European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 Ethi stars and set lots new 1mb newspaper Tor b armed published monday through saturdays lot troops to under the auspices of the information and education special and information etou8a the Dijon edition of the Start and stripes is printed at the Plant of be 12 Rue Marechal offices editorial and circulation 12 Rue Mare Hal Conad parts the new York Herald Tribune 21 Rue de Elysee new Vork 805 Bast 43nd Street acknowledgement is made of editorial services supplied by army Newt United nations news service and army signal staff it w l officer to charge Harry managing editor Jerry Robert Mark Hugh font line  movies museum Pantilis theatre hotel de Rue de la 18oo and 2000 hours closed sundays French paintings and strange with Allyn Joslyn one franc open 1000 to and Evelyn Palace theatre 1900 and the Princess and the with Bob Hope and Virginia in transient mess 61 Joes it me a Naviean Porem Only free meals Tor Gla presenting a one Day or an authenticated trip open from 0700 to music and Beer and wine except during meal you clubs arc enlisted mens club Rue Mare Hal Poco snack bar pastry and logo to 2130 snack bar same hours As enlisted music Wash Check room message today 1400 to Jive and Sweet stuff by the 399th ast wac Hen Boose in enlisted mens club sitting daybed for a Little girls Bath real hot connection for Allied officers club 17 Rue de 1egalite open to All Allied officers 1100 to snacks but the serv ing of luncheon and dinner has been bar open 1130 to Baths arc Bath Boose hot showers 1000 to bring your own Towel and also press sewing and Shine information 58 Rue de la English speaking French girl staff for puzzled sports boxing Arena it Rue Andra fights every Friday night at 1930 open daily for workouts and stadium pare Des sports available wednes for reservation Call athletic special gymnasium lift Avenue Victor Hugo 0900 to reservations special Library fiction and technical books Avail special service 10 Rue Mare Hal Foch radio program news hourly on the Hoor 1204 249 7th army 1500 pc players band of the ref while you work bag tune Tine request program orchestra Street Davidson we love Hall orchestra Condon bands night stand Cas casualties to the editor some of my buddies maintain that Gas is not As deadly a weapon of War As we Are inclined to be i was under the impression that the loss of life in the last War from the use of Gas was very do you have any information on this Howard Woolverton the total number of Gas casual ties on both sides teas of Tuchich Good will to the editor should one Frenchman mistreat a the Joe is bitter in his condemnation of whole French he expects hospitality All too often on a Silver at if an american Mer chant overcharged or a girl snubbed the i would be con tent with blaming the particular place or person and defending the decency of America As a the tendency is we Are fighting a War whose difficult trials Are Likely to occur after e military Battles Are it will be really important Fiat we have France and Many other countries As our fronds and allies so that a lasting and sensible peace May this season of the year especially should impress upon the i the responsibility of building up a feeling of friendliness wherever he he should do this if he does not wish to see his son in an other War As a Seymour Biskoff parties of new believes Hes the first yank to cadge a cigarette from general Jacques the 45th division patrol Leader paid a Cour Tesy Call on the French general when he noticed hed lost his own i just asked the general if i might impose upon him for a he just smiled and offered me his said that was All there was to it a favorite Kraut trick up front i to place a machine inn on the attach trip wires to then crawl into a cellar and calmly fire and traverse the inn from the cellars one morning a company of the 114th infantry of the 44th found their choline being riddled by just such a machine the Guys just figured out the guns traverse How Many seconds they and then they hop to the pile a few scoops of food on their and scramble Back be fore the machine gun hit their direction Only casualty was a Guy who got a slog in his Oatmeal nobody knows quite How he did it but Harry of the directed fire on enemy counterattacks for three hours from an exposed during those three hours karens Telescope mount was twice hit by enemy machine gun his Dis carded overcoat had 20 Bullet holes put into it the building he was in was hit dozens of times by enemy artillery but Karpen want even they Call it and very sgt Bill Santa and pvt Normer both of the strategically re treated to the attic when a whole platoon of krauts came into the same then Mccrary crept part Way downstairs and threw a hand grenade into the room and 4he krauts started pouring out of the Halls was sitting near the attic window picking them off As they streamed out Mccrary was and together they accounted for most of the Thomas never had smoked a Cigar be fore until some body gave him this Corona co just As he was making up his mind whether or not he liked the Weed was snapped out of his face by a snipers Bullet so no More cigars for i can see How he fens deaf i made dances inferno Miff by Balph staff writer with the 7th is said the tired tank commander in a quiet strained you ought to see those people running around like Yelling and screeching and whimpering kids stretched out on Small carts being pushed by their and All the time the town was burning like a Torch with the krauts shooting with flame throwers and White phosphorus and All kinds of artil4 did you Ever listen to people and cattle being roasted alive in a burning building its something you never forget Well girls to the editor would it be possible for you to publish a map of the Western and All the in the Middle of the Doug feet were running from building to fighting a that was Hatten when sgt Earl Junction rolled in with a platoon of our troops held on third of the which was separated from the Kraut held Section by this thick Wall of fire fire through smoke the krauts simply stayed on their Side of the pouring in heavy artillery and mortar and then quite often they hold their fire and Send a platoon of Tiger tanks through the smoke to shoot up everything they and there was to break Simpsons platoon of tanks had to Cross More than a mile of open Field onto which the krauts had zeroed every thing they Only a few Days our guns had done the same thing on the same it looked like a said t5 William Simpsons wherever you you could they stunt your he Exall five of them three krauts so get i set to blow no a Bridge front once a week we get awfully i when the tank patrol led by and Ting confused trying to draw a line from place to place when weve never heard of half of your eve Loving and Abc our staff it also but he will be instructed to arise from his usual sitting pos line up his take pen in and produce and More often than once a if the situation warrants Joseph rushed in on that when the fun said John of Northside Pitts some of the krauts started to the collaborators started claiming that they we rent germans and one of them even tried to bribe us by saying give us All the schnapps we wanted if wed let them the five Potentia Bridge blowers were Given a fast ride to the pm major wed in first Dijon a French rites Ginette of former French professor at the University of became the Bride of Padu last week at protestant reformed Church in the first marriage Between a member of the american army and a French civilian i this chaplain Marvin Cas officiated at the double ring Sacra is a civil affairs offi cer with the 7th while his Bride is an interpreter for the Charles was Best Marcelle was maid of see every kind of burned out vehicle and you didst have to know that the Field was covered with dead All you had to do was to smell the the stink was said Simpson was standing up in the looking when he suddenly saw one of the dead krauts stand up after the tank passed then Simpson saw that the Kraut had a Bazooka gun and that he was aiming it but before the Kraut could Simpson opened up with his grease and this time the Kraut was really Simpsons tanks stayed in Hatten All night and All giving the doggies heavy supporting keep ing the Kraut tanks on their Side of the smoke but the germans were still Burn ing forcing our doggies to give ground a Little and move ack to the there we rent too Many shadows left As for the coming it never stopped direct hits sitting inside his Sherman Simpson counted at least a half dozen direct mortar hits on his buttoned up but the doggies didst have any where to 1 wish i was Back at one of them told Simp the Yelling civilians were run Ning in All directions at Simpson saw a Little old lady who had been hit by shrapnel Laid out in the Middle of a deserted Side Street right in Back of the smoke she was screaming and beating the Street with her and kicking her feet until one Doggie finally raced through some sniper fire to pick her up and bring her those doggies were said i dont see How the hell they do it li9 Abner by Al Coop Vosnock of Are approximately dollars waiting to be picked up by some Veter ans of world War i at the Veter ans but claimants had to apply for the Money before the maturity Date of their certify which in most cases was a new arrange ment by the War and Navy the Navy taking an part in producing Witto programs operating Ita tons the armed a Dio cd personnel from co Tut guard