Page 2 IHfc. Friday. Jan. 19, 1945Ihou Skatt /Vot KiW."Wnat a contradictors way olLiving now with the never-to-be- whisperforgotten religious restriction of your ear."Thau Shalt Not Kill!' How nebu-lous out philosophy ol Hie becomesWe become engageo in a fight toretaiin decency by virtue oi war elsewe relinquish it for ever should wenot partake in it. This is the anom-aly of present-day civilization.The constant fear oi barbarismm nations has caused those whoare peace loving tc be constantlyon the alert lor those who wouldencroach on those democratic IdealsMilitarism from the standpoint olexpediency must be adopted andwith it the public pays its toll: justso many billions of dollars divertedfrom the national treasury to buildthose implements ol war whichwould in a peace-loving world, naveno use. What a price tc combatprirnitiveness, selfishness and greed.In the absence ol them, it wouldpa: for education, public improve-ment, scientific research and a bet-ter standard of living. There Isundoubtedly a Superplanner ol thisuniverse known as God. Yet peopleare confused as to why the repre-sentation and symbol ol all that isvirtuous and beautiful should toler-ate this ever-recurring evil whichhas already resulted in two worldconflagrations in this century. Here,he has given us this beautiful world.Yet: we have blundered.Man has never been able to takehis proper place In the world. Thealmighty dollar is usually bis solecriterion. Every device, every sub-terfuge is employed to achieve hisgoal. War follows when socialethics break down at some pointol the globe; when man unfairlytakes advantage of his comrade,when community pride is forgotten.War, in a way, is God's punish-ment to man for his failure toadhere to his teachings. The goodsuffer with the wicked. God Is verypatient, at the same time He is veryangry when aroused.Until human beings can iive againwith respect and consideration forthose who live with them, super-natural forces will always plagueus with this legalized butcherycaliled modern 'war.—Pic D. H., Co.Appropriate home towns depart-ment: A GI we know comes fromLone Wolf, Okla,4 • •Overheard In the blackout: ShesKind ol a gal who loves to~ ' '" Inwhisper sweet "Nothin" doin'>ur .» » «Here's a poem with a lot ofthought, sent in by Pvt MauriceW.-Hyuss:At three years 'twas, "Mummy,Where are my blocks?"At nine It was, "Hey. Mom,Where are my socks?" -At twelve It was, "Ma.Where is my hat?"f wonder if now.When from foxholes you run.Out of habit you yell."Ma, where's my gun?"• * *'A general over here reprimandedhis messenger-clerk, a former cook,for arriving late at the office. Thatevening, at closing time, the gen-An EditorinlNotes on Trench Foot-Type IIAA. Inf..*Sleep TalkersAfter road testing the newly-issued sleeping-bag the "StoveWarmers" offer the followingopinions regarding same. Pvt.JLouys: "Truly the work of agenius; who but a genius couldinvent a trial size foxhole witha zipper " T/5 Harris: "an"authorized straitjacket. "'S'Sgt. Wolman: "A fiendish de-vice whereby' a minimum ofcomfort is gained lor a maxi-mum of exertion." T/4 Bartel.I shoulda stood in bed.—De-hydrated Four. TDPostal Poop SheetDo regulations require that thecontents of a package, being sentby an officer or enlisted man, beclearly stated on the exterior of acensored package?Some APOs insist that you do,others don't requirr it. How come?—Lt. Arm'd Div.(The APO and Theater censoradvise th.pt postal personnel accept-ing parcels for mailing must re-Quire mailers to state specificallythe contents of such parcels andrefuse to accept prohibited ma-terials. This does not require item-ized listing of contents on exterioro) the parcels, but when mailingof parcels is accomplished by a per-son other than the actual sender,such person must be acquaintedwith the nature oj the contentsm order that Army postal person-net can determine mailability.—Ed.)eral said to him. "Boy. were youa cook?""Yes, sir!" came the enthusiasticreply."Well, yovi better take some yeasttonight so you can rise in themorning!"Thought lor tomorrow : -Jfwinbeds and prohibition are alike inone respect—it will be a terriblethine if they ever go Into effect• * «From an English miss who worksin a GI office comes this tenderbit of poetry:Have pity on those sad GIsWhose grals have done themdirt.There's nothing that can drytheir eyes.Except another skirt.« *Sorry, this reflection by CurUiSwan arrived too late lor theChristmas season: "Santa Glaus isthe only guy who can run aroundwith a bag all night and not gettalked about." * * *Our spy on the home front re-ports: This is the Land of Op-portunity. That's why so manymarried men get into trouble.» » »Afterthought: A girl may be as fitas a fiddle, but it takes the rightbeau to make her play.J, C. W.FEW weeks ago TrenchFoot troubled theArmy. Trend- Foot ismostly a matter of circula-tion—of blood getting out tothe feet. A little dope onthe disease—a few words tothe wise—and Trench Foothas largely been licked.# # #Another type of TrenchFoot continues. It's also amatter of circulation. Ofgetting blood to the feet.Only this time the foot isthe doughfoot. This timethe blood is supplies.# # #Whatever the Army hasbelongs first to the fighterin the foxhole. Be it a pairof shoe pacs, a pack of butts,a Stars and Stripes — itmeans most to the man inthe line. Without a roof.Without heat. Withoutmovies, mattresses or ma-demoiselles.# *An ocean of stuff poursinto the ports. The reservoiris great. So is the tempta-tion. But each time someonedips in for his there's lessfor the Joe in the line. The1river becomes a stream. Thtistream becomes a trickle,And the guy with the gundies of thirst.# #There are too many com-bat clothes in offices. Toomany radios in privaterooms. Too much stuff topside. Not enough down be-low. Too much monopolizedby too few.too many. Too little lorGimme, gimme — grab,grab — I'll take mine and tohell with you. That's thespirit that made the war.That's what delays thepeace.# # #We tackled Trench FootType I and licked it. Let'slick Type II, too.What Happens On East. West War FrontsShapes Picture in Italy Theater, at HomeFoes Italian PositionThreatened it RedsDrive to ViennaBy Kichard LewisStars and Stripes Stall Writer *The eastern and western frontsnot only exert a powerful pullon each other nearly 700 milesacross Germany, but affect thestatic front in Italy as well. IfStalin decides tohurl his Army tothe Danube andVienna, he couldmake Hitler's posi-tion in northern Italy untenableby shutting the Reich's, back doorto German, divisions tied downthere.These iroiiLs in Europe are linkedl/p Front With Mauldinnit. STARS AND STRIPES. printed at the New York HeraldTribune plant. 2J rue de Bcrrl, Paris.Sor trie U.S. armed forces under aus-pices ot the Information and Educa-tion Division. Special and Informa-tion services. ETOUSA Tel.':ELYsees40-68. 41-49Contents passed Dy the O.S. Armyana Navy censors Entered as secondclass matter. Mar. 18, 1943, »* thepost oKlee New York N.Y.. undertoe act of Mar 3. 1878.Vol. 1, No. 176 "An experienced field uojer will figger out a way to sleep warm anddry. Let me know when ya do."with still another front. In theeconomy of war. the ultimate poweroehlnd the punch delivered at thebattlefront conies from home.The battle and the home frontsare so closely '.ed together ttiatwhat happens on any one of thornis bound to alter the shape on allthe others.The men of Munich planned theThird Reich with the convictionthat modern war is waged by thewhole state, of which the army isthe forward echelon. They rebuiltGerman power, reflecting on theReich's interior collapse of 1S18,while the Wehrmacht still stoodundefeated in the field.This would not happen aga.in,not in a Nazi state totally organizedfoi war. It has not happened a,ndno signs yet have been reportedthat it is going to.Moselle to OhioOn the west front, what hap-pened in the Moselle Valley was thecriterion for production schedulesin the Ohio Valley. The battle forMetz reverberated in the war plantsof Minneapolis. The drive onJuHch began in the powder plantsof Jeffersonville, Ind.In Normandy, hedgerow fightingonsumed enormous quantities ofmall arms ammunition. O.S.lants were called upon to replenishowering stockpiles.The rush across France put gaso-inc on the critical list. Gasoline~ot a top priority.In war, the law of supply anddemand is revised by the enemy,he terrain and the weather.War of MovementDuring the U.S. Third Army'sweep across France, ordnanceexperts found that field artillerynieces had been underfired, com-sared to estimates made in ad--ance. That was during the drivingwar, the war of movement.On the Moselle and in the west-jrn reaches ol the Siegfried Litne.the war changed. It became ablasting war. Heavy artillery cs.meinto its own.Artillery shells went on the cri-tical list. Gen. Eisenhower notifiedthe home front. Production sched-ules were changed again.Under war plant economy athome, materiel was manufacturedas its need was anticipated. Estim-ates were made on the basis olbattle experience, but had to berevised as the Allies closed on theWest Wall.German . resistance and theSiegfried Line upset estimate* Inheavy artillery shells, whose futuresapparently had been pegged tooProduction PrioritiesRevised by TerrainAnd Weatherlow. The war which tad seemedto be ending in September hadentered a new and tougher phasein October.The home front reacted. N«rtlonal SefVice legislation was dust-ed off and studied again. WnenVon Rundstedt struck in Belgium,the home front recoiled, sharply.The Battle ol the Bulge broughtthree German armies out of theSiegfried and into the open. Smallarms ammunition needs roseagain. Plants resumed small anwmunition production, hunted yj>their workers who had gone infoother phases ot war producttofland called for more labor.About 54,000,000 Americana weworking in war Industries aad11,000,000 more estimated to be tothe armed services. Yet man-powershortages loom.Manpower Commissioner Paul X»McNutt cited these figures toParis last week."What more," he demanded, "canyou take out ot a population?"Time TODAY0923—AEF Ranch lions*.1901—Command rerformaae*.1930—Kate Sm;th.3030—American Baud ol AEF.(News e»ery hoar on the h««r.)TOMORROW1430—KoIIege of Musical Knowledf*.ISIS—On The Record.2030 — Frank Morgan.2307—Jubilee.(News every hour on the boat,)Folks at Home ScatThese Gt Swilt N«w»o| sir stork's ArrivesSGT. Kenneth H. Endlcott, Chicago-Judith Jane, Dec. 13; Lt. Fhilip L«panto, Louisville—Philip Herbert; Capt.George P. Whitman, West Medford. Mas*,-William, Jan. 13.PPC Thomas B. Klock. Detroit—GarfWayne, Dec. 20; Sgt. Charles A.Bevan, Philadelphia—boy, Dec. 18; Sft.Edward O. Hall, Berwyn, m.—EdwwdDon, Deo. 22; Oapt. Arthur Tiemana.New York—Robert Leigh, Jan. 6; I*Prank D. Osborne, Junction City, Kafc—Stephan Bradey, Jan. 4.CPL. Robert R. Tompklns, Bronxvlll*N.Y.—Robert William. Dec. 18; *•Kabakow. New York—Steven Dcnii,3; 1/Lt. Arthur M. Over. Wyncote,Arthur M. Jr., Dec. 18; Sgt. -Mlceli, Long Island—boy. Jan «;Lloyd J. Discher, Minneapolis—boy23; Cp!. Raymond F. Cutler, KalaMich.—D'Arcy Prederich. Jan. *:Sol M. SamaBln. Kansai City—boj.