European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stabs and stripes july the voice it was understandable thai Dor Teg Eai Bat Uso shows could not venture into Are we  now in  the Advent entertainment we Crft Lei the Uso for its Lack wholehearted attempt to enter Tain we know of the luxury abounding in Paris the we know Germany has Little Zaeh i retains enough native intelligence to appreciate the finer to tees in that the Uso knows this is not in evidence in its blows few awl far Between which we have the so and i Uso with a Little honest could present these things to combat troops isolated in the Monotony of Dally routine Ani the stress of an Uncertain future Are factors in oar need for the relaxation of entertain earnestly prepared unit and shows would alleviate orchids Sinatra his attack wms an honest attempt to bring these organizations shortcomings to Public if a few of his con would lace the facts m honestly As the it would had to a More satisfactory solution Tor Mil of Wallace Matthews and 18 78th wish the writer of that had asked Why at least 80 out of a Hundred Rifle men have never seen a big time overseas troupe on the he might have asked Why the Jack Benny unit recently played for two railway battalions and other ser vice to Germany and never found time to visit a combat division located just 60 Miles he might have heard that Crosby and played Lor one group of noncombat troops to hol Antl last Winter just a few Miles from where the men of this division were spending a Well earned rest period in absolute then took off for some Large we dont know Why the men who used the pencils the screwdrivers live to the big we cant understand Why the fought get a Long must the workhorses be As Bravand dirty warriors and receive not a of material Reward who is responsible for the Deal in entertainment for combat troops in not the personnel of army special ser who alone decide where and when performances will be Given invite stars and stripes to a correspondent to our office we could Tell in the Wolf 23rd armoured infantry july submitted to b bar to percent in the pint eight months we have seen with belgian that  be per matted in tables aide in the special service Doest seem to schedule Bif shows for troops in Tower 68ers state they have badly underrated the intelligence of the right you boy didst they Cring you Over Here to entertain us you should have heard tour boys expound your Virtues at when you were termed vital to the they knew the right combat the Uso and the army special service have done a Fine Job with the Means at their Jolt Frankie says is very special service officers dont know what time it if you can prove All Sinatra is untrue Tyell gladly help him eat those Sitto depot k lets keep the stars and stripes in because wed rather read them than have Frankie eat 8th tac of the letters received on the 24 agreed with his Reeni statements on Uso shows and special service one disagreed is printed new and of has replaced Claire Chennault As commander of the Mth of to Chemia mrss the famous flying is return to the stars1 and stripes Germany edition Vot july ims published at auxiliary Plant of the Frankfurter Fabrik Ger for the armed forces under the auspices of the in formation and education other is unions in Nice and new s05 Street mailing address the stars and 1 Germany a3po 757 contents passed by army Navy entered As second class matter1 at the Kew under the act of bark secret for three months prior to the redeployment of my old unit we kept hearing of the wonders to be performed by the i e program later we were Content to believe that the reason it haunt yet begun was its bigness and the time it takes to Start three months went we heard lecture after lecture on the finer Points of our postwar educational just before the unit started redeployment we Learned about the Rhine Valley news practical school of Here at last was the Opportunity we had been wait ing on we Learned that the school planned to help us return to our types of prewar offering courses in subjects connected with our line of we made Content to wait Lor the beginning of classes to spend our time pleasantly and pro in july 18 s and s i read a cac captains letter concerning the i was shocked to read that the school was being closed and that the students and instructors must go Back to their and the press presumably goes Back to the Here at last was the Opportunity the i e program has been pro working form rather than to tet it was nipped i to the Why Jerry Hapten i ii we believe that he Usset b july has stated the Case of the pm with sobriety and with infinite we should like to be charitable and optimistic and be Lieve that those who hog on privileges subscribe Only indirectly to a doctrine of to hell with the and that All that will be needed is a Crescendo cry of shame shame to bring about a decent distribution of what life in this Usset contaminated Beer our health authorities Are constantly on guard prevent the con sumption of impure food or by today i bought a Case of Beer containing Cine Butts floating in the what measures Are being taken to insure sanitary bottling of German made Beer Lor our consumption Ernest 448th by Thom staff correspondent july 55 fliers who met death to Switzerland or cited later As buried in a cemetery in this 12 Kilometres Southeast of j Astbury sphere is a Secretary of the legation in Section of the the Only common american army burial ground in was created land beautified by a score of internees who even quarried Stone for grave the Wrork was carried out by american airmen who were shot Down or crash with 1st we Spedden As july Freud police were on the Lookout Tot seven prisoners who escaped under the not the eyes of 600 the who were Jolt in the Palace of Justice on charges that they had been members of Tow legion of French volunteers organized by Vichy fight appeared to have no desire to main in the same building with Henri Philippe petals and left the men escaped Early yester Day by climbing through the foot Chimney of the buildings Cen trial heating system to the roof of the from police they made their Way to the top where they mingled Wuh n crowd gathering for the opening session of the Petain having no desire to attend Trifar of any they then left Ilyf Palace Loci pierced seven cordon of police thrown around it to Watel Over in defense of the Bering some 800 it we pointed out that the guard ably had not instructed to look Lor seven soot covered but merely had told to for an aged Man in a berlins civilians Yiew soviet film for City 1 july 25 civilians jammed one of the few remaining movie houses Here to see a feature length soviet documentary film on the fall of the Reich entitled the film showed the death throes of the City and the spectators heard themselves accused of War guilt by soviet commen Tator who spoke in huge quantities of american equipment were visible in the Battle Hie German audience laughed derisively at scenes showing her Mann Goering strutting around the planes of the defunct there were some but mostly silence at pictures of hit Ler and the film showed a remarkably Clear View of Joseph charred body As it was found in the belch chancellery but the movie never mentioned what happened to and 2nd Maurice Ocon Nell of Forest in the plot was dedicated on memorial Day last and All men have been buried full military the most recent burial was conducted on May 24 this year when 2nd it John Isth of was Laid to he had bailed out of his plane 5 in a snowstorm near land quart and died to an Avalanche in the his body was not re covered until just before the funeral they change their not their who the for of with the 18th july is1 men of the 78th lightning Divi Arent sitting around waiting Tot professional entertainment to reach them from the they have gone out and produced four Ahat 5 with dance each of the divisions three1 infantry 310th and the medical f battalion waded up their for Mote thaa two they been beating the roads to re acc isolated and put matinee or a evening performance for from 50 to so they had brought their instruments from the they some costumes and they improvised they built and brightened up their Solo and choral minstrel Tew popular Ami cps Alcil music form the bulk of the our Way by Williams i looked at the drawing and ithe usher i was All right in sorry 1 All mistakes throw it our and Start and this time a hour have been care i guess to july cracking their Way across to their Dup of latest Etaf Bob Hope and Jerry a Bevy of american played to a crowd of t the appearance was sponsored i the 84th fighter the entertainment familiar Gas in every War than to Nuremberg for a show j after which it will tour k Germany for a next monday and july 30 and show will hit for Ethl Days beginning the troupe u Scheldt to to play in the Vicinity Olas determined by third Arr Toj special the following i to Are booked for seventh army appearances of featured with the combination Are Blond Patty Thoi who has travelled Wittiv show in the South Pacific africa1 Gale w Hub june Pepper and Roger