European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pitt fat 4 the stars and stripes february 1945 says Ems agreed to expose Black marketing Paris court martial trying 1st arid dal second officer to be judged in the railway battalion Black Market today heard John already convicted by a previous testify we enlisted men agreed to expose this condition to the it exists from Cherbourg and nearly everyone handling supplies is Carl also already told the court i am testifying to save other gis Winter War on the 7th army front seventh army men watch from it building in ready u pick off an enemy patrol less than 1m Yards below the Bridge Over the Moder River is blown Opas a defensive measure against Naai photo by Brown serving under officers such As those in the 716th railway operating Porto is charged with neglect of duty and with wrongfully disposing of army including 50 pounds of beef and other soldiers who served under him at Villers 20 Miles from testified Porto was obliged to take rations from trains passing through in order to feed his John of Porto told us that any Man who sold cigarettes had plenty coming to and i dont mean the Case is scheduled to continue prison terms ranging from three to ten years were passed yesterday on seven More Manila liberated by paratroopers continued from Page 1 conduct for himself and 65 of his four thousand of the persons liberated in Manila were Ameri they included 79 nurses taken on Bataan and Corregidor in some of the nurses immediately began caring for american soldiers wounded in the Sharp fighting at Santo any japanese on Bataan were Cut off by american forces that won Complete control of the base of the Strong japanese forces in the Layagan Valley of northeastern Luzon were sealed off when yank troops took san Jose and Balete american bombers pounded the Cavite naval Corregidor and enemy held Aird Romes South of other planes attacked tar gets along the China coast and on far to the Southwest of the Phil australian troops made another Landing on new moving closer to japanese troops on the Gazelle 3 million men of a notions killed new 6 ans More than men of Allna tons were killed in action during according to estimates of the metropolitan life insurance com Pany the estimate of Allied casualties was based on official reports with allowances for deaths among the wounded and and for delayed total on the Axis was based on a study of engage plus various meager reports from other they showed a probable enemy deaths and considerably less than a Allied Fatali american dead were Estima Ted at about five times As Many As in Western front exceeded the total for the entire first world the report a breakdown of estimates showed United British and other United Many thous and Axis satellites Stork kept Busy 6 Ansi the Stork has been much busier in this War than in world War l one says census Bureau expert John is that Var ious european nations have deliberately granted furloughs for mar own reveals Aid Given to France ried men to visit their another reason is that european countries and the United Stater have paid allotments to mens dependents in this in the United states the birth rate has stayed so High for three years that the population effect of the War has been a rat gain for every american Soldier or Sailor killed in this six War have been Addi Tion to the number of babies that would normally have been expected under prewar birth in the first world War the Prin Cipal belligerent after Short initial had very Low birth rates even in the United states the birth rate showed a ten Dency to drop in the latter pan of 1918 and Early Ernie returns to but Hes not Happy new feb 6 Ernie Pyle has gone Back to the his first column in four months appeared today on Page one of Liu world Telegram in it the vet eran correspondent Noi too i ans the has shipped so Loco motives to France for military has 631 awaiting shipment and has authorized France Purchase in this country for her own use 700 the office of War information made these facts known in a word report on conditions in Southwest of the Village 3rd punch continued from Page 1 Habscheid other infantry reached the High ground to the was on his Way to the Pacific to cover the Navy probably two or three months and then Back to Shore again with my Noble the Pyle usually writes Well in and Vance of publication and his first column appeared with a san Francisco but a world Telegram note said he was Al ready with Pacific anybody who has been in a War and to go Back is a Plain Damn fool in my i Pyle in going simply be cause theres a War going on and j in part of in going simply because i have i hate he said he would be More at Home in my friends and association and sent invents Are on that he had decided to go on to the Pacific As House group approves of Commerce split 6 a House banking commit tee today approved unanimously the Senate passed George divorcing the rec from the Commerce thus the Battle Ever Henry wallaces nomination As Secre tary of Commerce was thrown indirectly to the House floor for debate the Senate is withholding its vote on confirmation of wallaces Pend ing completion of legislation staking the rec and subsidiary lending agencies away from the Commerce and Aid already the statement announced a far reaching program for French civil Ian officials said that the French peo ple Are now going through one of the worst Winters in their suffering intensely from Lade of clothing and food in Many parts of the the Supply failure is blamed on a greater need than was anticipated last summer when it was not thought that France would be liberated As quickly As it and also on heavy demands of military nazi expectancy of an fallout 9th army offensive on 1uytu 1j he stated he had been warned about Pacific diseases and said to the Siegfried line was Manifest gods to but added de by German radio reports which that one thing would make life predicted an Allied offensive in and that one thing is the synchronized with rus Sian attacks in the would not be Long hat out on the Pacific ill be damned Good and stinking boy Sarges 30 Day furious get to states Complete Flop East St g Gregory Home from France on 30day fur Lough after four years of service without More than a weekend int too Happy about Tissier wanted to go to heres Why the 24yearold ser Geant married an English girl in on transferred to France july and Hast seen his wife since their two Montgold Tissier said he made three unsuccessful attempts to get a fur Lough to and on the fourth trial he got a but it was for East instead of South Long awaited big three talks now in session continued from Page 1 either warship in the Black sea or at a Black sea a Reuters correspondent pointed out that the Agenda were no less formidable than those of the november december Parley in he listed among the items up for discussion the final destruction of the Gorman military detailed draft of conditions to be imposed on Germany after her unconditional switching the whole of the Allied War machine to the far East immediately following Germany political problems arising out of the liberation of such Russ polish the Sta Tus of and the establish of permanent governments a Czechoslovakia and the according to the associated the nazis Are obviously deeply troubled Over the Prospect of an Appeal by the big three directly to the German p to Rise up against the with possible instructions to slave workers to create confusion and a possibility of the greatest leaflet Campaign of the with Speed took by Howard staff writer with 28th to the Success of the assault on Colmar by the 28th according to capt Bruce Santa and la Edward Salt Lake who Are credited with testing the first two companies into the although the american forces were actually in i control of Colmar at 0815 on Many nazis did new 6 1 not know it till after one squad of Goose u f Anay Accad spy trial to vim War ii the second tune in this a military commit in arched out of their billets in Garrison formation for a routine guard Relief and were astonished to find themselves surrounded by american aim Fatmir nazi sauntered leisurely Over to an anti we Lara Curtis a tank gun in Broad Daylight and almost sat Down in native of and Erich i the Lap of a Doggy who had been sitting there for a German Bora with Power to impose the death Penally assembled the defendants were trial they Are far Gnu with slipping ashore near the Remote Maine fish ing Village of Hancock Point on Long after Colmar was taken enemy snipers continued to inky a heavy toll of american num Erous German soldiers discarded their uniforms and themselves As Paul said a fac were priest in Colmar approached the Reich being printed of deluged with a big three him with a Man in civilian clothes and asked if he could turn Over a civilian in the civilian turned out to be the chaplain of the German division which garrisoned Irving new said Many civilians had left Colmar with the mostly people in higher income brackets who had worked with the germans and feared trial As the bulk of the population remained and gradually came out of their cellars to see whether the americans would treat them As French or when they Learned that the americans regarded them As frenchmen and not As Goebbels had became very Friendly and welcomed the doughboy with the usual French one genial old Ruckins passed around old wine and schnapps in Celebration of cougars the soldiers discovered that their Host was a former chef on the Normandie and he de France luxury Ruckins said he had not talked to anyone who had seen Hummler in except a restaurant waitress who said she had served him and Goering their establishment during a Ges Upo four ago manifesto was in Charles de head of the French gov listed the demands that he hoped the big three leaders would the a said his talk May have been timed to coincide with the meeting he asked for a separation of the territories on the left Bank of the Rhine and the Ruhr Industrial future German the posting of Freo ctr troops along the length of the and dependence of Basin from the state or states Czechoslovakia and the Balkan he will not be bound by any International or inter Allied agreement in framing which she has not had an e qual 5hi continues Advance 6 a army troops continued their to Vance up toe Serchio copying four above 25 Miles Aorta of