London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1942, London, Middlesex                                Page 4 the stars and Stripe wednesday dec. 23, 194, Raf foil own . Raid with blow at Munich toll of nazi planes shot Down in sundays Battle is 44 close on the heels of the devastating raid by american flying fortresses and liberators Over France heavy bombers o the Raf blasted Munich monday night in the fourth night attack on that important German rail and arms Center. While the Raf was blasting Munich final tabulation of enemy fighter planes shot Down in the sunday raid by the United states army air Force on Romilly sur Seine brought the total to 44. Of this number six were seen to crash 23 went Down in flames 14 disintegrated and one plane was abandoned by the Pilot. Eighth air Force Headquarters admitted the loss of six bombers. A a a great weight of bombs was dropped on Munich and Large fires were seen a was the air ministry communique telling the Story of the second successive Raf night raid on Continental targets. Raf loses 12 planes a a this was done in spite of much Cloud along the route and Over the City itself. A twelve of our aircraft Are  Munich links Germany with Italy by rail and there Are important lines to Vienna Strasbourg and Berlin. Details and results of the 1,000-mile sortie Are withheld but it is assumed that great locomotive Sheds were knocked out As part of the Allied program crippling transportation from Italy to Africa As much As possible. Sunday night the Raf hit Duisburg largest Inland port in Europe for the 56th time. A a the defences were said to be a not up to Ruhr standards a and considerable damage and Many Large fires were reported. We lost 11 bom Bers a according to the air ministry. More stirring tales of sky Battles Over France on sunday when american flying fortresses and liberators took their heavy toll of fighter planes were revealed today. 6 Sweet pea a in trouble a fortress labelled a a Sweet pea a had just been named in Honor of an orphan helped by the air Force when capt. John Ryan Troy n.y., took his Crew toward France. A a we ran into fwd and flak on the Way Over a related 2nd it. Gerald Simmons Payson Utah co Pilot of the Ryan ship. A a we saw one few blown up by its own flak. We went Over Paris and dropped our bombs on the target. Then coming out we ran into real trouble. A 20mm. Shell blew a third of our horizontal Stabilizer off and a Bullet went into one of our ailerons. A big chunk was Cut out of one Wing. One of the superchargers was gone and Only three engines were pulling. Our life raft came out and Hung on the horizontal  nonetheless the fort got Home. A Story of 6 Montana Pewter a 1st it. Robert w. See Les of Phillips Burg Montana flys an named fortress that some Day the Crew plans to Christen Montana Power a if it continues to come Back As it did sunday. A a we were among fwd most of the Way to Romilly and Back a series related. A 20-mm. Shell exploded in the nose of the ship. The ships right Aileron was shot up and it took the efforts of both see Les and 2nd it. Alexander Kramarenko of Chicago the co Pilot to hold it in place. Sgt. Eulis Smith Ball Turret gunner from Chatan Noga tenn., took care of one of the fwd shooting it Down in flames. A sgt. John Crowther of powder River Wyoming collected a a a  the fort was brought Home safely. Christmas continued from Page 1 schedules the order states but May be granted Only Between dec. 23 and 25, inclusive. Among kid parties planned Are today an air Force station in England 400 children from the neighbouring Village. Gifts sweets chewing gum fruit juice and a Christmas tree. An infantry battalion near London 400 stockings loaded with Candy and toys for children at the Village the Celebration to be held at the local Cinema. Dec. 24�?edinburgh a special pro Gram Christmas eve. Party for orphans in the afternoon dec. 25 and movies at night. Glasgow a 20-foot Christmas tree provided by Volunteer workers. Singing of carols Christmas morning a Turkey dinner and a Tea dance. From a special service unit a a 1,000 kid party a planned for thursday afternoon to be followed Christmas with variety acts caroling and music. London red Cross hostels have an elaborate program for tomorrow. The Charles St. Nurses club will have All of its festivities on Christmas eve with a dinner and a dance. There will not be anything special on Christmas Day. At j the Washington club Curzon St., Christ 1 Mas eve will be observed with carols and refreshments. A kid party is planned for i Christmas Day. The Hans Crescent Hostel knights Ridge will trim the tree Christmas eve and present a variety program including Carol singing. There will lie a dinner and dance Christmas. The Mostyn club Portman St., will have a party for its Volunteer and paid workers dec. 24, with Carol singing and a Brief Christmas eve service at Midnight. . Airmen rescued from ice floes a hmm in 1 i 1 Jan Impi planet photo . Airmen forced Down among ice floes off Greenland Are rescued by coast guardsmen As lifeboats push through the icy Waters of the North Atlantic to safety. Woe is the shoe department they be lost their own 8ds by Luigi of Shaughnessy stars and stripes staff writer it s a bitter bitter War. First pfc Dewey Livingston can t find any shoes size 13 e. So the stars and stripes assigns a poor beat Down rewrite Guy to whip up sentiment for Dewey and get him some shoes. Okay. We whip up sentiment. We get Dewey the shoes. Then can t find Dewey. Of Well carry on. We find another Guy same size As Dewey to fit his shoes which have been an office stumbling Block and responsibility for a week. In the meantime what started out to be a one Day a a help a Guy on his uppers a business becomes a regular maelstrom of shoes a shoe storm a Back breaking Job of finding a pair and who knows maybe an extra pair of brogans for every big footed b a ltd Width that is of course a in the . Forces. Does that defeat the shoe department hell no. Used to fit Mem on fat ladies Back in Indiana for old Sam Schwartz fat moist ladies. You can break the shoe departments Back but not its heart. Yes brother you can. The shoe department has lost its own shoes. Size 8 d. One 1 or. Ea., of Brown soldiers for the use of. Elm t know what it will Cost doing this and afraid to ask. Started Home with Mem last night All Nice and repaired. At the Lamb and Lark Don t know rather not go Back there. Piccadilly circus maybe. You Tell the shoe department where it lost those shoes and the shoe department will go there. In the meantime what started out As a Campaign slogan a a pair of shoes for every Soldier a a has become a matter close to this departments heart. Close to its feet too. Japs battered onto fronts Washington dec. 22 a �?. Heavy bombers striking on widely separated fronts of the Pacific theater of War have smashed Jap installations on the Solomons and aleutians the Navy department announced today. A communique stated on dec. 20 . Bombers escorted by fighters carried out a heavy coordinated attack upon Jap Shore installations at Kiska in the aleutians. A a hits were scored and heavy explosions observed in the Vicinity of the submarine base. The Camp areas and buildings were bombed and strafed. Tells of fights in libyan skies continued from Page 1 a a All . Planes returned. A on dec. 21 army flying fortresses attacked enemy installations in the Munda area of new Georgia Island. Results were not reported. A a two japanese cargo ships were attacked by flying fortresses at Kahili in the Buin area of Bougainville Island. One of the cargo vessels was last seen settling by the  in new Guinea the Allied attack against the remaining japanese Strong positions in the Buna area was reported making steady headway despite the enemy a do or die resistance started smoking and headed for the deck a capt. Mobbs said. Merena got the next one he exploded in the air. By now Barnes had three on him but he shot at two of them and one went in. For a moment the air was fairly Clear. Then we saw Messe Schmitts on both sides. I could hear Merena Yelling into his microphone a hey you Guys come Back Here and help me. Hey there s six of the filthy scum. I m in a Jam. Hey come Back Damn it come  but capt. Ryan did no to heart his radio had been shot out. A a Barnes and i had our hands full. But Steve did a Beautiful Job. He shot Down one of the six and got damaging bursts in the two others then fee managed to shake the rest off and struck out for Home. Invitation to Bakers members of american forces who were Bakers or confectioners in civilian life have been extended an invitation to discuss modern bakery technique with fellow tradesmen in the British Isles when they have some spare time available. If any . Servicemen Are interested they Are to Contact the Trade publication. The British Baker printed at Stafford House Norfolk Street London or their special service officer. In his own dogfight Mobbs shot Down the second plane but was himself hit in the leg by shrapnel from a 20-mm. Cannon Shell while following his victim Down j his guns were put out of action. The intelligence officer of Mobbs Squadron i says Mobbs believing himself finished tried to ram the Messe Schmitts twice but they got away. A when i turned my Tail and headed for Home there were three Messe Schmitts on me a Mobbs said. A a i tried to get a burst in at the closest one. It was then i found my guns were gone. Then two More Messe Schmitts joined the party. There were two on each Side of me to keep me in the Alley and one behind who kept shooting at me. Every so often one of the Wing boys would Swap places with the Tail me to try his Luck. A i was plenty Lucky when German ack ack around Al Asheila started trying pick me off. The Jerries  bomber group to Aid a Tomboy air Force wants to help a most mischievous kids in Isles a a a red haired Tomboy of a girls most mischievous kid in the British Isles a a is the sort of blitzed War orphan for whom the a the bombardment Squadron h of the a re bombardment group height air Force have raised More than �100 As their contribution in the stars and stripes War orphan Campaign. Five Money orders totalling �100 came to this office yesterday from the Squadron. The Money was raised by officers and enlisted men alike largely according to maj. Charles c. Sheridan commanding a through the efforts of tech. Sgt. Nathan m.  since the sum was raised by the resourcefulness and Ace promoting a of sgt. Kirkpatrick maj. Sheridan said the unit voted to designate the sergeant As the a a official godfather a of the youngster who will be helped Over a period of five years by their donation. Want 6 mischievous kid we want a red haired Tomboy of a girls most mischievous kid in the British Isles in Devil ment All the time a the unit wrote. But honestly we re not too particular just As Long As we get a girl with lots of  the Squadron had one regret however. We wanted to detail someone to London to Contact the red Cross a child choosing agent a in person maj. Sheridan wrote for the men and officers a a since 100% of our Squadron voted that we get a 19-year-old nurse with blonde hair and Blue eyes to care for the child but this being impracticable we leave everything to the proven Good judgment of the stars and stripes or designated  the unit s total collection actually amounted to �104, but they re saving a Little bit out of the Kitty for a party for their youngster when it can be arranged. Years Day Well have a Short quiet honeymoon and ill stay Here a month or so before returning to the  there was one More thing. A a miss Landis How about that fellow pvt. Richard c. Miller of an air Force observation Squadron who found the dress you lost at his unit ? before you get married  he collect the kiss offered As a Reward ? a a he sure can a was the answer. A you bring him around to see me As soon As you can and hell collect his Reward All  there you Are brother Miller. Just get into this office As soon As you can with that dress. Well do the rest. All the rest if you insist. Blondie by Courtesy of King features Syndicate and the London daily sketch by Chic Young  never dreamed head Boss �?~gil1 . Staff toiled w in offices deep in Britain so Rock by Wes Gallagher a War correspondent North Africa few delayed a it could not have Hamel the wildest dream of a . Army a but it happened in fact an ans general commanded the fortress of re altar which has been a Symbol 0f strength for almost two centuries Security restrictions now permit announcement that a a the Rock quot 2� As Gen. Eisenhower a Allied Force ? quarters during the first anxious Dav the North african Campaign. In the worlds safest air raid Sheb. Ider 1,400 feet of solid Rock in j under offices carved in Limestone the Allien l worked for 24 hours a Day. Ranked British commander a a never in my wildest dreams in we lint Days did i Ever think that some some a general would Point in an american Nuriu command the British fortress of Gibraltar a Gen. Eisenhower declared one Dav during a press conference at his a a Rock quot office. The a a Rock a of course was actually under the command of Gen. Eisenhower Only because he was Allied commander in chief and Gen. Mason Macfarlane who is actually in command was responsible to him for orders. Weeks before the Zero hour americas and British advanced groups were work ing secretly and keeping out of the Way of the daily influx of 5$00 Spanish workers. They installed a signal apparatus and put about 40 offices in the heart of the a Rock a in shape for Allied operations. Tight guard system to reach Headquarters one a Navy guards then guards at the a Tunnel More than three Quad mile Long. A final British Gua than a Quarter of a mile into the inspected passes before allowing to pass into the Allied Force h ters. Generals admirals privates All had i walk through the dripping Tunnel to the Headquarters where Concrete casements kept off the water. Privates were treated to the unusual sight of seeing their commander in chief Clad in a Field jacket sprinting the entire length of the Tunnel with his staff trailing behind him like the Tail of a Comet la was about his Only Chance of exercise. Adm. Cunningham bustled around Headquarters in a White Turtle Ned sweater the height of informality fora British Admiral. Precedent was also broken on the a women less a Rock by the presence of a Large number of a Wrens a who helped to Man the cipher signal offices. They were the Only women at War in the North african Campaign at that time. The Harbor bustled with ships for Gibraltar was the bottle neck of the entire Allied invasion plan. British fortress gunners manned the batteries for 24 hours daily. Each passing Convoy clearly seen from Spain was a a like Money in the  printed in Long fund by the times publishing company limited printing House Square London e.c.4, and published by the United states armed forces�?23 secret visitor a strange procession of visitors walked through the wet Tunnel to Headquarters. The names of Many must remain secret. The staff often went to work at Dawn in the Tunnel ate their lunch there and did not come up for air until night. The adjutant general col. T. A Davis Washington said a if i Sti underground Here much longer 1 am going to grow hair on the Back like a mole. The Swift succession of ships convoys planes and visitors left Gen. Macfarlane whose plans in two years turned the Rojc into a network of tunnels storerooms passages and gun emplacements unperturbed. A a All i need is a top hat and i shorn feel like a train dispatcher on a Verpej Street station a he declared one Day showing four correspondents Over m quarters. Africa continued from Page 1 Miles from Medvez Al Bab which considerably farther away than he previously reported lacked particular in finance adding a a the enemy apparently is trying Tou his troops where they can do most dec and there is no indication tha he is tending a general withdrawal Back Tofu  rommers plans \ affin1 in Libya meanwhile germ in guns placed on the High ground so a of East of Sirte opened up on , armoured elements of the eighth which Are prodding the German 1 guard. Kornmel s intentions Are �w.1 there Are three possibilities Irso 0f still Van i he May make another stand in one that1� the wadis West of Sirte second. M May hold on West of Sirte eighth army appears in Force any he May continue a non Stop Pitnu All the Way to Tunisia. 12-42