London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1942, London, Middlesex                                A monday dec. 21, 1942 the stars and stripes / Page 3roops to get time off for Xmas parties to  but May sponsor children a programs thru Mas week is a work week for the Chris army in the British Isles wherever possible Headquarters a us Nean theater of operations said r1 i in men will be Given time to and the hundreds of a kid parties n2 riven and to accept Christmas inv ions to British Homes. Of both parties and invitations there t deluge that surpasses anything this is any other War has seen. Nearly every . Unit in the British l in is giving or has Given some kind f party for children Complete with Alta Claus Christmas Trees toys and univ a the Candy in most cases saved up from the men s  to spare there Are so Many British invitations or american soldiers to come and eat Christmas dinner to stay All Day to go dancing in the evening to stay two or three Days if possible that the ratio is estimated at 50 invitations for one Soldier available. In the last week american red Cross and special services have found it necessary to ask soldiers if they will please come in and accept some nl0re of these invitations. There will be More yanks attired in traditional red and White Santa Claus outfits in England Ireland and Scotland than there will be on four City blocks on Broadway on Christmas eve. Service men who can possibly be spared from duty Christmas Day will be granted passes. Red Cross clubs All Over the Isles Are planning special dinners and parties. And in every enlisted Man s mess Here will be a Christmas tree provided through the quartermaster corps depots where rations Are  Farmer in the Dell saturday More than 100 children almost mobbed pvt. A a red quot Keary Baltimore my. Who bounced into a Public Hall somewhere in England attired in a Santa Claus zoot suit and using a jeep for a Sleigh. The kids Sang carols received gifts and before the party ended had Tough infantrymen playing Farmer in the i Ell. It was the first real Christmas Many of the children had Ever had. The soldiers ran the party in relays no. 1 for children four to seven years and no. 2 later in the Day for those from seven to 14. Among other parties saturday were those held by a recce troop and an Ord Ance company while sunday a head quarters company a signal company and battalion of engineers to name Only few tossed Christmas parties for children. Eight More parties Are scheduled for today and another eight for  play Host the Navy and marines also Are giving parties As fast As they can assemble toys Christmas Trees and kids. A Marine detachment in Scotland plays Host Christmas Day to a flock of tiny scots from five to 10 years old. A huge dinner tree and trimmings. Gifts and a movie will feature this party. At Londonderry the Navy a Northern Ireland base scores of children will attend a similar party. Others on the list Nursery school of the Queen s House club for children of mothers engaged in War work a party for evacuees from occupied Europe in a Small English town where an infantry unit has everything ready for 400 children another kid party in Lancashire a party for Over 1,000 kids Given by a special service unit for children whose fathers Are serving overseas a party Lor 50 children at Rainbow Corner a in London. One of the outstanding contributions made by yanks so that British children May have a merry Christmas is the donation of 4.000 toys made by civilian technicians working for Lockheed  t co. Lockheed employees using american mass production methods have piled up a huge Stock of dolls Teddy bears and gadgets for this huge Christmas party. A he toys will be distributed to under Anvi legend  Cross parties for servicemen there Are More parties. Up Cecial affairs have been arranged for All Cross clubs both on Christmas eve Christmas Day. Special dances for cers and men have been arranged. In Northern Ireland so Many invitations have in extended to troops that sir Basil Moke minister of Commerce has set p a committee to handle them. A 0 Laos men who Are accepting inv tons offered by the British packages so a Kently Rall one food will be Given Shn l1e�?~r hosts May not suffer a ear a a a package will be Given for guest r Lor each Day to be a sold a v a a reel n8s to America from Dean Tisai Orsu and marines in the euro by no. Scr were delivered last night ? be army and Navy at the to  a i Cross Rainbow Corner in Broad n urin8 a 15-minute trans Atlantic Dadust Over Abc. Presetir�?4ke.s Watson it Peoria 111., re comm of j in Usset p. Hartle the fun no cer of the . Army in Eisenh rm8 the absence of it. Gen. Capt Hub re Ripo be or army while slivered u vim son Reading pa., de Marine. Message for sailors and music. Infantry orchestra supplied a a Jive outfit from Dixieland engineers raise new Orleans gang spreads gospel of blues by Ralph g. Martini stars and stripes staff writer two years ago they were just a jeweler Printer clerk insurance Salesman Gardener and some College kids who got acquainted because they All haunted the same Jam sessions in the Dixieland band Belt of new Orleans. Today As soldiers in the Eto they re bringing the musical gospel of Dixieland and Brassy horns of moaning saxes and sad clarinets to the British Isles. Leader of the band is warrant officer Frank Rosato who also plays the Lead trumpet. When the boys All joined up in the new Orleans National guard Rosato was the one who got them together in a 28-piece regimental band. Out of that he picked 13 for a dance band. And out of the 13 there gradually evolved a sizzling six piece Dixieland combination. All three units Are still Active. Of the dance band 10 of the boys Hail from new Orleans none of the 10 having played professionally. The Only two members who have been in big time Are Bass Slapper Joe Bruce Long Island n.y., who was with Louis Prima and the hot Tenor Man Butch Krolow Oshkosh wis., who was with Hal  own Arranger they be even got their own Arranger and vocalist. He s Don be Pard Flint mich., who had his own band for six years playing All Over Michigan including a Short hitch on radio. Don is the boy who introduced the new song a a Rainbow Corner a when the band played at the clubs opening. Pfc Oliver East of the new Orleans group is the official songwriter of the band. He s written the regimental song and a Bunch of others including a a so near apart a which has caught on fairly Well Back Home. Back in the states the boys did nost of their playing at Camp Blanding fla., and Camp Bowie tex., but they aught on so Well that they were sent on a Camp tour and played in red Cross clubs recreation rooms outdoor stages and even mess Halls. The Uso used them at All the Hollywood starred shows in the Vicinity and Carole Landis now touring Britain Sang with Rosato s band and liked them so Well that she asked them to look her up after the War. A a i think you re super i want to Book you when the War is Over a she said. In route Here on the troop ship they dug out All their instruments from under tons of Barracks bags in the hold and a tars and stripes photos by Koenig swinging out on his clarinet at top is pfc Harold Krolow Oshkosh wis. The Man with the trombone and a Mournful expression is sgt. Emile Oulliber new Orleans and the fellow with the ecstatic expression on his face As he belts the Drums is sgt. Frank Vicari also of new Orleans. Gave Day and night shows All Over the ship. The six piece Dixie Combinas Ion drum Bass clarinet trumpet rom Bone and piano the pianist played the Bells went Down in the Bottom of the boat and held Jam sessions that usually lasted from Showtime to Showtime. Throughout the trip the hot trumpet Man alternated Between heaving his guts Cut and blowing his brains out. Bandleader Rosato who graduated from Tulane in 1938 As a fully qualified civil Engineer played for a Short time with Ben Pollack s band while he  still in  4 hot pianist a a fingers a Lambert hot pianist says he got that Way by playing with Sidney Rodin s band. Rodin who authored Lazy River a a with Hoagy Carmichael tooted the clarinet in Bix Beiderbecke s original Dixieland band. On his first visit to Broadway a fingers sat in with hot lips Page and Joe mar Sella s bands. Next Day in different Broadway band sheets there were rave notices about a Brand new a a hot cat a from new Orleans. Other new Orleans boys in Ide and. Besides Rosato and Lambert Are sgt. George Kieffer sgt. Nicholas Gagliano sgt. John Stoll Iii Cpl. Joe rotis sgt. Emile Oulliber sgt. Frank Vicari pfc Oliver East and sgt. Sammy Anzelmo. Then there a pfc Russell Phillips Hannibal to. Cpl. Andrew Wrable Reading a. Pfc Joe Bruce Long Island n.y., and pfc Don be Pard Flint  on tour the boys now Are on a tour of Ameri can army Camps in England and they be played before Kph a and Royalty. Geraldo England s Glenn Miller heard them one night and invited them to play Over bbl on his swing contest program but there s an army regulation that says a a  the band also had an invitation to watch his majesty a Grenadier guards orchestra of 60 pieces. Director it. Harris even let Rosato swing the Baton for a couple of numbers and Rosato at in has t gotten Over it. The band is awfully Good on the hot stuff numbers like a a blues in the night a and a a Anvil  but they really play their hearts out when they give out with a a Way Down yonder in new Orleans.�?��200 to help  to be brighter for youngsters aided by fund Christmas for several Blitz orphans was made real this week As additional . Units handed in contributions to the stars and stripes War orphans fund. American servicemen in the British Isles who have found that by giving to some English youngsters who have less than they would at a peacetime Christmas this May become their most memorable yuletide Hae been sending in Money to help care for More blitzed children. Or one unit making a substantial contribution gave orders that it should remain Anonymous. An eighth air Force Squadron sent in �13 a a just to  a playmate an Engineer unit sent in �200 4s. For two orphans with the idea that a a a kid can t be Happy without a  the battalion contribution of �200 was forwarded to Aid a six year old Brunette girl and a playmate in the form of an eight year old boy dark hair and Blue eyes. A Campaign to raise the Money resulted in a a a quot company supplying half of the total contribution with the other half coming from the rest of the battalion. A a a a company requested the girl for its a a  the boy is to be declared a a son quot of the entire unit. We shall be anxious to see the pictures of the children and receive any information of their Progress a wrote Cal. Luther b. Mann no in charge of the  All goes to help a group of stars and stripes workers in the West of England sent in �130 As an a extra a Christmas gift. One Hundred pounds keeps one orphan for five years. The fund is operated in cooperation with the american red Cross which takes care of administrative overhead so that All Money contributed goes direct for care of the child. Contributions May be sent in care of the stars and stripes the times printing House Square London e.c.4.raf exhibits nazi aircraft a . Bomber station England dec. 20�?three nazi aircraft a fighter and two bombers swept Over this american Ai drome today in a mock attack staged for the Benefit of assembled Saaf officers. The demonstration was the last of a series presented All Over the British Isles by Raf pilots flying the captured Mel 10, Heinkel 111 and jul 88. Officers witnessing the show included col. H. D. Smith station commander col. James s. Sutten bomb group co and col. William n. Reid base executive officer. They said they were impressed with the Maneule ability and fast turns of the junkers but thought Little of the other two planes. The jul 88, a Type similar to the american a-20-a Douglas Boston carries a four Man Crew at a maximum Speed of 240 Miles an hour at 16,000 feet. It has an approximate Range of 1,220 Miles and is used for Day and night bombing. The Messerschmidt a fighter plane has a reported 340 mile an hour top Speed Over a 680-mile Range and carries a Crew of two. The Heinkel 111 is a bomber with a Range of 1,540 Miles. It carries a Crew of four and has a maximum Speed of 260 Miles an hour at 17,000  department  loves at Bel last yank in Craf awarded dam for pressing Home his bombing attack on Turin even though the Hood of his cockpit had been blown off and he was exposed to the biting blasts of Winter Over the Snow capped Alps an american sergeant Pilot in the Royal Canadian air Force has been awarded the distinguished flying medal. He is sgt. Harry Morrissy 25, Cheltenham a. Forced to Jettison his Hatch cover when it blew open on the take off Morrissy decided to face crossing the Alpine peaks twice without Protection rather than to forgo bombing Turin in one of the november sorties. Exposed to intense cold he made the crossing successfully bombed his target and again climbed thousands of feet to re Cross the mountains and return to base. It was a round trip of 1,500 Miles. Since then Morrissy has been reported  followed two a colonels a 3, 100 Miles \ _ Belfast dec. 20�?s/sgt. T. S. Rosowski Ebenezer n.y., had to Trail a pair of Youthful British a a colonels a 3,000 Miles but he finally caught up with them. The lads named Bethell and Bright once toured the . And became honorary colonels of the new Mexico National guard during the time they were making talks in America describing the Battle of Britain. They visited 2,000 . Troops at the american red Cross club Here where they renewed acquaintance with a sgt. Rosowski whom they d met in the .a. Back there he told them a a i guess i la be seeing you Over in England before the War  it All came True in their meeting when Rosowski stated he d keep his Promise even if it did take 3,000 Miles of hard going. The Youthful a a colonels a addressing the troops put them at ease at the outset of the meeting with a a its All right boys Don t Salute a base command Corporal weds Cpl. W. W. Flowers Charleston w. Va.,of London base command yesterday afternoon married miss Annie Louisa Scott of London at St. Barnabas Church Pamlico. Best Man was a sgt. Richard s. Griffith Norfolk va., and sgt. Ervin Lowry of Lexington ind., was an attendant. The maid of Honor. Miss Edith Ellen Taylor Walton on the a i ill and bridesmaid miss Doris Mill ant London Are members of the  is married Blackmore dec. 20�?s/ sgt. Floyd l. Hibbard of an Engineer unit and May Eileen Mildred Stevens were married Here dec. 13 by the Rev. A Smith at St. Mary the Virgin Church. The Bride is the daughter of the late it. Comdr. G. J. Stevens and mrs. J. Gee of Blackmore. Sgt. Hibbard is the son of mrs. Rosa Hibbard and the late j. W. Hibbard of new Castle ind. Sgt. Isadore Rosner was Best Man. Belfast n.i., dec. 20�?american soldiers who frequent the american red Cross service club Here asked the stars and stripes a a help wanted department quot to try and find handball and gloves to go with their new court. Miss Mary Rice Anderson acting program director of the club said the court was completed recently but the men Are unable to use it because they Lack the necessary equipment. Anyone knowing where these articles can be obtained is asked to Contact the a a help w anted department a of the stars and  soldiers donate window to English Church american soldiers near a Small English town have donated a stained Glass window for the Village Church. The vicar held a special thanksgiving service for them and according to sos Headquarters european theater of operations the men later subscribed �100 for the window with an inscription commemorating Anglo american  along your own Towel american soldiers going on leave would be w ise to take along their own towels. Towel rationing has been introduced in England and the Board of Trade has announced that coupons will not be issued to hotels for towels owing to the textile shortage. This Means that some hotels May in the near future be out of towels