European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Casualties o or combat casual ties As of feb 7 totalled army casualties comprised including wounded of whom have returned to prisoners and Marine corps and coast guard casualties totalled including prisoners of War and from Day to army ground forces suffered casualties on the Western of these were wounded and age Western front casualties in january totalled including 325 wounded and five thousand prisoners were taken in the and Vance on on the Western fronts Southern the French army has taken German prisoners since some of these were captured in the Colmar offensive now under new Jersey elections a primary election will be held in new Jersey on june 12 for certain state including members of the general Assembly in All coun state senators in certain counties and certain county and local officers in All gis from new Jersey May obtain from their Soldier Vot ing officer a postcard application for a state Absentee which May be sent at any time to the Secretary of the state will begin mailing ballots to servicemen on and the executed ballot must be received Back by june 12 to be eligible to be municipal elections will be held on May 8 in the following places in new Jersey Asbury Audubon Cape May Clark township Union Collingswood Bor East Haddonfield Jersey Keansburg Lyndhurst township Bergen Midford Lake Monmouth Beach sea Isle Vineland Bor West Cape May Borough and Wildwood Crest 63d division the seventh army has announced that the entire 63d blood and fire division is now on the Western the division was activated in june 1943 at Camp and trained at Camp Van it entered the lines in France on the 63d is under the command of Louis the seventh army also identified the commander of its 70th infantry division As Allison Bernett of at record at pilots and Crews piled up an Al time months record during january when they flew tons of supplies Over the Hump to this tonnage is More than four times the goal set Early in and was made in spite of severe up drafts and 100 Miles Eshour winds that lashed the freight thus fed to China in 1944 totalled More than net fir Sigl loan Jack Charles Falls be came the first Veteran of the second world War to receive a business loan under the i Bill of rights when a Washington Bank approved his re quest for to enable him to go into the wholesale meat under the terms of the 50 percent of the amount was guaranteed by the veterans Breeden will use the Money to buy a refrigerator truck with which he will deliver meat and packers products to about 25 stores in Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan so i says to the where Are we going to find All these Guys to Send overseas Hospital program the army medical department has begun a Hospital enlargement plan under which the bed capacity of the army 70 general and convalescent hospitals will be increased from to admissions of overseas wounded Are now running More than a one Means of obtaining the increase will be by expansion of several present station hospitals to the general and convalescent newest shortage Felt by the army medical department is that of occupational who Are vital in the reconditioning of sick and wounded of qualified registered occupational therapists in the the army has Only 225 and needs another 225 the medical department is seeking applicants who have completed the fou year occupational therapy persons who Are hired go into civil services sub professional classification and draw per plus rows in the states prisoners of War held in the totalled As of the total includes italians and these Are held in 135 base Camps and 308 Branch Camps in All sections of the new Winter Boot soldiers in wet cold climates will get new knee length Boot to replace the Standard Over the foot is made on the regular overshoes the leg is made of rubber coated Olive drab having an adjustable buckle Fastener above the knee and snap fasteners to in sure a better the foot part has four pairs of eyelets bound by leather the Boot is lighter than the present first order was for pairs new smoke bomb a sky Marker bomb which leaves a Trail of coloured smoke in the air to Mark obscured has been developed by the chemical warfare a Pathfinder guided Over the target by drops one or More of the which leave a dense Trail of red or yellow smoke that persists for five minutes and is visible to planes five Miles to the succeeding Waves of bombers drop their bombs at the Point where the coloured smoke Breaks through the the loads following the smoke bombs the smoke bomb is thin walled and contains eight smoke grenades and which bring its weight to 98 Berlin bombings since its first raid on Berlin on the aah has dropped tons of bombs on the nazi this he Cascade was aimed Princi Pally at berlins munitions marshalling Yards and communications More than heavy bombers were used in 16 Berlin raids during this the Reich capital got its heaviest dose on 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