Man Spricht Deutsch lei On Parle Francais Wet ist Ihr Fuehrer? TRIPES Comment va-t-on a l'Etoile? Vere 1st Eer Fewrer? Come-on vat own al aytWAHL? Who is your leader? the turt>pe$h>1}itoW&Gtm&m How does one gv to the Etoile? Saturday, Dec. 2, 1944 Vol. 1—No. 130 lFr. New York—PARIS—London lFr. 3d Lunges to Saar River Franc Rate Flag Day for the Nazis on Western Front Castles 'Breaks'GI, ProbersSay Yield To By Joseph B. Fleming Stars and Stripes Staff Writer British Exchange value of the dol- lar was called "a crime" yes- Northern Allied armies yes- terday by two members of the terday battled on the west House Military Affairs Com- banks of three rivers which mittee which is in France to bar the roads to the Rhine- listen to the gripes of the land cities of Dusseldorf and average soldier. Cologne. Southward across First and foremost gripe the Rhine, in Baden, enemy heard already, according to guns began shelling the new- Congressmen J. Parnell Tho- ly-liberated Alsatian city of mas (R.-N.J.) and Ivor D. Fenton Strasbourg. (R.-Pa.), both World War I veterans, In Germany, U.S. Third Army Is the limited value of the dollar forces reached the Saar River in in francs. This group of Nazi soldiers just three places and closed up to its Going Broke Themselves hoisted a sign of surrender, western bank along an eight-mile Hinting that the rate of exchange near Geilengirchen, when the front between Merzig and Saar^ would be investigated by the com- photographer came along to lautern. U.S. Ninth Army forces mittee, which arrived in Paris yes- film the event. The Yanks are expanded their Roer River front terday. Rep. Thomas said that the U.S. Ninth Army troops. to eight miles. In Holland, British American public had received no troops smashed three enemy hint of the soldiers' monetary pro- pockets on the Maas River, north lem in France. of Venlo. A combat soldier in Paris on pass, Enlarged Staff Castles FaU to British he said, apparently is broke shortly British Second Army troops after he arrives. He added that chased Hitler Youth forces out of "the Congressmen would "be broke Speeds Xmas Castle Wannsum, after the young soon, too." fanatics had pledged their lives in Thomas and Fenton indicated battle for the fuehrer. This strong- that cigarette and ammunition Mail Forward point and Castle Broekhuisen on shortages also were high on the list the Maas fell to the British after of things to be looked into. ETO Army postal chiefs yester- artillery and bombers smashed an- Cites Ammo Shortage day supplied a progress report on other stubborn pocket at Geistern U.S. Army Signal Oorps Fhotos. the campaign to get Christmas mail "At home they told us we couldn't Castle Somewhat different than the usual plain white flag and pole, this to soldiers on the Continent. CoL get cigarettes because they were Ninth Army troops cleared Welz, Red Cross flag on a shovel served the same purpose for two German Edgar E. Schroeder, chief postal Stars and Stripes Correspondent going overseas," Thomas said, "and soldiers who surrendered near Metz to Third Army troops. They officer, revealed that last month over here we find there's a short- Morrow Davis reported from that were among the more than 9,000 PWs captured during the first 10 more than 74,000,000 letters, 10,000,- sector, and fought to swing its left age, too." days of the assault* on the ancient fortress city, which began Nov. 8. 000 V-mail letters and 10,000,000 Thomas attributed the ammuni- flank along the Roer. packages arrived here. Northwest of Duren, in the tion shortage, which he said would Outgoing mail was 46,000,000 let- infuriate the American people, to Aachen sector, U.S. First Army ters, 10,000,000 V-mail letters and men fought in Inden, one of the home front production problems. 1,000,000 parcels—15 percent of the Matthew J. Merritt (D.-N.Y.), Pershing's Ex-Maid Opens villages the Nazis are using to de- letters going to the United King- (Continued on Page 4) acting chairman of the committee, dom. emphasized that the committee was WineTapsfor Be I fort Victors in the ETO to hear "what the fel- Placed in Marked Bags lows say and learn what they He said that for the Christmas want." By Wade Jones rush hundreds of soldiers, civilians Paris Gestapo Stars and Stripes Staff Writer and German prisoners now are working at base post offices and Trial Is Begun BELFORT, Nov. 26 (delayed).—This once mighty Ger- other dispatching centers, in addi- Crerar's Men man-held fortress today fell to the guns of the French First tion to the 6,000 regular APO men. Army and the boundless hospitality of Gen. John J. Persh- Emphasizing that every possible One of the most sensational trials means of speeding mail is being in French legal history opened in Meet Gen. Ike ing's former chambermaid. used, Schroeder said that except Paris yesterday with the prosecu- The First Army took care of the Germans, chasing the for V-mail, which needs special tion of a dozen alleged members of By John E. Carlova last of them from the city after a handling on both sides of the At- the notorious Paris Gestapo, which Maple Leaf Staff Reporter week of street fighting. Mme. Ma- Russians Cross Danube lantic, mail is sorted according to was known to have taken its orders HQ. FIRST CANADIAN ARMY. deleine Riottot, the ex-chamber- units and placed in marked bags from Himmler. The 12 men, including ex-Police —Canadian soldiers got a good look maid, took care of visiting Ameri- 90 Miles from Austria (Continued on Page 4) at Gen. Ike when the Supreme can firemen at a free-for-all wine- Commissioner Pierre Bony, are Commander called on Gen. H D. fest in her cafe. MOSCOW, Dec. 1 (AP).—Com- charged with intelligence with -r. enemy power, which carries the G. Crerar, First Canadian Army Mme. Riottot, rotund, 43, and a bined Russo-Jugoslav assault forces AFL Re-elects Green, commander. death penalty. Frenchwoman from the word go, punched a deep salient across the Resumption of the treason trials Gen. Eisenhower's day with the west bank of the Danube River Promises 'No Strikes' was proud to tell the Americans was expected to bring the most Canadians included inspection of that she was the American Com- about 90 miles from southern Aus- a guard of honor, and demonstra- NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. L— gruesome testimony of torture and mander-in-Chief's f emmede chambre tria today as a fierce battle was mutilation given since trials open- tions of bridge building and arm- at his headquarters in Chaumont The AFL closed its annual conven- renewed by other Soviet troops in ed six weeks ago. ored teams and visits to a hospital, in the last war. northeastern Hungary. tion yesterday after re-electing Pre- an airfield and Polish headquarters. "He was a beautiful general," she Strongly armored columns aimed sident Wiliiam Green and all other Capt. K. E. Perrin, of Medicine declared, in rough translation. to converge on Baros, center of a officers and renewing its "no- Life-Saving Medic Hat, Alberta, was in charge of the strike" pledge. guard of honor. Gen. Eisenhower (Continued on Page 4) . vital rail network. Hoped to Be M.D. asked Trooper D. T. Lackie, of Alberta, how long he had been in WALLA WALLA Wash., Dec. 1. the service, and of Trooper, H L. —Pvt. Duane Kinman, the 19- Thornbourn, also Alberta, he asked Foe Cowed, Nazis Take It on Lam year-old medic who performed a his civilian occupation. By Jimmy Cannon giant dowager. Tanks cautiously 'They're stealing Hannibal's stuft successful major operation with a knife and fountain pen while Stars and Stripes Staft Writer followed the cow on its probed pil- He used cows years ago," said an 9th AF Bombers Attack officer. a battle raged, was forced to WITH THE THIRD U.S. ARMY, abandon his childhood hope of Dec. L—The guys of this Recon "The next thing you know they'll In Support of Infantry be using kangaroos for hand-to- studying medicine because of Cavalry unit didn't know whether hand fighting," said a doughfoot the death of his father, the Walla Walla Union Bulletin said Ninth Air Force fighter-bombers to shoot or milk the enemy that who will bet you that Hannibal is yesterday supported First and ambled toward them through the a little town in Missouri where today. By repairing and selling used Ninth Army infantry with dive- mine fields last night. cows "sleep in barns and give you cars, Kinman supported himself bombing attacks in the Duren- It was a cow walking slowly stuff you put in coffee." while attending high school. A Julich-Euskirchen areas, while 125 through the midnight fog shoved "I wish they'd start using chic- Marauders bombed machine-gun Seventh Day Adventist, Kinman along by a cursing German soldier grimage through the mine fields. kens and pigs for cavalry and we'd was assigned to non-combatant positions, dug-in tanks and anti- Infantry followed the tanks. have ham and eggs every time we tank traps in front of the Third who prodded it with a long pole. service in the meiical corps in The guys repulsed the attack run a counter-attack," a rifleman Army advancing toward Saarlau- A lantern swung from the cow's September, 1943.