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^MEDITERRANEAN

Vol. 1, No. 40, Monday, July 24, 1944

Published In Italy

TWO LIRE

Truman Nominated Navy Orders Increase

Kesselring Reported FDR Running Mate Of Enlisted Strength Placed Under Arrest On Second Ballot WASHINGTON, July 23-- The

strength of the enlisted personnel of the United States Navy will be boosted 383.000 men over the

Wallace Hails Choice,

Farley Announces Full Support

present authorized strength or just over 3,000,000 by July, 1945. "to keep pace with acceleration of operations" against Japan, Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal announced today.

"We've moved faster than we

YANKS RETURN TO GUAM

Outside Sources Report Mutinies, Fighting In Germany

Hexepecwtaerdnedin tthhaet Patchieficw,a"r haegasianisdt.

HarCrHyICSA.GOT,rumaJunly of23Mi--ssouSreinatwoars

Japan is "by no means approaching an end," but he hinted that

nominated here last night as the the time for big operations wras

LONDON, July 23-- Reports appearing in Swiss papers yesterday

said that Field Marshal Albert von

vice presidential candidate to run with President Roosevelt on his fourth term bid.

Truman was selected on the second ballot when the Democratic National Convention gave him

approaching.

U. 5. Troops

Capture

Kesselring, Nazi commander in Italy, together with two generals and several colonels on his staff,

had been arrested on suspicion of complicity in the revolt against

1,100 votes, while his opponent.

Vice Prceeisveid donleyn6t6 vHoetensr.y Wallace, reOn the first ballot Wallace received 420 votes and Truman 319,

Guam Strongpoint

Hitler last firwmatieon etotkh.is Threeproert.wfas no con-

The papers also mentioned as leaders of the anti-Hitler movement Field Marshals Gerd von Rund-

with the remaining votes scattered

among sedidvates.eA rmail ni''mfuavmoritoef s5o8n9" vcoatne-s was necessary for the nomination,

x seTcornudmanba'lslot nowamsinaetviiodnent onin tthhee middle of the delegation roll call

AmPerEiAcRaLn aHssAaRulBtORf,orcesJuolny G2u3am--

Island, making "satisfactory progresst"uarsetd htheeiyr fpiurssthedvitianllansdt,ratceagpic-

point. Mount Alifan in the southern

when numerous delegations switched from Wallace and favorite

sceocmtmoru,niiqtuewasfrormepoArdtmeidralin Cthoedsatye'rs Nimitz. In the northern sector, the

stedt, dismissed Nazi commander in the West; Heinrich von BraucBhcicths.ch, von Falkenhausen and von

Kesselring, known to the soldiers Aolnbertth,e" IotnalTihaunrsfdraoynt waass "aSwmairldiendg Germany's highest decoration, oak leaves, diamonds and sword of the

sons to the Missouri senator.

Marine and Army invaders seized

Immediately tion had been

after the nominacompleted, Wallace

important roads from to, island towns.

Agana

to Pi-

congratulated Truman and announced that he would support the

Democratic presidential ticket in November.

The Americans were reported to be advancing in two columns, head-

ed by Marines and followed closely by infantry. Reinforc unents

AMERICAN TROOPS ARE BACK on Guam again, driving grimly inland after establishing their beachhead. Strategically important, this first of Jap-held American islands to be invaded since Kiska, will return to the Yanks an excellent airfield for bombing the

Philippines and a first-rate harbor.

KCrnoisgsh.t's Grand Cross of the Iron

Officitinuaed lto strGesesrmtahen sesrioouurscneesss caonndscope of the organization behind the attempt thoutghothey calsasiamsesdinattheat Htihtelerrevoallt-

befCoarleledthetochteheerisnpgeadkeelre'gsatepsl,atfTorrum-

Yanks Enter Pisa man made a brief acceptance

speech in which he said:

were being poured ashore as the beachheads were enlarged. Accord-

ing to the last report, the two spearheads were only five miles

"You come

After Night Battle There

dporecnia'tetthis gkrneaotw hhoonwor muwchihchI ahpa-s to the state of Missouri. is also connected with it

apart, and if they can effect a junction, it was said, the harbor and an important airfield wtd be cut off.

a great responsibility which perfectly willing to assume.

I am

Initial resistance along ?he Guam beaches was slight compared with

Uni"IttedhasStabteeesn smeynatporirvilfeogre tthoe bleasta

nine and one-half years and I expect to continue the efforts which

I have been making in that capacity to help shorten the war and win

the peace under the leadership of our great President, Franklin De-

Smoke Screen Hampers Trulmanao Rnooseveclta."me into national Raid Aimed At Ploesti prominence recently as the chair-

(Continued on page 3)

Saipan and elsewhere, following

the most terrible softening up of-

fensive of the Pacific war -- 17

straighintg. Budtayass

otfheshelilnivnag dianngd

bombforces

pushed inland the Japs fought

back. were which

Two fierce counterattacks

repulsed the Japs

by the invaders, in lost five tanks and

nearly 300 dead.

roTuordcaeyd's thcaotmmCuanbriaqsue Islaalnsdo, aann--

ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, July 23-- American troops battled their way Into the northern sections of Pisa today after a night of fighting which brought the 5th Army line parallel to the Amo along the entire stretch of the river from Pisa to the sea.

The new advance was announced in a special release late today. This morning's official reports had outtolrdemoafin5itnhg Apromckyetstroofoprsesirsotoatnicneg

south of the Arno for the third con secutive danyai,ssancae pnatdrols tsoendwiintghinrecotnw-o

mcialpetsuroef otfhe tchiety.TibTehre V8athlleAyrmyk'esy

by the military clique had been

queAllesdpeawkietrhinonsixthehouwrasv.e length of the Frankfurt radio denounced the

Nazi claim as a lie and said that

action was proceeding despite the

dabteetraget,mhptw.ohfo

Col. Klaus made the

von Stauf fenassassination

A Reutzeerlarnd'sasid thdaitspaHittclher fhraodm cSawlilte-d a conersfteo driesnccuess ofmeaalsl ufrreosnt tocobmematnakde-n Rteoiccho.pe with the crisis facing the

Commanding officers at Munich, Stuttgart, Bremen and Linz were reported to have mutinied and large n(uCmobnetrinsuedof osnoldpieargse w4e)re ar-

Soviets Take Pskov; other in the south Marianas, is un-

der control of an American fo^ce

point of Citta dl Costello, after MAAF HEADQUARTERS, July imnogr.e than a week of heavy fight-

and about half of it has been oc- 23 -- Upwards of 750 heavy Ameri-

Rain Stalls Battle cupied. Tne Rota Islands, north of

can bombers attacked the vast Ro-

ing, was also announced this morn-

Warsaw Drive Starts Guam, reconnaissance photos

showed, were virtually blown off

On Normandy Front the sea by 80 tons of bombs dropped

dtuarciknguptohne tGeruraimfi.c pTrhee-invcaaspiiotnal atof

SHAEmFie.s oveJr utnhee 23we--ekBernitdishslTosohme-d

these islands, the town of Rota, swtarosyed.practically completely de-

across rain-drenched terrain in Meanwhile, in Washington. U. S

Normandy to recapture the fiercely contested village of Maltot, after shoving south and east of Et-

erville. Although continuing bad weather prevented any large-scale

Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal, cotmacmkeanndttihneg oSnaiptahen Gcuoanqmuesatt,-

(Continued on page 4)

maneuvering, Canadian forces at

the same time captured the village

mano-Americano oil refinery at Ploesti yesterday, started some fires in storage areas, but, from all

reports, failed to hit any vital refinnouincnedgthiisnmstoarllnaitinogns., it was an-

Dense protective smoke screens, necessitating instrument bombing, and intense flak, were credited with hampering the raiders, who reported the loss of 25 heavy bombtions.ers from all of yesterday's opera-

ReinsiPissta atnocdeaywaasndcontthienrueinwgerweithn-o reports that Allied troops had crossed the Amo which runs twehrreougahdvatnhceincgitym.ethTohdeicalAlmye.ricTahnesy

had cllaenadsrneordth otfhebotwhoodtshe aAnndtifomsasrestht-o and Arno canals of snipers and mines. But they were under heavy fire from high points east of Pisa and from a huge 280 millimeter

railway whergeualnong tbheelielviened bteotwbeeensoPmies-a

MOSCOW, July 23 -- Soviet troops have taken Pskov by storm. Mar-

shal Stalin announced tonight tu a

speLcaisatl moradjeorr. city in Russia to be wrested from the Germans. Pskov guards the direct road to Riga and the Baltic Sea. Its fall will ac-

sive in tcehlereate theBgaelnteircalanSdovibertingofffeunl-l

weight of three Russian armies

War At Arno River Town of Etavaux and cleared the Ger-

and Viareggio. In addition the crashing down on northern defenses

mans from the east bank of the

Orne as far as St. Amdrcy, south of Caen.

Like Visit To Movie Set These actions followed 48 hours

of ceaseless rain which had caused a lull across the whole Normandy

krauts heraablde tankcofonrcceentrnaetaerd Paontceodnesriad,12 miles east of Pisa on the Arno, preparing to resist with all strength aatny thaatttepmopitnet.d crossing of the river

of FaElalst ofPruPssskioav. coincided with the

beginning of the great battle for Centralheads aPndoalnanadrmyas ofSo1v0i0,e0t00 spPeoalre-s drove across the 1939 demarcation

front. Weather conditions today showed sorfie signs of improvement, especially in the western sector

WITH

Stars aBnyd SSgttr.ipAeLs SKtOafHfN Writer THE 5TH ARMY, July 23 shells as they pulverize German

The 8th Army, meanwhile, by line between Russia and Poland in cwiatphtiunrin13g miClietstaof doineCaosftetlhleo, mawians a Tdhrieve Poaliimsehd aartmyWarusnadwe.r General

north of Periers, where American doughboys launched an attack which carried them several hun-

dred yards across the Lbs Seves

-- A visit the Arno

to this town River is like

overlooking a visit to a

positions across the river. Again and again the bursts move up and

Hollywood movie set. Death is all down a line directly across from

around as you walk down the main the OP and less than 300 yards

pGaotshsiecs Ltinher.ough

the

formidable

Berling entered Polish territory as Marshal Rokossovsky's forces swem, northwest and south of Bres Litovsk, capturing Samyatl and

Lancasters Pick Away River lagne oefaSievatsh.e enemy-occupied vil-

Rains previously had turned the whole new Allied salient southeast

At Flying Bomb Nests of Caen into a quagmire. Correspondents said that the downpour changed what should have been a first-rate tank battlefield into a \tst sea of mud. which also bogged down the .Gantry.

The enemy, however, used his ? mor in a number of counterthrush on both the western and eastern sectors, all of which were piomptly stemmed, with the loss of at least 14 tanks. The Germans failed to net a yard from these msaoivd.es, the SHAEF cou\ ^unique

street past the remains of Fasc*st headqutiaonrPtoestr) sonltyo t5h0e fOePet (fOrbosmervtah-e river which will decide the fate of thousmaennindtshe owfeekAmetoriccoamne. infantry-

The deserted crumbled ruins

mMiilglhet exbteravtahgoasnezaof solawsetllyedaore'ss tDhee rubble block the road and so torn are some of the outer wdls which reveal the life that was.

You join the outpost of the 3rd battalion and company A and your view might be that from the di-

rector's chair on Set Five. As if issomberoonkeen yeblyletdhe"claomuedrab"arktheof qauie7t5 mm. cannon and the crunch of

away at its closest point. Standing back from the window

to make less of a target, Pfc. Robert Davis, Seattle, Wash., points

out a lone German soldier in the sand at the bend of the river.

"Jerry is close enough for us to join him at breakfast" Davis grins. 'TiOln betthehe oattheerbetstiedre tohfan thwee rdiivde.r" looms Monte Pisano from which Jtherrorayts.once again looks down our

While the cannon continue to splatter steel on the enemy his dreaded 88s and self-propelled guns make no answer. That respite is well re(ceCiovnetdinubeyd otohner paogcecup4a)ntts of

LONDON, July 23-- In spite of muggy weather in the Channel and slashing rainstorms in western Eu-

rope, RAF Lancasters last night

pbiocmkbed neaswtasy inatnotrhteheernnemFyr'asncef.lying Flying bombs meantime shot

across southern England again last

night. Fighter planes and anti-aircraft batteries bagged several dur-

ing the night which the Air Ministry termed "notably successful."

Kamenets In a bypassing move truu threatened to outflank the Polish

capNiotarlt.hwest of Brest-Lltovsk. SoWarsvaietwtroopws hwielree wfirtohimn a80crmoislses thoef

Western Bug River, west of Kow .

masses Polish

plaofaifnntsry.tpaounrkeds

inatnod

tmhoebilreolliinng-

anTdhe Biimaployrsttaonkc,e soefcoBnrcdst-GLeirtomvasnx

bastiosnaw, gduimairnidsihnedg inthetheroafdaceto ofWatrh-e Russian decision to bypass both towns and make a direct assault tfhorromuegdh bthye tghreeatRinvaetrursalBucgorriadnodr Vistula.

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THE STARS AND STRIPES

fonday, July 24, 1944

THE STARS AND STRIPES (MEDITERRANEAN) CnufL African Pilot DDanllllvy nnnewwisipnanpneprr off thhe U. S. Armed Forces pnublitshed Mondanvys throouugghh JwllllI I * I Ivllll I llvl

Discovered Leading Saturdays for troops In Italy. Acting Publications Officer. Capt. Robert J. Christenson; Editor. Capt i Robert Neville; Executive Editor, Sgt. Hilary H. Lyons

UP FRONT .

By MAULDIN

Office: 152 Via del Trltone. in the II Messaggero building, Rome. Telephones: Capt Christenson, 42343; Edit orlal. 43041, Circulation, 470S40.

Guerrillas In Italy

NationAscknNoewwlsedSgemrevnicte iasndmadtehe oAf rtmhye eNdietwosrialSersveircvei.ces supplied by the United 1

The Stars and Stripes Is printed at the plant of H Messaggero. 152 Via del Tritone, Rome.

Vol. 1, No. 40

Monday, July 24, 1944

Managing Editor Feature Editor

A1 Kohn Sgt. Jack Raymond

Sports Editor

Pvt. John Lawler

Staff: Sgt s Cyril Hopper, Paul Green, Stanley Meltzoff, Cpls. Wade

Jones. Bob Flelsher. Pvts. Boo Meyer and Edmund F. Hogan

MAAF HEADQUARTERS, July 23 -- A young South African pilot, who escaped an Italian prison camp, had led a guerrilla band against the Germans in Italy loi ttohedayl.ast nine months, it was learned

A Spitfire pilot, Flying Officer F. Cooper, met the guerrilla leader after being forced down by flak in

...MAIL CALL...

enemy territory. The South African, Officer Cooper sai 1, heads a

band of more than 60 patriots and has had a price of i20,000 lire

placed on his head by the krauts.

Valves

Ft ur armed guerrillas met Offi-

borne). So far, the only mention

cer Cooper and led him to tneir

or use of paratroops and glider leader, a lieutenant in the South

Dear Editor.

This letter is in protest to the recently awarded 50 percent pay increase to glider and airborne troops. It is just another instance of favoritism to the Air Corps and connected units. Obviously the

troops, as such, has been in the invasion of Sicily and Normandy, then only in the initial phase. The fact remains that it is always the combat infantry which, docs the job of advancing under fire and holdwhicihng gwrioulnld. wIitnwiltlhisbe wathre iannfdantnroyt

African Air Force who was captured in Libya in 1941 and escaped.

The SouthtenanAtfs rweirecarne'psorptreidncitpoal bleieu-a USAAF lieutenant and a South Af-

rican sergeant pilot, noth of wh* m escaped from the Nazis,

congressmen who favored this raise the Air Corps or paratroops or

have no sense of fairness or equal-

ity. They willingly grant a 50 percent raise to glider troops but see lit to give only a paltry ten dollars per month extra to the poor in lantry soldiers who undergo far

glider troops. I am not an infantryman, but 1

did serve 11 months in an infantry regiment and, at present, I am in a medical unit where there is ?ur.pl e

opportmuenn iantdyhetaor setchecirombsattorieisn.fanIttry-is

My Buddy-My Heart lgirfeeatienr gdeannegrearls.

Iafndonleeabdraanchdog'osf

in their behalf that I write this letter, not for myself. There is no

When

I'm low

in spirit,

combat soldiers deserves a 50 percent raise, all combat soldiers, in-

doubt in my mind that partiality is continued and

f such the iq

IAnfdindthceondsooolratioofn eivnil msyeembsuddyaj,ar,

cluding the infantry medics, de serve equal consideration or no certain group or groups should re ceive it. After all, why show favor, itism to any one branch of the

fantry idlulJ

is JO

eCxActl4uUdVe4dW,

tfchIeIrCe4C wWi4l4l4

bw e

conolmybata wiindfearntrybreaancdh obtehtewreetnrooptsh,e

For my buddy is my Whfeunlly csilgoawr.ettes are

heart, out, mail

aw-

and clotwseeen veptoersantswaofr thceooaperrmaetdionforcbees- Sermgoeraanltes vseereymslowh,arsher than ever,

service or why give a man a bonus lor doing a job he should be doing anyway without any extra pay?

will be difficult to establish. --T-5 Herbert W. Arnold

Thmeanblawmiet'hs tohne tbhaer. private, or the Never on my buddy, my buddy, my

The Infantry division of which 1

heart.

am a member has participated m the entire North African campaign

Di?scussio? n

Aan ? Cau*ssi*n y AIfndmyfrloimfe ew*aarsthinitdasnegeemre,d I must

"Maybe the sun's cornin' up, Joe."

And the Italian campaign, including the Anzio beachhead. In all of that combat, nothing was done by the glider troops and there was little

done by the paratroopers except lor some duty as infantry (not air-

Dear Editor:

t pai*. .

. ..

uinnttIielreasmrtecoeafnptplmeyyaliwenangstirtceoonosyuiotdfueirteidwnhiotcnhhee. FIWodhrenstmiyllthirbseuldygdryeoantismbymatytlbeuhdediasyr,to.ver,

of the best.

And I've been blessed with my dis-

Here's the story: Two of our charge,

Taft Would Ease On Servicemen

Censorship s Literature

Cl's Rosary smtoasgted eafnficairegntumeonftficaesrs torecwehntilcyh I'lbludstdiyl,l keep in contact with my

state has the highest peak -- Texas For my or North Carolina.

One of the officers hails from Texas (that explains that!); the other, being as human as you or I,

buddy is my heart, -- S-Sgt. Benny A.

Scott

NEW YORK. July 23-- A bill to ease political censorship on reading matter supplied by the Army to

soldiers and sailors, a source of controversy for several weeks, will

In a statement issued alter a conference with Army ofheers and publishing officials, Taft stuck to his previous statement that the Army's interpretation was too

What Price Glory? Signora Rosine Freddi would appreciate any information concerning her 15-year-old son, Leandro Freddi, who went off to war with oaf gRroomuep. of GIs right after the fall

A dog with seven black spots anmissing fswrerinog tmothehisnahmoeme owfit'h'Seavegnr"oupis of ack-ack boys. The dog is about one year old and last seen aboard a BKrliitmiaskh. artillery t-ruk. Sigmund R.

WALLETS FOUND

The following wallets may be

claims Boston as his home in better tfiinmaelsl.y rAenadchetdhe a asrtgaugmeenwther.e . q.uiitt'es a sum of money was wagered and the officers are now at a point where they are ready to match arms on sight.

As a result, they are sadly neglecting us GIs and we are grad-

ually siding with one or the other, thus the entire outfit is hardly on speaking terms. The Texan says El Capitan or Guadalope; the Bos-

tonian says Mt. Mitchell, in N. C. whFoor hatshiosnly''stihdee-liinnteerSesatd oSfactkh"e outfit in heart, please answer my

STwheeetwayJesiuss,darwke, htaheve lifgahrt itso lgoow.;

be introduced at the next session of Congress by Sen. Robert A. Taft,

TThoeLaynopdue,riwleousprawya,y,thwye

do not kindness

know : show.

Ohio Republican and author Hatch act, the New York Tribune reported today.

of the Herald

What way is best in No-Man's We ask, Oh Jesus thy guiding hand.

SeinzeaTtitolre 5 Toafft'tshe biHlaltcwhoulAdct liwbheriaclh-

Our heavy pack upon our bock, forbids use of Federal funds for

We twist and toss but do not mind distributing to service men reading

We think of thine-- ye bore a

Each step we take beneath the load,

EWaeCchrboesgmsi-loef

we make Thee, Oh

along the loud. Jesus, dear.

materialment f'or'cpoonltiatiincianlg pproolpitaigcaalndaarguo-f ttaihnoenys.soklidnider"s' dveostiegneind Fteoderianlflueelnecce-

Lead us safe --aPwvaty. fPraouml fJe.ar.Farad

Under the Army interpretation of this section the barring of Mich

strict butvisionscof otnhceedaecdt tahraet s''otmhee wphraottoo strict and make administration

bySetnh.ementTAhaerfwmtiyll saidinidftfriotcduhuletc.e"neww'henameCnodn--

gress reconvenes Aug. 1 will ''Inalong tchreease thle ifnleesxibsiluigtgye*'steodf btyhe Nolra-w

man Cousins, editor of ''The Saturday Reravnigeedwthe cofonLfietreernacteu,re,a"ndwhAorchair--

bald Ogden, executive secretary of theColC.ounFcrialnkloinn BFooorkssb*erign, Wahretaidmeo.f Asarimdy thNeewssugSgeersvtiecde cinhanNgeew wYoourlkd,

claimed from the Lost and Found call and get us on the beam again department, The Stars and Stripes: as we were in the good, quiet,

Rbeopoukbsliacs" CihsarmlaensdatAo.ryB.earSde'ns.

T'a'fTth,e

not affect the policy of his office which always has given a liberal

Pvt. James H. Kelley, Joseph C. Powers, Arthur Barber, W. F. Savage, Rufus E. Raby, Herman L. McCutchins, E. O. Smith, R. F. Wilson, Cecil

blissful, mellow, contented, peaceful, non-argumentative days. -- Pvt. Irwin Pepper

What price all these glories, Citaticnal stories, If they are posthumously earned?

has contendedterpretatiotn ofhtahte tahcet Airsmys'tsrictienrthan Congress had intended it.

interpretation to the law, but that mItatptreorbsabfloyr woovuerlsdeasserevdeitotros. clarify

Both have agreed informally, with

E. Ellis, Salvatore Noto, Pvt. J.

.Mahoney, C. R. Welsner, K. L. Seymour, H. J. Harmsen, Rudolph Sobol,

Alfredo Vislbile and Harry Wock.

DOG TAGS FOUND

Start huntin' cover , Pvt. --PeEpdpietro:r It's Mt. Mitchell the tallest (6,684 ft.) peak east of the Mississippi.

TWoe'dheagrivetheuspe awlolrd''stoksepn,o"ken-- "Yes, all of our men have re-

-- S-Sgt. nal Kayes

the stand of the Council on Books in Wartime that books like 'The Rsaeipdubtlhiec"HersahloduldTrinboutne.be barred,

-Today-

Hubert T. Mulpass. Roy J. Levy. Marques Albert, Raymond T. Gulttard, James Stefano and an Our Lady of Mt. Carmel neck band.

A field bag, marked Eugene M.

Breakfast

turned!"

In Bed But Not

Cs, Jeeves;

WHAT'S COOKIN'

?'Eve On Leave," ENSA musical

comedy at 1830 hours; Argentina

Helser, 12005632 has been found at the

Theater, Largo Argentina. No tickets

Caimplno Airport. Contact Sgt. Pcttitt, Group headquarters.

ODDS AND ENDS LOST

And A Very Warm

Bath, If You Please reJqaucirked.Haley, Mary Brian, USO show, ''Four Jills and a Jerk,'* Eleseo

The following items have been re-

Theater, Via Nazionale; Performances

ported lost:

By a Staff Writer

1400 hours and 1900 hours. No tickets

Tan leather billfold, containing sev-

eral photos, GI driver's license, various personal papers and other mis-

cellaneous articles. Pvt. Don, J. Etchen.

African wallet, plus 3900 lire, personal papers and photographs. Finder

may keep five dollars as a reward. T-5 Doyle A. Chisnell.

Barracks bags, lost in transit, from Naples to Rome, plainly marked,

?'Albert W. Tolman, MaJ., AUS, O519435, FOR OM 690 WW." Contents include personal papers, and books.

An Argus C-2 camera, 35 mm. with brown leather carrying case. Bolt holding camera in case is rusty. T-3 George Hartman.

Gold bracelet, ''Laurence A. Lackey'' obverse side "June" lost about a

month ago. Laurence A. Lackey. Musette bag, containing valuable

personal articles. Lost at 5th Army Rest Camp. Pfc. Jas. Clark.

FRIENDS AND RELATIVES

Pvt. Bernard Bergman, his brother, Pfc. David Bergman; Cpl. Carl

WITH THE 5TH ARMY, July 23-- Eating Julio's pancakesmiringatnhedpanmealrevdelidnigninagt trhoeoimr, liigthtwnaesss nwahtiulreal adt-o wonder when the master of the house would step

oauntdof sthheouctiiganrgettetoad,thderessheodunidns.a bright red f?***u't A tour through the three floors

of this place only builds up the impression ofgrandeur and wealth. It

is furnished with relics on which prices could hardly be placed. In nearly every room from downsiairs study to uppermost bedroom, paint-

ings line the wans. Best of all the bathrooms are modern. The toilets flush and hot water pours out when the calda tap is turned.

Then the lord of the manor appears, but not from the pages of

tBahzeaarbouanndd vHooluusmeesBeaouftilHualr,pera'nsd Introduces himself as Lt. Col. Charles A. Senn, Lorens, S. C., commanding the 1st Battalion.

The mansion has been taken over as a battalion

Aanvhroeuzse ismatkheescoltohneel'msostordoefrlyit ainndserwvhienng huep gdeetlsiciionutso

required. ENSA Super-Cinema,

Via

Vinlnalc

hot meals.

and Via Agostino Deprepis; "Hit

Theterrse'ensjey ntohe necehdangtoe astkhatif tthhies mheounseatofhfeerasdqufarro-m

Parade of 1943," continuous performance beginning 1230 hours. Last per-

the usual rundown farm buildings

formance about 2000 hours. No tickets

which have sheltered the CP in pre-

better

vtiohusadnays. bAetintgheoutvseirdye lweaistth,

tith'es

reRqueidred.Cross Movie House, Piazza Barberini, performances at 1500, 1700,

snakes, says Gito Forcellese, East 1900 hours, "You're A Lucky Fellow

Bosttoernis,setMausps.,in wthwooselitmtelessbaogoeklicneendrooms.

Just olf the study where the battalion staff confers. Sgt. John Scar-

pcllo, message center chief from

Augustus Theater, Corso Vittorio MErm.manSumictlhc.*;* continuous performances 1000 to 2000 hours; "Salute For Three."

Polish Club, open 1300 to 2100 hours, 255 Via Panisperna.

Philadelphia, appeared to be enjoying the proximity to luxury as

203G0l hRouersst:aurants

open

1130-1430

1800-

had

gathered

he lotoionkoef pdosttcharrodusgh whtihech hutghee coowllneecron trips throughout Europe and in

Rtstorantc Roma, 38 Piazza Poll. Ristornnte Amedeo, 17-19 Via Fabio Massimo.

the United States from Maine to Florida and Cali- Rlstorantc San Carlo, 120 Corso Um-

fornia.

berto.

Even T-4 Cornelio Monteon, who comes from

Bruehl, cousin, Lt. George Bruch! ; Pvt. William J. Turnage, friend, Carl

F. Hill, Elton G. Dale. Lt. Clyde Mazingo, Lt. E. F. Potts, Lt. Bennie

Potts, and Cpl. John R. Nolan, Lt

CP with Maj. J. W. Pittman, Kilgore, Texas, the executive officer, acting as general overseer.

Nor is Julio a cook of the Oscar of the Waldorf type. A former professional Jai Lai player who bat

Mexico, though his mother lives in Iowa, was enthusiastic. ''Comfortable CPs don't usually mean

much to me," the radio operator explained, ''because I'm usually at the OP closer to the front. But this

American Officers' Restaurant -- Rupc Tarpea, 13 Via Vancto.

Air Forces Rest Camp RestaurantLargo Theater Vale. 1100 to 1930 hours.

AJysious Sebian.

ted the pelota around in Miami, Fla., Pfc. Julio is really a fine place."

ParAmmae.rican Nurses* Restaurant-- 7 Via

Monday, July 24, 1944

THE STARS AND STRIPES

Pa gt 3

Dixie Democrats

Hull Stales Attack Cardinals Trimmed

Willing To Forget Factional Strife

Indicates Germany

Believes War Lost On fiyan's Big Blow

NEW YORK. July 23-- Connie Ryan's homer with two out in

CHICAGO, July 23 -- Southern Democratic leaders, finding comfort in the defeat of Vice President

Henry A. Wallace for renomination, have expressed their willingness to forget factional strife and have called for a united front to elect

tvheembeRro.oscvelt-Truman ticket in No- 1

" I know there are strong and sincere differences of opinion be-

tween southern people on the quesvote tionfoof ar faounrdth stueprpmo.rtHowtehveer,parIt'yll

lnaonmdi,neMeiss,si"ssiSpepin,. sJaiadm. es O. EastThe views of Sen. Eastland, who

fought unsuccessfully for restoration of the two-thirds nominating

rule and adoption of a white supremacy plank in the party plat-

form, coincided generally with those of other Dixie leaders who stood

SEN. HARRY S. TRUMAN

Nomination Excites with him in a losing battle. The big question mark in the

South is Texas. Roosevelt support- j

Women In Family evresntiaornes steoekiobntgaiinn cpornetrcoilnctof cotnh-ej!

Texas State Convention Sept. 12!

In an effort to pledge the Lone Star

State's electors to Roosevelt and CHICAGO. July 23-- Blonde Mar-

Truman. To do this they must de-

ArlTiongton Classic fcheoaste tchoenvesnot-icoanlleedlec"troergsulnaorts"bouwnhdo

, ter ofgSareent.TruHmaanr,xy20-Sy.earT-roulmdan,daugsahi-d that while It would be exciting to

Twilig to support the party nominees in accompany her father on any cam

ht Tear November.

palgn trips he may make between

LONDON, July 23-- Official and unofficial opinion expressed over the weekend wit h respect to the attempted assassination of Hitler emwvaaensnyt. awgraeseda ctlehaart intdhiecatsieonnsatoifontahle rising tide of internal strife in Ger-

In Washington, Secretary of

Sattattaeck CoorndelHlitlHeurllclseaairdly thiandtica"ttehse

ithmaptendaingrealdiezfaetaitonIsofsprGeeardmianngy'sin

The New York Times commented thheatRewichha.t" had occurred was on elaborate attempt to overthrow the Htihtelemrisrseigonimefaialnedd tthheatwoarlltdhouhgahd been given a glimpse of the deep elements of disaffection that now coTmhpeoseNetwhe YNoarzki RHeeircah.ld Tribune observed that the events in Germountingmanyp"rperosvsiuderea thgaatugies croufshitnhge athned litfheatoutif ofthatthe pNraezsisurmeacihsinneo"t yet fatal, it soon will be so.

In taary Hupllrespaiadredthatstaittewmaesnt,appSaercernetthat many German generals believe that Germany has lost the war.

"Hitler and two of his most important military advisers have now

denounced os criminal traitors a

c'chlaisqeude fofromgentehreailrs powshtos fhorada tloeadb-e

6t-h5e

teirgihutmhphinonvienrg

broke up a 5-5 tie the league- leading

scoreless innings against the champs,

and gave Cardinals the Braves

the Boston Braves a

in Boston. tallied four

Amfatrekrer3s0

in the showers

fourth before

farammaen

sewnadsingretiBrleidx.

Donnelly,

Red

Bird

starter,

to the

A lusty triple

stironugbllee charged

AinJ tJhueribsicgh with the

*

by Max Macon with the sacks loaded started the florouesrlstihevIeradandDHouMntancceholinlnysolnaa,tnedrwhswoceonrettdootkohneoTvdeoirmstmafynocre,HCohlabmreelisin'eg

= (Btaherrevtitctoirny.thReousnixdth,trgioptpercsredbiyt Vfiocr

iFM MoerA lSU| srir ontgterHopSr eptei.dDn oBwanll

NEW YORK, July 23-- Nelson AnPduoamryteltrceisrrc.u,asnpweSantssL.ieoasnLglouauepbipysepdrWeiBxlwrylio,twHhnfaosrra'ritdtagaemecn-.-e

pering with the ball while pitching against the Yankees. The league boss had placed PruhoeimtcmpteiierprfetroomoCnfaltmetadhihanHeteeluy abfotfesfbrrfutaaihsyrcepdiae,flgnoradmrweeeihdpnoofrrpltaieecsjnttedficiroitnonmegms-d soafidthtehepiutmcphiirneg's?-urleeps.ortHarsrlladtged* Potter estanpce"ptotuheeo balal. "foreign sub-

CBaaFrrrdgisatzmoiOnsattnehdremuReraluylnenrSi,nagn.dDeordsgekreptcastth-e the Noafft,ipounsaheld hLiesagfuoermecerllarm,atpeistchIinntgo the Pirates to an 11-0 victory over the Bums at Ebbetts Field. South-

paw Fritz limited the Durochennen to five safeties, three of which were made by Bobby Bragan.

BRANCA CALMS BUCS

While the Brooklynites were swinging futilcly against Ostermueller, the Bucs were clubbing four Dodger pitchers for a dozen

wallops. Ralph Branca was th`* lost of a quartet of moundsmen to ?erve atnhdem tuurpnedforinthae gFoleadtbupesrhf /fnuusialncceer,s aInllofwoiunrg ionnnliyngso.ne hit and two walks

Errors by Buddy Kerr and Phil Weintraub gave the Chicago Cubs four unearned runs and they de-

fected the Giants, 6-3, at the Polo Grounds. Bill Nicholson rapped out his 17th homer of the year In tho eighth frame for the only earned

Nalional party leaders, Associated t now and November, she'd rather

Press reported, are concerned over "stay in Washington and study

the Texas situation. In a close election, the Texas electoral vote could be a deciding factor in the electoral college and could swing the result either to Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey or throw

Margaret, a Junior at George

oWmfausstihhcie.n"gotpeorna.

University, has hopes She said she and her

father sometimes play piano duets.

Sen. Truman burst in on his

the election into the House of Representatives where Dixie con-

gressman might hold the balance

daughter's press conference to say: "Where's my baby? I have a tele-

gram for her." Margaret read the

of power.

wire, blushed, and said: "It*? couMprlse. oHfarrfyelloSw.s TIrugmoanwiths.a"ys she

is beginning to get excited about

Truman Nominated hviecre hpursebsaindden'csy.noImninfaatcito,n shfeorsatysh,e

sidhea'.s almost quite reconciled to the

For Vice President She told a news conference she

ership as cowardly as it was incompetent'," Mr. Hull said.

"Hitler has furthermore been compelled to remove the chief of tlie German staff and to appoint his chief executioner, Heinrich Himmler, as commander of the

actoornmtyriensutieondr.eGe"trThmheaensyea,p"pfarratenhtneitc stauatnttieetmmyepntotsf the German command illustrated the divergencies of views between the army and the party which have developed as a result of the steadily deteriorating military position of Germanyte.rnal Breushtufflinnog oramroeupnrtessioofn Ibn-y Hitler can conceal from the Ger-

man people the fact that many German generals believe that Ger

TeaCnrHU,ITCOsAAeGrnOis,a^tioJn_ uall,y t2h3ree-- - yeTawrili- gohldt

filly, pranced victory v/hen

to her she led

nth from

ssttraaritghtto

finish to capture the 8,000 dollar Added Arlington Park classic. The

Calumet Farm's fleet filly scored easily with a two-length victory over Old Kentucky. Pensive, her

sUblemate and winner of the Ken-

tucky Derby and Preakness, fin-

ished third. The entry of Twilight Tear and

Pensive was the shortest priced

favorites in the 16 years of the

track classic. It returned two dollars and 20 cents to win and there

rpuusnhedChaacrrloisse tGheripmlamt'e.s LesstalFwlaermt-s ing held the Giants to seven scat-

clbtoaherrsaederdirg.se'dhiwtrhswu,ointsfho.suctrohrJeeobdyhdenftnbehiyaegt.

Efirrnsite ofLomth-o Allen w ns

Hal Newhouser registered his 15th triumph of the campaign, hurling

AthtehleTtiigecrss atto a De4t-r3oiwti.n Aolvtelrroutghhe

pasted for 13 hits, the crafty southpaw* kept them well scattered find

became the first American League pitcher to hang up 15 victories.

Rsiuxdtyh Yofofrk'RsusscircCuhirtiswtaolplhoepr inbrotkhee

utpheWaasB3he-in3nggatltiseo.'n Thssetnraetparpkieudmtopahsfiosxutrregtagcmhae-ms*e.!

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Yanks Sorry Bomb man of the Senate war committee

that bears his name. He is a lawyer by profession and has also engaged

Didn't Get Adolf in farming in Missouri. Vice President Henry A. Wallace came up smiling after losing the biggest battle of his political career. He is happy, he explained, because he thought the fight he had made for renomination hod advanced further the cause of political and economic liberalism which he espouses.

Mr. Wallace made it clear that he would go all tile way for the Roosevelt -Truman ticket this fall. If he felt that the President, by making known that Truman would be acceptable as a running mate, had contributed to his defeat, he gave no sign of It.

"1 believe more strongly than eofvewresttehrant lRioboesreavleilstm.'s Foirs tthhee wvoorilcde it is exceedingly important that that voice goes on."

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