Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1944, Strasbourg, Alsace King Faruk paid a Surprise visit to the baby grand open House last Friday afternoon in the Cairo red1 Cross wearing the uniform of Marshall of Tho egyptian if King Faruk sampled hamburgers in Tho snack bar with left to right Omar Fathi his British troops Egypt Agnes red Cross military attache facing the one year after Tho freeing of Africa from the Nizzia Aerial assault on fortress Europe this week officially was described us the raids reached new height sin one Day alone planes Lai inched from to the now caught in an completed on the East by the advancing yesterdays objectives were French and belgian Tho Weiner neat arts me factory works near Vienna and the suburbs of in Tho 15 bombers were reported missing from Tho Daylight attacks five of our bombers failed to again the bombardment surpassed All previous with every Type of bomber and fighter in eluding sea fighters for the first last Friday there a slight Lull in Channel activity be Caus of had but bomber Parade Koptur italian bases against the hitting the transport centers through which must pass Man supplies for Tho russian front in Eastern j3y sunday the go Bill gets Sharp slicing Washington Hill of right Iii a the famous created by juror of in reported from tin House vet this week slightly reported us the maximum it Tirsin unemployment com was rut by 50 per the original Senate proposal Pru mild i re ilium for hut tin Voi com Inch to headed by John flu Lias might for restrictions it Iii cd the total Down to on the other his loan provision providing ready Cash to is for financing Small and farms was upped rum to chairman Rankin said that he would Welcome amendments from i to and according to an a Here will Amend a storm of adding Likely changes will include a Bonus or adjusted compensation and restoration of the original Senate proposal concerning the us anime commanding general and chief of staff were welcomed of the baby stands House by a couple of arc who looked their happiest William chief of staff Pat Winslow of and Polly von of share a joke with Benjamin hitter carries that Cane not because he wants but As a Concession to the he was As an infantry regimental commander in both the sicilian and italian staff photos by soviets mop up last stragglers in the Crimea Tho siege of Sevastopol ended Early wednesday whim troops of the Ith ukrainian supported by there air Force and a Hiroko through Strong Ger Man defences and swept into the turning it into a Slaughter House and a rubble of burning de tie capture of scene of two of history greatest has Given the russians Lull command of the crimean Penin Sula after a Campaign of 32 Days in which germans and Kun maniacs were either Cap tured or bottled on the Western tip of russian forces Are already clean ing up the altered City and Rush ing reconstruction of the great Black sea naval base for As a vital port in russian assaults on Rumania and the Black sea is almost completely under russian an estimated Force of troops were to sieved to be holding when to russians forced the cite hut Moscow reports that Only a fraction of Tho enemy forces Ore thought to Liao a Nihil on the other re ports thai the few divisions which held the russians off at Sevastopol still fighting at the South Western tip of the rain of fire the fall of another major disaster for came after thick Days of fighting through Throe Concrete and Steof fortified defense lines one of the Strong est defences in the said Stalin in announcing the the actual siege lasted 21 the concentration of artillery and fire is equal Only of that rained on at Leningrad and Ala the Harbor was likewise see Russia on Page 8 la Saliaj had again loosed massive raids on Munster and flying above a Cloud Bank f hat made German opposition Day weather cleared for a second attack on Berlin and a plane assault on 125 Miles West of the following rap sweeps on chemical Center air Field and towns along the Normandy 6n monday alone tons of bombs were dropped on 18 objectives from British and italian based tuesday the heavies of the 9th Saaf were directed at coastal fortifications in the Calais and Cherbourg areas and the 8th hit belgian and Western Jermany tar fun an 80hour period ending Allied airmen Lead sent tons of bombs on flown sorties and concluded to third consecutive Day in which Nore than planes had been Virled into Daylight assault i the area Brest on the Brittany five Hundred Miles East Ward to covering Tho German communications sys see air War on Page general Ike orders i vote ballots for gis j in european command in to out a directive by preparations Are being Marie for american servicemen in the euro Pean theater to vote in lie pending Eisenhower has ordered that each Man in supplied with an official postcard application for a ballot from fas own at the same Al com Pany unit have been ordered to publicize election dates and to acquaint servicemen with he mechanics of voting in their state Over 26s breathe easily once More was Rood news for the Over 2g this Lewis selective service broke the news that he Large Pool of draft eligible under 26 would probably last until Early fall since draft Calls lately have not been As High As expected and the number of rejections among the Young group have been work or fight1 was the keynote of action taken by legislative groups in Washington solve the manpower situation As a military committee began consideration on a work or drafted proposal and called and High ranking army and Navy officials for their reactions on the Bill sponsored Byi Bailey of and Brewster of the proposed legislation will subject any draft registrant be then the Ages of 18 to to pos sible military service if he shifts from an essential to a Nonessen tial Job without any 4f capable of performing necessary work May be a classified and drafted for anyone May be drafted for either military or labor service if he re fuses to take an essential Job or if or not engaged in War Bill favored Brewster said action is necessary at once to prevent a Stam men have to be kept in Wai work until we get this Job Robert Patterson undersecretary of and Assis Lant Navy Secretary Ralph Bare agreed with the principle of the Bill and Bard said that it would go a Long Way toward solving the labor turnover according to a at the same m a meeting of the House military indicated that the House committee approves the Reynold Brewster Bill Index pressed Hope that the committee would he Able to act on the Mea sure without further hearings provided the Senate group reports it War casualties War casualties of the armed forces through april 21 Are reports Secretary of War this is in crease of Over the figure issued one week figure is with 33j1h missing and prisoners of of the already have returned to duty while prisoners of War have died in enemy prison the new including Navy Bead wounded missing captured Agio total writer Back in Clink new Lowell War correspondent lost on a raid on Berlin last december and who subsequently escaped from the germans to reach a place has notified his the International news that he is again a nazi Bennett wrote from a prison Camp that he has done a lot of travel Ling and seen a reasonable chunk of Europe before he wound Upin a prisoners Camp
