London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1942, London, Middlesex Daily newspaper . Armed in the european theater operations . 3 no. 48 London England tuesday dec. 29, 1942 tons a. Ready league after War Allace sees americans filling now to help enforce peace Ashington dec. 28�?the e j states has a Learned her a quot and is willing now to share responsibility for peace after this by participating in an internal body such As the league the world court vice Dent Henry a. Wallace told the a a in an address Here to night. Inoke a program marking a a a a a a Ersary the birth Woodrow quot who proposed the league is after the world War Only to is own country unwilling to Partick quot believe the United states has d her lesson and is willing to assume possibility proportionate to her the . Wallace said. Sew league necessary United nations he asserted must machinery to keep disarmed those the world that would break the it must also have adequate Nerv he said to prevent economic be and depressions which underlie Contentment Peoples through a world. He foresaw the need an National court and a system Leav Vional problems in regional hands idling upon the Progress the War sent the vice president said the people the United states a is entering its Grimm est phase. It me we Are beginning at last to what Flie privations War mean. A our boys in Ever greater numbers iming to grips with the enemy it there is a dawning Hope that f peace however Distant when the will go again All Over the world. A Hitler is falling Dolf Hitler s desperate bid for the j world order has reached and passed \ guest Point and is the Way to j the downfall. The equally sinister world domination by the japs it med eventually to fail Hen the Hitler regime finally is and the Jap War lords Are entirely de. A new phase world history e ushered in. The task our Tiona a generation which president velt once said has a rendezvous Withy is so to organize human affairs 10 Adolf Hitler no Power hungry Myers whatever their nationality re again plunge the whole world a and Laring that a a it would be the height by not to prepare for peace a . Said that plans must be made now Tew world wide democracy embody in principles Liberty and Unity in other words Home Rule and Cen a shunned responsibility Hen Woodrow Wilson proposed eague nations it became Appa hat these same principles needed applied among nations if a Repetti the first world War was to be pre i. Unfortunately the people the . Not ready. They believed in the be Liberty in International affairs Ere not willing to give up certain air International rights to shoulder n International duties even though nations were ready to take such in the world practical internal politics the net effect their in Lack action was anarchy and j0ss�f millions lives and hundreds Lions dollars in the second world i believe the United states has earned lesson and is willing to assume a re suit pity proportionate to her strength and Russia China and most the United nations Are perhaps even continued Page 4 Anco reported to be mobilizing Spanish Fleet is radio heard by the associated a said yesterday that Gen. Franco wish Al Lle mobilization the japs admit 5 carriers Are sunk damaged the japanese Navy minister Admiral Shigetaro Shimada admitted the following losses the japanese Navy in a report to the Imperial diet in Tokyo yesterday the United press reports according to Berlin radio a ships sunk one battleship three aircraft carriers four cruisers 15 destroyers nine submarines 20 other warships 65 naval merchant ships totalling 200,000 tons. Navy planes lost 568. Ships heavily damaged one battleship two aircraft carriers three cruisers nine destroyers one submarine ten other ships. Four pronged red offensive smashes through Don Basin. Threatening to trap nazis russians drive the Don Basin Voronezh russians enter Ukraine severe rations go into effect in . Shortly meat 200 canned items to join Coffee sugar limited list american families now subject to food rationing Only Coffee and sugar will be obliged to buy a huge proportion their table items a Point system similar to Britain a after feb. 1, it became apparent yesterday. More than 200 kinds fruits vegetables juices and soups and a a a great variety brands grades sizes and shapes containers a will be placed under the rationing As soon As adequate machinery for handling it can be set up. Price administrator Leon Henderson announced in Washington. As Early As last month his office had warned the nation that meat rationing would become necessary soon after the turn the year. Must feed services Henderson a disclosure came the heels Secretary agriculture Claude Wickard a announcement in a nationwide radio address that the necessity feeding America s fighting men and assisting her allies had made it necessary for him to instruct the office Price administration to ration All canned dried and Frozen fruits and vegetables. Approximately 1,500,000 volunteers must be recruited and trained to handle registration and full information the mechanics the plan must be spread to All food processes wholesalers and retailers Henderson said. Most important he added the Public must be informed the use the War ration books to be distributed. Applies to everyone the rationing will apply to every Man woman and child in the United states the government made Clear. It will be preceded by a Short period in which retail sales rationed items will be suspended entirely then registered persons will buy whatever rationed foods they desire up to the value permitted in their Coupon books. The Coupon system will differ from Britain s in that purchasers May do their continued Page 4 limit German Advance i942. A Mimi a a a a a a a it a t Kanti Mrovka bog Char a a a a Kletsky off. I in Olkhova r0g ii norych.tsk9 a a j Morozova kai��?zxstaiin6rad ask y a Hon Tutov Aba Nervo push ruins any Lope stand East Ukraine Here Are the four spearheads russians Don offensive. Northernmost Arrow indicates where reds have encircled Millerov in conjunction with a similar push from North Morozova. South Morozova the reds Are astride the Railroad heading West while the fourth prong is from a Point South Stalingrad toward Kotelnikov key railway Point. T/4 to . Navy lieutenant and the Guys name is Ripley 4ec 28 a it a Gen. Franco Blic w la decree the ministry Spain a i Unczer which the Dock areas iak a be closed to All persons save those who work have mess a it such be docks Orn the s0ns must a stain authorization Nava other authorities. By Tom Bernard stars and stripes Navy editor a Batch Legal looking documents which by act Congress would make t/4 Wayne e. Ripley Jacksonville Fla., an officer and a gentleman in the . Navy trailed him around the United states and great Britain for three months until they finally caught up with him in London last week. Now he a Lieut. W. E. Ripley a a Puser with a rank corresponding to that Captain in the outfit from which he had just obtained his release. Lieut. W. I. Leckie head the Navy s London personnel office administered the oath at naval Headquarters after All the documents were duly signed and witnessed. Ripley joined the army last april 2 a leave absence from his $7,500-a-year Post As Duval county Fla solicitor to accept the army s $21 a month As a Buck private. Previously he had filed application for a commission in the Navy. He was stationed first at Camp Bland ing Fla. Then his outfit was ordered to great Britain where it arrived August 16. Less than a month later sept. 10, the Navy decided he was a Man for British at Tripoli tania300 Miles to go to Tunisia three armies today Are closing in the Axis forces in North Africa. The eighth army continuing its steady Pursuit Rommel a troops was Only about 15 Miles from Ruerat the Border the italian province Tripoli Tania proper last night. Having advanced More than 1,000 Miles from Al Alamein Gen. Montgomery a forces now have about 300 Miles to go by Road to the Frontier Tunisia thus completing the Allied pincers a movement the United press reported. In Tunisia the French Are pushing towards the coast South Pont do Fahs while Gen. Andersons first army is consolidating its positions the Heights around Medvez Al Bab. Allied Headquarters in North Africa reported that the . Air Force continued its attacks enemy shipping docks and transport in Tunisia but ground activity was still limited to patrol action. Small groups opposing forces clashed in several places but there was As yet no sign imminent movements for a major offensive the associated press said. War Hawks in action lightnings and War Hawks simultaneously attacked other areas and shot up numerous vehicles the roads. One flying Foi Tress previously reported lost in an attack Bizerte dec. 26, landed in Friendly territory some distance from its base. On its Way Back it destroyed one Focke Wulf 190 and damaged two others. A communique summing up air operations announced that 277 enemy planes had been destroyed in the seven week old North african Campaign for an Allied loss 114. A a from the beginning the North african operations until yesterday 277 continued Page 4 ships arrive at Malta unattached by enemy Malta dec. 28 apr for the first time in nearly two years a Squadron ships has sailed the entire Eastern Mediterranean into this Harbor without a shot being fired enemy even sighted. Its arrival marked a great turn in maltese history and final Relief from siege was clearly shown As people cheered from shattered buildings As this British striking Force steamed into the Harbor. A lie tenancy. The necessary papers arrived at Blanding oct. 3 and were forwarded to Ripley s station where they arrived nov. 7. But the army a delayed releasing him from its ranks until dec. 16. Meanwhile he had been working As a horizontal control operator at a fire direction enter somewhere in England. Ripley still holds his Job As county prosecutor. The mild Bushy haired attorney filed for re election to the office a after serving two years and eight months his term just after entering the service. He was elected again May 5, although he had no Opportunity to conduct his own Campaign the Navy lieutenant s political careers a striking one. He served As City councilman at Large in Jacksonville Lor two years before entering the contest for solicitor. After his first year in the latter office he was awarded the . Junior chamber Commerce distinguished service award for his work in prosecuting criminal cases. A graduate the University Florida Ripley is 36 years old. Although he was commissioned in the aviation Branch the service his assignment has not been determined As yet according to Lieut. Leckie. French Honor . Pilot for Protection to troops Allied he North Africa dec. 28 apr a special citation has been conferred upon col. Thayer s. Olds 38, Warren o., commander the . P-38 fighter group by maj. Gen. Juin for highly effective air support Given the French troops the Southern t tunisian front in which Olds flew with his men. The citation one few Ever conferred by the French a . Flyer said Olds attacked a a with lightning Speed enemy columns which were constantly threatening our nov. 25, it said he smashed an enemy motorized column destroying part it and dispersing the rest a before it had time to dose our by the United press grinding Down the Don River Basin toward the key Points Rostov and Oroshi Novgrad the russians Are crumpling any Hopes Hitler May have had stabilizing a Winter line East the Ukraine. In an offensive four main thrusts into the Rich Basin which fell to the nazis 1942 Campaign the red army is advancing toward a situation in which much the German forces along the Don East Rostov May find themselves As completely encircled As von Hotho a 22 divisions which have been trapped after their Blo Odily fruitless siege Stalingrad. Railways roads and the valleys tributaries the Don seem to be the immediate objectives the russian forces. Once Cut these communication lines May leave the German army the Don isolated. Key Point threatened Kotelnikov key Point the railway running Southwest from Stalingrad is already threatened by new advances that have followed the smashing the German counter offensive. Heavier fighting is being forced the russians As they continue their Advance the Nalchik front but they Are sweeping aside opposition Here As the other fronts. The four main fronts the Don Basin drive the first West the Voronezh Rostov railway is carrying the russians nearer to Oroshi Novgrad As Gen. Golikov continues to push Hack the germans. Reports this drive however particularly As to whether not it has yet reached into the Ukraine Are sparse at present. Millerov surrounded the second front lies around Millerov which according to latest reports reaching Moscow is now to All intents and purposes surrounded. This was effected by the combined movements forces both sides the line and remnants the enemy resistance in the path both drives Are being mopped up. The third front represents the North Side the Triangle formed by the advancing russian forces one Side and the arms the Rostov Voronezh and Rostov Stalingrad railway where they meet at Lintaya. On the fourth front a russian Force is encircling German troops West Potemkin Skaya and North tsim Lyan Skaya. The encircling movement actually begins about 12 Miles from Kotelnikov swings Northwest Over the Don to South the Stalingrad Rostov railway then continued Page 4 Reich warned hard w inter a gloomy picture the prospects for German troops facing another Winter the russian front was painted by col. Braga commander a German infantry regiment in a broadcast last night the German radio associated press reported. A a just As last Winter a he said a a our troops feel the terrible cold penetrating up the marrow. The infantry has to keep its striking Power at a time when Snow and ice completely paralyse All other describing conditions last Winter he said a a the infantry could hardly open their eyes As they were filled with ice crystals. Sometimes the conditions became such that the w ill to self preservation had completely disappeared and commanders had to do whatever they could to re establish the soldiers will to live. A a the German soldiers for Many months not even take off their clothes not to speak any possibility washing. Vermin proved to be a terrible plague. None us can forget the indescribable pain suffered by the wounded before they could be removed from the front. A a the russian soldiers were Well adapted to Winter fighting whereas the German troops had to fight with the same uniform they had been Given for the
