Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1944, Strasbourg, Alsace                              April 1944 government seizes Ward ii stores Chicago president Roosevelt is reported to Iovu issued an executive order Tor seizure of the Montgomery Ward mail order com Pany and department of com Merce officials were expected to take Over opera Tigris this action came after president Roosevelt issued a backs work to striking the same he ordered the management to comply with lbs order and sign a View con tract with workers voted to return to their lint the Mana Gers ignored warn ing and refused to extend the Cou Tuku which expired december the strike began of april 12 result of the managements Refu Sal to sign a new contract with Jabor Union with which retail wholesale and department store employees Are managers claimed that the Union no longer represented the majority of their workers and challenged cios right to represent when the walkout president Roosevelt intervened in to the company pre Sewell went a Tele Gram which said in part the strike is taking in the heart of one of the most vital War production centers in the it is causing delay in the delivery of farm equipment and machinery repair electrical tires and other goods essential for the Economy in was i shall take such action As the interest of the nation Lack of War spirit ires Nav York Robert Patterson warned that the Niril of Unity gripped ten nation immediately after Pearl Harbor has dwindled away under the complacent feeling As Good As Patterson called upon americans to attain a unify of purpose through Trust in our Faith in Pur military leadership and linking ourselves in thought and action with the nations fighting above Aimy nurses Dangle mess kits As they line up for Chow some where behind fhe Allied fifth army front in judging by the of those Lovely smiles the Chow must be pretty All nurses in the front line areas Wear the buxom cd regulation below an my and a jeep jockey grab a couple of handful of sinker served by a red Cross Clu Mobile the co fee will be out in few own japs flee into Jungles As yanks Guinea beachhead which Thev carved out on both Laun in and asserted that sides of dutch Guither isolation of another japs and another in Miles Outha Between Hollandia and Padang two of holi Andias three air domes have been captured by american invasion forces in dutch new Jap naval and air base in British new has fallen to australian in appears to Mark the be ginning of the end of the new Guinea Campaign and the setting of the stage for the Battle of the huge american forces Ftp r their Virrl Cro Vinnis Westward at using the number of troops Ever used in the Southwest Pacific supported by a Large Fleet of warships and forces swarmed the loll landia benches to recover the first Netherlands territory of the who witnesses the described it Asba paves enemy troops neutralized and strategically Impo tent from new to the so 1unon american casual ties were extremely the fall of the three Aerodromes Ai which will bring Mindanao in the Philippines within the Range of heavy is see Pacific on Page 8 the War of which brought the germans their ear Liest world War ii this week butterflies millions of German stomachs As their once confident government warned of Allied invasion by the end of the the Allied High command said but Tufts of Long planted plans sprouted from Scandinavia to from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Tho allies their priceless advantage of gave their own people Little of whether the inevitable now would occur matter of hours or but if they didst these actions did Many not a Day went by without thousand plane raids Over Ger Belgium and monday nights ba3 Berlin raid troops for Spring thrusts a Hill descended across the russian front this after nearly ten months of continuous offensives but the Lull was described a Cash before the Moscow correspondents re ported that the army is Coni its regrouping in several sectors of the vast front and is now ready to More powerful new perhaps coinciding with the Anglo Ameri can of Western unending streams of reinforce ments and supplies Are flowing up to the entire Eastern front in pre and while russian troops paused their Winter of Spring was drying out the Ukraine and melting the deep snows on the Central and Northern reported that violent fighting is flaming again on the lower Dniester after fierce artillery barrages and air attack in the area of capital of other Battles were reported progressing South of to see Russia on Page 8 was by the germans As the heaviest allowing 310 time for recovery after bomb Load of thi previous German posts along the Channel were on lie Alert fur landings nazi spokesmen pointed thigh tides the last ten Days of the month would be most favourable to land Britain sealing up on the italian were made at Center of the Allied and at Cisterna at the right flank Artil Lery duels continued at but the general atmosphere waa one of again Ger Gans displayed their defensive at1 tit lilo by pointing out that the new Allied concentrations Are not consistent with present activity and a new offensive in Italy is expected to be timed with the land ing attempts in the in Italy  pilots and physically fit released prisoners and political dissenters appeared on the nazi prisoners reported drinking water on the German Side was foul and that their food is now poorer than several weeks the nazis ordered to loot for clothes in Italy to be sent 3ee invasion on Page s Giles praises us anime after inspection returning Early this week i 18day and approximately Niles air tour of Benjamin gives had High raise for the spirit being shown and the work being done by the officers and men of his what impressed me most on the whole said was the fact that All the regardless of seem d conscious of the real importance of their jobs find were working with spirit and enthusiasm to do their jobs to me this is the test of a real and it makes me proud and Happy to have such soldiers in my the men of us anime obviously the general that the troops at the front can continue to carry on Only when the troops in the rear keep their organizations running smoothly and the flow of supplies Ward without Dakar still vital the general praised the construction work done at Benghazi by major Burg and his Ana added that the Post was of real importance both from the tactical and Supply Point of at locale of the famed bean he saw Amer ican troops that reminded he of an american legion and they were doing splendid work in a mighty hot winging Over to Giles was mightily impressed with that Busy station and the work being done by keen and major Peters and their Dakar May be out of the news these said the but quiet Job being done in keep ing planes an supplies is vital to at Roberts found a Fine body of our negro troops doing some outstand ing engineering and Supply with a snap and polish that was Good to praises South Africa Headquarters of the Central african Wing of at and Hub of us Afifi activities in that the Model the troops under Mcmullen arid Mcclendon Are exceptionally neat appear see Giles on Page 8 plane crash in Street Montreal an Raf apr Nebr exploded in midair this a Eek and urged into downtown razing three buildings arid Damag ing authorities revealed that the plane was operated by the Raf transport command ried a Crew of nine bodies have been found in the burning debris of 4