European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tigi 2 the stars and stripes february new 1946 l armed published mondays through auspices of the information and education special and information the Dijon edition of the stars and stripes is printed at the Plant of be 12 Rue Marechal editorial Ana circulation 12 Rue Marechal Tenud 21 Rue de Elysee 4149 new York 205 East 42nd Street acknowledgement is made of the editorial services supplied by army news United nations news service and army signal corps staff w i officer in charge Harry managing editor Jerry Robert Mark Hugh liked Anceline to the editor we have been overseas 29 months and your picture of Angeline Orr in the 6edition was the nicest thing in print weve seen since leaving the we liked the upper half of this Lovely miss so Well we would be very grateful if you would print a picture showing the other half maybe were just getting War what do you Charles Kirkpatrick Donald Tallman liking Angeline makes you were in a slate total but some fiend scooted off with the rest of the fraternizing to the editor there was an article in stars and stripes telling How we should behave with the and Good if it is bad Lor the morale of the people Back in Britain and the states to see us with our arms around the who make the bombs and in How the reverse Side of the Pic Ture As it affects our morals re placements coming into our outfits Tell of prisoners of War in the states being hospitalized for fresh of time Magazine wonderful stories about the sight seeing trips dances for the italian and German whats worse on close gis and German Frater or our civilians and Ger pos who sent our buddies to god a Long time before their turn Downing sgt Jones some big shots in the states say that German prisoners of War Are sent Back to the states to avoid the necessity of shipping food Over Here for other Wise the ships that bring food Over Here would have to return for petes Sake Why  some of the men who Wear purple hearts with three or four clusters on them be sent Home in some of those ships Rainer longevity pay to the editor we Are among the very few Here in France who Are approaching two and a half years overseas  something be done about increasing the pay of those serving three years or More for instance 5 percent increase in base pay for every three years of service what is the opinion of other read ers on this matter Henry Mcquade Gss it lows to the editor the Fellows of my outfit Gripe often and we work seven Days a week and the German pos work Only our working Day consists of nine hours while they work Only i am forced to question what has happened to i think that and not the prisoners of deserve that Day Tommy Mitchell f movies Familia theatre closed sundays 1930 hours radio variety featuring i followed by when strangers with Dean Jagger and Kim Palace theater 1900 and 2100 hours bowery to with All Star transient mess i Joes 5 Rue chateau for pm 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service 10 Rue Marechal front Una lil Abner add situations nut covered by the manual Roysford of an Tackack with members of his outfit shacked up in a barn one night during the German counteroffensive in we knew other gis were asleep in there Smith so we just crawled into the Hay and went to a couple of hours later i was called for guard and on the Way out stepped right in this Guys he sat up and apologized for being in the the apology was so unexpected that Smith turned on his revealing a brigadier my Smith declared How those stars did Shine if pal Leland of didst understand German so Hitler might have two More squads in action on his front facing the 44th Divi just at dusk one Day the Jerries attacked a town that go ekes company had taken a few hours a Mark v set no shop in the Middle of a Street and a Kraut officer hopped out and began shouting it woul Dve been better if hed spoken in for Goeke under stood the Heinle officer directing his men to flank the town and attack through a tiny Goeke dashed Back to his com Pany up with the escaping my fire from the the company trained machine guns and rifles on the when the two German squads got the 44th Divi Sion doughboy let go with the the Kraut detachment was wiped fast driving at the front has a lot of Good for a new ask Frank Grimmet and John 36th division ambulance the front wheels of their ambulance touched off a mine but because of the Speed at which they were the blast caught the rear of the missed Grimmet and Deadyne in Cas pester contest tonight at 2400 the 150 Dollar War Bond prize contest for the Best original Post ers or ideas for posters to be used in the Cas Market Campaign ends tonight at mid it was announced yesterday by the information and education Section of special Oscar g4 Sec will serve As chairman of the committee that will decide the four other judges will be capt Arthur special and Wil Liam g Provost marshals radio program news hourly on the hour 1204 249 7th army Mobile 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 up front by Mauldin War it toot Gas plan As foes a perfect raid results by Wade staff writer with the 7th is the Story of a perfect the raid was no different from dozens of similar ones pulled every night along this front or any other front except in its perfection made possible by three Days of the most careful planning and by the fact that a German outpost guard apparently was opposing forces were a 30 Man patrol from an american division and Blac uniformed nazis of one of the enemy Sharp raid the Complete Success it turned i v a n a a est outfits on the 7th army front and one of the Best in All the Battle scene was a Snow blanketed Valley about seven Miles West of we held positions on a Little Ridge to the South and they held two houses and an old railway station in the Valley for three Days John Corpus conned the enemy positions until he knew them door positions on the three what enemy guns were in what rooms of what build that were to make the but you still gotta pay a franc for yer papers this is strictly Between the boys of the Cas signal office and stars and Dijon but you can read it if you getting out a daily newspaper in a country at War is a difficult Job and one of the biggest head aches is for the assistance Given the Dijon edition in speeding the news to our City we want to express our appreciation to the following teletype radio and maintenance men t4s Marshall l i d d e k e Charles Carl William Drew and Edward got t3s Archie d a w s o n Charles Leonard maj Tow Arthur Samuels and Charles t5s Frederick Jones and Alonzo Newell and Edmund Box Jjck and Carrol you did a by Capp a answer a cives t j thinks axes brain a Mij met month whar our Surca pfc Pawn Trepin this if Mah feet Road t in the Ajr Home awaits us out to chosen to head the eight Man combat patrol which was actually to do the business was David 22year old whisper voiced Section foresters men were divided into two four Jacl in White who were to take positions in the Snow surrounding the House to be the others were to go inside and kick the krauts at 0220 Forrester and the other seven hunched up from their holes in the Snow and began advancing on the just before they reached our artillery began throwing a 276round barrage on the Ridge some 200 Yards Forrester reached the then i kicked open the door of the living room and got a glimpse of a Bunch of krauts sleeping on the floor on mattresses with their clothes Forrester i jumped Back from the door a min Ute and could hear them moving around i eased Back to the door and fired into them with my four of pm one hid in a closet and ten jumped out a window and i could see pm pretty of Tan by the flashes from my of the ten who jumped from the six were killed As they a German machine gun began firing from the old station about 150 Yards a yank Bazooka knocked it out with one a nazi machine gun on the German held Ridge opened a machine gun of ours already had it covered and took care of it weekly air Start at Fallia from the stage of the Camilla Ttoe atre Ttoe first of a series of weekly radio variety shows will be broadcast Over the an the air show starts at 1930 and will be followed by the regularly scheduled no tickets Are presented by the an and the entertainment Section of special and information the weekly shows will feature Soldier taint and top orchestras from the Cas area if youd Uke to appear on the go around to the Namuia this afternoon at 1408 j a rehearsal