Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                Channel coast rocked Toffe 450 Tofts  the raids coast remarked there were All c today a scene of there ftr0r remark no trains v people be few and the Luftwaffe is k lne Luftwaffe was reluctant to t t attack invasion car Centra Portsmouth and four British coastal towns tues air the nazi planes to number about continued from Page i Cefic to the prime targets were Truk and Fronapel in the and tie naval base of Jaquit in the mar Shalls which was showered with 240 tons of bombs in a giant Wake Island was also heavily forty barges were destroyed at Rabaul in new Britain in the most damaging attacks against Light shipping in the past two Waves of planes included new dauntless div bomb ers which fire rocket guns mounted under their this is the first announcement of the use of weapon on planes of this continued from Page n troops made vital taking Castelforte with Arab Moun Tairi climbing experts commanded by French Lall correspondents wrote of the relentless battling of these fighting the Job of the travelled 8th has been to neutralize British and polish columns advanced in a two Way attack to encircle the the poles were described by up correspondent Reynolds Packard As blood mad after being stalled toe first three Days in the Huls Northwest of no announcements have been made of the Allied casualties except that they were Light in the first phase of the Battle and have mounted Brenner pass blasted some notion of the bitterness with which the Advance has been Mesude May be gleaned from ups Clinton in Cassino last week an enterprising Ger Man tried to place a charge against a House he was killed both sides wanted his but both commanded it by the British obtained a 20foot pole ending in a Grap stuck it out of their cellar window and Beniam fishing for the it was barely six Yards but each when it was hooked on the the Ger mans started a barrage of hand so the Progress was on Yard every on the fourth when the body was finally came the the body had no identification papers or other useful at the fifth army waited for its Cue in the death drama had begun forty Miles to their and further to the North flying fortresses blasted the Davisio viaduct of the famed Prenner quickest and most direct route from Germany to her armies in v weve ants it a Point t6 Tell about what Ekys Churchill and new Yorks Saratoga is to the wad Downs isto the peo ple for Miles around toy Ca jeeps to see this id better Tell you about the1 race it want Here when the boys got they built it they Cut Brush Tif place this of a mile then they roiled marked it put up posts and watered it Down until they had the ground in just the right condition for All he Fellows who worked on it did it in their own free time of their own free will not Only for the sport of but for the entertainment of the sol Diers on he Wadi Downs racing is held every sunday morning Between 8 and 9 and if seems like the strangest time of Day to have horse that the coolest part of the Day in these Joe Smith sunday morning theres a steady Stream of people Golinar from the mess Hall to the track enlisted nurses and Allied it Doest matter who you or Sun Days Between 8 and 9 at the youre just Joe Smith you you blow your you beat the brains of the Guy next to you forget youre in Africa and you forget that you had to be at work hours ago but alls forgiven if nothing important happens while from the its sight for sore ing those horses prancing and bucking at the starting your Muscles Are you see your favorite or you see your buddy up on one and you holler to kid him did you get briefed or dont Forest to Call the Tower for la diner then someone finds amp with a gun to Start the but Tho rough examination reveals Coull have to through channels to get so they finally decide to ring a there off now the horses Are they run faster and then Alloi a sudden you see one of the boys going in one direction and his horse in since this is big time the ambulance races out after the rider who ends bruised and hell be alright after they graft a couple of Yards of skin Back on of the riders have lost a lot of skin and clothes in this but they have to have something to blame when Salvage Day Rolls around and be the ambulance Driver likes to drive with his Siren wide even the commanding officer is there the was he looks at the horse coming around the last Vou might think he had two Bucks on the horses of the horses crosses the finish the photographers Rush out to take pictures and the co pins a ribbon on the horses the race is Over and All the boys go Back to the Barracks to rest up for next sundays Russia continued from Page 1 wide Plains of Many soviet troops have Heen shifted from the Crimea and Southern Ukraine to the Central throughout the bombers inflicted heavy damage on their favorite targets capital of White Russia great rail Cen ter in Poland five Way rail Junction in White Russia in Esthonia in Poland White Russia the latvian City of Doug Wadt Downs Alied grandstand is improvised by backing a yank truck and an Raf truck together and personnel lining the sides to form an Allied audience for a sport popular in both the Stales and the stretch is Rex and behind him you can make out the foot with Robert of owner of Groom Mahmoud Abdul owner rider Vito Miner of indulges in a Pep of will ride his own entry in this Wadi talk about plasters Piaster Doest go far but it Downs jockey club sunday morning feature does go staff photo by Uip ils and Stry in mos cow announced on tuesday that soviet planes had attacked an ene Niv Convoy with a Strong escort at the norwegian port of Birkenes and Sank three totalling four patrol one trawler and one patrol Cutter and inflicted damage on ground front Static the ground Static for 21 continued to be relative y in Active As both Moscow and Berlin reported Only local fighting and no major during the entire German forces of tanks and infantry punched at the russian Bridgehead on the lower Dniester near Tira spol Preshur Mably to test the strength of the red reinforcements and erase the springboard from which a drive is expected southward toward Bucha rest and All attacks were successfully buy More War Bonds