European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4 Fhi stars and set Les january too much meat or not enough Puzzle for san 22 cans Francisco and other cities in the Bay area were almost meatless while the Pacific Northwest reported Large Over supplies of beef and a possibility that it might official opinion varied As to the reasons for the situation and the opa said it was conducting a sur vey of the opa director Robert Parks said that thus far he could not conclude that the Short age was due to any opa rationing or Price Daniel Secretary of the California cattlemen Assoc a charged that further opa bungling in continuing to reduce the Supply of better grades of Mckinney asserted that san fran Cisco commercial refrigerators Are bulging with beef set aside for Mil itary Milton of the Al butchers said the packers refused to accept the financial loss which they contend will result if the opa retail ceiling is not slowdown of slaughtering is the re sult and that is the cause of the current he it is vastly different in the North West in the Spokane Dis War food administration representative Gilbert Roper said there was a possibility of some spoilage in the surplus of a Survey disclosed a danger of meat dealers asked the Oregon food merchants association to urge a ration Holiday on hindquarters beef cuts to the in new mayor Laguardia said today that new York Homes and restaurants will be asked to observe two meatless Days and next and that he will recommend that meat markets remain closed on the mayor said that the president of the retail butchers was inclined to agree on the monday the mayor proposed that House wives serve leftovers that Day and that restaurants make mondays specially 18 months Over enough time at a Marianas 22 limit of 18 months for a single tour of Over seas duty is advocated by John of who temporarily gave up his seat in Congress to sleep and work with enlisted men a former has been working on military construction since 24 As a Seabee 1st he is 31 years he enlisted under a special arrangement on 12 after resigning from the 78th con he has been reelected to the new and will leave for Washington soon to resume look new 22 ans the newspaper pm came out sat urday with the Page one look and a two and  Arrow pointing below to a nearly full Page map the Zhukov and Koner spearheads aimed at 9th of reveal in p41 Black widow9 22 the p01 Black widow night fighter is armed with four 20 belly the 9th of revealed the cannons Are operated by the who commands a Crew of two or including a radar observer or a radar of armament on the Black which have been flying night intruder missions for two of the 9th has previously been soviets 165 from Berlin As  continued from Page 1 Reich Border Between Bromberg and the area has High ground suitable for Winter tank one Moscow observer tonight said that one prong of Zhukov army probably would attempt to smash North up the polish Corri Dor and Cut off the germans in East although the powerful red army offensives Are devouring great chunks of territory there Are As yet no indications that the Ger mans Are suffering crippling losses in men or that they Are in disorderly on the there Are signs that the germans have managed to extricate the larger part of their 135 Central front and have pulled them Back to the Reich for a stand be fore the Oder the figures which Moscow itself gives in estimating German casual in a week of fighting in that the germans have managed to re Tain most of their strength despite the necessity of a Swift Retreat forced on them by the red there have been no reports that the soviet forces have pocketed any Large groups of nazi dispatches from Moscow give the impression that the russians feel that the great Winter Battles of the Eastern front be fought on the Snow covered Plains East of the that is where Hitler built his East and perhaps it is there that the germans Hope to hold off the red army until the mud and slush of Spring begin to impair its fighter bombers pounce on Kraut convoys in bulge 22 swarms of american fighter bombers pounced on great eastward moving German convoys in the bulge area and by Nightfall had scored a record Days kill of nazi planes of the 9th three Topping even the Christmas phase of the bulge flew Well Over sorties and reported the destruction of nearly German motor transports the damage of another incomplete figures indicated More than 650 rail cars destroyed and another 400 fourteen planes were reported in a giant two formations of 9th bomber command marauders hit a Bridge at 16 Miles South of St in twin attacks ten minutes the Bridge was rendered and a great Jam of nazi vehicles was the 19th tac jumped the Miles Long con Taining and either destroyed or damaged practically the entire another concentration of be nearly was trapped near and was almost demolished before the 19th with pilots reported destroying vehicles and damaging another ninth tac claimed destruction of 399 and damage of invaders and havoc of the 9ths bomber command struck at three Bridges beside the one at Bui Lay and two Hundred escorted by 100 Mustangs attacked the Ruhr synthetic Oil works at prescription fitted to Aid customers butt need 22 druggist Mayerson read a medical prescription handed him by a pinned one every two on the Label and handed the package to an unidentified then who is president of the Chicago retail telephoned Otto Wallis for an the physician he was out and he asked me for one and i didst have any soldiers agree German better fighter than nip with 22 new York sol Diers who made landings on both the Normandy and Luzon beaches Are agreed on three Points 1 germans Are better fighters than the j the Eto War is More cirt tool than the Pacific Battle and 3 the filipino Welcome to invading forces was much More spontaneous than that a Spur Are Fetter sgt Arnold but at feast the germans Taw a Flea it surrender when the Case is japs dont so youve got to dig them Richard new said toe equipment in Europe is better but added he would definitely rather be in the Pacific because japs Are not i Good sgt Otis Long Island agreed with Donoghue and Epstein Bradley had to swim ashore at Normandy and again at in Normandy his boat hit a his tending Craft nit a Sandbar and when he stepped wit the water was Over his Little Flower sends Valentine to flush gamblers 22 mayor Laguardia today called on police commissioner Lewis Val Entine to deliver to Arthur Selec Tive service director for new York All men arrested on charges of gambling and found to have been granted draft look the mayor said in his weekly radio broadcast Over the cites radio in every arrest you make for Gamb Check draft cards and report them immediately to Mcoder detain the gamblers and physically deliver them to the col Onel or to the draft Laguardius declaration came after a disclosure a few Days ago that one Man convicted of running a policy game had obtained a de ferment on the grounds that he was in a Check cashing business that his draft Board considered Essen of Lawdy when do they think Thi Sull end 22 possible shift of heavy War industries to France As a solution to Western front Supply problems has been disclosed by Frank my Philadelphia regional War manpower in an interview on his return from a three week tour of european said the trans Fer of plants would give workers of France an Opportunity to contribute toward the War Effort and tend to stabilize the economic situation in France by providing Henry Wallace Capitol storm enter Jones requested to quit Job in favor Jwallace continued from Page 1 both Democrat and re said that Wallace was not qualified for the Robert Taft of chairman of the Republican steering commit was one of those and he predicted that there would be a Senate fight of historic pro Lee Odaniel Texas said that the Choice of Wallace has the appearance of a new Deal political payoff dictated by Sidney Hillman and his communistic com rades who Are running the coun but others expressed Confidence in wallaces James declared i think he will make a very Good Secretary of Commerce and loan administrator president Roosevelt in his letter to said Henry Wallace deserves almost any service which he believes he can satisfactorily perform the president mentioned wallaces work during the Cam saying he worked hard for the Success of the democratic ticket although he was not himself a the president advanced the opinion that he could do the greatest amount of Good in the department of com for which he is fully French to remove mines ties have been suffered in liberated France from mines and Booby traps left by retreating and troops Are training a corps of French civilians to detect and remove the War department in the Lefavre two american engineers teamed with Volunteer frenchmen and remove More than mines and Booby establishes rest enter along fabulous Riviera by Arthur staff writer Hie establishment of a rest and recreational area for Western front troops on the French former Winter playground of has been announced by Eto soldiers will get a weeks furlough exclusive of travel time twelfth army group has been allotted a periodic quota of and the air forces and the first men Are scheduled to arrive there sixth army groups quota has not yet been announced about 500 convalescent and Spe Cial rest cases sent under other arrangements have already quotas from the twelfth and sixth army groups and the air forces will arrive officials and the facilities eventually will be expanded to accommodate men at one com z men Are to be stretching from Cannes to Nice on the Mediterranean and Inland about 20 the Terri tory will be known As the Riviera recreational in Nice will accommodate Cannes there will be no shift in the French Popula Tion in the recreational area and they will not be affected by its officials said a Large army pm is to be set up for the Sale of souvenirs and other and soldiers will been courage to take part in sports such As Golf and soldiers will be selected for the Mediterranean furloughs by local thin skinned destroyer staks Lazi boat 22 the Navy revealed last night that one of its thin skinned destroyer escorts rammed a surface boat at full Speed and Sank and that the destroyer Wainwright in action off Algeria forced an enemy Crew to scuttle the actions were narrated in citations accompanying the award of the legion of Merit medal toll David skipper of the and Walter of the Wain Wright Wainwright captured Many of her victims lighted Flag must co 22 electrically lighted Flag atop the commercial Appeal building is go ing out for the first time since world War l when the dim out came along two years ago the Flag continued to Shine brightly at government but it goes out to editor Frank Algren announced in anticipation of Brownout beginning demands investigation of Allied Reiff work 22 Thomas Lane demanded an investigation today to determine what Relief u being Given to civilians in Italy mid other Allied occupied there is a quantitative limit restricting the source of Supply from Here and there is bottleneck pre venting the distribution of it Over 1m and called for the allocation of ships to transport Hause form bloc seeks manpower showdown 22 state leaders in Congress took the manpower Bill away from the House military committee Over the a group headed by William Lemke pressed for directing selective service to clarify the directive on the drafting of farm at the same time Clyde Reed said he would introduce a Resolution identical Lemkes in the Senate Reed told newsmen that he feels that president the War department and selective service Are determined to strip farms of All possible regardless of future farm before con Gress can get set who said his views were crack trains Ute new 22 two of the new York centrals fastest express 20th Cen Tury limited and Commodore Van Derby thrived from Chicago Day ten and a half hours and five and Hall hours attributed the delays to heavy freight traffic and bad weather in upstate new shared by other farm state Sena disclosed that telegraphed governor of urging him to give personal attention to complaints indicating that local draft boards Are disregarding Tyd amendment effecting defer ments of farm asserting that the nations farm population has declined by since need this is the Basic Factor which makes the situation chairman of an unofficial committee of 11 farm area representatives the support of wrote a Resolution directing selective service to com ply with intent and spirit As Well with the letter which set of up the tic formula for the deferment of farm