London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1945, London, Middlesex Page 4 the stars and stripes life in those United states everybody has a bark about priority was yapping today about and Elliott Roosevelt dog which allegedly barked three servicemen out of their seats on a transcontinental at plane because he the dog had an a priority while they the servicemen had Only c interrupting arguments on the War and the soldiers and congressmen and newspapers shouted who gave the Mutt a priority no one this irked newly elected George Miller into threatening to Call for a congressional investigation because one of the three Leon of among his the controversial canine is a 130pound Bull mastiff named the stars and stripes was told at Roosevelt office that the presidents son recently flew the dog to washing ton in his own plane while on official according to the Roosevelt left Blaze there when he returned to merely asking that it be ferried across country to his Wile in California if an empty bomber happened to be going that Roosevelt is head of an 8th air Force reconnaissance Wing instead of a bomber ride the dog got an a priority aboard an at the three servicemen lost their seats at Stephen White House described the incident As almost regrettable combination of errors and said the president knew nothing about no one Here gave the Secretary of War Henry Stimson called the whole thing a Harold at claimed an error in judgement had been j made and promised Steps to prevent More such j Clare Hoffman read a letter to the House from an unidentified Serviceman complaining about Long overseas duty and remarked i wonder what he would think if he with the nation still remembering Eleanor Roosevelt announcement earlier this week that the presidents Fala was j on a the new York world Telegram asked editorially was this j trip necessary the dog himself was too Busy to accept Hes in Hollywood undergoing a course in the american Way of adapt himself from his English they to rubber at Roosevelt Harry Vaughan base congratulates and Forks Over a s100 War Bond to pfc Jack of the generals Home for submitting the first prize winning letter in the recent tires for Victory while the second and third prize George of Philadelphia and the 1450th ordnance and Albert of Chicago and the 101st general stand popularity Price new 19 described As the most popular Sailor in great George Wilbur Crosby is being held for grand jury action on charges of violating Export control provisions of the neutrality reason for both popularity and trouble is that Crosby allegedly made a habit of smuggling into the things difficult to procure in wrist cigarette lighters and silk 9 miners blown to death 19 the bodies of nine miners trapped feet underground by an explosion wednesday were recovered indications were the men were killed not enlightening new 19 new York times last Midnight shut off its electrically lighted news bulletins on a moving sign girding its building in times Square in keeping with the webs Brownout directive which becomes sat on dynamite 19 town might have been blown to bits if an underground Pool of gasoline formed by seepage from a storage tank haunt been discovered in the subterranean Stream constituted such a town j officials that a spark would have set it news of the danger was sup pressed until the Pool had been drained set her Cap for a a lot of them 19 months Ivis a War Plant penned a memorandum on one of the tags accompanying a tropical helmet Good Luck and kill a Jap for this week she received a letter from Boatswain serving in the saying in accordance with your it is my pleasure to inform you that on a japanese plane attacked my ship and it was shot Down and the Pilot killed by heavy antiaircraft Battery under my please consider your request fulfilled Many times Over since that amateurs not to blame new 19 executive director of the Wel fare charged that the juror being raised Over Victory Giris and their alleged effect on the rising rate of cd was nothing but a source of Lane lies in commercialized prostitution and not in War born lowering of moral standards among teen age medal for Bob Hope 19 soldiers in by Bob honoured today when the comedian was awarded the poor Richard clubs medal of messages commending the work done by Hope and other entertainers in the War Heaters were read from George Marshall and Henry Arnold and Chester Navy scrap Over 0 19 army told the Navy today it wanted the rest of its Jap Zero fighter plane the plane was on a sidetracked Flatcar Here Enro Ute to the army shot from the sky when a group of sailors stripped the Zero of its instruments for some sch Vozzola army air Force photo this gals Allway musical has come to London for a today five members of the cast Are shown pfc Jessie plays the first left to right Are Gloria Phila comedienne Margaret who does a Takeoff on burlesque Queens pfc Virginia Winston acrobatic dancer and Shirley dramatic they will play at the Scala theater saturday and at Rainbow Corner on nazi spokesmen show Strain but keep whistling up Hope German military correspondents yesterday swallowed their earlier state ments that territorial losses so far were and said that what matters now is somehow or other to bar the Road into the there was no tendency among nazi spokesmen to minimize the threat to the a Berlin radio commentator stated unequivocally that the East front situation was very but added that it was not without he then cited the catastrophe facing Germany last summer when the Western invaders broke through a ranches and when the red West fronts continued from Page 1 top army officials headed by Harold George head of take a Gander at the new transport counterpart of the of which Only the nose is from com z to combat continued from Page 1 artillery and certain branches of the Matchett indicated that surplus in All other arms would be the same he said that the decline in the need for a men came about largely As a result of the decrease in the Lute wanes offensive Matchett disclosed that the program for retraining com z personnel was now in its final of describing the he said that it takes from to eight depending on the soldiers previous he said that the svit cover of personnel will be expedited As fast As available facilities make it in answer to a he said that we could use More limited service Over Matchett cited the work of the 101st airborne division at Bastogne As proof that the reinforcement command he pointed out that 101st has had thousands of reinforcements since Dray and that those rein Pree menus became the divisions he also cited the records of the 9th and 35th whose wounded veterans have been returned to their outfits through the replacement system As Many As three the other two reinforcement shipments of new men from the and return of casualties to the not decrease in importance with the new Marchett Phillip commander of the 16th reinforcement said that the reinforcement problem was one of convincing the men that they were being not them on becoming even when they originally feel that there being sabotaged and shanghaied into a reinforcement the three primary lessons the reinforcement depot has to teach the men who pass through it Are to to and to Wood Only a few noncom Are broken when they pass through the Wood cos Are Given every Chance to prove themselves As Field he the highest ranking officers passing through the i system have been he main base in the South for the germans in the five nazi counterattacks at 13 Miles Southeast of Luxemburg forced troops of the 94th infantry Divi Sion to withdraw from the in the northeastern sector of the ardennes 1st army troops made better Progress yesterday than in previous Days toward the Road Hub Vith As 30th division troops captured six Miles below and 1st division units took one mile farther South where the germans pulled sheaf issued a summary of ardennes operations claiming nazi casual of whom were Allied casualties As of it were including the summary estimated that four enemy armoured divisions were one Parachute division destroyed and eight Volk Grenadier divisions British 2nd army going into action in the Maas Roer Triangle above Aachen on tanks under artificial Moon captured More than a dozen Ger Man villages and joined up the two prongs which had stabbed into the Hook of Ger dispatches told of Snow and sleet sweeping the Northern sectors of the Western it that artillery was supporting the British could not be army broke into the Central part of the Eastern Perseveran cing saving us our perseverance saved us then and it will save us he other commentators apparently hoped to quiet the fears on the German Home front by saying reserves were being rushed defense lines were being counterattacks were under Way and Dis engaging movements were proceeding according to one commentator claimed that the situation had changed considerably in favor of the German defense at the Southern end of the polish he followed through with similar claims for two other sectors and predicted changes for the better in two Berlin agreed with Moscow on Only one Point this time the soviets Are out for a final the russian army newspaper red Star didst quibble about red army Berlin is still but it has not Long to Llya Ehrenberg tin fish Fry Maas 19 hideout for German midget discovered yesterday in the Northern was blasted and set afire in two raids by Balkan air Force it was announced must Aid 1 no British 1 web Man 19 understanding of the respective problems of the and Britain necessary if a Headon clash bet to British and american opinion is to in William of the War production Here last adding that the i needing Britain As much in peace Asir must take energetic Steps to Wail helping Britain regain economic health i he would emerge the War feeling that protective Tariff in state trading and All the Ethel implements of the totalitarians inf of living thus Breeding the on the other a Jujj emerge from the War badly wounded Ami feeling they must have Protection their at least for some if it Means using some of these unhappy Batt there is no divergence in Long rang Batt describing Britain present political and economic gyration of them unpleasant 115 j efforts to win time for cat yales Cence of a people tired and won in their sixth year of though sol fighting hints to join big 3 Tion whether Charles de gaunt would be present at the forthcoming meeting Wei unanswered at the presidents press Ference but an indication that it French leaders participation was undo consideration came from Secretary of state Edward Stettinius who sail that it has not been decided whether it Gaulle oui Tel Stettinius disclosed that he would it at the big three saying tin president invited me several weeks jail to accompany i shall be Goi gwm Ujj Stettinius said also that he Woohg attend the american republics Confer ence in Mexico United press Sai opening of the conference is expects to be postponed from 15 to though the president had no answer on Thede Gaulle he was mos talkative concerning United nations elaboration in the economic menting on the announcement a today of the continuance until the of the Pacific War of the combined production and resources the bind raw materials Board an til combined much has been heard about Angle american Roose but perhaps we hear less of bin really effectively they Are working be Gether in winning the War and meeting economic problems in the Afa they the three boards Are helping fad countries to pick up their Industrial thus easing Plant and Man pow shortages in the Britain and Cattai and at the same time easing unrest f liberated territories by restoring Emp Fri he Russia continued from Page 1 taking part in the pincer movement a the left half of the pincer around lid was formed by marshal Komets another spearhead of Konies army at the German silesian Border i according to had penetrated at the great nazi Industrial area of european Fadio stations repeatedly w yesterday that soviet troops had Cross the silesian but there was official announcement nor any Admi Sij from Berlin that the Frontier had at the Southern end of the line g Petrov smashed through h defences Between Konies front and carpathians and advanced 50 Miles four on a 37mile these two armies together now to overrun the entire silesian indict Region and sweep to key Muni cations Center on the Oder in Budapest was half of the City had been germans and russian troops were sorted crossing the Danube to Annie it he remainder of the the red f air grounded weather when the tremendous got under entered the fray Days and in 72 hours flew met Tel sorties against the Terry and the pirates by Courtesy of news Syndicate l vol men billeted in a Pasha to equipment available to you thank u ugh tenant expecting watt5 at me Aik pome Wojke Cwa Eue and Snake Tumbow Are await info take cake f tinted Bien gland by the times publishing printing and published by the United states armed
