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MEDITER R

Vol. 1, No. 31, Tuesday, July 11, 1944

Published In Italy

British Aim New Drive Al Caumont

CATCHING UP

Red Army Prussian

Two Lire

Near Soil

Another Column

Trying To Force

No Magazines VNiaiznias CAudrmilOff

Orne Bridgehead

The War Department has di-

rected that publication of material provided to The Stars

SHAEF, July 10 -- British forces In Normandy have launched at least two more attacks since the fall of Caen and La Kaye and

and Stripes by Reader's Digest, Collier's and The Saturday tEivneunedinigmmePdioastetly. be discon-

(See maps on Pape 6) coMluOmSnCsOWs,masJhueldy 1t0o-- RweidthiAnrmy00

Allied headquarters announced

In line with the directive, miles of East Prussia today and

tgoodianyg tohnat ev"ienrtyewnhseereactaivliotnyg wtahse Normandy front except in the SI

Lo-Caumont sector." One assault, hooking west and

then south of Caen, crossing the River Odin again and was aim-

ing at forcing a bridgehead across the Orne due south of Caen. The other struck inland

ntohrefeurmtahegrazisnuepsplewmiellntasppeoafr.the

Fiflh Paced By U. S. Japs

increatsackeodn Vltlhnea, fukreyy otfo tthheeir NaaztiotvheerlBaanldticevsatcauteast.ion route Irom

A German high command csiptoy.kesman said Vllna had been cut off completely and that Nazi defenders were fighting behind barricades in the center of the

about six miles northeast of Cau-

A Russian communique re-

mont. in the center of the bridgehead, but seems to have met

with immediate and determined enemy resistance.

CLEARED FROM CITY

Latest reports from Caen said that the Germans were cleared

AS SOON AS YANKS In Normandy got a rest, they gathered around to collect their maiL Later, the GIs took time

out to read the letters which had followed them from Britain. In this clearing, one unit distributed mail for men

whoso names began with A through G. (PWB Photo)

ALLIED FORCE HEADQUARTERS, July 10-- The 150-mi!e 5th

and 8th Army fronts showed only slight advatenrmcineedsenemay gyaeisntsetrdaay. deA-

i'nstiognitfhiecanGt erwmeadnge" defweanssesdrifvoeunr

tled Vplorltnead fhreashdsefcatliloenns toof Geemnbearta-l

Chernyakliovsky's men in savage street fighting with stublxirn German defenders striving des-

perately to hold open an escape

Saipan from the city but that the control of bridges leading out across the Orne River was in doubt.

As There were few details of the

fighting at La Haye, although Americans who took the western

Key

beachhead strongpoint were rethe townpo.rted 2.000 yards due south of

Conquest To Pacific

By Sgi. JACK FOISIE

Hailed Victory

miles north of Voltcrra, It was

announced, but other reports were generalized accounts of contin-

ued hard fighting everywhere along the line.

In the w?est coast, sector where the Japtaalionn ewasssep-eAamrehreiacdainng 1t0h0eth 44B2antd-

saiTdodtahey'AsmerAilclained adcvoamncmeunidqouwen the Carentan-Periers road was proceeding well. One dispatch reported the capture of Sainteny, five miles southwest of Carentan

Stars and Stripes Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, July 10-- The conquest of Saipan was com-

mepnlettedantondoayu,nctehd,e wNhaivlye mDielpiatratr-y

atdhveanUcneitebadse Stfarteosm

a formidable which can be

mounted mighty amphibious and air assaults aimed at the final

tRehgeirmeentwaals Cosmobmaet Tiemapmr'osvedmreivnet, against strong resistance. Eighty

prisonersvancweenorreth ftraokmen RIonslagnnanaod,where Field Marshal Albert von

MOSCOW, July 10-- Marshal Stalin, in a special order of the

day, tutreoonf iSglhotnima,nnsoouuntchewdestcapo-f Baranovichi, and of Lunincts, vital rail center controling the central Poland rail network. SBlioanliymstoiks ornailtwheay Bawrhaincohvichcuit-s at right angles across three main lines converging on War-

saw from the northwest

and ten miles southeast of La Haye.

While the Allies implied there was little action from St. Lo southeast to Carentan, the Ger-

man-controlled Vichy radio an {Continued on page 8)

AUl-lBoCaotusntFsail AFoirr DSougpfpaocret . WASHINGTON, July 10-Pres-

Idcnt Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill reported jointly

yesterrdinaeyfleettfhaaitled"Hiotnler'asll scuobumnat-s

Truman Asks inNoJundee,tai1l9e4d4."figures were given

but the monthly report of the anti-submarine campaign assert-

Civilian Oulpul ed that losses of merchant ves-

edselsatlo muonsdt ertsheeaslorwaeisdtersfi"grueraecho-f the entire war. For every United bNaytioGnesr*mamnercshuabnmtarinveessselsevseurnakl times as many U-boats were sent to Athesubpoptlteomme.n"tary communique

observers hailed the completion of the battle as placing in Ameri-

can hands the key which will eventually unlock the door to vic-

tory against Japan. Assessing the significance of the triumphant campaign against the Marianas stronghold, experts agreed that it marks the major turning point and opens a vast new range of strategic possibil-

ities for hastening Japan's doom, Uniteesdt BarPcrcellsas recpoorrrteesd.pondent Ern-

They ranked it as one of the most important victories in the 31 -month Pacific campaign.

Saipan, with its deepwater anchorages and its airfields gives

WASHINGTON, July 10-- Sen. Harry S. Truman (D., Mo.), chairman of the Senate War Investigating Committee, de-

manded yesterday that Donald M. Nelson's civilian goods pro-

goal-- the Philippines and Japan Kcsselring has deployed the 36lh

proper. diBstoantt fhrom Saariepanv,irtTuoakllloy

elqyuiin-g

SS Regiment and 9 th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, neither of

1,495 miles lo the northwest and stoheuthPwheislti.ppines 1,470 miles to the

which

vhioaussactibones.en reported NEAR POMAJA

In pre-

With their vast range, It will be possible now for B-29 sky giants to take off from China, bomb Japan and continue to Saipan for refueling, reloading and return on another bombing trip. This not

Eight miles Inland 5th Army

infantry moved into position to attack Pomaja, astride an Impor tant north-south road. The French forces of the 5lh Army were

only will pave the way for aerial blitz warfare against Japan but will relieve the supply problem

mteheetiirngentsitrroengfroopnpto,sitainodn ahceraovsys fighting, into which the Germans

in China.

had thrown 20 tanks, raged in the

Naval facilities on Saipan are calculated to intensify the U. S.

neighborhood of Hanza, on (Continued on page 8)

a

submarine campaign against Japanese shipping-- the Achilles heel

Tribute To America

of the enemy -- and will give

American fleet units a substantial base from which to strike

deepeorut ionverOerxiteenndtianlg wtahteeirrs suwpiptlhy-

lines. Saipan's airfields give the Uf.romS. wfhleiecth ''wuanrspilnakanbelse ccaanrrieprrso"-

(Continued on page 8)

LOS ANGELES. July 10-- Dr. Wei Tosadoor-to MthiengU,nitCehdineSsteatesa,mbpa6sd-d

tributesenahl oef rdeemotcodraaycy towhtihech ''airsAmerica and the spirit of vic-

tory which exists in the Amerlocm people as they ceaselessly

forge the weapons of war."

corridor for 40 divisions trapped in Lithuania, Latv'la and EstonTiha.esianstofofernmsive,cesnwteeerpionfg tohveerRu4st-0 miles of sagging front, appeared headed for Grodno and Bialystok,(Cgounatridniunedg otnhepaagpeprSoJaches

10M--AFAiPrstHETAaDcQtUiAcRal'TEARiSr. FoJrucley planes, ?i much closer coopera-

tion with ground forces than at any tthrioumghenorth soifncReomteh,e ybersetaekr-ar-.d cdoamychia'mmmlecraetd.fgnufn otpooosisttiontso twheAeartehfzerzroon,tcoMnhdauiertsii,noansdesdpliteP'isaad,verasned the areas around Pontassleve and Leghorn were main targets, but communications stemmiitg

reported the signal failure of

Whar Flavor Will It Be?' the German imdersea fleet to New Foxhole Question accomplish any important inter-

ference with the Normandy invasion operations, asserting that only one merchant ship of the great fleet taking part in that action could be charged off as a

POrniesVta'tiScialnenI Trip possible U-boat victim.

gram be started immediately,

thereby seeking to end the imtiopnasBsoearbdetwaenend thtehe WaarrmedProdseurcv-

ices over the resumption of civ-

ilian proauction, it was reported from Washington.

Mr. Nelson Is still convalescing from penumonia and hence

unable to sign personally the opnromciivsieldianorudseersof liafltuinmgintuhme baannd permitting consumer goods amvaaniluafblaec.ture where labor Is

By a Staff Correspondent

WITH THE 5TH ARMY-- Some "Our first attempts went over

hard-bitten front-line troops have so well with the men," Sgt Tasa

been heard singing the praises said. "we determined to keep

of S-Sgt. Tom Tasa, Minneapolis. Sgt. Tasa is a mess sergeant with the 34th Division and recently

making ice cream whenever possible." As the Germans fell back

and the American infantrymen

he ordained the world's ser\'ice with

what is probably first foxhole curb ice cream as the

mtbleuromtav.nesdtphoerftocarrtwei'woanrdsobltevhceeadmpetrhoabtdlifefpmircoulbto-,f

from Bologna and Florence alio were attacked by the fighter bombers. Medium bombers did notCoaospteraalte.Air Force reported successfsulalvia, sagawinestepsshippoivnegr iYnugtol-io Adriatic and. by Beauflghters,

againusbte andoiolthbearrgeasreasi.n the Dan-

It was announced this morning that eight heavy bombers

twweore Polloessttlinoilyesrteefirndearyi'ess, radiudrinogn which operation 14 enemy planes were destroyed.

Air SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 10 Bazookas

--The Rev. Father Stanislaus *Or-

Used On Japs lemanski said today he had "no

cthoantunheentp"lantnoedmakteo viasbitoutPopreepoPrituss

piece de resistance.

"When the Jerries pulled out

Slavs May Pick As Jhe va'n'cRededthroBuguhllI"taldyiviasniodn atdh-e

weather got as hot as the bat-

New U. S. Envoy centteler, Segtd. Taosnn's ictehoucgrhetasm.natIutraallilayn

of the next town the ice cream crew went in and took over the best ice cream shop almost be-

fore the snipers were cleared out,'

XII in the near future to discuss

civilians evidently were enter- Sgt. Tasa explained. "Of course,

his recent conferences with Mar- WASHINGTON, July 10-- Dive

shal Joseph Stalin.

bombers equipped with ''flying

Father Orlemanskl, 54-yoor-old bazookas" az>e being used with

Polish Catholic priest, refused to de^'astating effect against the

say if he had asked permission JaiJanese, according to combat

oafbseBnitshohpimsTehlofmafsromM.OuOr'LLeaadryy otfo reports, veatlehdereceWntlay.r Department reRosary Church of which he Is In attacking stationary targets,

pastor. The priest was suspended from his ecclesiastical duties in

Amcrlocm pilots fire these rockettype weapons one at a time but

May for neglecting to secure per- usually let loose with all their

mission before making the trip to load when going after moving tar

taining the same thoughts, because Sgt Tasa soon noticed that more and more facilities for making the stuff were found in newWith a crelyw-capturedctoowns.mposed of Cpl. Norman Walgasl, Rochester, Minn.: Cpl. Matty Cardasco, CliffRsiedde. OaNk.. J.O;klaP.f,c.anEdUiPsfc.V/aJtoksienpsh.

PPboaewrfelolorlre, tDCheiencLiFunrnxoaent,ti-,lIinnicet.,waIwcsaens'tCrgoelioannmgg

shortagteimesofbecaimcee parnodblevmasni,llatoos,ombeu-t we whipped them by shutting down for a night and making our own ice and persuading Ita'l'iYaonus klnoowg,ivethuesre soimseonvlaynilolnae.

thing missing to make this setup perfect," Sgt. Tasa said with ognleeamof itnhohsies heeyle.ico"pItferosnlywewecohualdd land right on the spot. That would save a lot of worry about

WASHINGTON. July 10-- Consadosrttaonttihn eFotitUchn, iYtuegdoslSatvateas,mbawsa-s

expected to leave his post because of differences with the new gov-

porteedrnmteontd,atyh.e Associ'*.ted Press re-

The new premier. Dr. Ivan Subasic, was reported to have annouiKed from London some time ago that Fotitch was a Mihailo-

Russia^ *

gets such as locomotives.

fuU blast

the ice cream melting."

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Page i

THE STARS AND STRIPES

1 YEAR AGO

VIEWS OF ROME VI:

Wallace

Allies Invaded PEACE PRAYER IN ST. IGHATZ'

Tuesday, July 11, 1944

Foresees

Sicily Beaches

Norih Pacific 'Ira' Mr. Wallace concluded with the

pliRiObMioEu,s XJourlcye 1o0X-- lAandgirnegat craamX-t moved into sandy beaches early, this morning, Xollowing the de-

scent of glidcr^bome Jafanlry and parachute troops at 2210

hours last nlght^-one year ago today. Higgins boats, carrying

wiSthEATRuTsLsEia. aJnudlyCli1i0na-- wil"lTrIardeelp thought that American business

keep

the

factories of America

men of tomorrow must thini: In terms of a broad world outlook

bVdiuecsceyla'riPenrdestihtdeoedndatayysHeinntrhayat Anl.iaetiWaoahnlewlaiaddc.ee" broadcast following his arrival here nft^r seven weeks in China

and thantomicwiletahdersfhtip "wAimlelriccoannferecoo-n the Pacific region gieat material benefit and on the world a great

and Siberian Russia.

asault waves of Americans, Canadians and British, grated Into

sand bars and beaches and the infantry stormed ashore to cap-

ture the port towns of Licata, Gela and Syracuse. At 0600

Mr. Wallace laid pcurticular stress on postwar coop>eration and development of resources in lands

bordering the north Pacific Ocean. He said that tlie postwar

bSleassmineg." Crew Flew Wiffkie In 1942

hours, the Allied landings on the shoaGudtehbremaennadnasesamsc-tocudnctoseausrctactestosaf.c' ksSiciblyy the Hermann Goerlng Division were repulsed in the days that followed, in the one month and seven days thereafter, the Al-

ii^ edrrmoov,ethenn oeratsth ttoo tcaakpeturMeessPianlawhile British forces were punch-

ing northward to meet them after the fall of Catania. >

To the American 1st. 9th and 82nd Divisions, now fighting In France, to the 3rd and 45th Dir vlslonissh anndoCwaniandiIatanlsy, wtohotlielaBnrdietdon the Yanks' right flank and to BtihrethRdaayn.gers everj'whcre -- ^Happy

De Gaulle In New York

WASerHalIChNarGleTs OdNe,GuaJlulley h1a0s-- Gceonm--

Dedicated to St. Jgnatz,. toiinder of the Jcijalt:;, the church contains the largest piece of lapus lazuli in the world and one of the earliest pictures of .Imcrica In Eome. This baro-

que church has an astonishing interior, more brilliant nnd coufuiring than any theater. On the ceiling is paint*, .in* other church full of figures, realistic that It Ieohs like an

aviary full of flying angels. Now In the church is the Madonna of Divine Love, to uhom the Romans prayed for

peace and the safety of the city during the Anzio beachhead.

peerraiodo,f wtohueldPacbiefick,n"owannd asad"dteirde

that ictaherequniartesiotnhael mfuatiunrteenoafncAemer-of an international air route from North America through Alaska to

SEA'ITLE, July 10 -- Vice President WaUacc, who arrived here yesterday on his return from a mission to China, trav-

the Siberian Orient and to -EurnopeeseIn ecndooRpuesrsaitainon pewhle.the Chi-

with crew

eled lo Chimgking and back the same Army tram port who took Wendell Willkie

NORTHWEST

DEVELOPMENT

around the world in 1942. His homeward trip came clos,e

The development of the north- to being delayed by .scarlet fever

west area-- Alaska, western Canshouladda anbd ewesatemrantteUrnitoefd nSattaitoensa--l

at Edmonton, Alberta, when copilot Lt. William Golkowske fell

victim to the disease and was

polMirc.y, Wahleladceecidsaeidd. he would talk Tuesday witli President Roose\eit

quarantined The vice president and others in the party were al-

twohicrhepoIrtam"cenrottaiant ldiebfeirntiytetofadcitss-

lowed to proceed" under obserCol. RimancderhofaMrodrriKsnoinghtF,ieldcoma-t

Many of things he found West Palm Beach, Fla., was

c:;nuss hhiesre tr"ip ^a^prised him, Mr. W.^llace said, including a scien-

tific apple industry at Alma At a,

]Ov).aitlioWtona.og"fnetrhe,

transport. Capt. John Lakeville. Ind., na-

his last stop In Siberia before en-

vigator, described the vice president as "a crewman who worked

tering China and a thriving motion picture industry which promises to make that city the

Just as hard us here and

as the pilot to get back." Col. Knight

Hollywood of central Asia. Alma Ata is situated at the foot of Tien

wslea^lialds.scMnrge.r" Waalnldacestowoads t"hae

ftirniep

Shall -- "Heavenly Mountains."

The co-pllot who succeeded

pleted his discussions with President Roosevelt and with most of the United States govern-

ment department chiefs in

Newsmen

See

Lt. Golkowske on the run In from Edmonton was Capt. O. Hcroewwardm,embEearus Cvl/aeirrc:e. Wis. Other

Washington. He was scheduled to fly to New York today where a round of ceremonies and re-

Dewey Farm

M-Sgt. James M. Cooper, Pliiladelphla; T-Sgt. David Min-

ceptions has been planned before he leaves for a brief visit

''Moose" is gone. He can't be found anywhere in the vicinity

Val-o-pac, containing officers clothing, on Route 1, between

kcodff,as BRluasckswi*aonod,intNe.rprJ.e,tewrhoforsert\h*e-

WJaepakeDenfienngses to Canada. Yesterday the Free French leader attended mass at a small Waslington church. Immediate ly after the services he returned to Blair house where he has been staying end dispatched by messendgenetrRocseavcltp.resent for Presi-

The gift is a working model

' a

f

haalfsuybamradrsinel,ong,aboauntd

osnoe coamn-d

plicated that a set of instruc-

tions for its operation accompany it. The model was made

in Tuntiiosn andafwtaers tpheresceitnyt'esd litbheerar-e to General de Gualle.

of his home held. His anxioua masters have made extensive re-

connaissance patrols through the

alleys and by-ways of Tarquinia, but ''Moose'' has vacated. If you see a small black dog, whose

ancestors could have been Scot-

Georgeties, Bbuot lwleirnegne'rt, thcroonutgacht thLits, department.

The following items have nceu turned into Lost and Found. Owners may claim same at II Messaggero; six negatives from Photo Max showing a corporal and sergeant sitting near a tree and holding a pup; identification bracelet belonging to David

Rome and Arbetcllo Maj. Frank A. Winter.

Blac'ic 'eai."v.-r engraved wallet, near Sieim. W-O Irwin Young.

anDdarggabagrrdeienne ofsfhiicretr's wittrohusearrsmored force patch; one field

jacket with AF patch, lost on road between Gallicano and Rome. Shirt and pants stamped Lt. L. O. Balch, 0-1013718.

"Any member of the 16th AcaSchools, dpelmeiacseSquacdornotna,ctof'Sgt.ChDiacvaigdo

Nadler. It's important in regards

atdonrdesthsFeouSangndtt.viciNpaadtleedr rteuhnriooung.h" LAodst

NePwAWLYIorNkG. neNw.smYe.,n Juyleyste1r0da--y inspected the farm residence of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey who posetl for photographs picking cherries, the Associated Press

repTohrteed.reporters and lensmen found a comfortable country residence and immaculately clean dairy barns on the GOP

p4r6e6sidaecnrteisal twcoandimdialtees's nofratrhmeasotf of Pawling. 'The colonial style week-end place has 12 rooms and four baths.

Mrs. Dewey prompted the governor as he related that he keeps

90 cows and raises 40 percent

pWaarsthyi; ngTt-Sognt,. RDi.chaCr.d, Ja. nBdarreStgtt,. Roderick W. Robltalle, Jamaica, L. I. Owen Lattiraore of OWI and John Carter Vincent of the State tioDn eweprearottmheernt'msembCehirnseseof stehc-e party.

JapWaAnSesHeINiGnaTbiOlNit,y toJupluyt u1p0 a--n

Woman Flyer died By Slalin

Streger; bracelet w*ith name, Sey-

Parents mour J. Rosenthal, 42036077, engraved on face.

3 Sons The following articles have

been reported lost: Black leather wallet containing t

Learn Missing

of his feed, built the new silo effective defense over some of

iasndan rehpisatiorreidc ftahrem,haMyrs.baiDnes.weyIt

said, declaring that George Washington spent a winter witli his troops tliere.

Gov. Dcwcy leaves the farm

their most vital homeland areas is being emphasized by airmen AstteshtrseudodacyySi.iuanptgeerd-tFhoPerrterslaestsessrtepaotrtreatcceokdrsd,syetsho-ef

MOSCOW, July 10 -- A woman flyer, 31-year-old Yevdokia Bershanskaya, is In command of one of the crack Soviet air units now

mMaornleeyy,. Allied papers, Capt S. J. Black leather wallet, identiii

TONA WANDA, N. Y., July 10 -- Three times since June 6

mmearniaegemwehnot ftaormsChaornlesshaFrreise.Gardener Fred Stohl looks af-

fcraatnicosn.s,Capdtr.ivNeorr'msanlicSeinlsvee,rman10.0 DNi-ldaaynd-- Mhra.veanrdeceMii'vse,d MiteclheagerlamsI. chicketenr.the Alawvni,ctorayndgarfdeeends sutph-e

Suchtary amebnsehenrcee soufggdeesfteends,e, mmii^litIndicate that the Important eledue to menat of lsaucrkpriosfe adweaqsuataettasipneecd-

pounding the Germans on the White Russian front, a Reuter's correspondent reported today.

The aviatrix, w?ho holds the rank of lieutenant colonel, was cited in Marshal Stalin's order of the day on the capture of Mocilev and was tlie first woman

Dispatch case, name: "M. C Bradley," containing 45 cal. pistol, candy, cigar and lipstick. Lost between Formia and Rome. Pvt. M. C. Bradley.

A brown leather w'allet, between Grosetto and Rome. Contains money, T-Patch, combat

sdteastiirnegs. m"eTlieto Seexcprreet.asrsy hiosf dWeaerp regret that your son has been

repOonrteJdunemis6sitnhgey inwearcetioand.v"ired EtdhawtardtheiPr. eNlidleasntd,bo3y1., Ta-eSrgita.l gunner, had been missing since

plies the family with vegetables.

OP'aDpaenrlelLegaSla,ys

ialized air defense equipment-- onvieIfrti^twtahesfighthohtmoeeurlgsahtnadntdhaortedaestt.heectoNrisps--, flushed with early successes end effensive-minded moved most of

their teres qofutihpemirentgaitnos tahte tpleireimeex--

to be so honored.

II Ij 3L0am0e ToBoySafAeildyed rcrmfuosrimcaanlc,e8 wiallt o1p1e3n0 and hour^. No tickets necessary.

"Blithe Spirit.'* the Xoel Coward

siennf.antry badge. Pvt. Claw ThomEastman Kodak No. 1, foldln_

type, in brown leather case. The

osftraapdheissibvreokteanpe anodn tthheere'bsellaowsbi.t T-5 S. H. Freedman.

Left in a truck from Rome, one

claodnyt'asinpiunrgse paanpdersa maann'ds mwoanlleeyt., J. M. Freeman.

Argus C-3, left in Signal Corps jeep son awlhifitchto gRaovmee. LtNamW.e As.taJmophendon brown leather carrying case.

Black wallet lost in Rome. Fus. Yates.

May 20 In the Biuma theai r. Then on Jime 21 came word

that Preston T. Niland, 29. a

lieutenant in tlie infantry aming in Frphaibnioucs eforces,shinacde bJeuenne m7i.ss-

w'lLtahstteaTrh-fuirlsldedayey,M'is',S,reaNidlantdh,e words: Kol>ert J. Niland. 25, paratreop sergeant, ha^l been missing since D-day in Franco.

'Tlie Nilands have another son in tlie armed services, Freclenck W. Niland. 24, also a para troop sergeant.

WASHINGTON, July 10-- Sen. W. Lee O'Daniel (D., Texas), tinotdoaythetesromuerdce aonf nienwvsepsrtiingtatifoonr

his anti-New Deal weekly, "New Dheealissl`jreenaadnyigafnosr" tahnedm diefclatrheedy

tacpkenosfe oJf huonmee 15areaats.YaIwnattahe tahte-

only bomber to fall in the tarack, geatnardea wnaos B-s2h9ost dweorwen rbeyporatcendlost in tlie latest attac'^.

waiT^hte tosesntaarttoranystahiidng.""this is a fight to the finish for a free

press" and insisted he had vio-

lated noFxe of WPB's newsprint reg"uIlaotbitoansi.ned tlie paper Uirough

regular chaimels and violated none of their rulings in so do-

HARTFORD, Conn., July 10-- sAaveldamean beosytimwaittehd a300jaclki-vkensifien the disastrous circus fire lost

Cotr.edy, if at the Argvutinu Theater, niar the Falaua Venc/.ia. No tickets required. Curtain time 1830 hours.

PasSesamaann'ds opfafsiscpioarlt EClokasst reGcueairpdt made out to Jesse W. Bazeman.

iV:i?a3"0S.oNna1xgS3l0o.noatlcB.erTnhardeeettel.i"mes.`tduaplelry-:CIn1c2m3a0,,

gliHe/nelUt(c?NdrdcMnesn;'s Re?l Cross Club, BorterTnUerschd.ay: 1815 -- C. S. Army Rest Cen. reivi\tcerdncOsrdcha.y: 1815 -- V. S. A my Rest

English made, brown 1aether wallei, containing personal papers. Pvt. Cliftcr. Scheller.

Wyco waterproof wrist watch on railroad nght of way. between

Ca.serta and Cassino. Capt. Norman A. Converse.

I'rlday: 1800 -- 231ft Army Bind. 20.1G0.'l resiAuraiifa open 1130-1450; ISOO-

African style,' brown leather wallet containing identifications

UWteraute Parma. 7 Via Parmi. Kistorante Roma. 34. Piazza PoB. M.oKsuitmoor.ajkte Atuedeo, 17-19 Via Pablo

and war bond receipts. S-Sgt. Delmar D. Canterbury.

Yellow leather American wal-

l>crKiiv.storaoic San Carlo, ISO tm

let containing 40 dollars, p.ay

TarApme^ar.h'1a3n ViOatfkV crc s* oRca stat uraO ut #Kiipe

' i

book, P?e.

address book T. R. Beltran,

and

photos.

JUunsctleRiSnegm FoNrow*

HaWlfASHa INmGil'lTioOnN.GI Jublabyies10 ar--e expected to make their debut during the next year at Uncle Sam's expense.

Tliat many infants and their mctliers will be cared for under the emergency maternity and in-

fant care program for which C30o0n,g0r9e0ss dohlalsarsa,pprKoaptrhieartiedne 42.F-. BLuernreoaout,, ecshtiiemfatoefd thyeestCehridladyr.en's

ing," he declared. The four-page waepepkelsyt,red"W.lasLtee TuO'eDsadnaiyel fNoerw.'t?h,"e fii'st time since 1941. The sena-

tor saidculattedlini4e5 psatpaeters iasndbeitnhgat cihrehas enough paper to publish 100,000 copies weekly for a full

Death Toll At 33

nyeuaJmrE.bLeLrICoOf, knTeonwnn., dJeualtyhs 10i--n ^tThhee wreck of a troop train near here last Thursday came to 33, when rescue workers extricated eight bodies Sunday night.

Thursday, hfs uncle. Axel Carlson, New Britain, Conn., related

yesterday.

As shouts of "fire" swept tDohnraoludgh Antdheersotnentc,uid13h-iysearu-nocllde were seated far back in the bleachers. The boy dropped to the lower tier of seats and wriggled under the tent to safety. Then

wiiippingchaseoduthtat deayk,nifhee hselahsahded putrh-e canvas tent wall through which streamed trapped women and children and men, including Uncle Axel. Donald also ran to hootlheesr. parts of the tent and cut

Tuesday, July 11, 1944

THE STARS AND STRIPES

Pasre S

THE STARS AND STRIPES (Wedfterranean)

Oail7 oewfpMper ot tb% U. 8. Ame ?orcf pur-iubed Moodajs tbrougb SmV rdAji ccf tioDpf IQ Italy.

rublicaiioat Ut&cer. Cot. Iici?ert Wbitc: Kditor. t'apt. Robert fteville. Kx ?cotlve l^itor Sgt. liilary 11. Lyons; Uutincae^ Manager. Cap:. Roi*crt J. Cbriateasoo.

on Hr- : 101 Vta del Trttooe. tn tbf It MtMafgrto nutldiag. Koac. fete nhooes: Col. Wbita. 430iS; Cape. Cbris(en?oQ. 12X43; Editorial. 43011. Circti. fallk>Q. 47064C

AcCDoakUsmoQt ti made of tde editorial aervioM supplied by tbe (Jolted Jlatloiii News .?(ervica aod ibe Army .Sews ^iervipe.

Ibe 8tais aod 8tripes la printed at iba plant oi U Messaggero. l&S Via dal ftltooe. itume.

YoC 1, No. 31

Tuesday, duly 11, 19U

8TAKF

bXU. uavid Ooldlog. Milt (.chmao, Al Kobo. Paul Urren. Bill Slatildio. Cyril tlupiier. Suoloy MelUoff. Ray Keyoolds, Jack Raytnood. Cpls. Robert

PteUwber, Wade Jooes. Pvta. Edmund F. flogao. Jobo Lawler.

UP

They Say...

J.AP/VNESE RADIO: "In Prance, the .\llied armies are retreating haphazardly iii-

HIGH FRE.VCH OFFICIALS in A"lTghieirss: talk of bumping off everybody who has been playUndi.ng"ball with Vichy, is a lot of . . . how do you say it ? . .

FRONT

... By MAULDIN

bode wash! CTest de la merde."

In The Same Boat

Dear Editor:

Resentment M-1

Dear Editor:

STATE TROOPER G. F. RANDALL, telling how he watched

tlie spiral-shaped cone of a tornado sweep across a hill toward the building housing

rtahdoi-oWessttatiVoin:rginia State Police

I'm not very* good at awratsiclewso,unbduetd 1*1i1n tarcytimoyn

writing obnest.theI

theInStatrosdaya'nsd (SJturliypes3)I iasnsdue moyf three mates read of the article

"wAass itfigloltedclwosietrh I wcoooudl,d stereeesi,t and outhouses. It seemed to

night of May 11 when we and other American divisions pushed

swatnatteidn.g"

"NEenvleirstbeedforme enhavenotI

the Jerries quite a ways with written to Mail Call, but I feel

Ibe wacsomisnog ddaimrneectdly itnotwe*raersdtedme.1

the great help of our Allies, and I was sent to a hospital for

tlvat this is one time when I should have my say about the BEnReLvIerN moRvAeDdI.O":

treatment. It was tlien that the 88th Division started to get a

twhhiincgh. mIta'kseJustthe thbionygss olviekre htehraet

fdeeswervew.rite-ups

which

they

well

so bitter against certain taking place back home.

things

ChTahte mpeonint inI'motgheetrtindgiviastioniss

Just what think we are

do those over here

people for? A

"The first refugees driven from the South English coast by our new pilotless planes have arrived on the Belgian

and French coasts,"

started to squawk. You'd hear lthaenmdmgssa.y, o" vWeer'sveeasbeelnongienr,maannyd

that if any division d^r\*es wtroitbee-uptshanItk'fsulourst.h"atTltiheeyy ouhgahvte some help.

The 38th loses men like any

vacation, or something? It's a pretty thing when an EM vet-

tryeraanndgoetshbeanckgettso tGuordn'esd Cdoouwn-m flat by someone who probably dboeeisnng't foeuvgehnt. know tliere's a war

If we have to look forward

NINTH .AIR FORCE PILOT, describing fighter plane attacks

against German Hiring bombs: "Doodle-bug hunting is fun;

they can't shoot back." HENRY .MORGENTHAU, JR.,

''We oughta tell 'em

Public

th' whole army

Sees

don't look like us, Joe.**

War

ontohterouftronfto-rlignleoryd,ivibsuiton.JuWset'rteo get this war over and go back

to things such as this, tnen we might Just as wel--l Pnvott. gJo. hBoomyec.e

Secretory Cliicago:

dresingoa fWatrhe

B*orrnedasurrayl,lyadi-n

Through WD Movies home. Anyone ought to know

that the more help you get, the quicker the war will end. In my c^inion the 88th Division is

good. But don't get me wrong. I didn't say best.. So far you feliQws on the lines: Don't let any rsuammoersboagte.t you, we're all in the

-- P/c. Michael Berizos

Correspondence

Dear Editor: I know definitely It is not permissible to corres)x>nd with Italians In Allied conquered territory. Why is it not permitted?

Yet we GIs can correspond with civilians Jn North Africa. Can you solve this problem that has me perplexed?

Postwar Draft -- Pvt. James J. Ziccardi

At present, according to postal

Favored in U. S. authorities, the Italian provincial

mail system Is still unable to handle a large volume of civilian mail which would result if jGIs were permitted to write to Italian friends in southtrn Italy, -- Editor.

Liq:hl-Heavy

Dear Editor: I w'ould like to know the name

of thepionlofitghhte-howaovrylwd'.cigAhltso,chawmh-o played the part of the American fWlhyaetr rionCe "BdoidmbeKre'nst TMaoyolno.r" haann-d dle?

-- Pvt. Joseph Tata The N. y. Athletic Commission credits Cus Lesnevich, 175 lbs,

Our Gal Sal

Dear Editor: In our sleeping quarters each

night, we all sit around the radio. waiting for "Sally from per-

sllhne" itso kcnoomcekinogn. oLu'ril mSoarlallye thdionwkns in our socks, but with us and all others who listen in, it is very much the other way around. She provides ustainmenttonhtehebedsital.radio enter-

Her good hep music and humor is about the only American

program we can get and we sure enjoytic, ItiIts. aHcteurallvyoicfeunInsy.so Hreormanwi-t and humor about how lonely we are and how the wife and girl

mfraineyndsa lcaanu,g*hl fbreomtrouusrtebdoysb.rinWges actually feel in belter spirits after listening to Sally try to knock them down.

-- T-Sgt. BalaiUc

Soldier's Pay

Dear Editor:

Wo read in a recent "Stars and Stripes" about hazard pay for the infantry, and also about tSthaetes"exdprearwtinginfiat.ntry" in the

Our hats ire off to the infantry over here. We know from

personal experience about the job they are doing and conditions. We have been right with them, maannddowse.'re no rear echelon com-

Wliat we wont to know is why

"America is great only if It puls fotrehthee waprurpiotsseelf. ofYouwrar bobnedis a sign of your part in that

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, on returning to London from apuvrispiotset.o" the United States and Canada: There Is no doubt that the States are heart and soul in the war . . . We should, however, be very unwise to assume that they will necessarily cooperate with us in the settlement of the world when the actual fighting is over."

WASHINGTON -- Both Contowardgress eandxtpuebnldiicngopicnoimopnulsloerayn military training in peacetime, according to the results of a symposium conducted by Edward A. Harris, Washington corres-

pondent for the St. Louis PostDispetch.

About 2,000,00o men a year would be called up under either of two grebsis.lOlnesofnotwhe pmeenadsiunrgesIn wCoounl-d draft youths for one year of traintienr gtheiwr i1t8htihn tbhirretehdayye.arsUpaofncompleting their training, the

NEW YORK-- The American public is being given more md more opportunities to see what combat Is really like through the medium of motion pictures filmed at the fighting fronts.

The latest celluloid record of

a combaleasted to thoepepruabtliiocn istothbee Warer-

Dcoemppalrettmeentstofryilmof"Atthteacks!u"ccestsh-e ful American cunphlbious assaultceosnteAr orn aNweew anBrditCaainpe IsGllaonud-.

This 54-minute picture, filmed cboymbSaitgnaclameCroarmpasn,anhdas AibreenForgicve-

entiecsn,twhituhsitahseticNerwevieYwosrk byTimcreisplacing its review on the front

pduargee., an unprecedented proce"Attack " is especially valuable. not only for Its reedism,

but because it also gives the home front an idea of how a combat operation is planned and how it progresses.

It Is still too early to judge

conclusively the home front reaction to 'Attack " At any show,

ing youdiblecainntakisnegnsoef barneaatlhmosbty atuh-e audience at some of the scenes of men falling under sniper fire, men with ugly wounds, and men

lyiBnugt nmotostdeaadudibeuntceesxlisaeusetmed.to take the film with eyes wide open. ?"More people should see

this," Is a remark heard time after time as audiences leave theaters.

The Globe Theater, one of tliree New York movie houses showing the plctiire as part of a double bill, received more than 600 calls In three days asking for the ^>ecific starting time of "Attewdri" However, attendtheatearnce hsasaiodn.ly been normal, the

Another factual war film well

recei\*ed was "Memphis B^le," a plctturerssiazndatiitson croefw.a TFhleyinegarlFioers-t o"fTuntihissiemtypVeicotforyp"rodeuncdtioints wperree-

The grdeocewssoir,n"Dgesert dViecmtoarny.d'' for a arelasloistibceipnigctuarneswoefretdhe bwyar thies newsreels, who. using a lot of the Army Pictorial Service film os well as their own pooled out-

put, ctouuntrnofetdhoeutAllaie1d5-lmalnnduitnegs aci-n Normandy that drew the newshungry public into theaters in largerner dnoeus.mbers tlian Lana Tur-

The landings at Tarawa were another historic accomplishment for the newsreels.

These and other films showing the price of victory are also

bienincgonsnhecotwinon atwiwtahr tphleantssaleanodf war bonds, just to remind Uie bheomehadfroantt btahragtainvicptroircyes.can not

with the light - heavyweight crown. Perhaps someone can help Pvt. Tata with his screen quiz, EWdeitohra.ve no records available. --

tihne t"heexpeUrStA Ingfeatntrhyazacrodmmapnadyos'f'or fighting USO lines, dances, etc?

-- T-5 Albert R. Maxwell Pfc. James L. Owens

drafteesesrve swtaotuuslfdor bfeourplamcoerde iynearrse,during which time they might

be calledfresheur pcoursesf.or additional re-

Campaign Keep Eye

Leaders On Ladies

WASHlNOTON^For the first 359,420. Now, the women have

time in the nation's history, wo- the edge by 579,217.

statistmiencathlils yyeaatr laeraest--Intoposswiitnigon--a presidential election, according to

Issued to assist "political stu1944 eldeentcs"tinithoenir treeffnodrst,s ttoheforreecpaosrtt

Courage

What makes a man feel fear? When his heart knows right from

wrong.

Is tiitont?he thought of self-preserva-

How thin the line that defines Like millions of sparkling sethe act

Howt'hatofotf tchoewamrodtiicve.e of courage is TThhaqbetueyiancmsl.diengscteonda ltadhye's rgaodwina,nt star-

"Oh, God, give us the grit to

stick to our pact"

Slow'ly twinkling down.

Baurreeapuo.rt released by the Census did not attempt to forecast how

The report asserted that there wmoamneyn oIfn itmhlefonramtiownil'ls vomteenIn atnhde are now 88,666.555 United States November elections. citizens creaosefof mvoorteingthaagne --8,a0n00,0i0n0- "It Is impossible," the report since rteahu ealso 1n9o4t0edeletchtaito:ns. The bu- aolaslo bsaasiids, "ftoor easntabelsitsihmatoe stoaftlsttht-e

The wonderful feeling of "not

Toaknngoewalisundg'af'ecairoutsolytredstep where But when your buddies have

laUen by the wayside How often this scene doth run

througth your head.

A medal, a decoration, a formal presentation

To proclaim the daring deeds of matyrdom.

Butrecwolhleenctiorne.verie permits of past Whathtis raultlhlcesasmneessf,romw.hat stupidity,

Thamtan datyo imsannot far distant, when Each human shall offer his nand

in friendship Whleinve imnedtahles paasntd bravery shall

And from the common cup of courage we will all take a tip. -- Capt. Sidney J. Kopet

Star Rhapsody

While the color scheme of day FTahdeerse tion ssholaidtouwdse,, Ithleany to night -- And watch the faint starlight,

Venus reigns there, so aloof.

TWhhiesn gotesh'e osnpantigllleesarlfyademoamw.ay, A memory not to lightly scorn. But one to praise each day.

-- Private In A Foxhole

To A Latin

If I could write like Johnny Keats, or Bums.

Or Blake, or Byron

I'dtretautrsn . y.ou. out some tuneful

My dark, delightful Siren.

Hetchko,se I can't write like one of A tribute true emd tender.

"Women of voting age now for the first time exceeded men of

votEilniggibalgee tboy vnoetaerlyare6004,40,0602.2",886 women and ................
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