American 3rd Army Seizes Soissons; All Toulon, Marseilles Resistance Ends

C¡ªO

Sane 30, 1944

Wednes

jo.67, Wednesday,

Vol. 1, Neo.

American 3rd Army Seizes Soissons;

All Toulon, Marseilles Resistance Ends

*

WAKE OF WAR

Enemy ¡°Armor Hits

IN TOULON

|Patton Spearheads

Pass Hallowed Sife

Of Chateau Thierry

At Yanks, Maquis

Near Swiss Border

By Sgt. LEN SMITH

WITH

ALLIED

FORCES

IN

NORTHERN

FRANCE,

Aug. 29

Staff Correspondent

¡ªArmored

spearheads of the

U. S. 3rd Army, sm

all

records for lightning warfare,

have captured Chateau Thierry,

ADVANCED ALLIED FORCE

HEADQUARTERS,

Aug. 29 ¡ª

French troops cascaded over

many miles of territory west of

the Rhone River and, with Navy

help, brought an end to all or-

historic battleground of Warld War

I, and Soissons, only 50 miles from

the Belgian border, a SHAEF communique announced tonight.

After taking Chateau Thierry, 45

miles northeast of Paris and scene

of a great American victory over

the Germans in the last war, Yank

columns

raced

25 miles

farther

north to seize Soissons, important

ganized resistance in the Toulon

end Marseilles areas, but official

silence today again cloaked the

progress of American forces re-

ported driving toward northeastern

France.

Unofficial reports said the American and Maquis troops operating

eround the Swiss frontier were

meeting increasingly heavy resistance from armored: Nezi forces

Aisne River

Organized resistance has ended in the southern French ports of Toulon and Marseilles, today¡¯s

communique reported. Here is a view of the shattered harbor of Toulon where expert salvage

crews are already working.

(Army Pictorial Service)

Remoulins

and ¡ª

to the west of Avignon, and

St. Esprit, on the Rhone half-way

between Avignon and Montelimar.

Another force, moving southwest

from Avignon, was through Nimes,

advancing a distance of 23 miles,

The situation north of Montelimar was not stated offitially.

French report said FFIs,

in the area of Valence, important

road junction 25 miles north of

Montelimar, were cutting enemy

columns to ribbons. Another report said the Germans were making

determined efforts to break through

the Allied Rhone Valley positions

between Montelimar and Valence,

as well as at points much farther

north,

Soviet Army Drives

Into Tra nsylvania

Rumanians Battle

At Capital, Ploesti

communications

cen-

ter.

With

American

forces

rapidly

closing the distance to the Belgian

frontier, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander,

broadcast an appeal for the aid of

Belgian resistance groups.

"I know that during the coming

phases of the battle for the liberation of Europe, we may count on

the energetic and disciplined action of you all,¡± the general said.

He then promised:

"Everything possible will be done

to provide the necessary means at

the right moment that your action

may be intensified where it will be

most effective.¡±

In 1940 when the Germans broke

through at Soissons

the French

High Command notified the French

Government

that they would be

unable to guarantee the safety of

Paris. The French cxpital capitulated soon afterward.

Another

report, filed from 3rd

(Continued on Page 8)

LONDON, Aug. 29¡ªThe German

News Agency today admitted that

"heavy fighting¡± is in progress between

Rumanian

and

German

troops, especially in the Bucharest

and Ploesti sectors.

In Washington, the State Depart-|~

ment announced that the United

States would be represented by both

military and diplomatic officials in

Moscow at the signing of the armistice terms with Rumania.

On what

date that will take place was not

There was no doubt, however,

announced,

about the situation in Marseilles

circles believed that

and Toulon.

Devastating

naval

armistice terms to Rumania include

ADVANCED

ALLIED

FORCE

bombardments of artillery batteries

a status of co-belligerency as well HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 29¡ªEighth

racing

toward

that

im

t

Tranon

Ratonneau

and

Pometues

Army

troops

today

had

rolled

foras

the

return

of

Transylvania

which

road

rail

junction

Hungary annexed in 1940 under the ward at two places to within about

a straight highway

after cap- Transylvania in a seutiiwestorly¡¯ aie

2

three

miles

of

the

so-called

Gothic

Vienna Award.

rection and that throughout yes- eS

8S. Secretary of State Cordell line outpost, while the enemy west

the surrender yesterday of German

soil were ¡±

to very heavy Hull told a press conference in of Florence stiffened his resistance

garrisons at both places. But not

pressure by superior Russian tank Washington that the State Depart- yesterday, bombing and strafing the

before the guns of two British/ ther north, where, at last reports,

5th Army positions at at least four

(Continued on Page 8)

and moto

forces.¡±

points and.throwing in heavy arwarships, the French battleship]

the Russians were less than 12

Lorraine and three French light . BA

tillery fire.

Nearest advances to the Gothic

The two2 one tmobile armies of

(Continued on Page 8)

line were in the Adriatic sector

and near the center of the Allied

ukin ap)

ve

n

line across Italy.

On the eastern

flank Allied troops, bulging ahead

fore Bucharest

the Pleat oalon an 18-mile front eastward from

Urbino, crossed the Arzilla River

and reached a point oni; 5,000 yards

ROME, Aug. 29¡ªCassino¡ªa name powerplants in central Italy, of from what was described as the

¡®with destruction

in which 80 percent have been de- forward line of the Gothic defenses.

stroyed beyond hope of repair and

to be reborn.

The German

line here is tied

pormust wait until after the war to

into a lateral road which runs just

and the es-|

LONDON, Aug, 29 ¡ª A sharp tant Rumanian

be rebuilt.

behind the Foglia River from PesWarning to Hungary to find the tablishment of a

ead

mt drawbacks, definite progaro, on the coast, to a point six miles

of the

Cary strengthto rid herself of across the Danube.

toward rebuilding Italy¡¯s power

north of Urbino. Coming up to this

ir¡± wee ee her own= eee

Sa

tas

oe Col. Je

15-mile front our troops captured

and 57,000 kilowatts, ¡ª

radio

a

by the Moscow

Monteciccardo and were last reessential military n

ported climbing up the forward

made

available manly, sl

Hungary's fate is sealed if the

of "the last ridge before the

Plans to increase this amount are

feision lies with Admiral Horthy,

Gothic line.¡±

he added.

of ent an dictator, and his. group

In the central sector, the enemy

aay ory that the food situation

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BETWEEN

of

Aug. 29¡ªThe liberation

VICHY,

celebrated in P

was

France:

newly freed Vichy yesterday as Al

tel

LES

This French mother with her two children was taken back to

liberated Cherbourg in a U. 8S. Army truck after she and other

families had fled to the American lines when the Germans

forced civilians to evacuate from the French port in midJune.

(Photo through PWB)

a

des

om the Hoan dey the headAmbassadeurs,

corps

matic

diplo

of the

and in all the main streets of the

to

Finally freed from Pierre Laval

cheering

and his accomplices, a huge

crowd gave an ovation to the Swiss

Minister to Vichy in gratitude for

his aid to the population durin¨¦

recent days.

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Thon

const

tinen

York

troop

Th

mi

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cause

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Safety

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wednesday, August 30, 1946

7

ing unit has undermined the whole

ers in

bagged

northern

195,000

and

prison-

southern

trapped

other

France and that

in the

thousands are not included

total.

?The German 7th Army has been

destroyed as a fighting organiza-

tion,¡± he declared. "With its destruction the 15th German Army

, benorth of the Seine is lamed

its

cause it had dribbled Ba of ¡®7th.

the

strength to support

Thus, the whole German position

in northern France is undetermined.

The Seine, which might have been

the line of German defense, now

offers the enemy not even breath-

ing space.¡±

The

new

¡®

|

¡®front.

in .southern

France, said Col. Warner, threatens the German position in Italy

with Allied troops only a few miles :

ae

from the Frenee-e

"There they give new ¡ª¡ª

the unhappy Germans

northern

Italy who are already strained to

defend their Gothic. Line in the

PACIFIC

PHILADELPHIA, - Aug.

29

(ANS)¡ªGeneral John J. Pershing, commander of the American

Expeditionary Forces in the iast

war, was listed today as recipient

of the medal of honor awarded

annually by the Army and Navy

Union for outstanding service to

the

nation

by an _ individual.

Pershing, who celebrates his 84th

birthday Sept.¡ã13, was cited as

¡°the greatest soldier in modern

history.¡±

By Army News Service

29 ¡ª Col.

Aug.

WASHINGTON,

War

Albert D. Warner, chief of the

n

cano

nt's eye

ruction 0

Jared tonight tha¡¯

- German 7th Army as & fight-

Allies have

IN THE

As "Greatest Soldier¡±

Intelligence Chief

a summary or war developnts, Col. Warner revealed th ?

STRIPES

PLANNING

Tribute Paid Pershing

Finished, Says U. S.

In

STARS AND

-

German 7th Army

position in northern France.

THE

,

Investigators Told

Plans Of CIO PAC

By Army News Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29¡ªSidney

Hillman

told House investigators

today his CIO Political Action Committee is obeying laws In the Presi-

dential campaign, and doesn¡¯t wish

to ¡°capture¡± any party. It proposes

merely to "get out the vote¡± because

it has faith in the judgment of most

Americans, according: to Associated

The head of the CIO PAC asserted: "We are not an appendage

of either major political party, nor

have we any desire to capture either

ety f We seek to influence

king, the program and

the

the

choice of candidates. We know that

when enough Americans vote they

will vote right, that their collective

judgment will prove to be a sound

Apennines,¡± he pointed out,

judgment.¡±

He warned the Germans are still

Hillman said that was why his

capable of trading blows in France.

organization had urged a "simple

As an example he cited the persisfederal

ballot¡± for the armed forces,

tent defense of the garrison of had supported legislation to elimiBrest.

nate

the

poll tax and is campaignCol. Warner also touched on the

ing to register every eligible voter.

Pacific war, declaring that 115,000

Hillman said PAC wants to elect

of the enemy had been killed since

ticket and

November in mopping up opera- the Roosevelt-Truman

a

¡°progressive¡± Congress.

It will

tions.

not endorse Senatorial, Congressional, state or local candidates, he

asserted.

"That is the job of local

voters and their organizations,¡± he

WW

A

EASES

?¡±qE_

Ws

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (second from left) during his recent trip into the Paci¡®ic looks

on with interest at a war conference in Hawaii as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in

Chief of the U. S. Pacific Fleet, points directly to Tokio on a map. At left is General Douglas

MacArthur, Commander in Chief of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific. To the President¡¯s

right is Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff te the Commander in Chief of the Army

and Navy.

(Photo through PWB)

Wage Control Study

Spurred As Peace Looms

Ingenious Evasion |

Of Draft Exposed

By Army News Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29¡ªA draft

registrant

who smuggled his draft

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29¡ªPros- gan plants now are about to. reconpects of an early peace in Europe vert to their old products.

The cards out of the country in the head

of a doll became the 10,000th Amerispurred the government to a fresh question is: Should they be per- can to be sentenced for Selective

or required to reconvert | Service violation in World War II.

study of its wage controls today, and mitted

some dfficials agreed that labor their wage scale too? If they pay

war

plant

wage rates costs of pianos | The FBI identified the evader as

leaders, too, may find it expedient

and organs are going to be

higher 22-year-old Jules Dallas Pratte of

to take stock of their campaign to

Bonne Terre, Mo., who on Aug. 9

than they were before the war.

break the "Little Steel Formula,¡±

to four years in

At least a part of the problem was sentenced

the Associated Press reported.

appears solved because OPA

al- prison by U. 8. District Court at

These officials feel the fall of ready has determined that employ- St. Louis. The FBI said Pratte left

Germany will throw wage stabiliza- ers seeking ceiling prices for new St. Louis in December, 1942, when

ordered for induction and arrived

tion at home into an entirely new civilian goods will not be required at Mexico.

phase, AP pointed out. War Labor to base them on prewar wage scales.

Before entering Mexico he hid

WLB as well as OPA believes that

added. "We have no purge list Board decisions on key wage cases controls will have to be maintain: i his identification papers and draft

either public or secret.¡±

are hardly likely before October. until the forces of supply

ecards

inside the hollow head of a

and deHe gave the

Saying that "we do believe we A European

victory before then, mand

can _ balance

tionary small Mexican doll.

doll to a woman

in Brownsville,

should not be made the exclusive followed by cutbacks and a loose tendencies.

Texas, to be forwarded to an acobject of governmental

inquiry,¡± labor market,

conceivably

might

quaintance in Washington.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (ANS)¡ª Hillman suggested that the investi- wash out these cases, even though

The acquaintance turned the doll

Two Chicago attorneys have re- gating committee also inquire into it would create a host of new pro

over to the FBI and the papers were

the activities of the anti-New Deal lems.

quested the Supreme Court to rule American

discovered.

A comparison of fingerDemocratic

National

WLB

has begun

conversations

on the constitutionality of the Fed- Committee, Gerald L. K. Smith¡¯s

prints when Pratte re-entered the

with a view to preparing for such

eral ballot even in the 28 states America First Party, Frank GanUnited

States

posing as a native

an impact.

Under consideration is

Mexican led to his arrest in San

whose governors have decided it to nett¡¯s Committee for Constitutional the proposal that the President reFrancisco

on

June

23.

be invalid, the New York Herald Government, Inc., the National As- convene the Industry-Labor ConThe FBI said that as of Aug. 1

sociation

of Manufacturers

and ference immediately upon the fall

Tribune said today.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29¡ªDescribing -sentences for draft violations toof Germany. This conference would

Attorneys

Urban

Lavery

and others.

25,355

years

and _ fines

attempt to work out a new basis the present situation of the German | taled

Francis Heisler declared in their

amounted to 963,149 dollars.

for

industrial

peace

to

carry

the

armies in comparison to that exist- |

petition that circumstances call for

nation through the Pacific war and ing in 1918, a New York Times ediquick action on the part of the Suthe entire reconversion, period.

torial said today that "the wearied

preme Court in order to affect the

Possible

alternatives,

some

of- battered German soldiers retreatNovember elections.

ficials say, are wage cuts, widespread ing through France to the so-called

Described as a last-minute efstrikes and collapse6f the War La- Seigfried Line are retiring from defort to make a simplified federal

confusion

to what

bor Board by withdrawal of either feat through

CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (ANS)¡ªThe

ballot available to all servicemen

may soon be chaos.¡±

industry or labor.

Veterans

of

Foreign

Wars

National

and women who may not receive

Even today the strategy of the

WASHINGTON,

Aug. 29 (ANS)

voted

yesterday

to

"This time, however,¡± the Times

state ballots in time to use them, Encampment

CIO United Auto Workers, largest

inted out, "they are not falling ¡ªAfter a week of deliberations at

the petition specifically names Gov. continue exclusion of women from

Oaks, British, Americk as they did in 1918 on a Ger- Dumbarton

Dwight H. Green of Illinois as re- membership, to demand peacetime union in the world, is pointing tocompulsory military training and to ward the postwar era. Rather than many little touched by the devasta- can and Russian peace organization

spondent,.

planners find that the most perseeking a general increase in basic

A

favorable

decision

would go on record as favoring utilization rates it is stressing industry-wide tion of war, but on a homeland plexing problem is how small nathat has been and is still being

eventually apply to all states and of force if necessary in maintaining

stabilization

of

wages

at

the

Detroit

battered from the skies as German tions shall be given a voice in sethrow open the use of the federal

eace,

curity

decisions

while

the

"Big

ballot in those states who held out |P Defeating a proposed amendment level and a postwar security fund. territory was never ravaged.

Four¡± retain prime resvonsibility,

In a recent series of conferences

Se ieee own forms, the newspaper to include women Wecs and nurses,

"Along the German

borders is

the

Associated

Press

said.

between

UAW

officials

and

WLB

now heard the roar of guns, and

the group settled a question which

The representatives of the three

The Supreme Court convenes Oct. had been tabled for one year. Com- members, the "Little Steel Formula¡± over all the land of the men who

2 and there is a possibility that the promise proposals suggested permit- was scarcely mentioned.

To meet boasted they would rule the world countries appear agreed that lesser

Justices may consider the case

powers

should be represented on the

the

unsettling

effect

which

looseis

the

mounting

thunder

of

the

dur- ting women to form their own ortop council of any peace agency set

ing September and reach a decision

ganization or leaving the decision ness in the labor market might Allied air force.

at the first meeting.

cause,

the

WLB

is

reviewing

its

up

and

at

the same time they should

"The conclusion is inescapable¡ª

to current service men.

authority under law and executive Hitler has managed to lose the war not be able to prevent any speedy

action

which

the strongest powers

order to prohibit wage decreases as thoroughly as he said he would

without

approval.

Nominally

at win it.¡±

agree to take.

The Associated Press said that

least the board¡¯s assignment is to

any idea that Russia. Britain, the

prevent a runaway in either direcUnited States and China

should

tion, but its authority on the downmake special agreements or treaties

side is not spelled out too clearly.

among

themselves

beyond

their

Reconversion

already is posing

commitments to a general organireal problems in wage controls for

zation

apparently

has

faded.

Whila@?S

WLB.

A piano manufacturer

in

By Army News Service

such a proposal has been mentioned

Ohio and an oman manufacturer

PAWLING, N. Y., Aug. 28¡ªG

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 ¡ª The; by the Russians it doesn¡¯t appear

ov. Lyons, then New York City Police in Maryland,

instance,

conThomas E, Dewey will be

that Moscow is committed to any

U.

S.

State

Department

said

toverted

to

airplane

parts

a

couple

Inspector.

Now

in

his

late

30¡¯s,

he

guarded

constantly

specific¡¯ plan beyond insistence on

during

day that the Japanese government

his

is the son of a former police ser- of years ago, had to obtain WLB

tinental campaign tour, transcon- geant and is credited by fellow approval of a wage scale compara- has refused to distribute relief sup- Big-Power responsibility as a measby a New

ure to make the council effective.

Sut City detective and

plies

to

Americans

held

in

Jap

ble

to

those

of

other

plants

makdetectives

with

being

able

to

shoot

two state

¡ª

Piano and or- prison camps in the Philippines.

it was learned today.

an ace of spades out of tossed cards ing airplane parts.

The State Department added that

? guards, whose expenses will at 75 feet. He acts as the Govthe Japs pleaded the "special situa= met by the Republican National ernor¡¯s bodyguard whenever Dewey

tion¡±

on the islands as their reaommittee, are be:

is in New

York City.

assigned as

sons for canceling an arrangement

. routine Precaution and

Everywhere else in the state the

not ¡®be- Governor is guarded by state troopwhereby

the Americans would have

use any special threats have been

received 25,000 dollars worth of aid

nr

y

;

Lt. William Green, veteran now

porte;

¡± the Associated

Press re- ers

material.

approaching

retirement

age, and

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29 (ANS)¡ª

In addition

Corp. Alvin Johnson, Union ColA postwar production level the same

DENVER, Aug. 29 (ANS)¡ªMore

eye on crowds ar

lege

graduate

assigned

recently

to

as existed in 1940 would mean 19

ound the presid

than

half

of

the

American

people

en- the Governor¡¯s entourage.

million unemployed in the Uni

Germany¡¯s

collapse

will

help coordinat

When Dewey sets out for Phila- believe

NEW

YORK, Aug. 29 (ANS)¡ª States

because

of war-developed

e Police details alo

come

before

the

end

of

1944,

accordpd Way. Detectiv

delphia

on

September

7

to

begin

Herbert

Brownell,

Jr.,

chairman

of

technological

improvements, Chese

¡® mr, sturdy, blond Frank Hnida his nation-wide tour all three body- ing to Denver University¡¯s national the Republican

National

Com- ter Bowles, chief of the Office of

pist

ol expert guards will join forces in plain opinion research center.

Safety co responsible

mittee,

said

today

that

Dewey Price Administration, said yester= Y much of the timefor Dewey's clothes and accompany the party

Nineteen

percent

look for the probably would use both railroad day in a speech to OPA workers.

since 1935. throughout.

be.

tonal ate, Dewey

They

are

known

in

end of the European war before trains and airplanes in his presi"IT do not believe this country is

was winning

t

police parlance as "silk glove work- Oct. 1, and 36 percent expect the dential campaign, and added, "But willingto go back

ntio

to its prewar

fa ers,¡± which means they have the end before Jan. 1, 1945. Another I doubt he will use battleships, economy,¡±

Ing special prosecut

he said. He added he

or. ee

ability to mingle inconspicuously in awe anumbering 24 percent of the destroyers

or cruisers

which

al- thought

Hnida (pronounc

full postwar production

ed

N da

any kind of gathering and use dipGected from New

ublic

icts German

capitula- ready have been used for cam- should be under way before rationYork's tinest by lomacy and tact as well as strong

¡ãrrections

ion between Jan. 1 and June 1,| paig nm purposes.¡± He did not en- ing ie price controls were abanCommissioner

John arm methods,

large on his statement:

1945,

oned,

By Army

News

Service

Chicagoans Testing.

Federal Vote Rule

Times Sees Chaos

Soon Ruling Nazis

Women Membership Ban

In VFW Will: Continue

ited

dia

oth

nal

ion.

on,

ced

lar

jan,

ves,

his

ean

Dumbarton Perplexed

About Small Nations

Strong-Armers To Guard

Dewey On Campaign Tour

Japs Stint Prisoners

Says State Department

Postwar Business Boost

Home Folks Optimistic

on

\l0d-

ng

or

Needed, Says OPA Chief

On European War's End

Brownell¡¯s Innings

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no, well, well. There's something

lies to China, who is one in store for you.

ited Nations, there isn¡¯t

¡ªPvt. John Wells

of her place at the eventual

table and the day of reckonwonder how many GIs have

to think this thing through?

The Answer

well as one who felt as we do many

years ago. Lincoln¡¯s Gettysburg Ad-

dress offers us the answer

as well

as the courage and conviction. Let

us not forget those immortal words.

¡ªPfc. William G. Schwarm

WHEN

praise.

ne

ae

Rp

Enlai

Puptent

It isn¡¯t only in Italy, though,

where American influence is digItalian

ging

out

little

niches.

Catholic

e

carving oat, names into

the stone landmarks

of Italy¡¯s ancient history, soldiers have another

|

Club for qieet forces; Vie

Tours of Vatican

of della Concil: fazone

¡°Jump

GI and Rome Gaily.

dancing,

A Protestant Service Club has beer

cast.

Eliseo

Theater,

Via

Nazionale.

Curtain time, 7 PM.

Ad- opened at St. Paul¡¯s American Church,

corner

of

Via

Nazionale

and

Via

mission free.

ENSA's

Argentina

Theater,

Largo Nepoli.

Christian

Science

Service

Center,

Argentina.

"Victory Varieties,¡¯¡¯ each

evening at 6:30 PM.

No tickets re- near four fountains, Via Quattro Fontane,

Open

daily

for

quiet

study,

quired

Jam

Session

in Rome¡¯s

Carnegie reading and writing.

Hall. "013" jazz band, with American

Jewish

Soldiers¡¯

Club.

87.

Piazze

Poli

drummer,

presents

out-of-this-world

Via

del Tritone,

Sleeping

accomhodations for overnight guests.

music for hep cats.

Sala dell¡¯AccaPolish Club, open

1:00 PM

to 9:00

demid di Arte Drammatica, near the

235 Via Panisperna.

Accademia di S. Cecilia, on Via Vit- PM

toria 6. Admission 80 lire. 6 PM.

RESTAURANTS

Last Night

(GI

is as you can see.¡± Italy¡¯s ruins will

be saved

compl¨¦te

transfer to the

United States because there aren't

enough ancient history teachers to

go around.

Ruins Boring...

Other than

their passion for carving names

¡®into stone, a basic biological passion, anyway, mest soldiers hold only a

g fascination for the ruins around them. After all, for anyone who has gone

through

a campaign,

ruins

are

nothing new. Servicemen have seen

so much more significant destruction that they reserve such places

like the Coliseum

only for the

there¡± in the "I have been there¡±

And the conversation I overheard

between a a

seg and a private

SCREEN

GI Restaurants open 11:30 AM to 2:30

who were viewing the Coliseum for

ARC

Movie

House:

Barberini,

Pt- PM; 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

the

first

time

proves the .acx cof

azza Barberini 3:00. 5:00

7:00 PM

Ristorante Roma,

36 Piazza Poll.

¡°Who Done It,¡± Abbott and Costello.

Ristorante San Carlo, 130 Corso Um- art appreciation in the J. S. army.

"Isn't this beautiful?¡± asked the

Officer¡¯s

show

Thursday,

8:30

PM. verto

rivate as he.snapped another picAdmission free.

Ristorante Amedeo,

17-18 Vie

Fabie

ure.

Massimo

Tickets

for British

soldiers

may

"What's beautiful? This prckenRestaurant

De] Gambero,

11-12 Via

>,

obtained at the information desk,

down bunch of rocks? They¡¯d never

Alexander

Club.

Via Twenty

SepDel Gambero for day leave EM.

tember.

with

a oe

am the

Restaurant

for American

Officers, get away

and

uniformed

guests:

open States.

The fire

issioner or

ENSA

Supercinema.

Vie Nazionale Nurses

and Via Agostino Depretis. Continuous ? Vie Parma

somebody would make the .andlord

Alr Forces Rest Camp Restaurant¡ª

from

1:00

PM.

Graham

Greene's

pull the building down. It¡¯s dangernovel, "The Ministry of Fear,¡± star- Largo Teatro Valle. 11:00 AM to/ 7:30 ous.¡±

PM

ring

Ray

Milland.

with

Marjorie

The

private

the

lared

at

Reynolds

Nirvanetta Club, 25 Via del Maroniti, sergeant. PiCan't ta

(Largo del Tritone). Tea dances daily. art, boy. The Coliseum. ¡®The biggest

:

VARIETY

¡°Welcome,¡±

featuring

Chiaretta 3:30 to 6:00 PM. Evening dances, 8:00 gladiator fights in Italy used to be

Gelli. Italian film star.

with supportPM to 10:30 PM; buffet snacks, coffee, |held

here.¡±

e

ing

4:30 am

daily; 3:15 PM tea and wines indoor, outdoor dance

"So what? Look at it. You couldn¡¯t

Allied

officers

only

Sunday.

All

25 lire

Arena floors

even hold a marble contest in it.¡±

Esedra, behind NAAFL-EFI Canteen.

MILITIA

TOWER

"Nobody wants to hold anything

¡°Just The Job,¡± Musical show

Sala

See Rome's

Panorama

trom

Nero¡¯s here. This is like reading a history

Umberto, Vig Della: Mercedes

Daily box

seat

Romantic

Militia

Tower) book. Guys like Caesar and Brutus,

10 AM to 2:00 PM.

35 lire

open from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM: 4:00

¡°Cocktail For All,¡± Teatro Galleria. to 7:00 PM

Admission 16 tire Pro- and Hercules used to come ':ere.¡±

Opp. YMCA, daily 4:30 to 10:30 PM

35 ceeds

"} don¡¯t know what you are getfor

the

National

Committee

Political Victims

Via 24 May at Mer- ting excited over. We got ruins in

CLUBS

the

States and I don¡¯t see the

rat! Trajanet

Italians coming over to cet excited

EXHIBIT

Visit the

ARC

EM

Club.

Cassino

Gella Rose.

Conducted

tours at 9:00

about

them

Exhibition

of

European

paintings

AM and 2:00 PM plus daily were

"What ¡ª a have we gos?¡±

from the XV to VXII centuries organSnack Bar open 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM.jized

"You can still see the marks of

and

arranged

by

division

of

Club attraction:

Have your portrait Monuments,

¡¯L¡¯. Italy never

Fine Arts and Archives, Hw Sixth Avenue

Painted

in oils by

famous

Roman

seen TV, AMG.

Honorary sponsors, had anything like that. You shuu!d

artist, 200 lire

E. Frince Doria, Mayor of Rome

see the old house where I was born.

ARC Officers¡¯ Club.

Hote) Barber- and Colonel Charles Poletti. Regional! And

what¡¯s. the matter with the

ini. Plazze Barberini

Commissioner, Region TV

Admission a

Brook] ad Dodgers?

British

ish Officers¡¯ Club, ¡°Trocadero,¡± 20 lire. Palazzo Venezia. Open from

er, there is ru

Villa Medici,

1000 to 1700 hours,

¡ªSgt. HARRY ¡®SHERSHOW

Poets

Simply Said'

A statement simply said¡ª

"There's no atheists in foxholes.¡±

I don¡¯t know who said it¡ª

Or to whom credit is due.

But now on the battle front¡ª

I know it¡¯s really true.

So far I¡¯m safe and sound¡ª

From death¡¯s my pene sting,

ve come, Within my hole

the Coliseum has shrunk to half its ¡®Neath God¡¯s protecting wing.

size. In maybe ten or 15 years the I feel strong and brave¡ª

Coliseum ¡ª ¡ª" standing on Times

~

Square

will

have My spirit feels so free,

badges and whip a super -deluxe one shipped itthere t

inFag pieces.¡± But To face whatever fate

out and present it to "The man who it isn¡¯t as bad as tha t. I think that Has in store for me.

However, mostq~ the soall volume of build- I know someday we'll reach¡ª

helped the GIs most.¡±

if that is not possible, hcre is one

Our many various goals,

big GI vote of thanks.

For we could never be¡ª

it. Go

ahead,

There¡ªI

said

each

op

ARE there Atheists in foxholes!

is probably a terse note reading:

gripers, boo me.

¡®

¡ªSet. Hudd Humphreys

once

flunked

me

for not

¡ª8-Set. E. K. Murray "You

knowing where the Coliseum was.

I N ROME

STAGE

For Joy,¡± 70 minutes

All

songs and comedy.

¡°Straighten those shoulders! How long have you been in the Army?¡±

Marks...

had any weight at all, such

St. Paul¡¯s Cathedral

in

and the Casbah in

ers,

it r+ Ry.

ple over from the m:

of would

American trade marks on the

Todayy ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª"

nee

SseM!

eet

ata

¡±

one

names

I have recently returned from a

short leave at the Enlisted Men¡¯s

Rest Oenter in Rdme and between

It¡¯s in their interest so they better that wonderful spot and the GI

get started with the noodle.

with

their ten lire

hoes he

¡ªT-5 Geo. Tisch meals, I

belleve someone is due

a word of praise.

Rumor has it that Lt. Gen. Mark

W. Clark is the Fa

er of tnese

great brain-children.

hoever

it

Dear Editor:

I have noticed recently that many was, I think the War Department

ought to dig down in it¡¯s bag of

Sara

~ar

ee

=

po

are even inscribed for cr

Dear Editor:

Hold on to your hat! Here

comes, ready or not¡ªa letter

fear

I/Englan"trom,

d, Tunisia, ¡¯ Sicily4

ot

en

"Rat

? tet at the chess

For The Gl

mes

Saee

&<

But for the

war our

can fleet

be turned

. Did didyou youevereverenjoy

-MP stone

/ity on statues.

the backsides of some of the

and

will, |hospitality;

go "rid-

in all probability,

ee

Se

Ament

pees

sation of over 400milion,caneAsly lace¡¯ the unfortunate men in the oyu Gin ibe SP ee

on aang

of

¡ª the Army: I'm

All details

come our way.

two

and

a

half

an

strength of ours. All the surplus know,

¡ªPfie. James Lowel

is

T2

¡®acensi

Tele478295,

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:

average

can

,

are

In answer to Lt. W. S. P. Combs/ th

I just finished reading T-5 Gerald Wilke¡¯s letter "For Which Du- CMP letter in Mail Call, Aug. 23

ration,¡± August 4th issue, concern- issue, as to this "most famous, best

ing when we will be discharged or liked¡± and fancy dressed MP Batunder what conditions. It set me to talion, we ask the following:

thinking of the whole world situWho

are the judges, "besides

ation in general, a thing that more him¨¦elf,¡± that rendered the deciGIs should be doing right ¡°e if sion his battalion was the "most

a famous and best liked¡± MP¡¯s?

they ever want to get

decent civilian life.

What does he mean by the phrase

My plan for an early end to this |.

global war and our speedy return ¡¯most famous¡±?

Being in a MP outfit we would

to the U. S. is as follows:

Once

Germany

{fs beaten,

an like to know who in the hell ever! j?

Army of Occupation on a volun- liked an MP?

Century

autographs.

necessary

¡ªSgt. Stanley T. Browne Seratched ¡ª =e walls of the main

poli

up. China, with @ popuWho

en MP? We entrance

you can

Ce

~

ee

See

UP FRONT...

Rome.

|-- MAIL

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