, Such heavy blows; and snow must I Squeak home in setting up radio networks coming back to base. Dear Editor: 'When the men got here you But our favorite, I am sure, melt. | y for civilian defense. Others, like Is the topic: "After the War!" —Cpl. R. W. Lovett, Medics I I have been reading quite a lot myself, are in the Armed Forces, never saw a happier bunch. They lately about "bitches" in this column in all branches. piled out oi the planet- as if it were '•• and I contend if an American sol This jerk, John Walker, who was LaGuardia Field. Even Italy looked , dier does not have the right to do playing music beamed to other like home to them, what with all f so, then what are we going through countries was not a ham, in any the Americans around." all this hella-ba-loo for? Well, just sense of the word. The latest addition to the de­ [ as you and others expected or —Pvt. Gene Gorman tachment at its present location is , should I say might have expected, the new officer-in-charge, Lt. Ches­ I this is a "bitch," also. And here it ter A. Congdon, Duluth, Minn. is: "Our main job," explained Lt. NAPLES Thurs. thru Sat.—Anglo Polish Bal­ ! All we see now in the papers are Cangdon, "is combat shots, but MOVIES let. facts given out by the War De we're often covering special events AU movie notices are subject to last OTHER ATTRACTIONS ninute changes. SAN CARLO OPERA HOUSE: Operas, hpartment about the facilities for —sports and visits by prominent transporting soldiers oack to God's They Say.. militafy officials." MABTUCCI: 1930. 1430, except Fri. Also performances k Fri.—Eve Knew Her Apples. at 1900. 1 country. Are they good? Well! They Not yet on combat status, Lt. Fri.—Rigoletto (eve.). Sat.—Madame i may be facts; it may be true we BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, after the Congdon has nevertheless flown AUGUSTEO (RED CROSS). Serv­ Butterfly, aft.; Otello, eve. < don't have the shipping space to American Constitution was several noncombat missions. ices, 1200 thru 1500. Shows, 1530, 1800, provide for the boys who have been signed, quoted in an article on "We were requested to get some 2000. MISCELLANEOUS CLUBS Fri.—My Gal Loves Music. JEWISH ALLIED CLUB: Via Tarsia. I over here "too long" already, but Raymond B. Fosdick criticizing shots of bombers dropping flour to Tues.—Open Forum. Sat.—Dance. I damn well know that if we have people who expect a "perfect" Yugoslav partisans in a certain ALHAMBRA: 1430. 1830, 2030. THREE ARTS CLUB: 68 Via San the space to ship "PWs" to the United Nations setup: valley," relates the lieutenant. Fri.—New Wine. Brigida. _ i States (and just recently a large "... when you assemble a num- "' 1 that was officially non-com­ PALM: 1400, 1930. Fri.—Spring Art Exhibition. I shipment of Italian PWs were re oer of men to have the advantage bat, I grabbed a camera and climbed Fri. and Sat. — Here Comes Mr. •turned to their native land by of their joint wisdom, you inevi­ aboard an outgoing ship. I got the Jordan. FOGGIA United States shipping facilities) tably assemble with those men shots, along with a view of some of MEDICAL CENTER MUSIC HALL: MOVIES the most beautiful see aery I've ever L400. 1930. and if we have the shipping space all their prejudices, their pas­ FLAGELLA: 1400, 1900. seen. Fri.—Tonight And Every Night. i to transport wives of men who have sions, their errors of opinion, LITTLE THEATER: 1400. 1900. • married while overseas, then there GARRISON CINEMA: 1230, 1500. Thurs. and Fri.—Home In Indiana., their local interests and their "The valley, and the hills all I must certainly be some falsehood hi around, were covered with snow. 1730. 2000. f these so-called "facts." selfish views. From such an as­ Only one ship could go in at a time, Thurs. thru Sun.—Lady Let's Dance. BAR1 Just one more little question sembly can a perfect production drop its load, and pull up to make BIJOU CINEMA: Continuous 1330 MOVIES i While the people in the United be expected?" way for the next. ohru 2100. ABO CENTER THEATER: 1900. j States are not able to purchase WALTER WINCHELL, columnist: "That's what I call a bombing Thurs. thru Sun.—Going My Way. Fri.—The Man Who Came To Dinner.) r i cigarettes, and need tell you the "Cafe society is now curfew so­ mission of me/cy, our bombs GARRISON THEATER: 2000: Wed. SPECIAL SERVICE: 1400, 1900. ', fellows over here most certainly ciety." turned into bread * ind Sat.. 1430. ENSA: 1300, 1800, 2030. Friday, March 30, 1945 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 5 Hollywood Will Produce 488 Pictures This Year

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 29 — More movies will be made this year than in any year since America entered the war, the Wall Street Journal disclosed today in an article on Hollywood's plans for 1945. Production schedules call for 488 full length features, as against ;426 for 1944, in addition to hundreds of shorts and films for the •Armed Forces. The movie capital's record year was 1937 when 567 full length features were reeled off.+ x Movies are going to veer away •from the war this year, according kto the Journal article. Only Warner 'Missing' Flier 'Brothers will stick to war themes, ipleased with its success in antici­ pating big war news stories by care­ Surprises Kin fully timed releases. There was j"Casablanca" two years ago, and In New York currently Warners is releasing "Ho- jtel Berlin," with "The Ghost of BRONX >/ILLE, N. Y., Mar. 29— SBerchtesgaden" in the making. Lt. Ernest C. Biglow, Jr., a 21-year- But most of the studios will con­ old 15th AAF navigator who flew centrate on musicals, comedies. 17 missions in six months with an 'historical epics and biographies. Italy-hased B-24 group, is back This was a hard decision for the home today, where his mother can movie-makers to come to, the "just sit and look at him" and his Journal reported, for the war has proud father can fire thousands been crammed with good story of questions at his son who twice CLOSE CALL. A close burst of flak over the used to be is Lt. Billy D. Hayes (right), Rock Hill, material. But the public attitude was reported missing in action. Verona-Perona railroad bridge in northern Italy S. C, pilot, who brought the plane home. At {toward war pictures has taken a wrecked the left side of this 15th AAF B-24's his left is S-Sgt. William G. Baumgartner, Newark, direct about-face since Pearl Har­ A few weeks ago, according to he tail assembly. Dangling his feet where the elevator Ohio, tail gunner. (15th AAF photo oy Knight) bor days. New York Herald-Tribune, Lt. Big- low Was reported missing for the WAR MOVIES TABOOED second time. The next day, he tele- A Gallup poll taken recently phonea his parents from New York •howed that 65 percent of home- to say that he was alive and never Gunner Finally Convinced Inclusion Of Poland front Americans don't want war felt b3tter. And the following day movies, while only 25 percent do— he was back home again to greet the exact opposite of figures taken his anxious parents, who still Airmen Also Must March At S. F. Conference |ust after Pearl Harbor. weren't sure it all was true. r What war movies are made this Lt. Biglow was reported missing WITH THE 15TH AAF, Mar. 29 when he took the long, hard ride year will fall into three classes: for the first time on January 20. —It's usually the infantry that does to Vienna. Depends On 'Big 3 ft—topnotch stories which can't He and his crew were forced to the marching, but during his'ten­ "Blechhammer was easy com­ 'miss; 2—pictures which the indus­ abandon their Liberator over Ger­ ure of combat, Sgt. Paul R. pared to the flak that caught us WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 (ANS) try feels it must make to aid the man-occupied territory. He and the Dougherty, Cloe, Pa., has spent far at Vienna," he said. "Two engines war effort or to record history and — The "Big Three" powers have surviving members of the crew were more time afoot than he has in were out, and gas was spraying less than a month in which to form ,8—films certain studios believe are rescued by Partisans. the tail turret of his B-24 Liberator. our entire right wing. f"good for the people to see." a new Polish government that can Having previously been notified Dougherty has flown seven mis­ "Our pilot fought the plane for represent Poland at the San Fran-I In the third category would fall that their son was missing in ac­ sions in the time some gunners two hours, trying to get to safe pictures like "Wilson," which has cisco conference on world organi­ tion, the lieutenant's parents were could fly 50, and he's averaged a territory. We threw out ammuni­ zation. made Twentieth Century-Fox no told on February 5 that he was back parachute jump to every three tion, flak suits, guns and every­ money so far, but which has given at his base. missions. He has two to date. thing else that was loose to lighten American officials are still hop­ the studio what it considers com­ Then, on February 27, Lt. Biglow's His trouble started over Blech- the load. We were down to 11,000 ing that a government can be pensating prestige. plane was shot up again. This time, hammer, Germany. feet when we ran into more flak. formed that will be recognized by: As for the continuous complaints there was no chance for the crew "The pilot told us it was time to the major powers before the con-] from 1944's movie-goers that Hol­ to bail out. The plane crash-landed ENGINE SHOT OUT leave. We were someplace over ference, but they also know that lywood didn't try to make good in neutral territory. "One engine was shot out," he Hungary, and as it turned out events will have to move fast iff pictures because it knew the pock­ Nobody on the mission that day, explained. "The same burst cut our later, almost over the Russian lines. that is to be achieved. Tha et-flush public would crowd the however, saw the bomber crash. gas line, and we were losing gas "We were close enough that the San Francisco meeting opens April; shows anyway, Hollywood has an The lieutenant again wa~ listed as fast. The pilot got us as far as Germans shot at us on the way 25. All of the "Big Three" wants answer, according to the Journal. missing. Yugoslavia, then gave the order to down. The navigator's chute was Poland represented, but none haa I bail out. I came down with my I It's that too many movie house In the meantime, however, Lt. riddled with holes." given any idea of what might hap-* managers held pictures for long Biglow had escaped internment, and parachute caught in an overhang­ pen if the problem isn't solved byj \ Then started a walk over the runs, milking both good and bad once again was returned to his base. ing tree." Hungarian countryside as Dougher­ then. j pictures dry and giving an impres- He was hustled aboard a U. 3.- Dougherty Inflated his Mae West ty searched for the rest of his crew. SPECIAL COMMISSION .'sion that more bad movies were bound plane and flown to New York. life jacket to keep afloat, then He finally met a Russian soldier. 'being produced than actually was He called friends who notified his swam to the shore where he was The trip to a neighboring city was A special commission, set up in the case. parents that he was safe, and finally met by Partisans. aided by a buggy ride. Crimea, to form a new Polish gov-1 OPINION DIVIDED telephoned them himself. His call He then started on the long walk ernment, has been bogged down* This "milking" is bound to con- came just a day after they had re­ that brought him back to his base LAND MINE DEFUSED several weeks over failure to agree wtinue through 1945, and so will ceived news from the chaplain of approximately a month later. "Our driver had to stop once," on the various procedures to be "double features, the Journal survey his squadron that he again was Dougherty had barely renewed said Dougherty. "That was to de­ followed. American and British predicted. "B" pictures are the live­ missing. acquaintances with heavy bombers fuse a land mine that blocked the representatives have disagreed with; lihood of smaller producers and are country lane on which we were those of the Lublin Polish group' likely to persist just as long as travelling. Rain had washed the over who should be chosen from public opinion is anything less than top mud cover away, or we would other Polish factions to sit in on overwhelming agiinst them. The Infantry GIs Vote Siegfried Line not have seen it. the discussions. Journal says that public opinion "We were housed with civilians Well-informed sources here say! Is about equally divided as to the Toughest Obstacle Into Germanyfor tw o days and treated like honor the prospects are that the com-' value of double feature . guests. Later, our whole crew moved mission will settle those issues andj Hollywood won't have much tal­ By WES GALLAGHER 1—The original breaking of the into a vacant house." really get down to work soon. The ent trouble in 1945, although the (Associated Press Correspondent) Siegfried Line north of Aachen Continuing his ground tour of the commission is composed of the So­ shortage of top talent will con­ WITH THE 30TH INF. DIVI­ last September and October. Balkans, Dougherty was moved to viet Foteign Commissar, Molotov, tinue. America's feminine movie­ Bucharest, Rumania. U. S. Ambassador W. Averell Har-, SION, GERMANY, Mar. 29—Take 2—The bitter fighting around St. "The Germans did more damage goers will be both disillusioned and it from a dozen of the happiest Lo in Normandy and the hedgerow riman and British Ambassador Sir glad to know that most of the male to the king's castle and civilian Archibald Clark Kerr. Harriman fighting men on the front, the fighting when the division lost a Bucharest in two-days of bombing stars are too old to be drafted. crossing of the Rhine and bursting is assisted by the State Depart­ Moreover, the American - girl large number of men due to Allied than the Allies did in months of ment's eastern European expert, El-' starved soldier overseas has created through the German defenses was bombing. concentration on military targets. bridge Durbrow. a demand for curvesome non-draft- ten times as easy as getting through 3—The bulge fighting when Field The Luftwaffe concentrated mainly able cuties on the screen to com­ the Siegfried Line last October. Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt broke on strafing and bombing the INVITATIONS VETOED pensate for the departure of the These men were from the 30th through last December and Jan­ populace. The major trouble to date has! younger rising male stars. The Division who were suddenly taken uary in the Ardennes. "We were as rare a sight in been the Lublin group's insistence \ studios' fan mail :or the pinup out of battle east of the Rhine 4—The mountain battle when the Rumania as in Hungary, and we upon a veto over invitations to type of histrionics has jumped to and told that they were going division broke the back of the were treated accordingly. Those other Poles to join the discussions.) an incredible high. home on a 45 days' leave. They German attempt to cut off Lt. stop-overs were the best part of It reported it has vetoed nearly all* Twentieth-Century Fox now re­ had been in the thick of it since Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd Army our trip out." invitations, including one to for-' ceives 150,000 letters a month, com­ Normandy and their division had by driving to the sea at Avranches. Now back at his base, Dougherty mer Polish Premier Stanislaw Mi-( pared with a prewar 10,000, while been in every tough show since They agreed that the Rhine was is ready to break back into flying. kolajczyk. Warner Brothers' 1944 mail was then. They listed in this order the one of the easiest battles they had He figures he's had enough of the The British-American plan waa 1,000 percent above that of 1941, toughest battles fought in Europe: fought. Balkans from the ground. to invite representatives of all Po­ lish factions, those in London with' the exile government and those BLONDIE (Courtesy of Sing Features, distributed through ONS) CHICK YOUNG still inside German-occupied Po-, land to sit down with the commis­ sion and the Lublin Poles to desig­ nate a group of Poles to form a new provisional government. The Lublin Poles, whom all of the "Big Three" apparently recog­ nize as not very representative of Poland, are opposed to any threat to their present position. The U. S. is especially anxious to get Mikol- ajczyk into the discussions since he is the head of the Peasant Party, the largest political party in Poland and the U. S. will con­ tinue to insist upon his inclusion. Page 6 THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, Marcn 30, 1945 Ground, Air Units Given Vital Data Flynn Leaves Italy; By 12th Regions Weather Wizards To Confer In Paris ROME, Mar. 29 — Edward J. t Flynn, President Roosevelt's per­ John Carradine, 38, Shakespear­ Forecasters Among sonal representative on a mission ian actor, re-married his 21-year- which is believed to concern the old leading lady, Sonia Sorrel, in First Men To Land resumption of diplomatic relations Hollywood, to meet California legal between the Vatican andjthe Soviet requirements. They were wed last On Beachheads Union, completed the Italian phase fall in Navada after Carradine had < of his business and left Italy obtained a Mexican divorce, not By Cpl. JOHN LAWLER today. recognized in California, from his (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) His next conferences will take former wife. NAPLES, Mar. 29—One of the place in Paris, where he is sched­ least exciting words in the English uled to talk with General Charles Jeff Davis, king of hoboes, be­ language and one that lends itself De Gaulle and other French offi-. wailed the fact the 'bos' coming na-' to too many quips on boredom is cials. After that, he will go to tional convention in Buffalo, N. Yn\ the bare term "weather." Weather London, where he expects to con­ would cost 2,000 dollars whereas a' is either pleasant, agreeably warm fer with Prime Minister Winston prewar gathering got by on 100; and inviting; or damp, cold and Churchill and Foreign Secretary bucks. It was tough, Davis cried,« distasteful. But when a group of Anthony Eden. especially with living costs way upj meteorologists convene and outline In his final interview here yes­ and his patriotic lads of leisure the role weather plays in the drama terday, Flynn told of his two-day sinking their extra cash into wart of war and its importance in de­ visit to the 15th Army Group, bonds. termining major military opera­ where he talked with General tions, much of the credence usually S-Sgt. Archie Weathers, Roence, Mark W. Clark, and to a forward Calif., with the 4th Armored Di­ placed in Mark Twain's charge that 5th Army command post, where "everybody speaks of the weather vision on the West Front, rolled, he saw Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Trus- out of his foxhole bed and ar­ but nobody does anything about it" cott, Jr. is considerably shaken. rested the corporal by his side., HYDROGEN PRESSURE is tested by an observer of the 12th Wherever he went, Flynn said, "The guy said 'good morning, sir* there were Bronx GIs to chat THREE-DAY CONFERENCE Weather Region prior to filling a balloon which he will send more to me," Weathers told stockade of-J Base weather officers of the 12th about the borough of which Flynn ficials. They imprisoned the Ger­ Weather Region, AAF-MTO, rep­ than ten miles into the air to measure wind velocity, temperature, has been Democratic party leader man imposter. resenting weather stations in Italy, humidity and many other factors vital to meteorologists. for 23 years. Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Greece, Josie Baker, former Chicago today completed a three-day con­ chambermaid who joined Father; ference staged at Eremo Hotel, lo­ motor unite benefit from weather ian, Portuguese and Spanish civilian Divine's religious flock and assum­ cated high among the lava- services, since data on the types meterologists, thus establishing Nazi PW Brutality ed the heavenly status of "Ruth drenched hills surrounding Mt and specifications of various greases crystal-clear knowledge of the ele­ the Gleamer," yesterday enriched Vesuvius. may be computed. ments over a wide path and insur­ the Windy City's "Conscience The Region, credited with being Far from doing "nothing about ing a working basis for a tactical Arouses Congress Fund" by 760 dollars forwarded to the first tactical weather unit to the weather," the 12th Region, for move. Plans formulated for future Mayor Edward J. Kelly. As Miss. move into the field with advancing all practical purposes, has brought operations are highly-classified and Baker she was awarded 2,200 dol­ Allied armies, reviewed operations weather under control, or at least fall under the strict veil of secrecy. WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 (UP)— lars for injuries received in an and effectiveness of its service to has effectively reduced its hazards Leading weather officials in the Congress reacted angrily yesterday automobile accident. All she got, date and mapped plans for even from the angle of uninterrupted theater also addressed the confer­ to the disclosure that 53 of 320 out of the award, she said, was more efficient functioning in the military service. Hourly observa­ ence. They included Lo. Col. Joseph American prisoners had died in a the 760 dollars. "Father Divine's' future. tions are made by trained weather­ P. Carey, Cambridge, Mass., assist­ German PW camp at Heppenheim spirit and teaching caused me to Col. Chester W. Cecil, 32, Abiline, men and their information is an­ ant regional control officer; Capt. as a result of brutal treatment im­ righten every wrong of my old life* Texas, regional control officer for alyzed and canalized by forecasters Max Woodbury, Salt Lake City; posed by the sadistic Nazi com­ and truly I'm a new creature.. the Mediterranean Theater, key- prior to dispatch as weather serv­ Maj. Norman W. Pate, Chicago; Lt. mander, who let them die of star­ Please acknowledge this act to noted the conference when he label­ ice. Incessantly, four basic types of Bertram A. Nelson, Denver, Colo.; vation and lack of medical treat­ him. All credit and honor belong ed the series of discussions an at instruments record temperature, Lt. Theodore W. Gibson, New York ment. to him." tempt to improve on the "high qua! pressure, wind and moisture phe­ City; Lt. Francis W. Murray, San The survivors were deathly weak DEATHS ity of service already rendered and nomena, and each instrument has Antonio, Texas; Maj. Robert K. with arms and legs like match to estaoiish a uniform policy of op­ a counterpart in upper air calcula­ Loveless, Wilmington, Del.; Maj. sticks, they looked like walking skel­ Marshal , 82, erating and dispensing weather in tions. Howard A. Lesser, New York City; etons. The PWs described the camp Italian Minister of War in 1919, formation to Allied units participat In addition, information is period­ Lt. Bernard G. Carroll, Los Angeles; as a living hell of starvation, filth and commander of the Italian ing in the data furnished by the ically received on a.daily schedule Lt. Arthur W. Fogelson, Brooklyn, and xack of medical care. This forces which defeated the Austriansl network of stations in the theater, by the 12th Region from British and and Lt. Norman E. Hanson, Mis­ camp was the first PW camp to be in the Province of Treviso in 1918' HISTORY REVIEWED French military sources and Ital­ soula, Montana. ' freed by the 7th Army. and led to the armistice in Italy;' The colonel, who installed Army Rep. Karl E. Mundt (R., S. D.) of in Finale Marina, Italy ... J. EL* weather stations and routes in the House Foreign Affairs Commit­ Clarke, 87, retired Justice of the Puerto Rico and Panama Canal tee which is now considering war U. S. Supreme Court; in San Diego,' Zone, and who served as a weather criminal legislation, said these Calif. . . . Mrs. Rosetta V. Hauss, adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staffs conditions should be considered 70, first woman stockholder in the in Washington, reviewed the his­ when final punshment is meted out Ford Motor Co.; in Palo Alto* tory of the 12th Weather Region and to Nazi war criminals. Calif. stressed its position as an integral part of a worldwide Army weather organization. "Weathermen primarily are aot combat troops," Colonel Cecil ob­ served, '%>ut in this theater, 12th Region men are veteran campaign ers. Every D Day operation was giv en the green light by meteorologists CASERTA-NAPLES FOGGIA AMERICAN AIR FORCE and our observers and forcasters AMERICAN! EXPEDITIONARY EXPEDITIONARY STATION STATION 1492 KC 201 M went in with assault units on every Friday*March 30 beachhead. CASERTA NAPLES " y' *"S. •<"> 8:00—Music While Vou Walse "They moved in with landing 1510 KC—199 M 1460 KC-205 M Friday, March 30 6:30—ReveUle Roundup parties at Casablanca and Oran, 9:30—Sammy Kaye and functioned effectively through 6:30—Reveille Roundup 9:00—Time, Tunes and Topics 12:00—Mildred BaUey out the entire North African drive. % 1:15—Ray Scott \ - 4 ' 8:02—Wings of Morning They stabbed with assault troops 2:30—Here's To Romance 11:00—Rhythm Jamboree at Sicily; pushed in at Salerno; were 3:15—On The Beam numbered among the first unite at 12:00—The Shining Hour 4:00—Symphony of the Air 12:45—Relax and Listen 5:30—Globe Theater Anzio; observed, coordinated and 2:00—Music of the Masters evaluated data for the invasion of 6:00—Eddie Condon INTRODUCED IN THE FINAL STAGES of the Tunisian cam­ 4:00—This Is The Story 6:30—Science Magazine of the Air southern France and were mem 7:15—Spotlight Bands bers of the attacking forces." paign and employed throughout operations in Sicily, mobile units— 8:15—Ken Card Talent Night or weather vans on wheels—have been an essential part of 12th 8:00—Amos and Andy 8:30—Kate Smith AEDS GROUND FORCES 9:30—Burns and Allen 9:30—Ozzie and Harriet „ Weather stations dot the theater, Weather Region activities. Twenty-three mobile stations are cur­ 10:00—Mystery Playhouse 10:00—Intermezzo including 23 mobile units, some of rently functioning in the Mediterranean Theater. The unit pictured 11:00—Night Final Roundup 11:00—One Night Stand which are situated in strategic po­ above supplies weather data at an advanced air field somewhere News: 7:00. 8:00. 12:30. 3:00. 5:00. News: 7:00. 8:00. 12:30. 3:00. 3:00 sitions with forward echelons, on the Italian front. 3:00. 7:00 and 10:00. 5:00. 7:00. 9:00 and 11:45. Designed essentially to supply in­ formation to Air Forces, the Weath er Region through its numerous TERRY (Courtesy Ohi Frlb.-New York News Syndicate, inc.. distributed thru CNS) By CANIFP stations now provides accurate and priceless data for Army ground trcops as well. Colonel Cecil said armored divisions are furnished information on the composition and condition of the .-.errain on which they are fighting, and figures are made available citing the rate of gasoline evaporation in a given area. Field and anti-aircraft bat- talionshare advised on ballistic den­ sities. Infantry units are given planned forecasts and indications of the amount of aircraft support to be anticipated in a definite operation. Chemical warfare organi­ zations are acquainted with the di­ rection and velocity of winds and the relative humidity in an area of operation. Even quartermaster Friday, March 30, 1945 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 7 Amazing Bulldozers Humble Bombers Kurland Leads Aggies To NCAA Title ig A's Eliminate Pirates; Sonny Woods Stars Violets9 Rally Fails By Pvt. MERRELL WHITTLESEY Against Cowboys Big Red Still Frisky At 28 (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) Wizardry FLORENCE, Mar. 29—TAat positively amazing ball club from the LEXINGTON, Ky., Mar. 29 (ANS)—There will be extra carrots Adriatic Zone, the 21st Aviation Engineers, humbled the big name and extra oats tomorrow for Man O' War, king of American turf who Mitchell Bombers in almost unbelievable fashion here Wednesday night, NEW YORK, Mar. 29 (ANS)— observed his 28th birthday at 45-33, before a crowd of 4,000 to emerge as the only unbeaten teefm in Oklahoma A. and M., with seven- Samuel D. Riddles' Faraway the Allied Basketball Championships in "Madison Square Garden." loot Bob (Foothills) Kurland con­ Farm where he's lived in sump­ The driving, bail-hounding Engineers earned a day of rest by their trolling all rebounds, setting up tuous equine luxury since his ^.victory and sent the Bombers into myriads of plays and scoring 22 retirement. The rule of the turf Thursday's round against the 92nd points, withstood a last five-minute says that every thoroughbred rally by New York University juid Division's Buffalo Big A's. becomes a year older each Jan. Giants Headed The Negro club remained in con­ copped the NCAA National Basket­ 1, but Big Red is still the ex­ ball title, 49-45, before 18,000 fans tention by breezing to a 43-30 vic­ ception among -ace horses. tory over the Navy's Port Pirates In Madison Square Garden last Except for gasoline rationing For 1st Division night. from Oran, who were eliminated 1 and railroad difficulties, thou­ with their second straight defeat. The show was all Kurland and sands of people would have been LAKEWOOD, N. J., Mar. 29 Thus the Bulldozers will meet the elongated Bob was the key man on hand to have a look at Man (ANS)—Stronger pitching, better the winner of the Big A's-Bombers on every Aggie play. Unlike Ohio O' War presiding over all he sur­ balance in the field and more out­ game Friday night and can clinch State., whom the Violets whipped 3ft veys. Twenty-eight is a pretty field reserve strength make Melvin the title and a trip to the Cairo, a late rush, the Aggies refused to- advanced age for horses, but Ott, manager of the New York Egypt, playoffs with a victory. If become nettled and played their **the greatest horse of them all" Giants, feel that he will have a the Bulldozers lose Friday night, own olow breaking, short passing is still frisky and enjoying to the MAN CWAR vastly improved club over that the same teams will play Saturday . fame, to control the ball through­ which finished fifth in 1944. in the absolute finals of the double out the final minutes when pos- fullest the complete retirement that is his. After leaving the track "For the first time in years are elimination event. * session meant everything. he became one of the country's outstanding sires. He has sent 357 sons and daughters to the races including War Admiral and Clyde are well stocked in pitchers," Ott SIMPLE SUCCESS FORMULA * The teams played close the first said. "Besides Billy Voiselle who Van Duesen, Kentucky Derby winners. Once again the Bulldozers won J15 minutes with the lead changing should be our ace again, we have purely on team play as there were hands ten times until the Cow­ Harry Feldman, Ewald Pyle and only four points between their first boys took a 21-19 advantage with Ace Adams. We've added Ray Har- and fourth high scorer. They lour minutes of play remaining. rell, Loren Bain and Bill Emmerich spotted the Bombers inches in The Cowpokes showed a 26-21 half- Bears Reach Leafs Hand Canucks and has returned height and years in experience, but time advantage with Kurland la­ from the Army. Mungo has sur­ they more than made up the dif­ dling in 15 of them. prised everyone. He's a different Ice Cup Finals ference with a forcing, driving The Aggies had a 43-33 margin- Third Playoff Loss fellow and we look for good work game. They hounded the ball on largest of the game—with five min­ from him. He got down to busi­ HERSHEY, Pa., Mar. 29 (ANS)— both ends of the court and when a utes to go when the Violets started ness as soon as he arrived at the The Hershey Bears advanced to .he member of the Bombers gained a rush of the type that gave them finals for the Governor's Gup when TORONTO, Mar. 29 (ANS)—The camp." the Eastern title. But the Aggies moved a step possession he didn't have a mo­ they defeated the Indianapolis Caps, NOT BAD FOR AN OLD MAN continued right on their slow 3-2, for their fourth victory in five closer to the final ment's peace until he got rid of it, breaking, superball-handling style, games. The Bears will meet the playoffs tonight defeating the Harrell won 20 for San Francisco and more often than not he re­ sending Kurland in under the hoop winners of the Cleveland-Buffalo champion Montreal Canadiens, 4-3, in 1944 and at 33, looks very good. leased it to the eager Bulldozers. where he set up Cecil Hankins for series for the American Hock3y on 's solo dash at 12:36 Bains is a curveballer from Minne­ Pvt. Bob McQuiuen, Toledo, Ohio, a pair of quick layups that put the League championship. of the overtime period. Toronto apolis and Emmerich a control reached among the taller Bombers pitcher from Rochester. to tap in five rebounds. Pvt. Paul game jut of the Violets' reach. After a, scoreless first period In- leads in the series three games to Kurland, by steering his team one and six points to two in the Phil Weintraub is out of the Herman, whose three years with cianapolis went ahea^ on Dick Giants' doghouse ana his experi • to victory, gets another opportunity Kowcinak's goa* at x:3ri and Alex eight-point series. the U. of Tenn. represent the, against George Mikan and the De- The Canadiens had a two goal ence is bound to he\p the same in­ only college experience on the club, Ritscn tied it for Hershey 11 min­ field that performed so well last Paul Blue Demons who downed the utes later. Arthur Strobel put the lead within three minutes of the made five baskets, off his feet Aggies, 48-46, in their only game opening period on goals by Elmer season, Napoleon Reyes at third and each time; 1st Sgt. Joe Sokol hit Bears ahead on a pas? from Peggy the sophomore keystone combina­ this S3ason. Kurland held Mikan O'Neill at 16:49. Lach and Maurice Richard. Lach a hot streak late in the game to even, each scoring nine points, until belted his shot past Frank MCCOQI tion of John Buddy Kerr and account for a dozen points and Kurland ^ouled out in the late min JLEVELAND, Mar. 29 (ANS)— after 23 seconds on a pass from George Hausmann. semi-bald Cpl, Vince Murray utes and Mikan registered three The Buffalo Bisons moved back into Emile Bouchard and Richard got "Hausmann, Kerr and Reyes are tapped in four baskets. M-Sgt. more baskets. the Governor's Cup contention to­ home at 2:13 on a shot from Lach. bound to have more confidence George Morris was last in scoring The two teams meet tonight in night with a five to three victory Toronto put on a tight defense after a full season at their posi­ with a pair of double deckers but the Red Cross game for the National over the Cleveland Barons in the in the second period and tied the tions," Mel said. he was all over the court. ehampionship with Bowling Green, fifth »ame of the series. The Bisons score on a long pull. Melvin Hill He wants another reserve in- HUTCHINS REALLY SUFFERED runnerup in the Invitational, play trail by two points having won two got around Montreal defenders and fielder to make things complete. Roy For the Bombers, 1st Lt. Dar 1 Ing NYU for third place nationally games to Cleve an~"s three. fooled Bill Durnan with a pass Nichols and* Billy Jurges are pres­ Hutchins, a terrific center with from Ted Kennedy at 2:43 and ently considered the Giants' re­ Bradley Tech, went through what Dave Schriner tied it at 16:15. serve infielders but Jurges is high­ must have been one of the worst Pete Fillon, Montreal, and Babe ly dissatisfied with terms and seems nights of his career. Capt. Sam Eddie Makes New Rules, Pratt, Toronto, scored unassisted about ready to chuck it for the Post, ex-SMU courtman, was held in the third to send the game into gin mill business and semi-pro ball around the city. scoreless. 2nd Lt. Ward Williams, the overtime period. Apparently who won all-America mention at Lou and Joe To Try 'Em both teams were content to garner BOUND TO IMPROVE Indiana, led the beaten club with one point for a tie until Bodnar 12 points, but most of them were decisions in the State and his plan Ernie Lombardi cannot be as bad busted in on the Montreal play as he was last year, his worst scored with the Bulldozers under NEW YORK, Mar. 29 (ANS)— will be put to a test tomorrow night formation, stole the puck and was season since hitting the bigtime in wraps. Eddie Eagan, chairman of the New at the Garden when Lou Nova in­ off. 1931. Ray Berres is expected back A truly professional performance York 'State Athletic Commission, dulges in a little bloodletting with to help out along with Johnny Ton- by ex-Renaissance ace Pfc. Sonny said yesterday that all fights in the Joe Baksi. coff, a Jersey City rookie, although Woods was the highlight of an New York State will be judged by Both sides are claiming victory Dodgers Sell Wyatt neither has signed. Lombardi ap­ otherwise dull opener. The Navy the round by round system, modi- in this epic struggle and Baksi has BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y., Mar. parently chastened by his woeful club held a 10-9 edge at the end lied by a point method. gone on record as predicting he'll 29 (ANS)—Whitlow Wyatt, right- season last year, showed up for his of the first period, but £hey trailed, Judges and referees will keep a kayo Nova. Jimmy Johnston, who handed pitcher whose 22 victories first spring training in many sea­ 22-15, at the half and after they scorecard on both systems in the now handles Nova's destiny, of led the Brooklyn Dodgers to the sons and has been working like a pulled up to 27-22, Woods and Co., luture, with each round worth four course, can see nothing but dis­ 19*1 pennant, has been sold to the horse every day. whipped in eight straight points points. If the round by round count aster in store for the Kulpmont Phillies for a reported 10,000 dol­ The Giants' real strength lies in and the Port Pirates were through. results in a draw, the points will coalminer and he has gone so far lars. Wyatt, 36-year-old veteran the outfield with Ott, Jot Medwick Woods, who brings the ball up be then added and the decision as to coin a new phrase in describ­ starting his 18th season in or­ and Johnny Rucker in the regular the court each time with a pit-a- rendered in favor of the fighter ing his former Yogi's punching ganized ball, has had arm trouble lineup and Leon rreadway, Bruce pat dribble from a* low ^rouch and with the most points. power. the past two years ami this spring Sloan, Steve Filipowicz, Charlie then barks out the assignments for When a foul blow is struck, the "My boy, Lou," Johnston said, developed into an intractable hold­ Mead and "Desperate Danny" Gar- his club, also led the scoring for offender will be penalized two "is hitting like General Patton." out. della ghting for reserve jobs. the night with 14 points. points and therefore still have a chance to gain a draw in a round, which up to now, has been DICK TRACY (Courtesy Ohi. Mb.-Nev 7orK News Syndicate. Inc., distributed tnru ONS) By GOULD automatically awarded to the vic­ tim. AS THE CAR PULLS AWAY, TRACV'S UNAWARE THAT THE DETECTIVE TRACV'S BOOy HITS A BOMH lN| Eagan hopes to abolish all draw COAT SLIPS INTO THE SPACE IS BEING DRAGGED ALOMG THE PAVEMENT WITH TERRIFK LEAPING TO THE FRONT SEAT, BEHIND THE BUMPER AND BEHIND MIS CAR, MEASLES IMPACT. HIS COAT BECOMES MEASLES SHIFTS INTO LOW GEAR REMAINS FAST THINKS ONLV OF HIS OWN SKIN TWISTED. HIS ARMS ARE Softball Notice AND STEPS ON THE GAS. PINIONED TO HIS BODy NAPLES, Mar. 29 — Only two WHAT HAVE THEY, days remain for units to turn in DONE TO MR.r-f^ applications to play in the Naples' TRACY? Softball leagues which are being organized by the Pensouth Special Service Section, according to Sgt. Alfred Dofflemeyer, noncom in charge of athletics. Entries may be submitted to the Pensouth Special Service Section up to and includ­ ing April 1 and should contain unit name, team nickname and the name of the manager and officer in charge. Baseball teams still have until April 10 to submit entries. Page 8 THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, March 30, 1945

Revolt, Panic Said Red Armies Reach Britain Sets Plans Allied Armies Push Border Of Austria; For V-Day Rejoicing Aheid Under Order Imminent In Reich LONDON, Mar. 29 (AP) — Here are Britain's tentative of­ As disaster and ultimate collapse hovered over the German 40 Miles To Vienna ficial V-Day plans. To 'Move Fast, Far' Reich, rumors and reports of chaotic conditions behind the German The day hostilities end, the King or Prime Minister would lines came from many neutral sources. It should be borne in mind (Continued from Page 1) • that many of the reports reaching the Allied world are German-in­ make an arnouncement on the (Continued from Page 1) would represent a 20-mile ad­ radio, but—officially at least— spired and without confirmation from any Allied source. vance westward toward Bratislava C. Dempsey were under an "all- it will still be "a business day as out" order to move as fast and ae from the Hron. Berlin said that usual." LONDON, Mar. 29 — Germany is seething on verge of revolt, the the troops led by Malinovsky on far as they were able. A national holiday would be Just before the security blackout Turkish Radio said today. the right wing jumped off 48 declared on the following day, The Turkish broadcast said: "The German people, exhausted and hours ago.) was imposed by Field Marshal however, for celebrations and Montgomery today, frontline dis­ weary, await peace at any price, in spite of Goebbels' statement that With German defenses east of church services. the peace conditions would exterminate the Gemian people." Vienna crumbling, the Soviet com­ patches told of 20-mile gains and The Turkish reports said that the barricades reportedly set up in mand has sent an order down the reported British tanks and Ameri­ Berlin by Nazi leader* are not for^. line for utmost speed in hitting the can infantrymen in Dulmen, about military defense, but to defend Wehrmacht while it was still reel­ Allies Have 38 miles east of the Rhine and themselves against possible revolt in ing. Tank spearheads were rush­ about 17 miles short of Munster. the capital city. No Hope For Nazis ing across communications lines Rain was falling over the 21st and smashing counterattacks. Terms Ready Army Group sector today but there BERNE, Mar. 29 (AP)—Switzer­ was no indication that the advance, In Danzig.'the armies headed by which has ..brought in more than land reinforced her frontier guard Marshal Konstantine Rokossovsky LONDON, Mar. 29 (UP) — The today to prevent Nazis, fleeing from In West-Stimsoir 20,000 prisoners so far, has been cleared the western half of the secret terms and conditions to be slowed. the rapidly, collapsing Reich, from city. Fighting was going on to dis­ imposed upon Germany when she rushing into her country WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 (UP)— An Associated Press correspond­ President Von Steigher said avery lodge the enemy from the city dis­ surrenders unconditionally, were ent reported this afternoon that effort is being made to prevent America's War Secretary Henry L. trict located on Holm Island. So­ ready today for instant application already '•several rivers had been Nazis and Fascists from escaping Stimson told the press today that viet ground and air forces were it was announced in London. crossed." Germany was beaten on the Rhine seeking out and destroying Ger­ The European Advisory Commis­ into Switzerland and setting up MAIN WATER BARRIERS secret headquarters for continua­ beyond the hope of anything else man transport which attempted to sion has been preparing for several tion of their activities. but unconditional surrender. sneak away months for the present moment The Ems River through Munster Political observers here said that Stimson warned, however, that In his second Order of the Day, and its plan to handle the sur­ and the Wesel through Bremen are the German Government has offi­ the Nazis may find some inner line Marshal Stalin reported liquida­ render was said to be complete. the principal north-south water cially left Berlin and has withdrawn for an inner core resistance when tion of trapped enemy groups If a sincere surrender offer from barriers that were in front of the to an unannounced location, where the Allies reach the end of their southwest of Koenigsberg with the Nazi leaders should come, it breakthrough, but it was not dis­ ministries have been working for supply lines. elimination of the last small would presumably be handled im­ closed whether the AP comment -several weeks. Stimson said: "If the Allied pocket. During the battles from mediately by the commission. referred to either or both. The Gestapo Head marters, ac­ armies are forced to fight from vil­ March 13 to today, Marshal Alex­ Although a wave of optimism is Late this afternoon it was re­ cording to these observers, has lage to village to^the total destruc­ ander Vassilevsky's armies cap­ sweeping over the Allied world, the ported that Emmerich, Rhine River moved to Constance on the Swiss tured more than 50,000 prisoners commission has been going its nor­ town and pivot in the German tion of Germany, the German positions north of the Ruhr, had frontier. people must know also that their and killed 80,000 Germans. mal way and is always ready for (There were reports from Berlin an emergency conference, but is fallen. Likewise, units of the U. S. present leadership and they who 9th Army were reported to have STOCKHOLM, Mar. 29 — Three tolerate it will bear the responsi­ today of fresh crossings of the not meeting more often than usual. memoers of Nazi Foreign Minister Oder nearest the German capital occupied the greater part of Duis­ von Ribbentrop's Ministry have ar­ bility." out Moscow did not confirm them. burg, Europe's greatest inland port, rived or may arrive in Stockholm Stimson indicated that General It was believed likely, however, Weather Again Limits and to be outflanking Essen, site for purported "routine" trade ne­ Dwight D. Eisenhower will give out thai the big push would come of the Krupp armament works. gotiations, United Press reported the first news of cessation of hos­ soon with the greatest part of Air Activity In Italy The linkup of the 1st and 3rd today as reports reached this Swed­ tilities. He added the War De­ the armies of both Rokossovsky's Armies cut off a great rectangle ish capital of depressed, disorgan­ partment will be prepared to "fur­ and Vassilevsky available to join MAAF HQ, Mar. 29—Continued east of the Rhine between Frank- ized conditions within Germany. nish supplemental information to in the drive on Berlin.) unfavorable weather conditions furt^ Giessen and Limburg, but The three Ribbentrop aides sent that which emanates from the again caused cancellation of all of­ there was no indication as to the to Stockholm are: theater." BELGRADE. Mar. 29 (INS)—The fensive operations by heavy 15th number of German troops that Karl Schnurre, Waldenar Ludwig The secretary disclosed that important communications center of AAF bombers and MATAF me­ might have been trapped. and Rudolf Fisher. The first two Stephen Early, President Roose­ Bihac, 68 miles south of Zagreb, diums again today. MATAF fighter are reported here to discuss Swed­ velt's press* secretary for maijy was liberated by Marshal Tito's bombers successfully carried out JUNCTURE CUTS TRAP ish-German trade relations, and years, had submitted a report to men after three days of street scattered attacks on e**?mj* com­ The pocket was being compressed Fisher to confer with members of the department on Army press re­ fighting, the Yugoslav Telegraph munications and fuel and ammu­ further by the steady push of the German legation here. lations in Europe. Agency said today. nition dumps in northern Italy. American might and late frontline United Press said, aowever, that dispatches today indicated that the a finisliing-up discussion would trap had been cut in two by a junc­ hardly require the presence of the ture of 3rd Army troops moving Nazis No. 1 economic expert And Clark Get Fourth Star north from Wiesbaden and 1st Schnurre nor Reichsbank Director Army»forces driving south from the Ludwig. Limburg area. A wide difference ol, opinion as (Continued from Page 1) U. S. He was stationed in England mand of the 15th Army Group Meanwhile, 3rd Army troops to the motives of the ISazi visito s from the Military Academy in 1915, for eight months prior to U. S. Nov. 27, 1944. J^ fighting street by street through was voiced by observers here, some entry into World War II as a mili­ General Clark has played a the wrecked city of Frankfurt-on- and commissioned a second lieu­ tary observer. prominent part in the Mediterran believing they may try to advance tenant. Main were reported to have cleared more peace-feelers, some believe Appointed a member of the Rob­ ean Theater since tne earliest days all but the northern suburbs of they *nay be here honestly for trade His initial Army assignments erts Commission, he was a mem­ of the North African invasion. this once important city. negotiations, and others say the were at Vancouver Barracks, Wash., ber of the board of experts that Even before the actual invasion, Farther to the south, U. S. 7th three Nazi leaders may be here and on the Mexican oorder. Prior investigated the "earl Harbor dis­ the world learned of his daring Army forces widened their bridge­ merely to get out of Germany. to America's entry in World War I, aster, and in 1942 was chairman visit by submarine to Algeria in head on the east bank of the Rhine Meanwhile, Stockholm was filled he transferred to the Air Corps, of the War Department Reorgan­ October, 1942, to confer with 35 miles inland to the south of with reports of the chaotic con­ ization Committee which reorgan­ French military leaders. He was Aschaffenburg where a linkup had and served in France during the ized ,he War Department. the first American general to move ditions within the Reich. war as an air officer commanding been made with the 3rd Army. More than 50,000,000 refugees General McNarney's service in onto the continent of Europe. Heavily-censored field dispatches, were reported nulling about e- an Air Group. the War Department has been When the was ac­ according to UP, made it clear that hind the disintergrating German i^ter serving at various Air varied and extensive. He served a tivated on Jan. 5, 1943—the first the German defenses Had been lines, impeding movement of Ger­ Corps posts until 1924, he attended tour of duty with the Military In­ American Army to be formed over brokenwide open along the 200- man troops and imensifying the the Command and General Staff telligence Division of the War De­ seas in this war, General Clark was mile battle line and that the Ger­ confusion. School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., partment General Staff, and was given the command. He established man retreat had become a rout ex­ and was an honor graduate in 1926. later on duty with the War Plans numerous training schools in North cept ir the densely built-up area of General McNarney was graduated Division. He was deputy Chief of Africa, including the invasion the Ruhr Basin. ITALY FRONT Staff, serving under General George training center, engineering and from the Army War College in 1930, C. Marshall, from March, 1942, to tank destroyer schools, an airborne (Continued f¥bm Page 1) and was assigned as instructor at October, 1944. training program, and leadership Textile Study Planned the college from 1933 to 1935. He left the War Department on and battle and field officers' train WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 (UP)— enjmy personnel and carried out He played an important part in Oct. 23, 1944, to become deupty Su- ing centers. The War Department announced other activities. the establishment of GHQ, Air premj Allied Commander Medi­ On Dec. 8, 1943. ;wo months after today that nine American textile Meanwhile, action on tbe Italian Forces, and of the Army Air Forces terranean Theater, and Command­ the Salerno Bay landings, President executives will go to Europe to study ground front continued to be lim­ Combat Command. He served on ing General, MTOUSA. He was Roosevelt personally awarded the the possibilities of using French ited to patrolling, light, scattered promoted to the rank of lieutenant Distinguished Service Cross to and Belgian textile mills and the U. S. - Canadian Permanent general on June 15, 1942, and General Clark in Sicily for the clothing. Factories to produce U. S. artillery ana sman arms fights. Joint Board of Defense, and as- Some hostile artiiierj shells fell. _J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_^^_ holds the permanent rank of major General's direction of the destruc­ Army equipment. The group will in 5th Army forward areas. On tb*fs d n drawing UP J°lnt Plans general. tion of six tanks during one phase remain in Europe two or three right flank, one German was killed for the defense of Canada and the General Clark was given com­ of the action. months. and an enemy machmeguii was cap­ tured durjng a patrol clash. In bhe centra* ,-ector, 5th Army artillery LI L ABNER (Courtesy ol United Features, distributed thru ON8) By AL CAPP opened fire, after some digging and ,,Vg 1 irovement was observed in the m- HAfjf QUESTIONED EYiRY ITS THE SUREST THING I _ YOU HEARD MY QUESTION, EH-? eir areas, and several fires and EVER OET ON rP~&urr-H/tf BUT YOU'RE MOTIONING TO ME explosions were reported from tic- ONE OF THE 69 NATIVES Of — IT tSNT SURE ENOUGH YETJ7| THAT THERE'S SOMETHING OOGI-WCH-AND EVERY ONE 1%*. A*K THAT * ' WRONO WITH hind xi.e German lines. On the *eft AGREES THAT YOUNQYOKUM FANTASTIC CREATURE MUST GET CAUGHT ON YOUR TONSILS, m flank, an enemy patrol was driven SAplE HAWKINS DAY^/*"^ *OLB MAN MOSE» — off in the Serchio Valley and i THEY SAV HE'S AH—H tr— __. NEVER mm — A NOTE.^T ^xiied patrol, running into heavy • \^ WRONG/^ enemy fire, was forced to with­ draw. On the 8th Army front, a com­ pany of G-erm&n attacked near Cotignola out were repulsed, and nortl1 of Route 9. naar where che m M*> Faenza-Bologna railway crosses the Senio, string enemy artiiiery. mor­ tal and aebelwerfe. tire was *e- ported early last night. 2LL. fexa^C^h^ S9^/%RI9VQBfPrRI PES ^MEDITERRANEAN^ Vol. 1, No. 278, Thursday, October 5, 1944 ITALY EDITION TWO LIRE 1st Gains Through Siegfried Advances Five Miles;, Apennine Push Goes On Artillery Fire Heavy SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDI­ 5th Braves BROUGHT BACK ALIVE TIONARY FORCES, Oct. 4—Tanks and troops of the U. S. 1st Army today made more hard-won, limited gains Mud In Drive in the drive through the Siegfried Line north of Aachen. Bitterest fighting was last reported raging in the On Bologna Palenberg-Ubach-Merkstein sector, three battered ham­ lets between Aachen and Geilenkirchen and just short of five miles ADVANCED ALLIED ahead of the poin£ where the 1st Army assault jumped off three days FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ago. Oct. 4—Fifth Army Ameri­ The advance, at a point where the Siegfried Line is particularly can infantrymen, driving strong, was being slowed by intense fire from heavy artillery and mortar batteries and from well-fortified pillboxes—plus rain and mud. out of the mud-cratered Ap­ Although field dispatches said that American troops had battled ennines, today lopped off past the concrete fortifications of the Siegfried Line and out into more ground and are now only 15 relatively open country protected mountain miles from their Bologna by hastily-constructed defenses objective. and tank traps, there has been no fsuli Prods Bulgaria substantiation of accounts that the On the Adriatic sector, the 8th extensive enemy "West Wall" had Army still was stalled on the south­ been breached in force. ern banks of the-rising Fiumicino To Withdraw Troops River, eight miles from Cesena, Focal point of the new offensive first large Po town on Highway 9. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (ANS)— against the Siegfried Line is within Advancing on both sides of the Secretary of State Cordell Hull 40 miles of Cologne, heart of the main Florence-Bologna road- irodded Bulgaria yesterday to Rhineland. Correspondents at the Highway 65—the 5th made gains speed the withdrawal of Bulgarian front have reported that the Ger­ of from one to t*>vo miles on a 17- roops from Greece and Yugoslavia. mans have -recruited civilian wortc mile arc of offense against Boche He said at a news conference "we crews to extend the western de­ defenders who still had enough an't help but notice reports that fenses all the way to the Rhine. punch left to counterattack. But Bulgaria doesn't seem to be in any At the northern end of the 1st artillerymen, aided by clearing hurry to get the troops out." With­ Army front, armored outfits oper­ skies, held enemy road movements drawal of these forces, it was ating around the Dutch town of to a minimum, learned, is one of the terms being Oberloon have run into intense AT By late last night, leading ele­ prepared for the former Axis satel­ gun opposition and many AP Hl.IiE'S A LiTALE UNBELIEVABLE something that happened mines, while Lt. Gen. Courtney ments of the 5th were just south above the Debreczen railyards in Hungary during a recent attack by lite. of Boschi, three and one-half miles Bulgaria asked for an armistice Hodges' southern wing was meet­ Mediterranean-based planes. But despite the giant flak hole the ing increased German artillery fire off Highway 65 and 15 miles from crew was able to bring her back. (Photo thru PWB) Sept. 8, immediately after Russia Bologna. There are several 2,000- declared war on her. from beleaguered Aachen and re­ foot mountain peaks to make the However, the European Advisory newed counterattacks in the Stol- next five miles very tough going; Commission is still working on berg-Rotgen sector. but the ten last miles will be less Red Army Joins Forces armistice terms. Asked what was In Holland and northern Bel- mount0''nous. causing the delay, Secretary Hull (Continued on page 8) (Continued on Page 8) said terms were in process of prep Wirh Tiro On 'Fourth Fronr' aration. MOSCOW, Oct. 4 — The Red report the sinking of three addi­ As far as they have been com­ Al Smith, 70, Dies Last Group Of Allies Army has now joined up with ad­ tional troop transports in the Gulf pleted, it was reported elsewhere, vance units of Marshal Tito's for­ of j Riga. the terms put Bulgaria back within ces near Petrovgrad, Yugoslavia, her 1939 boundaries. Slices of Bul­ After Short Illness Back From Bulgaria according to the newspaper, "Red UNDER RUSSIAN COMMAND garian territory claimed by Greece Star," as the so-called "fourth SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 4 — De­ are said to be left as Bulgarian NEW YORK, Oct. 4—Alfred E. MAAF HEADQUARTERS, Oct. 4 front" against Hitler continues to claring that Bulgaria's national for the time being, with the pos­ Smith, 70, "Happy Warrior" of the —"Operation freedom" of the 15th develop in the Balkans. sibility left open for readjustment Democratic party for half a cen­ Air Force was completed yesterday task is to join with the Allies in This is the first Soviet report of sincere loyalty and energetic co­ at the peace conference. tury, four times governor of New when a C-46 of the Air Transport actual contact between Russian York State and 1928 Presidential Command landed at a base in Italy operation, the Bulgarian War Min­ There is no specific provision for candidate, died early today at and Yugoslav lines, although Mar­ ister, Petro Staynov, told Reuter's reparations as in Rumanian and with 24 injured airmen from Cairo, shal Tito last Thursday had grant­ Rockefeller Institute Hospital. who were evacuated from prison correspondent here today that the Finnish armistices, it was under­ Dr. Raymond P. Sullivan, his ed the Red Army permission to Bulgarian army, at the request of stood, beyond the clause that camps in Bulgaria by way of enter Yugoslav territory—and on physician, previously said the for­ Turkey. the Soviet command, has been Greece and Yugoslavia, which have mer governor's condition was not Monday had announced that his transferred to the command of suffered most at Bulgarian hands, They were the last of the 342 troops had established direct co­ serious, although the patient had* Marshal Tolbukhin, commander of can raise the question later. Allied personnel who crossed the operation with Soviet forces. not responded to treatment "as the Soviet Third Ukrainian Army. (Continued on Page 8) border into Turkey on Sept. 10 in Today large mechanized forces well as had been expected." The the first phase of their repatria­ of the Red Army are moving in nature of his illness was not de­ tion after Bulgaria capitulated. toward Belgrade, capital of Yugo­ scribed. Smith entered the hospi­ Some were on crutches and tal late last month for a rest suf­ slavia, from the east and ?north- McQuinn's Homer Bears Others still wore bandages. They east, Reuter's correspondent says. fering from heat exhaustion. were not boisterous, but all of them The official Russian communique Tammany Hall ran Smith for wore happy smiles. reports the capture of Reghin and Cards in Opener, 2-1 governor in 1918 and he defeated One technical sergeant, a pho­ Gov. Charles S. Whitman. He suf­ other places in southern Transyl­ start, giving up five hits in the tographer on a Liberator shot down vania. R H E fered his first political defeat two over Ploesti, who had part of a heel first three innings, but settled down Along the Baltic sectors of the years later when Nathan L. Miller amputated in a Bulgarian hospi­ Browns 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0-2 2 0 to pitch unbeatable ball the rest front, the cutting of Riga's entire was elected to the governorship, tal, said he had been given no Cards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 7 0 of the way, allowing only two hits sea communications is in progress (Continued on page 8) ether for the operation, after the third. as the last step in the Soviet cam­ ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4—George Mc­ started and gave paign following the capture of the Quinn's towering with the Browns their only two hits, re­ Army To Distribute Long-Lost Luftwaffe island of Dago. Gene Moore on base in the fourth tiring for * a pinch hitter in the The Russian fleet and marines inning and the flexible soupbone seventh. Syl Donnelly relieved and Huge Zipper Surplus Makes Appearance are active in this campaign; they of Danny Galehouse were the big held the Browns hitless the rest WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (ANS) — WITH THE 5TH ARMY, Oct. 4 difference as the Browns slapped of the way. Ten mililon zippers recently de­ —Luftwaffe bombers pulled sev­ Weather Lifts, 15th down the Cardinals, 2-1, in the clared surplus by the Army Quar­ eral nuisance raids over 5th Army first game of the all-St. Louis 1944 The play-by play details follow: termaster Depot will soon become rear areas last night, their first Heavies Kit Munich World Series. 1st Inning available, for civilian use, the Treasury Office of Surplus Property appearance since early September. MAAF HEADQUARTERS., Oct. 4 McQuinn's wallop sent the BROWNS—Gutteridge popped to The raiders appeared only to be —The 15th AAF pulled out of a Browns into a two-run lead which revealed today. Marion at short. Kreevich fanned. Slide fasteners which have been operating singly or in pairs be­ "bad weather" forced vacation of never seemed in danger until the Laabs fanned. No runs, no hits. tween long intervals, throughout eight days' duration today to strike last of the ninth inning when sold back to original manufacturers the night. Beaufighters went up, with strong forces of heavy bomb­ got his second CARDS—Hopp flied to Laabs in will be reprocessed and then chan­ but reported no kills. ers at rail yards in Munich. Ger­ double of the game, went to third left. Sanders fanned. Musial singled nelled back through regular trade 5th Army's radio station went off many, and at numerous rail points on an infield out and scored on through the pitcher's box. Walker sources to manufacturers of wear­ the air with the pungent warning: on the Brenner line and other lines pinch-hitter Ken O'Dea's long fly Cooper flied to Kreevich in center. ing apparel, luggage, etc. A sizeable "Hold your hats, boys, here they leading into Italy. Crewmen report to center. No runs, one hit. quantity will also reach retail store Come!" good coverage at Munich, Galehouse was wabbly at the (Continued on page 8) counters. Page 2 THE STARS AND STRIPES Thursday, October 5, 1944 CofC, AIR FORCES' RUGGED NEW NIGHT FIGHTER

Of Wage Formula WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 — The Chamber of Commerce of United States and the National Associa tion of Manufacturers today urged the War Labor Board to retain the Little Steel wage Stabilization formula to prevent an inflationary spiral that would increase the na tional debt. Eric A. Johnston, C. of C. presi dent, said the debt is "already threatening to grow to unman­ ageable proportions," while NAM president, Robert M. Gaylord, warned that "the U. S. treasury; | Viil take a loss on virtually alii reduction in business profits re­ sulting from higher wages." Both men said they favored high peacetime wages. They were the NEWEST li. S. PLANE to appear in Europe's skies is the P-61 Black last group to be heard on breaking Widow, pictured above. Equipped with secret radio-detection devices, the Little Steel formula, the WLB the P-61 is armed with cannon and heavy calibre machine guns. 0. S. Combat Pilot disclosing it would not extend Officials Expecting % (PWB Photo) hearings for representatives of far­ mers, educators, local and state Scarcity Of Cigarets ir government employes, white collar New P-61 Black Widow groups or people living on old age WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (ANS)— WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 — Gen. or retirement pensions. The nation's Gurrent scarcity of Henry H. Arnold, Commander of U. S. Army Air Forces, announced RESULTS OF TEAMWOEK cigarets may get worse before it Tops In Night Fighting gets better. today that the Army now has Johnston said that the Ameri­ WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (ANS)— sufficient pilots for present com­ can team of labor and manage­ Federal experts indicated yester- The P-61 Black Widow night Broncos To Be Oscar bat needs. ment had produced more and dis­ daj that increased purchases by fighter, a fast and heavily-armed He said the training period for tributed the fruits of their joint the Armed Forces will make the aerial powerhouse crammed with To Hoss Op'ry Actors the present class of student pilots labors more equitably than any­ cigaret supply picture even tighter secret radio equipment, today was HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 4 (ANS) will be increased by five weeks. where else in the world, but wage in the fourth quarter of the year hailed by the Army Air Forces as By this action graduation cere­ a "constant source of horror" for —Because the Academy of Mo­ increases now would handicap con­ October through December. tion Picture Arts and Sciences monies in which advance students sumer goods industries in provid­ enemy aircraft and ground instal­ receive their wings and appoint­ Cigaret consumption on the lations. never has recognized tnem, play­ ing postwar employment. whole has been soaring by leaps ers in movie horse operas have ments as flight officers or second "War has brought increased As Air Forces spokesmen said lieutenants are postponed from and bounds, not only during the that the appearance of the plane decided to reward themselves for profits for business and increased meritorious performances. Oct. 16 to Nov. 20. The new sched­ income for workers," he said, "but war years, but for the past decade, in both the European and Pacific ule affects all phases of under­ and most manufacturers are be­ theaters assures the Allies of added In place of Oscars, they will let's remember that we are borrow award "broncos," plaques of a graduate pilot training including ing against the future and that as lieved to be near capacity output. protection against enemy bombing wagon wheel with a buckL.g preflight, primary, basic and ad­ a nation we will have to pay in However, the situation is not so and strafing during night opera­ horse superimposed on the hub. vanced. Ten weeks is. the normal the future. The thing J want to serious that federal officials see tions, and pro\ides them with the These will go to the best picture, length of each of these phases. emphasize is that we "cannot af­ any need for rationing. Currently latest weapon, developed exclu­ best actor and actress, best. i Via San Brigida (across and malicious libel" on his charac­ the problem that stumped the penetration, infiltration by immi­ nun San Carlo Opera House)—i.000 BAGNOU ter. Touhy, now imprisoned at League of Nations, he said in an gration such as was done by the iO 2200 ARC ENLISTED MENS CLUB: 084£ Stateville Penitentiary, has on file interview, and it looms again. Nazis in South America, secret JEWISH ALLIED CLUB: Via Tarsia to 2100. in Federal Court a suit in which Woolsey, legal adviser to the. (near Piazza Dante)—1100 to 2000. ARC OFFICERS AND NURSEi he seeks 500,000 dollars damage. fortifications of mandated terri­ CLUB: 0845 «to 2100- State Department during Work? tory and the like. Are these not GI BARBER SHOPS War I, at present is a member of modes of aggression?" ARC OFFICERS CLUB: Piazza Ca- LECCE the editorial board of the American He pointed out that it was ag­ •ita— 100C to 1830 ARC ENLISTED MEN'S CLUB: 100C Labor Meeting Society of International Law and gression by a major power that ARC ENLISTED MEN'S CLUB: Via to 2200. LONDON, Oct. 4—Conversations ARC OFFICERS CLUB: lflOO to 2200 legal adviser to the Pan-American started both world wars. "3Sw new -.rmando Diaz—0800 to 1345. between British and Russian labor Union. organization must punish ore ' Sta PX ENLISTED MEN'S SHOP: Via union leaders began here yester­ •.rmando Diaz—0730 to 1730. SAN ANTIMO "So far the question of what is and prevent aggression among r i - ARC PALM TEREACE CLUB: 48 Via day, with the Soviet union delega­ aggression seems to be one of the tions by giving s-A*xft notice to the Koma—1300 to 2100. tion headed by Vassali Kuznetsov, imponderables — no one has ad offender, regardless of the streng.u OTHER ATTRACTIONS chairman of the Russian Trade AQUARIUM: Gate at Piazza della SANTA MARIA vanced an adequate definition," he j and resources of that nation," he /ittoria—0900 to 1600. (admission 20 ARC ENLISTED MEN'S CLUB: 080C Union Council, Reuter's news said. He pointed out that while j said. * * lire) to 1900. agency reports. f age 4 THE STARS AN© STRIPES , October 5, 194* THE STARS AND STRIPES (MEDITERRANEAN) UP FRONT By Mauldin (ITALY EDITION) Daily newspaper of the V. S. Armed forces pnfeasaed Monday through Saturdays for troops in Italy. Offices: Editorial, 7 Angiporte Gaileria, foot of Via Roma, Naples, editorial telephones 15748 and 10660; Officer in charge 54W8; Circulation, If Via San Carlo, telephone 16660. Acknowledgement is made of editorial services supplied by United Na­ tions News Service, Army News Service and PBS Monitoring Service. The Stars and Stripes is printed at the plant of Q Mattino, 1 Angi­ porto Gaileria, Naples. fr-oL 1, No. 278 Thursday, October 5, 1944 NAPLES—Sometimes, in Italy, it rains. Sometimes, the sun shines, the birds sing and flowers bloom. Sometimes, to break up the day, letters like the following arrive in the daily mail. Sometimes, to break up letters which turn up to break up the day, we insert parenthetical Correct Usage AR 605-115 thoughts, also like the following: Dear Editor: Dear Editor: Dear Shershow: In our orderly room there has As trying to make any sense out arisen a controversy over this point of the plans for release of men is I hope that you accept this broil­ of correct usage. Does correct usage like making a jellyfish stand at ing with the fateful innate accept­ call for "whom" or "who" in the attention or getting a cook to eat ance that any fowl anticipates re­ following sentence: "We gave ci­ what he throws at you, I hereby ceiving before going to the barbe­ tations to (whoever-whomever) de­ offer the following topic to be cue pit. In one of your recent arti­ serve them." cles you slightly ignored one of —S-Sgt. Fred Parker worked over: Of an enlisted man's 30-day per year furlough privilege the Lord's better pieces of natural Correct usage requires "whoever." the unused portion expires auto­ architecture and actually slurred —Editor matically at the end of the year over the magnificent beauty of whereas the officer's guaranteed Sorrento as though it were another High Finance leave is cumulative up to four years. hot dog concession on Coney Is­ Dear Editor: In effect, immediately prior to land. (What's the matter with a Is Al Capp, the L'il Abner crea­ discharge, the enlisted man might hot dog concession on Coney Is­ tor, slipping in his mathematics? be able to use up his 30 days for land?) In the Sept. 21 strip the situation that particular year, but the of­ I have just returned from a leave concerns a character paying 5,000 ficers will get a leave for the total that I gloriously spent at Sorrento dollars a word for advice. At this unused leave time for the pre­ and next to Heaven there is noth­ "He's pretty sore. He says we didn't even try to ketch his orderly." rate the expression: "Have a cigar vious four years on full pay and ing on earth that compares to —For Free!! They're very good." allowances, immediately after it, and that takes in all of para­ would not cost 45,000 dollars. Al­ which they will be released from disical Brooklyn. though the situation is quite fan­ tastic, at least our friend, Al Capp, the service. Just Another With Just Two Exceptions, should multiply correctly. Under wartime conditions, this is nothing but a "concealed bonus Spot On The Map —Cpl.. B.R.K. for officers, and I feel that if How can you, my broken down Capri's A Terrific Deal enough bitching were done, en­ typewriter commando, dare to gaze By Cpl. BOB MEYER island dry, but usually they satisfy over the phenomenal waters sur­ Worse'n Death! listed men would get the same deal (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) their thirst within three days. Dear Editor: —T-5 E. F. A. rounded by mountains that the CAPRI, Oct. 4—There are just "Along about the fourth day the I read a Mail Call letter in which delicate hand of Mother Nature men settle down and decide to see Pvt. Arthur J. Utzinger makes the and the artistic guidance of mil­ two things which could be improved at the 15th USAAF rest camp on the island. suggestion that married men who Bitter Peace lions of years of elements worked "A new restee, We've noticed, in­ desire to stay overseas for the Army Dear Editor: on and have the nerve to sit down this fabled island, if the standard gripes are to be believed. Gripe variably is the first one down te of Occupation be allowed to bring I have just read Morgenthau's and tell an audience of GI char­ breakfast at 7:30. He hasn't be­ their families over here. Gentle­ Peace Plan for Germany, and have acters all over this peninsula that number one: Not enough women— it was just another spot on the the current ratio is five to one. come accustomed to the privacy men, I am 36 years of age and still decided it takes the cake. He only of a hotel room, or sleeping in a single, but who in the devil wants omitted "plowing up the ground map as far as you were concerned. Gripe number two: Only two help­ ings of food per meal—no thirds. bed with a comfortable mattress to bring his wife and children over­ and sowing it with salt" to bring I can easily see, Sershow, that and clean linen. seas? I wouldn't insult my worst us up to Roman standards of 202 you are a dweller of the concrete That's what Lt. Col. Carl E. Woodward, New Orleans, La., com­ "The second morning he goes to enemy that way and if I were mar­ BC. How about killing off all the canyons of Manhattan wherein the breakfast much later, and by the ried, I wouldn't insult my mother- first born males as a sort of coup sight of a tree causes violent asth­ manding officer of the rest camp, matic fits of sneezing. Allow me found recently when he made a third morning he just gets in un­ in-law that way either. de grace? Mr. Morgenthau has hit der the line. The remainder of his Pvt. Utzinger, may I ask if you a new low in modern politica1 to pity you, my poor routine col­ personal survey among departing umnist, who finds that in order to restees. Otherwise, everything is stay he usually sleeps right through? are crazy? thought. breakfast. —Cpl. William H. Harris —Cpl. Peter J. Carter fill in a two-inch column of three honky dory. mornings per week he will wreck During the past year the colonel OFFICERS AND MEN the very works of the gods. (Who, has played host to thousands of "The spirit of comradeship which me?) battle weary soldiers from privates exists between the officers and en­ But do me a favor, or rather to four-star generals, and Winston listed men who are accustomed to do Nature a favor. Let the GIs go Churchill heads his list of civilian flying together is good to see, too. see for themselves the wondrous guests. He told the story of a typi­ Of course, in keeping with Army PUPTEn&«PETS beauty of Sorrento and let them cal restee's reaction as he sat in regulations officers and men eat write to you and tell you what they his headquarters overlooking the and sleep in separate quarters. But. think of it. sea. often they go sightseeing together I am quite sure that when they GAY COLORS —that is, along about the third or 'Phone Call "Your Guy" return that you will be lynched fourth day. Hello, hello, yes . . . this is Ann, You and I shall never part— or hanged or forced to live in Italy "When a fresh boatload of men see other soldiers on shore wearing "When they first arrive they Who's calling, if you please? The clouds may gather and the the rest of your natural life. (Not seem glad to be able to get away Why, Frank; That's great . . . It's rains might fall, without a General Courts-Martial.) a variety of carnival hats and beach sandals a strange, puzzled expres­ from one another, like married wonderful And your crazy heart may tumble people who want a vacation from You're home from overseas! off the wall. You'll Take Back sion comes over their faces," the colonel said. "They seem to say, each other. But after awhile darned But, you'll still hold on to me, Those Harsh Words if they don't gravitate toward one I hope your furlough's nice and Tho' you'll often wonder why— 'You'll never catch me going I know that you have much around like that.' But we know another again. I suppose that's a long, And I, in my serene complacency fine tribute to the spirit of team- Will go on being "your guy." better soulful qualities than those different. We know most of them We'll need to celebrate. of ignoring the vastly beautiful will be sporting the brightly col­ play. What's that . . . We're having blue Yes, I'll be around, and so will you "Funniest thing of all, though, Happiness shall again abound when you see it. There isn't a doubt ored headgear and comfortable champagne? in my mind that you have the is the way some fellows (try to stick I simply cannot wait. In those dreams we knew. footwear before the day is out. inner seeing eye of your soul "Usually restees follow a very around after their furlough is over. So, write me that you're finished trained to a fine point of focal They stay out of sight of the boat We must do all the spots in town, And that you no longer care— familiar pattern. Since there is a discrimination and that if you re­ greater degree of freedom in the until it leaves, then come running The "Ink Spots," the Duke, and That the vows you've spoken turn to Sorrento you too will admit up to the dock, all out of breath "Monroe," Have vanished in the air— camp than in a bivouac area the if not for publication but for what men aim to let off some steam. and pretending disappointment at Well put a thousand dreams on That you played the game and now is ls/t of your conscience that the having missed it. They usually get ice you're thru, inexplicable natural beauty of Sor­ Right off the bat many make a fooled, though, because there are Before you have to go. And you're sure, I won't know what rento has no rival on the face of pretty good attempt to drink the always several motor boats anxious to do! this earth and that in its quiet to take the laggards out to the ex­ We'll find our same old haunts and Yes, put it all in writing, heavenly simplicity its wondrously cursion , craft. have Wield your devastating pen, glorious splendor shall radiantly 'Eroica' On Program "It's flattering to know the men* Oar same old good night chat. And I shall laugh it off, my dear reign till Broadwr- is merely red enjoy themselves enough to want (I'd never dream up anything —'til we dust and the Grand Canyon At Palm Concert- The Mediterranean Symphony to stay with us; and the way they To half compete with that!) Meet again! nothing but another water hole for come back for more indicates that —Pvt. Norb Leveronne prehistoric beasts. Orchestra, in its fourth concert at the Palm Theater tonight at the gripes about the scarcity of You've what? . . . You've bought Sorry if I have nailed you too women and no 'thirds' on food gardenias! 1930 hours will give two works sel­ Music At Night hard but someone has to stick up dom heard in Naples, "Romeo and aren't serious enough to keep them Especially for my hair? for Nature (by all means) and one away," Col. Woodward said. Why, Frank, you're tod extrava­ Boys and girls are dancing, Juliet" of Tchaikovsky and De­ must defend the works of the Great bussy's "Festivals." gant; In the house across the way, Lord or else one will face that per­ But how the girls will stare And the music and the laughter Remainder of the program, pre­ Has a sound that's w&rm and gay. dition of infernal fury of being sented by the Special Service Of­ Hull Birthday At you, done up in Army khaki categorized as blind on not sighing WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—Secre­ And medals on your chest; fice, Hq., XII AFSC, includes Ra­ Light spills from the window; in awed amazement at Sorrento. vel's "Pavane," Mendelssohn's tary of State Cor dell Hull, who has And me in some divinely gorgeous I wait beneath the moon, (All I could bring up was a feeble Bright, red. evening dress! "Fingal's Cave" overture and the held that position longer than any To watch the couples dancing gulp. I'm your man, all right.) "Eroica" symphony of Beethoven. other secretary in history of the To a sprightly polka tune. Thanking you for taking it like Cpl. Robert Lawrence is the con­ nation, celebrated his 71st birth­ This gay soliloquy could have Boys and girls are smiling, a man, and praying that you re­ day yesterday. He had no plans By, far, a gayer ending, ductor. Their glances soft and bright— print that article for your soul's Admission is free to British and for formal celebrations. He has If Frank were really on the 'phone And here's an alien soldier sake and the paper's continued American enlisted men, and the been in good health for the past And I weren't . . . just pretending, Who remembers much tonight. well being. Yours, fee for officers and civilians is year, one of the most eventful of —Pvt. Frank Luzzi Jr. —Sgt. Virgil Scott —M-Sgt. S. PERZOVSKY 50 lire. his political life.- Thursday, October 5, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES **age 5 THE ROYAL NAVY'S AEGEAN COMEBAGC British Guns Hammer Germans Find Escape Path Of Destruction Much More Difficult Back To Greece Than Conquest (The following dispatches by a and Kapsali harbor looked remark­ Stars and Stripes reporter with ably peaceful after the night battle the British Royal Navy are the which saw our craft sink five Nazi first eye-witness accounts of the ships. work done by the Royal Navy in Brooklyn John informed us the blasting a path back home for the Greeks and of life on the little German garrison of 150 left the island of Kythera, just south of island the 4th of September. Only the Peloponnesus in Greece, which about 125 were able to travel. Ky­ was taken over by British com­ thera partisans took care of the mandos on Sept. 15.) remainder. The partisans also blew up two Nazi escape craft, forcing the Germans to send their air By JAMES A. BURCHARD cover and fresh ships. (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) Thanks to the three years of KYTHERA, Greece, Sept. 29 German occupation, Kythera was (Delayed)—The trail to Greece— back to cave man methods of bar­ the Royal Navy trail—is an un­ ter and trade. Money was worth­ broken graveyard of blasted- Ger­ less. German printed bills up to five billion drachmae were given man shipping and dead Nazis in us for two cigarettes. Before the clear blue waters of the Aegean war this bill was worth ten thou­ Bea. sand pounds. Now 25 billion drach­ Today we rest in Inkapsali Har­ mae equal one pound. bor, Kythera, only a few miles south of Peloponnesus and the Political and monetary problems Greek mainland. Last night 520 were the toughest nuts for the miles to the east along the hilly British commandos to crack when coast of Scarpanto Island, our two they took over Kythera on Sept. destroyer attacking forces discov 15th. Politics in particular, said ered and utterly destroyed five Capt. W. Davis, adjutant, London, German ships apparently chugging was one helluva problem. to a sanctuary. Everybody Came These -five ships now reposing "When a shell burst, she broke into great roaring flame.*' in Davy Joens' locker, are symbolic To Welcome Them of Nazi craft attempting to evacu "They came from all over the ate to myriad islands in the Aegean. the ships picked up five vessels in spewed lead over the Terpsichore raked her and 4.7 shells set her island to welcome us," said Davis. Harried and pounced upon by air­ the immediate vicinity. and Termagant. One burst pierced aflame. Nothing was left above the "It was a political mess. Each fac­ plane carriers, destroyers and many Commander Alfred C. Behague, the motor launch of the Termagant surface, so we departed. tion accused the other and many other units of the Royal Navy, the captain of the Terpischore, went and wound up in the storage room We proceded along the north Greeks were whisked away before Germans are finding departure into action. He called for star for meat. But not a man on either coast of Crete. No cheering by the we got control. It's still a big mess." much more difficult than their shells. Almost before-the men on destroyer was touched. crew. No unnecessary talk. Just the Reports were that the original sweeping conquest of Greece and the bridge could stuff cotton in For the destroyers it was meth­ task of war done swiftly and clean­ Greek population of eight million Crete in 1941. their ears, the B-gun roared, then odical, deadly work. Frenzied Nazi ly as possible. It was impossible was cut to five million by starva­ roared again. Star shells chased craft scattered in a futile attempt to estimate the casualties, but the tion but there was no evidence of Black Of Night the night away. to escape destruction. The destroy­ German dead probably exceeded malnutrition on Kythera. "This is­ No Cover For Krauts "There's one of them," yelped a ers worked up and down the Scar­ 100. land was self supporting. There was The black of flight was no guar­ lookout, pointing to a black, oblong panto coast sinking the enemy, one no bread, but potatoes, fish, goat antee of safety for German craft object. for one. When star shells ran short, milk, olives and lamb. There was sneaking northward with supplies "Open fire," ordered Commander huge searchlights ferreted out the soap made from olive oil. With and men. Precise instruments, star Behague. Nazis. Inevitable-Gent money worthless it was now up to shells, that turn night into day, That was the start of one hour The first three ships were easy the British to establish a suitable and amazingly accurate British and 15 minutes of almost continual prey. Once hit, they sank swiftly. From Brooklyn barter system. naval guns have transformed their bombardment. Mostly 4.7 guns and Caique No. 4, was evidently loaded The provisional barter plan gets nocturnal withdrawal into a night­ Bofors handled the job. At times with oil and ammunition. When a KYTHERA, Greece, Sept. 29 you three pounds of rice for 12 mare of annihilation. the range was so close the 20 mm. shell struck, she burst into great (Delayed) — To a visiting reporter, eggs, three pounds of sugar for 15 The story of our two destroyers, boys peppered enemy craft. roaring flame. Vari-colored tongues Greece is singularly reminiscent of eggs, three pounds of flour for six Sicily and Italy. There is the in­ sister ships, the HMS Terpsichore It Was An Eerie, of light leaped skyward from her eggs, 20 cigarettes for eight eggs, and Termagant, are typical. belly and exploding ammo added evitable gentleman from Brooklyn. four-and-one-half pounds of rice Dawn was just breaking when Awesome Spectacle to the 4th of July spectacle. She In this case he's John L. Leftheris for three pounds of lamb, seven- the Terpsichore and Termagant, It was an eerie awesome spec­ burned for fully half an hour be­ who lived in Brooklyn 12 years and and-a-half pounds of flour for commissioned less than one year tacle. A mile and a half distant— fore a final explosion tore her to worked as a waiter at the Com­ three pounds of lamb, one-and- ago, departed from port at 23 knots. often less than that—you realized bits. modore Hotel. one-fourth pounds of rice for The original orders called for rou­ men were being blasted, burned to Precedmg the direct hit, little John met us as our motor three pounds of potatoes, nine tine patrol along Crete. But mid- death or drowned, as the concen­ dots of yellow were observed going launch grounded on the beach. pounds of rice for three pounds of afternoon brought new directions. trated punch of the two modern over the ship's side. They were We were the reporters honey, seven-and-one-half pounds They were instructed to look in on destroyers lashed out at them. electric bulbs affixed to life belts. to put foot on Greece proper which of sugar for three pounds of honey, Scarpanto first—just in case. A German Caique 2-F-lighter, and But all the Nazis didn't escape this island is considered as it is three pounds of rice for 24 pounds It was dark just before 9:00 two smaller craft were doomed from the Caique. At least one Ger­ only ten miles from the Pelopon­ of onions, and three pounds of o'clock when the two destroyers from the start of the action. They man gun was still firing when the nesus and generally is regarded as sugar for 45 pounds of onions. circled to within five miles of Scar­ were hopelessly trapped, hopelessly inferno enveloped the ship. A annexed to the Greek mainland. Italian Troops panto and got down to serious out-gunned. Some fought back searchlight picked up the last con­ We had just finished an Aegean Here Once, Too business. In the next few minutes voy member, an F-lighter. Bofors petrol in two British destroyers frantically. Their 20 mm. guns Brooklyn John took us to the town of Kythera, six kilometers up the side of the mountain. Many of the people talk Italian, for the Italians also had occupational U. S. Gals In Civvies Arrive To Work In Rome troops on the island. One Greek girl told us she did washing for By Sgt. TOM McRAE as it is a bitter pill. There are the Italians. The Italians were (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) only 11 of these girls and the fact very nice, and her sister married ROME, Oct. 4—It's really true, that about that many more are an Italian soldier, she said. But expected any time doesn't help the Germans kicked her in the Live American girls who are civil­ rear when the washing didn't suit ians and wear civilian clothes have the situation much. The girls re­ them. veal that the American soldier, arrived in Rome. A squadron of Greek Partisans Unfortunately, they were not who has the reputation of being a paraded for a movie cameraman sent over to boost the morale of smooth operator, has been guilty with us. They were a villainous- th° Army. They came over to work, of serious fumbling. looking crew, replete with bando­ and from 8:30 to 5:30, six days a Prying further into the personal leers across the chests and all man­ week, they serve as secretaries in affairs of one of them, it was ner of firearms. Their wine—ban­ the Allied Control Commission of­ Eugenia Marion Hazel Anne ana wine—was enough to kill the found that only two GIs had asked toughest veteran. fices here. Neglia, New York City, did not eat in an Army mess and C ra­ for dates. One American soldier is with a Eut, happily, they say they are realize how great poverty was in tions and powdered eggs are al­ Several of the girls are of Italian task force occupying Kythera. He willing to devote a lot of their parts of Italy, or how badly dam­ ready well known to them. They descent and are mistaken by GIs is Cpl. George Stathis, who was spare time to the Army. aged by the war many sections are. have no complaints about the for Roman Belles. The GI, with born in Greece and now lives in They waited a long time before Miss Eugenia Shepherd, of Nash­ food. In fact, Miss Hazel Lund- Brooklyn. The corporal is attached being sent here. Why-would any­ ville, Tenn., had been in Italy berg, of Muskegon, Mich., says she great cordiallity, will say in his best Italian: to the British Commandos as an one come over here voluntarily? only a few days when she met a has gained eight pounds in the interpreter. Most of them give "adventure" friend in the Air Corps who had three weeks she's been here and "Come sta, signorina?" With George interpreting, we and "patriotism" as their reasons. been shot down over Ploesti in the is looking for a way to reduce. The gin will reply, in perfect spent a pleasant hour with the They feel that it will be a "broad­ first raid on the important Ruma­ Asked to comment on the beauty English: Partisans. Their leader said they ening experience" and at the same nian target. ana symmetry of the Roman fe­ "I'm fine, How are you?" started with knives only. Then they time help the country. The girls signed up for no defi­ male, some of the girls from The GI, flabbergasted by this ambushed seven Germans and ob­ Miss Marion Holm, Santa Mon­ nite length of service but there was Shangri-La were rather cool and outburst of excellent English, tained a machine gun and rifles. ica, Calif., was impressed by the a tacit agreement that they were reserved in their remarks, hinting doesn't recover until the girl has Business progressed apace. Their "tranquility" of Rome. She had to stay at least a year. Like many that possibly anyone who spoke walked several paces past him and leader regrets there are no more imagined there would be many a GI, they have begun to miss too glowingly of them had been another opportunity to create a Germans oh Kythera so he and his signs of war here and was sur­ very much such things as a hot overseas too long. beautiful friendship has been followers now go to the mainland prised to find so few. Miss Anne shower and a glass of milk. They This has been saved to the last muffed. to find more Germans. Page 6 THE STARS AND STRIPES Thursday, October 5, 1944

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W L_JS= CAVC J_l,-- I ! Thursday, Oetober 5, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 7 MAYBE THE FLAK SUITS LSAKFD Reel Wings, Hypos In PoloGroy ncfsTilf Four Teams Fight For Championship; 5th Army's Star-Studded Nine Favored The NATOUSA world series bringing together four clubs which won playoffs in their respective zones in the Mediterranean Theater, is scheduled to get underway today at 2:30 PM at the Polo Grounds. Representatives of the Corisca "Redwings,'' Adriatic "Hypos," North m .Africa "Skyhawks" and the Tyrrhenian "Travelers," 5th Army con- | itestants, met with PBS Special Service Section officials yesterday and I completed arrangements for the tournament which will be run on a [double ehmination basis. Impressive ceremonies have been planned to usher in the meet which will establish the Theater's baseball championship. Beginning at 2 o'clock, contestants in playing uniform, accompanied by man­ agers and officers-in-charge will gather in the center field area for flag; raising ceremonies. High offi- igers Beat jiars cials in the theater, including CoL Leon T. David, chairman of the Allied Sports Commission, are ex­ In War Bond Clash pected to take part in the exer­ BROOKLYN, Oct. 4 (ANS)—The cises. Brooklyn Tigers of the National PRO HURLER STARTS , Football League -Ihe opening day's game will pit EVEN FLAK S13ITS didn't help this group of guys when they tackled a bunch of Britishers in a soccer the Red Wings against the Hypos. game at Bari recently. They still lost the game. However, previously they h;,d taken the English lads defeated the Both clubs have had impressive re­ over the coals in a Softball game, so matters are pretty much even. The Americans, playing under the Service all- cords ^throughout league play and name of Liberandos, entered the game prepared you see, they drafted tfe* chaplain, and- he probably Stars, 48 - 14, are at full strength for the se­ hasn't heard the last of it yet. last night be- before 31,000 ries. Bill Sample, Middletown, f ans who bought Ohio, pitcher who formerly twirled 3,500,000 - dollars for Montreal in the International worth of War League and is the property of the Okay, All You Slugging Servicemen! Bonds to wit­ Brooklyn Dodgers, has been given ness the game. the starting assignment for the Sid Luckman Sid Luckman, Corsica entry. Dave Livingston, Oct. 23 Deadline For Tourney Entries former Chicago Bear passing star Wheatland, Pa., will be behind the bat. The Hypos will pin their hopes Get ready all of you aspiring GI i trants, are planning on a week- hoiu*s before each fighter's initial and now an ensign in the Mari­ time Service, was the whole show, or* either Lester Lind, Brainard, pugilists. You have just 19 days long tourney to determine the local bout. No weight allowance will be Mich., or Fred Holdsclaw, Duncan, given. tossing 49 passes geed for' 276 in which to get in your applications champions. Okla., for the Tyrrhenian Zone elimina­ Unofficially, the fighters will The Tyrrhenian Zone is under yards. Luckman completed ?A of tions of the second gigantic Ailied weigh in upon their arrival at their the sponsorship of the British the tosses. On Friday, the Skyhawks clash Boxing Carnival for the champion­ training camps in order to give Army with Lt. Col. E. P. Warner, with the Travelers again at 2:30 ships of the Mediterranean Thea­ ~j,mp officials an approximate the Zone committee chairman, and Pug Manders scored two touch­ PM. The losers of the first two ter. Midnight Oct. 23 has been set number of mon in each weight di­ Capt. G. W. Schollick, the 1942 downs for Brooklyn and Joe games will battle it .out Saturday as the deedline. vision. The official weighing in, British Army middleweight cham­ Carter, Ken Fryer, , Don at 10:30 AM while the two win­ Actual competitions in the eight however, will not be held until six pion, secretary. , McDonald and Charlie McGibbon- ners will meet in the afternoon at classes, both amateur and profes­ ey one apiece. Bill Paschel, former 2:30 o'clock. sional, win be neld tlie week of Giant star and last year's National TRAVELERS DANGEROUS Nov. 13-20, with two training League ground gaining champ, and Highly regarded in the tourney camps — American and British — ears wm, Lead. Orioles; Johnny Edmonds, accounted for in view of an outstanding season to be set up Nov. 6 to take care the Servicemen's two tallies. and a remarkable performance in of all of the entrants. The Britisb the PBS playoffs, is the 5th Army fighters will train at the British Angels Tie Up PCL Playoffs nine. Every player on the club camp while American and French NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (ANS)—The drew even with Hein, Cuff To Rejoin has had professional experience entiants will' be handled at the Newark Bears defeated the Balti­ their northern California rivals, and headed by Lefty Edgar Smith, American camp. more Orioles, 7-5, in 11 innings in the San Francisco Seals, by cop­ Giants; Herber Ready former White Sox hurler, the ag­ REQUIREMENT! SET gregation may prove the team to Baltimore yesterday to assume a ping the sixth game of their four- NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (ANS)—Mel out-of-seven series, 2-1, in ten in­ beat for the theater's title. In ad­ Entrance regulations are simple. three-to-two lead in games in the Hein and Ward Cuff, all-league Each boxer must print or type his nings. The Seals had won the first center and respec­ dition to Smith, the club has Stan International League final playoffs. name., rank, organization, serial tlrree games of the playoffs, but tively, will rejoin the New York Stencil, who once patrolled left number, age, weight, whether Roy Zimmerman, Newark first the Angels copped a doubleheader Giant*-, of the National Professionai field for the Milwaukee Brewers; amateur or professional, and then baseman, tripled in the 11th in­ Sunday and then added yesterday's circuit, within a week, coach Steve Bill Burick, who guarded third base have his application approved by ning to drive in one run and he victory to force the series into a Owen said today. The veteran for the Phillies; Art Parker, former his commanding officer. Any pre­ scored himself under a fly to cen- final deciding game. coach also added he expected great Chicago Cub and Los Angeles first vious experience including profes­ terfield a moment later. things from Arnie Herber, former sacker; Jimmy Estrada, who for­ sional or amateur record, including Newark tied the game up at 5-5 Green Bay Packer, making a come merly covered second for Holly­ any titles won, is opitional, but in the eighth when third baseman Comeback Planned back with the Giants. wood in the Pacific Coast League. will be an aid in advance publicity. Mike Porter homered with two men "Our club is still in the forma Applications may be turned in to on base. Johnny Podgajny, who re­ For Chilean Boxer tive stage," Owen said, "and I'll either unit special service officers lieved Sam Lowry after Porter's LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (A27S)- be meeting my real squad for the Waner, Derringer or the PBS special serviee offices, blow, was charged with the de­ Boxing fans throughout the na first time this week. We've been Naples. feat. Frank Miller was the victor tion are about to be subjected to playing one group in exhibition To Tour Overseas RECORD NUMBER EXPECTED after hurling the final five innings. Arturo Godoy again. Al "The Vest' games and practicing with an NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (ANS)— Out on the Pacific Coast, the Weill, manager of the Chilean other." Paul Waner, Yankee outfielder, The Tyrrhenian Zone includes and Paul Derringer, Cub pitcher, the PBS area, Rome Allied COK> heavyweight who lost twice to Cuff retired last year but was have volunteered to go overseas to maad, Kesw (quarters Command, Al­ Joe Louis said Arturo would be lured back into the fold, while lied Force, Headquarters Command Barons Sign Snyder back again in a few weeks to take Hein will take time out from his entertain troops immediately after SOS NATOUSA, and thb Replace­ BIRMINGHAM, Ala., (ANS) — another crack at the title, if' a duties as head coach at Union Col the World Series, it was announced ment Command NATOUSA. This Frank (Pancho) Snyder, star match with some "recognized lege, Schenectady, N. Y. -Herber, today. , former ace includes all British, French and catcher for John McGaw in the holder' could be arranged. one of the league's better passers hurler, and Jimmy "Ripper" Col­ American troops as well as any early twenties, signed to managed "I sent for a plane, and. I ex in past seasons, was reported in lins, onetime Cardinal first sacker, other Allied servicemen in the tiie Birmingham Barons of the pect him' to lea^e as soon as he good physical shape for the cam- are also on the touring roster. area. Southern Association next year. can get a passport," The Vest said. •aigr. "There's plenty of good These four will serve as replace­ The competitions will be held in Snyder caught for the Giants in Although no fights have been def­ throwing left in his arm," Owen ments for Billy Jurges, Giants* Naples, but the actual site has not 1921, 22, 23 and 24 when the New initely signed. Weill said he has told reporters, "and since under­ , , of the yet been determined. Officials, an­ Yorkers won four straight pen­ made overtures to promoters in taking training, he's dropped about Browns, and Vernon "Lefty" Go> ticipating a record number of en­ nants. New York, Chicago and here. 15 pounds." mez. Vitamin Pills Helped St. Louts Teams, But Hot Dodgers ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4 (ANS)— This mins themselves. But you can't the pace they held during the last- Louis railroad station yesterday who would command his services will be remembered not only as expect even a vitamin pill to help two weeks of the American League and grabbed three cabs for Giant for the series by announcing: 'Til the year that the Browns copped a '44 Dodger. campaign they will have a good owner Horace Stoneham, mana­ carry the bats for the home team." their first pennant, but also as a chance to defeat the Cards in the ger Melvin Ott and several New Incidently, Bobby hopes the year of the "Vitamin Pill Series.'' Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 77- series. York newspapermen. As the fleet Cardinals will remember him when Sam Breadon's been feeding his year-old high commissioner of The Yanks' boss said that no­ of .axis palled away from the they split t!i3ir swag because the Cardinals the multiple vitamins for organized baseball, will miss his body doubts that the Cardinals station, Eddie spied Branch Brownies have already voted him years and they have won three first series since he took over his have an outstanding ball club, but Rickey and Leo Duroeher stand­ a chunk. straight pennants. Don Barnes took job in 1920, because of illness. that if the Browns get the same ing in the rain looking for a the tip from his Mound City neigh­ Although his illress is not seri­ pitching they have been getting taxi. Eddie rolled down the Don GutteriJge, Brownie sec­ bor this spring and ordered pills ous, the judge will not travel and for the past two weeks, they will window and shouted at the ond sacker, took great delight for his team and look what hap­ has appointed Ford Frick, presi­ be hard to stop. drenched Dodgers: in reminding Branch Rickey that pened—a streetcar series. dent of the National League, Will "Well, well! It looks like the he would cover the keystan« sack Ir. fact, a bunch of Dodger fans, Harridge, president of the Ameri­ Edward Thomas McGonigle Giants finished ahead of the for the junior circuit o^amps appalled at what was happening can League, and Leslie O'Connor, Brannick, genial secretary of the Dodgers again." during the series. It seems thai to their Bums, passed a resolution his secretary, to represent him. New York Giants has, like his when the reverend was running that Rickey ought to buy vitamins fonder pal Larry MacPhail, blos­ Bobby Scanlon is strictly neutral the Cardinals he packed Don off for his Dodgers, but remembering Joe McCarthy, maurger of the somed into a beautiful hatred for in the Series. He totes the bats to Sacramento and told him he Rickey's reputation for frugality, New York Yankees, said yesterday Branch Rickey. for both the Cards and the Browns would never make the grade as they chipped in and bought vita­ that if the Browns can maintain Eddie whipped out of the St. and he solved the dilemma as to a major leaguer. Page 8 THE STARS AND STRIPES Thursday, October 5, 1944 B-24s Bomb r-nnrtps* if malted Features* By AL CAPP Viral Port In Bornec ADVANCE HEADQUARTERS SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Oct. 4- The important Jap-held oil port of Balikpapan in Borneo was raidec for the first time Saturday when a force of over 60 Liberators drop­ ped 74 tons of bombs, heavily dam­ aging installations and starting large refinery fires, today's com­ munique announced. A power plant was also hit by the raiders who damaged a 2,000- ton ship spotted in the harbor and knocked down seven of 30 enemy Interceptor planes. Three Allied Air Bombing Opens Professor Perkins Helps 1st Army Advances bombers were lost. The communique described Ba­ likpapan as "the most lucrative Dyke On Dutch Isle Assisi Keep A Tradition Through Siegfried target in the Pacific" and said ad­ LONDON, Oct. 4—At high tide By Pvt. ED HOGAN fiscated their funds several years (Continued from page I) vance of Allied bomber lines had yesterday, 12,000 - pound bombs (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) ago. Last year, they were arrested, gium, the British 2nd Army and now brought the major fuel center, from RAF Lancasters blasted the ASSISI, Italy, Oct. 4 — This taken to the Fascist prison in Pe­ the Canadian 1st Army have again with its storage capacity of over dyke at West Kappelle, allowing sleepy little Italian town, high on rugia for three days and four 3,000,000 barrels of aviation gaso­ the water to flood the Dutch island improved the salient toward the a hillside o-erlooking the broad nights and subjected to a display Rhine after a lull of 24 hours. The line and lubricating oils, into of Walcheren where Nazi heavy and beautful Umbrian Plains, for­ of Fascist brutality. bomber range. British have made more gains west guns and defense posts formerly got the wr today, long enough menaced Allied shipping moving up Fascists are reported to have of Nijmegen and on the western Meanwhile in Washington it was to celebrate in all its pomp and sacked their villa near Florence revealed new operations against the Estuary toward Antwerp, an pageantry "he feast" day "of its side of the corridor around Her- and stolen the professor's collec­ togenbosch. Welsh infantry have the Japanese had been planned at Air Ministry announcement said | patron saim and founder 0f the tion on Italian paintings, one of a conference of high U. S. Navy today. Franciscan Order, St. Francis ot the finest in the world. When recaptured the village of Reusel at .officials recently concluded. Crews reported the explosives Assisi. Italy declared war on England, the base of the Dutch corridor Conferees included Secretary of left a 200-yard gap in the dyke, Before the war, many Americans Fascists painted huge swastikas and other advances have been Navy James V. Forrestal, Admiral and as they turned for home in- made this day in Assisi a "must" and decorated the walls of their made north of Antwerp toward Ernest J. King, Commander in rushing waters were already on their Italian itinerary. The tra­ Assisi gardens with obscene filth. Holland by Polish armor and in­ Chief of the U. S. Fleet; Admiral spreading over the island, most of dition wasn't broken today, for fantry with the Canadians. Chester Nimitz, Commander in which was reclaimed, below-sea- Prof. Mason Perkins, distinguished "When Mussolini got to Rome Chief of the U. S. Pacific Fleet; level land. U. S. critic on the history of Italian and Fascism became a military To the south and opposite the Admiral Raymond Spruance, Com­ art, was on hand as he has been party, the Fascists became abso­ Saar border, the U. S. 3rd Army Meantime, an announcement re­ lute gangsters," Prof. Perkins ex­ mander of the U. S. 5th Fleet, and vealed a Sept. 23 bombing of the so often in the past. Approaching has tightened its hold on the Ger­ other officers. 71, this scion of an old New Eng­ plodes. Pointing out that Musso­ man garrison still holding the Dortmund-Ems canal, described as lini was Adolf Hitler's teacher, he "the most important attack on land family has been in Italy on French fortress of Metz by storm­ and off since 1891. • said that "this war started with ing and capturing Fort Driant, German communications thus far" Fascism, not Nazism. Fascism is Germans Surrender which left that important water The professor left his native Bos­ the foulest thing on earth." major strongpoint in the city's de­ link dry along many miles of its ton at the tender age of 18 months fense system. To Finnish Troops bed. for Japan where he stayed five Italy's present generation, he says, can be discounted- for it Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's troops, STOCKHOLM,'Sweden, Oct. 4— More than 1,000 heavy American years before returning to the U. S. whc have now gone through their About 1,000 Germans have surrend­ heavy bombers, with fighter escort, to begin his education. Later, he "was morally kidnapped at the age of five." The postwar education first 24 hour period in weeks with­ ered to the Finnish army near the carried on the strategic bombing went back to the Far East, this out a German counterattack, have Swedish-Finnish border about 5 yesterday, pounding a Daimler- time to China, where he stayed problem in Italy will be the most serious, he advises. His premise also pushed ahead in the Vosges miles north of Tornio, the "Afton Benz factory at Gaggenau, tanks nine years. He first saw Europe east of Nancy. works at Nurnberg, and airfields and Italy When he was 17. But it is based on the argument that bladet" correspondent reports. Italy will need new books and The U. S. 7th Army has The Finnish Prime Minister, at Lachen, Speyerdorf, and Giebel- was not until 1926 that he began stadt. Eleven bombers and 13 to spend virtually all of his time teachers to instruct the younger continued its drive northeast of Urho Castren, said in a broadcast generation in Italy the way of free­ Epinal to capture several more last night that Finnish troops are fighters are missing from the at­ in the little home just 15 minutes walk from the great cathedral of dom and democracy. small villages. carrying out the interment of Ger­ tack, which aroused no Luftwaffe interception. St. Francis where the frescoes of mans remaining in Finland "in Giotto, founder of Renaissance speediest possible way." painting, dot the walls. The war hasn't treated him and McQuinn's Homer Beats New York To Paris his wife kindly. Mrs. Perkins is AL SMITH DIES NEW YORK, Oct. 4 — The first the former Irene Vavasour Elder, plane has arrived in Paris from Cards In Opener, 2-1 (Continued from page 1) a well known art critic in her own (Continued *rom Page 1) Verban threw out Moore at first. New York to link the two cities in right. Mussolini's Fascist mob con- a direct air service established by 2nd Inning No runs, not hits. the U. S. Army Transport Com­ BROWNS—Stephens was thrown CARDS— went but Smith came back in 1922 and mand, the National Broadcasting Allies Use German out by Mort Cooper. Moore walked. out, Christman to McQuinn. Ku­ beat Whitman again. Company announced yesterday. McQuinn flied to Litwhiler. Christ- rowski flied to Laabs. Litwhiler His other gubernatorial victories Marks At Par Value man fanned. No runs, no hits. walked. Kreevich went far back to were over the late Brig. Gen. LONDON, Oct. 4—Sir John An­ CARDS—Kurowski flied to Kree­ take Marion's long fly. No runs, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Ogden derson, Chancelor of the Ex­ vich. Litwhiler fanned. Marion L. Mills. no hits. HULL PRODS chequer, answering a question in doubled to left. Verban got an in­ 7th Inning As Democratic presidential nom­ (Continued from Page 1) the House of Commons, said yes­ field hit, Marion holding up at BROWNS—McQuinn fouled out inee in 1928 he made his 21st and terday that Allied forces in Ger­ third. Mort Cooper popped up. No to Walker Cooper. Christman also last campaign for public office. many are using Allied military runs, two hits. After his defeat he accepted the It appears unlikely at this point fouled out to the Cardinal catcher. marks circulating at par with the 3rd Inning Musial made a nice catch of Hay- presidency of the Empire State that there will be any Allied mili Reichsmark. He explained that the BROWNS—Hayworth was out, Building Corporation and later tary occupation of Bulgaria, al worth's fly. No runs, no hits. rate of exchange used for military Kurowski to Sanders. Galehouse CARDS—Bergamo, batting for branched out into business life as though Allied troops will demand purposes, including computing the walked. Gutteridge flied to Hopp. a director on a dozen or more Verban, waited out a . freedom of passage. pay of troops, was fixed at 40 Kreevich popped to Walker Cooper. boards. Secretary Hull was also asked at Garms batted for Mort Cooper and marks to the pound sterling, and No runs, no hits. rolled out to McQuinn, Bergamo When Smith reached the apex this news conference about the 10 marks to the«dollar. CARDS—Hopp singled to right. of his political climb in 1928 he ouster of' the Allied Military Mis taking second. Hopp flied to Kree­ Sanders singled to left, Hopp vich. Sanders lined out to Mc­ faced four personal issues—he was sion from the Bulgarian capital stopping at second. Musial sacri­ a devout Catholic, member of by the Russian commander. He said Quinn. No runs, no hits. ficed both runners a base, Gale­ 8th Inning Tammany Hall, anti-Prohibitionist the matter has been straightened APENNINE PUSH house to McQuinn. Walker Cooper and product of the East Side. The out, and that it was a misunder­ (Continued from page 1) was walked intentionally. Kurow­ BROWNS — Donnelly took the campaign was one of the bitterest standing of no special importance. ski fanned. Litwhiler forced Sand­ mound for the Cards. Garms went ever fought, largely because of un­ Presumably he said, the officers ers at third. No runs, two hits. to second in place of Verban. spoken words that accompanied it. will return to Sofia. In the center of the 17-mile at­ 4th Inning Galehouse was thrown out, Marion tack perimeter, Highway 65, 5th to Sanders. Gutteridge fouled out BROWNS—Laabs was thrown to Litwhiler. Kreevich fanned. No Army infantrymen after capturing out. Stephens flied to Musial. runs, no hits. Monghidoro advanced two miles be­ Moore singled to right.''McQuinn What's A Little Trouble yond the town. Here they were 16 hit a home run over the right field CARDS—Musial rolled out to miles from Bologna and receiving screen, scoring Moore. Christman McQuinn, unassisted. Walker When A Gal Wants AGuy? good air support from TAF fighter- was thrown out by Kurowski. Two Cooper was thrown out, Stephens bombers. runs, two hits. to McQuinn. Kurowski singled to YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Oct. 4 Police said Miss McLeod re­ Other 5th Army troops, on the left. Fallon batted for Litwhiler (ANS)—A 19-year-old Irish girl CARDS—Marion flied out to counted "an amazing" story of her right flank of Highway 65, ad­ center. Galehouse tossed out Ver­ and rolled out, Stephens to Mc­ who has been trying to marry an flight and subsequent entry into vanced 1,000 yards north of Cam- Quinn. No runs, one hit. American serviceman—any Amer­ ban. Mort Cooper fanned. No runs, the U. S. She said that six months peggion after capturing and mop­ no hits. 9th Inning ican serviceman—for nearly three ping up the town. BROWNS — Bergamo took left years was held for immigration of­ ago she persuaded two American 5th Inning Army officers to hide her in a Strong enemy counterattacks BROWNS—Hayworth went out, field in place of Litwhiler for the ficials today on charges of illegally were repulsed by the 5th Army coffin and fly her in a bomber Kurowski to Sanders. Galehouse Cards. Laabs was thrown out by entering the U. S. Aug. 11 on a Britons on the right flank of the Donnelly. Stephens went out, Ku­ Victory ship. from Belfast to Scotland. was out, Marion to Sanders. Gut­ central Apennine front in an area teridge was thrown out by Mort rowski to Sanders. Moore was The girl, auburn-haired Elizabeth "There I met a merchant marine which has turned, in the past week, Cooper. No runs, no hits. called out on strikes. No runs, no McLeod, told police here that from Youngstown, Ohio, who fell from protective to operationally CARDS—Hopp popped to Gut­ hits. while in Ireland she became en­ in love with me," she told police. active. Positions on the dominating teridge. Sanders walked. Musial hit CARDS—Marion doubled to deep gaged to eight soldiers and four "He and another sailor smuggled terrain betwen Mount Cavallara, into a , Gutteridge to centerfield. Bergamo went out, sailors — "not all at once" — but me aboard their Victory ship in six miles off Highway 67 to Forli, Stephens to McQuinn. No runs, no Gutteridge to McQuinn, Marion never became a bride because pros­ a sailor's uniform." But she won't and Mount ilAlto, scene of bitter hits. taking third. O'Dea batted for pective grooms were always trans­ marry the merchant marine with fighting two ays ago, have been 6th Inning Donnelly and flied to Kreevich in ferred before expiration of the six whose family she has been staying strengthened. Troops here are at BROWNS—Kreevich Was thrown center, Marion scoring after the months waiting period which binds because "I've found a soldier I the rear of Germans fighting the out by Marion. Laabs was called catch. Hopp flied to Kreevich. One American servicemen overseas, like better," she explained. 8th Army on the Adriatic front. out on strikes. Stephens walked. run, one hit. THE "MEDITERRANEAN Vol. 2, No. 13, Friday, November 24, 1944 -mi&gm*^pr'**assSgr - IXALY EDITION TWO LIRE ii -aasaaass SPOTLIGHT IN NORTH Allies Closing Around 50,000 Nazi Troops War In Air Butcher's Customers Americans Changed Old Custom BUFFALO, Nov. 23 (ANS) — Flares Over One hundred of butcher Robert Reported In Anderson's customers reshaped their plans for Thanksgiving Strasbourg East Front dinners yesterday. Anderson V told police that after much effort SHAEF, Nov. 23—Allied LONDON, Nov. 23—Serial he had acquired some 1,400 aspects of East Front fight­ pounds of turkey, and reserved forces in eastern France to­ ing flared up yesterday in them for his best customers. But day tightened their pincers thieves broke into his shop and around an estimated 50,000 actions directed at German cleaned out the dressed gobblers. and Bulgarian forces over a Anderson said he couldn't re­ Germans caught between place them, "not for a million the upper Rhine River and wide range of territory in dollars." central Europe. the Vosges hills west of Strasbourg. While Marshal Tito's Yugoslav With the American 3rd and 7th THE NORTHERN SECTOR of the long Allied West Front, as- planes bombed railways around Armies driving toward Strasbourg enemy sources said—the British 2nd Army today launched five tank Rogatica, Yugoslavia, and blew up from the northwest, and with the and six infantry divisions on a wide front. British infantry was an enemy train on the Trieste-to- Polish Troops Score French 1st Army moving up from reliably reported to be within four miles of Venlo, and had Pola line (in German-held Italian the south, forward elements of the secured territory in the bent' of the river a few miles west of territory), Liberators and Light­ nings of the 15th AAF bombed and Gains Near Faenza Franco-American forces were with­ Roermond. in 30 miles of a juncture. glide-bombed the narrow-gauge AFHQ, Nov. 23—Probing ; ahead line from Sarajevo to Brod. against stubborn German resist Unconfirmed frontline reports Russian Stormoviks maintained ance, Polish troops of the 8th said that advance elements of the continuous strafing and close-range Army registered the most sizeable American 3rd and 7th Armies had 500 Inmates Riot, bombing raids over East Prussian advance on the Italian front yes­ entered Strasbourg. roads. terday when they drove to within Meanwhile, Juncture of the 3rd Above the city of Budapest, four miles of Faenza, 31 miles and 7th Army forces occurred at Hungary, Soviet "Yak" planes have southeast of Bologna on Highway 9. Sarrebourg and snipped off a four Fire Rome Prison mile pocket within the greater Al­ (By A Staff Correspondent) shot down 75 planes from the Inflicting heavy casualties on the newly-reinforced Luftwaffe operat­ enemy, the Poles pressed ahead lied pincers. An unestimated num­ ROME, Nov, 23—Between 500 and 600 Italian civil prisoners, loose ing in that section. from Piano, which was captured ber of Kraut forces were trapped in a cell block of the Regina Coeli Prison here, are still continuing to Through mud and heavy rains, Tuesday, to take S. Mamante, Ori- in this action. hold out against authority tonight, after firemen fought a four-hour the Red Army continued its ad­ olo and S. Biagio. At one point they The Germans were . counterat­ prisoner-set blaze and carabinieri sought to curb the rioters with rifle vance toward Budapest, taking a are less than four miles from the tacking sharply in the face of the fire. number of places, including Jeget- important Forli-Bologna highway. Allied advances. French troops of solok and Heredzye. In the capital, Patrol actions and artillery duels General de Lattre de Tassigny's Late this afternoon, the Italian superintendent of the prison, itself, according to Reuter's news 1st Army, whose sensational break­ Domanico Donati, announced that the rioters would be starved into featured the day, on the 5th Army agency reports, the Germans are front, where the tactical situation through of the Belfort Gap high­ submission. This was the decision of the Italian government, which preparing for the "showdown" bat­ lighted the latest Allied offensive, Allied officials emphasized, is* — remained unchanged except for a tle by blowing up the city's princi­ few local gains on the right flank repelled vicious counterattacks on solely in charge. pal buildings and preparing sand­ both sides of their claw probing Rioting has been going on for of the line. Indian troops, in this bagged machine-gun posts for sector, occupied some important up toward Strasbourg from cap­ five days, but it reached storm pro­ Pacific Air Patrols street fighting. tured Mulhouse. portions today, virtually turning high ground north of Modigliana, the famous centuries-old Rome All of the province of Macedonia which has been in Allied hands for A particularly strong Nazi coun- prison into a battleground. Late Hit Jap Transports in southern Yugoslavia (not in­ nearly a week. terassault was thrown back in the today, the 142 prisoners held by cluding the part of Macedonia that The Germans continued to lay vicinity of Belfort, General Eisen­ the Allies were removed, and to­ WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 — Al­ is in Greek territory) has now been down strong artillery * concentra­ hower's headquarters reported and night Italian prison officials began lied aircraft under Gen. Douglas cleared of Germans, Marshal Tito tions along Route 65 and In the most of the city was reported to evacuate all non-striking pris­ MacArthur's command ranged said today in his communique. vicinity of Perretta. (Continued on Page B) oners in preparation for a show­ over the Southwest Pacific yes­ Correspondents in Moscow quot­ In the Adriatic sector, 8th Army down. terday, attacking, airfields and ed by Reuter's believe that the Red patrols continued to clear enemy At a late afternoon conference shipping in the Philippines, in the Army action now directed at clear­ rearguards south of the Fiumi Australian Airlines with prison officials attended by ing the last pocket of Germans off Uniti Canal and now stand approx­ Dutch East Indies and New the Estonian island of Saaremaa Under Federal Rein Col. Charles Poletti, AMG regional Guinea areas. imately four miles south of the director, and Lt. Col. John R. Pol­ (Oesel) is the first step in a new large town of Ravenna on the main SYDNEY, Nov. 23 — Bombshell Air patrols attacked an airdrome Russian drive aimed at Germany's lock, AMG pj&lic safety officer, and enemy shipping at Davao and coastal road running north from was the term applied by Federal Poletti outlined the Allies "hands northern flank; they do not ex­ Rimini. opposition quarters, members of off" position under the new inter­ shot down an enemy bomber east clude the possibility of attacks on airline companies and the public of of Mindanao in the Philippines. the Reich by sea. Other British troops, on the right pretation given the scope of the In Brunei Bay off the coast of the flank of the Poles in the Mt. Piano the announcement by Common­ Allied Commission in relation to island of Borneo, Allied heavy Bombers from the 15th AAF cut sector, reached a road fork a few wealth's acting Prime Minister the Italian government. He said bombers damaged two Jap trans­ a rail bridge today at Doboj, Yugo­ hundred yards south of Fugna and Francis Forde that the Common­ the Italian government was fully slavia, and damaged another at wealth will permanently take over aware of its responsibility, and of ports of 6,000 and 10,000 tons. Ene­ virtually cleared the Cosina River all interstate airlines. my bivouac and supply areas in Zenica. • loop to the northwest. course would be given full cooper­ the Moluccas and and an airdrome The opposition expressed con­ ation by the Allies. on Celebes were other targets hit. cern at what seems to them an Meanwhile, the rioters, in full Four other transports, loaded Nazi Envoy In Madrid initial move towards nationaliza­ (Continued on Page 8) Finns Co Home tion of industry. There are seven with Japanese troops heading for HELSINKI, Nov. 23 — Of the interstate airlines affected. A gov­ Leyte, were damaged or destroyed Gets Boot From Berlin Finnish prisoners of war in the ernment spokesman said statutory near Ormoc, General MacArthur's MADRID, Nov. 23 (UP)—A sen­ Soviet Union, 1,256 have been re­ authority would be set up, perhaps Priorities For Bullets communique says. sation was caused here following patriated, the Finnish radio an­ in the form of a commission to Royal Australian Air Force rock­ nounced today. administer airways. Held Up GI Smokes et-firing Beauforts participated in the German Radio's announce­ the Allied attacks on Celebes. ment that the German Minister, WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (ANS) Additional information on the Walter Zechlin, who has been en­ —Priority of ammunition move­ trusted with the publication of ments was advanced, by Army au­ recent B-29 raids on Shanghai, 4 Families In 3 States! thorities today as one explanation Nanking and Kyushu indicates propaganda books from the Em­ that two Super Fortresses, the first bassy in Madrid during the entire of the cigarette shortage in France. ever lost to enemy interceptors, With the present big push de­ war, has been deprived of his Ger­ Mechanics Is Mechanic's went down during the raids. Both man citizenship. veloping, shells were loaded in­ were lost near Kyushu. GREAT FALLS, Mont., Nov. 23 three children by two other wom­ stead of smokes, resulting in a It is believed that he refused (ANS)—How Lester L. Martin, 34- en and that a third unwed sweet­ "certain piling up" of shipping, it to return to Berlin following a year-old mechanic, started four heart is also expecting. Was explained. New Sunday Edition dispute with thexGerman press families in three states and still Martin's activities allegedly ex­ GIs have been wondering why attache, Hans Lazar. kept the knowledge from his wife tended to Portland, Ore., Bremer­ Post Exchanges in England and in • Of Stars and Stripes Zechlin's case coincides wh#i re­ left FBI agents and the sheriff's ton, Wash., and into North Da­ the French areas back of the ports that the German Ambassa­ office here nonplussed today. kota, but charges that he was liv­ front have to hold off on sales for A new 16-page Sunday Stars Martin is reported to have con­ ing in open adultry with three awhile to all but the air forces. and Stripes will be first available dor to Madrid, Biechoff * Is*at fessed he is the legitimate father other women came as a surprise to Officials here gave assurances that Sunday, Nov. 26, at the circulation present in Switzerland after mak­ of a 9-year-old son and that his Mrs. Martin. it was only temporary and said offices of this newspaper in Naples ing a successful getaway from Ber­ legal wife is expecting another He is under investigation for «o large cargo had been lost. and Caserta lin. child; that he is the father of possible Mann Act violations. Page % THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, November 24, 1944 Reporter Gels Terrific Story THE BEGINNING AMD THE END As Fort Tailspins 9,000 Feet By Sgt. DON WILLIAMS (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) WITH A 15TH AAF FORTRESS WING OVER GERMANY, Nov. 22 (Delayed)— A Canadian Army newspaperman got his story the hard way when he, together with nine crew members of a Flying Fort, survived a 9,000-foot tailspin over the Alps dur­ ing today's large scale heavy bomber attack by the 15th AAF on overcast targets in Austria and Germany. Ron Poulton, Maple Leaf correspondent riding as a waist gunner, was thrown to the floor of the Fort when the plane went into the spin while blind flying home with a broken horizon indicator after participating in an attack on Germany. The Fort, piloted by Lt. Earl Guenther of Fresno, Calif., a veteran of 42 mis­ sions, was feeling its way| alone through the clouds,! having lost contact with the other bombers of the for­ mation, when the spectacu­ lar incident occurred. ' Poulton, whose eyes were glued to the waist gunner's win­ dow, remembers seeing one winj suddenly rear up In front of his eyes before he was knocked off his feet. OTHER CREW WATCHES The plunge took the plane down below the mountain peaks ani to within 1,000 feet of a snow-cov­ ered valley. The Fort was levelled by Lt. Guenther after its 3000- foot drop only after a sudden break in the clouds gave him a chance to get his oearings S-Sgt. Phil Smith of Hempstead I». I., the other waist gunner, wa*- thrown half the length of th:* plane and received a sprained Gross Factory Wages Up Shoulder, Other members of the crew were tumbled from their seats and 71 Per Cenf Since 1 tossed around a bit but escaped WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (ANS)—How has labor, which is now de-; f Injury. They were Lt. Bill Schultz, manding higher wages, made out in wage increases and earnings tti Minneapolis, co-pilot; Lt. Kenneth this war? j Beals, Pima, Ariz., and Lt. Stewart Here are some figures from the government's Bureau of Labof; JDavis, Jr., Ambler, Pa., navigators: Statistics which apply only to factory workers although there are about j Lt. Richard Hudder, Belmont, 16 million of themT BLS says they show average increases obtained by ] Mass., bombardier; T-Sgt. Domin­ factory workers in the eountry as a whole since January 1, 1941. ic Walechl, Carbondale, Pa., flight engineer; T-Sgt. John Stempien. (1) Gross weekly earning (which are earnings before any tax de-| Livingston, N. Y., radio operator, ductions) was up 11 percent. Some and Sgt. Malcolm Hall, Cordova, of the factors making that total N. C, tail gunner. Siarfs are far more overtime and extra QUICK ALTITUDE DROP days of work than were piled up' In another Fort from the same Tf*E HOUSE at top right has a significance. Mussolini, who caused in the prewar 40-hour-week, and' squadron which flew beside Poul­ plenty of headaches in his time, was born in the room just above Soldier Vote Coun incentive pay for added effort on ton 's plane most of the way, T-Sgt the open shutter, something which may or may not have interested .he job. • Joseph P. Maiers, Fairfax, Minn., South African troops as they moved into the town of Predappio. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23 (ANS — Counting of Pennsylvania's (2) Net spendable weekly earn- flight engineer and T<-Sgt. William Also in Predappio is a grave waiting far Benito Mussolini, This ings were up 47 percent for a man V. Johnson, Tampa, Fla., radio op­ walled mausoleum, where the former Puce's father and mother and 300,000 military ballots began yes­ terday in the state's 67 counties, with a wife and two children and erator, sweated out their 50th mis­ son Bruno, killed in the Italian air force in 1941 are buried, holds up 31 percent for the more heavily*, sion. a place ready to receive him. In the foreground is the grave of a with two national legislative seats taxed individual with no depend^ The rest of the crew sweated it German soldier, (South African Film Unit Photo) depending on the outcome. ents. These are the weekly earn-< out with them with Lt. Donald A. Main interest* was centered on ings which the worker carries home Solomon of Miami, Fla., the pilot, the U. S. senatorial race in whic. after deductions have been taken leading the way. With 46 missions Rep, Francis J. Myers, Philadel­ Trom his gross earnings for income under his belt he only had four Anti - Roosevelt Leaders phia Democrat, held a 12,987 leal and social security taxes and tea, more to go and he promised the over senior U. S. Sen. James J percent for war bond purchases. [ boys he'd bring them back safely. He did, although four hours of Urge Harmony In House Davis, Pittsburgh Republican, on (3) Straight time for hourly the basis of the civilian vote. earnings was up two percent. Some the flight were by instrument WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (ANS) of the anti-administrationists, Rep. through weather which the crew Myers polled 1,733,001 and Davis of this increase was due to higher — An end to much of the old E. E. Cox (D., Ga.). He asked in 1,720,914 in the civilian vote. .jay workers get for night work of said was some of the worst in discord between President Roose­ a speech for "harmonious relations which they had ever flown. The congressional seat in Alleg­ which there is far more now than velt and Congress was seen today between the executive and legis­ heny's 29th District where Re­ in peacetime, S-Sgt. Earl L. Franklin, of Hous­ by several legislators, it was re­ lative branches." publican Howard E. Campbell has (4) General wage rate increases ton, Tex., a waist gunner on his ported by the Associated Press. In the past one of the most a lead of 1,056 votes over John 46th mission, was particularly ex­ They based their belief on an vociferous critics of the adminis­ were up 16 percent. This kind of pressive. "Whew," he said when Lowers, Democrat, also will be de­ increase is called across the board apparent reconciliation between tration, the Georgian declared the cided by the soldiers* votes. the Fort dropped gently on to the anti-administration southern Dem­ election a "magnificent personal increase. For example, all «f the runway at its home base, The final results of the Nov. 7 plant workers, high and low paid, ocrats and the rest of the party tribute to the President" and balloting will not be known for a Such a move could break down showed the people's desire for get a flat increase of say ten cents. unity. least 10 days or two weeks, th It averages out at a 16 percent in- Burlington Liars' Club the unofficial coalition of Republi­ time required by the larger coun­ crease for that plant, BLS esti- cans and dissatisfied southerners "It was a fine statement and ties to complete the tabulation oJ mated that 13 percent of this 19 which for two years has fought reflected what a lot of us have the soldier vote. percent general increase in wage Set For Annual Election and often defeated administration been thinking," declared Rep. L. rates occured before the govern* BURLINGTON, Wis., Nov. 33 proposals. The bloc hit its peak Mendel Rivers (D., S. C), also DENVER, Nov. 23 (ANS)—Colo­ ment established its schedule to Selected For Naples tions by employers of government co-ordination between the State described Cox's address as "the restrictions on wage increases in adding that the number of lies WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 — Nev order to keep workers from run­ from women is increasing. Department and Admiral Chester most significaift speech the House vice-consuls at Naples for the Nimitz's Pacific Naval headquarters has heard in^many months." ning off to some other employer. Hulett pointed to the quality of : United States will be Charles H G) prevarications by citing an en­ n the conduct of the Pacific war A note of caution was sounded Rapp and Darthes Speyer. it is The CIO is trying to get rule five try from Alton C. Porter who wrote will result from the recent visit to however, by Rep. Carter Manasc announced here today. Josepff R. broken by asking for a flat IT that one night on the North At- Pearl Harbor, by Joseph C. Grew, (D., Ala.) who commented, "It was Evans will be vice-consul in the centf an hour increase for its steel- lartic the sea became so rougn former U. S. Ambassador to Japan. a nice harmony talk, but grea* Rome office of the U. S. repre­ workers. Since WLB says it wont a movie had to be stopped be­ ~o Edward Stettinius, Acting Secre­ differences of opinion still exis sentative on the Advtsorv Cotmcil break the rule, it is sending ths es use the players on the screen got tary of State, told a press confer- and it is a question whether it for Italy, Ambassador Alexander CIO demand to President Roose~ seasick, *ence here yesterday, means much practically," C. Kirk velt for him to decide, Fids-iff. Nove?«1M»r 24, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 3 THE ENE.W STRIKES, IS STRUCK BACK Wallace Tells CIO Postwar Jobs Vital CHICAGO, Nov. 23 , when he practically was ad­ tense," and the rise or fall of Japan meeting of the association to per­ it crashed on a scheduled flight anti-Semitism, pledging new drives jecting1 assassination of the Czar depends "upon this struggle." mit members to make whatever from Fort Richardson to Ladd for members in the south and ©t tussia." The broadcast further quoted formal statement they desired. Field, Fairbanks. unorganized white collar workers. Saw said in an interview, that the Jap leader as saying that the *a] women are Danakils, Ethi- total strength of Japan must be TARGET: SUPPLY POINT IN RYUKUS opn savages at heart. Before mobilized in this battle in order woen would mate with nim a to "turn the tide in our favor.* Daikil warrior had to prove he He added that this task requires hadulled four men. Our vomen "tremendously heavy responsibili­ areike that." ties on the home front." rs. Rogers, with a smile asked, Tokio Radio, on Sunday, discuss­ *Is eor-ge Bernard Shaw speaking ing the Leyte fignting said that fro personal experience?" "it is absolutely no use merely to *s. Caraway said "women have maintain a continuous flow of to i pugnacious if they are going supplies and reinforcements. The intox business world, for men are replenishment and strengthening pugacious If women are going of our air power alone are th: to cmpete and stay, they have most urgent problems now faced to otdo men." by our forces in the Philippines.' I referring to her own defeat for i-election, Mrs. Caraway said, *T giess I was not very pugnacious Member Of Russian for £ am not staying, but I have cluig to my ideas pugnaciously.' Council Is Relieved R?p. Winifred Stanley (R., N. Y.) MOSCOW, Nov. 23 (ANS)—Mar­ flifffed with Shaw's views. shal Klementy E. Voroshilov, who "Wmen are unalterably opposed long has been close to Premier to ar," Miss Stanley said "U 3talin and reportedly accompaiued the* were more women in policy him to a conference at Teheran, tnalng bodies of government, has been relieved of his duties on ther, would be less possibility of 1 the State Defense Council and has War. been succeeded by General Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Press an­ nounced yesterday. Admiral Killed Voroshilov still remains a mem­ ALGIERS, Nov. 23 — Rear Ad­ ber of the important • nine-man miral Tranier, Commander of Politburo Supreme Communist LITTLE IS LEFT THAT CAN BURN, either afloat or in shore installations here in a Harbor of tne French Naval forces, Casablanca, Party body. No explanation was Ryuku Islands, the chain extending between Formosa and the Japanese homeland, after a stinging has been killed in a motor accident given for his removal from the sweep by U. S. Navy carrier planes. This was once a Nipponese fuel and supply point. At the moment* near Rabat, Morocco* Defense Council. It is smoke and a shamble^ as the planes ride in en the kissetl heme run, (Photo through PWBt. rage 4 THE STARS AND STRIPES Friday, November 24, MM UP FRONT By Mauldin

(ITALY EDITION) Daily newspaper of the U. S. Aimed forces published Monday through Saturdays for troops in Italy under the auspices of the Information and Edu­ cational Section, MTOUSA. Offices: Editorial, 7 Angiporte Gaileria, foot of Via Roma, Naples. Edi­ torial telephones 15748 and 10660; Officer in charge 54068; Circulation, 18 Via |an Carlo, telephone 16660. Acknowledgement is made of editorial services supplied by United Na­ tions News Servce, Army News Service, PBS Monitoring Service and the The mystery of Hitler's where­ United Press. The Stars and Stripes is printed at the plant of II Mattino, 7 Angiporte abouts, at this writing, is not as Salleria, Naples. important now as it is going to be ten years from now. At the present, fol. 2, No. 13 Friday, November 24, 1944 every strategist, every analyst, any­ one who thinks he knows the an­ swer to the current enigma, has come up with an explanation. Some of the observations are quite good, others fantastic. But the solution is now only a short way off. One of these days, It Pays To Advertise you can see that it is only fair to an embarrassed Nazi government have something to do with it. is going to have to produce either Dear Editor: "As I see it now, Massachusetts, I was very interested in a letter Hitler or his body. And the case in which I was born, is one of our will be closed with a typical Nazi written by Capt. George E. Reed excellent States which pays off on the subject of our impressions its dead soldiers by refusing their eulogy: "Der Fuehrer died of a of the Americans and their mode last request of both State and Na­ broken heart for his country." of life, created by the 'drivel' on tion. But will the case really be closed? such subjects as Sinatra, which ap­ "I am sure that all of us 'over For some time to come, after this pear in your various newspapers. here' thank you for helping our pending last act, the world will As a so-called European (I come morale by this most generous ap­ forget about Hitler, They will live from 'way-down-under'), may I preciation of our services." state that Capt. Reed has hit the peacefully in the knowledge that proverbial nail on the head when —Pvt. G. Allen Crawford the monstrous dictator is gone for­ he states that such reports on ever. The world's peace of mind, childish behaviour do and have however, will receive a sudden jolt created the wrong impression of Germany in about ten years from now. your young people, even in far Dear Editor: away New Zealand. I am a very small part of a huge Future News Item "Do retreatin' blisters hurt as much as advancing blisters?" army, and as such, have little or It is only since fighting and mix­ no say in such a big thing as Seen Reopening Story ~ ing with the Yanks have I really "American policy for long range It will begin with a small news discovered the "True American." control of Germany." However, I item to the effect that a man look­ Allies Reveal Some 12,000 But if this opportunity, which would like to comment on Mr. Mor- ing very much like Adolf Hitler, millions will not have, had not genthau's plan for the Nazis. was seen buying an ice cream soda arisen my impression of the Yanks, I won't be alone when I agree in South America. That will set a Italian Prisoners Released formed by screen and press, would that Secretary Henry Morgenthau complacent world on edge again. still have remained at a low has "something" by stripping Ger­ Hitler's presence from South Amer­ By Sgt. JACK FOISIE and wounded is expected shortly. standard. - many of industries. Of course, that ica to London and then back to (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) From other sources it was learned . You are the foremost advertis­ is a large undertaking but not any New York which is the most likely ROME, Nov. 23 — About 12,000 that no Italian prisoners in Russia ing nation in the world and you larger than Germany's second at­ place for any sort of character to Italian war prisoners have been have been released. make an excellent job of every­ tempt at conquering the world. turn up. released by the Allies and returned The spokesman for the Allied thing you advertise, except your­ There is no doubt that total dis­ The Bismark Hotel in New York, to their homeland since the sign­ Commission's Italian prisoner of selves. Why continue to allow such banding of industry in Germany whose business has been very bad ing of the armistice on Sept. 3, war sub-commission, headed by Lt. a wrong impression to be so widely cannot be accomplished, but of late, suddenly announces through 1943, it was learned today from Col. J. A. Campbell, said that the broadcast? —Lt. H. Partonson enough of lt would prevent future its publicity department, that a the Allied Commission. selection of returnees is based on wars. short man with a black moustache, While the majority of those men the following priorities. Dear Sir We people of America should slouch hat and coat collar turned repatriated have been the sick and SICK, WOUNDED FIRST not continue our wholesale policies up over the ears, tried to rent a 1. Sick and wounded from all Dear Editor: wounded, last month for the first of pity ... I grant the German is room in a definite German accent. time almost 2,500 military and over the world. The final judge­ The following is a copy of a let human, but ask any man who has In fact, maintain the reports, he ment rests with a medical commis­ ter I wrote to the Secretary of civilian "specialists" were included. fought against the enemy, and showed up twice. Overnight, the A spokesman said that the return sion operating under the Geneva State of Massachusetts, after read­ he'll say what I say—they aren't Bismark Hotel's rooms are sold out Convention rules for the exchange ing Stars and Stripes: human in the deeds and things apd release of prisoners would and reservations must be made a continue, subject to the availability of sick and wounded prisoners. (Of "I am writing concerning a news they do and have done. month in advance because all of course, under the Armistice all item that was printed in the Their lesson in this war will be New York's detectives, newspaper of shipping and compatible to the country's economy. In October, Allied prisoners were immediately Italy issue of the Stars and Stripes dealt by their conquerors. Let's men and curious population are released.) More than 1,500 sick and concerning the outlawing of a act somewhat like conquerors; for­ anxious to get a look at this man about 4,000 men were returned. wounded Italian prisoners were re­ dead soldiers' vote. I am enclosing get pity for a people who do not with the accent who looks like While under these conditions it turned last month. said article which speaks for it­ know the meaning of the word. Hitler. would appear likely there can be a gradual increase in returnees, the 2. Civilian specialists needed to self. "Experts" will decide the fate of Then will begin an era of inside help in the reconstruction of Italy, "As a combat soldier, may I ask the German nation. Yet, it would spokesman cautioned that "this stories. "Read the true story of depended principally upon the and military specialists who ar© If I may be relieved from duty be­ be something to think about should Hitler's disappearance," will shout needed by the Italian armies fight­ tween the time of casting my bal­ such things be decided by soldiers. amount of shipping space which headlines in magazines. "I saw could be spared from the war ing with the Allies. Last month lot and Nov. 7th? By doing this, it For there is enough intelligence Hitler last week," "Is Hitler really returned civilian specialists in­ would make sure that I would have among service personnel to cope effort," even after the cessation of dead?" "Hitler never left home,"— the war in Europe. cluded 500 Carabinieri and 300 a say in the kind of government I with the situation. other headlines will sing. Any story treasury guards, and more than am liable to die for and I'm sure —Lt. Willis L. Butcher in which the author can say in 640,000 STILL HELD 1,500 doctors and sanitary experts. startling adjectives that he knows According to an official Italian Few of these specialists belonged that Hitler is alive, will sell like government announcement, there to the professional army, and will hot cakes. are 640,000 men still held as pris­ be returned to civilian jobs. oners of the Allies. The United Reports WH1 Fly States is holding 110,000 of which 3. All prisoners 50 years of age On Whereabouts 51,000 are in America; the British, and over who have been confined 350,000; and the Russians, 70,000. in PW camps for two years and Panic will seize every nation. The An estimated 110,000 are either in over, and all prisoners over 60, ex-dictator will be reported in book French prison camps or are unac­ regardless of their term of con­ stores, in libraries, at soda foun­ counted for. finement. Just A Song Ode To War tains, in ships' holds. He will appear More than 500,000 Italians, in­ POLITICAL SCREENING Some men have thoughts that fly Oh, destructive, murderous thing in all sorts of disguises from a cluding forced labor drafts and The spokesman explained that to Heav'n, you be, house painter to an undertaker. civilians, are reported by the Italian the political background of all re­ Winged from earth to celestial Who make men tremble at thought Government agencies will spring government to be in Germany. turnees was carefully examined so blue: of thee, into action and thousands of butch­ as not to allow extreme Fascists ers bakers«and authors all re­ Most of the Allied-held prisoners But mine, my sweet, are lqving Your dreaded shadow cast o'er returned to date have come from or other dangerous enemies of the thoughts of home, the planet, sembling Hitler—in a distant sort Allies back into the country. of way—and all speaking with a North Africa, India, and the Middle Swift from an aching heart—to Engulfs in darkness all those who East and England. Few have been 4. A few compassionate cases, as you. man it; German accent, will be brought for authorized after thorough examina­ questioning before authorities. returned from the United States, Suffering and sorrow you bring although the first shipload of sick tion of the circumstances. Com­ Some men long for wine and untold, Stockholm travelers, who will passionate cases generally have to women, Destroying men both young and old, want to get into this controversy, do with extreme dependency needs, And some for gay and carefree Your deadly fingers widely spread, will sell exclusive stories to Ameri­ Allied Order Lists although now the Allied Commis­ song: You reach for the living and laugh can newspapers. "I was there when sion and the Italian government I long for your caress, your smile, at the dead. Hitler died," they will say. "But it Reich Death Crimes have worked out an arrangement your kiss, —Pte O. Herd, N.Z.EJ. wasn't Hitler. It was his double. LONDON, Nov. 23 — Crimes that whereby war prisoners can make The Fuehrer is alive and well, to­ will be punishable by death are out partial or full allotments of Your happiness—for- these I long. day." their PW pay. Right now, the total —Qapt. Frederick Brundle To Rewrite Men listed in a decree of the Allied Hitler promises to become the Military Commission controlling sum of allotments amount to They talk of bursting, blasting such, greatest mystery of the world. He acts of German civilians in Ger­ some 240,000 dollars monthly, said Genetics Of verbiage the scribes make much, will be buried a dozen times all man territory occupied by the Al­ the spokesman. Our bombers hammered, pummel­ over the globe, and after every lies. They include espionage, use Upon their arrival in Italy, the If scientists could but find a way led, bashed,. burial, he will turn up again, may­ of arms against Allied forces, ac­ returnees are processed in a recep­ To cross-breed hens so they would Our doughboys pounded, battered, be in South America, Spain, Berlin tion in favor of the Nazi party or tion camp and then forwarded lay crashed. or New York, fingering his mous­ any other organization dissolved after a short leave to the position Egg^soufflet—I'm sure they'd find Please show me one with enough tache, trying to rent a room in a by the Allies, illegal possession of for which, in the case of specialists, Everlasting thanks from all man­ aplomb German accent and seeking out arms, posing as a member of the they were repatriated. The sick PWs kind. To really call a bomb a bomb. copies of "Mein Kampf." Allied forces, looting, and desecra-r after hospitalization, are returned • -Cpl. Barry P. Volk —Sgt. George Hakim —Sgt. HARRY SHERSHOW tion of the dead. to their homes. Friday, November 24, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 5 - Moonlight/ Pain MULES HAVE RIGHT OF WAY Cover Road Back By Sgt. BOB FLEISHER (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) WITH THE 5TH ARMY, Nov. 23—The 133rd Infantry Regiment will never forget Mt. Belmonte. Some say it was tougher than Cassino, some say it was the toughest fight they ever had, everyone says it was much too close to hell. After Belmonte, a few miles east of Highway 65 be­ fore Bologna, had been taken and held against repeated German counterattacks, attempts were made to relieve the companies wno had beaten the Germans from the rugged strongly defended ob­ jectives and survived one of the heaviest and most prolonged enemy artillery barrages of the Italian campaign. Slowty, platoon by platoon, the exhausted doughboys made their way to the rear while fresh men struggled Up to the rain-soaked moun­ tain to take their places. The long trip down was as dangerous as the bald, naked crest where the battle never stopped. The men were di­ vided into groups of four or five and, at night, little squads started down the mountain. Lt. Harry Hodgkins of Gardner, Mass., commanding I Company, took off with the last group. There was a little moonlight—just enough so that the four men could see each other. "Tim Derrick said he knew the trail down so I told him to lead,", said Hodgkins. "One of my boys followed Tim, I took the number three • spot and another one of the men brought up the rear." Slowly, Derrick, a staff sergeant from Long Acre, W. Va., picked his way down the narrow slippery trail that he had come to know from his patrols and reconnaissance of the terror-filled days gone by. Just as deliberately, the other three men followed. The thickly-sown mine­ THE GIs IN THE TRUCKS still can't get used to it. Motorized warfare, though, takes a back seat nere fields which the Nazis had left all over Mt. Belmonte presented the as the mules saunter slowly, but saunter at least, ahead of the trucks in the deep mud on the road greatest single hazard to these four on their trip to rest and compara­ above Quinzano on the 5th Army front. (Photo by MUlcahy, APS) tive quiet. The artillery they could;; duck, and they were reasonably certain of avoiding enemy patrols, but the mines— . Secret Air Cannon They're Either Too Young House Studies Plans They descended in silence pick­ ing their way down the trail, cling­ ing to whatever branches were Revealed In Britain Or Too Old In Wehrmacht To Keep Army Read) available and keeping their bal- LONDON, Nov. 23 (ANS)—One By Sgt. RALPH G. MARTIN The breakdown became even WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (ANS) ance on the slick surface with year after it first came into op­ (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) more critical because the Nazis —Told that this nation's Air Force great difficulty. eration, details were officially WITH THE 7TH ARMY, Nov. 21 had long ago pledged that no Uer- will be obsolete within three years, LEADER WAS LOST given today of one of Britain's man division would ever be wined the Woodrum Committee pursued secrets that made the Germans (Delayed)—After a recent break­ Suddenly Derrick stopped. out. Faced with tremendous Battle today its study of how to keep "I'm change their inshore U-boat tac­ through in a small sector of this casualties, the Wehrmacht High the Armed Forces up to date in lost," he said. "I don't know where tics, it is reported by Reuter. front, Army Intelligence officers Command had to reinforce weak­ I am." The men hesitated, search­ postwar years. It called for addi­ The weapon is a six-pounder were interested in the information ened divisions and rebuild de­ tional testimony from Army and ing for a familiar landmark. gun carried in addition to four that there were 250 Nazi dead, all stroyed divisions. With this ter­ Navy officials on how best to set "There is the road down there," machineguns by Mosquitoes of the wearing brand new uniforms, all rific, sudden squeeze on man­ up a scientific research agency Hodgkins said. "We've got to reach Royal Air Force Coastal Command. divided into two age groups: the power, Germany had to do some­ to keep fighting forces modernized that sooner or later. Better head The gun is slung beneath the very young and the very old. thing quickly. in the era of rapid strides in mili­ straight for it." They left the trail fuselage and fires shells in quick These were not just the Johnny- Instead of just picking every­ tary science. that had ended so abruptly and succession as the aircraft dives to Come-Lately scrapings of the body up and throwing them into made for the road. Headed by Rep. Clifton A. Wood« the attack. Since invasion day it Nazi manpower barrel; these were the general replacement mill, the mm (D., Va.) and created to work There were three explosions. 'T has been used extensively against something much more important. Nazi officials played smart propa­ out a postwar military policy, the didn't know what it was at first," U-boats attempting to intercept They were the first crop of a new ganda and created this "Volks" Allied surface craft. committee began its study yester­ Lt. Hodgkins said later, "artillery, movement in , born movement, calling on the people day by hearing Army spokesmen I thought. But when I saw the (?oy Royal Canadian Air Force pilots out of desperation. They were part to save the Fatherland. in the cannon-armed Mosquitoes stress the necessity for continued in front of me and the one be­ of the so-called "Volks" (People's) Under certain conditions, these research by Army, Navy and civil­ hind me, I knew they were mines. recently struck at a surfaced sub­ Movement, the latest Hitler at­ Volks troops are as good as any marine so swiftly that it was un­ other Nazi troops — even better, ian scientists. One doughfoot set off two mines. tempt to form a steady source Speaking for the Army Air He was in bad shape with one foot able to put up a defense, the Reu­ from which to drain replacements sometimes. A 50-year-old man in ter dispatch disclosed. A few a pillbox can do just as much Forces, Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols ""gone and the other one shattered. for frontline divisions, at the same asserted "every piece of equip­ The guy behind me set off the mdnths ago one of six Mosquitoes time organizing the groundwork damage as a 25-year-old, or do third. He lost a foot." shot up an enemy merchant ves­ any one of a thousand jobs behind ment" the air forces now have will sel and a small escort ship within for future guerrilla warfare. be obsolete "within two to three Hodgkins and Derrick froze. The The two classifications of the the lines. range of the enemy airdrome at But infantry combat is another years. To maintain an air fore a later, who was well out in front "Volks" movement are: (1) Volks equipped with obsolete equipment Bergen, Norway. Diving through Grenadier (combat infantrymen) story. The older men just can't of the others, had reached a point clouds from 5,000 feet, one of the take it. They get sicK quicker, tire i5 false security and a waste of a few feet from a stone wall which planes put five cannon shells into and (2) Volksturm (home guard). money." When the Germans were on more easily, surrender faster. led down to the road. "Medics," the escort vessel and three into The mere existence of the hollered Hodgkins. "For God's sake, the bigger ship. their blitzing offensive in the old days, they had a simple, smoothly- Volksturm emphasizes Gen. Eis­ Tim, get the medics." Derrick hit enhower's warning against frater­ Bari Lights the wall and found the road safely. working system for replacement. But as soon as the Russians start­ nization. The German people may BARI, Italy, Nov. 23 — Street BEGGED ASSISTANCE General Bradley's Home ed wiping out hundreds of thou­ throw flowers at us when we enter lights are to be on again here, 'T couldn't move," the Lt. said. sands of Germans, while the their towns, but there will prob­ under an Allied decision announced "The boy in front of me was beg­ Tops Bond Quota Again American-British-French chopped ably be a grenade in the middle. today. It will still be possible to ging for assistance, but I couldn't MOBERLY, Mo., Nov. 23 (ANS) up additional divisions, the Nazi If Germany has ever been to­ blackout the city by throwing a move." The heavy rains of the week —For the second straight time, replacement system broke down. tally mobilized, it is now. master-switch, it was said. gone by had washed most of the this home town of Lt. Gen. Omar mines on the hillside down to the N. Bradley, field commander of stone wall and they were stacked the American armies driving on up against each other every which Germany, exceeded its war bond Palace Kittens As Fala's Playmates way. The four men, except Der­ quota on the first day of the drive. rick, were caught in the middle. The town's quota of 526,000 dol­ "Get your belt around your leg," lars in the Sixth War Loan was Hodgkins yelled. oversubscribed by 50,000 dollars in Would Be Gat's Meow, President Told 'T can't," the man in front who five hours. Last June, Moberly NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (ANS)—If doesn't like cats. But the explana­ this silly superstition once and for Bet off the two mines said. 'T can't went over the top in six hours. a cat can look at a king it can tion failed to satisfy Kendall, who all." move." The Fourth War Loan campaign look at a president, according to said he spoke for all the ailuro- Kendall dispatched a cable to Hodgkins took off his belt and was timed to go over the top on Robert L. Kendall, Executive Sec­ philes of America. An ailurophile, Queen Elizabetn advising her to threw it deliberately. Luckily it General Bradley's birthday, Feb retary of the American Feline So­ he elucidated, is a cat lover. ignore the White House Secretary's landed on the man's chest. "Can 12. ciety. Therefore, he called upon "The White House refusal to ac­ rejection and go right to the top. you get that around your leg now?" President Roosevelt today to coun­ cept Jane and Belinda has nothing The text of the cable was: he asked. The man called slowly Argentina To Start termand the White House Secre­ to do with Fala's likes and dis­ "Extremely interested in your and agonizingly that he could. tariat's veto of an oUer from Lon­ likes," he said today. "It's just an Majesty's kindness in offering thj "How about you," the officer Army Training At 12 don of two kittens born in Buck­ old supersitition that a cat in the kittens, Jane and Belinda, for asked the man behind him. "Oh, BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 23 (ANS* ingham Palace as piaymates for" White House is bad luck to the White House adoption. Believe dip­ I'm all right," the GI answered. —Argentina has placed in effect Presidential Scottie Fala. occupant president. McKinley had lomatic difficulties due to secre­ Tve got my shoelace around mine. a new armed forces statute re­ The kittens, Jane and Belinda, a cat and he was assassinated and tarial cat phobia. May we suggest Let's get out of here." quiring all citizens to begin train­ were born to the palace mouse? there hasn't been a cat there since your Majesty make offer direct The two men, one of them with ing for defense at the age of 12 and were declared surplus require­ to give comfort and companionship to the President." a blown off foot, took out their The program for the moderniza­ ments by the palace staff. They to the Chief Executive." But what about Fala's dislike of trench knives and began to probe tion of the Argentine Army di­ were languishing in a shelter when Noting that President Roosevelt cats? the ground. The mines were every­ vides military service into the pre- the London Daily Mirror conceived prides himself upon being a prece­ Kendall said that's all rubbish. where, sometimes less than a foot conscription period beginning at the idea of offering them to the dent breaker, Kendall said, "Let He said any experienced animal apart. But gradually they found 12; the conscription period start­ White House as a sort of reverse him break this precedent." lover could introduce kittens to a ciear path. ing at 20 and running for two lendlease or paws-across-the-sea "After all," he said, "he broke Fala with proper ceremony and The trip to the rest area was years and postconscription mem­ gesture. the third term precedent a«d the three oi them would be romp­ over. Two of them made it. For bership in organized reserve, Vice- A White House Secretary quickly plenty of others. Now let him ac­ ing together on the White House the others the war is over. President Peron announced. begged off, explaining that Fala cept these royal kittens and end lawn in 30 minutes 'age 6 THE STARS AND STRIFES #i-iday, November 24, 1944 Clare Luce Is Eager TERRY AND THE PIRA1E3 (Courtesy News Syndicate Oo„ one.) By MILTON CANIFl for West Front Tour With Congressmen WASHINGTON. Nov. 23 (ANS -Seventeen members of the Hous° Military Affairs Committee, in­ cluding Rep. Clare Boothe Luce R.. Conn.) today are packing varm socks and taking typhoid ^hots for the urst official Congres­ sional inspection tour of the Euro- jean battlefronts. The War De­ partment has told them to oe eady to leave sometime this wt^i. ?hey will travel by plane. The only congresswoman on the .unket. Mrs. Luce is undaunted at .he prospect. The War Department 'Battle Of Balcony' Cast In Court Workers Assured Is supplying a WAC lieutenant for 'company," and Mrs. Luce said Of Postwar Wages ihe was very glad to have her. But Judge Isn't Ready To Shoot Although she has the least WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (ANSI HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 23 — Resi-. week when most of his witnesses He wasn't sure either, he added —The man at the gun or lathe, seniority of any member on tha and the woman with the welding rip when it comes to service in dents of Filmland looked to court suddenly decided they had dates whether it was with a bottle, knife, yesterday for one of its better elsewhere, was on hand with two or maybe a potted plant. He said, torch, have Presidential reassur­ Congress, Mrs. Luce will top them ance about postwar jobs and pay ill as far as battlefront experi­ stories, as Tommy Dorsey, his ac­ surprise witnesses. however, he was pretty sure it tress wife, Pat Dane, and gambler One of them was Jane Churchill, wasn't a trombone. envelopes as thick as they art ence goes when she returns from Allen Smiley showed up for their honey-haired singer who bills her­ Actor Eddie Norris, also involved now, the Associated Press said. ihis trip. She will have visited long-awaited assault trial, but were self as a cousin to the famous in the three-ring event at the There were no definite promises, svery war theater with the excep­ disappointed when the leading Englishman of the same name. bandleader's apartment, charges but in joining his own appeal to tion of Australia. players stayed only the ten min­ Miss Churchill previously told a Smiley and what "felt like at those of military and production TO VISIT HOSPITALS utes it took the judge to wish grand jury hearing that Pat Dane least 20 men" knocked him down, leaders for war workers to stay If she has an opportunity, she them a Happy Thanksgiving. stopped tearing clothes off of her kicked him in the face, and drag­ on the job and turn out arms said, she will be interested espe- Superior Judge Arthur Crum only when she ran out of clothes. ged him down stairs, feet first. and ammuntion badly needed to sially in seeing hospitals, airfields told them he had to settle a mur­ She also claims to have lost a Howser is basing his case on speed time and save lives, tho ana political figures. Her gear will der case before he could tackle handful of hair. testimony of Antonio Icaza, Pana­ President told his Tuesday newt include a brown hat and coat and the question of the now famous Miss Churchill told the court she manian sailor, who entered the conference that government and for roughing it a pair of warm "Battle of the Balcony" last Aug. had stuck around so long she had country illegally to take a fling industry are working very hard to brown slacks. 5, and for them to come back no money left to go back to Kan­ at the movies. Icaza, who was not provide peacetime jobs not only Chairman Andrew May (D., Ky.) for those in uniform but also tor Monday. sas City where a staff sergeant is invited to the party in the first those now making munitions. who is unable to accompany mem­ Bandleader Dorsey, at whose waiting to marry her. Judge Crum place, said he got his head conked bers of his committee, expects apartment actor Jon Hall lost a said: "Either you stay in an apart­ with a flying bottle when he stuck He added that it was safe to them to return with a "lot of in­ good slice of his nose in a melee ment at our expense or we slap it in the door to see what was say that when that time comes, formation valuable particularly of fisticuffs and dress-ripping, you in jail." going on. the tendency will be not to de­ svhen The Army of Occupation goes said he was not sure he could The district attorney declared crease wages, but to keep them on duty. They'll be especially con­ eat his holiday dinner with much that despite Hall's reluctance to up around the present levels, even cerned with the prospects for early relish. remember who slashed him he if the 40-hour-week is resrwrecL stabilization of Europe and what Real Varga Gal Sought The President said he thought 'T wish they'd get this mess over would pursue the prosecution un­ some reassurances were in order. can be done to hasten that job," with," said Tommy. "Every day til he obtained a conviction for hie said. People are quitting war jobs, no they put it off costs me thousands assault. For Film Of Same Name explained, and one reason is fear The colonel in charge of the trip of bucks that I could be making Hall declared at the latest hear­ HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 23 (ANS)— vas on the verge of having to that they won't have work after with my band." ing that he couldn't tell for sure Producer Charles R. Rogers is the war. jrder two planes instead of the District Attorney Fred Howser, who whacked off the end of his looking for a babe to star In "The ••bartered one, because of the who almost dropped the case last nose and nicked his neck and ear. Varga Girl" who will be the "first Along with some others, includ­ popularity of the trip. To date he and foremost and number one ing General Dwight D. Eisenhower, las had 17 acceptances and 13 pinup girl of the world." the Chief Executive said he wanted refusals. Those accepting include Rogers says the gal for this two to put in a plea for continued pro­ Mrs. Luce, Matthew J. Merritt (D.. million dollar epic must be epitome duction of certain necessary things. H Y.), J. Parnell Thomas (R., of the Varga girl. He mentioned ships and shells **T J.) John M. Costello (D., Calif.*, specifically as being shortage This should interest physiolo­ items. Paul W. Shafer (R., Mich.), Over- gists. They claim that air brush son Brooks (D., La.), Charles H. On the wage question. President pin up cuties have legs one and a Roosevelt thought so much of rhs Alston (R., Ohio), John J. Spark- half times normal length, calves of nan (D., Ala.), John J. Rooney NAPLES GI BARBER SHOPS views of Charles E. Wilson, Presi­ AMERICAN RED CROSS CLUBS ARC OFFICERS CLUB: Piazza Ca a professional football guard, and "R., N. Y.), Forest A. Harness (R., Enlisted Men rita—1000 to 1830. dent of the General Electric Co, ,C should be blue in the face from that he had • the article

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4-^-The nation's second largest war produc­ tion center looked to the White House today for action to end work stoppage that locked the city's transportation wheels for the third day. Upgrading of eight Negro employees under the directive of President Roosevelt's Fair Employment Practices Committee precipitated the cifcy-wide walkout, Philadelphia Transportation Company officials said. Vhtually all of the men manning transportation facilities were stopping work. The walkout appeared almost certain to culminate in the govern­ ment seizure of Philadelphia transportation, said the Associated Press, with the possible use of troops. A three-hour move last night by a small group of PTC employees to restore service on Philadelphia's two subway lines ended in failure. These 48 men manned a dozen trains in a vain effort to start a back-to-work trend, but when the move didn't catch on they re­ Naples Gas Service ported themselves getting weary, having been without sleep gener­ Wiil Bejncreased ally since the rank and file strike started at four o'clock Tuesday Gas service will be restored on morning. Thus at. 10:30 last night Aug. 15 at 1200 hours to several the last train returned into its more sections of Naples, the Al­ terminal and Philadelphia again lied Control Commission an­ went back to makeshift transpor­ nounced today. tation. Areas to benefit are: The buildings on the right side TRANSPORT SNARL of Corso Umberto I, starting at AN AMERICAN MEDIUM TANK, part of a famous armored division battling with the 5*h Army, passes An official of the Transport Piazza Garibaldi, and the area a knocked-out German Mark IV on the road near Ponsacco. (Signal Corps photo, U. S. Army; Workers Union (CIO) said back- taken in by the following streets to-work appeals to 6,000 employees —from Corso Umberto to Via had "only a ghost of a chance" to Duomo, Via Tribunal!, Via Fran­ succeed "barring a big break in cesco del Giudice, Via Sapienza, Via 5th Army Fire-Fighting Unit U. S. Must Washington." Government seiz­ Constanfcinopoli, Via S. Sebastiano, ure, he agreed, would be such, a Via M. Semmola, Piazza Oberdam. "break." Via C. Battista, Via Monteoliveto, Performs Work Under Fire tout 2 Tenseness stemming from the Via GuglielmOi San Felice and Pi­ work stoppage caused the hospital­ azza Bovio. By Sgt BOB FLEISHER WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—The rate ization of 13 persons. It was pointed out that bomb- (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) Yesterday's rain also contributed damaged locations in the areas will of U. S. munitions production must to the transport snarl that kept be cut off indefinitely. WITH THE 5TH ARMY, Aug. 4 "To top that off we were pinned be increased by 20 percent during down by artillery fire for an hour 140,000 of the areas' 800,000 war- Gas company workers will start —Maybe Junior wouldn't be so the next six months, due to greater and a half." workers from their jobs, the War cleaning out the pipe lines at 0830 eager to be a fireman if he knew military requirements, Donald M, Manpower Commission reported, hours and continue until 1100 the toils and troubles of an army One of Jerry's favorite tricks Nelson, chairman of the War Pro­ fire brigade overseas. One particu­ and caused central city business hours, which precludes residents when he starts a fire by bombing duction Board, declared yesterday. lar platoon has been eating smoke is to come back and strafe the decline estimated by a retail trade from using the gas during those The entire program for the first hours, the announcement said. Gas and dodging shrapnel all the way fire and, incidentally, the fire­ six months of this year has been spokesman at 1,000,000 dollars from Tunisia to Leghorn and any­ fighters. daily. service will be for cooking purposes 46 percent completed. Most of the one who thinks they're "rear Everybody agrees that ammo Extra trains on the Pennsylvania only from 0630 to 0800 hours, and program, especially big guns and echelon" need only look at then- dump fires are by far the worst Railroad and Reading Company from 1130 to 1400 hours. Water heavy artillery, was completed on r heaters and other utensils are pro­ list of ' eight Purple ^Hearts, two type. When stuff begins to ex­ schedule, Mr. Nelson said, but lires couldl^m*>nly a fraction of Bronze Stars and a Soldier's Medal. plode everyone in the area can the 1,50^| Hsons who daily hibited, for their use would tend "this fact does not indicate that to vary the gas pressure, causing The fire-fighting platoons with dive for cover. But not the smoke production of these particular ride PTC .-troWys, buses and sub­ the 5th Army joined the men at eaters. They have to stay there way trains, while an oil industry serious danger. Consumers are items is in relation to military re­ warned to shut off the main gas Anzio and for them the beachhead and take it. quirements." spokesman said motorists granted was "hot" in more ways than one. "The worst ammo fire we ever extra gasoline in the emergency jet and all other jets. After 1200 For the balance of 1944, the "Our platoon alone fought 297 tackled," said Sgt. William J. were draining the region's tanks. hours the subsidiary jets should be heaviest requirements are for such opened to allow the excess air to fires on the beachhead," recalled Bryan, Parsonburg, Md., "was when items as heavy trucks, general pur­ NO DRINKING escape. * Lt. Walter McFadden, Astoria, we were with the 7th Army near pose and fragmentation bombs, ar­ Late appeals to strikers "were N. Y. "Heavy German shelling and Mateur. That blaze covered acres, tillery and tractors. The aircraft made by Mayor Bernard Samuel positions started conflagrations as shells were exploding all around us program is scheduled to rise only who said the work stoppage was 660 Missonrians Sign fast as we could put them out." and the smoke was so thick we slightly, reaching a scheduled peak "sabotage of our country's war ef­ "Once we had eight fires in one could hardly breathe." The whole only six percent above the present fort" and James J. Fitzsimon, morning," said platoon sergeant platoon received a commendation level, Mr. Nelson declared. Against Prohibition from General Patton for that job. TWU international vice president, Stanley J. Greshel, Herkimer, A three percent reduction in. ?tb> who asserted that a "small group N. Y., a fireman in civilian life. Sgt. Bryan, who has had 11 years craft goals coincided with the re­ of self-seeking disgruntled" em­ WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — Peti­ experience fighting fires as chief port that labor shortages have ployees were "trying to regain tions fom 660 Missourians objecting of his hometown's fire department, posed a major threat to the arma­ power over the dead bodies of to "any form of prohibition le^ir-- laughs a little ruefully at some of ment output. The aircraft goal is American soldiers." At least a doz­ lation" were entered in the Con­ the training they received in the 100,000 planes for 1944 or about LOST States. en draft boards announced thej> gressional Record today at the 8,274 planes monthly. This is below were reclassifying into 1-A a total request of Rep. Clarence Cannon- "There was really nothing the the more than 9,000 delivered in of. more than 500 idle workers who dem of Missouri. and matter with it as far as it went," March but higher than last month's* previously had occupational de­ "We don't want any more pro­ he said, "but the thing we weren't when the output was nearly 500 ferment. hibition with all its attendant FOUND trained for was burning ammuni­ behind schedule. Tap rooms and liquor stores re­ evils," said a petition forwarded tion. We've had to develop our own technique on that." Charles E. Wilson, Vice Chair­ mained closed to prevent any dis­ from Rhineland, Mo., and signed man of the War Production Board, The following articles have been Another tough job is putting out order-. For the first time since largely by farmers. One petition reported as lost. Finders may de­ said the modest cutback would not 1924 the Philadelphia police car­ asserted that the "persistent efforts a grass fire in a mane field. Sgt. liver them to the editorial office Ralph Little, McCook, Neb., said: cause unemployment and was made ried night sticks. Police reported of professional prohibitionists to of The Stars and Stripes for for­ for "strategic reasons, and not be­ the arrest of about 300 persons cause Congress to enact prohibition "We have to go in more or less warding to their proper owners: blind with nothing but a prayer cause of the inability to produce between the ages of 14 and 18 Wed­ legislation are manifestly unfair be­ Lost: One pair of gold-rimmed moEe." nesday. and a hose. So far we've been lucky cause so many of our men are in glasses. i. From James McMenamin, strike uniform and overseas." as far as mines are concerned, but Lost—One pair of eye-glasses. several times we've seen a civilian leader, came the defiant statement Property of Lt. R. D. O'Danoran. No American Soldiers that stoppage would retain the sup­ get a leg blown off walking port of the majority of strikers Complete Jap Defeat Lost—One U. S. A. field bag con­ through a field we had just left." Channel Casualties even in the case of government taining toilet articles, souvenirs and Things are fairly quiet now for snapshots. Left in truck at Avel- the smoke eaters. They are just seizure. He said government oper­ NEW YORK, August 4. — Maj. ation without the suspension of Advised By Admiral lina. Ten dollars reward for return averaging a couple fires a day. of the bag and contents. "Nothing serious," said Sgt. Gre­ Gen. Homer M. Groninger, com­ upgraded operators "would cause manding general off the New York CHICAGO, Aug. 4 — Rear-Ad­ Lost—Dog tags of Pvt. Dillard shel, "just the kind that get you worst conditions." Port of Embarkation, declared yes­ miral Arthur S. Carpenter, Com­ Campbell. all dirty and sweaty and make mandant of the Ninth Naval Dis­ you mad." terday that not a single American Lost—One wallet, property of soldier aboard an Army vessel was trict and former Commander of Sgt. Frank Glassman, containing Watch those cigarette butts, boys. K!p§ George Sends Note the Allied Naval Forces in the lost in the English Channel invas­ about seven snapshots. ion crossing, according to reports Southwest Pacific area said there Lost—One wallet, brown leather, *«b would be no chance of lasting peace 'Gardenia Murderer* he has received.- containing papers of T-5 Guy Gen. Groninger made the state­ ''until the bastions of Japan it­ D'Aleo. self" were brought under the guns Returned For Trial ment on the eve of the Army Trans­ LONDON, Aug. 4—King George of- the United States fleet and Lost—One wallet containing 7C portation Corps' second anniversary. VI today sent a message to Gen­ American forces made masters of dollars. Property of W. O. Berems. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 —Roger Ke said one transport sank after eral Sir Henry Maitiand Wilson,. the Nipponese homeland. The following articles have been Lewis Gardner, 27, was returned hitting a mine, but all aboard were Supreme Allied Commander in the here today from Leavenworth Pris­ "So complete must her defeat turned into tjhe office of The Stars rescued. Mediterranean, following his re­ and Stripes and are now awaiting on to stand trial for slaying. Mrs. turn from a 12-day visit to Brit­ be that her sons for generations to come shall never forget the folly their owners. They may be had Ora E. Murray, victim of the "gar­ ish and Allied forces in Italy. The upon proper identification. denia murder." Duke's Brother Killed King's message said: of disturbing the peace of the world." Found—Dog tags of Oscar J. ; Her body was found on fashion­ LONDON, Aug. 4 — Squadron "It is true to say the enemy has Brunnworth. able Fox Hills golf course July 27, Leader Lord David Douglas-Hamil­ been outgeneraled and outfought. Found—Dog tags of Bejach L. 1943. Beneath it was a crushed gar­ ton, youngest brother of the Duke This brilliant campaign in Italy has Quezon Rites Held Kennard. denia. Shortly after the murder, of Hamilton, Scotland's premier added much to the glories of the WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—Funeral Found—Dog tags of Edward S. Gardner began a nationwide tour peer, has been killed in aerial op­ British Dominions and the Allied services for the Philippine presi­ Williams. during which he wooed women, for erations, Reuter's reported today. armies. Please convey to all under dent, Manuel Quezon, who died Found—Dog tags of Warren H. money. He married nine times be­ The aviator was 32 and married to your command my best wishes Tuesday were held today in St. Beck. fore he was arrested for impsrson- India-born Miss Prunella Stak, and confident belief that final vic­ Matthew's church here. Burial was Found—Dog tags of Aubrey E. ating a federal attorney at New leader of the Women's League of tory will be theirs." in Arlington National Cemetery. Thomas. York. Health and Beauty. Saturday, August 5, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPED Page 3

UNRRA Committee 15th AAF Destroys Airmen At Foggier Bring Forwards Proposal 92 Bridges In July Problems To 'Miss Mary' German Strength U. S. 15TH AIR FORCE HEAD­ Aiding Refugees QUARTERS, ITALY, Aug. 4 — FOGGIA, Aug. 4 — Everyone Is 305 Divisions The 15th AAFs record for July here knows "Miss Mary." was 51,700 sorties and 42,004 tons Mary M. Dolliver is no ordinary LONDON, Aug. 4 — The German LONDON, Aug. 4—A draft of "ve of bombs dropped on targets in Red Cross giri, and she doesn't Army and the satellite armies it multilateral agreement governing Germany, the Balkans, Italy and have the artificial smile and the has working for it total close to the repatriation of Europe's 20 to France, it was disclosed today in honeyed words of the professional 400 divisions, according to infor­ an Exchange Telegraph dis­ 30 million "displaced persons" to­ social worker. Her job, technically, mation available here. Of this to­ patch.' A total of 92 bridges is that of assistant club director tal the German divisions are es­ day was forwarded to the United were knocked out and 217 dam­ timated still to number between Nations Relief and Rehabilitation at the Foggia fled Cross Ciub, but aged. she hardly functions in that ca­ 305 and 320 — a formidable army, Administration in Washington by In the same period 708 enemy pacity. Instead, she acts as mother, no matter what may be happening the UNRRA European general fighters were destroyed during father, friend, advisor and confi­ to it on the Russian front, accord­ committee with the request that it operations from Italy and on dant to the legions of birdmen ing to Geoffrey Parsons, Jr., of ihe be submitted to all European Al­ shuttle flights to Russia. who simply infest her club and Mew York Herald Tribune. lied governments. haunt her with their many per­ A review of the dispositions ot Fred Hoehler director of the sonal problems. To them, she's German and satellite divisions in­ dicates that the opening of the UNRRA division of displaced per­ known simply as "Miss Mary." £ Mary Dolliver was horn in Fort Normandy front has caused a sons, warned that it is necessary fision shuffling of German strength. The that repatriation take place In an Douglas, Iowa, 45 years ago. So she's had the experience of life :stimate for France is now 60 to orderly, prescribed fashion—after ines A Few Krauts that invariably goes with a job 55 divisions, probably the latter proper registry and medical exam­ like hers. And with the experience figure. This represents an increase Df ten divisions over the D day es­ inations.'" (By a Staff Correspondent) came a special kind of charm. MARY M. DOLLIVER Points on which the United Na­ timate. WITH THE 5'TH ARMY, Aug. 4 The folks back home know about (Photo by Pvt. Martin Harris) tions agree are: that charm. All together, 42 sep­ In southern Europe—Italy, Yugo­ — Having krauts for breakfast is slavia, Greece and Hungary, but 1. The displaced not to seek their arate organizations in Fort Dodge signed to North Africa. The Iowa something Sgt. Clyde T. Howard, Tiot Rumania — there are believed own way back home. have adopted her as their very boys were coming back then to to be 50 divisions. Twenty-six are 2. To treat the displaced per­ member of the 34th "Red Bull" own representative overseas. They Oran after their great victories said to be fighting in Italy, with a sons as their own nationals in the Division, didn't figure but that's handed together and channelized over Rommel, and the bundles 17th in the north. There were sup­ matter of food, medical care and just what happened. the shipment of countless odds kept coming. The Fort Dodge peo­ posed to be 19 divisions in the old shelter. His squad had taken a little and ends directly to her for use ple knew that there was so much 14th and 10th Armies. Four came 3. To register all displaced per­ town after a stiff battle. They had in the club. more reason for it now than ever. jrom the north of Italy to rein­ sons on UNRRA forms. entered the town at night and Mary estimates that since she ar­ There's the Burnside Busy Bee force Field Marshal Albert Kessel- 4. To provide licenses for work alone had outposted the fringes. rived over here, she's received Birthday Club, and the Qa-Tan- ririg, plus one from Denmark and while awaiting transfer. some three tons of mail bags. And Next morning Sgt. Howard pulled Ye Club and the Sunshine Quilt Belgium. Between ten and 12 di­ 5. To regulate at the frontiers then somebody discovered that all the men he could spare into Club, and a warm smile spreads visions are reported fighting Mar­ any unauthorized returns. some kind of regulation was being the town for their breakfast of over Mary's face as she speaks of shal Tito's Army of Liberation in It is estimated that of the total violated-r-perhaps a postal regula­ "C" rations. Cans were opened the curtains and drapes they sent Yugoslavia. number of displaced persons in and the men were eating when the to decorate the windows of the tion. The Red Cross asked the Europe now, 8,000,000 will be in shout of "Tedeschi" resounded clubhouse. They've sent art sup­ folks to please be generous through POWER IN RUSSIA Germany at the end of the war. from the Italian populace. Howard plies, light bulbs, table cloths the regular channels. The German High Command has looked over his shoulder. There guitars, pool table covers (worth The folks still are sending things oncentrated its biggest force on were two Jerries walking toward 40 bucks each) and thousands of — through channels, now — but the Russian and Finnish fronts. Circus In Akron the breakfasting group with their magazines and books. somehow it just doesn't seem the Strength is reported to be between AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 4—Ringling hands in the air. same. 180 and 185 divisions, including 15 Even the school kids of Fort panzers. This is half of the total Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Cir­ "Guess some of the boys rounded Dodge haven't forgotten, their big cus came to town yesterday minus up a couple more," he smiled. But panzer strength. The previous es­ brothers — they make scrapbooks timate of divisions in Finland was the "big top" lost in the Hartford. the smile froze on his face, his and fill them with the best comics Conn., fire July 6 when 166 died. spoon halted midway to his mouth :even. This is understood to have because they remember the Sun­ increased by one division, follow­ The show opened in Akron's Rub­ when he realized the' krauts were day mornings on the front porch ber Bowl in the first of a series alone. "Well, boys, we've got two ing Joachim von Ribbentrop's re- and' the laughs they had over rent visit to Helsinki. of appearances in stadiums and more for breakfast," he sighed as Moon Mullins and Li'l Abner. ball parks. he handed the Nazis a can a piece. Of the satellites, Hungar- has It all began when Mary arrived 33 divisions, ; vers* small ones, in Iceland in January 1942 as part hardly stronger than a brigade. of the first overseas Red Cross con­ Half of these are assinged to the tingent. She stayed for 15 months. Although T-5 Quentin C. Thom­ Russian front. Rumania has 25 Things were hard to obtain, and as, Louisville, Colo., is a code clerk, divisions, 20 of them in Russia. ITALY DATEBOOK Mary casually mentioned her dif­ he usually finds time in battle to They are reputed to be a cut above ficulties to brother Jim in Fort the Hungarians in quality. NAPLES PX ENLISTED MEN'S SHOP: Via Dodge. He wasn't slow to respond do other things along with his AMERICAN BED CROSS CLUBS Armando Diaz—0730 to 1730. regular duties. For instance, near The total of German divisions is with a package, ana, because he not quite as formidable as it Enlisted Men PX OFFICERS SHOP: Via Armando happened to be a popular guy Cisterna di Littoria, Italy, with his Diaz—0730 to 1730. sounds. There must be several CONTINENTAL CLUB: Via Armando around town, the local citizenry carbine, he silenced an enemy mor­ Diaz—0900 to 2100. OTHER ATTRACTIONS hundred thousand foreigners of came to his and Mary's aid. May­ tar, knocked out a machine gun LIBERTY CLUB: 104 Via Milano— AQUARIUM: Gate at Piazza della dubious fighting quality mixed in 1100 to 2100. Vittoria—0900 to 1600. (admission 21 be the fact that most of them had and saved 33 of his comrades from with the German troops, as has ARC CLUB: Capodichino Air Base— lire) some kind of relative in service possible death. This action occurred been discovered in Normandy. 1200 to 2200. had something to do with it. SOLDIER'S PARK: Fo*. entrances when he spotted a mortar firing Many divisions are below Officers two at Riviera di Chiaia; Piazza Vit­ Brother Jim, incidentally, has just strength in men and equipment. ARC OFFICERS CLUB: Piazza Ca- toria and Via Caracciolo—1000 to 2000 been nominated for Congress. on troops to the rear. He crept rita—1000 to 2200. within 30 yards of it and then si­ They include, for instance, 20 MOVIES FOGGIA Up in Iceland, Mary was soon Luftwaffe divisions, largely formed AUGUSTEO (Red Cross): 4 Via flooded with everything she ever lenced it. Then observing 33 men Roma. Shows at 1100, 1330, 1530, 1800 MOVIES and an officer cut off from their from surplus ground staffs with needed to make her clubhouse cozy very low establishment and indif­ and 2000. No morning show Sun. FLAGELLA: Shows at 1400 and 19('0 company by two enemy machine Saturday—Lady Let's Dance, with Saturday—Song Of Bernadette, with for the boys. Mailbag after mail ferent material, apparently in­ Belita. Jennifer Jones. hag full of stuff arrived for her. guns, he went to work agairtf and tended primarily for garrison or ALHAMBRA: Via Nisco, shows at LITTLE THEATER: Shows at 1401 Eventually she went back to knocked out one of them and di­ line-of-supply duty, although they 1430, 1830 and 2030. and 1900. Fort Dodge and was later reas verted the attention of the other have recently appeared in the Saturday—Chip Off The Old Block, Saturday — Tornado, with Chester With Donald O'Connor. Morris. long enough to enable the men fighting line in Italy and Russia. MEDICAL CENTER MUSIC HALL' } to escape. The Silver Star award Pair Grounds, stage shows at 1400 and BAR! attests to the fact that T-5 Thomas 1930 hours Attorney Of Pelley MOVIES can do other things in battle in Bulgaria Said Seeking Saturday—Italian revue. SPECIAL SERVICE: (Oriente) Show* PALM: Via Del Milie, shows at 133C at 1400 and 1900. *•- addition to his code work. and 1930. ENSA: (Petruzelli) Shows at 1300, Defends Assertion * * * Allied Armistice Terms Saturday—The Falcon Out West, 1530, 1800 and 2030. With Tom Conway, afternoon. Roman PICCINI: Sympnony concerts Wed and Sat. at 180(5. Sun. at 1600. With utter contempt for the LONDON, Aug. 3—Bulgaria is Ballet stage show, evening. (Stars and Stripes V. S. Bureau) krauts, or at least giving that im­ SAN CARLO OPERA HOUSE: Piazza CLUBS now discussing armistice conditions ARC ENLISTED MEN'S CLUB: Ovei pression, 1st Lt. John M. Garris, Trieste Trento. Opera performances at Teatro Petruzelli (ENSA)—0900 to WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—William with the United States and Great 1430. Also special -.performance, John 2130. Snack bar on Corso Cavoui Dudley Pelley's published asser­ LeRoy, Ala., took nine of them Britain as well as continuing her Barbirolli, conductor at ";930. across street from club, open 0900 tc tion that the United States "ag­ prisoner. He did this while on a talks with Russia, according to an Saturday—Tosca. Evening symphony U00 and 1300 to 1900. concert. gressively solicited war" yesterday daring daylight reconnaissance Associated Press dispatch from MARTUCCI THEATER: 69 Via Mar- ALLIED JEWISH SERVICE MEN't was given backhand defense by his patrol. After gaining valuable in­ Ankara. Discussions with the west­ CLUB: 7 Via Putignani. tucci. Shows at 1920. Chicago attorney at the sedition formation about the strength of ern Allies were said to be going on Saturday—This Is The Army, with ARC OFFICERS CLUB: Via Michaei the enemy, he reached a small George Murphy. Angelo Signorilli—1000 to 2200. trial. through neutral intermediaries. 31^00: 402 Via Roma. Oontinunut He was told by FBI agent Bliss ditch in which he found three ene­ In Germany, meanwhile, Gestapo SE ~e from 1330 to 2000. AVERSA Morton that such a statement my soldiers. Standing up, he sur­ chief Heinrich Himmler, new com­ Saturday—Mrs. Miniver, with Greer ARC ENLISTED MEN'S CLUB: might be considered "subversive.' prised the Germans so that they mander of the German Home Garson ito 1930. Attorney William J. Powers re­ surrendered without firing a shot. Army, issued his first decree yes­ »S?-?ft CINEMA: Via Tarsia. Continu- ©V? *&.r>ws from 1430 to 2100.. CERIGNOLA torted: "If.Col. McCormick came He destroyed their weapons and terday demanding unconditional Saturday—Now Voyager, with Bette ARC OFFICERS CLUB: 1400 to 2000 out and said something like that sent them as prisoners under guard obedience from all officers and Davis. ARC ENLISTED MEN'S CLUB: Ot.> in the Chicago Tribune would you to his lines. Then investigating a soldiers under his command. He a..uA THEATER: Piazza Dante :osite CatbedraT Piazza—0900 to 2130 seizq| it as subversive?" nearby culvert, he was fired upon declared that the reserve army Stage performances at 1930 except Sun Wecl. and Sat. matinee at 1430. LECCE The agent said he "didn't know" by a German whom he killed im­ under his command had "made up Saturday—ENSA Pie (concert party). ARC ENLISTED MEN'S CLUB: 100' the publisher. mediately with his sub-machine its mind" to wipe out the "shame MISCELLANEOUS CLUB* :o 2200. According to Morton, the al­ gun. Seeing this, another German of July 20"—the day of the at­ AMERICAN MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ARC OFFICERS CLUB: 1000 to 220

NAPLES American Expeditionary 857KC Sunday, Aug. 6. 1944 11:00—Music for Sunday. 11:30—Salon Orchestra. 12:00—Waltz Tinne. 12:30—News Resume. 12:45—Hymns from Home. 1:00—Music We Love. 1:30—Composer's Cavalcade.* 2:00—Music from America. 2:30—John Charles Thomas, 3:00—BBC News. 3:15—La Fiesta. 3:30—Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade. 4:00—Your Radio Theater. 4:45—GI Jrve. 5:00—BBC News. 5:15—Spotlight Band. 5:30—Andre Kostelanetz. 5:58—Evening Devotional. 6:00—Hour of Charm. 6:30—Basin Street. 7:00—The Family How. 7:30—Jack Benny. 8:00—BBC News. 8:15—Anne Moray Wallingford. 8:30—The Jam Pot. 9:00—Gracie Fields. 9:30—Contented Hour. 10:00—News and Ball Scores, 10:15—Band Wagon. 10:30—Yank Swing Session. 11:00—Sign Off. •Denotes British Broadcast.

Air Force American Expeditionary 1213Kc Station 247M Sunday, Aug. 6 6:30—BBC News. 6:45—Reveille. 8:00—BBC News. 11:00—Allen Roth. 11:30—California Melodies. 12:00—Music from America. 12:30—News. 12:45—Personal Album. 1:00—Guy Lombardo. 1:30—Andre Kostelanetz. 2:00—Music for Sunday. 2:30—Band Wagon. 2:45—Raymoij^. Scott. 3:00—BBC >£ews. 3:10—Resume and Fill. 3:15—Harry James. 3:30—Philadelphia Symphony 4:30—John Charles Thomas. 5:00—BBC News, 5:15—Spotlight Bands. 5:30—Sammy Kaye. 5:58—Evening Prayer. 6:00—Basin Street. 6:30—Fred Allen. 7:00—BBC News. 7:05—Gremlin Time. 8:00—BBC News. 8:15—Fred Waring. 8:30—Jack Benny. 9:00—Charlie McCarthy. 9:30—Radio News Reel. 10:00—Hour of Charm. 1*0:30—One Night Stand.

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. - , • /fe I.. ^-4U» Jt^Zk I ! v ft**' iCopr. 1944, King Features Synd I-IIII in n. . . I res Syndicate, lnc.,1 World rights reserved.' Saturday, August 5, 1944 THE STARS AND STRIPES Pag© 7 L€NP M€ War Flares On Pro Grid Front VOVR JUST A BIT TOO LATE CARS, Zum-Zum's Right • AL Bosses BY JIM 8URCHARD Ends Ballet Antics Deny Raids Since he began swinging leather for the entertainment of men and women in uniform, S-Sgt. Joe Louis Of The Puppet Man On NL Fold has appeared before close to a mil­ lion and one-half GIs. Charley Brown, the Puppet Man, NEW YORK, AugL. 4 — Strife He hit the million mark during danced gaily to and fro in the among professional football leagues his tour of the States. He boosted Repple Depple ring Thursday broke into the open today when this total by 300,000 in England. night, suspended, apparently, by the American League of the Pacific Some 50,000 turned out to see the invisible strings in the hands of Coast expressed astonishment and gladiatorial troupe in Casablanca, his seconds. For two rounds Dino a denial of charges levelled by Or an and Algiers. (Zum-Zum) Caduto stalked the George Strickler^ National Football If his first effort in Italy is a true tattooed, grinning boxer who League publicity director, that the criterion, the world's heavyweight seemed to just hang in the air. But western loop was draining talent king will have for two rounds the Puppet Man from the east. been viewed by evaded Zum-Zum's rushes and ! "I'm not going to engage in any a eool two mil­ even occasionally lashed out with publicity duel with the National lion before he stinging rights. League," Jerry Geisler, nationally- heads home­ Halfway through the third round, famous attorney and commissioner ward. He'll be however, Zum-Zum broke the Pup­ of the American League, declared* barnstorming hi pet Man's strings with a short "But we are hoping to build our these parts for right across to the whiskers, and league upon standards of fair play the next couple the dancing doll-like boxer col­ and justice. Such eharges are to­ of months. In lapsed in an inert heap in the tally unfounded." addition to middle of the ring, where Ret. Strickler already has issued a Brown Bomber three nights of Frankie Milano counted him out. warning that National League fisticuffs each week, he and his Larry Orsilli, Stoneham, Mass., players who accepted contracts boys put on a 20-minute skit of sailor, whaled into Benny Wil­ with other organizations would be wisecracks which would roll them liams, San Antonio, Texas, welter. ineligible for five years, and that in ths* aisles if there were any aisles las though he intended to belt him CLEVELAND'S RAY CULLENBINE was caught short on this one. National League teams would not handy. out in the initial round. Williams, He was forced at seeond, and George Stirnweiss, Yankee keystone play teams with such players on however, proved to be a rather The Louis show, sent overseas by sacker, can be seen tossing to first for a double killing. The Yanks their rosters. j durable customer, and so after 1 grabbed the verdiet. (Acme) the Special Service Division of the weathering the first round flurry of FREELOYE SPEAKS- War Department, really is good. leather, came roaring back in the "We also consider ourselves a Naturally, Joe doesn't uncork any final stanza to earn a draw de­ major league," William Freelove, of his Sunday punches or the cision. American League executive, an­ "killed in action" figures would Mack's All-America Team nounced, "and we likewise provide take an immediate jump. Unlike Vincenzo MalVoni, the flailing Frenchman, waited too long to that any player who jumps his Jack Dempsey, who couldn't pull a contract will be subject to five punch unless they draped anchors get started against Clinto Perry, Honors His Record In Game Boston professional middleweight, years' suspension." on nis arms, Louis has developed Three players concerned in into an expert showman. and the Beantown Belter survived the final two rounds to grab a PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4 — Mr. and it's always been Connie with Strickler's blast were Bill Fisk and ^Dean Hilmick, of the Detroit well-earned decision in the five- Philadelphia's All-American base­ [the former slugger. That's the Lions, and Vic Carroll, of the New- Champ Laughs round main event. Malvoni opened ball team will turn out in force to only case on record of the Babe's York Giants. These players were Louis still displays a dead pan, a deep cut under Perry's right eye honor him tonight. remembering anyone's first name. to be sure. The only time he in the last round and might easily He once roomed with Lefty Gomez picked by the Los Angeles Mus­ Mr. Philadelphia is Cornelius laughed was when somebody told have won the fight over a longer one whole season and had to oe tangs, Los Angeles Wildcats and McGillicuddy, better known as him Joe Williams, New York sports route. reminded of Ed Goofy's name the Hollywood Rangers, respectively, Connie Mack. His Ail-American critic, had been nearly killed when Ginger Stewart outpointed Ri- following spring. for the Coast loop. The American hit in the head by a golf ball. If cardo Giliberti; Leo Campicne out- team is composed of living players Connie played ball for 14 years, League feels that each of these his face lacks humor, however, his slugged Douglas Richards; Leon­ whom Ivor. McGillicuddy considers 11 of which were spent in the ma­ players belongs on the Pacific actions in the ring do not. He ard Gray outpointed Giovanni Ci- contributed the most to the na­ jors with Washington and Pitts­ Coast because of their war-plant wows 'em merely by the manner in clliano, and Ray Jenkins beat tional pastime in addition to actual burgh. He never set the big show connections. which he handles half-scared, Frank Borrelli in the opener. brilliance in competition. They on fire with his bat, his average This fight between the American hopelessly inferior opponents. will gather about the festive board being .249 and his fielding aver­ and National Leagues follows close­ In the early days of the tour Joe and celebrate Connie Mack's 50th age, mostly as a catcher and partly ly the suggestion by the newly generally opposed his favorite spar­ year as a big-lsague manager. as an infielder, was nothing to formed United States League that ring partner, M-Sgt. George Meh- brag about. the National League agree to the olson, or Sgt. Bob Smith, Detroit. The players on Mack's AU-Ameri- formation of a National Commis­ This was inclined to become monot­ can list include: sion to regulate the game like a onous, however, akin to the Ted Bill Dickey and; Mickey Coch­ Cards Best Pirates Judge Landis runs baseball. If not, Lewis-Jack Britton rivalry. (Lewis rane, ; Lefty Grove and the National League faces the pros­ Walter Johnson, pitchers; George and Jack met 17 times). So Capt. NEW YORK, Aug. 4 — Sales pect of bidding for talent and ter­ Sisler, first base; , ii Fred Maly, tour director, adopted soared today to more than 13 mil­ juier n in ritories in the open market. second base; Honus Wagner, short­ the policy of taking on all comers. lion dollars as boxing fans contin­ Gf course, it frequently is diffi­ ued e to buy tickets for the Wai stop; Frank Baker, third base; Ty NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Scatter­ cult to find a foeman for Louis, Bond bout between Bob Montgom­ Cobb, left field; Tris Speaker, cen­ ing five hits over nine innings, Violets Back To Mi his reputation being what it is. ery, of Philadelphia, and Beau ter field; and Babe Ruth, right Lefty Max Lanier tossed his 12th On rare' occasions a local heavy Jack, Augusta, Ga., at Madison field. triumph of the campaign and gave With Sk-Sante Slate needs deflating. Joe handles the Square Garden tonight. Fifty years on the same job — the Cardinals an 8-4 victory over the Pirates at Forbes Field last job expertly. Besides the fight fans who are still sharp and teaching the kids night. The league leaders hopped NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Resuming In his first Italian show two buying the bonds to witness the old tricks. That's Mack's record. off to a two-run margin in the in­ intercollegiate competition, New nights ago he slapped with both fourth meeting between the Phila­ He took over the managerial reins itial frame, added three more in York University will play a six- gloves at once. He faked terrific delphia scrapper, recognized as of the old Pittsburgh club, Aug. 4, ? the third and pushed across an­ game schedule this fall, it was an>- uppercnts. Now and then he di lightweight king by New York 1894, and decided he'd found a other trio before the end of the* nounced today. The Violets, who dazzl« bis opponents with his State Boxing Commission, and the career. Then he went to Milwau­ kee for one year. Since 1901 he's seventh. in the past have brought opponents left and coyly spank him, on the Georgia Peach, former titleholder, from all corners of the nation to rear with his right. there are thousands of patrons been masterminding and bossing The Bues managed to tally all the Athletics. their runs in the third but never play in the vast , gobbling up bonds who will turn will play only eastern foes this year Sports Mustache their tickets over to hospitals in MENTION OF PENNANT threatened again. Rip Sewell stayed around for four frames and and all home games are slated for Joe's volunteer opponents- rarely the Metropolitan area for wounded This scholarly gent from East tiny Ohio Field. fail to visit his dressing room be­ servicemen. was charged with the loss, his ninth Brookfield, Mass., who has as­ The schedule included games with fore the bouts to obtain his auto­ Sixty seats at 100,000 dollars of the season against 11 victories. sembled some of baseball's most Temple, Oct. 14; Boston College, graph. This was the case with T-4 apiece, 85 at 50 grand, and 104 at Johnny Hopp was the big noise powerful teams — and also some Oct. 20 at Boston; CCNY, Oct. 28; Louis Hefley, Los Angeles/ in the 25,000 bucks were sold up* to today at the plate, collecting a triple, of the game's most awful — still Bucknell, Nov. 4, away; Swarth- show at Caserta. Hefley, former and no count was available of double and single in five tries. The brightens when mention of an­ more, Nov. 11 and Brooklyn Col­ Golden Glover, hadn't pulled on a sales of smaller bonds. Promotei victory stretched the Redbird lead other pennant is made. Connie to 16 and one-half games. lege, Nov. 18. glove for six years and his midriff Mike Jacobs predicted 18,000 would doesn't sit in the dugout just be­ was of the overstuffed variety. see the fight, each purchasing cause he owns the ball club. He's "You won't remember me, Joe," bonds of 100 grand down to 25 dol­ in there trying to outguess the op­ MINOR LEAGUE STANDINGS he said, "but I once fought a semi­ lars. No estimate of the grand to­ position at every turn. final with you at Wichita, Kan. tal was made, but approximately Some of the old-time managers I borrowed your razor after the 50 million dollars in bonds is ex­ like the late John McGraw, Frankie AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. EASTERN LEAGUE fight, and I still talk about it." pected from the bout. Frisch, Jimmy Dykes, Casey Sten- W L Pet. W L Pet "Swell," said Joe, without crack­ Offering their services free, Jack gal and others have developed elo­ Milwaukee 74 34 .685 Hartford 65 26 .714 ing a smile. 'You can borrow it and Montgomery are both Army quent vocabularies by screaming Toledo 64 41 .61*0 Albany 61 3£ .663 again after this one if you want." privates, the former is stationed at at umpires and dumb ballplayers, Louisville 65 m .596 Williamsport CE 43 .522 Louis, who was. 30 years old last Fort Benning, Ga., and the latter but old Connie stall confines his Columbus 58 43 .552 Utica 48 4T .505 May 13, now groans the- beam at ar. Keesler Field, Miss. Each re- swearing to an occasional "good­ St. Paul 54 m .535 Bing-hamton 44 48 .478 Zia*—ten pounds- over- his best fight- j ceived a furlough to . train and ness gracious." But when things Minneapolis 63 .400 Elmira 35 55 .408 ihg tonnage. Another new addition' come to- New York for the battle. are really bad, as they often are Indianapolis m33 7fc .314 Wilkes-Barre 36 61 .371 is* a long, narrow moustache, efj nowadays, he's been known to al- Kansas City 34 a .298 Scranton 34 62 .354 which he is extremely proud. In his | -_,• MAi A**#»ti»M*» •Iow himself to utter a blistering SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE early professional days he wanted; fcoy,s lxor «»*•»«»•« "by golly." W L Pet. W L Pet. to grow some alfalfa on his upper \ NAPLES, Aug*. 4 — S-Sgt. Joe . Although his players refer to Nashville 25 6 .806 Baltimore 61 40 .604 lip, but it just refused to sprout. Louis,, heavyweight champion of him behind his back as "The Old Atlanta 21 X .750 Newark 56 49 .533 "Haw come," we asked* Louis, the world;, will not be available Man," it's always been Mr. Mack Memphis 19 10 .655 Buffalo 5% 51 .528 "that yott put on* ten pounds eat- for booking in the Peninsular Base to his face. There's been one nota­ Little Rock 11 .398 J«Esey City 51 51 .500 ing C-rations and Spam?" Section* until September 16, Cap- ble exception to this custom, and Mobile 12 m19 .387 Montreal 50 51 .435 Joe looked surprised; "Them?1" tmm Earl J. Shiffeell, PBS Special it's a high compliment to Connie. New Orleans 12 ]* .387 Toronto 50 53 .485 he- demanded*. "Oh, I haven't eaten Sendees entertainment officer an jBabe Ruth, mighty king of swat, Birmingham 11 19 .367 Syracuse 45 5ft .438 that stuff since I lefit Englandi" notuatced: today. never went for that "Mister" stuff. Chattanooga 1 22 .267 Rochester 44 61 .419 age 8 THE STARS AND STRIPES Saturday, August 5, 194* BURMA VICTORY Yank Armor Races Pardon Me, Bronx Friedrichshafen Area Ain't This Direction To Sever Peninsula Bombed By 15th AAF NEW YORK, Aug. 4—A way­ ward subway train got lost yes­ (Continued from Page 1) MAAF HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 4 terday. — Liberators and Fortresses of the. southwestern England, another Eighty early bird passengers— 15th AAF yesterday pounded fac­ American armored column was servicemen and war workers— tories and railway installations in well off on a smash to Brest. were badly confused when they the Friedrichshafen area, in south­ Moving almost as fast as its sister began reading station names on ern Germany, while other forma­ tanks on the Rennes-St. Nazaire the West Side line instead of the tions of heavies battered bridges route, it has overrun Combourg East Side. and viaducts in the Brenner Pass and has reached Dinan, roughly Once the train started on its lifeline to northern Italy. 120 miles east of Brest. It ap­ wrong course, caused by a switch­ An official communique declared peared to have bypassed the port ing error, nothing could be done that 18 of approximately 50 enemy of St. Malo, 15 miles north of until it reached a station with a aircraft encountered were shot Dinan and due south of the Ger­ switch-back platform. down. Fifteen Allied planes failed man-held Channel Islands. The indignant riders finally to return from all operations. Elements of four enemy divisions got back to their starting point, Direct hits were scored on the —the 265th, 266th and 342nd in­ delayed a half hour. fantry and the 2nd paratroop— Manzell Dornier aircraft engine have been identified as being in works at Friedrichshafen, and good Brittany. Split wide open, they results were obtained on the Im- have left big pockets to be cleaned Premier Of Poland menstadt rail yards, 34 miles to the up by American infantry, who were east. Other industrial targets in having a trackmeet through Bre­ the Friedrichshafen area were in­ ton country in the wake of the Confers With Stalin strument-bombed through heavy tanks. The • isolated enemy troops weather. Results were unobserved. were wandering through territory Battered Nazi communications between the armored thrusts, seek­ MOSCOW, Aug. 4—Polish Prime to enemy armies in northern Italy Minister Stanislaw Mikolajczy, who Bay of were further damaged by hits on ing a way out of the trap. The rail bridges at Ora and St. Michele number of prisoners taken con­ arrived in Moscow several days Bengal tinued to mount and as the tanks ago, yesterday met with Soviet and the Avisio viaduct on the Bren­ 'raced out of Rennes, 1,000 Ger­ Premier Joseph Stalin to discuss ner Pass line. mans marched in under their own Russo-Polish relations, it was an­ officers to surrender. nounced today. MONTY SATISFIED Shortly before his meeting with CAPE 8th Just Four Miles Way back on the Normandy front, Marshal Stalin, the Polish premier NEGRA1S told reporters that the Polish gov the battle was also going well for STATUTE MILES the Allied Commander, General ernment-in-exile in London recog Outside Of Florence Sir Bernard Montgomery, who is­ nizes that some frontier changes sued a typical statement that "1 between Poland and Russia are in­ CAPTURE OF MYITKYINA, northern Burma road junction held am satisfied and delighted with evitable. by the enemy for two years, marks the beginning of the final phase (Continued from Page 1) in reopening a land supply route across northern Burma to China. the whole thing." With the Polish premier were which are proving extremely costly. To keep him happy, Monty did his foreign minister, Tadeus Romer, In the last month of the 8th Army not have as spectacular successes and the speaker of the Polish Na­ drive, covering an insignificant in Normandy as in Brittany, but tional Council, Grabski. On the Four Jap Assaults distance in mileage, more than they were significant. More Ger­ Soviet side were Marshal Stalin Chinese Americans 5,000 prisoners have been taken, mans on the run have withdrawn and Soviet Commissar Vyacheslev only 2,000 fewer than the number from practically the whole of their Molotov. The talks lasted nearly Smashed By Yanks taken between Cassino and Arezzo. big Villedieu-Percy-Tessy salient two and a half hours. Captue Myitkyina as the Americans pushed west from Earlier, the Polish officials had As matters stood today, 8th Army troops, without great, difficulty, had Mortain and the British squeezed met with U. S. Ambassador W. Av- (Continued from Page 1) ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD­ south and down from Vire. erell Harriman, and Sir Archibald advanced two miles northeast from QUARTERS, NEW GUINEA, Aug. La Romola and San Michele, once Allied air strength also got m Clark-Kerr, the British envoy. bunkers and street entrenchments 4—Four Japanese attacks on the its licks with an 8th USAAF 1,000 erected during two years of Japa­ Allied Afua flank positions, east terrific hot-spots, and had passed heavy bomber raid on Saarbrucken nese-occupation. of Aitape in British New Guinea, Giogoli, four miles from Florence. and Mulhouse in Germany and Spirit Of Revolt Said The attack on Myitkyina was have been repulsed with the enemy East of Highway 2, South African Strasbourg and other targets in launched after a surprise march suffering heavy casualties, it was units using American Sherman France. Not to be outdone, RAF Increasing In Germany through enemy territory by the announced today from General tanks, moved up more than 2,000 Lancasters and Halifaxes in great famous "Merrill's Marauders," led Douglas MacArthur's headquarters. yards, top*pling rubbled Imprenuta, strength plastered two rocket-fir­ by Maj. Gen. Frank W. Merrill, Point-blank artillery, mortar and the last sizeable town south of ing installations and flying bomb LONDON, Aug. 4 — Neutral ob­ who with the aid of glider-borne machine gun fire was followed by Florence, and were more than a setups north of Paris. servers and United Nations officials reinforcements captured the Myit­ consecutive waves of Japanese mile north of Strada in Chianti. believe that the recent revolt kyina airfield south of the town troops in suicidal charges on the Imprenuta, which overlooks routes against Hitler and the Nazi party on May 17. narrow front, attempting to pene­ of, advance for New Zealand as Dies Names Committee has not been crushed, but has Chinese troops drove around the trate the Allied positions. An addi­ well s South African troops, had merely been driven underground, town to the west and north, and tional 602 Japanese dead were bur­ been the strongpoint of German To Probe CIO Group according to reports received here. cut off escape along the Irawaddy ied by Yank troops, while the en­ parachutists until they chose to Escaped French, Czech, Polish River to the south. As the fighting tire battle area was littered with withdraw. and Netherlands nationals were for the town continued the Japa­ abandoned and uncounted enemy WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—A three- quoted as stating that there is a nese were driven from every build­ The Krauts also abandoned In- man group, two of whom were de­ bodies. The total dead is expected cisa on Highway 69, and tank-sup­ definite "peace movement" among ing or dugout by hand to hand to reach 4,000. feated for renomination in the -ace the German masses and that the fighting. 4 ported reconnaissance patrols on of opposition by the CIO Political spirit of revolt is rising. Natives reported that enemy cas­ both sides of the Arno in that re­ Action Committee, yesterday was A spokesman for the German ualties and damage in his rear is gion reached points more than a named to investigate the PAC un­ assuming tremendous proportions. mile above Incisa. der direction of Rep. Martin Dies, Overseas News Agency admitted Lib Group Commended yesterday that the military situ­ Meanwhile, American marine and It may be pointed out that while head of the House Committee on army forces on Guam in the Mar­ the communique had nothing to Un-American Activities. ation on Germany's fronts is daily becoming more critical, while the For "Bridge Busting" Job ianas advanced nearly two miles report from its sector, today's bul­ The subcommittee was launched Reich's Labor Minister again warn­ northwards, it was reported by letin was the first in almost a year by Rep. Dies after he delivered an ed the Germans to "beware of for­ MAAF HEADQUARTERS, Aug. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz' head­ to refer to the 5th Army as "Amer­ ultimatum to Attorney General eign workers," of whom there are 4—A Liberator group under the quarters. Japanese dead numbered ican." Formed under command of Francis Biddle calling for prosecu­ believed to be 14,000,000 on Ger­ command of Col. Frederick E. 7,893, while the number of dead Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark in Feb­ tion under election statutes of the man soil. He stated that many Glantzberg, Fresno, Calif., has been on Tinian Island, also in the Mar­ ruary, 1943, the 5th was the first PAC and government officials al­ ianas, is estimated at 5,000. The American Army ever activated legedly active in the organization. foreign laborers had taken ad­ commended by Maj. Gen. Nathan vantage of the Allied raids to leave F. Twining, Commanding General American flag was formally raised overseas. After it went into ac­ Rep. Joe Starnes (D., Ala.), John their jobs and are now roaming of the 15th AAF, for an "excellent over Tinian. tion at Salerno last September, its Costello (D., Calif.), and J. Parneit freely about Germany. job of bridge busting" on August 2 American identity was removed be­ Thomas (R., N. J.), were named to at Avignon, France. cause British troops and later the subcommittee. Rep. Starnes, From an altitude of more than Peace Provision French forces were attached to it chairman, and Rep. Costello are War Spending NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Dr. H. H. during 11 months of the Italian the defeated pair. 20,000 feet, the group pin-pointed WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — War the target, a 900-foot railroad Kung, Chinese Minister of Finance, campaign. spending during the current fiscal bridge across the Rhone River. said tonight in a broadcast that Today its American troops were year was estimated at approximate­ Reconnaissance photos showed hits China will ask for return of Man­ on one of their very infrequent Craft Flies Upside Down ly 90 billion dollars by Budget Di­ destroying two of the six spans and churia, Formosa and the Pesca­ static fronts, concerned only with rector Harold D. Smith today. Basis damage to a third rendering the dores as provision for final peace enemy infiltration attempts, some Returning From Mission of these figures he said, was on the bridge unserviceable. with Japan. "Japan must disgorge snipers in the coastal sector near assumption of a German collapse Leading the flight which knocked all of her territorial conquests and Marina di Pisa and harassing fire AT A B-25 BASE, Aug. 4—A by next June 30 and a longer con­ out the bridge was Lt. Col. James she must restore independence to from enemy guns north of the Mitchell bomber of the Tactical flict with Japan. B. Knapp, Blandisville, 111. Korea," Dr. Kung declared. Arno. Air Force, in its first attack on the ,T French mainland Wednesday, made (Courtesy of United Features*• By AL CAPP a large share of the return trip fly­ M ABNER ing upside down. ?AH f^SSED TH' PHYSICAL, "Over the target a hit got our right wing," declared Lt. John R. Hill, Olathe, Colo., the pilot. "We lost 4,000 feet in a spin before four hands and four feet, pulling and pushing everything in the cockpit, got us under control." S-Sgt. Arthur I. Reieheffback, Quincy, Colo., radio operator, said "we spent most of the time over the target flying upside down. I was practicing up on my German." After an erratic trip back to base, the crew found a shattered right wing and severed rudder cable among the damage to their ship. ^MEDITERRANEAN * Vol. 2, No. 52, Tuesday, January 9, 1945 ITALY EDITION * * TWO LOW To iik Forces Admiral Sees New York, Wall Of German Edge Closer Washington Robombed ft To Luzon AN EAST COAST PORT, Jan. 8 (ANS)—Admiral Salient Topples Jonas H. Ingrain, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Tokyo Radio Insists Fleet said today it was "possible and probable" that Krauts Falling Back For Showdown Americans Ready New York City or Washington will be hit by buzz bombs in Center Of Great Pocket within the next 30 or 60 days. For Landing Admiral Ingram said he would take charge of the PARIS, Jan. 8 (UP)—The north wall of the Ardennes WASHINGTON, Jan. 8— -Coastal defenses of New York and Washington and had salient, toppled today along the 15-mile Allied assault American forces, pressing moved "plenty of forces" to take every possible precau­ front. ever closer to the vital Man­ tion against attack. Field dispatches said that the Germans, with all but ila Bay region on Luzon in He said the bombs would come in one of three ways: one of their escape routes cut, were falling back for a the Philippines, were re­ showdown fight at the center of the great pocket. ported in today's communique to Surface ship, submarine, or long range planes. (Continued on page 8) Ten U. S. divisions and an undisclosed number of have taken Paluan, a town on the -f British units were smashing northwestern corner of Mindoro Island, some 15 miles above the into the salient at increas­ San Jose sector where they first Winter Slows 5th Army; Nazis Moving Ahead ing speed after five days of landed. Paluan Is just 30 miles slow, uphill battling against from Luzon, and Manila is less Patrols Clash In Center North Of Budapest the stiffest kind of resistance. than 90 miles north. Field dispatches also said that WITH THE 5TH ARMY, Jan. 8—Several patrol clashes were re­ MOSCOW, Jan. 8 (UP) — The resistance was fading along the The Japanese radio insisted that, ported in the central sector of the 5th Army front yesterday and brief German Army's drive to relieve its southern flank of the German the Americans were trying to land fire fights took place around two of the most contested points—Mt. besieged garrison in Budapest, Hun­ pocket above Bastogne, indicating a large amphibious fore J upon the Grande and Mt. Belmonte. gary, has achieved some success to­ that the German pockets at this beaches of Lingayen Gulf, north Patrols which did venture out were forced to pick their way care­ day, for official sources here ad­ point had been narrowed down to of the Manila region. fully over slippery mountain paths and through deep, drifting snow. mit that the Red Army has lost less than ten miles. The Tokyo broadcast repeated •f A thick fog reduced visibility to a the rail junction of Esztergom on Allied advances in the Arden­ that the Americans had brought up " few yards. the south bank of the Danube. nes have been the biggest since a huge armada of warships and Mountain streams, swollen to ab­ The Russians said that the Ger­ Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. transports and were aiming their 15th Heavies Blast normal size by a weekend snow and mans are counterattacking both Montgomery started his offensive attempt at San Fernanda on the moving too swiftly to freeze, made west and northwest of the capital from the north last Wednesday, west coast of the gulf. They said progress extremely hazardous. In area. • but have been partially balanced also that U, S. battleships, cruisers many sectors patrols dressed in by the unfavorable new front an and destroyers were bombarding Targets In Austria (German propagandists, as mon­ white clothing and donned snow itored today in London claim that the Rhine. Coastal defenses from within a few MAAF HEADQUARTERS, Jan. shoes or skis. thousand yards of the shore. north of Budapest "German forces, On the Ardennes front, the U. S. 8—Liberators and Flying Fortresses Enemy artillery fire was on a re going over to the counteroffensive, 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions, Another Tokyo broadcast quoted of the 15th AAF today bombed duced scale, except on the extreme have broken through Soviet lines on backed by the 82nd Airborne di­ the Commander-in-Chief of Japa­ communications targets at Linz, left flank where 200 rounds were a broad front and have advanced vision, drove a powerful wedge nese troops on Luzon as saying that Austria, 100 miles west of Vienna, pumped in 5th Army lines in a 24 close to 20 miles to the east.") across the St. Vith-Laroche High­ it was possible "the enemy will at­ on main lines in Munich and norttv- hour period. way at three and possiby four tempt to land .at other points be­ The latest reports here said that ern Germany. Bad weather was on the north bank of the Danube points, and cleared the Germans sides Lingayen." AFHQ, Jan. 8—Despite the blind from the wooded ridge command­ Grumman fighters and Curtis encountered over the targets and opposite Esztergom, the Russians most of the route. The bombers ing snow, floods and slippery have opened a strong counteroffen­ ing almost the entire 15 - mile bombers and fighters, maintained mountains British and Canadian stretch of road. • dive-bombing and strafing attacks worked by instruments and no re­ sive threatening the left flank of troops of the 8th Army pushed up the German breakthrough along Latest reports said half-frozen on Japanese posi* l< as, the report sults were observed. the water-logged Adriatic Coast said. the south bank. troops were pouring across the Linz was last bombed Dec. 27 inland up the River Reno and In Budapest, the Red Army cap­ highway in the wake of tanks A Domei tenemy> correspondent and 28. Its importance is its bottle­ coastward to the southwest corner wrote: "The enemy task force can tured the high-domed Parliament through only spotty resistance. neck position on supply lines for of the Comacchio Lagoon. In four buildings in time to prevent the be seen from the top of a hill along days of rapid fighting 8th Army First Army Headquarters said i the shores of Lingayen Gulf. Bat­ the current German counterattack Germans from carrying out a plan that 858 German prisoners were in Hungary. Railroads through the forces on the cleared right flank to wreck them. tleships or large cruisers head the threw enemy forces from 50 square taken in the last 24 hours and that task force' as it moves farther city also serve the Italian and the The Red Army cleaned up an­ it was expected the total will in­ miles between Ravenna and the other 116 blocks of houses. Soviet south., firinr at the rate of one Yugoslav fronts. Comacchb Lagoon, it has been an­ crease with the mopping up of shell about every two minutes. planes and artillery threw then- scores of outposts which have been Tactical Air Force fighters and nounced. At least 600 prisoners and weight behind massive tank and overrun. There are more than 70 vessels in fighter bombers attacked shipping much enemy equipment have been the armada. As one group opens infantry forces. There were no new reports con­ in northwest Italian harbors yes­ captured. Marshal Rodion Malinovsky's fire and passes on, another group terday. cerning the fighting on the western appears and the naval bombard­ drive north ef the Danube smashed end of the salient where the Brit­ ment is continuous." Bad weather forced cancellation forward another 12 and one half ish were forced to abandon Bure of all combat missions by the Stra­ miles west of the Hron River, mov­ under heavy German shell fir.-,'_ „.^«„. , „ . had earlier approved in substance the tactical operations had cost NEW YORK, Jan. 8-Amenca Mr. Roosevelt's Saturday call for the Americans 291 planes. will soon be short of gold—with a a National Service Act which would precious hoard of 20,640,000,000 dol­ operate as a draft of labor. TOW PLANE DELIVERS lars worth of bullion lying in her Congressional Republicans and LONDON, Jan. 8 (UP)—How a guarded vaults, so a Reuter's cor­ some spokesmen for organized la­ pilotless tow plane did its job and bor were strongly opposed to such respondent said today. carried a supply glider to the drop This crazy-sounding paradox is a law. Administration leaders were zone near besieged Bastogne after reported lukewarm to the propo­ a bewildering aspect of the pres­ the pilot and crew had bailed out, ent immensely inflated volume of sition. Both parties, however, SNOW IS PLENTIFUL these days in the United States. The was described today by Capt. seemed ready to take prompt action weather isn't playing favorites either, with snow and cold reported Thomas Corrigan, Kansas City money in circulation. on all measures short of a National in all sections, even sunny Florida. Here, government workers wait Mo., troop carrier pilot. By law, the Federal Reserve Bank Service Act to insure total mobiliz­ frigidly for a bus during a stinging storm in Washington, D. C. Corrigan said that during the must maintain 40 percent gold ation ^hich the President said is glider mission he saw the tow plane backing for currency in circulation, so "urgently necessary." hit by flak and burst into flames which now exceeds 25,200,000,000 There appeared little opposition forcing the crew to bail out. dollars yearly. to induction of 4-F draft regis­ Home Front Soldiers Battle Apparently the plane was set One report says present indica­ trants who refuse to take war jobs on automatic pilot, however, as it tions are that Congress will be and occupationally-deferred regis­ continued on its course and the trants who change jobs without Low Temperatures, ley Winds asked to lower the gold reserve to glider pilot, Lt. J. T. Hill, Abilene, 25 percent of currency and deposits. draft board consent. A bill affect­ WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (ANS)—If it's any comfort to soldiers who Texas, did not pull the release un­ ing 4-Fs and job-jumpers already are fighting Winter In Italy, the home front is cold, too. til he was over the drop zone, then Increasing concern is being has been introduced by Rep. An­ Civilians back home pulled on long-johns, huddled over stove-fires making a perfect landing with his expressed in the press at the soar­ drew J. May, chairman of the precious supplies. ing demand for money. Some writ­ House Military Affairs Committee, and eyed their barometers warily over the weekend, as heavy snow blanketed the North Central states and icy gales whipped along at a After Hill cut loose, the tow plane ers suggest that black marketing and may go to the floor this week. wobbled, stalled and finally spun and tax evading are partly re­ Rep. May also announced that 40-mile-per-hour clip. to the ground. sponsible. Bills in circulation for he will confer with War Depart­ Six to 12 inches of snow and temperatures hovering around the 50,100,500 dollars have increased ment officials on the President's Ward's Labor Policy by more than five billion dollars request for induction of nurses to zero-mark were reported in the meet an alarming military short­ Atlantic Seaboard and New Eng­ Canadian Cigarettes largely in the past two years. There age. If the War Department wants Criticized By Byrnes land states Sunday evening. In New are 40,000 one-hundred dollar bills legislation, May said, he will be­ CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (ANS) — If York City a 5-inch snowfall threat Not Available To U. S.i n circulation or "in hiding." gin work on a bill immediately. Montgomery Ward company's "con­ ened to tie up metropolitan surface OTTAWA, Jan. 8 — Hopes of Rep. Walter G. Andrews, (R., duct is allowed to continue," there transportation, and the city was American cigarette smokers for re­ N. Y.), ranking minority member will be "serious interference with obliged to call out its full weekday lief from across the border faded France Orders Draft of the committee, threw his sup­ the war effort," so James F. Byrnes, force of 65,000 Sanitation Depart­ ment workers. today with the announcement that port behind Mr. Roosevelt, and War Mobilization Director, said m there is little or no chance of Rep. May and predicted little op­ At Erie, Pa., some 300 soldiers Of '43 Military Class in an affidavit filed in Federal were set to work with bulldozers Canada's exporting cigarettes to position to nurses' legislation, if it court here over the week-end. PARIS, Jan. 8—Frenchmen who Is required. » and snowplows to clear the heavy the U. S. came of military age in 1943 will :Sen. Josiah W. Bailey, D., N. C), "Montgomery Ward and Com­ snow from the streets and rural First, cigarettes are taxed so be drafted into the Army at the following May's lead, introduced a pany, Inc., has persistently refused roads. At St. Paul, Minn., 120 Japa heavily in Canada that a pack of end of this month, with the 1944 bill in the upper house which would to settle labor disputes arising in nese-American soldier volunteers 20 costs 33 cents. Second, just class scheduled to be called up in force 4-Fs into war jobs or Into its plants and facilities located, in from nearby Fort Snelling took as American cigarettes are em­ over coal deliveries to relieve the the Spring, the Minister of War, Armed Forces' "labor battalions" some cases, in vital centers of war bargoed from Canada, Canadian Andre Diethelm, announced yes­ where they would serve without the production and to adjust its wage fuel shortage in St. Paul and Min­ neapolis homes. • cigarettes are embargoed from the terday. usual Service Men's benefits. The rates in accordance with the deci­ U. S. measure, similar to May's, would In Buffalo, N. Y., snow tied up Diethelm was quoted as saying sion of the National War Labor 500 freight cars in 12 yards, and authorize induction into .military Board," the affidavit said. that the classes of 1940, 1941 and the region's War Manpower Com­ 1942 would be called as soon as service of any registrant who left Court hearings this week will be AP Faces Sun Suit a war plant without his local draft mission director, Joseph D. Canty, possible to join units of the re- board's permission. on the Government's suit for a said several war plants would be WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 — Suit equipped FFI and the North Afri­ temporary injunction to restrain forced to close if coal coke did not by the Chicago Sun against the can Army at the front. Avery and 15 other officials from reach them before yesterday. Associated Press is one of the Sixth War Loan Drive interfering with the Army's opera­ Record temperatures reported at cases coming up soon before the The London Times, commenting tion of the company. Pctsdam in northern New York, U. S. Supreme Court. The Chicago on President Roosevelt's recent as­ where the mercury plummeted to surance that the new French forces Sets New Dollar High 48 below. And Landolakes. Wis., newspaper contends that "it is ob­ would be equipped with the most viously detrimental to the public WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (ANS) shivvered at 29 below. modern of weapons, said that Brit­ —The Sixth War Loan Drive net­ Train Wreck Report So "br-r-r-r" is not merely local interest to have artificial restraints ain will add her contribution of ted 21,600,000 dollars—almost one OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 8 (ANS) — Italian dialect—it's a noise mean hinder development of different supplies and arms to the revitaliza- billion dollars more than any prev­ Officials investigating last Sun­ ing "I'm cold" in the States, too. slants on the news." tion of the French Army. ious drive—the Treasury Depart­ day's Southern Pacific train col­ ment said today. lision, in which 50 persons were New Hampshire made the best killed, expressed belief today that PEOPLE: showing among the states. Mil­ James McDonald, 64, engineer of waukee, Pittsburgh and Washing­ the mail train which ploughed in­ Mt ton were the leaders among indi­ to a passenger section, had suf­ 2 Wives, 3 Kids "Unusual vidual cities. fered a heart attack prior to the crash. Joseph Schultz, 28, Brooklyn Bing Crosby in "Going My Way" Archibald MacLeish, U. S. As­ truck-driver, was charged with and Jennifer Jones in "Song of sistant Secretary of State, stressed Mormon Followers bigamy. The arresting officer said Bernadette" have been voted the in Washington the role which the |£EP YOUR EQUIPMENT IN. Schultz had two wives and three best performances of 1944 by U. S. United Nations Information Board Get 3-Year Terms children, all sharing the same film critics, according to Film can play in bringing about closei DENVER, Jan. 8 (ANS) —De­ apartment. "Most unusual" was the Daily. • international understanding b v fendants accused of moving women comment of the judge who sent free exchange of news ^ind infor­ back and forth into Utah from Schultz to jail. mation among nations. Idaho, Arizona and Colorado for plural marriages, claimed today Leslie Brooks, film actress, and Work On Holidays Maj. Richard 1. Bong, U. S. Arm* that the wedlocks were in accord­ Donald Anthony Shay, recently ace, and Marge vattendahl, college ance with religious beliefs. They discharged Marine, now a free­ Is Christmas Gift senior, will be married in Superior. said they were disciples of Joseph lance actor, were married in Bev­ BRUNSWICK, Ga., Jan. 8 Wis., Feb. 10. Bong, who has shot Smith, founder of the Mormon erly Hills. (ANS) - Approximately 1,500 down 40 Japanese planes, returned Church, who taught the practice shipbuilding workers of the to the U. S. last week. Bernard Samuel, mayor of Phila­ Jones Construction Company of plural marriage. delphia, received a package from Rep. Clare B. Luce, (R., Conn.) Two of the defendants were con­ gave up their entire Christmas Germany sent by Lt Roy P. holiday to speed completion of has been honored by a memorial victed of kidnapping, while the Dougherty containing a china of sorts on the Fifth Army front- others were found guilty of white the cargo vessel, William Cox, match-box marked "Souvenir of named for a heroic Negro sea­ today on the Apennine highways a slavery charges. All received three v^z/^A^^,- Philadelphia" and stamped on the seasoned back-buster drives hii year prison sentenced. man who lost his life in the face bottom "Made in Germany." of enemy action. 6x6 GMC named—in new white paint— "the Clare Boothe Luce." Charlie Landau, New York drug­ The employes indorsed their Four Blocks Raxed INSULTS store proprietor, has introduced a Christmas Day checks, amount­ Herbert Claiborne Pell, college BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Me.. new • service for shivering custo ing to 16,080 dollars, and for­ friend of President Roosevelt, and warded them to the Treasury in Jan. 8 (ANS) —Fire, still unchecked ANOTHER IN THE series of mers who. stand in line twice a day cne-time American minister U Sunday morning, destroyed four to wait for cigarettes to go on sale. Washington as a Christmas gift Hungary, may succeed Sir Ceci business blocks near the center of safety posters produced in the He has arranged with a nearby to the men and women in the Hurst as chairman of the Unitec this community, with an estimated MTOUSA safety campaign to re­ restaurant to serve them hot cof­ Armed Forces. Nations War Crimes Commission is loss of 100,000 dollars. duce accidents appears above. fee, and foots the bill himself, London. THE STARS AND STEVES Tuesday, January '9,. 1M5

,s (ITALX EDITION) Daily newspaper of the V. S. Armed torses publiUied Monday through ' • " Saturdays for troops In Italy loader the auspices of the Information and Edu­ cational Section, MXOUSA. Offices: Editorial, 7 Angiporte Gaileria, foot of Via Roma, Naples. Editor­ ial telephones 15748 and 10600; Officer in charge 54068; Circulation, 18 Via San Carlo, telephone 16660. Battalion Aid Station Acknowledgment is made of editorial services supplied to; United Nations No sleep for the past four nights. News Service, Army News Service, and Associated Press. I'm weary, sick and confused. The Stars and Stripes Is printed at the plant of O Mattino, t Angiporte The smell of death has tightly set gaileria, Naples. On the Apennine peaks and woods— • Vol. 2, No. 52 Tuesday, January 9, 1945 I must have sleep tonight. The Futa Pass is a gray morass Of rain and mud and fog. The clouds scud low to hide the show Of mankind's sin against God. In the dark of night fingers of police the air." But don't you think, Saner Side fellow readers, that each of us has light 111 Dear Editor: Reflect from the clouds above. opportunities for. making the peace Exposing the foe to artillery blows, This is a letter from home to more permanent? Our hand in an iron glove. you in Italy. We are not all crazy, I have, some ideas on ways of as the news would indicate. Nat­ strengthening the peace. Yet, I'd The wounded lie all awry urally, it's conducive to disgust and like to hear someone else's ideas to In this tent with candle light. cynicism when you read of such replenish my own. Some will go out with the incom­ *:*'«SS trivia from this side of the drink —Lac. B. N. Macintosh, RCAF ing dawn; as drinking, nose-bending torso- tossing Dorseys playing horsey— Damn! It's a ghastly sight. but there are thousands of quiet, Musica Americana loving, patient, working, hoping Dear Editor: No sleep for the past four nights; mm citizens that you know personally, In response to the sneak attack My mind begs release from this and they'll never make the news, on Pearl Harbor by Japan, radio game— ' * ^ or do outlandish publicity-gleam- networks and orchestra leaders My fingers caress a morphine throughout the United States put synette. No—I'm not ashamed— m-the-eye things. They're just I must have sleep ... GEORGE BLACKMER, an attendant at San Francisco's Meish- there, and solid, quite the opposite a voluntary ban. on a popular of cynicism-breeding. standard song, "The Japanese —Capt. Milton E. Tausend, MC hacker Zoo, lost his bucket while making his daily rounds feeding Take a deep breath and think of Sandman." the inmates, and hunts for it in every likely hiding place. Two-ton them the next time there's a ham Since Japan dealt us a blow, and Bag, Sleeping, Wool "Puddles," a hippopotamus, is a leading suspect in the case. in the news. I see these people since pubic opinion is as it is, the every day, and more on Tuesdays ban of this song may be called jus­ (Directions for use, in verse) at the hospital. tifiable. But on the other hand, we Our sleeping bag is quite the thing, There is a lot of unselfishness have now in the running for Hit A blanket with a zipper; Befana, Kind-Hearted Witch, going on to offset the cheap and Parade honors a Nazi song, "Lili Its praises I would gladly sing. the notorie by-seekers. Marlene." For careful outdoor tripper. —(Miss) Esther Goetz Here we have two songs, one "Complete with hood," but don't Keeps Date With The Children New York City written by an American and long forget By Sgt. DON WILLIAMS United States, much of it by the a favorite of ours banned from the To sleep with mouth in the open. air. The other, written by a for­ •When damp, it's cold," so do not (Stars and Stripes Staff Writer) War Relief Services of the National eigner and long a favorite of the let ANZIO-NETTUNO, Italy, Jan. 8 Catholic Welfare Conference. Ar­ Permanent Peace Nazi military might, is given a high The least bit of moisture creep in —Befana, the kind-hearted old rangements for its transportation Dear Editor: priority over our rado networks. witch, came to the bambini in to Italy were made by Myron O. The pieces in Mail Call, Pup- Some things are hard to under­ these war-ruined seaside, towns Taylor, personal representative of tent Poets and Take It From Here stand. President Roosevelt to the Vati­ have been of great interest to me, Saturday. —Cpl. Ted Naumoff According to Italian legend, each can, and Chairman of American as I'm sure they have been-to all Relief for Italy, Inc. your readers. I'd like to get a few year on the eve of the Epiphany, opinions on an idea concerning an Under Cover Man Befana rides on a broomstick invo Plans for the distribution were earnest desire for a. permanent Dear Editor: the homes of Italians, bearing pres­ made by an Anzio-Nettuno branch, ! peace. I think we all want that. In regards to "Umbrella Man on ents for the children—in commem­ of the national committee for dis­ The only way we can be sure it Patrol" pictured on page four of oration of *he journey made tribution of relief in Italy, ENDSLj won't happen again is to ensure a recent.issue, it's about time that nearly 2,000 years ago by the Three Wise Men, who brought gifts of The local committee, headed by. that there is deeply imbedded in the rear echelon stopped posing Prince Enrico Barberinl, was com­ the hearts of us all a sense of per­ for so-called "combat pictures." frankincense and myrrh to the sonal responsibility. We keep say­ Just how in the hell is he going Christ Child in His manger. posed of. the clergy, doctors, ami ing "They should have an interna­ to shoot at an enemy sniper with other prominent people of the twt The people of Anzio and Net- communities. tional government to make inter­ no magazine hi the carbine? Or In case of danger, all you do tuno have surely never greeted national law," or "they should have perhaps, he's a wild west, one-shot Is yank the zipper over; Befana with the same thankful­ WARTIME ATMOSPHERE jj ah international police force to en­ desperado. And there you have an avenue ness and deep-rooted feeling as force the laws/' or "they should To safety; it's just clover. Befana came to Anzio and Net- —Lt. G. M. Johnston, Inf. they did Saturday. tuno Sunday in a cold drizzling have an international air force to Lt. E. O. Saasto, Inf. And when you sleep upon the It was not the Befana of long- ground, rain which cast a grey shroud over, ago years, who used to come to a the shell-ruined buildings, the You'll find more warmth by heap­ scene of joy and gaiety, and whose ing pock-marked fields, the gutted, arrival used to be anticipated for muddy roads with the wrecked ma* Your clothes, fur boughs, dry leaves weeks, just as American boys and around, chines of war lying alongside—* girls await the coming of Santa ghostly monuments to the horror, Plus Claus on Christmas Eve. For, since 'Tad, Insulating, Sleeping." which came to these two towns in last Epiphany) war has struck into the months that followed Jan. 22, OKLAHOMA SOLDIER, stationed EDWARD STURGIS, president of —Cpl. R. W. LovetV Medics these once-beautiful little towns 1944. in India where fresh vegetables the National Institute of Diaper on the shore of the Tyrrhenian Befana made her headquarters at are nil, in a letter to.his wife: Services, asking that something Sea and left in its wake almost "You're sure gonna feel funny be done about a three-corner A Captain, MC Anzio in the records room of the indescribable destruction and mis­ old City Hall; at Nettuno, in the when you come down to the sta­ shortage: In time of this world-wide vio ery. tion to meet me, and I rush "Babies of the nation cannot lence, slaughter, ancient San Gallo castle of Prince Saturday's Befana was a Befana of Barberinl, where the booming surf light past you to grab a head of wait for legal government pro­ We pause to mark compassion and realism. lettuce." cedure; immediate action Is death of one, frothed at the sea wall. At each place the clothing had GROVER LOENING, aircraft con­ needed." - Cut off from his wife and his un CHILDREN GET CLOTHING seen daughter, . She brought to 2,500 youngsters been bundled according to age sultant to the War Production U, S. INFANTRYMAN, in Ger­ —ranging from two to 12 years of sizes. Each bundle contained outer \ Board:' many, diplaying his prisoner, a From a life.of healing which had long to run, age—that which they needed per­ and under-garments for the boys ' "We must look at military air­ 17-year-old German boy:; haps most of all: clothing to wear and girls. The children had been craft's usefulness in the civilian "Look, I caught V-3." There's hardly a man but will miss him greatly; during the cold, wet days of winter. selected in advance. Their parents, * economy exactly in the way a BERNARD IDDINGS BELL, argu­ No soldier who was on the beach­ or sometimes the children them­ . great hotel looks on spoiled food. For he treated both high and low ing that men overseas are for the as men. head last winter need be told how selves, bearing cards stating their Today it is delicious; tomorrow most part unconcerned with the hitter the weather there can be needs, filed past the counters piled ' ft is garbage." It is hard to believe that he who church and are fighting like val­ lately But Befana brought to the chil­ high with clothing and received DAVID LAWRENCE, Washington iant young pagans: Took his part so well will not do dren, also, a bar of candy, some­ their allotted bundles—and the ban columnist: "The only possible chance the so again. thing which some of them prob­ of candy. "The price of democracy comes churches have to win'and hold Here Catholic, Hebrew, and Protes ably never tasted before. Mr. Taylor was there, so was high, and; since this war is being respect by the American veteran tant meet Befana this year was a composite Prince Barberinl. Msgr. Joseph M

CHRISTMAS WAS a busy season, ior members of the 1st Army engaged in holding the Nazi counter- thrust on the western front, and there wasn't much time for gaiety, especially lush holiday dinners. Most fortunate were the ones who sat down, as did the ,hree above, in an abandoned Belgian farmhouse. They are Sgt. John Solivay, T-5 Edward Ciemiega and T-4 Julian Hartstein, all of Chicago. At right, above, Sgt. Arnold Schliecker and Pvt. Russell A. Clark catch chow on a woodpile while their mascot waits uncomfortably. Below, Pvt. Ray Kokoska sits on his jeep to eat before a wrecked barn, his carbine handily within reach. Popularity Isn't Always A Wonder/u/ Thing, 15th AAF Fort Crew Learns MAAF HEADQUARTERS, Jan. 8+ —Popularity is a wonderful thing. People buy books on the subject. Although what happens to a 15th AAF B-17 crew downed in the Luftwaffe Took A Licking Adriatic is not exactly a love story, MAAF HEADQUARTERS, Jan. 8—The past year was a fruit­ its one of those crazy things that ful one for the P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs of the 15th happen only once in a lifetime Fighter Command, who destroyed an average of 209 enemy air­ Which make % wonderful tale for craft a month, totalling more than 2,500 victories for 1944. The postwar sessions with your kids. Fighter Command's all-time score for enemy planes destroyed in The Fortress was limping back the air and on the ground now stands at slightly less than 4,000. from Munich. Two engines had While a majority of the groups in the Fighter Command have been knocked out by flak. Unable accounted for 500 enemy planes since beginning combat operations, to hold altitude, the plane wobbled two groups wound up 1944 for more than 700 aircraft each to then- over heavily-defended Udine in credit. Two groups have shot down more than 500 planes each in northern Italy at 5,000 feet. the air. The largest ground score for any single group is 235. A terrific anti-aircraft barrage In addition to their bomber escort duties during the year, the was sent up, powdering the sky Lightnings and Mustangs were active in bombing and strafing With black puffs. The 'third e.gine missions of their own, and in many instances served in direct sup­ was knocked out. And the fourth port to frontline operations. They destroyed more than 700 loco­ began to die. motives during the year, adding considerably to the supply prob­ . The pilot, Capt. Davis T. Joyce of lem Kesselring's Wehrmacht divisions are wrestling wi h in north­ Violet Hill, S. C. headed for open ern Italy. water, while his radio operator, Sgt. Dermeth L. Hoffman of Can- NAPLES BIJOU CTNEMA: Via Roma (off WO by, Ore:, sent air-sea rescue dis­ arrived on the scene. The Spits tie and chased off the Nazi fight­ MOVIES and Sgt's Club), Continuous shows tress signals. went into a dive and strafed the ers. All movie notices subject to last from 1330 to 2100. The ship was ditched about 45 Hun rescuers who retired—for a After three hours, a single-en- minute changes. Mon. to Wed. — Man In Grey; James Mason and Margaret Lockwood. miles behind German lines. Hastily while. gined Walrus landed and picked up AUGUSTEO (Bed Cross): * Via The enemy boats apparently put the ten airmen, but it was too ENSA GARRISON THEATER: Plazas* scrambling into two rubber ding­ Roma. Shows at 1100, 1330. 1530, 180C Dante. Shows at 1930. Matinees OB hies and lashing them together, the call in that a couple of U. S. overloaded to take off. The res­ and 2000. No morning show Sunday. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1430. the crew realized it had come down dinghies were offshore, and mo­ cued and rescuers taxied gingerly Mon. and Tues. — San Fernando Mon. to Sat. — Just A Minute (Va­ in mined waters. ments later, two FW-190s came for an hour until another Walrus Valley; Rcy Rogers. riety show.) ALHAMBRA: Via Nlsco. Shows at They had been afloat an hour roaring up, all ready to strafe the appeared and landed. OTHER ATTRACTION'S 1430, 1830 and 2030. and a half when two RAF Spit­ ten B-17 crewmen who were too Four men were transferred and SAN CARLO OPERA HOUSE: Plaza* fires circled over. At about the popular. the second Wall us soon was air­ Mon. and Tues. — National Barn Trieste Trento. Opera performances same time two enemy rescue boats Once again, the Spits gave bat- borne. But the end of the adven­ Dance; Robert Benchley. Also short daily, except Friday , at 1430 and Wed­ ture was not yet over for either (Louls-Braddock fight). nesday and Friday at 1900. group. The second party, reaching MEDICAL CENTER MUSIC HALL. Tues.—La Boheme. Fair Grounds. Shows at 1400 and 1930. Wed.—Madame Butterfly, aft. Tb* land, was strafed by the enemy, Mon. and Tues. — Keys Of The Barber of Seville, eve. Tail Turret Gunner Completes but escaped unscathed. The first Kingdom. Thurs.—Lohengrin. Walrus still was too heavy to take PALM: Via Del Mille: Shows at Fri.—Cavallerla Rustlcana and Pag- 113 Missions With B-25 Groups off, and those aboard began a 2000. liacct (eve.). night-long "sweat.*' Tues. — Good Bye Again (USO stage Sat.—Carmen. A 12TH AAF BOMBER BASE, ginning his 20th month of Overseas Sun.—La Boheme. aft. Concert at service. The plane rode the mined waters show); no matinee performance. Jan. 8 — Forced to bail out of a until darkness halted any playful­ 1900. badly shot-up Mitchell on his 13th Although he was grounded last ENSA CINEMA: Via Tarsia. Contin­ EVENTS Nov. 14 after his 96th mission so ness on the Adriatic. Then they uous shows from 1430 to 2100. Final performance of Richard Wag­ mission, S-Sgt. Alex Pudlo of Fort rode again in moonlight, until it Mon. to Wed. — The Uninvited; Ray Washington, Pa., swore he would he could go home for Christmas, ner's "Lohengrin" will be given at the he asked to be put back on combat faded. Meanwhile, enemy search­ Mllland and Ruth Hussey. San Carlo Opera House, Tuesday af« even matters with the Krauts by sta,us until he reached his goal of lights began to comb the waters, ternoon, next week. The only other flying another 100 with his B-25 113. At daybreak, they resumed taxi­ date this opera will be sung in the bomber group. Last week, he be­ ing toward friendly shores, until Wounded Soldiers near future is this Thursday. Book­ "Personal satisfaction," accord­ ings may be made well In advance. came the proud possessor of a ing to Sgr. Pudlo, was the sum total a British rescue boat appeared and scprecard which read: 113 missions of the different reasons for setting removed the airmen. Deluged With Canes completed." his sights so high. Besides Joyce and Hoffman, NASHVILLE, Term., Jan. 8 (ANS) FOGGIA crew members included: Lt. Frank FL/GELLA: Shows at 1400 and 1930 By flying 113 separate bombing "By flying 113 missions," said the — Thayer General Hospital has LITTLE THEATER: Shows at 1401 attacks as a tail turret gunner, Sgt. sergeant, "I can look anyone in the S. Covey, Richmond, Va.; Lt. Wil- been deluged with walking canes and 1900. Pudlo has chalked up one of the eye. When I quit my defense job liam Misic, Chicago; Lt. WilliamAfor wounded soldiers. highest records of any bomber because I wanted to come over­ T. Hix, Jr., Charleston, W. Va.; A Red Cross appeal for canes a BARI crewman in the Mediterranean seas, someone called me a slacker. T-Sgt. Clair H. Schmitt, Denver; few weeks ago received nation­ MOVIES theater. When I asked for combat training S-Sgt. Robert H. Gayle, Beeville, wide publicity through the press. SPECIAL SERVICE (Orien'te): Shows' Holder of the Distinguished Fin­ after being in the Army a week, Tex.; S-Sgt. Harold J. Brett,. >Lo- Canes came and are still coming at 1400 and 1900. ing Cross and the Air Medal with someone else said I was too old. mita, Calif.; S-Sgt. George S. Hill, — some by airmail. A Nashville ENSA (Petruzelli): Shows at 1300> 15 Oak Leaf Clusters, this 31-year I'm anxious to go liome and sec Chilton, Wis., and Sgt. Glenn W. minister donated one he had re­ 1530. 1800 and 2030 excepting Fri., &&% old PoJish-American gunner is be- what these boys have to say now Maehovec, Dwneombe, Iowa. ceived from President Roosevelt. and Sun. Operas on these days. •age 6 THE STARS AND STRIPES "uesday, January 9, 1945

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BLONDIE (Courtesy of King Features, distributed through CNS) By CHIC YOUNG Tuesday, January 9, 1945 THE STARS AND STRIPES Page 7 Three Teams Unbeaten On U. S. Courts Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Goalie Lumfey Is Hero FDR Delivers KO Iowa Top Cage World As Wing Six Wins er Byrnes Jars NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (ANS)—Kentucky, Muhlenberg and Iowa re­ _ NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (ANS)—The spectacular goal tending of Harry mained undefeated as college basketball settled down to business dur­ Xumley gave the successive victories over Toronto Home Front Sports ing the past week. More teams are in competition this season than last and Boston, Friday and Saturday night, and moved the Wings into a and the various conference races are going full blast. first place tie with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (ANS)—The Kentucky extended its winning streak to nine straight with Adolph League. bleakest week in wartime sports Rupp's boys gaining victories over Temple, LIU and Ohio State. Muhl­ Lumley thwarted the Bruins in the final period Saturday as his history was climaxed Saturday enberg defeated Villanova, 33-20, and now boasts eleven straight vic­ mates poured four goals into the^. with President Roosevelt's call for tories. Iowa scored its seventh straight, defeating Minnesota, 41-24, to net to gain an 8-4 triumph. He had legislation to draft 4-Fs into "what­ open its quest for the Western Conference title. previously stopped Toronto, 5-2, af­ ever capacity is best for the war St. John's of Brooklyn, Temple, NYU and DePaul are still among ter the Wings had racked up four Fresh Honors effort." the leaders. The Brooklyn Redmen dropped the traditional City College game by one point early in the week, but bounced right back Saturday goals in the first period. Earlier in the week all dog and Probably one of the worst exhi­ night to defeat Rhode Island, and bitions of hockey this season was For The Babe horse tracks in the country were in doing so, shaved 30 points off offered when the listless Rangers closed so that the thousands of the Rhodies previous average of NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 8 horseplayers who whiled away their Basketball Scores and the Chicago Black Hawks con­ (ANS)—The Connecticut Sports- 88 points per game. trived to put 11,000 customers to writers Alliance yesterday voted afternoons in the warm sunshine NYU came back from a bad looking for easy dough might be St. John's, 66; Rhode Island, 58 start and pounded out impressive sleep with the first scoreless tie Babe Ruth the outstanding ath­ NYU, 73; Connecticut, 45 played in the league this year. lete of the past quarter of a cen­ used in more constructive wartime Pennsylvania, 55; Cornell, 47 • Ken McAuley, Rangers, and Mike tury and the Bambino will receive enterprise Temple, 62; Syracuse, 33 Karakas, Hawks, now join the se­ a plaque at their annual Gold Key After accomplishing the shut­ Columbia, 51; Dartmouth, 33 lect company of Frank McCool, Dinner here Jan. 29. Stevens, 49; Union, 32 down of race tracks, War Mobili­ Trinity, 50; Williams, 43 Toronto, as the only goalies in the Following an annual custom, the zation Director James F. Byrnes loop who have turned in shutouts Nutmeg State scribes will honor Virginia, 30; Richmond, 24 this season. gave a hint that other sports were Duke, 51, Maryland, 24 While the hockey was awful, the cue for curtailments when he put Kentucky, 59; Ohio University, 46 a well-worded sizzle on 4-Fs in­ Southern Methodist, 58; Texas, 41 lighting was even worse. Hanfcj Rice, 53; Texas Aggies, 22 dulging in pro athletics. Goldup and Bill Moe, Rangers, and Peru Teachers, 37; Culver, 36 victories over Cornell and Con­ Pete Horeck and Joe Cooper, Last year both baseball and foot­ Purdue 37; Ohio State, 36 Michigan, 43; Illinois, 38 necticut. DePaul, beaten only oy Hawks, went at it briefly in the ball got by on their supply of crip­ Illinois in eight starts, got even first period, but no one came close Iowa, 41; Minnesota, 34 ples, but only time will tell what Northwestern, 52; Wisconsin, 37 by beating the mini, 63-56. to bringing blood. will happen to these and other Wayne, 74; Michigan Normal, 48 Ohio State, defending onampions The Montreal Canadiens main­ sports when the government takes Iowa State, 60; Kansas State, 31 of the Western Conference, blew tained its hold on the top spot in these physical misfits off the fields Lawrence, 40; Concordia, 38 a pair of games during the week, the league, even though now shar­ Western Michigan, 48; Marquette, 45 one to Great Lakes, 60-50, and ing it with Detroit," beating the of sports and puts them into fac­ Arkansas, 90; Baylor, 30 tories. more important, dropped a confer­ Hawks Saturday, 10-1. West Virginia, 113; Salem, 51 ence tilt to Purdue by one point RICKEY LOOKS FOR HELP So. Carolina. 41; No. Carolina, 40 BuckneU, 40; Franklin Marshall, 33 Saturday night. Oft mentioned subject of putting Baldwin-Wallace, 48; Case, 38 Michigan picked up conference Nelson, Harrison a sports coordinator in Washing­ Bethany, 49; Fairmout, 36 victories over Indiana and Illinois ton was revived with Branch (The Hamline, 68; So. Dakota Teachers, 31 and if lt hadn't been for an over­ Brain) Rickey advocating the ap­ Akron, 57; Ohio Wesleyan, 49 time loss to the Buckeyes in the Tied At Los Angeles pointment of someone—he didn t St. Thomas, 46; St. Olaf, 43 conference curtain raiser, the name anyone—to that nebulous of­ Milwaukee Teaehers, 54; LaCrosse Wolverines would be far ahead. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 8 (ANS? BABE RUTH fice. He ran into some stiff oppo­ Teachers, 34 Temple roused itself from a poor —Byron Nelson and Sgt. Dutch sition, notable from his cross river Westminster, 81; University of Mexico, start to chalk up three victories, Harrison shared one of their own at the dinner neighbor, , president of 39 trouncing Wyoming, Ursinus and a temporary when Dan Parker, sports editor of the Yankees who apparently holds Muhlenberg, 32; Villanova, 20 lead after the the New York Daily Mirror, a na­ to the attitude adopted by the late PBS LEAGUE third round of tive of Waterbury, Conn., will be Judge Landis: "We haven't asked feted along with Ruth. Ken Strong, Virginia League the 13,333-dollar any favors yet and we aren't going Giants, 34; Generals, 32 Los Angeles of the New York Giants football to'" Commodores, 60; Lightnings, 33 Open Golf Tour­ team, and Pete Foley, veteran The future of all sports in the Tigers, 47; Red Arrows, 41 nament yester­ Connecticut high school mentor, United States seems to depend on Champion League day. Play was will also be honored. war developments. Not only pro­ Jaffroes, 64; Stars, 12 enveloped by a fessionals but amateurs too, will School Boys, 39; , 30 dense fog with Krawens, 27; Buckeyes, 19 six of the tour- fall under 4-F go to work orders. Syracuse and lost to Kentucky by ^^^^^^^^ I nament's hottest Zivic Must Scrap Without 4-Fs many colleges would only a single point. Byron Nelson ' golfers still on noi have been able to play basket­ Among the notable victories Sat­ the course. The Rules Committee ball or football last year and now New Boss Not Subject urday were Columbia's 51-33 de­ decided that the players caught Before He Can Quit that naval trainees are becoming cision over Dartmouth, the per­ in this "horrible scarcer at colleges throughout the Of Big Ten Conference ennial Eastern Intercollegiate Florida weather" NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (ANS) — country, varsity teams are also apt CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (ANS)—West­ League champs; Penn's 59-58 tri­ might try to fin­ Fritzie Zivic's announced retire­ to become scarcer. ern Conference athletic directors umph over Great Lakes in a thril­ ish or wait until ment last Friday before his thrill­ held a surprise meeting here yes­ ler; and Canisius' victory over Col­ 'Monday. The ing and successful brawl with Billy terday, but said they did not dis­ gate. players voted to Arnold, the schoolboy sensation, cuss the matter of a successor to Oregon downed Idaho two nights wait. will have to wait until he has met the late Maj. John L. Griffith, straight in Pacific Coast Confer­ Al (Bummy) Davis again in the former conference commissioner. ence tilts. Washington swamped Harrison's 69 Garden or Ray Robinson. A good gave him a total Kenneth (Tug) Wilson, director Oregon, 42-22, and St. Mary's beat guess at the moment is that Zivic California. of 213 and Nel­ will meet and defeat Davis before at Northwestern, said the meeting son came down a full house and then lose to Rob­ dealt solely with the selection of The highest score of the season a few minutes inson before another full house. office space for the conference so far was that, 113-51, plastering later with a 70 „^^^^^^^^_ headquarters. For the past 15 West Virginia gave Salem College. The old professor had little DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 8 (ANS) years the offices have been at a In the Southwest Conference, to tie. Sam Byrd, Dutch Harrison trouble with Arnold, shooting his —The Dallas News said yesterday Ray Mangrum and Pvt. Leland local hotel, but the lease has ex­ however, Arkansas thumped Bay­ left harmlessly, but annoyingly, that H. N (Dusty) Russell, coacn pired. lor twice by 94-28 and 90-30 scores Gibson had completed 17 holes into the befuddled Negro's face when the weather hit, and all Byrd at Highland Park High School, will "We've had a few applications The Oklahoma Aggies were still throughout the eight rounds. He be the next bead football mentor at for the commissioner's job," Wilson jinxed by Norman Naval, bowing needs is par on the 18th hole, 445 had to revert to the thumb when - yards long, to grab the lead one Southern Methodist University. Of­ reported,, "and those were from 34-31, to make it two years no * it got warm; he butted and ne used ficial confirmation of Russell's persons unqualified to hold it. We stroke ahead of Nelson and Har­ rabbit punches, but his usuai fury without a victory over the power­ rison. resignation from his high school did not discuss the matter formally ful Sooner trainee squad. Ham- was lacking. post will be forthcoming soon, the and I do not know when we shall." line, storm center of the latest Johnny Revolta, Jug McSpaden After looking over the gallery, and George Schneiter had com­ News reported. Another conference meeting is fuss over the amateur status of its which contained 16,000 paying cus­ Russell's team won the State scheduled for Columbus, Ohio, this team because of the presence ol pleted 14 holes when they had to tomers, ne decided to win with quit. championship this past season. The weekend, but directors said they Howie Schultz and Rollie Seltz, two little to spare and in so doing he News added that SMU would use would not take up the commis­ pro baseball players, in its lineup performed the greatest favor young him as head coach until the return sioner issue then either. walloped South Dakota, 68-31. Arnold will ever receive in bis box­ of Matty Bell, who has been in the Hockey Standings ing career and also insured him­ Navy since 1942, and after that, self of another loaded house. Kussell will be Bell's assistant. STANDINGS Yep, it looks like the the retire­ Navy Rolls Over Army W L T Pts. ment is off. chums Mr. Dish- GREENWOOD LAKE, N. J., Montreal * 18 5 2 38 face will fight some more for the (ANS) — Lee Oma, Detroit heavy­ Detroit 17 6 4 38 privilege of accumulating a con­ weight who is training here for his Toronto 13 9 2 28 siderable amount of muzzula, a ten round bout Jan. 26 against In Bermuda's Lily Bowl Boston 9 14 1 19 little item which delights him im­ Joe Baksi, was notified that he HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 8 (ANS)—The Navy team defeated New York 4 13 7 15 mensely. the Army, 39-6, in the third annual Lily Bowl football game yester­ Chicago 3 17 had become the father of a six- 4 10 pound son. Hospital attaches in day, coming back with six touchdowns after spotting the Army a six-point lead early in the tussle before 11,000 fans. Eastern Division Detroit reported the missus and W L T Pts. Flew The Coop future pug were both doing fine. Navy's passing attaek, engineered by Dan Vargo, Akron, Ohio, Buffalo 18 12 4 40 KANSAS CITY (ANS) -B 11 Os- was too much for the soldiers whose score came on a line buck toy Hershey )6 13 4 36 oorn planned to have wild ducks HUNTINGTON. W. Va., (ANS) Charlie Painter, Rocky mount, N. C. Johnny McQuary, former Providence U 17 2 26 over the holidays. He shot a fine —Mei Queen, New York Yankee Southern California star, ripped the Army line throughout the Western Division rightnanded nurier, tooK nis physi­ game and scored twice, while Vargo, a veteran of all three oowl W L T Pts. plump mallard, tucked it under nis cal examination and although no clashes, tossed two touchdown aerials, one a 40-yard heave to Jaefc Indianapolis 15 9 10 40 minting coat, carried it for 15 result was announced, the twirler Moran, Salem, Mass., and the other a 29-yard pitch to Harry Ftowe. Cleveland 16 9 5 37 minutes then slipped and fell, rhe Pittsburg a 15 . 15 4 34 was confident he would be ac­ Navy's fifth touchdown was a line plunge by John Vini, and St. Louis 5 22 3 13 coat flew open—-and the duck flew cepted. Queen, 26, has two chil­ the sixth was a 50-yard run with an intercepted pass by Bill Todd. i cut and away. dren. Governor Lord Burghley and Lady Burghley attended.

London Press Likes Edgar Hoover's Boys Good Neighbor Trip' Prove They're Alert Pleases Texas City President's Speech WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (ANS) LONDON, Jan, 8 —The British —A young man in a Nazi Party EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 8 — di press, which has been rather curt uniform strolled down Pennsyl­ brand-new way to cement good lately about the United States' vania Avenue at noon—and he neighborly relations between Mez* foreign policy, seemed today to be "lasted" just one block and a half ico and the United States has left feeling much better as one by­ before two FBI agents grabbed this important border city aglow product of President Roosevelt's the lad. weekend message and broadcast on with good feeling toward its south* his nation's attitude toward inter­ It was an experiment by the era neighbor. Washington Evening Star to Dr. Ezequiel Padilla, Mexico'* national questions, so opinion re­ demonstrate the alertness of the ported by Reuter's news agency capital's population, Gordon Foreign Secretary, has made the Indicated today. Shorb, copy boy, wore the uni­ trip up here from his capital on Those old, familiar sources form picked up as a souvenir by what the press describes as "an known as "London observers" — a GI in Europe. obviously small matter"—the long* words that can cover anybody from Pedestrians stared, but ho one standing Chamizal dispute — and a prime minister down to a casual everyone is pleased at the recog­ acquaintance — were quoted by started anything. The lad even Reuter's as believing that the saluted an Army major, who re­ nition giv^n the city by his trip. j President had indicated that he turned the salute. Officially the dispute concerne Stands for an international policy some 600 acres of lanu along the based on the ideals ana principles Rio Grande River left "stranded" embodied in the Atlantic Charter in the United States by the meaa- as "opposed to the policy of ex­ Babies Being Sold aerings of the great stream. pediency." But to El Paso the discussion* According to Reuter's, British ' opinion on the left has "been de­ On Black Market here signify the high degree ot manding a return to the strict ob­ friendliness to which United States- servance of the principles as WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UP)— Mexico relations have risen, the defined in the Atlantic Charter, You can get babies on the black Boston Christian Science Monitor from which, it has been indicated, market now. correspondent reports. there is a tendency on the part of Some "baby brokers" arrange for Press comment expresses great the Governments to deviate. Presi­ adoption of illegitimately born satisfaction that the 600-acre tract dent Roosevelt comes out as the children for as much as 2,000 dol­ will no longer be a "political foot-* champion of the orthodoxy. There lars each, according to Maud Mor- ball," and has accepted enthusi­ is a Wilsonian ring about bis ex­ lock, consultant on social services astically Dr. Padilla's statement pression of his convictions." to the Children's Bureau here. that it is the desire of President DE GAULLE PROBLEM She ascribes the booming traf­ Avila Camacho of Mexico that the question be solved during his ten­ The diplomatic correspondent of fic in babies for adoption as the TONS OF RELIEF supplies from the U. S. now are being distributed result of a combination of factors ure of office." j the Sunday Times here asserted to civilians of Italy. At a refugee center in the Florence area, Lt. Dr. Padilla came here in his pri­ | that it seems likely that one of —mainly the fact that the number E. W. Walsh of New York City, above, gives food to a needy family, of babies available for adoption is vate railroad car and has confer­ ! the first questions to be discussed red ^'ith L. M. Lawson, the U. S.'e . at the coming "Big Three" meet- -victims of the path of war. not great enough to meet the de­ sire of would-be foster parents. boundary commissioner who is sta­ : Ing will be whether to invite Gen. tioned in this city. Charles de Gaulle, to make the The Children's Bureau urged meeting one of four great powers. that mothers should wait at least A solution whereby the land can Complete agreement has been Kuominfang Will Discuss four months after the child is born be declared American territory oy reached among President Roose­ before signing any adoption papers the Mexican government by reason velt, Prime Minister Churchill and —and Miss Morlock wants laws, of the river shifts is believed to Marshal Stalin as to the time and China's Democratization state and federal—to make it il­ have been worked out, although place of their next meeting, the legal to "sign away" children be­ there is no official announcement Times correspondent said. CHUNGKING, China, Jan. 8 (UP) — To discuss Generalissimo fore birth. as yet. But the exact settlement is Chiang Kai-shek's New Year's pledge that governmental power would regarded here as less importnat Where and when is still an of­ oe transferred to the Chinese people in 1945, a National People's Con­ than the co-operative attitude* ficial secret. So far as the date is gress will be convened in the near future, so a special committee of the s-en behind Dr. Padilla's gesture. I concerned, early in February would Munching Mongrels appear to be the latest probable Kuomintang — the People's Party, which is at present the Government The Mexican constitution forbids ] time. As for the place, it «is con- party — has announced here, United Press reported today. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 8 the Mexican congress to cede any gidered certain that it will in­ The Generalissimo said he would* • (ANS)—This city's dogs have dis­ territory, and this has been a tech­ volve journeys for all three states­ propose that the Congress be called covered that wartime automobile nical obstacle to solution of the men. when the military situation had Americans Close Gap license plates made of soybeans problem. It is believed, however, Morning newspapers here, quoted become so stabilized as to enable are good to eat. Police, as a re­ that by declaring the river itself by United Press, feel that the Chinese forces to launch a counter- To Island Of Luzo sult, have received numerous com­ to be the official border the ob­ offensive. In recent weeks, Chiang's plaints. stacle can be overcome. Presidential message did much to (Continued from Page 1) Clear the atmosphere created by armies have been pressing the Japanese back from their drive into nese planes and damaging 14 •recent Anglo-American friction on others questions of European policy. Kweichow province. The Generalissimo at that time Capture of Paluan gave the The Labor party's Daily Herald Americans command of most of ikely Robombs Will Hit ! found much hope in the president's pointed out that the outbreak of war with Japan in 1937 had pre­ the western coast of Mlndoro. The belief that victory is possible this announcement by General Doug­ year and that "a substantial be­ vented the introduction of a con­ East Coast, Admiral Says ginning of an organization of stitutional government. He said las MacArthur that it had been world peace" can be achieved. that in nearly eight years of war captured was the first indication (Continued from Page 1) democratic principles had "sunk that American forces were that far He said the bombs probably "Regardless of air coverage in MESSAGE PRAISED north on the island. Up to now, into the hearts of the people gen­ would be smaller than V-l or V-2 this area, I think the bombs could The conservative daily, The erally and their sense of civic re­ get through," he said at a prese tfightino theg southwesthere hat s cornebeen r confinearoundd j launched against Great Britain. Times, described the speech as a sponsibility had been heightened." The greatest danger to expect, he conference. He added he had "dur­ message of "great significance," He felt, therefore, it was not neces­ San Jose. Now, with Paluan ing past weeks" held "important and the island of Marinduque to said, was from fires. praised it warmly, but criticized its sary to wait until the end of the He warned against panic which, conferences" with leaders and of­ concept of postwar economy as war to call a peoples' congress. the east of Mindoro in their hands, ficers in all military defensive the Americans dominate the ap­ he said, could increase damage. inadequate. Some observers saw the conven­ "The next alert will be the McCoy," units along the east coast. Referring to the President's proaches to Manila Bay. "We know and feel that within ing of a peoples' congress by the Paluan, which has a harbor, was He said. , promise that national prosperity Kuomintang and the Generalissimo The danger area, he said, was the next 30 to 60 days the Germans predicted full employment, The taken by the 6th Army troops will make some buzzbomb at­ as a step toward ironing out the which-landed seven miles down the in a 300-mile arc from which Times said that full employment friction between an estimated 80.- either New York or Washington tempt on New York or Washington should be the goal of every peace 000,000 Chinese in the North China coast from the town. could be hit. He said the Germans or other coastal cities," the admiral loving nation, as well as of the Communist areas and the Kuomin­ General MacArthur 's communi­ had 300. submarines "at least" in said. "Let 'em come. We are ready United States. tang. que said that heavy bombers of his the Atlantic and that the Navy was to meet the situation." "It may be felt that an oppor­ command destroyed 18 enemy prepared to keep them from com­ "I don't think there is anything tunity was missed to drive home planes in attacks on Clark, Nichols ing close enough to fire or to stop to worry too much about," he said. the hard but inescapable truth Forum Reopening and Neilson airfields on Luzon. them before they fired ma.iy "They might try to hit the Em­ that an America which sought to Admiral Nimitz said that Suri- bombs. He said six or eight subs achieve full employment by in­ bachi on Paramushiro, main Japa­ pire State building o cause panic; SIENA, Italy, Jan. 8—A nightly would be needed to bomb New they may kill a few people and creasing exports without an equal discussion forum for workers, the nese base in the Kurile Islands, York. increase in imports, would in the "Universita Popolare," will reopen 1,350 miles north of Tokyo, was "I consider adequate measures cause sortie damage but they won't long run not only jeopardize her in Siena on Jan. 14 after several I attacked by surface units several have been taken to protect New be able to launch more than ten own power and prosperity, but York and Washington," he said. or twelve robot bombs," he said. would drive the rest of the world years of Fascist suppression. | days ago. to economic chaos and despair," The Times stated. LI'L ABNER (Courtesy of United Features, distributed thru CN3) By AL CAPP The Daily Mail said that Mr. Roosevelt is a realist who is aware that the United States cannot de­ tach herself from the world and live in isolation.

I Flight Record Cut NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (ANS) — TWA said the record commercial cargo flight, non-stop between Chi­ cago and New York, was cut one hour and 42 minutes off the sched­ uled time. Stripped down, a Douglas DC made the flight, in two hours and 48 minutes, running 275 miles per hour and aided by a strong tail wind. THE T2™AIR FORCE

Vol. 1 No. 14, Sunday, September 14), 1944 HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH AIR FORCE TWO LIRE 7th Grabs Hawaiian Conference Yanks Dig Key Town Deeper in gehead Besancon Falls To Patch's Men Units In Bitter Fight Fast Outward} AHQ, MEDITERRANEAN, rene Captured Sept. 9 — Driving steadily clo­ ser to the Belfort Gap, Lt. Gen. LONDON, Sept. 9 — Allied Patch's 7th Army has cleared troops attempting to enlarge Besancon, overcoming strong their bridgehead over the Alb­ resistance by German reargu­ ert Canal in eastern France ards. , were meeting stronger apposit­ Nazi forces attempted to de­ ion tonight but had captured lay the occupation of the town Bourg Leopold, while in other with fire from mortars and sectors the Allied spread over machine guns, supported by France had taken Roulers and tanks and self-propelled guns. reached Thiel, where fighting The Yank-columns drove the continued Saturday night. Germans from the heights on Generally, there was little the southwest and closed in on news from the battle fronts of the tov/n from three sides. France, in line with a policy They have now driven east of announced here that as the pre­ Besancon to the vicinity of Ro parations go apace for the co­ wlans le Grand, 12 miles far­ ming battle of Germany a veil ther east on the Doub?, tL rer The President, General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral William. D. Leahy (left to of secrecy will be pulled down. and are approaching Baumes right) appear in a jovial mood as their car drives to the parade grounds at Schofield Bar­ Shaef communiques revealed les Dames. Bridges across the racks during the chief executive's recent conferences in Hawaii. (PA Photo) that one arm of the Roulers river below Besancon are re­ force had advanced some mi­ ported to lave' been demoli­ res toward Bruges, and that Al­ shed. lied armor farther north had Two hundred Germans were 8th Encbunters 9 Carriers In Libs Hit J op captured Dixmude. captured n the largest of Be- In eastern Belgium, Allied sancon's mediaeval forts, which Invasion Fleet troops occupied Liege, 21 miles surrendered after fierce resi­ Stubborn Hun Ra?l Junction from the German frontier, af­ stance, stated an INS corres­ AHQ, MEDITERRANEAN, CALCUTTA, Sept. 9 — Libe ter advancing along the north pondent. He said in p^viz AHQ, ITALY, Sept. 9 — The Sept, 9 — The invasion fleet rators attacked the important bank of the Meuse river aga­ 'The captives included ma­ German's tenacious defense of for the south of France lan­ railway junction of Hohngpla- inst scattered enemy resistance. ny naval men who had w? ":- new positions on the Coriano dings on August 15 consis­ duk, 40 miles west of Bangkok Reach Nouville ed from the Toulon area, and and San Savino ridges, which on Wednesday, it was announ­ men from the garrison at Bia- ted of five battleships, 26 In the area south of the are proving tougher than the cruisers, nine aircraft car­ ced today. Meuse, between Namur and. rr'.z all under orders to def­ original Gothic Line, was con­ This attack was the fourth in end the town to the last man tinued today with heavy mor­ riers, and nearly 100 des­ Liege, our troops have reached But they gave up in droves troyers, besides a host of 70 days • on distant Japanese the village of Nouville, 10 mi­ tar and shellfire during violent minesweepers, landing craft rail targets. Eastern air com­ les east of Huy, the communi- wnen fhe American.-* appeared rain and thunderstorms. mand headquarters said that it with bazookas, tanks and Casualties are piling up on and other types, it was an­ (Contmued on page 8) > tank destroyers." nounced here today. was one of the longest flights both sides in this bitter battle Three of the battleships made in the monsoon weather for the Adriatic corridor. were the American Texas, as Hohngpladuk is more than In a battle that raged all day Nevada and Arkansas. Ot­ 1,050 miles from the Liberators (J. S. Bombers Italy Needs Thursday and well into the ho­ hers were the HMS Ramill- bases in India. urs of darkness, British troops lies and the French battle­ The crews were in the air captured the tiny village of ship Lorraine. for more than 12 hours, flying Rip Mindanoa Help-FDR Croce, six and a half miles in­ for much of the time over the land from the Adriatic. Forw­ Bay of Bengal. Crews watched WASHINGTON, September 8 AHQ, SOUTHWEST PACI­ ard elements took another vil­ VON PAPEN TO SPAIN fires starting as the aircraft FIC, Sept. 9 — Strong forces of *- The Allies must give Italy left the target. additional economic assistance lage 1,000 yards further inland MADRID, Sapt. 9 — Diplo­ Liberators and Mitchells with and held it in the face of strong matic circlas here confirmed if she is to recover from the REX ATTACKED fighter cover made a daylight Vast destruction caused by the counterattacks. that the German ambassador attack on Santa Anna, a sea­ Nazi war machine in that coun­ North of Florence important to Spain, Hans Dieckouff, left AHQ, ITALY, Sept. 9 — The plane base, and port installa­ try, President Roosevelt said advances have been made by by air for Berlin on Thursday. famous Italian liner Rex has tions in the Mindanoa region of today at his press conference. Briish troops into the high gro- He will be replaced by Von Pa- been hit by Beaufighters In the the Philippines on Wednesday, (Continued on page 8) pen. northern Adriatic. Roosevelt revealed that Bri­ according to a communique is­ gadier William O. Dwyer, Ame­ sued today. rican economic officer in Ita­ "Our air force now domina­ ly, had returned to- the U. S Tito Tightens Trap On Isolated Nazis; tes the southern Philippines." to discuss plans for additional the communique added. m aid. In the Celebes area, night pa­ The president said that the trol planes bombed supply ins­ h Germans in the wake of their Red Machine Rolls Into Transylvania tallations and shot down i*n retreat had destroyed many u- enemy fighter. Near Ceram, air tilities and that north of Rome MOSCOW, Sept. 9 — Marshal whose government occupied the estimated to number about patrols attacked shipping on the alone they had wiped out' 90 Tito tonight was directing si­ novel position of being at war 200,000 men. south coast, sinking three frei­ per cent of the electric power zeable partisan forces in cut- with Germany and Russia si­ Allied Headquarters in Italy ghters. plants. Roads and bridges have ing communications lines to multaneously. Russian foreign announced that a new "Opera In Washington, a Paeific been torn up, he added, anr* prevent the escape of German office spokesmen indicated, ho­ tion Strangle'' had been laun fleet announcement revealed the resulting distribution pro­ troops from Greece while the that U. S. carrier aircraft bom­ f wever, that since the Bulga- ched by the U. S. 15th Air blem had caused shortages o Russian juggernaut rolled on ians had declared war on Ger­ Force and had cut all main bed and strafed Yap and Ulithi food clothing and medical sup­ without any visible signs of many her peace proposals wo- lines between Vienna and Bud­ in the western Carolines on plies. slackening in Transylvania and ald be reconsidered. apest, and that between Bui September 5 and 7. The raiders The President revealed tha+ m the Danube plains. Even before the declaration garia and Greece the lines dropped 110 tons of bombs and vital medical supplies were be­ Yugoslav forces in Serbia against Germany, Bulgar troops were impassable at key points. fired numerous rockets* destro­ ing moved in by the militar*1 have now cut all important vere attacking the Germans Correspondents here in as ying a radio cable station, anti­ authorities and so far Great jommunications with the north. aear the old frontier of Bul­ sessing the situation pointed aircraft positions, buildings and Britain and the U. S. had sen'1 ie Tito communique said. U- garia and Serbia, a report out that the Russians are doing storage dumps. No air borne in more than one hundred mil­ nits of the 14th Serbian Corps from a London Daily Mail extraord inar ily well conside­ enemy aircraft were encounte­ lion dollars worth of all kind- Saturday were on the march writer said. Allied planes were ring the tough terrain they red and anti-aircraft fire was Of supplies. Fuel supplies have to join up with Soviet forces hitting 'continually at roads are traversing and the fact the meagre. American casualties been furnished mainly by En­ a+ the Danube and railways, shutting a tight me Germans and some Hunga­ were three pilots and one air gland; with a big part of th^ Elsewhere in the Balkans, "rap around the krauts in Bul­ rian allies are dispatching re crew man. All planes returned food coming from the U. S. attention turned on Bulgaria, garia, Greece and Yugoslavia serves against them. to their base. Page 2 WEEKLY MISSION Sunday, September 10, 1944 THE KTHAIR FORCE 'Temperamental' P-39s Prove Themselves In Aerial Combat

By Sgt. PHILIP S. WHITE night. What's this world com­ Some of the others started temMissiON ing to?'' playing around with bombs. Weekly newspaper magazine of the Twelfth Air Force, 12TH FIGHTER COMMAND It was rugged going. The The skeptics told them they published each Sunday for personnel of the 12th Air Force. — They all said the ship was weather was bitter cold and were crazy. "Bombs on a P-39?, Material for the Weekly Mission is furnished by Publie hot, tricky and temperamental. none of the boys had warm You're getting slap-happy. On Relations, 12th AAF, MAAF; United Nations News Service; They said it wasn't for this clothing. But the GI Joes slug­ a P-51, yes, but don't try it on Camp Newspaper Service; Army News Service and The Stars theater. But the guys that flew ged it out. They nearly drove an Airacobra.'' But the lugs and Stripes. 'em didn't know it. The eager- the long-suffering English fra­ went ahead. They didn't know Individual whole copies of Weekly Mission may be sent eyed bandits that rode them ntic with their impossible de­ it wouldn't work. They started by members of the U. S. Armed Forces to the United States. liked them hot, tricky and te­ mands for equipment, spare with 100-pounders. It didn't Copies stamped by field press censors are on fjle at Hq 12th mperamental — like the wench parts and use of transportation do so bad. Then one of the Air Force you expect to see on your next and communications. pilots went completely berserk All communications must be relayed through channels to leave. Then one morning the wea­ and hung on a 250 pounder. He the 12th Air Force Weekly Mission, Hq 12th Air Force. For guys who were suckled ther cleared. The pilots were yanked it off the ground with Publications Officer, Captain Max G. Marple. on speed it suited them. "So briefed. You could see their his bootstraps, took it out and they're hot," they said, "OJK.. sleepy eyes get wide as a half- made a nice hit on his target. crown when they heard the Someone suggested a 500 po-» Vol. I, No. 14 Sunday, September 10, 1944 we'll fly 'em hot." They went out and flew them and fought words "North Africa." und bomb. And that was too much. STAFF them and got themselves a rep It was a long, tense journey as if they didn't know any for a fighter plane. All but two But the mechanics got their Pvt. John J. Hastings News Editor better. The grease monkeys made it. One was compelled to heads together and with the Pfc George H. Grucnwald Feature Editor who kept them in the air di­ return to base; another made extra soup they somehow ex­ Pvt. Jerry Houghton Business Manager dn't know better, either. All a forced landing in Portugal. tracted from the 100-octane Pvt. George D. Hatton Assistant Business Manager they knew was that the 39s In Tunisia the pilots and the Cobras were soon not only Pvt. Budge Patty Sports Editor were rough and tough and had ground crew dug in about a lugging 500-pounders but half- a sock like the kick of a Mis­ hop," skip and jump from the tonners as well. And they we­ souri mule. German* lines. They started re taking them out over nor­ They showed their stuff when running ground strafing mis­ thern Italy and getting bulls- ** In This Corner.. • six of the 39s blasted hell out sions, shooting up everything eyes on the things they saw. In each week's issue, the WEEKLY MISSION attem­ of a railway bridge in northern in sight. They hit tanks, trucks, Their bombing technique is pts to list ail awards made to members of the 12th Air Force for the preceeding week. Every check is made to insure against errors. Awards of the Purple Heart, and Airacobra Successor awards made to persons missing in action, will not be listed because of War Department regulations. 1 ••- -,.....,-:..,.'..... ,...'.• Wc':'' -•••••; •••••...•:::"; • ••„:/•-:• :

AWARD OF SILVER STAR: Robert J Chistina, First Lieutenant, Kenner, La. AWARDS OF SOLDIER'S MEDAL: Rober. P. Stewart, Jr., S/Sgt, Eastland, Texas. George B. Waggoner, Jr., Sgt, Lufkin, Texas. AWARDS OF DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS: Anthony G Hunter, Colonel, Kansas City, Mo. Willie, n R. Nevitt, Lt. Col., Houston. Texas Ivan I Andrus, Captain, Old Mission, Mich. Ly-mi Carter, Captain, Barre, Mass. Lyle H Dub-*, Captain, Academy, S. Dakota. James A. Eagien, Captain, Denver, Colo.

The 86th Fighter Group is cited for outstanding per­ formance of duty in action against, the enemy in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations on 25 May 1944. After the Allied armies had broken the enemy's seven- month stand before Cassino, Italy, and were threatening his flank from the Anzio Beachhead, powerful German forces attempted to reform on a line between Frascati and Tivoli, where they proposed to stop the Allied ad­ vance short of Rome. To disrupt this strategic maneuver, the 86th Fighter Group was ordered, on 25 May 1944, to maintain conti­ nuous armed reconnaissance of all roads leading from the front to the projected defense line Although the majority of their fifty A-36's and P-40's had been flown over 400 combat hours on more than 200 combat missions and had been subjected, in almost a year's service, to the dust and heat of North Africa as well as to the terrific strain of vertical diving, the ground personnel, through indefa­ tigable and resourceful effort, had every plane prepared The sleek, powerful P-63 Kingcobra pictured above will soon replace the older P-39 for an all-out effort by daylight. according to the War Department. The new plane uses a long wing drag and a two- Taking off at 0650 hours on 25 May, the first flight stage supercharger for improved performance. (INS Photo) began a gruelling battle with enemy transport, diving thro­ ugh intense anti-aircraft fire to bomb traffic, effect road Italy ' only to be jumped railway trains and motor con­ something you'll never learn blocks and create confusion, repeatedly returning at mi­ by twelve Focke-Wulf 190s and voys. And the things they hit outside the squadron. No one nimum altitude to strafe the streams of enemy reconnais­ Me-109s. The hell that broke with that 37 mm nose cannon does much talking but it's sort sance cars, personnel carriers, trucks, tanks, and horse- loose would shame the fury of underwent radical changes. of a combination of dive and drawn artillery moving to the rear. a scorned woman — but that's It'll never show up in the skip bombing with a few very When the final four-ship flight landed that night at getting ahead of the story. It story books but the boys in special improvisations all their 2020 hours, the Group had, in 12 missions and 86 sorties, all started in October, 1942 the Airacobra squadron can own. The main idea, though.- is destroyed 217 and damaged 245 enemy vehicles, inflicting with 27 pilots and 27 planes take a little private credit for -hat they hit what they go af­ an unknown number of casualties on hostile personnel, esta­ and a ground crew of 39 men ..'he success of the Sicilian in­ ter. And recently they've gai­ blished many effective road blocks, silenced several gun all huddled together on a ble vasion. One of the German re- ned the name of Round-Trip- positions, and interdicted the highways into the towns of ak and barren air field in En con pilots who was shot down Chippies. — They always come Frosinone, Cori and Cescano. gland. All the CO said was, but parachuted to safety, said, back. They can take on a lot These crushing blows were not delivered without loss. Of "There's work to be done,*' but "It iss easy to come ofer and of lead — that is, whenever a the Group's fifty planes, hostile fire destroyed two and he said a mouthful, 20 of the find oudt vat iss going on but Jerry is lucky enough to get heavily damaged six others, one of which had to be sal- pilots had never flown 39s it iss hell to get back with the in a snap shot at them — and One pilot was reported missing in action. They had to be checked out. information." The Krajuts di­ still come back home. his dawn-to-dusk aerial hammering by the 86th Figh- The guns had to be bore si­ dn't know what was coming So it looks like the Cobra iroup, coordinating with the terrific assaults made ghted and proof fired. Econo­ off. boys have now got their rep­ i adjoining areas by other units of the Mediterranean my runs had to be made. Ana The boys did another nice utation. Originally designed tical Air Force, so crippled the enemy's transport system all the 'bugs' had to be ironed piece of work on the Pantel- for low altitude ground straf­ J disorganized and ecimated his ranks that he was out in preparation for a long leria and Lampedusa deals. ing, the sky-jockeys of the fi­ cced to abandon his projected defense of Rome and has- and hazardous flight to a se­ With a skeleton ground crew ghter squadron have made .Jy retreat northward to escape complete annihilation cret destination. All in two they put 30 planes in the air heir thunder buggies do eve­ In these operations, the pilots of the 86th Fighter weeks' time. And with 39 gre­ over the islands and knocked rything but talk. It just shows Group, through their extraordinary heroism, determination ase monkeys doing the work down an FW 190 and an Me what a gang of hell-for-leather and marked proficiency in combat have reflected the of 250 men. 109 on the only occasion that pilots with a top-notch ground highest credit upon their organization and upon the Mili­ The local people shook their the Jerries poked their noses jrew can do when they don't tary Service of the United States. heads doubtfully. "Those crazy in. But still the powers-that-be '.mow they're licked. And the Yanks," they said. "Going to weren't convinced. More con­ CO, Major Robert E. Keyes of work at 5:00 o'clock in the voy 'patrol. This time in Sar­ Roadhouse. Illinois, says with Max EL Bell, First Lieutenant, Safford, Ariz. dinia. Donald R. Blumenshein, First Lieutenant, Mankato, Minn. morning and working till mid- pardonable pride, "This is only Jarr W. Brett, First Lieutenant, Cleveland, Ohio. the beginning, only the begin­ Bonhair E. Cross, First Lieutenant. Minneapolis, Minn. Walter Szeeley, First Lieutenant, Hawthorne, N. J. ning. There's more to come.'* Nicholas Katsirubas, Haverill, Mass. Jam L. Wise. Jr., First Lieutenant, Pondcreek, Okla. The squadron is now scat­ _ t nai-d Kelly, First Lieutenant, Louisville, Ky. 'terry J. Young, Fosst Lieutenant, Philadelphia. Pa. tered out throughout the Me­ James C Kresge, First Lieutenant, Lakewood, Ohio. Donald K Aldrieb, Second Lieutenant, Chicagfl, HI Ernest G. La Croix, First Lieutenant, Attleboro, Mass. Ramon A Sutton. Second Lieutenant. Culver City. Cahf. diterranean Theater, but whe­ Alfred G Lea, First Lieutenant, High Point, S&. C. rever they are and wherever Doneld L. Peterson. First Lieutenant, Indianopolis, Indiana AWARDS OF OAK-LEAF CLUSTER TO DISTINGUISHED they go, you can be sure the­ Vietv»r L. Phelps, First Lieutenant. Welsh, La. FLYING CROSS: y're eookhsg up nice thingfi for Eeh"; G. Rathering. First Lieutenant, Granville, Mich. ,'eonard J. Penar. First Lieutenant, Chicago, Ill- Hitler and his cohort*. , Sunday, September 10, 1944 WEEKLY MISSION Page 3 TAF Has August Total Of 19,631 Tons 38,000 Sorties 'Tail End Charlie DAF Blasts Completed By HfllllM—^^^^^MMii.i minim ., - Cannon's Units Gothic Line HQ MAAF — Continuing their all-out assault against For 5th, 8th # German targets in northern II-- taly and southern France, units HQ MAAF — The Desert of Maj. Gen. John K. Cannon's Air Force is playing a power­ Tactical Air Force dropped the ful part in the present offen­ impressive total of 19,631 tons sive on the Gothic Line in of bombs during August while norhern Italy. flying more than 38,000 sorties. Throughout the assault and Medium, light and fighter the advance to the line itself. bombers of the TAF played a Air Vice Marahal W. F. Di­ major role in softening up the ckson's men have been out in beach defenses before the la­ maximum strength to support ndings in France and protecting the 5th and 8th Armies. convoys. Thunderbolts and Mu­ Results Proved stangs operated every day ahe­ Day after day RAF, SAAF, ad of the invasion forces, shoo­ RAAF, and RCAF ssuadrons ting up highways and rail lines. have bombed and strafed gun The fighter-bombers also mai­ positions and enemy lines of ntained their attacks against communication, and the suc­ similar objectives in Italy and cess of the "softening-up" pro­ were credited with the destru­ cess from the air has been ction during August of 1,628 confirmed by the fact that the enemy motor vehicles and 102 ground forces have so far met locomotives which were listed with much weaker opposition as damaged. than was expected. Mitchells Score In the opening phases of the air assault, Kesselring's com­ One of the TAF's most spec­ munications to the Gothic Line tacular operations came on Au­ were subjected to ceaseless gust 18, when B-25 Mitchells hammerng by RAF heavy, me­ dropped bombs with pin-point dium, light and fighter born^ accurac— ^yT t. o smash, gun-s ^„„mou„n Tactical Air Force crews cal;all the last plane in the formatioformationn "Tail End Charlie," accuracy to smash guns moun- o f^ the flight. .^ Bein^ g^ last, however, doesn't lessen the striking bers. ted on the battleship becW he brings up tfae end Qf fl gM however do The powerful effort of the teurdg ipnn Toulothe battiesnin harborp. btrasoo- er of this g.^ Marauder, returninreturningg frofromm aa missiomissionn oveover r northnorther- n Italy and the Ri- on* in Toulon harbor. viera bridffehead> (MAAF Photo) DAF, which flew as many as Tactical's operations against (MAAF Photo) 800 sorties on some days, was bridges in Italy and France * supported by heavy night at* were continued durng August, tacks by RAF and SAAF Libe­ with 67 spans reported destro­ B-26 Squadron Marks Up rators, Halifaxes and ftrriv^m yed* and 205 damaged. Roads M a i h'e-Baltimores and Boston* and rail lines were cut in 401 07 ftei.-T i .^azs«g-ggg; £ latter. «£°"e£tZ'Zu£. ^^'Neartag'the ^P^^^I^Ti^ArSrin Tunisia and Dattlbattle areareaa anandd causmcausin*g ~— Adjutint'ahy quaiuu»»>uu. 7H. lath month of overseavclo s jlush 6th Army ^ f disruption, «f its 18th month 01 ° ^y °". ~;"atpd -m the reduction "Mspreaa u^ui-. *a,«tn*n« they possessed as linguists. ooff it18tL h mo u medi- participated ™™rew It^ y e Baltimores and Bostons lf—__ _, „__ il Ce™ • _ B_25 Mitchell medi- participated ""r oedusa. It The Baltimores and Bostons A navigator replied: ^ b0mbardLent squadron PanteUena ^ U"^^Themp ^ ^ ^ , 1,400 tons of boinos, A navigator replied: "a^^^Lent squadron PanteUeria and ^ ^S:ons were%fed to the fullest extent «« -Dom_ __ ~>nt bombing! was one ofJBKj ^ am led| er stS the enemy whenever Farthest North -English: fluent. Frenchench:: urn b^JF™^nt bombing was one of the first,^ a2ain ledaffainir ^ ^ enemy whenever Travelling farther north Min „Correc ***&£'.t bu t ««»*halting• . ^Italian: scored a «"Pexj* of L land ^^^.^^ he tried to use Travellinily than ga t fartheany previour nortsh tim e ?orrect but halting. Italian: Italy than at any previous ti^timee Select b«t effective. Ger- "^ J^to be the hi- the way .when ^^w fly.Kd and rail under the cover in tn•*—e , Mediterraneawroditerraneann campaigncampaignai . . I»««eet;but effective. Ger- m H manman:- Commands respect July ^ ^ the Me- paign S<*™°gLte ™ southern ol darkness. B-25 Mitchellitchells on tnthe mafirstv ^~,day »««—^^_^^ A Command^ s respec ^V" fro m dogu&sa a nd horses Rua •rube—i—r ^ttankeattacked two road" . " •-•. • —--^^^- ^ *esT n.m —-^^M got under way. Now n>- H ian: knew a and rai.l1 bridges northwest of ® <**<* . Russian diterranean Theater. ing against targets in southern ^ darkn-ai n wa Venice with excellent results. ?»«?* ^ « ** imprisoned The amazing mark had not France and German-controlled °\J tSfSst m rfav* «,P r* m tbe U S fo run Len b down The northernmost bridge was A A 5T * J : °§*^ during the month Italy, it has completed its ^Ah^ Fo?ce has dronned rn^re e rail structure near Feltre, 40 «ess. American: Understood, of August, at which time it was 2)000th sortie with the lowest SnS^TonrfSrS mil^ northwest of Venice : ~J already better than 97 per cent, casualtv rate in its group --nan 2,500 tons of bombs on where m^ Sfent °conc^to- _ ^* SOUVENIR During the month of July, ^VZ of whfchU is a ^ne ^ ^^ °f ^ ^^ HG tion of direct hits was obser- > MAAF - Corporal Geor- this B-25 squadron flew nearly member has been cited as a ' ved ge L. Zereda. 20-year-old waist 200 sorties and dropped 320 Distinguished Unit by the Pre- ^^^-^^^^_ Thirty-five miles west of Ve- Sinner from from Los Angeles, tons of bombs on enemy rail sident for its outstanding sup- £iVArc RAtflirn 111 I crra nice, another flight of Mitchells C* ' °n returning from a B-26 and road bridges in northern oort in tne Tunisian and Sici- " F •%«?««»•• got hits which destroyed two Marauder attack on a bridge Italy. Uan campaignS. f\AenUA Wra+irm spans of a road bridge near Vi- ^ Vergato. 40 miles north of The entire squadron person- ^ —— UBSpile W TCCKS do Both a road and rail bridge *!orence, announced that he nel takes a keen interest in the LONDON — The Balkan Air were struck by a third forma- bought the enemy's flak was bombing results. Long before Force of the MAAF has a new Two ^^j, piiQts returned to tion of B-25s, hits being made Yery accurate _ and was able the bomb-strike protographs senior air staff officer. He is ^^ ^^ , a lf An bases recently col on communication links betwe- " 80-mm. shell are posted ^ ---•n-«-n ho- acting Air Commodore Lao- iisions which caused J^JOOX da. en Piave and Susegana, 30 mi- *~ "-"Q «nd caused the lep-51s north osf Venice Batte. rH Hun Fields

a large number of uu-ouo, .^ """^^_^ 52 transports, Merseberg-323 Tpnki-n^-n" " Hillmedon .vxi He mflated to own uu^^, ^u — heavy •««—«. . tangled wim -«-— % and tied six-motored trasports, ME- ^te^ both dingies together, gines. I got up and saw a de- and telephone lines. 410s, HE-llls, ME-lOOs and ^ . so that they could be more stroyer bearing down on me. The lines hung on all the miscellaneous trainers on the During a recent sweep over ^^y seen from tne a*j. A nfeboat was lowered. I just way back to the Mustang base, th Ae ean ground at Debreczen airdrome ? § > Jenkmson, with por the next ft wait any longer. I trailing like indignant worms other llots o1 ms in Hungary, and according to P squadron, young pilot drifted, sometimes waved and shouted and dived in a bird's mouth. gun camera films destroyed 56, went in to attack an enemy sleeping, sometimes lying flat into the sea, and started swim- A lot of paint was knocked damaging many additional convoy with cannon and ro- in tne dinghy looking up at the ming towards the lifeboat. off Surratt's P-51. planes. ckets, and his Beaufighter was skyo. "I was taken on board the A Tactical Air Force Thun- An all-Negro fighter group bit by flak. On the morning of the se- destroyer, where I was put into derbolt, on a road mission yes- destroyed 83, while stafing an The engines were still run- venth day Jenkinson awoke the sick bay and well rubbed terday, struck a bulding, kno- airdrome at Groszwardein, Ru- ning well, so Jenkinson headed feeling fresh and rested. He down before being given quan- eking off several feet of one mania14 aircraf. Anothet on r theveteras gronm 15th for -base^ c.hoked Abou. t Thane puohouir later chewehungrdy somor ethirsty gun .an d w - -•*« •• # v,nt tea. I felt fine an^ wine. ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ *" *"-- "+^**-Vward engine gave up, his mouth and cleaned his '" -*»-* mans. '•mi** salt water as usua V Rumania. -.^j> ^a^is o^f tventucK._*.,_y ananAd (INii Photo) ' of Boston College. Page 4 WEEKLY MISSION Sunday, September 10, 1944, MAAF Planes Roll Up 56,647 Sorties Italy, Balkans, End OS A Mission P-47s Wail Two Days To South France Hit In August Blast Nazi Road Convoy 9 HQ MAAF — Atfer waiting HQ MAAF — Full opportuni­ Pilot Bags 'Four for two days for German trucks ty was given the Allied Medi to come out of the trees in the terramean Allied Air Forces du On One Mission Rhone Valley, Thunderbolt fi­ ring August to demonstrate a ghter bombers based in South* gain their versatality and far HQ MAAF — Lt. Char­ ern France spotted convoys on reaching striking power. In 31 the roads near Montelimar and action-filled days, Strategic les A. Hughes, Lightning destroyed 49 motor transport and Tactical units, flew 56,647 pilot, of Emmetsburg, Io­ vehicles and four tanks and da­ sorties the majority of them a- wa, returned from a stra­ maged 32 vehicles and two gainst objectives in southern tanks. Bridges and river stea­ France, Italy and the Balkans. fing mission in the Nis, Yugoslavia, area with four mers along the Rhone were al­ Highlight of the month's ac­ so hit.' confirmed victories — of a tivities was "Operation Uppe One group of Thunderbolts, rcut,'' which threw an aeria sort. the first to operate from South­ blockade against the German He swooped down so ern France bases, destroyed 35 armies in the south of France low while strafing that he German " vehicles and four to prevent their moving into scooped up four blackbirds tanks, damaging 30 more vehi«* position to oppose the Allied cles and two tanks. This was on invasion of August 15. MAAF in his oil cooler. The "bir- the road between Montelimar aircraft systematically smashed dman" landed at his base and the Drome River, where communications and strongpo- to find that the birds were German movements have been ints before, during and after beyond reviving. fairly heavy. the initial landings. One flight of Thunderbolts, On D-day, MAAF planes flew returning from the attack on a a record 4,285 sorties in sup­ convoy, also strafed airdromes port of the invasion forces. at Valence and south if Lyons, There were only three days du­ B-24 Returns where one enemy aircraft wes ring the month when sortie left flaming On one airdrome figures failed to top 1,000. 25 to 30 planes were strafed, Oil Plants Hit On 'George' but although they seemed well August was one of the most hit there were no flames and it spectacular months in the hi­ HQ MAAF — "George", the was assumed that they were story of the 15th AAF. The automatic pilot, was largely either dummies or aircraft Fortresses and Liberators bat­ responsible for bringing a bat­ without engines. tered invasion targets, disrup­ tered Liberator, with its crew First Lt. Clyde Preston, Hun­ ted communications in France of seven, back to base after tington, W Va., who led a Ali­ Italy and the Balkans. In ad­ the pilot had been wounded ght over the largest convoy, re­ over Warsaw and the aircraft ported: "Germans were pouring dition, enemy oil resources and badly damaged. industries were hammered out of the trucks and diving in­ Captain H. E." Senn, South to ditches. Then, I guess they On August 31, Fortresses be Africa, and his crew had just shot at us with everything they gan the evacuation of Ameri­ dropped supplies of arms and had left. Someone had been can airmen released from Ru ammunition to Polish Patriots, manian prison camps. ^here just before us too, becau­ when Senn was h,it in the left se many of the trucks were fla- The heavies flew 11,577 sor­ These two photos snapped by Staff Sergeant Leo S. Sto- thigh. The surgeon later took mers when we got triere." ties during August, raining utsenberg, of Washington, D. C, depict the struggle of a B-24 from the wound a piece of On the same day of its arri­ down more than 26,000 tons of Liberator damaged by enemy planes while on a mission over copper oxygen tubing and a val in Southern France, a Spit­ bombs. Lightnings and Musta­ Austria. In the top picture, the B-24 is hit on the left rudder couple of piece of zip-faste fire unit provided cover for ngs, flying escort missions, fi and left wing. In the bottom photograph, flames have started ner from his flyiing suit, which Tactical Air Force bombers ghter sweeps and bombing ope to envelope the ship as the pilot attempts to bring the Lib had been driven into his thigh attacking enemy .gun positions rations, destroyed 135 enemy under control. It crashed a few moments later. by a flying of flak. in islands off Marseilles The aircraft in the air while flying (MAAF Photos) The Liberator was fliyng new airfield occupied by the 6,767 sorties. over Warsaw when it ran into mit was still surrounded by On two occasions P-38s dop a hail of light.flak., The aircraft German minefields when the ped bombs from high altitude Riviera Impressions was holed in many places, rud Spitfires flew in. The field has der controls were shot away, been an airdrome since before on communications in Italy. hydraulics and instruments Gunners Active the war and two large hangars were rendered useless, and the remain on it. German gun posi­ Bomber gunners shot down AAF Correspondent Views oil began to leak, tions there are elaborately ma­ 127 German planes during the Senn tried to make the flo­ de, with comfortable dugouts month. undering aircraft plane, plan­ where pilots found hurriedly Libs and Forts assumed the Action From French Cafe ning to give the crew a chance abandoned enemy equipment. role of tactical bombers on se­ to bale out safeity. Then he engaged George, the automatic veral occasions during August. avail. The grim soldiers stepp­ They battered beach installa­ By Cpl. WES WISE pilot, and to his surprise, found ed steadily toward him, thrust it apparently undamaged. tions just prior to the invasion (Cpi. Wise is attached to the the bayonet into his belly, lifted French AF of southern France, tore up public relations section of a him from the chair, and mar­ George had rudder controls, communication lines near the 12th Air Force fighter group ched him off to the police sta­ and Senn believes that without Sees Action battle areas and cratered airfi­ operating in France.) tion for questioning. George's help the crew couldn't elds that might have been used have resached their base. for operations against Allied SOUTHERN FRANCE — We Ten minutes later the stub­ ADVANCED AFHQ — The troops. were sitting under the canopy by little Frenchman returned to 31st Bomb Group of the French of a side-walk cafe this after­ his corner table. Much relieved MAAF Officer Air Force is participating in When the enemy placed a noon in a small village near the at his release, he ordered a che aerial operations over heavy concentration of anti-ai­ front. At one corner sat a stub­ double shot. southern France, it was an­ rcraft batteries around #the vi­ by Frenchman and his compa­ tal Ferrara raid bridge in nor­ France's deadly partisans al­ Taken Prisoner nounced here. nion sipping wine with a happy ways get their man; sometimes The only French medium theastern Italy the heavies re­ grin. Other customers were placed the medium bombers more than their share. HQ MAAF — Colonel John jombardment group with the merrily jabbering with the aid H. Whitney, staff officer of the United Nations, the unit has assigned to the target and at­ of their flamboyant French ges- A few minutes after the side­ tacked the bridge from high walk episode, there was heard Mediterranean Allied Air For­ flown many missions over the tulations, and in the nearby ces, was captured by the Ger­ south of France since D-day, altitude. street streams of Army trucks in the distance shrieking howls and frantic whistles. We jum­ mans in southern France Au­ pounding bridges, strong points, rumbled by. gust 21 wnile on an Air Force gun emplacements and supply ped from our delightful atmos­ assignment there. P-51 Pilot Gets Presently two rugged French phere for the second time in a dumps. partisans rushed into our deli­ Colonel Whitney and his four Commanded by a French co- ghtful atmosphere, heading dir­ half an hour, just in time to 13th Air Victory greet an oncoming parade of companions were proceeding in '.onel, the group is compesed ectly for the little man in the an area believed free of the argely of French regular army corner. Each of the partisans Nazis prisoners, being rudely pushed through the avenue by enemy when a concealed tank •fficers and enlisted men. HQ MAAF — 1st Lt. James was armed with a rifle ot opened fire on their motor ve­ Flying B-26 Marauders, 'he I* Brooks, Roanoke, Virginia. old vintage, several hand a handful of bearded partisans; hicle. The rugged boys had captu­ group has flown missions moved into fifth place on the grenades stuck in the rear po­ The party took to the ditch against targets in the "opera­ Mediterranean theater Ameri­ cket, a pistol belt bulging with red twice their number and and succeded in working their were mighty proud of their tions strangle" in support of can fighter pilots' scoreboard ammunition, a small field pack way to a farm house, the tank he 5th and 8th Armies in fta- when he destroyed two ME-109s and a bloody-looking dagger. catch. They grinned at the shelled the house and all were grand ovation the public pre­ y in the recent Po bridge ope- over Czechoslovakia to raise They were clad in patched trou­ forced to surrender to avoid -ations. and against enemy his total to 13 enemy planes sers and bright shirts, comple­ sented for them, but never once certain death. did their trained eyes leave the 'hipping and comunications shot down in aerial combat. te with German boots. Colone; Whitney entered ac­ In the attacks on the M-*

„ When heavy rain deluged Washington, these homeward- bound government girl workers, remembering the shoe ra­ tioning, took off their shoes and walked barefoot through the floodwaters. (Acme;

War workers dash for shelter as great columns of flame shoot up from a magnesium plant in Cleveland, Ohio. The fire destroyed the plant, which was reported to have been working on secret war orders. (Acme)

Frances Doyle, storekeeper second class, was elected Miss Air Wave in a contest marking the second birthday of the Waves. She was pic­ Attractive Lilien Oiken compares her hotel New Yor­ ked from 274 other girls at Making his first public appearance since being inducted ker check against the new ceiling price poster displayed in the Naval Air Station, Floyd into the Army, film star Mickey Rooney swings out on the the hotel's coffee shop under the new OPA ruling which Bennett Field, N Y. Nice pi­ drums at a WAC caravan show in Kansas City. Mickey is went into effect recently. (Acme) cking, too (Acme) stationed with cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas. (Acme) Pro da 2 tion End Oi Luna

Fanned by an ocean breeze, flames destroyed Coney Workmen at a Boeing plait in Wichita, Kansas, are shewn at work on the backbone of Island's famed fun center, Luna Park. Damage was estima­ the B-29 Superfortress. This is one of the first pictures released that reveals the construction ted at upwards of 250,000 dollars in the park area—equal to of the aerial battlewagon. (Wide World) about five city blocks. (Acme) .^Sundayjtep^

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AW, YOU KNOW, MISS LACE, THEM (3UYS THAT HANO AKOUKIP.' — THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T CONE X.V OVERSEAS/ Sunday, September Wf, f®%$ WEEKLY MISSION Page % Yanks Gain Game On Browns Bombers Defeat Billy South worth Last Ga/an Returns Red Sox. 7-6; NEW YORK (ANS) — Cap­ To Admit Cards Are The Hard Way tain Taylor Drysdale, former St. Louis Bows Michigan swimming star., re­ NEW YORK. Sept. 9 (AP) — Cooper is hitting his stride. Fi­ NEW YORK (AP) — For a cently knocked off victories i» NEW YORK, Sept, 8 — The Now that the red hot St. Louis gure it out for yourself.'' guy who was all washed up the 100-yard backstroke and sizzling American League pen Cardinals are shoo-ins for the "Sure enough Max Laner and three years ago and has been led two Army relay teams to nant race turned to the favor National League pennant, one have been sho­ in hospitals so much visiters victory in a swimming meet in of the New York Yankees to­ of the champion pesimists for wing the way to other Natio­ began to ask if was part of the London. day as the McCarthymen took the Cards throughout most nal League pitchers all season.' endowment, Augie Galan is When Georgie Kochan got a measure of the determined Bo of the season was none other Lanier has been improving doing quite well, thanks. discharge from the Coast ston Red Sox, 7-6. than their able manager—Billy ever since he joined the St Right now he's playing in Guard, he had enough offers While the Bronx Bombers Southworth. the outfield for the Dodgers on hand to fight every 10 days were handing the defeat to the As late as last month, when and hittiing around .326, the for the entire winter. The wel* Croninmen, the St. Louis the Redbirds were riding atop best of his major league ca­ terweight is taking advantage "Browns who yesterday pulled the senior circut with a resp­ reer which has seen more bad of them too. He's fought and up to a deadlock with the ectable lead, Southworth was breaks than a county fair har­ won twice this month: Yanks bowed to the Chicago still hanging on to his crying ness race. Marine trainee Ed Bush, who White Sox, 9-6. towel. Augie has been smahed up, is out for tackle spot at Penn The other game in the A- "Maybe we've got the best stove up and, as mentioned, State this fall, will be playing merican League found the Was­ ball club, and maybe we'll win washed up, and just for a little for his third alma mammy. He hington Senators blanking the another flag," said Billy, "but I variety he adopted a case of captained the 1942 Minnesota hapless Philadelphia Athletics. don't share the optimism of the typhoid fever when a stretch freshmen, played for Northwe­ 4-0. newspapermen. of fair health began to get mo­ stern last year and is now the In the National League, the "Sure, we're out in front," notonous. That little sideline Nittany Lions. Brooklyn Dodgers edged the continued Billy, "and I haven't nearly benched him for keeps. With a fair share of the , 4-3. any complaints about that, but The physical troubles of the high priced players such as the fact remains that we ha 32-year-old Californian go back Pete Reiser and ven't played the ball of which beyond his ball playing career. Former Marine we are capable. As a kid he parachuted 20 feet of the Dodgers, "For one thing, we haven't out of a tree without the be­ Bill Dickey and hit as well as we should. We'­ nefit of a chute and landed on Joe Gordon of Hopes To Land ve been leaving too many his right, or throwing, elbow. the Yanks, to men on bases and making it Kid-like he kept the injury mention a few, With Dodgers tougher for our pitchers." secret, with the result that, out of the ga­ All of which probably is true due to lack of corrective mea­ me, the club' but it will take a lot of convin­ owners stand to NEWARK, N. J. — It's a Southworth sures, ne got stiff in the joint cing before the other clubs in He learned^ to throw using haul in a few long way from Guadalcanal to the senior loop believe that Louisans in 1939. Lsst year, de­ Herman more of those Ebbets Field but not for Elmer the shoulder muscles, and thus Cards' pitchers have been ha­ spite the publicity for the so- :oncealed the handicap. dollar bills. (Red) Durrett, the slugging ving a tough time. called ace, Mort Cooper, Max The tip ig out that Navy is outfielder with the Montreal His legs have taken the real "Just take a look at the rec­ led the National League as the beating, however. so strong in the backfield -this Royals. He's on the last lap of ord," said one of the rival lea­ most effective hurler, allowing year that Ralph Ellsworth, just a trip he hopes will land him ders recently. "The Cards have 1.80 earned runs in 32 games In the 1936 he collided with arrived after starring for the in the big show. Pinkie Whitney at first base, Southwest Conference champion three pitchers among the first! against 2,30 for Cooper in 37 and Augie came out of that Red saw plenty of action on five in the league, and Mort I games. Texas Longhorns, can't break Guadalcanal; 12 months of it. with torn muscles in his left into either of the two first He landed with the second knee. In 1938 he smashed head- string backfields wave Marines during ' the 1942 on into Floyd Young of the Pi­ First No-Hitter Wyoming U Signs rates, and again the left knee Reporters covering the Wi­ baseball season. In 1943 he was chita sem'-pro baseball tourna­ recuperating in a hospital. Now went to the hospital for re­ For Naval Base Cage Coach For '44 pairs. ment send word that there are at 23 he's banging the horse- more major leaguers playing hide off International League Those were just practice cra- there than there in the maior fences. SAMPSON, "N. Y. — Chief DARAMIE, Wyo. — Everett :kups, however. The real thing leaguas. Over 100 big league Lost 64 Pounds Specialist (A) Jim Olivas of Los F. Shelton has returned to Wyo­ :ame in July 31, 1940, when, names were on the various ser­ Angeles turned in the season's ming university and will coach n one of his do-or-die efforts, vice teams, and the majors Back as recently as April, first no-hit softball game at the he crashed into a wall at Phi­ baseball men had all but given the basketball team under a 10- can't boast that many legitima­ Sampson Naval training center. ladelphia. te big league players. up on the Texan; they had Pitching for the Unit Chiefs he year contract. good reason. Red went into the Shelton's team won the natio­ The Cubs, for whom he had When Byron Nelson won the blanked the Dental School, 20-0. played during all these mi service weighing 214 pounds, for his third shutout in the nal crown in 1942, beating St. Tarn O'Shanter golf title in returned home a meagre 150- .fortunes, decided he had out­ Chicago his 10,000 dollars ship's company league. The for­ John's at New York in a game lived his usefulness after that, pounder, reported to the Brook­ mer U. of Nevada athlete hur­ that netted more than $35,000 (actual cash) record first gave lyn Dodgers at Bear Mountain, and in 1941 they got waivers him 36 dollars per shot for the N. Y., at 165. They farmed him led six nohitters in coast soft- for the Red Cross. When Yyo- )n him and turned him out to ball before entering the Navy. ming abandoned intercollegiate 280 strokes. In four Tam to Montreal and now Red has pasture in Los Angeles. Augie O'Shanters, Nelson has now built himself up to 176 and is athletics after 1942 season, She­ had other ideas, however, and won 15,300 dollars in cold cash one of the league's batting , captain of lton took a job with the Dow he declined to report, with the and 13-60 per stroke for every leaders. the Cubs, started with the Chi- Chemical company at Midland, result that Larry MacPhail got crack he took at the ball in the Wis. •him for the Dodgers. "That's what baseball has oagoans in 1934 when he was 17. big windy city classics done for me," says Red who Gerald Priddy, second sacker last fall received his honorable for the Washington Senators discharge from the Marines. Connie And Mates till Uncle Sam tagged him, has "I only wish those fellows in been returned to California be­ France were thinking of hitting cause the climate in Hawaii a curve ball now instead of aggravated his hay fever thinging what they're think­ The caddy situation is so bad ing." around Buffalo that palyers "Baseball can hold its head make deals with their caddies up," Manager Bruno Betzel of on Thursday for Sunday play. Montreal interrupted. "It will One of New York's newspa­ do a lot for other boys who pers recently had a member have been in action.'' of the staff get on a "sucker "You're not kidding," said list" so he could expose the Red emphatically. "Baseball is race tracks touts' racket. The the greatest morale builder day after the story broke, so­ there is. It was swell of Brook­ me doll called the paper and lyn to give me an opportunity gave the sports department a and I hope baseball gives our fit for rapping her favorite fighting men just half the tout. Seems that she'd just won chance I've had." a bet on a tip she'd got from Durrett was discovered in a thie sharper. And this after Dodger tryout school at Waco, the paper had explained that Tex. His only season found the guy was bound to have him with Johnston in the Penn some winners as he gave so­ State Association where he meone every horse in the ra­ batted .309 in 1941. ce. Barnum was more right ab­ out horse bettors than anvone Hit Homer In Debut else. "I'll always remember the When Billy Talbert beat first night he broke in at John­ Pnacho Segura In the Eastern ston," says Branch Rickey, Jr., Grass court finals, it was the director of the Dodgers' minor first defeat of the year for the league farm clubs. "Red hit a South American after seven homer and twice backed the straight tournament victories. center fielder up against the The Boston Yanks of the fence, 425 feet from home National Football League who plate," started from scratch without In his first 49 games with much of anything but a franchi­ Montreal this season Durrett Celebrating his $0th anniversary as a major league manager, Connie Mack gathers se now have a starting backfield drove out 60 hits in 173 trips with some of the old timers who came to do him honor. Left to right in the dugout are of Dave Smukler of Temple, to the plate for a .346 mark Bill Dickey, George Sisler. Frank Baker, Connie. Bob Grove, Honus Wagner and Wal­ George Cafego of Tennessee. He had eight homers and 32 ter Johnson. Some 30,000 fans braved the stifling heat to honor the grand old man of Bobbv Davis of Kentucky and runs batted in. baseball, (INS Photo) Ted Williams of Boston College. Page 8 WEEKLY MISSION - Sunday, September 10, 4944' •' ••'Y***™*'*^****'^' - '*^T'g •"'" """• : .. f2th AAF Hits Reich For First Time P-47s Strike 25s Lauded In B-24 Slides In TAF Gunner, 16, At Troop Train Toulon Attacks Returned Home Inside Border HQ MAAF — A 16-year-old HQ MAAF — RAF Air Com­ sergeant who has served over* HQ MAAF, Sept, 8 — P-47 modore E. C. Hudleston, has seas eight months with a Tac­ Thunderbolts, operating from sent hi® personal congratula- tical Air Force B-26 Marauder advance bases in southern tons to the B-25 Mitchell bomb squadron is being returned France, have carried out the group which in a single attack to his home in Martin's Villa-! first 12th Air Force fighter on August 18 destroyed a ge, Virginia. attack on Germany proper, it cruiser, sank a submarine and He is Sgt, Raymond M. Heit. Was revealed today. gutted and completely disabled He has been awarded the Air Planes from a veteran group, the battleship Strasbourg in Medal and has shot down an which has chased the Germans Toulon harbor, according to ME-109. ell the way from Egypt, stra­ photo reconnaissance pictures. Heit joined the Army in fed a troop train inside the The Senior Air Staff Officer September, 1942, when he was Reich and then turned back of Major General John K. only 14. over the target to strafe Ger­ Cannon's Tactical Air Force "I had been working that man soldiers who had taken to sent the following message to sumaner with the Signal the ditches. Colonel Richard H. Smith, Na­ Corps," he explained. "When The formation, led by Capt- shville, Tennessee, who com­ I brought the Army papers Earl P. Maxwell, St. Charles, mands the veteran Mitchell home for my grandparents to Mo., then zoomed up a side group: "My very highest con­ sign, they thought I was joi­ road and shot up 18 motor gratulations to your unit for ning the Signal Reserve. vehicles, and damaged six its magnificent atack against Blasted by flak during a 15th AAF raid on the Ploe- "A week later, I came home more. the warships in Toulon harbor." sti fields in Rumania, a Liberator is shown belly landing in my uniform. They were Adding his commendation to at its base in southern Italy. (MAAF Photo Thru PWB) pretty angry for a while." Maintaining the Allied of-, that of the British staff offi­ But the 14-year-old soldier fensive against enemy commu­ cer, Brigadier General Robert went through three AAF train­ nications liness in Yugoslavia, D. Knapp, B-25 wing comman­ ing schools and was sent over­ medium forces of escorted hea­ der, sent this message: "The It States Here seas last December to join the vy bombers attacked railway destruction of three warshps Marauder squadron, which he yards at Nis, Brod and Sara­ in one attack by a medium has served as tail gunner and jevo and rail bridges over the bomber group is a record to Draft Boards To Aid GIs bomber mechanic. Sava river at Broad and Bel- be proud of. I indorse sincerely Over Rome on January 13, grado. Tactical Air Force's congratu­ a month after his 16th birthday, Fighters of the Strategic Air lations with my own". Gelling Jobs Afler War he shot down an ME-109 which Force continued strafing attacks The Mitchell group that car­ came up to oppose his squa­ against airfields in the Bel­ ried out the attack against the dron. grade area, destroying or da­ heavily defended harbor wit­ By Camp Newspaper Service There you will be placed in He doensn't think he will get maging a large number of air­ hout the loss of a single air­ contact with the reemployment back into the Army. "The war craft on the ground. craft' has been operating in One of the biggest concerns committeeman who will review will be over by the time I'm "Fighters and fighter-bombers fhe Mediterranean more than of American fighting men over­ your service career, find out 18." he explained. of the Tactical Air Force at­ 18 months. They have flown seas is this one: "What kind of just hat kind of work you are tacked pontoon bridges over the Tiore than 500 combat missions. a job am I going to get after I qualified to do. Then he will Po river, road bridges, barges, come marching home again?" go to bat for you. motor transport, gun positions YANKS DIG The answer: If you can't get or don't want (Continued from page I) and strong-points north of the Mew AA Guns You can get your old job your old job, you will prob­ battle area. ably be referred to the vet­ hack if you want it. And if que said. From isolated stroug- Over France, fighter-bombers Used In Italy you don't, you will get crack eran's employment represent­ carried out attacks against rol­ ative of your home town U. S. pointg other claws of the ad­ at another one, a job for which vance were moving between ling stock, motor transport and WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 — your training In the service Employment Service office. He trucks. "Baby Long Toms* — Ameri­ will be in touch with employ­ Givet and Sedan against what has fitted you. was described as "some resi­ Medium bombers did not can 90-mm. anti-aircraft guns ers not only in your community operate. which hurl explosive shells at Here's the way it's going but all over the country and stance.' terrific velocity — are now oe- to work: he'll be able to recommend the Saturday morning heavy bom­ ing used against enemy gro­ A new memorandum on vet­ best place to get the kind of bers attacked Le Havre, and und troops in Italy and have erans' assistance has been is­ work you want and can do. strong points and gun positions B-24 Group proved themselves to be id^al sued by National Selective at Brest were targets for figh­ If you want a job with the ter bombers. dual purpose weapons, the Al­ Service Headquarters appoint­ Federal Government, you'll be lied Command announced. ing a re-employment com­ Medium bombers last night Flies JOOHi mitteeman to local board in sent to the nearest U. S. Civil attacked fortifications at Bou­ This highly mobile weapon the country. His job is to help Service office or post office for logne, and ten enemy airplanes HQ MAAF — A 15th AAF is the American answer to the place you in employment after assistance. All veterans will were destroyed on the ground B-24 Bombardment Group, Nazis' famed 38-